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This time on Quiz Central, Ionia takes on Ludington and that's coming up next.

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(inspiring music) - Hello, everyone.

I'm David Nicholas.

And it's my pleasure to welcome you to our 19th Season of Quiz Central here on WCMU.

This time students from Ionia are taking on the team from Ludington.

Now, before we kick things off, here's the format of our single elimination tournament.

Our two competing teams will be independently challenged with an identical set of questions, the school that answers the most questions correctly in the time allotted advances to the next round.

We'll continue that until we crown a Quiz Central Season 19 champion.

And at the end of the season, four lucky Quiz Central seniors will receive a book scholarship provided by the CMU Bookstore and top teams from Quiz Central will qualify for the NAQT High School National Championship Tournament.

Now, let's get to our game.

Our first round is the Maroon and Gold Rush.

Our teams will have just two minutes to answer or pass each question.

Each correct answer is worth 10 points, no point deduction for incorrect answers.

Students will be able to consult with their teammates on each question, but the final answers will be coming from the team's captain.

Ready players?

Ionia, here comes your first question in the Maroon and Gold Rush.

What fictional group whose members include Baby John in action sings "Gee Officer Krupke" and are the white rivals of the Sharks in "West Side Story?"

- The Jets?

The Jets?

- [David] Correct.

During what uprising in 17th century Virginia did rebels oppose to Governor William Berkeley issue the declaration of the people and burn Jamestown?

- Maybe.

- The Whiskey Rebellion?

- [David] That's incorrect.

What part of the human upper extremity is known as the pollex and as two phalanges and is a saddle-shaped joint that allows it to be opposable?

- The thumb.

- The thumb.

- [David] Correct.

In Aldous Huxley's dystopian novel "Brave New World," what 20th-century industrialist is venerated for philosophical teachings such as "history is bunk"?

- Any ideas?

- From the 1900s.

- Pass.

- [David] Manama is the capital of what Middle Eastern country that is linked to the mainland by the King Fahd Causeway?

(person speaks indistinctly) - Saudi Arabia?

- [David] That's incorrect.

What non SI unit of area is equal to 2.5 acres or a square 100 meters on a side?

- A decimeter.

- A decimeter.

- [David] That's incorrect.

What show whose Season four soundtrack opens with "Separate Ways" and includes Kate Bush's "Running Up That Hill" depicts monsters from the "Upside Down?"

- "Stranger Things."

- "Stranger Things."

- [David] That is correct.

What singer whose solo albums include "Doo-Wops & Hooligans" joined rapper Anderson .Paak to form the super duos Silk Sonic?

- Bruno Mars.

- Correct.

(bell rings) And that bell singles the end of the round and now we turn to Ludington.

Here comes your first question in the Maroon and Gold Rush.

What fictional group whose members include Baby John and action sings "Gee Officer Krupke" and are the white rivals of the Sharks in "West Side Story?"

- Jets.

- Yeah.

- The Jets?

- [David] Correct.

During what uprising in 17th century Virginia did rebels oppose to Governor William Berkeley issue the declaration of the people and burn Jamestown?

- What was it?

- Bacon's Rebellion.

- Bacon's Rebellion.

- [David] That is correct.

What part of the human upper extremity is known as the pollex has two phalanges and has a saddle-shaped joint that allows it to be opposable?

- Thumb.

- Thumb?

- [David] Correct.

In Aldous Huxley's dystopian novel "Brave New World," what 20th-century industrialist is venerated for philosophical teachings such as "history is bunk"?

- Mustapha Mond?

- Defer to Raiden.

- Mustapha Mond.

- [David] Incorrect.

Manama is the capital of what Middle Eastern country?

- Bahrain.

- Bahrain.

Bahrain.

- Bahrain.

Okay, sorry for that.

Good job.

Correct.

What non S unit of area is equal to 2.5 acres or a square 100 meters on a side?

- Vector?

- Vector?

- [David] Once more, please.

- Vector.

- Vector.

- [David] Correct.

What show whose Season four soundtrack opens with "Separate Ways" and includes Kate Bush's "Running Up That Hill..." - "Stranger Things."

- "Stranger Things."

- "Stranger Things."

- That is correct.

What singer whose solo albums include "Doo-Wops & Hooligans" joined rapper Anderson .Paak to form the super duos Silk Sonic?

- Puff Daddy.

- Puff Daddy.

(chuckles) - Incorrect.

What region which extends from Woods Hole in the southwest to Provincetown is to the north of Martha's Vineyard and is a Cape?

(bell dings) Sorry the bell signals the end of that round.

