This week on Granite State Challenge, the Little Green of Manchester Central High School take on the Raymond Rams.

Only one team will advance, Granite State Challenge starts now.

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Thank you.

[music playing] Get ready, it's time for New Hampshire high schools to match wits in a high stakes scholastic showdown.

It's time for Granite State Challenge.

Here's your host, Jon Cannon.

[applause] Hello everyone, and welcome back to another exciting season of Granite State Challenge.

We've made a few changes around here that you might notice.

Our players are masked, we've got some Plexiglas dividers between the players, and there's no audience here with us in the studio, and all of that is to make sure that our players and our crew are safe.

We've also made some changes in round three of the game, but we'll get to that in just a few minutes.

Most importantly, we've got two teams here ready to do battle to see who's going to make it on to the next round.

Let's introduce them to you.

First up we have the Little Green of Manchester Central High School.

My name is Jonas Weisberg, I'm a senior from Central and I'm looking forward to getting trivial today.

I'm Kellan, I'm a junior and I am ready to have fun.

I'm Akshay, I'm a freshman at Central High School and I'm also ready to have fun.

I'm Tyler, I'm a sophomore and I like pasta.

All right, the team is coached by Lorraine Mayett, and they are the Little Green of Manchester Central High School.

[applause] All right, now let's introduce you to their opponents this week.

They are the Rams of Raymond High School.

Hi, I'm Lydia.

I'm a sophomore and I enjoy playing the piano.

Hi, I'm Mackenzie.

I'm a junior and I really enjoy the movie Legally Blonde.

Hi, I'm Wyatt.

I'm a junior and I can solve a nine by nine Rubik's cube.

Hi, I'm Kaylen.

I'm a sophomore and my favorite sport is basketball.

All right, excellent.

And the team is coached by Joshua [inaudible] and they are the Raymond Rams.

[applause] All right, welcome teams.

We have one more introduction and that is our judge.

With us again this week and this season is Ann Belanger.

[applause] All right teams, introductions are out of the way.

Let's play the game.

First up in round one we have 10 point toss up questions.

So Manchester Central, Raymond, if you guys are ready, here we go.

This lawyer and New York Senator served as Thomas Jefferson's vice president from 1801 to 1805.

[player buzzer] Kellan of Manchester Central.

Aaron Burr.

Yes.

[ding] The main character in this novella by Neil Gaiman was supposed to be named Caroline, but a typo by the author changed the name.

[player buzzer] Lydia of Raymond.

Coraline?

Coraline is right.

[ding] In what war did the German offensive known as the Battle of the Bulge occur?

[player buzzer] Kellan of Manchester Central.

World War I?

[error buzzer] Sorry, no.

[player buzzer] Lydia of Raymond?

World War II?

[ding] Yup, you got it.

Teams, 2/3 of the population of Hawaii is found on this island.

[player buzzer] Jonas of Manchester Central.

Honolulu?

Sorry, no.

[error buzzer] Wyatt of Raymond.

Hawaii?

[error buzzer] Sorry, no.

It is Oahu, is the name of the island.

All right, here we go.

Alumni of this Washington DC University include Thurgood Marshall, Kamala Harris, Toni Morrison, and Nick Cannon.

[player buzzer] Kellan of Manchester Central.

Howard?

Howard is right.

[ding] This American seamstress is often credited with creating the first American flag, but most historians agree that her descendants may have enhanced the story.

[player buzzer] Akshay of Manchester Central.

Betsy Ross.

Betsy Ross is right.

[ding] All right teams, in 1994 this figure skater was hit in the knee with a police baton by an assailant hired by the ex-husband of rival skater Tonya Harding.

[timer buzzer] And the victim of that was Nancy Kerrigan.

All right teams, many people have found problems digesting this sugar found in milk.

[player buzzer] Wyatt of Raymond.

Lactose.

[ding] Lactose is right.

Located in what is now Virginia and settled in 1607, this was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas.

[player buzzer] Akshay of Manchester Central.

Jamestown.

Yes.

[ding] The 1951 movie Bedtime for Bonzo starred a chimpanzee and this future US president.

[player buzzer] Kellan of Manchester Central.

Ronald Reagan?

