(stirring music) - Welcome to Season Seven of "High School Quiz Show: Maine."

We're whittling down from 16 schools to 8 as we work towards the quarterfinals, and the championship with a $1,000 prize for the school's Project Graduation.

In our fourth qualifying match, it's the Eagles of Windham High School (fanfare music) taking on the Knights of Noble High School.

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I'm your host, Todd Gutner.

We're almost halfway through our first eight matches as we knock the 16 teams down to 8 for the quarterfinals.

One of today's teams will make it through, and maybe all the way to the $1,000 prize for their school's Project Graduation.

Windham is making their third appearance as they take on Noble from North Berwick in their fourth time on the show.

Neither team has made it to the grand final before, and both are hoping to change that this year.

So let's get things going by meeting our players.

For Windham, we have Mason, Kaitlyn, Will, and Chessie, with alternate Nick, and they're coached by John Ziegler.

And for Noble, we have James, Natasha, Alec, and Nicholas, with alternate Felix, and coached by David Parr.

Now, the competition has three rounds.

The toss-up round, the category round, and the lightning round.

We'll start things 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.

So, are you teams ready?

- Oh yeah.

- Oh yeah.

Okay, here we go.

Here's the first question, round one.

Here we go.

In which 2009 animated film does a character called Flint Lockwood invent a machine that makes food fall from the sky?

(bell dings) Nicholas, Noble.

- "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs."

- You got it.

Which element with the atomic symbol P will cause objects to glow when they're exposed to ultraviolet light?

(bell dings) James, Noble.

- Phosphorus.

- "Phosphorus" is also right.

Of the five Great Lakes of North America, which is the coldest, the deepest, and largest by area?

(bell dings) Go ahead, Mason.

- Superior.

- Lake Superior is correct.

In September 2022, which musician visited the Library of Congress, where she played a 19th-century crystal flute that once belonged to President James Madison?

(bell dings) Chessie, Windham.

- Lizzo.

- Lizzo's right.

Up next we have a picture question.

So take a look at the monitor over here.

Question is, in this image, identify the ancient structure located in Athens, Greece that served as a temple dedicated to the goddess Athena.

(bell dings) Mason, Windham.

- The Parthenon.

- That is also right.

The words "Four legs good, two legs bad" are inscribed on the wall of the barn in what 1946 novella by George Orwell?

(bell dings) Chessie, Windham.

- "Animal Farm."

- "Animal Farm," yes.

"Te amo" in Spanish and "Je t'aime" in French are most commonly translated to which three-word English phrase?

(bell dings) Chessie?

- "I love you."

- "I love you" is right.

Next question.

What flightless bird with a four-letter name that was native to the island of Mauritius was driven to extinction around the 1680s by humans who killed them and destroyed their habitat?

(bell dings) Alec, Noble.

- Dodo.

- Dodo birds, yes.

In 2022, the Event Horizon Telescope produced a photographic image of Sagittarius A#*, which is what kind of massive object at the center of the Milky Way galaxy?

(bell dings) Chessie?

- A black hole.

- Black hole is right.

Next up is the video question.

So again, look at the monitor.

- Hello, my name is Joshua Chard and I am the 2024 Maine Teacher of the Year.

And today's video question category is political science.

What is the term for a form of government where power is vested in the hands of a few individuals or a single entity?

(bell dings) - Mason, Windham.

- Oligarchy.

- That is right.

Nice job.

What city, that is the capital of Kansas, has an indigenous language name that means "a good place to dig potatoes"?

(bell dings) Kaitlyn, Windham.

- Topeka.

- Topeka, yes.

On May 6th, 2023, the United Kingdom celebrated the coronation of a new king.

What is his name and regnal number?

(timeout buzzer buzzes) (bell dings) I think you were late, Will.

I think you were late.

- Yeah.

- Charles III is the answer.

Was that what you were gonna go with?

- Yes.

- Oh no.

That's a bummer.

- Bummer.

- All right, we move on, though.

The 2022 US Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v. Wade is known by what name, that is the name of the Mississippi Department of Health officer who was the official petitioner to have the case heard by the court?

(timeout buzzer buzzes) It was Dobbs that was the last name.

Dobbs.

Which figure from Greek mythology fell in love with his own reflection in a pool of water?

Was it Cadmus, Narcissus, or Zeus?

(bell dings) Natasha?

- Narcissus.

