- [Narrator 1] Local support for High School Bowl, is made possible by 17 Upper Peninsula credit unions, including TruNorth Federal, Marquette Community Federal, Tahquamenon Area, Soo Co-op, Peninsula Federal, and Gogebic County Federal.

And by Petrucelli and Waara, attorneys at law, serving Michigan and Wisconsin, supporting our high school students in their quest for excellence, and by Johnson Controls, creating buildings and environments, that help people achieve.

Because when buildings work better, people work better.

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High School Bowl is a production of WNMU-TV, in partnership with the regional educational service agencies, and intermediate school districts of the Upper Peninsula.

- Welcome to High School Bowl.

- Tonight's first game is Marquette versus Ironwood.

- And our second game is Dollar Bay versus Wakefield Marenisco.

- Wait, I thought this was a Wendy's.

- [Narrator 1] Major production funding for High School Bowl, is provided by Janice Mills of Escanaba, and by The Donald and Audrey Anderson Foundation.

(upbeat music playing) - [Narrator 2] WNMU-TV presents, High School Bowl.

Our first game match is the Ironwood Red Devils, against the Marquette Redmen.

Now, here's your host of High School Bowl, Jim Koski.

(audience claps) - Good evening, and welcome to another edition of High School Bowl.

It's your chance to spend an hour with some of the brightest young people on the planet.

Later on this hour, we'll be meeting Dollar Bay and Wakefield Marenisco.

But let's say hey to the teams of tonight's first game, and let's start with the Ironwood Red Devils.

- Abigail Lauzon, sophomore.

- Tyler Smith, junior.

- Lauren Ramme, junior, team captain.

- Peter Gallo, sophomore.

- Those are the Ironwood Red Devils.

Now, their opponents in this all-red match, the Marquette Redmen.

- I'm Nick Jones, senior.

- Charles Henry, junior.

- Silas McNealy, senior and team captain.

- Croix LaValley, senior.

- Those are the Marquette Redmen, along with the Ironwood Red Devils, the two teams in the first half of tonight's High School Bowl.

(audience claps) Now let's meet the alternatives for the two teams, for Ironwood, it is Marissa Ritter, while for Marquette, it is Siri DePietro.

And the coaches for the two teams as well, for Marquette, it's Jesse Kainulainen, it's Ted Sim for Ironwood.

Good luck coaches.

(audience claps) Now, before we get to our first question for tonight, we do have a question sponsor from a very familiar name.

We would like to thank G.G.

Gordon, of Marquette, who is sponsoring the questions, in hopes that her hometown Redmen do well.

So, thank you very much G.G., for that sponsorship.

(audience claps) (bell chimes) Okay, seeing as how they're paid for, we might as well use them.

So here is your first toss up question.

A photo taken in this city, shows former army ranger, Jason Crow comforting his colleague, Susan Wild.

A horn-wearing man, calling himself a Shaman of QAnon, (buzzer beeps) Jones.

- Washington DC.

- Correct for 10 points.

(audience claps) Okay Marquette, here is your first bonus round.

This country was largely controlled by military dictators, from 1185 to 1868.

For 10 points, name this country ruled by Bakufu, or tent governments, during most of that period.

- Persia?

- Yeah.

- Persia.

- Not Persia, Ironwood?

- India?

- No, how about Japan?

Marquette, this military title, a shortened form of Commander-in-Chief against the barbarians, was revived starting with Minamoto in 1185.

- Shogun?

- Shogun.

- Shogun, yup.

And Marquette, Japan's last Shogun resigned and gave power to this emperor, in 1867 as part of a namesake restoration.

- Meiji?

- Meiji.

Meiji, yup.

So, 20 points for Marquette in that bonus round.

(audience claps) Here's your next toss up question.

One of these animals, created by the authors, Deborah and James Howe-- (buzzer beeps) is found in a, Lauzon.

- Dog.

- [Jim] Is found in a movie theater, and later suspected of leaving puncture marks in vegetables.

(buzzer beeps) Smith.

- Mouse.

- [Jim] A tactile board book asks babies to pat-- (buzzer beeps) one of these animals.