Yes sir.

[ding] While this black agricultural scientist wrote 44 bulletins for farmers that contained 105 recipes featuring peanuts, he did not invent peanut butter.

[player buzzer] Akshay of Manchester Central.

George Washington Carver.

Yes.

[ding] An individual or a group of individuals going by the name Satoshi Nakamoto invented this cryptocurrency in 2008.

[player buzzer] Kellan of Manchester Central.

Bitcoin?

[ding] Bitcoin, yes.

At 6,289 feet, Mount Washington is the highest mountain in New Hampshire.

What is the second highest?

[player buzzer] Kellan again.

Mount Adams.

Mount Adams, yes at 5,774 feet.

All right teams, the series Game of Thrones was based on this series of five fantasy novels by George RR Martin.

[player buzzer] Kellan of Manchester Central.

The Hobbit.

Sorry.

no.

[error buzzer] [timer buzzer] That series is known as A Song Of Ice And Fire.

All right teams, here we go.

This peace treaty signed in 1848 ended the Mexican-American war.

[player buzzer] Mackenzie of Raymond.

The Alamo?

[error buzzer] Sorry, no.

[timer buzzer] It was the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.

Teams, you will find 1,760 of these in a mile.

[player buzzer] Kellan of Manchester Central.

Yards.

You'd find that many yards.

[ding] This documentary filmmaker who makes his home in Walpole, New Hampshire, has produced films about the Civil War, baseball, and jazz.

[player buzzer] Kellan of Manchester Central.

Ken Burns.

[ding] Ken Burns is the one.

Before he became a senior advisor to President Trump, this man was the publisher of the New York Observer.

[timer buzzer] Sorry Kellan, not in time.

The name you were looking for is Jared Kushner.

War and Peace and Anna Karenina are two of this Russian author's most famous novels.

[player buzzer] Kellan of Manchester Central.

Toltsy?

[error buzzer] Sorry, no.

[timer buzzer] It is Tolstoy.

Tolstoy.

This British band named for a fertile desert area featured feuding brothers Noel and Liam Gallagher.

[player buzzer] Kellan of Manchester Central.

Oasis.

[ding] Oasis is right.

All right teams, this is the next largest order of mammals after rodents and includes over 1,400 species.

[timer buzzer] The next order largest order of mammals is bats.

Who knew?

All right teams, the next question is your power question.

So go ahead and take a look at your monitors, and this question is worth double the points, so a 20 point toss up question.

Take a look.

While this legendary baseball player was known as the Sultan of Swat, he began his Major League career in 1914 as a pitcher for the Red Sox.

[player buzzer] Tyler of Manchester Central.

Babe Ruth.

[ding] Babe Ruth is the one.

This 215 mile long river is the longest river found entirely in England.

[player buzzer] Kellan of Manchester Central.

The Thames.

[ding] The Thames, yes.

All right teams, a group of four studio musicians opened the Muscle Shoals sound studios in 1969.

The studio produced hits like Wilson Pickett's Mustang Sally, Aretha Franklin's Respect, and Paul Simon's Kodachrome.

In what state was the Muscle Shoals sound studios located?

[player buzzer] Mackenzie of Raymond?

Tennessee?

Sorry, nope.

[error buzzer] [player buzzer] Kellan of Manchester Central?

Florida?

Nope.

[error buzzer] Good guesses, it was in Alabama.

Alabama.

All right teams, Rhode Island Senator Claiborne Pell is largely credited with creating this government financial aid to students.

[player buzzer] Kellan of Manchester Central.

Pell grants?

[ding] Pell grants is right.

This Spanish surrealist artist is known for his mustache and his painting The Persistence of Time.

[player buzzer] Jonas of Manchester Central.

Fernando Botero?

[error buzzer] Sorry, no.

[timer buzzer] It was Salvador Dali.

The flowers in this artist's 1889 painting, Irises, were in the garden at the asylum where he was committed to in St. Remy, France.

[player buzzer] Kellan of Manchester Central.

Monet?

[error buzzer] Sorry, no.

[player buzzer] Mackenzie of Raymond?

Van Gogh?

[ding] Van Gogh is right.

