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I'm Billy Costa, your host.

In last week's match, Mansfield defeated Melrose, and now moves on to the quarterfinals.

In today's match we welcome Brookline High School and Needham High School.

And on the Brookline team we have: Charlotte, Owen, Cole, and Raza, with alternates Bobby and Ben and coach Adam Fried.

(cheers and applause) And competing for Needham High School we have: Evan, Jay, Aden, and Norah, with alternate Josh and coaches Brad Walker and Ken Brooke.

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

We start with the toss-up round.

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 and here we go.

In 2022, Myles Frost won a Tony Award for his portrayal of what celebrity in the Broadway musical MJ?

Yes, Charlotte.

>> Michael Jackson.

>> COSTA: Yes, Michael Jackson.

Because its radio was turned off, the SS Californian did not respond to the distress calls of what ship about ten miles away on April 15, 1912?

Yes, Charlotte.

>> Titanic.

>> COSTA: Titanic.

Heirs to the Walmart fortune and America's richest family, what family bought the NFL's Denver Broncos in 2022 for a reported $4.65 billion, the most ever paid for a sports franchise?

Yes, Aden.

>> Waltons.

>> COSTA: The Walton family is correct.

Also known as quicksilver, what chemical element is used to make thermometers, barometers, and other scientific equipment?

Yes, Jay.

>> Mercury.

>> COSTA: Mercury is correct.

Take a look at your screens and this picture.

For her role as Anita in Steven Spielberg's adaptation of West Side Story in 2022, what actress, seen here, became the first Afro Latina, openly queer actor of color to win an Oscar?

Yes, Charlotte.

>> Ariana DeBose.

>> COSTA: Yes, that is correct.

And we move on.

What acclaimed debut novel by Yaa Gyasi follows eight generations of two half-sisters, Effia and Esi, born in 18th-century Ghana in different tribal villages?

Yes, Owen.

>> Homegoing.

>> COSTA: Homegoing is correct.

What constitutional amendment grants birthright citizenship, meaning that every child born on U.S. soil is automatically a native-born citizen, regardless of the immigration status of the parents?

Yes, Charlotte.

>> 14th.

>> COSTA: 14th is correct.

Most volcanoes are concentrated around the "Ring of Fire," a volcanic and seismic belt that outlines what ocean?

Yes, Jay.

>> Pacific.

>> COSTA: Correct.

What was the first name of the Spanish king who led an unsuccessful attempt to invade England in 1588 to restore England back to Catholicism?

Yes, Jay.

>> Ferdinand.

>> COSTA: No.

Brookline, you want to try?

Yes, Owen.

>> Philip.

>> COSTA: Philip is correct.

Take a look at your screens.

A very special guest here with your next question.

>> Hello, I'm Carla Hayden, the 14th Librarian of Congress, and here's my question: the 1974 song "Lady Marmalade" was added to the Library's National Recording Registry in 2020. Who sings the lead vocal on this R&B classic?

Is it Tina Turner, Chaka Khan, or Patti LaBelle?

>> COSTA: Yes, Raza.

>> Tina Turner?

>> COSTA: No, you want to try it, Needham?

Yes, Evan.

>> Patti LaBelle.

>> COSTA: Patti LaBelle is correct.

And we move on.

Also referred to as the "Two-Faced Terror," what vengeful sister of Thor presides over the underworld in Norse mythology?

Yes, Charlotte.

>> Hella.

>> COSTA: Hella is correct.

In the late 1600s, what scientist explained the relationship between force, mass, and acceleration?

Yes, Cole.

>> Isaac Newton.

>> COSTA: Isaac Newton is correct.

Known as "the Godfather of Modern Economics," what 20th-century English economist believed that depressed economies could be jump-started by deficit spending?

Yes, Charlotte.

>> Keynes.

>> COSTA: Yes, that is correct.

In an x-ray image, soft tissues appear grey or black.

Bones appear white because they contain what chemical element that absorbs the most radiation?

