(amusing music plays) (joyful guitar playing) - Welcome to Scholastic Hi-Q, the game where knowledge rules.

I'm your host, Ethan Neir, and we have another great episode in (indistinct) for today with two more fantastic teams so let's introduce those teams.

From Carterville, we have Abby, Gabe, Haresh and Ryan, and from Trico we have Silas, Laya, Brayden and Madi.

So as we've introduced our teams, let's just do a quick refresher of the rules.

We'll start off with some toss-up questions, each of those will be worth 10 points, if a team gets that right, they move on to a bonus question which is worth 20 points.

If a team gets bonus question wrong, however, another team can steal that bonus for 10 points.

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

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

If we all understand the rules, let's go ahead and get into the questions.

What French painter use Victorine Meurent as the model for both his painting Olympia and for a depiction of an outdoor picnic lunch on the grass?

(beeper beeps) Haresh?

- Monet.

- Monet is correct.

Well done.

For your bonus, the Charter Oath was a declaration by what Japanese emperor who took power as a part of a namesake restoration that ended the Tokugawa shogunate?

- Hirohito.

- [Announcer] Hirohito is incorrect.

Trico, a chance to steal.

- No answer.

- The answer you're looking for was Maji.

Maji...

Onto our next question, pencil and paper ready.

If a two-thirds majority is required and 186 ballots are cast, what is the minimum number of yes votes needed for passage?

(beeper beeps) Haresh.

- 124.

- 124 is correct.

Well done.

For your bonus, what name is given to the plane of Earth's orbit as well as the path the sun traces out in the sky throughout the year?

- Orbit.

- [Announcer] Orbit is incorrect.

Trico, a chance to steal.

No answer.

- Answer you're looking for is ecliptic, ecliptic plane and (indistinct).

For our next toss-up, what president, who fled to Germany during the Maine 1968 student protest, founded the Fifth Republic and led the free French forces in World War II.

(beeper beeps) - Haresh.

- de Gaulle.

- Charles de Gaulle, that's correct.

Well done.

For your bonus, what poem by John Keats describes a beverage from the warm south and uses the phrase the use the phrase, "light-winged dryad of the trees," to refer to the tidal creature.

- The Pelican.

- [Announcer] Pelican is incorrect.

Trico, a chance to steal.

- No answer.

- Answer we're looking for was Ode to a Nightingale.

To a nightingale... Back to the toss-ups.

What country, which ceased issuing pennies in 2013, introduced in 1987 a coin known as a loonie, which it issues from its royal mint in Winnipeg?

(beeper beeps) Gabe.

- Canada.

- Canada is correct.

The loonie not the only coin, the $2 coin known as a toonie because it's two loonies because Canada makes sense, it all makes sense.

For your bonus, in Norse myth, what plant, from which frig did not extract an oath, did a Loki use to make the spear that killed Baldur?

- Mistletoe.

- Mistletoe is correct.

Well done.

Back to the toss-ups, what substance, whose depletion after death causes rigor mortis, consist of a nucleoside bound to an ion containing three atoms of phosphorus?

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

The answer we're looking for was ATP.

ATP... Take it to the next toss-up.

What event, whose pretext was the murder of diplomat Ernst vom Rath was a 1938 Nazi pogrom named after the damage to synagogues and Jewish shops?

(beeper beeps) Gabe.

- The Night of Broken Glass.

- Then Night of Broken Glass or Crystal Night is correct.

Well done.

For your bonus, Pope Paul VI enacted a program of augmento, or updating, at what modernizing 1960s (indistinct) Council?

- UNESCO.

- UNESCO is incorrect.

Trico, a chance to steal.

- [Laya] No answer.

- Answer we're looking for was the second Vatican council.

And that'll take us to our first media question.

This song by Imagine Dragons and J.I.D was recorded for an animated Netflix series based off the video game- (beeper beeps) Ryan.

- [Ryan] Enemy.

- [Announcer] Again.

- Enemy.

- [Announcer] Enemy is incorrect.

