(relaxed music) (upbeat music) - Welcome to "Scholastic Hi-Q," the game where knowledge rules.

I'm your host, Ethan Neir, and we have another great game in store for you this evening, so let's go ahead and introduce those teams.

On the bottom we have Mt.

Vernon with Jackson, Samuel, Macie, and Ian.

And on the top we have Freeburg with Jillian, Elaina, Edison, and Noah.

Now before we get into our questions, let's just do a quick recap of the rules.

We'll start off with some toss up questions.

Each of those will be worth 10 points.

If a team gets it right, they get to move on to a bonus question, which is worth 20 points and can be stolen by the other team for 10.

You guys are allowed to interrupt me at any time, but if you interrupt me and get the question wrong, it is five points for the other team.

So if you're going to interrupt me, just make sure you're right.

We all understand rules?

Great.

Let's get into the questions.

"Closing Time" is a sequel to what novel which depicts Major Major and John Yossarian, is by Joseph Heller, and is named for a no-win scenario?

(buzzer rings) Samuel.

- "Lose Lose."

- "Lose Lose" is incorrect.

(timer beeps) Sorry, you guys are all out of time.

The answer we're looking for there was "Catch-22."

"Catch-22."

Onto our next question.

What shaped whose house dwarf dimension is not an integer include the Koch snowflake and the Mandelbrot set, and demonstrate self similarity.

(buzzer rings) Jackson.

- Congruence.

- [Ethan] Congruence is incorrect.

(buzzer rings) Edison.

- Symmetric.

- Symmetric is incorrect.

The answer you're looking for there was fractals.

Fractals.

Onto our next question.

What phenomena, the subject of Robert Merton's Strain Theory of Deviance and the later Broken Windows Theory, includes felonies and misdemeanors?

(timer beeps) So you guys are all out of time.

The answer there was crime.

Probably overthinking the answer to that one.

Very simple, just crime.

Next question.

What monarch whose prime ministers include Lord North may have suffered from porphyria, and was the British King during the American Revolution?

(buzzer rings) Edison.

- James III.

- [Ethan] James III is incorrect.

(buzzer rings) Jackson.

- King George III.

- King George III is correct.

George, not James.

Well done.

That'll take us to our first bonus question.

At what naval battle fought off the western coast of Greece was Mark Antony and Cleopatra's fleet conclusively defeated by Octavian's navy?

(timer beeps) So you guys are all out of time.

Freeburg?

(timer beeps) The answer we're looking for there was the Battle of Actium.

Battle of Actium.

Next question.

What molecules whose solubility is described in Flory-Huggins theory can be made via a chain growth process, and are made from repeated small units?

(buzzer rings) Samuel.

- Polymers.

- [Ethan] Polymers is correct.

Well done.

Your bonus.

In August 2022 what country's prime minister, Sanna Marin, was criticized after leaked photos showed her partying with friends?

- Dela Cruz.

- [Ethan] That is incorrect.

Freeburg, chance to steal.

- Canada.

(timer beeps) - Canada is incorrect.

The answer we're looking for there was Finland.

Finland, big international incident.

I think she was just like having parties, drinking beers with friends.

Became a whole international incident.

The next question.

Which God whose throat turned blue after drinking the poisonous Halahala, beheaded his son, Ganesh, and is the destroyer of the the God of Hindu, Trimurti?

(buzzer rings) Noah.

- Vishnu.

- [Ethan] Vishnu is incorrect.

(buzzer rings) Jackson?

- I know this is wrong, but Gilgamesh?

- Gilgamesh is incorrect.

The answer we're looking for was Shiva.

Shiva.

And that'll now take us to our first media question.

In 2005, Cartoon Network aired this show about the antics of a titular spider monkey and his two companions attending Camp Kidney.

Residing in the jellybean cabin, they make plenty of friends along the way.

Name this TV show.

