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♪ ♪ >> COSTA: Hi, everybody, and welcome to High School Quiz Show.

I'm Billy Costa, your host.

In last week's match between Notre Dame Academy and Shrewsbury High School, Shrewsbury defeated Notre Dame to move on to the quarterfinals.

For today's match, we welcome Mystic Valley Regional Charter School from Malden and Weston High School.

And on the Mystic Valley team we have Rintaro-- hello, Rintaro.

And welcome to High School Quiz Show.

>> Hello, Billy.

>> COSTA: Good to see you.

Hailey, how are you?

>> I'm good.

Thank you.

>> COSTA: Welcome to Quiz Show.

Sinjini, how are you?

>> I'm good, thank you.

>> COSTA: Okay, and Shrey, you ready to go?

>> Yes, sir.

>> COSTA: All right.

We also have alternate Jasmine and coach Connor Fay.

And competing for Weston: we have William.

Hello, William, how you doing?

>> I'm doing well, Mr. Costa.

How's married life been treating you?

>> COSTA: Very nice!

Thank you very much for asking.

It's going swimmingly.

Wow, very cool.

Hey, Jessie, how are you?

>> I'm good, thanks.

>> COSTA: All right.

Good to see you on Quiz Show.

Hi, Reid, how are you?

You psyched and pumped?

>> Yeah, I am.

>> COSTA: All right.

And Benny, hello, and welcome.

>> Thank you.

>> COSTA: All right.

We also have alternate Claire and coach Alison Langsdorf.

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

Throughout the game, a green light is a correct answer, a red light an incorrect answer.

And a gray light means no answer was given.

And we're going to start with the toss-up round.

All players are active, and with a correct answer can contribute ten points per question to their team score.

There are no point deductions for wrong answers.

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

What World War II hero and former Republican presidential nominee passed away in 2021 at the age of 98?

John McCain, Bob Dole, or Newt Gingrich?

Bob Dole.

In 2020, what 80-year-old singer reached number one on iTunes with a remixed version of her 1984 hit "What's Love Got to Do With It"?

Diana Ross, Dionne Warwick, or Tina Turner?

Tina Turner.

The giant monolith Uluru, also known as Ayers Rock, is a major tourist attraction in what country?

Australia, New Zealand, or Indonesia?

Australia.

NASA has been experimenting with what theoretical technology that would allow faster-than-light travel by bending space-time, as seen on "Star Trek"?

Wormholes, warp drive, or human teleportation?

Warp drive.

Take a look at your screens.

What author of The Red Badge of Courage, seen here, wrote one of the most harrowing and realistic of all war novels despite never taking part in any war?

Stephen Crane, Jack London, Joseph Conrad?

Stephen Crane.

The 2020 U.S. census did not ask for which of the following?

Your telephone number, your race, or your citizenship status?

Your citizenship status is the answer.

The Kentucky Derby is an annual thoroughbred racing event held at what legendary racetrack in Louisville?

Churchill Downs, Pimlico, or Belmont Park?

Churchill Downs.

What cycle refers to the light-independent reactions that occur during the second stage of photosynthesis?

The Krebs cycle, the Calvin cycle, or the citric acid cycle?

The Calvin cycle.

In March 2021, what U.S. secretary of state said China was "the biggest geopolitical test" for the United States this century?

Antony Blinken, Lloyd Austin, or Merrick Garland?

Antony Blinken.

Take another look at your screens, please.

Here comes your next question.

>> Hello there!

My name is Elizabeth Pierre and I am the first woman of Haitian descent to earn the job of Miss Massachusetts in 2021.

Here is my question: in Greek myth, the Judgement of Paris was a beauty contest between three goddesses of Olympus.

Swayed by her promise to help him win the beautiful Helen for his wife, Paris gave the prize of a golden apple to which goddess?

Was it Aphrodite, Athena, or Hera?

>> COSTA: Aphrodite.

Who achieved international fame as the drummer for the Rolling Stones from 1963 until his death in 2021 at the age of 80?

Was it Bill Wyman, Charlie Watts, or Ronnie Wood?

