Mount Greylock Vs. Ware High January 10, 2026
Season 65 Episode 2 | 26m 46sVideo has Closed Captions
Mount Greylock Vs. Ware High January 10, 2026
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Mount Greylock Vs. Ware High January 10, 2026
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship>> Join us tonight as Mount Greylock Regional School goes up against where Junior Senior High School, the historic 65th season of Western New England's award winning high school quiz show continues tonight as schools match wits.
>> The members of the Massachusetts Teachers Association are working together to ensure that all students have the resources they need to succeed.
The MTA, a diverse union of education workers committed to the public schools and colleges our communities deserve.
>> You can see the difference from the first couple of minutes that you walk onto this campus.
You realize that it's not just a campus.
It's a community.
>> Good evening and welcome to As Schools Match Wits coming to you from the campus of Westfield State University.
I'm your host, Beth Ward.
Once again high schools from throughout our region are going head to head in qualifying matches to see who can score enough points to finish in the top eight and compete in this season's championship tournament.
In tonight's matchup, we have Mount Greylock Regional School going up against where?
Junior senior high school.
Let's meet the team.
Starting with where?
Coached by Nick Van Tangle.
>> Hi, my name is Andrew Bonilla and I'm a junior from Ware, Massachusetts.
>> Hi, my name is Maya Lamar.
I'm a senior from where?
Massachusetts.
Hi.
My name is Sophia and I'm a senior from Warren, Massachusetts.
>> Hi, I'm Bentley Parker.
I'm a freshman from Ware High School.
>> And from Mount Greylock, coached by Blair Dills.
>> Hi, I'm Dasha Gonzalez, and I'm a ninth grader from Mount Greylock.
>> Hi.
My name is Matteo Whalen Locks, and I'm a senior from Mount Greylock.
>> Hi.
My name is Ashley and I'm a senior from Mount Greylock.
>> Hi, I'm Jesse Thompson, I'm a senior at Mount Greylock, and our alternates are Miles Harris, a senior and Wilfred Lucas senior.
>> As we do each.
>> Match, we start off with the challenge round.
Both teams will have a chance to buzz in and answer questions for ten points each.
All right.
Let's begin with the first question of the evening.
In what system of the human body is the larynx a part of?
Mount Greylock?
>> Respiratory?
>> Yes, that is correct.
Mauritius, Seychelles and Reunion are all islands off the coast.
Of what continent?
>> Africa?
>> Yes.
That's correct.
When spelling out Alaska or Arkansas, both require three A's.
Name the U.S.
state that requires four A's.
When writing it.
>> Alabama.
>> Repeat, please.
>> Alabama.
>> Yes.
That's correct.
Moving on to the next question.
April 12th, 1861 saw the opening engagement of the American Civil War.
Confederate forces bombarded a Union held fort in Charleston, South Carolina.
After the Union refused to surrender it.
Name that fort.
Mount Greylock, Fort Sumter.
Yes.
That's correct.
The Two Towers is one of three novels which make up the series of books known as the Lord of the rings, which were written by what author?
Mount Greylock, J.R.R.
Tolkien.
Yes, that's correct.
Consider the functions y equals two x and y equals x squared.
How many solutions do their systems have?
Where.
>> Infinite.
>> I'm sorry.
That is incorrect.
All right.
Mount Greylock, that gives you the chance to answer two.
Canberra is to Australia as what city is to New Zealand?
Mount Greylock.
>> Auckland.
>> I'm sorry, that is incorrect.
Where?
That gives you the chance to answer.
>> Sydney.
>> Sorry.
The correct answer is Wellington.
Let's move on.
In NCAA football, how many yards is it from the goal line to the end line of the same end zone where.
>> 125.
>> Mount Greylock, can you answer 500?
>> Uh, a hundred yards.
>> Ten yards is the right answer there?
Which lunar phase immediately follows a new moon?
Is it waning gibbous.
Waxing crescent or waxing gibbous?
Where?
>> Yes.
That's right.
In texting the letters IDC.
Or an abbreviation for what?
Where?
>> I don't care.
>> Yes that's correct.
If you were spelunking, would you be jumping from an airplane?
Mount Greylock.
