(soft music) (upbeat music) - Welcome to Scholastic HI-Q, the game where knowledge rules.

I'm your host, Jordan Spudville and we have made it to the second round of our semi-finals.

We have two intelligent teams with us.

Once again, returning on the bottom row we have Marion with Caden, Drew and Jace.

And on the top row we have Granite City with Shayne, Jadon and Lily, excuse me.

Now that we've met our contestants let's go over the rules as always.

I'll be reading a series of 10-point toss-up questions that each contestant can have a chance to answer.

If any tastant answers a toss-up correctly their team gets the chance to answer a bonus question for double the points.

However, if that team gets the bonus incorrect the other team can steal it away from them and earn themselves 10 points.

The interruption rule is in effect in the semi round final.

So if someone decides to interrupt me, but they get the answer wrong, the other team automatically receives five points and they get to hear the entire question.

Of course we'll have our lightning round halfway through the game where I'll be reading a series of questions in any given category that each team will have a chance to answer as many as they possibly can in 60 seconds.

Now that we've met the contestants and we know the rules it's time to put on our thinking caps and let's get down to quizness starting with our first 10-point toss-up for both teams.

What mathematicians 1748 namesake identity involves the numbers, negative one, I, Drew?

- Wheeler.

- That is correct for 10 points.

Marion, here is your first bonus question.

One of the minority owners of major league soccer, Seattle Sounders is what quarterback for the Seattle Seahawks?

- Wilson.

(clearing throat) - That's correct for 20 points.

Let's move on to our next 10-point toss-up question for both teams.

What 2021 film in which an actor named Trevor Slattery befriends the faceless being Morris stars Aquafina, as Katie and Ching Yu as the title hero, Jace?

- Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.

- That is correct, for 10 points.

Marion, here's your next bonus question.

What weapon sometimes conflated with the sword and the stone did the lady of the lake give to King Arthur?

- Excalibur.

- Excalibur is correct for 20 points.

Moving on to our next to 10-point toss-up for both teams.

What city which grew around the British encampment, Ford William is a city in east India where in 1756 British prisoners were held in a black hole?

Caden?

- Calcutta.

- Calcutta is correct for 10 points.

Marion, here's your next bonus question.

This is a math question so get those pencils and paper ready.

If the logarithm of three equals X and the logarithm of six equals Y, then in terms of X and Y what is a logarithm of two?

- Y over X?

- [Jordan] Sorry, that is incorrect.

Granite City, you have a chance to steal.

- No answer.

- It's okay.

The answer we were looking for was Y minus X.

It's very close, but that's okay we'll move on to our next 10-point toss-up for both teams.

What man who worked with Fredrick August Bartoli is designed the framework of the statue of Liberty, names a rot iron lattice tower in Paris?

Lilly.

- Eiffel.

- That is correct for 10 points.

Here's your bonus question Granite City.

In what musical by Howard Ashman and Allen Minkin does a dentist suffocate on laughing gas before being fed to the carnivores Plant Audrey II?

- Oh, it's like Little Shop of Horrors?

- That is correct for 20 points.

We're gonna move on to our next 10-point toss-up for both teams.

What show that stars Sonequa Martin-Green as captain Michael Burnham and is a CBS all access series named for a spaceship and the star Trek Universe?

Drew.

- Voyager?

- [Jordan] Sorry, that is incorrect.

Lily.

- Discovery?

- Discovery is correct for 10 points.

Granite City here's your next bonus question.

What new religion founded by Li Hongzhi operates the Shen Yun dance troupe focuses on meditation and is opposed by the Chinese government?

(whispering indistinctly) - No answer.

- [Jordan] All right, Marion, you have a chance to steal for 10 points.

- No answer.

- It's okay.

The answer we were looking for was Falun Gong.

We've now made it to our first media question.

This is an audio question.

Let's take a listen.

(soft audio music) Created in 1741 by Irish man Richard Park Rich, this musical instrument had origins documented back in Persia in the 14th century.

This instrument is played by running moistened or chalked fingers around the rim of the objects.

Name these instruments which was considered to be angelic by its inventor and is comprised of drinking glasses.

(soft audio music) That is time on that question.

The answer we were looking for was water glasses.

We would've also accepted angelic organ, glass heart, all those good variations.

Go home and try it.

It's not as easy as it sounds.

Let's move on to our next 10-point toss-up for both teams.

What Supreme court case, which cited research on dolls by Kenneth and Miami Clark overturned Plessy versus Ferguson and desegregated public schools?

Lily.

- Brown versus Board of Education.

- That is correct for 10 points.

Granite City, here's your next bonus question.

An introverted high school student named Charlie, befriends step sibling, Sam and Patrick in what young adult novel by Steven Shebbesky?

