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This time a first round game between Linden and Traverse City Central.

We'll have that for you next.

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(upbeat music) - Hello everyone, I'm David Nicholas and welcome to Quiz Central.

This time students from Linden taking on a team from Traverse City Central.

Our tournament features 16 teams in a single elimination format.

At the end of the season, four lucky quiz central seniors will receive a book scholarship provided by the CMU bookstore, plus the top teams from Quiz Central will qualify for the NAQT High School National Championship tournament.

And now let's get to our game for today.

The first round is the Maroon and Gold Rush.

Teams will have two minutes to answer as many toss-up questions as they can.

If a team misses a toss-up question, the opposing team has an opportunity to answer that question.

Teams may not consult during this round.

Throughout the game correct answers are worth 10 points a piece.

There is no deduction for incorrect answers.

All set players here comes your first question.

What disease caused by the loss of dopaminergic neurons in the substantiate nigra is characterized by tremors and is named for a British scientist.

- Parkinson's.

- [David] That is correct.

(bell dings) Nantucket and New Bedford were centers of what 19th century American industry?

- Whaling.

- [David] Correct.

(bell dings) Next toss-up what King who won the Battle of Breitenfeld died in the battle of Lutzen, and was the lion of the North who led Sweden.

- Charles.

- [David] That is incorrect.

(bell dings) Trevor City.

- Gustavus Adolphus.

- [David] You are correct.

(bell dings) Next toss-up.

A description of Irma's injection appears in what book By Sigmund Freud, which proposes that the title events express wish fulfillment.

- "An Interpretation of Dreams."

- [David] You are correct.

(bell dings) Next toss-up.

What instrument played by James Galway is described as transverse because of how it is held?

- Flute.

- [David] That is correct.

(bell dings) Next question.

What province in which the Cabot Trail goes through a national park on Cape Breton Island is a maritime Canadian province whose capital is Halifax.

- Nova Scotia.

- [David] Correct.

(bell dings) What playwright of the zoo story depicted a party hosted by the erratic couple George and Martha.

- Albee.

- [David] That is correct.

(bell dings) Next toss-up.

Humayun's tomb in Delhi was erected for an early ruler of what Indian Empire founded by Begum.

- Mughal.

- [David] I'm sorry.

- Mughal.

- Yes, you are correct.

(bell dings) The phenomenon known as the Northern Lights is also referred to by what two word term.

- Aurora borealis.

- Correct for Traverse City.

(bell dings) Next toss-up question.

What regular polyhedron has regular pentagons for faces-- (bell dings) And bell signals the end of that round.

We did not get through.

We did not have any incorrect answers to go over.

If we're curious since we just started that question we're looking for dodecahedron but we will let that go as we move on later in the rounds.

At the end of our first round, Traverse City Central leads Linden 50 to 40.

Great start to this game as we get a chance now to learn more about our players starting with our team from Linden.

- Hello, my name is Alex Harvey, and I play French horn with my school's wind ensemble and the Flint new Symphony Orchestra.

- Hi, my name's Alex Ethan, and I'm on the school's bowling team.

- Hello, my name is Luke Love.

I am the captain of our quiz bowl team and I do marching band, play flute, and piccolo.

- Hi, my name is Olin Mane.

I am a senior at Linden High School, and I am on the golf team.

- Thank you Linden.

Now let's have a chance to meet our team from Traverse City Central.

- My name is Arthur Lijewski-Lee.

I'm a junior at Central High School and I'm on the debate team.

- Hi, I am Henry Sullivan.

I'm a junior at Traverse City Central High School, and I play oboe and clarinet and band.

- I'm Helly Taylor, I'm a junior at Traverse City Central, and I'm on the tennis team.

- My name is Dawson Payne.

I'm a junior at Traverse City Central.

I run Trek and I'm a member of the Quiz Bowl team.

- Thanks to all of our students, it's great to have you here today.

Now the next round on Quiz Central is called the Kickoff Round.

The Kickoff Round is a combination of toss-up and bonus questions.

The team that correctly answers the toss-up question will get an opportunity to answer a single bonus question.

Toss-up questions can be stolen but there is no consulting on these questions.

