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This time on "Quiz Central", Manistee takes on Ovid Elsie.

We've got that for you coming up next.

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(intense music) - Hello everyone, I'm David Nicholas.

My pleasure to welcome you again to our 19th season of "Quiz Central" here on WCMU.

This time students from Manistee are taking on a team from Ovid Elsie.

Now before we kick things off, here's the format for our single elimination tournament.

Our two competing teams will be independently challenged with an identical set of questions.

The school that answers the most questions correctly, in the time allotted, advances to the next round, and we'll continue with that until we crown a "Quiz Central" Season 19 champion.

At the end of the season, four lucky "Quiz Central" seniors will receive a book scholarship provided by the CMU bookstore, and top teams from "Quiz Central" will qualify for the NAQT High School National Championship Tournament.

Now, let's get to our game.

The first round is the Maroon and Gold Rush.

Our teams will have just two minutes to answer or pass each question.

Each correct answer is worth 10 points, no point deduction for any incorrect answers.

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

All set, players?

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

What ruler, who led the attacking army at the siege of Vienna, was a sultan who expanded the Ottoman Empire, and is known today as the magnificent.

- Skip.

- [David] What American doctor's name is given to the technique using abdominal thrust to relieve airway obstruction in choking?

- Heimlich.

- [David] Correct.

What author depicted a prodigy who dates 19 girls of the same name in "An Abundance of Katherines", and wrote the YA tearjerker "The Fault in Our Stars."

- John Green.

- [David] Correct.

What woman married Menelaus, and was kidnapped before the Trojan War?

- Helen.

- [David] Correct.

What Spanish artist, "The Charge of the Mamelukes" is sometimes titled for the day before the event depicted in his painting the 3rd of May.

- Dali.

- [David] Incorrect.

What painter who used his wife Saskia as a model painted "Syndics of the Drapers' Guild", and showed the men of Franz Banninck Cocq in "The Night Watch?"

- Skip.

- [David] what president who signed the Helsinki Accords during the Cold War previously became Vice President under the 25th Amendment?

- Ford.

- [David] Correct.

What transition metal which is used in most white paints, as well as in hip replacements, and the bodies of airplanes has the atomic symbol, TI?

- Titanium.

- [David] Correct.

According to the UN, as of August 1st, 2023, what country is the world's most populous?

- China.

- That is incorrect.

What general who was defeated at the Battle of Zama by Scipio Africanus (bell rings) at the, oh sorry, the bell does signal the end of that round.

And now we turn to Ovid Elsie, with your first question in our Maroon and Gold Rush round.

What ruler who led the attacking army at the siege of Vienna was a sultan who expanded the Ottoman Empire, and is known today as the magnificent?

- Solomon.

- [David] That answer again, to clarify please?

- Saruman.

- [David] That is incorrect.

What American doctor's name is given to the technique using abdominal thrust to relieve airway obstruction in choking?

- Heimlich.

- [David] Correct.

What author depicted a prodigy who dates 19 girls of the same name in "An Abundance of Katherines", and wrote the YA tearjerker, "The Fault in Our Stars?"

- Pass.

- [David] What woman married Menelaus, and was kidnapped before the Trojan War?

- Helen of Troy.

- [David] Correct.

What Spanish artist, "The Charge of the Mamelukes" is sometimes titled for the day before the event depicted in his painting the 3rd of May, 1808?

- Goya.

- [David] That is correct.

What painter who used his wife Saskia as a model painted "Syndics of the Draper's Guild", and showed the men of Franz Banninck Cocq in "The Night Watch?"

- Pass.

- [David] What president, who signed the Helsinki Accords during the Cold War, previously became Vice President under the 25th Amendment?

- Ford.

- [David] That is correct.

What transition metal which is used in most white paints as well as in hip replacements and the bodies of airplanes- - Titanium.

- [David] That is correct.

According to the UN, as of August 1st, 2023, what country is the world's most populous?

- India.

- That is correct.

What general who was defeated at the Battle of Zama by Skipio Africanas (bell rings) at the end of the second- now, that bell signals the end of of the round.

Okay, let's take a look at the questions that were missed in that opening round.

The ruler who led the attack at the Siege of Vienna was Suleiman.

The painter who created "The Night Watch" was Rembrandt, and finally the general who was defeated at the Battle of Zama was Hannibal Barca.

First round wraps up, Ovid Elsie edging out Ludington by a score of 60 to 50.

Before we start our next round of "Quiz Central", let's meet the players competing today.

First up are students from Manistee.

- Hi, my name's Jack O'Donnell.

I am a senior at Manistee High School, obviously.

