(calm music) (camera beeping) (upbeat music) - Welcome back to another episode of "Scholastic HI-Q" the game where knowledge rules.

I'm your host Ethan Neir and we have our third quarter finals matchup in store for you for this week.

So let's go ahead and introduce our teams.

On the bottom we have Mount Vernon with Alex, Kiro, Macie, and Ian.

And up top we have O'Fallon with Henry, Kaden, Garrett, and Bela.

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.

All right, everybody's ready?

Let's get into the questions.

What landmark was the goal of the Kainan Maru and Terra Nova expeditions, though it was reached shortly before by a party under Roald Amundsen.

(buzzer dings) Garrett.

- Antarctica.

- [Ethan] We need more than just Antarctica.

- South Pole.

- South Pole is correct, well done.

For your bonus, what Italian author wrote about the creation of false documents in his novels "The Prague," "Cemetery," and "Foucault's Pendulum?"

(contestants whispering) - Umberto Eco.

- Umberto Eco is correct, well done.

Next question, what island, which is home to the El Yunque National Forest is rest of the AKs and is the main island of a US territory governed from San Juan?

(buzzer dings) Bela.

- Puerto Rico.

- Puerto Rico is correct, well done.

For your bonus, Lou Montulli coined the food inspired name for what small text files that websites store in a browser to remember information about past visits.

- Cookies.

- Cookies is correct, well done.

For your next question, what province's 2022 elections were won by the Future Coalition of Francois Legault and focused in part on- (buzzer dings) Garrett.

- Quebec.

- Quebec is correct, well done.

For your bonus, what Persian Emperor, the heir of Darius the Great, built the Apadana Hall and Persepolis and commanded against a Greek force at Thermopylae.

- Xerxes.

- [Ethan] We need more than just Xerxes.

- Xerxes the First.

- Xerxes the first is correct, well done.

The next toss up, what theory for which the Pound-Rebka experiment provided evidence links gravity to curved space time and was developed by Albert Einstein.

(buzzer dings) Alex.

- Theory of relativity.

- Will we accept theory of relativity?

We will accept that as correct, well done.

For your bonus, Saint Helier is the capital of what largest of the channel islands which lends its name to a type of dairy cattle.

- Bovine.

- That's incorrect.

O'Fallon, chance to steal.

(contestants whispering) - Guernsey.

- Can you repeat that for me?

- Guernsey.

- Guernsey is incorrect.

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

To the next toss up.

What job comes second in the title of a John le Carre novel, along with tinker, soldier, and spy and denotes a person who makes or alters clothing?

(buzzer dings) Kiro.

- Tailor.

- Tailor is correct, well done.

For your bonus, Elvis sang "The drummer boy from Illinois went crash, boom, bang" in what 1957 classic hit to which everybody in the whole cell block was dancing.

- "Jailhouse Rock."

- "Jailhouse Rock" is correct, well done.

Next toss up, Pope Francis is the first pope to be a member of what Catholic order founded by Saint Ignatius of Loyola, whose members often work in education.

(buzzer dings) Alex.

- The smart Catholics.

- [Ethan] That is incorrect.

Probably was pretty smart though.

(buzzer dings) Garrett.

- Assisi.

- That is incorrect.

The answer we were looking for there was Jesuits.

The Jesuits.

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

In this cartoon, Henry?

(buzzer dings) - [Henry] "The Amazing World of Gumball."

- "The Amazing World of Gumball" is correct, well done.

And since that is a media question, there is no bonus so we'll just take it back to our toss ups.

What character who is hit by a jezail bullet in Afghanistan, weds Mary Morston after the Sign of the Four and narrates stories about Sherlock Holmes?

(buzzer dings) Macie.

- John Watson.

- John Watson is correct, well done.

For your bonus, the largest battle of the Revolutionary War was fought on and named for what island which US forces had to abandon and flee to Manhattan?

- I don't know, battle of Fort Sumter?

- [Ethan] That's incorrect, O'Fallon, chance to steal.