Yes, Charlotte.

>> Calcium.

>> COSTA: Correct.

The three Grammy Awards that Elvis Presley earned during his lifetime were all for which of the following categories?

Country, gospel, or rock?

Yes, Aden.

>> Rock.

No, you want to try, Brookline?

Yes, Cole.

>> A.

>> COSTA: No, gospel.

Gospel is the answer.

In 2022, the original 120-foot On the Road scroll was returned to a museum in Lowell, Massachusetts, in honor of the 100th birthday of what iconic Beat writer and Lowell native son?

Yes, Aden.

>> Kerouac.

>> COSTA: Yes.

What classic film from 1946 includes a defining scene where dancers Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed fall into a swimming pool hidden under a retractable basketball court?

Yes, Raza.

>> Casablanca.

>> COSTA: No.

Needham, you want to try?

(buzzer) It's A Wonderful Life.

What Alabama city is the site of the Edmund Pettus Bridge, where John Lewis and other civil rights protesters were brutally beaten by police during 1965's Bloody Sunday?

Yes, Raza.

>> Selma.

>> COSTA: Selma is correct.

A Book of Rhymes, a long-lost miniature book smaller than a playing card, sold for $1.25 million in 2022.

It was written by what author of Jane Eyre when she was only 13 years old?

Yes, Cole.

>> Brontë.

>> COSTA: I need a first name.

>> Charlotte Brontë.

>> COSTA: Yes.

Which of the following is the most densely populated capital city in Europe?

Is it Paris, London, or Berlin?

Yes, Charlotte.

>> Berlin.

>> COSTA: No.

You want to try, Needham?

Yes, Evan.

>> Paris.

>> COSTA: Paris is correct.

In his 1889 painting The Starry Night, who unknowingly painted the planet Venus, referenced as "the morning star" in a letter to his brother Theo?

Yes, Aden.

>> Van Gogh.

>> COSTA: Vincent Van Gogh.

What brilliant orator and major figure of the American Revolution is best known for saying "Give me liberty or give me death!"

at the 1775 Virginia Convention?

Yes, Cole.

>> Patrick Henry.

>> COSTA: Yes.

Derived from the Greek words for "same" and "steady," what term describes how the human body maintains steady levels of temperature and other vital conditions such as blood pressure?

Yes, Aden.

>> Homeostasis.

>> COSTA: Yes.

Though vastly outnumbered, the English won a decisive victory against the French in 1415 at what famous battle dramatized in Shakespeare's Henry V?

Yes, Jay.

>> Agincourt.

>> COSTA: Yes, that is correct.

What wide, fast-flowing river that begins in the Canadian Rockies of British Columbia forms most of the natural border between Washington and Oregon?

Is it the Snake River, the Yukon River, or the Columbia River?

Yes, Cole.

>> The Yukon River.

>> COSTA: No.

You want to try, Needham?

Yes, Jay.

>> Columbia.

>> COSTA: Columbia River is right.

In 2011, what-- (bell ringing) Oh, and that's the bell that ends the toss-up round.

The score right now-- Brookline High School, 130 points; Needham High School, 100 points.

So let's hear it for both teams.

This is a very, very good match.

(cheers and applause) Okay, the head-to-head round is next, but first we spend a few moments getting to know the players.

We do it with a question.

I have it right here.

Each of you will get a chance to answer.

We're gonna start with Brookline High School, and you, Charlotte.

And here we go.

In your opinion, what emotion could an emoji never adequately capture and why?

>> I'm gonna go with the feeling when you really need to sneeze, but then you don't sneeze, and it's like this really a terrible, like, a very bad emotion.

That's what I would say can't really be represented by an emoji.

>> COSTA: That's actually a very good one now that I think of it.

How about you, Owen?

>> My answer would be serendipity.

Because you would need to combine two emotions for surprise and then happy, and I think that would be too tough to find on one emoji.

>> COSTA: Okay.

Cole, how about you?

