- Welcome to the studios of WCMU Public Television.

And on this episode of "Quiz Central", it's a second round game between Traverse City Central and Mt.

Pleasant High School coming up right after this.

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- [Matthew] Let's get today's match underway.

Here's your first question on "Quiz Central".

- Teddy Roosevelt.

- [Matthew] That is correct.

- Crimson.

- [Matthew] Yes, that answer is correct.

- Patella.

- [Matthew] Correct.

Traverse City Central congratulations on being our season 15 champions.

(audience clapping) Hello everyone, I'm Matthew Ozanich, and welcome to the 16th season of "Quiz Central".

We're well into the second round of our tournament as two more teams for Michigan High Schools join us today.

This week, the Red Division takes center stage as Traverse City Central goes up against Mt.

Pleasant.

For this season of "Quiz Central", our two teams will be independently challenged with the same set of questions.

At the end of four rounds, the team that answers the most questions correctly will advance to the next round.

At the end of the season, four "Quiz Central" seniors will receive a book scholarship provided by the CMU Bookstore.

So without further ado, let's get today's match underway.

Our first round is the Maroon and Gold Rush.

Each team will have two minutes to answer as many questions as they can, each correct answer is worth 10 points, and there is no point reduction for incorrect answers.

Students will be able to consult with their teammates on each question, but we'll be taking final answers solely from the teams' captains.

Traverse City Central, here comes your first question in today's Maroon and Gold Rush round: What European kingdom was ruled during the Middle Ages by the Piast dynasty under monarchs like Casimir the Great?

- Pass.

- [Matthew] Pass, on to the next question.

Which English King who signed the Treaty of Perpetual Peace with Scotland beat Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth to establish the Tudor dynasty?

- William the Conqueror.

- [Matthew] Incorrect, on to the next question.

In what state in 2020 did incumbent congressman Steve King, who had been condemned for supporting white supremacy, lose a primary to Randy Feenstra?

- New York.

- [Matthew] New York is incorrect, on to the next question.

What bio-molecules whose complex types consists of polymers are named after their chemical composition, which resembles a multiple of CH2O?

- [Traverse Student] Sugars.

- Sugars, carbohydrates.

- [Matthew] Carbohydrates, I can accept that, that's correct, on to the next question.

Inserting a dielectric increases the strength of what circuit component that stores charge often on parallel plates?

- Battery.

- [Matthew] Battery is incorrect, on to the next question.

What team, which in 2019, signed running back Latavius Murray to play with Alvin Kamara, is led by quarterback Drew Brees and plays in Louisiana?

- Saints, New Orleans Saints.

- [Matthew] New Orleans Saints is correct.

Shelby County versus Holder partly held unconstitutional what 1965 law which was intended to help African-Americans secure suffrage?

- [Benjamin] Voting rights?

- Voting Rights Act.

- [Matthew] Voting Rights Act is correct.

What state once saw 231 mile per hour wind gust at top Mount Washington within its White Mountains, formerly the site of The Old Man of the Mountain?

- South Dakota.

- [Matthew] South Dakota is incorrect.

What genre of composition in which Ludwig van Beethoven wrote five works including the emperor (bell rings) is scored for, oh, sorry, we're not gonna be able to finish that question because that bell signifies the end of the round.

Traverse City Central you were able to get three questions correct in your Maroon and Gold Rush round, which gives you a total of 30 points, one round into this episode of "Quiz Central".

Let's go ahead and take a look at those questions that you missed or were incorrectly answered.

The European kingdom that was ruled under monarchs like Casimir the Great was Poland.

The English King who signed the Treaty of Perpetual Peace with Scotland, we were looking for Henry VII.

That state that in 2020 Steve King lost a primary to Randy Feenstra, well, that was in Iowa.

Inserting a dielectric increases the strength of what circuit component?

That was a capacitor, or a condenser, is what we're looking for there.

The state that is home to Mount Washington and the White Mountains was New Hampshire.

