>> COSTA: This week on High School Quiz Show,
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...taking on Mansfield High School!
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>> COSTA: Hi, everybody.
Welcome to High School Quiz Show.
I'm Billy Costa, your host.
Back in November, over a hundred high school teams
all over Massachusetts competed at our Super Sunday
qualifying event to earn one of 16 coveted spots
in this year's competition.
The goal now is to become the next High School Quiz Show
state champion.
And today's matchup has
Mansfield High School
taking on Phillips Academy from Andover.
On the Mansfield team, we have Nick,
Cyrus,
Mary,
and Rebecca.
With alternates Mayank and Nick,
and coach Ken Barrett.
(cheers and applause)
And for Phillips Academy, we have Anna,
Vincent, Lasal, and Eric,
with coach Libo Wang.
(cheers and applause)
>> COSTA: Okay, so the competition has four rounds--
a toss-up, a head-to-head, a category round,
and a lighting round.
And we will start 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 if teams are ready, good luck, and here we go.
What writer from Concord, Massachusetts,
wrote his most famous work in a small cabin in the woods
near Walden Pond?
Yes, Rebecca? >> Thoreau.
>> COSTA: Henry David Thoreau, yes.
Covering nearly 32,000 square miles,
what lake on the U.S.-Canada border is the largest
freshwater lake by surface area?
Yes, Mary? >> Lake Superior.
>> COSTA: Yes. In June 2017, what vice president
hired an outside lawyer to represent him during
the investigation of Russia's interference
in the last U.S. presidential election?
Yes, Eric? >> Pence.
>> COSTA: Mike Pence is right.
In March 1995, after 20 years, British soldiers ended
routine patrols of what capital city of Northern Ireland?
Yes, Anna? >> Belfast.
>> COSTA: Yes. Take a look at your screens.
And pictured here is the House of Burgesses,
the first legislative assembly in the American colonies.
It met for the first time in 1619 in what present-day
U.S. state?
Yes, Lasal? >> Virginia.
>> COSTA: Yes. In 1687,
who published the first of three books known as
the Principia Mathematica, one of the most important works
in the history of science?
Yes, Vincent?
>> Newton. >> COSTA: Yes, Sir Isaac Newton.
In July 2017, what prized free agent signed a four-year,
$128 million deal with the Boston Celtics?
Yes, Nick? >> Gordon Hayward.
>> COSTA: Yes. Washington Irving's short story
"Rip Van Winkle" is a fable about a man
who falls asleep and wakes up how many years later?
Yes, Mary? >> 20 years.
>> COSTA: 20 years is right.
And take a look at your screens.
The next question comes from a very special guest.
>> Hi, I'm Jo Ann Brothers.
I'm the vice president of project management for Comcast.
Here's my question.
Compared to traditional HDTV screens, the new 4K format
boasts a higher resolution of 2160p.
What does the "p" stand for? >> COSTA: Yes, Eric?
>> Pixels. >> COSTA: No.
Mansfield, you want to try it?
(buzzer)
>> COSTA: Progressive is the answer there.
We will continue.
In 1824, Andrew Jackson won the popular vote
by more than ten percent, but did not win the majority
in a crowded field of candidates.
In what some called a corrupt bargain,
who became president instead?
Yes, Mary?
>> John Quincy Adams. >> That is correct.
What star of the legal drama Suits was the most Googled
actress of 2016?
Yes, Rebecca? >> Meghan Markle.
>> COSTA: That is right.
Published in 1826, but set in 1757,
what major work by James Fenimore Cooper
takes place during the French and Indian War?
Yes, Lasal? >> The Last of the Mohicans.
>> COSTA: Yes. Math question--
in cubic feet, what is the volume of a cube if each side
measures three feet?
Yes, Eric? >> 27 cubic feet.
>> COSTA: Correct. Former human rights lawyer Moon Jae-In
was elected president of what country
in May of 2017? Yes, Vincent?
>> South Korea. >> COSTA: Yes.
