- [Announcer] Welcome back to "High School Bowl."

Our second game features the Norway Knights taking on the Menominee Maroons.

Now back to the host of High School Bowl, Jim Koski.

- And welcome back to the second half of our season premiere of High School Bowl And before we get into the competition for the second half of the show, I just want to make a little mention about this brand new set that we have.

We want to thank the NMU facilities department, especially Bill Verch, who put it together with all of the cool lights and the monitors and everything.

It brings us, I guess, into the 21st century here on High School Bowl.

And I think it is a very cool piece of work.

So how about a round of applause for NMU facilities and Bill Verch.

(crowd applauds) And now let's meet the teams in the second half of tonight's season opener.

And let's start with the Norway Knights.

- Hi, I'm Linea Heuswirth, Junior.

- Hi, I'm Aiden Bilsky, Sophomore.

- Hi, I'm Noah Morgan, Junior and team captain.

- Hi, my name is Jace St. John, Sophomore.

- Those are the Norway Knights.

Now their opponents in tonight's game, the Menominee Maroons.

- Hi, I'm Logan Ayers, Sophomore.

- Hi, I'm Erin Schuettpelz, Sophomore.

- I'm Daniel Birch, Junior and team captain.

- I'm Hannah Drifka, Sophomore.

- Those are the Menominee Maroons along with the Norway Knights, the two teams and the second half of tonight's High School Bowl.

(crowd applauds) Now let's meet the alternates for the two teams.

Vor Norway, it is Aurora Bunker, while for Menominee, it is Jasmine Grotto.

And the two coaches for the two teams, for Norway, it's Chris Burnt, for Menominee, it's Ann Burmeister, good luck coaches.

(crowd applauds) (chime) Okay teams, are you ready to see who's moving on to our next round?

Here is your first toss up question.

One work by this author begins with a general prologue whose opening lines describe the sweet smelling showers of April.

Such characters as a summoner, a miller, and the wife of Bathe tells stories in the Canterbury tales, a book by, for 10 points, what medieval English poet?

Norway?

Menominee?

(chime) Morgan?

- [Morgan] Shakespeare?

- No, not Shakespeare.

Anyone on Menominee want to give it a shot?

Nope?

Audience?

- [Audience] Chaucer?

- Geoffrey Chaucer.

So the audience gets 10 toss-up points.

Here is your next toss up question teams.

Emmanuel Kant nebular hypothesis claimed this collection of objects formed from a spinning cloud of gas and dust, this system takes about 230 million years to complete one orbit around the center of the Milky Way.

For 10 points named this system with eight planets, including earth, Ayers?

(chime) - Solar system.

- The solar system, correct for those 10 points.

(crowd applauds) Okay, Menominee here is your first bonus round.

This country declared its independence in 1903 and soon after elected Manwell Amador Guerrero as its first president, for 10 points each, name this central American country that promptly negotiated an agreement with the US regarding a strip of land to be used for a canal.

- [Birch] Panama?

- Panama, yep.

Panama declared its independence from this adjacent South American country.

The US sent a Naval force to prevent this country from recapturing Panama.

- [Birch] Costa Rica?

- [Koski] No, not Costa Rica, Norway?

(whispering) - [Morgan] Columbia?

- Columbia, correct for 10 points, and Menominee, John Hay, who negotiated the treaty with Panama held this cabinet position in which he advocated "gunboat diplomacy."

- Vice-president?

- [Koski] No, not vice-president, Norway?

Knights?

- [Morgan] Purple.

- No, how about secretary of state?

So 10 points for Menominee, 10 points for Norway in that bonus round.

(crowd applauds) Here's your next toss up question, this country's namesake river forms a major estuary with the Parana.

This country's capital whose name is sometimes translated as "I saw a mount" is on the north shore of the Rio de La Plata across from Buenos Aires.

For 10 points each, what South American countries' capital is Montevideo?

(chime) And Birch?

- Uruguay?

- Uruguay, correct for those 10 points.

(crowd applauds) - Okay Menominee, here is your next bonus round.

Luka Modric won the 2018 Ballon D'or.

For 10 points each, the Ballon D'or is a prestigious individual award for players of this sport whose international competitions are often organized by FIFA.

