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I'm Billy Costa, your host.

So, in last week's match between Andover and British International School of Boston, Andover defeated British International to move on to the championship match.

Today's match between Mansfield and North Quincy will determine their opponent.

And on the Mansfield team, we have Jacob-- hello Jacob, and welcome back.

>> Hello, thank you for having me, Billy.

>> COSTA: All right, Dhruv, good to see you again.

Congratulations, there you are, semifinals.

>> I'm excited to be here.

>> COSTA: All right, Owen, how about you, you feeling good here?

>> I'm feeling very good.

>> COSTA: All right, and Vishal, great to see you back, and congratulations.

This has been a great journey for you guys.

>> Thank you, yeah, it's been great.

>> COSTA: The alternates are Luiz and Kailash, and coach Ken Barrett on the sidelines.

Competing for North Quincy, we have Kaitlyn-- hello Kaitlyn, welcome back.

>> Good to be back, ready to get started.

>> COSTA: Great job.

Peter, how you feeling?

Semifinals!

>> Pretty good!

>> COSTA: Pretty good!

John Thomas, how about you?

>> Doing well.

>> COSTA: You're doing well from that bunker.

I gotta tell you, John Thomas, this is a good spot for you.

And Dominique, welcome back to the semifinals.

>> Thank you, very excited to be here.

>> COSTA: All right, the alternates are Nicholas and Sophie, and the coaches Mera Kriz, Danielle Fernandez, and Peggy Farren.

(cheers and applause) So the competition has four rounds: toss-up, head-to-head, category, and lightning rounds.

Throughout the game, a green light is a correct answer, a red light an incorrect answer, and a gray light means no answer was given.

And we start with the toss-up round.

All players are active, and with a correct answer can contribute ten points per question to their team's score.

There are no point deductions for wrong answers, so teams, if you are ready, good luck.

In 2021, geneticists at Harvard Medical School received a $15 million investment in their efforts to resurrect what extinct animal?

Wooly mammoth, velociraptor, or passenger pigeon?

Wooly mammoth.

What older sister of Anne Frank also kept a diary during her time in hiding, though it was lost during the war?

Edith, Bettina, or Margot?

Margot.

Meaning "People of the First Light," what Native people were already living in Plymouth when the Pilgrims settled there in 1620?

Was it Nauset, Nipmunc, or Wampanoag?

Wampanoag.

What Alpine country is the source of the Rhine River?

Austria, Switzerland, or France?

Switzerland.

Take a look at your screens-- every year, more than a million worth of coins are tossed into what famous Baroque fountain in Rome, seen here?

Is it Bellagio Fountain, Trevi Fountain, or Boboli Fountain?

Trevi Fountain.

In 2019, the Supreme Court blocked the citizenship question from the 2020 Census in part because of the government's explanation for why it was added.

What commerce secretary under Donald Trump falsely claimed the question would help enforce the Voting Rights Act?

Was it Wilbur Ross, Sonny Perdue, or Chad Wolf?

Wilbur Ross.

Who directed the 2020 concert film David Byrne's American Utopia, a live recording of Broadway performance of the same name?

Spike Lee, Julie Taymor, or Martin Scorsese?

Spike Lee.

In 1887, what Austrian scientist took the first photograph of a shock wave produced by an object, in this case a bullet, moving at supersonic speed?

Ernst Mach, Christian Doppler, or Otto Hahn?

Ernst Mach.

In 2021, who won the fourth Emmy of her career for her role as stand-up comic Deborah Vance on the HBO Max series Hacks?

Was it Annie Potts, Lily Tomlin, or Jean Smart?

Jean Smart.

Take a look at your screens, a very special guest is standing by with the next question.

Hi, I'm Senator Elizabeth Warren and here's my question.

So the longest-serving member in the United States Senate is a Vermont Democrat who announced in 2021 that he's not gonna seek reelection in 2022.