A painting by this British leader, Tower of the Kutubiyya Mosque, which was a gift from Brad Pitt-- [siren] Well, I guess we're not going to get to the end of that question.

But after one round it looks like Manchester Central's taken a bit of a lead by a score of 150 to 40.

[applause] All right, great job Manchester Central and Raymond in round one.

We're going to move right into round two, we're going to continue with the toss up questions but we're going to increase the score to 20 point toss up questions.

OK?

So a lot of points to be earned in this round, Manchester Central, Raymond, if you're ready, here we go.

This type of volcanic rock can float in water, sometimes for years.

[player buzzer] Kellan of Manchester Central?

Pumice?

Yes.

[ding] This French philosopher and author of the novel The Stranger, The Plague, and The Fall won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1957 at age 44, making him the second youngest recipient behind only Rudyard Kipling.

[timer buzzer] The author of those works was Albert Camus.

This French man invented a system of reading and writing for the visually impaired when he was a teenager.

[player buzzer] Kellan of Manchester Central.

Braille.

[ding] Braille, Louis Braille is right.

One of this singer's first hits, released in 2008, was I Kissed A Girl.

[player buzzer] Mackenzie of Raymond.

Katy Perry.

[ding] Yes.

All right teams, the next question is a picture question.

So go ahead and take a look at those monitors in front of you.

This painting, Watson And The Shark, is based on an actual shark attack that occurred in Havana Harbor in Cuba.

14-year-old Brooke Watson was attacked and ultimately saved by seamen.

This painting is the work of this American painter, who also painted portraits including ones of Revolutionary War figures like Paul Revere, John Hancock, and Sam and John Adams.

There is a famous square in Boston named for him.

[player buzzer] Lydia of Raymond.

Quincy?

[error buzzer] Sorry, no.

[timer buzzer] It was a good guess Lydia, but you've probably all been to Copley Square.

All right teams, the state fruit of New Hampshire is this orange squash.

[player buzzer] Wyatt of Ramond.

Pumpkin.

[ding] The pumpkin, yes.

All right teams, what is the first word heard in the 1941 movie Citizen Kane?

[player buzzer] Jonas of Manchester Central.

Rosebud.

[ding] Rosebude is right.

Actor Bob Denver played beatnik Maynard G. Krebs on The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis from 1959 to 1963, and this title character in a series about a group of island castaways that ran from 1964 to 1967.

[player buzzer] Kellan of Manchester Central.

Gilligan's Island.

[error buzzer] We'll give that to you?

All right, we'll give that to you.

It was Gilligan of Gilligan's Island, you had that right.

All right teams, this novel includes the characters Napoleon, Snowball, and Old Major.

[player buzzer] Kellan.

Animal Farm.

[ding] Animal Farm is right.

In act two, scene seven of the comedy As You Like It, the character Jaques says, all the world's a stage and all the men and women merely players, they have their exits and their entrances, and one man in his time plays many parts.

Who wrote As You Like It?

[player buzzer] Akshay of Manchester Central.

William Shakespeare.

[ding] He's the one.

In 1975, this woman was elected the governor of Connecticut and became the first woman to be elected governor of a US state without having first been the wife or widow of a former governor.

[timer buzzer] Her name was Ella T. Grasso.

All right teams, this South Asian island in the Indian Ocean was known as Ceylon until it changed its name to this in 1972.

[player buzzer] Kellan of Manchester Central.

Sri Lanka.

[ding] Sri Lanka's right.

All right team, how many pounds are there in five short tons?

[player buzzer] Akshay of Manchester Central.

10,000.

You got it.

[ding] People in this US territory were granted US citizenship in 1917, and although they cannot vote in presidential elections they do have a non-voting member of the US Congress, known as the resident commissioner.

[player buzzer] Kellan of Manchester Central.

Puerto Rico?

Yes.

[ding] In 1957, the Soviet Union launched this beach ball sized satellite into space, an event that began the space race between the US and the Soviet Union.

[player buzzer] Lydia of Raymond.

Sputnik.

You got it.

[ding] This English statesman and Lord high chancellor of England from October 15, '29 to May 15 '32 was executed for treason by King Henry VIII.

[timer buzzer] His name was Thomas Moore.

