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In this quarterfinal match, it's the Eagles of Windham High School.

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We're getting closer to crowning this year's champion.

There's just one spot left in the semifinals and both of today's teams hope to claim it.

Let's get things going by meeting our players.

(upbeat ambient music) For Windham, we have Mason, Kaitlyn, Will, and Chessie, with alternates, Delia and Nick, and coached by John Ziegler.

For John Bapst, we have Declan, Spring, Albert, and Summer, with alternates, Marie and Ruby, and they're coached by Jacob Mattis.

The competition has three rounds, the tossup round, the category round, and the 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 it correctly.

All right, Windham, John Babst, we ready to roll?

- Oh yeah.

- All right, good luck to both teams.

Here's our first question, round one, president Theodore Roosevelt claimed that his foreign policy strategy was to speak softly and carry what?

(bell dings) - Chessie, Windham.

- A big stick.

- A big stick is right.

It's almost like you were anticipating that question.

What is the name for the biological process in which plants convert carbon dioxide and water into glucose and oxygen?

(bell dings) Mason, Windham.

- Photosynthesis.

- That's right, photosynthesis.

In which card based role playing game does a player take the role of a planes walker?

A powerful mage who can transit across the infinite worlds of the multiverse?

(bell dings) Kaitlyn.

- Magic, the gathering.

- You got it.

Here's our next question, in a leap year, an extra day is added to the end of which month?

(bell dings) Spring, John Bapst.

- February.

- That's right, February.

Up next, we have a picture question, so please take a look at the monitor right over here, and the question is, name this South American city where the iconic statue of Christ the Redeemer named one of the seven wonders of the modern world in 2007 is located.

(bell dings) Go ahead, Kaitlyn.

- Rio de Janeiro.

- Yeah, it's Rio.

Next question, the great famine that occurred in Ireland between 1845 and 1852 was due mainly to a blight that affected what food crop?

(bell dings) Let's see, it's Summer on the end.

- Potatoes.

- Potatoes is right.

An element's atomic number is determined by the number of what particles in its nucleus?

(bell dings) Go ahead, Summer again.

- Protons.

- Protons is the right answer.

Recognizable by the bony plates on its back and the spikes on its tail, which dinosaur has a name that means "roof lizard"?

(bell dings) Albert, John Babst.

- Stegosaurus.

- Stegosaurus, right.

Okay, up next we have a video question, so please take a look at the monitor again.

- Hello, my name is Joshua Chard and I am the 2024 Maine Teacher of the Year, and today's video question category is history and politics.

Who was the primary author of the Communist Manifesto, "A Foundational Text in Political Theory" published in 1848?

(bell dings) - Spring.

- Karl Marx.

- Karl Marx is the right answer.

The first building to house the United States Mint opened in 1792 in which city that was also the nation's capital at the time?

(bell dings) Go ahead, Mason.

Philadelphia.

- Philadelphia is the right answer.

Two psychologists at Cornell University described a cognitive bias in which people of limited knowledge vastly overestimate their proficiency in a given subject area.

By what name is this effect known?

(bell dings) Albert.

- Dunning Kruger.

- Yeah, you nailed it.

All right, here's a math question, you have a paper there, you got a pencil there too.

Here's the question, in the equation, x over three equals 16, what is the value of X?

(bell dings) Caitlin.

- 48.

- 48 is the right answer.

We move on.

Author William Gibson is closely identified with what fiction genre that imagines Victorian era versions of modern technology?

(bell dings) Go ahead, Spring.

- Steam Punk.

- Yeah, Steam Punk.

Next question, what title that means Great House is used for ancient Egyptian rulers such as Amenhotep the Magnificent, and Ramses the great?

(bell dings) Chessie.

- Pharaoh.

- Pharaoh is right.

What sport that is not basketball, but is played by both men and women at the Olympics, was invented by William Morgan in a Holyoke, Massachusetts gymnasium in 1895?

(bell dings) Go ahead, Declan.

- Volleyball.

- Volleyball.

Leaked to the press by Daniel Ellsberg in 1971, the secret government report on the history of US decision making in Vietnam from 1945 to 1968 is more commonly known by what two word alternative name?

(bell dings) It's Declan.

- Pentagon Papers.

- Pentagon Papers is right.

A person is most likely to use a CPAP machine when they're doing which of these things, cooking, sleeping, or working in a chemistry lab?

(bell dings) Chessie.

- Sleeping.

- Sleeping is right.

