[MUSIC] [MUSIC] >> Hi!

This episode is being filmed 36 years after the release of Belgian techno anthem Pump Up the Jam.

I'm Olivia manning, your host and welcome to Scholastic HI-Q, the only show where knowledge rules.

We've got two fantastic teams with us today on the top.

We've got Modern day with Ashley, Keegan, Owen and Isaac, and on the bottom we've got Brie Central with Kayden, Xavier, Hunter and Ellie.

For those of you who don't know how the game works, I have in my hand a series of toss up questions.

I will ask those questions to the world, and either team can buzz in to answer.

If they get it right, they then move on to a bonus question, which they can answer for 20 points.

Or if they get it wrong, the other team can swoop in and steal for ten bonus points.

There are also media questions, audio questions, lightning rounds, but we will get to all of those when we get to them.

For now, the important thing that you need to know my teammates, not teammates.

I guess you're not my teammates, but the interruption rule.

If I am reading any sort of question and you interrupt me, if you get it right, you get your points and we move on.

If you get it wrong, the other team gets five bonus points and the opportunity to answer that question.

So if you're going to interrupt me, just make sure that you're right.

With all of that out of the way, are we ready to HI-Q.

>> Yeah, yeah.

>> All righty.

That's what I like to hear.

Our first toss up question.

What geologic period saw massive oxygenation of Earth's oceans, as well as a massive proliferation of multicellular, multicellular life during its namesake explosion.

Ashley.

>> Cambrian.

>> Cambrian is correct.

Your bonus question.

Modern day.

In 2006, African American author Tarana Burke founded What Movement, encouraging survivors of sexual harassment and rape to share their experiences.

>> Me too.

Me too movement.

>> That is correct.

What novel?

Which includes legends about the sun god Frith and the trickster.

The trickster El-ahrairah was written by Richard Adams about Hazel and other rabbits.

>> No answer.

>> Sorry, that was a toss up.

>> Oh my bad.

>> Do we do we move on?

We out of time.

All right.

Both teams are out of time.

There.

We were looking for Watership Down.

Watership down is the name of that novel.

No bonus round there.

On to the next toss up.

What politician who took office in 2023 by succeeding Kevin McCarthy, represents the fourth district of Louisiana and a speaker of the House.

>> Hayden Mike Johnson.

>> Mike Johnson is correct.

Your bonus question for East Central.

In 1590, what eight letter word was found carved into a tree by John White upon his return to the abandoned Roanoke Colony.

>> Croatoan.

>> Croatoan is correct.

Next toss up is a math question.

So pencil and paper ready?

Both teams.

What is the smallest positive integer with three distinct prime factors given?

It must be the product of the three smallest primes.

>> Keagan six.

>> That is incorrect.

Re central.

Your time to buzz in.

>> Buzz.

>> Xavier.

>> 30.

>> 30 is correct.

Your bonus question re central what South American countries authors include one who wrote about radio employees in Aunt Julia and the scriptwriter Mario Vargas Llosa.

>> Brazil.

>> Brazil is incorrect.

Modern day.

>> No answer.

>> All right.

We were looking for Peru.

Peru is that country.

Next toss up.

What show in which in which Jonah Vogelbaum tries to denounce Vought international is a Prime Video hunter.

>> The boys.

>> The boys is correct.

Your bonus question.

Brie central.

What Swiss born man outlined five points of architecture and pioneered international style with a concrete machine for living called the Villa Savoye.

>> No answer.

>> Modern day.

Your chance to steal.

>> Johnson.

>> Johnson is incorrect.

We were looking for Corbusier.

Le Corbusier, a very French name.

Our next question is a media question.

If you will please say hello to the television.

This American Grammy nominated singer and songwriter Ellie Chaperon.

Chaperon is correct.

That is ten points to Bree Central for a correct media question.

There are no bonus media questions.

It's just whatever shows up on the television.

Back to our toss ups.