>> I would probably choose the feeling I felt while watching the Liverpool v. Brighton game... (laughter) ...the other weekend because it's hard to combine the feeling of disgust and disappointment.

>> COSTA: And was it a very large reaction?

Noisy so to speak?

>> Yeah.

>> COSTA: Okay.

Raza, how about you?

>> I would say the feeling of pure calm.

Because if I can't feel it then an emoji shouldn't be able to either.

(laughter) >> COSTA: It shouldn't, really.

Let's go to Needham High School.

Evan, how about you?

>> I would have to go with the momentary terror when you are walking down the stairs and you think there's one more step at the bottom but there isn't.

>> COSTA: Oh yeah.

You know that happens to me a lot.

(laughter) Jay, how about you?

>> I'm gonna have to go with excitement.

I don't think any of the emojis currently represent it well.

Like a still image just doesn't represent it.

>> COSTA: You ever think of creating it?

I'm just saying.

>> No, I haven't.

>> COSTA: Aden, how about you?

>> When you think someone's waving to you but they're actually waving to the person behind you.

And then everyone else around you laughs but you're not laughing.

>> COSTA: Yeah, that's happened to me a lot, actually.

I think you're right there.

How about you, Norah?

>> That feeling when you can't come up with an answer to the question.

(laughter) >> COSTA: Especially when you're on High School Quiz Show, right?

>> Exactly.

Yeah, you get it.

>> COSTA: Exactly.

Yeah.

How do you explain that?

Okay, it's time to go head-to-head.

That means all of you get to come forward and you're going head-to-head.

Let's do that right now.

Let's go.

(cheers and applause) Okay, in this round, correct answers add ten points to the team total.

And there is a ten-point deduction for incorrect answers.

If a player doesn't answer, there is no impact on the score.

So the clock is set at 90 seconds, and teams, good luck and here we go.

Galileo was born in 1564 in what Italian city famous for its leaning tower?

Yes?

>> Pisa.

>> COSTA: Yeah.

What is the first name of Linus's bossy older sister in the Peanuts comic strip?

(ringer dings) Yes?

>> Lucy.

>> COSTA: Yes.

The Aare River flows through what capital city of Switzerland?

Yes?

>> Geneva?

>> COSTA: No, Bern.

What Massachusetts island is the home of Captain Ahab in the novel-- yes?

>> Uh... Martha's Vineyard?

>> COSTA: No, Nantucket.

In 2022, what film about the hearing daughter of a deaf family became-- yes?

>> CODA.

>> COSTA: CODA is right.

The Liberty Bell was commissioned in 1751 for the state house in what U.S. city?

Yes?

>> Philadelphia.

>> COSTA: Yes.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt had how many vice presidents?

Yes?

>> Four.

>> COSTA: No, three.

On January 13, 2022, what catchy children's tune became the first YouTube video to reach 10 billion-- yes?

>> "Baby Shark."

>> COSTA: Yes.

"Baby Shark Dance."

On the Fahrenheit temperature scale, what is the boiling point-- yes?

>> 212.

>> COSTA: Yes.

What emperor issued the Edict of Milan, which fully legalized Christianity in the Roman Empire-- yes?

>> Constantine.

>> COSTA: Yes.

An authoritarian, theocratic regime called Gilead takes over the United States in-- >> Handmaid's Tale.

>> COSTA: Yes.

The Handmaid's Tale.

In 1994, a brutal civil war broke out between the Hutu and Tutsi populations-- yes?

>> Rwanda.

>> COSTA: Rwanda is correct.

What New England author popularized the story of the Pilgrims with his 1858 narrative poem "The Courtship of Miles Standish?"

(ringer dings, bell ringing) Did he get in?

Yes.

>> Hawthorne?

>> COSTA: No, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

But that's the end of the head-to-head round.

Let's take a look at the score.

Brookline High School right now a total score of 150 points; Needham High School, 130 points.

This is a very close match.

Let's make some noise, everybody!