- Gallo.

- Horse.

- [Jim] For 10 points, what type of animal is the possibly vampiric, (buzzer beeps) Bunnicula?

Ramme.

- Bunny.

- Yeah, we'll accept bunnies, rabbits.

10 points for Ironwood in that bonus round.

(audience claps) Now we move on to our bonus round, Ironwood, and here it is.

On this TV show, the ancient philosopher, Hypatia of Alexandria, reveals that her mind has become addled by the tedium of the title location.

For 10 points, Eleanor decides to walk through the last door, in the final episode of what NBC sitcom?

- The Good Place.

- Good Place, yup.

Eleanor is played by this actress, who voiced princess Anna, in the Disney movie, Frozen.

- Is it Kristen Bell?

- Yeah.

- Kristen Bell.

- Kristen Bell, yup.

And a character on The Good Place, named Jason Mendoza, who hails from this U.S. state, frequently expresses his love for the former Jaguars quarterback, Blake Bortles.

- Florida.

- Florida.

Correct.

So, 30 points for Ironwood in that bonus round.

(audience claps) Here's your next question.

The AAA criterion, proves shapes can have this relationship.

Shapes with this relationship-- (buzzer beeps) can be turned, - Ramme.

- Similar.

- Or similarity, correct for 10 points.

(audience claps) Okay, Red Devils, here's your next bonus round.

In late 2019, and early 2020, this star was dimmed by a dust cloud.

For 10 points each, name this bright red supergiant, in the constellation Orion.

(contestants whisper inaudibly) - Betelgeuse.

- Betelgeuse, yep.

Betelgeuse's dimming, led to speculation that it might be about to undergo the core collapse form of this process, in which a giant, massive star, explodes.

(contestants whisper inaudibly) - Supernova.

- Supernova, yup.

And the dust cloud that dimmed Betelgeuse, was seen by this NASA space telescope that was launched in 1990.

(contestants whisper inaudibly) - Hubble.

- Hubble, yup.

So, 30 points for Ironwood in that bonus round.

(audience claps) Here's your next toss up question.

A piano quintet by this composer contained-- (buzzer beeps) Smith.

- Beethoven.

- [Jim] Contained a set-- (buzzer beeps) of variations, Jones.

- Dave Brubeck.

- [Jim] Based on his song-- (buzzer beeps) Di Forelle, Ramme.

- Mozart.

- [Jim] Leading to its nickname of the trout quintet.

A B-minor symphony, by this composer, has only two completely orchestrated movements.

For 10 points, name this composer of the Unfinished Symphony.

(buzzer beeps) Jones.

- Beethoven.

- [Jim] Not Beethoven.

Anyone on Ironwood want to give it a shot?

(buzzer beeps) Smith.

- Tchaikovsky?

- No, how about Franz Schuber?

So, let's move on to our next toss up question.

And that is this.

In a film about one of these animals, Quint tells a story about serving on the USS Indianapolis.

(buzzer beeps) There are, Smith.

- Dogs?

- [Jim] There are six TV movies about Fin Shepard's-- (buzzer beeps) encounters, Jones.

- Lamb.

- [Jim] With these animals being dropped on cities by tornadoes.

(buzzer beeps) McNealy.

- Frogs?

- McNeally?

- Frogs?

- Not frogs.

(buzzer beeps) The movie, Smith.

- Sharks.

- Sharks, as in Sharknado, yup.

(audience claps) So, 10 points for Ironwood.

Wow, yeah, High School Bowl question about Sharknado.

We have come so far.

Ironwood, here's your next bonus round.

Several points can claim to be the highest point on earth.

For 10 points each, by elevation above sea level, the highest point on earth, is this mountain in the Himalayas, which straddles the border of India and Nepal.

- Everest.

- Mount Everest, yup.

From base, to peak, the highest point on earth is actually Mauna Kea, in this U.S. state, although much of Mauna Kea lies under the ocean.

- Hawaii.

- Hawaii, yup.

And from base to peak, and excluding any oceanic mountains, the highest point on earth is this tallest mountain in Alaska.

(contestants whisper inaudibly) - Denali.