>> Exploring caves?
>> Yes.
That's correct.
Grab your pens for this one.
What is the next number in this famous sequence of numbers one, one, two, three, five, eight and Mount Greylock 13.
Yes, 13 is correct.
Which of the following South American countries does not border Brazil?
Is it Bolivia, Chile or Colombia?
Mount Greylock.
>> Chile.
>> Yes.
That's correct.
Listen to this literary line.
Once upon a time there were four little rabbits and their names were Flopsy, Mopsy, cottontail, and Peter.
It's the opening line of The Tale of Peter Rabbit.
By what author?
Time is up.
Beatrix Potter is the right answer there.
Name the board game in which players use tweezers to remove strange.
Where?
>> Operation.
>> Operation.
Body parts?
Yes, that is correct.
Listen to this sentence.
If you have a sore wrist for an extended period of time, you may need PT in that sentence.
What are the letters?
PT an abbreviation for physical therapy.
Physical therapy?
Yes.
That's correct.
Johannes Kepler published his Laws of Planetary Motion.
During which of the following centuries?
The 1500s, 1600s, or the 1700s.
Where?
>> 1600s.
>> Yes.
That's correct, 1609.
Name the capital city of the State of Illinois.
Where?
>> Chicago.
>> I'm sorry.
That is incorrect.
Mount Greylock.
That gives you the chance to answer the question.
Edina.
>> Indianapolis.
>> Springfield is actually the right answer.
Let's try this one.
If two angles of a parallelogram are each 64 degrees, what is the measure of either of the other angles?
Where?
>> 26 degrees.
>> I'm sorry, that is incorrect.
Mount Greylock, can you answer?
116 degrees is what we're looking for.
Listen to this sentence.
The police officer was commended for her benevolent service to the community.
spell the word benevolent.
Mount Greylock.
>> B e n e v o l e n t.
>> Yes.
That's correct.
Nice job.
The Cuban Missile Crisis occurred.
In which of the following years was it 1960, 1961 or 1962?
Mount Greylock.
>> 1961.
>> I'm sorry.
That is incorrect.
Where?
Can you answer the question?
1962 1962?
Yes.
That's correct.
Grab your pens for this one.
What's the next number in this numerical sequence?
39, 58, 77.
Blank.
Mount Greylock.
>> 9696.
>> Yes, that is correct.
And that marks the end of our challenge round.
Let's take a moment now to meet the team.
From where?
>> Hi, I'm Mackenzie Gaudet from Westfield State University.
We asked the team.
From where?
High school.
What's your least favorite assignment?
>> I'm sorry, but I have to plead the fifth.
>> I'm going to have to plead the fifth on this question.
>> I'm invoking my Fifth Amendment right.
I'm also going to have to plead the fifth on that one.
>> Let's move on now to the first lightning round of the match.
Each team will have a chance to buzz in and answer questions for five points each.
Buzz.
In answer correctly.
You win five points.
Answer incorrectly.
However, your team loses five points.
And then there were two in this round.
Each correct answer will come in the form of a famous pair.
You have 90s starting right now.
Two Sesame Street guys.
Mount Greylock.
>> Bert and Ernie.
>> Yes.
That's correct.
They went up a hill to fetch a pail of water.
Where?
>> Jack and Jill?
>> Certain type of sweet pickle.
Where dill bread and butter is the right answer there.
Popular chain of book retailers Mount Greylock.
>> Barnes and Noble.
>> Yes.
That's right.
Favorite breakfast of Sam-i-am.
Where?
>> Green eggs and ham.
>> Yes.
That's correct.
The two moons of planet Mars.
Mount Greylock.
>> Phobos and Deimos.
>> Yes.
That's correct.
Fictional siblings who ate pieces of a gingerbread house.
Mount Greylock.
>> Hansel and Gretel.
>> Explorers of the Louisiana Purchase.
Land.
>> Lewis and Clark.
>> Yes.
Correct.
Pair responsible for Cherry Garcia and fish food.
Where?
>> Ben and Jerry.
>> Ben and Jerry is right.
Famous Beatles songwriting duo.
>> Paul Lennon.
>> Lennon and McCartney are the right answer there.
