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This time a first round game between Mackinaw City and St. Michael, that's coming up next.

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

This time students from Mackinaw City taking on a team from St. Michael.

It is a 16 team single elimination tournament.

At the end of the season, four lucky quiz central seniors will receive a book scholarship provided by the CMU bookstore.

Plus top teams from Quiz Central will qualify for the NAQT High School National Championship Tournament.

So 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 tossup questions as they can.

If a team answers incorrectly, the opposing school has the opportunity to answer that question.

Teams may not consult during this round.

Throughout our game, correct answers are worth 10 points a piece and there is no deduction for incorrect answers.

If all of our players are ready.

Here comes your first question.

What Monarch depicted in the rainbow portrait, employed Francis Walsingham and never married, leading to her being known as the Virgin Queen?

- Elizabeth the First?

- [David] That is correct.

What modern day country, home to expressionist movements called the Blue Rider and DeBruce was where Walter, excuse me, where Valter Gropius founded the Bauhaus Bama?

- Germany?

- [David] That is also correct.

Under leaders like Osceola and what indigenous people found, excuse me, fought three wars against the US to defend their homes in Florida?

- Seminal?

- [David] That is also correct.

What law holds up to the elastic limit is named for an English scientist and is expressed as F equals minus KX or K is the spring constant?

And we will go to the next question.

What chemical elements atomic symbol is derived from the same Latin word as in plumbing?

- Lead?

- [David] That is correct.

What Greek stole ambrosia from the gods, tried to feed his son Pelops to them and- - Tantalas?

- [David] That is also correct.

Next tossup for both teams.

The name of what type of flower appears four times in a line from Gertrude Stein's poem, "Sacred Emily?"

Time will go to the next tossup for both.

What TV show which spawned two spinoffs featuring Isabelle May as the narrator Elsa, titled "1883 and 1923" is a neo western starring Kevin Costner?

And the bell signals the end of that round.

But Ben, we can take your answer.

- Yellowstone?

- [David] That is correct.

The law that holds up to the elastic limit is called Hooks law and the name of the flower that appears four times in the Stein poem "Sacred Emily" is the rose.

And the end of our maroon and gold rush Mackinaw City is out to an early lead, 60 to zero over St. Michael.

And before we start our next round, let's learn a little bit more about our students competing today.

First of all, we welcome in the students from Mackinaw City.

- My name is Eden, I'm a junior and I play percussion.

- My name is Ben, I'm a junior at Mac City and I play basketball.

- My name is Tyler, I'm a sophomore at Mackinaw City and I'm in Boy Scouts.

- Hello.

I am Nathaniel and I like, and I like martial arts.

- Thank you Mackinaw City.

Great to have you here.

Let's take a moment to meet the team from St. Michael.

- I'm Russell.

I'm a senior at St. Michael High School and I run cross country and track and field.

- I'm Charlotte, I'm a junior at St. Michael's and I captain the volleyball team in St.

Classical Boys.

- I'm Charlie, I'm a sophomore at St. Michael's and I'm in drama.

- My name is Grace, I'm a senior at St. Michael's and I am a musician.

- And thank you St. Michael's students.

Great to have you here.

Thanks to both teams.

The next round on Quiz Central is the kickoff round.

The kickoff round includes a combination of tossup and bonus questions.

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

Missed toss ups can be stolen but there is no consulting on these questions.

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

There's no stealing on the bonuses.

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

After a bonus question, we go back to a toss up for both teams.

If your buzzers are ready players, here comes your first question.

What Queen succeeded her half brother Edward the sixth after wrestling control of England from the supporters of Lady Jane Gray.

- Was it Mary the first?

- [David] It was Mary the first.

And your bonus question.

What city which Francis the first of France retook in the Battle of Monrunyeo in 1515 was long ruled by Visconti and Sforza families in northern Italy?

- What you say?

Vienna?

- [David] Answer?

- Vienna?

- [David] Incorrect.

It was Milan.

In June, 2024, New York Governor Kathy Hoel postponed what policy that would levy a $15 fee on cars, entering lower Manhattan during the day?

- Is it a toll?

- [David] Little bit more specific please.

- Entry toll.

- [David] Hmm.

We were looking for congestion pricing or congestion tolls.

Sure that went over well.

What British playwright depicted a man who uses his own hot blood to sign a contract with Mastafelis, a servant of Lucifer in Dr. Faustes?

