-BRIGHT MUSIC- - Welcome to season six of "High School Quiz Show Maine."

We have 16 schools from across the state competing to be this year's champion and take home the thousand dollars prize for their school's project graduation in our second qualifying match.

It's the "Huskies" of Gould Academy (instrumental music) taking on the "Witches" of Brewer High School.

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(rock music) - Welcome to season six of "High School Quiz Maine."

I'm Todd Gartner.

We have 16 schools from Fort Kent to South Bur wick who will compete for the thousand dollars grand prize for their school's project graduation.

In our second match for season six, a veteran team looks to dethrone last year's champ.

The "Huskies" of Gould Academy in Bethel are making their third appearance and they are looking to topple our season five champion, "The Witches" of Brewer High School in Brewer.

Let's meet the players for our kickoff match for Gould Academy.

We have Liam, Matthew, Quin, and Mary with alternates, Mark and Abby and coached by Adam left.

And for Brewer we have Colin, Emma, Lindsey, and Sam with alternates, Ja Fari and Zoe, and coached by Sue ann Gating and Andrea Martin.

The competition has three rounds of course, the toss up round, the category round and the fun lightning round will start with the toss up round.

All answers are worth 10 points and this is the only round with no point deductions for wrong answers.

Players must wait for me to complete the question and if one team answers incorrectly, the other team will be given a chance to answer.

Are both teams ready?

- Yes.

- You gonna have a little fun?

- Yes.

Oh yes.

- All right, nice.

Let's get going here.

Here is the first question.

In the US Senate, each state is represented by how many senators (bell ring) Lindsey, Brewer.

- Two.

- Two.

Yes.

What South Korean film director directed by Bong John-ho was the first non-English language film to win an Academy Award for best picture.

(bell ring) - Parasite - It's Liam, Gould - Parasite.

- Parasite is the right answer.

In 2015, Megan Brennan became the first woman appointed to what Federal Government position?

Louis De Joy took over that position in 2020 (buzzer) answers is Postmaster General.

We move on.

An action figure of what character from "Toy Story" flew on the Space Shuttle Discovery in 2009.

(bell ring) - Liam, Gould.

- Buzz Lightyear.

- Buzz Lightyear, yes.

Name this modern musical film that was incorrectly announced as the winner of "Best Picture" at the 2017 Academy Awards, during the greatest Oscar's flub of all time.

(bell ringing) Lindsay, Brewer.

- Lala Land.

- You got it.

Lala Land at the last second possible, probably.

The River Nile empties into which Sea?

(bell ringing) - At the end, Sam, Brewer.

- Mediterranean.

- Mediterranean is right.

What is the name for a line segment with endpoints on a circles circumference.

(bell ringing) - Liam, Gould.

- Radius.

- That is incorrect.

(bell ringing) - Brewer, Colin.

- Diameter.

- Incorrect also.

Cord is the right answer.

A common symptom of COVID-19, anosmia is the loss of which of the five senses?

(bell ring) Liam, Gould.

- Smell.

- Smell is correct.

The 2019 picture book, "Parker Looks Up" was inspired by two year old Parker Curry viewing a portrait of what First Lady?

(bell ring) - Liam again.

- Michelle Obama.

- Michelle Obama is correct.

Okay, up next we have a video question.

So take a look at the monitor over here.

- Hello, my name is Cathy Potter and I'm the librarian at Falmouth Middle School.

Veronica Roth's Divergent book series is set in a post apocalyptic version of what US city?

(bell ring) - Lindsey, Brewer.

- Chicago.

- Chicago is right.

Next question.

When you are aboard a ship and facing the bow the left side is called the port, and the right is called what?

(bell ring) - Liam, Gould.

- Starboard.

- Starboard is correct.

Next question.

Who ruled England, Scotland and Ireland as Lord Protector of the Commonwealth between 1653 and his death in 1658?

(bell ring) - Quin, Gould.

- Oliver Cromwell.

- Yes.

You got it.

In the movie "42" Chadwick Boseman portrayed what Baseball legend who wore number 42 for the Brooklyn Dodgers?

(bell ring) - Sam, Brewer.

- Jackie Robinson.

- Yes.

Jackie Robinson.

The Superfund Act of 1980 is mainly concerned with which of the following, education, environmental protection or military defense?

(bell ring) - Liam, Gould.

- Education.

- Incorrect.

Brewer, do you wanna try?

(bell ring) - Milit... - Go ahead, Colin.

- Military defense.

- Nope, it was the other one.

Environmental protection.

All right, this one's a math question.

I think you have some pencils there so get ready for the math question.

Your total math grade is determined by homework, quizzes and the final exam.

If homework counts for 20% of your grade and quizzes count for 45%.

What percent of your grade is based on your final exam?

(bell ring) - Liam, Gould.

- 35%.

- Yes, you nailed it.

