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(cheers and applause) >> HANSON: Hi, everybody, and welcome to High School Quiz Show.

I'm Joe Hanson, your host.

In last week's match, South High defeated Commonwealth, and now moves on to the quarterfinals.

In today's match, we welcome returning champion Buckingham Browne & Nichols from Cambridge, and Saint John's High School, the winner of the wild card match.

On the BB&N team we have: Bradford, Henry, Ana Chrysa, and Aaron with mascot Bucky, alternates Andreas and Leo, and coaches Chip Rollinson and Sam Crihfield.

(cheers and applause) Competing for Saint John's we have: Lawson, Rohil, Andrew, and Rushil, with alternate Ryan and coach Michael Curran.

(cheers and applause) The competition has four rounds: toss-up, head-to-head, category, and lightning round.

We start with the toss-up round where all answers are worth ten points.

There are no point deductions for wrong answers and players may confer.

So, teams, if you're ready, good luck, here we go.

What plant-eating dinosaur has a name that means "three-horned face," due to its nose horn and two long brow horns?

Henry.

>> Triceratops.

>> HANSON: Correct.

What was the first name of the English king who, under threat of civil war, was forced to sign the Magna Carta in 1215?

Aaron.

>> John.

>> HANSON: Correct.

Tufts University psychologist William Moulton Marston, inventor of the lie detector, created what female superhero who has a magic lasso that forces captives to tell the truth?

Bradford.

>> Wonder Woman.

>> HANSON: Correct.

Nathaniel Philbrick's book In the Heart of the Sea documents the sinking of the Nantucket whaling ship the Essex, an event that inspired what 1851 novel?

Aaron.

>> Moby Dick.

>> HANSON: That is correct.

Take a look at your screens.

Pictured here is Mount Merapi, one of the world's most active and dangerous volcanoes.

It's located in what country in Southeast Asia?

Bradford.

>> India.

>> HANSON: No.

Saint John's, opportunity... (buzzer) Indonesia.

Moving on.

Created by British author A.A. Milne, what fictional character describes himself as "a bear of very little brain"?

Aaron.

>> Winnie-the-Pooh.

>> HANSON: Correct.

NFL players are petitioning the league to replace all artificial turf with natural grass after Odell Beckham Jr. tore his ACL in a non-contact injury at the 2022 Super Bowl, while he was playing for what L.A. team?

Bradford.

>> The Rams.

>> HANSON: Correct.

In the late 1980s, what Soviet leader initiated glasnost, a policy of political openness and transparency?

Henry.

>> Gorbachev.

>> HANSON: That is correct.

A native of Springfield, Massachusetts, Ruth E. Carter is the first Black woman to win two Oscars.

She won Best Costume Design for Black Panther and what sequel?

Henry.

>> Wakanda Forever.

>> HANSON: Correct.

>> Nice.

>> HANSON: Take a look at your screens.

We have a video question from a very special guest.

>> Hi, I'm Colin Cantwell.

I went to Lexington High School, competed on High School Quiz Show all four years, and was on the state championship team in season seven and eight.

I'm now a law student at Duke University.

Here's my question: what environmentalist from Lexington, Massachusetts, and cofounder of the grassroots campaign 350.org is the author of the 1989 book The End of Nature, often cited as the first book about climate change written for a general audience?

Bradford.

>> Stein.

>> HANSON: No.

Saint John's, opportunity to buzz in.

(buzzer) Answer is Bill McKibben.

Moving on.

What American pop star had one of the best-selling celebrity memoirs of 2023, titled The Woman in Me?

Rohil.

>> Britney Spears.

>> HANSON: Correct.

DNA is replicated during which phase of the cell cycle?

Is it anaphase, interphase, or prophase?

Andrew.

>> B, interphase.

>> HANSON: Interphase is correct.

Inspired by the true events of her family's experience during World War II, The Nineteen Steps is the debut novel of what actress who plays Eleven on the Netflix series Stranger Things?

Lawson.

>> Millie Bobby Brown.

>> HANSON: Correct.

In 2023, only two Republicans voted to extend the deadline for ratifying the Equal Rights Amendment: Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and what senator from Maine?

Henry.

>> Uh, Collins.

>> HANSON: Correct.

Susan Collins.