Moving at a speed of about 300,000 kilometers per second
in a vacuum, what elementary particle is the basic unit
of light?
Yes, Eric? >> Photon.
>> COSTA: Yes. What animal has the scientific name
Ursus maritimus?
Yes, Nick? >> Polar bear.
>> COSTA: That is correct.
In January 2017, Amazon's bestseller list
was topped by what 1949 novel about a dystopian future
where critical thought is suppressed
under a totalitarian regime?
Yes, Lasal? >> 1984.
>> COSTA: Yes. Who was just 40 years old when he was
inaugurated as Dwight D. Eisenhower's vice president?
Vincent? >> Nixon.
>> COSTA: Yes, Richard Nixon.
Vascular plants became widespread during which
of the following geologic time periods?
Was it A) Devonian, B) Cambrian, or C) Permian?
Yes, Eric? >> B.
>> COSTA: No. Mansfield, do you want to try it? Cyrus?
>> Devonian. >> COSTA: Yes.
Devonian is correct.
In 2017, which Chicago rapper
won a Grammy award for Coloring Book,
the first streaming-only album ever to win a Grammy?
Yes, Mary? >> Chance the Rapper.
>> COSTA: Correct. What river forms the border between
Mexico and Texas? Yes, Lasal?
>> The Rio Grande. >> COSTA: Yes.
Titled after a Scottish idiom meaning "Days gone by,"
what 1788 poem credited to Robert Burns is set to the tune
of a traditional folk song?
Vincent? >> "Auld Lang Syne."
>> COSTA: Yes. Math question.
Jack bought a sweater for ten dollars less
than half the original price, and he saved $80.
How much did he pay for the sweater?
Vincent?
>> $60. >> COSTA: Yes.
What English captain became the leader
of the Jamestown Colony after being saved
by Pocahontas? Mary?
>> John Smith. >> COSTA: Yes.
In the late 19th century, German archaeologist
Heinrich Schliemann
used the clues in Homer's epic poems to locate
the remains of Troy in what present-day country?
Yes, Lasal? >> Turkey.
>> COSTA: Turkey is right.
Finland recently became the first European country
to offer citizens a basic income guarantee.
This idea was first proposed in what 1516 book by Thomas More?
Vincent? >> Utopia.
>> COSTA: Yes.
An Arrhenius acid is a substance that dissociates in water
and forms ions of what chemical element?
Yes, Eric? >> Hydrogen.
>> COSTA: Yes. The American portion of the Aleutian Islands
are part of what U.S. state?
Yes, Vincent? >> Alaska.
>> COSTA: Yes. In 2013 what spiritual leader of Tibet
said he would support a female successor?
Anna? >> The Dalai Lama.
>> COSTA: Yes. In what U.S. state can you find
Andersonville, one of the largest Confederate
military prisons during the Civil War?
Lasal? >> Georgia.
>> COSTA: Yes. Named after the Scottish scientist
who studied it in 1827,
what term describes the jittery, random motion of particles
suspended in a fluid or gas?
Yes, Anna? >> Brownian motion.
>> COSTA: Yes. What Japanese word refers to
the military governors who were
the de facto rulers of Japan from 1192 to 1868?
Yes, Nick? >> Shogun.
>> COSTA: Shogun. More than a third of all English words
are derived from what language
that became dominant in English courts and universities
under William the Conqueror?
Yes, Anna? >> French.
>> COSTA: Yes. The Valdés Peninsula in Patagonia
is an important breeding ground
for marine mammals.
The peninsula is found along the Atlantic coast
of what South American country?
Yes, Eric? >> Argentina.
>> COSTA: Yes. In the classic children's novel
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,
what is Charlie's last name?
Vincent? >> Bucket.
>> COSTA: Yes. What unit of U.S. paper...
(timer sounding)
Oh! Wow.
That's the end of round one.
The score right now, Mansfield High 110 points,
Phillips Academy 230 points.
Let's hear it, folks.
(cheers and applause)
Okay, the head-to-head round is up next.