Round one finishing with Ludington holding a 60 to 40 lead over Ionia.

Well, both teams only missed one question in that first round, so let's get you an answer to that one.

A 20th-century industrialist venerated for philosophical teachings such as "history is bunk."

That was Henry Ford.

And before we start our next round of Quiz Central, let's meet the players competing today.

First up, let's learn more about that team from Ionia.

- I'm Grace.

I attend Ionia High School and I'm a senior.

And I'm on the Quiz Bowl team and in the choir.

I'm Lucas.

I'm a junior in Ionia High School.

And I am in the choir, Quiz Bowl, Science Olympiad and theater.

I'm Evan Rocha, a senior here at Ionia High School and I play varsity soccer.

Hi, I'm Caitlin.

I am a junior here at Ionia.

I do theater and I am in marching band.

- Thanks, Ionia.

Now, let's meet the students from Ludington.

- I'm Jackson Skipper.

I'm a junior at Ludington High School.

I play the trombone for marching band and I'm part of student council.

I'm Quinn Merchant, I'm a junior at Ludington.

I'm the drummer in the jazz band and my favorite drummer is John Bonham.

My name is Gabrielle Hill, I'm a junior here at Ludington High School and I've lived in seven different states in the United States.

Hello, I am Raiden Wolf.

I am a senior at Ludington High School and I am in fact on the Quiz Bowl team.

- Thanks to all of you.

Okay, our next round today is the perfect 10.

In the perfect 10, our teams will be given a category and they'll have 60 seconds to answer or pass on each of the 10 questions pertaining to that category.

Correct answers again worth 10 points with no point deduction for an incorrect answer.

Our perfect 10 category for today is, A in literature.

Name the authors of these English language works that whose titles start with the letter A?

Ionia, here comes your first question in today's perfect 10.

"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland?"

- Lewis Carroll.

- Lewis Carroll.

- [David] Correct.

"Animal Farm?"

- George Orwell?

- Yeah.

- Orwell.

- Correct.

"Adventures of Huckleberry Finn?"

- Twain.

- Correct.

"As I Lay Dying" and "Absalom!

Absalom!"

- Hawt?

- Hawthorne.

- [David] That's incorrect.

"Anthem" and "Atlas Shrugged."

- Pass.

- [David] "The Age of Innocence?"

- Alcott.

- That's incorrect.

"The Awakening?"

- Melville.

- [David] That is incorrect.

"Anne of Green Gables?"

- You know what?

(bell dings) - And that bell signals the end of the round so we'll hold on that question but good job players.

Ionia got off to a good start.

A little slow down there in their momentum.

Ludington, here comes your first question in today's perfect 10.

"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland?"

- Carroll.

- Carroll.

- [David] Correct.

"Animal Farm?"

- Orwell.

- Orwell.

- [David] Correct.

"Adventures of Huckleberry Finn?"

- Mark Twain.

- Mark Twain.

- [David] Correct.

"As I Lay Dying" and "Absalom, Absalom!"

- Faulkner.

- Faulkner.

- [David] Correct.

"Anthem" and "Atlas Shrugged."

- Rand.

- Rand.

- [David] Correct.

"The Age of Innocence?"

- Austin?

- Wordsworth.

- Wordsworth.

- [David] Incorrect.

"The Awakening?"

- Pass.

- Austin?

- [David] "Anne of Green Gables?"

- Pass.

- Austin?

- [David] Incorrect.

"Angela's Ashes?"

- Austin.

- Austin.

- [David] Incorrect.

"The Ambassadors?"

- Austin.

(chuckles) - Austin.

(bell dings) - Incorrect.

And that bell signals the end of the round.

Few tough questions for both schools in the perfect 10.

Now, let's revisit the questions that stumped both of them.

The "Age of Innocence" answer we were looking for was Edith Wharton.

The "Anne of Green Gables" question needed a L.M.

Montgomery answer.

Frank McCourt was the answer we needed for "Angela's Ashes."

Finally, the answer we needed for "The Ambassadors" was Henry James.

Ludington now with a 110 to 70 lead, as we head down the Homestretch, I'll have more questions for our teams and correct answers as always, worth 10 points with no deduction for any incorrect answer.

Ionia, here comes your first question.

What volcano, which erupted in December, 2022 for the first time since 1984 makes up much of the big island of Hawaii?

- Kilauea?

Do you agree?

- I don't know.

- Kilauea.

- [David] That is incorrect.

In 2022, Dina Boluarte became what South American country's first female president after Pedro Castillo was impeached and detained in its capital city Lima?

