>> COSTA: Coming up, it's the High School Quiz Show
quarterfinals with Somerville High School...
(cheers and applause)
...taking on Hingham High School.
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That's next on High School Quiz Show!
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>> COSTA: Hi everybody, welcome to High School Quiz Show.
I'm your host, Billy Costa.
Today's match-up is the second of our quarterfinal rounds.
We are down to the final eight teams,
and today's match-up has
Hingham High School taking on
Somerville High School.
And on the Hingham team, we have
Noah, Zach, Kyle, and Dan,
with alternate Jack on the sidelines
and coach Glenda Garland.
(cheers and applause)
And, for Somerville High School, we have
Alice, Marisa, Max, and Sam,
with alternate Bobby on the sidelines,
and coach Mike Maloney.
(cheers and applause)
The competition has four rounds:
a toss-up, a head-to-head, a category round,
and, of course, a lightning round.
We will start with the toss-up round.
All answers worth ten points, and this the only round
with no point deductions for wrong answers.
So, if everybody's ready...
If the teams are ready-- good luck-- and let's play.
As young lawyers in the 1970s, Bill Weld and Hillary Clinton
worked together on the House impeachment committee
investigating what president?
Yes, Zach? >> Richard Nixon.
>> COSTA: Yes. In 1794, Eli Whitney received a patent
for what invention
that revolutionized America's cotton industry?
Yes, Max?
>> The cotton gin. >> COSTA: Yes.
Collagen and elastin are the two main structural proteins found
in what organ, the largest in the human body?
Yes, Dan?
>> Skin. >> COSTA: Yes.
What Greek goddess of love and beauty
had a magical golden girdle that
made her irresistible to men?
Yes, Noah?
>> Aphrodite. >> COSTA: Yes.
Now, take a look at your monitors.
This portrait of the emperor Napoleon
was painted in 1812, the same year
he led a massive army of 450,000 men
on a disastrous invasion of what country?
Yes, Sam?
>> The UK? >> COSTA: No.
Hingham, you want to try? Yes, Kyle?
>> Russia. >> COSTA: Russia is right.
In 1535, Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro
founded what capital city of Peru?
Yes, Alice?
>> Lima. >> COSTA: Lima is right.
"How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is
to have a thankless child!"
This quote is from what Shakespeare tragedy?
Yes, Noah?
>> King Lear. >> COSTA: Yes.
What company said it clearly bears some of the responsibility
after one of its self-driving cars
struck a bus in February of 2016?
Yes, Noah?
>> Google. >> COSTA: Yes.
Soon after ascending the throne in 1558,
what monarch restored the Protestant religion
as the official faith of England?
Yes, Marisa? >> Elizabeth.
>> COSTA: Yes, Elizabeth I.
And take a look at your monitors--
here comes your next question.
>> I'm Anna Rothschild, and this is Gross Science.
Here's my question.
Scabs are nature's Band-Aids.
Less than ten seconds after you cut yourself,
a clot starts forming to stop the bleeding.
What special blood cells cause blood to get sticky
and clump together?
Yes, Noah?
>> Platelets. >> COSTA: Platelets is correct.
In 1846, what planet was mathematically predicted
before it was directly observed, based on the orbit of Uranus?
Yes, Marisa?
>> Pluto? >> COSTA: No.
Hingham, you want to take a shot at this?
Yes, Noah?
>> Neptune. >> COSTA: Neptune is right.
In 2016, an Italian journalist unleashed a controversy
by naming Anita Raja as the elusive author of
My Brilliant Friend, a bestselling book
written under what pen name?
(timer)
Elena Ferrante, the answer.
Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay claims
he cried when one of his restaurants lost two stars.
He had been downgraded by what tire company's
prestigious dining guide?
Yes, Noah? >> Michelin.
>> COSTA: Yes.
In 2016, the FDA released
a new nutrition label for packaged foods.