And I'm now realizing 2005 is before maybe some of you were born, which does make me feel very old.

(timer beeps) The answer we're looking for there was "Camp Lazlo."

Anybody, anyone remember "Camp Lazlo?"

No?

- [Jackson] I was born a year before, though I don't know.

- You were born in 2004?

Okay.

- Same.

- [Contestant] I was 2006.

- Yeah.

That'll take us to the next toss up, as there is no bonus on media questions if you guys would get it right, but now back to the toss ups.

In 2022, what country, the planned endpoint of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, delayed plans to shut down a nuclear power plant in Baden-Wuertemberg?

(buzzer rings) Noah.

- Germany.

- Germany is correct.

Well done.

For your bonus, what 1805 battle in which Horatio Nelson destroyed Napoleon's fleet is current, commemorated by a namesake square in London?

- No answer.

- Trafalgar.

- Trafalgar is correct.

Well done.

Onto our next question.

What quantity equals the square root of the bulk modulus over density in a fluid, is about 343 meters per second in air, and corresponds to Mach 1?

(buzzer rings) Sam.

- Velocity.

- Velocity is incorrect.

(timer beeps) The answer we're looking for there was the speed of sound.

The speed of sound.

Next question.

What actress who played dancer Rocky Blue on "Shake It Up" won of 2022 Primetime Drama Emmy for playing recovering drug- (buzzer rings) Jillian.

- Zendaya.

- Zendaya is correct.

Well done.

- Yes, Jill.

Your bonus.

What title character of an Edwin Arlington Robinson poem who was a gentleman from sole to crown went home and put a bullet through his head?

(timer beeps) You guys are all out time.

Mt.

Vernon?

- Oedipus Rex.

- Oedipus Rex is incorrect.

The answer we're looking for there was Richard Cory.

Richard Cory.

Onto the next question.

What Russian term meaning openness was used to name a program of reform?

(buzzer rings) Noah.

- Glasnost.

- Glasnost is correct.

Well done.

Your bonus.

Heinrich Himmler led what Nazi paramilitary organization, symbolized by two lightning bolt runes that oversaw concentration camps in the Holocaust?

- SS.

- SS is correct.

And for your next question, pencil and paper ready.

If a six-sided die is rolled twice, what is the probability that the first roll is a six and the second roll is an odd number?

(buzzer rings) Edison.

- One over 12.

- One over 12 is correct.

Well done.

For your bonus, what artist depicted himself and dancers Jane Avril and La Goulue in his 1895 painting, "At La Moulin Rouge?"

- Monet.

- [Ethan] Monet is incorrect.

Mt.

Vernon, the chance to steal.

- Wright?

- Wright is incorrect.

The answer we're looking for is Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.

Back to toss ups.

What language was used to describe a funeral pyre where the forsaken queen Dido kills herself in Virgil's "Aeneid," an epic from the first century BC.

(buzzer rings) Noah.

- Phoenician.

- [Ethan] Phoenician is incorrect.

(buzzer rings) Ian.

- Latin.

- Latin is correct.

Well done.

- [Teammate] Nice.

- True bonus.

In what 1980 sci-fi film with a score by Greek composer Vangelis does Harrison Ford play Rick Deckard who chases the replicant, Roy Batty?

- "Blade Runner."

- "Blade Runner" is correct.

And that'll take us to our next media question.

This character first appeared in DC Comics and then Summer- (buzzer rings) Noah.

- Poison Ivy.

- Poison Ivy is correct.

Well done.

Back to our toss ups.

What president signed the Sherman Antitrust Act, was the only grandson of a president to win the office, and served between Grover Cleveland's terms?

- Harrison.

(buzzer rings) - [Ethan] Jackson.

- Harrison.

- [Ethan] Harrison is correct.

Well done.

- [Noah] I forgot to- - No, yeah, you knew what it was.

Forgot to buzz in there.

Honest mistake.

That'll take us to our bonus.

