(upbeat music) - There's one slot left in the season six championship match.

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Will it be the Eagles of Windham High School?

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I'm Todd Gutner.

We've made it to the semi-final number two match, and one of today's teams is heading to the championship, and perhaps, taking home the $1,000 grand prize for their school's Project Graduation.

In this match, we have two teams who are both looking for their very first trip to the finals.

Windham defeated North Yarmouth Academy and Brunswick to make it this far, and Cony from Augusta beat Falmouth and Wells to advance to their first semi-final.

Both teams are eager to play, so let's get things going by meeting the players.

(drumbeats) For Windham, we have Al, Greta, Kaitlyn, and Francesca, with alternates Will and Owen, and coached by John Ziegler and Nicole Densmore.

And for Cony, we have Ted, Saber, Isaac, and Sam, with alternate Claire, and coached by Steven Scoville.

The competition has three rounds, a toss-up round, a category round, and a lightning round.

We'll start with the toss-up round.

All answers are worth 10 points, and this is the only round with no point deductions for wrong answers.

Players must wait for me to complete the question, and if one team answers incorrectly, the other team will be given a chance to answer.

Are you guys ready at Windham?

- Yeah, oh yeah.

- Cony, are you ready?

- Absolutely, yes sir.

- Absolutely, all right, let's go.

Here's the first question with the match.

A National Hockey League team is named for a mythical devil who haunts the Pine Barrens region of what state?

(bell dings) - [Todd] Ted, Cony?

- New Jersey.

- New Jersey is right.

Brie and Roquefort cheeses originated in which European country?

(bell dings) Greta, Windham?

- France?

- France is also right.

In the government acronym FEMA, the F and A stand for Federal and Agency, what do the E and M stand for?

(bell dings) Al, Windham?

- Emergency Management.

- That is correct.

Dorothy Hodgkin won a Nobel Prize in chemistry for determining the atomic structure of what hormone that your pancreas makes?

(bell dings) That'll be Saber, Cony.

- Insulin.

- Insulin, yes.

Next, we have a picture question.

Check out the monitor here.

On August 24th, 2016, the eve of the National Park Service Centennial, President Barack Obama proclaimed 87,563 acres of land adjacent to Baxter State Park as a national monument.

What is the name of this national monument?

(bell dings) Saber, Cony?

- Katahdin Woods and Waterways?

- Can we take that?

We will take that.

Well done, Saber.

All right, a simple grid diagram used to predict the probability of genetic traits in offspring based on the way alleles can combine, is called a what square, after the 20th century English geneticist who created it?

(bell dings) Al, Windham?

- Punnett square.

- Punnett square is right.

What title character travels to the land of Lilliput in an 18th century book by Jonathan Swift?

(bell dings) Saber, Cony?

- "Gulliver's Travels."

- "Gulliver," yes.

In the social media tone indicator slash S, the S stands for what word, which tells you when a comment should not be taken literally?

(bell dings) Al, Windham?

- Sarcastic.

- We'll take that, yes.

In the Declaration of Independence, what British King is described as a tyrant unfit to be the ruler of a free people?

(bell dings) Greta, Windham?

- King George III?

- That is right.

Up next, we have a video question.

Take a look at the monitor again.

- Hi, I'm Senator Susan Collins, and here's my question for you.

In the case of a tied vote in the United States Senate, who casts the deciding vote?

(bell dings) - [Todd] Sam, Cony?

- The Vice President.

- The Vice President is right.

We move on.

In 2016, what country became the first in South America to host the Olympic Games?

(bell dings) Kaitlyn, Windham?.

- Brazil?

- Brazil, yes.

What Federal Act of 1862 said that any adult head of household who has never taken up arms against the United States could claim 160 acres of government land, provided they lived on it, and improved it?

(bell dings) Greta, Windham?

- The Homestead Act?

- The Homestead Act, yes.

The Oresund Bridge connects Malm ö, Sweden with what city that is the capital of Denmark?

(bell dings) Isaac, Cony?

