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I'm Billy Costa, your host.

In last week's match, North Quincy High defeated Saint Joseph Prep to move on to the quarterfinals.

In today's match we welcome Hingham High School and Lexington High School.

On the Hingham team we've got: Alex, Susie, Nathan, and Jack, with alternate Will and coach Glenda Garland.

(cheers and applause) And competing for Lexington we have: Atreya, Evan, Rory, and Owen, with alternates Lauren and Elias and coach Josh Olivier-Mason.

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

And 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 are ready, good luck and here we go.

Famous for its opera house, what Australian city is also home to more than 100 beaches, including iconic Bondi Beach?

Yes, Susie.

>> Sydney.

>> COSTA: Yes.

Eliminated from the U.S. in 1979 thanks to widespread vaccination, what virus was detected in New York City wastewater in August of 2022?

Yes, Rory.

>> Cholera.

>> COSTA: No, you want to try, Hingham?

Yes, Susie.

>> Smallpox.

>> COSTA: No, polio is the answer.

With her 28th win for Best R&B Performance for "Black Parade" in 2021, who broke the record for most Grammys won by a female artist?

Yes, Susie.

>> Beyoncé.

>> COSTA: Beyoncé is right.

In 2022, New York's Guggenheim Museum became the latest institution to cut ties with what family that, as the owners of Purdue Pharma, made billions of dollars selling opioids and contributed to a national public health crisis?

Yes, Nathan.

>> Slacker family.

>> COSTA: No, you want to try, Lexington?

(buzzer) Sackler family is the answer.

Now take a look at your screens and this picture.

In 2021, the House passed a new voting rights bill named after what late civil rights icon, seen here, and known as "the Conscience of Congress"?

Yes, Susie.

>> John Lewis.

>> COSTA: Correct.

The Cape of Good Hope is a rocky promontory at the southern tip of which continent?

Yes, Owen.

>> South Africa.

>> COSTA: No.

You want to try, Hingham?

>> Africa.

>> COSTA: Africa is correct.

Name the only U.S. president to be impeached twice.

Yes, Evan.

>> Trump.

>> COSTA: Donald Trump.

Actress Margot Robbie bought the film rights to what 2018 novel by Otessa Moshfegh about a young woman with an easy job at an art gallery who decides to take a year off just to sleep?

Yes, Rory.

>> My Year of Rest and Relaxation.

>> COSTA: Yes.

In 2022, what Asian country reached a major milestone when it launched its own satellite into orbit for the first time, with its homegrown Nuri rocket?

Yes, Nathan.

>> India.

>> COSTA: No, you want to try, Lexington?

Yes, Owen.

>> The U.A.E.

>> COSTA: No, South Korea is the answer.

And now take a look at your screens.

Here comes your next question.

>> Hi, I'm Rebecca Grimm, Senior Vice President of Marketing at Eastern Bank.

Here's my question: over 8,000 different types of private banknotes once circulated across the United States.

Under the National Banking Act, the federal government began issuing a single national currency.

This occurred during which war?

Was it the American Revolution, the Civil War, or the War of 1812?

>> COSTA: Susie.

>> War of 1812.

>> COSTA: No, you want to try, Lexington?

Yes, Evan.

>> Civil War.

>> COSTA: Civil War is correct.

We'll move on.

In 2021, the World Health Organization endorsed the first vaccine for what mosquito-borne disease that is a leading cause of child deaths in sub-Saharan Africa?

Yes, Owen.

>> Malaria.

>> COSTA: Malaria is right.

In 1979, the SALT II strategic arms limitation treaty was signed in Vienna by President Jimmy Carter and what Soviet president?

Yes, Owen.

>> Brezhnev.

>> COSTA: Leonid Brezhnev, yes.

What English new wave band recorded the only James Bond theme song to reach number one on the U.S.

Billboard Hot 100: 1985's "A View to a Kill"?

Yes, Nathan.

>> Joy Division?

>> COSTA: No.

Lexington, you want to try it?

(buzzer) Duran Duran is the answer.

Home to the oldest Chinatown in North America, what California city is widely believed to be the origin of the fortune cookie?

Yes, Jack.

>> San Francisco.

>> COSTA: San Francisco.

Which of the following is an accurate, portable timekeeping device invented in the mid-1700s for determining longitude at sea?

