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Congratulations on being our season 15 champions.

(clapping) Hello everyone.

I'm Matthew Ozanich, and welcome to the 16th season of Quiz Central.

We're now well into the second round of our tournament, as two more teams from Michigan high schools join us today.

This week, the blue division takes center stage, as Roscommon faces off against White Cloud.

For this season of Quiz Central our two teams will be independently challenged with the same set of questions.

At the end of four rounds the team that answers the most questions correctly will advance to the next round of competition.

At the end of the season four Quiz Central seniors will receive a book scholarship provided by the CMU bookstore.

So without further ado, let's get today's match underway.

Our first round is the Maroon and Gold Rush.

Our teams will have two minutes to answer as many questions as they can.

Each correct answer is worth 10 points, and there is no deduction for incorrect answers.

Students will be able to consult with their teammates on each question, but we'll be taking final answers solely from the team's captain.

So let's head right into the action.

Roscommon you're first up.

So here comes your very first question in today's Maroon and Gold Rush round.

What title character goes into debt to LaRue and has affairs with Leon and Rodolphe before consuming arsenic in a novel by Gustave Flaubert?

- Madame Bovary.

- [ Host] Madame Bovary is correct.

What musical interval exists between a pitch and the next higher or lower instance of the same pitch class such as between AC... - An octave - [Host] An octave is correct.

What man, whose mother Maya dreamt of a white elephant in her womb, preached The Four Noble Truths of his new religion after attaining enlightenment?

- Buddha.

- [Host] Buddha Is Correct.

What Lebanese American author wrote 26 essays about the human spirit presented by Al Mustafa in his 1923, book The Prophet?

- No answer.

- [Host] No answer on to the next question.

What British polymath formed the notion of algorithms with a namesake machine and designed a 1950 test to check for artificial intelligence?

- Turing.

- [Host] Turing is correct.

Contrary to the myth that bats are blind, some bats have what type of color sensing cells that are useful primarily during daytime?

- Rods.

- What?

- Rods.

- Rods.

- [Host] Rods is incorrect.

Onto the next question.

In AD 565, St. Columba allegedly observed what mythical water beast, a creature that inhabits a namesake body of water in the Highlands of Scotland?

- The Loch Ness Monster.

- [Host] The Loch Ness Monster is correct.

The tallest unclimbed mountain in the world, Gangkhar Puensum, is in what Himalayan country, whose capital is Thimphu?

- Nepal.

- [Host] Nepal is incorrect.

Onto the next question.

What novel, which opens with a Christmas game, in which scenes from the Pilgrim's Progress are acted out by the March family is by Louisa May Alcott?

- Little Women.

- Little Women is correct.

In November two.

(ding) Oh, we're not gonna be able to get to that next question, because that bell signifies the end of the round.

Roscommon High School, you were able to get one, two, three, four, five, six correct questions answered in your opening round, which gives you a total of 60 points, after your Maroon and Gold Rush round.

Roscommon, let's go ahead and take a look at some of those questions that we missed in that first round.

That Lebanese American author who wrote 26 essays in his 1923 book, The Prophet, was Kahlil Gibran, was the name we were looking for.

Bats.

Bats have a color sensing cells that are useful during primarily during daytime.

Those are cone cells or cones, is what we were looking for.

And the tallest unclimbed mountain in the world, That Himalayan country, whose capital is Thimphu.

We were looking for Bhutan.

Bhutan was the answer there.

All right Thank you, Roscommon.

Now, White Cloud, you're up.

Here comes your first question in today's Maroon and Gold Rush.

What title character goes into debt to LaRue and has affairs with Leon and Rodolphe before consuming arsenic in a novel by Gustave Flaubert?

- Um, pass.

- [Host] Pass onto the next question.

What musical interval exists between a pitch and the next higher or lower instance of the same pitch class, such as between a C and the next higher C?

- Half step.

- Half step.

- [Host] Half step is incorrect.

Onto the next question.

