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I'm Billy Costa, your host.

In last week's match between the British International School of Boston and Canton High School, British International defeated Canton to move on to the quarterfinals.

Now for today's match we welcome the Bromfield School from the town of Harvard and Sharon High School.

And on the Bromfield team we've got Olivia.

Hello, Olivia.

Welcome to High School Quiz Show.

Julian as well, hey Julian, how are you?

Sawyer, how are you?

>> Doing well.

>> COSTA: Ewan, how's it going?

>> Good.

Thank you.

>> COSTA: And the alternates are Lana and Diesel and coach Kathleen Doherty.

And competing for Sharon we have Richard-- hey, Richard, how's it going?

>> Doing good.

>> COSTA: Welcome to the show.

And good luck.

Rithvik, how are you up there?

>> I'm good, how are you, Billy?

>> COSTA: Great.

And good luck.

Hey, Zack, how you doing?

>> Good how, are you?

>> COSTA: Good.

You've got a very active background there, which is cool.

>> Yeah.

>> COSTA: It's popping as they say on TV.

And hey, Andrew, how are you?

>> Doing good.

Excited to get started.

>> COSTA: All right.

And the alternates are Michael and Vincent.

Coach Zach Snow.

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

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 gonna start with a 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, good luck to all of you.

What outspoken feminist and creator of the Emmy-winning series Fleabag is only the second woman to receive a writing credit in the James Bond movie franchise, for 2021's No Time to Die?

Issa Rae, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, or Lena Dunham?

Phoebe Waller-Bridge is the answer.

Best known as the setting of Bram Stoker's Dracula, Transylvania is a historical region in the central part of what modern-day country?

Romania, Serbia, or Bulgaria?

Romania.

In response to a restrictive new voting law signed by Governor Brian Kemp, Major League Baseball pulled its 2021 All Star Game from what U.S. state?

Georgia, Arizona, or Florida?

Georgia.

What Roman god of the underworld is the counterpart of the Greek god Hades?

Is it Pluto, Vulcan, or Mercury?

Pluto is the correct answer.

Take a look at your screens.

What enslaved person from Missouri, seen here, was the plaintiff in an infamous 1857 Supreme Court decision that stripped all Black Americans, free or enslaved, of their right to sue in federal courts because they were not citizens?

Frederick Douglass, Homer Plessy, or Dred Scott?

Dred Scott is the answer.

The five least-populous states-- Alaska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Vermont, and Wyoming-- together they make up just 1% of the U.S. resident population.

Which of these is the smallest with fewer than 600,000 residents?

Wyoming, Alaska, or Vermont?

Wyoming.

In the early 1900s, German scientists Fritz Haber and Carl Bosch discovered how to extract what gas from the atmosphere and use it as a powerful plant fertilizer?

Oxygen, argon, or nitrogen?

Nitrogen.

In 2021, amid protests against police violence, what creator of the Law & Order franchise announced a new spinoff that will focus on the defense side of the courtroom?

David E. Kelley, Darren Starr, or Dick Wolf?

Dick Wolf is the answer.

The Tokugawa family ruled as shoguns of feudal Japan from 1603 to 1868, when what 15-year-old emperor was restored to the throne and began a period of dramatic modernization?

Was it Showa, Meiji, or Hanazono?

Meiji is the answer.

Take a look at your screens.

Here comes your next question.

>> Hi, I'm Ernie Boch Jr., and here's my question.

Subaru is the Japanese name for what bright star cluster also known as the Seven Sisters?

>> COSTA: Is it the Hyades, Pleiades, or the Furies?

The Pleiades is the answer.

In March 2021, what became the first Southern state to ban capital punishment when Governor Ralph Northam signed legislation abolishing the death penalty?

Virginia, North Carolina, or Georgia?

Virginia.

In the FX miniseries Mrs. America, Cate Blanchett plays what conservative activist whose biggest achievement was squashing the Equal Rights Amendment in the 1970s?

Is it Bella Abzug, Phyllis Schlafly, or Anita Bryant?

Phyllis Schlafly is the answer.

With a metro area population of 331,000, Saskatoon is the largest city in what Canadian province?

Alberta, British Columbia, or Saskatchewan?

Saskatchewan.

Created by Belgian cartoonist Hergé, what comic book series is about a young reporter who travels around the world with his dog Snowy?

Is it Asterix, Tintin, or Hugo?

Tintin is the answer.

Which metric prefix denotes a factor of 100?

Kilo, hecto, or deca?

Hecto is the answer.

