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Mio AuSable vs. White Cloud
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And on this episode of Quiz Central, it's a first round game between Mio AuSable and White Club.
Coming up right after this.
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- [Mathew] Let's get today's match underway.
Here's your first question on Quiz Central.
(bell rings) - Theodore Roosevelt.
- [Mathew] That is correct.
(bell rings) - Crimson.
- [Mathew] Yes.
That answer is correct.
(bell rings) - Patella.
- [Mathew] correct.
Traverse City Central, congratulations on being our season 15 champions.
(audience applauding) Hello everyone.
I'm Matthew Ozanich.
And welcome to the 16th season of Quiz Central.
This season, our teams will be independently challenged with the same set of questions.
The school that answers the most questions correctly will advance to the next round.
At the end of the season, four Quiz Central seniors will receive a scholarship provided by the CMU Bookstore.
This week the Blue Division takes center stage.
So without further ado, let's get today's match underway.
Our first round is the Maroon and Gold Rush.
Each team will have two minutes to answer as many questions as they can.
Each correct answer is worth 10 points and there is no point deduction for incorrect answers.
Students will be able to consult with each other on each question, but we'll be taking final answers solely from the team's captain.
Mio AuSable, here comes your first question in today's Maroon and Gold Rush round.
What novel in which a parade for the Pope of Fools is stopped by Claude Frolo, was written by Victor Hugo about Qausimodo's life in a cathedral?
- Hunchback of Notre-Dam.
- [Mathew] Correct.
What character's perceived callousness at his mother's funeral becomes evidence against him at his murder trial in Albert Camus' novel The stranger.
- We have no answer.
- [Mathew] No answer?
Moving on.
In 1899, what woman who called herself a bulldog, running along at the feet of Jesus, began attacking Saloons with a hatchet during a temperance crusade?
- Joan of Arc.
- [Mathew] Incorrect.
Onto the next question.
According to a popular superstition, if a composer finishes a symphony of what number, it is destined to be their last symphony?
Maya, do we have an answer?
- 13.
- [Mathew] Incorrect.
Moving on.
What form of light makes up over half of the solar energy earth receives and has wavelengths up to millimeter just longer than visible light?
- Ultra violet light.
- [Mathew] Incorrect.
Onto the next question.
What term refers to the amount of product obtained from a chemical reaction, which can be expressed as a percentage of the theoretical maximum?
- Sorry.
We have no answer.
- No answer?
Moving on.
What novel ends by describing a tranquil waterway?
(bell rings) Oh, sorry.
That bell indicates the end of the first round.
A tough first round.
Mio AuSable you were able to get one question correct on that for a total of 10 points after the first round.
Let's quickly recap the questions that you missed in this round.
The character's perceived callousness at his mother's funeral.
We're talking about Marceau, was the one there.
The 1899 woman who used that hatchet as a part of her temperance crusade was Carry Nation.
If a composer finishes their ninth symphony that is destined to be their last...
So "ninth" was the one we were looking for there.
That form of light that makes up over half of the solar energy the earth receives.
We were looking for "infrared" or "IR."
And that last question.
What term refers to the amount of product attain from a chemical reaction?
We were looking for "yield."
"Yield," on that one.
White Cloud, here comes your first question in today's Maroon and Gold Rush What novel in which a parade for the Pope of Fools is stopped by Claude Frolo, was written by Victor Hugo about Quasimodo's life in a cathedral?
- The Hunchback of Notre-Dam.
- [Mathew] Correct.
What character's perceived callousness at his mother's funeral becomes evidence against him at his murder trial in Albert Camus' novel, The Stranger?
- Pass.
- [Mathew] Pass?
On to the next question.
In 1899, what woman, who called herself a bulldog, running along at the feet of Jesus, began attacking saloons with a hatchet during a temperance crusade?
- Pass.
- [Mathew] Pass?
Onto the next question.
According to a popular superstition, if a composer finishes this symphony of what number it is destined to be their last symphony?
- Ninth.
- [Mathew] Correct.
What form of light makes up over half of the solar energy earth receives and has wavelengths up to one millimeter just longer than visible light?
- Infrared light.
- [Mathew] Correct.
What term refers to the amount of product attained from a chemical reaction, which can be expressed as a percentage of the theoretical maximum?
- Pass.
- [Mathew] Pass?
Onto the next question.
What novel ends by describing a tranquil waterway that contrasts with an African river traversed by Charles Marlow and it was written by Joseph Conrad?
