(upbeat music) - Welcome to "Scholastic HI-Q," the game were knowledge rules.

I'm your host, Ethan Neir, and we have another great show in store for you tonight.

So let's go ahead and introduce our teams.

On the bottom we have Mascoutah with Wyatt, Johanna, Kaylee, and Nolan.

And on the top we have Sesser-Valier with Edin, Edin?

- Edin.

- Edin.

Edin, Bo, Hudson and Emily.

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

We'll start off with some toss up questions.

Each of those will be worth 10 points.

If team gets it right, they'll get to move on to a bonus question, which is worth 20 points.

Although bonus questions can be stolen for 10 points to the other team.

You guys can interrupt me at any time, but if you interrupt me and get the question wrong, it'll be five points to the other team.

So if you're gonna do it, make sure you're right.

With that all out of the way, if you guys are all ready, let's get into the questions.

What felsic rock, which is the intrusive equivalent of rhyolite, makes up most of the continental crust and is sometimes used for countertops.

(buzzer beeps) Wyatt.

- Granite.

- [Ethan] Granite's, correct.

Well done.

- [Johanna] Nice.

- For your bonus, what seven letter word was the name of the medieval region of England where Norse Invaders settled and asserted their own culture and government?

- Nordic.

- [Ethan] Nordic is not the answer we're looking for.

Sesser-Valier, your chance to steal.

- Gaelic.

- Gaelic is also incorrect.

Looking for Danelaw.

Danelaw.

Take us to our next toss up.

What Caribbean country includes the islands of Andros, Great Exuma and New Providence, the last of which contains the capital of Nassau?

(buzzer beeps) Wyatt.

- Bahamas.

- The Bahamas is correct, well done.

Quick on the trigger.

For your bonus, electric flux equals enclosed charge over Epsilon Naught according to what law, whose analog for magnetism assumes no magnetic monopoles?

- No answer.

- [Ethan] No answer.

Sesser-Valier?

- No answer.

- The answer we're looking for was Gauss's Law.

Gauss's Law.

Our next question, John Carpenter was the first American winner of the jackpot on what game show once hosted by Regis Philbin, who lifelines include phone a friend?

(buzzer beeps) Wyatt.

- "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?"

- "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire" is correct.

- [Johanna] Nice.

- The bonus.

The archeological site of L'Anse aux Meadows is on what island, which is the home to the Canadian provincial capital of St. John's?

- Prince Edward Island.

- Prince Edward Island.

- [Ethan] PEI is incorrect.

Sesser-Valier, your chance to steal.

- No answer.

- The answer we're looking for is Newfoundland.

Also home to the Newfie dogs, adorable fluffy dogs.

For your next toss up, what party, which largely absorbed the anti Masonic party had its first two presidents die in office and opposed- (buzzer beeps) Wyatt.

- Wig.

- The wig party's correct.

- [Johanna] Nice.

- Wyatt, very quick on the buzzer so far.

For your bonus, what Union Calvary Commander devastated Virginia's Shenandoah Valley in 1864 and helped trap confederate forces at Appomattox?

- It's Grant.

- Grant.

- [Ethan] Grant is incorrect.

Sesser-Valier.

- Sherman.

- Sherman?

Sherman is incorrect.

The answer we're looking for with Sheridan.

Very close.

And for your next question, our first pencil and paper ready question.

What is the value, in cents, of six coins given the coins include one quarter, three dimes, and two nickels?

(buzzer beeps) Wyatt.

- 75.

- [Ethan] 75 is incorrect.

(buzzer beeps) Hudson.

- 60 cents.

- 60 cents is also incorrect.

It's 65 cents.

65 cents.

And since you guys didn't get that one, we will not move on to that bonus.

We'll take it to another toss up.

What author who wrote about the marriage of Jack Potter in his story "The Bride Comes To Yellow Sky" wrote the novel, "The Red Badge Of Courage."