Sandra Botticelli is known for a 15th century painting that depicts the birth of what Roman Goddess?

(bell ring) - Mary.

Gould.

- Venus.

- Venus, yes.

Taking its name from the Russian word for East Lake Vostok, is the deepest known lake on which continent?

(bell ring) - Sam, Brewer.

- Asia.

- One more time.

- Asia.

- Asia is incorrect.

- Gould?

(bell ring) - Europe.

- Liam.

- Europe.

- Incorrect also.

Antarctica.

Just remember, I'll call on you if you... Yeah, it's okay.

The Lightning Thief is the first book in a series by Rick Riordan featuring what 12 year old protagonist?

(bell ring) - Mary, Gould.

- Percy Jackson.

- Yes.

You got it.

In robotics, what three letter word refers to the side to side motion of an end effector at an access.

(buzzer) Yaw, yaw.

The Foreign Assistance Act of 1948 is most closely associated with what US Secretary of State?

(bell ring) - Sam, Brewer.

- Marshall.

- Marshall is right.

Nice job.

The Japanese art of Origami involves the use of which material, paint, paper, or precious gems?

(bell ring) - Sam, Brewer again.

- Paper.

- Paper is right.

Yeah.

To remind people that they should enjoy life while they can.

The ancient Roman poet, Horace used what two word Latin phrase that means seize the day?

(bell ring) - Liam, Gould.

- Carpe diem.

- Carpe diem.

Yes.

Pike Place Market opened in 1907.

In what Pacific Northwest City?

(bell ring) - Matthew, Gould.

- Seattle.

- Seattle.

You got it.

Math question again.

All right.

What is X, when five X plus two equals two X plus 29?

(bell ring) - Colin, Brewer.

- Nine.

- You nailed it.

Well done.

Awesome.

In Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" which character winds up with the head of a donkey?

(bell ring) - Mary, Gould.

- Bottom.

- Bottom is right And air conditioner releases cool air into a room.

The dense cool air sinks and forces the warm air in the room upward.

This is an example of what method of energy transfer in fluids?

(bell ring) - Quin, Gould.

- Convection.

- Convection is also right.

After closing it in 1991, in October, 2019, the US reopened its embassy In what city that is capital of Somalia?

(bell ring) - Matthew, Gould.

- Baghdad.

- That's incorrect.

Brewer.

You wanna give it a shot?

(buzzer) Nope.

Mogadishu is the answer.

What Jewish festival that commemorates the Israelites fleeing from Egypt is celebrated with a meal called a Seder where unleavened bread called matzah is served?

(bell ring) - Yom kippur - Matthew.

- Yom kippur.

- Incorrect.

Brewer, you want a shot?

(bell ring) Go ahead Lindsey.

- Passover.

- Yes, you got it.

Passover.

All right, that's the end of round one.

Gould Academy is leading Brewer 130 to 90.

Looks like we have a great match brewing.

Don't go anywhere.

We will meet the players when we come back.

(rock music) We're back and before we head to the category round, we like to pause and get to know our players with a slightly silly question which is, imagine you are the ambassador to a group of aliens coming to Earth.

What would be the first thing you would tell them?

We'll start with Gould Academy and Liam, You're up.

- All right.

I would probably tell them to go to Celtics or a Red Sox game, you know, show them a good time.

- Oh yeah.

Oh yeah.

So you're a fan of the Boston Sports.

- Oh yeah.

- I like that about you, Liam.

At least you didn't say the New York Yankees or something like that.

Good, good man.

All right, Matthew, you're up.

What do you think?

Stumped?

- Yeah.

- Got nothing.

- Go check out DC - Yeah, DC our capital.

All right.

- Don't go to Australia.

- It's a long way right?

Quin, your turn from Gould.

- To those science fiction fans who know what this means please uplift us.

- Fill us in.

- It means to genetically modified to enhance brain function.

- Wow.

Okay.

That's some heavy stuff right there.

Mary, how about you.

- Don't eat the yellow snow?

It's not lemon flavored.

- It's not lemon, right?

- No.

Yeah.

- That's really good advice.

Very good advice.

We'll go over to Brewer now.

Colin, what do you think?

- I tell them to go and watch a hockey game.

- Hockey game.

You're a big hockey fan.

- I am.

- Please say the Bruins.

- I'm sadly not.

I'm a Penguins fan.

- Come On.

What?

Why is it like Sidney Crosby or something?

- I liked penguins when I was little so I just kind of adapted that into my hockey team and then I've stuck with it since then.

- Fair enough.

I'm proud of you for not, you know, leaving the team that you originally picked as a little kid.

- Yeah, I'm sticking with them.

- Good for you.

Good for you.

- All right.

Emma, how about you?

- I think I'd say try hiking, you know, go see the nature around here, especially in Maine.

- Yeah, I mean, we've got beautiful trails all over, all over Maine, right?