All right, Mount Pleasant, it's your turn, here comes your first question in today's Maroon and Gold Rush: What European kingdom was ruled during the Middle Ages by the Piast dynasty under monarchs like Casimir the Great?

- You have any Roose?

- Higher nation though.

Russia.

- [Matthew] Russia is incorrect, on to the next question.

Which English King who signed the Treaty of Perpetual Peace with Scotland beat Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth to establish the Tudor dynasty?

- Henry VII.

- Henry VII.

- [Matthew] Henry VII is correct.

In what state in 2020 did incumbent congressman Steve King, who had been condemned for supporting white supremacy, lose a primary to Randy Feenstra?

- Massachusetts.

- [Matthew] Massachusetts is incorrect, on to the next question.

What bio-molecules whose complex type consists of polymers are named after their chemical composition, which resembles a multiple of CH2O?

- Hydrocarbons.

- [Matthew] Hydrocarbons is incorrect, on to the next question.

Inserting a dielectric increases the strength of what circuit component that stores charge often on parallel plates?

- Battery.

- [Matthew] No, battery is incorrect, on to the next question.

What team, which in 2019, signed running back Latavius Murray to play with Alvin Kamara, is led by quarterback Drew Brees?

- New Orleans Saints - [Matthew] New Orleans Saints is correct.

Shelby County versus Holder partly held unconstitutional what 1965 law which was intended to help African-Americans secure suffrage?

- Civil Rights Act.

- [Matthew] Civil Rights Act is incorrect, on to (bell rings) the next question.

Oh, actually we will not make it to the next question, 'cause that bell signifies the end of the round.

Mt.

Pleasant High School, you were able to get two correct questions in that round, which gives you a total after the first round of 20 points.

Let's go ahead and take a look at those questions that we missed or were incorrectly answered.

The European Kingdom that was ruled during the Middle Ages by monarchs like Casimir the Great was Poland, Poland was the one we were looking for there.

The state that in 2020, Steve King lost to Randy Feenstra, that was in Iowa.

The bio-molecules that resembles a multiple of CH2O, carbohydrates, or sugars as well, We also could have accepted there.

The inserting of a dielectric increases the strength of what circuit component?

We were looking for a capacitor, capacitor on that one.

And Shelby County versus Holder partly upheld unconstitutional the Voting Rights Act of 1965, is the one we were looking for there.

Let's take a moment now and meet our contestants from each of today's schools.

We'll begin with today's competitors from Traverse City Central.

- Hi, my name is Henry Husky, I'm a senior at Traverse City Central, and I do our school's morning announcements.

- Hi, my name is George, and I'm also senior from Traverse City Central High School, and I love to play basketball.

- Hi, my name's Benjamin McGuire, I'm a junior from Traverse City Central, and I like to do robotics.

- Hi, I'm Mac Chung, I am also a senior from Traverse City Central, and I like to play football.

- All right, thank you Traverse City Central.

Now let's meet our next team in today's competition, the students from Mt.

Pleasant High School, take it away.

- My name is Kevin Zimmer.

I am a junior at Mt.

Pleasant High School, and I am on the cross country and work teams.

- Hello, my name is Jackson Pellis, I'm a freshmen at Mt.

Pleasant High School, and I'm on the JV soccer team.

- Hi, my name is Ben Melton, I'm a senior at Mt.

Pleasant High School, I play the violin, and I'm also on the soccer team.

- Hi, my name's Arvin, I'm a senior at Mt.

Pleasant High School, and I do BPA and Student Senate.

- All right, well, now that we've had a chance to meet everyone, let's head into the next round of competition, the Perfect Ten.

In this round, each team will be given a category, and they'll have 60 seconds to answer as many questions as they can.

Teams can still consult on each question, but I'll be taking final answers from our captains.

So Traverse City Central, your category in today's Perfect Ten round is women in science, answer the following about women in science.

Let's put 60 seconds on the clock, Traverse City Central here comes your first question in today's Perfect Ten.

Her namesake institution studies chimpanzees in Tanzania?

- Goodall.

- [Matthew] Goodall is correct.