Which of the following is now highlighted most prominently?
Is it A) calories, B) sodium, or C) sugar?
Yes, Zach?
>> A) calories >> COSTA: A) calories is right.
Math question: What is the area of a trapezoid
with bases of five inches and seven inches
and a height of three inches?
Yes, Max?
>> 18 square inches. >> COSTA: Yes.
The world's longest-reigning monarch, Bhumibol Adulyadej,
passed away in 2016 at age 88.
He had been the king of what country since 1946?
Yes, Zach?
>> Thailand. >> COSTA: Yes.
Approximately 1,500 babies in the United States die every year
from SIDS, an acronym that stands for what?
Dan?
>> Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. >> COSTA: Yes.
In 2016, John Stumpf resigned as CEO from what bank
that allegedly created millions of fake accounts
to meet aggressive sales targets?
Yes, Alice?
>> Wells Fargo >> COSTA: Yes.
A year after nearly being killed in a car accident in Maine,
what bestselling author released On Writing,
a memoir that gives advice to aspiring writers?
Yes, Alice?
>> Stephen King. >> COSTA: Yes.
What Dallas police officer was fatally shot
by Lee Harvey Oswald
November 22, 1963, 45 minutes after
the assassination of President Kennedy?
Yes, Alice?
>> Ruby? >> COSTA: No.
Hingham, you want to try?
(timer)
Officer Tippit.
High atmospheric pressure will result
in which of the following?
Is it A) rain, B) clear blue sky, or C) fog?
Yes, Alice?
>> Clear blue sky. >> COSTA: Yes.
What ancient city on the Silk Road trade route
is the capital of Uzbekistan?
Yes, Noah?
>> Tashkent. >> COSTA: Yes.
Literally meaning "salt former," what term refers to the group
of highly reactive non-metallic elements on the periodic table--
for example, fluorine and iodine?
Yes, Noah?
>> Halogens. >> COSTA: Yes.
In December 2016, after voters rejected a referendum
on his proposed constitutional reforms,
what Italian prime minister said he would resign?
Yes, Marisa?
>> Renzi. >> COSTA: Yes.
Math question-- solve this equation:
4x minus eight equals zero.
Yes, Dan?
>> X equals two. >> COSTA: Yes.
In 1942, Field Marshal Erich Von Manstein led
a failed attempt to rescue German forces
in what Soviet city?
Yes, Zach?
>> Stalingrad. >> COSTA: Yes.
With more than 50 million subscribers, Felix Kjellberg is
the creator and host of the most popular channel on YouTube.
He's best known by what online alias?
Yes, Sam?
>> PewDiePie. >> COSTA: Yes.
The majority of California's population
lives in the vicinity of what 800-mile-long fracture
in the Earth's crust?
Yes, Noah?
>> The San Andreas Fault. >> COSTA: Yes.
What Massachusetts native disguised herself as a man
in order to serve in the Continental Army
during the American Revolution?
Yes, Dan?
>> Molly Pitcher? >> COSTA: No.
Somerville, you want to try it? Yes, Marisa?
>> Deborah Sampson. >> COSTA: Yes.
What is the most populous city in Spain?
Yes, Alice? >> Madrid.
>> COSTA: Yes.
What process did Charles Goodyear develop in 1839
to make rubber more stable and elastic?
Yes, Sam?
>> Vulcanization. >> COSTA: Yes.
The Syrian Civil War began in March of 2011
with nationwide protests against what president?
Yes, Alice?
>> Assad. >> COSTA: Yes, Bashar al Assad.
Before becoming the 14th state to join the union,
what New England state was an independent republic
between 1777 and 1791?
Yes, Kyle?
>> Vermont. >> COSTA: Yes.
What dark volcanic rock is the most common rock
found on the ocean floor?
Yes, Sam?
>> Basalt. >> COSTA: Yes.
Who is the only former U.S. president to later serve
on the Supreme Court, serving as chief justice from 1921 to 1930?
