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And on this episode of Quiz Central, it's a first round game between Ludington and Traverse City, St. Francis.

Coming up right after this.

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- [Matthew] Let's get today's match underway.

Here's your first question on Quiz Central.

- Teddy Roosevelt.

- [Matthew] That is correct.

- Thompson.

- [Matthew] Yes, that answer is correct.

- Patella - [Matthew] Correct.

Traverse City Central, Congratulations on being our season 15 champions.

Hello everyone, I'm Matthew Ozanich and welcome to the 16th season of Quiz Central.

This season, our teams will be independently challenged with the same set of questions.

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

And at the end of the season, four Quiz Central seniors will receive a book scholarship provided by the CMU bookstore.

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

This week, the white division takes center stage.

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

Our first round is the Maroon and Gold Rush.

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

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

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

Ludington, here comes your first question in today's Maroon and Gold Rush round.

Two minutes, on the clock.

The woodcut "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse" is a work by what German Renaissance artist who created the engraving St. Jerome in his study?

- Ian Brant - [Matthew] Incorrect.

Next question, What surname is shared by art patrons, Peggy and Solomon.

The latter of whom commissioned a New York city museum designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

- Guggenheim - Guggenheim - [Matthew] Correct.

In 1916, what son of Bohemian immigrants and Harvard law graduate became the first Jewish justice on the US Supreme court.

- No answer, - [Matthew] No answer, moving on Echo tones are the boundaries between what major ecological community types that includes Chaparral, temperate forest, savannas and Tundras.

- Biomes.

- [Matthew] Correct.

A Sportsman's Sketches, is a collection of what Russian author who wrote about the Nihilist Dr. Bazarov in his novel "Fathers and Sons".

- Dostoevsky.

- [Matthew] Incorrect, moving on Charles Dobre died at what battle on St. Crispin's day in which a French army was routed by Henry the fifth English longbows in the hundred years war.

- The battle of Hastings, - The battle of Hastings - [Matthew] Incorrect, moving on.

What Italian city's La Scala opera house, hosted the premiers of Otello and Falstaff and twice had Arturo Toscanini as its Principal Conductor.

- The Globe - [Matthew] Incorrect, moving on.

What musical suite is inspired by Victor Hartmann's paintings of Baba Yaga's hut and "The Great Gate of Kiev", was composed by Amadeus Mozart's Husky.

There was the bell, All right, Well, Ludington High School you're able to get two correct answers in that round for a total of 20 points.

Those questions that you answered incorrectly, The artists that did the woodcut the Four Horsemen was Albrecht Dürer.

Was the one we were looking for there.

The first Jewish justice on the US Supreme court was Louis Brandeis.

The Sportsman's Sketches was a collection by Ivan Turgenev.

That battle on St Crispin's day was Battle of Agincourt.

and the Italian city where the La Scala is home to is Milan.

Traverse City St. Francis here comes your first question in today's Maroon and Gold Rush.

The woodcut "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse" is a work by what German Renaissance artist who created the engraving St. Jerome in his study?

- No answer, - [Matthew] No answer, moving on.

What surname is shared by art patrons, Peggy and Solomon.

The latter of whom commissioned a New York city museum designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

Final answer, Meg.

- [Matthew] Incorrect.

Moving on, In 1916, what son of Bohemian immigrants and Harvard law graduate became the first Jewish justice on the US Supreme court.

- Final answer Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

- [Matthew] Incorrect.

Moving on, Echo tones are the boundaries between what major ecological community types that include Chaparral, temperate forest, savannas and Tundras.

Final answer biome, - [Matthew] Correct.

A Sportsman's Sketches, is a collection of what Russian author who wrote about the Nihilist Dr. Bazarov in his novel "Fathers and Sons".

- Final answer, Tolstoy - [Matthew] Incorrect.

Moving on, Charles Dobre died at what battle on St. Crispin's day in which a French army was routed by Henry the fifth English longbows in the hundred years war.

