(bright music) (camera lens beeping) (casual upbeat music) - Welcome back to another episode of Scholastic Hi-Q, the game where knowledge rules.

I'm your host, Ethan Neir, and we have another great show in store for you tonight with two more great teams.

So let's go ahead and introduce them.

On the bottom, we have Marion, with Samuel, Jobi, Braydon, and Sofia.

And up top, we have Du Quoin with Samuel, Carley, Mackenzie, and Wyatt.

Now it looks like it's gonna be the battle of the Samuels.

You guys are both directly above each other, too.

Okay, okay.

Interesting, interesting.

Before we get into our questions tonight, let's just do a quick recap of our rules.

We'll start out with some toss-up questions.

Those are worth 10 points.

If a team gets it right, they move on to a bonus question, which is worth 20 and can be stolen for 10.

You guys are allowed to interrupt me at any time, but if you interrupt me and get a question wrong, it is five points for the other team, so just get all of the questions right all the time.

All right?

If everybody's ready, let's get into the questions.

What formerly enslaved man who fought white farmer Edward Covey wrote the book- (bell chiming) Braydon?

- [Braydon] Frederick Douglass?

- Frederick Douglass is correct.

Well done.

For your bonus, methods called Zaner, Bloser, and D'Nealian are used to teach what skill which 21 states mandate be taught in primary schools, and is a form of writing?

- [Both] Cursive?

- Cursive is correct.

Well done.

Here's your next question.

What value is the same in all intertial frames in special relativity equals about three times 10 to the eight meters per second and cannot be exceeded?

(bell chimes) Wyatt?

- The speed of light?

- Speed of light is correct.

Well done.

For your bonus, in what sport did Australia retain the ashes in 2023 after securing a 2-2 draw in a test against England?

- Tennis?

- [Ethan] That is incorrect.

Marion, chance to steal.

- Rugby?

- Rugby is incorrect.

The answer you're looking for was cricket.

Cricket.

That must've been like the set score, because there's no way a cricket match would've ended 2-2.

The scoring is way harder than that.

Your next tossup.

What 1962 children's novel, which begins, "It was a dark and stormy night," and depicts Meg Murry's travels through space was written by Madeleine L'Engle?

(bell chimes) Samuel?

- "The Phantom Tollbooth"?

- [Ethan] That's incorrect.

(bell chimes) Samuel?

- "A Wrinkle in Time"?

- "A Wrinkle in Time" is correct.

Well done.

Point one to Samuel on Marion.

And for your bonus, what British playwright who wrote of McCann and Goldberg abducting Stanley in "The Birthday Party" wrote about hitmen Ben and Gus in "The Dumb Waiter"?

- Goldstein?

- [Ethan] That's incorrect.

Du Quoin, chance to steal.

- No answer.

- The answer you're looking for was Harold Pinter.

Harold Pinter.

For your next tossup, which country, whose historical region of Dalmatia, is home to Dubrovnik (bell chimes) lies across, Braydon?

- Croatia?

- Croatia is correct.

Well done.

For your bonus, from 2004 to 2009, the world's tallest skyscraper was an 101 floor building in what Asian city?

- Taipei?

- Taipei is correct.

Well done.

Back to the tossups.

What process with stereolithiography and fused deposition modeling types uses CAD software and plastic to make objects with length, width, and height?

(bell chimes) Samuel?

- 3D printing?

- 3D printing is correct.

Well done.

For your bonus, what term in Buddhism refers to the cyclical process of birth, death, and reincarnation that humans seek to escape?

- Limbo?

- That is incorrect.

Marion, chance to steal.

- No answer.

- The answer you're looking for was samsara.

Samsara.

For your next question, what businessperson who has led philanthropy projects along with his wife, Priscilla Chan, is the CEO of both Meta platforms and Facebook?

(bell chimes) Jobi?

- Mark Zuckerberg.

- Everybody's favorite lizard, Mark Zuckerberg.

Well done.

(all chuckle) And for your bonus, pencil and paper ready.

What is the radius of the base of a right circular cylinder whose volume is 98 pi and whose height is one half?

(no audio) (timer dings) You guys are all out of time.

Du Quoin, chance to steal.

- Two pi?

- Two pi is incorrect.

The answer you're looking for was 14 pi.

