- Welcome to Scholastic HI-Q, the game where knowledge rules.

I'm your host, Jordan Spudville.

And today we are joined by two teams who are ready to play our game.

On the bottom row we have Nashville, with Adeline, Garrett and Malayna.

And on the top row, we have Centralia, with Manuela, John and Connor.

Now that we've met our contestants, it's time to go over the rules.

I'm going to be reading a series of 10 point toss-up questions that both teams have a chance to answer.

If a team answers a toss-up correctly, they get to answer a 20 point bonus question.

However, if they miss that bonus question, the other team can steal it away from them and earn themselves 10 points.

The interruption rule is in effect in today's game.

So if somebody decides to interrupt me while I'm reading a question and they answer wrong, the other team receives five points automatically, and they get to hear the entire question.

As usual, we'll be having our lightning round, halfway through our game, where I'm going to be reading a series of questions in any given category that both teams have a chance to answer as many as they possibly can in 60 seconds.

Now that we know the rules, it's time to start our game.

Let's put on our thinking caps, and let's get down to quizness.

Starting with our first 10 point toss-up question for both teams.

What band, which honored Andy Kaufman and the song a man on the moon is led by Michael Stipe and released everybody hurts and losing my religion?

The answer we were looking for on that one was R E M. so, okay, we're going to start on our next 10 point tossup question for both teams.

Emeralds contain aluminum, chromium, and what metal, the lightest alkaline earth metal, which is used in x-ray machines, and has the atomic symbol B E, Garrett.

- Beryllium - I'm sorry.

- Beryllium - That's correct, for 10 points.

Nashville, here's your first 20 point bonus question.

What two-word Latin phrase is used in economic writing to mean that other variables, besides the ones being discussed, are held equal?

- Et al.

- [Jordan] Sorry, that's incorrect.

Centralia, you have a chance to steal for 10 points.

That's time on that question.

The answer we were looking for was ceteris paribus.

Tricky one, that's okay.

We're going to move on to our next 10 point toss-up for both teams.

What country signed the Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty with the U.S. in 1903, establishing a zone surrounding a canal, connecting the Atlantic and Pacific?

John.

- Panama.

- That's correct, for 10 points.

Centralia, here's your first 20 point bonus question.

The first American author to win the Nobel prize in literature was what novelist who wrote main street?

- Fitzgerald.

- Sorry, that's incorrect.

Nashville, you have a chance to steal for 10 points.

We are out of time for that.

The answer we were looking for was Sinclair Lewis.

It's okay, we're going to shake it off and move on to our next 10 point toss-up question for both teams.

What Australian state contains a rainforest called the Tarkine, was once called at Van Diemen's Land, has its capital at Hobart and is an island?

John.

- Queensland.

- [Jordan] Sorry, that's incorrect.

Nashville, you have a chance.

The answer we were looking for for that one was Tasmania.

Just like the Tasmanian devil, yes.

We're gonna move on to our next 10 point toss-up for both teams.

What video game series, in which the happy home academy judges houses.. Malayna.

- Animal Crossing.

- [Jordan] That's correct, for 10 points.

Nashville, here's your 20 point bonus question.

The 2020 Pulitzer prize for local reporting went to the staff of what city's newspaper, the sun, for work on this city's mayor, Catherine Pugh?

- San Francisco.

- [Jordan] Sorry, that's incorrect.

Centralia, you have a chance to steal for 10 points.

- Los Angeles.

- Sorry.

That's also incorrect.

The answer we were looking for was Baltimore, Maryland, the Baltimore sun.

It's now time for our first media question of the game.

This is an audio question, let's have a listen.

- [Audio Recording] (singing) "I like to be in America.." - [Jordan] Malayna.

- West Side Story.

- [Jordan] That's correct, for 10 points.

Very impressive.

We're going to move on to our next 10 point toss-up for both teams.

Berenger sees a rhinoceros run through the town square and a work by what Romanian born theater of the absurd playwright who wrote The Bold Soprano.

- Tchaikovsky.

- [Jordan] Sorry, that's incorrect.

Okay, the answer we were looking for was Eugene Ionesco.

We're gonna move on to our next 10 point toss-up for both teams.

In 1640, what country's Philippine dynasty ended with the accession of the house of Braganza's Joel IV after 59 years in the Iberian union with Spain?

John.

- Portugal.

- [Jordan] That's correct, for 10 points.

Centralia, here's your 20 point bonus question.

According to Gay Lussac's law, what quantity increases proportionally with a gaseous temperature assuming volume is kept constant?

- Density.

- [Jordan] Sorry, that's incorrect.

Nashville, you have a chance to steal for 10 points.

- Mass.

- [Jordan] Sorry.

That's also incorrect.

The answer we were looking for was pressure.

Okay, we're gonna move on to our next 10 point toss-up question.

