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Mt. Pleasant vs. Owosso
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And on this episode of Quiz Central, it's a first round game between Mount Pleasant High School and Owosso.
Coming up, right after this.
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- [Matthew] Let's get today's match underway.
Here is your first question on Quiz Central.
(bell dings) - Teddy Roosevelt.
- [Matthew] That is correct.
(bell dings) - Crimson.
- [Matthew] Yes, that answer is correct.
(bell dings) - Qatar.
- [Matthew] Correct.
Traverse City Central, congratulations on being our Season 15 champions.
(audience clapping) Hello everyone, I'm Matthew Zanuck and welcome to the 16th season of Quiz Central.
In this season, instead of competing head-to-head with buzzers in hand, our two 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.
This season of Quiz Central will consist of 16 teams divided into four divisions based on school enrollment.
At the end of the season, four Quiz Central seniors will receive a book scholarship provided by the CMU bookstore.
This week, the Red division takes center stage.
So without further ado, let's get today's match underway.
(upbeat music) 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 induction for incorrect answers.
Students will be able to consult with their teammates on each question but we'll be taking final answers solely from the team's captain.
Mount Pleasant High School, here is your first question on Quiz Central.
What plant, whose organ pipe species names a national monument in Arizona, is depicted on Mexico's flag and has a saguaro and prickly-pear types?
- Cactus.
- Cactus.
- Cactus.
- [Matthew] Correct.
What adjective describes a genetic mutation that leaves the resulting protein unchanged and thus has no effect on an organism's phenotype?
- Anybody know?
- Pass it.
- Pass.
- Okay, no answer.
Onto the next question.
What author, whose story, "There Will Come Soft Rains" appears in his book, "The Martian Chronicles" wrote about the fireman, Guy Montag, in "Fahrenheit 451".
- Oh, Ray Bradbury.
- Ray Bradbury.
- Ray Bradbury.
- [Matthew] Ray Bradbury, correct.
In 2019, 36 people were killed in an arson attack on an animation studio in what city?
A former Japanese capital.
- Kyoto?
- Kyoto.
- [Matthew] Correct.
Conglomerates are What type of rock, also exemplified by dolomite and sandstone that forms... that forms after small particles accumulate or are deposited?
- Sedimentary.
- [Matthew] Sedimentary, correct.
A Matador named Pedro Romero appears in what Ernest Hemingway novel whose title derives from the Book of Ecclesiastes?
- Song of Solomon.
- [Matthew] Nope, incorrect.
Onto the next question.
What emperor whose death traditionally marks the end of the Pax Romana was succeeded by Commodus and was the last of the five good emperors?
- Was it Tiberius?
- Tiberius.
- Nope, incorrect.
Onto the next question.
In 1923, Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party launched what failed coup in Munich, that attempted to overthrow the Weimar Republic?
- The Beer Hall Putsch.
- [Matthew] The Beer Hall Putsch, final answer?
- The Beer Hall Putsch.
- Okay, correct.
(bell dings) And with that, that brings us to the end of the Maroon and Gold Rush round.
You guys did really great in that round.
Five correct answers means a total of 50 points for you in the first round.
Those questions that you either passed on or answered incorrectly.
The adjective that describes that genetic mutation, we were looking for a silent mutation.
The name of that Ernest Hemingway novel is "The Sun Also Rises".
And, the emperor... the last of the five good emperors, the one we were looking for was Marcus Aurelius.
Marcus Aurelius.
Owasso, here's your first question of Quiz Central.
What plant, whose organ pipe species names a national monument in Arizona, is depicted on Mexico's flag and has saguaro and prickly-pear types?
- Is this a cactus?
- Yeah, cactus.
- [Matthew] Correct.
What adjective describes a genetic mutation that leaves the resulting protein unchanged and thus has no effect on an organism's phenotype?
- Mutation.
- Mutation.
- [Matthew] I need you to be more specific than that.
No answer?
Okay, no answer.
Onto the next question.
What author, whose story, "There Will Come Soft Rains" appears in his book, "The Martian Chronicles" wrote about the fireman, Guy Montag, in Fahrenheit 451?
- Ray Bradbury.
- [Matthew] Correct.
In 2019, 36 people were killed in an arson attack on an animation studio in what city?
A former Japanese capital.
- Kyoto.
- Kyoto.