What Berlin landmark went up in flames on February 27, 1933, an event that Adolf Hitler used to his advantage to seize power?

Was it Brandenburg Gate, the Reichstag, or Berlin Cathedral?

The Reichstag.

A knee-jerk is an involuntary action because neurons bring the stimulus information not to the brain, but to the spinal cord.

What term describes this automatic response?

Axon, synapse, or reflex?

Reflex is the answer.

What small town in the Swiss Alps was best known as a ski resort until the World Economic Forum made it synonymous with the global elite?

St. Moritz, Zermatt, or Davos?

Davos.

The story of a seventh-grader who doesn't fit in at his mostly white private school, what 2019 title by Jerry Craft is the first graphic novel to win the prestigious Newbery Medal?

The Book of Boy, New Kid, or Long Way Down?

New Kid is the answer.

Completed in 1869 with a ceremonial "golden spike," what railroad connecting America's east and west coasts greatly boosted the nation's economy?

Western Pacific Railroad, Santa Fe Railroad, or Transcontinental Railroad?

Transcontinental Railroad is the answer there.

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

The score right now: Bromfield, 490 points; and Sharon High School, 590 points.

So let's hear it for both teams, everybody.

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

But we always like to take a few minutes to get to know the players.

A bit of a rest, if you will.

And we do it with a question and here it is in my hand.

Each of you will have a chance to answer.

And we're going to start with the Bromfield School, and you, Olivia, so here it comes.

If you had to choose between joining a future colony of people on the moon or at the bottom of the ocean, which would you join, and why?

>> I'd live underwater because I think I'd be pretty bad at putting on and moving around in a space suit.

(Billy chuckles) >> COSTA: Julian, how about you?

>> I would also choose to live underwater.

Because I want to meet Nemo.

>> COSTA: And hopefully you will.

And Sawyer, you?

>> I would also choose to lose... to live underwater.

Commuting back and forth from the moon to visit my family sounds difficult and expensive.

(Billy chuckles) >> COSTA: Takes a long time too.

Ewan, how about you?

>> I would have to say the moon.

Just because there's less stuff that could kill me up there.

>> COSTA: Okay.

So far we've got three water, one moon, let's go over to Sharon High School.

Richard, how about you?

Same question.

>> I'd like to be on the moon because I'd rather be jumping around in low gravity than being stuck in a submarine.

>> COSTA (chuckling): Okay, and Rithvik?

>> I'd probably rather be on the moon 'cause at least you'd get a nicer view.

Under the ocean it's just pitch black.

>> COSTA: All right, and Zack.

>> I'd say the moon because the wi-fi and the real estate views are probably better.

>> COSTA (chuckling): Probably.

Yes.

And, Andrew, finally you.

>> I'd also go with the moon.

Just because we've explored more of our moon than the ocean and I'd like to know what I'm getting into.

>> COSTA: All right.

Good answers, all, but now it's time to go head to head, and I say we do that right now.

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

Incorrect answers now result in a ten-point deduction.

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

So, teams, good luck and here we go.

The Continental Divide is a ridge of high ground that runs through what mountain chain?

The Appalachians or the Rockies?

The Rockies.

In 1998, President Clinton offered a public apology for the failure of the U.S. to do more to stop the genocide in what country?

Rwanda or Sudan?

Rwanda.

During digestion, proteins are broken down into what?

Simple sugars or amino acids?

Amino acids.

England's King Henry VIII divorced how many of his wives?

Two or three?

Two is the answer.

Anne of Green Gables is set in a fictional town in which Canadian province?

Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island?

Prince Edward Island.

The Dead Sea borders Israel to the west and what country to the east?

Jordan or Egypt?

Jordan.

Best known for The Very Hungry Caterpillar, what prominent author-illustrator passed away in 2021 at the age of 91?

Norton Juster or Eric Carle?

Eric Carle.

Does sound travel faster in water or air?

Water is the answer there.

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

We take a look at the score right now-- Bromfield, 550 points; Sharon High School, 630 points.

And, again, let's hear it for both teams.

(cheers and applause) Okay, next up is the category round with the following categories: Follow the Money, All the World's a Stage, Lake Effect, There is No Planet B, A Little Bit Chowder Now, and Fatal Subtraction.

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, yes, are able to confer.

Bromfield, who's the spokesperson gonna be for your team?

Olivia.

Okay, how about Sharon High School?

Zack will be the spokesperson for Sharon High School.

Bromfield School, you have a little ground to make up, so you do get to choose the first category.

What's it gonna be?

>> Any preferences?

>> Um... >> Good either way.

>> Can we do Fatal Subtraction?