Is it pendulum clock, astrolabe, or marine chronometer?

Yes, Owen.

>> A.

>> COSTA: No.

You want to try it, Hingham?

Susie.

>> B.

>> COSTA: No, marine chronometer is the answer there.

What 2011 science fiction novel by Ernest Cline follows protagonist Wade Watts on a treasure hunt in a worldwide virtual reality game?

Yes, Evan.

>> Ready Player One.

>> COSTA: Yes.

What sea bird is notable for its large throat pouch, which can hold up to three gallons of water and is used to capture food?

Yes, Evan.

>> Pelican.

>> COSTA: Pelican is right.

In a runoff election in November 2022, leftist leader Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva defeated what far-right president of Brazil?

Yes, Rory.

>> Bolsonaro.

>> COSTA: Yes, Bolsonaro.

In 1997, China took control of what former British colony, agreeing to let it keep civil liberties not granted on the mainland?

Yes, Nathan.

>> Hong Kong.

>> COSTA: Hong Kong is right.

Which region of Canada is home to a Viking settlement that scientists have dated to the year 1021, the earliest record of Europeans in North America?

Is it Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, or Québec?

Yes, Atreya.

>> Newfoundland.

>> COSTA: Newfoundland is correct.

"I have experimental evidence that time travel is not possible."

What famous English physicist said this after hosting a lavish party for time travelers in 2009-- but no one showed up?

Yes, Rory.

>> Stephen Hawking.

>> COSTA: Correct.

The city now known as Mexico City was founded by what highly advanced civilization that dominated Mexico prior to the arrival of the Spanish in 1519?

Yes, Evan.

>> Aztecs.

>> COSTA: Aztecs is right.

Protium is the lightest and most common isotope of what chemical element?

Yes, Evan.

>> Hydrogen.

>> COSTA: Hydrogen, yes.

Since 2018, Pedro Sánchez has been the prime minister of what country?

Yes, Owen.

>> Panama.

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

Yes, Nathan.

>> Peru.

>> COSTA: No, Spain is the answer.

Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite to orbit Earth, was launched on October 4th, 1957.

It stayed in orbit for which of the following?

Three days, three months, it's still in space?

Yes, Evan.

>> Three months.

>> COSTA: Three months is correct.

In 1815, Napoleon Bonaparte met his final defeat as British and Prussian troops vanquished the French at the Battle of Waterloo in what present-day country?

Yes, Atreya.

>> Belgium.

>> COSTA: Yes.

Set during the Italian campaign of World War I, what Ernest Hemingway novel was banned in Boston for its supposed obscenity?

Yes, Susie.

>> For Whom the Bell Tolls?

>> COSTA: No.

You want to try, Lexington?

Yes, Owen.

>> The Old Man and the Sea?

>> COSTA: No, A Farewell to Arms is the answer.

On February 14th, 1912, what became the 48th state to be admitted to the Union?

Yes, Evan.

>> Arizona.

>> COSTA: Correct.

The first successful steamboat was the Clermont, built by what American inventor in 1807?

Yes, Evan.

>> Robert Fulton.

>> COSTA: Yes.

Reaching 16,050 feet in elevation, what is the tallest peak in Antarctica?

Yes, Evan.

>> Vinson Massif.

>> COSTA: Yes, that is correct, or Mount Vinson.

(bell ringing) And that is the bell that ends the toss-up round.

The score right now-- Hingham High School, 60 points; Lexington High School, 170 points.

Let's hear it for both teams.

Let's make some noise.

(cheers and applause) Okay, the head-to-head round is next.

First we'll take a couple of minutes to get to know the contestants.

I have a question here in my hand each of you will answer.

And we're gonna start with Hingham High School, and you, Alex.

Would you rather be a big fish in a small pond or a little fish in a big pond, and why?

>> A little fish in a big pond because to me that represents opportunity to grow and it represents more freedom than the limits of a big pond.

And, ultimately, the big pond becomes a small pond as you grow.

>> COSTA: That's a good chance to prove yourself.

Susie, how about you?

>> I think, if I'm gonna be a fish, I just want to be the best fish I can be, so... (laughter) Best fin forward, that's my motto.

>> COSTA: All right, Nathan, how about you?