What Tony-winning play is an adaptation of Mark Haddon's 2003 mystery novel about a teenager on the autism spectrum?

Bradford.

>> The Curious Incident of Dog in the Night-time.

>> HANSON: Correct.

What constitutional amendment prohibits cruel and unusual punishment?

Andrew.

>> The fifth.

>> HANSON: No.

BB&N, opportunity... Bradford.

>> Eighth.

>> HANSON: It is the eighth amendment.

Correct.

In 1963, what famous poet who went to high school in Wellesley, Massachusetts, released her semi-autobiographical novel The Bell Jar?

Bradford.

>> Plath.

>> HANSON: Correct.

Sylvia Plath.

Of the nearly five million registered voters in Massachusetts, 60% are which of the following: Democrat, Republican, or unenrolled?

Aaron.

>> Unenrolled.

>> HANSON: That is correct.

What capital city of Mongolia has some of the worst air pollution in the world, especially in winter, when many homes are heated by coal stoves?

Aaron.

>> Ulaanbaatar.

>> HANSON: Ulaanbaatar is correct.

Texas won its independence from Mexico at what 1836 battle in which Texan forces led by Sam Houston defeated a much larger Mexican army led by General Santa Anna?

Andrew.

>> The Battle of San Jacinto.

>> HANSON: Yes, the Battle of San Jacinto, or San "Ha-seen-tow."

The chemical symbol V stands for what element that's an essential catalyst in the "contact process" used to manufacture sulfuric acid?

Bradford.

>> Vanadium.

>> HANSON: Vanadium is correct.

In 2022, what Democratic senator from West Virginia joined Republicans to block a bill that would codify abortion rights into federal law?

Bradford.

>> Manchin.

>> HANSON: That is correct.

Joe Manchin.

In 1956, what Oscar-winning star of the Hitchcock films Rear Window and To Catch a Thief retired from her Hollywood career at age 26 to marry Prince Rainier of Monaco?

Lawson.

>> Stewart.

>> HANSON: No.

BB&N, opportunity... Bradford.

>> Monroe.

>> HANSON: No, the answer is Grace Kelly, Princess Grace Kelly.

Which of the following terms refers to rod-shaped bacteria?

Is it: A, spirillum; B, bacillus; C, coccus?

Bradford.

>> Coccus.

>> HANSON: No.

Saint John's?

Rohil.

>> B.

>> HANSON: Correct.

Winning only six states and losing the popular vote by 23 percentage points, what Arizona Republican lost to President Lyndon Johnson in 1964 in one of the biggest election landslides in history?

Henry.

>> Uh, Goldwater.

>> HANSON: Correct.

Barry Goldwater.

In George Orwell's dystopian novel 1984, O'Brien takes Winston to the dreaded Room 101 and threatens him with a cage full of what?

Henry.

>> Rats.

>> HANSON: Rats is correct.

The bronchial tree running through your lungs is made up of the windpipe, bronchi, bronchioles, and what tiny air sacs?

Bradford.

>> Alveoli.

>> HANSON: Correct.

Alveoli.

Known for its masses of floating seaweed, what sea in the North Atlantic is the only sea without a land boundary?

Bradford.

>> Sargasso.

>> HANSON: That is correct, the Sargasso Sea.

X-rays were first documented in 1895 by what German scientist who discovered them by chance while experimenting with cathode-ray tubes?

Bradford.

>> Röntgen.

>> HANSON: Yes, Wilhelm Röntgen.

A boy trains to become a military commander to thwart an invasion of insect-like aliens called "buggers" in what 1985 novel by Orson Scott Card?

Rohil.

>> Ender's Game.

>> HANSON: Ender's Game is correct.

(bell ringing) That's the end of the toss-up round.

And the score is: Buckingham Browne & Nichols, 210 points; and Saint John's, 60 points.

Still a lot of game to play.

Let's hear it for both teams.

(cheers and applause) The head-to-head round is next, but first we're gonna take a few minutes to get to know our players, and we do that with a question.

BB&N, we'll start with you.

Bradford, what is the most useful piece of advice you've received in your teenage years?

Who gave it to you, why was it so useful?

>> I think I'm gonna have to go with my grandmother, Ellen, who's one of the wisest people I know.

