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This time on "Quiz Central," Traverse City St. Francis takes on White Cloud.

We've got that coming up for you next.

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(triumphant music) - Hello, everyone, I'm David Nicholas, and welcome to our 19th season of "Quiz Central" here on WCMU.

This time, students from Traverse City St. Francis are taking on the team from White Cloud.

Now, before we kick things off, here's the format of our single-elimination tournament.

Our two competing teams will be independently challenged with an identical set of questions.

The school that answers the most questions correctly in the time allotted advances to the next round, and we'll continue with that until we crown a "Quiz Central" Season 19 champion.

At the end of the season, four lucky "Quiz Central" seniors will receive a book scholarship provided by the CMU Bookstore, and top teams from "Quiz Central," well, they qualify for the NAQT High School National Championship Tournament.

Now, let's get to our game.

The first round is the Maroon and Gold Rush.

Our teams will have two minutes to answer or pass on each question, each correct answer worth 10 points with no point deduction for any incorrect answers.

Students can consult with their teammates on each question, but the final answers are coming from the team's captain.

So let's get things started now with the team from Traverse City St. Francis.

Good luck, players.

Here comes your first question in the Maroon and Gold Rush.

What president was in office during the XYZ Affair, signed the Alien and Sedition Acts, and served for one term after succeeding George Washington?

- John Adams.

- [David] Correct, what river which receives the Tonle Sap in Phnom Penh empties into the South China Sea in Southern Vietnam?

- Yangtze.

- [David] Incorrect, what wave property whose square is proportional to its intensity is a wave's maximum displacement or equivalently the height of its peaks?

- Amplitude.

- [David] Correct, what biblical patriarch's sons were Shem, Ham, and Japheth?

- Noah.

- [David] Correct, what woman whose husband wrote the elegy "Adonais" and whose mother authored "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman" wrote the horror novel "Frankenstein"?

- [Team Member] Mary Shelley.

- Shelley, Mary Shelley.

- [David] Correct, what Italian American physicist lends his name to particles with half-integer spins and created the first manmade nuclear chain reaction?

- Pass.

- Pass.

- [David] What term was the subject of a 1964 Great Debate that rejected the Pearson Pennant as the Red Ensign's replacement in favor of a maple leaf design?

- Pass.

- [David] Gerald Ford became vice president after what man, a former governor of Maryland, pleaded guilty to tax evasion and resigned in 1973?

- Nixon.

- [David] Incorrect, what material forms due to compression of peat has subtypes like anthracite and bituminous and is black-colored rock burned as fossil fuel?

- Coal.

- [David] Correct, what five-letter term for a covered porch becomes with the addition of an 'okina the name of the sixth-largest Hawaiian island?

- Pass.

(bell dings) - And that bell does signal the end of the round.

We didn't get a chance to get an answer on that last question.

All right, thank you, Traverse City St. Francis.

White Cloud, it's your turn.

Good luck, players, your first question, now, in today's Maroon and Gold Rush.

What president was in office during the XYZ Affair, signed the- - John Adams?

Final.

- [David] I'm sorry?

- John Adams, final.

- [David] Correct, what river which receives the Tonle Sap in Phnom Penh empties into the South China Sea in South Vietnam?

- Mekong.

- [David] Correct, what wave property whose square is proportional to its intensity is a wave's maximum displacement or equivalently the height of its peaks?

- [Wyatt] Wave length?

Oh, wait, isn't it amplitude?

- Amplitude?

- [David] Correct, what biblical patriarch's sons were Shem, Ham, and Japheth?

- Abraham?

- [David] Incorrect, what woman whose husband wrote the elegy "Adonais" and whose mother authored "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman" wrote the horror novel "Frankenstein"?

- Shelley.

- Shelley?

- [David] Correct, what Italian American physicist lends his name to particles with half-integer spins and created the first manmade nuclear chain reaction?

(team member speaking indistinctly) - Fermi?

- Fermi?

- [David] Correct, what item was the subject of a 1964 Great Debate that rejected the Pearson Pennant as the Red Ensign's replacement in favor of a maple leaf design?

- Canada.

- Canada's flag?

Flag of Canada?

- That is correct.

- Fine.

- [David] Gerald Ford became vice president after what man, former governor of Maryland, pleaded guilty- - Spiro Agnew?

- [David] Correct, what material forms due to compression of peat has subtypes like anthracite and bituminous and is black-colored rock burned as fossil fuel?

- Charcoal, charcoal?

- [David] Once more, please?

- Coal, final.

- [David] Correct, what five-letter term for a covered porch becomes with the addition of an 'okina the name of the sixth-largest Hawaiian island?

- Pass.