Bennington College in Vermont owns the house where what New England poet wrote, "Stopping by Woods on a snowy evening."

(bell dings) Caitlin.

- Robert Frost.

- Robert Frost is the correct answer.

The Gulf of Suez, the Gulf of Aqaba and the Sinai Peninsula are located on the northern end of what sea in the Middle East?

(bell dings) Declan.

- The Red Sea.

- The Red Sea is correct.

Another math question here, the second and last one of our first round, what shape is described by the graph of the reciprocal function y equals one over x?

(bell dings) Chessie.

- Hyperbola.

- Yeah, hyperbola, nice job.

Next question, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are named for Leonardo Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael, and which other Italian painter and sculptor who was born before the other four in real life?

(bell dings) Kaitlyn, Windham.

- Donatello.

- Yeah, Donatello.

Notably found in certain types of acid, what is the name for the chemical group with the formula COOH?

(bell dings) Go ahead, Chessie.

- Carboxyl.

- Yes, carboxyl.

Nice job.

Wow.

Yeah, that deserves a high five.

Which Titan from Greek mythology was punished for stealing fire from the gods and giving it to humanity?

(bell dings) Albert.

- John Bax.

- Prometheus.

- Prometheus is correct.

A gun violence prevention act that went into effect in 1993 is named for what presidential Press Secretary who was critically wounded during an assassination attempt on Ronald Reagan?

(bell dings) Declan.

- Brady.

- Brady is correct.

The adjective 'catabolic' refers to an activity that releases energy and breaks down complex molecules into simple ones.

What similar sounding adjective refers to the opposite sort of activity that consumes energy and builds complex molecules from simple ones?

(bell dings) Albert, John Bapst.

- Anabolic.

- Anabolic is the right answer.

Although it was first offered at a restaurant in New York City, not in Italy, a pasta dish made with spring vegetables like asparagus, peas and spring onions has what name that comes from the Italian word for spring?

(bell dings) Summer, John Bapst.

- Primavera.

- Primavera, yes.

In the case of Bush v. Gore, the dispute over the 2000 US presidential election results ended when the Supreme Court refused to allow a recount of votes in what state?

(bell dings) Declan.

- Florida.

- Florida is the right answer.

At what naval battle in 31 BCE did the forces of Octavian defeat the forces of Mark Antony and Cleopatra?

(bell dings) Go ahead Will.

- Actium.

- Yes.

From the French for broken shells, what elaborate art and design style arose in a late Baroque period during the reign of Louis the 15th?

- Rococo.

- You gotta buzz.

(bell dings) - Rococo.

- And the answer is correct.

Nice job Summer.

(bell dinging) And that's the end of our first round.

We've got a score, John Bapst, 160, but this one's super tight, Windham's 130.

Great game underway, don't go anywhere, we'll meet the players when we get back.

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

The question is, you are a time traveler, but you are only allowed to go back in time to visit a celebrity and give them one piece of career advice.

Who would that be and why?

And we'll begin with Windham and Mason, who do you think?

- I would say George Lucas and I would say make a Jar Jar a Sith Lord - Jar Jar a Sith Lord.

- Yes.

- Now, I'm not really that well versed in the whole Star Wars thing.

Would that mess things up?

Would that create chaos or anything?

- Make it better, honestly.

- You think it would make it it better?

- It sounds like everybody is on board with that decision they're making.

- Who wouldn't be on board?

(players laughing) - Caitlin, your turn.

- I would go back and tell Matt Damon to just take Avatar and forget about Bourne.

(Todd laughing) - Come on, really?

- Yeah.

(Todd laughing) You know, it's the more profitable movie.

- Well, of course, he would've made more money.

- Yeah.

- But he wouldn't have looked so studly and everything, right?

- I think you could look studly in Avatar.

- Maybe you can.

- Yeah.

- Okay.

- On the green screen.

- A green screen, true.

Good point Will.

And now it's your turn, Will.

- Oh, it's me.

- Yes.

- Hi.

- Hi.

(Will and Todd laughing) I think '73, Marlon Brando, and just tell him to just take the Oscar.

- Oh really?

- Yeah, meaning like, or at least just go up on stage and say, "I don't want it."

- Or, yeah, just give it back.

- Yeah.

- Yeah.

Like he's too good for it.

- Yeah.

- I gotcha.

- It's Marlon Brando, like.

- Right.

I don't need it, man.

(Todd laughing) Just chucks it into the crowd and just walks off the stage.

- That would be a statement, right?