What opera in which Una Voce Poco fa is sung by Bartolos Ward Rosina is a Gioachina Rossini opera featuring Figaro, who gives Bartolo a shave.

>> The barber.

>> I'm going to need you to buzz in.

>> Ellie the barber.

>> Going to need you to be a little bit more specific.

>> The royal barber.

>> That is incorrect.

Modern day.

Your chance to buzz in.

Keegan.

>> The happy barber.

>> That is incorrect.

We were looking for the Barber of Seville.

The Barber of Seville is that opera's title?

No bonus question there.

Next toss up.

What seat of Duval County is the largest city by area in the contiguous US?

Is the most populous city in Florida and is home to the Miami.

That is incorrect.

Re central I will repeat the question.

What seat of Duval County is the largest city by area in the contiguous US?

Is the most populous city in Florida and is home to the NFL's Jaguars.

Jacksonville Jacksonville is correct.

Your bonus question re central, what type of RNA that has a special cap at one end is produced by transcription of DNA.

>> mRNA.

>> mRNA is correct.

Next toss up what process which can occur in a specular fashion at smooth surfaces is the change in the direction of light caused by shiny objects like mirrors.

Refraction that is incorrect.

Modern day.

Your chance to buzz in.

>> Buzz.

>> Ashley.

>> Reflection.

>> Reflection is correct.

Your bonus question modern day Lil Wayne's 2025 song The Daze features what musician who sang on songs like With or Without You as the lead singer of U2.

>> Drake.

>> That is incorrect.

Bree.

Central.

Your chance to steal.

>> Will.

>> Will is incorrect.

We were looking for a Bono.

Bono is the name of the lead singer of U2.

Next toss up.

What author portrayed the fictional nation of Labassecour in her novel Villette, and wrote about a governess who works for Mr.

Rochester in Jane Eyre.

Ashley Bronte going to need you to be a little bit more specific.

Charlotte Bronte Charlotte Bronte is correct.

Your bonus question modern day Yoaunde is the capital of what Central African country that borders Lake Chad.

>> Molly.

>> Molly is incorrect.

Bree.

Central.

Your chance to steal.

>> Democratic Republic of the Congo.

>> That is incorrect.

We were looking for Cameroon.

Cameroon is that country.

Our next toss up.

What river?

Which is crossed by the Alexander the Third Bridge and the Pont Neuf empties into the English Channel at Le Havre and flows past Paris.

>> Caden, the Seine.

>> The Seine is correct.

Your bonus question, Brie Central is a math question.

So pencil and paper ready?

And that goes for you too.

Modern day I might come back to you in terms of x, what is the perimeter of a rectangle whose width equals x plus two, and whose height equals x minus three?

>> Can I answer?

>> Absolutely.

>> Um x squared.

Sorry x squared minus x plus six.

>> That is incorrect.

Modern day.

>> Four x minus two.

>> For x minus two is correct.

This next question is an audio question, so please turn your ears towards the speakers.

This game is a Japanese role playing title developed by Atlus that follows a group of high school students leading double lives as vigilantes who enter a supernatural realm to change the hearts of corrupt adults.

Blending turn based combat, social simulation, and a striking comic book art style, it explores themes of rebellion, identity, and justice.

Name this game Hunter.

>> Persona.

>> Persona is correct.

Don't you know?

Once again, that is ten points to breathe central for a correct audio question, but there are no bonus audio questions.

It's just whatever shows up on the speakers.

Back to our toss ups in ancient Rome.

What process could have a person in a two Tunica molesta take the form of a Damnatio ad bestias with lions, or have a person crucified?

Okay.

>> Pontius Pilate.

>> This incorrect order day your chance to buzz in.

>> Oh, treason.

>> Treason is incorrect.

We were looking for execution.

Execution is that process.

No bonus question there.

Back to our toss ups.

What?

Seven letter adjective for silent mutations with no effect on an organism's functions, also describes solutions that are neither acidic nor basic.

>> Neutral.

