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I'm Todd Gutner.

We are down to our final two preliminary matches as we knock the 16 teams down to eight for the quarterfinals.

One of today's teams could be the one to go all the way to the a thousand dollars prize for their school's project graduation.

We have two veteran teams back with us today, both hoping to make it to the final for the first time.

The Clippers from Yarmouth are making their second appearance on the show and they're taking on the Warriors from Wells and their fifth time with us.

Only one can move on.

Who will it be?

Let's meet the teams so we can find out.

For Yarmouth, we have Annie, Maddie, Sebastian, and Natalie with alternates Adam and Matthew, and they're coached by Sarah Wilson.

And for Wells we have William, Samuel, John Paul, and Mason with Alternate, Christopher, and coached by Anne Beecham.

The competition has three rounds, the toss up round, the category round, and the fun 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 that correctly.

Are both teams ready?

- [Teams] Yes.

- I got some nods there.

Here we go.

Round one first question.

Filthy, icky, sticky disease and prickle thorns are ailments diagnosed by what character in an animated TV series, that aired its first episode in 2012?

(buzzer dings) Sebastian, Yarmouth.

- Doc McStuffins.

- That's right.

And we're off.

"The Scarlet Letter" and "The House of Seven Gables" are works by witch author from Massachusetts?

(buzzer dings) Go ahead, William.

- Hawthorne.

- Hawthorne is right.

The longest river in Asia is what river that flows from Tibet, through China and empties into the East China Sea.

(buzzer dings) Mason, Wells.

- Yellow River.

- That is incorrect.

Yarmouth?

(buzzer dings) Go ahead, Sebastian.

- The Yangtze?

- That is the right one, yes.

The name of which branch of mathematics comes from Arabic words meaning reunite or restore?

(buzzer dings) Go ahead, Sebastian again.

- Algebra.

- Algebra is right again.

Up next we have a picture question.

Take a look at the monitor.

In this photo, identify the oceanic trench known as the deepest point on earth, located in the Western Pacific.

(buzzer dings) William, Wells.

- The Mariana Trench.

- That's right.

The acronym CHNOPS stands for the six elements that make up 98% of life on earth.

They are carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, and which other element?

(buzzer dings) Samuel, Wells.

- Sulfur.

- Sulfur's right.

Muhammad Ali International Airport is located in what Kentucky City, That is also home to a company famous for making wooden baseball bats?

(buzzer dings) William.

- Louisville.

- Louisville is right.

Nice job.

The human body converts the betacarotene found in fruits and vegetables into retinol, a form of witch vitamin?

(buzzer dings) (timer buzzes) We got it in there.

Sebastian.

- B.

- That's incorrect.

Wells?

(buzzer dings) Go ahead William.

- D. - It's actually A, it's actually A.

We'll go on here.

Known for its frequent activity and the enormous amount of lava it produces, what volcano on the big island of Hawaii has a name that means spewing or much spreading, in Hawaiian?

(buzzer dings) Sebastian.

- Mauna Kea?

- [Todd] That's incorrect.

Wells?

No guess?

(timer buzzes) Answer's K+lauea.

K+lauea.

Next up is the video question.

So once again, look over here.

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

And today's video question category is art history.

Which art movement characterized by distorted perspectives and vivid colors emerged in the early 20th century and included artists like Pablo Picasso and George Brock?

(buzzer dings) - [Todd] Samuel, go for it.

- Expressionism.

- [Todd] Incorrect.

Yarmouth?

(buzzer dings) Sebastian?

- Abstract.

- Also incorrect.

Cubism.

Cubism.

Let's move on.

Advocated by the women's Christian Temperance Union, what policy became federal law with the passage of the 18th amendment, and was repealed by the 21st Amendment?

(buzzer dings) Natalie.

- Prohibition.

- That's right.

A bestselling novel by Min Jin Lee shares its name with what Japanese gambling machine?

(timer buzzes) The answer is Pachinko.

Pachinko.

Here's our next question.

In 1895, Wilhelm Rinkin used an image of his wife's hand to demonstrate what scientific imaging technology?

A few years later, he won the Nobel Prize for that invention.

(buzzer dings) Go ahead, Sebastian.

- X-Ray.

- X-Ray is right.

In which of these sports would an athlete execute a lutz and an axle?

Is it diving, figure skating or wrestling?

(buzzer dings) William.

- Figure skating.

- That is also right.

All right, here's the math question.

