High School Quiz Show: Maine
John Bapst vs. Bangor
Season 5 Episode 11 | 27m 47sVideo has Closed Captions
Season 4 Champion John Bapst takes on Season 2 Champion Bangor.
In the first Season 5 semifinal, season 4 champion John Bapst takes on season 2 champ Bangor.
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John Bapst vs. Bangor
Season 5 Episode 11 | 27m 47sVideo has Closed Captions
In the first Season 5 semifinal, season 4 champion John Bapst takes on season 2 champ Bangor.
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16 teams battle it out to see who is the High School Quiz Show: Maine champion and take home a $1000 prize for their school's Project Graduation.Providing Support for PBS.org
Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship(upbeat music) (drum roll) - It's semifinal time.
We're down to just four schools who are competing to move on to the final, and hopefully take home $1,000 for their schools' Project Graduation.
In this semifinal match, we have the Crusaders of John Bapst Memorial High School.
(fanfare plays) Taking on the Rams of Bangor High School.
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(upbeat music) - Welcome to High School Quiz Show Maine.
I'm Todd Gutner.
We've gone from 16 teams, then to 8, and now we're down to 4.
Each hoping to become the season 5 champion and take home $1000 for their school's Project Graduation.
In today's semifinal match, we have the Crusaders of John Bapst Memorial High School, taking on the Rams of Bangor High School.
Let's get things started by meeting the players.
For John Bapst Memorial, we have Quinn, Olivia, Liam, and Sophia.
With alternates Levi, and Sean.
And they're coached by Jacob Mattis.
And for Bangor, we have Simon, Nate, Riordan, and Fallon.
With alternates, Mattie and Adam.
And coached by Carl Robbins and Susannah Owen.
Now the competition has three rounds, a toss up, a category round, and a lightning round.
And we'll start things with the toss up round.
All answers are worth 10 points, and this is the only round with no point deductions for a wrong answer.
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.
Alright teams are we ready to roll here?
- [Player] Woo.
- Yes, we got some excitement, we are ready to go.
Here is the first question.
What Pennsylvania seamstress is usually credited with sewing the first American Stars and Stripes flag back in 1776?
(ding) That would be Sophia, John Bapst.
- Betsy Ross.
- [Todd] That's right.
From the Greek for foundation, what word refers to an idea or assumption that a scientist attempts to prove through tests and experiments?
(ding) Riordan, Bangor.
- Hypothesis.
- [Todd] You got it.
Although it originated in the Middle East, what reed instrument, known for its droning sound, is mainly associated with military regiments and traditional music of the Scottish Highlands?
(ding) Riordan, again.
- Bagpipes.
- Bagpipes, yes.
What name for people who deface and destroy public property comes from the name of the Germanic tribes who sacked Rome in the year 455?
(ding) Simon, Bangor.
- Vandalizing.
Or Vandal.
- We'll take it, yes, vandals.
Up next we have a picture question.
So take a look at the monitor right over here.
Name this symbolic flower in Buddhism, which represents a person who overcame the pain and sufferings in the material world to become enlightened.
(ding) Fallon, Bangor.
- A Lotus.
- A Lotus is correct.
If a hydraulic mechanical system is based on fluids at rest or in motion, what corresponding word describes a mechanical system based on gases at rest or in motion?
(ding) Simon, Bangor.
- Combustion.
- [Todd] That's incorrect.
John Bapst?
(timer sounds) Pneumatic.
Onward.
The 2020 Nobel prize in medicine was awarded for research into what bloodborne virus that infects the liver?
(ding) Fallon, Bangor.
- Hepatitis - Do we need to be more, no we got it, that's good.
Hepatitis we'll take it.
The law of orbits, the law of areas, and the law of periods are the three laws of planetary motion attributed to whom?
(ding) Nate, Bangor.
- Kepler.
- Kepler is right.
Up next we have a video question.
So once again, check out the monitor over here.
- Hello, I'm Senator Susan Collins.
I was born in Caribou, which is in Maine's largest county of Aroostook.
How many Maine counties border Aroostook county?
(ding) - Simon, Bangor.