- What author faithfully presented- (bell dings) - And the bell signals the end of that round.

Good, strong start, players.

Well done.

Our first round finishes with a whole lot of correct answers, but let's revisit the question that both teams missed, that five-letter term for a covered porch is a lanai.

And after that fast-paced first round, White Cloud jumps out to an early 80-to-50 lead.

Before we start our next round on "Quiz Central" today, let's meet our players who are competing against each other.

First up, let's say hello to the students from Traverse City St. Francis.

- My name's Robert Myler.

I'm a junior at St. Francis High School, and I run cross country, and I like to play the piano in my free time.

- I'm Maddie.

I also play in the band, and I sing in the choir.

- I'm Cecilia.

I'm a junior at St. Francis.

I'm on the swim team, and I sing in the choir.

- I'm Zack Taylor.

I'm a junior at St. Francis, and I'm on the wrestling team.

- Welcome to you, Traverse City St. Francis.

Time now to meet and say hello to the team from White Cloud.

- My name is Brian Schaefer, and I'm the captain of the quiz bowl team.

- Hi, my name is Wyatt.

I'm a junior at White Cloud High School.

I work at Culver's and do cross country.

- Hi, my name is Sam.

I'm a senior at White Cloud High School, and I'm on the quiz bowl team.

- My name is Jarrett Warlick V. I'm a junior at White Cloud High School, and I'm on the quiz bowl team and the marching band.

- All right, thank you, students.

Our next round today is the Perfect Ten.

In the Perfect Ten, our teams will be 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 worth 10 points, no point deduction for any incorrect answers.

Our Perfect Ten category for today is Chicago.

Answer the following about Chicago.

Traverse City St. Francis, good luck.

You're up first.

Here comes your first question in the Perfect Ten.

It is the most populous city in this state.

- Illinois.

- [David] Correct, the Great Lake on which it lies.

- Lake Michigan.

- [David] Correct, University of Chicago Law School professor elected president in 2008.

- Obama.

- [David] Correct, NFL team that plays at Soldier Field.

- Bears.

- [David] Correct, skyscraper that was once the world's tallest building.

- Sears Tower.

- [David] Correct, 1871 disaster sometimes blamed on Mrs. O'Leary's cow.

- Great Fire.

- [David] Correct, Democrat elected the city's mayor in 2023.

- Pass.

- [David] Chicago airport named for a 1942 battle.

- O'Hare.

- Midway.

- Midway.

- Correct, particular, particle accelerator in the Chicago suburbs.

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

Thank you, Traverse City St. Francis.

White Cloud, good luck to you.

Now your turn to take on the Perfect Ten, and here comes your first question.

It is the most populous city in this state.

- Illinois.

- Illinois.

- [David] Correct, the Great Lake on which it lies.

- Michigan.

- Michigan.

- [David] Correct, University of Chicago Law School professor elected president in 2008.

- Obama.

- [David] Correct, NFL team that plays at Soldier Field.

- Bears.

- Bears.

- Bears.

- [David] Correct, skyscraper that was once the world's tallest building.

- Willis Tower.

- [David] Correct, 1871 disaster sometimes blamed- - Fire.

- [David] Once more, please?

- Fire.

- [David] I need more in the answer there, please.

- Chicago Fire.

- Great Fire.

- [David] All right, thank you.

Democrat elected the city's mayor in 2023.

- Lori Lightfoot?

That's not it.

- Incorrect.

Chicago airport named for a 1942 battle.

- Pass.

- [David] Particle accelerator in the Chicago suburbs.

- Fire charger?

- No, pass.

(bell dings) - And the bell signals the end of that round.

We got up to nine of 'em, so good job there, too, players, well done.

Well, today both teams breeze through those Windy City questions with only a couple of missteps.

The Democrat elected as the city's mayor in 2023 is Brandon Johnson.

And the particulate accelerator in the Chicago suburbs, we were looking for Fermilab for the answer.

White Cloud's lead narrows a bit, but they do remain on top after two rounds.

Our score now 140 to 120.

The next up is the Homestretch.

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

Traverse City St. Francis, good luck to you.

Here comes your first question.

What country where the partisans fought Nazi occupiers under Josip Tito split in the early 1990s into smaller countries such as Croatia and Serbia?

- Yugoslavia.

- [David] Correct, Richard Francis Burton disguised himself as a Muslim to enter what city where he performed the Tawaf ritual of walking around the Kaaba?

- Medina.

- [David] Incorrect, what alliterative term for a paint made from lime or chalk can refer to a punishment given to Tom Sawyer or an attempt to cover up one's misdeeds?

- Pass.

- [David] What name is shared by the German state that surrounds Berlin and a gate in the heart of Berlin?