In 1780, Benjamin Lincoln and 5,000 American troops surrendered in what Southern city after it was besieged by British forces led by Henry Clinton?

- Atlanta.

- [Ethan] Atlanta is incorrect.

Freeburg, with the chance to steal.

- Philadelphia.

- Philadelphia's incorrect.

The answer we're looking for was Charleston, South Carolina.

For our next question, what items, some of which includes parts known as bump stocks, may be restricted through so-called red flag laws and are promoted by the NRA?

(buzzer rings) Jackson.

- Rifles.

- That is incorrect.

We're looking for not as specific as that.

(timer beeps) The answer was not rifles, just guns.

Just guns.

- [Contestant] It's broken.

- But you knew National Rifle Association, NRA, I'm assuming.

- Yeah, I didn't know whether it would be specific or generalization, I.

- Back to our toss ups.

What process requires sigma factors in prokaryotes, is regulated by enhancers, makes mRNA from a DNA template, and proceeds translation?

(buzzer rings) Samuel.

- RNA.

- [Ethan] RNA is incorrect.

(buzzer rings) Edison.

- DNA.

- DNA is, I do not believe we'll accept that.

The answer we're looking for was transcription.

Transcription.

Next question.

What city which lies at the mouth of the Chao Phraya River contains Khao San Road and the Grand Palace of King Rama X, and is the capital of Thailand?

(buzzer rings) Noah.

- Bangkok.

- Bangkok is correct.

Well done.

True bonus.

What alliterative term which became widely used in 2022 refers to workers who do only the minimum required for their job?

(contestants whisper indistinctly) (timer beeps) So you guys are all at a time.

Mt.

Vernon?

- Quiet quitting.

- Quiet quitting is correct.

Well done.

Back to the toss ups.

What country was home to "The Five Moons of Ballet," including Maria Tallchief, as well as too Martha Graham, who choreographed "Appalachian Spring?"

Looking for the name of a country.

(buzzer rings) Jackson.

- America.

- Yeah, I'd say so.

America is correct.

Well done.

For your bonus, what vibrating one dimensional objects whose scale is hypothesized to be near the Planck length name a group of proposed theories of everything?

- 42.

- [Ethan] 42 is incorrect.

(timer beeps) You guys are all out of time.

The answer we're looking for there was strings.

Strings.

And now that will take us to our lightning round.

(thunder rumbles) The way our lightning round works is each team will have 60 seconds to answer as many questions as they can about a particular topic.

Now Freeburg, since you guys are trailing in this one, you will have the chance to pick your topic first.

Your choices are presidential nicknames, European landmarks, ducks, or the letter P. - European landmarks.

- European landmarks it is.

Given a pair of landmarks, name the European city.

I'll give you 60 seconds on the clock.

I'll count you down.

3, 2, 1.

Buckingham Palace and Big Ben.

- London.

- [Ethan] That's correct.

Peter and Paul Fortress and the Hermitage Museum.

- Moscow.

- [Ethan] That's incorrect.

The Doge's Palace and St. Mark's Cathedral.

You can pass as well.

- Pass.

- [Ethan] Tivoli Gardens in the Little Mermaid statue.

- St. Petersburg.

- [Ethan] That's incorrect.

Park Guell and La Sagrada Familia.

- Barcelona.

- [Ethan] That's correct.

Museum Island and the Brandenburg Gate.

- Berlin.

- [Ethan] That's correct.

The ruins of the Forum and the Coliseum.

- Rome.

- [Ethan] That's correct.

Fisherman's Bastion and the Szechenyi Baths.

- Venice.

- [Ethan] That's incorrect.

Il Duomo Cathedral and the Uffizi Gallery.

- Paris.

- [Ethan] That's incorrect.

Tuileries Garden located next to the Louvre.

- Paris.

- [Ethan] That's correct.

The Doge's Palace and St. Mark's Cathedral.

