(bright music) - Welcome to season nine of "High School Quiz Show Maine."

16 teams began the season with hopes of winning the grand prize.

Which of today's teams will have their chance?

Will it be the Lumberjacks of Hebron Academy?

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I'm your host, Todd Gutner.

Today, we will see which veteran team moves on to the quarterfinals and then perhaps all the way to the season nine championship and the thousand-dollar grand prize.

In our seventh match, The Lumberjacks of Hebron Academy are making their second appearance on the show, having been our runner-up in season seven, but Oak Hill from Wales, one of our season one schools is here for their fourth time and eager for their chance at the crown.

Let's get things going by meeting the teams.

For Hebron Academy, we have Quin, Sylvie, Vaughn, and Perrin with alternates, Olivia and Ayla, and they're coached by Joshua Kengus and Erin McKee.

And for Oak Hill we have Jackson, Jocelyn, Sutton, and Stanley with alternate Ella, and they're coached by Derek Anderson and Ed Zeus.

The competition has four rounds.

The tossup round, the head-to-head round, the category round and the lightning round.

We'll start with the tossup 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.

All right, teams, let's have some fun.

Here comes the first question.

At the beginning of Roald Dahl's story, "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" the chocolate factory is owned by what unusual man?

(bell rings) Quin.

- Willy Wonka.

- Yes.

What canned food product introduced in 1937 takes its name from the words spiced ham?

(bell rings) Stanley.

- Spam.

- Spam is right.

What word can refer to a unit of measurement equal to 12 inches or a body part with toes and a heel?

(bell rings) - Sutton.

- Foot.

- Foot, right.

Completed in 438 BCE, the Parthenon was an important temple and meeting site in which ancient city?

(bell rings) Quin.

- Athens.

- Athens is correct.

Up next we have a picture question, so please take a look at the monitor right there.

In an attempt to repay their war debt, the British Parliament passed what law in 1764 to raise taxation revenues from the American Colonies?

(bell rings) Stanley.

- Stamp Act.

- [Todd] That's incorrect.

Hebron Academy, you wanna try?

(bell rings) - Sugar.

- One more time?

- Sugar Act.

- That is correct, Quin, nice job.

Next question.

British computer scientist Tim Burners Lee invented what internet-based information retrieval service, whose name is abbreviated www?

(bell rings) Quin again.

- Worldwide Web.

- That is again right.

On March 25th, 1911, a fire at what factory in New York caused the death of 146 workers that had been locked inside to prevent them from taking unauthorized breaks?

(bell rings) Quin.

- Shirt Waste.

- Shirt Waste Factory is right.

Native to the islands of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean, what flightless bird was hunted to extinction in the 17th century?

(bell rings) Jocelyn.

- The Dodo bird.

- Dodo bird, nice.

In 1828, what man from Connecticut published the first truly American dictionary of the English language standardizing much of the spelling we use today?

(bell rings) Quin.

- Webster.

- Webster, yes.

Up next we have our video question.

So again, we're gonna take a look at the monitor.

- Hi, I'm Aislinn Sarnacki, the host of "Borealis" on Maine Public Television.

And here's my question for you.

According to the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, these following animals have one thing in common, the monk parakeet, the kangaroo and the hippopotamus.

What do they have in common?

(buzzer honks) - This one's a tough one.

They're all illegal to own as pets in Maine.

All right, we move on.

Lactose, which is found in milk could be described as which of these things?

An acid, a salt or a sugar?

(bell rings) Quin again.

- Sugar.

- Yes, again.

Math question time.

Pencil and paper, you've got it in front of you.

What the value of X in the equation 3X plus 5 equals 47?

(buzzer honks) The answer is 14, X equals 14.

All right, first appearing on film in 1933, what classic movie monster was found on a Pacific island and brought to the New York City where he climbed the Empire State Building?

(bell rings) Quin.

- King Kong.

- King Kong.

A person making an irreversible decision is said to be crossing what river that marked the ancient boundary between Gaul and Italy?

When Julius Caesar crossed this river in 49 BCE, it sparked a civil war.

(bell rings) Sutton.

- The Rubicon.

- The Rubicon is right.

From the Latin for, "I shall please," what is the name for an inactive substance given to a control group in a pharmaceutical research study?

(bell rings) Quin.

- Placebo.

- Yes.

Which of the following is a country in Africa, Albania, Algeria or Argentina?

(bell rings) Stanley.

- Algeria.

- That is right.

What Russian physiologist won the Nobel Prize for his experiments in classical conditioning, studying the way dogs salivate when they think they're going to be fed?

(bell rings) Jocelyn.

- Pavlov.

- Pavlov right.

Deep dish pizza is thought to have originated at Pizzeria Uno restaurant in which Midwestern city?

(bell rings) Sutton.

