- Welcome to the studios of WCMU public television.

And on this episode of Quiz Central, we continue our season with a second round game between Mackinaw City and Saint Michael Academy, 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.

(bell rings) - Teddy Roosevelt.

- [Matthew] That is correct.

(bell rings) - Crimson.

- [Matthew] Yes, that answer is correct.

(bell rings) - Patella.

- [Matthew] Correct.

Congratulations, Luddington, you are the Quiz Central Season 16 Grand Champions.

Hello, everyone.

I'm Matthew Ozanich, and welcome to another installment of the 17th Season of Quiz Central right here on WCMU.

Today, we'll be having our final second round game of the tournament, and we'll be joined by students from Mackinaw City and Saint Michael Academy near Petoskey.

Both of our teams today will be independently challenged with the same set of questions, and 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 gold division takes center stage.

So let's not waste any time and get today's match underway.

In our first round, the Maroon and Gold Rush, our teams will have two minutes to answer as many questions correctly as they can, with each correct answer being worth 10 points and no deduction for incorrect answers.

Students will be able to consult with their teammates on each question, but the final answers will be coming from the team's captains.

Mackinaw City, you're up first.

So here comes your introductory question in today's Maroon and Gold Rush.

What musician behind the album, Father of Assad, featuring Rihanna on the 2017 hit, Wild Thoughts, and is a DJ who uses catchphrases like, another one?

- DJ Collins.

- [Matthew] Correct.

What actor who hosted the 2020 CBS game show, Game On, previously starred in a Comedy Central sketch comedy series with Jordan Peele?

- Keegan Michael Key.

- [Matthew] That is correct.

Oxygen enters cells through what process, in which molecules cross the cell membrane passively, going from regions of high to low concentration.

- Diffusion.

- [Matthew] Correct.

In 2016, what state's residents approve the new name, Utqiagvik for the city of Barrow, giving it an Inuit name to a city north of the Arctic circle?

- Alaska.

- [Matthew] Correct.

What disease, for which the FDA gave a June 2021 approval to the $50,000 a year drug, Aduhelm, is the most common cause of dementia in the US?

- Parkinson's or Alzheimer's?

Parkinson's.

- [Matthew] Parkinson's is incorrect.

Which English king conquered Cyprus during the Third Crusade, one of the many military feats that earned him the nickname, Lionheart?

- Richard.

Richard I, II.

Richard II.

- [Matthew] Richard II is incorrect.

The treaties that ended the Seven Years War and the American Revolutionary War were both signed in and named for what city?

- Paris.

- [Matthew] Paris is correct.

What boy is mistreated by his aunts, Sponge and Spiker, and befriends talking insects in a Roald Dahl novel about this boy's travels in a giant peach?

- James.

- [Matthew] James is correct.

What satirical World War II novel, who's sequel, Closing Time, was published in 1994, includes such characters as Milo Minderbender?

(bell rings) Sorry, that bell's gonna signify the end of the round.

Mackinaw City comes out of the gate with six correct answers and 60 points.

Saint Michael Academy, it's your turn to enter the Maroon and Gold Rush.

Let's put two minutes back up on the clock.

What musician behind the album, Father of Assad, featuring Rihanna on the 2017 hit Wild Thoughts, and is a DJ who uses catchphrases like, another one?

- DJ Collin.

- [Matthew] That is correct.

What actor who hosted the 2020 CBS game show, Game On, previously starred in a Comedy Central sketch comedy series with Jordan Peele.

- Key.

- [Matthew] Key is correct.

Oxygen enters cells through what process, in which molecules cross the cell membrane passively, going from regions of high to low concentration?

- Go for it, diffusion.

- [Matthew] Diffusion is correct.

In 2016, what state's residents approved the new name, Utqiagvik for the city of Barrow, giving an Inuit name to a city north of the Arctic circle?

- Alaska.

- [Matthew] That is correct.

What disease, for which the FDA gave a June 2021 approval to the $50,000 a year drug, Aduhelm, is the most common cause of dementia in the US?