Discoverer of radium and polonium?

- Curie.

- [Matthew] Curie is correct.

Lise Meitner studied this process of Adam's splitting apart.

- Fission.

- [George] Fission.

- [Matthew] Fission is correct.

Maud Menten study the kinetics of these protein catalysts.

- Enzymes.

- [Matthew] Enzymes is correct.

"Hidden Figures" profiled this agency's women computers.

- NASA?

- NASA, yeah, NASA.

- [Matthew] NASA is correct.

This woman's photo 51 helped show DNA's structure.

- Oh, I would pass it.

- Pass.

- [Matthew] Pass, on to the next question.

Polymer discovered by Stephanie Kwolek used in bulletproof vests.

- Oh, oh, that's- - Kevlar.

- [Benjamin] Kevlar, yeah.

- [Matthew] Kevlar is correct.

Maryam Mirzakhani won the Fields Medal in this field in 2014?

- Mathematics.

(bell rings) - [Matthew] Mathematics is correct, and just beat the bell there, so Traverse City Central did great in that Perfect Ten round, let's count them up, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven correct answers for a total of 70 points, which brings your total, after two rounds, to 100 points.

You only missed one in that Perfect Ten round, this woman's photo 51 helps show DNA structure, that was Rosalind Franklin, Rosalind Franklin was the name we were looking for there.

All right, Mt.

Pleasant you're up, here comes your first question in today's Perfect Ten: Her namesake institute studies chimpanzees in Tanzania - Jackson anything?

- I read an article about her National Geographic.

- Did you know it?

- Just pass- - Pass.

- [Matthew] Pass, on to the next question.

Discoverer of radium and polonium.

(Mt.

Pleasant students chattering) - Marie Curie.

- [Matthew] Marie Curie is correct.

Lise Meitner studied this process of Adam's splitting apart.

- Fission.

- Fission.

- [Matthew] Fisson is correct.

Maud menten studied the kinetics of these protein catalysts.

- Pass.

- [Matthew] Pass, on to the next question.

"Hidden Figures" profiled this agency's women computers.

- [Jackson] NASA.

- NASA.

- [Matthew] NASA is correct.

This woman's photo 51 helped show DNA's structure.

- Oh, Rosalind- - Rosalind Franklin.

- [Matthew] Rosalind Franklin is correct.

Polymer discovered by Stephanie Kwolek used in bulletproof vests.

- [Ben] Kevlar.

- Kevlar.

- [Matthew] Kevlar is correct.

(bell rings) Oh, we're not able to get to that last question 'cause that bell signifies the end of the round.

Mt.

Pleasant High School you were able to get five correct in that Perfect Ten, which brings your second round total to 70 points.

So let's go ahead and take a look at those questions that we missed in today's Perfect Ten.

Her namesake institute that studies chimpanzees in Tanzania, Jane Goodall, Jane Goodall was the name you needed there.

Maud Menten studied the kinetics of these protein catalysts, we were looking for enzymes, and we didn't get to that last question, so that was the only two you missed.

Well, with two rounds in the books thus far, Traverse City Central is in the lead with 100 points, and Mount Pleasant is trailing with a score of 70, but there's a lot of questions still to come as we head into our third round of the day, the Homestretch round.

I'll be asking each team a series of questions, and the teams will be able to consult with each other, but I'll be taking final answers from the teams' captains.

Traverse City Central, here comes your first question in today's Homestretch round: The great dying and extinction event that killed over 95% of Marine life came at the end of what period that proceeded the Triassic Period?

- Jurassic.

- [Matthew] Jurassic is incorrect, on to the next question.

What structure was nationalized in 1956 by Gamal Abdel Nasser, leading British and French forces to invade Egypt and its namesake crisis?

- Red Sea.

- [Matthew] Red Sea is incorrect, on to the next question.

In AD 402, the capital of the Western Roman Empire moved to what Northern City that was subsequently the capital of Ostrogothic and Byzantine, Italy?

- Constantinople.

- Constantinople.

- [Matthew] Constantinople is incorrect, on to the next question.