- The Heart of Darkness.
- [Mathew] Correct.
In 1939, what women's association prevented African-American opera singer Marian Anderson from performing at Constitution Hall in Washington, DC?
- The Daughters of Liberty.
- [Mathew] Incorrect.
Onto the next question.
What explore may have landed at L'Anse aux Meadows to establish a settlement in Finland, becoming the first known European to land in North America?
- Leif Erikson.
- [Mathew] Correct.
In economics what term refers to "costs of a good," such as pollution from factories, that are born by a third party rather than the buyer or seller?
- Subsidy.
- [Mathew] Incorrect.
(bell rings) Oh, incorrect.
And that bell indicates the end of the round.
White Cloud, great job in that opening around.
You got, let's count 'em up, one, two, three, four, five, correct answers, for a total of 50 points after your Maroon and Gold Rush round.
Those questions that we missed.
That character from the stranger, we were looking for was Marceau.
That in 1889 it was Carry Nation who ran around attacking saloons in support of the temperance movement.
Let's see.
The term that refers to the amount of product attained from a chemical reaction.
We were looking for "yield".
And that women's association that prevented African-American opera singer Marian Anderson from performing.
We were looking for The Daughters of "The American revolution."
That was the one we were looking for there.
And that last question, that economics question, we were looking for "externalities."
So White Cloud, great job in your opening round.
With one round in the books, let's take a moment now and meet our contestants from each of today's schools.
We'll begin with today's competitors from Mio AuSable.
- Hello.
I am Spencer Clover.
I am a junior and I run cross and I'm interested in computer engineering.
- Hello.
My name is Anthony Henderson.
I am a sophomore and along with Knowledgeable I do Michigan Youth and Government.
- Hi, my name is Katie Mitchell.
I'm a senior and my favorite flower is brown-eyed Susan.
- Hi, my name is Rachel Berenger.
I'm a freshman.
I'm vice president of my class and I love science.
- Thank you.
Now let's meet our next team in today's competition, the students from White Cloud.
Take it away.
- I am Parker Karnes.
I'm a senior at White Cloud High School and I play in Quiz bowl and run cross country.
- My name is Janessa Shepherd.
I'm a senior at White Cloud High School and I've been in Quiz bowl since sixth grade.
- Hi.
My name is Anthony Salisa Toria.
I am a junior at White Cloud High School and I play football and run track.
- My name is Malachi.
I run cross, and I'm also in Quiz bowl.
- Well, now that we've had a chance to meet everyone let's head into the next round of competition, The Perfect Ten.
In this round each team will be given a category and they'll have 60 seconds to answer as many questions as they can.
Teams can still consult on each question and I'll be taking the final answers from the captains.
Mio AuSable, your perfect 10 for today is Crosses.
Give these words or phrases that start with "cross."
So again, Crosses.
Give these words or phrases starting with "cross."
60 seconds on the clock.
Mio AuSable, your perfect 10 round begins now.
William Jenning's Bryan speech promoting bi-mentalism.
- Cross of Gold.
- [Mathew] Correct.
Puzzle edited for the New York times by Will Shortz.
- Crossword.
- Crossword.
- [Mathew] Correct.
Operation on two vectors yielding another vector.
- No answer.
- [Mathew] No answer?
Moving on.
Weapon used by the French at The Battle of Crecy?
- Crossbow.
- [Mathew] Correct?
The interrogation of a witness called by one's opponent?
- Cross-examination.
- [Mathew] Correct.
The intersection of a solid object and a plane.
- Cross-hatch.
- Incorrect.
An animal like a labradoodle- - Crossbreed?
- [Mathew] Or cockapoo.
Crossbreed is correct.
So we'll give you that one.
Great job Mio AuSable.
One, two, three, four, five correct answers in that Perfect Ten, which brings your total, after two rounds, to 60 points.
Those Perfect Ten questions that you miss, the operation on two vectors yielding another vector.
We were looking for a "cross-product," and the intersection of a solid object and a plane, we were looking for "cross-section," is the one that we're looking for there.
Other than that great Perfect Ten round Mio AuSable and you currently, after two rounds, have 60 points.
All right, White Cloud, here's your first question in your Perfect Ten.
60 seconds on the clock.
William Jennings, Bryan speech promoting bi-mentalism?
- Cross of Gold Speech.
- [Mathew] Correct.
Puzzle edited for the New York times by Will Shortz?
- Crossword.