Yes, Dan?
>> Taft. >> COSTA: Yes.
The Sykes-Picot Agreement was a secret plan to divide the lands
of the disintegrating Ottoman Empire
between Britain and what other country?
Yes, Zach?
>> France. >> COSTA: Yes.
What 1648 peace treaty finally ended a series of
overlapping European conflicts known as the Thirty Years' War?
Yes, Kyle?
>> Westphalia. >> COSTA: Yes.
And what country... (timer)
Oh, almost got the last one in, but that is the end
of the round.
The score right now:
Hingham High School 200 points,
Somerville High School 150 points.
This is a good game right here.
(cheers and applause)
Okay, the head-to-head round is next.
First, we're going to take a quick break and kind of
get to know the contestants, and we'll do that
by way of a question I have in my hand.
And here is the question:
A musical based on your life is premiering on Broadway
this summer.
What is it called and why?
And we'll start with you, Noah.
>> The Sound of Mucus...
because if you live with me, you know that's an integral part
of my morning routine.
>> COSTA: Ah, a little allergy issue, I'm guessing?
Zach?
>> I'd go with Kinky Running Shoes
because I'm large fan of cross-country.
>> COSTA: Oh, good, and Kyle?
>> How to Succeed in Quiz Bowl Without Really Trying.
>> COSTA: Nice.
And Dan?
>> Legally Bland, which is ironic, because I'm not legal.
>> COSTA: Okay. Somerville High, your turn-- Alice.
>> I think I'd have to go with Alice... amilton.
>> COSTA: (laughing) Yeah, go...
>> I think I'm going to say, Maris... amilton.
>> COSTA: Okay, I smell a theme here... Max?
>> Similarly, I think I'd go Max... amilton.
>> COSTA: And Sam?
>> I think I'll go Sam...tom of the Opera.
>> COSTA: Nicely done.
All right, so it's time to go head to head.
And the way it works, well, Hingham,
you guys are coming down.
Somerville, you guys are coming down.
And we're going head to head right now, come on down.
(cheers and applause)
Okay, we are about to go head to head.
I do have the Somerville team to my left,
the Hingham team to my right.
You guys want to shake hands, kind of relax a little bit
as we get started?
As a reminder, in this round, you will get ten points
for correct answers.
Incorrect answers will cost you ten points.
You can buzz in at any time.
The clock is set at 90 seconds.
And here we go:
From 1892 until 1954, what New York island
was the nation's busiest immigration... yes?
>> Ellis Island. >> COSTA: Yes.
The fictional town of Grover's Corners
is the setting for what Thornton Wilder play?
>> Fences. >> COSTA: No, Our Town.
In 2016, what European capital city elected Sadiq Khan
as its first Muslim mayor?
>> London. >> COSTA: London is right.
What colorless, inert gas has the chemical symbol Xe?
>> Xenon. >> COSTA: Yes.
Name the national holiday celebrated every year
July 14 in France.
>> Bastille Day. >> COSTA: Yeah.
What large island in the western Indian Ocean
is known for its unusual wildlife, including lemurs?
>> Madagascar. >> COSTA: Yes.
Republican John McCain is the senior U.S. senator
from what state?
(timer)
Arizona.
The Trojan War began when the Spartan king's wife, Helen,
was kidnapped by whom?
(timer)
Paris.
After 21 years in St. Louis, what NFL team relocated
to Los Angeles in 2016?
(timer)
>> The Rams.
What city is the capital of the Canadian province of Québec?
>> Montreal. >> COSTA: No, Québec City.
What metallic element is the most reflective
and is also the best conductor of heat and electricity?
>> Gold. >> COSTA: No, silver.
The Oracle of Delphi was a priestess who spoke
the prophecies of what Greek sun god?
(timer)
Apollo.
Steven Spielberg's 1975 film Jaws was filmed
on what Massachusetts island?
