- Welcome to the studios of WCMU Public Television.

And this episode of quiz central, it's a first round game between Ionia High School and Traverse City Central, coming up right after this.

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- Let's get today's match underway.

Here is your first question on Quiz Central.

- Teddy Roosevelt.

- That is correct.

(indistinct) - Yes, that answer is correct.

- Patella.

- Correct.

Traverse City Central congratulations on being our season 15 champions.

Hello everyone.

I'm Matthew Zanuck and welcome to the 16th season of Quiz Central.

This season, our competition will be unlike any other not only do we have a new host but for the first time in Quiz Central history our students will not be joining us in the studio.

Instead, they'll be competing virtually from their hometowns and instead of competing head-to-head with buzzers in hand our two teams will be independently challenged with the same set of questions.

The school that answers the most questions correctly will advance to the next round.

This season of Quiz Central will consist of 16 teams divided into four divisions based on school enrollment.

At the end of the season four Quiz Central seniors will receive a book scholarship provided by the CMU Bookstore.

This week the red division takes center stage.

So without further ado, let's get today's match underway.

Our first round is the maroon and gold rush.

Each team will have two minutes to answer as many questions as they can.

Each correct answer is worth 10 points and there is no point induction for incorrect answers.

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

Ionia high school, here is your first question on Quiz Central.

What region whose cities include Kahn Yunis has been controlled by Hamas since 2006 and is a Palestinian strip about 20 miles West of the West bank.

(indistinct) - The answer is Gaza.

- Correct.

A sea song with the lyrics, 15 men on a dead man's chest yo ho yo ho, and a bottle of rum appears on what 1883 novel by Robert Louis Stevenson.

- "Treasure Island" - The answer is "Treasure Island".

- Correct.

What poem whose subject is called the player with railroads and the hog butcher for the world is by Carl Sandberg and is about a city in Illinois.

- Answer is Chicago.

- Correct.

What Italian scientist invented the barometer and is the namesake of a unit of pressure called the torr?

(indistinct chatter) Any answer Ionia?

- Answer Galloway - Incorrect.

Next question.

The Greasy Grass is another name for the location of what battle in which Crazy Horse led native American forces who crushed George Custer's calvary.

- Little Bighorn.

- Answer Little Bighorn.

- Correct.

John Ruskin wrote a book titled for the stones of what city, in which the Bridge of Sighs connected a prison with the Dogi's Palace.

(indistinct) Incorrect.

What country whose town of Lidice was destroyed in a World War II massacre, was formed after the velvet divorce when it split from Slovakia.

- Answer the Czech Republic.

- Correct.

In 2002, what former Portuguese colony in Asia whose capital is Delhi successfully gained its independence from Indonesia.

(indistinct chatter) - Answer Cambodia - Incorrect.

Which operatic title character who dies in a Seville Square after she (indistinct) and with that bell, the round is over.

For that first round, Ionia you received five correct answers for a total of 50 points, three incorrect answers.

And the questions that we missed in that one that Italian scientists who invented the barometer.

We were looking for Torricelli.

John Ruskin wrote that book about the town of Venice.

Let me see.

And in 2002, that former Portuguese colony we were looking for was East Timor.

Traverse City Central.

Here's your first question on Quiz Central.

What region who's cities include Khan Yunis has been controlled by Hamas since 2006 and has a Palestinian strip about 20 miles West of the West bank?

- Gaza strip - Correct.

A sea song with the lyrics 15 men on the dead man's chest yo ho yo ho, and a bottle of rum appears in what 1883 novel by Robert Louis Stevenson?

(indistinct chatter) - Treasure Island.

- Correct.

What poem whose subject is called the player with railroads and the hog butcher for the world is by Carl Sandberg and it's about a city in Illinois.

- Chicago.

- Correct.

What Italian scientist invented the barometer and is the namesake of a unit of pressure called the torr?

- Torricelli.

- I need you to be a little bit more specific.

- Pass.

- Okay.