It's based off the video game series League of Legends, name this Netflix series.

(indistinct) for the name of the show.

(beeper beeps) Brayden - [Brayden] Arcane.

- [Announcer] Arcane is correct.

Well done.

- Let's go.

- And since that is a media question, there is no bonus questions.

We'll just take it back to toss-ups.

What character says that, "a man can be destroyed but not defeated," mentors Manolin and catches a marlin in an Ernest Hemingway book set on the sea?

(beeper beeps) Haresh.

- The old man.

- The old man is correct.

Well done.

For your bonus, what Golf tour sponsored by Saudi Arabia, whose CEO is Greg Norman, allegedly offered Tiger Woods more than 500 million dollars to join?

- Dubai Golf.

- [Announcer] Dubai Golf is incorrect.

Trico a chance to steal.

- PGA.

- PGA Golf is also incorrect.

The answer we're looking for was LIV Golf.

Golf... Back to the toss-ups, what rock formed by compression of organic matter has varieties including anthracite, bituminous and lignite and is a solid fossil fuel.

(beeper beeps) Laya.

- Coal.

- Coal's correct.

Well done.

For your bonus, "Open your head," was one of the unusual performance directions provided by what French composer, whose works for piano include the gymnopedies?

Or gymnopedies, for pronouncing in French.

- Franz.

- [Announcer] Franz is incorrect.

Carterville, a chance to steal.

- (indistinct).

- (indistinct) is incorrect.

The answer we're looking for is Eric Satie.

For your toss-up, what author of Fratelli Tutti, a 2020 encyclical, advocated for same sex civil unions in a 2020 interview and currently leads the Catholic church?

(beeper beeps) Gabe.

- The Pope.

- [Announcer] The Pope is not quite the answer we're looking for.

(beeper beeps) Brayden - Francis.

- Francis is correct.

I was seeing if I needed specifically Pope Francis I but Francis is correct.

Well done.

For your bonus, a 1054 supernova, observed by Chinese, Arab and indigenous American astronomers, created what nebula visible in the constellation Taurus?

- Pass.

- [Announcer] All right, Carterville.

- Orion.

- Orion is incorrect.

The answer is Crab.

The Crab Nebula.

Back to the toss-ups.

What fruit whose varieties include cara cara, blood and naval- (beeper beeps) Gabe.

- Orange.

- Orange is correct.

Well done.

For your bonus, in September, 2021 a new defense pact was signed by the US, Britain and what country, then led by Prime Minister Scott Morrison?

- Australia.

- Australia's correct.

Aussie, Aussie, Aussie, oi, oi, oi.

For the next toss-up, in what battle, fought at Freeman's farm and Bemis heights, did Horatio Gates capture a British army in a 1777 turning point in the Revolutionary War?

(beeper beeps) - Haresh.

- Yorktown.

- Yorktown is incorrect.

Trico, you still have the chance to answer.

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

Answer is the Battle of Saratoga.

Battle of Saratoga... Next tossup.

What writer described the officer's painful execution in the story In the Penal Colony and wrote about Gregor becoming a bug in the metamorphosis?

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

The answer we're looking for for Franz Kafka.

Franz Kafka.

And that'll take us to another media question.

This flag belongs to the country that is a transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and North Asia, is the largest country- (beeper beeps) - [Gabe] Russia.

- [Announcer] Russia is correct.

Well done.

- I dunno why (indistinct).

- Back to the toss-ups.

In what building, which Brian Sicknick died a day after defending, was Ashli Babbitt shot as a part of a mob that overran it on January 6th, 2021.

(beeper beeps) - Capitol Building.

- Capitol building's correct.

Well done, Haresh.

For your next question.

In 2021, a Canadian group decided to release 50 million pounds from its reserve of what sweet food made by gathering sap from a specific type of tree?

- Maple syrup.

- Maple syrup is correct and there's also more than one maple syrup bank in Canada.

I think there's three and they have like over 200 million pounds of syrup.

