(lively music) (lens chirping) (lively music) (energetic music) (energetic music intensifies) - Welcome to Scholastic Hi-Q, the game where knowledge rules.

I'm your host, Ethan Neir, and we have our second semifinals matchup in store for you today.

Which one of these teams is gonna move on to fight Calloway?

Let's find out.

On the bottom we have Carbondale, with Theodor, Danial, Jay, and Clark.

And up top we have Metro-East with Harry, Silas, Mary, and Josh.

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

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

Each of those is worth 10 points.

If they get it right, they move on to the 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 5 points for the other team.

So just make sure you're right, okay?

We're all ready, you all understand the rules?

Let's get into the questions.

What man led troops to Williamsburg in the Gunpowder Incident in 1776, became Governor of Virginia, and said "Give me liberty or-" (buzzer beeps) Harry?

- Patrick Henry.

- Patrick Henry is correct, well done.

For your bonus, in 2022 what country, led by an autocrat nicknamed "Europe's last dictator," allowed Russian forces to invade northern Ukraine from its territory?

- Belarus.

- Belarus is correct.

Well done.

For the next question, what species preyed on the moose population on Isle Royale?

(buzzer beeps) Silas?

- Killer whales.

- [Ethan] Killer whales is incorrect.

I'll read the rest of the question.

On Isle Royale, altered ecosystems when reintroduced to Yellowstone, and are closely related to dogs?

(buzzer beeps) Danial?

- Wolves.

- Gray wolves is correct, well done.

For your bonus, Purdue Pharma developed what narcotic, whose popularization in the 1990s helped spark the opioid epidemic?

(team members chatter) - OxyContin.

- OxyContin is correct.

Well done.

For the next toss-up, what character who repeats his own name in "Largo al factotum-" (buzzer beeps) Silas?

- Figaro.

- Figaro is correct.

Well done.

For your bonus, a rotary engine's power output equals its angular velocity times what quantity, which is the rotational analog force?

- [Josh] Is it torque?

- Torque.

- Torque is correct.

Well done.

For the next toss-up, what novel, in which a cat knocks over Zeena's pickle dish- (buzzer beeps) Silas?

- Ethan Frome.

- Ethan Frome is correct, well done.

For your bonus, the young reporter George Willard lives in what small Midwestern town which titles a story collection by Sherwood Anderson?

- [Mary] Winesburg.

- Sure it's not Spartanburg?

- [Mary] Winesburg, Ohio.

- Winesburg.

- Winesburg, Ohio is correct, well done.

Next toss-up, what man who may have murdered his second wife, Poppaea Sabina, succeeded Claudius as Roman emperor in AD 54, and supposedly fiddled- (buzzer beeps) Mary?

- Nero.

- Nero is correct, well done.

For your bonus, what Canadian city, which hosts the largest international jazz festival, is home to a biosphere designed for Expo '67?

- [Josh] Montreal.

Just try it.

- Montreal.

- Montreal is correct.

Josh, very happy, since we were talking about the Habs before we started.

Well done.

For your next toss-up, what African country, whose leader is Salva Kiir, plans to move its capital to Ramciel from Juba, became independent in 2011 from its northern- (buzzer beeps) Silas?

- South Sudan.

- South Sudan is correct, well done.

For your bonus, what Islamic philosopher and doctor, who was called "The Commentator" for his writings on Aristotle, wrote "The Incoherence of the Incoherence"?

- I don't know this.

- [Josh] I don't know, just try Ibn Battuta.

- No.

- [Ethan] No?

Then Carbondale, chance to steal.

(team members chatter) - Al-Ghazni?

- Al-Ghazni is incorrect, the answer we're looking for was Averroes.

Averroes.

Next toss-up, what American composer of a "Short Symphony" and the ballet "Billy the Kid" was inspired by a Henry Wallace speech to write "Fanfare for the Common Man"?

(buzzer beeps) Silas?

- Copland.

- Aaron Copland's correct, well done.

For your bonus, what French sculptor, who designed a fountain for the United States Botanic Garden, worked with Gustave Eiffel on the Statue of Liberty?