- Four.
- Four is right.
Somerset, Piscatiquis, Penobscot and Washington.
Nice job.
"The Less I Know The Better", may be a bad philosophy for our show, but it's a successful 2015 single by what band from Australia?
(ding) Liam, John Bapst.
- Tame Impala.
- Yeah, you got it.
All right, Denali is the tallest mountain in the United States, but which California mountain is the tallest in the continuous United States?
(ding) Riordan, Bangor.
- Mount Whitney.
- Mount Whitney is right.
How would a medieval night wear a gauntlet?
A, around his waist?
B, over his shoulder?
Or C, on his wrist?
(ding) Simon, Bangor.
- C. - C is right, on the wrist.
All right, math question, get ready.
A real estate agent receives a 3% commission on the sale price of a house.
If she receives $12,660, what was the sale price of the house?
(timer and ding sound simultaneously) Ahh, just a little late there, Liam.
The answer $422,000.
Were you on that number?
- Oh, yeah.
(laughter) - Yeah.
You convinced me there bud.
What's the two word title of the 1990 novel by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman subtitled, "The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch."
(timer sounds) "Good Omens."
Using a pulley with four wheels and four rope segments, how many pounds of force would you need to lift a slab of concrete weighing 120 pounds?
(ding) Simon, Bangor.
- 30.
- 30 is right.
Wow, that was good.
Canada's longest river system is named for what Scottish explorer, who led an expedition across North America in 1793, more than a decade before Lewis and Clark?
(ding) Liam, John Bapst.
- Henry Hudson.
- [Todd] Incorrect.
Bangor?
(ding) We got it.
Okay, go for it Simon.
- Champlain.
- Incorrect.
Alexander McKenzie.
What community service organization, that builds homes for people in need, was started by Linda and Millard Fuller in 1976?
(ding) Simon.
- Habitat for Humanity.
- That's right.
A blunder bus is a kind of what?
A, computer?
B, gun?
Or C, paintbrush?
(ding) Riordan, Bangor.
- B, gun.
- B, gun, is correct.
In 1492, Columbus reached Long Island, not in present day New York state, but in what archipelago, who's out islands include Andros, Biminy and Cat Island?
(ding) Fallon, Bangor.
- The Caribbean.
- Nope.
Incorrect.
(ding) Go ahead Olivia.
- Bahamas.
- Bahamas, nice job.
What geological formation in Wyoming became infamous because of a bribery scandal involving oil drilling contracts during the Warren G Harding administration?
(ding) Simon, Bangor.
- Badlands.
- [Todd] Incorrect.
John Bapst?
(ding) Sophia?
- Old Faithful.
- Teapot Dome is the correct answer.
All right, another math question.
Get your thinking hats on.
A plane travels 3,444 miles between Paris and Montreal.
Flying against the wind the trip takes seven hours.
Flying with the wind it takes six hours.
If the direction of the wind is the only factor in the difference in times, what is the speed of the wind?
(ding) Liam, John Bapst.
- 40 miles per hour.
- Incorrect.
Bangor?
(ding) Simon.
- 3,444 miles an hour.
- Answer is 41 miles per hour.
So close, Liam.
(laughter) So close.
- I didn't carry the 1.
(laughter) I didn't carry the 1.
- Next time, note to self, carry the 1.
All right.
What name, which might come from German words for oath and fellowship, refers French Protestants who left France because of religious persecution in the 17th century?
(ding) Sophia.
- The Jesuits.
- Nope, incorrect.
Bangor?
(ding) Go ahead, Riordan - Huguenots.
- You got it.
You got it, Huguenots.
Which water bird figures prominently in "The Rhyme of The Ancient Mariner" by Samuel Taylor Coleridge?
(ding) Sophia.
- The Albatross.
- The Albatross, yes.
The Republic of Guinea holds the world's largest reserves of what ore, from which aluminum is derived?
(ding) Fallon, Bangor.
- Tin.
- Incorrect.
John Bapst, take a shot.
(ding) Go for it, Liam.
- Iron.
- No, the answer is bauxite, bauxite.
