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Ludington vs. Ovild-Elsie
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And on this episode of Quiz Central, we continue our season with a second round game between Ludington and Ovid-Elsie, coming up right after this.
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- Let's get today's match underway.
Here is your first question on Quiz Central.
(ding) - Teddy Roosevelt.
- That is correct.
(ding) - Crimson?
- [Matthew] Yes, that answer is correct.
(ding) - Cotella.
- [Matthew] Correct.
Congratulations, Ludington, you are the Quiz Central season 16 grand champions.
Hello everyone, I'm Matthew Ozanich, and it's my pleasure to welcome you to the 17th season of Quiz Central here on WCMU.
We continue with the second round of our tournament this week, as we'll be joined by students from Ludington and Ovid-Elsie.
Each of our teams today will be independently challenged with an identical set of questions.
The school that answers the most questions correctly in the time allotted will advance to the final four of season 17.
At the end of the season, four Quiz Central seniors will receive a book scholarship provided by the CMU bookstore.
This week, the white division takes center stage on Quiz Central, so let's not waste any time, and get today's match underway.
Our first round of the day is the Maroon and Gold Rush.
Our teams will have just two minutes to answer as many questions correctly as they can.
Each correct answer is worth 10 points.
There is no deduction for incorrect answers.
Students will be able to consult with their teammates on each question, but final answers will be coming from the teams' captain.
Ludington, you're up first, so here comes your first question in the Maroon and Gold Rush.
What particles theorized by George Zweig and Murray Gell-Mann are held together by glucons and hadrons, and come in six flavors, including up and charm.
- Quarks?
- Quarks?
- [Matthew] Quarks is correct.
What author's story, "The Final Problem," describes a confrontation at Reichenbach Falls that seems to lead to the death of the detective Sherlock Holmes.
- Arthur Conan Doyle.
Arthur Conan Doyle.
- What was the first word you said?
- Arthur Conan Doyle.
- Arthur Conan Doyle.
- [Matthew] That is correct, next question.
To grow, most arthropods must undergo what process, in which they shed their old exoskeletons.
- Molting.
- Molting.
- [Matthew] Molting is correct.
What state where the Plumpjack Group was founded is governed by Kimberly Guilfoyle's ex-husband Gavin Newsom, who was the mayor of San Francisco.
- California, I guess.
- Yeah, California.
- California.
- [Matthew] California's correct.
What Roman emperor ended the crisis of the third century by creating the Tetrarchy.
- Diocletian.
- Diocletian?
- [Matthew] That is correct, next question.
What city is home to the popular Teramachi Street, was Japan's capital before it was moved to Tokyo, and names an environmental protocol of the 1990s.
- I think it's Osaka.
- Osaka?
- [Matthew] Osaka is incorrect, next question.
The Great Dismal Swamp lies mostly in what US state, whose southeast is also home to the cities of Norfolk and Newport News.
- Virginia.
- Virginia.
- Virginia.
- [Matthew] Virginia's correct.
What energy that appears in the Arrhenius equation is reduced by catalysts, and is the energy that must be added for a reaction to proceed.
- Activation?
- Activation?
- [Matthew] Activation's correct.
(ding) Oh, that bell's gonna signify the end of the round, but fantastic job, Ludington.
You only missed one question in that opening round.
Ludington has a fantastic start with seven correct answers and 70 points.
Ovid-Elsie, it's now your turn in today's Maroon and Gold Rush.
Let's put two minutes back up on the clock.
What particles theorized by George Zweig and Murray Gell-Mann are held together by glucons and hadrons, and come in six flavors, including up and charm.
- Quarks.
- Final answer?
- Yes.
- [Matthew] Quarks is correct.
What author's story, "The Final Problem," describes a confrontation at Reichenbach Falls that seems to lead to the death of the detective Sherlock Holmes.
- Pass.
- Pass, next question.
To grow, most arthropods must undergo what process, in which they shed their old exoskeletons.
- Molting.
- Molting - [Matthew] Molting is correct.
What state where the Plumpjack Group was founded is governed by Kimberly Guilfoyle's ex-husband Gavin Newsom, who was the mayor of San Francisco.
- California.
- California.
- [Matthew] California is correct.
What Roman emperor ended the crisis of the third century by creating the Tetrarchy.
- Pass.
- [Matthew] Pass, next question.
What city is home to the popular Teramachi Street, was Japan's capital before it was moved to Tokyo, and names an environmental protocol of the 1990s.
- Kyoto.
- [Matthew] Kyoto is correct.
The Great Dismal Swamp lies mostly in what US state, whose southeast is also home to the cities of Norfolk and Newport News.
- Connecticut.
- [Matthew] Connecticut's incorrect.
What energy that appears in the Arrhenius equation is reduced by catalysts and is the energy that must be added for a reaction to proceed.
- Pass.
