- Welcome to the studios of WCMU Public Television, as we continue our 18th season of Quiz Central.

Mt.

Pleasant Sacred Heart takes on Pentwater in a first round match coming up right after this.

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- [Matthew] Here is your first question on Quiz Central.

(bell dings) - CS Lewis.

- [Matthew] CS Lewis is correct.

(bell dings) - Charlotte's Web.

- [Matthew] Correct.

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- Correct.

Our season 17 grand champions are the students from Ross Common High School.

Hello everyone, I'm Matthew Ozanich, and it is my pleasure to welcome you to Quiz Central here on WCMU.

We forge ahead in the first round of our tournament with Mt.

Pleasant Sacred Heart taking on Pentwater.

And here's how the game works, on our virtual edition of Quiz Central.

Our two competing teams will be independently challenged with an identical set of questions.

The school that answers the most questions correctly, in the time allotted, advances to the next round.

At the end of the season, four quiz central seniors will receive a book scholarship provided by the CMU Bookstore.

Our first round is the Maroon and Gold Rush, where our teams will have just two minutes to answer as many questions as they can.

Each correct answer is worth 10 points.

There is no deduction for incorrect answers.

Students will be able to consult with their teammates on each question, but the final answers will be coming from the team's captain.

Mt.

Pleasant Sacred Heart, you're gonna lead things off for us today, so here comes your first question.

in the Maroon and Gold Rush.

What type of cell, which is regulated by the FOXP3 gene, has "cytotoxic" and "helper" varieties, and is a white blood cell that develops in the thymus?

- (indistinct) - Say again.

- Final answer, Lou Periodic.

- [Matthew] No, incorrect.

Onto the next question.

What quantity, which is measured using the Cattell Culture Fair test and the Stanford-Benit test, has a median of 100, and quantifies mental ability?

- IQ.

- Final answer, IQ.

- Correct.

What Northeastern state, in which Democrat's Sara Gideon lost a 2020 Senate election to incumbent Susan Collins, is led by Janet Mills from Augusta?

- Maine.

- Final answer, Maine.

- [Matthew] Maine is correct.

Characters named Snowball and Napoleon represent Leon Troskey and Joseph Stalin in what allegory of the Russian Revolution, written by George Orwell?

- Final answer, Animal Farm.

- [Matthew] Correct.

What country which is home to the Rif Mountains, also contains the western terminus of the Atlas Mountains, which are found south of Casablanca?

- Final answer, Peru.

- Peru is incorrect, next question.

What molecule, whose concentration can be measured in Dobson units, is depleted by chloroflurocarbons, and is composed of three oxygen atoms?

- [Quizzer] Ozone.

- Final answer, ozone.

- [Matthew] Correct.

The Three Kingdoms period followed which Chinese dynasty founded by Liu Bang that was overthrown by the Yellow Turbin Rebellion?

- (indistinct) - Final answer, Chang.

- That is incorrect.

Onto the next question.

What river that flows through Orleans, Tours, and Nantes, is the longest in France?

(bell dings) Oh, I'm sorry we weren't able to get an answer and that bell's gonna signify the end of the round.

Mt.

Pleasant Sacred Heart finishes out the Maroon and Gold Rush with four correct answers and 40 points.

Now, it's Pentwater's turn in today's opening round.

Let's put two minutes back on the clock.

What type of cell which is regulated by the FOXP3 gene has "cytotoxic" and "helper" varieties and is a white blood cell that develops in the thymus?

- T cells.

- [Matthew] T is correct.

What quantity which is measured using the Cattell Culture Fair test and the Stanford-Binet test has a median of 100 and quantifies mental ability?

- IQ.

- [Matthew] Correct.

What Northeastern state in which Democrat's Sara Gideon lost a 2020 Senate election to incumbent Susan Collins is led by Janet Mills from Augusta?

- Maine.

- [Matthew] Maine is correct.

Characters named Snowball and Napoleon represent Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin in what allegory of the Russian Revolution, written by George Orwell?

- Pass.

- [Matthew] Pass, onto the next question.