I take place in the soccer, cross country, and track teams, and then, obviously, I take part in quiz bowl.

- Hi, I'm Nick, I'm also a senior at Manistee High School, and I've been doing quiz bowls since I was a freshman, and I also do band.

- I'm Hannah, I'm a junior at Manistee.

I'm in band and Science Olympiad, quiz bowl obviously.

- Hi, my name is Avery, I'm a senior here at Manistee.

I do Science Olympiad, quiz bowl obviously, soccer, and I'm in the wind symphony and drum line.

- Thanks Manistee, great to have you here.

Now let's meet our team from Ovid Elsie.

- Hello, my name is Jaden Ellis.

I'm a senior and I play chess as well as play guitar.

- Hello, my name is Tucker Loins.

I'm a junior at Ovid Elsie High School, and I'm a part of the football, basketball and golf teams.

- Hey, I'm Vance, I'm a sophomore of Ovid Elsie, and I am on the robotics team.

- Hello, I'm Peyton.

I'm a sophomore at Ovid Elsie, and I'm in the band, and I'm on the lacrosse team.

- Good to have you here too, Ovid Elsie, thanks.

Our next round today is the Perfect Ten, and in the Perfect Ten, our teams will be given a category, and they'll have 60 seconds to answer or pass on each of the 10 questions pertaining to the category.

Correct answers worth 10 points, no point deduction for any incorrect answers.

The Perfect Ten category for today is homophones.

Given two definitions, name these homophones, meaning words that are pronounced the same, but spelled differently.

All right, Manistee, here comes your first question in today's Perfect Ten.

A flying vehicle or a two-dimensional surface.

- Plane.

- [David] Correct.

Lacking strength or seven days.

- Week - [David] Correct.

Denim pants or hereditary material.

- Jeans - [David] Correct.

A center of operations or a low string instrument?

- Base.

- [David] Correct.

To expire or to color?

- Skip.

- [David] Financial gains or a visionary.

- Profit?

- [David] Correct.

A public gathering or the cost for travel.

- Budget.

- [David] Incorrect.

Motionless or paper for writing.

- Stationary.

- [David] Correct.

Grain used for food or something that occurs repeatedly.

- Skip.

- A key in geography- (bell rings) and that bell gets us to the end of the Perfect Ten.

All right Ovid Elsie, your turn to tackle the Perfect Ten for today.

Here is your first question.

A flying vehicle or a two-dimensional surface.

- Plane.

- [David] That is correct.

Lacking strength or seven days.

- Weak.

- [David] That is correct.

Denim pants or hereditary material.

- Jeans.

- [David] That is correct.

A center of operations or a low string instrument.

- Pass.

- [David] To expire or to color.

- Pass.

- [David] Financial gains or a visionary.

- Entrepreneur.

- [David] That is incorrect.

A public gathering or the cost for travel.

- Party.

- [David] That is incorrect.

Motionless or paper for writing.

- Still.

- That is incorrect.

Grain used for food or something that occurs repeatedly.

(bell rings) And the bell signals the end of that round.

Well, that concludes the Perfect Ten, but let's go back to see the questions that stumped both of our teams.

To expire or to color is to die, a public gathering or the cost of travel would be a fair, a grain used for food or something that occurs repeatedly is cereal, and finally a key in geography or a small grommet is an islet.

Momentum finds Manistee, and they are taking now a 110 to 90 lead into the next round, that's over Ovid Elsie today.

Next up, we'll have the Homestretch, and I'll have some more questions for our teams, and correct answers as always worth 10 points with no point deduction for any incorrect answers.

Manistee, you're up first, and here comes your first question.

Which man who captained Queen Anne's Revenge, and may have the real name Edward Teach, was a pirate whose nickname referenced his facial hair.

- Blackbeard.

- [David] Correct.

- What leader whose father served as the first prime minister of her country, declared a period known as the Emergency, when she held absolute power.

- Queen Victoria.

- [David] Incorrect.

What type of object, which includes one created in 1840 known as the Penny Black, is collected by Philanthus and used to pay postage?

- Stamps.

- [David] Correct.

In 1952, David Tudor sat at a piano and closed its lid while premiering what John Cage piece?

- Four minutes and 33 seconds.

- [David] That is correct.

What event whose leader was appointed on the Mount Horeb by a burning bush, occurs after plagues enabled the Israelites under Moses to leave Egypt.

- Abraham.

- [David] That is incorrect.

What element named indirectly after a Greek deity is used in most catalytic converters.

- Vanadium - [David] Incorrect.