All right teams, this comet named for two men was visible to the naked eye for 18 months beginning in 1997.

[siren] All right, we won't get to it.

The correct response is the Hale-Bopp comet.

So after two rounds, Manchester Central extended their lead by a score of 330 to 100.

[applause] All right, great job teams.

We're going to move into round three, and in round three we have something new this season.

We're calling it our three strikes and you're out round.

So each team will be given a category with 10 questions, and we will go down the line player by player, answering one question each until we reach the end of the 10 questions or until you've answered three incorrectly.

All right so Raymond, as the team leading you get to make the selection first from our categories.

Lydia, and you get to choose from boo, oh Danny boy, and nicknames.

We'll do nicknames.

Nicknames it is, OK.

So in this category, Raymond, I will give you a nickname and you tell me the name of the president it was given to.

OK?

Lydia, Tricky Dick.

[timer buzzer] It was Richard Nixon.

Mackenzie, Honest Abe.

Abraham Lincoln.

Yes.

Wyatt, Old Hickory.

Hayes.

Hayes?

Sorry, that's incorrect.

It's Andrew Jackson.

Kaylen, Cincinnatus.

[timer buzzer] Tough one there, that was George Washington.

And that was three, and they're out.

So Raymond, after one, I believe that's one correct response.

So good job on that, we're going to move over to Manchester Central.

Jonas, you get to choose from the remaining two categories, boo and oh Danny boy.

We're going to go with oh Danny boy.

Oh Danny boy, OK. Identify the individuals named Dan or Daniel.

OK, so we'll start with Jonas, we'll move down the line.

Jonas, he is a feline character created by Mr. Rogers.

[timer buzzer] It's Daniel Tiger.

Kellan, he played Harry Potter.

Daniel Radcliffe.

Yes.

Akshay, he played David Rose in the sitcom Schitt's Creek.

It is Dan Levy.

Tyler, this frontiersmen wore a coonskin cap in a TV series about his life.

[timer buzzer] [inaudible] Yep, Daniel Boone was the correct response.

Tough categories, guys, on the three strikes and you're out round.

But you both did the same.

So congratulations both teams.

We will move on to round four.

All right teams, in round four we're going to pick back up with the 20 point toss up questions.

However, we are going to deduct 20 points for any incorrect responses.

So a lot can change in round four, so ring in wisely.

OK?

Manchester Central, Raymond, round four.

Here we go, good luck.

How many sides does a snowflake crystal usually have?

[player buzzer] Akshay of Manchester Central.

Six.

Six sides, yes.

[ding] One of singer-songwriters Jim Croce's most famous songs was about keeping time in one of these.

[player buzzer] Kellan of Manchester Central.

A bottle?

[ding] Keeping time in a bottle, yes sir.

This cartoon beagle often fantasizes about being a World War I flying ace battling the Red Baron.

[player buzzer] Kellan of Manchester Central.

Snoopy?

[ding] The headquarters of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, located on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington DC, is named for this man who was the FBI'S first director.

[player buzzer] Kellan of Manchester Central.

J. Edgar Hoover?

[ding] Yes.

This state's flag features the Big Dipper and Polaris.

[player buzzer] Kellan again.

Alaska.

Yes [ding] This influential Swiss family of mathematicians included two Jacobs, three Johanns, one Daniel, and two Nicolaus'.

[player buzzer] Lydia of Raymond.

Copernicus?

Sorry, no.

[error buzzer] [timer buzzer] It was a good guess, they were the Bernoulli Family.

Nicosia is the capital of this island nation located in the Mediterranean Sea.

[player buzzer] Akshay of Manchester Central.

Cyprus.

[ding] Yes.

This scary song by Metallica advises you to sleep with one eye open.

[player buzzer] Jonas of Manchester Central.

Enter Sandman.

That's the one.

[ding] This Dutch Baroque painter is famous for painting scenes of everyday middle class life, including The Milkmaid, Girl with a Pearl Earring, and Woman Reading a Letter.

[timer buzzer] Those were all painted by Johannes Vermeer.

In 1521, Pope Leo X excommunicated this German theologian who was a leader of what became the Protestant Reformation.

[player buzzer] Kellan of Manchester Central.

Martin Luther.