>> I'd go little fish in a big pond because, as Alex was saying, it's just a huge opportunity to grow.

To kind of more metaphorically learn from people who are better than you.

>> COSTA: Mm-hmm.

>> And if you look at those goldfish they're catching in those rivers, if you put a little fish in a big area, it just grows to a size that it's gonna be.

So if you put yourself in an area with lots of opportunity, you'll grow to become a big fish.

>> COSTA: Opportunity.

There it is right there.

Jack, how about you?

>> For me I'd probably go with being a little fish in a big pond because, like, there's just so many more things to do.

There's just a lot of other fish.

And, like, the competition between the other little fish will just drive me to be better.

>> COSTA: All right.

Good job, Jack.

Over to Lexington, you've had a few minutes to think, how about you, Atreya?

>> I would also be a little fish in a big pond because I feel like I'd have a greater opportunity to grow and also I wouldn't have the pressure of leading from the start.

>> COSTA: There you go.

Evan, how about you?

>> I would be a big fish who is also a civil engineer and enlarge the pond.

(laughter) >> COSTA: Wow.

Good one.

Rory, how about you?

>> I would want to be a small fish in a big pond because I don't want Steven Spielberg to make a horror movie about me.

(laughing) >> COSTA: Owen, finally, you.

>> I'd be a small fish in a big pond because it'll take twice as long to get bored.

>> COSTA (chuckling): All right.

Good job, everybody.

Listen, it's time to go head to head.

The way it works, all of you are going to come forward, and all of you are going head to head.

Let's do it.

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 does not answer, there is no impact on the score.

The clock is set at 90 seconds.

So, good luck, teams, and here we go.

In 2022, an environmental protester smeared cake frosting on the glass protecting what famous painting by Leonardo da Vinci?

Yes.

>> "Mona Lisa."

>> COSTA: Yes.

What scale was developed in 1935 to measure the magnitude of earthquakes?

Yes.

>> Richter scale.

>> COSTA: Yes.

In 2022, what female singer-songwriter won an Oscar for Best Original Song for "No Time to Die"?

Yes.

>> Billie Eilish.

>> COSTA: Correct.

Orchard House in Concord, Massachusetts, is the historic home of what author of Little Women?

Yes.

>> Mary Alcott?

>> COSTA: Louisa May Alcott.

Basketball legend Kobe Bryant spent his entire 20-season career in the NBA with what team?

Yes.

>> Los Angeles Lakers.

>> COSTA: Yes.

Averaging about 1,200 per year, what country leads the world with the highest number of tornadoes?

Yes.

>> United States.

>> COSTA: Yes.

Human mitochondrial DNA contains 37 genes and is inherited from which parent?

Yes.

>> The mother.

>> COSTA: Yes.

Civil war began in what country in 2011 with nationwide protests against President Bashar al-Assad?

Yes.

>> Syria.

>> COSTA: Yes.

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes is a spinoff and a prequel to what bestselling series by Suzanne Collins?

Yes.

>> Hunger Games.

>> COSTA: Yes.

The Puerto Rico Trench is the deepest point in what ocean?

Yes.

>> Atlantic.

>> COSTA: Yes.

Found throughout the American West and Southwest, what flat-topped mountain or hill is named after the Spanish word... (bell ringing) Oh, I wanted that one!

(laughter) That's the end of the round.

Let's take a look at the score right now-- Hingham High School with 80 points; Lexington High School, 230 points.

Let's hear it for both teams, everybody.

(cheers and applause) Next up is the category round with the following categories: Hammer Time, You Had Me at Guten Tag, Hawaiian Tropic, Toucan Play at That Game, Remember the Ladies, Lullaby of Broadway.

Now, all categories have five questions with increasing point values.

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.

Now, Hingham, who's gonna be your spokesperson?

All right, Nathan.

How about you, Lexington-- spokesperson?

Rory, okay.

So, Hingham, you've got some ground to make up.

Not a big deal, but you choose the first category, what's it gonna be?

>> What do you guys think about what Remember the Ladies will be?

Do you think it's like ladies in American history?

>> Abigail Adams.

>> Yeah.

I think so.

>> Let's do it.

>> Okay, we're gonna go Remember the Ladies.

>> COSTA: Remember the Ladies.

And these are questions about America's first ladies.

