(light music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music continues) - Welcome to "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 our returning champion.

So, let's introduce our teams.

On the bottom, we have Cisne with Connor, Alex M, Alex P and Joshua, and up top, we have Metro-East, looking to defend that title, with Ethan, good name, Harry, Mary and Peter.

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

We'll start out with some toss up questions.

This is 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 be right and it won't be a problem.

All right, let's get into the questions.

In October, 2022, Alex King pled guilty to charges in the death of what man murdered when Derek Chauvin knelt on his neck in Minneapolis?

(buzzer rings) Peter.

- George Floyd.

- George Floyd is correct.

Hold on for your bonus.

The so-called is-ought problem was discussed by what Scottish philosopher as an empiricist who wrote an inquiry concerning human understanding?

- Hume.

- David Hume is correct.

Well done, Metro-East.

Next question.

What explorer who captained the HMS Resolution while trying to find the Northwest Passage was killed in Hawaii on his third voyage to the Pacific?

(buzzer rings) Mary.

- Cook.

- James Cook is correct.

Hold on for your bonus.

Battles like Poltava and Narva were fought in what 18th century war in which Peter the Great's Russian Empire defeated Sweden?

- Great Northern War?

- Maybe.

- Yeah.

- Great Northern War.

- The Great Northern War is correct.

Well done.

And for your next question, pencil and paper ready.

What is the sale price of a shirt if the shirt costs $30 before a 20% discount was applied?

(buzzer rings) Joshua.

- $24.

- $24 is correct.

Well done.

For your bonus, what term derived from the French describes the quality of a note that distinguishes different instruments such as a violin versus a flute?

- Key?

- [Ethan N] Key is incorrect.

Metro-East, a chance to steal.

- Embouchure?

- Embouchure is incorrect.

The answer we're looking for was timbre.

Timbre.

For the next question, what day of the week called al-ithnayn in Arabic and deftera in Greek has names in romance languages like lundi that refers to the moon?

(buzzer rings) Connor.

- Monday.

- Monday is correct.

Apparently somebody was paying attention in French class.

Well done.

For your bonus, in anatomy the adjective renal is used to describe things related to what organ?

- Kidney.

- Kidney is correct.

Well done, Joshua.

For your next tossup, what general who declared that Savannah was "his Christmas present for Abraham Lincoln" in 1864 ravaged Georgia during, Harry.

- [Harry] Sherman.

- William Sherman is correct.

Well done.

For your bonus, in which Olympic sport would one use an epee, a foil or a saber?

- [Harry] That's fencing.

- Fencing is correct.

Well done.

Next question.

What region of the EM spectrum is detected by the James Webb Space Telescope and has wavelengths between those of- (buzzer rings) Joshua.

- Ultraviolet.

- [Ethan N] Ultraviolet is incorrect.

I will reread the whole question again.

What region of the EM spectrum is detected by the James Webb Space Telescope and has wavelengths between those of radio waves and a visible light?

(buzzer rings) Ethan.

- Microwave.

- Microwave is incorrect.

The answer we're looking for was infrared, infrared radiation.

For the next question, what artist of "Madonna the Magnificat" painted the aura of spring, throwing a cloak over a nude goddess standing on a shell in- (buzzer rings) Harry.

- Botticelli.

- Sandro Botticelli is correct.

Well done.

For your bonus, what surname is shared by the husband and wife executed in 1953 by the US government two years after they were convicted of being Soviet spies?

- Rosenberg.

- Rosenberg is correct.

Well done, Metro-East.

Next question.

Activist Angela Davis advocates for abolishing what institutions at the site of the Attica Uprising in 1971, which also include Sing Sing and- (buzzer rings) Harry.

- Prison.

- Prison is correct.

Well done.

For your bonus, gluons mediate what fundamental force that holds the atomic nucleus together?

- Strong force.

- Strong nuclear force is correct.

Well done.

The next question.

What man made a covenant of the pieces pled with God to save, Peter.

- Abraham.

- Abraham is correct.

Well done, Peter.

For your bonus, what Englishman described the sky above the city of Chandrapur and the extraordinary Marabar Caves at the start of his 1924 novel "A Passage to India?"

- [Mary] Forster?

- EM Forster is correct.

Well done, Mary.

Your next toss up.

What gemstone is produced by the accumulation of the mostly aragonite substance nacre at the site of an injury or infection inside- (buzzer rings) Joshua.

- Pearl.

- Pearl is correct.

Well done.

For your bonus, what Belgian artist painted "The Treachery of Images," which shows a picture of a pipe above the phrase, "This is not a pipe."