Next question.
The first woman elected to the US Congress was Jeannette Rankin, who won her seat in 1917, and represented what western state that is just one at-large congressional district?
(ding) Fallon, Bangor.
- Wyoming.
- Incorrect, John Bapst?
(ding) Liam.
- California - Incorrect, Montana.
A loose head prop and a tight head prop are players on the offensive front line for a team playing what sport?
(ding) Liam, John Bapst.
- Rugby.
- Rugby is right.
(bell rings) - Ooh, okay.
That's the end of round one, with a score of John Bapst 50, Bangor 130.
Don't go away, we have lots more game to come and we'll meet the teams when we get back.
(applause) (upbeat music) It's time for the question that's not worth any points, but sometimes a lot in entertainment value.
It's our slightly silly question, and this evening's question is this.
Imagine you've discovered a new chemical element that's soon to be added to the periodic table, what would you name it?
We're gonna start over here with John Bapst.
Quinn, you go first.
- Todd, I would probably name it Quinnium.
'Cause I'm self-centered.
- I don't know that that's a great quality.
(laughter) But it was good humor, I love it.
All right, Olivia, you're up.
- I went for Nemonium.
- [Todd] Why?
- Because Nemo is no one, and I think that's funny to name an element after nothing.
- [Todd] Oh, that's pretty cool.
I like it, yeah.
All right, Liam, what do you got for me today?
- I, again, I take these questions so seriously.
- [Todd] Yeah.
- I was thinking on it and I think that it's time, the world is ready.
Iron Two.
- Iron Two?
- Electric Boogaloo.
(laughter) - Electric Boogaloo?
- Yeah, but that's in smaller print.
- Okay.
(laughter) I love it, that's great.
Nice one, Liam.
Sophia?
- I would go with Sondheimium, after the late Stephen Sondheim.
- I'm unfamiliar, you've gotta fill me in more.
- A composer and lyricist.
- [Todd] A lyricist?
- And composer, yes.
- Okay, gimme a famous song.
- [Sophia] "Sweeney Todd, Into The Woods."
- Oh, sweet, okay.
I know, I know "Into the Woods."
Wait like the Taylor Swift "Into the Woods?"
Or is that "Outta The Woods?"
Something in the woods.
I don't know, it's Taylor Swift.
Anyway, thank you Sophia.
Onto Bangor, Simon.
- I would name the element Nakamodium, after Satoshi Nakamoto the creator of Bitcoin.
Because Bitcoin is awesome.
- Do you, do you own any Bitcoin?
- Of course I do, it's the best currency in the world.
- Did you buy it before it tanked a few months back.
- Of course I did, but I'm keep buying, I'm dollar cost averaging.
- All right, your dollar cost averaging.
Well done, Simon.
You're gonna make some serious dough someday.
All right, Nate.
- I think I would name it Mathematasium.
Just 'cause I'm a huge fan of Mathematics.
- Alright, yeah.
Okay.
Let's go with it.
I don't have much to add on that one.
I'm not a huge one, but anyway, Riordan.
- Let's go with Elementium.
- Elementium?
Very generic.
- It has to epitomize all of the research we have done thus far.
- [Todd] Okay.
- Plus I'm lazy, so.
- It was the first thing that popped into your head probably.
- [Riordan] Yeah.
- Fallon, why don't you wrap this up for us?
- I would name it Spockium because I love Star Trek.
- Ah, you're a huge Trekkie?
Wait, can you do the - Of course.
- You can?
All right, cool.
Nice, all right.
We'll take a quick break to set up for the category round and that's coming up next.
Stay with us.
Next up, it's the category round with the following choices; Power of 10, Their Day In Court, So Much Drama, Making A List, Scientific Shorthand, and Isn't She Great?
Now each category has five questions with increasing point values.
Players listen up.
You must wait for me to finish the question before you buzz in.
You can confer with your teammates, but once you buzz in, you're no longer allowed to do that and we'll need your answer.
And like in the toss up round, if one team answers incorrectly, the other team will be given a chance to answer it.
John Bapst, you are trailing right now, so you have control of the board.