- That's right.

All right, we have a math question now.

You've got a piece of paper and a pencil there.

A driver completed 3/5 of her road trip after traveling 174 miles.

How many more miles must she travel to reach the end of her trip?

(timeout buzzer buzzes) (bell dings) Late, Chessie.

It was a tough one.

116.

116 miles.

Did you figure that out?

- No, I was just gonna guess a random one.

- Okay.

That was, yeah, good.

Well played.

Well played.

We'll move on here.

What Latin word that means "person who recounts facts" is also a common English word that describes Nick Carraway in F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel "The Great Gatsby"?

(bell dings) Kaitlyn?

- Narrator.

- Narrator, yes.

Known as Pemetic to the Wabanaki people, what island is the largest off of the Maine coast, and second largest on the Eastern Seaboard?

(bell dings) Go ahead, Kaitlyn.

- Mount Desert Island.

- You got it again.

"How do I love thee?

Let me count the ways."

is the most famous line in "Sonnets from the Portuguese" by which 19th-century English poet?

(timeout buzzer buzzes) Browning.

Browning is the right answer.

On a roll of two standard six-sided dice, how many combinations will yield the number seven?

(bell dings) James, Noble.

- Six.

- Six is right.

Cartoonist Art Spiegelman won a special Pulitzer Prize in 1992 for what graphic novel that was based on his parents' experience in concentration camps during the Holocaust?

(bell dings) Will, go ahead.

- "Maus."

- "Maus" is right.

Good job.

In the human body, neurons are protected by a membrane or sheath of what fatty protein material?

(bell dings) Go ahead, Mason.

- Myelin.

- That's right.

To play cat's cradle, you need which of these things?

A ball, a piece of wood, or string?

(bell dings) Chessie?

- String.

- String.

Nice job.

What word that sounds like a piece of gym equipment is the common name for the sensory organs that look like whiskers around the mouth of a catfish?

(timeout buzzer buzzes) Barbells.

Barbells is the right answer.

What five-letter Spanish word that begins with S can mean a style of Latin American dance music or a tomato-based condiment?

(bell dings) Alec.

- Salsa.

- Salsa's right.

We have a second math question.

Last one too, by the way.

The ratio of seniors to juniors in the high school ski club is five to four.

If there are 63 students in the ski club, how many are seniors?

(bell dings) Chessie?

- 35.

- 35 is right.

Nice job.

Great job.

During World War I, German fighter pilot Manfred von Richthofen was given what nickname that referred to his aristocratic background and the unusual color of his airplane?

(bell dings) Alec?

- The Red Baron.

- "The Red Baron" is right.

Water molecules sticking together to form a drop is an example of what property in which molecules are attracted to and bond with other molecules of the same kind?

(bell dings) Chessie?

- Adhesion.

- [Todd] That's incorrect.

Noble, you wanna give it a shot?

(bell dings) Nicholas?

- Cohesion.

- Cohesion is the correct answer.

Bud and Lou are the first names of which comedy duo who are famous for the baseball-themed routine "Who's on First?"

?

(bell dings) Will?

- The Three Stooges.

- Incorrect.

- Dang.

- Noble?

Wanna just throw it out there?

(timeout buzzer buzzes) All right, the answer is Abbott and Costello.

- Okay.

(laughs) - Good to know.

There you go.

What extinct volcano is the highest peak in the Caucasus Mountains of southwestern Russia?

(timeout buzzer buzzes) Answer is Mount Elbrus.

If a caller is telling you to do an allemande left, followed by a right and left grand, you are probably doing what type of American folk dancing that involves four couples?

(bell dings) Chessie?

- Square dancing.

- Square dancing, yes.

Named for the French city where it probably was commissioned, what 11th-century work of embroidery consists of about 32 scenes depicting the Norman Conquest of England?

(bell dings) Chessie again.

- The Bayeux Tapestry.

- You nailed it again.

- It's spelled really weird.

- Yes it is, and I can't pronounce it.

I'm glad you did, correctly.

Because people listen to.

Because people listen closely to his opinions about the financial markets, what American business executive from Nebraska is known as the Oracle of Omaha?

(bell dings) James, Noble.

- Warren Buffett.

- Yes, Warren Buffett.

(alarm rings) Oh, that's the end of round one.

We have a score.

Windham 160, Noble 90.