(team whispering) - [Birch] Soccer?

- Soccer, yep.

Since 2007, the only three players who have won the Ballon D'Or are Modric, Christiano Ronaldo, and this star for Argentina and now Paris Saint-Germain.

- [Birch] Lionel Messi?

- Lionel Messi, correct.

And Modric won in part for leading this European country to the 2018 world cup final, where it lost to France.

- Czech Republic?

- [Koski] Not the Czech Republic, Norway?

(team whispering) Knights?

- Sweden?

- No, not Sweden.

How about Croatia?

So 20 points for Menominee in that bonus round.

(crowd applauds) Here's your next tossup question teams, six solo suites for this instrument, each starting with a prelude and allemande were written by JS Bach.

This string instrument, played by Pablo Casals and Yo-Yo, Birch?

- [Birch] Violin?

- And Yo-Yo Ma is pitched exactly one octave below a Viola; for 10 points each, what string instrument with an end pin is smaller than a bass?

(chime) Uh, Ayers?

- [Ayers] Cello?

- Cello, correct for those 10 points.

(crowd cheering) Okay Menominee, here is your next bonus round.

CFCs were phased out under the Montreal protocol because they are examples of these substances.

For 10 points each, name these gases, which cause a namesake effect that contributes to global warming.

(team whispering) - [Birch] Carbon dioxide?

- [Koski] Not carbon dioxide, Norway?

- [Bilski] Greenhouse gases.

- [Morgan] Greenhouse gases?

- Greenhouse gases, correct.

Menominee, this greenhouse gas is responsible for the odor that follows a lightning strike.

It has a high concentration in the stratosphere.

- [Birch] Methane?

- [Koski] Not methane, Norway?

(team whispering) - [Morgan] Ozone?

- Ozone, correct.

And Menominee, greenhouse gases can be reduced by these reservoirs that absorb more carbon than they release; the ocean naturally serves as this type of a reservoir.

- Greenhouse reservoir.

- [Koski] Not a greenhouse reservoir, good guess though.

Norway?

- [Morgan] A water reservoir.

- (laughs) No, how about a carbon sink?

So 20 points for Norway in that bonus round.

(crowd applauds) Here's your next tossup question teams.

This speech men who gave the last full measure of devotion in fighting for a new birth of freedom.

Edward Everett gave a two hour oration before this speech given at a battlefield.

The words "four score and seven years ago," Birch?

- [Birch] Gettysburg Address?

- The Gettysburg Address, correct for 10 toss-up points.

(crowd applauds) - Okay Maroons, here is your next bonus round.

For 10 points each, answer the following about similarities between 20th century politicians Hubert Humphrey and Walter Mondale.

Here's the first one, both Humphrey and Mondale served in this position whose holder presides over the US Senate.

- [Birch] Speaker of the house?

- [Koski] Not speaker of the house, Norway?

(team whispering) - Uh, Senate.

- No, how about the Vice President of the United States?

Menominee, Humphrey and Mondale were both presidential candidates of this party.

Respectively, they lost the 1968 and the 1984 elections.

(team whispering) - [Birch] Democratic?

- Democratic party, yep.

And before their vice presidential terms, both men served as a US Senator from this state.

This was the only state to cast electoral votes for Mondale in 1984.

(team whispering) - [Birch] New York?

- [Koski] Not New York, Norway?

- [Morgan] Minnesota.

- Minnesota, correct.

So 10 points for Menominee, 10 points for Norway in that bonus round.

(crowd applauds) Here's your next tossup question teams.

The detachment of this structure can be treated by a scleral buckle.

The center of this structure, the macula, includes an area called the phobia, which is especially dense with cone cells.

Photo receptor cells for sensing light are found in, Bilski?

(chime) - [Bilski] The eye?

- [Koski] What layer of the eye?

Anyone can buzz in now.

Ayers?

(chime) - [Ayers] The pupil.

- [Koski] Not the pupil, does anyone on Norway want to buzz in?

(chime) Morgan.

- [Morgan] The retina?

- The retina, correct for those 10 points.

(crowd applauds) - Kay Knights, here is your next bonus round.

