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This time on Quiz Central, our season 19 championship game between White Cloud and Traverse City Central.

We've got that coming up for you, next.

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(dramatic music) (dramatic music continues) - Hello everyone, I'm David Nicholas.

Welcome to our 19th season of Quiz Central here on WCMU.

This time students from White Cloud are taking on Traverse City Central.

Before we kick off our championship game, here's how we got to this point.

A single elimination tournament.

Two competing teams each week were independently challenged with an identical set of questions.

The school that answered the most questions correctly in the time allotted advanced to the next round and we've continued with that process until we have reached this game, our championship, and we will be crowning that Season 19 champion tonight.

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

And the top teams from Quiz Central will qualify for the NAQT High School National Championship Tournament.

And now let's get to our championship final.

The first round is the Maroon and Gold Rush, teams will have just two minutes to answer or pass on each question.

Each correct answer worth 10 points with no point deduction for incorrect answers.

Students will be able to consult with teammates on each question, but, the final answers will be coming from the team's captain.

Let's get this championship game underway.

The team from White Cloud, you're up first, good luck players.

Your first question now in the Maroon and Gold Rush.

Kenneth Appel and Wolfgang Haken used a computer to help prove what theorem which is often formulated in terms of coloring countries on a map?

- No answer.

- [David] What title character kills Glauce and escapes in a flying chariot in a Euripides play about the end of this woman's marriage to the Greek hero, Jason?

- No answer.

- No answer.

- [David] What musical that features the song "Brave Sir Robin" is based on "Monty Python and the Holy Grail?"

- Pass.

- [David] What former colony which experienced an exodus of pied-noirs after 1962's Evian Accords won independence in a brutal war with France in North Africa?

- Ethiopia?

- Algeria.

- [David] Answer, please?

- Algeria.

- [David] Yes, correct.

What name was shared by the only two emperors of Brazil?

The first of whom declared independence?

- Pedro.

- [David] Correct.

What theologian who heard children singing "Tolle Lege" prompting him to leave Manicheism was a bishop of Hippo and wrote "Confessions" in AD 397?

- No answer.

- [David] What linear triatomic molecule as a solid form known as dry ice, is the primary contributor of the greenhouse effect?

- Carbon Dioxide.

- Carbon dioxide.

- [David] That is correct.

What German renaissance artists showed a contemplative angel in his engraving "Melancholia 1?"

- No answer.

- [David] What king who was imprisoned at Durnstein Castle by Leopold V fought the third crusade and had an animal inspired moniker, commemorating his- - Richard The Lionhearted?

- [David] That is correct.

What book in which a human boy named Sam Beaver protects a nest full of egg- (bell dinging) And the bell gets us there at the end of that.

All right, thank you White Cloud.

Traverse City Central, it is your turn.

Good luck, players.

Your first question now as we kick off this game with your Maroon and Gold Rush.

Kenneth Appel and Wolfgang Haken used a computer to help prove what theorem which is often formulated in terms of coloring countries on a map?

- Pass.

- [David] What title character kills Glauce and escapes on a flying chariot in a Euripides play about the end of this woman's marriage to the Greek hero, Jason?

(students speaking indistinctly) - [David] Incorrect.

What musical that features the song "Brave Sir Robin" is based on "Monty Python and the Holy Grail?"

- [Student] "Life of Brian."

- "Life of Brian."

- [David] Incorrect.

What former colony, which experienced an exodus of pied-noirs after 1962's Evian Accords won independence in a brutal war with France in North Africa?

- Algeria.

- [David] Correct.

What name was shared by the only two emperors of Brazil, the first of whom declared independence from Portugal in 1822?

- Dom Pedro.

- [David] Correct.

What theologian who heard children singing "Tolle Lege," prompting him to leave Manicheism was a bishop of Hippo who wrote "Confessions" in AD 397?

- John Montecrevina.

- [David] Incorrect.

- What linear triatomic molecule has a solid form known as dry ice is the primary contributor to the Greenhouse effect and has a molecule formula- - Carbon dioxide.

- [David] Answer again, please.

- Carbon dioxide.

- [David] That is correct.

What German renaissance artist showed a contemplative angel in his engraving "Melancholia 1?"

- Pass.

- What king Who was imprisoned at Durnstein Castle by Leopold V- (bell dinging) And the bell signals the end of that round.

Well, a few tough questions before both teams settled into that first round.

Let's revisit the missed answers.

Kenneth Appel and Wolfgang Haken used a computer to prove the four color theorem.

The title character that kills Glauce was Medea.

The musical that features the song "Brave Sir Robin" That was "Spamalot."

The theologian who was a bishop of Hippo and wrote "Confessions" in Ad 397 was St. Augustine.

The German renaissance artist we were looking for was Albrecht Durer.