I think it's the first one.

You've got pencil and paper in front of you.

All right, here we go.

How much is three squared times four squared?

(buzzer dings) Sebastian?

- 144.

- Yeah, that was quick.

And you got it right.

All right, here's our next question.

The name of what Islamic fundamentalist group in Afghanistan comes from The Pashto word for students?

(buzzer dings) Mason on the end.

- Taliban.

- Taliban is right.

We move on.

What term that sounds like something you do in your garden refers to a strategy in financial investing that is used to limit the potential risk of loss in a core investment?

(timer buzzes) Hedge or hedging is the right answer.

"All the Small Things" and "What's my Age Again"?

Are songs released in 1999 by what Skate punk trio from California?

(buzzer dings) Maddie.

- Blink 182.

- Blink 182.

Yes.

In ancient Egypt, height and length were measured in what unit?

Equivalent to about 18 inches or the length from a person's elbow to the tip of their middle finger?

(buzzer dings) Sebastian.

- Cubits.

- That's also right.

"A man is born free and everywhere he is in chains" is a quote from the "Social Contract", a 1762 work by which philosopher?

(buzzer dings) Natalie, Yarmouth.

- Rousseau.

- Rousseau.

Yes.

Someone described as jocular, would be which of these things athletic, funny or studious?

(buzzer dings) Natalie again.

- Athletic.

- [Todd] Incorrect.

Wells?

(buzzer dings) Go ahead, William.

- Studious.

- It's funny.

It was the only other option.

It's funny.

That is funny actually.

All right, here we go.

We move on.

What Dutch painter of the 19th century produced more than 2000 artworks in his lifetime, including the "Starry Night" and at least 36 self portraits.

(buzzer dings) Samuel.

- Van Gogh.

- Van Gogh is correct.

In the Pokemon media universe, which Pokemon character evolves into Wartortle at level 16?

(buzzer dings) Sebastian.

- Squirtle.

- Squirtle is correct.

All right, here's the second math question.

On a standard clock face, what is the measure of the angle formed between the minute hand and the hour hand when the time is four o'clock?

(buzzer dings) Go ahead, Sebastian.

- 120.

- Yeah, you're a math wizard man, you nailed both of those really, really fast.

Alright, here's the next question.

The worldwide headquarters of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is located in which US state?

(buzzer dings) Samuel.

- Utah.

- That's right.

Tonic water is traditionally made from two ingredients, carbonated water and what bitter substance that is used as a treatment for malaria?

(buzzer dings) Sebastian.

- Quinine.

- That's also right.

About 60% of the world's population lives in Asia.

Which continent is the second most populous with more than 1.4 billion people?

(buzzer dings) Mason.

- Africa.

- Africa, correct.

Henry IV was the first French king of which Royal house, that also included Louis the 14th, Louis the 15th and Louis the 16th.

(buzzer dings) Mason again.

- Bourbon.

- That's correct.

Right?

Yeah, that's right.

Good job.

On June 28th, 1969, what bar in New York City's Greenwich Village was the scene of a police raid and subsequent rebellion that is considered a starting point for the LGBT rights movement?

(buzzer dings) Samuel.

- Stonewall.

- Stonewall is correct.

People buying diamonds are told to look for the four Cs.

Cut, color, clarity, and what other characteristics, that's a unit of weight equivalent to 200 milligrams.

(buzzer dings) William.

- Carats.

- Carat is right.

What river flows through the sea of Galilee and empties into the Dead Sea?

(timer buzzes) It's the Jordan River.

Next question Led by King Alaric the First, what tribe of Western Germanic people sacked Rome in August of the year 410?

(buzzer dings) Mason, Wells.

- Goths.

- Do we need more there?

We need a little more.

- Visigoths.

- You got it, Visigoths.

Nice job.

"Symphony number 94 G Major", also called the "Surprise Symphony" is a 1792 work by what Austrian composer?

(buzzer dings) Mason again.

- Mozart.

- Incorrect.

Yarmouth, you wanna take a shot?

(timer buzzers) It's Haydn.

Haydn.

The cover of an album released by the Beatles in the fall of 1969 is a photograph of the four band members crossing what road in London?

(buzzer dings) Natalie.

- Abbey Road.

- Abbey Road.

Yes.

(round bell rings) Ah, that's the end of their first round.

Oh, we've got a tight one here.

It's a tie game.

Yarmouth and Wells are tied at 130.