Where are we gonna lead off with?
- [Sophia] Let's do so much drama for 10.
- So much drama, questions are about plays and musicals.
- [Female Constestant] Yay.
- We got some happy campers over here with that.
All right, here's the question.
Which Arthur Miller play uses the Salem Witch Trials as a metaphor for the Red Scare in Hollywood in the 1950s?
(ding) Sophia, John Bapst.
- "The Crucible."
- [Todd] "The Crucible", yeah.
This clearly is gonna be your category.
What would you like?
- [Sophia] Same category.
- [Todd] Same category, So Much Drama for 15.
"Grow For Me", "Feed Me", and "Suddenly Seymour" are songs from what stage musical with a giant plant?
(ding) Liam, John Bapst.
- "Little Shop of Horrors."
- [Todd] Yeah, you got it.
You stole it from your teammate.
Where do you like to go John Bapst?
Same thing?
- [Liam] Yeah, we'll keep running her.
- [Todd] Yeah, So Much Drama, 20.
Having opened on Broadway in December, 2019, the stage musical "Jagged Little Pill" is based on the music of what Canadian singer songwriter?
(ding) Sophia.
- Morissette.
- [Todd] Yes, Alanis Morissette.
One of the best ever.
- Same category.
- [Todd] Yep, same.
So Much Drama, 25.
The full length play most widely produced by American high schools, in what romantic comedy by John Cariani, first produced at the Portland Stage Company in 2004?
(timer and ding sound simultaneously) Nope, we didn't get it in there.
The answer is "Almost Maine", "Almost Maine."
You still have control though, John Bapst.
- [Sophia] Let's finish out the category.
- All right, So Much Drama for 30, to wrap it up.
According to the title of a play by Samuel Beckett, who are Vladimir and Estragon waiting for?
(ding) Sophia.
- Godot - [Todd] Godot, you got it!
Nice job in that category, Sophia.
You guys still have control.
Sorry, there's no more drama - [Sophia] Where we wanna go?
- [Male Contestant] I'm scared of Scientific shorthand, but if you really feel good about it, you can.
- [Sophia] Let's try Isn't She Great for 10.
- [Todd] Okay, apparently she doesn't, Liam.
All right.
Questions about Catherine The Great.
Catherine's art collection was the basis for the Hermitage museum, based in what city that is Russia's second largest by population?
(ding) Sophia, John Bapst.
- St. Petersburg.
- [Todd] St. Petersburg, yes.
John Bapst you still have control.
- [Sophia] Let's keep going, Isn't She Great?
- Isn't She Great for 15.
Expanding the Russian empire in 1783, Catherine annexed what peninsula that was transferred to Ukraine in 1954, and that the Russian Federation controversially annexed again in 2014?
(ding) Riordan, Bangor.
- Crimean peninsula.
- [Todd] Yep, that's right.
Okay, Riordan, where do you want?
- [Riordan] Let's go with Power of 10 - Power of 10.
All the answers to these questions are 10 letter words.
In what fictional place does Alice meet the Marsh Hare and the Queen of Hearts?
(ding) Riordan.
- Wonderland.
- [Todd] Wonderland, yes, still yours.
- [Riordan] Let's go with Scientific Shorthand for 10.
- [Todd] Scientific shorthand for 10.
These questions involve scientific acronyms.
DNA is in your genes, it's also the most commonly used scientific acronym, recognized by scientists and the general public.
What does DNA stand for?
(ding) Riordan, again.
- Deoxyribonucleic Acid.
- [Todd] Yes.
That's a long one, you got it.
All right, Riordan, still yours.
- [Riordan] Let's stick with it, for Scientific Shorthand for 15.
- [Todd] Thank you, you reminded me there.
Scientific Shorthand, 15.
The CERN research facility in Geneva, Switzerland is home to the world's biggest, most powerful particle accelerator.
Scientists call it LHC which is short for what?
(ding) Nate.
- Large Hadron Collider.
- [Todd] That's correct, nice job.
All right, Nate, it's yours.
- [Nate] Let's stick with it, Scientific Shorthand for 20.