(timer beeps) Sorry, you guys are all out of time.

So we'll go through the ones you guys missed, and the ones you guys passed on.

The Peter and Paul Fortress and the Hermitage Museum was not Moscow, but St. Petersburg.

The Doge's Palace and St. Mark's Cathedral was Venice.

The Tivoli Gardens and the Little Mermaid statue was Copenhagen.

The Fisherman's Bastion and the Szechenyi Baths was Budapest.

The Il Duomo Cathedral and the Uffizi Gallery was Florence, and you guys got the one as Paris at the end.

So now we'll move it to Mt.

Vernon.

Your guys' choices are presidential nicknames, ducks, or the letter P. - Presidential nicknames.

- Presidential nicknames it is.

What presidents were known by the following nicknames?

I'll give you 60 seconds on the clock and count you down.

3, 2, 1.

The Father of This Country.

- George Washington.

- [Ethan] That's correct.

Old Hickory.

- Zachary Taylor- - Jackson.

- [Ethan] Jackson's correct.

The Comeback Kid.

- Pass.

- [Ethan] The Great Emancipator.

- Lincoln.

- [Ethan] That's correct.

The Gipper.

- Pass.

- Pass.

- [Ethan] Old Rough and Ready.

- Roosevelt.

- [Ethan] That's incorrect.

The Little Magician.

- Pass.

- [Ethan] Tricky Dick.

- Nixon.

- [Ethan] That's correct.

Little Jemmy and the Father of the Constitution.

- James Madison.

- [Ethan] That's correct.

His Accidency.

- Pass.

- [Ethan] The Comeback Kid.

- Cleveland.

- [Ethan] That's incorrect.

The Gipper.

The Gipper, excuse me.

- Carter.

- [Ethan] That's incorrect.

The Little Magician.

(timer beeps) You guys are all out of time.

The Comeback Kid was Bill Clinton.

The Gipper was Ronald Reagan.

Old Rough and Ready was Zach Taylor.

The Little Magician was Martin Van Buren.

The, and His Accidency was John Tyler.

So after our lightning round, let's just take a look back at our points, and I believe we are exactly where we left it before the lightning round, a 10 point gap between Mt.

Vernon and Freeburg, so still a very close game taking us into the back half.

For our next toss up.

What poet mused about rude forefathers of the Hamlet and noted the quote, "The curfew tolls the knell of parting day," in his "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard?"

(timer beeps) Answer we're looking for there was Thomas Gray.

Thomas Gray.

Onto the next question.

In what country in the 1990, in 1993 did the Search Bloc police under President Cesar Gaviria kill an escapee from La Catedral prison, cocaine lord Pablo Escobar?

(buzzer rings) Noah.

- Colombia.

- Colombia is correct.

Well done.

True bonus.

In July 2022, what chairman and CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment retired amid allegations of sexual misconduct?

- McMahon.

- Vince McMahon is correct.

Well done.

Your next question.

What state in which Maura Healey is running in 2022 to succeed Governor Charlie Baker is represented in the Senate by Elizabeth Warren?

(buzzer rings) Jackson.

- California.

- [Ethan] California is incorrect.

(buzzer rings) Noah.

- Delaware.

- Delaware is incorrect.

The answer we're looking for was a Massachusetts.

Warren that represented Massachusetts.

The next question.

What machine whose simplest variants include the Paternoster, use a safety break invented by Elisha Otis, and makes skyscrapers viable?

(buzzer rings) Edison.

- Crane.

- [Ethan] Crane is incorrect.

(buzzer rings) Jackson.

- Scaffolding.

- [Ethan] Scaffolding is incorrect.

The answer we're looking for was elevators.

Elevators.

And the next question.

What religion sponsored by the Sassanid and Achaemenid Empires declined after the Muslim conquest of Persia discouraged worship of Ahura Mazda?

(buzzer rings) Noah.

- Zoroastrianism.

