(bright music) (camera lens beeping) (upbeat music) - Welcome back to another episode of Scholastic Hi-Q, the game where knowledge rules.

I'm your host Ethan Near and we have another great show in store for you tonight with two more great teams.

So let's go ahead and introduce them.

On the bottom we have Mater Dei with Garret, Keegan, Kayleigh, and Owen.

And up top we have Edwards County with Adriel, Brayden, Jason, and Isaiah.

Now before we get into the game, let's just do a quick recap of our rules.

We'll start out with some toss up questions, those are worth 10 points.

If the team gets it right, they move on to a bonus question which is worth 20 and can be stolen for 10.

You guys are allowed to interrupt me at any time, but if you interrupt me and get a question wrong, it is five points for the other team.

So just get all the questions right, we got no problems, right?

If everybody's ready, let's get into the questions.

What chemical element is bonded to itself in hydrazine, forms a triple bond with carbon in cyanide, and is bonded- (buzzer ringing) Garret?

- Nitrogen.

- Nitrogen is correct, well done.

For your bonus, C.H.

Waddington coined what term for the study of changes in gene expression that do not involve alterations to the nucleotide sequence of DNA?

- Mutation?

- That's incorrect.

Edwards County, chance to steal.

- No answer.

- The answer we're looking for there was epigenetics.

Epigenetics.

The next toss up, in 2022 what team led by infielder Alex Bohm, pitcher, Aaron Nola, and outfielder, Bryce Harper lost to the Houston- (buzzer dinging) - Garret?

- The Phillies?

- Philadelphia Phillies is correct.

Well done.

For your bonus, what law named from Minnesota congressman was passed in 1919 over Woodrow Wilson's veto to enforce prohibition in the us?

- No answer.

- [Ethan] Edwards County, chance to steal here.

- No answer.

- The answer looking for there was The Volstead Act.

The Volstead Act.

Your next question, what country, whose general, Omar Torrijos, signed a treaty with Jimmy Carter in 1977, was led by Manuel Noriega and is this site of a 50 mile canal?

(buzzer ringing) - Garret?

- Panama.

- Panama is correct.

For your bonus, what Jesuit priest described his poetic style as having "Sprung Rhythm" and wrote about a dapple-dawn-drawn Falcon in his poem "The Windhover?"

(no audio) (timer ringing) So you guys are out of time.

Edwards County, chance to steal.

- Longfellow - That's incorrect.

The answer we're looking for was Gerard Manley Hopkins.

Gerard Manley Hopkins.

Your next question, what European country contains the western parts of Lake Skadar, has its capital at Podgorica, and has a name that translates as- (buzzer ringing) Garret?

- Montenegro.

- Montenegro is correct, well done.

For your bonus, Ben Platt won a best actor Tony for playing the title character of what Broadway musical that features the song, "Anybody Have a Map?"

- "Dear Evan Hansen."

- "Dear Evan Hansen" is correct, well done.

For your next question, what phenomenon names a connection sung by Kermit in "The Muppet Movie" and is the sign of- (buzzer ringing) Jason?

- Rainbow.

- Rainbow is correct, well done.

For your bonus, what California congressman, who led the first impeachment of Donald Trump, was censored by house Republicans in 2023 and is running for senate?

- No answer - Mater Dei, chance to steal.

- McCarthy?

- That is incorrect.

The answer we're looking for was Adam Schiff.

Adam Schiff.

Your next toss up, what Spaniard gave the name Espiritu Santo to South Tampa Bay and used chains of translators on a 1540s expedition that reached the Mississippi River?

(buzzer ringing) Brayden.

- Ferdinand Hernandez.

- That's incorrect.

(timer buzzing) - We're out of time.

The answer we were looking for was Hernando deSoto.

Hernando deSoto.

The next toss up, what author, who wrote about the imprisonment of author Paul Sheldon by his fan Annie Wilkes in "Misery," depicted a telekinetic teenage girl in Carrie?