14 pi.

And that'll take us to our first media question.

This song was written for a children's show that aired from 2010 to 2013 where it featured on an episode titled "In Fear of the Phantom".

It was originally written by Bodie Chandler and Glenn Leopold, but has since been covered by many artists.

Name the show this song is from.

(bell chimes) Sofia?

- [Sofia] Scooby Doo?

- Scooby Doo is correct.

Well done.

And since that was a media question, there is no bonus.

We'll take it back to the tossups.

What author of "The Conscience of a Conservative" and senator from Arizona was the Republican presidential nominee in 1964, and used the slogan AUH20?

(no audio) (bell chimes) Samuel?

- Nixon?

- [Ethan] That is incorrect.

(bell chimes) Braydon?

- Goldwater?

- Goldwater is correct.

Well done.

For your bonus, prolific 16th and 17th century playwright Lope de Vega was a leading figure in what country's Golden Age of Literature?

- Spain?

- Spain is correct.

Well done.

For your next question, what English philosopher defended women's rights in "The Subsection of Women", and expanded on his teacher, Jeremy Bentham's "Ethics in Utilitarianism"?

(timer beeps) The answer you're looking for there was John Stuart Mill.

John Stuart Mill.

For your next tossup, what conifer whose wood is used in Priam's treasure chamber in "The Iliad", and whose namesake oil is a natural moth repellent appears on Lebanon's flag?

(bell chimes) Braydon?

- Tree?

- [Ethan] Can you repeat that for me?

- Tree?

- [Ethan] That is incorrect.

(bell chimes) Wyatt?

- Pine.

- That is incorrect.

The answer you're looking for was a cedar.

A cedar.

For your next question, what federal office makes confessions of error is currently held by Elizabeth Prelogar and argues for the US government before the Supreme Court?

(bell chimes) Samuel?

- The judiciary department?

- That is incorrect.

(timer dings) The answer you're looking for there was the solicitor general.

The solicitor general.

For your next question, what language was used to write the 1950's novels, "Sugar Street" and "Palace Walk", which are parts of author Naguib Mahfouz's Cairo Trilogy?

(bell dings) Braydon?

- Arabic?

- Arabic is correct.

Well done.

For your bonus, what type of plain is a flat area of the ocean floor usually found three to six kilometers below sea level, which collectively covers more than 50% of the earth?

- Ocean floor?

- That is incorrect.

Du Quoin, chance to steal.

- Tectonic plate?

- That's incorrect.

The answer you're looking for was the abyssal plains.

The abyssal plains.

For your next tossup, what seedless vascular plants have woody stemmed tree varieties, release spores from under their fronds, and germinate as spiral shaped fiddle heads?

(bell chimes) - Fern?

- Sofia?

Fern is correct.

Well done.

For your bonus, in Greek mythology, what food of the Olympian gods was said to confer immortality on those who consumed it?

- Ambrosia?

- Ambrosia is correct.

Well done.

And that'll take us to our next media question.

This anime's plot revolves around Izuku Midoriya- (bell chimes) Carley?

- My Hero Academia?

- Boku no Hiro is correct.

Well done.

That'll take us back to our tossups.

What goddess was the sister of the underworld goddess, Ereshkigal, was married to Dumuzi, and was a Mesopotamian god of fertility, beauty, and love?

(bell chimes) Samuel?

- Ishtar?

- Ishtar is correct.

Well done.

- Nice.

- For your bonus, what author of "The Executioner's Song" wrote about the fictional island of Anopopei in his World War II novel, "The Naked and the Dead"?

- No answer.

- No answer.

Du Quoin, chance to steal.

- C.S.

Lewis?

- That's incorrect.

The answer you're looking for was Normal Mailer.

Norman Mailer.

Next question.

What law, which named a congress that meant in October 17th, 1765, inspired the slogan "No taxation without representation", by adding fees to printed materials?

(bell chimes) Sofia?

- The Paper Tax?

- That is incorrect.

(bell chimes) Samuel?

- The Colonial Congress?

- That's incorrect.

The answer you're looking for was the Stamp Act of 1765.

The Stamp Act Congress.

So our next question, and pencil and paper ready.

What is the perimeter of a square whose area is 121, given that the square root of 121, and therefore the side length, is 11?

