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Here's your first question on "Quiz Central".

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- [Matthew] That is correct.

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

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

We're well into the second round of our tournament as two more teams from Michigan high schools join us today.

This week, the white division takes center stage as Ludington goes up against Manestee.

For this season of Quiz Central, our two teams will be independently challenged with the same set of questions.

At the end of four rounds, the team that answers the most questions correctly will advance to the next round of competition.

At the end of the season, four "Quiz Central" seniors will receive a book scholarship provided by the CMU Bookstore.

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 point deduction for incorrect answers.

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

Ludington, you're first up.

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

What rock who is Carrara variety is mined in Italy, is produced by metamorphism of limestone and was used in the Taj Mahal and other white buildings?

- [Together] Marble.

- Marble.

- [Matthew] Marble is correct.

What German word was used by Friedrich Nietzsche to refer to a superior human which he contrasted with the last man?

- Ubermensch?

- (mumbles) excuse me?

- Ubermensch.

- Ubermensch.

- [Matthew] Ubermensch, is that your final answer?

- Yes.

- [Matthew] Correct.

What quantity, which is proportional to the kinetic energy of an ideal gas is also proportional to volume and Charles's's law and is measured in Kelvins?

- Temperature.

- Temperature.

- Temperature.

- [Matthew] Temperature is correct.

What Swedish teenager publicized the climate change school strike movement and delivered-- - Greta Thunberg.

- a scathing September, 2019-- - Greta Thunberg.

- [Matthew] speech in the UN.

Final answer?

- Greta Thunberg.

- [Matthew] Correct.

What novel in which the Evremonde Family suffers the vengeance of Madame Defarge was written by Charles's Dickens about the French revolution?

- A tale of two cities.

- A tale of two cities.

- A tale of two cities.

- [Matthew] Correct.

What adjective starting with P is given to a whole number like six or 28 whose proper positive factors add up to the number itself.

- It's not prime, proportional?

- Proportional.

- [Matthew] Proportional is incorrect.

Onto the next question.

What chess piece can capture through En passant move can not move backwards, can be promoted and is the most common piece on the board?

- [Together] Pawn.

- Pawn.

- [Matthew] Pawn is correct on to the next question.

What day of the week on which the last supper is commemorated during Holy week is named for-- - Thursday.

- the Norse God of lightning and storms.

- Thursday.

- Thursday.

- [Matthew] Thursday is correct.

What empire which tried to reform during the Tanzimat era was called the sick man of Europe and in 1922 was dissolved... (bell rings) Oh, I'm sorry, the bell signifies the end of the round.

We're not gonna be able to get to the end of that question, but Ludington, you had a great opening round.

Let's count them up.

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, correct answers for a total of 70 points.

Looks like it was only the one, what adjectives starting with P is given to a whole number like six or 28.

We were looking for perfect numbers.

(murmurs) perfect numbers.

All right, Manistee you're up next.

Here comes your first question in today's Maroon and Gold Rush.

What rock who is Carrara variety is mined in Italy, is produced by metamorphism of limestone and was used in the Taj Mahal and other white buildings.

- Marble.

- Marble.

- [Matthew] Marble is correct.

What German word was used by Friedrich Nietzsche to refer to a superior human, which he contrasted with the last man?

- (mumbles) - [Matthew] Incorrect, onto the next question.

What quantity, which is proportional to the kinetic energy of an ideal gas is also proportional to volume in Charles's law and is measured in Kelvins?

- Temperature.

- Temperature.

- Temperature.

- [Matthew] Temperature is correct.

What Swedish teenager publicized the climate change school strike movement and delivered a scathing September, 2019 speech to the UN?

- Greta Thunberg.

- [Matthew] Greta Thunberg, final answer?

- Yes.

- [Matthew] Correct.

What novel in which the Evremonde family suffers the vengeance of Madame Defarge was written by Charles's Dickens about the French revolution?

- Wait, Tale of Two Cities?

- [Matthew] Tale of two cities is correct.

What adjective starting with P is given to a whole number like six or 28 whose proper positive factors add up to the number itself?

- Well-- - I've no idea.

- Prime?

- [Matthew] Prime is incorrect, onto the next question.

What chess piece can capture through an En passant move, cannot move backwards, can be promoted and is the most common piece on the board?