- Starts with B?

- [Mary] I dunno.

(team members whisper) (timeout buzzer beeping) Sorry, you guys are all out of time.

Carbondale?

- Bartholdi.

- Bartholdi is correct, well done.

For your next toss-up, what author, who included "The Dialogue of Dogs" in his "Exemplary Novels", wrote of a hidalgo from La Mancha who tilts at- (buzzer beeps) Silas?

- Cervantes.

- Miguel de Cervantes is correct, well done.

For your bonus, the founder effect is a special case of what phenomenon that exasperates a population's bottlenecks and involves random changes in allele frequencies?

- Genetic drift.

- Genetic drift is correct.

Well done.

For the next question, what institution, which in 2022 returned the artwork "Temple Strut with a Salabhinka" to Nepal, hosts an annual gala, and- (buzzer beeps) Theodor?

- Metropolitan Museum of Art.

- Metropolitan is correct, well done.

For your bonus, what Puritan author depicted Christian's journey to the Celestial City in the allegory "The Pilgrim's Progress"?

- [Theodor] I think maybe Hawthorne.

- Hawthorne.

- [Ethan] Hawthorne is incorrect.

- [Silas] Bunyan.

- Not to be confused with Paul, Bunyan is correct.

Well done.

For your next toss-up, what leader, who chaired the UN committee that drafted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights also served from 1933 to 1945 as First Lady?

(buzzer beeps) Silas?

- Eleanor Roosevelt.

- Eleanor Roosevelt is correct, well done.

For your bonus, in 1898, what European country effectively deposed the Nguyen dynasty and assumed direct colonial control of Vietnam, which lasted until 1954?

- France.

- France is correct.

Well done.

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

This artist is known for her influence on the Nashville sound, and was awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement.

She recorded this hit song in 1961.

♪ Crazy ♪ Name this artist.

(buzzer beeps) Theodor?

♪ I'm crazy for feeling- ♪ - Aretha Franklin.

♪ So lonely ♪ - [Ethan] Aretha Franklin is incorrect.

(buzzer beeps) Harry?

- Ella Fitzgerald.

- Ella Fitzgerald is also incorrect.

The answer we're looking for was Patsy Cline.

Patsy Cline.

That'll take us back to the toss-ups.

What organelles, which in the 1950s were shown to consist mostly of a namesake RNA, have the task of translating- (buzzer beeps) Silas?

- Ribosomes.

- Ribosomes is correct.

For your bonus, what lunar Mare is where Ranger 8 crashed in 1965, and where the Eagle lander touched down during the Apollo 11 mission?

- Sea of Tranquility.

- Sea of Tranquility is correct, well done.

For your next toss-up, what novel, whose protagonist calls himself Desdichado while fighting at a tournament attended by Lady Rowena, was published- (buzzer beeps) Mary?

- Ivanhoe.

- Ivanhoe is correct, well done.

For your bonus, what country in the Pacific Ocean, whose island of Taveuni lies on the 180th meridian, is governed from Suva?

- [Josh] Tuvalu.

- Tuvalu.

- [Ethan] Tuvalu is incorrect.

Carbondale, chance to steal.

- [Team Members] Fiji.

Fiji.

- Fiji is correct, well done.

For your next question, what thinker, called the father of conflict theory in sociology for his idea of a dialectical materialism, analyzed- (buzzer beeps) Silas?

- Hegel.

- [Ethan] Hegel is incorrect.

I'll read the rest of the question.

Analyzed class relation in his "Das Kapital"?

(buzzer beeps) Theodor?

- Marx.

- Karl Marx is correct.

Well done.

For your bonus, Catholic Mass was recited only in Latin prior to the reforms of what most recent Catholic Church council, which was convoked in 1962?

(team members chatter) - Trent.

- [Ethan] Trent is incorrect.

Metro-East?

(team members chatter) - The Second Lateran.

- Will we accept the Second Lateran?

I don't believe so.

The answer we're looking for was Vatican the Second, or Vatican II.

So, it had the "two" right.