But first, we're going to take a couple of minutes.
Now teams, Mansfield, Phillips Academy, I know you're both
first timers.
But this is something we do here on High School Quiz Show.
I have a question, I will ask it, and each of you
get a chance to answer it.
So we're going to start with Mansfield High and you, Nick.
And here it comes.
What sound makes you cringe?
I mean a sound you really find annoying, and why?
>> Hearing my alarm clock go off in the morning,
because then I have to wake up and go to school.
>> COSTA: Cyrus, how about you?
>> So when, like, a fly
buzzes near your ear, so you have to, like, swat it,
but you don't... you don't know where it is.
>> COSTA: And you miss the fly, and you hit yourself in the ear.
>> Yeah.
>> COSTA: Yeah, it's awful. Mary?
>> When you are trying to erase something with a pencil,
but there's no eraser left, and it's just the metal
scratching against, like, your desk.
>> COSTA: Yeah, I hate that one. Rebecca?
>> I really hate the silverware
scratching against the plates and the dishes.
>> COSTA: You know what else?
When somebody eats, and then they scrape the fork
on their teeth-- I hate that.
Okay, Phillips Academy, Anna.
>> I can't stand
the sound of a banjo at all. >> COSTA: Really?
Just the banjo in general? >> In general.
I grew up in Kentucky, and you cannot escape it.
>> COSTA: No, you really can't. >> Everywhere.
>> COSTA: It's everywhere. Vincent, how about you?
>> I also can't stand the sound of my alarm clock
in the morning. >> COSTA: Okay.
And Lasal?
>> For me I would say it's the sound that my bassoon makes
when I misfinger a note.
It's this horrible squeaking noise, and it's... yeah.
>> COSTA: All right.
You've had the most time to prepare-- Eric?
>> The most cringiest noise is probably a squeaking
saxophone-- it's very high pitched, and it kills the ears.
>> COSTA: Well, that's pretty good.
Not one of them said, "You know what, Billy,
it's the sound of your voice."
No, I'm kidding.
Here's the deal-- it's the head-to-head round.
And, again, you're first-timers, so what's going to happen
is you're all going to come forward and go head to head.
You ready?
Let's go-- come on forward.
(cheers and applause)
>> COSTA: All right, we're about to go head to head
on High School Quiz Show.
I've got Phillips Academy to my left,
Mansfield High School to my right.
If you don't mind shaking hands, get things started.
As a reminder, watching at home, and everywhere else
in the world, in this round you 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.
Good luck, and here we go.
What metallic element makes up most of the earth's inner core?
(buzzer) Iron.
Name the northernmost New England State.
Yes?
>> Maine. >> COSTA: Maine is right.
The Beautiful and the Damned is the second novel of what...
>> F. Scott Fitzgerald. >> COSTA: Yes.
What word beginning with the letter A refers to
the ancient citadel of Athens?
Yes? >> Acropolis.
>> COSTA: Yes. Erythrocytes are also known
as what color blood cells?
Yes? >> White.
No, red.
In June 2017, what male tennis player won an unprecedented...
>> Federer. >> COSTA: I'm sorry?
>> Roger Federer. >> COSTA: No, Rafael Nadal.
What Roman god is equated with the Greek god Dionysus?
Yes? >> Um... oh, dang it.
(buzzer) >> COSTA: Bacchus.
All of the land battles of the Hundred Years' War
were fought in what country?
(buzzer) France.
What is the oldest university in the English-speaking world?
Yes? >> Oxford.
>> COSTA: Yes. The Declaration of Independence
was approved by the Continental Congress
in what year?
>> 1775.
>> COSTA: No, 1776.
Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize in physics?
Yes? >> Marie Curie.
>> COSTA: Yes. In 1534, explorer Jacques Cartier claimed
what Québec river for France?
St. Lawrence. >> COSTA: Yes.
Elizabeth Bennet is the protagonist
in what Jane Austen masterpiece?
Yes? >> Pride and Prejudice.
>> COSTA: Yes, and she just made it.