- Pawn.

- Pawn.

- Pawn.

- [Matthew] Pawn is correct.

What day of the week on which the last supper is commemorated during Holy week is named for the Norse God of lightning and storms?

- Thursday.

- [Matthew] Thursday's correct.

What empire which tried to reform during the Tanzimat era was called the sick man of Europe and in 1922 was dissolved by Mustafa Kemal Ataturk?

- Ottoman.

- Ottoman empire.

- [Matthew] Ottoman empire is correct.

(bell rings) Oh, and with that bell marks the end of the Maroon and Gold rush round.

That gives you a first round total of 70 points.

Let's go ahead and take a look back at those questions we missed in the first round.

The German word used by Frederick Nietzsche to refer to a superior human is an Ubermensch.

The adjectives starting with P that is given to a whole number whose proper positive factors add up to the number itself, that would be a perfect number.

Perfect number is what we were looking for there.

All right, well with one round in the books, let's take a moment now, have a breather and meet our contestants from each of today's schools.

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

- Hi, my name is Olivia Hill.

I'm a senior at Ludington High School and I recently finished the manuscript for my novel.

- Hi, my name is Lindy, I'm a senior at Ludington High School and I play the French horn.

- Hi, my name is Emily.

I'm a senior at Ludington High School and I play flute and Piccolo in the band.

Hello, my name is Adrian.

I'm a junior at Ludington high school and my favorite color is Magenta.

- All right, now let's meet our next team in today's competition, the students from Manistee, take it away.

- Hi, I'm Solano, I'm a junior at Manistee, aside from quizbowl I run cross country, play soccer and I'm on the Science Olympiad team.

- I am Olivia Hogan, I'm a senior at Manistee and I run a cross country and track.

- Hi, my name's Luke coy, I'm a junior at Manistee High School, I play football, ski in the winter and then run track in the spring.

- Hi, I'm Jack, I'm a senior at Manistee high school, I'm on the Science Olympiad and soccer team.

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

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

They can still consult on each question but I'll be taking final answers from our captains.

Your category is fields of study.

Name the primary thing or things studied in these fields of science or medicine.

So we're gonna put 60 seconds on the clock.

Here comes your first question in today's perfect 10 round.

Cardiology?

- Heart.

- The heart.

- The heart.

- [Matthew] Heart is correct.

Hydrology?

- [Together] Water.

- Water.

- [Matthew] Correct.

Seismology?

- Earthquakes - Earthquakes.

- Earthquakes.

- [Matthew] Earthquakes is correct.

Ornithology?

- Birds.

- Birds.

- Birds.

- [Matthew] Correct.

Ophthalmology?

- The eye.

- Eyes.

- [Matthew] Correct.

Entomology?

- Insects.

- Insects.

- [Matthew] Insects is correct.

Heliology?

- The sun?

- The sun.

- The sun.

- Sun-- - The sun.

- final answer?

- Yes.

- [Matthew] Sun is correct.

Orology?

- The ear.

- The ear.

- [Matthew] Ear is incorrect.

Mycology - Mushrooms.

- Mushrooms.

- yeah - [Matthew] I'm sorry, we're not gonna be able to accept mushrooms.

Dendrology, a subfield of which is dendrochronology.

- Trees?

- Trees?

- Trees?

(bell rings) - [Matthew] And trees is correct.

So, with that bell signifies the end of the perfect 10, great job ludington, you were able to get eight correct answers in your perfect 10 for a final round score of 150 points.

So, let's go ahead and take a look back at those questions that you missed.

Orology is the study of mountains and then mycology-- - Oh!

- we needed... Mycology-- - Fungi.

- only we could accept fungi or funguses but unfortunately not mushrooms.

So, Manistee here comes your first question in today's perfect 10 round.

Cardiology?

- Heart.

- The heart.

- Hearts, correct.

Hydrology?

- Water.

- water.

- Water's correct.

Seismology?

- Earthquakes.

- Yeah.

- Earthquakes.

- Earthquakes is correct.

Ornithology.

- [Together] Birds.

- Birds is correct.

Ophthalmology?

- [Together] Eyes.

- Eyes is correct.

Entomology?

- Insects.

- Insects is correct.

Heliology?

- The sun.

- The sun?

- The sun is correct.

- Orology?