- [Todd] Scientific Shorthand for 20.
Scientists have used the Karl G Jansky VLA radio telescope to study ice on Mercury and micro quasars in the Milky Way Galaxy.
What does VLA stand for?
(ding) Liam, John Bapst.
- Very large attempt.
- Which is what you just did.
Bangor would you like to try?
(timer sounds) The answer, Very Large Array.
- [Male Contestant] I knew it.
- Oh, so close.
It's Bangor's turn still.
- [Liam] Scientific Shorthand for 25.
- [Todd] Scientific Shorthand, 25.
The first human cells to be grown in-vitro successfully in a laboratory are known as HeLa Cells, named for what woman who became the unwitting source for them back in 1951?
(ding) Olivia, John Bapst.
- Henrietta Lacks.
- [Todd] Yes, you nailed it.
All right, your turn again.
(background chatter) Your turn again.
- [Olivia] Oh!
- [Todd] It's okay.
- [Male Contestant] We gotta finish the category though.
- [Female Constestant] We don't have to.
- [Male Contestant] We'll do Scientific Shorthand for 30.
- [Todd] Scientific shorthand for 30.
If you wanted to edit DNA, you might use a recently developed technology that scientists call CRISPR, an acronym for what highly descriptive, but very long name?
(timer and ding sound simultaneously) It was late, you're gonna make me say it now.
Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats.
Whoever was about to buzz in, did you have it?
- Yeah.
- Oh man, all right.
John Bapst it's still your turn though.
- [Female Constestant] Isn't She Great.
- [Male Contestant] Isn't She Great.
- [Todd] Okay, Isn't She Great for 20.
During Catherine's reign, the Russian colony at Three Saints Bay, was founded in what is now which US state?
(ding) Riordan, Bangor.
- Alaska.
- [Todd] You got it, and now it's your turn.
- [Riordan] Let's go with Power of 10 for 15 - [Todd] Power of 10 For 15.
If you sneeze in Munich someone might respond with what word that means health in German?
(ding) Sophia.
- Gesundheit.
- [Todd] Gesundheit, yes.
It's back to you guys, John Bapst.
- [Sophia] Let's do Power of 10 for 20.
- [Todd] Power of 10 for 20.
In a 1984 movie, Arnold Schwarzenegger plays Cyberdyne Systems Model 101, a T800 cyborg, better known by what name?
(ding) Liam, John Bapst.
- The Terminator.
- [Todd] The Terminator, yes.
All right, John Bapst, go ahead Liam.
- [Liam] Power of 10, 25.
- [Todd] Power of 10 for 25.
A certain type of four part acapella singing is named for what place of business, where a man might get a shave and a haircut?
(ding) Olivia.
- Barbershop.
- [Todd] Barbershop, yes.
Your turn.
- [Olivia] Let's do Power of 10 for 30.
- [Todd] Power of 10 for 30.
What's the title of the famous Edward Hopper painting showing four people in a diner long after dark?
(ding) Nate, Bangor.
- Nighthawk.
- [Todd] Nighthawk, yes.
Nice job.
Bangor your turn.
- [Nate] Oh, sorry.
Their Day In Court for 10.
- [Todd] Okay, Their Day In Court for 10.
These questions involve famous American legal cases.
What is the name of the enslaved man who unsuccessfully sued for his freedom, in a case that went all the way to the US Supreme court in 1857?
(ding) Riordan, Bangor.
- Dred Scott.
- [Todd] Yep, you got it.
Your turn.
- [Riordan] Let's continue with the category, Their Day In Court for 15.
- [Todd] All right, for 15.
In 1925, a Tennessee High School science teacher stood trial for the crime of teaching the theory of evolution in class.
What was that teacher's name?
(ding) Sophia.
- Brown.
- [Todd] Incorrect.
Bangor, you wanna try this?
(timer sounds) John Scopes.
Bangor with control still.
- [Riordan] Let's continue with Their Day In Court for 20.
- [Todd] Their Day In Court, 20.
In a unanimous 1974 decision, the US Supreme court ruled that what sitting US president could not use executive privilege as an excuse to withhold evidence in a criminal trial?