- Lindsey, Brewer.

- Well, we're in Maine, so I tell them to buy a Coke because it's cold and then I would take them to Dunking Donuts because it's a New England Classic.

- There you go, right?

Go to Dunking.

Let's go.

Sam, wrap this up for us.

- I would tell them that the Dolphins are a better team than the Patriots.

- Wow.

That's... You got a lot of side-eye right there, bud.

Thank you Sam.

The category round is next, but let's see how well you do with our viewer question of the week.

(rock music) - Hi, I'm Alec O'Meara from Unitil and this is your Maine question of the week.

What structure do the following main towns have in common?

Topsham, Skowhegan, Sedgwick and New Portland.

Stay tuned for the answer later in the show.

- Next up is the category round with the following choices.

We have, Hey Big Guy, We Need this in Writing, The Emerald Isle, Camels are Mammals, If these Walls Could Talk and Roll the Dice.

Questions have increasing point values and wrong answers will cost them.

The rules for this round are different than in previous seasons.

Each team will alternate control of two categories with each question, they can choose to answer it and either gain or lose points, skip it and neither gain nor lose points or once per category, they can toss it and force the other team to answer that question.

Players will have five seconds to confer and decide what to do.

Brewer, you are behind so you get control the board and you can choose whichever category you like.

Which one's it gonna be?

- We're gonna go with roll the dice - Roll the dice.

Okay, roll the dice for 10.

These are questions about games.

What classic party card game with a fruit flavored name has players matching red noun cards with green adjective cards to make the best pairs.

- Apples to apples - That is correct.

Apples to apples.

It's one of our family game night favorites.

Our family game nights usually end in tears but it's still a really fun game.

Roll the dice for 15.

Hills produce brick, pastures produce wool and the robber might steal your resources if someone rolls a seven in what game with a distinctive hexagonal shaped board.

- Settlers of Catan.

- Settlers of Catan.

Yes.

Good job.

All right, roll the dice for 20.

Your character might be a Spellweaver or a Cragheart.

In what long played combat focused dungeon crawler game designed by Isaac Childres?

(beep) - I'll need an answer.

Emma.

- We're gonna skip.

- You're gonna skip it.

Okay.

The answer is Gloomhaven.

Roll the dice for 25.

You are building a medieval village and deciding where to place your Me pal in what tile placement game named for a village in southern France.

(beep) - Emma, what do you think?

What you gonna do?

- We're gonna toss it to the other team.

- You're gonna toss it.

Okay.

So this is gonna force Gould to give us an answer.

I'll read the question again.

You are building a medieval village and deciding where to place your me pal in what tile placement game named for a village in southern France.

- Carcassone - Carcassone is correct.

Well done Gould, we go back to Brewer who still has control.

For the final question, roll the dice.

You're an ornithologist trying to lure birds to your nature reserve in what card base Game designed by Elizabeth Hargrave?

- We're gonna skip you.

- Gonna skip it.

- It's Wingspan.

Gould's turn for a choice of the categories in control of the board.

- We would like Camels are Mammals.

- Okay.

Camels are mammals and these are questions about camels.

The Wild Camel Protection Foundation operates a reserve in China and a breeding program for Bactrian camels In what Mongolian Desert?

- The Gobi Desert.

- That is correct.

Camels are mammals for 15.

Camels have a nictitating membrane that protects what part of their body from dirt and sand?

- Eyes - Eyes is correct again.

Camels are mammals for 20.

One humped camels are known by what name that comes from Greek for runner?

(beep) - Mary, you're gonna have to gimme something.

- We'd like to skip that one.

- You wanna skip it?

Okay.

The answer is dromedary.

I think someone was onto it.

I think it was Quin.

You were kind of onto that a little bit.

Camels are mammals 25.

Camels have distinctive oval shaped erythrocytes filled with what protein compound that carries oxygen from the lungs throughout the body and makes blood red?

- Hemoglobin.

- Hemoglobin is right?

Camels are mammals for 30 in the final one.

Camel races in a camel beauty contest are events at the annual King Abdul-Aziz's Camel Festival.

In what Middle Eastern country?

- Saudi Arabia - That is right.

Okay.

Nice job in that category.

We're back over to Brewer now.

For your choice.

- We're gonna go with the Emerald Isle.

- The Emerald Isle.

These are questions about Ireland.

Legend says there are no snakes in Ireland because they were chased out by what Patron Saint whose feast day is March 17th?

- St. Patrick.

- That's right Emma, St. Patrick.

For 15.

What stone that's part of a castle wall in County Court is said to bestowed the gift of eloquence on anyone who kisses it?

- The Blarney Stone.

Yeah, you got it again.

The Blarney Stone.

Emerald Isle for 20.

The Ha'penny bridge is a pedestrian bridge that spans what river in Dublin?

