(gentle music) (dramatic music) - Welcome to season eight of High School Quiz Show Maine.

16 teams began the season with hopes of winning the grand prize, which of today's teams will have their chance?

Will it be the Eagles of Mt.

Ararat High School?

(triumphant music) Or the Hawks of Marshwood High School?

(triumphant music) Find out next on High school Quiz Show Maine.

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(upbeat music) - Welcome to High School Quiz Show Maine, I'm your host, Todd Gutner.

Today, we will see whether Eagles or Hawks move on to the quarterfinals and then perhaps, fly all the way to the season eight championship and the $1,000 grand prize.

You see what we did there?

In our seventh match, we have a newcomer taking out a veteran, the Eagles of Mount Ararat in Topsham are making their first appearance on the show, and they would love to also make it all the way to the championship, but Marshwood is here for their sixth time and hope to add a second championship to their record.

(drumming music) Let's get things going by meeting the teams.

For Mount Ararat, we have Brady, Charles, Lyra, and Finn with alternates Ryan and Isaac, and coached by Jason Prince.

And for Marshwood, we have Maddie, James, Eva, and Mackie with alternates Max, and they're coached by Heidi Early-Hershey.

Our competition has four rounds.

The toss up round, the head to head round, and the category round, also the lightning round, that's the fun one.

We'll start with the toss up round, all answers are worth 10 points and this is the only round with no point deductions for wrong answers.

Players must wait for me to complete the question, and if one team answers incorrectly, the other team will be given a chance to answer.

Is everybody ready?

Okay, here's the first question.

Released by the South Korean entertainment company Pinkfong In 2015, which song has over 15 billion views on YouTube?

(buzzer dinging) Lyra.

- Baby Shark.

- Baby Shark is right.

What title character from a play by William Shakespeare says et tu, Brute just before he dies?

(buzzer dinging) Eva.

- Julius Caesar.

- Caesar, yes.

Smartphones and many motor vehicles are equipped with GPS technology.

In this context, what do the letters GPS stand for?

(buzzer dinging) Brady.

- Global Positioning System.

- Yes, you're right.

Which character in the Peanuts comic strip is known for pulling away the football just as Charlie Brown is about to kick it?

(buzzer dinging) Lyra.

- Lucy.

- Lucy, yes.

Up next we have a picture question, so please take a look at the monitor right over here.

Here's the question.

Born in Oakville, Alabama in 1913, this American track and field star won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, Germany during the height of Nazi rule.

He beat Adolf Hitler's best athletes, USA track and field named their top award after him, what is his name?

(buzzer dinging) Brady.

- Jesse Owens.

- Jesse Owens, yes.

Of the 435 voting members in the House of Representatives, how many represent the state of Maine?

(buzzer dinging) Maddie, Marshwood.

- Two.

- Two, well done.

From the Greek for warp thread, what is the name for the five stage process in which a cell divides into two identical cells with the same number of chromosomes?

(buzzer dinging) Mackie.

- Mitosis.

- Mitosis, yes.

Anxiety, envy, ennui, and embarrassment are four new emotions that Riley encounters in the 2024 Sequel to what 2015 Pixar film?

(buzzer dinging) Finn, Mount Ararat.

- Inside Out.

- Inside Out, you got it.

In 1610, which Italian astronomer published his observations of four moons of Jupiter in a book called The Starry Messenger?

(buzzer dinging) Eva.

- Galileo.

- Galileo, yeah.

Next up we have a video question, so again, take a look at the monitor.

- I'm Aislinn Sarnacki, host of Borealis on Maine Public, and here's my question for you.

What's the name of the 3,000 mile long pedestrian and bike route that goes from Callus, Maine to Key West, Florida?

(buzzer dinging) - [Todd] Finn, Mount Ararat.

- U.S. Route 1.

- [Todd] That's incorrect.

Marshwood, do you want to take a shot at it?

(buzzer dinging) Go for it, Mackie.

- The Eastern Trail.

- That is not correct.

It's the East Coast Greenway, East Coast Greenway.

We'll move on.

Based on a book by Alex Haley, what TV mini series starring LeVar Burton remains one of the most watched network programs of all time with more than 50% of US households tuning in for its final episode in 1977?