And for ten points: in 1776, what future first lady famously urged her husband to "remember the ladies" and grant women more rights after America won its independence?

>> It's Abigail Adams, right?

>> Mm-hmm.

>> Yes.

>> Abigail Adams.

>> COSTA: And that is correct.

Now for 15 points: what first lady is remembered for her passionate support of the Equal Rights Amendment and for raising awareness of breast cancer following her 1974 diagnosis?

>> (whispering): Betty Ford.

>> Betty Ford.

>> COSTA: Betty Ford is correct.

Now for 20 points: criticized by the press for her lavish lifestyle and frivolous spending, what first lady was encouraged by advisers to focus on an anti-drug campaign called "Just Say No"?

>> (whispering): Nancy Reagan.

>> Nancy Reagan.

>> COSTA: And that is correct.

For 25 points: as British troops prepared to loot and burn the White House in 1814, who bravely stayed behind to save a portrait of George Washington from certain destruction?

>> (whispering): Okay, uh... >> (whispering): What's her first name?

>> (whispering): Dolley Madison.

>> (whispering): Yeah, it's Madison.

>> Dolley Madison.

>> COSTA: Dolley Madison is correct.

Now for 30 points: who started the tradition of press conferences for first ladies, inviting only female journalists because only male journalists were allowed at presidential news conferences?

>> (whispering): I don't know.

>> Do you have a clue?

>> (whispering): Um, it's... >> (whispering): I feel like maybe Roosevelt.

>> (whispering): Yeah.

Yeah, yeah.

>> Do we want to guess it or do we want to pass?

>> (whispering): I say Eleanor Roosevelt.

(indistinct whispering) >> Eleanor Roosevelt.

>> COSTA: That is correct.

Eleanor Roosevelt.

And now we go to Lexington.

You'll need a category, Lexington, what's it gonna be?

>> We'll take You Had Me at Guten Tag, please.

>> COSTA (chuckling): Okay.

You Had Me at Guten Tag.

These are questions about foreign words and phrases.

And for ten points: French for "new rich," what two-word phrase is often used as a derogatory term for describing people with newly acquired wealth, as opposed to inherited wealth?

>> Nouveau riche.

>> COSTA: And that is correct.

For 15 points: roughly translated as "malicious joy," what German word refers to the pleasure people get from the misfortune of others?

>> (whispering): Schadenfreude.

>> Schadenfreude.

>> COSTA: And that is correct.

For 20 points: heavily influenced by European debutante balls, what Spanish term refers to a girl's 15th birthday celebration in Latin American communities?

>> Quinceañera.

>> COSTA: And that is correct.

Now for 25 points: originally referring to an assassin in feudal Japan, what five-letter Japanese word meaning "one skilled in stealth," is used in English to describe someone who's an expert at a particular activity?

>> Ninja.

>> COSTA: Ninja is correct.

Now for 30 points: named after a famous Russian ballerina, what dessert has a meringue base topped with fresh cream and fruit?

>> (whispering): Pavlova?

>> Oh yeah, pavlova.

>> COSTA: Pavlova is correct.

And now we go back to Hingham High School.

And you will need a category, what's it gonna be?

>> I think we should try... >> Hawaiian Tropic?

>> Let's go Hawaiian Tropic.

>> Go for it.

>> Hawaiian Tropic.

>> COSTA: Hawaiian Tropic-- questions about Hawaii.

For ten points: Iolani Palace is the only palace in the United States.

It's located in what capital city of Hawaii?

>> (whispering): Honolulu.

Honolulu.

>> COSTA: And that's correct.

For 15 points: filmed in Oahu, what ABC drama about a plane crash on a mysterious island set a record in 2004 as the most expensive pilot episode ever produced, costing an estimated $14 million?

>> You guys confident about that?

>> (whispering): Lost.

>> Lost.

>> COSTA: Lost is correct.

Now for 20 points: at the 2020 Tokyo Summer Games, Honolulu native Carissa Moore made history as the first woman to win Olympic gold in what sport long associated with Hawaii?

>> Ooh.

Is it surfing?

>> (whispering): ...Hawaii?

>> Yes.

Yeah.

Yeah.

>> Surfing.

All right, surfing.

Surfing.

>> COSTA: Surfing is correct.