(beep) - We're gonna skip.

- You're gonna skip it.

It's Liffey.

We're on to 25.

Carrickmacross is known for producing what delicate fabric that Kate Middleton had on her wedding gown when she married Prince William?

(beep) What do you think, Emma?

- We're gonna toss this one.

- Toss this one over to Gould.

Carrickmacros is known for producing what delicate fabric that Kate Middleton had on her wedding gown when she married Prince William?

- Lace.

- Lace is rights.

Nice job.

Gould.

We're back to Brewer for the final question.

And in the Emerald Isle Named for the monastery where it was housed in the ninth century.

What 680 page illuminated manuscript of the four gospels is now in the collection of the library at Trinity College in Dublin?

(beep) - Emma.

- All right, we're gonna skip.

- You're gonna skip it.

The answer is Book of Kells.

For the last category.

It's back to Gould.

- We'd like, Hey, big guy.

- Hey big guy.

It sounds funny, right?

It is a good questions about giants in myth and folklore.

- Oh, you got this.

- What name for a collection of maps comes from the name of the mythological titan who holds up the sky.

- Atlas.

- Atlas is right.

Hey, big guy for 15.

Bangor, Maine is home to a 31 foot tall statue.

Of what giant lumberjack from American folklore Who had a blue ox named Babe?

- Paul Bunyan.

- Yeah, that's right.

Paul Bunyan.

In Greek mythology.

Brontes, Steropes and Arges are what kind of one-eyed giants?

- Cyclopes - Cyclopes is right.

Hey, big guy for 25.

According to legend, a giant called Enceladus is buried beneath what active volcano in Sicily.

His fiery breath makes the volcano erupt?

- Etna.

- The answer is right.

Mount Etna.

Yes.

And the last one in Hey Big Guy In a South African folk tale and a Pete Seeger folk song.

A little boy plays the ukulele to distract what scary giant, who's threatening to eat his whole town?

- We would like to... (beep) - We'd like to toss.

- Okay, we're gonna toss it over to Brewer.

They're gonna have to answer.

I'll read it again.

In a South African Folk Tale, in a Pete Seeger folk song a little boy plays the ukulele to distract what scary giant.

Who's threatening to eat his whole town?

(beep) All right, Emma, how about an answer?

- Serotina - Serotina is incorrect.

It's Abiyoyo.

And that concludes the category round.

The score is Gould 330, brewer 110.

Everything can change in the lightning round though, so sit tight.

We'll be right back.

(rock music) - How did you do with this week's question?

It was what structure do the following main towns have in common?

Topsham, Skowhegan, Sedgwick and New Portland?

The answer is they all have suspension bridges.

The new Portland wire bridge is the oldest of the four having been completed in 1868.

- We are back and we're about to head into the final 90 seconds of gameplay.

The lightning round.

Players you do not have to wait for me to finish the question.

You can buzz in any time but do not answer the question until I call your name.

You get 20 points for each correct answer.

Incorrect answers will also cost you 20 points and the other team does not get the chance to answer.

The clock is set and we are ready to go.

In US standard measurement.

How many feet are in a yard?

(bell ring) Colin, Brewer - Three Yes, that is correct.

On December 7th, 1941, Japanese fighter pilots... (bell ring) - Pearl Harbor.

- Lindsey Brewer, Kirk Pearl Harbor.

Yes.

Noir is the French word for what color?

(bell ring) - Black - Matthew, Gould.

Black.

Yes.

A prune is a dried form of what fruit?

(bell ring) Emma - Plum.

- Plum is, right?

Ganymede is the largest moon of?

(bell ring) - Jupiter.

- Yeah.

You gonna have to wait for me to call on you Matthew, Gould.

- Jupiter.

- Jupiter is right.

What measure of radioactivity is abbreviated Bq?

(bell ring) Matthew.

No, no, no.

You didn't get in.

Becquerel, is the answer.

What animal represents slithering house at Hog worth?

(bell ring) - Snake - Lindsey.

- Sorry.

Snake.

- Snake.

Yes.

Also called the gastric mill.

What organ in an earthworm grinds food for digestion?

(bell ring) Liam, Gould.

- Summer.

- That's incorrect.

Gizzard.

A traditional classical string quartet includes two of which instruments.

(buzzer) No, no, no.

The answer is violin.

Next question.

The frogs in Lysistrata are placed by what Ancient Greek?

(buzzer) Aristophanes.

A cardiologist treats disorders of which body organ?

(bell ring) - Emma.

Brewer.

- The heart, - The hearts.

How many former presidents faces are carved into Mount Rushmore?

(bell ring) - Sam, Brewer.

- Four.

- Yes, you got it.

(ringing) Oh.

That's the end of the lightning ground.

And our winning team is Gould Academy.

With 350 points, they'll be moving on to the quarter finals in a few weeks.

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