Christopher Marlow was we were looking for.

Next for both teams.

The Senate is a parliament based in what city, the capital of Wales?

That city is Cardiff.

What disease commonly monitored, using a hemoglobin A1C test can cause ketones in the urine and if un- - Diabetes?

- [David] That is correct.

Diabetes is the correct answer.

And now Mackinaw city for the bonus question.

In the name of what type of location appears in the title of all five books in a Sarah J Mas series of fantasy novels set in a world of fairies?

- Neverland.

- Neverland?

- [David] We're looking for "A Court of Thorns and Roses."

Toss up for both teams.

What a bohemian born composer of the dumpy trio in e minor used themes inspired by spirituals he heard while visiting Iowa in his new world symphony?

Composer's name was Antonin DvoYák.

Next question for both teams.

What Alabama governor who was shot by Arthur Bremmer while running for president, made the stand in the schoolhouse door to oppose integration?

- George Wallace?

- [David] That is correct.

George Corley Wallace.

Your bonus question.

What man to whom Charles II granted land in America in exchange for debt relief, led Quakers in founding a namesake colony led from Philadelphia?

- William Pan?

- [David] That is correct for Pennsylvania.

Toss up for both teams.

The thunder bonds are a mangrove forest that lies in on what bay, the world's largest?

And that is the Bay of Bengal.

Toss up for both teams.

What number is sometimes called Archimedes Constant, is the number of radians equal to 180 degrees and is an irrational number equal- - Is it pi?

- [David] It is Pi.

And to Mackinaw City for your bonus question.

In July, 2024, Italian police seized 42 tons of a product falsely labeled as what good, whose common varieties include one called EVOO?

Answer?

- That makes sense.

- Cooking.

- Yeah.

- Cooking?

- [David] Close, cooking oil.

We could have gone with olive oil or extra virgin olive oil was the correct answer there.

Toss up for both teams.

What school of psychology, a focus of the book, "Beyond Freedom and Dignity" included John Watson and operant conditioning researcher BF Skinner?

Skinner and was looking at behaviorism.

And the bell signals the end of the round there.

Mackinaw City has the lead 110 to zero.

Let's see how our teams can navigate today's perfect 10.

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 questions.

You can consult throughout the entire round.

We take the answers from the captain.

The team that's trailing gets the first choice to pick a clue to a category and here are those perfect 10 clues for today.

Nervous Nelly, name and number, and Seeing Red.

St. Michael you're trailing in the game right now.

You get your first pick of those clues to a category.

- One of the other two.

Last two?

- I like name and number.

- Name and number is okay with you guys?

Name and number.

- [David] Name and number is your choice.

That clue leads to this category.

Numerical novels.

Name these novels with numbers in their titles.

Again, the clue name and number in the category, numerical novels.

Name these novels with numbers in their titles.

And St. Michael, your 60 seconds and your perfect 10 begins with this.

George Orwell book about big brothers dystopia.

- "1984."

- [David] Correct.

Ray Bradbury novel about book burning.

- "Fahrenheit 451."

- "Fahrenheit 451."

- [David] Correct.

Charles Dickens novel set in Paris and London.

- "Tale of two Cities."

- [David] Correct.

Second book in the Lord of the Ring's trilogy.

- "Two Towers."

- "Two Towers."

- "Two towers."

- [David] Correct.

Arthur C. Clark novel that introduced the computer, Hal.

- Skip.

- Skip.

- [David] A J Asher novel about Hannah Baker's suicide.

- Skip.

- Anything.

Skip.

- [David] Adventure novel featuring Philius Fog.

- Skip.

- [David] YA Mystery by Karen McManus about Simon's death.

- Skip.

- [David] Second Sherlock Holmes novel, which introduced Mary Morston.

All right, the bell signal's the end of that.

We are going to shift over to you Mackinaw City with the 30 seconds on the clock to pick up any missed answers there and perhaps finish out our category.

And that category again is numerical novels.

Name these novels with numbers in their titles.

30 seconds on the clock.

The Arthur C. Clark novel that introduced the computer Hal.

- "2001 Space Odyssey."

- [David] That is correct.

The Jay Asher novel about Hannah Baker's suicide.

- "13 Reasons Why."

- "13 Reasons Why?"

- [David] That is correct.

The adventure novel featuring Philius Fog.

- Pass.

- [David] The YA mystery about Karen McManus death or excuse me by Karen McManus about Simon's death.