- Jacquez.

- [Ethan N] Jacquez is incorrect.

Metro-East, a chance to steal.

(teammates whisper) (timer beeps) - Sorry, you guys are all out of time.

The answer we're looking for was Rene Magritte.

Rene Magritte.

The next toss up.

What composer of a symphony described as Beethoven's 10th- (buzzer rings) Harry.

- [Harry] Brahms.

- Johannes Brahms is correct.

Well done.

For your bonus, most of the world's Uyghur live in what autonomous region of China whose capital is Urumqi?

(teammates whisper) - Xinjiang.

- Xinjiang is correct.

Well done.

Notably, Mulan did nothing wrong in Xinjiang.

There is nothing that happened related to that region.

Your next toss up.

In what novel are daily physical jerks compulsory for members of the outer party in Oceana including Winston Smith, who is tormented- (buzzer rings) Mary.

- "1984."

- "1984" is correct.

Well done.

For your bonus, what bird, which has the longest wingspan of any extant bird, is shot by the narrator of the poem, "The Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner?"

- Albatross.

- Albatross is correct.

Well done, Peter.

The next question.

What British royal house which the Jacobites sought to restore included the king who lost power in the Glorious Revolution of 1688, James II?

(buzzer rings) Harry.

- Stuart.

- House of Stuart is correct.

Well done, Metro-East.

For your bonus, what Greek king of Epirus defeated Roman forces at the 280 BC Battle of Heraclea but retreated from Italy because he suffered heavy losses?

- Is it Pyrrhus?

- Yes.

- Pyrrhus.

- Pyrrhus is correct.

Well done.

Your next question.

What mathematician discovered the union bond in probability and is the namesake of an algebra system that only considers the values true and false?

(buzzer rings) Joshua.

- Pythagoras.

- [Ethan N] Pythagoras is incorrect.

(buzzer rings) Ethan.

- Turing.

- Turing is incorrect.

The answer we're looking for was George Boole.

George Boole.

The next question.

What country whose capital is on the Bagmati River has a non quadrilateral flag and is home to many Sherpas, some of whom- - [Peter] Nepal.

- Peter.

Nepal is correct.

Well done.

For your bonus, what former Army major played by Alan Ritchson on an Amazon show and Tom Cruise in two films narrates the crime thriller "Killing Floor" by Lee Child?

(teammates whisper) - Patton.

- [Ethan N] Patton is incorrect.

Cisne, chance to steal.

- Morgan Freeman.

- It was not Morgan.

The answer we're looking for was Jack Reacher.

Jack Reacher.

I heard someone say Jack Ryan, which is, I think also by the same author, but not?

- [Harry] I think so.

- Listen, they're all the same.

For your next toss-up, what hero ransomed an eye shard by the three Graeae sisters killed- (buzzer rings) Harry.

- Theseus.

- Theses is incorrect.

I'll reread the full question.

What hero ransomed an eye shard killed by the Graeae sisters, killed the monster Cetus to rescue Andromeda and beheaded the Gorgon, Medusa?

(buzzer rings) Connor.

- Hercules?

- Hercules is incorrect.

The answer we're looking for was Perseus.

Perseus like the Percy Jackson novels.

For your next toss up, what taxonomic class whose name comes from a Latin word for to cut into parts is the largest known class of animals and includes ants and wasps?

(buzzer rings) Joshua.

- Insecta.

- Insecta?

Insecta is correct.

Well done.

For your bonus, along with Santo Domingo, what other national capital is on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola?

(timer beeps) So, you guys are all outta time.

Metro-East?

- Port-au-Prince?

- Port-au-Prince is correct.

Well done.

And that will take us to our lightning round.

(thunder crashes) 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, Cisne, since you guys are trailing this one, you guys get the first pick.

Your choices are Literary Deaths, Revolts in the British Empire, Movie Quotes or Starts with Q.

- Movie Quotes.

- Movie Quotes it is.

Movie Quotes.

Given a quote from the AFI's top 100 list, name the movie it appears in.

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

Three, two, one.

"I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse."

- "Wolf of Wall Street."

- [Ethan N] That's incorrect.

"Mama always said life was like a box of chocolates."

- "Forrest Gump."

- [Ethan N] "Houston, we have a problem."

- "Apollo 11."

- [Ethan N] That's incorrect.

"Phone home."

- "ET."

- [Ethan N] "Rosebud."

- Pass.

- [Ethan N] "I love the smell of Napalm in the morning."

- "Saving Private Ryan."

- [Ethan N] That's incorrect.

"You're gonna need a bigger boat."

- "Jaws."

