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

I'm your host, Jordan Spudville, and today we are joined by two teams who have won our game before and are competing against each other and to see who will come out on top.

On the bottom, we have Nashville with Adeline, Garrett, and Malayna.

On the top, we have returning Mater Dei, with Callie, Dakota, and Cohen.

Now that we've met our lovely contestants, it's time to go over the rules.

As always, I'm gonna be reading a series of 10 point toss up questions that both teams will be able to answer.

If a team answers a toss up correctly, they get to answer a 20 point bonus question.

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

The interruption rule is still in effect in today's game, so if anyone decides to interrupt me and they answer the question incorrectly, the other team receives five points automatically and they get to hear the entire question.

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

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 country, which runs Operation Sovereign Borders to stop asylum seekers, has been led since 2018 by Prime Minister Scott Morrison from Canberra?

(beeping sound) Cohen.

- Australia.

- That's correct for 10 points.

Mater Dei, here's your first 20 point bonus question.

The Prime Meridian passes through the Royal Observatory in which borough of London, which represents the G in the acronym GMT?

- Greenwich.

- That's correct for 20 points.

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

Boston Corbett shot what man who yelled, "Sic temper tyrannis" and jumped from a balcony at Ford's theater after assassinating- (beeping sound) Malayna (buzzing sound) Sorry, that is time.

Because of the interruption rule, Mater Dei you do receive five points and I'll now read the entire question.

Boston Corbett shot what man who yelled "Sic temper tyrannis", and jumped from a balcony at Ford's Theater after assassinating Abraham Lincoln?

(beeping sound) Cohen.

- Booth.

- That's correct for 10 points.

Mater Dei, here's your 20 point bonus question.

What river, which joins with the Parana River near the town of Corrientes, shares its name with a landlocked South American country?

- Paraguay.

- That's correct for 20 points.

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

What author who wrote about an invisible worm in his poem, "The Sick Rose" was an English romantic who described a predator burning bright in the tiger?

(beeping sound) Callie.

- Blake.

- That's correct for 10 points.

Mater Dei, here's your 20 point bonus question.

What small sacs at the ends of bronchioles are at the sites of gas exchange in the lungs?

- Alveoli.

- That's correct for 20 points.

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

In optics, an image is inverted if it has a negative value of... For what quantity, excuse me, denoted M that indicates how much it grows as in a namesake glass.

(buzzing sound) It's okay.

The answer we were looking for was magnification, as in a magnifying glass.

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

What metal mined at Potosi in Bolivia was supposedly found in a mountain range that is the origin of the names Rio de La Plata and Argentina?

(beeping sound) Cohen.

- Silver.

- That's correct for 10 points.

Mater Dei, here's your next 20 point bonus question.

The 2005 novel "Zorro", which acts as an origin story for its title hero was written by what acclaimed Chilean author of the house of the spirits.

- Garcia Marquez.

- Sorry, that's incorrect.

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

(buzzing sound) That's okay, the answer we were looking for was Isabel Allende.

It's time for our first media question.

This is a video question.

Let's have a look.

This classic game show has been airing- (beeping sound) Dakota.

- Jeopardy.

- That's correct for 10 points.

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

What American designed the Poplar Forest plantation the "Retender" at the university of Virginia in a personal residence called Monta Cello.

(beeping sound) Cohen.

- Thomas Jefferson.

- That's correct for 10 points.

Mater Dei, here's your next 20 point bonus question.

British astronomer Cecilia Payne showed that nearly all of the massive stars consists of what two elements?

- Hydrogen and helium.

- That's correct for 20 points.

Moving on to our next 10 point toss-up.

What short story about a costly mistake by Mathilde Loisel was written in French by Guy De Maupassant and is named after a piece of jewelry?

(beeping sound) Malayna.

- "The Diamond Necklace".

- That's correct for 10 points.

Nashville, here's your next 20 point bonus question.

What head of the mountain faction was called the incorruptible and led the committee of public safety during the French revolution's reign of terror?

(buzzing sound) Mater Dei, you have a chance to steal.

- Robespierre.

- That's correct for 10 points.

We're gonna go on to our next 10 point toss up question.

What movie franchise whose protagonist fights Toe Cutter defeats Lord Humongous and competes in the Thunderdome, includes a film subtitled furry road?

(beeping sound) Cohen.

- Mad Max.

- That's correct for 10 points.