- The Perks of Being a Wallflower.

- That is correct for 20 points.

We're gonna move on to our next 10-point toss-up for both teams.

This is another math question, so get those pencils and paper ready.

For this question, two answers are required.

The square root of 700 lies between which two consecutive whole numbers given that 25 squared is 625?

Drew.

- 23 and 24.

- Sorry that is incorrect.

And that's time on the question.

The answer we were looking for was 26 and 27, very close.

We're gonna move on to our next 10-point toss-up for both teams.

What novel in which Jack Stapleton claims to be able to cross the deadly Grimpen Mire is named after a spectral dog investigated by Sherlock Holmes?

(button beeping) Drew.

- The Hound of the Baskervilles.

- That's correct for 10 points.

Marion, here's your next bonus question.

An 1832 at treaties by Carl Von Closets stated that this activity is a mere continuation of politics by other means.

It's titled on what activity?

- War.

- War?

- War is correct for 20 points.

Let's move on to our next 10-point toss-up for both teams.

In what decade did John Maynard Keynes publish his general theory and argued for increased government?

Shayne?

- 30s.

- 30s is correct for 10 points.

Granite City here's your next bonus question.

In 2020, what company sued Apple over restrictions on purchasing methods after Apple blocked Fortnite from its app store?

- Epic Games.

- Epic Games is correct for 20 points.

We're gonna move on to our next 10-point toss-up for both teams and yet again, it's another math question.

So get those pencils and paper ready.

If a single ball is randomly drawn from an urn holding five red balls and 20 white balls what is the probability it is red?

Jordan?

Jadon, I apologize.

- One 25th.

- Sorry that is incorrect.

Drew.

- One fourth - One fourth is also incorrect.

The answer we were looking for was one fifth or one in five.

It's okay we're gonna move on to our next question.

This is a media question and it's a still question.

Let's take a look.

Caden - Futurama.

- Sorry, that is incorrect.

And because of the interruption rule, Granite City get five points and I'll read the question.

This character is one of the main characters from Futurama.

He was created by the series creators and is voiced by John DiMaggio.

Name this character, Lily.

- Bender.

- Bender is correct for 10 points.

What author who created the fictional Miskatonic University wrote such works of horror as At the Mountains of Madness and the call of Cthulhu?

Jace?

- HP Lovecraft.

- That is correct for 10 points.

Marion, here's your next bonus question.

Salah or the second of the pillars of Islam mandates how many daily prayers?

- Five.

- Five is correct for 20 points.

Let's move on to our next 10-point toss-up for both teams.

Examples of what animals in Norse myth include hati and skoll who chased the sun and moon and a child of Loki, Shayne?

- Wolf.

- Wolf is correct for 10 points.

Granite city, here's your next bonus question.

Cyclotrons and synchrotrons are examples of what large machines that cause charged particles to hit each other at high velocities?

- Shayne (indistinct).

- Say.

- A Collider.

- Sorry, that is incorrect.

Marion you have a chance to steal.

- Particle accelerator.

- Particle accelerator is correct for 10 points, excuse me.

Let's move on to the next 10-point toss-up for both teams.

What country is home to Lake Sevan was the first country in the world to adopt Christianity as its official religion and is governed from Yerevan?

Drew?

- Albania - [Jordan] Sorry, that's incorrect.

And the answer we were looking for was Armenia.

Moving onto our next 10-point toss-up for both teams.

What agency which sent a 1964 suicide letter to Martin Luther king Junior through its co Intel pro, surveillance project was first led by J Edgar Hoover?

Lily?

- FBI.

- FBI is correct for 10 points.

Granite City here's your next bonus question.

What English woman's essay, A room of One's Own describes the barriers that would have hindered the writing career of a hypothetical Judith Shakespeare?

- Wolf.

- Sorry?

- Virginia Wolf.

- That is correct for 20 points.

And we have now made it halfway through our game, so it's time for that lighting round.

All righty, Marion, you're just a little bit behind so we're gonna let you choose your category first.

We've got four categories for you to choose from, please pick the one that sounds most interesting to you.

The categories are 'C' in Music 13,000 ft. Mountains, Animal Phrases, or Around the House.

- Animal phrases.

- Animal Phrases it is.

In this lightning round category, I need you to give the specific name of the animal that completes these English idioms and metaphors.

If you don't know an answer you can pass, we'll go back as time allows.

If you get the answer incorrect we can't go back to that question.

Marion, are you ready for your lightning round?

- Yes.

- Let's do it.

60 seconds on the clock.

Your lightning round begins in 3, 2, 1.

Like a blank in a China shop.

- Bull.

- [Jordan] Correct.

Make sure your blanks are in a row.

- Ducks.

- [Jordan] Correct.