Chessie, wrap up your team.

- I would go back in time to tell Rosaline Franklin to wear clothing that will protect her from radiation.

So hopefully she wouldn't die, and might actually get the Nobel Prize she deserves.

- Oh, okay, so you're a big fan.

- Very much so.

- Okay, she's one of your like biggest.

- Her and Jennifer Doudna are pretty cool.

- I don't know that, who's that?

- Jennifer Doudna was the, pretty much the one who invented CRISPR, which is like the gene editing tool.

- Oh wow, yeah, I've heard of CRISPR.

Yep.

- Yeah.

- But that's about all I know about CRISPR is that I've heard of it.

We're gonna go down the line to John Bapst, Declan, you're up.

- I don't know, maybe just go back in time to tell Abba to please make even more music.

(Todd chuckles) - Oh, yes, yes.

One of the greatest, right?

- Yes.

- Of all time.

Go ahead, Spring, your turn.

- Well, I would have to advise John Lennon to not let Yoko Ono sit in on the studio sessions because I mean, a lot of people think that expedited the Beatles break up, so.

- Yeah.

- I don't know.

- Yeah, could've had a couple more years.

- And who knows, maybe it would've altered like his day that day.

- Yeah, exactly.

- And the Beatles would, you know, still be a thing perhaps.

- History would've been changed forever.

- Forever.

I'm with you there, Spring.

Albert, go ahead.

- I think I'd have to tell Kanye to get off social media.

(Todd laughing) - Get off the bird, right?

- Yeah.

- Get off of X, whatever it's called now.

- Yeah, (indistinct) those.

- Yeah, that's probably good career advice.

But I don't think he'll take it.

- Yeah.

I don't think he'll take it ever.

- He's pretty stubborn.

- He is very stubborn.

Summer wrap up John Baspt for us.

- I would tell Winona Ryder to quit shoplifting.

(Todd chuckles) - Did that essentially ruin her?

- Yep.

- It set her down a bad path.

- And I really like her as an actress, so.

- Yeah, same.

- It would be nice to see her in some more movies in between.

- Right, that bad phase of life.

I agree.

Thank you, Summer.

Thank you both teams.

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

(upbeat ambient music) - Hi, I'm Paul Riley from Safety Insurance, and this is your viewer question of the week.

Maine's first recorded meteorite fall occurred on August 7th, 1823.

The object landed near a Mr. Dinsmore and startled a nearby flock of sheep.

In what town did the meteorite land?

Was it Castine, Searsmont, Nobleboro, or Andover?

We'll have the answer coming up later in the show.

- Next up is the category round with the following choices, just the two of us, you are the inspiration.

Come sail away.

Africa.

It keeps you running.

And hold the line.

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 and either gain or lose points, they can skip it and neither gain nor lose points, or once per category, they can toss it to the other team and force them to answer.

Now players will have about five seconds to confer and decide what to do.

Our trailing team is Windham.

Caitlin, what would you like to do with your first category?

- Ooh, I am unsure.

- We have a Mason, you should be short if we wanna go for Africa.

- All right, five seconds are about up Kaitlyn.

(Todd chuckles) - [Kaitlyn] Okay, I'm going for, you're the inspiration.

- There it is.

You are the inspiration.

These are questions about inspirations for operas.

- Oh.

(Todd chuckles) - Sorry.

Oh boy.

Here we go, Star Trek was the inspiration for a 2010 opera called "Ooh", which is written in what language spoken by wharf and by emperor Kahless "The unforgettable" in the Star Trek franchise.

- Klingon.

- Klingon.

- Okay, Klingon is right.

That's for 10.

You're the inspiration for 15.

Alfred, The Commander and Serena Joy are roles in an opera based on what 1985 novel by Margaret Atwood?

- The Handmaid's Tale.

- Handmaid's Tale is right.

You're the inspiration for 20.

In an opera called "Dr. Atomic" tells the story of which American physicist who led the Manhattan Project and supervised the development of the atomic bomb at Los Alamos New Mexico in the 1940s.

- Oppenheimer.

- Oppenheimer, also right.

You guys are flying through this category.

You're the inspiration for 25.

A two act opera that premiered in 2010 was inspired by the life and work of which 17th century astronomer, who is best known for his three laws of planetary motion?

- Galileo.

Galileo.

- No, wait, is it Kepler or Galileo?

I think it's.

Oh.

- Kaitlyn, what would you like to do here?

- We're gonna skip it.

- You wanna skip it?

It's Kepler.