And finally the question that the bell interrupted about a book in which Sam Beaver protects a nest full of eggs was "The Trumpet of the Swan."

White cloud is off to an early 40 to 30 lead in our game tonight.

Before we start our next round here on Quiz Central, let's meet the players competing today for the championship.

First up, we say hello to the students from White Cloud.

- My name is Brian Schafer.

I am a senior at White Cloud High School and I'm the captain of the Quiz Bowl team.

Hi, my name is Wyatt Kerns, I go to White Cloud High School.

I'm a junior and I work at Culver's.

My name is Samuel Veer, I'm a senior at White Cloud High School and I'm also on the Quiz Bowl team.

- My name is Jared Willick VI, and I'm a junior at White Cloud High School (laughs) and I'm on the Quiz Bowl team.

- Great to have you here, players.

Now a chance to say hello to our team from Traverse City Central.

- I'm Jackson, I'm a senior at Traverse City Central and I do band and cross country.

- I'm Arthur, I'm a sophomore at Central High School and I'm on the debate team.

- I'm Henry, I'm a sophomore at Traverse City Central and I do band.

- I'm Helli.

I'm a sophomore at Traverse City Central and I do tennis.

- All right, thank you, students.

Now the next round today is the Perfect 10.

And in the Perfect 10, our teens are given a category and they'll have 60 seconds to answer or pass on each of the 10 questions pertaining to that category.

Correct answers again worth 10 points with no point deduction for incorrect answers.

And our perfect 10 category for today is 10s.

Answer the following about the number 10.

White cloud, you're up first.

Good luck, players.

Here is your first question in today's perfect 10.

10th month of the Gregorian calendar.

- October.

- [David] Correct.

Founding father depicted on the $10 bill.

- No, Hamilton.

- [Student] Monroe?

- [David] Correct.

Alexander Hamilton, yes.

- [David] A period of 10 years.

- [Student] Decade.

- Decade.

- [David] Correct.

Either Old Testament book that lists the 10 Commandments.

- [Student] Exodus?

- Exodus.

- [David] Correct.

Type of number that includes 10, 15 and 21.

- Pass.

- [David] Street whose number 10 is home to the British Prime Minister - Pass.

- [Student] Westminster.

- [David] 10th President whose name followed Tippecanoe in a slogan.

- Tyler, - [David] Correct.

Decapods like shrimp belong to this phylum.

- [Student] Crustaceans?

- Crustaceans.

- [David] Incorrect.

Country with a five- (bell dinging) And the bell gets us before we get that question, but a good run through the Perfect 10.

All right, White Cloud, thank you.

Traverse City Central, good luck, players.

Time for you to take on the Perfect 10, and here is your first question.

10th month of the Gregorian calendar.

- [Jackson] October.

- [David] Correct.

Founding father depicted on the $10 bill.

- Hamilton.

- [David] Correct.

A period of 10 years.

- Decade.

- [David] Correct.

Either Old Testament book that lists the 10 commandments.

- Exodus.

- [David] Correct.

Type of number that includes 10, 15, and 21.

- Composite.

- [David] Incorrect.

Street whose number 10 is home to the British Prime Minister.

- Downing.

- [David] Correct.

10th President who whose name followed Tippecanoe in a slogan.

- Tyler.

- [David] Correct.

- Decapods like shrimp belong to this phylum- (bell dinging) And the bell signals the end.

Well, neither team was perfect in the 10s category, but both schools got a lot of correct answers and our game is now tied at 90.

Let's revisit the incorrect answers.

The type of number that includes 10, 15 and 21 is a triangular number.

Decapods like shrimp belong to this phylum.

The answer we were looking for was arthropoda.

And finally, the country with a "Five Dynasties and 10 Kingdoms."

Well, we were looking for the answer of China.

Next up in our game is the Homestretch.

I'll have more questions for our teams and correct answers worth 10 points, no deduction for any incorrect answers.

White Cloud, you are up first.

Good luck, players.

Here is your first question.

What artists who organized "Dismaland," a parody of Disneyland created "The Girl with Balloon Stencils" and is an anonymous English street artist?

- [Student] Banksy.

- Banksy.

- [David] Correct.

- Tulip meets the robot 1-1 on a cartoon named for an infinity type of what vehicle?

Another of which circles- - Train?

- Train.

- [David] Answer, please?

- Train.

- Yes, correct.

What product suddenly appears in a six stone jars at the start of John chapter two during the wedding at Cana, in the which the first miracle of Jesus who transforms water.

- Wine.

- [David] Correct.

What NASA space probe carried an instrument named Ralph, which was used to produce images of Pluto during the 2015 flyby?

- Voyager?

- [David] Incorrect.

Suborning refers to the practice of persuading another person to commit what crime that includes lying while under oath?

- [Student] Perjury.

- Perjury.

- [David] That is correct.