- [Matthew] Pass, onto the next question.
What author of the screenplay for the 2012 film "Lincoln" explored the AIDS crisis in his two-part play, "Angels in America."
(ding) Oh, sorry, with that bell, we're not gonna be able to have time to get an answer in on that one.
We wrap our Maroon and Gold Rush with Ludington 70, Ovid-Elsie 40.
And here are the answers to the missed questions in that opening round.
The author of the screenplay for the 2021 movie "Lincoln" was Tony Kushner.
Only one round so far, but there's still a lot more questions to be asked on today's Quiz Central.
But right now, we're gonna take a quick break to meet the players from each of today's schools.
So we'll start with the students from Ludington High School.
- Hi, my name is Annalisa Smith.
I'm a senior at Ludington High School, and I play bass in the jazz band.
- Hello, I'm Al Cacebo, senior at Ludington High School as well.
- Hello, I am Aiden deMorrow.
I'm a senior at Ludington High School, and I'm in the cross-country team.
- Hi, I'm Jack Mackwicki.
I'm a senior at Ludington High School, and I'm planning on going to Grand Valley State.
- Thank you, Ludington.
Now the team from Ovid-Elsie, take it away.
- Hi, I'm Ryan Devenda.
I'm a junior at Ovid-Elsie High School, and I do cross-country, swimming, and track.
- My name's Alexis.
I'm an 11th grader.
I do student council, cross country, swimming, and track.
- Hi, I'm Perrin Rash, and I am a three sport athlete.
I play football, basketball, baseball, and I'm also an FFA.
- I'm Austin Smith.
I'm a junior at Ovid-Elsie High School.
I run cross country and track, and I play the accordion.
- 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, our team will be given a category, and they'll have 60 seconds to answer as many questions correctly as they can.
Our Perfect Ten category for today is constitutional amendments.
What amendment to the US constitution.
Ludington, we're gonna start with you.
Let's put 60 seconds on the clock and head into the Perfect Ten round.
Allows defendants to not testify against themselves.
- Fifth.
- Fifth.
- [Matthew] Fifth is correct.
Contains the equal protection clause.
- 13?
- 13?
- [Matthew] 13th is incorrect.
Guarantees the right to keep and bear arms.
- Second.
- Second.
- [Matthew] Second's correct.
Guarantees the right to a speedy trial.
- I think that's fourth.
- Fourth?
- I think.
- [Matthew] Fourth is incorrect.
Is the only one that was later repealed.
- Oh, this is- - 18th, 18th.
- 18th?
- 18th is correct.
Has free exercise and establishment clauses related to religious freedom.
- First.
- Is that the first?
- First.
- First is correct.
Gave women the right to vote.
- 19th.
- 19th.
- [Matthew] 19th is correct.
Prohibits forced peace time quartering of soldiers in civilian homes.
(ding) Oh, sorry, that bell's gonna signify the end of the round.
Ludington was able to rack up 50 points in the Perfect Ten round today, bringing their score to 120.
And it's now Ovid-Elsie's turn to add to their score in the Perfect Ten.
Let's put 60 seconds back up on the clock.
Allows defendants to not testify against themselves.
- The fifth amendment.
- Fifth amendment.
- [Matthew] Fifth is correct.
Contains the equal protection clause.
- Pass.
- [Matthew] Guarantees the right to keep and bear arms.
- The second.
- Second.
- [Matthew] Second's correct.
Guarantees the right to a speedy trial.
- Sixth.
- Sixth is correct.
Is the only one that was later repealed.
- The 20th?
- [Matthew] 20th is incorrect, Has free exercise and establishment clauses related to religious freedom.
- First.
- First is correct.
Gave women the right to vote.
- 19.
- Correct.
- 19.
- [Matthew] Prohibits forced peacetime quartering of soldiers in civilian homes.
- Third.
- Third.
- [Matthew] Third is correct.
(ding) Oh, with that bell, that's gonna signify the end of the round, but Ovid-Elsie performs well in today's Perfect Ten with 60 points, and now sits with a total of 100.
With two rounds in the books so far, our score is Ludington 120, Ovid-Elsie 100.
Let's go ahead and take a look at those Perfect Ten round questions that we missed.
The amendment that contains the equal protection clause, that is the 14th amendment.
In this round, I'll be asking each team a series of random questions.
Team members will be able to consult with each other, and final answers will be coming from the team's captains.
We're gonna start with Ludington in today's homestretch round.
Students, here comes your first question.
What city near the confluence of the St. Charles and St. Lawrence Rivers is the namesake and capital of the largest province in Canada.
- Quebec.
- Quebec.
- I think so, Quebec?
- [Matthew] Quebec is correct.
What Greek letter has a lowercase version used in defining limits with Epsilon, and an uppercase version that represents change.
- Delta.
- Delta.
- Delta.