For the next toss-up, what physicist gave h-bar over 2 as the lower limit of the product of the standard deviations of position and momentum in his Uncertainty- (buzzer beeps) Clark?

- Heisenberg.

- Heisenberg is correct, well done.

For your bonus, what name is shared by a cult once called Aum Shinrikyo, a point that contains all others in a Jorge Luis Borges story, and a Hebrew letter?

(team members chatter) - Babel.

- [Ethan] Can you say that again?

- Babel.

- Babel is incorrect.

- [Silas] Aleph.

- Aleph is correct.

For your next toss-up, what painting technique, used to make "Women at the Well" by Paul Signac, was also pioneered by Georges Surat- (buzzer beeps) Harry?

- Pointillism.

- Pointillism is correct, well done.

And for your bonus, pencil and paper ready.

What is the cosine of a 270-degree angle?

- Zero.

- Zero is correct, well done.

For the next toss-up, what term, which refers to the period of exponential expansion of the universe, is used in economics- (buzzer beeps) Silas?

- Inflation.

- Inflation is correct.

Well done.

For your bonus, Publius was the pen name used in what set of 85 anonymous essays written to support the ratification of the Constitution?

- Federalist Papers.

- The Federalist Papers is correct.

For the next question, what element, whose most stable allotrope at standard conditions is a bright yellow solid, was- (buzzer beeps) Silas?

- Sulfur.

- Sulfur is correct, well done.

For your bonus, what poet, who wrote "Letters from the Black Sea" after being exiled by Augustus, described Arachne's transformation into a spider in his "Metamorphoses."

- [Silas and Mary] Ovid.

- Ovid is correct.

On to our next question, what structure contained a mural of Leonard Brezhnev kissing Erich Honecker, was crossed at Checkpoint Charlie, and- (buzzer beeps) Clark?

- Berlin Wall.

- The Berlin Wall is correct, well done.

For your bonus, Cooperstown, New York is home to the Hall of Fame of what sport, whose invention is erroneously credited to Abner Doubleday?

- [Clark] Hockey.

- [Theodor] Baseball.

(team members chatter) - [Theodor] It's not hockey, it's baseball.

- Baseball.

- Baseball is correct.

Come on, Mets.

Let's go, Mets.

For the next toss-up, what Southern state, where Chris Jones and Sarah Huckabee Sanders are 2022 gubernatorial- (buzzer beeps) Theodor?

- Arkansas.

- Arkansas is correct.

Well done.

For your bonus, what quantity of storage is equal to 1 million megabytes?

- [Danial] Think of, um, terabyte?

- [Jay] No, megabytes.

- [Danial] Petabyte.

- [Jay] Terabyte.

I'm thinking of terabyte.

- [Clark] (indistinct) Bigger than a terabyte.

- [Danial] Petabyte.

- [Jay] No, it's a terabyte.

- [Danial] Petabyte.

- [Jay] You sure?

(timeout buzzer beeps) - [Ethan] You guys are all out of time.

- [Silas and others] Terabytes.

- Can you say that again?

- Terabytes.

- Terabyte is correct.

Well done.

- [Contestant] 100 times 100 is- - For the next toss-up, what novel, in which Jim Conklin's death is observed by a, quote, "tattered man" and a young Henry Fleming, is centering- (buzzer beeps) Silas?

- "The Red Badge of Courage."

- "The Red Badge of Courage" is correct, well done.

For your bonus, what Shawnee chief formed a Native American alliance to oppose the US, but was killed by William Henry Harrison's army at the Battle of the Thames?

- Tecumseh.

- Tecumseh is correct, well done.

And that'll take us to our lightning round.

(thunder roars) (thunder roars) 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, Carbondale, since you guys are trailing in this one, you have the first pick at the litter.

Your choices are "Paintings and Artists," "Occupations," "Members of the House," and "O Canada!"

(team members chatter) - [Ethan] I have no favorite out of those four.

There is none that I like more than any else.

- [Danial] Do you think you could do House?

- [Theodor] I could do House.

I think.

- [Danial] You sure?

- [Theodor] I mean, not all of them.

- Do you think we could do Occupations?