Mason would've had it.

He would've had it.

You're the inspiration for 30, the last one.

An opera called "Nagano" was inspired by Yamir Jager and Dominic Hasek and the ice hockey team from which country that won a gold medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan?

- I don't know the Olympics.

- Toss.

- We're gonna toss it.

- You wanna toss it?

Okay, we'll go over to John Bapst.

I'll reread the question for you.

The category zero, the inspiration.

An opera called "Nagano" was inspired by Yamir Yagar and Dominic Hasek and the ice hockey team from which country that won a gold medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan?

- Sounds like Nordic or something.

- Yeah, it does.

- Is it Denmark?

- I would guess Norway, but I don't really know.

- Yeah, maybe might as well.

(bell dings) - What do you think Declan?

- Norway.

- Norway is incorrect, it's the Czech Republic.

That wraps up that first category for Windham.

We're over to John Bapst now.

Declan, what's your first category going to be?

- [Declan] Hold the line.

- Hold the line.

Okay, these are gonna be questions about famous lines from literature.

Here's the first question, which novel by Ray Bradbury opens with the line, "It was a pleasure to burn?"

- Fahrenheit 451.

- Yep, you got it.

Hold the line for 15.

"Lock up your libraries if you like, but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind" is a quote from a room of one's own by which 20th century English author?

- I have no idea, I would skip it.

(bell dings) - Declan.

- I would skip it.

- What would you like to do?

- Skip.

- You wanna skip?

It's Virginia Wolf.

Hold the line for 20.

In Weathering Heights by Emily Bronte, Catherine says, "Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same."

Which character is she talking about?

- It's probably Heath Cliff I think.

- Heath Cliff.

- Yeah.

- Heath Cliff.

- That's correct.

Hold the line for 25.

"Beware, for I am fearless and therefore powerful" is a line spoken by which character in the 1818 Novel "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley?

- Frankenstein's Monster.

(bell dings) - What do you think Declan?

- Skip.

- Skip, the answer is "The Monster".

Hold the line for 30, the last one.

"And 'Yes, I said, yes, I will, yes.'"

are the last eight words of the more than 265,000 words in what novel by James Joyce that begins at 8:00 AM on June 16th, 1904?

- No, I don't think so.

(indistinct speaking) - Yeah, I guess so.

(bell dings) - Declan.

- Toss.

- You wanna toss?

Okay, we're gonna send it back to Windham.

Here's the question again, Windham, "And 'Yes, I said yes, I will, yes.'"

are the last eight words of the more than 265,000 words in what novel by James Joyce that begins at 8:00 AM on June 16th, 1904?

- Ulysses.

- You nailed it, Ulysses is correct and that wraps up hold the line.

We are back to you Windham for your second category, what would you like?

- Just the two of us.

- Just the two of us.

These are questions about famous duos.

- All right.

- Okay.

Here we go, which two Disney animated characters who also happen to be brothers run a detective agency called Rescue Rangers?

- Oh, Chippendale.

- Chippendale.

- Chippendale is right.

Just the two of us 15. often heard at sporting events, "Seven Nation Army" is a 2003 song by what band whose members first names are Jack and Meg?

- The White Stripes.

- Yeah, the White Stripes.

Just the two of us, 20.

Created by British animator Nick Park, what Claymation man and dog duo have starred in films such as "A Grand Day Out", "The Wrong Trousers" and "Curse of the Weir Rabbit"?

- Wallace and Grommet.

- Wallace and Grommet is correct.

Just the two of us for 25.

Known for the singles "Closer to Fine", "Power of Two in Galileo", Amy Ray and Emily Sailors are singers, songwriters of what folk rock duo who have performed together since the 1980s?

- Do wanna skip it?

- Yeah, skip it.

- Skip it.

- Skip it, it's Indigo Girls.

- Ooh.

- So good.

Just the two of us for 30, the final one.

Stanley and Oliver are the first names of what comedy duo who began making films as a team back in 1927 and are recognizable by the bowler hats they usually wore?

- Toss.

- That's a toss.

- Toss.

- Toss.

- Okay, we're gonna toss it over to John Bapst.

Here comes the question again, Stanley and Oliver are the first names of what comedy duo who began making films as a team back in 1927 and are recognizable by the bowler hats that they usually wore?

- Warner Brothers.

- Warner brother, I guess.

(indistinct) Is it Warner?

Warner Brothers, like the Chaplain Brothers or something?

- Why you think Warner brothers?