The cat in the hat's twin helpers, Mount Greylock.
>> Thing one and thing two.
>> Yes.
That's correct.
Classic children's song.
Head, shoulders.
Blank and blank.
Where?
>> Knees and toes.
>> Yes.
That's right.
The full name of PBJ.
Mount Greylock.
>> Peanut butter and jelly.
>> Yes, that's right, Nintendo's famous gaming twin brothers.
>> Where Mario and Luigi.
>> They say together?
Yes.
Dynamic duo, whose names are Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson.
>> Where Batman and Robin.
>> Batman and Robin is right.
Cartoon owners of Perry the Platypus.
Correct answer.
There is Phineas and Ferb.
However, that bell marks the end of our first lightning round.
Let's continue on now with the capitalization round.
That's where teams get the chance to pick a category and a point value.
They'll need to answer a qualifying question first before they can continue on for points.
If they fail to answer that qualifying question correctly, their opponents will have the opportunity to capitalize and get those points right.
Where high school you are a bit behind.
That also means that you get the first opportunity to pick a category and a point value.
What's going to be.
>> Can we do arts and entertainment for 30, please?
>> You can Arts and entertainment for 30.
To qualify.
Take a look at your screens presented by the Recording Academy of the United States.
These prestigious awards, recognizing outstanding achievements in music, have been given out each year since 1959.
Name these awards the Grammy.
Yes, Grammy Award is correct.
Let's move on.
Let's see who you know from the 2019 Grammy Awards for ten points each.
Take a look at your screen first.
Runners up in the Best Pop Performance category included this musician with the song colors.
Name him.
>> John.
>> Correct answer.
There is Beck.
Let's try this one.
This singer was a runner up in the 2019 Best Pop Performance category for the song Better Now.
Name him.
>> Post Malone.
>> Yes, Post Malone is correct.
Finally, this singer was a runner up in the 2019 Best Pop Performance category for the song God Is a Woman.
Name her.
>> Ariana Grande.
>> Yes, that is correct.
Nice job.
Mount Greylock, your turn.
Please pick a category and a point value.
>> Math and science for 30.
>> Math and science for 30.
To qualify, you have picked the Westfield State University entrance exam.
Question, answer the qualifier and all the category questions correctly.
Your team wins an additional ten points.
All right good luck.
Here we go with the question.
Pick up your pens for this one and take a look at your screen expressed as an inequality.
What is the domain of this function x.
>> Zero.
>> Yeah I'm sorry.
>> Time is up okay.
Where high school can you capitalize.
>> X is greater than or equal to negative two.
>> Yes that is correct.
Let's move on.
Keep your pens handy as we continue with domains of functions.
These are for ten points each.
Take a look at your screen.
First tell me the domain of this function.
>> All real numbers.
>> Yes that's right.
What are the excluded values from the domain of this function.
>> Positive two.
>> Negative two, and positive two.
>> Yes.
That's correct.
And finally expressed as an inequality.
What is the domain of this function?
>> X cannot equal zero.
>> I'm sorry.
The correct answer is x is greater than five.
That was so close.
Very nice job.
On the other questions though.
Once again your turn to please pick a category and a point value.
>> Can we do literature for 30 please.
>> Literature for 30.
Your qualifying question.
Take a look at your screens once again.
In this Doctor Seuss story, this turtle, the king of the pond, stands on his subjects in an attempt to reach higher than the moon.
To qualify.
Name this story.
>> Yertle the turtle.
>> Yertle the turtle.
Yes.
That's right.
Let's move on.
Correct that Doctor Seuss title.
I'll give you a slightly incorrect title of a popular Doctor Seuss children's book.
For ten points each, you tell me the correct title.
Here's the first one.
How the Lorax Stole Christmas.
>> The Lorax.
>> I'm sorry, the correct answer is how the Grinch stole Christmas.
Here's the next one.
Try this thing one hears a who.
>> Horton hears a who?
>> Yes, that is correct.
And finally.
And to think that I saw it on Cranberry Street.
>> Mulberry Street?
>> Yes.
Mulberry Street is correct.
All right.
Mount Greylock, please pick a category and a point value.
>> Math and science 25.
>> Math and science for 25.