- Hastings?

Final answer, Battle of Hastings.

- [Matthew] Incorrect.

Moving on What Italian city's La Scala opera house, hosted the premiers of Otello and Falstaff and twice had Arturo Toscanini as its Principal Conductor?

- Final answer Florence - [Matthew] Incorrect.

Moving on What musical suite is inspired by Victor Hartmann's paintings of Baba Yaga's hut and "The Great Gate of Kiev", was com... Oh, we didn't get through that question, So we're gonna go ahead and stop right there.

Traverse City St. Francis, in your Maroon and Gold Rush opening round, you're able to get a one correct answer for a total of 10 points.

At the end of that round the questions that you missed The woodcut of the Four Horseman was engraved by Albrecht Dürer.

Was the one we were looking for there.

The museum in New York city designed by Frank Lloyd Wright was the Guggenheim.

That was the one we were looking for there.

The first Jewish Supreme court justice was Louis Brandeis Sportsman's Sketches was written by Ivan Turgenev.

The battle of Agincourt is the one where you're looking for there.

And the Italian city that is home to the La Scala was Milan.

Milan.

That was the question we were looking for there.

All right, now that we have one round in the books, Let's take a moment and meet our contestants from each of today's schools.

We'll begin with today's competitors from Ludington.

- Hi, my name is Emily Swist.

I am a senior at Ludington High School and I play flute and piccolo in the band.

- Hello, my name is Lucas Tebo.

I'm a junior at Ludington High School and I play the alto saxophone in the jazz band.

- Hi, my name is Lindy Murphy.

I'm a senior at Ludington High School and I run cross country.

- Hello, my name is Olivia Hill.

I'm a senior at Ludington high school and I will be attending Hope College in the fall.

All right thank you Ludington High, Now let's meet our next team in today's competition.

The students from Traverse City St. Francis, take it away.

- Hi, I'm Ryan and I'm the captain of the varsity sailing team.

- All right, I'm Mason Labeler.

I'm a senior at St. Francis and my least favorite sport is sailing.

- Hi, my name is Bayla Robertson.

I'm a senior and I'm captain of the bowling team.

- Hi, I'm Lindsay.

I'm a junior at St. Francis and I play in the marching band.

- All right, now that we've had a chance to meet everyone, Let's head into the next round of competition, the perfect 10 round.

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

Teams can still consult on each question but answers will be coming from the captains.

Ludington, your perfect 10 category today is diacritics and punctuation.

What diacritical or punctuation mark, And then I'll give you a little bit of information and then you tell me the diacritical or punctuation mark that I'm referring to.

- All right.

- [Matthew] All right, Ludington High School, Here's your first question in your perfect 10 round 60 seconds on the clock.

Has an Oxford variety when used in a list - Comma.

- [Matthew] Correct.

Separates two related independent clauses.

- Semi-colon - [Matthew] Correct Is written as three consecutive periods - Ellipsis, - [Matthew] Correct.

Indicates a contraction.

- Apostrophe.

- [Matthew] Correct Means approximately when placed before a number.

Final answer - Aniyei - Aniyei is what I heard, I'm not gonna be able to accept that though.

- Sorry.

- [Matthew] It's combined with a question mark, to make an interrobang.

Exclamation point, - [Matthew] Correct.

Appears between the chapter and verse of biblical citations - Colon - [Matthew] Colon, correct.

Looks like a carrot when it appears over a French vowel - Circumflex?

- Circumflex?

- [Matthew] Circumflex is correct.

You got that one correct, Just under the bell, four, five six, you received seven correct answers in your perfect 10 round, which brings you up to a score of 90 points.

You only missed one.

The one that means approximately when placed before a number we were looking for, I think I might've heard it from one of you but it wasn't the final answer, but it was tilde.

All right, thank you Ludington.

Now we'll head to Traverse City St.Francis for their perfect 10 round.