>> Martha's Vineyard. (timer)
COSTA: Yes... did she get it?
Yes, she did!
(cheers and applause)
That's the end of round two.
Score right now...
Take a look at this score, folks.
Hingham High School 190 points,
Somerville High School 190 points.
It's a deadlock!
Yes!
(cheers and applause)
Next up is the category round, and since the score was tied
heading into this round, well, we used a coin toss
to determine who makes the first selection.
Somerville won to coin toss and will choose first.
So, here are the categories.
What's Gnu?, One for the Ages,
City Lights, Hard Times,
Mind Your P's and Q's, and Say What?
Each category has five questions with increasing point values.
And players, yes, you can confer with your teammates,
but once you buzz in, you will no longer confer,
you will have to give us your answer,
and, Somerville, yes, you get to choose the first category.
So, what's it going to be?
>> Say What?
>> COSTA: Say What?-- these are questions about foreign words
or phrases.
And for ten points:
Literally meaning "hand to hand,"
what three-word Spanish phrase refers to
a duel or a direct competition?
Yes, Alice?
>> Mano a mano. >> COSTA: Yes.
And you've got the board.
>> Say What?
>> COSTA: Say What? for 15 points.
French for "let do,"
what term refers to an economic doctrine
of allowing businesses to operate with very little
interference from the government?
Yes, Alice? >> Laissez-faire.
>> COSTA: That is correct,
and you still have the board, Somerville.
>> Say What?
>> COSTA: For 20 points--
meaning "convenient" or "box lunch,"
what Japanese term refers to a meal traditionally served
in a lacquered box that is divided into sections
for holding individual portions of food?
Yes, Alice? >> Bento.
>> COSTA: The bento or bento box,
and you still have the board, Somerville.
>> Let's go to Mind your P's and Q's.
>> COSTA: New category for the round.
All answers begin with either the letter P or Q.
And for ten points:
In 1941, nuclear scientists in Berkeley, California,
discovered what element used in the bomb that was
dropped on Nagasaki in 1945?
Yes, Noah? >> Plutonium.
>> COSTA: Yes, and now you've got the board, Hingham.
>> Mind Your P's and Q's for 15.
>> COSTA: In the Harry Potter series,
Luna Lovegood gets many of her odd theories
from a sensationalist tabloid newspaper called what?
Alice? >> The Quibbler.
>> COSTA: Yes, and you've got the board, Somerville.
Category?
>> Hard Times.
>> COSTA: Hard Times, another new category.
Questions about the Great Depression, and for ten points:
The Great Depression began on Black Thursday,
the day of the worst stock market crash in U.S. history.
This happened on October 24 of what year?
Yes, Zach?
>> 1929. >> COSTA: Yes.
And now, Hingham, you've got the board.
>> Hard Times for 15.
>> COSTA: Who was president of the United States
at the start of the Great Depression?
Marisa? >> Hoover.
>> COSTA: Herbert Hoover is right.
You've got the board, Somerville.
>> City Lights.
>> COSTA: These are questions
about cities.
For ten points: What Minnesota city is
the only northern capital located
on the Mississippi River?
Alice?
>> Saint Paul. >> COSTA: Yes.
And you've got the board-- category?
>> One for the Ages.
>> COSTA: Questions about people's ages, for ten points:
How old was John F. Kennedy when he became our nation's
youngest elected president?
Yes, Dan?
>> 43. >> COSTA: 43 is right.
And, Hingham, you've got the board.
>> One for the Ages for 15.
>> COSTA: What British singer recently announced
that her latest album, titled 25, would be the last
to be named after her age?
Noah?
>> Adele. >> COSTA: Adele is right.
You still have the board, Hingham.
>> One for the Ages for 20.
>> COSTA: In Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet,
Romeo's age is never given, but we're told that Juliet
is how old?
Max? >> 13.
>> COSTA: Yes, and you have the board, Somerville.