- [Mathew] Crossword.
Correct.
Operation on two vectors yielding another vector.
- Cross-product.
- [Mathew] Correct.
Weapon used by the French at the battle of Crecy?
- Crossbow.
- [Mathew] Correct.
The interrogation of a witness called by one's opponent?
- Cross-examination.
- [Mathew] Correct.
The intersection of a solid object plane?
- Pass.
- [Mathew] An animal like a labradoodle or a cockapoo?
- Cross-breed.
- [Mathew] Crossbreed's correct.
Wear of clothing designed for another gender.
- Cross dressing.
- [Mathew] Correct.
Poem by Alfred Lord Tennyson that opens, "Sunset and evening star...?"
- Pass.
- Pass.
Bonds that polymer chains formed in vulcanization?
(bell rings) White Cloud, you guys had a fantastic Perfect Ten round.
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven correct answers brings your total, after two rounds, to 120 points.
White Cloud, those perfect 10 answers that we missed, there was only a couple of 'em.
The intersection of a solid object and a plane.
We were looking for a "cross-section."
That poem by Alfred Lord Tennyson was Crossing The Bar.
And that last one, that bonds that connect polymers formed in vulcanization.
We were looking for "cross-links."
"Cross-links" was the answer we were looking for there.
With two rounds in the books, thus far, White Cloud is in the lead with 120 points and Mio AuSable is trailing with a score of 60 as we head into our third round of the day, the Homestretch round.
I'll be asking each team a series of questions.
The teams will be able to consult with each other but I'll be taking final answers from the captains.
Mio AuSable, here comes your first question in today's Homestretch.
What rebel, whose followers tried to seize the federal armory at Springfield Massachusetts, led a namesake rebellion against excessive taxes in 1787.
- Striker Rebellion.
- [Mathew] Incorrect.
Onto the next question.
What literary character asks "Do I dare to eat a peach?"
and "Do I dare disturb the universe?"
in a love song by Ts Eliot?
- No answer.
- [Mathew] No answer?
Moving on.
What law first stated in a Latin anagram is usually written as f = kx, and gives the restoring force on a compress or extended spring?
- No answer.
- [Mathew] No answer.
Moving on.
In what leads single from the 2020 album, Future Nostalgia, does Dua Lipa advise the listener, "Don't show up, don't come out and walk away.
You know?"
- Sorry.
No answer.
- [Mathew] No answer?
Onto the next question.
What author wrote about the suicidal patient Billy Bibbet as well as nurse Ratchet and Randall McMurphy in his novel One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest?
- Mark Twain.
- [Mathew] Incorrect.
Onto the next question.
What Spanish friar criticized the Encomienda system and the atrocities against indigenous people in a short account of The Destruction of The Indies?
- Sorry.
No answer.
- [Mathew] No answer?
Moving on.
What river, which flows through Wichita and Tulsa, shares its name with a state whose cities include Fort Smith, Pine Bluff and Little Rock?
- Arkansas.
- [Mathew] Correct?
Which author created Tom Winfield and his painfully shy sister, Laura, who was visited by gentlemen caller, Jim in a 1940 play?
- Sorry.
No answer.
- [Mathew] No answer?
Moving on.
What deity who is served by the ganas at Mount Kailash is a blue-throated destroyer god, who has joined in the Hindu Trimurti by Brahma and Vishnu?
(students whispering) - Hashna.
- I'm sorry.
Incorrect.
(bell rings) And that bell signifies the end of the round.
Mio AuSable, a very tough Homestretch round.
Those were some tough questions.
You were able to get one right for a total of 10 points, which brings her total, at the end of three rounds, to 70 points.
So let's go over those questions that you missed.
That rebel who had that namesake Rebellion, Daniel Shays.
We were looking for a Shays' Rebellion.
The literary character who asks, "Do I dare eat a peach?"
from that love song by T. S. Eliot.
We're looking for J. Alfred Prufrock.
The law first day in the Latin Anagram that is usually written as f = kx.
That is Hooke's law.
That 2020 single from Dua Lipa, Don't Start Now.
The author of One flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest?
We were looking for "Ken Kesey."
That Spanish friar that criticized the Encomienda was La Casas, was the one we were looking for there.
And that very last one, the author who created Tom Wingfield, Tennessee Williams and the deity who was served by the ganas at Mount Kailash and joined the Hindu Trimurti was Shiva.
We were looking for "Shiva," for that one.
White Cloud, here comes your first question in today's Homestretch round.