Here's your qualifying question.
Take a look at your screen.
Which of the inert gases has the electron configuration you see on the screen?
>> Helium.
>> Sticking with electron configurations for ten points each.
Take a look at your screen first.
It's the most abundant gas in Earth's atmosphere.
>> Nitrogen.
>> Yes.
That's right.
This element is one of two which make up table salt.
>> Sodium.
>> And finally, this one's for five points.
It's the basis for the study of organic chemistry.
>> Can we do arts and entertainment for 25, please?
>> Arts and entertainment for 25.
To qualify, take a look at your screen.
This 2019 film was based on the classic 1868 novel by Louisa may Alcott, named the film or the novel Little Woman.
>> Little Woman?
>> Yes, Little women is correct.
Let's move on.
Here are clues to several more films based on works of literature of the same or similar titles.
For ten points each, take a look at your screen.
Identify the author of the work from the choices you see first.
How to Train Your Dragon.
>> Cressida Cowell is the right answer there.
Let's try this next one.
James and the Giant Peach.
>> Roald Dahl.
>> Roald Dahl is correct.
And finally, this is for five points.
How about Dune, Frank Herbert?
Yes, that's correct.
Mount Greylock once again, pick a category and a point value.
>> World events for 30.
>> World events for 30.
Your qualifying question.
Take a look at your screen.
Once again, the Lincoln-Douglas debates were a series of US senatorial debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A Douglas that took place between August 21st and October 15th of 1858.
In which US state did these debates take place?
>> Pennsylvania.
>> I'm sorry, that is incorrect.
>> Where high school can you capitalize?
>> Virginia.
>> Illinois is actually the right answer there.
Okay.
Where once again, your turn.
>> Literature for 25, please.
>> Literature for 25.
Qualifying question.
The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County is a famous short story.
By what?
American humorist.
They're looking very quizzical.
I'm sorry.
Time is up.
All right.
Mount Greylock, can you capitalize?
>> Mark Twain?
>> Yes.
Mark Twain is the right answer.
Sticking with short stories.
I'll give you the incomplete title of a familiar short story and tell you the author for five points each.
Complete the following titles first.
The Snows of Blank by Ernest Hemingway.
>> Winter.
>> I'm sorry.
The correct answer is Kilimanjaro.
Here's this next one.
Of Mice and Blank by John Steinbeck.
>> Men.
>> Men is correct.
James Thurber's The Secret life of Walter Mitty.
Mitty is correct.
Fall of the House of Blank by Edgar Allan Poe.
>> Usher.
>> Usher is correct.
And finally, O. Henry's the blank of the Magi.
>> Gift.
>> Mount Greylock once again.
Your turn.
>> General knowledge for 25.
>> General knowledge for 25.
Qualifying question.
This American automobile company manufactures such models as the Bronco, Maverick, and Mustang.
Name the manufacturer.
>> Ford.
>> Yes, the Ford company is correct.
Sticking with car manufacturers, identify the country in which each of the following car brands were created for five points each.
Here's the first one.
Lexus, Subaru and Mazda.
>> Japan.
>> Japan.
>> Japan is correct.
Next one.
Audi, Mercedes-Benz and BMW.
>> Germany.
>> Germany is right.
How about Fiat, Ferrari and Maserati?
>> Italy.
>> Italy is correct.
Try Renault, Citroen and Peugeot.
>> France?
>> Yes, France is correct.
And finally, how about Kia and Hyundai?
>> South Korea.
>> We heard South Korea first.
Yes.
South Korea is the right answer.
Once again, please pick a category and a point value.
>> General knowledge for 30.
>> General knowledge for 30.
Qualifying question.
Take a look at your screen.
What is the base ten equivalent of the binary number 10001?
>> One times ten to the fourth.
>> I'm sorry.
>> That is incorrect.
All right, Mount Greylock, can you capitalize.
>> 33.
>> Correct answer is 17.
Mount Greylock once again, pick a category and a point value.
>> Social studies for 25.
>> Social studies for 25.
Your qualifying question which of the following US states does not lie west of the state of Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska.
Indiana or Minnesota?
>> Indiana?
>> It lies to the east.
Let's use the state of Illinois as a point of reference.