What man, whose mother Maya dreamt of a white elephant in her womb, preached The Four Noble Truths, of his new religion after attaining enlightenment?

- Who did that?

- Buddha - Buddha.

- [Host] Buddha is correct.

Onto the next question.

What Lebanese American author wrote 26 essays about the human spirit presented by Al Mustafa in his 1923 book, The Prophet?

- Pass.

- [Host] Pass.

Onto the next question.

What British polymath formalized the notion of algorithms with a namesake machine and designed a 1950 test to check for artificial intelligence?

- I don't know.

Pass.

- [Host] Pass.

Onto the next question.

Contrary to the myth that bets are blind, some bats have what type of color sensing cells that are used primarily during daytime?

- Cones.

- [Host] Cones is correct.

In AD 565, St. Columba allegedly observed what mythical water beast, a creature that inhabits a namesake body of water in the Highlands of Scotland?

- Loch Ness.

- [Host] Loch Ness is correct.

The tallest unclimbed mountain in the world, Gangkhar Puensum, is in what Himalayan country whose capital is Thimphu?

- Um, Cambodia.

- [Host] Cambodia is incorrect.

Onto the next question.

What novel, which opens with a Christmas game in which scenes from the Pilgrim's Progress are acted out by the March family is by Louisa May Alcott?

- Little Women.

- Little Women's correct.

In November 2019, what prime?

(ding) Oh, we're not gonna be able to get to that question because that bell is gonna signify the end of the round.

White Cloud High School, you were able to get four correct answers in that round, for a first round total of 40 points.

Let's go ahead and take a look at those questions that we missed or were incorrectly answered.

That title character who consumes arsenic, in a novel by Gustave Flaubert was Madame Bovary or Emma Bovary.

That musical interval that exists between C and the next higher C. That it would be an octave.

The Lebanese American author who wrote 26 essays in his 1923 book The Prophet was Kahlil Gibran.

That British polymath who designed a 1950 test to check for artificial intelligence was Brit Alan Turing.

And then the tallest unclimbed mountain in the world is in Bhutan, is in Bhutan.

Well with one round in the books, let's take a breather now and give our contestants from each of today's schools a chance to introduce themselves.

We'll begin with today's competitors from Roscommon.

- Jackson.

I'm a junior at Roscommon.

I run cross country and I play basketball and baseball.

- I'm Connor McNamara.

I'm a senior at Roscommon High School, and I'm in student council and cross country.

- I'm Mac.

I'm a senior at Roscommon High School, and I play soccer and basketball.

All right.

I'm Alex.

I'm a freshman at Roscommon.

I play soccer, basketball and baseball.

- All right.

Thank you, Roscommon.

Now let's meet our next team in today's competition, the students from White Cloud.

Take it away.

- Hi, my name is Janessa Shepherd.

I'm a senior at White Cloud High School, and I've been in Quiz Bowl since sixth grade.

- Hi, my name is Malakai.

I run cross country and I do Quiz Bowl.

- Hi, my name is Anthony.

I'm a junior at White Cloud High School, and I run track and play football.

- Hi, my name is Zane.

I'm a sophomore at White Cloud High School.

I run track and cross country.

- All right, now that we've had a chance to meet everyone.

Let's head into the next round of competition, The Perfect Ten.

In this round each team will be given a category and they'll have 60 seconds to answer as many questions as they can.

Teams can still consult on each question but I'll be taking final answers from our captains.

Roscommon High School, your category in The Perfect Ten today is surnames in the Harry Potter series.

Given a first name and a description, give the surnames of these characters from the Harry Potter series.

Roscommon High School.

We're gonna put 60 seconds on the clock and here comes your first question in today's Perfect Ten.

Ron, Harry's best friend.

- Weasley.

[Host] Weasley is correct.

Draco.

The bully.

- Malfoy.

- [Host] Malfoy is correct.

Minerva, the transfiguration teacher.

- McGonagall.