(cheers and applause) Okay, next up is the category round with the following categories: Beginner's Luck, Logarithm & Blues, Pyramid Scheme, Lake Effect, To Boldly Go, Checks & Balances.

Now all categories have five questions with increasing point value.

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

And players are able to confer.

So Brookline, who's gonna be your spokesperson?

Charlotte.

And, Needham High School, how about you?

It'll be Evan.

Now Needham, you have a little ground to make up.

You get to choose the first category.

So what's it gonna be?

>> We'll take Logarithm & Blues, please.

>> COSTA: Okay.

Logarithm & Blues.

Questions about math.

And for ten points: what is 40 squared minus 20 squared?

(pencils scribbling) >> 1,200.

>> Yeah.

>> Ready?

>> Mm-hmm.

>> COSTA: Answer please.

>> Just say it.

>> 1,200.

>> COSTA: 1,200 is correct.

Now for 15 points: what number is exactly halfway between 33 and 49?

(pencils scribbling) >> (whispering): 41.

>> 41.

>> COSTA: Yes, Evan, 41.

Now for 20 points: Kate finished a 126-kilometer bike race in six hours.

What was her average rate of speed in kilometers per hour?

>> (whispering): 21.

>> 21 kilometers per hour.

>> COSTA: And that is correct.

Now for 25 points: in 2016, Hillary Clinton won six out of six coin-toss tiebreakers at Iowa caucus sites.

In lowest terms, what are the odds of that happening?

>> (whispering): One in 64.

>> One over 64.

>> COSTA: Or one in 64, yes.

Now for 30 points: approximately equal to 2.71828, the number e is an important mathematical constant and the base of natural logarithms.

The e is named after what Swiss mathematician?

>> (whispering): Euler.

>> Euler.

>> COSTA: Euler is correct.

And now we go to Brookline High School.

But you will need a category.

What's it gonna be, Brookline?

>> (whispering): Beginner's Luck.

>> Beginner's Luck.

>> COSTA: Beginner's Luck.

Okay.

And these will be questions about debut novels.

And for ten points: the word "phony" is used more than 35 times in what 1951 coming-of-age novel?

>> (whispering): Phony?

>> (whispering): Phony?

>> (whispering): Pass.

>> (whispering): Pass?

>> (whispering): Catcher in the Rye?

>> (whispering): Catcher in the Rye.

>> Catcher in the Rye.

>> COSTA: Catcher in the Rye is correct.

Now for 15 points: an instant hit that spawned an Oscar-winning film, what Ken Kesey novel is based on his experience working as an orderly on a psychiatric ward at a veterans hospital?

>> One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

>> COSTA: Yes, that is correct.

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

For 20 points: the story of a bullied, awkward teen with telekinetic powers, what iconic thriller by Stephen King was rejected more than 30 times before being published in 1974?

>> Carrie.

>> COSTA: Carrie is correct.

Now for 25 points: what 1958 novel by Nigerian author Chinua Achebe is an allegory about colonialism and its disruption of the African tribal system?

>> Things Fall Apart.

>> COSTA: And that is correct.

Now for 30 points: a murder mystery set at an elite college in Vermont, what 1992 Donna Tartt novel is an example of the "Dark Academia" subculture that currently is sweeping TikTok?

>> A Secret History.

>> COSTA: Secret History is correct.

And now we go back to Needham High School, but you will need a category, what's it gonna be, team?

>> We'll take Lake Effect.

>> COSTA: Lake Effect.

And these will be questions-- what do ya know-- about lakes.

For ten points: what body of water that lies mainly in Vermont is the largest lake in New England?

>> Lake Champlain.

>> COSTA: That is correct.

>> COSTA: For 15 points: known as the "Jewel of the Sierra," what deep blue lake on the California-Nevada border is the largest alpine lake in North America?

>> Lake Tahoe.

>> COSTA: And that's correct.

Now for 20 points: what Siberian lake is the deepest and largest freshwater lake in the world by volume?

>> Lake Baikail.