All name another US state.
You tell me if it lies east or west of Illinois for five points each.
Here's the first one.
>> East.
>> East.
>> Let's try this one.
West Virginia.
>> East.
>> East.
Yes.
That's correct.
How about Missouri West?
West is right.
Try Pennsylvania.
>> East.
>> East.
East is correct.
And finally, how about South Dakota?
>> West.
>> And that marks the end of our capitalization round.
Let's take a minute now to meet the team from Mount Greylock Regional School.
>> Hi, I'm Mackenzie Gaudet from Westfield State University.
We asked the team from Mount Greylock, what's your favorite school event every year?
>> So I'm part of the robotics team, and I really like our competitions because it's kind of like the close of our season and we spend months working together to build a robot, and then we get to compete with a whole bunch of other awesome schools.
>> Are favorite school event.
>> Would be the Halloween dance this year they had like a boy band going.
It was awesome.
People were in costume.
There were people who dressed up to be scarers in a hallway.
Loved it.
>> I would have to say that my favorite school event every year would be the Winter concert, because I play both jazz piano for the jazz band and percussion, and it's really cool to see how we as a group improve in music.
>> My favorite school event is the senior nights for all the sports as I play on the baseball team, and it's really fun seeing the seniors play the last game.
>> Let's move on now to the final lightning round of the match.
Each team will have a chance to buzz in and answer questions for five points each.
You know how this works.
Buzz in and answer correctly.
You win five points.
Your team loses five points.
Well, you'll need to be a speed freak in this round.
Each answer contains the letter sequence f r somewhere in it, as in the word speed freak, you have 90s starting right now.
Someone who identifies and corrects written errors.
Mount Greylock.
>> Proofreader.
>> Yes.
That's correct.
Chest for keeping food frozen.
Mount Greylock.
>> Freezer.
>> Goods carried by truck or train.
Mount Greylock.
>> Freight.
>> Freight is correct.
Italian pasta dish with creamy white sauce.
Mount Greylock.
>> Alfredo.
>> Alfredo is right to feel worried or troubled.
Mount Greylock fret.
Yes.
That's correct.
To revive or reinvigorate with rest, food or drink.
Mount Greylock.
>> Refresh.
>> Refresh or refreshment?
Yes.
The art of painting on wet plaster.
Mount Greylock.
>> Fresco.
>> Fresco is correct.
Being without anxiety or worry.
Mount Greylock.
>> Carefree.
>> Carefree is correct.
A highway without tolls.
Mount Greylock.
>> Freeway.
>> Freeway is right.
First name of Mr.
Mercury from the band Queen.
>> Where Freddie.
>> Freddie is correct.
Style of drawing without the aid of tracing devices.
>> Where freestyle.
>> Freehand is the right answer.
Small brownish spots on the skin.
>> Freckles.
>> Freckles is right.
Surname of Sigmund, founder of psychoanalysis, Mount Greylock.
Freud Freud is correct.
Liquid you'll find in inland lakes and ponds.
Mount Greylock.
>> Fresh water.
>> Fresh water is correct.
Person who behaves like a friend and a rival.
Where?
>> Frenemy.
>> Frenemy is right.
Old school name for a ninth grader are correct.
Answer.
There is freshman.
However, that bell marks the end of our last lightning round.
It also marks the end of our match.
What a fun match.
Our second match of the historic 65th season of as schools match wits where high school.
Great job, Mount Greylock whoever you always bring it.
And tonight you did.
Congratulations to you on a job well done to see this season's roster.
And for more information, be sure to log on to our web page at npr.org.
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I'm your host, Beth Ward.
Good night, and be sure to tune in again next time.
As schools match wits.
>> The members of the Massachusetts Teachers Association are working together to ensure that all students have the resources they need to succeed.
The MTA, a diverse union of education workers committed to the public schools and colleges.
Our communities deserve.
>> To excel is to recognize that you want to continue to grow and transform and evolve into a better person.
Westfield State is a fit for me because it's a campus that's big enough to host a community in which I can get to know different kinds of people.
>> The impact I want to leave at Westfield State is to be a leader, to get involved.
Each person has their own excellence.
>> Hold on.
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