- [Host] McGonagall is correct.

Cedric, a Triwizard competitor.

- Diggory.

- [Host] Diggory is correct.

Tom, the dark wizard who becomes Lord Voldemort.

- Riddle.

- [Host] Riddle is correct.

Cornelius, the Minister of Magic.

- Fudge - [Host] Fudge is correct.

Viktor, the Bulgarian Quidditch champion.

- Krum.

- [Host] Krum is correct.

Gregory, Draco's friend.

- Goyle.

- [Host] Goyle is correct.

Fenrir, the werewolf.

- Greyback.

- [Host] Greyback is correct.

Poppy, The Hogwarts matron.

- Pomfrey.

[Host] Pomfrey is correct.

And Roscommon, you guys have read your Harry Potter.

Perfect Ten.

You have all 10 questions correct in today's Perfect Ten round, which brings your total after two rounds to 160 points.

All right.

Thank you, Roscommon.

Now, White Cloud.

You're up in today's Perfect Ten.

Here comes your first question today.

Ron, Harry's best friend.

- Weasley.

- [Host] Weasley is correct.

Draco, the bully.

- Malfoy.

- [Host] Malfoy is correct.

Minerva, the transfiguration teacher.

(mumbling) - Pass.

- [Host] Pass.

Onto the next question.

Cedric, a Triwizard competitor.

- Dn, Dn, Dn.

Pass.

- [Host] Pass.

Tom.

The dark wizard who becomes Lord Voldemort.

- Riddle.

- Riddle.

- [Host] Riddle is correct.

Cornelius, the Minister of Magic - Pass.

- [Host] Pass, onto the next question.

Viktor, the Bulgarian Quidditch champion.

- Pass - [Host] Pass.

Gregory, Draco's friend.

- Pass.

- [Host] Pass.

Onto the next question.

Fenrir, the werewolf.

(mumbling) - Pass - [Host] Pass.

Onto the next question.

Poppy, the Hogwarts matron.

(mumbling) - Pass.

- Pass.

And just like that, that brings The Perfect Ten round to an end.

White Cloud in your Perfect Ten round, you were able to get three correct answers for a total of 30 points, which brings your total after two rounds to 70 points.

Let's go ahead and take a look back at the ones we missed in the Perfect Ten round.

The surname for Minerva, the transfiguration teacher, is McGonagall.

We were looking for a Cedric Diggory.

Cornelius Fudge is that Minister of Magic.

Viktor Krum is the Bulgarian Quidditch champion.

Gregory Goyle was Draco's friend.

And Fenrir Greyback was the werewolf.

And finally Poppy Pomfrey or Madame Pomfrey.

was the Hogwarts matron.

Well, we now have two rounds in the books and Roscommon is in the lead with 160 points after their flawless Perfect Ten.

And White Cloud is trailing with a score of 70.

But there's still a lot of questions to ask and anything can happen, as we head into our third round of the day the Homestretch Round.

I'll be asking each team a series of questions.

The teams will be able to consult with each other, but I'll be taking answers from the team's captains Roscommon.

Here comes your first question in today's Homestretch round.

In what novel, by William Faulkner, does a fire in a barn, nearly consume the coffin of Addie Bundren?

- The Sound in the Fury is incorrect.

- [Host] Sound in the Fury is incorrect.

What country's native people believe in a creation epoch called Dream Time, considered the rock formation Uluru sacred and play the didgeridoo?

- Australia.

- [Host] Australia is correct.

After supposedly making a pass at Carolyn Bryant.

what African-American teenager was lynched in Mississippi in 1955?

- No answer.

- [Host] No answer.

On to the next question.

What explorer, who was the subject of a popular book by John Filson, blazed the wilderness road and was a legendary 19th century frontiersman?

- Boone.

- [Host] Boone is correct.

Ben Riley is a clone of what comic book superhero whose opponent, whose opponents have included Norman Osborn?

- Spider-Man - [Host] Spider-Man is correct.