- [Garrett] Long Island.

- Battle of Long Island is correct, well done.

For your next question, pencil and paper ready.

What is the diameter of a circle whose area is 81 pi, given that, Henry?

- 18.

- 18 is correct, well done.

For your bonus, He Jiankui was jailed for using what scientific technique to improve resistance to HIV in fetuses by employing the protein Cas9 to edit their DNA?

- Gene altering.

- [Ethan] That's incorrect, Mount Venon, chance to steal.

- Genetic sequencing.

- That's incorrect, the answer we're looking for Was CRISPR.

CRISPR.

Your next toss up, in what set of pieces that opens the contest between harmony and invention does the soloist depict, Garrett?

- [Garrett] The four seasons.

- The four seasons is correct, well done.

For your bonus, what quantity opposes changes in the corresponding flux when induced by a current, according to Lenz's law, and can be calculated using Ampere's law?

- Magnetic field.

- Magnetic field is correct, well done.

Back to the toss ups, what school in the SEC whose top NIL earners include Angel Reese and Olivia Dunn defeated Iowa to win the 2023 NCAA women's basketball tournament?

(buzzer dings) Ian - Penn State.

- Penn State is incorrect.

- I'm buzzing.

- Garrett.

- South Carolina.

- South Carolina is also incorrect.

The answer we're looking for was Louisiana State, Louisiana State.

For your next toss up, what representative who was expelled from the Freedom Caucus in 2023 for insulting Lauren Boebert, is from Georgia and has the initials MTG?

(buzzer dings) Kaden.

- [Kaden] Marjorie Taylor Green.

- Marjorie Taylor Green is correct.

For your bonus, the winner of the Master's golf tournament is awarded a jacket of what color?

- Green.

- Green is correct, well done.

For your next toss up, what shape has the most sides of any regular polygon that can tesselate, Garrett?

(buzzer dings) - Hexagon.

- Hexagon is correct.

For your bonus, what 1729 satirical essay which states that a child seasoned with a little pepper or salt will be very good boiled, was written by Jonathan Swift?

- "A Modest Proposal."

- "A Modest Proposal" is correct, well done.

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

This song became popular on TikTok in 2022- (buzzer dings) Henry.

- "Golden Hour."

- "Golden Hour" is correct.

Back to the toss ups.

What play in which Don John's plot is foiled by the constable Dogberry is a Shakespeare comedy centering on the feuding Beatrice and Benedict?

(buzzer dings) Bela.

- "Much Ado About Nothing."

- "Much Ado About Nothing" is correct, well done.

For your bonus, what French artists showed a picnic attended by two clothed men and one nude woman in his painting, "The Luncheon on the Grass?"

(contestants whispering) - Manet.

- Edouard Manet is correct, well done.

Next question, what company, which names the tallest building in Houston, bought First Republic Bank in 2023 is led by Jamie Diamond and has the stock symbol JPM?

(buzzer dings) Bela.

- JP Morgan.

- JP Morgan is correct, well done.

For your bonus, what fundamental force gives rise to charged current interactions, can alter the flavor of quarks, and is carried by W and Z bosons?

- The weak force.

- Weak force is correct, well done.

For your next toss up, in what then capital of Chiang Kai-shek's Republic of China were an estimated 200,000 people killed during a, Garrett.

(buzzer dings) - Nanjing.

- Nanjing is correct, well done.

For your bonus, the Ashley Book is an encyclopedia containing illustrations of what objects, which include the bow line, clove hitch, and overhand loose?

(contestants whispering) - Knots.

- Knots is correct, well done.

Next question, what sculpture which in 1972 was vandalized by Laslo Toth, is the only piece signed by Michelangelo (buzzer dings) and, Garrett.

- The Pieta.

- The Pieta is correct, well done.

For your bonus, at a September, 2023 meeting in New Delhi, what international organization focusing on economic issues agreed to add the African Union as a member?