And what she always says is, "You can't control the luck, but you can control the persistence."

So I try and keep that in mind.

>> HANSON: Can she beat you at Quiz Show?

>> No, but she's pretty good at Scrabble.

(laughter) Henry, what about you?

>> You know, Joe, I read somewhere that experience is the best teacher, and I think it's really inspired me to get out and try new things; just like this.

>> HANSON: I like that.

Ana Chrysa.

>> The best piece of advice I received was from my godfather, who recommended I start a happy things journal to keep log of all the joyous moments of every day.

>> HANSON: That's good.

We tend to focus on the negative too much.

I might start that myself.

Aaron.

>> Before the game today, my dad told me to only press the buzzer if I know the answer, so... (laughter) >> HANSON: Simple but effective today.

Lawson.

>> I think the best piece of advice I ever got was "focus on winning the war, not the battle."

I guess it's always helped me to think about the bigger picture and things and not to dwell on little things.

>> HANSON: That's good.

Don't get lost in the little stuff.

Rohil.

>> From my mom: "the work is never done."

>> HANSON: And your work's not done either.

We've got more game to play.

Andrew?

>> I'd have to say that the best piece of advice I've gotten is that patience is a virtue.

It's always helped me, like, remain calm in situations where things seem like they could go crazy, but I just remember to be patient.

>> HANSON: I'll take that one home myself, thanks.

Rushil.

>> I think, as simple as it is, my dad always tells me to not tell him the problem, try and tell him the solution and then you'll come up with one.

>> HANSON: I like that.

All right, teams, it's time to go head to head.

(cheers and applause) In this round, correct answers add ten points to the team total, and wrong answers result in a ten-point deduction.

The clock is set at 90 seconds.

Want to shake hands?

Okay.

Here we go.

Which planet has 14 known moons-- >> Jupiter.

>> HANSON: No, Neptune.

With its green shag carpet and Polynesian décor, the Jungle Room is a fan favorite at what historic home of Elvis Presley?

>> Graceland.

>> HANSON: Yes.

In 2020, what U.S. state passed a law to decriminalize polygamy?

(buzzer) Utah.

In 1803, what country offered to sell the entire Louisiana Terr-- >> France.

>> HANSON: Yes.

In F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby, what is Gatsby's first name?

>> Jay.

>> HANSON: Correct.

What California Democrat made history in 2007 when she was elected the first woman to serve as Speaker of the House?

>> Un, Nancy Pelosi.

>> HANSON: Yes.

New England is made up of how many states?

>> Five.

>> HANSON: No, six.

In the fantasy novel The Lightning Thief, 12-year-old Percy Jackson discovers he's the son of what Greek-- >> Poseidon.

>> HANSON: Yes.

On March 28, 1854, during the Crimean war, Britain and France declared war on what country?

>> Russia.

>> HANSON: Yes.

In September 2022, after multiple injuries and surgeries, what Swiss icon announced his retirement from tennis?

>> Roger Federer.

>> HANSON: Yes.

Beginning in 1562, French Catholics fought a series of wars against what group of French Calvinists?

>> Huguenots.

>> HANSON: Yes.

America's worst commercial nuclear accident happened in 1979, with a partial meltdown of a reactor at what plant in Pennsylvania?

>> Three Mile Island.

>> HANSON: Yes.

What coastal U.S. state forms most of the southern border of Virginia?

>> North Carolina.

>> HANSON: Yes.

About 270 million years ago, during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras, what supercontinent incorporated-- (bell ringing) We're looking for Pangaea there.

That's the end of the round.

Let's take a look at our score.

Buckingham Browne & Nichols has 260 points; Saint John's, 90 points.

Let's have a round of applause for both teams.

(cheers and applause) Up next, the category round, with the following categories: Skin Deep, It's All an Act, I'm Just a Bill, Rh Factor, You've Got Some Gaul, and Garden State.

All categories have five questions with increasing point value.

Teams will choose two five-question categories each and have the option to toss one question per category to the other team.

The other team must answer that question.

Players are able to confer.

BB&N, who's your spokesperson?

Bradford.

Saint John's, who's your spokesperson?

Rohil.

All right, Saint John's, you've got some ground to make up, you can pick the first category.

