(bright music) (camera shutter sounding) (upbeat music) (upbeat music continues) - Welcome back to another episode of "Scholastic Hi-Q", the game where knowledge rules.

I'm your host, Ethan Neir and we have our fourth and final quarter finals matchup for this season.

So let's go ahead and introduce our teams.

On the bottom we have Goreville with Duncan, Connor, Mason and Caulin.

And up top we have Mater Dei with Garrett, Keegan, Kayleigh and Owen.

Now before we get into our questions, 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 a 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 be right all the time, right?

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

What husband of harpist Joanna Newsom starred in the 2016 movie "Pop Star", is part of the Lonely Island and played Jake Peralta on "Brooklyn Nine-Nine"?

(buzzer sounding) Garrett?

- Samberg?

- Andy Samberg is correct, well done.

For your bonus, what Rudyard Kipling novel about an Irish orphan in British India popularized the term "Great game" for colonial maneuvering between Britain and Russia?

- No answer.

- [Ethan] Goreville, chance to steal?

- If?

- That's incorrect, the answer we're looking for was "Kim", "Kim".

Next question.

What office to which Donald Trump considered elevating Jeffrey Clark was held by Bill Barr and is now occupied by former judge Merrick Garland?

(buzzer sounding) Mason.

- [Mason] Attorney General?

- Attorney General is correct, well done.

For your bonus, what American General, known as Stormin' Norman, led coalition forces during the 1991 Gulf War?

(indistinct discussion) - No answer.

- [Ethan] Mater Dei, chance to steal.

- No answer.

- Answer we're looking for was Norman Schwarzkopf, Norman Schwarzkopf.

Next question.

What word denotes two storms that destroyed Mongol fleets sent to invade Japan as well as Japanese pilots who.

(buzzer sounding) Owen.

- Divine wind.

- [Ethan] Can you repeat that for me?

- Divine wind?

- [Ethan] That is incorrect.

I'll reread it for you, Goreville.

What word denotes two storms that destroyed Mongol fleets sent to invade Japan as well as Japanese pilots who flew suicide attacks in World War II?

(buzzer sounding) Duncan.

- Kamikaze?

- Kamikaze is correct, well done.

For your bonus, what landlocked Asian country, which is nicknamed "The Land of the Eternal Blue Sky", has the lowest population density of any sovereign nation?

- Mongolia?

- Mongolia is correct, well done.

For your next question, what baseball team which drafted Jackson Holliday first overall in 2022 is led by catcher Adley Rutschman?

(buzzer sounding) Connor.

- [Connor] Baltimore Orioles?

- Baltimore Orioles is correct, well done.

For your bonus, what term in the Roman Catholic calendar refers to the time not devoted to a special celebration such as the time between Easter and Advent?

- Passover?

- [Ethan] Passover is incorrect.

Mater Dei, chance to steal.

- Ordinary time.

- Ordinary time is correct, well done.

Your next toss-up.

What quantity, whose three month average can be assessed using A1c test, is reduced by insulin and is high for patients with uncontrolled diabetes?

(buzzer sounding) Keegan.

- Blood sugar?

- Blood sugar is correct, well done.

For your bonus, what taxonomic class of mollusks that was once called univalves, meaning single shelled, includes snails and slugs?

(indistinct discussion) - Arthropod?

- [Ethan] Is incorrect, Goreville, chance to steal.

- Gastropoda?

- Gastropoda is correct, well done.

For your next toss-up, what novel, largely narrated by Nelly Dean, depicts how Hindley Earnshaw torments a foundling named Heathcliff and was written?

(buzzer sounding) Duncan.

- [Duncan] "Wuthering Heights"?

- "Wuthering Heights" is correct, well done.

For your bonus, what company faced a January, 2023 Senate hearing in part over its handling of sales for Taylor Swift's Eras tour?

- Ticketmaster?

- [Ethan] Ticketmaster is correct, well done.

And that'll take us to our first media question.

This character originated from the game "League of Legends" before appearing in the animated show "Arcane", name this character.

Honestly, probably for the best that none of you play League, it is truly a soul-crushing experience.

(buzzer sounding) Mason.

- [Mason] Jinx.

- [Ethan] Jinx is incorrect.

(no audio) (buzzer sounding) The answer we're looking for there was Vi, that is Vi, the sister of Jinx, so pretty close.

And that'll take us back to our toss-ups.