- Alzheimer's.

- [Matthew] That is correct.

What English king conquered Cyprus during the Third Crusade, one of the many military feats that earned him the nickname Lionheart?

- Richard.

- Richard.

- [Matthew] I need you to be more specific than Richard.

- The second.

- [Matthew] That is incorrect, sorry.

On to the next question.

The treaties that ended the Seven Years War and the American Revolutionary War were both signed in and named for what city?

- Treaty of Paris.

- [Matthew] Paris is correct.

What boy is mistreated by his aunts, Sponge and Spiker, and befriends talking insects in a Roald Dahl novel about this boy's travels in a giant peach?

- James.

- [Matthew] James is correct.

(bell rings) Oh, well, that bell's gonna signify the end of the round.

Saint Michael Academy able to get seven correct answers in the opening round, which means we wrap our Maroon and Gold Rush with Mackinaw City, 60, Saint Michael Academy, 70.

And here are the answers to the missed questions in that round.

The English king that conquered Cyprus during the Third Crusade was Richard I.

And that satirical World War II novel that included Milo Mindbender was Catch 22.

Only 10 points separates our two teams after that first round, with still lots more questions to come.

But right now we're gonna take a quick break from the action to meet the players from each of today's schools.

Let's start with the students from Mackinaw City High School.

- Hello, my name is Jeffrey Sebicktoroth.

I'm a junior at Mackinaw City and the team captain.

And I have done Quizbowl for three straight years.

- Hi, my name is Ella House.

I'm a senior at Mackinaw City High School, and I've had my motorcycle endorsement since I was 16.

- Hi, I'm Noah.

I'm a junior here at Mackinaw City, and I play basketball, golf, and run cross country.

- Hi, my name is Larissa Hoffman.

I go to Mackinaw City School, and I'm a junior.

And I play five varsity sports.

- Thank you, Mackinaw City.

Now the team from Saint Michael Academy, you're up.

- Hi, my name is Neo Nolan.

I'm a senior at Saint Michael Academy, and I play hockey.

Hi, I'm Catherine.

I'm a sophomore at Saint Michael Academy, and I swim competitively.

My name is Annie.

I play volleyball, and I'm a sophomore at Saint Michael Academy.

Hi, I'm Daniel.

I am a sophomore as well.

I play baseball and I ski.

- Well, now that we've had a chance to meet everyone, let's head into the next round of competition, the Perfect 10.

In the Perfect 10 round, our teams will be given a category, and they'll have 60 seconds to answer as many questions as they can.

And our Perfect 10 category for today is Numerical Names.

Identify these people or places known by numerical names or nicknames.

Mackinaw City, we're gonna start with you.

Let's put 60 seconds on the clock and head into the Perfect 10 round.

Title group of an 1844 Alexander Dumas novel.

- Sense.

- [Matthew] Final answer?

- Sure.

- [Matthew] No answer?

- No answer.

- [Matthew] Term for a participant in the California Gold Rush.

- 49er.

- [Matthew] Correct.

Small, mostly spherical droid in the Star Wars sequels.

- R2D2.

- [Matthew] That is incorrect.

Highest mountain in the Karakoram range.

- K2.

- [Matthew] Correct.

Group of Russian composers, including Modest Mussorgsky.

- The Great 12.

The Great 12.

- [Matthew] Incorrect.

Telekinetic girl played by Millie Bobby Brown on Stranger Things.

- 11.

- [Matthew] Correct.

Landmark where Utah, New Mexico, and other states meet.

- The four corners.

- [Matthew] Correct.

Irish group with the song, Beautiful Day.

(bell rings) Oh, sorry, that bell's gonna signify the end of the Perfect 10 round.

Well, we have a tough Perfect 10 today, yet Mackinaw City was still able to get four correct, for 40 points, which ups their score to 100.

And it's now Saint Michael Academy's turn to add to their score in the Perfect 10 round.