>> We'd like to go with I'm Just a Bill.

>> HANSON: In I'm Just a Bill, questions about people named Bill or Billy.

For ten points: "People the world over have always been "more impressed by the power of our example than by the example of our power."

What former U.S. president said this in a 2008 speech?

>> Bill Clinton.

>> HANSON: That is correct.

For 15 points: what star of the television series Pose won a Tony Award for his lead role as Lola in the musical Kinky Boots?

(indistinct whispering) >> Billy Rodriguez.

>> HANSON: No, Billy Porter.

For 20 points: what Saturday Night Live alum is the co-creator and star of the HBO dark comedy series Barry?

>> Bill Hader.

>> HANSON: That's correct.

For 25 points in I'm Just a Bill: born Eleanora Fagan in 1915, what legendary jazz vocalist was nicknamed "Lady Day"?

>> Bill Withers.

>> HANSON: No, Billie Holiday.

For 30 points: an 11-time NBA champion with the Boston Celtics and the first Black head coach in the league, what basketball legend and civil rights activist passed away in 2022 at age 88?

>> Bill Russell.

>> HANSON: That is correct.

BB&N, what's your first category?

>> I think we should do It's All an Act.

Because if that's bills, those will be real bills, actual bills.

We'll go with It's All an Act.

>> HANSON: In It's All an Act, these are questions about stage plays.

For ten points: "I'm gonna show you and everybody else "that Willy Loman did not die in vain.

He had a good dream."

This quote is from what 1949 play by Arthur Miller?

>> Uh, Death of a Salesman.

>> HANSON: Correct.

For 15 points: "If I am occasionally a little over-dressed, I make up for it by being always immensely over-educated."

A charming bachelor named Algernon Moncrieff says this in what famous comedy by Oscar Wilde?

>> The Importance of Being Earnest.

>> HANSON: Correct.

For 20 points: in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, what mischievous, quick-witted sprite sets many of the play's events in motion with his magic?

>> Uh, Puck.

>> HANSON: Correct.

For 25 points: titled after a line from the Langston Hughes poem "A Dream Deferred," what 1959 play by Lorraine Hansberry was the first drama by an African-American woman to be produced on Broadway?

>> Um, A Raisin in the Sun.

>> HANSON: Correct.

And for 30 points: released in the 1990s in two parts, what Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Tony Kushner examines the AIDS crisis in America?

>> Toss this.

>> Toss it.

>> We're gonna toss this question, Billy...

I mean Joe, sorry.

>> HANSON: Who?!

(laughter) Saint John's?

>> (quietly): No answer.

>> We're gonna say no answer.

>> HANSON: Oh, you have to answer that question.

>> Uh, Mickey Mouse.

(laughter) >> HANSON: Incorrect.

The answer is Angels in America.

Next category to you, Saint John's.

>> Say You've Got Some Gaul.

>> HANSON: You've Got Some Gaul.

These are questions about French history.

For ten points: "Veni, vidi, vici," meaning "I came, I saw, I conquered," is popularly attributed to what Roman general who conquered ancient Gaul, an area now known as France?

>> Julius Caesar.

>> HANSON: Correct.

For 15 points: what 1815 battle in Belgium marked Napoleon Bonaparte's final defeat, ending 23 years of recurrent warfare between France and other powers of Europe?

>> Waterloo.

>> HANSON: Correct.

For 20 points: Joan of Arc played a key role in the 1429 Siege of Orléans, a turning point in what war involving several generations of English and French claimants to the throne?

(indistinct whispering) >> One Hundred Years' War.

>> HANSON: That's right.

Hundred Years' War.

For 25 points in You've Got Some Gaul: on July 27, 1794, what instigator of the French Revolution's Reign of Terror was overthrown and arrested by the National Convention?

>> Maximilien Robespierre.

>> HANSON: Correct.

For 30 points: one month after German forces stormed into France during World War II, Paris fell to Nazi Germany on June 14th of what year?

>> (whispering): 1940.

1940.

>> 1940.

>> HANSON: Correct.

BB&N, your next category, final category.

>> (quietly): Gardens?

>> Yeah, Garden State.

Let's take the Garden State.

>> HANSON: Garden State.

These are questions about New Jersey.