(buzzer beeps) Wyatt.

- Crane.

- Stephen Crane's correct.

Well done.

For your bonus, what city where Amazon canceled plans to build its HQ 2 campus contains an Amazon warehouse that was unionized by Christian Smalls in 2022?

- New York.

- New York City is correct.

Well done, Johanna.

And with that outta the way, we'll take it to our first media question.

This flag belongs to the country that is located- (buzzer beeps) - Italy.

- Italy is correct.

Well done.

And because that was a media question, there is no bonus.

So we'll just take it back to toss ups.

What European country whose traditional dishes include paprikash and goulash?

(buzzer beeps) Wyatt.

- Hungry.

- Hungry is correct.

- [Johanna] Nice.

- For your bonus, the shepherd, Gabriel Oak, wishes to marry landowner Bathsheba Everdene in want Thomas Hardy novel whose title refers to its rural setting?

- "Tess of the d'Urbervilles."

- Go ahead.

- "Tess of the d'Urbervilles."

- That is incorrect.

- No answer.

- The answer we're looking for was "Far From The Madding Crowd."

Back to the toss ups.

What country, which joined Argentina and Uruguay in the war of The Triple Alliance, had two emperors named Pedro and was a former- (buzzer beeps) Wyatt.

- Brazil.

- Brazil is correct.

For your bonus, pencil and paper ready.

What integer can be expressed in scientific notation as 4 times 10 raised to the eighth power?

- 400 billion.

- [Ethan] 400 Billion is incorrect.

Sesser-Valier, your chance to steal and get on the board.

- 400 Million.

- 400 Million is correct.

Well done.

Getting the steal and getting yourself on the board and we'll take it to another toss up.

What sculptor who created "Man With The Broken Nose" names- (buzzer beeps) Wyatt.

- Rodan.

- Rodan is correct.

For your bonus, what Greek God made the first horse, carried a trident, and ruled the seas?

- Poseidon.

Poseidon.

- Yeah, Poseidon.

One of the few questions on this list so far that I've known the answer to so well done.

For your next toss up, what city whose territory includes the glass making island of Murano was once ruled by Doges and has gondolas traversing its many canals?

(buzzer beeps) - Venice.

- Venice is correct.

Well done.

For your bonus, what French novella is named after a childlike character who uproots Baobab trees that threaten the asteroid where he lives?

- "The Little Prince."

- "The Little Prince" is correct.

Well done.

I get the feeling that that was kind of a shot in the dark.

- [Johanna] I read it in middle school.

- Okay.

Okay.

So reaching into the deep recesses of your memory there.

I get it.

For the next toss up, what British author imagined a damsel with a dulcimer and wrote about caves of ice with a sunny pleasure dome at Xanadu in his poem, "Kubla Khan"?

(buzzer beeps) Wyatt.

- Coleridge.

- Coleridge is correct.

Well done.

For the bonus, what Portuguese speaking country is governed from Maputo and lies due west of Madagascar?

- Mozambique.

- Mozambique.

- Mozambique is correct.

For the next toss up, pencil and paper ready.

What is the measure of the third angle of a triangle whose other two angles measure 105 degrees and 55 degrees respectively?

(buzzer beeps) Hudson.

- 20 degrees.

- 20 degrees is correct.

Well done.

For your bonus, what alias is used by jewel thief, Selena Kyle, who first appeared in a 1940 issue of Batman?

- Catwoman.

- Catwoman is correct.

And with that we'll take it to another media question.

Known for her time on Disney's "Bizaardvark" and "High School Musical The Musical"- (buzzer beeps) Hudson.

- Olivia Rodriguez.

- Olivia Rodriguez is correct.

♪ Car ride ♪ - And we'll take it back to the toss ups.

What policy enacted by Executive Order 9066 created Tule Lake, Manzanar, and other camps- (buzzer beeps) Wyatt.

- Japanese internment camps.