What 2015 film based on an Andy Weir novel is titled for Botanist and Astronaut Mark Watney, played by Matt Damon who is stranded on the red planet- - "The Martian?"

- [David] That is correct.

What term for stylized symbol made of intertwined letters is often used for motifs that can be embroidered on tailored clothing?

- [Student] Logo.

- Logo?

- [David] Incorrect.

What woman who was sold into a marriage to Toussaint Charbonneau was a Shoshone interpreter who assisted the Lewis and Clark expedition?

- Sacagawea.

- [David] That is correct.

The second and fourth quantum numbers for electrons in an atom correspond to the spin and orbital types of what classical quantity?

- Pass.

- [David] What animal with extinct Caspian and Bali species and an endangered Bengal species is the largest- - Tiger.

- [David] That is correct.

Ella Baker was a strategist for what civil rights organization established by young African American activists in 1960?

- NAACP?

- [David] Incorrect.

What last name is shared by the singer of "I Got You" and is known as the godfather of soul and an abolitionist who led a raid on Harper's Ferry?

- Brown.

- [David] Correct.

What alcoholic beverage depicted in namesake paintings by Edgar Degas and Vincent Van Gogh was once known as the green fairy?

- Absinthe?

- [David] Correct.

What opera, whose arias include "Che Gelida Manina," is about an ill seamstress who falls in love with Rodolfo and was written by Giacomo Puccini?

- [Student] "Madam Butterfly."

- "Madam Butterfly."

- [David] Incorrect.

What group of shrubs or trees that grow in brackish water help protect parts of Asia's coastline from the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami?

- Mangrove?

- [David] That is correct.

What phenomenon whose far field type can be explained by Huygen's principle can be caused by an aperture that involves light bending around an object?

- Refraction?

- [David] Incorrect.

(bell dinging) And the bell signals the end of that round.

All right, White Cloud, thank you.

Next up, Traverse City Central.

Good luck, players.

Here comes your first question in our Homestretch round.

What artist who organized "Dismaland," a parody of Disneyland, created "The Girl with Balloon Stencils" and is an anonymous English street artist?

- Banksy.

- [David] Correct.

- Tulip meets the robot One-One on a cartoon named for an infinity type of what vehicle, another of which circles the globe in the show, "Snowpiercer."

- Infinity, train.

- [David] Correct.

What product suddenly appears in six stone jars at the start of John chapter two during the wedding at Cana in the first miracle of Jesus, who transforms water.

- Wine.

- [David] Correct.

What NASA space probe carried an instrument named Ralph, which was used to produce images of Pluto during a 2015 flyby?

- New Horizons.

- [David] Correct.

Suborning refers to the practice of persuading another person to commit what crime that includes lying while under oath?

- Perjury.

- [David] Correct.

What 2015 film based on an Andy Weir novel is titled for Botanist and Astronaut Mark Watney played by Matt Damon- - "The Martian."

- [David] That is correct.

What term for a sterilized symbol made of intertwined letters is often used for motifs that can be embroidered onto tailored clothing?

- Pass.

- What woman who was sold into marriage to Toussaint Charbonneau was a Shoshone interpreter who assisted Lewis and Clark?

- Sacagawea.

- [David] Correct.

The second and fourth quantum numbers for electrons in an atom correspond to the spin and orbital types of what classical quantity?

- Mass.

- [David] Incorrect.

What animal with extinct Caspian and Bali species and an endangered Bengal species is the largest feline species known for its black stripes?

- Tiger.

- [David] Answer again, please?

- Tiger.

- [David] That is correct.

Ella Baker was a strategist for what civil rights organization established by young African American activists in 1960?

- SCLC?

SCLC.

- [David] That's incorrect.

What name, last name is shared by the singer of "I Got You" is known as the Godfather of Soul and an abolitionist who led a raid on Harper's Ferry?

- Brown.

- [David] That is correct.

What alcoholic beverage depicted in namesake paintings by Edgar Degas and Vincent Van Gogh was once known as the green fairy?

- Absinthe.

- [David] Correct.

What opera, whose arias include "Che Gelida Manina," is about an ill seamstress who falls in love with Rodolfo and was written by Giacomo Puccini?

(Jackson speaking indistinctly) - [David] Incorrect.

What group of shrubs or trees that grow in brackish water helped protect parts of Asia's coastline from the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami?

- Mangrove.

- Correct.

(bell dinging) And the bell signals the end of that round, but we got that one in, obviously with a correct answer.

So good job there.

At the wrap up of the Homestretch, let's revisit the incorrect answers.

The term for a stylized symbol that can be embroidered onto tailored clothing, we were looking for monogram for the answer.

The classical quantity related to electrons in atoms was angular momentum.

Ella Baker was a strategist for the civil rights organization known as the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee or SNCC.