- [Jay] I say Occupations.

Occupations.

- Occupations it is.

(Carbondale team laughs) Give the word ending in the letters E-R, but not "maker," that describes a person who creates and/or sells these items.

I'll give you 60 seconds on the clock, and count you down.

Three, two, one.

Structures made from wood?

- Carpenter.

- That's correct.

Maps?

- Cartographer.

- That's correct.

Contracts and other official notes.

- Lawyer.

- No, no, no.

Scribner.

- [Ethan] Scribner's correct.

Shorthand handwriting such as for a courtroom?

- Stenographer.

- That's correct.

Horoscopes?

- Astrologer.

- That's correct.

Cushions and covers for car seats?

- Pass.

- [Ethan] Knives and other eating utensils?

- Cutler.

- That's correct.

Candy and other sweets?

- Confectioner.

- That's correct.

Shoes?

This term also refers to people who repair them.

- Cobbler.

- That's correct.

Small items used for sewing and/or men's clothing?

- Tailor.

- [Ethan] That's incorrect.

Cushions for seats and, uh, cushions for covers and car seats?

- Oh, oh, uh, upholsterer?

- Upholsterer is correct, well done.

So, going a quick 9 out of 10 there.

The only one you guys missed was small items used for sewing and/or men's clothing, was haberdasher.

- Oh.

- Haberdasher.

All right, so 9 outta 10, picking up 90 points there.

Well done, Carbondale.

Metro-East, it's now your turn.

Your chance, or your choices are, "Paintings and Artists," "Members of the House," and "O Canada!"

- Should we do Paintings or Canada?

- [Josh] Canada.

Please, Canada.

Come on, say "Canada."

- [Harry] Come on.

- Canada.

- [Ethan] Yes!

Let's go!

"O, Canada!"

it is.

Answer the following questions about Canada.

I will give you 60 seconds on the clock, and count you down.

Three, two, one.

Its capital?

- Ottawa.

- That's correct.

Province whose only official language is French?

- [Harry] Quebec.

- [Josh] Quebec.

- Quebec.

- That's correct.

Rodent that is one of Canada's national animals?

- [Silas] Pass.

- [Josh] Beaver.

- [Ethan] Its federal police service?

- The Mounties.

- That's correct.

Popular dish consisting of French fries covered with cheese curds?

- Poutine.

- [Ethan] That's correct.

Its easternmost province?

- [Josh] British Columbia.

- British Columbia.

- That's incorrect.

Canada's only major league baseball team?

- The Blue Jays.

- That's correct.

Month when Canada Day is celebrated?

- December.

- That's incorrect.

Province that produces most of Canada's oil?

- Alberta.

- That's correct.

Its national summer sport, which predates ice hockey?

- Field hockey.

- That's incorrect.

Rodent that is one of Canada's national animals?

- Beaver.

Beaver.

- Beaver is correct.

Well done there, picking up 7 outta 10.

I believe we'll go over the ones you missed.

Its easternmost province, you guys named its westernmost province of B.C.

- [Silas] Newfoundland and Labrador, right?

- Newfoundland, yeah, is its easternmost.

And month when Canada Day is celebrated, is the same as America, it's July.

July the 1st.

And its national sport which predates hockey, created by native Canadians, it's lacrosse.

Lacrosse.

All right, so let's take a quick look at our scores after the lightning round.

Carbondale, you guys got 220, and 450 for Metro-East.

So, a hill to climb, Carbondale, but still half of the game left over.

That'll take us back to the toss-ups.

What second king, uh, what second son of King Atreus led the Spartan army in the Trojan War?

(buzzer beeps) Jay?

- Agamemnon.

- Agamemnon is incorrect.

Led the Spartan army in the Trojan War alongside his brother, Agamemnon, after the kidnapping of his wife Helen?

(buzzer beeps) Silas?

- Menelaus.

- Menelaus is correct.

For your bonus, what four words, which were "cried in a whisper" to Charles Marlow, were the last words spoken by Mr. Kurtz in Joseph Conrad's novella "Heart of Darkness"?

- "The horror.