- Japanese American internment camps is correct.

Well done.

- [Johanna] That's what I was thinking.

- For your bonus, what car brand, whose mid-size SUVs are sold as RX models, was the first Japanese luxury car made to launch in the US and is a division of Toyota?

- Lexus.

- Lexus is correct.

- [Wyatt] Nice.

- Well done there.

For your next question, what adjective, which proceeds dark in the title of an Nintendo 64 FPS, describes numbers such as six and 28 and is a synonym of immaculate?

(buzzer beeps) Nolan.

- Perfect.

- Perfect is correct.

I gotta ask, did you guys get the first part of the question, know anything about the N64 game or was it just the back half is where you picked up?

Okay, I once again feeling so old that I know what perfect dark is.

For your bonus, I am requiring two answers for this.

What two biochemists name the standard pairing of bases that hold strands of DNA together?

- No answer.

- [Ethan] No answer.

Sesser-Valier, the chance to steal.

- No answer.

- Answer we're looking for was James Watson and Francis Crick.

Back to the toss ups.

In June, 2022, what federal agency cited safety concerns in banning sales of Juul e-cigarettes and improved infant versions of- (buzzer beeps) Wyatt.

- FDA.

- FDA is correct.

For your bonus, Henri is the reigning Grand Duke of what small European country that shares the border with Germany, France, and Belgium?

- Netherlands.

- [Ethan] Netherlands is incorrect.

Sesser-Valier, your chances steal.

- Luxembourg.

- [Ethan] Luxembourg is correct.

- Okay.

- Back to the toss ups.

What conflict in which Charles Gordon led the ever victorious army against a man who claimed to be Jesus' brother occurred during the Qing dynasty?

(buzzer buzzes) So you guys are all at a time.

The answer we're looking for was the Taiping Rebellion.

On to the next toss up.

What structure in the human eye has a phobia with a high concentration of cones and transmits information to the brain via the optic- (buzzer beeps) - Retina.

- Retina is correct.

Well don, Johanna.

- [Wyatt] Nice.

- For your bonus, what economists used trade between Britain and Portugal to describe comparative advantage in 1917s on principles of political economy and taxation?

- Ricardo.

- Ricardo is correct.

And with that we'll take it to our lightning round.

(thunder claps) I know very high brow fancy sound effects that we have for lightning round.

Listen, there's a big budget for PBS show is all I'm saying.

All right, so the way the lightning round works is each team will have 60 seconds to answer as many questions as they can about a particular topic.

So Sesser-Valier, since you guys are trailing, you will have the chance to pick your topic first.

Your choices are T in anatomy, national parks, alliterative comic book characters, and Missourians.

- Alliterative comic book characters.

- Alliterative comic book characters it is.

Let me read out the full description for you.

Identify these comic book characters with alliterative names.

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

Three, two, one.

Peter, Spider-Man's alter ego.

I wonder who it could be.

- Peter Parker.

- [Ethan] Yeah.

Female hero with the Lasso of Truth?

- Wonder Woman.

- [Ethan] That's correct.

Rival of Superman played in movies by Jesse Eisenberg?

- Lex Luther.

- [Ethan] That's correct.

Animal companion of Groot?

- Rocket Raccoon.

- [Ethan] That's correct.

Harold of Galactus whose original name was Norrin Radd?

- Silver Surfer.

- [Ethan] That's correct.

Tony Stark's primary love interest who's also uses the name Rescue?

- Pepper Potts.

- [Ethan] That's correct.

Alter ego of the Winter Soldier?

- Bucky Barnes.

- [Ethan] That's correct.

Head of the Daily Bugle generally depicted as hating Spiderman?

- Jay Jonah Jameson.

- [Ethan] That's correct.

Detective who marries Luke Cage?

- Jessica Jones.

- [Ethan] That's correct.

Name used by Sally Jupiter and her daughter in the "Watchman"?

You guys could normally pass, but this is the last question so.