Charlie Watts.

In 2020, archeologists in Pompeii unearthed an exceptionally well-preserved thermopolium, which is a Roman-era what?

Public bath, snack bar, or olive oil jar?

Snack bar.

More than one-third of Canada's population lives in what province that borders the Great Lakes?

Ontario, Québec, or Manitoba?

Ontario.

Name the only English monarch since the Norman Conquest to have three children inherit the throne.

Queen Victoria, King George III, or King Henry VIII?

King Henry VIII.

What is the metric prefix for one-billionth?

Is it nano, pico, or micro?

Nano.

What theorist and author of The Fountainhead opposed government welfare programs despite using them herself?

Ann Coulter, Ayn Rand, or Mary Wollstonecraft?

Ayn Rand.

In which country would you find the source of the Amazon River?

Peru, Brazil, or Venezuela?

Peru.

Meaning "because of that very fact," what Latin phrase is used as an adverb to describe an inevitable result?

Id est, ipso facto, or ad hoc?

Ipso facto.

In the 1893 story "The Final Problem," Sherlock Holmes appears to fall to his death at the Reichenbach Falls in what country?

Germany, Austria, or Switzerland?

Switzerland.

In 1865, what Union general decreed that 400,000 acres of land in the South would be divided into 40-acre lots and given to people who were formerly enslaved?

Ulysses S. Grant, William T. Sherman, or George B. McClellan?

William T. Sherman is the answer there.

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

The score right now-- Mystic Valley, 300 points; Weston High School, 430 points.

Nice round.

Good job, guys.

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

But first we'll take a few minutes to get to know the players a little bit better and we do it with a question.

Each of you will have a chance to answer and we will start with Mystic Valley and Rintaro.

Here we go.

What movie do you think everyone should watch and why?

>> I will have to say my all-time favorite: Big Hero 6.

'Cause Baymax is such a loveable character.

>> COSTA: All right.

And now, Hailey.

>> I would say Legally Blonde.

Because you see powerful women in law without giving up their femininity.

>> COSTA: All right.

That's a classic.

Sinjini, how about you?

>> I would say High School Musical because it just has so much nostalgia.

>> COSTA: Yeah.

Very good pick.

Shrey, how about you?

>> I would say Avengers: Infinity War because of how many people talked about it and I like superheroes.

>> COSTA: All right.

Good one.

We move over to Weston High School, and William, how about it?

Which movie should we all watch and why?

>> I'm not a big movie person, but since it's two-and-a-half hours, I'm gonna say the finale episode of M *A *S *H because it was really well-written and thought-provoking.

And I think it's kind of amazing that it got 100 million people to watch it.

>> COSTA: Yeah!

>> All these streaming services you would never see nowadays for a scripted show.

>> COSTA: Absolutely.

Good pick.

Classic.

Jessie, how about you?

>> I was also going to say Legally Blonde actually.

But kind of for a different reason.

I think it's like kind of fun, and silly, and uplifting.

And I feel like the world needs more of that.

>> COSTA: All right.

How about you, Reid?

>> I'm actually gonna go with Titanic.

Because, one, it's iconic.

And, two, it was in theaters for over nine months, which I think speaks volumes.

>> COSTA: And we still talk about it all the time.

Titanic, very good.

Benny, how about you, you've had a few minutes to think about it.

>> Yeah, I'd say Interstellar, because it's a visually delightful film, one of the best soundtracks of any movie ever made, and philosophically even it's quite profound in my opinion.

>> COSTA: All right.

Some great picks right there, but now, it's time to go head to head.

Let's do it right now.

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

If an answer is not given, there's no impact on the score.

So teams, good luck, and here we go.

Desdemona is killed by her jealous husband in what Shakespeare tragedy?

Othello or King Lear?

Othello.

What is the most widely spoken language in China?

Mandarin or Cantonese?

Mandarin.

"Sixteen Going on Seventeen" is a song from what Rogers and Hammerstein musical?

Carousel or The Sound of Music?

The Sound of Music.

The Helmand River is the longest river in what Middle Eastern country?