- It's Denali, yup.

So, 30 points for Ironwood in that bonus round.

(audience claps) Here is your next toss up question.

This town is the youngest major city in the Upper Peninsula, being founded in 1925.

(buzzer beeps) Smith.

- Escanaba.

- [Jim] As a supplier of wood products-- (buzzer beeps) Jones.

- Marquette.

- [Jim] To the Ford motor company-- (buzzer beeps) Ramme.

- Ironwood.

- [Jim] In fact, its high school sports team-- LaValley.

(mumbles) Its high school sports team gets its nickname from a car of the 1930s.

The town also lends its name to a popular brand of charcoal.

For 10 points-- (buzzer beeps) McNeally.

- Kingsford?

- Kingsford, correct, for those 10 points.

(audience claps) Okay, Marquette, here's your next bonus round.

Such men as Miller, and a knight, tell stories in this collection.

For 10 points each, name this work by Geoffrey Chaucer, that consists of stories told by pilgrims on their way to a religious shrine.

- Canterbury tales.

- [Jim] Canterbury Tales, yup.

This Canterbury tale is told by a woman who has been married several times, and depicts a knight who attempts to find out what women truly want.

- A Tale of Two Cities.

- [Jim] No, not a tale of two cities.

Ironwood?

- The Hunger Games.

- [Jim] (laughs) No, although that does often depict the male-female relationship quite well.

How about The Wife of Bath's Tale.

And, Marquette, The Pardoner's Tale, is about three young men who foolishly set off to kill this entity, but end up killing each other, instead.

(contestants whisper inaudibly) - A dragon.

- [Jim] Not a dragon.

Ironwood?

- A god.

- [Jim] How about death?

So, 10 points for Marquette in that bonus round.

(audience claps) Here is your next toss up question, teams.

A thing is nicknamed spaghetti, when it has a complicated control structure, and is hard to maintain.

A compiler transforms this from the source type-- (buzzer beeps) to machine type, Gallo.

- Code.

- [Jim] Computer code, correct, for those 10 points.

(audience claps) Okay, Red Devils, here is your next bonus round.

For 10 points each, name these people from Iowa.

Here's the first one.

Franklin Roosevelt was preceded as president by this Republican, the only Iowan to serve as chief executive.

(contestants whisper inaudibly) - Taft.

- [Jim] Not Taft.

Marquette?

- Hoover.

- [Jim] Herbert Hoover, yup.

Ironwood, this painter depicted a farmhouse in the town of Eldon, Iowa, in the background of his painting, "American Gothic".

- Grantwood.

- Grantwood, yup.

And this actor, who was nicknamed The Duke, and starred in such westerns as "The Searchers" and "Stage Coach", was born in Iowa's Madison county.

(contestants whisper inaudibly) - Clint Eastwood.

- [Jim] Not Clint Eastwood, Marquette?

- John Wayne.

- Ya better believe that, pilgrim.

So, let's see here, 10 points for Ironwood, 20 points for Marquette in that bonus round.

(audience claps) Okay, here's your next toss up question.

In the opera, Porgy and Bess, the aria, "Summertime" notes that fish are jumping, and this crop is high.

The Boll weevil feeds on this crop-- (buzzer beeps) Jones.

- Corn.

- [Jim] Whose seeds were separated-- (buzzer beeps) McNeally.

- Wheat.

- [Jim] By an Eli Whitney invention.

(buzzer beeps) Ramme.

- Cotton.

- [Jim] Cotton, correct, for those 10 points.

(audience claps) Okay, Red Devils, here's your next bonus round.

This city was founded by Phoenician colonists around the eighth century BC.

For 10 points each, name this city that controlled much of north Africa and Spain, prior to its conquest by Rome.

- Carthage.

- Carthage, yup.

The Romans defeated Carthage in this series of three wars, between 264 BC, and 146 BC.

- The Punic Wars.

- The Punic Wars.

And between the first and the second Punic Wars, Carthage was weakened by another war, named for these people, who are defined as soldiers serving in a foreign army for pay.

(contestants whisper inaudibly) - Mercenaries.