- Copenhagen?

- Copenhagen.

Copenhagen, yes.

Stella Adler was a world famous teacher of what subject?

Art, astronomy, or acting?

(bell dings) Greta, Windham?

- Acting?

- Yes, acting.

This is a math question.

You've got pencils, you've got paper, you've got everything you need.

In a right triangle with sides measuring eight and 15, what is the length of the hypotenuse?

(pencils scribbling) (buzzer sounds) (bell dings) I don't think you got that in, Al.

The answer is 17.

Was that where you were gonna go with?

- Yeah.

- Of course it was, Al.

- I just buzzed in.

- All right, we move on.

What long flat pasta takes its name from the Italian word for tongue?

(bell dings) - Saber, Cony?

- Lasagna.

- Incorrect.

Windham, you have a chance.

(bell dings) Go ahead, Francesca.

- Spaghetti.

- Ah, good try.

Wrong guess.

Linguini was the right one.

- [Both Teams] Ooh.

- All right.

The stamen of a flower consists of a filament in what organ, where pollen is produced?

(bell dings) - Saber, Cony?

- Pistil.

- Incorrect.

Windham?

(buzzer sounds) Answer is anther.

Anther.

In Spanish, she's abuela, and in Russian, she's babushka.

What is the English word for this member of a family?

(bell dings) Ted, Cony?

- Grandmother.

- Grandmother is right.

The five grand palaces of the Joseon Dynasty are located in what Asian country?

(bell dings) Greta, Windham?

- Iran?

- [Todd] Incorrect.

Cony?

(bell dings) Go ahead, Ted?

- Korea.

- More specific, please?

- [Ted] South Korea.

- You got it, nice job.

We move on.

What state that is home to The Grand Coulee Dam is the biggest producer of hydroelectric power in the US?

California, Idaho, or Washington?

(bell dings) Greta?

- Washington?

- Yes, Washington.

What 10-letter name is used for any soil sediment or rock that has been completely frozen continuously for two years or more?

(bell dings) Francesca?

- Glacial?

- [Todd] Incorrect.

Cony?

(bell dings) Go ahead, Ted.

- Permafrost.

- That is right.

A bestselling biography by Laura Hillenbrand traces the life history of what horse that became an unlikely thoroughbred race champ in 1938?

(bell dings) Saber, Cony?

- Seabiscuit?

- Seabiscuit, yes.

The next math question, here it comes.

A family has an annual household income of $80,000 and pays $1,600 per month for a home mortgage.

Based on these numbers, what percentage of the family's household income goes toward the mortgage each year?

(bell dings) - [Todd] Greta?

- Five percent?

- Incorrect.

Cony?

(buzzer sounds) The answer is 24%.

24%.

Our next question.

The UK transferred sovereignty over what territory to China on July 1st, 1997?

(bell dings) Ted, Cony?

- Hong Kong.

- Hong Kong, right.

(alarm sounds) All right, that's the end of round one.

We have a score of Windham 90, Cony 110.

Ooh, this one is a good one.

Don't go away.

We have lots more game to come, and we'll meet the teams when we get back.

(upbeat music) Before we head to the category round, we like to pause and get to know our players with a slightly silly question.

This evening, I have no idea what this question is.

I've been told that I am not gonna be physically harmed, but I might be emotionally harmed.

Here I go, I'm reading it for the first time.

The tables have turned.

- [Greta] They have indeed.

(laughs) - This is gonna get scary.

Oh boy.

- Since you have done such a wonderful job of reading us random and confusing questions, we have decided to give you the same gift.

- Oh, no.

- And we'll start with Al.

- [Todd] Oh no.

- This is a math question.

(Todd laughs) - No, wait, I don't have paper.

- [Al] Kidding, I'm kidding.

- Okay.

(laughs) - Which fictional character do you most identify with and why?

- Fictional means not real.

Okay, boy.

Maverick from "Top Gun."

He's just the coolest dude on the planet.

(laughs) - That's a little ambitious, Todd.

- Wow, thanks, Kaitlyn.