Mater Dei, here's your next bonus question for 20 points.

After Clifford is paralyzed by a world war one injury, his wife, Connie, has an affair with gamekeeper, Olivia Millers, in what novel by D. H. Lawrence?

(buzzing sound) Nashville, you have a chance to steal.

(buzzing sound) It's okay.

The answer we were looking for was "Lady Chatterley's Lover".

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

What state who's governor called for an investigation into ERCOT after a 2021 winter storm is governed by Greg Abbott and his home to Ted Cruz?

(beeping sound) Cohen.

- Texas.

- That's correct for 10 points.

Mater Dei, here's your next 20 point bonus question.

Biodiesel fuels are examples of what molecules formed by reacting a carboxylic acid with an alcohol that form namesake polymers used in clothes?

Excuse me.

(buzzing sound) Nashville, you have a chance to steal.

- Polyester.

- That's correct for 10 points.

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

What quantity is constant for a Newtonian fluid, zero for a super fluid, very high for molasses, and represents a fluid's resistance- (beeping sound) Malayna.

- Viscosity.

- That's correct for 10 points.

Nashville, here's your next 20 point bonus question.

What city whose Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum is housed in a former Khmer Rouge Prison is the capital of Cambodia.

- Alcatraz.

- [Jordan] Sorry, (buzzing sound) that's incorrect.

Mater Dei you have a chance to steal for 10 points.

- Phnom Penh.

- That's correct for 10 points.

And we're now gonna move on to our next 10 point toss up question for both teams.

What country whose chancellor, Kurt Schuschnigg, resigned in 1938- (beeping sound) Cohen.

- Austria.

- That's correct for 10 points.

Mater Dei, here's your next 20 point bonus question.

"A Treatise of Human Nature" is by what Scottish empiricist philosopher who formulated the problem of induction?

(buzzing sound) Nashville, you have a chance to steal.

- Louis Pasteur.

- Sorry, that's incorrect.

The answer we were looking for was David Hume.

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

What imaginary creatures include Segoe in the earth sea novels, Norbert in the Harry Potter series and smog who hoards- (beeping sound) Callie.

- Dragons.

- That's correct for 10 points.

Mater Dei, here's your next 20 point bonus question.

In January, 2021, the Biden administration announced it would spend up plans...

It would speed up plans, excuse me, to place what woman on the $20 bill instead of Andrew Jackson?

- Harriet Tubman.

- That's correct for 20 points.

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

What economist, whose wife Rose, worked with him on the book, "Capitalism and Freedom" opposed Cain's uneasy...

Excuse me.

Keynesianism- (beeping sound) Cohen.

- Milton Friedman.

- That's correct for 10 points.

Mater Dei, here's your 20 point bonus question.

What 2021 song in which Olivia Rodrigo asks "So when are you going to tell her that we did that too?

Is named after a two word French phrase?

- Deja Vu.

- That's correct for 20 points.

You listen to that song a lot, Cohen?

- [Cohen] I do.

- Yeah.

I don't blame you.

I do too.

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

What data structure is often used to represent syntactic structure, consists of a graph with no cycles, has a root and has nodes that may branch?

(beeping sound) Garrett.

- Non linear structure.

- I'm sorry, that's incorrect.

(buzzing sound) The correct answer we were actually looking for was trees.

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

What policy launched by executive order 9066 was fought by Fred Korematsu and led certain west coast residents to be held in camps in world war II?

(beeping sound) Cohen.

- Japanese-American internment.

- That's correct for 10 points.

Mater Dei, here's your 20 point bonus question.

What term in topology means a closed curve that without cutting cannot be untangled into a simple loop, such as the simple tree foil?

(buzzing sound) Nashville, you have a chance to steal for 10 points.

- Infinite.

- Sorry, that's incorrect.

The correct answer we were looking for was knots, which sometimes can be infinite.

We've now made it halfway through our game and it's time for our lightning round.

(thunder rumbling sound) Nashville, you are behind.

So we're gonna let you choose your category first in today's game.

You have four chooses- Four choices.

Excuse me.

You can either answer questions about units of measurements, African capitals, TV occupations, or a grand round.

- We'll go with measurements.

- Units of measurements it is.

In this lightning round, I need you to answer what unit of measurement equals.

Fill in the blank.

If you do not know an answer, you can pass.

Nashville, are you ready for your lightning round?

Let's begin.

