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This time on "Quiz Central", Sandusky takes on Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart.

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(upbeat music) - Hello everyone, I'm David Nicholas and we welcome you to our 19th season of "Quiz Central" right here on WCMU.

This time students from Sandusky are taking on a team from Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart.

Before we kick things off, here's the format of our single elimination tournament.

We have two competing teams that will be independently challenged with an identical set of questions.

The school that answers the most questions correctly in the time allotted advances to the next round.

We'll continue that process until we crown a "Quiz Central" Season 19 champion.

At the end of the season four lucky "Quiz Central" seniors will receive a book scholarship provided by the CMU Bookstore, and top teams from "Quiz Central", they qualify for the NAQT High School National Championship Tournament.

Now let's get to our game.

The first round is the Maroon and Gold Rush.

Our teams will have two minutes to answer or pass each question.

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

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

Let's get things started with a team from Sandusky.

If players are ready, here comes your first question in the Maroon and Gold Rush.

A fresnel rhomb is an example of what Optical device, a triangular one of which Isaac Newton used to split white light into its component colors?

- A prism.

- A prism.

- [David] Correct.

What city whose Museum of Fine Arts holds dozens of John Singleton Copley works, was the site of a 1990 theft at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum?

- Pass.

- [David] In 2023 Joe Biden nominated California Attorney Julie Su to what cabinet position in which he would replace Marty Walsh?

- Pass.

- [David] What politician nicknamed the Milk Snatcher led the conservative party throughout the 1980s and served as Britain's first female Prime Minister?

- Pass.

- [David] What Pacific Island Nation was occupied by the Spanish starting with a 1565 landing in Cebu years after it was named after a Spanish king?

- Philippines.

- Philippines.

- [David] That is correct.

Connecting the centers of the faces of a cube forms what Platonic solids triangular faces which look like two pyramids joined at the base?

- Diamond.

- [David] That is incorrect.

Surfactants reduce what cohesive property that causes raindrops to adopt to a roughly spherical shape?

- [Sebastian] Surface tension.

- Surface tension.

- [David] That is correct.

What city whose concert cabal was built in the 1800 is home to the Rijksmuseum and the Anne Frank House, and is the capital of the Netherlands?

- Is it Bressols.

- Bressols.

- [David] Now that is incorrect.

And that bell signals the end of the Maroon and Gold Rush.

Good job Sandusky players and now Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart.

Your team, it's your turn.

Here comes your first question in the Maroon and Gold Rush.

A fresnel rhomb is an example of what optical device, a triangular one of which Isaac Newton used to split white light into its component colors?

- Prism.

- [David] That is correct.

- Final answer Prism.

- [David] What city whose Museum of Fine Arts holds dozens of John Singleton Copley works was the site of a 1990 theft at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum?

- Final answer New York.

- [David] That is incorrect.

In 2023 Joe Biden nominated California Attorney Julie Su to what cabinet position in which she would replace Marty Walsh?

- Financial Secretary of Energy.

- [David] That is incorrect.

What politician nicknamed the Milk Snatcher led the conservative party throughout the 1980s and served as Britain's first female Prime Minister?

- Final answer, Thatcher.

- [David] That is correct.

What Pacific Island nation was occupied by the Spanish starting with a 1565 landing in Cebu years after it was named after a Spanish king?

- Philippines.

Final answer, the Philippines.

- [David] That is correct.

Connecting the centers of the faces of a cube forms what Platonic solid triangular for faces which look like two pyramids joined at the base?

- Pass.

- [David] Surfactants reduce what cohesive property that causes raindrops to adopt a roughly spherical shape?

- Is it surface tension.

- Final answer surface tension.

- [David] That is correct.

What city whose concert cabal was built in the 1800s is home to the Rijksmuseum.

(bell chimes) And sorry, that bell does signal the end of our first round.

Let's take a moment to look at the questions that were missed in that opening round.

The Museum of Fine Arts that was part of 1990 theft is located in Boston.

Joe Biden nominated Julie Su for the role of Secretary of Labor.

And finally that Platonic solid's triangular face, which looks like two pyramids joined at the base was an octahedron.

Our first round wraps up with Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart has slim lead of 40 to 30.

Now before we start our next round here on "Quiz Central", let's meet the players competing today.

First up, let's say hello to the students from Sandusky.