Great match is underway, so 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, which is: If you could time travel, but not be able to interact with anyone or anything, where would you go, and why?

And we'll begin with Windham and Mason.

- The 1950s, because people call me an old man and I would like to find out why.

- Do you think all old men come from the 1950s?

(laughs) - No.

- Close enough, though.

(Todd laughs) Kaitlyn, you're up.

- I'd like to go to the Globe Theatre for the first production of "Romeo and Juliet."

- [Todd] Oh.

- Because it would be cool to see people reacting to a story that's been told so many times, for the first time.

- Yeah.

- And they were all, all the women were played by men, and I think that would be funny to see.

(laughs) - That would be amazing.

Did you also happen to see your buddy here, Will, giving you the thumbs down on that?

- I'm blind to him at this point.

(Todd laughs) - Wow.

Wow.

Wow.

- Will, you have a chance to redeem yourself here.

- All right.

I think I'd go back at least five minutes, but honestly probably more than that.

Probably like a few days.

- A few days.

If you could go back a few days, what would you do differently?

- Nothing.

(Todd laughs) Just go back and do it all over again.

(Todd laughs) - Chessie, wrap up your little story here with us.

- I'd go back, like, 13 billion years ago to the Big Bang, just because I wanna study it and it sounds super cool, and I just wanna see, like, what it was like.

I'd probably die.

- Well, that's what I was gonna say.

- But like- - You wouldn't survive it to tell anybody, right?

- Yeah, but it'd still be cool to know.

- Absolutely.

Yes.

We'll go to Noble now.

James, your turn.

- I'd go back to when JFK was assassinated, 'cause I wanna know if all the theories are true.

- Yeah, that's a great point.

I just watched something, too, on Netflix, I think it was, on JFK.

Yeah, fascinating stuff.

I'd like to go back there too.

Natasha, your turn.

- I think I would go back to Ancient Greece, because I've always found it fascinating.

- Ah, yes.

Ancient Greece, yep.

Or modern Greece.

They're both fascinating.

- Or modern Greece.

Yep.

- [Todd] Alec?

- I would go back to the Constitutional Convention to see what was going on in the minds of the Framers.

- Must have been insane, right?

Like, just wild, and how much forethought they had, to figure that out.

Nicholas, wrap it up.

- I'd go see probably a performance by one of my, like, favorite musicians that's no longer together, like the Beatles or Michael Jackson or something.

- Yeah, absolutely.

Absolutely.

Good call there.

Good call there, Nicholas.

Okay, the category round is next, but let's see how well you do with our Viewer Question of the Week.

(energetic music) - Hi, I'm Paul Riley from Safety Insurance, and this is your Viewer Question of the Week.

In 2023, Cooper Wright of Cumberland Center once held the world record for the fastest assembly of a world map using what?

Was it matchsticks.

toothpicks, popsicle sticks, or Legos?

We'll reveal the answer later in the show.

- Next up, we have the category round with the following choices: "G-rated History," "Chew on This," "Simply the West," "My Secret Identity," "It Came from Shakespeare," and "Lucky 13."

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

Each team will alternate control of the two categories.

With each question, they can choose to answer, and either gain or lose points; they can skip, and neither gain nor lose points; 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.

Noble, you are up first because you're trailing by a little bit.

Which category do you want?

- [Alec] "G-rated History" please.

- Okay, "G-rated History."

The answers to these history questions start with the letter G. Here's the first question.

"Four score and seven years ago" are the first words of a speech given by Abraham Lincoln in 1863 at which Pennsylvania battlefield?

- Gettysburg.

- Gettysburg.

- That's right, Gettysburg.

"G-rated History" for 15.

Which of the 13 original American colonies was established by James Oglethorpe in 1732?

(group whispering) - Georgia.

- Georgia, also right.

"G-rated History" for 20.

Which 1965 Supreme Court decision affirmed that states may not prevent married couples from using birth control?

- Do we want- - Toss.

- Pass or toss?

- Toss.

- Toss.

- You want to throw it out, or you want to send it over to Windham?

- Send it to Windham.

- Send it to Windham.

Okay.

I'll read it again to you guys.

Ready?

Which 1965 Supreme Court decision affirmed that states may not prevent married couples from using birth control?

(group whispering) (timeout beeper beeping) - All right, well, the answer is, unfortunately you guys didn't get it, the answer is Griswold v. Connecticut.

Griswold.