What simple machine used once in an Atwood machine, and multiple times in a block and tackle, consists of a rope wrapped around a wheel on an axle?

- Pulley.

- [David] Correct.

What former Canadian Prime Minister who served nearly continuously from 1968 to 1984 was born in Outremont, Quebec.

- Trudeau.

- [David] Correct.

What Religious denomination founded by Mary Baker Eddie operates reading rooms and a namesake newspaper whose title ends in "Monitor?"

- Skip.

- [David] What play in which Mitch plays poker in the French Quarter with Stanley Kowalski and briefly dates Blanche Dubois is by Tennessee Williams?

- Skip.

- [David] Aunt March bequeaths her estate to what character who runs a school with her German husband, Frederick Bear, in the novel "Little Men"?

- Skip.

- [David] What British Explorer who died on the quest while en route to Antarctica captained The Endurance in 1915, and had earlier traveled with Robert Scott.

- Cook.

- [David] That is incorrect.

What particle which imparts mass via its namesake mechanism was discovered in 2012 at CERN, and is sometimes nickname the "God particle."

- Quark.

- [David] That is incorrect.

What National capital on the Spray River has suburbs such as Potsdam, which was once home to Checkpoint Charlie, and contains the Reichstag Building?

- Berlin.

- [David] That is correct.

Nathaniel Hawthorne's story, "The Celestial Railroad" was based on what 1678 allegory by John Bunion, in which Christian journeys to the Celestial City?

- Skip.

- [David] What former crime, for which Connecticut exonerated 45 people in May, 2023, was most infamously the subject of 1692 trials in Salem, Massachusetts?

- Witchcraft.

- [David] That is correct.

(bell rings) And that bell signals the end of the round.

We got that final one in.

Your turn now Ovid Elsie, your first question up next in today's Homestretch, which man who captained Queen Anne's Revenge, and may have had the real name Edward Teach was a pirate whose nickname referenced his black- - Blackbeard.

- [David] Correct.

What leader whose father served as the first prime minister of her country declared a period known as the Emergency when she held absolute power?

- Pass.

- [David] What type of object, which includes one created in 1840 known as the Penny Black, is collected by Philanthus and used to pay postage.

- Stamp.

- [David] Correct.

In 1952, David Tudor sat at a piano and closed its lid while premiering what John Cage piece.

- Pass.

- [David] What event whose leader was appointed on Mount Horeb by a burning bush occurs after plague- - Moses.

- [David] Again, please?

- Moses.

- [David] That is incorrect.

What element named indirectly after a Greek deity is used in most catalytic converters?

- Polonium.

- [David] That is incorrect.

What simple machine used once in an Atwood machine and multiple times in a block and tackle, consists of a rope wrapped around a wheel on an axle?

- Pulley.

- [David] That is correct.

What former Canadian Prime Minister who served nearly continuously from 1968 to 1984 was born in Outremont, Quebec?

- Pass - [David] What religious denomination founded by Mary Baker Eddie operates reading rooms and a namesake newspaper whose title ends in "Monitor?"

- Methodist.

- [David] That is incorrect.

What play in which Mitch plays poker in the French Quarter with Stanley Kowalski and briefly dates Blanche Dubois is by Tennessee Williams.

- "A Streetcar Named Desire."

- [David] That is correct.

Aunt March bequeaths her estate to what character who runs a school with her German husband, Friedrich Bear, in the novel "Little Men?"

- Pass.

- [David] What British Explorer who died on the quest while en route to Antarctica captained The Endurance in 1915, and had earlier traveled with Robert Scott?

- Pass.

- [David] What particle which imparts mass via its namesake mechanism was discovered in 2012 at CERN, and is sometimes nicknamed the "God particle?"

- Ununoctonium.

- [David] That is incorrect.

What National capital on the Fray River has suburbs such as Potsdam, was once home to Checkpoint Charlie and contains the- - Berlin.

- [David] Correct.

Nathaniel Hawthorne's story "The Celestial Railroad" was based on what 1678 allegory by John Bunion in which Christian journeys to the Celestial City?

- Pass - [David] What former crime for which Connecticut exonerated 45 people in May, 2023, was most infamously the subject of 1692 trials in Salem, Massachusetts?

- Witch hunt trials?

- That is correct.

(bell rings) And the bell signals that end of the round.

We had some tough questions in that Homestretch round for today.

Let's go back and check on those incorrect answers.

The leader who declared a period known as the Emergency was Indira Gandhi.

The event that occurred after the plagues, and enabled the Israelites to leave Egypt was Exodus.

The element named indirectly after a Greek deity was palladium, and the namesake newspaper whose title ends with "Monitor" was the Christian Science Monitor.

