>> COSTA: Coming up on High School Quiz Show,
we have Thayer Academy...
(cheers and applause)
Taking on Dover-Sherborn High School!
(cheers and applause)
That's next, on High School Quiz Show!
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>> COSTA: Welcome to High School Quiz Show.
I'm Billy Costa, your host.
Back in November,
110 high school teams throughout Massachusetts
competed at our Super Sunday qualifying event
to earn one of 16 coveted spots in this year's competition.
So the goal now is to become
the next High School Quiz Show state champion.
And today's match-up has Dover-Sherborn High School
taking on Thayer Academy from Braintree.
And on the Dover-Sherborn team we've got
Sam, Teddy, Riley and Angus.
And also coach Richard Waterman.
(cheers and applause)
And on the Thayer team we've got
Matthew, Austin, Brianna and Noah.
With alternates on the sideline, Charlotte and Garner.
And coach Jamison Smith.
(cheers and applause)
The competition has four rounds: a toss-up, a head-to-head,
a category round and a lightning round.
And we will begin with the toss-up round.
All answers are worth ten points.
And this is the only round with no point deductions
for wrong answers.
So teams, players, audience, fans, if everybody's ready,
so am I, let's play High School Quiz Show.
And here we go.
In 1687, who developed the law of gravity?
Yes, Matthew.
>> Isaac Newton?
>> COSTA: Yes.
Who served two terms as George Washington's vice president?
Yes, Matthew?
>> Dick Cheney? (laughter)
No, sorry.
>> COSTA: No, you want to try, Dover-Sherborn?
Yes, Teddy.
>> John Adams?
>> COSTA: John Adams is right.
One of Johnny Cash's biggest hits, "A Boy Named Sue,"
was written by what author of the poetry collection
Where the Sidewalk Ends?
Yes, Austin.
>> Shel Silverstein? >> COSTA: Yes.
During a speech announcing his candidacy for president,
who said, "I will build a great, great wall
"on our southern border, and I will make Mexico
"pay for that wall.
Mark my words."?
Yes, Riley.
>> Donald J. Trump.
>> COSTA: That is correct.
Take a look at your screens.
Pictured here is the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
Now, it was designed by I.M. Pei and is located
in what U.S. city?
Yes, Sam?
>> Cleveland, Ohio?
>> COSTA: Cleveland, Ohio, is right.
Commonly used in electronic gaming devices
and digital cameras, what technology is abbreviated LCD?
Yes, Noah.
>> Liquid crystal display? >> COSTA: Yes.
Erich Honecker was forced to resign as the leader
of East Germany in what year that also marked the fall
of the Berlin Wall?
Yes, Noah?
>> 1989? >> COSTA: Yes.
Unlike the mineral-rich crust and mantle, the Earth's core
is made almost entirely of metal-- specifically,
what two metallic elements?
Yes, Riley?
>> Iron and nickel? >> COSTA: Yes.
With fewer than 600,000 people, what state has
the lowest population in the United States?
Yes, Angus.
>> Wyoming? >> COSTA: Correct.
And again, look at your screens,
and here comes your next question.
>> Hi, I'm Joe Bagley,
archaeologist for the City of Boston.
Here's my question: thousands of artifacts from colonial times,
including pottery and cannonballs,
were unearthed in Charlestown in the 1980s.
This occurred during the course
of what massive construction project,
the largest public works project in U.S. history?
>> COSTA: Yes, Noah.
>> The Big Dig? >> COSTA: Correct.
What country's independence from Spain was sparked
by Father Miguel Hidalgo, a priest living and working
in the small town of Dolores?
Yes, Sam.
>> Mexico? >> COSTA: Yes.
In the musical West Side Story, Riff is the leader of the Jets
and Bernardo is the leader of what rival gang?
Yes, Noah.
>> The Sharks. >> COSTA: Yes.
What U.S. space station fell to the Earth in thousands of pieces
on July 11, 1979, attracting worldwide media attention?
Brianna?
>> Challenger?