All right, Traverse City St.Francis here comes your first question in today's perfect 10, 60 seconds on the clock.

Has an Oxford variety when used in a list - Comma, - [Matthew] Correct.

Separates two related independent clauses.

- Semi-colon - [Matthew] Correct Is written as three consecutive periods - Ellipsis.

- [Matthew] Correct.

Indicates a contraction.

- Apostrophe.

- [Matthew] Correct Means approximately when placed before a number - Tilde, - [Matthew] Correct.

Is combined with a question mark to make an interrobang.

- Exclamation point, - [Matthew] Correct.

Appears between the chapter and verse of biblical citations.

- Colon - [Matthew] Correct.

Looks like a carrot when it appears over a French vowel.

- No answer - [Matthew] Moving on, Can be replaced by guilheumets in many foreign languages.

All right, well, you guys did really good in that round one two, three, four, five, six, seven correct answers to bring your total up to 80 points after the perfect 10 round.

Those two questions that you missed Looks like a carrot when it appears over a French vowel, we were looking for circumflex.

And that last question can be replaced by guilheumets in many foreign languages is quotation marks.

All right, with two rounds in the books, our current score is Traverse City St. Francis with 80 points and Ludington with 90.

As we head into our third round of the day the homestretch round, I'll be asking each team a series of questions.

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

So Ludington here is your first question in the home stretch round.

"Sul sul" and "Dag dag" are greetings in the artificial language used in what video game series whose expansion packs include Get Famous and Get To Work - The Sims.

- [Matthew] Correct.

What country whose recent films include portrait of a lady on fire?

And "I Lost My Body" is where the Palme d'Or is awarded at the Cannes Film Festival.

- France.

- [Matthew] Correct.

Some blind people have learned to navigate their environment through what process most common in bats of detecting reflections of sound waves - Echolocation.

- [Matthew] Correct.

What title character is aided by Caius who is the disguised Earl of Kent, as well as a fool after he unwisely favors his daughters, Regan and Goneril.

- King Lear - [Matthew] Correct.

What policy often paired with its contemporary Glasnost was the restructuring of Soviet economic and bureaucratic systems under Mikhail Gorbachev - Harris Stryker.

- [Matthew] Correct.

What man who spurned the nymph echo became enraptured with his own reflection and thus lends his name to a type of self-involved personality.

- Narcissist - [Matthew] Narcissist is correct.

What woman who coined the term, the lost generation wrote the poetry collection "Tender Buttons" and an autobiography of her partner Alice B Toklas.

- Maya Angelou.

- [Matthew] Maya Angelou is incorrect onto the next question.

What commodity whose boom led to the growth of the city Minnows in the Amazon, was produced at the colony of Fordlandia to create tires for Ford.

- Rubber - [Matthew] Rubber is the correct answer.

What German sociologists labeled the work done by dedicated craftsmen, a calling in his book "The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism" - Calvin - [Matthew] Incorrect.

Moving on, What city, which is home to the Canadian Museum for Human Rights, is on the red river of the North and us in Boyne river.

and is Manitoba's Capital.

- Is it White?

- It's not White horse - Capitol, Manitoba - White horse, - [Matthew] Incorrect.

Moving on Filtration and crystallization are examples of what type of change that does not impact the nature of the substances involved.

- Physical change - [Matthew] Correct.

Charlotte Emily is a city in what Island group that is an unincorporated territory of the US, That includes St. Croix.

- I think it's the Virgin islands, 6- The Virgin Island - [Matthew] Correct.

Oh, and with that that brings an end to your third round.

You guys did great in that round three, four, five, six, seven, eight nine questions correctly answered for a total of 180 points going in to the final countdown.

Those questions that you missed in that last round were, the woman who coined the term "Lost Generation", We were looking for a Gertrude Stein for that one.

The German sociologist who wrote the "Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism" Max Weber or Veber, is the one we were looking for there.

And the city that is Manitoba's capital is Winnipeg.