What type of clef in which middle C lies on the staff's middle line, is used by violists and by a namesake vocal type between soprano and?

(buzzer sounding) Garrett?

- Alto.

- Alto is correct.

For your bonus, what US state is home to the fictional Cahulawassee River in the novel "Deliverance" and the Tara plantation in the novel "Gone with the Wind"?

- Alabama?

- [Ethan] Alabama is incorrect, Goreville, chance to steal.

- Mississippi?

- Mississippi is incorrect, the answer we're looking for is Georgia, Georgia.

Next toss-up, what activist was directed after defying orders from James Blake in December, 1955, to yield a seat on a Montgomery, Alabama bus to a white man?

(buzzer sounding) Garrett.

- Rosa Parks?

- Rosa Parks is correct.

For your bonus, pencil and paper ready.

What sum results from adding together every even number from 10 to 20 inclusive, given there are six values to add?

(pencils scratching on paper) - Buzz.

- [Ethan] That's a bonus question.

- Sorry.

90?

- 90 is correct.

And keep that pencil and paper out for our next toss-up.

What is the area of a square whose perimeter is 36 given that a square has four equal sides, whose sum perimeter is?

(buzzer sounding) Connor?

- 24.

- 24 is incorrect.

I'll read it for you, Mater Dei.

What is the area of a square whose perimeter is 36, given that a square has four equal sides, whose sum is the perimeter?

(buzzer sounding) Keegan.

- 81?

- 81 is correct, well done.

For your bonus, in 2023, what country's government banned Maria Corina Machado from holding public office, preventing her from challenging President Nicholas Maduro?

- Peru?

- [Ethan] Peru is incorrect.

Goreville, chance to steal.

- [Mason] Belarus?

- Belarus is incorrect, the answer we're looking for was Venezuela, Venezuela.

The next toss-up, what river flows into and out of Lake Constance, passes through Strasbourg and Cologne and empties into the North Sea?

(buzzer sounding) Garrett.

- The Rhine River?

- The Rhine is correct, well done.

For your bonus, what public service broadcaster in the United Kingdom operates TV channels that air long-running shows such as "Top Gear" and "Doctor Who"?

- BBC?

- The British Broadcasting Channel is correct, well done.

For the next toss-up.

What philosopher, whose book, "The Concept of Anxiety" addresses the feeling of angst, wrote "Either Or" and spent much of his?

(buzzer sounding) Duncan.

- [Duncan] Soren Kierkegaard?

- Soren Kierkegaard is correct, well done.

For your bonus, the geographic center of North America is in the city of Rugby in what state whose eastern border is formed by the Red River of the North?

(inaudible discussion) - Oklahoma?

- [Ethan] Oklahoma's incorrect.

Mater Dei, chance to steal.

- Alberta?

- Albert is incorrect.

The answer we're looking for is North Dakota, North Dakota.

Your next toss-up.

What compound, whose concentration is plotted on the Keeling Curve, is dissolved in water to make carbonic acid and has the molecular formula CO2?

(buzzer sounding) Keegan.

- Carbon dioxide?

- Carbon dioxide is correct.

For your bonus, in the South African play "The Island", prisoners rehearse what Sophocles tragedy in which the titled daughter of Oedipus buries her brothers Polyneices?

- Antigone?

- Antigone is correct, well done.

And that'll take us to our next media question.

This artist gained.

(buzzer sounding) Connor.

- [Connor] Young Gravy?

- Young Gravy is correct, well done.

Actually, also came to perform at SIU, I believe last year, so well done.

For the next toss-up.

What painter organized The Festival of the Supreme Being during the French Revolution after creating the neoclassical work, "The Oath of the Horatii"?

(buzzer sounding) Duncan.

- Robespierre.

- [Ethan] Is incorrect.

(buzzer sounding) Garrett.

- De La Croix?

- That is incorrect.

The answer we're looking for was Jacques-Louis David, Jacques-Louis David.

Your next toss-up.

What country entered confederation in 1867, selected John McDonald as its first prime minister and created a horseback police force, the Mounties?

(buzzer sounding) Connor.

- [Connor] Canada.

- Canada is correct, well done.

For your bonus, the first program written by people learning how to code is often a simple program that displays what two word phrase on the screen?

- Hello World?

- Hello World is correct, well done.

Back to our toss-ups.