>> COSTA: All right.

And here we go.

These are gonna be questions about math.

And for ten points: how many dots are in the mathematical symbol known as a "therefore" sign?

>> Three?

>> Three.

>> COSTA: Three is correct.

For 15 points: what type of triangle has no equal sides and no equal angles?

>> Scalene?

>> Is it scalene?

>> Yes.

>> I think it's scalene, yeah.

>> Scalene, okay, final answer: scalene.

>> COSTA: And scalene is correct.

Now for 20 points: a common logarithm has 10 as its base.

What mathematical constant is the base of a natural logarithm: E, F, or X?

>> E?

>> It's E. >> Final answer: E. >> COSTA: Final answer E, Olivia?

>> Yes.

>> COSTA: And that would be correct.

And now for 25 points: in the mid-1600s, what branch of mathematics was developed independently by Isaac Newton and German mathematician Gottfried Leibniz?

>> Calculus?

>> Calculus.

>> Calculus, yeah.

>> Final answer: calculus.

>> COSTA: And that is correct-- calculus.

Now for 30 points: in 1900, what German scientist introduced his namesake mathematical constant, which describes the relationship between the energy carried by a photon of light and its frequency?

>> Leipzig?

I don't know.

>> What'd you say?

>> Leipzig.

>> Okay, final answer: Leipzig.

>> COSTA: No, Max Planck is the correct answer.

And now we go to Sharon High School.

Sharon, you get to choose a category, what's it gonna be?

>> All the World's a Stage, guys?

>> Sounds good.

>> I think No Planet B might be nicer.

It's like an astronomy one.

>> Richard?

>> Probably All the World's a Stage.

>> Okay, we're gonna go with All the World's a Stage.

>> COSTA: Okay, Zack, here we go.

All the World's a Stage: questions about plays.

And for ten points: John and Elizabeth Proctor are characters in what Arthur Miller play set during the Salem witch trials?

>> The Crucible.

>> The Crucible.

>> The Crucible-- final answer.

>> COSTA: And that's correct-- The Crucible.

For 15 points: hatching a plan to prove his uncle's guilt, what Shakespeare character says, "The play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king"?

>> Hamlet, I'm pretty sure.

>> Hamlet?

Yeah.

>> Hamlet-- final answer.

>> COSTA: And Hamlet is the correct answer.

Now for 20 points: "To lose one parent, Mr. Worthing, "may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness."

This quote is from what Oscar Wilde play?

>> Oliver Twist?

>> Oliver Twist-- final answer.

>> COSTA: No, the correct answer is The Importance of Being Earnest.

And now for 25 points: Denzel Washington and Viola Davis starred in the Broadway and film adaptations of what 1985 Pulitzer Prize-winning play by August Wilson?

>> Guys?

>> Anybody?

>> I don't know.

>> Yeah.

>> No answer.

>> COSTA: You're gonna pass.

The answer is Fences.

Now for 30 points: what magical and unique animal figurine, Laura's favorite, breaks at the end of The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams?

>> Guys?

>> Yeah, I don't know.

>> No answer.

>> COSTA: You're gonna pass.

The correct answer is unicorn.

Now we go back to Bromfield School.

You get to choose a category.

What's it gonna be, guys?

>> Any preferences?

>> Good either way.

>> I was thinking maybe Follow the Money or A Little Bit Chowder Now.

>> Okay, let's do Follow the Money.

>> COSTA: Okay, these are questions about money.

And for ten points: who appears on the currency of at least 35 different countries, more countries than any other living monarch?

>> Elizabeth.

>> The Queen of England.

>> Or, or Victoria.

>> Mm... Should we just say Queen of England?

>> Uh...

I don't know if that's gonna be, like... >> I would say Elizabeth.

>> I don't think they're gonna count that.

>> I think it's Queen Elizabeth.

>> COSTA: Olivia, need an answer.

>> Final answer: Queen Elizabeth.

>> COSTA: Yes, Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II.

For 15 points: what billionaire Amazon executive came under fire after an investigation showed that he received $4,000 in child tax credits in recent years?

>> Jeff Bezos?

>> Jeff Bezos.

>> Jeff Bezos.

>> Okay, final answer: Jeff Bezos.

>> COSTA: Jeff Bezos is correct.

For 20 points: what artificial satellite in low Earth orbit is the most expensive object ever built, at $150 billion?

>> Maybe the... >> International Space Station.

>> Yeah.

>> Okay.

>> Final answer: International Space Station.

>> COSTA: And that is correct.