It's ridiculous.

They're prepping for the end of the world in a very unique way.

For your toss-up, what metallic element is found in the mineral argonite is used by corals to build their skeletons and is combined with phosphate in human bones?

(beeper beeps) Brayden.

- Calcium.

- Calcium's correct.

Well done.

For your bonus, long range weather forecasting is difficult partly due to what phenomenon in which a system is highly sensitive to its initial conditions?

- No answer.

- [Announcer] No answer.

Carterville a chance to steal.

- (indistinct).

- (indistinct) is incorrect.

The answer we're looking for was chaos or the butterfly effect.

Next toss-up.

What author who began writing the gay romance, Morris, in 1913 described a false accusation that Adela makes against Dr. Aziz in a passage to India?

(buzzer buzzes) I was really getting worried.

I was like, "I feel like it have been 10 seconds."

The answer we're looking for was E. M. Forster.

And now we'll take it to the lightning round.

The way our lightning round works is each team will have 60 seconds to answer as many questions as they can about a particular topic.

Now, Trico, since you guys are trailing, you will have the chance to pick your topic first.

So I'll read 'em out for you.

Your topics are 20th Century artists, NBA beginnings, Sams and I am.

- I think we should do I am, that's pretty bad (indistinct).

I think we'll go with I am.

- I am?

All right.

I am, answer the following about phrases containing the word I am.

Let me get my papers set up.

All right.

And 60 seconds on the clock, I will count you guys down at 3, 2, 1.

Play in which Mercutio says, "I am hurt.

A plague o' both houses!"

- Pass.

- [Announcer] A religious figure who says, "I am the light of the world."

- Jesus.

- [Announcer] That's correct.

Sith Lord who proclaims, "I am the Senate".

- Pass.

- [Announcer] Frenchman who says, "cogito ergo sum," or, "I think, therefore I am" - (indistinct), isn't?

- [Announcer] That's incorrect.

God whose avatar, Krishna, proclaims, "I am become Death."

- Oppenheimer.

- [Announcer] That's incorrect.

Movie franchise in which Lightning McQueen boasts, "I am speed."

- Cars.

- [Announcer] That's correct.

Philosopher who wrote the essay Why I Am not a Christian.

- Pass.

- [Announcer] Biblical character who says, "I am escaped with the skin of my teeth."

- Judas.

- Judas is incorrect.

All right, so you guys passing some of this.

So we'll go through the ones passing this.

Play in which Mercutio says, "I am hurt.

A plague o' both your families," is Romeo and Juliet.

Sith Lord who proclaims, "I am the Senate," was Emperor Palpatine in Return of the Sith?

The third one, right?

Yeah.

Yeah, you guys are nodding.

Okay, cool.

(participants chuckle) I'm seeing how well I remember my Star Wars movies.

Frenchman who says, "cogito ergo sum," or, "I think, therefore I am," is Rene Descartes.

God whose avatar, Krishna, proclaims, "I am become Death."

Oppenheimer also said it, but it was Vishnu.

You got the movie franchise right.

Philosopher who wrote the essay Why I am Not a Christian is Bertrand Russel.

Biblical character who says, "I am escaped with the skin of my teeth," is Job.

French king who says, "l'etat c'est a moi," or, "I am the state," is Louis the 14th.

And president who said, "ich bin ein berliner," was John F. Kennedy.

All right.

With you guys outta the way, it's now to Carterville.

I'll reread your topics for you.

You have NBA beginnings, 20th Century artists or Sams, S-A-M-S. - Sams.

- Sams it is.

All right.

Answer the following about people whose name starts with Sam.

Pretty self explanatory.

I'll give you 60 seconds on the clock and I'll count you down.

Three, two, one.

Pen name of the author Samuel Clemens.

- Mark Twain.

- [Announcer] That's correct.

Samantha Power was ambassador to is this organization.

- NATO.

- [Announcer] NATO is incorrect.

Singer of Stay With Me and the James Bond theme, Writing's on the Wall.