Is that person Chuck Grassley, Steny Hoyer, or Patrick Leahy?

>> COSTA: Patrick Leahy is the answer.

Called "the Magnificent" by westerners and known to his own people as "the Lawgiver," what sultan who ruled from 1520 to 1566 is associated with the golden age of the Ottoman Empire?

Is it Ahmed I, Selim I, or Suleiman I?

Suleiman I is the answer.

What dramatist wrote the screenplay for the 1961 film The Misfits, specifically for his wife, Marilyn Monroe?

Noëël Coward, Arthur Miller, or Edward Albee?

Arthur Miller.

Known as the Mother of Social Work, what pioneering social reformer from Illinois co-won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1931?

Was it Jeannette Rankin, Lydia Moss Bradley, or Jane Addams?

Jane Addams.

In what film does Leonardo DiCaprio famously shout, "I'm the king of the world!"?

The Wolf of Wall Street, Gangs of New York, or Titanic?

Titanic.

What is the common logarithm of 1,000?

Is it 1, 3, or 10?

3.

Passed by Congress in March 1941 to provide military aid to the Allies, what was the shorter, more familiar name for the Act to Promote the Defense of the United States?

Was it the Smoot-Hawley Act, the Lend-Lease Act, or the Atlantic Charter?

The Lend-Lease Act.

Most countries have banned commercial whaling.

Yet every year, about 1,500 large whales are hunted by Iceland, Norway, and what Asian country?

North Korea, China, or Japan?

Japan.

"I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me."

What prominent African American author wrote this in his 1952 novel Invisible Man?

Was it Richard Wright, Ralph Ellison, or Alex Haley?

Ralph Ellison.

What was the nationality of Vasco da Gama, the first European to open a sea-based route to India?

Spanish, Portuguese, or Italian?

Portuguese.

Which of the following U.S. capitals is located the farthest west?

Carson City, Boise, or Salt Lake City?

Carson City, the capital of Nevada is the answer.

(bell ringing) And that's the end of the toss- up round, the score right now: Mansfield, 490 points; North Quincy, 550 points.

Let's hear it for both teams, semifinals here!

(cheers and applause) All right, the head-to-head round is next.

First, we'll take a couple of minutes to get to know the players just a little bit better.

And I've got a question each of you will answer.

And the question is what do you plan to do after high school?

Jacob, we'll start with you.

>> So I plan to go to a four-year college where I hope to find something that I love, and I, hopefully, I'll pursue that as a career.

>> COSTA: All right, no decisions on the school yet?

>> No decisions yet, but I've been accepted into a few schools.

>> COSTA: Good for you-- Dhruv, how about you?

>> Well, I also plan to go to college, but I'm not really sure what I want to do yet.

And I also dream of traveling the world.

>> COSTA: Good for you-- Owen, how about you?

>> Yeah, I'm planning on going to college as well.

I think I'll probably major in something like computer science or business, and then after, I think I'll probably go to law school.

>> COSTA: Wow, okay, Vishal, your turn.

>> I'm gonna go to college too, probably gonna major in something related to educating, so yeah.

>> COSTA: All right, we go to North Quincy.

Kaitlyn, how about you, plans after high school?

>> Yeah, I'm planning to go college.

Preferably on the east coast.

And probably majoring in either political science, legal studies, or government.

>> COSTA: Nice choices.

How about you, Peter?

>> Assuming there isn't a nuclear war, yeah, I still don't have any idea.

>> COSTA: All right.

John Thomas, how about you?

Well, I plan on surviving the nuclear war here in my bunker, and then I plan on pursuing filmmaking at some college.

>> COSTA: I knew it, it's a bunker!

And Dominique, how about you?

>> I plan to go to college, probably study computer science and hopefully pursue a career in bioengineering.

>> COSTA: All right.

I'll tell you where we're going right now, and that's the head-to-head round.

So let's do it, let's go head to head!