In the opening paragraph of this novel, the narrator flippantly remarks that the reader probably wants to know things like where I was born and what my lousy childhood was like.

For 10 points each, name this novel by JD Salinger.

(team whispering) Norway?

- [Morgan] A novel.

Well, it was a novel, but I guess we need a little more specifically on that.

So Menominee?

- [Birch] Catcher in the Rye.

- Which was the name of that novel.

So 10 points for Menominee.

Norway, those snarky opening lines, like the rest of the book, are spoken by this main character.

- [Morgan] Phil.

- [Koski] No, not Phil although maybe his close friends, called him Phil, but no not, so Menominee?

- [Morgan] Bill.

(laughter) - No, how about Holden Caufield?

And Norway, in the novels first lines, Holden also refuses to discuss what he calls "the kind of crap" found in this Charles Dickens novel, whose supporting characters include Mr. Micawber and Uriah Heep.

- Oliver Twist?

- [Koski] No, not Oliver twist, Menominee?

- [Birch] War and Peace?

- No, how about David Copperfield?

So 10 points from Menominee in that bonus round.

(crowd applauds) Okay, here's your next tossup question teams.

A poem describes the pride in this character's bearing before he lightly doffed his hat in response to cheers.

Even though somewhere children shout, this character's failure meant that there is no joy in Mudville.

For 10 points, what character strikes out in a poem about him at the bat?

(chime) Morgan?

- [Morgan] Ruth?

- [Koski] No, not Ruth, anyone on Menominee want to buzz in?

(chime) Birch.

- [Birch] Marky.

- Marky at the Bat, no, although I'm sure the writers of Casey at the Bat would probably not mind changing it.

We have come to the end of the first half of tonight's second game and Menominee with a 90 to 50 lead over Norway.

We'll be back to meet the students and find out who's moving on to the next round right after this.

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Now back to Jim for the second half of High School Bowl.

- And welcome back to our game.

Right now, Menominee with a 90 to 50 lead over Norway.

We'll get back into the questions in just a couple minutes, but let's spend a few seconds to meet the students and let's start with Linea Heuswirth of Norway.

Now Linea, you're a junior.

And you say one of the things that kind of captures the essence of you is your love of horses, right?

- Yeah.

- [Koski] Tell me about that.

- So I've always grown up around horses and they've kind of always been things that have changed the way that I look on things.

And it's given me a lot of responsibility, because when I was young, I had to take care of them myself.

So that's kinda how it shaped me as a person.

- Okay, and do you currently have a favorite horse?

- Well, I like both of my horses equally.

- Okay, let's give them a shout out.

What are their names?

- I have Reckless and Zero.

- Oh, let me guess, they're two perfect horses, right?

Okay, Aiden Bilsky, you are a sophomore and you say that if you could live in the world of any book or movie, you would want to live in a fantasy world, much like Lord of the Rings, why?

- I've always, I don't know.

I've always liked fantasy novels.

They're like some of the first books I've ever read, thanks to my mother of course you know, I've always loved fantasy, I've always loved all of the magic and spells and all the wolves and all that stuff.

They've always just really captured my imagination.

- And you wouldn't be bothered by say, oh lava spills or someone casting an evil spell over you?

- Well, you need some excitement in life.

You can't all be safe.

- I can't disagree with that.

Noah Morgan, you are a junior and a team captain.

And you say that one of the things that actually helped you get through the insanity of the past year and a half was developing a love of photography.

- Yeah, so when we were out of school, I had really nothing to do.

And I went to a garage sale and I picked up an old film camera from 1971 and I wanted to see if it worked.

And so I went out and I enjoyed it and I figured out how to use it.

And then since then I just kept taking pictures.

I bought a digital camera and I've enjoyed it.

- What do you prefer more as a photographer, digital or old school film?

- Old school film has it's like neat look, I enjoy it.

But as for like good art and good nice quality pictures, I still do prefer a digital camera.

- Plus with digital, you can shoot 22 shots of the same thing and get it right, as opposed to wasting an entire roll of film.

- Yeah, of course, it's not as expensive as film.

- No, but like you said, it does have a very unique look to it so it's, yeah.

Okay, Jace St. John, you are a sophomore and you say that if you could do one thing big or small to change the world, that would be to erase homophobia.