What country which is home to the Rif Mountains also contains the Western terminus of the Atlas Mountains, which are found south of Casablanca?

- Italy.

- Italy is incorrect.

Onto the next question.

What molecule, whose concentration can be measured in Dobson units, is depleted by chloroflurocarbons, and is composed of three oxygen atoms?

- Ozone.

- [Matthew] Correct.

The Three Kingdoms period followed which Chinese dynasty founded by Liu Bang, that was overthrown by the Yellow Turbin Rebellion?

- Pass.

- [Matthew] Pass, onto the next question.

What river that flows through Orleans, Tours, and Nantes, is the longest in France?

(bell dings) Oh, I'm sorry that bell's gonna signify the end of the round, Pentwater.

Well, after the Maroon and Gold Rush we are tied with Mt.

Pleasant Sacred Heart and Pentwater at 40 points a piece.

But before we move on, let's take a look at the questions we missed in that opening round.

The country that is home to the Rif Mountains is Morocco.

The Chinese dynasty overthrown by the Yellow Turbin Rebellion was the Han Dynasty.

And that river which is the longest in France, is the Loire River.

Our score is all tied up with one round in the books.

But before we continue, let's take this opportunity to meet our players from today's schools.

We'll start with the students from Mt.

Pleasant Sacred Heart.

- I'm Samuel Powell, I'm a senior and I do basketball, golf and (indistinct).

- I'm Ainsley Humphres, I'm a senior, and I'm on the cheer team, Science Olympiad, Quiz Ball and Cape Club.

- I'm Ashraya Shaca, I'm a sophomore this year and I'm on the basketball and golf team.

- Hi, I'm Alex Leetham, I'm a junior at Sacred Heart, and I played football, basketball, and golf.

- Thank you Mt.

Pleasant Sacred Heart.

Now, let's meet the team from Pentwater.

- Hi, my name is Avelina Jerusal, I'm from Pentwater, and I'm on the cross country team, and I'm a senior.

- I'm Michael Quinteros, I'm a junior at Pentwater High School.

I am in Student Council and I like music.

- Hi, my name's Eli.

I go to Pentwater, and I am in basketball and Student Council and soccer.

- Hi, my name's Jack, I'm a junior at Pentwater High School, and I do basketball.

- Well now that everyone's made their introductions, let's head into our next round of the day, the Perfect 10.

In this round our teams will be given a category and they'll have 60 seconds to answer 10 questions pertaining to that category.

Our Perfect 10 category for today is V in science.

Identify these terms from science that start with the letter V. Mt.

Pleasant Sacred Heart, you're up first in the Perfect 10 round.

Let's put 60 seconds on the clock.

A space completely devoid of matter.

- [Quizzer] Void.

- Final answer void.

- [Matthew] Incorrect.

In math, a placeholder for an unknown value such as X.

- Final answer, variable.

- [Matthew] Correct.

Electrons in an atom's outer shell.

- [Quizzer] Valance.

- Final answer, valance.

- [Matthew] Correct.

Density equals mass divided by this quantity.

- [Quizzer] Volume.

- Final answer, volume.

- [Matthew] Correct.

Organelle that stores waste.

- [Both] Vacuole.

- Final answer, vacuole.

- [Matthew] Correct.

Element with atomic symbol V. - Valium?

- Sure.

- Final answer, valium.

- [Matthew] Incorrect.

Body part, such as an organ, that has lost its function.

- Pass.

- [Matthew] Pass, next question.

Measure of a fluid's resistance to flow.

- Viscosity.

- Final answer, viscosity.

(bell dings) - [Matthew] Oh, you were able to get viscosity in just before the bell, so I will accept that one.

Mt.

Pleasant Sacred Heart finishes out their Perfect 10 with five correct answers, bringing their score to 90.

Let's turn to Pentwater now in the Perfect 10, as we put 60 seconds back on the clock.

A space completely devoid of matter.

- Void.

- [Matthew] Void is incorrect.

In math, a placeholder for an unknown value such as X.

- Variable.