- Delta's correct.
What novel in which Dr. Manette is freed from the Bastille begins, it was the best of times, it was the worst of times, and is also set in London.
- "Tale of Two Cities.
- "A Tale of Two Cities."
- "Tale of Two Cities" is correct.
An Italian word meaning sustained names what piano pedal, the middle one on a modern piano, which allows a player to sustain some but not all notes.
- No answer.
- [Matthew] No answer, onto the next question.
What club wielding character who attacks Merope is turned into a constellation after he is killed by a scorpion, and is a mythical Greek hunter.
- Orion.
- Orion.
- Orion.
- Orion's correct.
The so-called Babylonian captivity of the Papacy began in 1309, when Pope Clement V set up his court in what city in Southern France.
- I think it starts with an A.
- No answer.
- [Matthew] No answer, onto the next question.
What five letter physics term describes an idealized body with zero deformation, so its shape and size remain constant when a force is applied.
- Rigid?
- Rigid?
- [Matthew] We'll take rigid, correct.
What element, whose value of 3.98 on the Pauling scale makes it the most electronegative element, is a pale yellow gas that is the lightest halogen.
- Fluorine.
- Fluorine.
- Fluorine is correct.
What title is held by the monarchy's representative in former British colonies such as Canada and New Zealand.
- Prime minister.
- Yeah, I think it's that.
- Prime minister.
- [Matthew] Prime minister is incorrect.
What president, who Giuseppe Zangara tried to assassinate, imposed a bank holiday and signed the National Recovery Act while launching the New Deal.
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
- [Matthew] Correct.
In 1958, businessman Harry Winston donated what blue gemstone, which is over 45 carats, to the Smithsonian Institution.
- Queen's Diamond, or something.
(ding) Hope's Diamond.
- [Matthew] Oh, sorry, that bell, that bell we just heard is gonna signify the end of the round, so we're not gonna be able to get an answer to that one.
Ludington's able to gain some momentum in that homestretch round, and add 70 points to their score, bringing their total up to 190.
We now turn to Ovid-Elsie to see how they'll handle the home stretch round.
Students, here comes your first question.
What city near the confluence of the St. Charles and St. Lawrence Rivers is the namesake and capital of the largest province in Canada.
- Quebec City.
- [Matthew] Quebec is correct.
What Greek letter has a lowercase version used in defining limits with Epsilon, and an uppercase version that represents change?
- Delta.
- [Matthew] Delta is correct.
What novel in which Dr. Manette is freed from the Bastille begins, it was the best of times, it was the worst of times, and is also set in London.
- "A Tale of Two Cities."
- [Matthew] That is correct.
An Italian word meaning sustained names what piano pedal, the middle one on a modern piano, which allows a player to sustain some but not all notes.
- A suspend pedal?
- [Matthew] Suspend is incorrect, onto the next question.
What club wielding character who attacks Merope is turned into a constellation after he is killed by a scorpion, and is a mythical Greek hunter.
- Orion.
- [Matthew] Orion's correct.
The so-called Babylonian captivity of the Papacy began in 1309, when Pope Clement V set up his court in what city in Southern France.
- Rome.
- [Matthew] That's incorrect, onto the next question.
What five letter physics term describes an idealized body with zero deformation, so its shape and size remain constant when a force is applied.
- Pass.
- [Matthew] Pass, onto the next question.
What element, whose value of 3.98 on the Pauling scale, makes it the most electronegative element, is a pale yellow gas that is the lightest halogen.
- Is it neon?
- Neon?
- Neon's incorrect- - Fluorine?
- Onto the next question.
What title is held by the monarchy's representative in former British colonies such as Canada and New Zealand.
- Pass - [Matthew] Pass, onto the next question.
What president who Giuseppe Zangara tried to assassinate imposed a bank holiday and signed the National Recovery Act while launching the New Deal.
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
- Theodore Roosevelt?
- [Matthew] Final answer, Ovid-Elsie?
- Roosevelt.
- [Matthew] Roosevelt is correct.
In 1958, businessman Harry Winston donated what blue gemstone, which is over 45 carats, to the Smithsonian Institution.
- Sapphire.
- Sapphire?
- [Matthew] Sapphire's incorrect.
What NBA team, which plays home games at Capital One Arena, made a trade with the Houston Rockets in December 2020 to acquire Russell Westbrook.
- The Lakers?
- The Lakers?
- [Matthew] Lakers is incorrect, onto the- (ding) Oh, and that bell's gonna signify the end of the round.
Ovid-Elsie finishes up our home stretch with five correct answers and 50 points.
And let's quickly take a look at the questions that were missed in that round.
The artist that depicted melting clocks in his work, The Persistence of Memory, was Salvador Dali.
The Italian word, meaning sustained, that names a piano pedal, is sostenuto.
The city in southern France where Pope Clement V set up his court was Avignon.