>> COSTA: No, you want to try, Dover-Sherborn?
(buzzer) (bell dings)
Ooh, did he make it?
Just missed, Teddy.
The answer: Skylab.
And which of the following U.S. acts was intended
to make Indians give up their native traditions?
Was it A) the Dawes Act, B) the Coercive Acts,
C) the Taft-Hartley Act?
Yes, Matthew. >> A?
>> COSTA: A, the Dawes Act, correct.
Math question: there are ten boys in a class of 25 students.
In lowest terms, what is the ratio of girls to boys?
Yes, Austin. >> Two to five?
>> COSTA: No, Dover-- yes, Riley?
>> Three to five.
>> COSTA: No, three to two is the correct answer,
so we move on.
In the classic children's book Charlotte's Web,
what's the name of the pig who is saved by a spider?
Yes, Teddy?
>> Wilbur? >> COSTA: Yes.
Which is the southernmost of the three Baltic states?
Yes, Brianna.
>> Greece?
>> COSTA: No, Dover-Sherborn?
Teddy?
>> Lithuania? >> COSTA: Yes.
In 2016, what San Francisco 49ers quarterback
protested police killings by refusing to stand
for the national anthem?
Matthew. >> Kaepernick?
>> COSTA: Kaepernick is right.
What Arabic-language TV news network was launched in Qatar
in 1996?
Yes, Sam.
>> Al-Jazeera? >> COSTA: Correct.
Universal health care was first proposed by what U.S. president
in 1945, just months after taking office?
Yes, Noah. >> Truman?
>> COSTA: Yes, correct, Harry S. Truman.
A light-year measures which of the following?
A) time, B) distance, C) brightness?
Austin. >> A, time?
>> COSTA: No, Dover-Sherborn?
Teddy? >> Distance.
>> COSTA: B, distance.
What classic 1972 fantasy novel by Richard Adams
is about rabbits trying to escape human intrusion
and destruction?
Yes, Sam.
>> Watership Down? >> COSTA: Correct.
What Civil War hero who gave the order to fire the first shot
in defense of Fort Sumter was falsely credited
as the inventor of baseball in 1907?
Yes, Sam.
>> Abner Doubleday? >> COSTA: Yes.
Name the capital city of New Zealand.
Noah.
>> Auckland?
>> COSTA: No, Dover-Sherborn, Sam?
>> Wellington? >> COSTA: Correct.
Math question: what number is 50% more than one-eighth?
Yes, Teddy.
>> Three-16ths? >> COSTA: Yes.
To save money on lawn care during World War I,
what president brought in sheep
to graze on the White House grounds?
Yes, Brianna. >> Wilson?
>> COSTA: Woodrow Wilson is correct.
In 2016, who won an Emmy Award for his lead role
as Elliot Alderson, a computer hacker
on the TV series Mr. Robot?
Yes, Sam.
>> Rami Malek?
>> COSTA: Yes.
What American author wrote The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson
during his so-called dark period, when his writing
became more pessimistic?
Yes, Noah.
>> Mark Twain? >> COSTA: Mark Twain is right.
What marine animals create the largest non-manmade structures
on the planet, in the form of reefs?
Yes, Matthew. >> Polyps?
>> COSTA: Yeah, corals or polyps, correct.
In Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet,
the Montagues and the Capulets are the two major families
of what Italian city?
Yes, Sam.
>> Verona? >> COSTA: Verona is right.
The Parliament of Canada is located in what capital city?
Sam?
>> Ottawa? >> COSTA: Yes.
In 1584, what English explorer was granted a charter
from Queen Elizabeth to establish the Roanoke Colony,
later known as the Lost Colony?
Yes, Noah.
>> Cook?
>> COSTA: No, Dover-Sherborn, try it?
Yes, Riley.
>> John Smith?
>> COSTA: No, Sir Walter Raleigh.
In 1994, more than 800,000 civilians--
mostly the minority Tutsi population--
were killed during a civil war
in what small Central African nation?