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.

This one will be interesting.

Here's the question.

What are your most favorite and least favorite smells?

Oh boy.

Here we go.

Yarmouth, Annie.

- I'd say my favorite smell is lavender.

Especially like lavender clean, if that makes sense.

- Yeah, it's, yes.

It has a very fresh scent.

- Exactly.

- Okay.

- And then for least favorite, probably sulfur.

- [Todd] Sulfur?

- It's a pretty classic one.

Rotten eggs.

- Yeah.

I mean, you could get more specific and get it get it, yes you could.

But you're leaving it PC for the show, right?

- [Annie] Yes.

- Thank you, Annie.

Maddie, your turn.

- My favorite smell is probably when my dad is baking his blueberry peach pie recipe.

It's really yummy and it smells really good.

- [Todd] Yeah.

- And my least favorite, is probably like the sewage smell in the subways in New York.

Like they just- - [Todd] It is bad.

- It just smells so bad.

- It it, yes.

You know when you're in New York City, When you're in the subway.

(laughs) Sebastian, your turn.

- Yeah, so mine are actually both food related.

- [Todd] Good.

- So my favorite smell are ginger molasses cookies.

They're just, they're so delicious.

- I mean, is anyone else like starving right now after the blueberry peach pie and the ginger molasses cookies?

- Definitely.

Yeah.

And the least favorite is act actually cooked broccoli or cooked cauliflower.

- [Todd] I agree.

- Some people love it, but I don't know.

I can't handle it.

- You know what, I'm gonna throw my wife under the bus right now, because at least two nights a week she cooks like broccoli or cauliflower and I swear it makes the house stink.

- Yeah.

I gotta open all the windows after that.

- Yes, you do.

Sebastian.

Thank you.

Natalie, your turn.

- I would say my favorite smell is the smell of leaves in the fall.

- Ah, yes.

Especially when they're getting like baked by the, yeah, by like the sun kind of thing, right?

Yeah.

It's a great smell.

- And then for Lee's favorite smell, I think I'd have to go to high school locker room.

(Todd laughs) - Yeah, it's been a long time since I was in a high school locker room, but I do remember that smell.

It's distinct and it's gross.

We're going over to Wells William.

- I'd have to say my favorite smell is artificial green apples, you know?

Like, the scent they put on like candies and that stuff.

- Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Okay.

I can see that.

- And for my least favorite, I'm probably gonna have to go with gasoline, you know?

- So that's weird because for a lot of people that's like one of their favorites, including myself.

I love the smell of gasoline.

Like when I'm pumping it.

- I don't know, I'm a little iffy on it.

- [Todd] You just don't get it.

(laughs) - I'm a little iffy on it.

- All right.

Samuel, your turn.

- My favorite smell is probably like old books or like an old library.

- [Todd] Okay.

Yep, yep.

- And then my least favorite's probably like a really nasty public bathroom.

- [Todd] (laughing) Yeah.

- I hate nasty.

- Yes.

Yes.

We'll, we'll leave it there.

We know why.

(laughs) John Paul, your turn.

- Yeah.

My favorite smell has to be mom's pumpkin pie.

- Oh man.

I'd tell ya, we need, can we get some, like some food service in here?

We gotta like, you know, get something delivered real soon.

And what's your least favorite, John Paul?

- My least favorite.

I have to go with blue cheese.

- Yeah, it's got, it's funky.

It's a little funky, but it tastes great.

No, you don't like it?

You don't like the taste either?

- I don't like the taste either.

- All right, Mason, wrap it up for us.

- My favorite smell is homemade pizza.

I dunno, something about it.

It goes absolutely insane.

- Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Do you put toppings on it too?

Or do you just do the cheese?

- Yeah.

Pepperoni and onions.

- [Todd] Pepperoni and onions.

- Really good.

- [Todd] Good call - And my least favorite has gotta be cigarette smoke.

Every time I smell it I cough.

That's how bad it is.

- So I don't like cigarette smoke, but I do love the smell of like a pipe for some reason.

Especially like in the winter time, huh?

I don't know.

It's kind of one of those.

- I haven't smelled one before.

- Yeah.

It smell.

I don't, I think it smells good.

Anyway, thank you both for participating there.

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

(lively music) - Hi, I'm Alec O'Meara from Unitil, and this is your viewer question of the week.

This town has less than 300 residents, but is the largest in Maine for land area.