- [Matthew] Correct.

Electrons in an atom's outer shell.

- Valance.

- [Matthew] Valance is correct.

Density equals mass divided by this quantity.

- Volume.

- [Matthew] Correct.

Organelle that stores waste.

- Vacuole.

- [Matthew] Vacuole is correct.

Element with the atomic symbol V. - Valium.

- Valium is incorrect.

Body part, such as an organ, that has lost its function.

- Pass.

- [Matthew] Pass, onto the next question.

Measure of a fluid's resistance to flow.

- Viscosity.

- Viscosity.

- [Matthew] Correct.

Essential amino acid with one letter abbreviation V. - Pass.

- Pass, next question.

(bell dings) Ooh, we're not gonna be able to get to that last one there 'cause the time ran out.

Pentwater is able to snag five correct answers for 50 points in the Perfect 10, bringing their score to 90.

That means after two rounds of play, our teams are still tied, at 90 points a piece.

Let's take a look at the questions that we missed in the Perfect 10.

For a space completely devoid of matter, we were looking for vacuum.

The element with atomic symbol V is vanadium.

A body part that has lost its function is vestigial.

And the amino acid abbreviated V is valine.

It's still anyone's game, as we head into our third round of the day, the Homestretch round.

In the Homestretch, I'll be asking each team a series of random questions.

Correct answers are still worth 10 points a piece, and final answers will be coming from the team's captains.

We're gonna start with Mt.

Pleasant Sacred Heart, in the Homestretch round.

Students, here comes your first question.

What primary color, which is opposite cyan on a modern color wheel, once used pigments extracted from cinnabar, and has shades including scarlet?

- Red.

- Final answer, red.

- [Matthew] Correct.

What two word English name is given to Israel's air defense system, deployed in 2011, that intercepts incoming artillery shells and rockets?

- Iron Dome.

- Final answer, Iron Dome.

- [Matthew] Correct.

What material made from beta-keratin has high tensile strength, is produced by spinnerets, and is used for ballooning and catching prey by spiders?

- Silicon.

- Final answer, silicon.

- [Matthew] Silicon is incorrect, next question.

What English woman used twist endings in her mysteries, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd and Death on the Nile, which both feature Detective Hercule Poirot?

- Christie.

- Defer to Ainsley.

- Final answer, Agatha Christie.

- [Matthew] That is correct.

In the Jason Bourne franchise, Bourne suffers from what psychological condition that has retrograde and anterograde types?

- Amnesia.

- Isn't it (indistinct)?

- [Quizzer] Amnesia.

- Okay, final answer, amnesia.

- [Matthew] That's correct.

What president, under whom the departments of energy and education were formed, gave up his Georgia peanut farm after defeating Gerald Ford in 1976?

- Carter.

- Final answer, Jimmy Carter.

- [Matthew] Correct.

An oscillating crystal of what mineral is used to accurately keep time in modern clocks and watches?

- Pass.

- [Matthew] Pass, onto the next question.

What film, who's making is the subject of the TV series The Offer, features the line: "I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse", said by Vito Corleone?

- Final answer, The Godfather.

- [Matthew] Correct.

What objects have a planetary type formed by dying stars, and a dark type rich in light-absorbing dust and our clouds of inner stellar gas?

- Nebula.

- Final answer, nebula.

- [Matthew] Nebula is correct.

What sea borders the port of Rasht, receives the waters of the Volga River, and borders five countries, including Azerbaijan, Iran and Russia?

- The Jordan Sea maybe.

- Final answer, Jordan Sea.

- Jordan is incorrect.

Next question.

The regions around 30 degrees latitude are named after what animals, whose wild members in the American west, are called Mustangs?

- It's a horse.

Final answer, horse.

- [Matthew] Correct.

John Kemeny and Thomas Kurtz developed what programming language, which may contain lines like "GOTO 10" and is named for its general simplicity?

- Final answer, Java.

- [Matthew] That is incorrect.

Next question.

What man, who popularized the idea of the African American double consciousness in The Souls of Black Folk, was a co-founder of the NAACP?