- Yes, in the Mercenary War.

So, 30 points for Ironwood in that bonus round.

(audience claps) (bell chiming) And we have come to the end of the first half of tonight's first game.

Ironwood with a 180 to 70 lead over Marquette.

We will be back to meet the students, and find out who's moving onto the next round, right after this.

- [Narrator 2] Thank you Jim.

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Now, back to Jim for the second half of High School Bowl.

- And welcome back to the second half of tonight's first game.

Ironwood, with a 180 to 70 lead over Marquette.

We'll be back into the questions in a couple of minutes, but let's say Hey to the students first.

Let's start with Abby Lauzon of Ironwood.

And Abby, you said that the last 18 or 19 months during the pandemic, it's affected you in that it's brought out the procrastinator in you?

- Yeah, it really has.

- [Jim] In what way?

- Well, I used to actually be on top of getting all my homework done, and stuff.

And then, now I'm kind of like, yeah, I'll do it later.

And I just, kind of, don't do it.

- That's not necessarily-- - And, yeah-- - I was going to say, that's not necessarily a good thing, right?

- No.

- [Jim] No, okay.

I hope you get back into your pre-pandemic groove sometime soon.

Tyler Smith, you are a junior.

And you say you have a rather interesting dream, in that, you want to become a professional runner.

Tell me about that.

- Well, I really enjoy running.

And I think it would be pretty cool if I had a career, running.

Because I think it'd just be a lot of fun.

- I'm guessing the market for it, perhaps, isn't the biggest in the world?

- Nope, it's not really the biggest at all.

- Well, who knows?

Maybe you can blaze a trail that no one else has blazed, and end up making two, three bucks running someday.

We'll see how that turns out.

Now, Lauren Ramme, you are a junior and a team captain.

And you have a rather interesting hero, a person to whom you're looking up these days, and that is the lead singer of a Fall Out Boy, Brendan Urie, why him?

- Yeah, I don't know.

I really like his attitude on life and stuff.

And I think that he's done a lot of good, regarding human rights causes, and I really like his band, Panic At the Disco.

So, yeah, I don't know.

- And I apologize for calling him the lead singer of Fall Out Boy.

(mumbles) - Alex Trebek did it on "Jeopardy", you're fine.

- Okay.

That's good, thank you very much.

Peter Gallo, you are a sophomore, and based, among other things, on the shirt that you're wearing, I'm guessing you enjoy skiing, huh?

- Yeah, just a little bit.

- Why?

- Well, it's just mainly the feeling I get when you're doing it.

It's hard to explain it, but it's just more of the feeling that I get when I'm skiing.

It's just, the adrenaline, the rush of doing it, the freedom of it all.

I just really enjoy that.

- Okay.

And do you think like Tyler, you might be able to make some money at it someday?

- Yeah, there's definitely ways to do that.

- [Jim] Probably more than a professional runner, huh?

- Yeah, probably.

- Okay, well, good luck in that.

I hope you get the, sort of, fire in there.

Those are the Ironwood Red Devils.

Now the Marquette Redmen.

Nick Jones, you are a senior.

And like a lot of people who've passed through here, and including Lauren, you're really into music, aren't you?

Tell me about that.

- Yeah.

I want to be a professional musician when I grow up.

I'm applying to colleges in two months, and I'm applying to U of M, for Performing Arts Technologies, and music is just one of, like, it's just really fun.

And I think if I put enough work into it, I can probably do it for the rest of my life.

- And that's a very good field in which to go, so I wish you a lot of luck in that.

Charles Henry, you are a senior.

You and I have the exact same dream.

We both want to go into space.

So why do you want to go?

- I don't know.

It's just reaching out past that frontier.

It would be a really cool experience, even for a suborbital space tourism mission.

- So you would go up on Virgin, or Blue Origin, or something like that?

- If I had the money, yes.

- [Jim] Well it's only a quarter of a million dollars.

- Yeah, only that.

- Yeah, maybe some of the future professional athletes from Ironwood, would donate to a GoFundMe for you.

You never know, yeah.

Silas McNealy, you are a senior and a team captain.