That is the one we were looking for there.

All right Great job, Ludington High Now Traverse City St. Francis is your turn.

Here comes your first question in today's homestretch.

"Sul sul" and "Dag dag" are greetings in the artificial language used in what video game series whose expansion packs include Get Famous and Get To Work - No answer - [Matthew] Moving on, What country whose recent films include portrait of a lady on fire.

And "I Lost My Body" is where the Palme d'Or is awarded at the Cannes Film Festival.

- Final answer, France - [Matthew] Correct.

Some blind people have learned to navigate their environment through what process?

most common in bats of detecting reflections of sound waves, - Final answer echolocation.

- [Matthew] Correct.

What title character is aided by Caius who is the disguised Earl of Kent, as well as a fool after he unwisely favors his daughters, Regan and Goneril?

- No answer - [Matthew] No answer.

Moving on, What policy often paired with its contemporary Glasnost was the restructuring of Soviet economic and bureaucratic systems under Mikhail Gorbachev - Final answer, Perestroika - [Matthew] Correct.

What man who spurned the nymph echo became enraptured with his own reflection and thus lends his name to a type of self-involved personality.

- Answer, narcissist - [Matthew] Narcissists is correct.

What woman who coined the term, the lost generation wrote the poetry collection "Tender Buttons" and an autobiography of her partner Alice B Toklas.

- No answer.

- [Matthew] No answer.

Moving on, What commodity whose boom led to the growth of the city Minnows in the Amazon, was produced at the colony of Fordlandia to create tires for Ford.

- Final answer, rubber.

- [Matthew] Correct.

What German sociologists labeled the work done by dedicated craftsmen, a calling in his book the "Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism" - No answer - [Matthew] No answer, Moving on What city, which is home to the Canadian Museum for Human Rights, is on the red river of the North and us in Boyne river.

and is Manitoba's Capital.

- No answer.

- [Matthew] No answer, Moving on Filtration and crystallization are examples of what type of change that does not impact the nature of the substances involved.

- Physical.

- [Matthew] Correct.

Charlotte Emily is a city in what Island group that is an unincorporated territory of the US that includes St. Croix.

- Virgin islands.

- [Matthew] Correct.

What African country, where corrupt.

Oh, I didn't get to that question because the bell is signified the end of the round.

You guys did great in that round one two, three, four, five, six, seven correct answers.

That brings your total up to 150 points at the end of the third round.

Questions you guys missed in that round "Sul sul" and "Dag dag are from the artificial language in the game, "The Sims" The title character that is aided by Caius is King Lear.

Is the answer we were looking for there.

The woman who wrote the poetry collection "Tender Buttons" Gertrude Stein was the one we were looking for.

The German sociologists that wrote the "Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism" Max Veber is the one we were looking for.

And that city that is Manitoba's capital Winnipeg.

Winnipeg is the answer we were looking for there.

Well, after the home stretch around we now have a score of 180 to 150.

As we head into the final countdown.

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

Each correct answer is still worth 10 points.

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

Ludington, here is your first question in today's final countdown.

What chief assassinated in 1769 defeated Britain at the battle of bloody run and besieged Fort Detroit during a 1763 to 1766 war named for him.

- Yeah, Medicam - [Matthew] Incorrect.

Next question.

What Explorer who built, brought to lead a state in one of the three colonies.

he founded in Greenland, was the father of the discoverer of Vinland.

- Erik The Red - [Matthew] Correct.

What politician who defeated Loretta Sanchez in 2016 to succeed Barbara Boxer is a former prosecutor who was the Junior Senator from California.

- No answer, - [Matthew] no answer moving on, Bagheera the black Panther, and Baloo the bear teach the human boy Mowgli about nature in what 1894 story collection by Rudyard Kipling.

- The Jungle Book.

- [Matthew] Correct.

In 1983, what American astronaut became the youngest American astronaut ever to travel into space as well as the first American woman to do so.