- Is that Peru?

Peru.

- [David] That is correct.

The AES and RSA algorithms perform what task which encodes a message so that only those with a certain key can read it?

- Encryption.

- Encryption.

- Encryption.

- Correct.

What Roman politician was the target of Cicero's Philippics and lost the battle at Actium to Octavian after which he and Cleopatra committed suicide?

- What's that?

- Antony?

Antony.

- Correct.

What worked by Art Spiegelman about the Holocaust was the first graphic novel to win a Pulitzer Price?

- Maus.

- Maus?

- [David] Correct.

What artist painted a crumbling pillar inside a torso in "The Broken Column" and included hummingbirds in a self-portrait inspired by her Mexican roots?

- Probably Frida Kahlo.

- Frida Kahlo?

- [David] Correct.

What name is shared by an outdoor apparel company founded by Yvon Chouinard in an arid region of southern Chile in Argentina?

- I think Adirondack.

- Is that a clothing company?

- I don't know.

- Adirondack?

- [David] That is incorrect.

What novel whose protagonist works at the Liberty Paint factory and lives in Harlem features an unnamed black narrator and is by Ralph Ellison?

- "The Bluest Eye?"

- Incorrect.

What denomination the main target of the Know Nothing movement had no adherence elected president until 1960 when John F. Kennedy won the office?

- Catholics.

- Yeah.

Catholics?

- [David] Correct.

What three word term whose first word begins with S denotes the splitting up of responsibilities within a government into branches?

- Separation.

- Separation of powers.

- [David] Correct.

Barbara Tuchman's, "A Distant Mirror" is about what calamitous century during which millions died of the Black Death?

- 1500s.

- The 1500s.

- [David] Incorrect.

What book which contains a list of costs totaling over $28 in a chapter called "Economy" depicts the life in the woods of Henry David Thoreau?

- "Walden."

- Correct.

What author noted "They also serve who only stand and wait," in his sonnet "When I Consider How My Light is Spent" about his blindness?

(person speaks indistinctly) - Whitman?

- Incorrect.

(bell dings) And that bell signals the end of the round.

Next up is Ludington.

We'll start off with your first question of today's Homestretch.

What volcano which erupted in December, 2022 for the first time since 1984 makes up much of the big island of Hawaii?

- Mauna Loa.

- Mauna Loa.

- [David] Correct.

In 2022, Dina Boluarte became what South American country's first female president after Pedro Castillo was impeached and detained in its capital Lima?

- Peru.

- Peru.

- [David] Correct.

The AES and RSA algorithms perform what task which encodes a message so that only those with a certain key can read it?

- Cipher?

- Cipher.

- [David] Incorrect.

What Roman politician was the target of Cicero's Philippics and lost the battle at Actium to Octavian after which he and Cleopatra committed suicide?

- Mark Antony.

- Mark Antony.

- [David] That is correct.

What work by Art Spiegelman about the Holocaust was the first graphic novel to win a Pulitzer Price?

- Maus.

- Maus.

- [David] Correct.

What artist painted a crumbling pillar inside a torso in "The Broken Column" and included hummingbirds in a self portrait inspired by her Mexican roots?

- Frida Kahlo.

- Frida Kahlo.

- [David] Correct.

What name is shared by an outdoor apparel company founded by Yvon Chouinard in an arid region of southern Chile in Argentina?

- Patagonia.

- Defer to Raiden.

- Patagonia.

- Correct.

What novel whose protagonist works at the Liberty Paint factory and lives in Harlem features an unmasked...

Excuse me- - "Invisible Man."

- "Invisible Man."

- [David] Correct.

What denomination the main target of the Know Nothing movement had no adherence elected president until 1960 when John F. Kennedy won the office?

(person speaks indistinctly) - Pass.

- [David] What three word term whose first word begins with S denotes the splitting up of responsibilities within a government into branches?

- Separation of powers.

Separation of powers.

- [David] That is correct.

Barbara Tuchman's, "A Distant Mirror" is about what calamitous century during which millions died of the Black Death?

- 1300s.

- 1300s.

- [David] Correct.

What book which contains a list of costs totaling over $28 in a chapter titled "Economy Depicts The Life in the Woods" of Henry David Thoreau?

- Walden.

- Walden.

- [David] Correct.

What author noted "They also serve who only stand and wait" in his sonnet "When I Consider How My Light is Spent" about his blindness?

- Tennyson.

- Tennyson.

- [David] Incorrect.

What law which can be derived from it's principle of least time relates to signs of the angles of incidents and refraction?

- Index.

- Index?

- [David] Incorrect.