The Greasy Grass is another name for the location of what battle in which Crazy Horse led native American forces who crushed George Custer's cavalry?

- Little Bighorn.

- Correct.

John Ruskin wrote a book titled for the stones of what city in which the Bridge of Sighs connected a prison with the Dogi's Palace?

- Pass.

- No answer.

What country whose town of Lidice was destroyed in a World War II massacre was formed after the Velvet Divorce when it split from Slovakia?

- Czech Republic.

- Correct.

In 2002, what former Portuguese colony in Asia whose capital is Delhi successfully gained its independence from Indonesia?

- Papua New Guinea.

- Incorrect.

Which operatic title character who dies in a Seville Square after she was stabbed by her former lover sings the habanera in a work by Georges Bizet.

- Carmen.

- Correct.

And just like that the first round comes to an end Traverse City Central one, two, three, four, five, six, correct answers you got which brings your first round total up to 60 points.

Those questions that you didn't get the Italian scientist was actually Torricelli so couldn't accept that one.

The book of John Ruskin wrote Venice and 2002 that former Portuguese colony we were looking for was East Timor.

East Timor or Timor.

All right.

So with one round in the books, let's take a moment now and meet our contestants from each of today's schools.

We'll begin with today's competitors from Ionia High School.

- My name is (indistinct) senior IHS and I play flute.

- I'm (indistinct) I'm a junior and I'm a snare drumline.

- I am Joel Karnes.

I'm a senior and I played varsity tennis and (indistinct).

- I'm Elliot Rewa.

I'm a junior and I've been at the (indistinct).

- Now let's meet our next team in today's competition.

The students from Traverse City Central, take it away.

- All right.

My name's Ben Maguire.

I'm an 11th grader at Traverse City Central.

And in addition to doing quizbowl, I also do robotics.

- Hi, I'm Henry Husky.

I'm a senior at Traverse City Central and I am the voice of the morning announcements.

- Hey, I'm Mac Chong.

I'm a senior at Traverse City Central and I am also on the football team.

- Hi, I'm George (indistinct) I'm a senior at Traverse City Central and I love to play basketball.

- Well, now that we've had a chance to meet everyone let's head into the next round of competition the perfect ten.

In this round each team will be given a category and they'll have 60 seconds to answer as many questions as they can.

Teams can still consult on each question but I'll be taking final answers from our captains.

Your category in this perfect ten round capital namesakes named these state capitals given the people after whom they are named.

So I'll give you a description and then you give me the capital city.

60 seconds on the clock, et's start the perfect ten.

Explorer who sailed on the Santa Maria.

- Columbus - Correct.

Author of the declaration of independence.

- Jefferson city.

- Jefferson city.

- Correct.

Apostle who was born Saul of Tarsus?

- St. Paul - St. Paul - Correct.

Settler of a colony that gained independence from Mexico in 1836.

- Houston - Incorrect.

Founder of the Roanoke Colony.

- Raleigh.

- Correct.

The forth US president.

- Madison.

- Madison.

- Correct.

German chancellor beginning in 1871.

- Bismarck.

- Correct.

Daughter of James the second of England.

- Mary.

- Incorrect.

Frontiersmen who traveled with John C. Fremont.

(bell rings) And that bell indicates the end of the round.

So in the perfect 10 Ionia, you were able to snag six correct questions for 60 points.

The questions that you did not get the settler of a colony that gained independence from Mexico was Stephen F. Austin, the capital city of Austin, Texas and the daughter of James the second of England after queen Anne Annapolis the capital of Maryland.

Traverse City Central here's your next question on Quiz Central.

60 seconds on the clock.

Explorer who sailed on the Santa Maria.

- Columbus.

- Correct.

Author of the declaration of independence.

- Jefferson.

- I need you to be more specific I'm looking for the city name.

- Jefferson city.

- Correct.

- Apostle who was born Saul of Tarsus.

- St. Paul - Correct.

The settler of a colony that gained independence from Mexico in 1836.