Now for 25 points: Mount Haleakala is the largest dormant volcano in the world.

It forms more than 75% of which Hawaiian island?

>> (whispering): Is it Maui?

>> (whispering): I don't know.

>> (whispering): I don't know.

They would know, though, so if we do... Do you want to guess Maui and...?

>> (whispering): Should we just pass?

>> COSTA: We'll need an answer.

>> (whispering): Should we pass?

>> Pass.

Pass.

>> Pass.

>> COSTA: You're gonna pass.

The answer is Maui.

And now for 30 points: in 1778, what English explorer became the first European to reach Hawaii?

>> (whispering): Cook?

>> Cook makes sense.

(indistinct whispering) >> What?

>> Cook makes sense.

I'd go with that.

>> Cook.

>> COSTA: Yes, Captain James Cook is the correct answer.

And now we go back to Lexington High School.

You'll need a category.

>> Lullaby of Broadway.

>> COSTA: Lullaby of Broadway.

These are questions about Broadway musicals.

And for ten points: the number 525,600-- the number of minutes in a year-- is mentioned seven times in "Seasons of Love," the signature song of what rock musical?

>> Rent.

>> COSTA: Rent is correct.

For 15 points: Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster earned Tony nominations for what 2022 revival featuring the songs "Marian the Librarian" and "76 Trombones."

>> The Music Man.

>> COSTA: That's correct.

Now for 20 points: what musical comedy is advertised as "lovingly ripped off from the motion picture Monty Python and the Holy Grail"?

>> Life of Brian.

>> COSTA: No.

Spamalot is the answer there.

And now for 25 points: ticket prices surged above $2,500 when Lea Michele replaced Beanie Feldstein in the role of Fanny Brice in what 2022 Broadway revival?

>> Funny Girl.

>> COSTA: Funny Girl is right.

For 30 points: Lin-Manuel Miranda's musical Hamilton is based on a popular biography by what author who has also written about Washington and Grant?

>> Chernow.

>> COSTA: Chernow is correct.

(bell ringing) That's the bell ending the category round.

The score right now-- Hingham High School, 255 points; Lexington High School, 390 points.

Let's hear it for both teams.

(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.

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

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

What famous detective solves the mystery of Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express?

Yes, Rory.

>> Poirot.

>> COSTA: Poirot is correct.

What was the nickname of Thomas J. Jackson, a Confederate general in the Civil War?

Yes, Nathan.

>> Stonewall.

>> COSTA: Yes.

In February 2022, the Washington Football Team announced what new team name?

Yes, Nathan.

>> Commanders.

>> COSTA: Yes.

What Indiana native was a popular movie star of the 1950s, starring in East of Eden, Rebel Without a Cause, and Giant?

Yes, Evan.

>> James Dean.

>> COSTA: Yes.

What war marked the end of the Habsburg empire?

Yes, Nathan.

>> World War I.

>> COSTA: Yes.

Joseph Smith, the founder of the Mormon church, was born in 1805 in which New England state?

Yes, Susie.

>> Pennsylvania.

>> COSTA: No, Vermont.

In Moby Dick, who is the sole survivor after the Pequod is sunk by the White Whale?

Yes, Evan.

>> Ishmael.

>> COSTA: Yes.

In 2022, Forbes magazine named what Argentine soccer star the world's highest-paid... yes, Nathan.

>> Lionel Messi.

>> COSTA: Yes.

American scientist Philo T. Farnsworth is best known as a pioneer of what technology?

(buzzer) Television.

What European country is divided into 26 different areas called... yes, Owen.

>> Switzerland.

>> COSTA: Yes.

In 1800, what Italian physicist invented the modern electric battery?

Yes, Evan.

>> Volta.

>> COSTA: Yes.

What American film director is best known for his horror films, including A Nightmare on Elm Street and...

Yes, Rory.

>> Wes Craven.

>> COSTA: Yes.

What seaport is the capital and largest city... yes, Nathan?

(bell ringing) Answer?

>> Uh... (buzzer) >> COSTA: Freetown is the answer.

And we heard the bell.

The winning team this week: Lexington High School with a total score of 510 points.

Hingham High School finishes with 295 points.

Great job and a congratulations to both teams.

Now Lexington High School has earned a spot in this year's tournament bracket and moves on to the quarterfinals.

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