Let's put 60 seconds back up on the clock.

Title group of an 1844 Alexander Dumas novel.

- Three Musketeers.

- [Matthew] Correct.

Term for a participant in the California Gold Rush.

- 49er.

- [Matthew] Correct.

Small, mostly spiritual droid in the Star Wars sequels.

- EB8.

- [Matthew] Correct.

Highest mountain in the Karakorum range.

- Pass.

- [Matthew] Group of Russian composers, including Modest Mussorgsky.

- Pass.

- [Matthew] Telekinetic girl played by Millie Bobby Brown on Stranger Things.

- 11.

- [Matthew] Correct.

Landmark where Utah, New Mexico, and other states meet.

- Four corners.

- [Matthew] Correct.

Irish group with the song, Beautiful Day.

- Pass.

- [Matthew] Teleporting and time traveling youth on the Umbrella Academy.

(bell rings) Sorry, that bell is gonna signify the end of the round.

Weren't able to get a question in on that, an answer in on that last question.

Saint Michael Academy finishes out the perfect 10 with five correct answers and 50 points, bringing their score now to 120.

With two rounds in the books, our score is Mackinaw City 100, Saint Michael Academy, 120.

And here are the answers to the missed questions in that round.

The group of Russian composers, including Modest Mussorgsky was the Mighty 5.

And the Irish group with the song, Beautiful Day was U2.

Mackinaw City and Saint Michael Academy prepare to enter our third round of the day, the Homestretch Round.

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 captains.

We're gonna start with Mackinaw City in today's Home Stretch round.

Students, here comes your first question.

Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who, and Mrs.

Which help Meg Murray find her father by tessering through the universe in what 1962 novel by Madeleine L'Engle?

- Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy?

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

- [Matthew] Incorrect, next question.

A frequency ratio of two to one underlies what musical interval, whose two tones have the same letter name?

- Octave.

- [Matthew] Correct.

What African country's president was killed in a plane crash after which almost a million Tutsis were killed in a 1994 genocide?

- Ethiopia, no, Sudan.

Sudan.

- [Matthew] Sudan is incorrect.

What author of an Essay on Eloquence in the Vernacular wrote Lavita Nova to express his love for Beatrice and depicted hell in his poem, Inferno?

- Dante.

- [Matthew] Dante is correct.

The Burgess Shale is home to many fossils from what geologic period that saw a massive increase in biodiversity in its namesake explosion?

- Pre-Cambrian, no Cambrian.

Cambrian.

- [Matthew] Cambrian is correct.

What set denoted, Q, consists of numbers whose decimal expansions terminate or repeat, and which can be expressed as fractions of two integers?

- Rational.

Rational.

- [Matthew] Correct.

After establishing the Little America Base on Antarctica in 1929, what navigator and his crew were the first to fly over the South Pole?

- Cook, no Piereid.

- [Matthew] Sorry, that is incorrect.

Next question.

What country, whose port of Mocha, names a style of coffee, is north of the Gulf of Aden, and has Houthi forces occupying its capital of Sana'a?

- Kuwait.

Kuwait.

- [Matthew] That is incorrect, next question.

What Shakespearean villain, who describes the green-eyed monster of jealousy, plots against and brings about the downfall of Othello?

- Macbeth... Macbeth - [Matthew] Incorrect.

Saraswati is the consort of what Hindu creator God, who forms the Trimurti along with Vishnu and Shiva?

- Brahma...wait.

Ganesh.

- [Matthew] Ganesh is incorrect.

The pioneer courthouse is a landmark in what city that titles a Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein sketch comedy show, the most populous in Oregon?

- Salem... Salem.

- [Matthew] Salem is incorrect.

What triple star system in a southern constellation is the closest star system to the sun?

- Cirrus.

- [Matthew] Cirrus is incorrect, next question.

What that describes the proteins targeted by COVID-19 vaccines is also used by epidemiologists (bell rings) to describe rapid- Oh sorry, that bell's gonna signify the end of the round, so we're not gonna be able to get to the end of that question.