Yes, Angus.
>> Rwanda? >> COSTA: Correct.
(bell dings)
Oh, and that's the end of round one.
The score right now,
Dover-Sherborn, 180 points,
Thayer Academy, 120 points.
It's a close one, everybody,
give them a nice round of applause.
Oh, yeah.
(cheers and applause)
Okay, the head-to-head round is next.
But first, we're going to take a little break
and get to know the contestants just a little bit better.
I have a question, I will ask it.
All of you will answer it individually.
And we're going to start over here with Dover-Sherborn,
and you, Sam.
And here's the question: when your mind wanders,
where does it most frequently go and why?
>> Well, I'm a big fan of '60s music.
Like Motown, the Funk Brothers, that sort of thing.
I'm a huge Beatles fan.
Like I actually think I can like name some of their songs
in order on their albums.
>> COSTA: Don't feel the need right now.
(laughter)
>> All right, I'll spare you that.
(Costa laughs)
>> COSTA: How about you, Teddy?
>> I'm just excited for the Patriots to be going
to the AFC finals.
>> COSTA: There you go, all right, okay, and Riley?
>> I'm also into music.
Lately I've been listening to a lot of Billy Joel.
>> COSTA: Okay, Angus, how about you?
>> I think of whatever the next show
we're going to be doing at D-S is.
In the drama production, I like to know what I'm doing
before we get there.
>> COSTA: Are you the lead usually, typically?
>> No, I'm backstage, I do the microphones for the show.
>> COSTA: Oh, good for you.
Matthew, Thayer Academy?
>> I usually like to think about what movies are coming out
that I want to see.
Right now I'm really looking forward to Power Rangers.
>> COSTA: Nice-- Austin?
>> As of recently, it's been on High School Quiz Show,
if I'm being honest.
>> COSTA: Thank you, there it is,
High School Quiz Show, everybody, yes!
Bonus points-- Brianna?
>> I'm going to go with music as well.
I'm a big fan of Hamilton, so whenever I have a free moment
I find it circling through my head.
>> COSTA: And Noah.
>> Not so original, but I'm going to go with music.
Again, a big fan of '60s music.
I love the Stones, Rolling Stones.
>> COSTA: There you go.
Here's the deal, we are going to go head-to-head right now.
That's the round.
So Dover-Sherborn, Thayer Academy,
it's time, all of you, come on down, let's do it.
(cheers and applause)
Okay, we are about to head into the... well, head-to-head round.
And I've got Thayer Academy to my left,
I have Dover-Sherborn to my right.
You guys want to shake hands, get things started?
Make it all nice?
As a reminder, in this round
you get ten points for correct answers.
Incorrect answers will cost you ten points.
You can buzz in at any time, and the clock is set at 90 seconds,
and here we go.
The Sun primarily makes energy by fusing hydrogen
into what gas?
>> Helium? >> COSTA: Yes.
Name the only U.S. president to ever resign from office.
>> Nixon. >> COSTA: Yes.
What continent is surrounded by the Southern Ocean?
Yes?
>> South America?
>> COSTA: No, Antarctica.
Revered for her work with the poor in India,
what nun was declared a saint by Pope Francis in 2016?
>> Kendrick?
>> COSTA: No, Mother Teresa.
Swing Time is the title of a new book by what author
of White Teeth and On Beauty?
(buzzer)
Zadie Smith.
On December 20, 1860, what became the first Southern state
to secede from the Union?
>> South Carolina. >> COSTA: Yes.
What arctic marine mammal with a single tusk is sometimes called
"the unicorn of the sea"?
>> Narwhal? >> COSTA: Yes.
What U.S. state is named after the Spanish word for "snowy"?
(buzzer)
Nevada.
In taxonomy, what rank lies between Kingdom and Class?
>> Phylum. >> COSTA: Yes.
In the latest three Star Trek films, what actor plays
Captain James T. Kirk?
(buzzer)
Chris Pine.
What U.S. state was the site
of the famous Lincoln-Douglas debates of 1858?