>> What's Gnu?
>> COSTA: What's Gnu?--
questions about animals in the news.
For ten points:
Thanks to conservation efforts, what mammal that inhabits
bamboo forests in central China has recently moved off
the endangered species list?
Alice? >> Panda.
>> COSTA: Yes, the giant panda.
You've got the board, Somerville.
>> What's Gnu?
>> COSTA: For 15 points:
Millions around the world mourned the death
of what gorilla at the Cincinnati Zoo
who was shot by zookeepers after a little boy
climbed into his enclosure?
Dan?
>> Harambe. >> COSTA: Yes.
And now, Hingham, you have the board.
>> What's Gnu? for 20.
According to the American Kennel Club, which of the following
has been the most popular dog breed in America
for the last 25 years?
Is it, A) Labrador retriever, B) German shepherd,
or C) poodle?
Yes, Noah? >> A) Labrador.
>> COSTA: Labrador retriever is right.
You've got the board, Hingham.
>> What's Gnu? for 25.
A New Zealand aquarium recently made headlines
when one of its residents, Inky, escaped from his tank
and slid down a drainpipe to the sea.
What kind of animal is Inky?
Dan? >> Octopus.
>> COSTA: Yes, and you've got the board.
>> What's Gnu? for 30.
>> COSTA: In 2016, a weasel gnawed through a transformer
and shut down what powerful particle accelerator at CERN
in Geneva, Switzerland, for more than a week?
Yes, Alice? >> The Large Hadron Collider.
>> COSTA: Yes.
>> Let's go with City Lights.
>> COSTA: City Lights for 15 points.
What city near the Chesapeake Bay
is the location of the U.S. Naval Academy?
Zach?
>> Annapolis. >> COSTA: That is correct.
And now you've got the board, Hingham.
>> City Lights for 20.
>> COSTA: Located in a fertile valley,
what capital city of Costa Rica grew rapidly in the 19th century
as an important center of coffee production?
Yes, Noah?
>> San José. >> COSTA: Yes.
You still have the board, Hingham.
>> City Lights for 25.
Most of the key events of the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution
took place in what city known as "Russia's window to the West?"
Yes, Kyle?
>> St. Petersburg. >> COSTA: Yes.
You still have the board, Hingham.
>> City Lights for 30.
>> COSTA: 30 points at stake here.
Though Berlin was still seen as the symbolic capital,
from 1949 to 1990, what city was the seat of government
and de facto capital of West Germany?
Yes, Noah?
>> Frankfurt? >> COSTA: No.
Somerville, do you want a shot?
Yes, Alice?
>> Munich?
>> COSTA: No. Bonn, Germany, the answer.
Hingham, you've got the board.
>> Hard Times for 20.
>> COSTA: For 20 points then.
Coined by CBS reporter Harry Butcher,
what term refers to President Franklin D. Roosevelt's
evening radio addresses to restore Americans' confidence
in the banking system?
Yes, Noah? >> Fireside chats.
>> COSTA: Yes, and, Hingham,
you've got the board. >> Hard Times for 25.
>> COSTA: Over eight million unemployed people,
including construction workers, artists, and writers,
were put to work under an ambitious New Deal program
known by what acronym?
Alice?
>> The WPA. >> COSTA: Yes.
And you've got the board, Somerville.
>> Say What?
>> COSTA: For 25 points.
Superstition holds that seeing one of these is an omen
of impending death.
What German word refers to a ghostly double or lookalike?
Yes, Max?
>> Doppelgänger. >> COSTA: Yes.
And Somerville, you've got the board.
>> Say What?
>> COSTA: For 30 points this time.
Swedish for "commission man," what word refers to
a government official who investigates complaints
about public services?
Yes, Noah?
>> Ombudsman. >> COSTA: Yes.
And, Hingham, you've got the board now.
>> Hard Times for 30.
>> COSTA: 30 points at stake.