(suspenseful music) The name used by Sally Jupiter and her daughter in "Watchman"?

(buzzer buzzes) So you guys are all out of time.

The answer we're looking for was Silk Specter, but I mean, killing it on every other question.

Totally didn't almost give you the answer for the first one.

You should know who Spiderman's alter, you guys, you guys know that.

That's not that bad.

All right, Mascoutah, now it's your guys' turn.

I'll re read your topics for you.

You guys, your choices are national parks, Missourians and T in anatomy.

- We're gonna go with T in anatomy.

- T in anatomy it is.

Give these anatomical terms beginning with the letter T. 60 seconds on the clock and I'll count you down.

Three, two, one.

Mouth organ covered in tastebuds?

- Tongue.

- [Ethan] Tongue is correct.

First digit on the hand?

- Thumb.

- [Ethan] Thumb is correct.

Anatomical name for the shin bone?

- Tibia.

- [Ethan] Tibia is correct.

Lymphatic throat organs often removed in children?

- Tonsils.

- [Ethan] Tonsils correct.

Tissue that connects muscle to bone?

- Tendon - [Ethan] Tendon is correct.

Endocrine gland affected in Graves Disease?

- Thyroid.

- [Ethan] Thyroid's correct.

Three part muscle response for elbow extension, responsible for elbow extension?

- Pass.

- Tricep.

- [Ethan] Triceps's correct.

Male gonad where sperm is produced?

- Testicles.

- [Ethan] Testicles is correct.

Lobe of the brain that processes sensory information?

- Thalamus.

- [Ethan] Thalamus is incorrect.

Immune system organ located behind the breast bone?

- Pass.

- [Ethan] That is the last one you guys have to answer, so.

(suspenseful music) - Trachea.

- Trachea is incorrect and you're also about to run outta time anyways.

So the lobe of the brain that processes sensory information is temporal and immune system organ located behind the breast bone is thymus.

Thymus.

I'm with you there Johanna.

I've never heard of that in my entire life.

So with that outta the way, let's take a look at our score.

I mean Mascoutah, I think you guys excessively both went even on the lightning round.

So I don't think any score actually changed, but it is now 150 for Sesser-Valier and 350 for Mascoutah.

So trailing but still got the back half of the game.

No reason you can't catch up.

Back to our toss ups.

What city who was first NFL team moved to Tennessee in 1997?

(buzzer beeps) Wyatt.

- Houston.

- Houston's correct.

Well done.

For your bonus, what German physicist discovered a loop rule and a junction rule that can be used to analyze voltage and currents in circuits?

- Is that Ampere?

- Go ahead.

- Ampere.

- Ampere is incorrect.

Sesser-Valier, a chance to steal.

- No answer.

- The answer we're looking for is Gustav Kirchhoff and Kirchhoff's Laws.

And with that we'll take it to another media question.

This- - "Stephen Universe."

- All right, well you can at least lemme say the question Wyatt, Jesus.

Yes, Stephen Universe is correct.

And we'll take it back to the toss ups.

What composers hymn "I Vow To Thee My Country"- (buzzer beeps) Wyatt.

- Holst.

- Gustav Holst is correct.

For your bonus, the Roman emperor Claudius wrote a history of what neighboring people and early rival of the Romans who settled the cities of Veii and Tarquin?

- Is that like Carthage?

- Go ahead.

- Carthage.

- [Ethan] Carthage is incorrect.

- Germanic Tribes.

- Germanic Tribes is also incorrect.

And Jesse, this is the one that we went over at the lunch table before coming here.

It is Etruscans.

Etruscans.

Back to the toss ups.

What non-conservative force whose magnitude is often modeled as a name sake coefficient times the normal force is reduced by- (buzzer beeps) Johanna.

- Friction.

- Friction is correct.

It isn't reduced by Johanna, it's reduced by friction.