(buzzer dinging) Mackie.

- Reading Rainbow.

- That's incorrect, Mount Ararat?

(buzzer dinging) You wanna guess?

Go ahead, Lyra.

- M*A*S*H?

- M*A*S*H is also incorrect, it's Roots.

The next question.

Now a museum and historic site in Boston Harbor, the warship USS Constitution earned what nickname during the war of 1812, when cannon fire from enemy ships appeared to bounce off its hull without causing damage?

(buzzer dinging) Brady.

- The Iron Lady.

- [Todd] That's incorrect, Marshwood?

(buzzer dinging) James.

- Indestructible.

- It's Old Iron Sides, you were kind of onto something there, Brady.

Something done with alacrity is most likely done in what manner?

Artistically, quickly, or reluctantly?

(buzzer dinging) Mackie.

- Reluctantly.

- [Todd] That's incorrect, Mount Ararat?

(buzzer dinging) Go ahead, Lyra.

- Quickly.

- Quickly, that's the right answer.

Math question.

All right, pencils and papers ready?

Here's the question.

If the two base angles of an isosceles triangle each measure 62 degrees, what is the measure of the vertex angle?

(buzzer dinging) Go ahead, Finn.

- 54.

- [Todd] That's incorrect, Marshwood?

(buzzer dinging) (timer buzzing) James, you got in there.

- 56.

- 56 is the right answer, nice job.

Next question.

Following the end of World War II, the International Military Tribunal presided over Nazi war crime trials in which city in Germany?

(buzzer dinging) Brady.

- Nuremberg.

- Nuremberg, right.

What fresh herb commonly used in Mexican, South Asian, and Middle Eastern cooking contains aldehydes that cause some people to say it tastes like soap?

(buzzer dinging) Lyra.

- Cilantro.

- Cilantro, yes.

The first large scale project that required construction workers to wear protective hard hats on the job was the building of what dam on the Colorado River in the early 1930s?

(buzzer dinging) Charles.

- Uh, the, oh ... (timer buzzing) Marshwood, you wanna try?

(buzzer dinging) Go ahead, Mackie.

- The Hoover Dam.

- The Hoover Dam, that's the right answer.

All right, our next math question, it'll be the last one of the round, get your pencils and papers ready for this one.

A factory produced four times as many automobiles in the morning as it did in the afternoon.

If it produced 520 automobiles that day, how many were produced in the morning?

(buzzer dinging) Brady, Mount Ararat.

- 1,080.

- [Todd] Incorrect, Marshwood?

(buzzer dinging) James.

- 130.

- Also incorrect, 416 is the right answer.

Next question.

Chicago, Illinois, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and Gary, Indiana all have shorelines on which of the Great Lakes?

(buzzer dinging) Brady.

- Lake Michigan.

- That is right.

What man from Massachusetts was the president of the second Continental Congress and the first person to sign the Declaration of Independence?

(buzzer dinging) Lyra.

- John Hancock.

- Yeah, you got it.

With a name that means truth in Russian, what newspaper, that published its first issue in 1912, was the official newspaper of the Communist Party in the Soviet Union?

(buzzer dinging) Lyra again.

- The Tribune.

- [Todd] That's not right, Marshwood?

(buzzer dinging) Go ahead, Mackie - Veritas.

- Also not right, it's Pravda, Pravda is the right answer.

Red ants of the genus solenopsis are known by what common name that comes from the burning sensation caused by the venom they inject when they sting?

(buzzer dinging) Finn.

- Fire ants.

- Fire ants, right.

As of 2022, dialing what three digit number on a phone connects directly to the National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline?

(buzzer dinging) Go ahead, Finn.

- 711.

- [Todd] That's incorrect, Marshwood?

(buzzer dinging) James.

- 988.

- That's the right answer, nice job.

(alarm rings) Oh, and that's the end of our first round.

Mount Ararat, 110, it's close, Marshwood, 70.

Looks like we've got a great match in the making, don't go anywhere, we will meet the players when we get back.

(upbeat music) Before we go to the head to head round, we like to pause and get to know our players with a slightly silly question, which is which animated Disney character do you most identify with and why?