What state that is home to the coast guard academy, which is in New London, is also home to Yale university and is governed from Hartford?

We're looking for the state, John.

- Maine.

- [Jordan] Sorry, that's incorrect.

Malayna.

- Virginia.

- Sorry, that's also incorrect.

The answer we were looking for was Connecticut.

It's okay, we're gonna move on to our next 10 point toss-up for both teams.

And that's the first math question of the game.

So let's get those pencils and paper ready.

What is the length of each side of a square whose perimeter is numerically equal to his area?

Garrett.

- One.

- [Jordan] I'm sorry.

- One.

- [Jordan] I'm sorry, that's incorrect.

John.

- Four.

- [Jordan] That's correct, for 10 points.

Centralia, here's your 20 point bonus question.

The ancient region of Colchis was primarily found in what modern day nation, and the caucuses mountains, whose capital is Tbilisi?

(whispering) - [Jordan] And that's time.

Nashville, you have a chance to steal.

- Taiwan.

- [Jordan] Sorry, that's incorrect.

The answer we were looking for was Georgia.

We're going to move on to our next 10 point toss-up for both teams.

In 2019, what NFL team included single season reception record setter, Michael Thomas, who caught many of those passes from quarterback, Drew Brees?

John.

- New Orleans Saints.

- [Jordan] That's correct for 10 points.

Centralia, here's your 20 point bonus question.

The eligakes, which include earthworms, are an order within what phylum of segmented worms, that also includes leeches?

(whispering) Nashville, You have a chance to steal for 10 points.

- Cordata.

- [Jordan] Sorry, that's incorrect.

The answer we were looking for was a Melita.

It's now time for our next media question of the game.

This is a still question.

Let's have a look.

This logo is for an app.. - Bitcoin.

- [Jordan] Sorry, that's incorrect.

And because of the interruption rule, Nashville, you do get five points and I'll read the entire question.

This logo is for an app that is for a mobile payment service developed by Square.

The app allows users to transfer money to other people.

And since May, 2020 the service recorded 40 million active users.

Name this app.. Garret.

- Cash app.

- [Jordan] That's correct for 10 points.

Moving onto our next 10 point toss-up for both teams.

What country, led by Muhammadu Buhari, is, along with Angola, Africa's largest petroleum producer, and is the most populous country in Africa?

- Ghana.

- [Jordan] Sorry, that's incorrect.

Answer we were looking for was Nigeria.

Gonna move on to our next 10 point toss-up for both teams.

What US architect, who designed the John F. Kennedy presidential library, the rock and roll hall of fame, and the Louvre pyramid was born in China.

And the answer we were looking for for that toss-up was I.M.

Pei.

We're gonna move on to our next 10 point toss-up for both teams.

This is another math question, so get those pencils and paper ready.

If a circle has a circumference of eight, what is the measure of a central angle that is subtended by an arc whose length is two?

Malayna.

- 90 degrees.

- That's correct for 10 points.

Here's your bonus question, Nashville.

In the old Testament, which son of Jesse seceded, Seoul as king of Israel?

- David.

- That's correct for 20 points.

We're gonna move on to our next 10 point toss-up for both teams.

A 1905 Max Weber book describes the Protestant ethics influence on what economic system, characterized by private ownership and free markets?

Malayna.

- Capitalism.

- [Jordan] That's correct for 10 points.

Nashville, here's your next 20 point bonus question.

If a seesaw is not moving and is in a rotational equilibrium, then its center of mass must lie above what point with a seven letter name?

Centralia, you have a chance to steal for 10 points.

- Hinge.

- Sorry, that's incorrect.

The answer we were looking for was the fulcrum.

It's okay, I saw it was on the tip of your tongues.

We're gonna move on to our next 10 point toss-up for both teams.

What party that, included Lord Melbourne, merged with the polize and radicals to form the liberal party, and was a longtime rival of the Tories.

John.

- Wigs.

- [Jordan] That's correct for 10 points.

Centralia, here's your 20 point bonus question.

What Nez Perce leader declared quote, I will fight no more forever, end quotes as he surrendered to Nelson Miles in 1877?

That is time.

Nashville, you have a chance to steal for 10 points.

- Chief Pontiac.

- [Jordan] Sorry, that's incorrect.

The answer we were looking for was chief Joseph.

It's okay, it is now time.

We've made it halfway through our game and it's time for our lightning round.

Said before, I'm going to give you four categories to choose from.

Centralia, I'm going to let you decide first.

You are just a little bit behind.

We have four categories to choose.

You can answer questions based on Charles Darwin, US islands, sports trophies, or super.

- Super.

- [Jordan] Super it is.

In this category, give these words that begin with the prefix, super.

Centralia, are you ready for your lightning round?

Let's do it, then.

If you do not know an answer, you can pass and we will go back to it if time allows.