>> COSTA: That's correct too.

Now for 25 points: what lake with a vast surface area of 730 square miles is the largest lake in Florida?

(whispering indistinctly) >> Lake Okeechobee.

>> COSTA: And that's correct.

For 30 points: lying at 6,250 feet above sea level, Lake Sevan is the largest body of water in the entire Caucasus region.

It's located in what country?

(whispering indistinctly) >> Georgia?

>> COSTA: No, Armenia is the answer.

Now we go back to Brookline High School.

And you will need a category.

>> Checks & Balances.

>> COSTA: Checks & Balances.

We've got questions about civics.

And for ten points: U.S. Senate rules allow for unlimited debate, with no time limit.

What ten-letter word refers to the time-consuming parliamentary tactic to delay or block a vote?

>> Filibuster.

>> COSTA: Filibuster is right.

Now for 15 points: in 2022, President Biden made lynching a federal hate crime.

The new law is named after what 14-year-old African American boy who was murdered in 1955 in Mississippi after allegedly flirting with a white woman?

>> Emmett Till.

>> COSTA: Emmett Till is correct.

Now for 20 points: U.S. senators were chosen by state legislatures until 1913.

What constitutional amendment gave people the right to vote for their senators, in a process called direct election?

>> 17th.

>> COSTA: 17th is correct.

For 25 points: re-elected to an eighth four-year term in 2022, who is the longest-serving secretary of state in the history of Massachusetts?

>> (whispering): We can... we can toss it.

We can toss it over.

Should we toss it?

>> (whispering): Pass?

>> COSTA: We'll need an answer, Charlotte.

>> We're gonna pass.

>> COSTA: You're gonna pass.

The answer is Bill Galvin.

And now for 30 points: the president and vice president are not chosen by popular vote.

They're chosen by the Electoral College, which consists of how many electors?

>> 538.

>> COSTA: 538 is right.

(bell ringing) And, oh, that's the end of the category round.

The score right now-- Brookline High School, 325 points; Needham High School, 270 points.

Let's hear it for both teams, everybody.

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

Correct answers add 20 points to the team total.

And there is a 20-point deduction for incorrect answers.

And if a player doesn't answer, there's no impact on the score.

So teams, the clock is set, good luck and here we go.

New Zealand actor Temuera Morrison plays what mysterious bounty hunter-- yes, Evan?

>> Mandalorian?

>> COSTA: Boba Fett would have been the answer there.

Which country has the world's largest stockpile of nuclear warheads?

Evan?

>> Russia.

>> COSTA: Russia is correct.

In the Showtime series The First Lady, Michelle Obama is portrayed by what star of How to Get Away With Murder?

(buzzer, ringer dings) Didn't make it.

Viola Davis was the answer.

In 2022, Ferdinand Marcos Jr. won the landslide presidential victory in what country?

Yes, Jay.

>> Philippines.

>> COSTA: Philippines is right.

Which U.S. state is nicknamed the Ocean State?

Yes, Norah?

>> Rhode Island.

>> COSTA: Rhode Island is right.

What author of the female empowerment bestseller Untamed is the wife of retired U.S. soccer star Abby Wambach?

(buzzer) Glennon Doyle is the answer there.

One of the Seven Wonders of World, the Colossus of Rhodes was a giant statue of what Greek god who personified the sun?

Yes, Owen?

>> Helios.

>> COSTA: Helios is right.

What whale species sings the longest and most complicated songs of any animal on the-- yes, Owen?

Yes, Owen?

>> Humpback.

>> COSTA: Yes.

Sebastian Kurz resigned from office in 2021 amid a corruption inquiry.

He was the leader of what European country?

(buzzer) Austria.

What historic speech includes the phrase, "highly resolve that these dead shall not have died--" >> The Gettysburg Address.

>> COSTA: Yes.

And that's the bell ending the game.

The winning team this week is Brookline High School with a final score of 365 points.

Needham High School finishes with 330 points.

Congratulations to both teams for a great game.

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