- [Matthew] Correct.
Conglomerates are what type of rock, also exemplified by dolomite and sandstone that forms after small particles accumulate or are deposited?
- Sedimentary.
- Sedimentary.
- [Matthew] Correct.
A Matador named Pedro Romero appears in what Ernest Hemingway novel, whose title derives from the book of Ecclesiastes?
Owosso, do we have an answer?
- No answer.
- [Matthew] No answer, onto the next question.
What emperor, whose death traditionally marks the end of the Pax Romana, was succeeded by Commodus and was the last of the five good emperors?
(bell dings) All right.
And, that bell signifies the end of round one.
Owosso, you were able to answer correctly four questions, which gives you a first round total of 40 points.
The questions that we missed.
That adjective that describes the genetic mutation, we were looking for silent mutations.
The name of that Ernest Hemingway novel, "The Sun Also Rises".
And, that emperor whose death traditionally marks the end of Pax Romana was Marcus Aurelius.
Well, with one round in the books, let's take a break now and meet our contestants from each of today's schools.
We'll begin with today's competitors from Mount Pleasant High School.
- I am Kevin Zimmer.
I am a junior at Mount Pleasant High School and I went on the (indistinct) teams.
- I'm Ben Nelson.
I'm a senior at Mount Pleasant High School.
And I play on the varsity soccer team.
- My name is Jackson Palace.
I'm a freshman at Mount Pleasant High School.
And I play on the junior varsity soccer team.
My name is Irvin Kujo.
I'm a senior at Mount Pleasant and I do BPA and students senate.
- Now let's meet our next team in today's competition.
The students from a Owasso High.
Take it away.
- Hi, I'm Kevin Waskowski.
I like to bowl and I like (indistinct).
- Hi, I'm Jack Smith.
I'm a junior in high school and I run cross country.
- Hi, I'm David Noose.
I'm a junior and I'm in Model UN.
- Hi, my name is Jason Noel.
I'm a junior in high school.
And, I also like to bowl... with Kevin.
- Well, now that you've had a chance to meet everyone, let's head into the next round of competition.
(upbeat music) The Perfect Ten.
In this round, your team will be given a category and then you will have 60 seconds to answer as many questions as you can.
You can still consult on each question but we'll be taking our final answers from your captain.
And your category in today's Perfect Ten round is presidential superlatives.
Name the presidents with these superlative distinctions.
So, we're looking for presidential names.
60 seconds on the clock.
Your Perfect Ten begins now.
The longest term at over 12 years?
- F.D.R.
- F.D.R.
- F.D.R - F.D.R.
- [Matthew] Correct.
The oldest at the start of his presidency?
- Trump?
- Ronald Reagan.
- [Matthew] Final answer?
- Oh, Trump, yeah.
- [Matthew] Irvin, what's your final answer?
- President Trump.
- [Matthew] President Trump, correct.
The youngest to be elected?
- J.F.K.
- John F. Kennedy.
- J.F.K, correct.
The shortest term at only one month?
- William Henry Harrison.
- William Henry Harrison.
- [Matthew] Final answer, correct.
Only president to win every electoral college vote?
- Ronald Reagan.
- No.
George Washington.
- [Matthew] Correct, George Washington it is.
The tallest president, at six feet, four inches?
- Is it Lincoln?
- Abraham Lincoln.
- Final answer?
- Abraham Lincoln.
- [Matthew] Abraham Lincoln it is.
First president who was not born a British subject?
- Oh... (bell dings) - James Monroe.
- [Matthew] Nope, I'm sorry.
You ran out of time on that one.
So, unfortunately we couldn't get that one.
You guys got all of the other questions correct though, that you answered.
Six total questions answered correctly in your Perfect Ten brings you to a score of 110 at the end of your Perfect Ten round.
Yeah, you got all of your questions correct.
Except for that last one.
The first president who was not born a British subject, that was Martin Van Buren.
Martin Van Buren.
Owosso, your Perfect Ten round begins now.
The longest term at over 12 years?
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
- [Matthew] FDR, correct.
Oldest at the start of his presidency?
- Pass.
- [Matthew] Youngest to be elected?
- Pass.
- (indistinct) ones.
- [Matthew] Was there an answer there, Owosso?
- No, I want to pass.
- [Matthew] Pass, okay.
Shortest term at only one month?