Your lightning round starts in 3, 2, 1.

Exactly 2.54 centimeters.

- An inch.

- Correct.

- [Jordan] 3,600 seconds.

- A hour.

- [Jordan] Correct.

- 42 gallons of petroleum?

- Pass.

- A Newton times a meter?

- Pass.

- [Jordan] The distance from the earth to the sun?

- Light year.

- [Jordan] Sorry, that's incorrect.

One Coulomb per second?

- Pass.

- [Jordan] One 10th of a nanometer?

- Pass.

- [Jordan] A depth of six feet?

- Pass.

- [Jordan] One 640th of a square mile?

- Acre.

- [Jordan] Correct.

One degree Celsius?

- 32 degrees Fahrenheit.

- [Jordan] Sorry, that's incorrect.

We go back to the ones you passed.

42 gallons of petroleum- (buzzing sound) Sorry, that is time.

You did answer three questions correct.

That's 30 points added to your score.

Congratulations.

I will now go over the ones that you passed or missed.

42 gallons of petroleum was barrels.

A Newton times a meter is a Joule.

The distance from the earth to the sun was an astronomical unit or AU.

One Coulomb per second is amperes or amps.

One 10th of a nanometer was angstroms.

A depth of six feet is a fathom.

And one degree Celsius was Kelvin.

Good job, Nashville on your lightning round.

We're now gonna move to Mater Dei for your lightning round.

We have three categories remaining.

You can choose to answer questions about African capitals, TV occupations, or a grand round.

Which would you like?

- TV occupations.

- Good choice.

In this category, given the TV characters and their occupations name the show on which they first appeared.

Mater Dei are you ready for your lightning round?

Let's do this then.

Of course you can pass if you don't know the answer.

Your lightning round begins in 3, 2, 1.

Physicist, Sheldon Cooper.

- "Big Bang Theory".

- [Jordan] Correct.

Teachers turned to drug Lord, Walter White.

- Breaking Bad.

- [Jordan] Correct.

Government office director, Ron Swanson who was Leslie Knope's boss.

- Parks and Rec.

- [Jordan] Correct.

Dunder Mifflin, regional manager, Michael Scott.

- "The Office".

- [Jordan] Correct.

Former police officer, Rick Grimes.

- Walking dead.

- [Jordan] Correct.

Engineer Montgomery Scott?

- Pass.

- Fourth grade teacher, Herbert Garrison?

- South Park.

- [Jordan] Correct.

Law professor Annalise Keating?

- Pass.

- [Jordan] Sam Malone a Boston bartender?

- Pass.

- [Jordan] Substitute teacher, Dorothy Zbornak?

- Pass.

- [Jordan] I'm gonna go back to the ones you passed.

Engineer Montgomery Scott?

- Pass.

- [Jordan] Law professor Annalise Keating?

(buzzing sound) And that is time.

Congratulations on the points you've racked up.

We're gonna go over the ones that you did pass.

Starting with Engineer Montgomery Scott was from "Star Trek".

Law professor Annalise Keating, "How to Get Away With Murder".

Sam Malone, a Boston bartender.

"Cheers".

And substitute teacher Dorothy Zbornakt was the "Golden Girls".

Shocking, I know.

Okay, we're gonna move on to our toss up and bonus questions and resume racking up points that way.

Up next we have a media question.

This is a still question.

So let's have a look.

This character is a female- (beeping sound) Malayna - [Malayna] Blue.

- That's correct for 10 points.

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

What river whose tributaries include the Pend Oreille empties into the Pacific ocean and forms much of the border of Oregon and Washington?

(beeping sound) Dakota.

- The Snake River.

- Sorry, that's incorrect.

(buzzing sound) The answer we were looking for was the Columbia River.

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

What element, which has the highest tensile strength and melting point of any metal was once called- (beeping sound) Garrett.

- Tungsten.

- That's correct for 10 points.

Nashville, here's your 20 point bonus question.

Jesus' human and divine selves were totally separate, according to what sect condemned as hearsay at Chalcedon in 431 that spread throughout Asia?

- The holy trinity.

(buzzing sound) - [Jordan] Sorry, that's incorrect.

Mater Dei, you have a chance to steal for 10 points.

- Gnosticism.

- I'm sorry, that's incorrect.

Although...

I'm sorry, I'm mistaken once again in today's game, you are correct for 10 points.