- Hello, I'm Timothy.

I'm a junior at Sandusky High School and I'm a part of the SA Chess Band, Drama Department and Academic Games.

- Hello, I'm El Jacobson.

I'm on the volleyball team and softball team and I do academic games.

I'm a junior at Sandusky.

- I'm Colson, I'm a sophomore at Sandusky High School.

I participate in the band and on the golf team.

- Hello, my name is Sebastian Sifoline.

I'm a freshman at Sandusky.

I participate in quiz bowl, band, track and cross country.

- Welcome players, it's good to have you here.

Now a chance for us to meet the team from Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart.

- Hi, my name is Alex.

I'm a senior at Sacred Heart and I play football, basketball, and golf.

- My name is Noah, I go to Sacred Heart.

I'm a freshman and I do cross country and a part of the eSports team.

- Hi, my name is Aisha Geya.

I'm a junior at Sacred Heart and I play golf at our school.

- Hi, my name's Barry.

I'm a junior here at Sacred Heart and I play basketball and baseball.

- Thanks to all of our students playing today.

Our next round is the Perfect 10.

In the Perfect 10 our teams will be given a category and allowed 60 seconds to answer or pass on each of the 10 questions pertaining to that category.

Correct answers are worth 10 points, and again, no point deduction for an incorrect answer.

Our perfect 10 category for today is scientific equations.

Answer the following about scientific equations.

Sandusky, you're up first and here comes your first question in the Perfect 10.

Scientist who proposed E equal mc squared?

- Albert Einstein.

- [David] That is correct.

Objects for which Johann Kepler found three laws of motion.

- Celestial.

- Celestial.

- [David] That is incorrect.

Namesake of a law about and a unit of resistance?

- Friction.

- [David] That is incorrect.

Law governing restoring forces on springs.

- Pass.

- [David] Chemistry law written PV equals nRT?

- Boyle's Law.

- [David] Again please.

- Boyle's Law.

- [David] No, that is incorrect.

Solutions measured by the Henderson-Hasselbalch equation that resist pH changes?

- Pass.

(bell chimes) - Principle guaranteeing... And that bell signals the end of the Perfect 10.

Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart now your turn to tackle the Perfect 10, here comes your first question.

Scientist who proposed E equals mc squared.

- [Sebastian] Albert Einstein.

- Final answer Einstein.

- [David] That is correct.

Objects for which Johann Kepler found three laws of motion?

- Like electrons or something.

Final answer electrons.

- [David] That is incorrect.

Namesake of a law about and a unit of resistance?

- Ohm, final answer Ohm.

- [David] That is correct.

Law governing restoring forces on springs.

- Final answer Newton.

- [David] That is incorrect.

Chemistry law written PV equals nRT?

- Final answer Ideal Gas Law.

- [David] That is correct.

Solutions measured by the Henderson-Hasselbalch equation that resist pH changes?

(bell chimes) And sorry, the bell does signal the end of that round.

Good job players in the Perfect 10.

Well that wraps up the perfect 10, but let's check back on the questions that stumped both of our schools.

Objects for which Johann Kepler found three laws of motion were planets.

The law governing restoring forces on springs is Hook's law.

And solutions measured by the Henderson-Hasselbalch equation that resist pH changes?

The answer we needed was buffers.

After our first two rounds, Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart still on top.

The score now 70 to 40.

Next up in our game will be the Homestretch.

I'll have more questions for our teams and correct answers worth 10 points with no point deduction for any incorrect answers.

Sandusky, you get the first crack at the home stretch.

Here comes your first question.

What kingdom's parasites cause a circular rash in ringworm, itching and flaking between the toes in athlete's foot and a variety of yeast infections?

- Bacterial (indistinct chatters).

- Bacterial.

- [David] That's incorrect.

What materials whose classes include thermotropic and lyotropic have different distinct phases often used in television displays?

- LEDs.

- LEDs.

- [David] That is incorrect.

What head of a 1728 expedition to the Kamchatka was a Danish explorer whose great Northern expedition for Russia found his namesakes straight off Alaska?

- Barry.

- Barry.

- [David] That is correct.

What musician who directed the 2021 documentary "Summer of Soul" is the drummer for the Roots?

- Pass.

- [David] What company whose conspiracy theorist claimed was owned by Smartmatic, excuse me, settled the 2021 lawsuit with Fox News and makes voting machines?