- Garfield?
- [Matthew] Incorrect.
The only president to win every electoral college vote?
- Washington.
- [Matthew] Correct.
The tallest president, at six feet, four inches?
- Pass - [Matthew] The first president who was not born a British subject?
(bell dings) Oh, and that bell signifies the end of that round.
You were able to get through your seven questions.
Scored two correctly.
Real tough round.
The answers we're looking for.
The president who was the oldest at the start of his presidency, that would be Donald Trump.
The youngest to be elected was John Fitzgerald Kennedy, J.F.K.
The shortest term, at only one month, was William Henry Harrison.
And, the tallest president, at six foot, four honest, Abe Lincoln.
And the first president who was not born a British subject, that was Martin Van Buren.
Our current score is Mount Pleasant, 110 and Owasso, 60.
But there's still plenty of questions left.
Let's 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 with each other but I'll be taking answers from the team's captains.
Mount Pleasant, here comes your first question in today's Homestretch.
Max Pruss was the captain of what vessel, which was docking in New Jersey when it caught fire, on May 6th, 1937, and which was a German Zeppelin?
- Hindenburg.
- Hindenburg.
- [Matthew] Final answer?
- Hindenburg.
- (indistinct) - Hindenburg.
- Hindenburg, correct.
Uriah Stevens and Terrance Powderly were leaders of what American labor union that was eclipsed by the AFL, after the Haymarket affair?
- The Knights of Labor.
- [Matthew] Final answer?
- Knights of Labor.
- [Matthew] Correct.
What actor, whose mother was Anne Meara and whose father played Frank Costanza on "Seinfeld" starred in the movies, "Night At The Museum" and "Zoolander"?
- Ben Stiller.
- Ben Stiller.
- [Matthew] Correct.
What committee in the US House of Representatives has been chaired by Richard Neil since 2019 and is the chief Tax-writing committee of the house?
- Means and Ways Committee.
- (indistinct) - [Matthew] Was that ways and means?
- Yes.
- [Matthew] Correct.
Which minor key signature in which Beethoven's "9th symphony" and JS Bach's "Toccata and Fugue" are written is relative to F major and has one flat?
- D minor?
- Try the Jackson.
- [Matthew] Jackson?
- G minor?
- [Matthew] Incorrect, onto the next question.
Bela Bartok's Mikrokosmos is a set of pedagogical works for what musical instrument, for which Sergei Rachmaninoff wrote a prelude in C sharp minor?
- Piano.
- [Matthew] Piano, final answer?
- Jackson.
- [Matthew] Jackson?
Piano is correct.
What eight letter term for species that support an ecosystem also refers to the central part of an arch and is a nickname for Pennsylvania?
- Keystone.
- [Matthew] Final answer?
- Keystone.
- (indistinct) - [Matthew] Keystone, gotcha.
What seven letter chemistry term describes any material that is a combination of two or more different substances?
- Mixture.
- Mixture.
- Mixture, correct.
The Battle of Naseby occurred during what war which saw the Parliamentarians fight the Cavaliers to replace King Charles, the first with Oliver Cromwell?
- The English Civil War.
- [Matthew] Correct.
Gabriel Lajeunesse dies in the arms of the title woman who was from Acadia in what long poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow?
- Pass.
- [Matthew] No answer, next question.
What Frenchman, whose principles say, "Forces are transmitted, undiminished, throughout incompressible fluids."
is the namesake of the S.I unit of pressure?
- Pascal.
- Pascal.
- [Matthew] Pascal, correct.
What politician asked, "Are you better off than you were four years ago?"
and told Jimmy Carter, "There you go again."
during a 1980 presidential debate?
- Ronald Reagan.
- Ronald Reagan.
- [Matthew] Ronald Reagan, correct.
What race, first one in 1911 by Ray Harun, has the winner traditionally drink a bottle of milk and is held on Memorial Day weekend in Indiana?
- Indianapolis 500.
- Indy 500.
- [Matthew] Indy 500, correct.
What author described a snicker-snack sound made by a vorpal sword in his 1871 poem, "Jabberwocky", which appears in his novel "Through The Looking Glass".
(bell dings) Yes, let's quickly go over these questions that you guys missed in that round.
That key signature for Beethoven's "9th sympathy", we were looking for D minor.
The poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, "Evangeline".