>> Neutral is correct.

Your bonus question.

Modern day.

What South American country may have lost two thirds of its population in the disastrous 1860s War of the Triple Alliance.

Modern day.

You are out of time.

A breeze.

Central.

Your chance to steal.

>> Argentina.

>> Argentina is incorrect.

We were looking for Paraguay.

Paraguay is that country.

Our next toss up.

What author who wrote about a phenomenon that sits looking over harbour and city in his poem fog, depicted the city of Big Shoulders in Chicago.

>> Mark Twain.

>> Mark Twain is incorrect.

Holiday.

Your chance to buzz in Keegan.

>> Sandberg.

>> Sorry.

>> Sandberg.

>> Sandberg is correct.

Your bonus question modern day T4, whose tail fibers help it attach to cell walls, is an example of what type of virus that affects bacteria.

>> Crown virus.

>> That is incorrect.

Precentral your chance to steal.

>> Bacteriophage.

>> Bacteriophage is correct.

Our next toss up.

What?

President who refused to visit victims of the Great Mississippi Flood took office in 1923 after Warren Harding died and was called Xavier.

Calvin Coolidge Calvin Coolidge is correct.

Your bonus question.

Casting on and binding off are terms for starting and stopping.

What form of textile making done by hand with a pair of needles.

>> Sewing.

>> That is incorrect.

Modern day.

Your chance to steal knitting.

Knitting is correct.

Our next toss up.

What organ?

Whose first transplant was done by Thomas Starzl in 1963, helps detoxify the blood and is affected.

Ellie.

>> Kidney.

>> Kidney is incorrect.

Modern day.

I will repeat the question.

What organ?

Whose first transplant was done by Thomas Starzl in 1963, helps detoxify the blood and is affected by hepatitis and cirrhosis of the liver.

Liver is correct.

Your bonus question modern day.

What name is shared by a river that runs through Seoul in South Korea and by the world's largest ethnic group, which predominates in mainland China?

>> Mandarin.

>> That is incorrect.

Re central.

Your chance to steal yellow.

That is incorrect.

We were looking for Han.

Han was the answer we were looking for.

That brings us into this episode's Lightning Round.

The Lightning Round works a little different than most rounds I have now in my hands.

Four topics.

Those topics break down into ten questions that a team may have to answer in a mere 60s.

Today, you have first pick as to what topics you'd like to choose from.

They are as follows.

Home countries, the Royal see taxonomy and Colorado.

>> We'll take home countries.

>> All right.

Give the country these athletes represent in international competition, which may not be their birthplace.

Modern day.

Your 60s begins in three, two, one track and field Usain Bolt, Jamaica correct.

Basketball's Diana Taurasi.

[MUSIC] >> Pass.

>> Hockey's Sidney Crosby.

>> Canada.

>> Rafael Nadal.

>> Spain.

>> Correct.

Soccers Lionel Messi.

>> Argentina.

>> Correct.

Golf's Lydia Ko.

[MUSIC] >> South Korea.

>> Incorrect.

Soccer's Neymar.

[MUSIC] >> Pass.

[MUSIC] >> Serbia.

>> Incorrect.

Soccer's Erling Haaland.

[MUSIC] >> Pass.

>> Boxing's Imani Khalif.

[MUSIC] >> Pass.

>> Basketball's Diana Taurasi.

[MUSIC] >> Pass.

[MUSIC] >> Soccer's Neymar.

[MUSIC] >> Brazil.

>> Correct.

Soccer's Erling Haaland.

[MUSIC] >> England.

>> Incorrect.

Boxing's Imani Khalifa.

[MUSIC] >> Iran.

>> Incorrect.

All right.

Diana Taurasi is from the United States.

Lydia Ko is from New Zealand.

Roger Federer is from Switzerland.

Erling Haaland is from Norway and Amani Khalif is from Algeria.

Brie Central.

Your topics are once again as follows.

The Royal see taxonomy and Colorado.