>> Illinois? >> COSTA: Yes.
What legendary king of Crete is famous for his labyrinth?
(buzzer)
King Minos.
Name the capital city of Utah.
Yes?
>> Salt Lake City. >> COSTA: Yes.
Who was the Democratic Party's nominee for U.S. president
in 2004?
Yes? (bell dings)
>> Kerry?
>> COSTA: Yes, he made it!
John Kerry the answer.
That's the end of round two.
We look the score: Dover-Sherborn, 220 points,
Thayer Academy, 140 points.
Let's go, folks, it's a game!
(cheers and applause)
Next up is the category round with the following categories:
Small Talk, A Monk and a Mallet, Across the Desert,
Speak & Spell, A Little Bit Country, and Cell Block.
Each category has five questions with increasing point values.
Now players, you can confer with your teammates,
but once you do buzz in, you can no longer confer,
we will need your answer.
Thayer Academy, you've got some ground to make up.
You get to choose the first category,
so what's it going to be? Let's play.
>> Speak & Spell?
>> COSTA: Speak & Spell.
Correctly spell the following words.
And for ten points: to annoy or bother someone.
Spell "harass."
Yes, Brianna.
>> H-A-R-A-S-S.
>> COSTA: You've got it, Thayer, you've got the board, category?
>> Can we keep Speak & Spell?
>> COSTA: Yes, you can.
For 15 points: a special right or benefit.
Spell "privilege."
Yes, Matthew.
>> P-R-I-V-I-L-E-G-E.
>> COSTA: Yes, that's correct,
and you've still got the board, Thayer.
>> Let's go back to Speak & Spell.
>> COSTA: Okay, for 20 points: an ancient Egyptian king.
Spell "pharaoh."
Yes, Brianna.
>> P-H-A-R-A-O-H.
>> COSTA: That is correct, you've still got the board,
Thayer, category?
>> Speak & Spell, please.
>> COSTA: For 25 points: to recover health and strength
after illness.
Spell "convalesce."
Yes, Sam?
>> C-O-N-V-A-L-E-S-C-E.
>> COSTA: That is correct, Dover-Sherborn.
You now have the board, category?
>> Small Talk.
>> COSTA: We'll go to Small Talk.
This is a new category in this round.
It's questions about abbreviations.
And for ten points: the Republican Party
in the United States is called the GOP,
an abbreviation that stands for what?
Yes, Angus? >> Grand Old Party?
>> COSTA: Yes, you've still got the board.
Dover-Sherborn, category?
>> We'll stick with Small Talk.
>> COSTA: This time for 15 points, then.
Louise Brown made history in 1978 as the world's first
test tube baby.
She was conceived via IVF, which stands for what?
Yes, Brianna.
>> In vitro fertilization?
>> COSTA: That is correct, and Thayer,
you get the board back, category?
>> Speak & Spell, please?
>> COSTA: We're going back to Speak & Spell,
and this time it's worth 30 points.
A bright, purplish-red color. Spell "fuchsia."
Yes, Riley.
>> F-U-C-S-I-A.
>> COSTA: No, Thayer, you want to take a crack-- Brianna?
>> F-U-C-H-S-I-A.
>> COSTA: That is correct, and Thayer, you've got the board.
Category, though, you'll need a new one.
>> We'll do A Monk and a Mallet.
>> COSTA: A Monk and a Mallet.
This is a new category for the round.
Questions about the Protestant Reformation.
And for ten points: the Protestant Reformation began
in 1517 when what monk nailed a pamphlet called "The 95 Theses"
to the door of Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany?
Yes, Austin.
>> Martin Luther? >> COSTA: That is correct.
And you've got the board, Thayer, category.
>> Small Talk.
>> COSTA: Going back to Small Talk, this time for 20 points.
Cell phones and many other types of electronics use
a highly efficient, long-lasting light source called an LED,
which stands for what?
(buzzer)
Answer: light-emitting diode.
And you've still got the board, Thayer Academy.