Is it Ellsworth, Wallagrass, Lincoln Plantation, or Allagash?

Stay tuned for the answer later in the show.

- Next up, we have the category round with the following choices.

Let's Keep It Short.

Everything Starts With E. Going on Holiday, Looking for Clues, We Go Back a Long Way and Musical Zoo.

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 and either gain or lose points they can skip and neither gain nor lose points or once per category.

They can toss it to the other team and force them to answer the question.

Players will have five seconds to confer and decide what to do.

We had to flip a coin to see who goes first because we have a tie game and Wells, you won the toin coss.

The toin coss- The coin toss!

Easy for me to say.

Where do you wanna start guys?

- [Mason] Let's go with everything starts with E. - Everything starts with E. So all responses start with the letter E. Here we go with the first one.

Defined as a repetition of sound, what four letter E word comes from the name of a nymph in Greek mythology who fell in love with narcissists?

- Echo.

- Echo is right.

Everything starts with E, 15.

A congressional act from 1917 is known by what name that refers to gathering information about the national defense of the United States, with intent for it to be used against the United States.

- Espionage.

- Also Correct.

Everything starts with E for 20.

Sometimes called an aubergine, what vegetable is the traditional, main ingredient of baba ganoush.

- Eggplant.

- Eggplant.

Yes.

Everything starts with E, 25.

From the Greek word for insect, what is the name for the branch of zoology devoted to the scientific study of insects?

(timer beeps) I'll need something.

- Toss.

- You wanna toss it?

Okay, we're gonna throw it over to the Yarmouth.

I will read it again before you have to answer.

From the Greek word for insect, what is the name for the branch of zoology devoted to the scientific study of insects?

- Entomology.

- That is correct, Yarmouth.

Nice job.

And that we have one more.

One more in everything starts with E. What five letter E Word is the name for a type of mournful melancholy poem written to lament a person's death.

English poet Thomas Gray wrote a famous one of these in a country churchyard.

- Skip.

- You wanna skip that?

The answer is Elegy.

Elegy.

All right, now over to Yarmouth.

Your first choice of categories will be?

- [Sebastian] We'll go with, let's keep it short.

- Okay, let's keep it short.

So these are questions about abbreviations and symbols.

OZ is the abbreviation for which unit of measurement that is equivalent to 28.35 grams?

- Ounce.

- Ounce is correct.

The surface temperature of the sun is more than 5,700 degrees K. In this case, K stands for what?

- Kelvin.

- Kelvin is also correct.

Let's keep it short, 20.

Adopted to stop the depletion of earth's ozone layer.

The Montreal Protocol of 1987 called for a worldwide ban on aerosols, propellants known as CFCs.

In this context, what does CFC stand for?

- Pass?

- Pass.

- Skip.

Yeah, because yeah, skip.

- You wanna skip this?

It's chlorofluorocarbons.

Chlorofluorocarbons.

Let's keep it short, 25.

Car engines are measured in what unit, abbreviated HP, that's equivalent to 33,000 foot pounds per minute?

- Horsepower.

- Horsepower is right.

Let's keep it short for 30.

The last one in the category.

In math and physics wavelength is most commonly represented by what lowercase Greek letter.

(team whispering indistinctly) - Lambda.

- Lambda's, right.

Nice job.

Back over to Wells, your second and final category will be?

- [Mason] Let's go, We go back a long way.

- Okay.

We go back a long way.

So these are questions about ancient places and civilizations.

Here we go.

For 10.

The seven wonders of the ancient world included the pharaohs or lighthouse of which Egyptian city that was also famous for its enormous library?

- Alexandria.

- Yes.

We go back a long way, 15.

Archeologists on the island of Kythnos in Greece, recently found a temple filled with statues made of offerings to what Greek goddess of agriculture and her daughter, Persephone?

- Demeter.

- Demeter.

Yes.

We go back a long way for 20, A group of colossal stone heads found at the site of San Lorenzo in Mexico were carved by the people of which civilization that arose around 1200 BCE, predating both the Maya and the Aztecs?

- The Olmec.

- The Olmec is right.

We go back a long way for 25.

Five ancient sites in the African nation of Burkina Faso have the remains of furnaces from as far back as 700 BCE.

They were used for smelting what important metal from ore?

- Iron.

- That one's right again.

Here's the last one, in we go back a long way for 30.

Built in the kingdom of Kush more than 2000 years ago, the pyramids of Mero ë are located in which African country whose capital is Khartoum?