For the bonus, residents of what West Coast city led by Mayor London Breed voted to recall progressive District Attorney Chesa Boudin in a 2022 election?

That's Chesa Boudin.

- San Francisco.

- [Ethan] San Francisco is correct.

Well done.

- Nice.

- Your next toss up, what English born explorer of the future New York sailed the half moon was marooned in a 1610 mutiny and is the namesake of a massive bay in Canada?

(buzzer beeps) Wyatt.

- Hudson - Henry Hudson's correct.

For your bonus, what author of the autobiography "Black Boy" wrote a novel that depicts the trial of Bigger Thomas?

- Wright.

- Richard Wright is correct.

Well done.

For your next question, what biblical character was hidden by his mother Jochebed- (buzzer beeps) - Moses.

- Moses is correct.

The bonus question to that, the US Constitution is based partly on the oral constitution of what confederacy of Native American tribes?

- Iroquois.

- Iroquois is correct.

Well done.

Your next toss up, which Zodiac constellation contains the black hole at the center of the Milky Way depicts a centar with a bow and is sometimes called- (buzzer beeps) Nolan.

- Taurus.

- [Ethan] Taurus is incorrect and is sometimes called the Archer?

(buzzer beeps) - Sagittarius.

- Sagittarius is correct.

Well done.

And for your bonus, pencil and paper ready.

What decimal is equivalent to the fraction at 31 over 40 given that 30 over 40 equals 0.75?

(buzzer buzzes) I'm sorry, you guys are all out of time.

Mascoutah, you can keep writing and you do have the chance to steal.

- 0.775.

- 0.775 is correct.

Well done.

Back to the toss ups, what country whose Cape Regina is sacred to its indigenous people has two main islands, north and south island?

(buzzer beeps) Wyatt.

- New Zealand.

- New Zealand is correct.

For your bonus, what poem that describes life as a darkling plain where ignorant armies clash is by Matthew Arnold and is named for a location on the British coast?

- Dover Beach.

- Dover Beach is correct.

And that'll take us to another media question.

This- (buzzer beeps) - Skip me.

(everyone laughs) - I'll read the full question then.

This American rapper and producer is also known as Bobby Tarantino and Young Sinatra.

One of his most popular songs is 1-800-273-8255, which reached number three on the US billboard Hot 100.

Name this rapper.

(buzzer beeps) Kaylee.

- Logic.

- [Ethan] Logic is correct.

- Nice.

- I was waiting for nobody to buzz in and then say nobody could relate 'cause that's a lyric from the song and I'm clever.

All right, and since you guys got that right I should take that, oh no that was a media question.

I don't have to take that back out.

We'll move on to another toss up.

What country was home to the poet of "Sonnets Of Death" Gabriela (buzzer beeps) Wyatt.

- Chile.

- Chile is correct.

For your bonus, what nationalistic political faction deposed Sultan Abdu Hamid II in 1909 in its efforts to bring a liberal reforms to the late Ottoman Empire?

- What are they asking for?

- I have no idea.

- No answer.

- [Ethan] No answer.

Sesser-Valier, your chance to steal.

- No answer.

- It is now the name of a TV station, it's the Young Turks.

And with that we'll take it to another toss up.

What director depicted a search for gold in Vietnam and a Colorado detective posing as white on the phone in his films "Da 5 Bloods" and "BlackkKlansman"?

(buzzer buzzes) So you guys are all out of time.

The answer we're looking for was Spike Lee, the director of "BlackkKlansman."

Your next toss up, what composer who wrote "The Chorus Of The Hebrew Slaves For"- (buzzer beeps) Wyatt.

- Verdi.

- Verdi is correct.

Well done.

For your bonus, Yekaterinburg lies on the east side of what Russian mountain range that formed part of the boundary between Asia and Europe?

- Ural.

- The Ural Mountains is correct.

Back to the toss ups.

What linear tri-atomic molecule, which is produced with water in complete combustion of methane forms the bubbles in carbonated beverages?