Thanks so much.

(laughs) - All right.

Imagine you're the ambassador to a group of aliens coming to Earth.

What would be the first thing you would tell them?

- Go straight to McDonald's, get a Big Mac, large fry, chocolate shake.

Done.

Kaitlyn, you're up.

- If you could give the power of speech to any animal, which animal would it be, and why?

- Oh definitely my cat, Aries.

I mean, she be, I think I know what she's saying, but I really want to know 'cause she's like my favorite thing, other than my family on this planet.

(laughs) Francesca?

- If you were to be added to the Guinness Book of World Records, what would that record be?

- Oh boy.

Longest, longest wearing of socks without washing them.

(audience laughs) Not recently, but I used to like, wear socks for a while.

Yeah, until I got married and my wife put a kibosh on that.

Ted?

- If you could create a sitcom based off of some aspect of your personal life, what would it be called, and what is it about?

- Oh boy.

A sitcom?

I don't know.

Hmm.

Oh, life with twins.

Someone is telling me in my ear.

That would be great, yes.

- That's good.

And a cat, right?

- And a cat, yes.

Sidekick cat.

Saber?

- If you could be on a reality show, what show would you like to appear on, and why?

- Oh, man.

As a family, we watch "Survivor" all the time.

I'd love to do "Survivor."

And we have like an ongoing like, you know, debate in our house about who would get voted off first, and they always say I would.

(laughs) Isaac?

- Which website or social media platform do you think best matches your personality, and why?

There's only one correct answer here.

- What?

Hmm, The Weather Channel?

- I'm sorry, that is incorrect.

- That's incorrect?

What?

You're not gonna tell me?

(laughs) - No.

- Sam?

- What's the best piece of advice you've ever received?

- Oh boy.

Actually, someone gave me advice about when I went to college to, no matter how sick you feel, or tired you are, go to class, and take notes.

And, you will do well.

That was the best advice, so I tried to make it to every class, including that eight o'clock on Friday morning, which was not fun.

The category round is next, but let's see how well you do with our viewer question of the week.

(upbeat music) (applause) Wow.

(laughs) You guys did awesome there.

Well done.

(applause) Well done.

The tables have turned.

- The tables have turned.

(upbeat music) - Hi, I'm Alec O'Meara from Unitil, and this is your Maine Question of the Week.

Maine is one of only four states that prohibit what?

Is it billboards?

Whistling on Sundays?

Or owning an armadillo?

We'll have the answer later in the show.

(upbeat music) - We're back, and next up is the category round with the following choices.

This Place Ruled, Now For a Little Science, Gallery Hopping, As We Always Say, Tell It to the Judge, and Reading Rainbow.

Questions have increasing point values, and wrong answers will cost you.

Each team will alternate control of two categories.

With each question, they can choose to answer it, they can choose to skip it if they don't want to take a chance on a wrong answer, or once per category, they can toss, and force the other team to answer the question.

Players will have five seconds to confer with each other, and decide what to do.

Windham, you are trailing slightly.

You have control of the board.

What category do you want to start with?

- [Contestant] We're gonna go with Reading Rainbow.

- Reading Rainbow.

All right.

These are questions that, let's see, each answer contains a color.

- Oh okay, cool.

- Each answer contains a color.

What four words finish this line from Dr. Seuss?

"I do not like them Sam I am, I do not like," what?

- Green eggs and ham.

- Green eggs and ham is right.

Reading Rainbow for 15.

The Brothers Grimm had two stories about Snow White.

One of them includes what character, who is Snow White's sister?

- Black.

Is it the?

- We don't know it for sure and it's 15 points.

- Yeah, so we should skip.

- Skip it?

- Yeah, we're gonna skip.

- You're gonna skip.

Okay, The answer is Rose Red.

Rose Red.

All right, Reading Rainbow for 20.

The main character, Celie, writes letters to God in what 1982 novel by Alice Walker?

- "Black Beauty."

- "Black Beauty?"

- "Black Beauty."