(cheers and applause) ♪ ♪ In this round, correct answers add ten points to the team total.

Incorrect answers now result in a ten-point deduction.

If an answer is not given, there is no impact on the score.

So teams, good luck and here we go.

Who plays Rick Deckard in the film Blade Runner, and its sequel Blade Runner 2049?

Is it Ryan Gosling or Harrison Ford?

Harrison Ford.

What former Democratic primary rival did President Biden select as U.S. secretary of transportation?

Was it Beto O'Rourke or Pete Buttigieg?

Pete Buttigieg.

Which word is closest in meaning to vapid?

Dull or toxic?

Dull.

What English queen is best known for her vigorous attempt to reverse the Protestant Reformation?

Mary I or Elizabeth I?

Mary I.

Which country on the Scandinavian peninsula is largest in area, is it Norway or Sweden?

Sweden.

In 2021, Derek Jeter was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

He spent his entire career with what team?

Los Angeles Dodgers or New York Yankees?

New York Yankees.

In The Hobbit, who kills a giant spider with a sword named Sting?

Is it Gandalf or Bilbo?

Bilbo.

Weighing approximately three to three-and-a-half pounds, what is the largest internal organ in the human body?

The liver or spleen?

Liver is the answer there.

And that's the bell ending the round, take a look at the score: Mansfield right now, 520 points; North Quincy, 570 points.

A very close match, let's hear it for both teams.

(cheers and applause) Next up is the category round with the following categories: The Big Short, I'm With the Band, Go for Launch!

Land of the Rising Sun, Three's Company, and Out of Order.

Teams will be able to select two five-question categories and will have the option to toss one question per category to the other team.

Teams are able to confirm.

Mansfield, who will be the spokesperson?

Owen the spokesperson for Mansfield.

Over to North Quincy, who will the spokesperson be in this round?

Kaitlyn, all right.

And Mansfield, you do have a little ground to make up.

No big deal, but you get to choose the first category.

What's it going to be?

>> Maybe, I'm with the Band if it's about certain different types of bands, then like... >> Yeah, we can go with that.

>> Okay, yeah, let's go with that, yeah.

>> All right, we'll go with I'm with the Band.

>> COSTA: Okay, Owen.

I'm with the Band, questions about music.

For ten points, what is the only major key with no sharps or flats?

>> C... >> C major, right?

>> Yeah.

>> Okay, yeah let's go with that.

>> C major, final answer.

>> COSTA: It is C major, now for 15 points, the triangle and the gong belong to what family of instruments?

>> Percussion?

>> Percussion.

>> Percussion, final answer.

>> COSTA: And that is correct, now for 20 points, Italian for "in the manner of the chapel," what term describes music that is sung without any instrumental accompaniment?

>> A capella, I think.

>> Yeah, that makes sense, yeah.

A cappella, final answer.

>> COSTA: And a capella is correct.

Now for 25 points, a moderately loud dynamic is indicated by the letters mf, which stand for what?

>> Mezzo forte?

Okay, yeah.

>> What was it again?

>> Mezzo forte.

>> All right.

Mezzo forte, final answer.

>> COSTA: And that is correct.

Now for 30 points, meaning "day of wrath," what two-word Latin phrase refers to what is often the most dramatic section of a requiem?

>> Okay, does anybody know this?

I don't know, I feel like, do you think we should pass it?

Or just should we stay?

>> We can pass it.

>> Okay, yeah.

Yeah, let's pass, yeah.

>> All right, we'll pass this one.

>> COSTA: You're gonna pass?

Dies Irae is the answer there, and now we go to North Quincy and we'll need a category.

>> What do you guys think for this one?

>> I kind of like Three's Company.

>> I agree.

>> Three's Company?

Peter, what do you think?

Okay, we'll go with Three's Company.

>> COSTA: Okay, Three's Company, all answers are three-word phrases.

And for 10 points, what memorable campaign slogan was used by U.S. presidential candidate Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1952?