A correct toss-up question answer allows for a single follow up bonus question.

There's no stealing the bonus questions.

However teams can confer we'll take those answers from the captain.

An incorrect bonus means we'll head back to a toss-up for both teams.

Buzzers ready, here comes your first question.

What ancient historian provided a detailed account of the Athenian plague in 430 BC.

(bell dings) - Herodotus.

- [David] That is incorrect.

Traverse City.

(bell dings) - Ovid.

- [David] Incorrect on both.

(bell dings) The answer we were looking for is Thucydides.

What surname was shared by Roseland, a chemist who helped identify the structure-- (bell dings) - Franklin.

- [David] That is correct.

(bell dings) Your bonus question now.

What animal completes the title of a story by Frank Stockton, that questions whether a princess' lover will open a door to find a lady?

- Swan.

Swan.

- [David] Go with you guess.

- Swan.

- [David] Incorrect.

We are looking for the lady or the tiger.

Toss-up again for both teams.

What lake which borders the towns of Montrose and Evian is fed by the Rhone River and shares its name with a major city?

(bell dings) - Geneva.

- [David] That is correct.

(bell dings) Your bonus.

The Douro Valley is in what European country whose city of Pharaoh is in its southern region of Algar?

- No idea.

- Algar?

- No.

- [David] All right, answer?

- Portugal.

- That is correct.

(bell dings) Toss-up for both teams.

What text which is a 2024 Louisiana law required to be displayed in public schools.

- The 10 Commandments.

- [David] Correct.

(bell dings) And your bonus question.

What English poet used sprung rhythm in his 1877 poem The Windhover, which he completed shortly before his ordination as a Jesuit priest?

(students murmuring indistinctly) Answer?

- Longfellow.

- [David] Incorrect.

We were looking for Gerard Manley Hopkins.

Toss-up for both.

What event whose 2023 women's final was won by Coco Gauff is a grand slam.

(bell dings) - Oh yeah.

The US open.

- [David] That is correct.

(bell dings) Bonus question for you.

What US president became the first to make an official visit abroad while in office going to inspect work on the Panama Canal in 1906.

- [Arthur] It's probably Theodore Roosevelt.

- Teddy Roosevelt.

- [David] That's correct.

(bell dings) Toss-up for both.

What poet wrote, "I hope to see my pilot face to face "in crossing the bar," and described the doomed cavalry attack in the charge of the light brigade?

- Lord Tennyson.

- [David] That is correct.

(bell dings) And your bonus.

Wellington and Auckland are on what most populous island of New Zealand?

- [Arthur] I dunno what they're called it, go for it.

- North island - [David] That is correct.

(bell dings) Toss-up for both teams.

What state whose colonial charter was supposedly hidden from British Governor, Edmund Andros in an oak tree.

- Massachusetts.

- [David] Incorrect.

Traverse City.

(bell dings) - Virginia.

- [David] And that is incorrect.

We're looking for Connecticut.

Toss-up for both teams.

What organism in genus toxicodendron causes an allergic reaction with the oil it produces, urushiol and can be recognized by its leaves of three?

- Poison ivy.

- [David] That is correct.

(bell dings) Bonus question.

In 2024 the Supreme Court overturned what principle named for an oil company that told courts to defer to federal agencies when interpreting laws.

- I think it's the Chevron Decision or something like that.

- [David] Answer?

- Chevron Decision.

- [David] Correct.

(bell dings) Toss-up for both clubs.

What country where the Musallah Complex is found in the western Herat province is landlocked-- (bell dings) - Afghanistan.

- [David] That is correct.

(bell dings) And your bonus question.

What Irish actor was nearly unrecognizable in his makeup as the penguin in the Batman in 2022 the same year he starred in, "The Banshee of Inisherin"?

- [Olin] I have no idea.

- No answer.

- [David] The answer is Colin Farrell.

(bell dings) Toss-up for both.

What world leader has been supported by Yariv Levin in an attempt to remove unreasonableness as grounds for overturning laws by Israel's supreme court?

- Netanyahu.

- [David] That is correct.

(bell dings) Bonus question.