- Dominion.

- What?

- Dominion.

- The Dominion.

- [David] That is correct.

What 17th century philosopher is known for his namesake Wager regarding the existence of God?

- Socrates.

- No, not Socrates.

He's not from the same to the country.

- A pass.

- Pass.

- [David] What river whose largest tributary is the Tennessee River is formed by a confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers near Pittsburgh.

- Mississippi.

- Oh my bad, no.

- What is it?

Ohio.

- Ohio.

- Ohio, Ohio.

- [David] That is correct.

What type of image which is produced by a plain mirror forms in a location where rays cannot be projected onto a screen as opposed to real images?

- [Sebastian] Projector.

- Projector.

- [David] That's incorrect.

What city was the site of 1850s clashes between the Dead Rabbits and Bowery Boy gangs as well as massive 1863 draft riots during the Civil War?

- New York.

- New York.

- [David] That is correct.

What Germanic people who founded an African kingdom under Gaiseric led a 455 Sack of Rome after which their name became a word for damaging property?

- Goss.

- Goss.

- [David] That's incorrect.

A vacuum cleaner salesman is recruited to be a spy in Graham Greene's novel titled "Our Man in" What world capital, the birthplace of poet Jose Marti?

- Guess, Just guess.

- Spain.

- [David] That is incorrect.

What team starred Randy Johnson and Curt Schilling when it won the 2001 World Series over the Yankees, and now plays at Chase Field in Phoenix?

- [Sebastian] Diamondbacks.

- Diamondbacks.

- [David] That is correct.

What quantity which tends to increase with nuclear charge is 13.6 eV for hydrogen, and is the amount of energy required to remove an electron?

- Pass?

(bell chimes) - What... And that bell signals the end of the Homestretch.

Thanks Sandusky, now Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart.

You give it a go.

Here comes your first question of the Homestretch.

What kingdom's parasites cause a circular rash in ringworm, itching and flaking between the toes in athletes foot and a variety of yeast infections?

- Like fungi, fungi.

- [David] That is correct.

What materials whose classes include thermotropic and lyotropic have distinct phases often used in television displays.

(indistinct chatters) - Final answer LEDs.

- [David] That is incorrect.

What head of a 1728 expedition to the Kamchatka was a Danish explorer whose great Northern expedition for Russia found his namesake strait off Alaska?

- Final answer Bering.

- [David] That is correct.

What musician who directed the 2021 documentary "Summer of Soul" is the drummer for the Roots?

- No answer.

- [David] What company whose conspiracy theorist claimed was owned by Smartmatic settled the 2021 lawsuit with Fox News and makes voting machines" - No answer.

- [David] What 17th century philosopher is known for his namesake Wager regarding the existence of God?

- Final answer Aquinas.

- [David] That is incorrect.

What river whose largest tributary is the Tennessee River is formed by the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers near Pittsburgh.

- Final answer Ohio River.

- [David] That is correct.

What type of image which is produced by a plain mirror forms in a location where rays cannot be projected onto a screen as opposed to real images?

- You have anything?

(indistinct chatter) What'd you say?

- Hologram.

- Final answer hologram.

- [David] That is incorrect.

What city was the site of 1850s clashes between the Dead Rabbits and Bowery Boys gangs, as well as massive 1863 draft riots during the Civil War?

- Final answer Savannah, Georgia.

- [David] That is incorrect.

What Germanic people who founded an African kingdom under Gaiseric led a 455 Sack of Rome after which their name became a word for damaging property?

- Vandals.

- Final answer Vandals.

- [David] That is correct.

A vacuum cleaner salesman is recruited to be a spy in a Graham Greene novel titled "Our Man in" what world capital the Birthplace of Poet Jose Marti?

- Madrid, final answer Madrid.

- [David] That is incorrect.

What Team Stared Randy Johnson and Curt Schilling when it won the 2001 World Series over the Yankees and now plays now plays at Chase Field in Phoenix?

- Final answer Arizona Diamondbacks.

- [David] That is correct.

(bell chimes) What quantity... And that bell does signal the end of the round.

And as we wrap up the Homestretch, let's revisit the incorrect answers from that round.

The materials often used in television displays were liquid crystals.

The musician who directed the 2021 documentary "Summer of Soul" thats Questlove.