>> "I Like Ike."

>> Okay.

>> You sure?

>> "I Like Ike," yeah.

>> Okay, final answer, "I Like Ike."

>> COSTA: And that is the correct answer.

Now for 15 points, released in 2019, what fifth studio album by Ariana Grande was nominated for a Grammy for Album of the Year?

>> Is it Thank You, Next?

>> Thank You, Next, right?

>> I think so.

>> Yeah, final answer, Thank you, Next.

>> COSTA: Thank You, Next is correct.

Now for 20 points, in an email or memo, the abbreviation BCC stands for what?

>> Blind carbon copy.

>> Yeah.

>> Blind carbon copy?

Okay, final answer, blind carbon copy.

>> COSTA: And that is correct.

Now for 25 points, what 1985 film directed by John Hughes ends with Judd Nelson raising his fist while walking away in an empty football field to the song "Don't You Forget About Me"?

>> The Breakfast Club.

>> The Breakfast Club, okay.

Final answer, The Breakfast Club.

And that is the correct answer.

Now for 30 points, Abbey Road was the last Beatles album to be recorded, but it was not their last to be released.

What twelfth and final studio album was released in May 1970, almost a month after the group's breakup?

>> Let It Be.

>> Let It Be?

>> Yeah.

>> Final answer, Let It Be.

>> COSTA: And that is a correct answer, now we go back to Mansfield High School, you'll need a category.

>> I was thinking Land of the Rising Sun.

>> You wanna go Land...?

>> Yeah.

>> All right, we'll do Land of the Rising Sun.

>> COSTA: Okay, Owen, here we go.

Land of the Rising Sun, questions about Japan.

For 10 points, derived from the Japanese words for "thing" and "wear" what long robe with wide sleeves and a broad sash is a traditional garment of Japan usually worn at special occasions?

>> I think this is a kimono?

>> Kimono, yeah.

>> Okay, yeah, let's go with that.

>> Final answer, kimono.

>> COSTA: And that is correct.

For 15 points, typically consisting of seafood and vegetables that have been battered and deep fried, what classic Japanese dish actually originated in Portugal and was introduced to Japan in the 16th century?

>> I think this is tempura.

>> Tempura?

>> That what I was... All right, final answer, tempura.

>> COSTA: And that is the correct answer.

Now for 20 points, a torii is a traditional Japanese gate that symbolically marks the transition from the mundane to the sacred.

It's most commonly found at shrines associated with what indigenous religion of Japan?

>> Shintoism?

>> Yeah, yeah.

>> Yeah, yeah, all right.

>> Okay, let's go with it.

>> Final answer, Shintoism.

>> COSTA: Or Shinto, yes.

And for 25 points, in 1853, a fleet of well-armed American ships sailed into Tokyo Bay.

What commodore had a letter from the U.S. president demanding that Japan open its ports to trade and diplomacy?

>> Matthew Perry.

>> Yeah, okay.

Yeah.

>> Final answer, Matthew Perry.

>> COSTA: And Matthew Perry is the correct answer.

Now for 30 points, the 2020 Tokyo Olympics marked the second time the city hosted the summer games.

When was the first?

>> I have no idea.

>> It was, like, in the '60s, I think.

>> Oh, 1964?

Okay, let's go for it, let's go for it.

>> Final answer, 1964.

>> COSTA: 1964 is a correct answer.

And now North Quincy, you get to choose a category.

>> What about The Big Short?

>> That could be, actually, you know what, that's abbreviations, I bet, so all of these could work.

>> Yeah, let's go for The Big Short, Billy.

>> COSTA: Okay.

The Big Short, questions about short stories.

And for 10 points, "The Witness for the Prosecution" is one of the most adapted short stories of what British author, the best-selling fiction writer of all time?

>> J.K... no, is it Rowling, or Agatha Christie, what do you think?

I think it's... >> Um... >> Um... >> I think Agatha Christie.