The super continent of Pangaea broke apart in Laurasia and what other supercontinent which contained modern India, Australia and Africa?

- Gondwana.

- [David] That is correct.

(bell dings) Toss-up for both.

What poet described, "a blood dimmed tide, "a widening gyre "and a rough beast that slouches toward Bethlehem," in his apocalyptic poem, The Second Coming?

- Lord Byron.

- [David] Incorrect.

Linden.

(bell dings) - Carolyn Powe.

- [David] Also incorrect.

We are looking for William Butler Yates.

Toss-up for both.

What's second book of the Bible relates the Israelites crossing of the Red Sea on the-- - Exodus.

- [David] That is correct.

(bell dings) And your bonus question.

What data stores nodes in breadth first search operates in a first in first out manner unlike a stack and models people standing in line.

- Ram.

- [David] Answer?

- Ram.

- Incorrect, we're looking for cues.

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

Traverse City Central extends their lead.

Our current score is 170 to 60 over Linden.

So let's find out how both teams fare in our Perfect 10 for today.

Teams you'll have 60 seconds to answer questions from a choice of clues to three categories.

The opposing team will have 30 seconds to answer any unasked incorrect or skipped answers.

You can consult throughout this entire round.

We'll take answers from the captain.

Alright Linden, you get the first choice in the Perfect 10.

And we've got three clues that lead to categories.

Those three clues today are the power of 10, V is the key to victory, and nothing but a G thing.

Linden, you are trailing in the game you get the first pick in our Perfect 10.

- [Olin] Power of 10.

- What?

- Power of 10, you wanna do that one?

- Power of 10.

- [David] Power of 10.

Category is tens.

Answer the following about tens and for the power of 10, the category tens we are looking for answer the following about tens.

60 seconds on the clock for you Linden, as you start off this round in the Perfect 10.

Modern 10th anniversary gifts have this hardest gemstone.

- Diamond.

- [David] Correct.

(bell dings) British office whose 10th holder was William Pitt the Elder.

- [Alex] Downing street.

- Minister, prime minister.

- [David] Correct.

(bell dings) 10th president who followed William Henry Harrison or Tippa Canoe.

- Taylor.

- [David] Incorrect.

(bell dings) Australian Island South of 10th Island.

- [Alex] Christmas Island.

- Christmas Island.

- [David] That is incorrect.

(bell dings) 10th state to ratify the constitution under Governor Edmund Randolph.

- Georgia.

- [David] Incorrect.

(bell dings) 10th element and second noble gas.

- Neon.

- [David] Correct.

(bell dings) Military punishment in which a 10th of troops were executed?

- Decimation.

- [David] That is correct.

(bell dings) Practice of donating a 10th of one's income to a church.

- Tithe.

- [David] Also correct.

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

Good pick up there Linden raising your score to 110.

I'm gonna go to you Traverse City Central to pick up on those that were missed in that opening round.

You have 30 seconds as we work our way back through tens.

Answer the following about tens.

30 seconds on the clock.

10th President who followed William Henry Harrison or Tippa Canoe.

- Tyler.

- [David] That is correct.

(bell dings) Australian Island south of 10th Island.

- Tasmania.

- [David] Correct.

(bell dings) 10th State to ratify the constitution under Governor Edmund Randolph.

- Pennsylvania.

- [David] Incorrect.

(bell dings) 10th element and second... Oh sorry that was a correct answer.

Type of nerve which the 10th is the vagus.

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

And Virginia was the 10th state to ratify the constitution under Governor Randolph.

Okay Traverse City Central you have your choice still in the Perfect 10 from the clues.

V is the key to victory and nothing but a G thing.

- To have nothing but a G thing.

- [David] You may have nothing but a G thing as we're all trying to display a little bit of street cred.

I'm not sure how much I have but we'll give it a go.

Nothing but a G thing.

We're looking under this category, the letter G, what does the G stand for in, and that will be the question.

Again the letter G, what does the G stand for in the following.

60 seconds on the clock and we begin with the educational metric GPA.

- Grade - Grade.

- [Announcer] Correct.

(bell dings) The navigation technology, GPS.

- Global.

- Global.

- [David] Correct.