What type of soldier, depicted in an 1875 statue by Daniel Chester French, fought in militias during the revolutionary war?

- A minutemen.

- [Host] Minutemen is correct.

What city is overlooked by Table Mountain, controls Robin Island, and is the legislative capitol and second most populous city of South Africa?

- Cape Town.

- [Host] Cape Town is correct.

What Islamic caliphate in North Africa from 909 to 1171 claim descent from Mohammed's daughter?

- No answer - [Host] No answer.

Onto the next question.

What general captured the Union Garrison at Harper's Ferry in 1862, and was liken to Robert E. Lee's right arm when he was killed at Chancellorsville?

- Thomas Jackson.

- [Host] Thomas Jackson is correct.

What non-conservative fluid force, whose magnitude is often proportional to an object's velocity squared, causes pendulum clocks to need winding?

- Hmmm.

No answer.

- [Host] No answer.

Onto the next question.

What journalist who helped write the autobiography of Malcolm X traced his family's history to a man kidnapped from The Gambia in his book Roots?

- Alex Haley.

- [Host] Alex Haley is correct.

Onto the next question.

What artist abandoned work on a frieze on Stone Mountain in 1925 and blasted four faces into the granite of the Black Hills to create Mount Rushmore?

- What is his name?

I don't know.

No answer.

- [Host] No answer.

Onto the next question.

What nation's banknotes feature painter Diego Rivera and poet Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz?

- Mexico.

- Mexico is correct.

(ding) Oh, and with that bell the Homestretch Round has come to an end.

Great job Roscommon.

Let's go ahead and count em up.

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, questions answered correctly in that Homestretch Round which gives you a total of 240 points after the Home Stretch Round.

So let's go ahead and take a look back at those questions that we missed in this round.

That novel by William Faulkner, where a fire in a barn nearly consumes the coffin of Addie Bundren is, As I Lay Dying.

The young man, who supposedly made a pass at Carolyn Bryant and was lynched in Mississippi in 1955, that was Emmett Till.

The Islamic caliphate that claimed a descent for Muhammad's daughter was the Fatimid.

The Fatimid is what we were looking for there.

The non-conservative fluid force that causes pendulum clocks to need winding.

We were looking for air resistance or drag.

And then that artist who created Mount Rushmore was Gutzon Borglum.

Gutzon Borglum was the artist there.

So that was the only ones that you missed in that Homestretch round Roscommon.

All right.

Thank you Roscommon.

Now, White Cloud you're up.

Here comes your first question in today's Homestretch.

In what novel by William Faulkner does a fire in a barn n%early consume the coffin of Addie Bundren?

- The Sound in the Fury.

- [Host] The Sound in the Fury is incorrect.

Onto the next question.

What countries native people believe in a creation epoch called Dream Time, consider the rock formation Uluru sacred, and play the didgeridoo?

- Australia.

- [Host] Australia's correct.

After supposedly making a pass at Carolyn Bryant, what African-American teenager was lynched in Mississippi in 1955?

- I don't know.

Pass.

- [Host] Pass.

On to the next question.

What explorer, who was the subject of a popular book by John Filson, blazed the wilderness road and was a legendary 19th century frontiersman?

- Lewis.

- [Host] Lewis was incorrect.

Onto the next question.

Ben Riley is a clone of what comic book superhero whose opponents have included Norman Osborn?

- Spider-Man.

- [Host] Spider-man is correct.

What type of soldier depicted in an 1875 statue by Daniel Chester French, fought in militias during the Revolutionary War?

- Women, women - Women - Minutemen - Minutemen, minutemen.

- [Host] Minutemen is correct.

Onto the next question.

What city is overlooked by Table Mountain, controls Robin Island, and is the legislative capital and second most populous city of South Africa?

- Um, Santiago.

- [Host] Santiago is incorrect.

Onto the next question.

What Islamic caliphate in North Africa from 909 to 1171 claimed descent from Muhammad's daughter?