We'll go to Mount Ararat first and Brady, what do you think?

- I'd have to say Lightning McQueen.

- Ooh, Lightning McQueen, are you into cars or something or?

- I like cars, but he is also a born winner and I like to think I identify with that.

- Are you gonna win this match today?

- Let's hope.

- (laughs) Charles, your turn.

- I'd probably say Olaf.

- Olaf, how come?

- He's like just a free spirit and I identify with that.

- Yeah, you just go through life, let things roll right off you, right?

Yeah, good for you.

Lyra?

- Probably Wall-E. - Wall-E, um, that's the robot?

- Yes.

- Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, refresh my memory, what's up with Wall-E?

- Well in the film, I have a specific image of Wall-E holding a flower, which sort of reminds me, I guess, to find beauty in life, which I just think is very sweet.

- That is really sweet, yes.

(Lyra laughing) Finn, your turn.

- I'd probably have to go with Stitch.

- Stitch, where's Stitch from?

- Hawaii.

- [Todd] Hawaii, what movie was it?

- Lilo and Stitch.

- Don't know it.

We'll just move on, but thank you, Mount Ararat.

Marshwood, Maddie, your turn.

- I'd probably say Mushu.

- Mushu?

- [Maddie] Yeah.

- Also I'm not familiar with.

- From Mulan.

- Oh okay, yeah, see?

My kids were a little older at that point, we missed that window of Disney films.

James, your turn.

- I think I would say the hyenas from Lion King just because I laugh a lot.

(laughs) - They laugh a lot, yeah.

In the wild though, they're kind of vicious, you know that?

- Oh yeah, yeah.

- (laughs) All right.

- [James] Gotta keep the mentality.

- Just making sure, Eva.

- I think I'm gonna say Merida from Brave because I think she's free spirited and she's stubborn and she fights for the people she loves.

- Yeah, that's awesome stuff.

And Mackie, you're up last.

- I like Woody from Toy Story.

- Woody, yeah, what's your favorite thing about Woody?

- He's sarcastic.

(laughs) - Are you that way as well?

- Yes, yeah!

- All right, that's great, thank you both.

The head to head round is next, but let's see how well you do with our viewer question of the week.

(upbeat music) - Hi, I'm Alec Omara from Unitil, and this is your viewer question of the week.

(graphic whooshing) WABI-TV in Bangor was Maine's first, and now oldest, television station.

In what year did it begin broadcasting?

Keep track of your answers and tune in to the semi-finals for part two of the viewer question challenge.

(upbeat music) - Okay, it's time for our head to head round, where players alternate facing off one on one right here at the desk.

Correct Answers are worth 10 points, incorrect answers will cost you 10 points.

There are 90 seconds on the clock, players ready?

Here we go.

(tense music) Preceding Alaska and Hawaii, which state became the 48th state- (buzzer dinging) - Arizona.

- Correct.

- Nominated by Ronald Reagan in 1981, who was the first woman to become a U.S. Supreme Court- (buzzer dinging) - Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

- Incorrect, O'Connor.

Used all over the world in 18th century, the silver coins known as pieces of eight were minted by which European country?

(buzzer dinging) - England.

- Incorrect, Spain.

What Arabic word refers to food that people are permitted to eat under Islamic dietary- (buzzer dinging) - Halal.

- Correct.

The lyrics of a hit song by Prince say tonight, I'm gonna party like it's what year?

(timer buzzing) 1999, come on, guys!

Henry the VII was the first king of what English royal dynasty?

(timer buzzing) Tudor.

In 2015, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake devastated what country whose capital city is Kathmandu?

(buzzer dinging) - Vietnam.

- Incorrect, Nepal.

How many pounds are in six U.S. tons?

(buzzer dinging) - 12,000.

- Correct.

What leading poet of the 19th century was known as the belle of Amherst?

(timer buzzing) Emily Dickinson.

The Rhine River drains into what sea that borders the Netherlands?

(timer buzzing) The North Sea.

From the Latin for cloud or fog, what vast formation of gas, dust, and other materials- (buzzer dinging) - Cumulus.