But that is the end of round two.
We take a look at the score-- Mansfield High School right now
110 points, Phillips Academy 260 points.
How about it, folks?
(cheers and applause)
All right, next up is the category round,
with the following categories:
Some Like It Hot, Governor's Mansion,
Southern Charm, Of Thee I Sing, The Eagle Has Landed,
and Oops.
Each category has five questions with increasing point values.
Players, you can confer with your teammates,
but once you buzz in, you can no longer confer,
we're going to need your answer.
Now, Mansfield, you have a little ground to make up,
so you get to choose the first category.
What's it going to be?
>> We'll take The Eagle Has Landed.
>> COSTA: The Eagle Has Landed.
These are questions about space exploration.
And for ten points, while Eisenhower opposed
sending men to the moon, what later U.S. president
made it a national priority with his famous "moon shot"
speech to Congress?
Lasal? >> JFK.
>> COSTA: That's right.
And Phillips, you get the board.
Category? >> The Eagle Has Landed for 15.
>> COSTA: This time for 15 points.
For years, many aviators believed that aircraft
could not fly faster than the speed of sound.
That all changed in 1947 when what American test pilot
broke the sound barrier?
Yes, Nick?
>> Yeager. >> COSTA: Yeager is right.
Mansfield, you get the board.
Category? >> The Eagle Has Landed.
>> COSTA: For 20 points.
In 1986, the Soviet Union launched the first module
of what modular space station that supported human habitation
for more than 14 years?
Yes, Lasal? >> Soyuz.
>> COSTA: No. Mansfield, you want to try it?
Yes, Nick? >> Skylab.
>> COSTA: No, Mir is the correct answer.
But Mansfield, you still have the board.
Category? >> The Eagle Has Landed.
>> COSTA: For 25 points.
The term "Sputnik moment" describes America's need
to catch up to other countries
in technology.
It was coined after the Soviets launched Sputnik 1
in October of what year?
Yes, Mary? >> 1959.
>> COSTA: No.
Phillips, you want to try it?
(buzzer) 1957 the correct answer.
Mansfield, you've still got the board.
Category?
>> We'll close out The Eagle Has Landed.
>> COSTA: All right, this time 30 points at stake.
In the summer of 2018, NASA will launch
what solar probe that will eventually fly within
four million miles of the sun?
(buzzer) The Parker Solar Probe.
And Mansfield, you keep the board.
You'll need a new category. >> Southern Charm.
>> COSTA: Okay, Southern Charm.
Questions about Southern literature.
And for ten points,
at the end of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,
Tom reveals that what runaway slave has actually
been free ever since Miss Watson died
and freed him in her will?
>> COSTA: Yes, Anna? >> Jim.
>> COSTA: Jim is correct.
And now Phillips, you've got the board.
Category?
>> We'll stay with Southern Charm, please.
>> COSTA: For 15 points, at the end of
A Streetcar Named Desire,
what aging Southern belle tells the doctor,
"Whoever you are, I've always depended
on the kindness of strangers"?
Yes, Anna?
>> Stella. >> COSTA: No.
Mansfield, you want to try it?
(buzzer) Blanche DuBois is the answer.
And Phillips, you've still got the board.
Category?
>> We'll stay with Southern Charm.
>> COSTA: For 20 points.
In Gone With the Wind, Scarlett O'Hara lives
at what Georgia plantation
named after a legendary hill associated
with the ancient kings of Ireland?
Yes, Anna? >> Tara.
>> COSTA: Tara is right.
You've got the board, Phillips. >> Stay with Southern Charm.
>> COSTA: This time for 25 points.
Set in 1960s Mississippi,
what bestselling book by Kathryn Stockett
tells the stories of African American maids
who work for prominent white families?
Yes, Mary? >> The Help.
>> COSTA: The Help is right.
Mansfield, you get the board back.
Category?
>> Let's finish with Southern Charm.
>> COSTA: This time for 30 points.