What region which is the origin of the Scirocco winds lies immediately north of the Sahil and is.

(buzzer sounding) Duncan.

- [Duncan] Sahara.

- Sahara Desert is correct, well done.

For your bonus, in the book of Samuel, what soldier was killed by being placed on the front lines after David saw his wife Bathsheba bathing?

- Jezebel?

- That's incorrect, Mater Dei, chance to steal.

(inaudible discussion) (buzzer sounding) So out of time, the answer you're looking for was Uriah, Uriah.

The next toss-up.

In what story which ends with the Latin phrase, "In pace requiescat" does Montresor bury Fortunato after?

(buzzer sounding) Duncan.

- "The Cask of Amontillado"?

- "Cask of Amontillado" is correct, well done.

For your bonus, what adjective describing excessively harsh punishment is derived from the name of a Greek king whose code of laws prescribed death for many crimes.

- Hammurabi?

- [Ethan] That's incorrect, Mater Dei, chance to steal.

- Tyrannical?

- That's incorrect, answer we're looking for was draconian, as in King Dracon, draconian.

The next toss-up.

What Zodiac constellation between Virgo and Cancer includes an asterism known as the sickle and the alpha star Regulus and depicts the Nemean lion?

(buzzer sounding) Connor.

- Leo.

- Leo is correct, well done.

For your bonus, what Swiss scientists names both a set of equations that describe inviscid fluid flow and the identity E to the i pi plus one equals zero?

- Euler.

- Euler is correct, well done.

Back to our next toss-up.

Catherine Eddowes was one of the victims in Whitechapel of what supposed author of the "From Hell" letter, a 19th century British serial killer?

(buzzer sounding) Duncan.

- Jack the Ripper.

- Jack the ripper is correct, well done.

For your bonus, in 1916, what Western state elected Jeanette Rankin, who became the first woman to serve in the US House of Representatives?

- [Mason] Wyoming.

- Wyoming is incorrect, Mater Dei, chance to steal.

- South Dakota?

- South Dakota is incorrect.

The answer we're looking for was Montana, Montana.

And that'll take us to our lightning round.

(electrical storm sounding) 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 Mater Dei, since you guys are trailing in this one, you get the first pick of the litter.

Your choices are art museums, Michael Jordan, planetary names or R-H. (indistinct discussion) - Michael Jordan.

- Michael Jordan, it is.

Answer the following about the basketball legend, Michael Jordan.

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

Midwestern team with which he won six NBA titles?

- Chicago Bulls.

- [Ethan] College in Chapel Hill he attended.

- UNC.

- [Ethan] Sport he briefly played with the Birmingham Barons.

- Baseball.

- [Ethan] Jersey number he primarily wore.

- 23.

- [Ethan] 1996 film in which he starred alongside Bugs Bunny.

- "Space Jam".

- [Ethan] Center nicknamed "The Dream", who was taken ahead of him in the 1984 draft.

- Hakeem Olajuwon.

- [Ethan] Team he signed with in 2001.

- Washington Wizards.

- [Ethan] His coach during all six of his championship seasons.

- Phil Jackson.

- [Ethan] NBA franchise that he partly owns.

- Charlotte Hornets.

- [Ethan] Team he beat in the 1991 NBA finals to win his first title.

- Lakers.

- [Ethan] That is correct.

Going a very quick 10 for 10, well done, Mater Dei.

Now Goreville, it is your guys' turn.

Your choices are planetary names, R-H or art museums.

- R-H. - R-H, it is.

Give these answers that begin with the consecutive letters, Rh.

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

Quadrilateral with four equal sides.

- Rhombus.

- [Ethan] Greek city where the Colossus was located.

- Rhodes.

- [Ethan] Odd-toed undulate that is often killed for its horns.

- Rhino.

- [Ethan] Sour vegetable used in pies.

- Rhubarb.

- [Ethan] Autoimmune form of arthritis.

- Rheumatoid.

- [Ethan] Art of persuasion taught by the Sophists.

- Pass.

- [Ethan] 1924 piece by George Gershwin for piano and jazz band.

- "Rhapsody in Blue".

- [Ethan] River that flows through Lyon and Avionne in France.

- Rhine.

- [Ethan] That's incorrect.

Plant stem that sends out shoots and roots from its nose.

- Pass.

- [Ethan] Figure from Welsh myths married to Pwyll or a Fleetwood Mac song.