Mackinaw City struggles a tad in the Home Stretch, but does still manage to snag 40 points, bringing their total up to 140.

But we now turn to Saint Michael Academy to see how they'll handle the Home Stretch round.

Saint Michael Academy, here comes your first question.

Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who, and Mrs.

Which help Meg Murray find her father by tessering through the universe in what 1962 novel by Madeline L'Engle?

- Wrinkle in Time.

- [Matthew] Wrinkle in Time is correct.

A frequency ratio of two to one underlines what musical interval, whose two tones have the same letter name?

- Octave.

- Octave.

- [Matthew] That is correct.

What African country's president was killed in a plane crash after which almost a million Tutsis were killed in a 1994 genocide?

- Rwanda.

- Rwanda's correct.

What author of an Essay on Eloquence in the Vernacular wrote Lavita Nova to express his love to Beatrice and depicted hell in his poem, Inferno.

- Dante.

- [Matthew] Dante is correct.

The Burgess Shale is home to many fossils from what geologic period that saw a massive increase in biodiversity in its namesake explosion?

- Cambriam.

- Cambrian.

- [Matthew] Cambrian's correct.

What set denoted, Q, consists of numbers whose decimal expansions terminate or repeat, and which can be expressed as fractions of two integers.

- Pass.

- [Matthew] After establishing the Little America base on Antarctica in 1929, what navigator and his crew were the first to fly over the South pole?

- Pass.

- [Matthew] What country, who's port of Mocha names a style of coffee, is north of the Gulf of Aden, and has Houthi forces occupying its capital of Sana'a?

- Pass.

- [Matthew] What Shakespearian villain, who describes the green-eyed monster of jealousy, plots against and brings about the downfall of Othello?

- Iago.

- [Matthew] That is correct.

Sarawasti is the consort of what Hindu creator God, who forms the Trimurti along with Vishnu and Shiva?

- Ganesh.

- [Matthew] Ganesh is incorrect.

The pioneer courthouse is a landmark in what city that titles a Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein sketch comedy show, the most populous in Oregon?

- Portland.

- [Matthew] Portland's correct.

What triple star system and a southern constellation is the closest star system to the sun.

- Pass.

- [Matthew] What term that describes the proteins targeted by COVID-19 vaccines is also used by epidemiologists to describe rapid increases in cases of a disease.

- Spike proteins.

- Spike proteins.

- [Matthew] Spike is correct.

The island of Mona and modern Wales was sacred to what Celtic priests, whose use of human sacrifice (bell rings) was this- Oh sorry, that bell's gonna signify the end of the round.

We're not gonna get to the end of that question.

Saint Michael Academy performs well in the Homestretch, adding 80 points to their total.

And let's take a quick look at the questions that were missed in that round.

The navigator of the crew that were the first to fly over the south pole was Richard Byrd.

The country, whose port of Mocha names a style of coffee, is in Yemen.

Saraswati is the consort of the Hindu creator God, Brahma.

And finally, that triple star system closest to the sun is Alpha Centauri.

Our score is now Mackinaw City, 140, Saint Michael Academy, 200, as we head into the final round of the day, the Final Countdown.

In our 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 apiece.

Mackinaw City, you're up first in the Final Countdown, so let's put two minutes on the clock, and here comes your first question.

What aircraft named for the second president of the Weimar Republic was destroyed in 1937 when the hydrogen with which it was filled caught fire?

- The Hindenburg... the Hidenburg.

- [Matthew] Correct.

In the Spanish Colonial era, the Manila galleons linked the Philippines and what Pacific port city in Western Mexico, now a tourism center?

- What's that one place you go, Cancun?

Cancun.

- [Matthew] Incorrect, next question.

What objects, one of which contains the Pillars of Creation, are exemplified by the horse head and the crab, and are clouds of dust and gas in space?

- Nebula.

- [Matthew] Nebulaes is correct.