Let the blank out of the bag.

- Cat.

- [Jordan] Correct.

The straw that broke the blank's back.

- Carmel.

- [Jordan] Correct.

Let me address the blank in the room.

- Elephant.

- [Jordan] Correct.

A blank in a coal mine - Canary.

- [Jordan] Correct.

Casting pearls before blank.

(indistinct) Incorrect.

To wear a blank around your neck.

- Pass.

- The blank has turned.

- Pass.

- [Jordan] Like a blank in the ointment.

- Fly.

- [Jordan] Correct.

Going back to ones you passed.

To wear a blank around your neck.

- Snake.

- [Jordan] Incorrect, the blank has turned.

- Table.

- [Jordan] Incorrect.

Also that is not an animal.

(laughing) I think I'd be surprised if my table came to life, I would be terrified.

But anyways, let's go over the ones that you passed or missed starting with casting pearls before blank, swine.

To wear a blank around your neck was an Albatross and the blank has turned, the worm has turned.

But still a very good lightning round to you, Marion, but now Granite City, it's your turn to choose your lightning round.

We have three categories remaining for you.

You can choose 'C' in Music, 13,000 ft. Mountains or Around the House.

- I think we're gonna go with Around the House.

- Around the house it is.

In this lightning round category, given a tool found around the house indicate whether it is used for gardening, cooking, woodworking, sewing, or none of the above.

Would you like me to repeat the categories?

- [Lily] I think we're okay.

- [Shayne] Sure.

- Got them?

- [Lily] Yep, I think we're good.

- All right, same rules apply if you don't know the answer, you can pass.

We'll go back if time allows, if you get it wrong, we cannot go back.

Granite City, are you ready for your lightning round?

- Yes.

- All right.

Let's put 60 seconds on the clock.

Your lightning round begins in 3, 2, 1.

Colander?

- Cooking.

- [Jordan] Correct, trowel?

- Gardening.

- [Jordan] Correct, zester?

- Cooking.

- [Jordan] Correct, tiller?

- Gardening.

- [Jordan] Correct, seam ripper?

- Sewing.

- [Jordan] Correct.

Lathe?

- Woodworking.

- [Jordan] Correct, dibber or dibbler?

- Pass.

- [Jordan] Reamer.

- Pass.

- [Jordan] Bevel?

- Woodworking.

- [Jordan] Correct, loppers?

- Gardening.

- [Jordan] Correct.

Going back to ones you passed.

Dibber or dibbler?

- Cooking.

- [Jordan] Incorrect, reamer?

- Sewing.

- [Jordan] Incorrect.

And that is all the questions we have for your lightning round, good job.

We're gonna go over the ones that you passed or missed starting with dibber or dibbler, is for gardening.

It's for making uniform holes to plant seeds and a reamer is for cooking.

It's a handheld tool for juicing citrus.

In case you want some lovely juice in the morning.

But now it is time to go back to our toss-up and bonus questions starting with our next 10-point toss-up for both teams.

What process that generates an anti nutriono, a proton and an electron leaves the mass number of a nucleus unchanged when a neutron decays?

Drew?

- An iolation.

- [Jordan] Sorry, that's incorrect.

That is time.

The answer we were looking for was beta decay.

It's okay we're gonna move on to our next question.

It's a media question.

And this one is a video question.

Let's take a look.

(button beeping) - [Jordan] Drew?

- Hank Green.

- [Jordan] Sorry that's incorrect.

And because of that interruption rule, Granite City you get five points and I'll read the question.

Created by John and Hank Green, this YouTube Channel is an educational channel.

Teaching people things and various subjects such as chemistry, history and English.

Since joining in a partnership with PBS the channel has been able to expand to 38 subjects with multiple hosts.

Name this YouTube Channel.

Lily.

- Crash course?

- Crash course is correct for 10 points.

We're gonna move on to our next 10-point toss-up for both teams.

What artist who painted the marriage of the Virgin in 1504 depicted a discussion between Plato and Aristotle at the center of the school of Athens?

Lily - Raphael.

- That's correct for 10 point.

Here's your next bonus question, Granite City.

What writer outlined the problem that has no name in her 1963 book, the Feminine Mystique helping to spark second wave feminism?

- Beckham?

- [Jordan] Sorry, that's incorrect.

Marion, you have a chance to steal for 10 points.

- No answer.

- It's okay.

The answer that we were looking for was Betty Foden.

We're gonna move on to our next 10-point toss-up for both teams.

What drink, which Confederate troops made from chicory due to a blockade of Brazilian goods was touted?

Caden.

- Coffee.

- Coffee is correct for 10 points.

Here's your bonus question, Marion.

The islands of Lewis, Iona and Jura are part of what Scottish archipelago that has outer and inner groups?