- Pass - [Host] Pass.

On to the next question.

What general captured the Union Garrison at Harper's Ferry in 1862 and was likened to Robert E. Lee's right arm when he was killed at Chancellorsville?

- Go with Stonewall Jackson.

- Jackson.

- [Host] Jackson is correct.

What non-conservative fluid force, whose magnitude is often proportional to an objects velocity squared, causes pendulum clocks to need winding?

- Pass.

- [Host] Pass.

Onto the next question.

What journalist who helped write the autobiography of Malcolm X traced his family's history to a kidnapped man from The Gambia in his book Roots?

- Haley - [Host] Haley is correct.

On to the next question.

What artist abandoned work on a frieze on Stone Mountain in 1925, and blasted four faces into the granite of the Black Hills to create Mount Rushmore?

- Borglum.

- [Host] Borglum is correct.

What nations bank notes feature painter, Diego Rivera and poet Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz?

- Mexico.

- [Host] Mexico is correct.

What state, one of whose island chains is home to Dry Tortugas National Park, also includes Biscayne Bay, Lake Okeechobee and the Everglades?

- Florida - Florida is correct.

(ding) Oh, and with that bell, it brings us to the end of the Homestretch Round.

White Cloud.

Let's count them up.

One, two, three, four, five six, seven, eight, correct answers in that Homestretch Round which brings you to a total of 150 points after three rounds of competition.

Let's go ahead and take a look at those Homestretch questions that we missed.

The novel by William Faulkner was As I Lay Dying.

The young man who was lynched in Mississippi in 1955 was Emmett Till.

That explorer who blazed the wilderness road in the 19th century was Daniel Boone.

That city that is the 2nd most populous city in South Africa was Cape Town.

The Islamic caliphate that claimed descent for Muhammad's daughter was the Fatimid.

That non-consumer non-conservative fluid force that causes pendulum clocks to need winding.

We were looking for air resistance or drag.

And those were the only ones that you missed in that Homestretch Round.

With a score of Roscommon 240 and White Cloud 150, we head into our last round of the day, The Final Countdown.

In this round contestants will have two minutes to answer as many questions as they can.

Each correct answer is still worth 10 points.

Team members can consult and final answers will be coming from the captain.

Roscommon here is your first Final Countdown question.

What NFL team, which was owned by the man who coined the term Superbowl, Lamar Hunt, currently features tight end Travis Kelsey and Patrick Mahomes?

- The Kansas City Chiefs - [Host] Kansas City Chiefs is correct.

What organelle, which is believed to have evolved from an alphaproteobacterium contains a dense inner.

- The mitochondria.

- [Host] I'm sorry, can you repeat that?

- The mitochondria.

[Host] The mitochondria is correct.

W.W. Jacobs wrote what short story in which a cursed animal appendage seems to cause the death, resurrection, and subsequent death, - Oh.

The monkey's paw.

- [Host] of Herbert White?

The Monkey's Paw is correct.

What man, who represented Kansas' fourth district until 2017, was replaced by Gina Haspell as CIA director and in 2018, became Secretary of State?

- Pompeo.

- [Host] Pompeo is correct.

What man was serving as president of Columbia University.

at the time he ran for his first term as President of the United States?

- Hmm, no answer.

- [Host] No answer.

On to the next question.

What former Attorney General, who was murdered on June 6, 1968, by Sirhan Sirhan.

- Robert Kennedy.

- [Host] Robert Kennedy is correct.

Onto the next question.

What pass, which was closed several times to thwart the Taliban, cuts through the Spin Ghar mountains to connect Pakistan and Afghanistan?

- No answer.

- [Host] No answer.

Onto the next question.

What rule, named for a German physicist, states that when orbitals have equal energies, each one will get one electron before any of them get a second?

- Hund's Rule.

- [Host] Hund's Rule is correct.

Words meaning terrible and horse formed the name of what giant tree from Norse mythology, whose roots are knot on by the serpent Nidhogg?