- Brandenburg.

- Brandenburg.

- [David] Correct, what author wrote about the death of a Native American named Chingachgook in his novel "The Pioneers," which is in the series "The Leatherstocking Tales"?

- James Fenimore Cooper.

- [David] Correct, what type of tissue that is rich in mitochondria contains the proteins actin and myosin and is classified as smooth, cardiac, or skeletal?

- Muscle.

- [David] Correct, which British scientist's 1801 double-slit experiment showed that light could display characteristics of both a wave and a particle?

- Thompson.

- [David] Incorrect, what maritime province in Canada includes Cape Breton Island and is to the southwest of, excuse me, southeast of New Brunswick and has a Latin name meaning New Scotland?

- Nova Scotia.

- [David] Correct, what world for a kind, what word for a kind of psychological manipulation taken from the title of a 1944 film was chosen as Merriam-Webster's Word of the Year for 2022?

- Pass.

- [David] What man who helped lead a strike against grape growers in Delano, California, worked with Dolores Huerta to found the United Farm Workers?

- Pass.

- [David] What state whose power grid is largely disconnected from the rest of the continental US suffered massive blackouts in a February 2021 ice storm?

- Texas.

- [David] Correct, what team won the 1997 and 2003 World Series currently stars Cy Young winner Sandy Alcantara and plays at LoanDepot Park in South Florida?

- Hurricanes?

- The Hurricanes.

- [David] Incorrect, Lake Nasser, formed in the 1960s, is a result of the construction of what dam along the Nile River?

- Aswan.

- [David] Correct, the holder of what position outranks the president pro tem in the US Senate and is the first in line to assume the presidency if the president dies?

- Vice president.

- Correct, what 1944 law provides benefits including college tuition and subsidized loans to returning World War II veterans?

- Pass.

- [David] What poem published in 1888 and subtitled "A Ballad of the Republic" depicts a mighty baseball player striking out?

- Casey.

- "Casey at Bat."

- Correct, what- (bell dings).

And the bell signals the end of that round.

Good, strong round there, players.

Well done.

Thank you, Traverse City St. Francis.

Next up, it is White Cloud.

Good luck to you, players.

Here comes your first question in today's Homestretch round.

What country where the partisans fought Nazi occupiers under Josip Tito split in the early 1990s- - Yugoslavia.

- [David] Correct, Richard Francis Burton disguised himself as a Muslim to enter what city where he performed the Tawaf ritual of walking around the Kaaba?

- Mecca.

- [David] Correct, what alliterative term for a paint made of lime or chalk can refer to a punishment given to Tom Sawyer or an attempt to cover up one's misdeeds?

- Pass.

- [David] What name is shared by the German state that surrounds Berlin and a gate in the heart of Berlin?

- Brandenburg?

- [David] Correct, what author wrote about the death of a Native American named Chingachgook in his novel "The Pioneers," which is in the series "The Leatherstocking Tales"?

- Cooper.

- Cooper?

- [David] Correct, what type of tissue that is rich in mitochondria contains the proteins actin and myosin and is classified as smooth, cardiac, or skeletal?

- Muscle.

- Muscle?

- [David] Correct.

- Don't worry about it.

- [David] What British scientist's 1801 double-slit experiment showed that light could display characteristics of both a wave and a particle?

- De Broglie?

- De Broglie?

- [David] Incorrect, what maritime province in Canada includes Cape Breton Island, is to the southeast of New Brunswick, and has a Latin name meaning New Scotland?

- Nova Scotia.

- Nova Scotia?

- [David] Correct, what word for a kind of psychological manipulation taken from the title of a 1944 film was chosen as Merriam-Webster's- - Gaslighting.

- Gaslighting?

- [David] Correct, what man who helped lead a strike against grape growers in Delano, California- - Chavez?

- [David] Correct, what state whose power grid is largely disconnected from the rest of the continental US suffered massive blackouts in a February 2021 ice storm?

- That was Texas.

- Texas.

- [David] Correct, what team won the 1997 and 2003 World Series currently stars Cy Young winner Sandy Alcantara and plays at LoanDepot Park in South Florida?

- Pass.

- [David] Lake Nasser, formed in the 1960s, is a result of the construction of what dam along the Nile River?

- Pass.

- [David] The holder of what position outranks the president pro tem in the US Senate and is first in line to assume the presidency- - Vice president.

- Vice president.

- [David] That is correct.

What 1944 law provided benefits including college tuition and subsidized loans to returning World War II veterans?

- Veteran GI Bill.

- GI Bill.

- [David] Correct, what poem published in 1888 is subtitled "A Ballad of the Republic" depicts a mighty baseball player striking out?