And we'll kind of continue this music theme, in that you say the teacher who has a big impact on you, is your band teacher, Dr. Ludwig.

And I need to ask you this question.

He gets to you, because of corny music puns and "Monty Python" references?

- Dr. Ludwig is really a personality, but the teaching style, and the personality that he exhibits, is really similar to my own, or at least what I hope to be my own.

He's continually referencing weird fantasy stuff from the eighties, and making jokes, like if you don't keep that B-natural, you're going to be flat, ha-ha.

(Jim laughs) So it's, something of a personality connection, I suppose you could say.

- Got it.

Okay.

And like Nick, do you want to pursue music, perhaps, after?

- Hobby-wise?

Yes.

Probably not as a main career, but certainly I would like to continue music.

- Okay.

Well, I hope you're able to do that.

And finally, Croix LaValley, you are a senior.

And you say, one of the things that the pandemic has done for you, is that it's actually made you more comfortable being yourself.

In what way?

- I don't know, I just, I was at a bad spot before the pandemic, and it was kind of a good break from literally everything.

So, I just had time to self-reflect, and just get to know who I am, because high school's busy, and you're doing high school stuff.

So, it was a good time for me to just get comfortable with myself.

- Well, you know what?

I'm really happy there.

At least one person has actually benefited-- - I know I always feel bad saying it.

I'm like...

I feel bad.

- Don't feel bad, if it worked for you, it worked for you.

Those are the Marquette Redmen, along with the Ironwood Red Devils, the two teams in the first half of tonight's High School Bowl.

(audience claps) Okay, teams, here is your next toss up question.

This country's popular Avenue of the Baobabs, is named for a type of tree.

(buzzer beeps) McNealy.

- South Africa.

- [Jim] The Malagasy-- (buzzer beeps) Ramme.

- Australia.

- [Jim] The Malagasy are the main ethnic group of this country, which is east of the Mozambique channel.

(buzzer beeps) Jones.

- Malaysia.

- [Jim] Antananarivo-- (buzzer beeps) Is the capital of, LaValley.

- Madagascar.

- Madagascar, correct, for those 10 points.

Okay, Marquette, here is your next bonus round.

This artist depicted Jules Perrot, giving instruction in his painting, "The Dance Class".

For 10 points each, name this French painter whose "Stage Rehearsal", is another of his many paintings of ballerinas.

(contestants whisper inaudibly) - Monet.

- [Jim] Not Monet.

Ironwood?

- Grantwood.

- No, how about Edward Degas?

Marquette, Degas was part of this French art movement, whose other prominent members included Claude Monet.

- Impressionist, right?

- The Impressionists.

- Yeah, or impressionism, correct.

And Degas collaborated with this impressionist, an American-born woman, who painted "The Boating Party" and "Mother and Child Before a Pool".

- Susan B. Anthony.

Susan B. Anthony.

- [Jim] Not Susan B. Anthony.

Ironwood?

- Frida Kahlo.

- Not Frida Kahlo either.

How about Mary Cassatt?

So, 10 points for Marquette in that bonus round.

(audience claps) Sagittarius A, is thought to be a supermassive one of these objects-- (buzzer beeps) at the center of, Smith.

- Black holes.

- [Jim] Black hole, correct, For 10 points.

(audience claps) Okay, Ironwood, here is your next bonus round.

This city's Tivoli Gardens amusement park, first opened in 1843.

For 10 points each, name this European capital city on the island of Zealand.

Its harbor contains an Edvard Eriksen sculpture of "The Little Mermaid".

(contestants whisper inaudibly) - Copenhagen.

- Copenhagen, correct.

Copenhagen is the capital of this Scandinavian country.

- Denmark.

- And the Danish city of Odense, contains the birthplace of this Danish author, of the fairytales, "The Little Mermaid" and "The Ugly Duckling".

- Hans Christian Anderson.

- 30 Points for Ironwood in that bonus round.

(audience claps) Here is your next toss up question, teams.

This woman was the second wife of the founder of the Varina Farms plantation on the James River.

Tobacco planter John Ralph, married this woman, who is the daughter of a chief named-- (buzzer beeps) McNealy.