- Yggdrasil.

- [Host] I'm sorry.

Could you repeat that answer?

- Yggdrasil.

- [Host] Yggdrasil is correct.

Onto the next question.

What city, who's mayor Park Won-soon committed suicide in July, 2020, after being accused of sexual harassment, is the most populous in South Korea?

- Ah, Seoul - Seoul is correct.

(ding) And with that bell, marks the end of The Final Countdown.

Roscommon let's count them up.

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight correct answers.

Which brings your Quiz Central total today to 320 points.

Let's go ahead and take a look back at those questions we missed in The Final Countdown.

The man who was serving as the president of Columbia University, when he ran for President of the United States was Dwight D. Eisenhower.

That pass which connects Pakistan and Afghanistan is the Khyber Pass.

And those two were the only two that you missed in The Final Countdown.

All right, White Cloud here comes your first question in today's Final Countdown.

What NFL team, which was owned by the man who coined the term Superbowl, Lamar Hunt, currently features tight end, Travis Kelsey and Patrick Maholmes.

- Kansas City Chiefs.

- Chiefs.

- [Host] The Chiefs is correct.

What organelle, which is believed to have evolved from an alphaproteobacterium contains a dense inner matrix and produces most of the eukaryotes ATP?

- Mitochondria.

- [Host] Mitochondria is correct.

W.W. Jacobs wrote what short story in which a cursed animal appendage seems to cause the death, resurrection and subsequent death of Herbert White?

- Monkey's Paw.

- [Host] Monkey's Paw is correct.

What man, who represented Kansas' fourth district until 2017, was replaced by Gina Haspell as CIA director, and in 2018, became Secretary of State?

- Pompeo - [Host] Pompeo is correct.

What man was serving as president of Columbia University, at the time he ran for his first term as President of the United States?

- Wilson - [Host] Wilson is incorrect.

Onto the next question.

What former Attorney General, who was murdered on June 6th, 1968, by Sirhan Sirhan was a democratic presidential candidate like his brother John?

- Robert Kennedy.

- [Host] Robert Kennedy is correct.

What pass, which was closed several times to thwart the Taliban cuts through the Spin Ghar mountains to connect Pakistan and Afghanistan?

- Pass - [Host] Pass.

Onto the next question.

What rule named for a German physicist states that when orbitals have equal energies, each one will get one electron before any of them get a second.

- Octet Rule.

- [Host] Ah, sorry.

That is incorrect.

Onto the next question.

Words meaning terrible and horse, formed the name of what giant tree from Norse mythology whose roots are knot on by the serpent Nidhogg?

Yang near.

Yggdrasil.

- [Host] Yggdrasil.

I will accept that.

Onto the next question.

What city who's mayor Park Won-soon committed.

(ding) Oh, sorry, we're not gonna be able to get to that question because that bell is going to signify the end of the round.

So White Cloud, let's count them up.

One, two, three, four, five, six, correct answers.

And that Final Countdown which brings your total after four rounds of competition and Quiz Central today to 210 points.

So let's go ahead and take a look at those questions that we missed in The Final Countdown.

The man who was serving as president of Columbia University at the time he ran for the U.S. presidency was Dwight D. Eisenhower.

That pass that connects Pakistan and Afghanistan is the Khyber pass.

And that rural name for a German physicist is Hund's Rule.

Hund's Rule is the one we were looking for there.

We never ended up dead.

We never ended up getting to that last question.

All right, ladies and gentlemen, well, there you have it.

After four rounds of competition, Roscommon is victorious over White Cloud with a final score of 320 to 210.

Congratulations to Roscommon.

You're headed to the next round of competition, and we want to thank White Cloud for a hard fought match.

Seniors, good luck to you in all of your future endeavors.

Underclassmen, we hope to see you next season right here on Quiz Central.

And we hope all of you will join us again.

In our next episode of QC as two more schools compete for the season 16 title.

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