- Pass.

- [Ethan] Art of persuasion taught by the Sophists.

- Pass.

- [Ethan] Plant stem that sends out shoots and roots from its nose.

- Pass.

- Figure from Welsh myth married to Pwyll or a Fleetwood Mac song.

(buzzer sounding) Guys are all out of time.

We'll go through the ones that you missed.

The art of persuasion taught by the Sophists is a rhetoric.

The river that flows through Lyon and Avionne in France is the Rhone River, not the Rhine.

The plant stem that sends out shoots and roots from nodes is rhizome, and the figure from Welsh myth married to Pwyll or a Fleetwood Mac song is "Rhiannon", "Rhiannon".

All right, that concludes our lightning round, let's take a look at our scores afterwards.

We have Mater Dei trailing Goreville 245 to 265.

So incredibly close game going into our second half, truly anybody's game still and we'll actually take it right to a media question.

This Disney heroine is the only basic.

(buzzer sounding) Mason.

- [Mason] Mirabel.

- Mirabel Madrigal is correct, well done.

I'll take us back to our toss-ups now.

What author wrote about Shadow Moon's travels with the deity Odin in "American Gods" and depicted another.

(buzzer sounding) - [Garrett] Neil Gaiman.

- Neil Gaiman is correct, well done.

For your bonus, what German-born composer of music for the royal fireworks wrote "Water Music" after King George I requested a concert on the River Thames.

- Handel.

- George Frideric Handel is correct, well done.

For your next question, what husband of the golden haired Sif, is the enemy of the serpent, Jormungandr.

(buzzer sounding) - Thor.

- Thor is correct, well done.

For your bonus, Ncuti Gatwa, Simu Liu, and John Cena each play variations of what character in a 2023 film directed by Greta Gerwig?

- Ken?

- Ken is correct, well done.

For your next toss-up, pencil and paper ready.

How many zeroes are in the number 90 billion given that a million has six zeros?

(buzzer sounding) Keegan.

- [Keegan] 10?

- 10 zeros is correct, well done.

For your bonus, what structure with a two word name includes the subscapularis muscle, lets the shoulder move in all directions and is often torn by pitchers.

- Rotator cuff?

- Rotator cuff is correct, well done.

Back to our toss-ups, what company's Mobis division introduced the eCorner or crab drive system hoping to recoup sales after it and Kia became targets of widespread theft?

(buzzer sounding) Duncan.

- [Duncan] Walmart?

- [Ethan] Walmart is incorrect.

(buzzer sounding) Garrett.

- [Garrett] Hyundai.

- Hyundai is correct, well done.

For your bonus, what prince who led the English army at the Battle of Poitiers was the eldest son of Edward III and the father of Richard II?

- [Garrett] The Black Prince.

- That is correct, well done.

For your next question.

What duo who won the title "Woman, you're breaking my heart" in "Cecilia" had several songs featured in the film "The Graduate" including "Mrs. Robinson".

(buzzer sounding) Mason.

- Simon and Garfunkel.

- Simon and Garfunkel is correct, well done.

Very confident, you knew that one.

- [Mason] Yeah, for sure.

- I'll take us to our bonus.

Which French sculptor used bronze to depict six figures with nooses around their necks in his "The Burghers of Calais"?

- Rodin?

- Auguste Rodin is correct, well done.

Back to our toss-ups.

What senator was asked by Army lawyer Joseph Welch if he had "No sense of decency".

(buzzer sounding) Duncan.

- Joseph McCarthy.

- Joseph McCarthy is correct, well done.

For your bonus, the radiation intensity emitted by what ideal emitters is related to the fourth power of temperature by the Stefan-Boltzmann Law?

(indistinct discussion) - No answer.

- [Ethan] Mater Dei, chance to steal.

- Black holes?

- Black holes is incorrect.

And that'll take us to our next media question.

(light piano music playing) (buzzer sounding) Connor.

- "Welcome to the Black Parade".

- That is incorrect, I'll read the question for you, released in 2006, this song by Chemical Romance is, oh wait, we wrote Chemical Romance twice.

That is "Welcome to the Black Parade", well done.

We had that wrong on the sheet there so, well done, Connor.

That'll take us back to our toss-ups.

What poet who wrote, "How do you like your blue-eyed boy/Mr Death" in a poem about Buffalo Bill is known for his unconventional capitalization?