In To Kill a Mockingbird, Scout's precocious friend Dill
is based on what famous writer who was
Harper Lee's best friend growing up?
(buzzer) Truman Capote.
And Mansfield, you've still got the board.
You'll need a category. >> Some Like It Hot for ten.
>> COSTA: Okay, questions about volcanoes here.
For ten points, visible from Tokyo on a clear day,
what beautiful cone-shaped mountain is actually
three separate volcanoes, one on top of the other?
Yes, Vincent? >> Mt. Fuji.
>> COSTA: Yes, and you've got the board, Phillips.
Category?
>> We'll stay with Some Like It Hot.
>> COSTA: 15 points.
What Hawaiian volcano has historically been considered
the largest volcano on earth?
Vincent? >> Kilauea.
>> COSTA: No-- Mansfield, you want to take a shot?
(buzzer) Mauna Loa is the answer.
And Phillips, you've got the board.
>> We'll stay with Some Like It Hot.
>> COSTA: For 20 points.
What island is home to the tallest active volcano
in western Europe, Mount Etna?
Yes, Vincent? >> Sicily.
>> COSTA: Correct-- you've still got the board.
>> We'll stay with Some Like It Hot.
>> COSTA: 25 points.
The deadliest, most destructive volcanic event
in America occurred in 1980 with the eruption
of Mount St. Helens.
In what U.S. state... Lasal?
>> Montana. >> COSTA: No, Mansfield?
Nick? >> Washington.
>> COSTA: Yes, you've got the board back, Mansfield.
Category? >> Some Like It Hot.
>> COSTA: For 30 points, what well known volcano in Iceland,
which had erupted again in 1845, is referenced
in Herman Melville's Moby-Dick?
Yes, Lasal? >> Eyjafjallajökull.
>> COSTA: No-- Mansfield, you want to try?
(buzzer) Mount Hekla the answer.
And Mansfield, you've still got the board.
>> Governor's Manion. >> COSTA: Okay.
Questions about governors.
For ten points,
in an April 2017 poll, what Massachusetts Republican
was named the nation's most popular governor
with a 75% approval rating?
Yes, Eric? >> Baker.
>> COSTA: Governor Charlie Baker.
Phillips Academy, you've got the board.
>> We'll take Governor's Mansion for 15.
>> COSTA: Okay, in July 2017, what New Jersey governor
was caught sunbathing at a beach closed to the public
because of a government shutdown?
Yes, Rebecca? >> Chris Christie.
>> COSTA: Yes.
And Mansfield, you get the board.
>> Governor's Mansion.
>> COSTA: 20 points-- in 2016, what governor signed
historic legislation that requires California to slash
greenhouse gas emissions to 40% below 1990 levels,
and by the year 2030?
Yes, Nick? >> Brown.
>> COSTA: Yes, Governor Jerry Brown.
Mansfield, category? >> Governor's Mansion.
>> COSTA: 25 points this time-- in 1996 who became the first
woman to be elected governor
of New Hampshire, and is now a U.S. senator?
Yes, Eric? >> Maggie Hassan.
>> COSTA: No.
Mansfield, you want to try?
(buzzer)
>> COSTA: That would be Senator Jean Shaheen.
And Mansfield, you've still got the board.
Category? >> Governor's Mansion.
>> COSTA: 30 points this time.
Robert Penn Warren's novel All the King's Men
portrays the dramatic rise of a Southern politician
in the 1930s.
It's loosely based on what Louisiana governor nicknamed
The Kingfish?
Vincent? >> Huey Pierce Long.
>> COSTA: Yes, correct.
And Phillips, you've got the board.
Category? >> Oops.
>> COSTA: Oops.
Al right, these are and will be questions about epic mistakes.
And for ten points,
in February 2017, what Ivy League university
in New York mistakenly sent out acceptance letters
to hundreds of students who were actually not accepted?
Yes, Lasal? >> Columbia.
>> COSTA: Columbia is right.
You've got the board, Phillips-- category?
>> We'll take Oops for 15. >> COSTA: Okay.