Your lightening round, Centralia, begins in 3, 2, 1.

Related to unexplained phenomena, such as ghosts.

- Supernatural.

- [Jordan] Correct.

The explosion of a massive star.

- Supernova.

- [Jordan] Correct.

Concept paired with a man and George Bernard Shaw play title.

- Pass.

- [Jordan] A building's resident, janitor, or a school district administrator.

- Superintendent.

- [Jordan] Correct.

Aspect of the Freudian psyche shaped by societal rules.

- Pass.

- [Jordan] 11 letter adjective describing a person or object as shallow.

- Superficial.

- [Jordan] Correct.

There were 716 of these at the 2016 democratic national convention.

- Pass.

- [Jordan] A material with no electrical resistance.

- Superconductor.

- [Jordan] Correct.

An unscientific belief, especially concerning luck.

- Superstition.

- [Jordan] Correct.

67 votes in the Senate.

- Supermajority.

- [Jordan] Correct.

We're going to go over the ones you passed.

Concept..

I'm sorry, that's time.

You did get seven questions correct.

That's 70 points for your team, congratulations.

I'll go over the ones that you passed the concept paired with man and a George Bernard show Shaw play title, excuse me, was Superman.

Aspect of Freudian psyche shaped by societal rules was superego.

There were 716 of these at the 2016 Democratic national convention was the super delegates.

And that was all the ones that you passed.

So good game for you guys.

We'll now move on to Nashville.

You have three categories remaining.

You can answer questions on Charles Darwin, US islands, or sports trophies.

- Charles Darwin.

- [Jordan] Charles Darwin, it is.

In this lightning round, I need you to answer the following about Charles Darwin.

Nashville, are you ready for your lightning round?

Let's begin.

If you don't know an answer, we can pass.

Your lightning round starts in 3, 2, 1.

He claimed that this natural process drives evolution.

- Natural selection.

- [Jordan] Correct.

Ship on which he sailed the world.

- Pass.

- [Jordan] He wrote a book on these ecosystems made of coral.

- Reefs.

- [Jordan] Correct.

He wrote a book on the origin of blank.

- Species.

- Correct.

Darwin's finches live on this archipelago.

- Galapagos Islands.

- [Jordan] Correct.

He studied these crustaceans that attached to ships holes.

- Starfish - [Jordan] Incorrect.

Darwin's critics excited at this Frenchman's theory of acquired characteristics.

- Pass.

- [Jordan] In 1858, he co-wrote an article on evolution with this man.

- Pass.

- [Jordan] Word completing the title of a book on human evolution, 'The blank of Man.'

- Evolution.

- [Jordan] That's incorrect.

Man called a Darwin's bulldog for his support of Darwin.

- Pass.

- [Jordan] Let me go back to the ones..

I'm sorry, that's time.

You did have four correct answers, 40 points for your team.

I'll go over the ones you passed or missed.

The ship on which he sailed the world was the H M S beagle.

He studied these crustaceans that attached to ships holes was barnacles.

Darwin's critic cited this Frenchman's theory of acquired characteristics was Lamarck.

In 1858, he co-wrote an article on evolution with this man, Alfred Russell Wallace.

And a man called Darwin's bulldog for his support of Darwin was Thomas Huxley.

Overall good job to both teams in the lightning round.

We're now going to move back our toss-up and bonus questions.

Starting with our next media question.

We have a video question, let's take a look.

Taking place between the fall of the empire and the rise of the first order.

This Star Wars series follows a lone gunfighter as he makes his way through.. Connor.

- The Mandalorian.

- That's correct for 10 points.

I still haven't finished bingeing it.

We're going to move on to the next 10 point toss-up for both teams.

What type of structure, which consists of a unit cell extended over a three-dimensional lattice is a type of highly ordered, solid, such as diamonds?

Garret.

- Crystalline structure.

- [Jordan] That's correct for 10 points.

Nashville, here's your bonus 20 point question.

The orphan, Homer Wells, grows up under the mentorship of Dr. Wilbur Larch and the Cider House Rules, a novel by what author of A Prayer for Owen Meany.

- Homer.

- [Jordan] I'm sorry?

- Homer.

- [Jordan] Sorry, that was incorrect.

Centralia, you do have a chance to steal for 10 points.

- Shaw.

- Sorry, that's also incorrect.

The answer we were looking for was John Irving.

We're gonna move on to our next 10 point toss-up question for both teams.

What country, which contains the Olmec site of la venta in its state of Tabasco, also includes such states as Quintana Roo, Sinaloa, and Yucatan?

Malayna.

- Peru.

- [Jordan] Sorry, that's incorrect.

Connor.

- Guatemala.

- [Jordan] Sorry, that's also incorrect.

The answer we were looking for was Mexico.