The horror."

- "The horror.

The horror" is correct.

For your bonus, what shape, whose namesake coordinate system uses the coordinates z, phi, and r, is made by revolving a rectangle about- (buzzer beeps) Silas?

- Cylinder.

- Cylinder is correct.

For your bonus, the ophicleide was the precursor to what lowest-pitched standard orchestral brass instrument?

- Tuba.

- The tuba is correct.

Well done.

For your next toss-up, what kingdom, which Owain Glyndwr led in a revolt, is now a constituent UK country whose prince is heir apparent to the British throne?

(buzzer beeps) Harry?

- Wales.

- Wales is correct, well done.

For your bonus, Rochelle salts and quartz both exhibit what property in which mechanical stress exerted on a solid induces a voltage?

- Piezoelectricity.

- Piezoelectricity is correct, well done.

- For the next question, what most populous city along the Arno River is the capital of Tuscany and is widely considered to be the birthplace of the Italian Renaissance?

(buzzer beeps) Harry?

- Florence.

- Florence is correct.

Well done.

For your bonus, Corno Grande is the highest point in what mountain range that runs north-south along the Italian peninsula?

(Josh whispers) (timeout buzzer beeping) - Sorry, you guys are all outta time.

Carbondale?

Chance to steal.

- [Clark] Carpagio.

- The Carpagio.

- [Ethan] Carpagio is incorrect.

We were looking for the Apennine.

The Apennine.

for the next toss-up, what figure, who is depicted as the, quote, "The Mystic" in Gustav Holst's "The Planets" is the- (buzzer beeps) Harry?

- Neptune.

- Neptune is correct, well done.

For your bonus, what short story, whose protagonist is married to a physician named John, is by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, and depicts a young wife's madness?

- [Mary] "The Yellow Wallpaper."

- "The Yellow Wallpaper."

- "The Yellow Wallpaper" is correct, well done.

For your next question, what activist from Alabama disobeyed driver James F. Blake and sparked the 1955- (buzzer beeps) Josh?

- Rosa Parks.

- Rosa Parks is correct.

For your bonus, which organ's red pulp contains the cords of Billroth and filters old red blood cells out of the bloodstream?

- Spleen.

- The spleen is correct, well done.

For the next toss-up, what town, where Tom Keller is reinstated as sheriff by Mayor Hiram Lodge is the title home of Betty and Jughead in a CW show based on Archie- (buzzer beeps) Mary?

- Riverdale.

- Riverdale is correct, well done.

For your bonus, during his second stint as prime minister, which politician oversaw Britain's creation of a nuclear weapon and the coronation of Elizabeth II?

- [Harry] Churchill.

- Winston Churchill is correct, well done.

For the next toss-up, what objects, if they are non-rotating and uncharged, have a distance equal to the Schwarzschild radius between- (buzzer beeps) Silas?

- Black holes.

- Black holes is correct.

For your bonus, in the 2022 film "Thirteen Lives," Viggo Mortensen plays one of the divers who rescued a soccer team from a cave in what southeast Asian country?

(team members chatter) - Thailand.

- Thailand is correct.

Well done.

For your next toss-up, what surname is shared by Helmholtz in "Brave New World," and by a narrator who weds Mary Morstan after living at 221B Baker- (buzzer beeps) Silas?

- Holmes.

- [Ethan] Homes is incorrect.

After living at 221 Baker Street with Sherlock Holmes.

(buzzer beeps) Danial?

- Watson.

- Watson is correct, well done.

For your bonus, Bygul and Trjegul are an unusually large pair of what animals who pull the chariots of the Norse god Freyja?

- Cats.

- Cats is correct, well done.

For the next toss-up, which city, the target of the Doolittle Raid, was fire- (buzzer beeps) - [Harry] Tokyo.

- Tokyo is correct, well done.

For your bonus, a basic solution has a high concentration of what ion, written as OH minus?

- Hydroxide.

- Hydroxide is correct, well done.

Next toss-up, what polyhedron is dual to the cube, has 12 edges and 6- (buzzer beeps) Silas?

- Octahedron.