- Howard.

- [Announcer] That's incorrect.

First president of the Republic of Texas.

- Houston.

- [Announcer] That's correct.

AFC East team that drafted quarterback Sam Darnold.

- Pass.

- [Announcer] Sam Spade is the protagonist of this detective novel.

Novel... - Sherlock Holmes.

- [Announcer] That's incorrect.

This man's diary describes London's great fire.

- Pass.

- [Announcer] Sammy Brady is a character on this soap opera set in Salem.

- Salem Witch Trials.

- [Announcer] That's incorrect.

Explorer who names a lake between New York and Vermont.

- Pass - Composer of a 1936 Adagio for Strings.

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

Samantha Power was the ambassador of this organization...

It was not NATO, it was the UN.

Singer of stay with me, the fake stay with me, not the good Japanese one, and the James Bond theme, Writing's on the Wall is Sam Smith.

AFC East team that drafted quarterback Sam Darnold was the New York Jets.

Sam Spade is the protagonist of this detective novel, The Maltese Falcon.

This man's diary describes London's Great Fire was Samuel Peeps.

Sammy Brady is a character on this soap opera set in Salem is Days of Our Lives.

Explorer who names a lake between New York and Vermont is Samuel de Champlain.

And composer of a 1936 Adagio for Strings is Samuel Barber.

All right, so that will conclude our lightning run.

And let's just take a quick update at the scores.

So Trico was 65, Carterville at 170.

So a pretty close game to be honest with you guys, and, Trico, you solve the back half the catch ups and no reason you can't.

And let's take it back to the toss-ups.

What US streaming service, which streamed the 2022 Eurovision song contest and the reboot Bell Air is named after the logo of parent network NBC.

(beeper beeps) Brayden.

- Peacock.

- Peacock's correct.

Well done.

(indistinct) minutes, which Russian Tsar defeated the decembrist revolt after succeeding his brother, Alexander I, in 1825 and shares his name with a Tsar shot in 1918?

- Pass.

- [Announcer] All right.

- [Gabe] Peter.

- Peter is incorrect.

The answer we're looking for was Nicholas I.

Shares the name with Nicholas II, who was shot in 1918.

For you toss-up, what mountain, under which the giant (indistinct) was said to have been buried, lies between Katania and Mesenia and is an active volcano on Sicily.

- Aetna.

- Aetna is correct.

Well done.

I'm sure Jesse is cringing 'cause I think I messed up some of the Roman names on that one, but well done nonetheless.

And for your bonus, if the original statement of a conjecture is, "if P, then Q," what logical position is represented by the statement, "if not Q, then not P?"

- If then statements.

- [Announcer] That's incorrect.

Trico, a chance to steal.

- Equivalence.

- That's also incorrect.

The answer we're looking for was contrapositive.

Back to our toss-ups.

What colorful object is used to create a deserving porcupine, an apple tree and a moon in a Crockett Johnson picture book about a child named Harold?

(beeper beeps) - Ryan.

- A Purple Crayon.

- Harold and the Purple Crayon is correct.

I was smiling 'cause I think we were just talking about this book the other day with Rachel.

Wow.

And for the bonus, Aunt Lydia is the narrator of what 2019 Margaret Atwood novel that is a sequel to the Handmaid's Tale.

- The Bridesmaid.

- Bridesmaids is incorrect.

Trico, a chance to steal.

- No answer.

- Answer we're looking for is The Testaments.

And that will take us to another media question.

This American Animated Action Adventure Television.

(beeper beeps) Gabe.

- Danny Phantom.

- Danny Phantom is correct.

What a good TV series, fantastic TV series, and since this is a media question, no bonus.

We'll take it back to the toss-ups.

What man, who a civil jury found a liable for Ron Goldman's death, was acquitted in 1995 of murdering his ex-wife, Nicole Brown, and is a former NFL star.

(beeper beeps) Gabe.

- OJ Simpson.

- OJ Simpson's correct.

Well done.

For your bonus.