- Nebula, incorrect.

What American aviator completed the first non-stop solo flight across the Atlantic in 1927?

(timer beeping) Ooh, that's end of our head to head round, let's check the score.

Mount Ararat, 120, Marshwood, 50.

(upbeat music) The category round is next, don't go anywhere.

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(upbeat music) - Next up is our category round with the following choices: We have muscle memory, water water everywhere, all the vowels, general knowledge, root for the home team, and the YA section.

Now, each team will alternate control of two categories, questions have increasing point values.

With each question, they can either choose to answer and either gain or lose points, they can skip and neither gain nor lose points, or once per category, they can toss and force the other team to answer.

Players will have about five seconds to confer and decide what to do.

Marshwood, you happen to be trailing so far and you have the choice of the board, James, what are you gonna pick?

- [James] Can we go with muscle memory?

- You can, muscle memory.

These will be questions about muscles in the human body.

Here's the first one.

Cardiac muscles are found only in which organ of the human body?

- The heart.

- Heart, yes.

Muscle memory, 15.

The smallest muscles in the body, as well as the smallest bones in the body are found inside which sensory organ?

- The ear.

- The ear is also right.

Muscle memory, 20.

Which dome-shaped muscle located just below the lungs is the primary muscle used in the process of respiration?

- Diaphragm.

- Diaphragm, yup.

Muscle memory, 25.

What is the name for the connective tissue that attaches muscles to bones?

- Ligaments.

- Ooh, ligaments is incorrect, it's tendons, tendons.

Here's the last question in muscle memory for 30.

The long head, the medial head, and the lateral head make up which muscle located at the back of the upper arm?

(team whispering) - The tricep.

- Yes, you got it, nice job.

All right, that wraps up the first category.

Mount Ararat, your turn.

Brady, what's your first category gonna be?

- [Brady] Can we do root for the home team?

- Root for the home team, these are questions related to sports teams.

Here we go.

The National Hockey League franchise in Colorado has what name that refers to snow, rock, and ice sliding down a mountainside?

- Avalanche.

- Yes.

Root for the home team, 15.

The name of which Major League Baseball team refers to the cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul?

(team whispering) - Twins.

- That is correct, the Minnesota Twins.

Root for the home team, 20.

In 2020, The Oakland Raiders of the National Football League relocated to what city?

- Las Vegas.

- Yeah, Las Vegas.

Root for the home team, 25.

At its start in 1996, Major League Soccer had 10 teams, including which team that currently plays its home games in Foxborough, Massachusetts?

(team whispering) - The New England Revolution.

- You nailed it, and root for the home team for 30.

What team selected Bronny James in the 2024 NBA draft?

With that pick, Bronny and his father LeBron, became the first father and son to be on the active roster of the same NBA team at the same time.

- Los Angeles Lakers.

- You guys swept the category, Nice job Mount Ararat.

Marshwood, we're going back to you for your second category, what will it be, James?

- [James] Can we do all the vowels, please?

- All the vowels.

Each correct answer will contain the vowels A-E-I-O-U one time in each answer.

Here's the first question.

The cabinet level department established by President Jimmy Carter to oversee college accreditation and federal student aid applications is the Department of what?

(team whispering) - Education.

- Education is right, nice job.

All the vowels for 15.

What type of electromagnetic radiation from the sun stimulates the body's production of vitamin D and causes sunburns?

(team whispering) - Ultraviolet.

- Yes.

All the vowels for 20.

By definition, what adjective refers specifically to a person who can use both hands with equal skill and proficiency?

- Ambidextrous.

- That is also right.

All the vowels, 25.

Stevie Nicks from the classic rock band Fleetwood Mac is known for playing what percussion instrument that consists of a circular frame covered with metal jingles that can be shaken, tapped, or smacked against the leg to produce a sound?

- Tambourine.

- Tambourine, right.

And all the vowels for 30.

In a National Football League game, fighting, taunting, or excessive celebration by a player on the field may result in a 15 yard penalty for what type of conduct?

(team whispering) - Can we pass, please?

Skip this one.

- You wanna skip this one?

So you don't want anyone to answer it, is that correct?