In May, 2023, what Major League Baseball franchise announced a new stadium agreement that allows the team to move to Las Vegas by 2025?

- Pass.

- Pass.

- [David] In what capital city was an ally near the Hamilton Hotel, the site of over 150 deaths in a 2022 crowd crush which took place in its Itaewon district?

- 34?

- 34?

- That's incorrect.

(bell dings) And that bell does signal the end of the round.

We finished off three rounds and Ludington has a 210 to 150 lead over Ionia.

Lots of correct answers in that round, but let's find out the answers to the questions that both teams missed.

The author of the sonnet "When I Consider How My Light is Spent."

That was John Milton.

That law derived from Fermat's principle of time was Snell's Law.

A baseball team packing up and moving to Las Vegas by 2025, the Oakland A's.

And the capital city that was the site of 150 crowd crush deaths in 2022 was Seoul.

Teams the final countdown will be your last two minutes to answer or pass questions.

Correct answers are worth 10 points a piece with no point deduction for any incorrect answers.

Ionia, we'll start with you, to start off the final countdown.

With two minutes on the clock, here comes your first question.

What title character thwarts the plans of his employer Count Almaviva to a Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Comic Opera about his marriage to Susanna?

- Figaro?

- Correct.

The nickname Little Green Men One was given to the first known example of what radio sources which are rotating neutron stars?

- Is that Axon?

- Hmm.

- Axon?

- Axon.

- [David] Incorrect.

What business which is the world's largest music publisher makes Bravia branded televisions, Xperia phones and the PlayStation console?

- Sony.

- Sony.

Sony.

- [David] That is correct.

What weather phenomenon rubs its back upon the window panes in a love song by T.S.

Elliot and comes on little cat feet in a Carl Sandburg poem?

- Fog.

- Correct.

Calabria lies in the eastern end of what Strait that separates Sicily from the Italian mainland?

- Bearing Strait?

- Incorrect.

As of 2022, women such as Wilma Mankiller and Anna May Wong can be seen on what objects issued by the US government?

- Coins.

Coins?

- [David] That is correct.

All right.

During what war did a secret study leaked by Daniel Ellsberg known as the "Pentagon Papers" trace lies about US involvement in Southeast Asia?

- Vietnam?

- Vietnam.

- Vietnam?

- Correct.

What man became the youngest ever presidential nominee of a major party after giving his cross of gold speech in 1896?

- Johnson.

- Incorrect.

(bell dings) And that bell unfortunately signals the end of the round.

Ludington, you're up next in today's final countdown.

What title character thwarts the plans of his employer Count Almaviva and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Comic Opera about his marriage to Susanna?

- Figaro?

- Figaro.

- [David] Correct.

The nickname of Little Green Men One was given to the first known example of what radio sources which are rotating neutron stars?

- Pulsars.

- Pulsars?

- [David] Correct.

What business which is the world's largest music publisher, makes Bravia branded televisions, Xperia phones and the PlayStation console?

- Sony.

- Sony?

- [David] Correct.

What weather phenomenon rubs its back upon the window panes in a love song by T.S.

Elliott and comes on little cat feet in a Carl Sandburg poem?

- Fog.

- Fog.

- [David] That is correct.

Calabria lies in the eastern end of what Strait, which separates Sicily from the Italian mainland?

- Strait of Messina.

- The Strait of Messina?

- [David] That is correct.

As of 2022, women such as Wilma Mankiller and Anna May Wong can be seen on what objects issued by the US government?

- Like money.

Coins?

- Coins.

- Coins?

- [David] That is correct.

During what war does secret study leaked by Daniel Ellsberg known as the "Pentagon Papers" trace lies about US involvement in Southeast Asia?

- Vietnam.

- Vietnam?

- [David] Correct.

What man became the youngest ever presidential nominee of a major party after giving his cross of gold speech in 1896?

- Bryan.

- Bryan?

- [David] That is correct.

Poems in what form, many of which appear in Narrow Road to the Deep North have lines of five, seven, and five syllables?

- Haiku.

- Haiku.

- [David] That is correct.

What name is sometimes given to a 2:2 time, which can be denoted by a C with a vertical line through it?

- Cut.

Cut time.

- That is correct.

(bell dings) And that bell does signal the end of the round.

Ludington with a strong finish through that final countdown round and they take the win.

Ludington, congratulations.

You're on to the next round.

Well done, players from Ionia.

Thank you for joining us this season.

We'd like to invite you to join us again next week right here on Quiz Central, or you can watch games anytime online at wcmu.org.

Thank you and goodnight.

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