Is she... >> Should we, should we...

I don't know.

>> Um... >> Uh... >> COSTA: We'll need an answer.

>> Let's go with Agatha Christie.

I don't think it's J.K. Rowling.

>> We should just pass then.

>> No, no, trust me, I think it's Agatha Christie.

>> Okay.

>> Final answer, Agatha Christie.

>> COSTA: Agatha Christie is the correct answer.

For 15 points, You Can't Keep a Good Woman Down is a collection of short stories by what author of The Color Purple?

>> Alice Walker, yup.

>> Alice Walker, final answer.

>> COSTA: Alice Walker is correct.

For 20 points, who wrote the 1950 science fiction story "There Will Come Soft Rains," the story of an automated house after its human residents have been obliterated, most likely by a nuclear war?

>> This is Bradbury.

>> Ray Bradbury?

>> Mm-hmm.

>> Final answer, Ray Bradbury.

>> COSTA: And that is correct.

Now for 25 points, "A Perfect Day for Bananafish" is one of the most popular stories by what author who spent nearly six decades in Cornish, New Hampshire, far away from the public eye?

>> I would guess J.D.

Salinger.

>> How sure do we feel about that?

>> I mean, he was a famous, like, recluse, and he lived in New Hampshire, and he wrote short stories, so.

>> Okay, we'll go with that, sorry, say it again, J.D.

Salinger, right?

>> Yeah.

Yep.

>> Final answer, J.D.

Salinger.

>> COSTA: And that is the correct answer.

Now for 30 points, an overtly feminist text, what Charlotte Perkins Gilman story is about a young wife diagnosed as "hysterical" and confined to her bedroom for the summer with nothing to look at but the walls?

>> The Yellow Wallpaper.

Yep.

>> The Yellow Wallpaper?

Okay, final answer, The Yellow Wallpaper.

>> COSTA: And that is a correct answer.

(bell ringing) And that is the end of the category round.

The score right now-- Mansfield High School, 690 points; North Quincy, 770 points.

Nice match, this is good.

How about it, everybody?

(cheers and applause) Okay, we are headed into the final round of play.

It is the lightning round, all players are active, with each response can add or subtract 20 points to their team's total.

A decision not to answer does not impact the score.

We have 10 questions in all-- teams, good luck.

Who was known as the "Great Compromiser" for his work on the Missouri Compromise?

Was it Henry Clay or John C. Calhoun?

Henry Clay.

What final unfinished novel by Charles Dickens was published posthumously in 1870?

The Mystery of Edwin Drood, or The Old Curiosity Shop?

The Mystery of Edwin Drood.

The distinctive flat-topped Table Mountain overlooks what city in South Africa?

Is it Johannesburg, or Cape Town?

Cape Town.

What author from Cambridge, Massachusetts, wrote the bestselling novel Little Fires Everywhere?

Celeste Ng or Alice Hoffman?

Celeste Ng.

What constitutional amendment mandates that U.S. presidential terms begin on January 20?

Is it the 18th Amendment or the 20th Amendment?

20th Amendment.

Which animal is an example of a decapod?

A shrimp or a squid?

Shrimp.

Which religion is closely associated with the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path?

Hinduism or Buddhism?

Buddhism.

The Croatian cities of Split and Dubrovnik lie on the coast of what sea?

Baltic or Adriatic?

Adriatic.

What patriotic song by John Philip Souza is the official march of the United States?

"The Stars and Stripes Forever" or "Semper Fidelis"?

"The Stars and Stripes Forever."

In Greek mythology, who flew too close to the sun with waxen wings?

Was it Daedalus or Icarus?

Icarus is the answer.

(bell ringing) And that's the end of the game.

The winning team, with 1150 points-- North Quincy High School.

Mansfield High School, 1070 points.

Congratulations to both teams on a great journey and a great match.

North Quincy High School now moves on to next week's championship match where they'll take on Andover High School.

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