- [Wyatt] "Casey at the Bat"?

- "Casey at the Bat"?

- Correct.

(bell dings) And the bell does signal the end of that round.

Well, as we close out the Homestretch, let's revisit the incorrect answers.

That alternative term for a paint made from lime or chalk that also refers to a Tom Sawyer punishment, that is whitewashing.

The British scientist who showed that light could display characteristics of both a wave and a particle, that was Thomas Young.

And finally, the team that won both the 1997 and 2003 World Series, the Miami Marlins.

Both teams piled on a lot of points to their score, but wait for our final round of the day.

Teams, this is the Final Countdown, and it'll be your last two minutes to answer or pass on the questions, correct answers worth 10 points apiece with no point deduction for incorrect answers.

Traverse City St. Francis, we turn to you to start off today's Final Countdown.

Good luck, two minutes on the clock.

Here comes your first question.

What European country whose Green Line buffer zone separates its Turkish and Greek regions is governed from Nicosia and is a Mediterranean island?

- Bulgaria.

- Bulgaria.

- [David] Incorrect, since the death of Elizabeth II, the only reigning queen in Europe is Margrethe II, who has ruled what nation since 1972?

- Scotland.

- [David] Incorrect, a vulpine creatures declares that unreachable fruit must be sour in what fable attributed to Aesop?

- "The Fox and the Grapes."

- [David] Correct, what animals, some of which engage in lunge feeding in which they catch prey with hair-like baleen, are cetaceans and have blue and sperm species?

- Whales.

- [David] Correct, what alliterative term denotes a quantity, abbreviated K, that gives the maximum possible stable population of a species in a given habitat?

- Pass.

- [David] What military installation was surrendered by Major Robert Anderson after a bombardment in South Carolina in 1861 that helped trigger the Civil War?

- Fort Sumter.

- [David] Correct, in October 2022, what right-wing populist leader succeeded Mario Draghi to become the first female prime minister of Italy?

- Pass.

- [David] What country, whose island of Surtsey emerged from the ocean in 1963, primarily uses geothermal energy and has its capital at Reykjavik?

- Iceland.

- [David] Correct, what French dramatist wrote about the wealthy Orgon whose wife, Elmire, fends off the advances of the title con artist in the 1664 play "Tartuffe"?

(bell dings) - Pass.

- And the bell signals there.

Looks like we were just about for an answer, but we ran out of time.

Thanks, Traverse City St. Francis.

Now it is White Cloud.

Good luck to you, players, your first question in today's Final Countdown.

What European country whose Green Line buffer zone separates its Turkish and Greek regions- - Cyprus.

- [David] Correct, since the death of Elizabeth II, the only reigning queen in Europe is Margrethe II, who has ruled what nation since 1972?

- Portugal.

- [David] Incorrect, a vulpine creature declares what unreachable fruit must be sour in what fable attributed to Aesop?

- Pass.

- [David] What animals, some of which engage in lunge feeding in which they catch prey with hair-like baleen, are cretaceous and have blue and sperm species?

- Whale.

- Whale, yeah.

- [David] That is correct.

What alliterative term denotes a quantity, abbreviated K, that gives a maximum possible stable population of a species in a given habitat?

- Carrying capacity?

- [David] Correct, what military installation was surrendered by Major Robert Anderson after a bombardment in South Carolina in 1861- - Fort Sumter.

- [David] That is correct.

In October 2022, what right-wing populace leader succeeded to Mario Draghi to become the first female prime minister of Italy?

- Georgina?

- [David] That is incorrect.

What country, whose island of Surtsey emerged from the ocean in 1963, primarily uses geothermal energy and has its capital at Reykjavik?

- Iceland?

- [David] Correct, what French dramatist wrote about the wealthy Orgon whose wife, Elmire, fends off the advances of the title con artist in the 1664 play "Tartuffe"?

- Moliere.

- Moliere.

- [David] That is correct.

Members of what art movement included Englishman Alfred Sisley and American Mary Cassatt as well as Frenchmen Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Claude Monet?

(bell dings) And the bell signals the end of that Final Countdown round.

With the Final Countdown coming to its close, let's take a look at the questions that were missed.

Margrethe II rules Denmark.

And the right-wing populist leader who became the first female prime minister of Italy, that's Giorgia Meloni.

A high-scoring game today.

White Cloud finishing on top advances to the "Quiz Central" Season 19 Semifinals.

Great work by Traverse City St. Francis.

We thank you for joining us this season.

And we'd like to invite you to join us again next week right here on "Quiz Central."

You can also watch games anytime online.

That's at wcmu.org.

Thank you, and we'll see you next time.

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