- Earth.

- Final answer?

- The earth.

The earth, I'm sorry is incorrect, onto the next question.

Mycology?

- Fungi.

- Fungi.

- Fungi is correct.

Dendrology, a subfield of which is dendrochronology?

- Dendrites.

(laughs) Dendrites.

- Dendrites is incorrect.

And with that, the perfect 10 comes to a close.

That was all 10 that we had for you.

You were able to get eight out of the 10 so fantastic job there.

And your total at the end of the second round is 150 points.

So, let's go ahead and take a look at those ones that we missed.

It was only a couple of them.

Orology is the study of mountains.

Mountains is the one we had to accept there.

And dendrology also a subfield of which is dendrochronology is trees, the study of trees and dendrochronology is the use of tree rings to study history.

Well, with two rounds in the books thus far, Ludington and Manistee are neck and neck tied with 150 points each.

There's a lot of questions still to come as we head into our third round of competition, 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 High School, here comes your first question in today's homestretch round.

What term describes structures such as one named Hayden in New York, that have dome shaped screens on which images of stars are projected?

- Planetarium.

- Planetarium.

- Planetariums is correct.

What political pamphlet begins by saying, "A specter is haunting Europe," tells the workers of the world to unite and was co-written by Karl Marx?

- The communist manifesto.

- The communist manifesto.

- The communist manifesto.

- Correct.

Three houses is the latest entry in what series of tactical RPGs developed by intelligent systems characterized by grid-based battles and permadeath?

- Video games?

- Video games.

- I'm sorry, can't accept that, onto the next question.

What day which in 2020, Nike and Twitter announced would be a paid holiday celebrates the announcement of the end of US slavery in 1865 on June 19th?

- Juneteenth.

- Juneteenth.

- Juneteenth is correct.

The attempted murder of Gaspard de Coligny, triggered what 1572 massacre in which thousands of Huguenot Protestants were killed in France?

- The St. Bartholomew's Day massacre?

- St. Ba-- - That's correct.

- St. Bartholomew's day is correct.

What painting, whose title figure wields a bayoneted musket, wears a Phrygian cap and carries the French flag was painted by Eugene Delacroix?

- Liberty leading the people.

- Liberty leading the people - Liberty leading the people is correct.

What's surname is shared by two Italian Baroque composers?

The father and son Alessandro and Domenico.

The latter of whom wrote 555 keyboards sonatas?

- Bernini?

- Bernini?

- Bernini is incorrect.

Onto the next question.

A matrix is called symmetric if it is unchanged by what operation which reflects a matrix over its main diagonal and is indicated by a superscript T. - Translation?

- Right.

- Translation is incorrect.

Onto the next question.

Adela Quested recants an accusation against Dr. Aziz in what novel by E.M. Forster that is mostly set in the fictional city of Chandrapore?

- [Together] No answer.

- No answer, onto the next question.

What character believes that she sees a ghost in the red room before she attends lowood school and weds Mr. Rochester in a novel by Charlotte Bronte?

- Jane Eyre.

- Jane Eyre.

- Jane Eyre is correct.

What city whose ruins include the temple of the sun was rediscovered in 1911 by Hiram Bingham who wrongly called it the Lost City of the Incas?

- Machu Picchu.

- Machu Picchu.

- Machu Picchu is correct.

(bell rings) Oh, and with that bell, the homestretch round comes to an end, which brings your total after three rounds to 220 points.

So let's go ahead and take a look at those questions we missed in the homestretch around.

Three houses is the latest entry in what series of tactical RPG games?

Fire emblem.

Fire emblem is the name of the game we were looking for there.

That surname shared by two Italian broke composers Alessandro and Domenico, the Scarlatti family.

Scarlatti is what we were looking for there.

A matrix is called systemic if it is unchanged by what operation?

We were looking for transpose or transposition.

Adela Quested recants an accusation against Dr. Aziz in the E.M. Forster novel, a passage to India is the one we were looking for there.

All right, Manistee, now it's your turn.

Here comes your first question in today's homestretch.

What term describes structures such as one named Hayden in New York that have dome shaped screens on which images of stars are projected?

- Planetarium.

- Planetariums.

- Planetariums, correct.

What political pamphlet begins by saying "A specter is haunting Europe," tells the workers of the world to unite and was co-written by Karl Marx?