What 1963 Supreme Court case held that the sixth Amendment requires that states provide indignant defendants with an attorney?

- Marbury v. Madison.

- [Announcer] That is incorrect.

Trico, a chance to steal.

- Pass.

- The answer we're looking for was Gideon v. Wainwright.

Back to the toss-ups.

What social science received its own Nobel Prize in 1968 was studied by John Maynard Keynes and the Wealth of Nation's author, Adam Smith?

(beeper beeps) Haresh.

- Political science.

- [Announcer] Political science is incorrect.

Brayden, I see your finger hovering over that buzzer.

It's better to guess.

(beeper beeps) - Scientology.

- Scientology is incorrect.

The answer we're looking for was economics.

Economics... And for our next question, pencil and paper ready.

What is the simplified form of the product six A B squared, multiplied by three A cubed B.

(beeper beeps) Gabe.

- 18 A cubed B cubed.

- 18 A cubed B cubed is incorrect.

(buzzer buzzes) You guys are all out of time.

Gabe, very close on that one.

It was 18 A to the fourth B cubed.

There's just one off there.

I'll take us to another toss-up.

What city is home to Berkshire Hathaway, shares a metropolitan area with Council Bluff's Iowa and is the most populous city in Nebraska.

(beeper beeps) Laya.

- Kansas City.

- [Announcer] Kansas City is incorrect.

(beeper beeps) Haresh.

- Omaha.

- Omaha is correct.

Also famous for their steaks that they keep calling me about.

Back to your bonus, Sisimiut is the second most popular city on what island, whose native name is Kalaallit Nunaat?

- Sri Lanka.

- [Announcer] Sri Lanka is incorrect.

Trico, a chance to steal.

- No answer.

- Answer we're looking for was Greenland.

Back to the toss-ups.

What was the classical name for the area where the Siege of Alesia took place during Vercingetorix War with Julius Caesar in present day France.

(beeper beeps) Haresh.

- Gaul.

- Gaul is correct.

Well done.

For your bonus, in what city did Martin Luther King deliver his I've Been Told to the Mountaintop speech during a strike by sanitation workers in 1968?

- Selma.

- [Announcer] Selma is incorrect.

Trico, a chance to steal.

- Memphis.

- Memphis is correct.

Well done.

And I'll take us back to the toss-ups.

What group 14 element, which can be purified by reducing quartz, is used in most semiconductors and is a metalloid whose atomic symbol is Si?

(beeper beeps) Ryan.

- Silicon.

- Silicon is correct.

Well done.

For your bonus, what director of Pacific Rim and Pan's Labyrinth won Best Director for the Best Picture winning film, The Shape of Water?

- Tarantino.

- [Announcer] Tarantino is incorrect.

Trico, a chance to steal.

- No answer.

- Answer we're looking for is Guillermo del Toro.

And that will take us to another media question.

This flag belongs to the country that is a federal republic in West Africa, it borders Niger in the north, Chad in the Northeast and Benin in the west, its largest city is Lagos, and name this country's flag.

(beeper beeps) Haresh.

- Nigeria.

- Nigeria is correct.

Well done.

I'll take us back to the toss-ups.

What Greek goddess was the daughter of chaos, had numerous children with Uranus, including the Titans, and was the personification- (beeper beeps) Laya.

- Gaia.

- Gaia is correct.

Well done.

For your bonus, what convert to Christianity was struck blind on the road to Damascus.

- Saul.

- [Announcer] Uh, you said Saul?

- Mm-hmm.

- Let me see if I accept that answer.

That is correct.

The only answer I was looking for was St. Paul, the Apostate.

(bell dings) And that bell means it is all the time we have for on today's show so let's take a look at the scores.

It is Trico ending at 115 and Carterville at 250 so all in all, a very tight game.

So with that being all that time we have for today's show, I'd like to thank all of my lovely guests who have been playing tonight, all the people working hard behind the cameras and in the studio.

I'm Ethan Neir.

Thank you so much and goodnight.

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