- No.

- [Matthew] What mathematician who proved there are infinitely many primes and stated the parallel postulate in his elements is called the Father of Geometry?

- Euclid.

- Euclid.

- [Matthew] Euclid is correct.

The Ancient Egyptian deities Apis and Hathor were represented respectively by male and female versions of what animal?

- Cat.

- [Matthew] Cat is incorrect, on to the next question.

John Roebling designed what pioneering steel wire suspension bridge, which crosses the East River to link Manhattan with its namesake borough?

- Brooklyn Bridge.

- [Matthew] The Brooklyn Bridge is correct.

What term from the Greek for measuring the people refers to the statistical study of populations and subgroups?

- Demographics.

- [Matthew] Demographics is correct.

What method first used in 1890 to execute William Kemmler became controversial to do George Westinghouse and Thomas Edison's war of the currents?

- Electric chair.

- [George] Electric chair.

- [Matthew] Electric chair is correct.

What English poet's return to the landscape surrounding the River Wye inspired his 1798 poem, "Tintern Abbey"?

- William Wordsworth - Oh Wordsworth?

- [Matthew] William Wordsworth is correct.

What novel in which Maria gets a job at a canned painting factory and Jurgis Rudkus works in the Chicago meat packing industry is by Upton Sinclair?

- The Jungle.

- [Matthew] The Jungle is correct.

Bonn and Cologne were the end points of the first of what German roadways noted for their lack of speed- - Autobahn.

- [Benjamin] Autobahn.

- [Matthew] The Autobahn is correct.

What country is the setting of the paintings of Fine Wind, Clear Morning, and The Great Wave off Kanagawa, which both depict Mount Fuji?

- Japan - [Matthew] Japan is correct.

Which English King, the father of Edward the Black Prince, led England during the Black Death.

- Is it John?

- Edward.

- [Matthew] I'm gonna need you to be more specific.

- Edward II.

- [Matthew] Edward II is incorrect, on to the next... (bell ring) Oh, actually we're not gonna get to the next question because that bell signified the end of the round.

But Traverse City Central one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, correct answers in your Homestretch round, which brings your round three total to 180 points.

Let's go ahead and take a look at those questions that you missed or were unanswered during your Homestretch round.

The great dying that took place right before the Triassic Period, that period we were looking for was the Permian, the Permian Period.

That structure that was nationalized in 1956, the Suez Canal is the one we were looking for there.

The capital of Western Roman Empire, the town where the city we were looking for was Ravenna, Ravenna was the one we were looking for there.

The ancient Egyptian deities Apis and Hathor were represented by a cow, or a cattle, for that one there.

And then that very last one, you were close, you said Edward II, we're actually looking for Edward III, he was the English King who was the father of Edward the Black Prince, Edward III.

So Traverse City Central, after the three rounds, you have 180 points.

All right, now Mt.

Pleasant High School is up, here comes your first question in the Homestretch round: The great dying in extinction event that killed over 95% of Marine life came at the end of what period that proceeded the Triassic Period?

- It was the Permian.

- The Permian.

- [Matthew] Permian is correct.

What structure was nationalized in 1956 by Gamal Abdel Nasser, leading British and French forces to invade Egypt in its namesake crisis?

- The Suez Canal.

- Suez Canal.

- Suez Canal.

- [Matthew] Suez Canal is correct.

In AD 402, the capital of the Western Roman Empire moved to what Northern City, that was subsequently the capital of Ostrogothic and Byzantine, Italy?

- Venice.

- [Matthew] Venice is incorrect, on to the next question.

What mathematician who proved there are infinitely many primes and stated the parallel postulate in his elements is called the father of geometry?

- Euclid.

- Euclid.

- [Matthew] Euclid is correct.

The ancient Egyptian deities Apis and Hathor were represented respectively by male and female versions of what animal?

- Jackals?

- Jackals.

- [Matthew] Jackals is incorrect, on to the next question.

John Roebling designed what pioneering steel wire suspension bridge, which crosses the East River to link Manhattan with its namesake borough?