Back to Noble for "G-rated History" for 25.

What two-word name did President Lyndon Johnson give to his agenda to end poverty, reduce pollution, and improve education through programs such as Medicare and Head Start?

- Grand Deal.

- We're gonna have to pass.

- Pass.

- You want...

So, you can't pass it back.

So you're skipping it.

You're skipping it.

The answer's Great Society.

Great Society.

"G-rated History" for 30.

A national organization that was founded in 1867 to represent the interests of farmers and support people in rural communities is commonly known by what six-letter "G" name?

(timeout beeper beeping) And the answer is Grange.

Grange is the answer.

Okay, we go over to Windham now for your first category.

What's it gonna be?

- [Kaitlyn] We're gonna go with "My Secret Identity."

- Okay.

"My Secret Identity."

These are questions about comic book heroes and villains.

Will is excited.

Look at that.

(laughs) Here's the first question for 10.

The son of a lighthouse keeper in Maine, Arthur Curry, discovers he has the ability to breathe underwater, which helps him in his role as which superhero?

- Aquaman.

- Aquaman.

- Aquaman is right.

"My Secret Identity" for 15.

In the movies, Brie Larson plays Carol Danvers, a comic book character who is best known by which superhero alias?

- Captain Marvel.

- Captain Marvel, yes.

"My Secret Identity" for 20.

Selina Kyle made her first appearance in the very first Batman comic.

She's best known as which long-running nemesis of the Caped Crusader?

- Catwoman.

- That's correct.

Here's the next question.

"My Secret Identity," 25.

Created by author N. K. Jemisin and introduced in 2019, the character called Sojourner Mullein is the latest incarnation of which superhero, whose power comes from a magical power ring?

- Oh, Green Lantern.

- Green Lantern.

- Green Lantern.

- That is also correct.

Next question.

"My Secret Identity" for 30.

The last one.

An anti-hero from the Spider-Man universe, the character Juan-Carlos Estrada Sanchez is better known as the Luchador with what deadly name?

- Pass it?

I don't know.

- I don't think so.

I don't think so.

- You don't wanna?

- I think we should pass.

(timeout beeper beeps) - We're gonna pass.

- You're gonna pass it, okay.

You don't wanna send it over there?

- No.

- No.

The answer is El Muerto.

El Muerto.

All right, that wraps up that category.

We're now back to Noble.

Noble, did you guys know it?

- We did not know it.

- You didn't know it.

All right, so what's your second category gonna be, Noble?

- [Nicholas] We should do "It Came from Shakespeare."

We should do "It Came from Shakespeare."

- [Alec] All right.

"It Came from Shakespeare," please.

- Okay.

"It Came from Shakespeare."

These are questions about works with titles that come from Shakespeare quotes.

Which dystopian novel by Aldous Huxley takes its title from a speech by Miranda in "The Tempest"?

- Pass.

- We'll skip.

- Skip.

All right, the answer is "Brave New World."

"It Came from Shakespeare" for 15.

Which 2012 novel by John Green about a terminally ill teen named Hazel takes its title from a line about destiny spoken by Cassius in "Julius Caesar"?

- "The Fault in our Stars."

- That's correct.

Here's our next question.

"It Came from Shakespeare" for 20.

A 1997 non-fiction book by Jon Krakauer about a disastrous expedition to climb Mount Everest has what three-word title that comes from Act IV, Scene I of "The Tempest"?

- I don't know.

- Skip.

- Wanna skip that?

It's "Into Thin Air."

"It Came from Shakespeare," 25.

The musical composition written by Edward Elgar that is traditionally played at graduation ceremonies is commonly known by what three-word title that comes from a speech in Act III, Scene III of "Othello"?

- We did.

- Skip.

- We can toss it, or.

- [Todd] You wanna skip it?

- I don't know.

- Yes.

- So you're gonna skip.

The answer is "Pomp and Circumstance."

Next one, and the final one.

"It Came from Shakespeare" for 30.

The first book in a young-adult sci-fi series by Emily Suvada has what title that comes from Hamlet's soliloquy?

- We're gonna have to toss it.

- We should toss it.

- Toss it.

- Toss.

- You wanna toss over, to Windham.

Okay, I will reread the question for you, Windham.

The first book in a young adult sci-fi series by Emily Suvada has what title that comes from Hamlet's soliloquy?