- Sally Ride.

- [Matthew] Correct.

What academy award nominated actress was sentenced to 14 days in prison, for her role in the 2019 college admission scandal.

- Sarah Laughlin - [Matthew] Incorrect.

What kingdom ruled by the Argead dynasty won the battle of Chaeronea in 338 BC under Philip the second, who was succeeded as its King by Alexander the great.

- Spain.

- [Matthew] No, I'm sorry, that's not the answer we're looking for.

Onto the next question.

A national park shaped like the letter W is in what African country whose namesake river flows past its capital of Niamey.

- Niger.

- [Matthew] Correct.

What website, which a federal court held.

Oh, we're not gonna be able to get to the end of that question.

So that last one was your last question and today's final countdown.

You did great in that one with four correct answers, giving Ludington high school a final score of 220 points for today.

Those final countdown questions that you missed, That chief that was assassinated in 1769, We were looking for a Pontiac, that one.

The politician who defeated Loretta Sanchez and is the junior Senator from California, Kamala Harris.

is the answer we were looking for there.

The Academy award nominated actress who was sentenced to 14 days in prison.

You got one of the people that was involved but the one we were looking for was Felicity Huffman.

That was the actress we were looking for there.

The kingdom ruled by Argead was Macedon.

And I think that was it.

That was the only ones that you got wrong.

All right.

Ludington great job in your final countdown.

Now, Traverse City St. Francis, you're up two minutes on the clock, and here is your first final countdown question.

What chief assassinated in 1769 defeated Britain at the Battle of Bloody Run and besieged Fort Detroit during a 1763 to 1766 war named for him.

- No answer - [Matthew] No answer, Moving on.

What Explorer who built, brought to lead a state in one of the three colonies he founded in Greenland was the father of the discoverer of Vinland - Leif Erikson - [Matthew] Incorrect, can't take that.

Next question, What politician who defeated Loretta Sanchez in 2016 to succeed Barbara Boxer is a former prosecutor who is the Junior Senator from California.

- No answer, - [Matthew] No answer moving on Bagheera the black Panther, and Baloo the bear teach the human boy Mowgli about nature in what 1894 story collection by Rudyard Kipling.

- The Jungle Book, - [Matthew] Correct In 1983, what American astronaut became the youngest American astronaut ever to travel to space as well as the first American woman to do so.

- No answer.

- [Matthew] No answer, moving on.

What Academy award nominated actress was sentenced to 14 days in prison for her role in the 2019 college admission scandal.

- No answer - [Matthew] No answer.

Moving on, what kingdom ruled by Argead dynasty won the Battle of Chaeronea in 338 BC under Philip the second who was succeeded as its King by Alexander The Great - Macedonia, - Correct.

A national park shaped like the letter W is in what African country whose namesake river flows past it's capital of Niamey.

(bell rings) All right.

So in your final countdown round, Traverse City St. Francis, you were able to score 20 points to bring your final score to 170 points.

Those questions that you missed in the final countdown.

That chief assassinated in 1769 we were looking for was Pontiac.

That Explorer we were looking for was Erik The Red, who the father of the discover of Vinland.

The politician who defeated Loretta Sanchez that was Kamala Harris, the Junior Senator from California The astronaut who became the youngest American astronaut ever was Sally Ride.

The actress who was sentenced to 14 days in prison was Felicity Huffman.

And that last question, the national park that is shaped like the letter W is in the country of Niger With four rounds in the books, our final score is Ludington 220 Traverse City St. Francis 170.

Congratulations to Ludington, you'll be advancing to our next round of competition.

And we wanna thank Traverse City, St. Francis for a hard fought match.

Seniors, good luck to you in all of your future endeavors, Underclassmen, we hope to see you next season.

On Quiz Central, and we hope all of you will join us again.

In our next episode of Quiz Central, as two more schools compete for the season 16 title and 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 on the next episode of Quiz Central.

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