- Pass.

- Pass, onto the next question.

The so-called classical tests of what theory include explaining- (bell dings) Oh.

And that bell signals the end of the round.

Mt.

Pleasant Sacred Heart has a very successful Homestretch round, with eight correct answers, bringing their score to 170.

We now turn to Pentwater to see how they'll handle the Homestretch round.

Pentwater, here comes your first question.

What primary color, which is opposite cyan on a modern color wheel, once used pigments extracted from cinnabar, and has shades including scarlet?

- Red.

- [Matthew] That is correct.

What two word English name is given to Israel's air defense system, deployed in 2011, that intercepts incoming artillery shells and rockets?

- Pass.

- [Matthew] Pass, next question.

What material made from beta-keratin has high tensile strength, is produced by spinnerets, and is used for ballooning and catching prey by spiders?

- [Quizzer] Web.

- Web.

- [Matthew] No, sorry, that is incorrect.

Next question.

What English woman used twist endings in her mysteries The Murder of Roger Ackroyd and Death on the Nile, which both feature Detective Hercule Poirot?

- I know this.

- Pass.

- [Matthew] Pass, onto the next question.

In the Jason Bourne franchise, Bourne suffers from what psychological condition, that has retrograde and anterograde types?

- Pass.

- [Matthew] Pass, next question.

What president, under whom the departments of energy and education were formed, gave up his Georgia peanut farm, after defeating Gerald Ford in 1976?

- Pass.

- [Matthew] Pass, next question.

An oscillating crystal of what mineral is used to accurately keep time in modern clocks and watches?

- Pass.

- [Matthew] Pass, next question.

What film, who's making is the subject of the TV series The Offer, features the line: "I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse", said by Vito Corleone.

- The Godfather.

- [Matthew] Correct.

What objects have a planetary type formed by dying stars, and a dark type rich in light absorbing dust, and are clouds of inner stellar gas?

- Matter.

- [Matthew] Say again, Pentwater.

- Matter.

- [Matthew] That is incorrect, next question.

What sea borders the port of Rasht, receives the waters of the Volga River, and borders five countries, including Azerbaijan, Iran and Russia?

- Red Sea.

- [Matthew] Red Sea is incorrect.

The regions around 30 degrees latitude are named after what animals, whose wild members in the American west are called Mustangs?

- Horses.

- [Matthew] Correct.

John Kemeny and Thomas Kurtz developed what programming language, which may contain lines like "GOTO 10" and is named for its general simplicity?

- Python.

- Python.

- Python's incorrect.

What man who popularized the idea of the African American double consciousness in The Souls of Black- (bell dings) Oh, sorry, that bell's gonna signify the end of the round.

Pentwater struggles a bit in today's Homestretch, but still manages to add 30 points to their total.

And before we give you an update on the score, let's take a look at those questions that were missed during the Homestretch.

The strong material made from beta-keratin was silk.

The mineral used in modern time pieces is quartz.

The sea that borders those five countries is the Caspian Sea.

And the programming language named for its simplicity is BASIC.

The co-founder of the NAACP we were looking for was W. E. B.

Du Bois.

And that theory that explains light bending around the sun is general relativity.

Three rounds in the books, and our score is Mt.

Pleasant Sacred Heart 170, Pentwater 120.

Can Mt.

Pleasant Sacred Heart secure their lead?

Well, we'll find out in our final round of the day, the Final Countdown.

Our teams will have just two minutes to answer as many questions as they can with correct answers still being worth 10 points a piece.

Mt.

Pleasant Sacred Heart, we start with you in the Final Countdown.

We're gonna put two minutes on the clock, and here comes your first question.

What phase transition, which is the opposite of sublimation, occurs when a gas transforms directly into a solid?

- Pass.

- [Matthew] Pass, next question.

What building, which was completed in 1800 and was designed by James Hoban, is depicted on the $20 bill, and is at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue?

- Final answer, White House.

- [Matthew] Correct.