- What are the odds it's "A Court of Thorns and Roses"?

- Try it.

- Go with it.

- "A Court of Thorns and Roses."

- That's incorrect.

The answer is "This Mortal Coil."

That wraps up "It Came from Shakespeare."

Back to Windham for your final category.

- [Kaitlyn] "Simply the West."

- "Simply the West" for 10.

Questions about the western United States.

Here we go.

A national historical park that encompasses sites in Oregon and Washington state is named for which two explorers, who led an expedition to the Pacific Coast from 1804 to 1806?

- Lewis and Clark.

- That's right.

Here's "Simply the West" for 15 now.

The Bitterroot Range and the 1.6 million acre Bitterroot National Forest span part of the border between Montana and which state to its west?

- Idaho.

- Idaho, yeah.

- Idaho.

- Idaho is right.

"Simply the West" for 20.

Every 10 years, park rangers and citizen scientists at Saguaro National Park in Arizona take a census that records the population, health, and size of what kind of plants?

- A cactus.

- Cactus?

- Yeah.

- Cactus.

- Cactus is right.

"Simply the West," 25.

Founded in the 1860s as a silver-mining settlement, what ski resort town in Utah hosts the annual Sundance Film Festival, and is home to the U.S.

Ski & Snowboard national training facility?

- I don't know.

I feel like it might be Ogden, but I don't wanna risk it.

- We're gonna skip.

- You're gonna skip it?

It's Park City.

Park City, Utah.

"Simply the West."

Last one in the category.

A pass in the Sierra Nevada near Truckee, California is named for what party of pioneers who became stranded there in the winter of 1846?

- Uh.

- Donner.

- Donner.

- Donner, final.

- You nailed it.

You nailed it.

Donner Pass.

That is the end of the category round, and we have a score of Windham 255, Noble 130.

But anything can change and happen in the lightning round, so sit tight, we'll be right back.

(energetic music) (energetic music continues) - How did you do with the Question of the Week?

It was: In 2023, Cooper Wright of Cumberland Center once held the world record for the fastest assembly of a world map using what?

Was it matchsticks, toothpicks, popsicle sticks, or Legos?

The answer is: Legos.

Cooper assembled nearly 12,000 pieces in just over nine hours, beating the previous record by nearly two hours.

- 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 at any time, but do not answer until I call your name.

You get 20 points for each correct answer.

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

The clock is set.

Good luck.

Here we go.

First question.

Nicolaus Copernicus said that what object was at the center (bell dings) of our- Kaitlyn?

- The Sun.

- [Todd] The Sun, yes.

According to the 17th-century proverb, the early bird catches the- (bell dings) Kaitlyn again.

- The worm.

- [Todd] "The worm" is also right.

The Forbidden City is a palace complex in which Asian capital?

(bell dings) Alec, Noble.

- Beijing.

- [Todd] Beijing.

What positive number is the square root of 16?

(bell dings) Chessie?

- 4.

- 4, yes.

In the US, Mother's Day falls on the second Sunday of which month?

(bell dings) Kaitlyn?

- May.

- [Todd] May, yes.

All acids contain which chemical element?

(bell dings) James?

- Nitrogen.

- [Todd] Nitrogen.

I'm sorry, that's incorrect.

Hydrogen is the right answer.

In Disney's "Pinocchio," what is the name of Geppetto's (bell dings) - Oh.

- Go ahead, Kaitlyn.

It is Kaitlyn.

Kaitlyn, you gotta answer.

- Oh no.

Um.

Pinocchio.

(chuckles) - Incorrect.

It's Figaro.

Minnesota's Twin Cities are Minneapolis and which other city?

(timeout buzzer buzzes) Saint Paul is the right answer.

Olympic triathlon includes running, biking, and which other- (bell dings) Go ahead, Kaitlyn.

- Swimming.

- [Todd] Swimming, yes.

What Swiss folk hero shot an apple off his son's head with a crossbow?

(bell dings) James?

- Robin Hood.

- Incorrect.

William Tell.

Which desert covers more than half the land- (alarm rings) Oh, and that's the end of the lightning round.

And our winning team is Windham with 335 points, and they'll be moving on to the quarterfinals in a few weeks.

Our runner-up team, Noble with 110 points.

You guys played great.

Congratulations to both of you.

Be sure to tune in next time, as John Bapst Memorial takes on Saint Dominic Academy.

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

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