(bell chimes) Samuel?

- 44.

- 44 is correct.

Well done.

For your bonus, a family of purplish flowers is named after what plant behavior in which they turn to face the sun?

- Lilac?

- That is incorrect.

Marion, chance to steal.

- Solar location?

- [Ethan] Can you repeat that for me?

- Solar location.

- That is incorrect.

The answer you're looking for was heliotropism.

Heliotropism.

For your next question, what author, whose first book of poetry was 1945's "A Street in Bronzeville" depicted people who "lurk late" and "die soon" in her poem "We Real Cool"?

(no audio) (timer dings) That's all the time.

The answer you're looking for was Gwendolyn Brooks.

Gwendolyn Brooks.

Your next tossup.

What style also called late baroque was marked by intricate patterns and shell-like curves, and was exemplified by Jean Honore Fragonard's The Swing?

(bell chimes) Samuel?

- Rococo.

- Rococo is correct.

Well done.

For your bonus, what kind of legal agreements were used to restrict non-white people from purchasing many homes before 1948 when they were deemed unenforceable?

- Redlining?

- Oh, it's a bonus.

It's a bonus question.

- Redlining?

- That is incorrect.

Du Quoin, chance to steal.

- Red district?

- That is incorrect.

The answer you're looking for was convenance, as in racial convenance.

And that'll take us to our lightning round.

(thunder rumbling) The way our lightning round works is each team will have 60 seconds to answer as many questions as they can about a certain topic.

Now Du Quoin, since you guys are trailing in this one, you get the first pick of the litter.

Your choices are Fictional Mansions, UNESCO, A-B, or B-A-Y.

- B-A-Y.

- B-A-Y it is.

Give these terms and names beginning with the consecutive letters B-A-Y.

60 seconds on the clock.

I will count you down.

Three, two, one.

Slow moving stream common in Louisiana.

- Bayou.

- Bayou.

- [Ethan] Blade fixed to the end of a firearm.

- Bayonet.

- [Ethan] German football club with 32 Bundesliga titles.

- Pass.

- [Ethan] White robot from "Big Hero 6".

- Baymax.

- Baymax.

- [Ethan] Big 12 university in Waco, Texas.

- Baylor.

- [Ethan] Tapestry depicting the Norman Conquest of England.

- Pass.

- [Ethan] Conditional probability theorem named for an English mathematician.

- Pass.

- [Ethan] 1990s TV series starring David Hasselhoff as a lifeguard.

- Baywatch.

- Baywatch.

- [Ethan] Surname of Fox sports commentator Skip.

- Bayloth?

- [Ethan] German city that hosts an annual Richard Wagner Festival?

- Skip.

- [Ethan] German football club with 32 Bundesliga titles.

- Bayworth.

- [Ethan] That's incorrect.

Tapestry depicting the Norman Conquest of England.

- Bayloth.

- That's incorrect.

Conditional probability- (timer dings) You guys are all out of time.

We'll go over the ones you missed.

The German football club with 32 Bundesliga titles is Bayern Munich.

The tapestry depicting the Norman Conquest of England was the Bayou Tapestry.

The conditional probability theorem named for an English mathematician was the Bayes Theorem.

And the German city that hosts an annual Richard Wagner Festival is Bayreuth.

Bayreuth.

All right, Marion.

It is now your guys' turn.

Your choices are Fictional Mansions, UNESCO, or A-B.

- UNESCO.

- UNESCO it is.

In what US states are these world heritage sites located?

60 seconds on the clock.

I will count you down.

Three, two, one.

Monticello, the home of Thomas Jefferson.

- Virginia.

- Virginia.

- [Ethan] Taos Pueblo.

- New Mexico?

- [Ethan] Everglades National Park?

- Florida.

- [Ethan] Mammoth Cave?

- Kentucky.

- Kentucky.

- [Ethan] Cahokia, which is a pre-Columbian archeological state.

- Missouri?

- [Ethan] Repeat that for me?

- Missouri?

- That's incorrect.

Redwood National Park.

- California.

- California.

- [Ethan] Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater House.

- Pennsylvania.

- [Ethan] The Earthworks of Poverty Point, about 15 miles from the Mississippi River.

- Pass.