- Chicago.

- Chicago, yes.

What College in Brunswick, Maine is named for a colonial era politician and scientist who served as governor of Massachusetts from 1785 to 1787?

(bell rings) Sutton again.

- Boden.

- Boden again, you got it.

All right, another math question.

A pouch contains six gold coins, five silver coins, and seven copper coins.

Expressed in the lowest terms, if a coin is drawn at random from the pouch, what is the probability that coin will be gold?

(bell rings) - Quin.

- 0.3, repeating.

- That is right.

Yes, or a third.

What is the four-letter Japanese name for the high protein, low fat soybean curd often used in Asian and vegetarian dishes?

(bell rings) Go ahead Vaughn.

- Tofu.

- Tofu, nice.

Since the 19th century, what song has been played to announce the American president's arrival at official events?

(bell rings) Stanley.

- "Hail to the Chief."

- "Hail to the Chief," yes.

What is the name for the process by which bacteria in the deep ocean convert chemical energy into food in the absence of sunlight?

(bell rings) - Quin.

- Chemosynthesis.

- That is correct.

Next question.

It started out with a kiss.

How did it end up like this?

Is the first line of Mr.

Brightside, a song By what band From Las Vegas?

(bell rings) Quin.

- The Killers.

- Yeah, Killers are great.

All right, that's the, we'll end it right there.

That's the end of our first round and we've got a good match going.

Hebron Academy 130, Oak Hill 90.

This is a great match.

Don't go anywhere.

We'll meet the players when we get back.

(dramatic music) Before we go to the head-to-head round, we like to pause and get to know our players with a slightly silly question.

And it is, if you could create your own theme park, what would be one of its signature rides or themes?

Quin, you're up first.

- Well, I'm a big science fiction fan.

I think it would be rather entertaining to take a tour of a Soylent Green Factory.

- One more time.

- A Soylent Green Factory.

It's a food product.

I don't wanna spoil the movie, but let's say the flavor, well, some people like it, some people don't.

The flavor varies from person to person.

- Okay, can you give us like what type of flavor?

What would your flavor be?

- Oh, it's great, it's great.

Everyone wants Soylent Green.

- Okay, all right, if you say so.

Sylvie, your turn.

- I would have a underwater rollercoaster, as you go under see all the animals.

- Do you get wet on this ride?

- Sure, there can be showers.

- All right, okay.

That sounds pretty fun though.

Vaughn, your turn.

- Mine will be like a winter wonderland, like skiing adventure.

Kind of like basically you're out west skiing, you know, in a rollercoaster form.

- Yeah, so you're just like hitting big mounds of powder and they're just kind of poof kind of thing.

Do you like skiing too?

- Yes, I love skiing.

- Yeah, cool.

Perrin.

- I think I do like a, I don't know what the theme of the park would be, but my signature ride would be a Lego ride that's completely built of Lego.

- That could be a little dangerous though.

- They could like glue it, you know, like hot glue in between.

- That'll work.

Yeah, you made it a lot more safe.

Let's go over to Oak Hill, Jackson.

- Probably middle medieval type vibes.

- Medieval vibes?

- Yeah.

- What type of medieval?

- Like dungeons and dragons.

Stuff like that.

- All right.

That sounds pretty cool.

I like it, Jocelyn?

- I was going to say a fantasy land.

With like a dragon ride I think.

- You're into dragons too, huh?

This is an oak Oak hill theme, dragons.

Sutton, are you into dragons?

- No.

- Okay, good.

- I am a copycat though 'cause I was gonna also do like an underwater theme.

With like an underwater ride or something.

- So would you want like cool, like fish and sharks and stuff?

- Shark tank.

Shark tank.

- Oh, shark Tank.

- I would not wanna get wet on the ride, so it's gonna be a completely dry.

- So it's completely dry.

All right, thank you Sutton and Stanley, your turn.

- I'm not really a theme park kind of person.

I'd rather like a museum sort of.

- Ooh, what would this museum?

- I am very much a history person.

I love, especially railroad history, so kind of like if anyone's ever been to Sea Shore Charlie Museum of course my museum Wiscasset Waterville in Farmington.

- Wait, you have your own museum?

- I am a proud volunteer of the Wiscasset Waterville and Farming Railroad Museum.

- Oh, that's pretty awesome.

Well thanks for volunteering and keeping that place going.

All right gang.

Appreciate it, thanks a lot.

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

(dramatic music) - Hi, I'm Amanda Vicinanzo from Unitil and here is your America at 250 viewer question of the week.

The first naval battle of the Revolution took place in Machias Bay after local Patriots planned the capture of the HMS Margaretta in what notable building?

(upbeat music) the answer is Burnham Tavern.