(ding) Simon, Bangor.
- Nixon.
- [Todd] Nixon is right.
You still have control.
- [Simon] Oh, let's go with Making A List for 10 please.
- [Todd] Making A List for 10.
Questions about places on the UNESCO World Heritage list.
First question.
The highest concentration of neolithic burial mounds in England can be found at what scientifically sophisticated circle of megaliths in Wiltshire?
(ding) Simon.
- Stonehenge.
- [Todd] Stonehenge, yes.
- Let's continue with Making A List for 15 please.
- [Todd] For 15.
In 2013 the site of Palmyra, the ancient city of Aleppo, and four other sites in what country were placed on UNESCO's list of World Heritage sites in danger?
(ding) Liam, John Bapst.
- Greece.
- [Todd] Greece, incorrect.
Bangor?
(ding) Riordan.
- Syria.
- [Todd] Yeah, you got it.
Nice job, your turn still.
- [Riordan] Let's continue with Making A List for 20.
- [Todd] Making a list for 20.
Serengeti National Park and Kilimanjaro National Park are UNESCO World Heritage sites in which east African country?
(ding) Riordan, again.
- Tanzania.
- [Todd] Tanzania, nice again.
- [Riordan] Let's go with Making A List for 25.
- [Todd] Making a list for 25.
Built during the reign of Mughal emperor Shah Jahan, the Shalamar Gardens are a World Heritage site in what city that's the capital of Punjab province, and the second most populous in Pakistan?
(timer sounds) The answer is Lahore, Lahore.
(bell rings) Okay!
That's the end of round 2.
We have a score of John Bapst at 170.
Bangor, 305.
Everything could change though in the lightning round, sit tight we will be right back.
(upbeat music) Okay, we're heading into the final 90 seconds of game play, the lightning round.
Players, you can buzz in anytime.
You get 20 points for each correct answer.
Incorrect answers will cost you 20 points as well.
The other team will not get the chance to answer the question.
The clock is set.
Here we go with the lightning round.
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, northwest in Washington, DC, is the address of what?
(ding) - The White House.
- [Todd] The White House is right, John Bapst, Sophia.
Amylase in saliva breaks down what complex carbohydrates into simple sugars?
(ding) Simon, Bangor.
- Starch.
- [Todd] Yes.
Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis both were born in which Southern state?
(ding) Sophia.
- South Carolina.
- [Todd] That's incorrect, Kentucky.
After nine seasons with the Panthers, what quarterback joined the New England Patriots in 2020?
(ding) Quinn, John Bapst.
- Cam Newton.
- [Todd] Yes, Cam Newton.
The Analects contains ideas and sayings attributed to what Chinese philosopher?
(ding) Liam, John Bapst.
- Confucius.
- [Todd] Confucius, yes.
In 1867 Alfred Nobel received a patent for what explosive?
(ding) Liam, again.
- Dynamite.
- [Todd] Dynamite, yes.
The Mexican street food, Elote, is a Spanish word for what?
(timer sounds) Corn on the cob.
What Mark Twain character gets lost in the cave with Becky Thatcher?
(Timer sounds) Tom Sawyer.
One of the world's longest coral reefs is off the coast of E... (ding) This would be Simon.
- Great Barrier Reef.
- [Todd] Incorrect, Red Sea.
What 1651 Thomas Hobbs work shares a name with a sea monster for... (ding) Simon, again.
- Leviathan.
- [Todd] Leviathan, yes.
The national flag of Cypress depicts what sort of branches that symbolize... (ding) Liam.
- Laurel.
- [Todd] One more time.
(bell rings) - Laurel.
- [Todd] Laurel's incorrect.
It was olive, olive.
All right, that's the end of the lightning round.
Our winning team, Bangor at 325 points.
They will be moving onto the championship.
Our runner up, John Bapst had 210 points.
Just wanna say John Bapst, you guys were a lot of fun this season.
Congratulations to both teams.
Be sure to tune in next time for our second semifinal match.
And thanks for watching High School Quiz Show Maine.
We'll see you again next time.
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