Now for 25 points: now amounting to about $3.8 billion a year, which country has received the most cumulative U.S. foreign aid since World War II: Israel, Egypt, or Vietnam?

>> Israel.

>> Israel?

>> I think.

Yeah.

>> Okay.

Final answer: Israel.

>> COSTA: And the correct answer is Israel.

Now for 30 points: in 2021, the U.K. unveiled a new £50 banknote.

It features what English mathematician who led the effort to break the Nazi Enigma code during World War II?

>> Alan Turing.

>> Alan Turing.

>> Alan Turing, yeah.

>> Final answer: Alan Turing.

>> COSTA: Alan Turing is correct.

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

>> Preferences, guys?

>> I'm good with whatever.

I think There is No Planet B or Little Chowder Now.

>> What about Lake Effect?

It's probably about lakes.

>> I'd rather go with the other two.

>> COSTA: Zack?

>> Fine then let's do There is No Planet B.

>> All right, we'll go with There is No Planet B.

>> COSTA: Okay.

There is No Planet B.

Questions about climate change.

And for ten points: on February 19, 2021, the United States officially rejoined what international agreement on climate change designed to limit global warming?

>> The Paris Climate Accord?

>> Yup.

>> Yeah.

>> Paris Climate Accords-- final answer.

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

Now for 15 points: according to the E.P.A., after carbon dioxide, what is the second most prevalent greenhouse gas emitted in the United States from human activities?

>> It's methane.

>> Methane.

>> Methane-- final answer.

>> COSTA: Methane is correct.

For 20 points: in March 2021, what U.S. treasury secretary said climate change poses "an existential threat" to the nation's financial system?

>> Janet Yellen.

>> Janet Yellen.

Janet Yellen-- final answer.

>> COSTA: Janet Yellen is correct.

Now for 25 points: in 2020 the United States celebrated the 50th anniversary of what act, signed by President Nixon in 1970, that resulted in a 77% decrease in the nation's air pollution?

>> Like... the...

I was gonna say the Clean Water Act, but I don't know.

But I think that makes sense...

Anyone know?

>> I don't know.

>> COSTA: Zack, we need an answer.

>> I think it's the Clean Water Act.

>> No answer.

>> COSTA: You're gonna pass.

The answer is the Clean Air Act.

And now for 30 points: Juliana v. United States is a climate-related lawsuit filed in 2015 by 21 youth plaintiffs.

They argued that by failing to address climate change, the government had violated what constitutional amendment that protects their rights to "life, liberty, or property"?

>> Fifth.

It's the Fifth.

>> Okay, Fifth Amendment, final answer.

>> COSTA: And Fifth Amendment is correct.

(bell ringing) And that ends the category round.

The score right now: Bromfield School, 690 points; Sharon High School, 710 points.

>> COSTA: This is a close match.

Great job, teams.

(cheers and applause) Okay, we are headed into the final round of play.

It is 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.

There are ten questions in all.

Good luck, teams-- this is a close one-- and here we go.

In 2021, what leak of almost 12 million documents exposed the secret offshore accounts of some of the world's most rich and powerful?

Panama Papers or Pandora Papers?

Pandora Papers.

With 38,387 points, who is the NBA's all-time leading scorer?

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar or Wilt Chamberlain?

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

In 1834, what U.S. president was censured by Congress in a fight over the survival of the Bank of the United States?

Andrew Jackson or Andrew Johnson?

Andrew Jackson.

What Australian filmmaker is the first woman to solo direct an MCU film, Black Widow?

Is it Cate Shortland or Gillian Armstrong?

Cate Shortland.

Hells Canyon, the deepest canyon in the United States, lies mainly in what Northwestern state?

Oregon or Washington?

Oregon.

What is the name of the Polynesian harpooner in Moby-Dick?

Ishmael or Queequeg?

Queequeg.

What 2021 Kentucky Derby winner failed two post-race drug tests?

Medina Spirit or Shared Belief?

Medina Spirit.

What actress plays the title character in the 1987 film The Princess Bride?

Is it Jennifer Grey or Robin Wright?

Robin Wright.

What Middle Eastern country has a capital city of Amman?

Is it Oman or Jordan?

Jordan is the answer.

What author included almost no dialogue in To the Lighthouse, a novel about philosophical introspection?

Virginia Woolf or Emily Dickinson?

Virginia Woolf is the answer there.

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

The winning team: Sharon High School with a total score of 890 points.

I said this was a close one.

The Bromfield School, 850 points.

So congratulations to both teams for a great round.

So Sharon High School moves on to play British International School of Boston in the quarterfinals.

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