- "Black Beauty."

- Ooh, that's incorrect.

It's "The Color Purple."

"The Color Purple."

Reading Rainbow for 25.

Set in Oakland, California, "There, There" is an award-winning 2018 novel by what Cheyenne and Arapaho author?

- Tommy Orange.

- Tommy Orange.

- Tommy Orange is right.

Reading Rainbow for 30.

The narrator is a woman who is being confined as part of a rest cure in what 1892 short story by Charlotte Perkins Gillman?

- "The Yellow Wallpaper."

- "The Yellow Wallpaper," nice job.

All right, Windham, you're through with that category.

Cony, your turn.

What are we gonna do?

- [Contestant] This Place Ruled.

- This Place Ruled for 10.

These are questions about ancient cities.

First question.

In 762 CE the Abbasid Caliphate built its capital in what city that is the capital of Iraq today?

- It's Baghdad.

- Baghdad.

- Baghdad is right.

This Place Ruled for 15.

The Third Punic War ended in 146 BCE with the destruction of what ancient city state founded Queen Dido, and located in present day Tunisia?

- Carthage.

- Carthage.

- Carthage, good job.

This Place Ruled for 20.

The capital city of the Minoan civilization was Knossos on what island that is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands?

- Crete.

- Crete is right.

This Place Ruled for 25.

What ancient Sumerian city with a two letter name might have been the most populous city on earth back around 2000 BCE?

- Ur.

- Ur is also right.

And, This Place Ruled for 30.

What Mongol Emperor chose Shangdu, also known as Xanadu, as his imperial capital in the mid 13th century?

- Skip.

- You wanna skip it?

Okay, the answer is Khan.

Khan is the answer.

All right, that's through, we're done with that category.

We're back to Windham for the second category.

- [Contestant] Now For a Little Science?

- Now For a Little Science for 10, questions about microscopic things.

Here's the first question.

From the Latin for false foot, what is the name for the body extension that an amoeba uses to help it move around?

- It's the pseudo, pseudo.

- Pseudopods?

- Pseudopods.

- Pseudopod.

- I don't think it's pseudopod.

No, we should skip.

We're gonna skip.

(timer beeps) - It was pseudopod.

- Oh.

- Oh well, onto the next one, you'll get this.

Now For a Little Science 15.

Yellow fever and COVID-19 are examples of what type of infectious microbe, smaller than bacteria, that scientists identified for the first time in 1892?

- Viruses.

- Told you you'd get it right.

Next one.

Now For a Little Science for 20.

Equivalent to 1/10 millionth of a millimeter, what unit of length named for a Swedish physicist is used to measure the size of an atom?

- Picometer?

- Yeah, it's a.

Well wait, hang on, hang on again.

No, no, no, it's the other guy.

It's, it's it's.

(timer beeps) - I'll need something now, it's gotta be answer, skip?

You wanna skip it?

You wanna skip it?

Angstrom.

Angstrom is the answer.

Now For a Little Science, 25.

Inside a cell, what organelle processes lipid molecules and proteins for distribution to the body?

- Golgi apparatus?

Golgi apparatus?

- You nailed it.

And Now For a Little Science for 30.

There are six flavors or differences in mass in charge of quirks.

Up, down, top, bottom, charmed, and what other flavor?

- Strange.

- That's right, yep, yep.

Strange.

- Strange is right.

That was a strange question that I would not have gotten.

Cony, your second category will be?

- [Contestant] As We Always Say.

- As We Always Say for 10, these are questions about mottos.

About mottos.

What Latin word that means truth can be found in the mottos of Harvard, Yale, Villanova, and Indiana Universities?

- Skip.

- Skip.

- Answer is veritas.

Next question, As We Always Say for 15.

Archimedes probably inspired California state motto, which is what Greek word that means, "I found it."

- Eureka.

- Eureka.

- Eureka is right.

As We Always Say for 20.

The motto of the US Marine Corps is what two-word Latin phrase that means, "always faithful?"

- Semper Fidelis.