What actress starred in a 2020 film based on HG Wells, The Invisible Man, and stars on a Hulu show, based on Margaret Atwood's, The Handmaid's Tale?

- Scarlett Johannson... Scarlett Johannson.

- [Matthew] That is incorrect, next question.

The second most populous city of Lebanon has what name, which is derived from the ancient Greek for three cities, and which also names Libya's capital?

- Tripoli... Tripoli.

- [Matthew] Tripoli is correct.

What country, whose creation was proposed by Theodore Hertzel, declared independence in 1948 in an event that led by David Ben Garonne in Tel-Aviv?

- Tel-Aviv Civil War.

- [Matthew] Oh, sorry, that is incorrect.

On to the next question.

What title character rejects the proposal of St. John Rivers, and instead of marries her former employer Edward Rochester in a novel by Charlotte Bronte?

- Wrong... Barry.

- [Matthew] I'm sorry, that is incorrect.

On to the next question.

New York Governor Dewitt Clinton promoted the creation of what infrastructure project that linked Albany to Buffalo, and was completed in 1825?

- Highway... (bell rings) - Oh, sorry that bell's gonna signify the end of the round.

Thank you, Mackinaw City.

Now, Saint Michael Academy, it's your turn to enter the Final Countdown.

Here comes the first question.

What aircraft named for the second president of the Weimar Republic was destroyed in 1937 when the hydrogen with which it was filled, caught fire?

- The Hindenburg.

- [Matthew] Correct.

In the Spanish Colonial Era, the Manila galleons linked the Philippines and what Pacific port city in Western Mexico, now a tourism center?

- Cabo.

- [Matthew] Cabo is incorrect.

What objects, one of which contains the Pillars of Creation, are exemplified by the horse head and the crab, and are clouds of dust and gas in space.

- Nebulaes.

- [Matthew] Correct.

What actress starred in a 2020 film based on HG Wells, The Invisible Man, and stars on a Hulu show based on Margaret Atwood's, The Handmaid's Tale.

- Julian Anderson.

- [Matthew] That is incorrect, next question.

The second most populous city of Lebanon has what name, which is derived from the ancient Greek for three cities, and which also names Libya's capital?

- Cyprus.

- [Matthew] Cyprus is incorrect.

What country, whose creation was proposed by Theodore Hertzel, declared independence in 1948 in an event led by David Ben Garonne in Tel Aviv?

- Israel.

- [Matthew] That is correct.

What title character rejects the proposal of St. John Rivers, and instead marries her former employer, Edward Rochester, in a novel by Charlotte Bronte?

- Pass.

- [Matthew] Pass, next question.

New York Governor Dewitt Clinton, promoted the creation of what infrastructure project that linked Albany to Buffalo, and was completed in 1825?

- Erie canal.

- [Matthew] Correct.

What politician appointed Sajida Javi as the Chancellor of the Exchequer, was London mayor from 2008 to 2016, and succeeded Theresa May as Prime Minister?

- Boris Johnson.

- [Matthew] That is correct.

(bell rings) Oh, that bell's gonna signify the end of the round.

After four rounds of competition, our final score is Saint Michael Academy, 250, Mackinaw City, 170.

And to wrap up those Final Countdown questions that were missed, the Manila galleons linked the Philippines to the Pacific port city of Acapulco.

The actress that stars in The Invisible Man and The Handmaid's Tale is Elizabeth Moss.

And the title character we were looking for from the novel by Charlotte Bronte was Jane Eyre.

Today's victors on Quiz Central are the students from Saint Michael Academy in Petoskey.

Congratulations.

And we of course want to thank Mackinaw City for joining us on Quiz Central, and congratulations on making it to the second round of our tournament.

Seniors, good luck to all of you in the future, and underclassmen, we hope to see you next season, right back here on Quiz Central.

And we hope all of you will join us again on 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 wccmu.org.

From the crew here at WCMU public television, thank you for watching, and we'll see you all right back here for the next episode of Quiz Central.

Goodnight.

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