- Austin - Correct.

Founder of the Roanoke colony.

(indistinct chatter) - What's the capital of Virginia?

- Richmond - Incorrect.

The fourth president US president.

- Madison - Correct.

German chancellor beginning in 1871.

- Bismarck.

- Correct.

Daughter of James the second of England.

- Elizabeth.

Ooh, Victoria - No incorrect.

And the bell marks the end of the perfect 10.

You were able to get six questions correct in your perfect 10, those two that you didn't get the founder of the Roanoke colony we were looking for Raleigh, North Carolina after sir Walter Raleigh and the daughter of James the second of England, you gave a few answers but the name we were looking for was Annapolis, Annapolis Maryland named after queen Anne.

All right, with two rounds in the books thus far Traverse City Central is in the lead with 120 points.

And Ionia is hot on their heels with 110 points.

Let's head into our third round of the day the home stretch round.

I'll be asking each team a series of questions.

The teams will be able to consult with each other but I'll be taking answers directly from the captains.

Ionia, here comes your first question in today's homestretch round.

What author whose first novel was "Sister Carrie" wrote about a man who was executed for murder in his novel "An American Tragedy".

(indistinct chatter) The answer is Smith.

- Incorrect, next question.

What quantity which Henry Moseley showed is proportional to an element's admitted x-ray frequencies is a count of the protons in a nucleus?

(indistinct chatter) - Answer mass.

- Incorrect.

What civil rights leader who founded operation PUSH called for a rainbow coalition of minority voters during his 1984 and 1988 presidential runs.

- John Lewis.

- Incorrect What University where the E-Net Computer was built is home to the Wharton School and is an Ivy league university founded by Benjamin Franklin?

- Answer University of Pennsylvania.

- Correct.

In 2019 researchers at Microsoft and the University of Washington were able to store and retrieve the word "hello" from molecules of what substance?

- Hydrogen.

- Incorrect.

What singer who described a dream that might've been a nightmare in everything I wanted has a brother named Phineas who co-wrote her song, "Bad Guy" (indistinct chatter) - Billie Eilish.

- Correct.

The Chateau Frontenac Hotel is in what predominantly French speaking city?

A provincial Capitol on the St. Louis River, Northeast of Montreal.

- Quebec, - Correct.

The Final product of glycolysis is what three carbon acid whose fate is either to enter fermentation or the citric acid cycle?

- Lactic acid.

- Incorrect.

In 1939 after invading Poland Nazi Germany bloodlessly seized the Memel territory from what neighboring Baltic country?

(indistinct chatter) - The Netherlands.

- Incorrect, next question.

What country in which the Penelopegate scandal took place is led by a man who defeated the national front's Marie Le Pen in 2017, Emmanuel Macron?

- France.

- Correct.

Don Shula spent 25 years as head coach of what NFL team that finished the 1972 season with a perfect record?

- The Steelers.

- Incorrect Prout's hypothesis is the now rejected idea that all atoms are made from atoms of what element whose most common isotope has a mass number of one?

- Hydrogen.

- Correct.

What mystical Islamic tradition has such sex as the Mulleavy order which members often remember God by whirling.

- Islam.

- Incorrect.

What Bantu ethnic group, the most numerous in South Africa fought the UK in an 1879 war and was led in the early 1800s by a King named Shaka.

- Zulu.

- Correct.

Iophius is the earliest known example of what animals whose modern variants belong to the (indistinct) Correct.

What country that contains the capital of the ancient kingdom of Axum once controlled modern day Eritrea and with the bell, the homestretch round comes to a close.

Ionia you were able to snag, let's see one, two, three, four five, six, seven, correct answers, which gives you 70 points after the home stretch round you'll have a total of 180 points.

Traverse City Central here comes your next question.

What author whose first novel was "Sister Carrie" wrote about a man who was executed for murder in his novel "An American Tragedy" - Stevenson.

- Incorrect.

What quantity which Henry Mosley showed is proportional to an element's emitted X-ray frequencies is a count of protons in a nucleus?