>> Stick with it.
>> COSTA: 25 points, Small Talk: a computer that has
eight megabytes of RAM has approximately
eight million bytes of memory that programs can use.
What does RAM stand for?
Yes, Matthew. >> Random access memory?
>> COSTA: Yes, and Thayer, you've got the board, category.
>> Let's go A Monk and a Mallet.
>> COSTA: A Monk and a Mallet, this time for 15 points.
Presbyterianism traces its origin
to what French Protestant theologian remembered mainly
for his doctrine of predestination?
Yes, Austin? >> Calvin?
>> COSTA: John Calvin is correct.
You've still got the board, Thayer.
>> Across the Desert?
>> COSTA: Questions about deserts, and for 10 points:
known for its dunes, mountains, and rare animals
like snow leopards, what desert stretches across northern China
and southern Mongolia?
Yes, Matthew. >> The Gobi desert.
>> COSTA: The Gobi is right, you've got the board, Thayer.
>> Let's go to Cell Block.
>> COSTA: Questions about cell biology.
And for ten points: plant cells have
which of the following structures
that animal cells do not?
Is it A) cell membrane, B) cell wall, C) cell nucleus?
Yes, Noah? >> Cell wall?
>> COSTA: Cell wall is right.
You've still got the board, Thayer, category.
>> Let's stick with it.
>> COSTA: Sticking with Cell Block, this time 15 points.
Human DNA is located primarily in the nucleus of each cell,
but small amounts can also be found in what organelle
often called "the powerhouse of the cell"?
Yes, Riley. >> Mitochondria?
>> COSTA: That is correct.
And you've got the board, Dover-Sherborn.
>> Can we do Small Talk?
>> COSTA: Small Talk, 30 points this time.
Most scuba divers know that scuba is actually an acronym
that stands for what?
Riley.
>> Self-contained underwater breathing apparatus.
>> COSTA: That is correct for 30 points.
And Dover-Sherborn, you'll need a new category.
>> Can we do Cell Block?
>> COSTA: Cell Block for 20 points.
Named after an Italian scientist,
what packaging organelle gathers simple molecules
and combines them to make them even more complex?
Yes, Teddy?
>> Golgi bodies?
>> COSTA: That is correct, and you've got the board,
Dover-Sherborn.
>> Can we go Cell Block?
>> COSTA: For 25 points: what part of the cell releases
various enzymes to break down and digest food?
Yes, Brianna.
>> Lysosome?
>> COSTA: Yes, that's correct, and now Thayer,
you've got the board, category?
>> A Little Bit Country.
>> COSTA: Questions about female country music legends.
And for ten points: the world's first cloned animal--
a sheep-- was named after what country superstar who recorded
"Jolene" and "9 to 5"?
Yes, Riley. >> Dolly Parton?
>> COSTA: That is correct, and now Dover-Sherborn,
you've got the board.
>> Can we do Cell Block for 30?
>> COSTA: Okay, 30 points, Cell Block.
The study of cells would not be possible
without what Dutch scientist
who developed the microscope and was the first person
to observe bacteria and protozoa?
Yes, Teddy.
>> Leeuwenhoek? >> COSTA: Yes.
Dover-Sherborn, you have the board, you'll need a category
from here.
>> Monk and a Mallet.
>> COSTA: Okay, for 20 points: beginning in 1562,
French Catholics fought a series of wars against what group
of French Calvinists?
Yes, Matthew? >> The Jesuits?
>> COSTA: No, Dover, you want to try, Dover-Sherborn--
yes, Teddy?
>> Huguenots?
>> COSTA: Huguenots is correct, and Dover-Sherborn,
you've got the board, category.
>> Let's stick with A Monk and a Mallet.
>> COSTA: 25 points: held in northern Italy in the mid-1500s,
what ecumenical council shaped the Counter-Reformation
and revitalized Catholicism in many parts of Europe?
(buzzer)
Council of Trent the answer,
but you've still got the board, Dover-Sherborn.