In 1974, the tavern was selected as one of the 21 homes in the United States with the most significance in the American Revolution and is the only one in the state of Maine.

- It is time for the head-to-head round.

Players alternate facing off one-on-one right here at the desk.

Correct answers are worth 10 points.

Incorrect answers will cost you 10 points.

There are 90 seconds on our game clock.

You guys ready?

Yeah?

Okay, here we go.

First question.

Zebras live in the wild exclusively on which continent?

- Africa?

- Yes.

Which vitamin is, head out.

Come on in, which vitamin is essential for helping the body absorb calcium?

(buzzer honks) Vitamin D. The Amazon and the Congo rivers both empty into which ocean?

(buzzer honks) The Atlantic.

Slavery was abolished by which amendment that was ratified in 1865?

(buzzer honks) The 13th.

What Large cold desert is shared by China and Mongolia?

- Gobi?

- Yes.

At the Olympics, third place finishers receive what color medal?

- Bronze.

- Bronze, right.

A typical human cell contains how many pairs of chromosomes?

You came in a little late I think, 23.

The state of Baja California is located in what country?

- Mexico.

- Yes.

Although people often refer to it a Christmas movie, what action film starring Bruce Willis was released in July 1988?

- Diehard.

- Yeah.

- Which arteries are the main source of blood to the head and brain?

(buzzer honks) The carotid.

What Inuit word for house refers to a dwelling made from blocks of snow.

Go ahead.

- Igloo.

- Yes.

In which musical does the character Tracy Turnblad sing Good morning, Baltimore.

That was a little late.

Hairspray.

Which planet has moons called Phobos?

Oh, that's the end of our round.

And we have a score of Hebron Academy 160, Oak Hill 120.

This is really close.

The category round is next, so don't go away.

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Next up is the category round with the following choices.

s_A questions.

Follow the leader.

Pacific Rim, digging the earth, aunts and uncles.

And that's hot.

Each team will alternate control of two categories.

Questions have increasing point values.

With each question, they can choose to answer and either gain or lose points.

They can skip it and neither gain nor lose points or once per category, they can toss and force the other team to answer.

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

Oak Hill, your trailing by a few points.

Sutton, what's your first category?

- We'd like to do S-A questions.

- S-A questions.

All answers in S-A questions will begin with the letters S-A.

Here we go with the first one.

Derived from the Japanese word meaning to serve what name is given to the elite class of warriors that arose in feudal Japan and lasted into the 19th century?

- Samurai - Samurai, right.

S-A questions for 15, named for the Belgian musician who invented it in the 1840s, what musical instrument is the only woodwind instrument that is made of brass?

- Saxophone?

- Nice, saxophone.

S-A questions for 20.

The browser software introduced by Apple in 2003 has what name meaning journey or expedition in Swahili?

- Safari.

- Safari, right.

S-A questions, 25.

The elusive creature believed to live in the Pacific Northwest is sometimes called Bigfoot.

And what other name that comes from a Salish word meaning hairy or wild man?

- Sasquatch.

- Sasquatch, yes.

And the last one in S-A questions for 30.

Considered as the catalyst for World War I, the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand happened in what city that is the present day capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina?

- We'd like to skip.

- You wanna skip it?

It's Sarajevo.

We're gonna head over to Hebron Academy now.

Quin, you have selection of the board.

What will your first category be?

- [Quin] Digging the earth, that's hot or Pacific Rim I'm thinking.

- That's hot.

- That's hot?

Okay, that's hot.

- That settles it.

That's hot will be the category.

All answers in this category will relate to things that sound or are hot.

Here's the first.

What word is used in computer networks to refer to hardware or software that prevents unwanted communications and sounds like something that protects you from flames?

- Firewall.

- Firewall, right.

That's hot for 15.

Indiana's WNBA team has what name that refers to a temporary increase in body temperature?

- Fever.

- Fever.

- I don't know.

No idea.

- Fever.

- Fever is right.

You had an idea Sylvie.

That's hot for 20.

In the Marvel comics universe, the Fantastic Four includes Mr.

Fantastic, Invisible Woman, The Thing and Johnny Storm who is best known by what Superhero name?

- Human Torch.

- Human Torch is right.

That's hot for 25.

Give it Away and By the Way, we're number one hits for what Rock and Roll Hall of Fame band that formed in Los Angeles in the 1980s?

- Red Hot Chili Peppers.

- That's hot for 30 of the last one in this category.

Released in October 2024, The 19th book in the Diary of a Wimpy Kids series has what two word title that can be defined as a state of extreme disorder or disarray.

- Hot and heavy?

- Skip.

- You wanna skip it?

It's Hot Mess.

All right, we're gonna head back over to Oak Hill, Sutton, what will your second category be?

- We'd like to do follow the leader.

- Okay, follow the leader.