(buzzer ringing) Brayden.

- Smith.

- That's incorrect.

(buzzer ringing) Garret?

- Stephen King.

Stephen King is right, well done.

For your bonus, what Italian artist made a wooden sculpture of a penitent Mary Magdalene and depicted a youthful nude in his bronze sculpture, "David?"

- DaVinci?

- DaVinci is incorrect.

Edwards County, chance to steal - Leonardo.

- That's incorrect.

It was actually one of the other ninja turtles, Donatello.

Donatello.

Your next toss up, what time signature, which was used by Maurice Ravel for "Bolero," has an odd number of beats per measure and is used in "The Blue Danube" waltz?

(buzzer ringing) - Garret.

- Three four.

Three four is correct.

For your bonus, Eleanor of Aquitaine married what English King who quarreled with Thomas of Becket?

- Steven?

- That's incorrect.

Edwards County, chance to steal.

- Henry?

- [Ethan] We need more than just Henry.

- Second.

- Henry the Second is correct.

Well done, Brayden.

(laughing) All right, on to our next toss up.

What country, where 2023 protests opposed the abolition of reasonableness judicial clause by the Knesset, is led by Benjamin Netanyahu?

(buzzer ringing) - Israel.

- Israel is correct.

well done.

For your bonus, the Audubon house and tropical gardens is a landmark on what island, which is home to the southernmost city in the continental United States?

- Key West?

- Key West is correct.

Well done.

On to your next toss up, what mode of heat transfer is slower in high R-value materials like fiber class and occurs by direct contact, unlike- (buzzer ringing) Owen.

- Convection?

- [Ethan] Convection is incorrect.

I will repeat the question for you, Edwards.

What mode of heat transfer is slower in high R-Value materials like fiberglass and occurs by direct contact, unlike convection or radiation?

(buzzer sounding) Brayden.

- Conduction?

- Conduction is correct.

Well done.

For your bonus, in 2023, Netflix invented an improved form of green screen technology that utilizes what color of light that is complimentary to green?

- Blue.

- That is incorrect.

Mater Dei, chance to steal.

- [Kayleigh] Red.

- Red is incorrect.

The answer we're looking for was magenta.

Magenta.

For your next toss up, what event, in which Betty Paris accused the enslaved woman, Tituba, of consulting spirits, led to the executions in colonial Massachusetts in- (buzzer ringing) - Jason?

- Salem Witch Trials?

That is correct.

Well done.

For your bonus, from 1941 to 1944, Nazi forces unsuccessfully besieged a Soviet city, then known by what name, in what became the deadliest battle in history?

- Leningrad?

- Leningrad is correct.

Well done.

For your next toss up, what painter of "Reading Le Figaro" was an impressionist who created "The Boating Party" and "The Child's Bath" in France after she was born in the US?

(buzzer ringing) - Keegan.

- Cassatt?

- Mary Cassatt is correct.

Well done.

For your bonus, Euripides, Seneca, and Jean Racine all wrote plays about what wife of Theseus who fell in love with her stepson Hippolytus?

- Antigone.

- [Ethan] That is incorrect.

Edwards County, chance to steal.

- Agamemnon.

- That's incorrect.

The answer we're looking for was Phaedra.

Phaedra.

For your next toss up, the Bohr model proposes that what particles discovered in a cathode ray tube experiment by JJ- (buzzer ringing) Jason.

- Atoms?

- That is incorrect.

I'll reread the question for you, Mater Dei.

The Bohr model proposes that what particles discovered in a cathode ray tube experiment by JJ Thomson move in circular orbits around the nucleus.

(buzzer ringing) Kayleigh.

- Electrons.

Electrons is correct.

Well done.

For your bonus, what phenomena, which are emitted during mergers of two neutron stars or black holes, are ripples in space time that were detected by LIGO in 2015?

- Worm holes?

- That's incorrect.