Known as "the godfather of modern economics,"
what economist believed that depressed economies
could be jump-started by deficit spending?
Yes, Noah? >> Keynes.
>> COSTA: Yes, that's right.
And now you'll need a new category, Hingham.
>> One for the Ages for 25.
>> COSTA: What star of the all-female Ghostbusters remake
is the oldest actor ever to join the cast of Saturday Night Live,
first appearing on the show at age 47?
Yes, Sam?
>> Leslie Jones. >> COSTA: Yes.
And you've got the board, Somerville.
>> Let's go One for the Ages.
>> COSTA: One for the Ages, this time 30 points.
Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain,
and Amy Winehouse all died tragically young, at what age?
Yes, Dan?
>> 27. >> COSTA: Yes.
And you've got the board, but I have the category.
And it is Mind Your P's and Q's for 20 points.
What seven-letter word refers to the point in the moon's orbit
when it is closest to Earth?
Yes, Zach?
>> Periapsis. >> COSTA: No.
>> COSTA: Somerville?
(timer)
Perigee.
And Mind Your P's and Q's, gang,
this time for 25 points.
Before stars, gas, and other material vanish
into a supermassive black hole, they give off
extreme amounts of light.
Examples of this extraordinarily bright phenomenon
are called what?
Yes, Kyle?
>> Quasars. >> COSTA: Yes.
And Mind Your... (timer)
Oh! Almost got it in.
But that does end the category round.
The score right now:
Hingham High School 440 points.
Somerville High School 380 points.
This is a good round.
(cheers and applause)
Okay, we're heading into the final 90 seconds of gameplay.
It is the lightning round.
Now, you get 20 points for each correct answer.
Incorrect answers in this round will cost you 20 points.
The clock is set. Good luck, teams.
Here we go.
Il Duce was the nickname of what Italian dictator?
Yes, Noah?
>> Mussolini. >> COSTA: Yes.
Daisy and Tom Buchanan are characters... yes?
>> The Great Gatsby. >> COSTA: Yes.
Name the second planet from the sun... yes?
>> Venus. >> COSTA: Yes.
A candidate needs how many electoral votes to win the...?
Yes?
>> 270. >> COSTA: Yes.
In Shakespeare's play The Tempest, Prospero is
the rightful duke of what Italian city?
(timer)
Milan.
What actress from The Office
wrote the bestselling book Is Everyone... yes?
>> Tina Fey.
>> COSTA: No, Mindy Kaling, the answer.
What Scandinavian country has a flag of a yellow cross
on a blue...yes?
>> Sweden. >> COSTA: Yes.
What lifelong Republican was FDR's Secretary of War
during World War II?
(timer)
Harry Stimson.
What city is home to the parliament of Australia?
Yes, Noah?
>> Canberra. >> COSTA: Yes.
In The People v. O.J. Simpson, Sarah Paulson won an Emmy
for playing what real-life prosecutor?
Yes?
>> Marcia Clark. >> COSTA: Yes.
In 1918, what German scientist won a Nobel Prize
for originating the idea of quantum theory?
(timer)
Max Planck.
What horse beat 19 other competitors to win
the 2016 Kentucky Derby?
(timer)
>> Nyquist.
What Canadian journalist is the author
of the books The Tipping Point and David and Goliath?
Yes, Noah?
>> Gladwell. >> COSTA: Yes.
Name the only continent with no capital cities.
Yes, Max?
>> Antarctica. >> COSTA: Yes.
What's the first name of the female protagonist
in the 1991 Disney film...?
(timer)
That's the end of the game and the round.
The winner this round:
Hingham High School 520 points.
(cheers and applause)
Somerville High School 460 points.
Congratulations to both teams!
That was a really good game.
Now, Hingham High School is going to move on to play
in the semifinals.
That's exciting stuff right there.
Make sure you're back with us and all of you as well,
because this is High School Quiz Show, everybody.
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