- "One of Us?"

- [David] Bell signals the end of that round.

That was "One of Us is Lying."

Phillious Fog was featured in "Around the World in 80 Days" by Jules Verne.

The second Sherlock Holmes novel, which introduced Mary Morston was the "Sign of the Four."

And Taylor Jenkins read novel about a 1970s rock band, "Daisy Jones and the Six."

All right, Mackinaw City, you get your choice now of the remaining two and those clues again, nervous Nelly and seeing red.

- Seeing red.

- Fictional redheads, name these fictional characters with red hair.

The 60 seconds on the clock for your perfect 10 round and it starts with this.

Harry Potter's best friend.

- Ron Weasley.

- [David] Correct.

Singer of part of your world in the Little Mermaid.

- Ariel.

Ariel.

- Ariel?

- [David] Correct.

A member of the mystery gang with Fred, Velma, Shaggy, and Scooby-Doo.

- Daphne.

- [David] That is correct.

Teenage spy who fought Shigo and Dr. Dracon in a Disney channel show.

- Kim Possible.

- [David] Correct.

Adopted by Daddy Warbucks in a namesake Broadway musical.

- Annie.

- [David] Also correct.

The heroine of the 2012 Pixar film, "Brave."

- Merida.

- Merida, Merida.

- Merida.

- [David] That is correct.

The oldest of the Rugrats babies.

- Jackie.

- Jackie?

- No, Chucky.

- No, Jackie.

- [David] I'm sorry, we're not gonna take that.

Supervises elementary school field trips aboard the Magic School bus.

- Ms. Frizzle.

- [David] That is correct.

American Greetings.

And we did not get to that.

Alright, we are going to shift it over to you St. Michael for when it was missed there and perhaps to pick up the last two in the category.

So you get 30 seconds on the clock as we head back to the oldest of the Rugrats babies.

- Chucky.

- [David] Chucky is correct.

American Greetings character who shares her name with a fruit based dessert.

- [Grace] Strawberry Shortcake.

- Hmm?

- [Grace] Strawberry shortcake.

- Strawberry shortcake.

- [David] That is correct.

And Rose Leslie's character on Game of Thrones.

- Skip.

- [David] And that was Egret was that character we were looking for.

Brings us to the close of the perfect 10.

Mackinaw city, you have the lead in our game as we head to the home stretch round.

Here in the home stretch, we'll have a combination of tossup and bonus questions.

A team that correctly answers the tossup, will get the opportunity to answer a single bonus question.

Missed tossups can be stolen but there is no consulting on these questions.

A correct answer on a tossup allows for a single follow up bonus question.

There's no stealing on the bonuses.

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

After a bonus question, we'll go back to the tossup for both teams.

Buzzers ready?

Good luck.

Here comes your first question.

What director of the film adaptations of the "BFG" and "Ready Player One" fictionalized his up- - Steven Spielberg.

- [David] That is correct.

Your bonus question, what 105 day war in which Simo Haoha had over 500 sniper kills, ended with Finland seeding land of the USSR in 1940 and was named for a season?

- The winter war.

- [David] That is also correct on the bonus there.

Toss up for both teams.

What term describes types of stored energy that can be 100% converted to kinetic energy.

- Potential energy.

- [David] That is correct.

And your bonus before proclaiming himself emperor, Napoleon Bonaparte held what title, inspired by Republican Rome in the French government of 1799 to 1804?

- Per consul.

- [David] Consul, first consul is correct.

We take that for the bonus and toss it for both teams.

In July, 2024, what junior senator from Ohio, an author of the book, "Hillbilly Elegy," was selected by Donald- - JD Vance.

- [David] JD Vance is correct.

And the bonus question for St. Michael is, what city at the mouth of the Swan River is the capital of Western Australia?

- Anything?

- New South.

- Just guess Sydney.

I dunno.

- Sydney?

- I dunno.

- Like South.

New South Wales or something.

- Do it.

- New South Wales.

- [David] Incorrect.

We were looking for the city of Perth.

Toss up to both teams.

What leader who came to power after ending China's warring states period, sponsored the creation of the terracotta army and was China's first emperor?

And the leader we were looking for was Chin Sher Huang.

Next question.

The tossup for both teams.

What class of low mass particles, which are pheromones and do not experience the strong force, include electrons and neutrons.

- Protons?

- [David] Oh we were looking.