- Zoroastrianism is correct.

Well done.

True bonus.

What play written by Christopher Marlowe around 1589 is titled for Barabas, a merchant who poisons his daughter, Abigail?

- No answer.

- No answer.

- [Ethan] Mt.

Vernon, the chance to steal.

- "Barabas the Poisoner."

- "Barabas the Poisoner" is incorrect.

The answer you're looking for was "The Jew of Malta."

- [Jackson] "The Jew of Malta."

- Onto the next question.

What large sculpture which was designed by Gutzon Borglum to include four busts, was blasted into the granite of South Dakota's- (buzzer rings) Edison.

- Mount Rushmore.

- Mount Rushmore is correct.

Well done.

True bonus.

What experimental physicist discovered the rotation of light in a magnetic field, and a namesake law of electromagnetic induction?

(Edison whispers indistinctly) - Schrodinger.

- [Ethan] Schrodinger is incorrect.

Mt.

Vernon, the chance to steal.

- Edison.

- Edison is incorrect.

The answer you're looking for was a Michael Faraday.

Michael Faraday.

For the next question, what animals in genius Ailuropoda have a sixth digit or pseudo thumb that lets these mostly black and white animals grasp their main food of bamboo?

(buzzer rings) Jackson.

- Panda.

- Panda is correct.

True bonus.

What Northeastern state is home to Lake Tear of the Clouds, which is near its highest point, Mount Marcy?

- Wyoming.

- [Ethan] Wyoming is incorrect.

Freeburg, the chance to steal.

- Maine.

- Maine is incorrect.

The answer you're looking for was New York.

New York.

And that'll take us to another media question.

This transgender actress has started off, started her career off with modeling, but debuted in the 2019 hit show, "Euphoria."

Name this actress.

(buzzer rings) Jackson.

- Elizabeth.

- Elizabeth is incorrect.

(timer beeps) Sorry, you guys are all out of time.

The answer we're looking for was Hunter Schafer.

Hunter Schafer.

Our next question, what dynasty won the first two Battles of Panipat, defeated Ibrahim Lodi and the Delhi sultanate, and gave rise to emperors like Akbar and- (buzzer rings) Noah.

- Mughal.

- [Ethan] Mughal is correct.

Well done.

True bonus.

What Dutch-descended settlers of South Africa founded Transvaal and the Orange Free State and fought two namesake wars with Britain?

- The Boers.

- The Boers is correct.

Well done.

Onto the next question.

What son of Idaville police chief often opposes a gang called The Tigers led by Bugs Meany, and is a boy detective nicknamed for a type of book?

(buzzer rings) Ian.

- Encyclopedia Brown.

- Encyclopedia Brown is correct.

Well done.

True bonus.

Gold letters spelled the name of what ship, captained by Ernest Shackleton, whose 1915 wreck was discovered in 2022 off the coast of Antarctica?

- Cook.

- [Ethan] Cook is incorrect.

Freeburg, chance to steal.

- No answer.

- Answer we're looking for was the Endurance.

The Endurance.

Onto our next question.

What country where the Niger River reaches its northernmost point is governed from Bamako and is named after a- (buzzer rings) Noah.

- Mali.

- Mali is correct.

Well done.

True bonus.

What glass flask named for a German chemist have narrow necks and a flat bases allowing them to be swirled while minimalizing spillage, or minimizing spillage, excuse me.

- Erlenmeyer.

- [Ethan] Erlenmeyer is correct.

Well done.

(doorbell chimes) And I believe that bell means that it is all we have time for on today's show, so let's take a look at the score.

We have Freeburg at 240, and Mt.

Vernon at 160.

So nice job, Freeburg, taking control after that bonus round, really crawling it back there.

Well done.

So that is all we have time for on today's show.

For our lovely contestants here today, and all the people working hard behind the scenes, I'm Ethan Neir.

Thank you so much and goodnight.

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