>> Colorado, please.

>> All right.

Answer the following about Colorado re central.

Your 60s begins in three, two, one.

Its capital nicknamed the mile high city.

>> Denver.

>> Correct time zone for all of Colorado mountain.

Correct sports team that won the 2022 Stanley Cup.

[MUSIC] >> Avalanche.

>> Correct.

Fictional TV town, home to Stan Marsh and Kyle Broflovski.

[MUSIC] >> Pass South Park.

>> Correct.

Precious metal found in 1878 at Leadville.

[MUSIC] >> Gold.

>> Incorrect animal mascot of the University of Colorado Boulder.

[MUSIC] >> Tigers.

>> Incorrect year, Colorado became a state, leading to its nickname, Centennial State.

[MUSIC] 1900 incorrect city, home to the Air Force Academy.

[MUSIC] Boulder incorrect National Park containing hundreds of cliff dwellings.

[MUSIC] >> Mesa Verde.

>> Correct.

Western Colorado City where the Colorado and Gunnison rivers meet.

[MUSIC] >> Fail.

>> Sorry.

>> Fail.

>> Incorrect.

You are out of questions.

Breeze.

Central silver was found in Leadville in 1878.

The Buffaloes are the animal mascot of the University of Colorado at Boulder, Colorado.

Became a state in 1876.

Not sure how that makes it the Centennial State.

Your guess is as good as mine.

Colorado Springs is home to the Air Force Academy, and Grand Junction is that city where the Colorado and Gunnison rivers meet.

A wonderful lightning Lightning all around.

But they can't last forever.

Which means that we are back to our questions with a video Question, so please turn your attention back to the television.

This toy was included with certain bundles of Nintendo's Hunter.

>> Rob.

Robotic operating.

Buddy.

>> Yes, that is correct.

That, again, is ten questions.

Ten points to breathe central with no bonus question because it's just whatever shows up on the television.

Back to our normally scheduled toss ups.

But Island, whose largest settlement is Hanga Roa, is home to the Rapanui people and is a Chilean island home to many large stone statues on Easter Island.

Easter Island is correct.

Your bonus question modern day what group of silicate minerals includes plagioclase and orthoclase, and is the most abundant group of minerals in the Earth's crust?

>> Sedimentary.

>> That is incorrect.

>> Courts.

>> Sorry.

>> Courts.

>> That is incorrect.

We were looking for feldspars.

Feldspars?

Our next toss up.

What?

Two characters who face the evil penguin feathers McGraw in the short The Wrong Trousers are a British man and his dog made using claymation hunter.

>> Wallace and Gromit.

>> Wallace and Gromit is correct.

Your bonus question re central at what 1777 battle did American forces trap and capture John Burgoyne's British army after winning clashes at Freeman's Farm and Bemis Heights?

>> Yorktown.

>> That is incorrect.

Modern day.

Your chance to steal.

>> Germantown.

>> That is incorrect.

We were looking for Saratoga, the Battle of Saratoga.

Next toss up.

What African country was controlled by Mengistu Haile Mariam.

Communist junta called the Derg after the 1974 overthrow of Emperor Haile Selassie.

>> Own Ethiopia.

>> Ethiopia is correct.

Your bonus question modern day businessman David McCormick defeated incumbent Senator Bob Casey in what states 2024 U.S.

Senate election.

In.

>> Wyoming.

>> That is incorrect.

Your chance to steal.

>> Kentucky.

>> That is incorrect.

Pennsylvania was that state.

We were looking for Pennsylvania next to us up in 2024.

What?

Former mayor of Tlalpan succeeded fellow Morena party member Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador to become the first female.

Claudia Sheinbaum Claudia Sheinbaum is correct.

Your bonus question.

Brea central.

The Hamiltonian operator can be written as t plus v, where t is what energy that can be expressed as as momentum squared over two times mass.

>> Inertia.

>> That is incorrect.

Modern day.

Newtons is incorrect.