The Palazzo Pitti was the main residence of what Florentine banking family that included Lorenzo the Magnificent and several Grand Dukes of Tuscany?

- Pass.

- [Matthew] Pass, next question.

What author, whose novel Oil was adapted into the film There Will Be Blood, depicted Lithuanian immigrant Jurgis Rudkus in his novel The Jungle?

- Sinclair.

- Final answer, Sinclair.

- [Matthew] Correct.

What producer of the 2021 film Candyman, who directed the horror films Us and Get Out, starred in a sketch comedy show with Keegan-Michael Key?

- Peele.

- Final answer, Peele.

- [Matthew] Peele's correct.

What act, whose pre-clearance requirements were ended by Shelby County v. Holder, banned literacy tests and other forms of discrimination in suffrage?

- (indistinct) - Defer to Alex.

- Voter registration.

- [Matthew] I'm sorry, that is incorrect.

Onto the next question.

What adjective describes a factor that divides evenly into an integer N, and is strictly less than N, such as two, with respect to 12?

- Whole number.

- [Matthew] I'm sorry, that is incorrect.

Next question.

What set of elements that IUPAC defines as possessing partially filled d orbitals, includes copper and is found in the middle of the periodic table.

- Final answer, metals.

- Metals is incorrect.

What deity- (bell dings) Oh, and that bell signals the end of the round.

30 points from Mt.

Pleasant Sacred Heart in a tough Final Countdown.

Now, Pentwater, it's your turn to enter our final round.

Here comes your first question.

What phase transition, which is the opposite of sublimation, occurs when a gas transforms directly into a solid?

- Pass.

- [Matthew] Pass, next question.

What building, which was completed in 1800 and was designed by James Hoban, is depicted on the $20 bill and is at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue?

- The Capital.

- Capital is incorrect.

The Palazzo Pitti was the main residence of what Florentine banking family, that included Lorenzo the Magnificent and several Grand Dukes of Tuscany?

- Pass.

- [Matthew] Pass, next question.

What author, whose novel Oil was adapted into the film There Will Be Blood, depicted Lithuanian immigrant Jurgis Rudkus in his novel The Jungle?

- Pass.

- [Matthew] Pass, next question.

What producer of the 2021 film Candyman, who directed the horror film's Us and Get Out, starred in a sketch comedy show with Keegan-Michael Key?

- Jordan Peele.

- [Matthew] Correct.

What act, whose pre-clearance requirements were ended by Shelby County V Holder, banned literacy tests and other forms of discrimination in suffrage?

- Pass.

- [Matthew] Pass, next question.

What adjective describes a factor that divides evenly into an integer N, and is strictly less than N, such as two with respect to 12?

- What?

- [Quizzer] Inequality.

- Inequality.

- [Matthew] That is incorrect, next question.

What set of elements that IUPAC defines as possessing partially filled d orbitals, includes copper and is found in the middle of the periodic table?

- Metals.

- [Matthew] Sorry, you need to be more specific.

- Transition metals.

- That is correct.

What deity whose namesake gates were kept- (bell dings) Oh, that bell's gonna signify the end of the round.

No doubt, a challenging Final Countdown today.

Yet, Pentwater was still able to snag 20 points in that round.

And before we get to our final score, let's take a look at the questions that were missed in the Final Countdown.

Gas transforming directly into a solid is deposition.

The Florentine banking family was the Medici.

The act that banned literacy tests in suffrage was the Voting Rights Act, Two with respect to 12, that's a proper factor.

And the two faced Roman God of doorways was Janus.

After four rounds of competition, our final score is Mt.

Pleasant Sacred Heart 200, Pentwater 140.

So, congratulations to Mt.

Pleasant for being today's victors and on advancing to the next round.

And we of course wanna thank our great team from Pentwater for joining us on this season of Quiz Central.

Seniors, good luck to all of you in the future, and underclassmen we hope to see you next season back here on Quiz Central.

And we invite all of you to join us again in the next episode of QC, as two more Michigan schools vie to be our season 18 grand champions.

And as 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 for the next episode of Quiz Central.

Goodnight.

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