(bell dings) The video game franchise, GTA.

- Grand.

- [David] Correct.

(bell dings) The social group LGBTQ.

- Gay.

- [David] Correct.

(bell dings) The economic forums G7 and G20?

- Group.

- [David] Correct.

(bell dings) The time zone GMT?

- Greenwich.

- [David] That is correct.

The military branch USCG.

- Guard.

- [David] Correct.

(bell dings) The tabletop card game, MTG?

- Gathering.

- Gathering.

- [David] Correct.

(bell dings) The nonprofit designation NGO.

- Governmental.

- Governmental.

- [David] Correct.

(bell dings) The studio film, the film studio, excuse me, MGM?

- Goldwin.

- That is incorrect.

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

My mistake, apologies to Traverse City.

You did get that last answer correct.

The MGM film studio to its Goldwin.

Congratulations to Traverse City Central for answering each question correctly and completing a Perfect 10.

Traverse City Central takes a commanding 290 to 110 lead as we enter the home stretch.

This home stretch round a combination of toss-up and bonus questions.

The team that correctly answers the toss-up question will get the opportunity to answer a single bonus question.

Toss-up questions can be stolen but there is no stealing during bonus questions.

There's no consulting during toss-up questions but teams can consult on the bonus questions.

We'll take the bonus question answers from the captain.

An incorrect bonus means we'll head back to a toss-up for both teams.

Here comes your first question.

What creator of the stained glass America windows drew from his Belarusian heritage to paint a green faced man staring at a goat in I and the Village?

(bell dings) - Kandinsky.

- [David] That's incorrect, Linden?

(bell dings) Answer.

- Picasso.

- [David] We were looking for Chagall.

What modern day country in which the Aria Nessun Dorma is sung in the opera Turandot is the setting?

- China.

- [David] That is correct.

(bell dings) And your bonus question.

Operation Ajax was a 1953 CIA backed coup in what country which was led at the time by Mohammed Mosaddegh?

- Iran.

- Iran.

- [David] That is correct.

(bell dings) Next toss-up for both teams.

What novel whose sequel was titled, The Road Back details German Soldier.

- "All Quiet on the Western Front."

- [David] That is correct.

(bell dings) And your bonus question.

What process in stars requires ions to break the Coulomb barrier and may take place through the proton chain or the CNO cycle?

- Fusion.

- [David] That is correct.

(bell dings) Toss-up for both teams.

What cell cycle stage during which the nucleus disappears and the centrosomes begin to move to the ends of a cell is the first stage of mitosis.

- Prophase.

- [David] You are correct.

(bell dings) And your bonus question.

Climate change threatens the existence of what country governed from Malay that is made up of 26 atolls in the Indian Ocean?

- Maldives.

- [David] That is correct.

(bell dings) Next toss-up.

What city which names the criteria used to determine eligibility for the European Union is home to the Tivoli Gardens and is Denmark's Capital?

- Copenhagen.

- [David] You are correct.

(bell dings) And your bonus question.

A chain of islands off the North Carolina coast is the title location of what Netflix show in which John B and Sarah seek the treasure of El Dorado.

- "Outer Banks."

- [David] That is correct.

(bell dings) Toss-up for both.

What activists describe how nobody ever helps me into carriages or over mud puddles in an 1851 abolitionist speech often titled, Ain't I a Woman.

- Harriet Tubman.

- [David] That is incorrect, Travis City.

- Sojourner Truth.

- [David] That is correct.

Your bonus question then what Baroque musical work often performed at weddings features a baseline that repeats the eighth notes.

D, A, B, F sharp, G, D, G, A.

- Refer to Arthur.

- "Taco Bell Canon in D." - [David] That is correct.

(bell dings) Toss-up for both teams.

What country where in September, 2023 Storm Daniel caused deadly dam collapses near Derna has rival governments based in Tobruk and Tripoli?

- Libya.

- [David] That is correct.

(bell dings) Your bonus question.

What American author of the novel "The Soft Machine" depicted William Lee's travels in the Inner Zone in his 1959 novel, "Naked Lunch"?

Answer?

- Owen.

- [David] And we are looking for Burrows.