The opera about an ill seamstress was "La Boheme."

And finally the phenomenon whose far field type can be explained by Huygens' principle, we were looking for diffraction.

And at the end of the Homestretch now, Traverse City Central holds a 10 point margin.

Our score is 200 to 190, with one round remaining.

Teams, it's the Final Countdown.

And your last two minutes to answer or pass questions.

Correct answers are worth 10 points a piece with no point deduction for any incorrect answers.

White Cloud, you are up first.

Two minutes are on the clock.

Good luck, players.

Here comes your first question in the Final Countdown.

What saxophonist who recorded "Ornithology" with Benny Harris pioneered bebop and was nicknamed Bird?

- Pass.

- What country where two pilots died when a fire extinguishing plane crashed in Avia was a site of 2023 wildfires in Corfu, Corinthia, and Rhodes?

- Australia.

- [David] Incorrect.

What country, which is home to the Izalco volcano is west of the Gulf of Fonseca and southwest of Honduras?

- Panama.

- Incorrect.

What author of the dystopian science fiction novels "Klara and the Sun" and "Never Let Me Go" is a 2017 Nobel laureate who moved to Britain from Japan?

- Pass.

- [David] Napoleon returned to power in the hundred days after escaping from what island to which he was exiled in 1814?

- Elba.

- [David] Answer?

- Elba?

- Yes, correct.

What creatures whose kings rule over the four seas surrounding China are auspicious beings honored in a boat festival and resemble serpents?

- Dragons?

- [David] Correct.

The 2023 MLB Home Run Derby was won by what first baseman and designated hitter?

- Pass.

- [David] I'm sorry?

- Pass.

- [David] Okay.

What novella's protagonist dreams of lions on an African beach praises the great DiMaggio and is a fisherman named Santiago who catches a big marlin?

- Pass.

- [David] In what 20th century decade did the Johnson Reed Act severely restrict immigration to the US by instituting a quota system?

- 1910s?

- [David] Incorrect.

What tiny objects which act as particles based on their vibration lend their name to the theory of- (bell dinging) And the bell gets us before we complete that question.

Thanks, White Cloud.

Traverse City Central, you are up in the championship here and good luck, players.

Here comes your first question in today's Final Countdown.

What saxophonist who recorded "Ornithology" with Benny Harris pioneered bebop and was nicknamed Bird.

- Parker.

- [David] Correct.

What country where two pilots died when a fire extinguishing plane crashed in Avia was the site of the 2023 wildfires in Corfu, Corinthia, and Rhodes?

- Greece.

- [David] Correct.

What country which is home to the Izalco volcano is west of the Gulf of Fonseca and southwest of Honduras?

- El Salvador.

- [David] Correct.

What author of the dystopian science fiction novels "Clara and the Sun" and "Never Let Me Go" is a 2017 Nobel laureate who moved to Britain from Japan?

- Murakami.

- [David] Incorrect.

Napoleon returned to power in the hundred days after escaping from what island to which he was exiled in 1814?

- Elba.

- [David] Correct.

What creatures whose kings rule over the four seas surrounding China are auspicious beings honored in a boat festival and resemble serpents?

- Dragon.

- [David] Correct.

The 2023 MLB Home Run Derby was won by what first baseman and designated hitter for the Toronto Blue Jays, whose father was a Hall of Fame Outfielder?

- [Student] Guerra.

Guerra.

- Guerra.

- [David] More specific, please.

- [Student] Guerra Jr. - Guerra Jr. - [David] Incorrect.

Close on the name, but that is incorrect.

What novella's protagonist dreams of lions on an African beach, praises the great DiMaggio, and is a fisherman named Santiago who catches a big marlin?

- Old man in the sea.

- Old man in the sea.

- [David] That is correct.

In what 20th century decade- (bell dinging) And the bell signals the end before we get to that question.

But a good strong finish, players, well done.

And as we close out that Final Countdown, let's take a look at the questions that were missed in that round.

The author of the science fiction novels "Klara and the Sun," "Never Let Me Go."

We were looking for Kazuo Ishiguro.

The Slugger who won the 2023 MLB Home Run Derby was the Blue Jays Vladimir Guerrero Jr. And the 20th century decade where the Johnson Reed Act severely restricted immigration, that was the 1920s.

And finally the tiny objects which act as particles based on their vibration, we were looking for strings.

Traverse City Central comes out of the Final Countdown as our "Quiz Central" season 19 champion.

Our final today was 260 to 210.

Congratulations to all of our students.

Great job, White Cloud.

Your team was fantastic through our entire season and congratulations to Traverse City Central.

And thank you for watching and playing along this season on "Quiz Central."

Reminder that you can rewatch your favorite games online anytime at wcmu.org.

And until we join you again for season 20, I'm David Nicholas, goodnight.

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