Edwards County, chance to steal.

- Black holes.

- That is incorrect.

The answer we're looking for was gravitational waves.

We have had to stop down the show real quick as one of the players from Mater Dei has been disqualified, but we are going to continue the show just as is, three against four.

So alright, if everybody's ready we'll take it back to the questions.

What drug, also known as a semaglutide, was released in 2012 by Novo Nordisk and is a diabetes medicine more recently used to treat obesity?

(buzzer ringing) - Kayleigh.

- Ozempic.

- Ozempic is correct.

Well done.

For your bonus, what American woman, whose books of poetry include "The triumph of Achilles" won the Nobel Prize for literature in 2020?

- [Kayleigh] Angelou?

- That is incorrect.

Edward Edwards County, chance to steal.

- Anthony.

- That's incorrect.

The answer we're looking for was Louise Gluck.

Louise Gluck.

Your next toss up, what longest ruling Chinese dynasty in history, whose rule ended with the warring states period in the third century BC, was succeeded by the Qin dynasty?

(buzzer ringing) Owen?

- Han?

- Han is incorrect.

(buzzer ringing) Jason.

- Ming?

- Ming is incorrect.

The answer we're looking for is the Zhou Dynasty.

Zhou Dynasty.

Next toss up question, what body of water, which contains Franz Josef Land, Svalbard, and Canada's Ellesmere Island, is the world's smallest ocean and also the northernmost?

(buzzer ringing) - Owen.

- Arctic.

The Arctic is correct.

Well done.

For your bonus, in 2022, what son of a former dictator succeeded Rodrigo Duterte as president of the Philippines?

- No answer.

- [Ethan] Edwards County, chance to steal?

- I refer to Adriel.

- Bongbong Marcos.

- That is correct.

Well done.

For your next toss up, what quantity, which for water is 4.18 joules per gram Kelvin, is the energy needed to raise the temperature of a gram of a material by one degree?

(buzzer ringing) Keegan?

- Specific heat?

- That is correct.

Well done.

For your bonus, what weak acid, the key ingredient in vinegar, has the molecular formula CH3COOH?

- Acetic acid?

- Acetic acid is correct.

Well done.

You next toss up, what author collected a series of 28 prose poems in a book about a wise man from the city of Orphalese named Al Mustafa, his best selling, "The Prophet?"

- (timer buzzing) - That's all the time.

The answer we're looking for was Kahlil Gibran.

Kahlil Gibran.

The next question, what state, which has a region called the Western Reserve that was once claimed by Connecticut, is to the south of Lake Erie and contains Cleveland?

(buzzer ringing) - Keegan.

- Ohio.

Ohio is correct.

Well done.

For your bonus, in a 2019 film, Renee Zellweger portrayed what earlier actress who played Dorothy in "The Wizard of Oz?"

- [Kayleigh] Judy Garland?

- Judy Garland is correct.

Well done.

And that'll take us to our lightning.

(thunder crashing) The way our lightning round works is each team will have 60 seconds to answer as many questions as they can about a certain topic.

Now Edwards County, since you guys are trailing this one, you get the first pick of the litter.

Your choices are: Missing Words in Poems, African Leaders, World Mountains, or Illinois Companies.

- World Mountains.

- World Mountains it is, all right.

Name the country that contains these mountains.

60 seconds on the clock, I will count you down.

Three, two, one, Mount Fuji.

- Japan.

- [Ethan] Mount Olympus, - Greece.

- [Ethan] Mount Kailash, which lies within Tibet.

- China.

- [Ethan] Mount Elbrus.

You can pass as well.

- Pass - [Ethan] Mount Aetna - Sicily.

- [Ethan] That's incorrect.

Mount Cook, which is called Aoraki in the Maori language.

- Pass - [Ethan] Mount Ararat.

- Pass - Mount Kilimanjaro.

- Fiji.

- [Ethan] That's incorrect.

Chimborazo.