- Semper Fidelis.

- That is right, we would have taken Semper Fi also.

As always, As We Always Say for 25.

To make the best better is the motto, and a green clover is the symbol of what international service and learning organization for teens?

- Four H Club.

- Four H Club.

- Four H. - One H Club?

Four H Club.

- Sorry Ted, we have to go with the first answer, and the answer is Four H. Four H. All right, we have always, As We Always Say for 30.

"It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness," is the motto of what global human rights organization whose logo is a candle wrapped in barbed wire?

- Toss.

- Toss.

- All right, we're gonna toss this over to Windham.

I'll read it again.

"It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness," is the motto of what global human rights organization whose logo is a candle wrapped in barbed wire?

- UNICEF?

- That's incorrect.

It's Amnesty International.

Amnesty International.

All right, let's check out the scores.

We have Windham at 175 and Cony at 190.

This is super close, and everything can change in the lightning round, so sit tight.

We'll be right back.

(upbeat music) - How did you do with this week's question?

It was, Maine is one of only four states that prohibit what?

Is it billboards?

Whistling on Sundays?

Or owning an armadillo?

The answer is billboards.

While owning an armadillo is illegal in many states, only four have banned billboards.

Maine, Vermont, Alaska, and Hawaii.

(upbeat music) - Okay, this is it.

We're heading into the final 90 seconds of gameplay, the lightning round.

Players, listen up.

You do not have to wait for me to finish the question.

You can buzz in any time, but do not answer until I call your name.

You get 20 points for each correct answer.

Incorrect answers will cost you 20, and the other team does not get the chance to answer.

The clock is set.

Good luck to both of you.

Here we go.

In "The Wizard of Oz," what's the name of Dorothy's dog?

(bell dings) Greta?

- Toto.

- [Todd] Toto is right.

What's the total number of stripes on the US flag?

(bell dings) Greta again.

- 13.

- [Todd] 13 is right.

Smithsonian and DuPont Circle are metro stations in what US city?

(bell dings) Sam?

- Washington DC.

- [Todd] That is right.

Iceberg, Boston, and Romaine are types of?

(bell dings) Kaitlyn, Windham.

- Lettuce.

- [Todd] Yes.

Oswald Cobblepot is the real name.

(bell dings) Ted?

- Penguin.

The Penguin.

- [Todd] Penguin, yes.

The Port of Chennai in India is located on which bay in South Asia?

(bell dings) Ted again?

- Bengal Bay.

- [Todd] Bay of Bengal.

Yes.

What opening in the eye expands to let in.

(bell dings) Greta, Windham.

- The iris.

- That's incorrect.

Pupil.

The Wealth of Nations is a work by what Scottish economist?

(bell dings) Greta?

- Smith.

- Smith is right.

Handlebar and walrus are styles of?

(bell dings) Kaitlyn, Windham.

- Mustache.

- [Todd] Yes.

What kind of bat feeds exclusively on blood?

(bell dings) Ted, Cony.

- Vampire bat.

- [Todd] Yes.

Most of the world's cocoa beans are grown on what continent?

(bell dings) Ted again?

- Africa.

- Yes.

What singer songwriter wrote the 1969 song, "Sweet Caroline?"

(bell dings) Greta, Windham.

- Neil Diamond.

- Yes.

What country lies in the mountains between France and Spain?

(bell dings) Go ahead, Greta.

- Andorra.

- Andorra.

What Soviet cosmonaut was the first human to orbit earth?

(bell dings) Ah, Ted?

- Yuri Gagarin.

- Yes.

Napoleon was born in.

(alarm sounds) That is the end of the lightning round.

Our winner is Cony at 310.

Wow.

They're gonna move on with that final score.

They'll be moving on to the championship.

The runner up, Windham had 295.

So close.

Thank you for playing.

Congratulations to both teams.

Be sure to tune in next time, as Cony will take on Bangor in the season six championship.

Thanks for watching, and we'll see you next time for the season finale of "High School Quiz Show Maine."

Wow.

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