- Communist-- - Communist Manifesto.

- Communist manifesto is correct.

Three houses is the latest entry in what series of tactical RPG is developed by intelligent systems categorized by grid-based battles and permadeath?

(mumbles) - I have no idea.

- Computer-- - Call Of Duty.

- Okay.

(laughs) Call Of Duty.

- Incorrect, onto the next question.

What day, which in 2020 Nike and Twitter announced would be a paid holiday celebrates the announcement of the end of US slavery in 1865 on June 19th?

- Juneteenth is correct.

The attempted murder of Gaspard de Coligny triggered what 1572 massacre in which thousands of Huguenot Protestants were killed in France?

- Okay, (mumbles).

- Incorrect onto the next question.

What painting whose title figure wields a bayoneted musket, wears a Phrygian cap and carries the French flag was painted by Eugene Delacroix.

- Okay, Napoleon's conquests.

- Incorrect onto the next question.

What surname is shared by two Italian Baroque composers the father and son, Alessandro and Domenico, the later of whom wrote 555 keyboard sonatas?

- Vinci.

- That is incorrect onto the next question.

A matrix is called symmetric if it is unchanged by what operation which reflects a matrix over its main diagonal and is indicated by a superscript T?

- A reflection?

- (mumbles) Reflection.

- Reflection is incorrect, onto the next question.

Adela Quested recants an accusation against Dr. Aziz in what novel by E.M. Forster that is mostly set in the fictional city of Chandrapore?

- Invisible man.

- Invisible man is incorrect onto the next question.

What character believes that she sees a ghost in the red room before she attends Lowood school and weds Mr. Rochester in a novel by Charlotte Bronte?

- Jane Eyre.

- Jane Eyre is correct.

What city whose ruins include the temple of the sun was rediscovered in 1911 by Hiram Bingham, who wrongly called it The Lost City of the Incas?

- (mumbles) - Defer to Jack.

(mumbles) - I'm sorry, that is incorrect, onto the next question.

(bell ringing) - Oh, I'm sorry, with that bell, we're not gonna be able to get to the next question 'cause that's gonna signify the end of the round.

Manistee High School, a tough round but you were able to get four correct answers in that round, which gives you a score of 190 points after your homestretch round.

Let's go ahead and take a look at those questions that we missed during that round.

Three houses is the latest entry in the tactical RPG series fire emblem, is the one we were looking for there.

The attempted murder of Gaspard de Coligny triggered what night, 1572 massacre that was St. Bartholomew's day massacre is the one we were looking for there.

The painting whose title figure wheels a bayoneted musket, the name of the painting we were looking for is Liberty leading the people.

That was the name of that one.

The surname of those two Italian Baroque composers was Scarlatti.

A matrix is called symmetric if it is unchanged by what operation?

Transpose or transposition is what we were looking for there.

Adela Quested recants an accusation against Dr. Aziz and E.M. Forster, A Passage to India is the name of the book we were looking for there.

And the city whose ruins include the temple of the sun, we were looking for Machu Picchu.

Machu Picchu was the name of those ruins.

With a close score of Ludington, 220 and Manistee 190, we now 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's your first final countdown question.

What finish American architect use stainless steel walls in his design for the gateway arch in St. Louis?

- Eero Saarinen.

- Eero Saarinen.

- Eero Saarinen is correct.

What country controls the Caribbean Islands of Saba, the Southern half of St. Martin and the ABC islands of Bonaire Curacao and Aruba?

- Spain?

- The Netherlands, the Netherlands.

- Oh, okay.

- The Netherlands.

- The Netherlands is correct.

- Good job.

- New Madrid County is in what state Southeast corner which is a boot heel that juts into Arkansas?

- Missouri.

- Missouri.

- Missouri is correct.

- Good job.

- What event proposed by John O'Connell and first celebrated on April 22nd, 1970 is a secular holiday that promotes protection of the environment?

- The Earth day.

- The Earth day?

- Earth day is correct.

- In what States 2020 gubernatorial election did Democrat Mike Cooney run against Republican Greg Gianforte who assaulted a reporter in 2017?

- Kentucky?

- Kentucky.

- Kentucky is incorrect, onto the next question.

Petrichor is the smell of soil struck by what phenomenon which-- - Rain.. - produces surface runoff.