St. Michael for the guess.

And those are called leptons.

Toss up for both teams.

The furthest planet visited by Voyager 2 is what body that sometimes displays a green dark spot and is orbited- - Neptune.

- [David] That is Neptune and that is correct.

Bonus question, what character agonizes about a bloodstain on his sock after he murders a pawn broker and a witness in Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel, "Crime and Punishment?"

- What is it?

- It's Raskolnikov.

- Risk- - Raskolnikov.

- Raskolnikov.

- [David] That is correct.

- Nice.

I was gonna say- - [David] What novel in which nuns at the Pepeus Convent, educate Cosette, centers on a former prisoner Jean Val Jean and was written by Victor Hugo?

- "Les Misérables."

- [David] "Les Misérables" is correct.

And your bonus question, what architectural style that uses lavish ornamentation with a modern industrial influence exemplified by the Chrysler building?

- I'd say either art deco or art Novo.

- I don't know either.

- Just go for art deco.

I don't know.

- Art deco.

- [David] Art deco is correct.

What city whose oldest building is the Alifati fort, has a Tom Wright designed hotel called the Berry Al Azab, and on a manmade island, which is in the UAE.

- Is it Dubai?

- [David] It is Dubai.

And your bonus question, what 19th century philosopher who collaborated with his wife Harriet Taylor to write the subjection of women was a utilitarian?

Yes?

John Stewart Mill was the philosopher we were looking for.

Toss up for both teams.

What riots, whose participants included Marsha P Johnson occurred at a Greenwich Village bar in 1969 and helped launch the gay liberation movement.

- Stonewall.

- [David] The Stonewall Riots is correct.

And your bonus question, Edward Boer Lightens, book "Paul Clifford" begins by describing the weather with what seven word phrase, which is now emblematic of clinched first, excuse me, cliched first lines?

- "A Dark and Stormy Night."

It was a dark and stormy night.

- A dark and stormy night?

- [David] A little more specific.

- It was a dark and stormy night.

- [David] It was a dark and stormy night.

That is correct.

Toss up for both teams.

What cabinet member who was.

And the bell signals the end there of the home stretch.

Mackinaw City, you have the lead 270 to 110.

And up next it's our final round of the game and that's the final countdown.

Teams, you'll have two minutes to answer as many toss up questions as you can.

If a team misses a question, the opposing team has the opportunity to answer.

Teams may not consult during this realm.

All players ready?

Here comes your first question.

What cabinet member who was criticized for not visiting East Palestine after a 2023 disaster is the first gay man to be Secretary of Transportation?

- Pete Buttigieg.

- [David] Excuse me?

- Pete Buttigieg.

- [David] That is correct.

Interactions between groups without a common language spur the creation of what simple shared languages, which may evolve into more com- - Sign language?

- [David] That is incorrect.

The of what simple shared languages ending that question, which may evolve into more complete Creoles?

- Arabic?

- [David] That is incorrect.

What poet claimed that God is served by those who only stand and wait in the sonnet on his blindness and described ease temptation in paradise lost?

- John Henry Milton.

- [David] That is correct.

In what form of asexual reproduction does a new organism form when a small portion of the original organism pinches off from the parent?

- Osmosis.

- [David] That is incorrect.

St. Michael?

- Mitosis.

- [David] That is incorrect.

What quantity, which is zero by definition for inertial frames, is the second time derivative of displacement and is the rate of change of velocity?

- Acceleration?

- [David] That is correct.

What Singer followed up her 2023 poem, "The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess" with a hit single, "Good Luck Babe?"

- Chappel Roan.

- [David] That is correct.

What city was the capital of the Tolemiec Kingdom, was once home to Pharaohs or large Lighthouse and is the second most populous city?

- Alexandria.

- [David] We'll take that and Alexandria is correct.

Come to the end of that round and Mackinaw City is our winner today.

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

(applause) Now let's go back and check on a couple of those that stumped both teams, the interactions between groups.

We were looking for the pigeon languages.

19th century philosopher.

We were looking for was John Stewart Mill.

St. Michael, thank you very much for participating with us here on Quiz Central.

Good job by you.

Congratulations to Mackinaw City for winning this game.

We will be welcoming you back at an upcoming date, and that means, we will have an upcoming date with all of you as well, here on another game of Quiz Central on WCMU.

For all of us here, I'm David Nicholas, a good night.

We'll see you next time.

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