For ten points: what capital city of New Jersey began as a Quaker settlement in 1679?

>> Uh, Trenton.

>> HANSON: Correct.

For 15 points: in 1933, Albert Einstein fled Berlin and emigrated to what college town in New Jersey where he lived and worked for the rest of his life?

>> Uh, Princeton.

>> HANSON: Correct.

For 20 points: winner of three Academy Awards, for Kramer vs. Kramer, Sophie's Choice, and The Iron Lady, what Hollywood legend was born in Summit, New Jersey, in 1949?

>> (whispering): Meryl Streep.

>> (quietly): Meryl Streep?

>> I think so.

>> Yeah, Iron Lady, Thatcher, that makes sense.

Streep.

>> HANSON: Meryl Streep, that is correct.

For 25 points: released in 1973, Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J., is the debut album by what Garden State native?

>> Must be Springsteen, right?

>> It is Springsteen.

>> Uh, Springsteen.

>> HANSON: Bruce Springsteen is correct.

And for 30 points: also notable as the birthplace and hometown of Frank Sinatra, what New Jersey city is the site of the first recorded baseball game, played in 1846 at Elysian Fields?

>> (whispering): Toss it?

Let's toss it.

>> (whispering): They might know this.

>> Let's toss this.

>> HANSON: Toss to Saint John's.

>> (whispering): Meadowlands.

>> (whispering): Might be Edison.

>> (whispering): Meadowlands.

>> (whispering): Metalands?

>> (whispering): Meadow-lands.

>> Meadowlands.

>> HANSON: Incorrect.

The answer is Hoboken.

(bell ringing) That's the end of the category round.

The score is Buckingham Browne & Nichols, 400 points; and Saint John's, 150 points.

Let's hear it for both of our teams.

(cheers and applause) Okay, we're heading into the final round of play, the lightning round.

Correct answers add 20 points to the team total and there is a 20-point deduction for incorrect answers.

The clock is set.

Here we go.

What is the scientific term for an animal that eats only plants?

Bradford.

>> Herbivore.

>> HANSON: Correct.

On the sitcom Friends, what is Chandler's last name?

Bradford.

>> Bing.

>> HANSON: Yes.

Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain, and Amy Winehou-- Bradford.

>> Woodstock.

>> HANSON: No, 27-- age 27.

In surface area, what is the smallest of the five Great Lakes of North America?

Bradford.

>> Erie.

>> HANSON: No, Ontario.

In 2022, what incumbent Republican defeated Democrat Val Demings in the U.S.-- Bradford.

>> Rubio.

>> HANSON: Correct.

Marco Rubio.

Prized for its color and beauty since Neolithic times, what yellowish-orange stone is made from fossilized plant-- Bradford.

>> Amber.

>> HANSON: Correct.

Amber.

What American investigative journalist exposed the oil trusts in her book The History of the Standard Oil Company?

Bradford.

>> Wells.

>> HANSON: No, Ida Tarbell.

A commercial spacecraft called Nostromo is the setting for what classic-- Bradford.

>> Alien.

>> HANSON: Yes.

Gunpowder was invented more than a thousand years ago-- Bradford.

>> China.

>> HANSON: Yes.

Who retired in 1991 after serving as the first Black Supreme Court justice?

Bradford.

>> Um... Marshall.

>> HANSON: Thurgood Marshall.

Yes.

Margaret Atwood is a consultant on what Emmy-winning series-- Rohil.

>> The Handmaid's Tale.

>> HANSON: The Handmaid's Tale, yes.

What is the official currency of India?

Bradford.

>> Rupee.

>> HANSON: Yes.

What present-day country is home to Mount Ararat, traditionally thought-- Bradford.

>> Turkey.

>> HANSON: Yes.

Sounded at funerals, wreath-laying ceremonies, and memorial services, what bugle call is unique to-- Bradford.

>> "Taps."

>> HANSON: Yes.

First published on April... (bell ringing) There's our buzzer.

And the winning team this week is Buckingham Browne & Nichols with a final score of 540 points.

Saint John's finishes with 170 points.

Congratulations to both teams for a great game.

Buckingham Browne & Nichols now moves on to the quarterfinals.

Join us next week for the match between Andover and Hopkinton right here on High School Quiz Show.

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