(bell dings) - What do you think Declan?

- Warner Brothers - Might as well.

- I dunno.

- Warner Brothers.

- That's incorrect, it's Laurel and Hardy.

- Oh.

- Laurel and Hardy.

That wraps up just the two of us.

John Bapst, it's your turn again.

- (indistinct).

- Yeah, I dunno, might as well, keeps.

- Declan.

- It keeps you running.

- It keeps you running.

These are questions about forms of energy.

In environmental science, what term is used for organic matter such as firewood, agriculture, waste or manure that can be used to produce energy?

- Biomass.

- Biomass.

- That's right, biomass.

It keeps you running, 15.

What is the name for the device in an electrical system that uses electromagnetic induction to convert the input voltage of an electrical current to a different output voltage without changing its frequency?

- Oh.

(bell dings) - Declan.

- Skip.

- Transformer.

Transformer.

It was on the tip of your tongue, I know it.

- Yeah.

- It keeps you running for 20.

The north antelope Rochelle Mine in Wyoming is the largest producer of which fossil fuel in the United States?

- Coal.

- Coal is right.

It keeps you running for 25.

A skateboarder at the top of a halfpipe has what type of energy that is defined as stored energy based on their mass and position relative to other objects?

- Potential.

- Potential is the correct answer.

It keeps you running for 30, the last one.

In 2016, two Swiss pilots completed a historic round the world flight in an aircraft that did not burn fuel, but instead was powered by what form of renewable energy?

- Solar power.

- Solar power is the correct answer.

And that wraps up our category round.

We have a score.

Ooh, this one's tight, Windham 250, John Bapst 215.

Everything can change in the lightning round, probably will too.

So sit tight, we'll be right back.

(upbeat ambient music) - How did you do with the question of the week?

It was Maine's first recorded meteorite fall occurred on August 7th, 1823.

The object landed near a Mr. Dinsmore and startled a nearby flock of sheep.

In what town did the meteorite land?

Was it Castine, Searsmount, Nobleboro, or Andover?

The answer is Nobleboro.

Maine has six officially recorded meteorite strikes with the most recent being in Eastern Maine in 2023.

- Okay, we're heading into the final 90 seconds of gameplay, the lightning round.

Players, you do not have to wait for me to finish the question, you can buzz in anytime, but do not answer until I call your name.

You get 20 points for each correct answer.

An incorrect answer though will cost you 20 points, and the other team will not get a chance to answer that question.

The clock is set, good luck both teams.

Here we go with the first question.

(upbeat ambient music) Which amendment to the US Constitution protects freedom of speech?

(bell dings) Declan.

- The first.

- The first is correct.

According to the old nursery rhyme, the three little kittens they lost their.

(bell dings) Summer.

- Mittens.

- Mittens is right.

What type of triangle has three sides all of different lengths?

(bell dings) Caitlin, Windham.

- Isosceles.

- That's incorrect, scaling.

Apollo 11 astronaut, Edwin Aldrin, Jr is best known by what nickname?

(bell dings) Caitlin.

- Buzz.

- Buzz is right.

On the human body, the outermost layer of skin is called what?

(bell dings) Declan.

- Epidermis.

- Epidermis, yes.

What mountain range passes through seven countries in South America?

(bell dings) Declan.

- Andes.

- Andes is right.

Bollywood is a nickname for the film industry.

(bell dings) Caitlin.

- India.

- India, yes.

All carbohydrates contain carbon, hydrogen, and which other element?

(bell dings) Spring.

- Oxygen.

- Oxygen, yep.

New International and King James are commonly used versions of.

(bell dings) Chessie.

- The Bible.

- The Bible is right.

Alabama, Iowa, and most of Texas are in which North American time zone?

(bell dings) Declan.

- Planes.

- Incorrect, Central.

Paisley Park was the Minnesota home and recording studio of what musician?

(bell dings) Declan.

- Bob Dylan.

Incorrect, Prince.

Cape Horn is at the southern end of which continent?

(bell dings) Declan.

- Africa.

- South America, incorrect.

In computer science, a bite is a group of how many bits.

(bell dings) Declan.

- Eight.

(bell dinging) Eight is correct.

Let's see, we have a final score of, our winner is Windham 290!

That score is 290 points for Windham and our runner up, John Bapst with 275.

It was so, so close.

You guys both played great, congratulations to both teams.

Be sure to tune in next time for our first semi-final match.

Thanks for watching and we'll see you next time on High School Quiz Show, Maine.

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