(timer buzzing) Out of time, Mountain Vernon chance to steal.

- The very big convention.

- That is incorrect.

The answer you're looking for was the G20, G20.

The next question, what device that was developed by William Oughtred uses logarithmic scales to simplify multiplication, proceeded the calculator, and resembled a ruler?

(timer buzzing) The answer we're looking for there was the slide rule, the slide rule.

Next question, what kingdom which emerged from the conquest of the Carpathian Basin by Arpad in the Middle Ages later formed a Hapsburg dual monarchy with Austria?

(buzzer dings) Garrett.

- Hungary.

- Hungary is correct, well done.

For your bonus, what psychologist, whose 360 letters with Sigmund Freud were collected in 1974, proposed the concepts of introversion and the collective unconscious?

(contestants whispering) - Kant.

- Can you repeat that for me?

- Kant.

- [Ethan] Kant is incorrect, Mount Vernon, chance to seal.

- Jimmy?

- That's incorrect, the answer we're looking for was Carl Jung, Carl Jung.

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

This old school video game was made by Alexi Pajitnov nearly 40 years ago- (buzzer dings) Henry.

- [Henry] Tetris - Tetris is correct, well done.

For your next toss up, what Greek deity whose symbols included the dolphin, slew the serpent python, was gifted the lyre by Hermes, and was the god of music?

(buzzer dings) Macie.

- Apollo.

- Apollo is correct, well done.

For your bonus, what British author analyzed poetic myth in his book "The White Goddess" and described the mad room and Emperor Caligula in his 1934 novel "I, Claudius?"

- Dickinson.

- [Ethan] That is incorrect, O'Fallon, chance to steal - Smith?

- That's incorrect, the answer we're looking for was Robert Graves, Robert Graves.

And that'll take us to our Lightning Round.

(thunder rumbling) 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 Mount Vernon, since you guys are trailing in this one, you get the first pick of the litter.

Your choices are four letter titles, historical female leaders, E-L-E, or hurricanes.

(contestants whispering) - I know about Hurricane Katrina.

Hurricanes.

- Hurricanes it is, answer the following about hurricanes.

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

Three, two, one.

Hurricane that devastated New Orleans in 2005?

- Katrina.

- [Ethan] Term for hurricanes in the northwestern Pacific?

- Monsoons.

- That's incorrect.

Anatomical term for the calm center of a hurricane?

- Eye.

- Eye.

- [Ethan] Lin-Manuel Miranda musical with the song "Hurricane?"

- "Hamilton."

- [Ethan] Zora Neil Hurston novel in which Janie survives a hurricane?

- Pass - [Ethan] Florida University with teams nicknamed the Hurricanes?

- Pass.

- [Ethan] George Gershwin opera in which a hurricane hits Catfish Row?

- Pass.

- [Ethan] Effect named for a Frenchman that causes hurricanes to rotate?

- Mariolis effect?

- That's incorrect.

Home City of the Carolina Hurricanes?

- Charlotte.

- That's incorrect.

Hurricane Windscale named for two scientists?

- Pass.

- Zora Neil Hurston novel- (timer buzzing) You guys are all out of time so we'll go through the ones that you missed.

The term for hurricanes in the Northwestern Pacific is typhoon.

The Zora Neil Hurston novel in which Janie survives a hurricane is "Their Eyes Were Watching God."

The Florida University with teams nicknamed the Hurricanes is the University of Miami.

The George Gershwin opera in which a hurricane hits Catfish Row is "Porgy and Bess."

The effect named for a Frenchman that causes hurricanes to rotate is Coriolis.

The home city of the Carolina Hurricanes is Raleigh.

And hurricane windscale named for two scientists is the Saffir-Simpson scale.

All right, O'Fallon, it is now your guys' turn, your choices are four letter titles, historical female leaders, or E-L-E. - We'll do four letter titles, - Four letter titles it is.

Name these novels with four letter titles.

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

Three, two, one.

Jane Austen novel about a matchmaker?

- "Emma."