- Brooklyn Bridge.

- Brooklyn Bridge.

- [Matthew] Brooklyn Bridge is correct.

What term from the Greek for measuring the people refers to the statistical study of populations and subgroups?

- Demographics.

- [Matthew] Demographics is correct.

What method first used in 1890 to execute William Kemmler became controversial due to George Westinghouse and Thomas Edison's war of the currents?

- Electric chair.

- [Matthew] The electric chair is correct.

What English poet's return to the landscape surrounding the River Wye inspired his 1798 poem "Tintern Abbey"?

- Pass.

- Pass.

- [Matthew] Pass, on to the next question.

What novel in which Maria gets a job at a canned painting factory, and Jurgis Rudkus works in the Chicago meatpacking industry is by Upton Sinclair jungle.

- It's the Jungle.

- The Jungle.

- [Matthew] The jungle is correct.

Bonn and Cologne were the end points of the first of what German roadways noted for their lack of speed limit?

- The Autobahn.

- [Jackson] The Autobahn.

- [Matthew] The Autobahn is correct.

What country is the setting of the paintings of Fine Wind, Clear Morning, and The Great Wave off Kanagawa, which both depict Mount Fuji?

- Japan.

- [Ben] Japan.

- [Matthew] Japan is correct.

Which English King, the father of Edward the Black Prince, led England during the Black Death?

- William II.

- [Matthew] William II is incorrect, on to he next question.

All six trigonometric functions are examples (bell rings) Oh, sorry, we're not gonna be able to finish that question 'cause bell signifies the end of the round, which brings your total, after three rounds, to 160 points.

Let's go ahead and take a look at those questions that we missed during the Homestretch round.

In AD 402, the capital of Western Roman Empire was moved to Ravenna, Ravenna was the town we were looking for there.

The Egyptian deities Apis and Hathor were represented by cows.

The English poet's return to the landscape surrounding the River Wye, and the author of "Tintern Abbey", was William Wordsworth, the one we were looking for there.

And the English King who led England during the Black Death, we were looking for Edward III.

Well with a tight score of Traverse City Central 180 and Mt.

Pleasant 160, we now head into the final countdown.

Contestants will have two minutes to answer as many questions as they can.

Each correct answer is still worth 10 points.

Teams can consult on each question, and answers will be coming from the team's captain.

Traverse City Central, here comes your first question in today's final countdown: At what point, which may or may not coincide with the equivalence point, does the indicator change color or react in a titration?

- Neutrality.

- Neutrality.

- [Matthew] Neutrality is incorrect, on to the next question.

What Island chain, who's Southernmost Island is Guam, is the namesake of a trench containing Challenger Deep, the lowest point on the Earth's crust.

- Mariana.

- [George] Mariana.

- [Matthew] Mariana's final answer?

- Yes.

- [Matthew] Correct, on to the next question.

What number of electrons in a filled piece of shell is also the number of carbon atoms in a molecule of benzene, and the atomic number of carbon?

- It's a, no.

- Six.

- Six.

- Six, six final.

- [Matthew] Six is correct.

What Republican, who lost the 1916 presidential election to Woodrow Wilson, later served as chief justice of the Supreme court from 1930 to 1941.

- He was one of those- - Hughes.

- [George] Controversial - [Matthew] Hughes?

Is that what I heard?

- Yeah, yes- - [Matthew] Hughes?

Hughes is correct.

What man wrote the 2016 book "Born a Crime" which describes his youth and apartheid South Africa?

- Trevor Noah.

- [Matthew] Trevor Noah is correct, on to the next question.

What author described a platoon of soldiers led by Lieutenant Jimmy Cross in the Vietnam War in his short story collection, "The Things They Carried" - Pass.

- [Matthew] No answer, on to the next question.

What author described all life in Babylon becoming subsumed to a Lottery and a structure containing all possible books in his collection "Ficciones".

- Pass.

- [Matthew] Pass, on to the next question.