Toss-up for both teams.

What author who wrote about a boy known as milkman in the novels "Song of Solomon"?

- Tony Morrison.

- [David] That is correct.

(bell dings) And your bonus.

The active ingredients in detergents work by lowering what quantity for water caused by its cohesive forces?

- PH.

- PH.

- [David] That is incorrect.

(bell dings) We're looking for surface tensions.

Toss-up for both.

What form of radiation which Max allowed, excuse me, Max Laue used in the crystallography has its discovery credited to Wilhelm Rontgen and is used to visualize bone?

- X-ray.

- [David] That is correct.

(bell dings) Bonus question.

What British monarch the eighth with their regional name abdicated in 1936 to marry American divorcee, Wallace Simpson?

- Edward the VIII.

- [David] Thank you.

Clarification also correct.

(bell dings) Toss-up for both.

Mythical examples of what type of animal include Freki and Gary who accompanied Odin and a she one that sucked the twins-- - Wolf.

- Wolf.

- [David] That is correct.

(bell dings) And now your bonus question.

What Broadway musical closed in April, 2023 after 35 years in a record setting, 13,981 performances?

- [Alex] "The Lion King."

- [David] Answer?

- For Alex.

- [David] "The Lion King" incorrect.

We were looking for "Phantom of the Opera."

Toss-up question here.

What group's Princess signed the Treaty of Bergerac with Henry III in 1577 after Catherine de' Medici targeted them in the St. Father-- - Huguenots.

- [David] That is correct.

(bell dings) And the bonus for you Linden.

What element in group 13 often combined with arsenic in semiconductors is a metal named after the Latin name for France.

- Francium.

- Incorrect, we are looking for gallium.

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

So we've got a tighter score as Traverse City Central now has 350, Linden you made quite a comeback in that round.

You're up to 200.

Traverse City Central continues to lead as we head into our last round of the day and that is the final countdown.

Our teams will have two minutes to answer as many toss-up questions as they can.

If a team misses a question the opposing team can answer.

Teams may not consult during this round.

All set players here comes your first question.

What word conserve as an adjective to describe the multi-unit eyes of insects or as a noun to describe substances composed-- (bell dings) - Compound.

- [David] That is correct.

(bell dings) What Mexican president of Zapotec heritage oversaw the later years of the 19th century liberalization period called Le Reforma?

(bell dings) - Maximilian.

- [David] That is incorrect.

(bell dings) What author who was Legendarily called the little woman who started the Civil War by Abraham Lincoln?

- Harriet Beecher Stowe.

- [David] That is correct.

(bell dings) In Islam what Angel revealed the core-- - Gabriel.

- [David] That is also correct.

(bell dings) What general won the battles of Monterrey and Buena Vista over Antonio de Santa Anna and in 1848.

- Houston.

- [David] That is incorrect.

(bell dings) What quantity measured in Henry's and denoted l quantifies an electrical circuit's ability to resist changes in the current flowing through it?

- Resistance.

- [David] Incorrect.

Linden?

- Holmes.

- [David] Also incorrect.

(bell dings) Next toss-up, what author who used the pseudonym Johannes Karl Marx wrote about Abraham and Isaac in fear and trembling and was a Danish philosopher?

(bell dings) - Kierkegaard.

- [David] That is correct.

(bell dings) Next toss-up.

What son of Henry the Fowler defeated a major invasion at the Battle of Lechfeld and was a great holy Roman emperor crowned by-- (bell dings) That bell does signal the end of the round.

Didn't get to that.

Otto the Great if you were curious.

The quantity of measure was inductance that we were looking for there.

The general that won the battles was Zachary Taylor, and what Mexican president we were looking for Benito Juarez.

And our final score today is Traverse City Central 390, Linden 200.

Let's have a round of applause for both teams.

(audience applauding) And thanks very much Linden for being a part of season 20 of Quiz Central.

Very good job players.

Traverse City Central congratulations, you'll be moving on to a future round.

We'll see you on down the road.

We wanna thank you for joining us for Quiz Central.

We will see you right back here for another game of Quiz Central, that's next week.

Have a good night everybody.

(upbeat music)