Syria or Afghanistan?

Afghanistan.

What is the most abundant element in both the Earth's crust and the human body?

Oxygen or carbon?

Oxygen.

What cartoonist created the Peanuts comic strip?

Was it Bill Waterson or Charles M. Schulz?

Charles M. Schulz.

The iliac crest is found on which bone?

Pelvis or shoulder?

Pelvis.

In Norse mythology, what cunning trickster could change his gender and shape?

Balder or Loki?

Loki is the answer there.

(bell ringing) And that ends the round.

We take a look at the score.

Mystic Valley right now, 310 points; Weston High School, 460 points.

Let's hear it for both teams, everybody.

(cheers and applause) Next up is the category round with the following categories: The Fab Four, Good Ol' Rocky Top, It's Just a Phase, Prison Break, Love Means Nothing, and Quotes of Note.

Teams will be able to select two five-question categories and have the option to toss one question per category to the other team.

Teams are able to confer, and Mystic Valley, who will be your team spokesperson?

Rintaro.

>> I am.

>> COSTA: Okay, and Weston High School, how about you?

>> That'll be me.

>> COSTA: All right, William.

And good luck.

Now Mystic Valley, you have a little bit of ground to make up, you get to choose the first category.

That's good news.

So what's it gonna be?

>> What do you guys want?

>> Go with Prison Break.

>> Prison Break?

>> Yeah.

>> Yeah.

>> All right, our category will be Prison Break.

>> COSTA: And Prison Break will be your category.

And these will be questions about books set in prisons.

For ten points: what Piper Kerman memoir about her year in a women's prison in Connecticut was adapted into an Emmy-winning series on Netflix?

>> My Year of Life... A Year of Life and Relaxation.

>> A Year In... >> A Year... My Life of Rest and Relaxation.

>> Our final answer is A Life in Year's Relaxation.

>> COSTA: Orange is the New Black is the correct answer.

And now we go for 15 points: titled after the French word for "butterfly," what 1969 memoir by Henri Charrière chronicles his 14-year imprisonment and eventual escape from Devil's Island?

>> I think it's Papillon.

>> Papillon.

>> COSTA: Final answer, Rintaro?

>> Yeah, our final answer is Papillon.

>> COSTA: Papillon is correct.

Now for 20 points: adapted into a film starring Tom Hanks, what Stephen King novel is about a Death Row supervisor and John Coffey, a giant of a man who is sentenced to die but found to have supernatural healing powers?

>> Uh... >> You want to toss this, Rintaro?

>> Should we pass it?

>> Looks like they're pretty good with like literature.

Just pass it.

>> COSTA: We need an answer, Rintaro.

>> Pass.

>> We'll pass it.

>> COSTA: You're gonna pass.

>> Yeah, we're gonna pass.

>> COSTA: The answer is The Green Mile.

And for 25 points: what 19th-century French author wrote two of the most famous novels set in prison: The Man in the Iron Mask and the Count of Monte Cristo?

>> Any ideas?

>> Is it like Edmund something or Edward?

I don't know.

>> Edward... >> (indistinct) >> COSTA: We'll need an answer, Rintaro.

>> Final answer: Edmund.

>> COSTA: No, Alexandre Dumas is the answer.

Now for 30 points: what Charles Dickens novel follows a young girl born and raised at Marshalsea Prison, where her father has been imprisoned for debt?

>> You guys want to toss it?

>> Yeah, that's fine.

>> Yeah.

>> Yeah, we'll toss it.

>> COSTA: You're gonna toss it.

Weston High School, do you have an answer?

>> What do you... any ideas?

Just throw out Dickens titles.

>> Go for it.

>> Okay, Bleak House, final answer.

>> COSTA: Little Dorritt is the correct answer on that one.

But now we go to Weston High School, and you get to pick a category, what's it gonna be?

>> I'm leaning towards Quotes of Note.

>> Yeah, I feel like it'll be a lot of historical figures.

>> What do you think Rocky Top could be geographical?

>> That's the other...

I would actually... maybe Rocky Top.

Because it could also be geography.