(buzzer beeps) - Co2.

- Co2 is correct.

Well done.

For your bonus, what two countries who's joining was banned by the Treaty of Versailles were unified by the 1938 Anschluss.

- Russia and Germany.

- [Ethan] Russia and Germany is incorrect.

Mascoutah a chance to steal.

- Austria and Hungary.

Austria and Hungary - Austria Hungary is incorrect.

It's Austria and Germany.

So I mean both of you guys got there.

You both have one half.

That's five points a team.

I can't make that rule, but I'm gonna make that rule, five points a team.

For the next toss up, what author included a speech about the first mover in a story about the rivals Palamon and Arcite, which the knight narrates in "The Canterbury Tales."

(buzzer beeps) Wyatt.

- Chauncer.

- Chauncer is correct.

For your bonus, a 1973 painting by Jacque-Lois David depicts the death of what propagandist of the French Revolution?

- Marat.

- Marat is correct.

Back to the toss ups.

What British Prime Minister was replaced by Anthony Eden in 1955 and by Clement Attlee in 1945 after leading the UK for most of World War II?

(buzzer beeps) - Winston Churchill.

- Winston Churchill's correct.

Well done.

For your bonus, which English philosopher and proponent of empiricism presented a version of the scientific method in his 1620 treatise, Novum Organum?

- Nostradamus.

- [Ethan] Nostradamus is incorrect.

- Aquinas.

Aquinas.

- Aquinas also incorrect.

The answer is Francis Bacon.

Francis Bacon.

Back to the toss ups.

What polymer, which a Chinese team led by Cai Tao, synthesized without cells in 2021 consists of linked to glucose units and stores energy in potatoes?

(buzzer beeps) - Starch.

- Starch is correct.

Well done.

For your bonus, what extremely toxic normal gas causes lung cancer and often accumulates in basements.

- Methane.

- [Ethan] Methane is incorrect.

Mascoutah, had a chance to steal.

- Radon.

- Radon is correct.

Well done.

For your toss up, what author whose pet Boatswain, Boatswain inspired his epitaph to a dog, also wrote the humorous 1819 epic "Don Juan" and was a British romantic poet and Lord.

(buzzer beeps) - Lord Byron.

- Lord Byron is correct.

For your bonus, tone color is another term for what musical quality, the unique sound that distinguishes different musical instruments and voices from one another?

- Octave.

- [Ethan] Octave is incorrect.

Sesser-Valier, your chance to steal.

- Pitch.

- Pitch is incorrect.

The answer is timbre.

Timbre.

Next toss up, what phenomena has missense and frame shift varieties- (buzzer beeps) Wyatt.

- Mutation.

- Mutation's correct.

For your bonus, what Vice President under Jimmy Carter won only DC and his home state of Minnesota while losing the 1984 presidential election to Ronald Reagan?

- Mondale.

Mondale.

- Mondale's correct.

Well done.

On to our next toss up, what God is the rival of the Jaguar God, Tezcatlipoca.

(buzzer beeps) - Quetzalcoatl.

- Quetzalcoatl is correct.

Well done.

And I'm not gonna lie, don't think I nailed that first pronunciation, but we tried our best.

For your bonus, the ferryman Vasudeva teaches wisdom to the title character who shares a name with the Buddha in what novel by German writer Herman Hesse?

- Siddhartha.

- Siddartha is correct.

(doorbell rings) And with that bell, that means that is gonna be all the questions we have time for today.

So let's take a look at our score.

We're ending with Sesser-Valier at 195 and Mascoutah at 675.

So I mean, Wyatt, Johanna, and Kaylee, and Nolan, you guys really just took the wheel and didn't let go, well done.

So that is gonna be all the time we have for on today's show.

for all of our lovely contestants here today and all the people working hard behind the camera, I'm Ethan Neir.

Thank you so much and goodnight.

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