And, the author that described that snicker-snack in his novel, "Through The Looking Glass", Lewis Carroll is the answer we were looking for... Is the answer we were looking for there.
Owasso, here comes your first question in today's Homestretch.
Max Pruss was the captain of what vessel which was docking in New Jersey when it caught fire on May 6th, 1937, and which was a German Zeppelin?
- Hindenburg.
- Hindenburg.
- I'm sorry, could you repeat that, Kevin.
- The Hindenburg.
- [Matthew] The Hindenburg, correct.
Uriah Stevens and Terrence Powderly were leaders of what American labor union that was eclipsed by the AFL after the Haymarket affair?
Answer?
- I... - [Matthew] No answer, onto the next question.
What actor, whose mother was Anne Meara and who's father played Frank Costanza on "Seinfeld" starred in the movies, "Night At The Museum" and "Zoolander"?
- No answer.
- [Matthew] No answer, onto the next question.
What committee in the US House of Representatives has been chaired by Robert Neil since 2019 and is the chief Tax-writing committee of the house?
- No answer.
- [Matthew] No answer, onto the next question.
Which minor key signature in which Beethoven's "9th symphony" and JS Bach's "Toccata and Fugue" are written is relative to F major and has one flat?
- C minor.
- [Matthew] Incorrect.
Bela Bartok's Mikrokosmos is a set of pedagogical works for what musical instrument, for which Sergei Rachmaninoff wrote a prelude in C sharp, minor?
- No answer.
- [Matthew] No answer, onto the next question.
What eight letter form... What eight letter term for species that support an ecosystem also refers to the central part of an arch and is a nickname for Pennsylvania?
- No answer.
- [Matthew] No answer, onto the next question.
What seven letter chemistry term describes any material that is a combination of two or more different substances?
- Compound.
- [Matthew] Incorrect.
The Battle of Naseby occurred during what war, which saw the Parliamentarians fight the Cavaliers to replace King Charles, the first with Oliver Cromwell?
- No answer.
- [Matthew] No answer, onto the next question.
Gabriel Lajeunesse dies in the arms of the title woman who was from Acadia, in what poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow?
- No answer.
- [Matthew] No answer, onto the next question.
What Frenchman whose principle says, "Forces are transmitted, undiminished, throughout incompressible fluids."
is the namesake of the S.I unit of pressure?
- No answer.
- Owosso?
No answer.
What politician asked, "Are you better off than you were four years ago?"
and told Jimmy Carter, "There you go again."
during a 1980 presidential debate?
- Ford?
- Ford.
- [Matthew] Incorrect.
What race, first one in 1911 by Ray Harun, has the winner traditionally drink a bottle of milk and is held on Memorial Day weekend in Indiana?
- Indiana 500.
- [Matthew] I need you to be more specific than that.
- (indistinct) Derby?
- [Matthew] Final answer, Owosso?
- Indy 500.
- [Matthew] Indy 500 is the correct answer.
What author described a snicker-snack sound-- (bell dings) Oh.
We're not gonna be able to get to that question, 'cause the bell signifies that we are out of time.
A real tough category.
This time, two correct answers for a total of 20 points.
Which brings your score up to 80.
The questions that we missed in that round.
The leaders of that... That American labor union was the Knights of Labor.
The actor whose parents were Anne Meara and Frank Costanza was Ben Stiller.
That committee we wanted in the US House of Representatives was the Ways and Means.
The minor key signature in Beethoven's "9th" was D minor.
Bela Bartok's...
The musical instrument that Sergei Rachmaninoff used was the piano.
The eight letter term for a species that's supporting ecosystem, Keystone.
The seven letter term that describes any material, we were looking for a mixture or mixtures.
The Battle of Naseby, it was during the English Civil War.
That poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, "Evangeline".
The Frenchman whose principle says, "Forces are transmitted."
was Pascal.
Was the one where you were looking for there.
The politician who had that contentious debate with Jimmy Carter in 1980 was Ronald Reagan.
With the score of Mount Pleasant, 220 and Owosso, 80, we now head 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.
What revolutionary war general triumphed at the Battle of Saratoga, but was removed from command after losing at Camden three years later?
- Benedict Arnold.
- [Matthew] Incorrect, next question.
Shock waves are produced when an object exceeds what physical value in which case the objects Mac number is higher than one?
- The speed of sound.