Yes, you can do that, and it's unsportsmanlike conduct would be the right answer.

All right, Mount Ararat, it's back to you, Brady, what is your category gonna be?

- [Brady] Can we do general knowledge?

- Yes, you can.

General knowledge, these will be questions about military leaders.

Here's the first one: Which man served as a general of the Union Army during the Civil War before becoming the 18th President of the United States?

- Ulysses S. Grant.

- You got it.

General knowledge for 15.

What former General, who later became US Secretary of State, won the Nobel Peace Prize for his plan to support and sustain the economies of European countries in the years after World War II?

(team whispering) - Marshall.

- Yeah, nice job.

General knowledge for 20.

During the second Punic War, General Hannibal led the army of Carthage over the Alps using what enormous animals that reportedly terrified the Roman soldiers they were fighting?

- Elephants.

- Elephants, yup.

General knowledge, 25.

In 1798, Napoleon led his army into battle in which North African country where a group of his soldiers discovered the Rosetta Stone?

- Egypt.

- Egypt, yes.

General knowledge for 30.

The 1863 Battle of Chancellorsville was a victory for the Confederate army, but it was the last battle for which Confederate General who was mortally wounded by friendly fire during that fight?

(team whispering) (timer beeping) What do you think, Brady?

- Stonewall Jackson.

- You guys got it, you swept the category, nice job, Mount Ararat.

That wraps up our category round.

We have Mount Ararat in the lead at 320, Marshwood 170.

Everything can change though with the lightning round, so sit tight, we'll be right back.

(upbeat music) Okay, we're heading into the final 90 seconds of game play, the lightning round.

Players, you do not have to wait for me to finish the question, you can buzz in at any time, but do not answer until I call your name.

You get 20 points for each correct answer and incorrect answers will cost you 20, and the other team does not get the chance to answer that question.

The clock is set, good luck, here we go.

The writer Samuel Clemens is best known by what pen name?

(buzzer dinging) Becky.

- Mark Twain.

- Mark Twain, yes.

Which Tennessee City is home to the Grand Old Opry Concert Hall?

(buzzer dinging) Go ahead, Mackie.

- Memphis.

- Incorrect, Nashville.

Ratified in 1865, the 13th Amendment abolished what practice (buzzer dinging) in the United, Maddie.

- Slavery.

- Slavery, right.

Hanoi is the capital of which country?

(buzzer dinging) Go ahead, Finn.

- Vietnam.

- Yes.

The Egyptian goddess Bastet is usually depicted with the head of what- (buzzer dinging) - Cat.

- [Todd] Maddie.

- Cat.

- Cat is right.

How many points were in Woodrow Wilson's plan for peace after World War- (buzzer dinging) Maddie.

- 14.

- [Todd] 14, yes.

Dates and coconuts come from different species of what kind of trees?

(buzzer dinging) Go ahead, Mackie.

- Legumes.

- Incorrect, palm.

What town in New York State hosted the Winter Olympics in 1932?

(buzzer dinging) Finn.

- Lake Placid.

- Lake Placid, yes.

The Testaments is a sequel to what 1985 book by Margaret Atwood?

(buzzer dinging) Go ahead, Eva.

- Handmaiden's Tale.

- [Todd] What was that?

- Handmaid's Tale.

- [Todd] Yes, you got that.

Under most conditions, a magnet has how many poles?

(buzzer dinging) Finn.

- Two.

- [Todd] Two, right.

Ruy Lopez is a standard opening in what game?

(buzzer dinging) Finn.

- Chess.

- [Todd] Chess, yes.

On which continent would you find the Rift System known as the Great Rift Valley?

(buzzer dinging) Go ahead, Finn.

- Africa.

- [Todd] Yep.

Cerulean is a shade of what- (buzzer dinging) James.

- Blue.

(timer sounding) - You did get it right, and our winning team is ... Mount Ararat with 420 points, they'll be moving on to the quarterfinals in a few weeks.

Our runner up, Marshwood, 250 points.

Thank you both for playing and congratulations.

Be sure to tune in next time for the final qualifying match, Windham takes on Dearing.

Thanks for watching and we'll see you next time on High School Quiz Show Maine.

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