- Sudan.

- Sudan is right.

Yarmouth, your second category.

- [Sebastian] We're gonna go with going on holiday.

- Okay, so these are questions about holidays and festivals around the world.

Here's the first one.

The traditional Inca Festival of the Sun is still celebrated today in the Cusco region of which South American country?

- Peru.

- Peru is correct.

Going on Holiday, 15.

The Songkran Water Festival, which includes an annual ritual of cleaning statues of the Buddha is celebrated in which country, whose capital is Bangkok.

- Thailand.

- Thailand.

- Thailand is right.

(laughs) Going on holiday 20.

Hogmanay is the traditional New Year's celebration in which country of the United Kingdom where it's considered good luck, if your first visitor of the new year is a tall, dark haired man carrying a gift?

- Oh, it would be between Scotland and Ireland.

- No, Yeah, no.

Skip.

Skip.

- You wanna skip it?

It's Scotland.

You were on the right track there, Sebastian.

I sensed that.

Going on holiday, 25.

The Lunar New Year festival called Tet, when people prepare for the coming of spring is the most important annual holiday in which Southeastern Asian country?

(team whispering indistinctly) - What do you think Sebastian can skip or toss or answer?

- Skip.

- Okay.

The answer is Vietnam.

Going on holiday for 30.

Nyepi a day of silence to mark the beginning of the new year is most closely associated with which island of Indonesia that has a majority Hindu population?

(team whispering indistinctly) - Do you think?

- It might be.

- Sumatra?

- I don't know.

- Okay do it.

- Sumatra's fine.

(timer beeping) Okay.

Sumatra.

- Sumatra's incorrect.

It's Bali.

Bali is the correct answer.

And that wraps up our category round.

The current score is Wells 275, Yarmouth 230.

This is a tight one and everything can change in the lightning round, so sit tight.

We'll be right back.

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

It was, this town has less than 300 residents, but is the largest in Maine for land area.

Is it Ellsworth, Wallagrass, Lincoln Plantation, or Allagash?

The answer is Allagash.

with over 128 square miles of land area, it is over 50% bigger than the second largest town, which is Caribou at just over 80 square miles.

- Okay, we're heading into the exciting final 90 seconds of game play.

The lightning round.

Players listen up, 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 does not get a chance to answer the question.

The clock is set.

Good luck, Yarmouth.

Good luck Wells.

We've got a great match here.

Here's the first question.

What Middle Eastern folk tale character summons a genie by rubbing a-?

(buzzer dings) William, Wells.

- Aladdin?

- [Todd] Yes.

What's the only chemical element with a three letter name?

(timer buzzes) Tin.

Which body organ produces bile?

(buzzer dings) William.

- Bladder.

- Incorrect.

Liver.

In a regulation game of pool, what color is the eight ball?

(buzzer dings) William again.

- Black.

- Yes.

What name for clay pottery comes from the Italian for baked earth.

(buzzer dings) Maddie, Yarmouth.

- Terracotta?

- Yes.

How many degrees are in a right triangle?

(buzzer dings) Sorry, right angle.

William.

- 90.

- 90, yes.

Bioms-a-Plenty is a mod or modification for what video-?

(buzzer dings) Mason at the end.

- Minecraft.

- [Todd] Yes.

Brutus and Cassius are characters in which play by William Shakespeare?

(buzzer dings) William.

- Julius Caesar.

- Yes.

What Tiny dog breed is named for Mexico's biggest- (buzzer dings) - Chihuahua?

- Samuel.

Yes, you got that right.

Bundesliga is a professional soccer association in which European country?

(timer buzzes) Germany.

Meaning wise human, what is the genus and species to which humans belong?

(buzzer dings) Samuel, Wells.

- Homo Sapiens.

- That's correct.

In chemistry, what property is the measure of disorder in a closed system?

(buzzer dings) Annie?

- Entropy.

- Entropy.

Right.

The title of a Stephen Chbosky book mentions the Perks of Being a what?

(buzzer dings) - Wallflower.

(timer rings) - Maddie, you did get that correct wallflower.

We have a final score of Wells 395, and our champion there, they'll be moving on to the quarterfinals in a few weeks.

Runner up Yarmouth had 290 points.

I hope we see you guys again next year for another try at the championship.

Thank you both for playing and congratulations to both teams.

Be sure to tune in next time as Bangor takes on Hebert Academy.

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