Recently, NASA admitted that it accidentally erased
the original records
of the historic Apollo 11 moonwalk which occurred
on July 20 of what year?
Yes, Mary? >> 1969.
>> COSTA: Yes, and now Mansfield,
you've got the board. >> Oops for 20.
>> COSTA: Okay, in what might be the biggest blunder
in Oscar history,
La La Land was mistakenly announced as Best Picture
in 2017 instead of what film, the actual winner?
Yes, Vincent? >> Moonlight.
>> COSTA: Moonlight is correct, and now Phillips,
you've got the board.
>> We'll stay with Oops for 25. >> COSTA: Okay.
Tasked by Hitler to defend the French coast,
what general was not present at D-Day because he had gone back
to Germany to celebrate his wife's birthday on June 6?
Yes, Nick? >> Erwin Rommel.
>> COSTA: That is correct, and now Mansfield,
you've got the board. >> Oops for 30.
>> COSTA: For 30 points, "Leave it alone--
it's great and right on target."
Who said this when his book The Medium is the Message
was accidentally titled The Medium is the Massage?
(buzzer)
Marshall McLuhan is the answer.
Now, Mansfield, you've got the board,
but there's only one category,
and I have it here, and it is Of Thee I Sing--
questions about patriotic songs.
And for ten points, after witnessing
the British attack Fort McHenry in Baltimore
during the War of 1812, who wrote the lyrics
to "The Star Spangled Banner"?
Yes, Vincent? >> Francis Scott Key.
>> COSTA: Yes, and for 15 points... (timer sounding)
Oh, there's the bell that ends the category round.
The score right now,
Mansfield High 205 points,
Phillips Academy 280 points.
This is a very tight round.
(cheers and applause)
Okay, we are heading into the final 90 seconds
of gameplay-- we call it the lightning round.
It's going to move real fast.
You get 20 points for each correct answer.
Incorrect answers here will cost you 20 points.
The clock is set.
Good luck, teams-- here we go.
Adolf Hitler started World War II by invading what...
>> Poland. >> COSTA: Yes.
A rhombus is a flat shape with how many equal
straight sides? Yes, Vincent?
>> Four. >> COSTA: Yes.
What U.S. state forms the northern border of Illinois?
Yes, Mary? >> Michigan.
>> COSTA: No, Wisconsin.
What Utah novelist is the author of the popular science fiction
novel The Maze Runner?
Yes, Rebecca? >> James Dashner.
>> COSTA: Yes. Since 1947, India and Pakistan
have been locked in a bitter dispute
over what region that borders... yes?
>> Kashmir. >> COSTA: Yes.
In 2016, what band released a 50th anniversary edition
of its groundbreaking album Pet Sounds?
Yes, Mary? >> The Beach Boys.
>> COSTA: Yes. A poodle is transformed into the devil
in what play by Goethe?
Yes, Vincent? >> Faust.
>> COSTA: Yes. What Greek word for crescent refers to
curve in a liquid surface, and also to a piece of cartilage?
Yes? >> Meniscus.
>> COSTA: Yes. What movie star did Egypt ban in 1956
when she converted to Judaism to marry playwright
Arthur Miller?
Anna? >> Marilyn Monroe.
>> COSTA: Yes. What continent is home
to the Drakensberg mountain range?
(buzzer)
Africa.
What American author wrote the 1929 novel
The Sound and the Fury?
Yes, Vincent? >> Faulkner.
>> COSTA: Yes. What general was in charge of British troops
at the 1775 Battle of Bunker Hill?
Yes, Vincent? >> Israel Putnam.
>> COSTA: No, General William Howe.
(timer sounding) Oh, there's the bell
that ends the game.
The winner this week,
Phillips Academy with 400 points.
(cheers and applause)
The runner-up,
Mansfield High School 225 points.
Congratulations to both teams.
It was a great round, a great game.
Phillips Academy now will move into
the quarterfinals, so be sure you're tuning in.
We will see you all back here next week
for a High School Quiz Show.
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