- Pass.

- Mount Kosciuszko.

- Russia.

- [Ethan] That's incorrect.

Mount Elbrus.

- Russia.

- [Ethan] That's correct.

Mount Cook, which is called Aoraki in the Maori language.

- New Zealand.

- That's correct.

Mount Elbrus.

And you guys are all outta time, so let's go through the ones that you missed.

Mount Aetna is in Italy.

Mount Ararat is in Turkey.

Mount Kilimanjaro is in Tanzania.

Chimborazo is in Ecuador.

And Mount Kosciuszko is in Australia.

Australia.

All right, Mater Dei, it is now your guys' turn.

Your choices are Illinois Companies, Missing Words in Poems, and African Leaders.

- Illinois Companies.

- Illinois Companies it is.

All right, name these companies headquartered in Illinois.

60 seconds on the clock I will count you down.

Three, two, one.

Fast food chain that sells Big Macs.

- McDonald's.

- [Ethan] Insurance Company that is a like a good neighbor.

- State Farm.

- [Ethan] World's third largest airline after Delta and American.

- Southwest.

- [Ethan] That's incorrect.

Pharmacy chain whose logo is a red W. - Walgreens - [Ethan] Food company whose brand include Oscar Meyer and Ore Ida.

- Heinz?

- [Ethan] Agricultural machinery manufacturer known for green tractors.

- John Deere.

- [Ethan] Retail company Co-founded by Alvah Roebuck that published a 532 page catalog in 1895.

- Farmer's Almanac?

- [Ethan] That's incorrect.

Hotel chain owned by the Pritzker Family.

- Hill Inn?

- [Ethan] That's incorrect.

Subsidiary of Lenovo that released the foldable Razr smartphone.

- Pass - [Ethan] Food delivery service acquired by Just Eat Takeaway in 2021.

- GrubHub.

- [Ethan] Subsidiary of Lenovo that released the foldable Razr smartphone.

That's the last question we have.

So all out of time there, so we will go through the ones that you missed.

The world's third largest airline after Delta and American is the United Airlines.

The retail company Co-founded by Alvah Roebuck that published a 532 page catalog in 1895 is Sears.

The hotel chain owned by the Pritzker family is the Hyatt Hotels.

And the subsidiary of Lenovo that released the foldable Razr smartphone is Motorola.

Motorola.

All right, now let's take a look at our scores after the lightning round.

We have Edwards County with 125 to Mater Dei's 270.

Still plenty of time left in the second half for both of you guys.

We'll take it back to the toss ups.

What state, which has a region called... Oh, no, we did that one.

That distracted me, not gonna lie.

What natural phenomenon, whose most recent iteration began in June, 2023 According to Noah, is caused by Pacific warming and differs from La Nina?

(buzzer ringing) - Brayden.

- El Nino.

- El Nino is correct.

Well done.

For your bonus, Czar Alexander III gave his wife the first of what series of jeweled eggs made by a Russian designer?

- I refer to Isaiah.

- Nesting dolls?

- [Ethan] That is incorrect.

Mater Dei, chance to steal.

- No answer.

- The answer looking for was the Faberge eggs.

The Faberge eggs.

Next toss up.

What novel, which includes a former English professor named Faber, centers on a fireman named Guy Montag, who- (buzzer ringing) Jason?

- Fahrenheit 451?

That is correct.

Well done.

For your bonus, pencil and a paper ready?

What is the minimum possible degree of the sum of a third degree polynomial and a second degree polynomial?

(no audio) (timer buzzing) You guys are all outta time.

Mater Dei, chance to steal.

- [Kayleigh] Six?

- Six is incorrect.

The answer we're looking for was degree three, or third degree.

Back to the toss ups.

What quantity, the second moment of a probability distribution, is denoted by at Sigma Square and equals the square of the standard deviation?

(buzzer ringing) Brayden.

- Mean?

- That's incorrect.