- [Ethan] The Guggenheim Museum, which is on Fifth Avenue in the Upper East Side.

- New York.

- New York.

- [Ethan] Mesa Verde National Park.

- Utah?

- [Ethan] That is incorrect.

The Earthworks at Poverty Point, about 15 miles from the Mississippi River.

That is the last question you guys have.

- Louisiana.

- Louisiana is correct.

Well done.

So we will go over the ones that you missed.

The Cahokia, which is a pre-Columbian archeological site, is in Illinois.

And the Mesa Verde National Park is in Colorado.

Colorado.

All right.

That concludes our lightning round.

So let's take a look at our scores afterwards.

We have Du Quoin with 100, and Marion with 260.

So Du Quoin, still plenty of time to come back in that second half, okay?

Let's get back to the questions.

What ruler, during whose reign Lord Melbourne served as prime minister, married Prince Albert (bell chimes) and, Samuel?

- Queen Victoria?

- Queen Victoria is correct.

Well done.

For your bonus, Maseru is the capital of what country which is completely surrounded by South Africa?

- Lesotho.

- Lesotho is correct.

Well done.

And that'll take us to our next media question.

This app is used for people to find their favorite- (bell chimes) Jobi?

- [Jobi] Shazam?

- Shazam is correct.

Well done.

Back to our tossups.

What 2023 event hampered by rain in Nevada's Black Rock Desert- (bell chimes) And Samuel?

- Burning Man.

- Burning Man is correct.

Well done.

For your bonus, what 1887 experiment, which used an interferometer floating in mercury provided evidence against the existence of luminiferous aether?

- Pass.

- [Ethan] Marion, chance to steal.

- No answer.

- The answer you're looking for was Michelson-Morley Experiment.

Michelson-Morley Experiment.

Back to our tossups.

What organic compound, whose methyl derivative is toluene is often drawn as a hexagon with a circle inside, and has the molecular formula C6H6?

(bell chimes) Samuel?

- Methane?

- [Ethan] That is incorrect.

(bell chimes) Braydon?

- No answer.

- No answer?

The answer you're looking for these was benzene.

Benzene.

For your next question.

What Midwestern city served by a streetcar system known as "The Hop" is on the shore of Lake Michigan and is the most populous- (bell dings) Samuel?

- Chicago.

- That is incorrect.

I'll reread the question for you, Du Quoin.

What Midwestern city is served by a streetcar system known as "The Hop" is on the shore of Lake Michigan and is the most populous city in Wisconsin.

(bell chimes) Samuel?

- Madison?

- That is incorrect.

The answer you're looking for was Milwaukee.

Milwaukee.

Onto our next question.

What organization originally founded as a clinic in Brooklyn by Margaret Sanger provides birth control and family planning services- (bell chimes) Samuel?

- Planned Parenthood.

- Planned Parenthood is correct.

Well done.

For your bonus, what class of particles, which is named after an Indian physicist, is characterized by integer values of spin?

- Quarks?

- Quarks is incorrect.

Marion, chance to steal.

- No answer.

- The answer you're looking for was bosons.

Bosons.

For your next question, what calculus operation which can be done by parts or using substitution turns 2X into X squared plus- (bell chimes) Samuel?

- Integration.

- Integration is correct.

Well done.

For your bonus, what six letter noun that refers to people who give their opinions on television or other media comes from a Sanskrit word for scholar?

- Expert?

- That is incorrect.

Marion, chance to steal.

- Critic?

- That is also incorrect.

The answer you're looking for was pundit, or punditry.

Back to the tossups.

What TV show revealed that Liz Keen was related to the real Raymond Reddington- (bell chimes) Jobi?

- The Black List.

- The Black List is correct.

Well done.

For your bonus, the Aland Islands, which are found at the entrance to the Gulf of Bothnia, are administered by what Northern European country?

- Finland.

- Finland is correct.

Well done.

That'll take us to our next media question.

This cute creature is based on tanukis- (bell chimes) Mackenzie?

- Totoro.

- Totori is correct.

Well done.

(sighs) Look at it.

How adorable.

Love Totoro.

For your next tossup, what leader led his army on The Long March, targeted intellectuals in the Cultural Revolution, and- (bell chimes) Braydon?

- Mao Zedong.