What rebel whose followers tried to seize the federal armory at Springfield Massachusetts, led a namesake rebellion against excessive taxes in 1787?
- Shays' Rebellion.
- [Mathew] Shay's is correct.
What literary character asks, "Do I dare to eat a peach?"
And "Do I dare disturb the universe?"
In a love song by T. S. Eliot?
- J. Alfred Prufrock.
- [Mathew] Correct.
- What law first stated in a Latin anagram is usually written as f = kx, and gives the restoring force on a compressed or extended spring?
- Hooks law.
- [Mathew] Correct?
In what leads single, from 2020 album future nostalgia, does Dua Lipa advise the listener, "Don't show up, don't come out and walk away.
You know how?"
- Pass.
- [Mathew] Pass?
Onto the next question.
What author wrote about suicidal patient Billy Bibbet, as well as nurse Wretched and Randall McMurphy, in his novel One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest?
- Angelo.
- [Mathew] Angelo is incorrect.
On to the next question.
What Spanish friar criticized the Encomienda system and atrocities against indigenous peoples in his A Short Account of The Destruction of The Indies?
- Pass.
- [Mathew] Pass?
Onto the next question.
What river, which flows through Wichita and Tulsa, shares its name with a state whose cities include Fort Smith, Pine Bluff and Little Rock?
- Arkansas river.
- [Mathew] Arkansas is correct.
Which author created Tom Wingfield and his painfully shy sister Laura, who has visited by gentleman caller Jim in a 1940 right play?
- Tennessee Williams.
- [Mathew] Tennessee Williams is correct.
What deity, who is served by the ganas on Mount Kailash, is a blue-throated destroyer god, who has joined in the Hindu tremor tree by Brahma and Vishnu?
- Pass.
- [Mathew] Pass?
onto the next question.
What American artists depicted his mistress Joanna Heffernan in symphony and white Number one, The White Girl?
- Pass.
- [Mathew] Pass?
Onto the next question.
What regular polygon whose diagonal length equals the golden ratio times its side length, has 108 degree internal angles and has five sides?
- Pentagon.
- [Mathew] Pentagon is correct.
What term from the Greek to put under, refers to a proposed explanation or result that is tested in a scientific experiment?
- Pass.
- [Mathew] Pass?
Onto the next question.
What field of study with biological, cultural and linguistic sub-fields was practiced by Margaret Mead and focuses on human behavior and societies?
- Anthropology.
- [Mathew] Anthropology is correct.
What European dynasty included Charles V, who advocated as Holy Roman emperor in 1555 in favor of his son Philip II?
- The Carolingian.
- Incorrect.
Onto the next question.
(bell rings) Oh, sorry.
There will be no next question because that bell indicates the end of the round.
White Cloud, you did phenomenal and your Homestretch around.
Let's add 'em up.
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven.
Seven correct answers for a third round total of 190 points.
So let's quickly go over those questions you missed here in the Homestretch round.
That leads single from Dua Lipa's 2020 album we were looking for was Don't Start Now.
The author of One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest was Ken Kesey.
That fit Spanish friar was La Casas.
That was the one we were looking for there.
The deity, that Hindu deity we were looking for, was Shiva.
The American artist who depicted his mistress, Joanna Heffernan, was James Whistler.
And the term from the Greek for "to put under" is hypothesis.
And that last one we didn't get to, but we were looking for the Habsburg Dynasty on that last question.
With a score of, White Cloud, 190 and Mio AuSable 70, we now had into the final countdown.
Contestants will have two minutes to answer as many questions as they can.
Each correct answer is still worth 10 points.
Teams can consult on each question and answers will be coming from the captain.
Mio AuSable, let's enter your Final countdown on today's episode of Quiz Central.
Two minutes on the clock.
What city, home to the Frank Gehry designed dancing house, is the most populous on the Vltava river and as the capital of the Czech Republic?
- No answer.
- [Mathew] No answer.
Moving on to the next question.
Which Greek god of archery was worshiped at the Oracle of Delphi?
- Apollo.
- [Mathew] Correct?
What river, after which the Harappan Civilization is also named, flowed past the ancient city of Mohenjo-daro and is the longest river in Pakistan?
- The River Jordan.
- [Mathew] Incorrect.
Moving on.
What leader was targeted by the July 20 plot, in which Klaus Von Stauffenberg tried to kill him with a bomb, in the Wolf's Lair headquarters?
- Adolf Hitler.