- [Matthew] Correct.
What organization, which displays the motto, "Courtesy, Professionalism, Respect" on its vehicles, is headquartered at one Police Plaza in Manhattan?
- The NYPD.
- [Matthew] Correct.
The Iranian Island of Kachin lies in what strategic strait connecting the Gulf of Oman with the Persian Gulf?
- The Strait of Beirut.
- [Matthew] Incorrect, onto the next question.
What country is home to the Avenue of the Baobabs, is inhibited by the Malagasy people, and is a large island off the coast of mainland Africa?
- Madagascar.
- Madagascar.
- [Matthew] Madagascar, correct.
In what 1917 document did a namesake German foreign secretary promise general financial support-- - The Zimmerman telegram.
- The Zimmerman telegram.
- [Matthew] The Zimmerman telegram, you got it.
What animal, in genus Mephitis, that lends its name to a cabbage species, can release a foul-smelling spray and has a back-bearing and long white stripe?
- Skunk.
- Correct.
Gladys Knight sang about a midnight train to what state?
The setting of a Charlie Daniels band song, - Georgia.
- [Matthew] in which Johnny wins a fiddle made of gold.
Georgia, correct.
What film in which Rachel McAdams plays Sacha Pfeiffer won Best Picture in 2016 and follows Boston Globe journalists', "Investigating Sexual Abuse"?
(bell dings) Oh, and just like that, the bell sounds the end of that round.
Mount Pleasant High School, you answered one, two, three, four, five six questions correctly in that round, which brings your final score today to 280 points.
The questions that you missed.
That revolutionary war general, we were looking for Horatio Lloyd Gates.
That strait that connects the Gulf of Oman with the Persian Gulf, we were looking for the Strait of Hormuz.
And that last question that we didn't get an answer to, about the Boston Globe journalists.
The film was "Spotlight".
Owosso, here's your first Final Countdown question.
What revolutionary war general triumphed at the Battle of Saratoga, but was removed from command after losing at Camden, three years later?
- Pass.
- [Matthew] Shock waves are produced when an object exceeds what physical value, in which case the objects Mac number is higher than one?
- Speed of sound.
- Speed of sound.
- [Matthew] Correct.
What organization, which displays the motto, "Courtesy, Professionalism, Respect" on its vehicles, is headquartered at one Police Plaza in Manhattan?
- Pass.
- [Matthew] The Iranian Island of Kachin lies in what strategic strait connecting the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf?
- Pass.
- [Matthew] No answer, onto the next question.
What country is home to the Avenue of the Baobabs, is inhabited by the Malagasy people and is a large island off the coast of mainland Africa?
- Madagascar.
- [Matthew] Correct.
In what 1917 document did a namesake German foreign secretary promise general financial support to Mexico in exchange for declaring war on the US?
- Zimmerman telegram.
- Zimmerman telegram.
- [Matthew] Correct.
What animal, in genus Mephitis, that lends its name to a cabbage species can release a foul-smelling spray and has a back-bearing and long white stripe?
- A skunk.
- [Matthew] Correct.
Gladys Knight sang about a midnight train to what state?
The setting of a Charlie Daniels band song in which Johnny wins a fiddle made of gold.
- Georgia.
- Georgia.
- [Matthew] Correct.
What film in which Rachel McAdams play Sacha Pfeiffer won Best Picture in 2016 and follows Boston Globe-- - "Spotlight" - [Matthew] "Spotlight" is correct.
(bell dings) So, for your final countdown, one, two, three, four, five six questions answered correctly, which takes your score to 140 after the Final Countdown.
Those final countdown questions that you missed.
That revolutionary war general were looking for was Horatio Lloyd Gates.
The organization at one Police Plaza in Manhattan, the NYPD.
The Iranian Island of Kachin, or that strait connecting the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf, the Strait of Hormuz.
And, you got all the rest of the questions correct in that round.
After four rounds of competition, our final score is Mount Pleasant, 280 and Owosso, 140.
Congratulations to Mount Pleasant.
You'll be advancing to our next round of competition.
And we want to thank Owasso for a hard fought match.
You faced some stiff competition today.
Seniors, good luck to you and all of your future endeavors and the classmen, we hope to see you next season on Quiz Central.
And we hope all of you will join us again on our next episode, 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 for the next episode of Quiz Central.
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