>> We'll stick with A Monk and a Mallet.
>> COSTA: Okay, we'll take it for 30 points then.
Henry VIII rejected Catholicism and founded
the Church of England in 1533 after the Pope refused
to annul his marriage to whom?
Yes, Matthew. >> Catherine of Aragon?
>> COSTA: That is correct.
And now Thayer, you've got the board, category, please.
>> Across the Desert.
>> COSTA: Across the Desert, we'll do it for 15 points.
What desert in southwestern Asia
is the second-largest subtropical desert on Earth,
second only to the Sahara?
Matthew.
>> The Arabic desert-- Arabian.
>> COSTA: No, we will bounce to Dover-Sherborn, Sam?
>> The Namibian desert?
>> COSTA: No, the answer is the Arabian Desert.
And so we'll move on, but you still have the board,
Thayer Academy.
>> A Little Bit Country.
>> COSTA: A Little Bit Country, then, for 15 points.
What American Idol winner recorded the 2005 album
Some Hearts, the best-selling solo female debut album
in country music history?
Yes, Austin. >> Carrie Underwood?
>> COSTA: Correct, and you've got the board, Thayer Academy.
>> Across the Desert.
>> COSTA: Across the Desert for 20 points.
What desert is also known as the Great Indian Desert?
(buzzer)
The Thar Desert is the answer, but you've still got the board.
Thayer Academy, category?
>> Desert?
>> COSTA: Across the Desert, 25 points at stake here:
what large desert in southern Africa occupies
almost all of Botswana?
Matthew. >> Namibian?
>> COSTA: No, Dover-Sherborn, you want to try it?
(buzzer)
The Kalahari desert. (bell dings)
And that's the bell ending the category round.
The score right now, ooh, it's close.
Dover-Sherborn: 335 points.
Thayer Academy: 310 points.
How about it, folks, oh boy.
(cheers and applause)
Okay, we are heading into the final 90 seconds of game play,
the lightning round.
You get 20 points for each correct answer.
Incorrect answers will cost you 20 points.
The clock is set, good luck teams, and here we go.
What planet in the solar system is named after the Greek god
of the sky?
>> Jupiter.
>> COSTA: No, Uranus.
What was the southernmost of the original 13 American colonies?
>> Georgia? >> COSTA: Yes.
What pale blue gas has the chemical formula O3?
>> Ozone? >> COSTA: Yes.
In the Harry Potter series,
what professor is the head of Gryffindor house?
>> Professor McGonagall? >> COSTA: Yes.
Located between New Brunswick and Nova Scotia,
what bay has the highest tides in the world?
>> Hudson?
>> COSTA: No, Bay of Fundy.
In 2016, an asteroid was named after what lead singer
of the rock band Queen?
>> Freddie Mercury? >> COSTA: Yes.
What are the last three words of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address?
>> From the earth?
>> COSTA: Yes.
The mechanics of Brownian motion was first explained in 1905
by what German physicist?
(buzzer)
Albert Einstein.
Who is the Greek goddess of speed and victory?
Yes, Brianna?
>> Nike?
>> COSTA: Nike is right.
What red supergiant is the second-brightest star
in the constellation...?
>> Betelgeuse? >> COSTA: Yes.
What peace treaty marked the end of World War I?
>> Treaty of Versailles?
>> COSTA: Yes.
What influential Soviet newspaper whose name means
"Truth" closed in 1991?
(buzzer) Pravda.
About half the size of Maryland, what country that is surrounded
by Senegal is the smallest country in Africa?
>> Gambia. >> COSTA: Yes.
Kiwis are flightless, nocturnal...
(bell dings)
That is... (cheers and applause)
...the end of this round.
The winner this week with 410 points: Thayer Academy.
The runner-up, Dover-Sherborn, 375 points.
So congratulations to both teams for a great round.
But, Thayer Academy now will move on
and play in the quarterfinals.
Make sure you are here and we'll see you back next week,
right here on High School Quiz Show.
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