- Okay so I didn't really, I'm not very good wording.

So erase homophobia does sound a little off, but I would like to improve this world on it's, like, I would love to decrease the hate on the LGBTQ community.

And that would be just like a start, because there's a lot of it back in my hometown.

And there's a lot of it in the United States and a lot of in other countries, and it'd be great to just erase it or at least take a step forward to try and change this world to be a better place and be a safer place.

- And that was actually going to be kind of my follow-up question.

Do you think that we'll ever get to the point where that will happen?

- Hopefully.

I don't know if it'd be in the near future.

But it will be in the future, hopefully.

- It's one of those things that many generations can keep working on, correct?

- [St. John] Yes, sir.

- Those are the Norway Knights.

Now let's meet the students from the Menominee Maroons.

Logan Ayers, you are a sophomore and you have a rather interesting taste in music in that you like to listen to dramatic cinematic music.

You want to explain that?

- I'm not really sure exactly how to explain it.

Like, as I was listening to various music types, I can never exactly pinpoint what was the main factor.

But then I started looking into it more and I realized that a lot of them had these like, there's large crash and moves and it wasn't like all this the same.

It was all just kind of there, like I said, very cinematic and dramatic.

- So do you find yourself listening to a lot of movie soundtracks or just ambient music or rock music with over the top orchestral arrangements?

- Just all various types, it's whatever peaks my interest.

- Okay, Erin Schuettpelz, you're a sophomore.

And you say that if you could do one thing to make the world a better place, it's probably a dream that a lot of us have these days.

You want COVID to go away.

- Yes.

- [Koski] And why specifically for you?

- It's made like school really hard, cause you just go back and forth and quarantine is just terrible because you don't know what's happening when you get back.

So just to erase it would make the world like a whole much better place.

- Now, unlike Jace's dream, yours might actually be attainable more in a short term.

Do you think we'll get to the point where everyone actually sits down and says, okay, let's do this and let's get rid of it?

- Probably at one point, but it's going to take a little bit I think.

- Yeah, sometimes change is hard, I do know that.

Well Daniel Birch, you're a Junior and a team captain.

And you say that if you could live in the world of any book or movie, or in this case video game, you want to play or live in the world of Ready Player One, why?

- It's like the thing in it is the VR with just infinite possibilities and infinite places to go.

Like it's just, it's the perfect world.

Obviously the real world in that book is completely in crumbles, but you can escape from it.

- Okay, because much like Aiden for Norway was going to say, you know, it's not in like a perfect world to live in, so it's, but you're okay with that.

- Oh yeah, that's okay.

- Okay, and finally, Hannah Drifka, you're a Freshman.

You say that your current hero, the person to whom you're looking up a lot these days is your dad.

And tell me why.

- My dad and I do everything together.

We, wherever he goes, I go and he's just a big role model in my life.

He introduced me to all the things I like to do today.

And he helps me be a better basketball player.

And we do lots of hunting and stuff together.

I guess I'm just always with my dad.

- Well, let's give a credit where credit's due.

What's your dad's name?

- Daniel Drifka.

- Sounds like a great guy.

Glad you have him as a role model.

Those are the Menominee Maroons and the Norway Knights, the two teams in the second half of tonight's High School Bowl.

(crowd applauds) Okay, let's get back into the toss question teams.

An attempt to assassinate this politician in 1984 involved the bombing of a hotel in Brighton.

(chime) Drifka?

- [Drifka] Abraham Lincoln?

- [Koski] This prime minister achieved the military success against Argentina during the Falklands War.

For 10 points, what conservative British Prime Minister during the 19, Birch?

(chime) - [Birch] Thatcher?

- Margaret Thatcher is correct for those 10 points.

(crowd applauds) Okay Maroons, here is your next bonus round.

For 10 points each answer the following about some of the world's most populous islands.

Here's the first one, the city of Jakarta is on this Indonesian island, the world's most populous.

Its name has also become slang for coffee.

- [Birch] Java?

- Java, yeah.

The second most populous island on the planet is this largest island of Japan, which contains the cities of Tokyo and Osaka.

(team whispering) Maroons?

- [Birch] Oahu.