- Atomic number.

- Correct.

What civil rights leader who founded operation PUSH called for a rainbow coalition of minority voters during his 1984 and 1988 presidential runs?

I should know.

(indistinct chatter) Pass.

- No answer onto the next question.

What university, where the E-Net Computer was built is home to the Wharton school and is an Ivy league university founded by Benjamin Franklin?

- U Penn.

- U Penn, correct.

In 2019 researchers at Microsoft and the University of Washington were able to store and retrieve the word "hello" from molecules of what substance?

- Gold.

- Incorrect.

What singer who described a dream that might've been a nightmare and everything I wanted has a brother named Phineas who co-wrote her song "Bad Guy"?

- Billy Eilish.

- Correct The Chateau Frontenac Hotel is in what predominantly French speaking city a provincial capital on the St. Lawrence River, Northeast of Montreal.

(indistinct chatter) - Quebec City.

- Correct answer.

The final product of glycolysis is what three carbon acid whose fate is either to enter fermentation or the citric acid cycle?

- ATP - Incorrect.

Next question.

What Egyptian Monarch who succeeded (indistinct) the 12th was defeated by Octavian at Actium in 31 BC?

- Cleopatra right?

Cleopatra.

- Correct.

In 1939, after invading Poland, Nazi Germany bloodlessly sleaze the Memel territory from what neighboring Baltic country?

(indistinct chatter) - Lithuania.

- Correct.

What country in which the Penelopegate scandal took place is led by a man who defeated the national front's Marie Le Pen in 2017 Emmanuel Macron?

- France.

- Correct.

Don Shula spent 25 years as head coach of what NFL team that finished the 1972 season with a perfect record.

- The Dolphins - Correct.

Prout's hypothesis is the now rejected idea that all atoms are made from atoms of what element whose most common isotope has a mass number of one.

- Hydrogen - Hydrogen.

- Correct.

What mystical Islamic tradition has such sex as the Mulleavy order whose members often remember God by whirling?

(indistinct chatter) - Pass.

- No answer.

Next question.

What Bantu ethnic group the most numerous in South Africa fought the UK in an 1879 war and was led in the early 1800s by a King named Shaka?

- The Zulu.

- Zulu, the Zulu war.

- Correct.

Iophius is the earliest known example of what animals whose modern variants belong to the (indistinct) - Horse, horse.

- Correct.

What country that contains the capital of the ancient kingdom of Axum once controlled modern day Eritrea has it's capital at Addis Ababa.

- Ethiopia.

- Correct.

And just like that, that is the last question that we have for you in today is home starts around.

You did very well in that round.

Let's count 'em up.

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, 10, 11 12, correct answers, which brings your end of the round three score to 240 points going in to our final countdown.

As we go back and look at some of those questions that you got incorrect, that civil rights leader we were looking for was Jesse Jackson.

2019 researchers what word from "hello" was found on molecules of the substance DNA is what we were looking for.

The final product of glycolysis was pyruvate.

Let me see that mystical Islamic tradition we were looking for was Sufism or Dervish.

With a score of Ionia 180 and Traverse City Central 240 We now head into the final countdown.

Contestants will have two minutes to answer as many questions as they can.

Each correct answer is still worth 10 points.

Teams can consult on each question and answers will be coming from the captain.

Ionia, here's your first final countdown question.

What organization formed in 1792 by the Buttonwood Agreement has an average $169 billion a day trade volume and is found at 11 Wall Street - New York stock exchange.

- Correct.

Which son of Uther Pendragon owned the Round Table?

- Arthur.

- Correct.

Next question.

What number is the logarithm of one in every base?

The cardinality of the empty set, the additive identity and is neither negative nor positive?

- Zero.

- Correct.

(indistinct) are midway points along what Russian infrastructure project that was begun under Alexander the third to link Moscow to Vladivostok?

- The Trans-Siberian Railway.

- Correct.