(buzzer sounding) Duncan.

- EE Cummings?

- EE Cummings is correct, well done.

For your bonus, E H Shepard illustrated "Now We are Six" a poetry collection by what man whose son Christopher Robin inspired stories about the bear, Winnie the Pooh?

- Milne?

- AA Milne is correct, well done.

Back to the toss-ups.

What country whose northernmost department of Peten is home to the ruins of Tikal is bordered by Mexico to the north and.

(buzzer sounding) Duncan.

- Honduras.

- Honduras is incorrect, I will read the full question for you, Mater Dei.

What country whose northernmost department of Peten is home to the ruins of Tikal is bordered by Mexico to the north and Honduras to the southeast?

(buzzer sounding) Garrett?

- Guatemala.

- Guatemala is correct.

For your bonus, what mythological woman sometimes named Nimue or Viviane gave the sword Excalibur to King Arthur?

(indistinct conversation) - The Lady of the Lake?

- Lady of the Lake is correct, well done.

The next toss-up, what organelle has a folded inner membrane where oxidative phosphorylation takes place, carries out the Krebs cycle.

(buzzer sounding) Duncan.

- [Duncan] Mitochondria.

- Mitochondria is correct, well done.

For your bonus, in August, 2023, dozens of people died when the Hazara Express train derailed en route to what country's city of Rawalpindi?

- India.

- [Ethan] India is incorrect.

Mater Dei, chance to steal.

- Bangladesh.

- Bangladesh is incorrect.

The answer we're looking for was not India, but Pakistan, Pakistan.

Your next question, what substance was distributed in the Cura Annonae, often imported from Egypt through Ostia and made into a staple Roman food paired with circuses.

(buzzer sounding) Garrett?

- Bread?

- Bread is correct, well done.

For your bonus, what author wrote about a college student's date with Lane Coutell in the first part of his 1961 book, "Franny and Zooey"?

- JD Salinger?

- JD Salinger is correct, well done.

For your next toss-up, what man whose autobiography "Peeling the Onion" describes his time in the SS, wrote about a boy who stops growing, Oskar Matzerath, in "The Tin Drum"?

(buzzer sounding) Duncan.

- Alan Ginsburg.

- [Ethan] That's incorrect.

(chair squeaking) (buzzer sounding) You guys are all out of time, the answer we're looking for was Gunter Grass, Gunter Grass.

The next question, on what element whose spectral lines include the Balmer series.

(buzzer sounding) Duncan.

- [Duncan] Hydrogen.

- Hydrogen is correct, well done.

For your bonus, what capital letter is used to denote the SI unit of inductance as well as being the usual symbol of enthalpy?

- [Duncan] H?

- H is correct, well done.

That'll take us to our next toss-up question.

Up to 10 of what items were given away to subscribers in trademark red envelopes following the September, 2023 shutdown of Netflix's original business?

(buzzer sounding) Connor.

- CDs.

- [Ethan] CDs is incorrect.

(buzzer sounding) You guys are all out of time.

The answer we're looking for was DVDs.

DVDs.

For your next toss-up, in what battle where John Pitcairn and Joseph Warren died, did the British capture the Charlestown Peninsula in 1775 after fighting on Breeds Hill?

(buzzer sounding) Garrett.

- Bunker Hill.

- Battle of Bunker Hill is correct.

For your bonus, what ally of Mao Zedong attended the Bandung Conference and was the first premier of the Peoples Republic of China?

- No answer.

- Goreville, chance to steal.

- Dang.

- Dang is incorrect, the answer we're looking for was Zhou Enlai, Zhou Enlai.

Your next question, what scale that measures how well a substance is able to prevent undesirable combustion or engine knock is named for a compound with eight carbons?

(buzzer sounding) Mason.

- The Octet rule?

- [Ethan] Octet rule is incorrect.

(buzzer sounding) Garrett.

- Octane?

- That is incorrect.

The answer we're looking for is specifically octane rating, octane rating.

(doorbell sounding) And that bell means we are all out of time, so let's take a look at our scores.

Maybe the closest game I have ever had the pleasure of reffing, I'm going to be honest.

Goreville taking it 425 to Mater Dei's 410, so really tight right down to the end.

Well done to both of you guys.

That's all the time we have for on today's show.

For all our lovely contestants here today and the people working hard behind the scenes, I'm Ethan Neir, thank you so much and good night.

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