- Rain.

- Do we have a final-- - Rain.

- Rain is-- - Yes, rain.

- Final answer rain is correct.

Remoras typify what form of symbiosis as the remoras benefit, while the larger fish to which they attach are neither helped nor harmed?

- Commensalism?

- Commensalism?

- Commensalism.

- Commensalism is correct.

What ocean whose marginal seas include the Beaufort sea, is both the shallowest and coldest of the world's oceans and surrounds the North pole?

- Arctic ocean.

- Arctic ocean.

- The arctic ocean.

- Arctic ocean is correct.

What country's President Alberto Fujimori opposed the shining path insurgency during the 1990s?

- Peru.

- Peru.

Peru is correct.

(bell rings) Oh, and with that bell, the final countdown comes to a close.

Great job Ludington, let's count them up.

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight correct answers, which brings your total at the end of four rounds to 300 points.

So Ludington let's go ahead and take a look at those, just a couple of questions you missed in the final countdown.

The state that 2020's gubernatorial election pitted Mike Cooney against Greg Giaforte, that was Montana.

Montana was the state we were looking for there.

And actually, you know what?

That was the only one that you guys got wrong in the final countdown.

So, great job there.

All right, thank you, Ludington.

Now Manistee, here comes your first question in today's final countdown.

What finish American architect used stainless steel walls in his design for the gateway arch in St. Louis?

- Guggenheim.

- Guggenheim is incorrect, onto the next question.

What country controls the Caribbean islands of Saba the Southern half of St. Martin and the ABC islands of Bonaire, Curacao and Aruba?

- Is it England?

England.

- England is incorrect, onto the next question.

New Madrid County is in what state Southeast corner which is a boot heel that juts into Arkansas?

- Louisiana.

- Louisiana is incorrect, onto the next question.

What event proposed by John O'Connell and first celebrated on April 22nd, 1970 is a secular holiday that promotes protection of the environment?

- Earth day.

- Earth day.

- Earth day is correct.

In what States 2020 gubernatorial election did Democrat Mike Cooney run against Republican Greg Gianforte who assaulted a reporter in 2017.

- Is it North Carolina?

- I'm not sure-- - Okay, North Carolina?

- North Carolina is incorrect, onto the next question.

Petrichor is the smell of soil struck by what phenomenon which produces surface runoff and consists of droplets that precipitate from clouds?

- All right, acid rain, acid rain?

- I'm sorry we cannot accept that, onto the next question.

Remoras typify, what form of symbiosis as the remoras benefit while the larger fish to which they attach are neither helped nor harmed?

- Symbiotic relationship?

- Yes, symbiotic relationship.

- Ah, symbiotic is incorrect, onto the next question.

What ocean whose marginal seas include the Holford sea is both the shallowest and coldest of the world's oceans and surrounds the North pole?

- The Arctic.

- Arctic.

- The Arctic.

- Arctic is correct.

(bell rings) - Oh, and with that bell marks the end of the final countdown.

Manistee, you were able to get two correct answers in that final town countdown, a really tough round this game.

And you finish out after four rounds with a total of 210 points.

So Manistee let's go ahead and take a look at those questions that we missed.

That finish American architect who designed the gateway arch was Eero Saarinen, was the one we were looking for there.

The country that controls the Caribbean islands of Saba and a number of others is the Netherlands.

New Madrid County is in Missouri's, Southeast corner.

So Missouri was the state we were looking for there.

The state with the 2020 gubernatorial election between Democrat, Mike Cooney and Republican Greg Gianforte that was in Montana.

Petrichor is the smell of soil is struck by what phenomenon?

We needed rain, unfortunately we couldn't accept acid rain, but rainfall or precipitation is what we were looking for there.

Remoras typify what form of symbiosis?

That was commensalism, commensalism is the one we were looking for there.

And that was the last one that we missed in the final countdown.

There you have it.

After four rounds of competition, Ludington edges out Manistee with a final score of 300 to 210.

Congratulations to Ludington, you'll be advancing to our next round of competition and we wanna thank Manistee for a hard fought match.

Seniors, good luck to all of you in your future endeavors and 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 QC as two more schools compete for the season 16 title.

And a reminder, all episodes of "Quiz Central" are archived online @wcmu.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".

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