- Shetland islands.

- [Jordan] Sorry that's incorrect.

Granite City you have a chance to steal.

- Hisparities?

- Sorry, that's incorrect.

The answer we were looking for was Hebradees.

A little bit less syllables.

(laughing) It's okay, we're gonna move on our next 10-point toss-up for both teams.

What author who depicted the Vicario twins honor, killing of Santiago Nasar in Chronicle of a Death Foretold also wrote Love in a Time of Cholera?

Lily.

- Browning.

- [Jordan] Sorry that's incorrect.

That's time.

The answer we were looking for was Gabriel Garcia Marquis.

- [Lily] Oops.

- It's okay, we're gonna move on to our next 10-point toss-up for both teams.

What country who's national diet formally selects its prime minister, who is seen appointed by the emperor and was led briefly by Yoshihide Suga?

Drew.

- Japan?

- Japan is correct for 10 points.

Marion, here's your next bonus question.

What sulfur containing amino acid has a single coat on, A-U-G which is also the most common start coat on for protein synthesis?

- Pass - [Jordan] Granite City you have a chance to steal.

- No answer.

- It's okay, the answer we were looking for was mathianine.

We're gonna move on to our next 10-point toss-up for both teams.

What woman who was beheaded after Francis Walsingham proved her support for the Badington plot, was a Monarch as well as a cousin of Elizabeth the first?

Shayne - Mary, I.

- [Jordan] Can you be more specific?

- Mary Tudor.

- [Jordan] Sorry that's incorrect.

Jace?

- Mary Antoinette.

- Sorry that's also incorrect.

The answer we were looking for was Mary Queen of Scots or Mary I of Scotland.

That's okay, we're gonna cool down.

Move on to our next media question.

This is an audio question.

Let's take a listen.

♪ Can't touch this no more ♪ We are looking for the artist.

- Jadon.

- MC Hammer?

- MC Hammer is correct for 10 points.

And after the show, you can do the hammer dance.

Now I'll do it by myself then.

We're gonna move on to our next 10-point toss-up for both teams.

What type of substance with a continuous phase and a dispersed phase of suspended particles includes gels like gelatin and aerosols like fog?

Drew.

- Fluid.

- [Jordan] Sorry that's incorrect.

Shayne.

- Gas.

- Sorry that's also incorrect.

The answer we were looking for was colloids.

It's okay were gonna move on to our next 10-point toss-up for both teams.

What metal weight element which is paired with old lace and the title of a Joseph Kessel ring play has atomic number 33, Lily?

- Arsonic.

- That's correct for 10 points.

Granite City, here's your next bonus question.

A Corral Nocturne and a Hoe-Down are sections in what ballet by Aaron Copeland?

- Appalachian spring - [Jordan] Sorry that's incorrect.

Marion you have a chance to steal.

- The Nut Collector.

- Sorry that's also incorrect.

The answer we were looking for was Rodeo.

We're gonna move on to our next 10-point toss-up for both teams.

What country, which disputes the El Fashaga zone with Ethiopia was the site of a 2019 coup that ousted Omar al-Bashir and includes the Darfur region?

Drew?

- Yemen.

- [Jordan] Sorry it's incorrect.

And that's time.

The answer we were looking for was Sudan.

That's okay we're gonna move on to our next 10-point toss-up for both teams.

What concept, which Emily Dickinson claimed should be told slant is described in the John Keats poem, Owed on a Grecian Urn?

Caden.

- The truth.

- Truth is correct for 10 points.

Marion here's your next bonus question.

Darryl Steinberg is the mayor of what City of Trees in California, where the Golden 1 Center serves as the home of the NBA's Kings?

- Sacramento.

- That's correct for 20 points.

We're gonna move on to our next 10-point toss-up for both teams.

The Theodosian Walls protected what city that was sacked by crusaders in 1204 and captured by Mehmed the Conquerors Ottoman army in 1453?

- Drew?

- Constantinople.

- That is correct for 10 points.

Good job deciphering my gibberish.

We're gonna move on to the bonus question for Marion.

This is a math question, so get your pencils and paper ready.

How many millimeters are in a single kilometer?

- 1 million.

- That's correct for 20 points.

It's now time for our next media question.

This is a still question.

Let's take a look.

Jace - Bitmoji.

- Bitmoji is correct for 10 points.

And that is the sound that means it's the end of our game.

Marion, congratulations.

You guys are winners you will be moving forward to our finals.

Granite City, good job to you guys as well.

Thank you for being here.

Thank you for being here, Marion.

And of course, thank you all for watching at home, play along at home, and we'll see you next time on Scholastic HI-Q.

I'm gonna go do the hammer dance.

(upbeat music)