- [Mathew] Correct.
What country, in which 241 US military personnel were killed in an October, 1983 bombing, has a Cedar tree on its flag and is led from Beirut?
Maya, do we have an answer?
- Sorry.
No answer.
- [Mathew] No answer?
Moving on.
In evil brain called IT controls the planet of Camazotz, in what Methylene Lingle novel about Meg Murray's quest to rescue her father?
- A Wrinkle in Time.
- [Mathew] Correct.
What city whose monument Avenue featured five Confederate statues, including one of Robert E. Lee that was removed in 2020 is Virginia's capital?
- Richmond.
- [Mathew] Correct?
(bell rings) Oh, and with that bell, that signifies the end of the Final Countdown.
Great job in that final countdown, Mio AuSable.
One, two, three, four, correct answers for 40 points, which brings your Quiz Central total to 110 points at the end of four rounds.
So let's quickly go over those questions that you missed in today's Final Countdown.
The city that's home to Frank Gary's dancing house and is the Capitol of the Czech Republic.
"Prague" is the one we were looking for there.
The longest river in Pakistan is the Indus river.
The country that is led from Beirut.
It's capitalism, Beirut.
We were looking for "Lebanon."
That was the one that we were looking for there.
So those are the only questions you missed in the final countdown.
So Mio AuSable, after four rounds of play your final quiz central score for today is 110 points.
White Cloud, here's your first final countdown question.
What city, home to the Frank Gehry Design Dancing House, is the most populous on the Vltava river and is the Capitol of the Czech Republic?
- Prague.
- [Mathew] Prague is correct.
Which Greek god of archery was worshiped at the Oracle of Delphi?
- Apollo.
- [Mathew] Apollo's correct.
What river, after which the Harappan Civilization is also named, flowed past the ancient city of Mohenjo-daro and as the longest river in Pakistan?
- Tigris.
- [Mathew] Tigris is incorrect.
Onto the next question.
What leader was targeted by the July 20 plot, in which Kloss fond Stauffenberg tried to kill him with a bomb, in the Wolf's Lair headquarters?
- James I.
- [Mathew] Incorrect.
Onto the next question.
What country, in which 241 US military personnel were killed in an October, 1983 bombing, has a Cedar tree on its flag and is led from Beirut?
- Lebanon.
- [Mathew] Lebanon is correct.
An evil brain called IT controls the Planet of Camazotz in what Meddling Lingual novel about Meg Murray's quest to rescue her father?
- A Wrinkle in Time.
- [Mathew] A Wrinkle in Time is correct.
What city whose monument Avenue featured five Confederate statues, including one of Robert E. Lee, that was removed in 2020, is Virginia's capital?
- Pass.
- Pass?
Onto the next question.
Evidence for the big bang includes background radiation, named for its peak and what low frequency region of the electromagnetic spectrum?
- Pass - Pass?
Onto the next question.
What modern country is the site of the colossal held heads built in San Lorenzo by the Omex, as well as the pyramid of the sun built by the Aztecs?
- Peru.
- Peru is incorrect.
On to the next question.
What has had the most female governors including such women as Janet Napolitano (bell rings) and Jan Brewer?
And in that final countdown, White Cloud, you were able to get four correct answer for a total of 40 points, which brings your total, after four rounds of Quiz Central competition, to 230 points.
Those questions that you missed in the final countdown were, the longest river in Pakistan is the Indus river, the one we were talking about there.
That leader who was targeted in that July 20th plot by Klaus found Stauffenberg.
We're looking for Adolf Hitler.
The city that is the capital of Virginia was "Richmond" we were looking for.
Evidence for the big bang, includes background radiation.
We were looking for "microwave radiation" in that one.
The modern country is the site of the colossal heads was Mexico.
And that state with the most female governors was Arizona.
After four rounds of competition.
Our final score is White Cloud, 230 and Mio AuSabal, 110.
Congratulations to White Cloud.
You'll be advancing to our next round of competition.
And we wanna thank Mio AuSable for a hard-fought match.
They ran into some tough questions and some tough competition here today.
Seniors, good luck to all of you on your future endeavors underclassmen.
We hope to see you next season on Quiz Central.
And we hope all of you will join us on our next episode of Quiz Central as two more schools compete for the season 16 title.
And a reminder, all episodes of quiz central are archived online at wcmu.org.
From the crew here at WCMU public television, thank you for watching and we'll see you all right back here on the next episode of Quiz Central.
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