(buzzer ringing) Keegan.

- Median.

That is incorrect.

The answer we're looking for there was variance.

Variance.

Next question.

What devices have bases sized by E-numbers, employ tungsten filaments, have types such as CFL and incandescent and were pioneered- (buzzer ringing) - Keegan.

- Light bulbs.

- Light bulbs is correct.

Well done.

For your bonus, what jazz band leader, who led a January, 1938 concert at Carnegie Hall, was a clarinetist who was nicknamed "The King of Swing?"

- Armstrong?

- [Ethan] That is incorrect.

Edwards County, chance to steal.

- No answer.

- The answer looking for there was Benny Goodman.

Benny Goodman.

The next toss up.

What place, which suffered through the Starving Time, was founded in 1607 in Virginia as the first permanent English settlement in Americas?

(buzzer ringing) Owen.

- Jamestown.

- Jamestown is correct.

Well done.

- For your bonus, what country was led by Suharto's dictatorial New Order government after he overthrew its founding father, Sukarno?

- Germany.

- [Ethan] That's incorrect.

Edwards County, chance to steal.

- I refer to Adriel.

- Indonesia.

- Indonesia is correct.

Well done.

Next toss up.

What class of animals that includes Caecilians is named after member's ability to undergo metamorphosis from underwater forms to air-breathing ones?

(buzzer ringing) Keegan.

- Amphibians?

- Amphibians is correct.

Well done.

For your bonus, in April, 2023, Santiago Pena, a member of the Colorado Party, was elected president of what landlocked South American country?

- Bolivia?

- [Ethan] That's incorrect.

Edwards County, chance to steal.

- Paraguay.

- Paraguay is correct.

Well done.

Your next toss up.

Tyler1 is a streamer of what game which features champions such as Annie and- (buzzer ringing) Jason.

- League of Legends?

- League of Legends is correct.

For your bonus, if two concentric circles have different radii, then at how many points do the circles intersect?

- No answer.

- [Ethan] Mater Dei, chance to steal.

- Zero?

- Zero is correct.

Well done.

For your next question, what river is crossed by the Allenby Bridge near Jericho, empties into the Dead Sea, and shares its- (buzzer ringing) - Owen.

- Jordan.

- Jordan River is correct.

Well done.

For your bonus, what 1867 poem by Matthew Arnold describes an eternal note of sadness heard in the crashing waves of the English Channel?

- No answer.

- [Ethan] No answer.

Edwards County, chance to steal.

- I refer to Jason.

- Dover Beach?

"The Dover Beach" is correct.

Well done.

Next question, what structures derived from megakaryocytes are held in place by a fibrin mesh during clotting and are cell fragments found in the bloodstream?

(timer buzzing) You're all out of time.

The answer we're looking for there was platelets.

Platelets.

Next question.

What European King commissioned the Sanssouci Palace, invaded Silesia to start the war of Austrian succession, and was a great king of Prussia?

(buzzer ringing) Jason.

- Frederick.

- Frederick the Great is correct.

Well done.

For your bonus, what female upholsterer based in Philadelphia is often credited with sowing the first American flag?

- Betsy Ross?

- Betsy Ross is correct.

Well done.

On to the next question.

What novel, in which the vicious dog Bullseye is owned by burglar Bill Sykes is named for a workhouse orphan and was written by Charles Dickens?

(buzzer ringing) - Keegan.

- Oliver Twist?

- Oliver Twist is correct.

Well done.

For your bonus, what author described "petals on a wet, black bough" in his images poem "In a Station of the Metro," which is only two lines long?

- The subway.

- [Ethan] That is incorrect.

Edwards County, chance to steal.

- No answer.

- The answer we're looking for there was Ezra Pound.

(doorbuzzer ringing) Ezra Pound.

And that bell means we are all outta time on today's show.

For our lovely contestants here today and the people working hard behind the camera, I'm Ethan Near, thank you so much and goodnight.

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