The character we were looking for from the novel "Little Men" was Jo March.

The British Explorer who died on the quest while en route to Antarctica, that was Earnest Shackleton, and the particle sometimes nicknamed the "God particle" was Higgs boson, and finally then the Nathaniel Hawthorne story in which Christian journeys to the Celestial City was "The Pilgrim's Progress."

After three rounds, Manistee has extended that lead slightly, it's 180 to 150 over Ovid Elsie, as we get set for the Final Countdown.

Teams, the Final Countdown will be your last two minutes to answer or pass on our questions, correct answers worth 10 points a piece with no point deduction for any incorrect answer.

Manistee, we will turn to you to start off today's final countdown.

Two minutes on the clock and here is your first question.

The cities of Kingston and Toronto are on the shores of what Great Lake which receives the Niagara River?

- Ontario.

- [David] Correct.

What language used to write the poem "The Drunken Boat" and the book "The Flowers of Evil," was spoken by poets Arthur Rimbaud and Charles Baudelaire.

- Afrikaans.

- [David] That is incorrect.

Edwards syndrome is a fatal example of what type of genetic condition that occurs when an extra copy of chromosomes is present?

- Down syndrome.

- [David] That is incorrect.

What disease whose avian form caused the culling of a large number of birds to deal with a 2022 outbreak, causes severe cold-like symptoms in humans?

- Influenza.

- [David] That is correct.

What surname is shared by a female bounty hunter in "One for the Money", Las Vegas Ace's superstar Kelsey, and a professor in the board game "Clue".

- Plum.

- [David] That is correct.

What effect which is negligible at the equator, causes currents and winds to be deflected sideways, and causes the rotation of hurricanes?

- Coriolis.

- [David] That is correct.

The narrowest portion of the English channel is what straight which is named after an English city known for its white cliffs?

- Dover, straight of Dover.

- [David] That is correct.

In what battle in which redoubt number 10 fell to Alexander Hamilton, did US troops capture Lord Cornwallis and effectively end the Revolutionary War?

- Battle of Richmond?

- [David] That is incorrect.

What musical, the longest running Broadway show of all time, played its final performance on April 16th, 2023?

- "Phantom of the Opera."

- Correct.

(bell rings) And the bell signals the end of the final countdown.

All right, thanks Manistee.

Now, the team from Ovid Elsie here comes your first question in today's final countdown, the cities of Kingston and Toronto are on the shores of what Great Lake which receives the Niagara River?

- Erie.

- [David] That is incorrect.

What language used to write the poem "The Drunken Boat", and "The Flowers of Evil" was spoken by poets Arthur Rimbaud and Charles Baudelaire?

- Swahili.

- [David] That is incorrect.

Edwards syndrome is a fatal example of what type of genetic condition that occurs when an extra copy of a chromosome is present?

- Down syndrome.

- [David] That is incorrect.

What disease whose avian form caused the culling of large numbers of birds to deal with a 2022 outbreak, causes severe cold-like symptoms in humans?

- Bird flu, - [David] That is correct.

What surname is shared by a female bounty hunter in "One for the Money", Las Vegas Ace's Superstar Kelsey, and a professor in the board game "Clue?"

- Green.

- [David] That is incorrect.

What effect which is negligible at the equator, causes currents and winds to be deflected sideways, and causes the rotation of hurricanes?

- Magnetism.

- [David] That is incorrect.

The narrowest portion of the English channel is what straight, which is named after an English city known for its white cliffs?

- Dover.

- [David] That is correct.

In what battle in which redoubt number 10 fell to Alexander Hamilton did US troops capture Lord Cornwallis and effectively end the Revolutionary War?

- Yorktown.

- [David] That is correct.

What musical, the longest running Broadway show of all time, played its final performance on April 16th, 2023?

- Annie.

- That is incorrect.

"The Orchard Keeper" is the first novel by what author?

(bell rings) The bell signals the end of that round.

Here at the end of the final countdown, just a few questions that were missed.

The language used to write the poem "The Drunken Boat", and that was the language of French.

Edwards Syndrome is an example of trisomy, and finally, "The Orchard Keeper", and "No Country for Old Men" were written by Cormack McCarthy.

Manistee powers through that final countdown round, and takes the win with a 240 to 180 victory over Ovid Elsie.

Manistee is moving on to advance to the next round.

Thanks to Ovid Elsie, good job players.

We appreciate you joining us this season, and we'd like to invite you to join us again next time, here on "Quiz Central" or you can watch games anytime, online at wcmu.org.

Thank you and goodnight.

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