[ding] Martin Luther is right.

This band featuring singer songwriter Thom Yorke was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2019.

[player buzzer] Jonas of Manchester Central.

Radiohead.

Yes.

[ding] This spoof of a British secret agent was created by Mike Myers who played him in three films.

[player buzzer] Jonas of Manchester Central.

Austin Powers.

Yes.

[ding] In the 15th and 16th centuries, this country located on the Iberian Peninsula and bordered by Spain in the Atlantic Ocean was a major political and military power.

[player buzzer] Akshay of Manchester Central.

Portugal.

Yep.

[ding] Geophysicist Alfred Wegener proposed this theory for how continents moved over millions of years.

[player buzzer] Akshay of Manchester Central.

Continental drift.

[ding] Yes.

This addictive game, developed by the Finnish company Rovio Entertainment, features pigs as enemies because the game was being developed in 2009 during the Swine Flu epidemic.

[player buzzer] Wyatt of Raymond.

Angry Birds.

Yes.

[ding] This five star general was the Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force in Europe and the 34th president of the United States.

[player buzzer] Wyatt of Raymond.

Eisenhower.

Yes.

[ding] Many consider this Canadian drummer for the band Rush one of the greatest drummers of all time.

[player buzzer] Wyatt of Raymond.

Moon.

Sorry, no.

[error buzzer] [timer buzzer] His name was Neil Peart.

In 1956, American actress Grace Kelly married Prince Rainier III, the leader of this principality on the French Riviera.

[player buzzer] Kellan of Manchester Central.

Monaco.

Yes.

[ding] This English castle, which was used as a prison from 1100 until 1952, is also where the Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom are kept.

[player buzzer] Kellan of Manchester Central.

The Tower of London.

[ding] Yes.

Author Samuel Clemens is much better known by this pen name.

[player buzzer] Kellan of Manchester Central.

Mark Twain.

[ding] Yes.

This building in the city of Agra was built as a marble mausoleum by Emperor Shah Jahan for his favorite wife Mumtaz Mahal.

[player buzzer] Kellan of Manchester Central.

Taj Mahal.

[ding] The Taj Mahal, you got it.

The 1989 baseball movie Major League features Charlie Sheen as Ricky Wild Thing Vaughn.

What position does he play?

[player buzzer] Tyler of Manchester Central.

Pitcher.

Yes, he was a pitcher.

All right teams, what characters catch phrase is, to infinity and beyond?

[player buzzer] Tyler again.

Buzz Lightyear.

Yes.

[ding] This could be a city in Ohio, or a city in Spain, or a type of steel used in sword making.

[player buzzer] Kellan of Manchester Central.

Toledo.

[ding] Toledo is right.

All right teams, at 3.5 million square miles, this is the largest country in South America.

[player buzzer] Kellan of Manchester Central.

Brazil.

[ding] Brazil is right.

The US Navy wanted this mile long suspension bridge, spanning San Francisco Bay and the Pacific Ocean, to be painted with yellow and black stripes.

[player buzzer] Wyatt of Raymond.

Golden Gate Bridge.

[ding] The Golden Gate Bridge is right, I think they made the right choice.

Before he became president, this man was the president of Princeton University and the governor of New Jersey.

[player buzzer] Kellan of Manchester Central.

Woodrow Wilson.

[ding] Woodrow Wilson is right.

Lake Geneva, one of the largest lakes in Western Europe, is found between these two countries.

[player buzzer] [siren] Wyatt of Raymond.

Switzerland and Germany.

Sorry, Switzerland and Germany is incorrect.

[error buzzer] Kellan of Manchester Central.

Switzerland and France?

Switzerland and France is the correct response, and that ends the game.

And by a score of 780 to 110, Manchester Central will be moving on to the next round.

Congratulations Manchester Central.

Raymond, thanks so much for coming.

We hope you guys had fun.

We had a lot of fun, I learned a lot and I hope you did too.

We'll see you next week.

[music playing] Funding for the production of Granite State Challenge is provided by Unitil.

Additional funding provided by NEA New Hampshire, Safety Insurance, New Hampshire lottery, DF Richard Energy, HRCU, Cognia, and viewers like you.

Thank you.

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