- Octahedron is correct.

For your bonus, Gustavo Arnal, who jumped to his death from a New York skyscraper, was the CFO of what struggling home goods retailer that became a meme stock in 2022?

- Bed Bath & Beyond.

- Bed Bath & Beyond is correct, well done.

For your next toss-up, what sea, which includes both the Pribilof Islands and Bristol Bay, is bordered to the south by the Aleutian Islands, and is to- (buzzer beeps) - Josh.

- The Bering Strait.

- [Ethan] The Bering Strait is incorrect.

And is to the west, and is to the west of Alaska?

(buzzer beeps) Theodor.

- The Bering Sea.

- The Bering Sea is correct, well done.

For your bonus, the golden age of what kingdom based in the Caucasus was led by Queen Tamar the Great, who ruled from 1184 to 1213?

(team members chatter) - Georgia.

- Georgia is correct.

Well done.

For the next toss-up, what film, set in Bedford Falls, depicts a guardian angel named Clarence- (buzzer beeps) Harry?

- "It's a Wonderful Life."

- "It's a Wonderful Life" is correct.

For your bonus, what author, who depicted a possessed car in the novel "Christine," published a number of novels using the pen name Richard Bachman?

- [Josh] Why would I know that?

(team members whisper) - Nothing.

- [Ethan] Carbondale?

Chance to steal.

- [Jay] He's saying it's Stephen King.

- [Danial] Gil Powers.

Gil Powers.

- Gil Powers.

- Gil Powers is incorrect.

It's perhaps the most famous horror author of all time, Stephen King.

Stephen King.

(team member clears throat) For the next toss-up, what novel, whose protagonist saves Sohrab, depicts the young Amir living in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan, and was written by Khaled Hosseini?

(buzzer beeps) Danial?

- "Kite Runner."

- "The Kite Runner" is correct, well done.

For your bonus, what scale named for an Italian scientist, assigns numbers from one to twelve to earthquakes, depending on their observed effects?

- Richter.

- Yeah, Richter.

- [Ethan] Richter is incorrect.

Metro-East, chance to steal.

- Um, it ends with I.

- [Josh] Medicelli.

(laughs) - Marsini.

- Marsini is incorrect.

The answer we're looking for was the Mercalli Intensity Scale.

For your next question, what substances, whose namesake bonding can be modeled using a, quote, "sea of delocalized electrons," tend to- (buzzer beeps) Jay?

- Plasma.

- [Ethan] Plasma is incorrect.

Tend to be malleable and ductile, and include iron?

(buzzer beeps) Josh?

- Metal.

- Metal is correct.

For your bonus, pop singer India Yelich, who released her debut single in 2022, is the younger sister of what artist behind the album "Solar Power"?

- Nothing.

- [Ethan] Carbondale, chance to steal.

- [Clark] Olivia Rodrigo.

(team members whisper) - Olivia Rodriguez.

- Olivia Rodrigo is incorrect.

The answer was Lorde.

Lorde.

For your next question, what observance beginning on the first day of Tishrei, or on the 1st of Tishrei, is the start of the Days of Awe, or High Holy Days, and uses shofars to celebrate the Jewish New Year?

(buzzer beeps) Harry?

- Feast of unleavened bread.

- [Ethan] Feast of unleavened bread is incorrect.

(buzzer beeps) Theodor?

- Rosh Hashanah.

- Rosh Hashanah is correct, well done.

For your bonus, in 1990, what country's dictator, Manuel Noriega, was deposed by a US invasion in Operation Just Cause?

(team members whisper) - [Clark] Chile.

- [Jay] Chile.

- [Ethan] Chile is incorrect.

- Panama.

- Panama is correct.

Well done, Josh.

(doorbell rings) And that bell means we are all outta time, so we'll take a look at the score.

And Metro-East, a very dominant performance here, 70-70, or 770, to Carbondale's 320.

So, Metro-East you got yourself a spot in the final versus Calloway.

Well done.

So, for all the people working very hard on our show today, I'm Ethan Neir, and I'll see you next week for the finals.

Thank you so much, and goodnight.

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