- [Koski] Not Oahu, Norway?

- [Morgan] Kyoto?

- No, how about Honshu?

And Menominee, two of the world's most populous islands, Luzon and Mindanao are part of this Asian country named after a 16th century Spanish king.

- The Philippines?

- The Philippines, yep.

So 20 points from Menominee in that bonus round.

(crowd applauds) Here's your next toss-up question teams.

This writer introduced the idea of absolute advantage in his critique of mercantilism.

This thinker who coined the phrase "invisible hand" wrote a 1776 book promoting laissez-faire economics.

For 10 point, named this Scottish, Ayers?

- [Ayers] Karl Marx?

- [Koski] Name the Scottish economist who wrote "the Wealth of Nations."

(chimes) Morgan.

- [Morgan] Karl Marx?

- [Koski] Not Karl Marx, anyone on Menominee want to buzz in?

(chime) - Birch.

- Douglas, no, not Douglas audience?

Adam Smith.

So let's move on to our next toss up question and that is this, though he could not identify them, this scientist was the first to see the rings of Saturn.

After building one of the first telescopes, this man discovered the four largest moons of Jupiter, which are named for him.

For 10 points, name this Italian astronomer who defended heliocentrism.

- [Bilski] Galilelo?

(chime) - [Koski] Bilski?

- [Bilski] Galileo?

- Galileo, correct for those 10 points.

(crowd applauds) Okay Knight's here is your next bonus round.

This character recites the Pinocchio song "I've got no strings" after seemingly killing Jarvis.

For 10 points each, name this robotic Avengers villain who raises Sokovia's capital city into the air to use it as a meteorite that will cause global extinction?

- [Morgan] Ultron?

- Ultron, yep.

Ultron goes to Ulysses Klaw to obtain this fictional metal, which Klaw had stolen from Wakanda and which is used to make the Black Panther's costume.

- [Morgan] Vibranium?

- Vibranium, yep.

And in the Marvel cinematic universe, vibranium is first used during World War II to make the shield of this hero.

- Captain America.

- Captain America, yep.

So 30 points for Norway in that Avengers themed bonus round.

(crowd applauds) Okay teams, here's your next toss up question.

A 2020 episode of this TV show featured a song about strolling to the polls, which was repeatedly interrupted with bad news delivered by John Mulaney.

In 1975, Lorne Michaels created this show for NBC.

For 10 points each what late night sketch comedy airs from New York, Birch?

- [Birch] Saturday Night Live?

- Saturday night live, correct for those 10 points.

(crowd applauds) Okay Maroons, here is your next bonus round.

This substance covers a tree's vascular cambium.

For 10 points each, name this substance that provides a rough outer covering for a tree trunk (team whispering) - [Birch] Bark?

- Bark, yep.

The bark of the oak tree quercus suber... (end chime) It's cork if anyone cares.

10 points for a Menominee in that bonus round, which means we have come to the end of tonight's game.

Menominee is moving on to our next round, defeating Norway by a score of 140 to 90.

(crowd applauds) Well, first of all Knights, thank you very much for making the trip up to Marquette.

Now the great thing is Linea, Aiden, Noah, and Jace, you are all underclassmen, so we'll get the joy of seeing you again next year.

That is very, very cool.

Menominee, you get to come back to Marquette in a couple of weeks.

I realize it's a bit of a long trip, but it's for a good cause because you will be taking on the Hoton Gremlins in our next round.

So that should be very exciting.

So I tell you what, before we get to the end of tonight's game, we want to thank a question sponsor for tonight.

We want to thank Dr. Windeth and Judith Johnson of Marinette who sponsored the questions in hopes that they're, well, across the river neighbors the Maroons would do well and their mojo worked.

So thanks to the Johnson's for that.

(crowd applauds) We would like to thank our time and scorekeeper for tonight, Dakota van Linden.

(crowd applauds) And make sure you join us next week.

We have but one game, but oh, it promises to be a doozy as Rudyard takes on Ishbilling.

Don't forget to like the High School Bowl page on Facebook.

And remember as someone much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much wiser than I once said, nothing you learn is ever wasted.

I'm Jim Koski, we will see you again next time for High School Bowl.

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