>> Yeah, let's go with that.

>> It could be geography.

>> Okay, our category is Good Ol' Rocky Top.

>> COSTA: Okay, Good Ol' Rocky Top.

Questions about the great state of Tennessee.

And for ten points: who served as a U.S. senator from Tennessee before becoming Bill Clinton's vice president?

>> I'm thinking Al Gore.

>> Gore?

Yeah, Al Gore.

>> All right, Al Gore, final answer.

>> COSTA: Al Gore is correct.

Now for 15 points: "Rocky Top" is the unofficial fight song of the University of Tennessee.

Sports teams are known as the "Vols," which stands for what?

>> Volunteers.

>> Yeah.

All right, Volunteers, final answer.

>> COSTA: Volunteers is correct.

Now for 20 points: Nashville is colloquially known as the Athens of the South.

In fact, it's home to a full-scale replica of what classical Greek temple on the hill of the Athenian Acropolis?

>> The Parthenon.

>> Yes.

Parthenon-- final answer.

>> COSTA: And that's a correct answer.

Now for 25 points: continuously running since 1925, what weekly country music show in Nashville is the oldest live radio show in the United States?

>> The Grand Ole Opry.

>> Yeah.

>> Nice.

>> All right, Grand Ole Opry, final answer.

>> COSTA: And that is a correct answer.

Now for 30 points: in 1825, the Cherokees became the first Native Americans to have their own alphabet and writing system.

It was developed by what Cherokee scholar from Tuskegee, Tennessee?

>> I think it's Sequoyah.

Does anyone have any other... >> Are you 100% sure?

>> Like 90%.

>> I don't think they know this so if you want to toss it, but if you're... >> Yeah, if you're not sure, toss it.

>> I'm pretty confident, so I'm gonna say-- hope I don't regret this-- Sequoyah, final answer.

>> COSTA: Sequoyah is the correct answer.

And now we go back to Mystic Valley.

You get to pick a category now.

What's it gonna be?

>> Want to do It's Just a Phase?

>> Yeah, that's what I was thinking.

>> Okay.

>> Okay.

We'll go with It's Just a Phase.

>> COSTA: It's Just a Phase.

Questions about the moon.

For ten points: in May 1961, when the total time spent in space by an American was barely 15 minutes, who declared to Congress the goal of landing a man on the moon by the end of the decade?

>> It's JFK, right?

>> Was that John F. Kennedy?

>> JFK?

Yeah.

Our final answer is John F. Kennedy.

>> COSTA: And that would be correct.

Now for 15 points: name the moon's phase when it is in conjunction with the sun and invisible from Earth.

>> Is it a lunar eclipse?

>> Lunar... yeah.

Uh... solar?

>> No, it's just a phase.

It's not the actual eclipse.

So it's like... >> Oh!

>> I don't know... >> Waxing... waxing... >> Waning, crescent... >> New moon, new moon, new moon, new moon.

>> Our final answer: new moon.

>> COSTA: New moon is a correct answer.

And now for 20 points: dubbed "the loneliest man in history" for his role piloting the "Apollo 11" command module while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon, what astronaut passed away in 2021 at the age of 90?

>> I don't remember his name.

>> Yeah, I can't completely remember.

>> Should pass.

>> Yeah.

>> Say we pass it?

Yeah, we're gonna pass.

>> COSTA: You're gonna pass?

Michael Collins is the answer there.

For 25 points: Latin for "shade," what five-letter word describes the complete shadow cast by the moon onto the Earth during a total solar eclipse?

>> Umbra.

>> Umbra?

>> Umbra.

>> Okay, our final answer is umbra.

>> COSTA: Umbra is correct.

And now for 30 points: lunar maria are large, dark plains on the moon that were mistaken for seas by early astronomers.

They're mostly composed of what dark rock formed by the rapid cooling and hardening of lava flows?

>> What's that called again?

>> Basalt?

Obsidian?

>> Metamorphic?

>> No... >> That's not what he's asking.

>> Igneous.

It's like igneous something.

>> Obsidian?

>> Is it?