- Mao Zedong is correct.

Well done.

For your bonus, in "The Princess Bride", what fencer, played by Mandy Patinkin, tells a man, "You killed my father.

"Prepare to die"?

- Inigo Montoya.

- Inigo Montoya is correct.

Well done.

For the next tossup, what city whose popular Khaosan Roads contain many shops was formerly founded in the 18th century by King Rama I, and is the capital of Thailand.

(bell chimes) Samuel?

- Bangkok.

- Bangkok is correct.

For your bonus, what American naval hero who destroyed the USS Philadelphia after it was captured near Tripoli in the first Barbary War, died in an 1820 duel?

- Bur.

- That is incorrect.

Du Quoin, chance to steal.

- Perry?

- That is incorrect.

The answer you're looking for was Stephen Decatur.

Stephen Decatur.

For your next tossup, what ex-wife of Alan Gray says, "I have always depended on the kindness of strangers" during a visit to her sister Stella in "A Streetcar Named Desire"?

(bell chiming) Braydon?

- Mary?

- That is incorrect.

(timer dings) The answer you're looking for there was Blanche DuBois.

Blanche DuBois.

For your next question, what modern day country's composers include the creator of the ballet "The Wooden Prince", Bela Bartok, and the inventor of the tone poem, Franz Liszt?

(bell chimes) Samuel?

- Germany.

- Germany is incorrect.

(bell chimes) Samuel?

- Hungary.

- Hungary is correct.

Well done.

For your bonus, in May 2023, the Supreme Court of what Asian country invalidated the arrest of its former prime minister and cricket star, Imran Khan?

- Pakistan?

- Pakistan is correct.

Well done.

Your next question, what sport's modern rules, which derive from the Queensbury rules, describe the mandatory eight count, the size of the ring, and the use of gloves?

(bell chimes) Samuel?

- Boxing.

- Boxing is correct.

Well done.

For your bonus, what first English king of his name was survived on his 1135th death only by his daughter, Matilda, sparking a succession crisis known as The Anarchy?

- Henry I.

- Henry I is correct.

Well done.

That'll take us to our next question.

Pencil and paper ready.

What is the only positive root of the quadratic expression, X squared minus X minus 20, given the other root is negative four?

(bell chimes) Jobi?

- Five?

- Five is correct.

Well done.

And for your bonus, keep those pencil and paper out.

What is the largest distinct prime factor of the number 196 given that its smallest factor, prime factor, is two?

(no audio) (timer dings) Sorry, you guys are all out of time.

Du Quoin, chance to steal.

- Seven?

- Seven is correct.

Well done, Samuel.

And that'll take us to our last media question.

This 2008 platform fighter is available on the Nintendo Wii, and has 39 characters to choose from before you battle, Wyatt?

- That would be Super Smash Brothers.

- [Ethan] Can you be more specific?

- Ultimate.

- That is incorrect.

I'll reread the question.

This 2008 platform fighter is available on the Nintendo Wii, and has 39 characters to choose from before you battle it out with your enemy.

It has been nominated for several awards, including best fighting game, and best Wii game.

Name this game.

(exciting music playing) (bell dings) Jobi?

- Super Smash Bros 2?

- Super Smash Bros 2 is incorrect.

The answer you're looking for is Super Smash Bros Brawl.

Super Smash Bros Brawl.

And I'm now realizing that that game probably came out when most of you were, like, two.

So.

Really making me feel old on this one.

God, that's tough.

All right, that'll take us back to our tossups.

In what country, which was long led by the SED's Erich Honecker had a secret police called the Stasi, and reunited with its western counterparts- (bell chiming) Braydon?

- East Germany?

- East Germany is correct.

Well done.

For your bonus, what author wrote about Oedipa Maas who investigates a mysterious postal service known as the Tristero in "The Crying of Lot 49"?

- Pynchon?

- Pynchon is correct.

Well done.

(doorbell ringing) And that bell means we are all out of time on today's show, so let's take a look at our scores.

We have Marion on top, 470, over Du Quoin's 155.

So well done, Marion.

You guys will be moving on to the next round.

And that's all the time we have for on today's show.

For the people working hard behind the scenes, and our lovely contestants here today, I'm Ethan Neir.

Thank you so much, and goodnight.

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