- Pocahontas.

- Pocahontas, correct, for those 10 points.

(audience claps) Okay, Marquette, here's your next bonus round.

Some stories about this man's youth derive from an unfinished epic by Statius.

For 10 points each, name this Greek warrior, who was invulnerable everywhere, except his heel.

- Achilles.

- Achilles, yup.

This man who eloped with Helen, killed Achilles by shooting him in the heel with an arrow.

- I thought it was Hector.

Paris.

- Paris, yup.

And Achilles was invulnerable because this nymph, his mother, dipped him in the River Styx, while holding him by the heel.

(contestants whisper inaudibly) - Cassiopeia.

- [Jim] Not Cassiopeia.

Ironwood?

- Thetis.

- Thetis, yup.

So 20 points for Marquette, 10 points for Ironwood in that bonus round.

(audience claps) Here it is, your next toss up question.

In the 2019-2020 season, a duo on this NBA team scored a record-breaking 61 and a half points per game combined.

Jones.

- Miami Heat.

- [Jim] This team acquired John Wall-- (buzzer beeps) McNealy.

- Lakers.

- [Jim] In a 2020 deal with Washington-- Ramme.

- The Bucks.

- [Jim] In 2021, this team sent former MVP, James Harden-- (buzzer beeps) to the Brooklyn Nets.

LaValley.

- Bulls.

- [Jim] For 10 points, name this NBA team that plays in Texas.

Gallo.

- Rockets.

- The Houston Rockets, correct, for 10 points.

(audience claps) Red Devils, here's your next bonus round.

Although only 2,400 of George Washington's troops were available at this battle, he captured an enemy garrison with only two men lost.

For 10 points each, name this December 26th, 1776 battle, that greatly boosted American morale.

(contestants whisper inaudibly) - Saratoga.

- [Jim] Not The Battle of Saratoga, Marquette?

- Trenton.

- The Battle of Trenton, yup.

Ironwood, many German auxiliary troops, commonly referred to by this term, were garrisoned in Trenton, caught off guard by Washington's attack, almost 900 of them were captured.

- What do you think it is?

Mercenaries?

- [Jim] Not mercenaries.

Marquette?

- Hessians.

- (stutters) Yeah, what he said, Hessians.

And Ironwood, Washington surprised the Hessians by crossing this icy river on Christmas night.

- The Delaware.

- The Delaware, yup.

So 10 points for Ironwood.

20 points for Marquette.

We have come to the end of tonight's first game.

The Red Devils are moving on, defeating the Redmen by a score of 250 to 140.

(audience claps) Well Marquette, we know you had a long trip to make here today.

The sad thing is, Croix, Silas and Nick, you guys are all seniors.

We're not going to be able to have fun with you again.

And we do hope that you have the best of luck in whatever comes your way.

Charles, however, we do look forward to seeing you next year.

Well, Ironwood, I have some good news and some bad news.

The bad news, I guess, is that you have to come to Marquette a day early, again.

The good news is because you'll be taking on Big Bay De Noc, in our next round.

So that we hope to see you again in a few weeks.

Before we wrap up tonight's game, we do want to thank our question sponsor for this evening.

The former host of this show, G.G.

Gordon, had sponsored the questions in hope that her hometown, Marquette Redmen, would do well.

It didn't quite work out, but we thank G.G.

for her sponsorship, nonetheless.

(audience claps) One game down, one left to go.

Coming up next, the Dollar Bay Blue Bolts and the Wakefield Marenisco Cardinals.

So don't go far.

(upbeat music) - [Narrator 1] Major production funding for High School Bowl is provided by Janice Mills of Escanaba and by the Donald and Audrey Anderson Foundation.

With local support by 17 Upper Peninsula credit unions, including Northern United Federal, Embers, Michigan Tech Employees Federal, Great Lakes First Federal and Baraga County Federal, and by Petrucelli and Waara, attorneys at law, serving Michigan and Wisconsin, supporting our high school students in their quest for excellence, and by Johnson Controls, creating buildings and environments that help people achieve, because when buildings work better, people work better.

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