The title held by monarchy's representatives in former British colonies is Governor General.
And finally, that 45 carat gemstone donated by Harry Winston was the Hope Diamond.
Our score is now Ludington 190, Ovid-Elsie 150, as we head into the final round of the day, the Final Countdown.
Our teams will have just two minutes to answer as many questions as they can, with correct answers still being worth 10 points a piece.
Ludington, you're up first in the Final Countdown, so let's put two minutes on the clock, and here comes your first question.
In 1898, Congress passed the Newlands Resolution, allowing the US to annex what territory two years later.
- Hawaii?
No, no, no.
- Louisiana.
- The Oregon territory.
- The Oregon territory?
- [Matthew] Oregon is incorrect, next question.
What particle is a charged lepton, less massive than the muon, is emitted by beta minus decay, and occupies orbitals around atomic nuclei.
- Electron.
- Electron.
- Electron's correct.
Special relativity is partly based on an axiom stating that what physical quantity is the same in all reference frames.
- The speed of light.
- The speed of light.
- [Matthew] Speed of light's correct.
What color, which represents a Northern Irish Protestant fraternal order, is the actual color of airplane black boxes and a symbol of the Netherlands.
- Orange.
- Orange.
- [Matthew] Orange is correct.
The practice of dividing a larger state into smaller states is named after what European peninsula.
- Balkans.
- Balkans.
- [Matthew] Balkan is correct.
What two men who hired Toussaint Charbonneau at Fort Mandan and led the Corps of Discovery explored Western islands with the help of Sacagawea.
- The Lewis and Clark Expedition.
- The Lewis and Clark Expedition.
- [Matthew] Lewis and Clark is correct.
The land of Tortall is the setting of many young adult fantasy novels by what woman whose "Song of the Lioness" quartet depicts a knight named Alanna.
- No answer.
- [Matthew] No answer, next question.
What company whose Topeka workers complained of 84 hour work weeks and went on strike in July, 2021 is a PepsiCo subsidiary that makes potato chips.
- Lays.
- Lays?
- [Matthew] Lays, I'll except Lays.
(ding) Oh, and with that bell is gonna signify the end of the round, but fantastic job there, Ludington.
You're able to get one, two, three, four, five, six correct answers for 60 points.
Thank you, Ludington.
Now, Ovid-Elsie, it's your turn to enter the Final Countdown.
Here comes your first question.
In 1898, Congress passed the Newlands Resolution, allowing the US to annex what territory two years later.
- Texas.
- Texas.
- [Matthew] Texas is incorrect.
What particle is a charged lepton, less massive than the muon, is emitted by beta minus decay, and occupies orbitals around atomic nuclei.
- An electron?
- [Matthew] Electron's correct.
Special relativity is partly based on an axiom stating that what physical quantity is the same in all reference frames.
- Gravity.
- [Matthew] Gravity is incorrect.
What color, which represents a Northern Irish Protestant fraternal order, is the actual color of airplane black boxes, and a symbol of the Netherlands.
- Orange.
- [Matthew] Orange is correct.
The practice of dividing a larger state into smaller states is named after what European peninsula.
- Balkanization.
- [Matthew] Balkanization is correct, the Balkan Peninsula.
What two men who hired Toussaint Charbonneau at Fort Mandan and led the Corps of Discovery explored Western lands with the help of Sacagawea.
- Lewis and Clark.
- [Matthew] Lewis and Clark is correct.
The land of Tortall is the setting of many young adult fantasy novels by what woman, whose "Song that the Lioness" quartet depicts a knight named Alanna.
- Pass.
- [Matthew] Pass, next question.
What company, whose Topeka workers complained of 84 hour workweeks and went on strike in July, 2021, is a PepsiCo subsidiary that makes potato chips.
- Lays.
- Lays.
- [Matthew] Lays is correct.
What mathematician proved the infinitude of primes and included the parallel postulate in his namesake system of geometry in the elements.
- Euclid.
(ding) - Euclid's correct.
Oh, with that bell, we're able to get that one just before the bell.
After four rounds of competition, our final score is Ludington 250, Ovid-Elsie 210.
Both teams tied in points for that final round, but Ludington was able to hold onto the lead that they made early in the game.
And to wrap up those final countdown questions that were missed, the US territory allowed to be annexed by the Newlands Resolution was Hawaii.
And the author of those young adult books set in Tortall was Tamora Pierce.
Today's victors on Quiz Central are the students from Ludington.
Congratulations.
And we wanna thank Ovid-Elsie for joining us for a fantastic game of Quiz Central, and congratulations on making it to our second round.
Seniors, good luck to all of you in your future.
And underclassmen, we hope to see you next season right here on Quiz Central.
And we hope all of you will join us again for our next episode of QC, as two more Michigan schools compete for the season 17 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 episode of Quiz Central.
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