- [Ethan N] "You talking to me?"

- Pass.

- [Ethan N] "All right, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my closeup."

- Pass.

- [Ethan N] "Go ahead, make my day."

- Pass.

- [Ethan N] "Rosebud."

(bright music) - Pass.

- [Ethan N] "You talking to me?"

- "Saving Private Ryan."

- [Ethan N] That's incorrect.

"All right, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my closeup."

- "The Godfather."

- That is incorrect.

And "Go ahead, make my day."

(timer beeps) All out of time.

"I'm gonna make an offer he can't refuse," is "The Godfather."

"Houston, we have a problem," is "Apollo 13."

"Rosebud," is "Citizen Kane."

"I love the smell of Napalm in the morning," is "Apocalypse Now."

"You talking to me," is "Taxi Driver."

"All right, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my closeup," is "Sunset Boulevard."

And "Go ahead, make my day," is "Sudden Impact."

So, not too bad, Cisne, but now, Metro-East, it's your guys' turn to respond, and your choices are Literary Deaths, Revolts in the British Empire or Starts with Q.

- Literary Deaths.

- Literary Deaths it is.

Name the literary work in which these characters die.

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

Three, two, one.

Polonius who is stabbed by the prince of Denmark.

- "Hamlet."

- [Ethan N] Captain Ahab who drowns.

- "Moby Dick."

- "Moby Dick."

- [Ethan N] Myrtle Wilson, who is run over by Daisy Buchanan.

- "The Great Gatsby."

- "The Great Gatsby."

- [Ethan N] Lennie Small, who's shot by George Milton.

- "Of Mice and Men."

- [Ethan N] The title usurper who is killed by Macduff.

- "Macbeth."

- [Ethan N] Sydney Carton, who is guillotined.

- "A Tale of Two Cities."

- [Ethan N] That's correct.

An unnamed Arab man who's shot by Meursault.

- "The Stranger."

- [Ethan N] Randall McMurphy who's suffocated in a mental hospital.

- "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest."

- [Ethan N] That's correct.

Mary Dalton who is smothered by Bigger Thomas.

- "Native Son."

- [Ethan N] That's correct.

A Lily Bart who overdoses.

(exciting music) - Pass.

- I think that was the only one you guys passed on.

So, Lily, who overdoses.

Lily Bart who overdoses.

(exciting music) (timer rings) So, you guys are all out of time.

The answer you're looking for was "House of Mirth."

"House of Mirth."

Either way, well done Metro-East on that one.

Now, let's take a look at our scores after the lightning round.

We have Metro-East on top with 385 to Cisne's 95, but there's still plenty of time to catch up in the back half.

Back to our toss ups.

What group's song "Don't Shut Me Down" from their comeback album, "Voyage" was co-written by Bjorn Ulvaeus four decades after their song "Dancing Queen?"

- Abba.

- Peter.

Abba is correct.

Well done.

For your bonus, what particle discovered by James Chadwick consists of one up quark and two down quarks?

- That's neutron.

Neutron.

- Neutron is correct.

Well done.

- You got it.

- The next question.

What head of foreign volunteers in Uruguay's Civil War became the Hero of Two Worlds after the Redshirts' Expedition of the Thousand helped unify Italy?

(buzzer rings) Harry.

- Victor Emmanuel.

- [Ethan N] Victor Emmanuel is incorrect.

(buzzer rings) Alex.

- Smith.

- Smith is incorrect.

The answer you're looking for was Giuseppe Garibaldi.

Giuseppe Garibaldi.

For the next question, what author of the story collection "The Four Million" is known for stories with ironic endings like "Ransom of the Red Chief" and- (buzzer rings) Mary.

- O Henry.

- O Henry is correct.

Well done.

For your bonus, what company which provides coworking spaces had a failed IPO in 2019 after which its CEO, Adam Neumann, resigned?

- Airbnb.

- [Ethan N] Airbnb unfortunately is not correct.

Cisne, the chance to steal.

- [Alex P] Lyft.

- Lyft is incorrect, as well.

The answer we're looking for was WeWork.

WeWork.

The next question.

What is the most populous city that uses the ORCA card, a transit card used by commuters from Tacoma and other cities along the Puget Sound in Washington?

(buzzer rings) - Seattle.

- Peter.

Seattle is correct.

Well done.

For your bonus, what arm of the Mediterranean Sea lies between the Italian Peninsula and the Balkan Peninsula?

- [Harry] Aegean?

- Aegean is incorrect.

Cisne, the chance to steal.

(timer buzzes) Sorry, you guys are out of time.