I'm going to go ahead and blame my terrible pronunciation on that, but props to both of you for trying to answer.

We're going to forget that ever happened.

Move on to our next 10 point toss-up question for both teams.

What novel, in which Jody Starks becomes the mayor of Eatonville, Florida, centers on a woman named Janie Crawford and is by Zora Neale Hurston?

Malayna.

- The Scarlet Letter.

- [Jordan] Sorry, that's incorrect.

Connor.

- The Color Purple.

- [Jordan] Sorry, that's also incorrect.

The answer we were looking for were Their Eyes Were Watching God.

I want to move on to our next 10 point toss-up for both teams.

What disease can be caused by destruction of beta cells and the islets of a Langerhans, is marked by high blood glucose and is managed with insulin?

Garret.

- Diabetes.

- [Jordan] That's correct for 10 points.

Nashville, here's your 20 point bonus question.

Walter and Louis Alvarez proposed that an asteroid caused the extinction of the dinosaurs after discovering a clay layer rich in what dense metal.

- Lead.

- [Jordan] Sorry, that's incorrect.

Centralia, you have a chance to steal for 10 points.

- Iron.

- [Jordan] Sorry, that's also incorrect.

We were looking for iridium.

That's okay, we're going to move on to our next 10 point toss-up for both teams.

What instrument is featured in a B minor concerto by Antonin Dvorak, and an E minor concerto by Edward Elgar and has a name meaning that little big vial?

Garrett.

- Viola.

- [Jordan] Sorry, that's incorrect.

Connor.

- Cello.

- [Jordan] That's correct, for 10 points.

Centralia, here's your 20 point bonus question.

Actor Joe Manganiello is married to what Colombian born actress, who is a judge on America's Got Talent and play Gloria on Modern Family.

- Sofia Vergara.

- [Jordan] That's correct, for 20 points.

It's now time for our next media question.

This one is an audio question, let's have a listen.

(song plays) We are looking for the song title, Garrett.

- Bad Day.

- [Jordan] That's correct for 10 points.

Moving onto our next 10 point toss-up for both teams.

What poet who wrote, 'I Do Not Hope to Turn Again' and 'Ash Wednesday' depicted a women talking of Michelangelo in 'The Song of J. Alfred Prufrock?'

John.

- Frost.

- [Jordan] Sorry, that's incorrect.

Garrett.

- Angelou.

- [Jordan] Sorry, that's also incorrect.

The answer we were looking for was T S Eliot.

Let me move on to our next 10 point toss up for both teams.

What company, which acquired Warner media in 2018, includes most of the baby bells, is headquartered in Dallas, and is the world's largest telecom.

Garrett.

- Fox.

- [Jordan] Sorry, that's incorrect.

Connor.

- Via Com.

- [Jordan] Sorry, that's also incorrect.

The answer we were looking for was at A T and T, which just means we have a lot of Verizon users, that's all that means.

We're gonna move on to our next 10 point toss-up for both teams.

What beings, who included the three brothers who forged Zeus's thunderbolts and Polyphemus.. John.

- Cyclops.

- [Jordan] That's correct for 10 points.

Centralia, here's your 20 point bonus question.

What 20th century Romanian sculptor made abstract representations of avians in flight in his series, bird and space.

- Picasso.

- [Jordan] Sorry.

that's incorrect.

Nashville, you do have a chance to steal.

- Bernini.

- [Jordan] Sorry, that's also incorrect.

We were looking for Constantine Brancusi.

We're gonna move on to our next 10 point toss-up for both teams.

What poem, in which a spirit from the land of mist and snow avenges the death of an albatross, was written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge about a sailor.

Garrett.

- Life At Sea.

- [Jordan] Sorry, that's incorrect.

The answer we were looking for was the Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner.

We'll move on to our next 10 point toss-up for both teams.

What city, where Nathan Hale was hanged for espionage, was evacuated by George Washington in 1776, after battles at long island and Harlem Heights.

Malayna.

- New York.

- [Jordan] That's correct for 10 points.

Nashville, here's your 20 point bonus question.

Ernst Chladni is considered the father of what branch of physics that deals with the propagation of mechanical waves, especially sound waves.

Centralia, you have a chance to steal.

- Audiocology.

- [Jordan] Sorry, that's incorrect, although a very impressive term.

We were looking for acoustics.

Next, we have our next media question.

This is a still question, let's have a look.

This character was created by William Hannah.. Malayna.

- Tom.

- [Jordan] That is correct for 10 points.

That sound does mean it's the end of our game.

Nashville, congratulations.

You guys are our winners.

Centralia, good job keeping up.

You were right behind them the whole time.

Both of you played a good game.

Thank you for coming Nashville.

And thank you for being here as well Centralia.

Thank you all for watching at home.

Make sure to tune in next time on Scholastic HI-Q and we'll see you then.