- [Ethan] 1965 Herbert novel set on a planet with sand worms?

- "Dune."

- [Ethan] Peter Benchley novel about a shark?

- "Jaws."

- [Ethan] Tony Morrison novel titled for a style of music?

- "Jazz."

- [Ethan] Stephen King novel about a rabbit dog?

- Pass.

- Cujo.

- [Ethan] Emma Donahue novel whose protagonists are captives in the title space?

- Pass.

- [Ethan] Carl Hiaasen novel about saving owl habitat?

- Pass.

- 2012 Huey Howey novel that began his Silo series?

- Pass - [Ethan] Orhan Pamuk novel set in Turkish- - Snow.

- [Ethan] Sapphire novel about pregnant teenager Precious?

Or Sapphire novel.

- Pass.

- [Ethan] Emma Donahue novel whose protagonists are captives in the title space?

- Cell.

- That's incorrect.

Carl Hiaasen novel about saving owl habitat?

(timer buzzing) You guys are all out of time, so we'll go through the ones that you missed.

The Emma Donahue novel whose protagonists are captives in the title space is "Room."

Carl Hiaasen novel about saving owl habitat is "Hoot."

The 2012 of Hugh Howey novel that began his Silo series is "Wool."

And the Sapphire novel about pregnant teenager Precious is "Push."

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

We have Mount Vernon with 90 to O'Fallon's 340.

So let's take it to our second half.

What author who heartily accepted the motto that government is best which governs least in his essay "Civil Disobedience" also wrote the book, "Walden" (buzzer dings) Garrett.

- Emerson.

- Emerson is incorrect.

(buzzer dings) Alex.

- Smith.

- Smith is incorrect.

The answer we're looking for was Henry David Thoreau, Henry David Thoreau.

Your next question, what opera, whose title character sings, "Sempre Libere," includes a brindisi sung by Alfredo who comforts a fallen woman named Violetta Valery?

(buzzer dings) Garrett.

- "Toska."

- That is incorrect.

(buzzer dings) Kira.

- "Carmen."

- That is incorrect, the answer you're looking for was "La Traviata," "La Traviata."

Your next question, what party whose 19th century half breeds faction opposed the stalwarts, dominated the post-Civil War north, and gained power under Abraham Lincoln?

(buzzer dings) Garrett.

- Republicans.

- Republicans is correct, well done.

For your bonus, in 2021, a Starbucks in what city became the company's first location in the US to be unionized?

(contestants whispering) (timer buzzing) You guys are a lot of time, Mount Vernon chance to steal.

- St. Louis.

- St. Louis is incorrect.

The answer we're looking for was Buffalo, New York.

Your next toss up, what poet who described the shores of Gitche Gumee in a long poem that- (buzzer dings) Garrett.

- Longfellow.

- Longfellow is correct.

For your bonus, which author wrote about the Smales family fleeing Johannesburg in her novel "July's People?"

- Gordimer.

- Gordimer is correct, well done.

Next question, what game whose players can find Zonite deposits in the depths- (buzzer dings) Alex.

- "Legends of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom."

- "Tears of the Kingdom" is correct, well done.

For your bonus, what jazz saxophonist whose improvisational style was described by Ira Getler as sheets of sound released the album's "Giant Steps" and "A Love Supreme?"

(contestants whispering) (timer buzzing) You guys are all out of time, O'Fallon, chance to steal.

- Coltrane.

- Coltrane is correct, well done.

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

This software- (buzzer dings) Alex - Steam.

- Steam is correct, well done.

The next toss up, what element, which is a better conductor of electricity than copper, is combined with copper in its sterling alloy has the atomic symbol Ag?

(buzzer dings) Henry.

- Argonison.

- Can you repeat that for me?

- Argonison.

- That's incorrect.

(buzzer dings) Alex.

- [Alex] Silver.

- Silver is correct, well done.

For your bonus, what polysaccharide is the primary component of both cotton fibers and paper?