The answer you're looking for was the Adriatic Sea, and it seems like Harry might have known the answer to that one.

That'll take us to our next question.

What Southeast Asian country which was ruled by the Chakri Dynasty, King Rama IX for 70 years was historically known by the name Siam?

(buzzer rings) Peter.

- Thailand.

- Thailand is correct.

Well done.

For your bonus, what type of blizzard that gave Buffalo six feet of snow in 2022 occurs when a cold front travels over warm water such as the body next to Buffalo?

- Lakefront?

- [Ethan N] Lakefront is incorrect.

Cisne, the chance to steal.

- [Connor] Perry.

- Perry is incorrect.

The Chicagoans are very familiar with this.

It is a lake effect.

Lake effect.

Because every piece of weather that goes over Chicago is a lake effect.

It's wonderful.

For the next toss up, what group of elements that include francium contains the elements that are most likely to give up electrons and is also known as Group 1?

(buzzer rings) Ethan.

- Halogens.

- Halogen is incorrect.

(buzzer rings) Alex.

- Alkaline?

- Alkaline is incorrect.

The answer we're looking for is alkali.

Alkali.

The next question.

What author who wrote about Texas Marshall Jack Potter in "The Bridge Comes to Yellow Sky" also wrote the Civil War novel "The Red Badge of Courage?"

Mary.

- Stephen Crane.

- Stephen Crane is correct.

Well done.

For your bonus, what 1962 film which features a match cut from a blown out match to a desert sunrise stars Peter O'Toole as the title historical figure?

(timer buzzes) So, you guys are all outta time.

Cisne, the chance to steal.

(teammates whisper) - No answer.

- The answer we're looking for was "Lawrence of Arabia."

"Lawrence of Arabia."

The next toss up.

What politician whose six militia members plotted to kidnap in 2020 defeated Republican Tudor Dixon in 2022 to be reelected governor of Michigan?

(timer buzzes) Sorry, you guys are all outta time.

The answer we're looking for was it Gretchen Whitmer.

Gretchen Whitmer.

Next question.

What ancient civilization whose city of Hierakonpolis has the oldest known brewery and was the capital of its upper portion developed on the Nile?

(buzzer rings) Harry.

- Egypt.

- Egypt is correct.

Well done.

For your bonus, what South American country whose voters rejected a new progressive constitution in September, 2022 is led by Gabriel Boric?

(teammates whisper) (timer buzzes) Sorry, you guys are all out of time.

Cisne, the chance to steal.

- Argentina?

- Argentina is incorrect.

The answer we're looking for was Chile.

Chile.

And for your next question, pencil and paper ready.

What whole number of three inch long wooden blocks can be cut from a plank that is 40 inches long?

(buzzer rings) Harry.

- 13.

- 13 is correct.

Well done.

For your bonus, what play whose two parts are titled "Millennium Approaches" and "Perestroika" includes the death of lawyer Roy Cohn from AIDS and is by Tony Kushner?

(timer buzzes) Sorry, you guys are all at the time.

Cisne, the chance to steal.

- "Troinar."

- That is incorrect.

The answer we're looking for was "Angels in America."

"Angels in America."

For your next toss up, what city holds many sporting events at its Maracana Stadium is overlooked by Sugarloaf Mountain and hosted- (buzzer rings) Alex.

- Rio de Janeiro.

- Rio de Janeiro is correct.

Well done.

For your bonus, the most common scale of electro negativity was developed by what chemist who wrote "The Nature of the Chemical Bond?"

- Curie.

- Curie is incorrect.

Metro-East, chance to steal.

- Mendeleev.

- Mendeleev is incorrect.

The answer we're looking for was Linus Pauling and the Pauling Scale.

The next question.

What play in which the dying Dr. Rank attends a costume ball on the night that Nora leaves her condescending husband was written by- (buzzer rings) Mary.

- "A Doll's House."

- "A Doll's House" is correct.

Well done.

For your bonus, one of the grievances in the Declaration of Independence was what practice of forced recruitment of sailors into the British Navy?

- Impressment.

- Impressment is correct.

Well done.

For your next question, in what European country did 2023 general strikes protest a plan to raise the retirement age from 62?

Peter.

- France.

- Never doubt the French's ability to protest.

That is correct.

For your bonus, what literary character ultimately makes amends with his nephew Fred and becomes a second father to a boy known as Tiny Tim?

- Ebenezer Scrooge.

- Ebenezer Scrooge is correct.

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

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

On top, we have Metro-East over Cisne 533 to 105.

So, the returning champs seem to be taken.

We're picking up right where you left off.

Very well done.

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

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

Thank you so much and goodnight.

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