What billionaire, who co-founded the brain-machine interface company Neuralink also founded SpaceX and the electric car company Tesla.

- Elon Musk.

- [Matthew] Elon Musk is correct, on to the next question.

In 2015, Deaf West Theatre produced a sign language Broadway revival of what 2006 (bell rigs) rock musical.

Oh, I'm sorry, the bell rang, so we are not gonna be able to get to the end of that question.

All right, so Traverse City Central, let's take a look at those questions that we missed or were unanswered during your final countdown.

At what point that may or may not coincide with the equivalence point, we were looking for the end point there.

The author of "The Things They Carried" was Tim O'Brien.

And then also that author who wrote in his collection "Ficciones" Jorge Luis Borges was what we were looking for there.

And then that last one was Spring Awakening, but we didn't get to the end of that.

So Traverse City Central, after four rounds of competition, you finished this episode of "Quiz Central" with 230 points.

Now Mt.

Pleasant High School, here comes your first final countdown question: At what point, which may or may not coincide with the equivalence point, does the indicator change color or react in a titration?

- Pass - [Matthew] Pass, on to the next question.

What Island chain, who's Southernmost Island is Guam, is the namesake of a trench containing Challenger Deep- - The Mariana Islands.

- The Mariana Islands.

- The Mariana Islands.

- [Matthew] Marianna Islands is correct.

What number of electrons in a filled piece of shell is also the number of carbon atoms in a molecule of- - Six.

- Six.

- Six.

- Six.

- [Matthew] Six, six final answer, that's correct.

What Republican, who lost the 1916 presidential election to Woodrow Wilson, later served as chief justice of the Supreme court from 1930 to 1941?

- Taft?

- Taft.

- Taft - [Matthew] Taft is incorrect.

What man wrote the 2016 book "Born a Crime" which describes his youth in apartheid, South Africa, and succeeded Jon Stewart as host of The Daily show?

- Trevor Noah.

- [Matthew] Trevor Noah is correct.

What author described a platoon of soldiers led by Lieutenant Jimmy Cross in the Vietnam War in his short story collection, "The Things They Carried" - Pass - [Matthew] Pass, on to the next question.

What author described all life in Babylon becoming subsumed to a Lottery, and a structure containing all possible books in his collection "Ficciones"?

- Pass.

- [Matthew] Pass, on to the next question.

What billionaire, who co-founded the brain-machine interface company, Neuralink, also founded SpaceX and the electric car company Tesla?

- Elon Musk.

- [Jackson] Elon Musk.

- [Matthew] Elon Musk is correct.

In 2015, Deaf West Theater produced a sign language Broadway revival of what 2006 rock musical, whose teenage characters included Melchior and Wendla?

- Rent.

- [Matthew] Rent is incorrect.

Which vitamin found in Brussel sprouts and strawberries is involved in tissue repair, is used to treat scurvy, and is also as ascorbic acid?

- Vitamin C. - [Matthew] Vitamin C (bell rings) is correct.

Oh, and with that bell, the final countdown comes to a close.

Mt.

Pleasant High School, let's count them up, one, two, three, four, five correct answers in that final countdown, which brings your total after four rounds to 210 points.

The point that may or may not coincide with the equivalence point is the end point.

The Republican who lost the 1916 presidential election to Woodrow Wilson, that was Charles Evans Hughes, was the one we were looking for there.

The author that described a platoon of soldiers led by Lieutenant Jimmy Cross was Tim O'Brien.

The author who had the collection "Ficciones" was Jorge Luis Borges, was the one we were looking for there.

And in 2015, Deaf West Theater did the production of Spring Awakening, Spring Awakening is the production that we were looking for there.

Well, there you have it, after four rounds of competition, Traverse City Central is victorious over Mt.

Pleasant High School, with a final score of 230 to 210.

Congratulations to Traverse City Central, you'll be advancing to our next round of competition.

And we wanna thank Mt.

Pleasant for a hard fought match.

Seniors, good luck to all of you and your future endeavors, and underclassmen, we hope to see you next season right here on "Quiz Central".

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