(contestants whispering) - Wood.

- [Ethan] That is incorrect, O'Fallon, chance to steal.

- Pulp.

- That is incorrect, the answer we're looking for is cellulose, cellulose.

For your next question, what novel, in which Cardenio wanders the Sierra Morena, is named for a delusional man who attacks windmills and was written by Miguel?

(buzzer dings) Garrett.

- "Don Quixote."

- "Don Quixote" is correct.

For your bonus, during what decade did Louise Philippe become king of France after the July revolution and crash the June Rebellion, which inspired Les Mis?

(contestants whispering) - 1870s.

- 1870s is incorrect, Mount Vernon, chance to steal.

(contestants whispering) - 1880s.

- That's incorrect, the answer we're looking for is 1830s.

1830s.

Next toss up, what institutions which were closed in March, 1933 during a week long holiday as plans to reform the FDIC successfully ended are run by- (buzzer dings) Garrett.

- Banks.

- Banks is correct, well done.

For your bonus, what actress portrayed Wai Lin in the James Bond movie "Tomorrow Never Dies" and a laundromat owner being audited in "Everything, Everywhere, All At Once?"

Great movie, fantastic movie.

- Oh.

- Can you repeat that for me?

- Oh.

- Oh is incorrect.

- [Alex] Michelle Yeoh.

- Michelle Yeoh is correct, well done.

Next toss up, what chemical process, whose primary abiotic cause is lightning, breaks a triple bond to make an element?

(buzzer dings) Garrett.

- Nitrogen fixation.

- Nitrogen fixation is correct, well done.

For your bonus, what state's federally protected areas include the Great Egg Harbor River and the Great Swamp and Cape May National Wildlife refugees?

- Louisiana.

- Louisiana is incorrect.

Mount Vernon, chance to steal.

- Florida.

- Florida is incorrect, the answer we're looking for was New Jersey - They have swamps?

- Next question, what author wrote about the bodies at Austerlitz and Waterloo in his poem, "Grass," wrote about the city of the big shoulders In his poem, "Chicago?"

(buzzer dings) Garrett.

- Sandberg.

- Sandberg is correct, well done.

For your bonus, the Sinhala only act removed English as the official language of what asian island country where the Tamil Tigers fought in a civil war?

(contestants whispering) - Sri Lanka.

- Sri Lanka is correct, well done.

The next toss up, what mountain range was formed in part by the subduction of the Nasca plate, contains- (buzzer dings) Garrett.

- Andes.

- The Andes Mountains is correct.

For your bonus, one of the primary contaminants of the 2023 East Palestine Ohio train derailment was what compound, the precursor to the polymer PVC?

(contestants whispering) - Ammonium- (timer buzzing) - [Ethan] You guys are all out of time, Mount Vernon, chance to steal.

- Lithium.

- That's incorrect.

The answer we're looking for was a vinyl chloride.

Vinyl chloride.

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

This YouTuber has nearly 36 million subscribers and has uploaded over 5,500 videos since he began his channel in 2012.

He's known for his Let's play content, often- (buzzer dings) Kiro - [Kiro] Markiplier.

- Markiplier is correct, well done.

That'll take us back to our toss ups, pencil and paper ready?

How many inches are in five yards, given that there are 12 inches in a foot- (buzzer dings) Henry.

- 180.

- 180 is correct, well done.

For your bonus, what 2006 historical novel set in Nazi Germany is narrated by Death, centers on the literature loving Liesel Meminger, and is by Markus Zusak?

- No answer.

- [Ethan] Mount Vernon, chance to steal.

- "Diary of Anne Frank?"

- That's incorrect, the answer you're looking for was "The Book Thief," "The Book Thief."

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

We have Mount Vernon's 140 to O'Fallon's 530, means O'Fallon, you guys are moving on to the next round, so well done.

Now, that is all the time we have for on today's show, for our lovely contestants here today and the people working hard behind the camera, I'm Ethan Neir, thank you so much and goodnight.

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