Yeah, I'm thinking obsidian.

>> Yeah, our final answer is obsidian.

>> COSTA: Basalt is the answer there.

And now we go back to Weston High School, you'll need a category.

>> Want to do Quotes of Note?

>> Yeah, let's do quotes.

>> All right, Quotes of Note is our category.

>> COSTA: Okay, Quotes of Note.

These are questions about quotations.

And for ten points: "A single death is a tragedy, a million deaths is a statistic."

This statement is commonly attributed to what Soviet dictator?

>> Stalin.

>> Stalin.

>> Stalin.

All right, final answer: Stalin.

>> COSTA: Joseph Stalin is correct.

For 15 points: "Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans."

Who wrote this lyric for "Beautiful Boy," a song on his 1980 album Double Fantasy?

>> Jackson?

Michael Jackson?

I have no idea.

Want to pass?

>> Pass.

>> Pass.

>> Sure.

Pass.

>> COSTA: Okay, John Lennon is the answer there.

For 20 points: "There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you."

Who wrote this in her 1969 autobiography I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings?

>> I think this is Maya Angelou.

>> Yeah, Maya Angelou.

All right, final answer: Maya Angelou.

>> COSTA: And that is a correct answer.

Now for 25 points: shortly before he died at a Paris hotel in 1900, what famous Irish poet and playwright reportedly said, "This wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to the death.

Either it goes or I do."

>> Keats, right?

>> No, it's not Keats.

>> I would guess it's Keats.

>> Oh, oh, is that too... yeah, that seems late.

>> "K"-- Keats.

>> Keats.

>> Keats, I think Keats.

>> Yeah, Keats.

>> Okay, final answer: Keats.

>> COSTA: No, the correct answer is Oscar Wilde.

And now for 30 points: upon her historic election to the House in 1916, what Montana politician said, "I may be the first woman member of Congress, but I won't be the last"?

>> I think it's Rankin.

I'm almost positive it's Rankin.

I think it's Jeanette Rankin.

>> Okay, Rankin, final answer.

>> COSTA: And Rankin is the correct answer.

(bell ringing) And that is the end of the category round.

Mystic Valley, 310 points; Weston High School, 565 points.

Let's hear it, everybody, let's hear it.

(cheers and applause) Okay, before we head into the final round, we have a score correction.

In the 30-point Just a Phase question, Mystic Valley's answer obsidian is a correct response.

We have adjusted the score accordingly, and now, onto the lightning round.

All players are active, and with each response, can add or subtract 20 points to their team's total.

A decision not to answer does not impact the score.

We have ten questions in all.

Teams, good luck, and here we go.

The Punic Wars were a series of three wars fought between Rome and what rival city-state?

Athens or Carthage?

Carthage.

What is the setting for Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea?

Florida or Cuba?

Cuba.

President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act in what year?

1964 or 1965?

1965.

What 2021 musical film marks the feature directorial debut of Lin-Manuel Miranda?

In the Heights or Tick, Tick... Boom!

Tick, Tick... Boom!

What term refers to a white blood cell?

Leukocyte or erythrocyte?

Leukocyte.

In Judy Blume's Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, what is the nickname of Peter Hatcher's little brother?

Fudge or Sprout?

Fudge is the answer.

In 1789, first mate Fletcher Christian led a mutiny against what captain of the HMS Bounty?

Was it Henry Hudson or William Bligh?

William Bligh.

Who oversaw a new authorized English translation of the Bible, published in 1611?

King James or King John?

King James.

What dragon is the main antagonist in The Hobbit?

Is it Sauron or Smaug?

Smaug is the answer.

And who talked about fixing a floundering American economy in a televised speech called "A Crisis of Confidence"?

Gerald Ford or Jimmy Carter?

Jimmy Carter is the answer there.

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

The winning team this week is Weston High School with a total score of 945 points.

Mystic Valley finishes with a total score of 490 points.

Congratulations to both teams for a great game.

Weston High School now moves on to play the winner of next week's match-up between Hopkinton High School and North Quincy High School.

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Thank you, everybody, and we'll see you next week.

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