These are questions related to world leaders throughout history.

Here's the first, which president of the United States met with Winston Churchill of the United Kingdom and Joseph Stalin of the Soviet Union at the Yalta Conference in 1945?

- FDR.

- FDR is right.

Follow the leader, 15.

In April 2025, Liberal party leader Mark Carney was elected Prime minister of what country?

- Canada.

- Yes.

Follow the leader 20.

The main international airport in Paris is named for what World War II General, who went on to serve as president of France?

- Charles de Gaulle.

- That is correct.

Nice job.

Follow the leader for 25.

What scientist worked as a quantum chemist in East Germany before she was elected to her first term as Chancellor of Germany in 2005?

Sutton, what would you like to do?

- We'd like to skip.

- Okay.

The answer's Merkel.

Merkel.

Follow the leader, this is for 30.

The last one.

The Phoenicians and the Persians were defeated by what king of Ancient Macedonia that wound up ruling an empire that stretched from Egypt to India before his death in 323 BCE?

Sutton, what would you like to do?

- We'd like to skip.

- You wanna skip this one as well?

It's Alexander the Great.

All right, we're heading back over to Hebron.

Quin, your second category.

- Digging the earth, Pacific rim?

Digging the earth I guess, you're in consensus or not consensus.

Digging the earth.

- Wow, it's amazing how you guys eventually come to a solution, digging the earth it will be.

This category is all about earth science.

What is the name for the line that circles the earth at zero degrees latitude forming the boundary between the northern and southern hemispheres?

- Equator.

- Equator, right.

Digging the earth, 15.

What term refers to an underground layer of rock containing a substantial quantity of groundwater that feeds a spring or a well?

- Aquifer, aquifer.

Aquifer.

Yeah, aquifer.

- Aquifer is right.

Digging the earth for 20.

Slate is an example of what class of rock that has changed from its original form because of exposure to heat or pressure?

- Metamorphic.

- Metamorphic, right.

Digging the earth, 25.

About 12% of earth's crust is quartz.

A mineral composed of two elements.

Oxygen and what other element?

- Silicon.

- Silicon, yes.

Good job.

Digging the earth for 30.

What six letter word that comes from the Greek for strength is defined as a tectonically stable part of Earth's crust that forms the interior mass of a continent?

- Oh, tectonic.

Tectonic plates.

Skip.

- You wanna skip that one?

- Yeah, I think skip.

- Okay.

It's craton.

- Oh, craton.

- All right, that wraps up our category round.

We still have a close match here and a real good one.

Hebron Academy, 300.

Oak Hill, 235.

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

We'll be right back.

(upbeat music) Okay, we're heading into the final seconds of gameplay.

It's the lightning round.

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

You can buzz in anytime, but do not answer until I call your name.

You get 20 points for each correct answer.

Incorrect answers will cost you 20 and the other team does not get a chance to answer that question.

Our clock is set.

Good luck, here we go.

What is the scientific name for the windpipe?

That was a little late Quin.

Trachea.

In the Brothers Grimm tail, what girl with long hair is trapped at the top of a tower?

(bell ringing) - Rapunzel.

- Rapunzel.

A disaster involving what German airship occurred in New Jersey.

Quin?

- Hindenburg.

- Yes.

The European Union's main offices are in what city?

Go ahead.

- Brussels.

- Yes.

The energy an object has because of its motion is what type of energy?

Sutton.

- Kinetic.

- Kinetic, you're right.

Geno Auriemma and Tara VanDerveer are the winningest coaches of what college sport?

Basketball.

Including the current king, how many English kings have been named Charles?

Perrin.

- Eight.

- Incorrect.

Three.

The ACL is a ligament that stabilizes what body joint?

Jocelyn.

- The knee.

- Yes.

What actress plays Catniss Everdeen in the Hunger Games?

Go ahead, Jocelyn.

- Jennifer Lawrence.

- That is right.

What former governor of Alaska unsuccessfully ran with John McCain?

Jackson.

- Sarah Palin.

- Sarah Palin.

Fort Kent, Maine, and Key West, Florida are the end points of what highway?

- Route one.

- Go ahead, Stanley.

- Route one.

That's correct.

A nephron is a tiny structural unit found in which organ of the body?

Quin?

- Kidney.

- Yes, kidney.

What Dutch Renaissance philosopher published Praise of Folly in 1511?

(buzzer honks) Ooh, and that's the end of our lightning round.

And our winning team is Hebron Academy with 360 points.

They'll be moving on to the quarterfinals in a few weeks.

Oak Hill, you had 335.

Great job.

Thank you both teams.

You did awesome.

Be sure to tune in next time for the final qualifying match as North Yarmouth Academy takes on Westbrook.

Thanks for watching and we'll see you next time on "High School Quiz Show Maine."

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