What country which impeached its former president Dilma Rousseff in 2016 has been led since 2018 by far right president Jair Bolsonaro?

- Italy.

- Incorrect.

A group of seven commandments is summarized by the slogan "four legs good two legs bad in what novella by George Orwell?

- The "Animal Farm".

- Correct.

What author of "Haroun and the Sea of Stories" was the target of a 1989 fatwa issued by Ayatollah Khomeinis for his novel "The Satanic Verse".

- Rushdie.

- Correct.

What nine letter term labels the climate zones that extend from 35 to 50 degrees North and South latitude and a type a forest common in those zones.

- Tropical.

- Incorrect.

What psychologist was inspired by the Nuremberg trials to perform a name stakes study involving teachers and there is the bell, which means that your final countdown has come to a close.

You are able to correctly answer six questions for a total of 60 points for that round which brings you to a grand total of 240 points.

So after four rounds of very tough questions Ionia high school, you have finished up this episode of Quiz Central with 240 points.

For that final countdown the questions that you did not get, right the country that we were looking for that has been led by Jair Bolsonaro was Brazil.

The nine letter term for the climate zone we were looking for temperate zones, not tropical zones and Stanley Milgram was the answer to that last question but we didn't really get to it.

Traverse City Central.

Now here is your first final countdown question.

What organization formed in 1792 by the Buttonwood agreement has an average $169 billion a day trade volume and is found at 11 Wall Street?

- Goldman Sachs - Incorrect.

Which son of Uther Pendragon owned the Round Table?

- Arthur.

- Correct.

What number is the logarithm of one in every base the cardinality of the empty set, the additive of identity and is neither negative nor positive?

- Zero.

- Correct.

(indistinct) are midway points along what Russian infrastructure project that was begun under Alexander the third to link Moscow to Vladivostok?

- Trans-Siberian Railroad.

- Correct.

What country which impeached it's former president Dilma Rousseff in 2016 has been led since 2018 by far right president Jair Bolsonaro.

- Brazil.

- Brazil correct answer.

A group of seven commandments is summarized by the slogan "four legs good, two legs bad" in what novella by George Orwell.

- "Animal Farm" - "Animal Farm".

- Correct.

What author of "Haroun and the Sea of Stories" was the target of a 1989 fatwa issued by Ayatollah Khomeini for his novel "The Satanic Verses" - Chomsky.

- Incorrect.

What nine letter term labels the climate zones that extend from 35 to 50 degrees North and South latitude and a type a forest common in those zones.

(indistinct) - Incorrect.

Next question.

What psychologist was inspired by the Nuremberg Trials to perform a namesake study involving teachers administering electric shocks to learners?

I don't know, I should know this.

- Pass.

- No answer.

Next question.

(bell rings) Oh, we're not going to get to the next question because that bell indicates the end of the round.

Traverse City Central you were able to snag five correct answers during the final countdown for a total of 50 points which brings your Quiz Central total today to 290 points.

Those final countdown questions that you guys did not get right.

What organization formed in 1972 and is found at 11 Wall Street we were looking for the New York Stock Exchange.

The of Haroun who wrote the satanic verses we were looking for Salman Rushdie.

The nine letter term that labels the climate zones that extend from 30 to 50 degrees we were looking for temperate zones.

And that psychologist with that very interesting trial was Stanley Milgram and his Milgram experiments.

That is the answer that we were looking for there.

Well, after four rounds of competition our final scores Traverse City Central 290 And Ionia 240.

Congratulations to Traverse City Central you'll be advancing to our next round of competition.

And we wanna thank Ionia for a hard fought match you face some stiff competition today.

Seniors, good luck to all of you on your future endeavors underclassmen, we hope to see you on the next season of Quiz Central.

And we all hope that you will join us again for this next episode of Quiz Central as two more schools compete for the season 16 title.

And as a reminder, all episodes of Quiz Central are archived online at wcmu.org from the crew here at WCMU Public Television thank you for watching and we'll see you right back here for the next installment of Quiz Central.

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