We were looking for kinetic energy.

Kinetic energy.

Our next toss up.

What large molecules which can be generated through step growth or chain growth mechanisms, are formed from small units called monomers and polymers.

Polymers is correct.

Your bonus question modern day.

In what 1741 sermon delivered delivered in Enfield, Connecticut, did Jonathan Edwards describe humanity as hanging by a slender thread over hellfire?

>> The wrath of an angry god.

>> That is incorrect.

Breese central, your chance to steal God's wrath.

It is also incorrect.

We were looking for sinners in the hands of an angry God.

So close, but no cigar.

Our next media question.

The television.

This American singer, songwriter and musician.

Ellie.

Billie Eilish Billie Eilish is correct.

Back to our toss ups.

What patriarch, who was almost killed during the Akedah, was the husband of Rebecca and was a miraculous child of Abraham, who nearly.

Keegan.

>> Isaac.

>> Isaac is correct.

Your bonus question.

Modern day Greek historian Strabo wrote that trousers were invented by what sorceress from Colchis who married Jason, the leader of the Argonauts.

>> Cersei.

>> Cersei is incorrect.

We central your chance to steal.

>> Madea.

>> Madea is correct.

Next toss up.

What quantity whose relationship with GDP is described by Okuns Law, has cyclical and seasonal forms and measures.

The share of labour without a job.

>> Own unemployment rate.

>> Unemployment rate is correct.

Your bonus question modern day in what country do citizens register with Asdhaar, the world's largest digital identity system.

>> China.

>> That is incorrect.

Re central.

Your chance to steal.

>> India.

>> India is correct.

Our next toss up.

What company?

Which in 2025 recalled many cars with its VC turbo engines, owns the Infiniti brand and makes Keegan.

>> Toyota.

>> That is incorrect.

I will repeat the question.

What company?

Which in 2025 recalled many cars with its VC turbo engines, owns the Infiniti brand and makes the rogue, Pathfinder and Nissan.

Nissan is correct.

Your bonus question re central is another math question.

So pencil and paper ready.

And that goes for you too.

What area of wallpaper is needed to cover the walls and ceiling, but not the floor of a room that is a seven by seven by seven cube.

Raised central.

You are out of time.

Modern day.

>> 245.

>> 245 is correct.

>> I should have said it.

>> Our next toss up.

What?

Government, which was established after the 1600 Battle of Sekigahara, was a shogunate that ruled Japan until the mid 19th century.

Owen.

>> Meiji dynasty.

>> That is incorrect.

Central.

Your chance to buzz in.

>> The Shang dynasty.

>> That is incorrect as well.

We were looking for Tokugawa, the Tokugawa shogunate.

No bonus question there.

On to the next toss up.

Richard Hauptmann was convicted of kidnapping the infant son.

Of what man?

Who in 1927, flew the Spirit of Saint Louis from New York to Paris.

Caden.

>> Lambert.

Sorry, Lambert.

>> That is incorrect.

Modern day.

Your chance to buzz in Keagan Lindbergh.

Lindbergh is correct.

Your bonus question.

Modern day Joseph the second was the son of what?

18th century empress.

The only woman to rule the Habsburg dominions.

>> Catherine.

>> That is incorrect.

Phages central.

Your chance to steal.

Sarah is incorrect.

We were looking for Maria Teresa.

Maria Teresa is the name of that empress.

Our next question is an audio question.

So please turn your ears toward the speakers.

This artist was an American singer, songwriter and activist.

>> John Denver.

>> John Denver is correct.

[MUSIC] No bonus audio questions.

So back to our toss ups.

We go a theory.

Just kidding.

That ding dong means that we are out of time for today's episode of HI-Q.

Our winners today are Brea Central.

A huge round of applause for the team of Brea Central, but also for the team of modern day for being here for this incredible episode of Scholastic HI-Q.

Once again, I am Olivia manning reminding you that here at HI-Q Knowledge rules.

Let the music play.

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