A 17th century philosopher we were looking for was Pascal.

The type of image produced by a plane mirror is a virtual image.

And finally, the vacuum cleaner salesman who is recruited to be a spy needed Havana for the correct answer.

So now after three rounds, Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart holds on to a one 20 to 90 lead.

We've got a good game going and we are now headed for the Final Countdown.

Teams here in the final countdown it's your last two minutes to answer or pass on our questions.

Correct answers worth 10 points, no point deduction for any incorrect answers.

Sandusky, you start us off here in the Final Countdown.

Two minutes now on the clock and here comes your first question.

Death Valley is an example of what effect in which an area on leeward side of a mountain experiences very little precipitation?

- Pass.

- [David] What city whose Nazi occupiers governed from the Hotel Majestic celebrated its August, 1944 handover to the allies by ringing bells at Notre-Dame?

- Paris.

- Paris.

- [David] That is correct.

From 1975 to 2017, the largest class of US aircraft carriers was named after what admiral who led the US Pacific Fleet in World War II.

- Nimitz.

- Nimitz.

- [David] Nimitz, Okay, thank you.

That is correct.

What 11 letter term can refer to an aerobic or anaerobic process that's stores energy from breaking down glucose in ATP or the act of breathing?

- Respiration.

- [David] That is correct.

American minimalist composer John Adams worked with the director Peter Sellars on an Opera about what US President's trip to China?

- [Sebastian] Nixon.

- Nixon.

- [David] That is correct.

What apostle was martyred in Ethiopia hosted a dinner for Jesus at his house, was once a tax collector and is the namesake of the first gospel?

- [Sebastian] Mark.

- Mark.

- [David] That is incorrect.

What lake which intermittently receives the waters of Lake Managua is the largest lake in Central America?

- Pass.

- [David] What seven letter adjective describes an organism's level in a food chain.

- Pass.

- [David] What six letter verb can mean either to read carefully or to look over at cat... (bell chimes) and sorry, the bell signals that end of the final countdown.

Not time to get in that question.

Thanks Sandusky, Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart it is your turn here in the Final Countdown.

Here comes your first question.

Death Valley is an example of what effect in which an area on the leeward side of a mountain experiences very little precipitation.

- Final answer, continental divide.

- [David] That is incorrect.

What city whose Nazi occupiers governed from the Hotel Majestic celebrated its August, 1944 handover to the allies by ringing bells at Notre-Dame?

- Final answer Paris.

- [David] That is correct.

From 1975 to 2017 the largest class of US aircraft carriers was named after what admiral who led the US Pacific Fleet in World War II.

- Nimitz.

- [Aisha] Yeah.

- Final answer Nimitz.

- [David] That is correct.

What 11 letter term can refer to an aerobic or anaerobic process that store energy from breaking down glucose in ATP or to the act of breathing?

- I think it's respiration.

Final answer respiration.

- [David] That is correct.

American minimalist composer John Adams worked with Director Peter Sellars in an Opera about what US President's trip to China?

- Nixon maybe.

- [Aisha] Nixon.

- Final answer Nixon.

- [David] That is correct.

What Apostle was martyred in Ethiopia, hosted a dinner for Jesus at his house, was once a tax collector and is the namesake of the first gospel?

- Matthew, final answer Matthew.

- [David] That is correct.

What lake which intermittently receives the waters of Lake Managua is the largest lake in Central America.

- I know it's in Honduras.

I know Nicaragua, but I don't know.

- Final answer Lake Honduras.

- [David] That is incorrect.

What seven letter adjective describes an organism's level in a food chain?

(bell chimes) Sorry, we hit the bell there without completing that final question, but good job in the Final Countdown players.

At the conclusion now of the Final Countdown for today, we have just a few questions that were missed.

Death Valley is an example of the rain shadow effect.

The lake which receives the waters of Lake Managua is Lake Nicaragua.

And the seven letter adjective that describes an organism's level in the food chain is trophic.

Finally, the six letter verb that can mean to read carefully or to look over casually, the answer we were looking for was peruse.

In the end Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart takes the win by a final score of 170 to 130.

Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart moves on to our next round, good job players.

And good job Sandusky.

We wanna thank you for joining us this season.

We'd like to invite you to join us again next week right here on "Quiz Central".

Reminder you can watch games anytime online at wcmu.org.

Thank you and goodnight.

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