Congratulations Mater Dei.

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

What artists painted animal skulls against desert backdrops- (beeping sound) Malayna.

- Georgia O'Keeffe.

- That's correct for 10 points.

Nashville, here's your 20 point bonus question.

Skeletal muscles are straited because they have what functional units made up of organized actin and myosin filaments?

- Tendons.

- Sorry, that's incorrect.

Mater Dei, you have a chance to steal.

(buzzing sound) And that's time on that question.

The answer we were looking for was sarcomeres.

Now moving on to our next 10 point toss up for both teams.

What novel in which an electric eyed snake is used to pump the stomach of Guy Montag's wife?

(beeping sound) Adeline.

- "Fahrenheit 451".

- That's correct for 10 points.

Nashville, here's your next 20 point bonus question.

What Russian composer wrote "Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganinia" as well as a famous prelude in C sharp minor?

- Schakowsky.

- [Jordan] Sorry, that's incorrect.

Mater Dei, you have a chance to steal.

- Rachmaninoff.

- That's correct for 10 points.

Moving on to our next toss up question for both teams.

What soccer player who joined Juventus in 2018 after a decade with Real Madrid, is a forward who hails from Portugal and is often known as CR7?

(beeping sound) Cohen.

- Ronaldo.

- That's correct for 10 points.

Mater Dei, here's your 20 point bonus question.

In 2021 software tycoon, John McAfee was found dead in what country, where he was arrested on tax evasion charges?

- Spain.

- That's correct for 20 points.

It's now time for our next media question.

And this is a video question.

Let's have a look.

This 2005 film follows an ex boxer as he makes a return to the ring to make money during the great depression.

It was nominated for three academy awards, including best film editing and best supporting actor, name this film.

(buzzing sound) And that is time on that question.

The answer we were looking for was "Cinderella Man".

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

What country's people's defense force was founded in 2021 to oppose the Tatmadaw, which took power in a coup in which Aung San Suu Kyi was arrested.

(beeping sound) Cohen.

- Myanmar.

- That's correct for 10 points.

Mater Dei, here's your bonus question.

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

What is the surface area of a cube whose volume is 27?

Given that the length of each edge must be at the cube root of 27?

(buzzing sound) That is time, the answer we were looking for was 54.

We're gonna move on to our next 10 point toss up question.

What author wrote about John the carpenter, whose wife, Alison, cheats on him in the Miller's tale, which is the second of his Canterbury- (beeping sound) Dakota.

- Geoffrey Chaucer.

- That's correct for 10 points.

Mater Dei, here's your next 20 point bonus question.

The Atlanta Braves lost the 1992 world series to what team based in Canada?

- Toronto Blue Jays.

- That's correct for 20 points.

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

Which water soluble vitamin essential for human norepinephrine and collagen synthesis is also called ascorbic acid and is found in citrus fruits?

(beeping sound) Dakota.

- Vitamin D. - [Jordan] Sorry, that's incorrect.

(beeping sound) Garrett.

- Vitamin E. Vitamin E. - Sorry, that's also incorrect.

The answer we were looking for was vitamin C. (contestant murmuring) So, okay, we're gonna shake that one off, move on to our next 10 point toss up for both teams.

What river, whose delta is near the port town of Le Havre surrounds the Ile de La Cité and flows under the Pont Neuf and Pont Notre-Dame in Paris?

(beeping sound) Cohen.

- The Seine.

- That's correct for 10 points.

Here is your 20 point bonus question, Mater Dei.

Scenes from the "Passion of Christ" adorn the frame of what object that hangs on a wall between the man and woman and at Yon van Ike's Arnold Feeny portrait?

(buzzing sound) Nashville, you have a chance to steal.

(buzzing sound) The answer we were looking for was the frame of a mirror.

It's okay, we're gonna move on to our next 10 point toss up question.

What author who wrote about an IRS regional office in Peoria in "The Pale King" included almost 400 in notes in his lengthy novel, "Infinite Jest"?

(buzzing sound) The answer we were looking for for that one was David Foster Wallace.

(bell dings) That sound does mean it's the end of our game.

Mater Dei, congratulations.

You guys are our winners.

Nashville, thank you for coming back and playing again you guys played a great game as always.

And thank you Mater Dei for being here as well.

And of course, thank you all for watching at home.

Please join in next time on Scholastic HI-Q and we'll see you then (upbeat music)