(bright music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music continues) - Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to "Hi-Q," the show that's just like a spelling bee, except we don't spell anything, and there are no bees at all.

My name is Olivia Manning.

I'm your host.

And today, we have contestants from Nashville and Cisne.

Representing Nashville, we have Peirson, Tyler, Jaylen, and Ari.

And representing Cisne, we have Misty, Ella, Alex, and Joshua.

For those of you who do not know how the game works, let me give you a quick rundown.

I have in my hand a stack of toss-up questions that I will ask.

Either team can buzz into answer for 10 points.

The team that gets that question correct then moves on to a bonus question, which they and only they can answer for 20 bonus points, or the other team can swoop in and steal for 10 bonus points.

There will also be math questions, audio questions, media questions, lightning rounds, but we will get through all of those when they happen.

All right, one final rule before we go on to our toss-ups.

If I am reading a question of any kind and you interrupt me, if you're correct, we move on with our day, you get your points.

If you are wrong, your team is not allowed to answer the question.

Five points go to the other team, and that other team can then attempt to answer the question.

So, if you interrupt me, be right, and we'll have no problems.

All right, are we ready to "Hi-Q?"

Affirm your yeses.

- [Contestants] Yes.

- All right, our first toss-up question, what show in which Michael's suicide leads his brother to inherit a business called The Original Beef depicts Jeremy Allen White as a zealous chef?

(buzzer beeps) Joshua?

- "The Bear."

- "The Bear" is correct.

Your bonus question, Cisne.

Some myths claim that the Egyptian god Horus was the son of what goddess, the sister-wife of Osiris?

(teammates confer) - No answer.

- [Olivia] No answer.

All right, Nashville, your chance to steal.

- Athena.

- Athena's incorrect.

We were looking for Isis.

Our next question is a math question right out the board with it.

So, pencil and paper ready.

How many different ranks are in a standard 52-card deck, given each suit has the exact same ranks and there are four suits?

(buzzer beeps) Joshua.

- 13.

- 13 is correct.

Your bonus question, Cisne.

what punctuation mark is used to terminate statements in many programming languages such as Java and C?

(teammates confer) - Exclamation mark.

- [Olivia] Exclamation mark is incorrect.

Nashville, your chance to steal.

- Semicolon.

- Semicolon is correct.

A nice steal out the gate, Nashville.

Our next toss-up question, what country where an art museum contains the "Headless Winged Victory of Samothrace" features sculptures celebrating victory on the Arc de Triomphe?

(buzzer beeps) Alex?

- France.

- France is correct.

Your bonus question, what surname was shared by Virgil, Morgan, and Wyatt, three lawmen who killed cowboys during the shootout at the O.K.

Corral in 1881?

(teammates confer) - Smith.

- Smith is incorrect.

Nashville?

- Earp.

- Earp is correct.

The Earp brothers.

Our next toss-up, what country is home to Lake Balkhash, is the largest landlocked country by area in the world, and is a central Asian country governed from Astana?

- Buzzed.

(buzzer beeps) - [Olivia] All right, we're gonna go with Alex on this one.

- Mongolia.

- [Olivia] Mongolia is incorrect.

- Kazakhstan.

- Kazakhstan is correct.

Your bonus question, Nashville, in July, 2023, what EU country's government, led since 2010 by Mark Rutte, resigned and called for early elections amid a dispute over migrant policies?

(teammates confer) - Austria.

- [Olivia] Austria is incorrect.

Cisne, a chance to steal.

- The UK.

- The UK is incorrect.

We were looking for the Netherlands.

What celestial body, whose geological history includes a Noachian period, is orbited by the moon's Deimos and Phobos and is called the red- (buzzer beeps) Peirson.

- Mars.

- Mars is correct.

Your bonus question, Nashville, a line drawn through Rigel and Betelgeuse in Orion will pass between what zodiac constellation's two brightest stars, Castor and Pollux?

(teammates confer) - Gemini.

- Gemini is correct.

- Yes.

- Awesome.

- Our first media question, if you could turn your attention towards the television, there will be a visual cue, this British American film director is known for his work on "The Dark Knight" and "Oppenheimer."

He's known for his non-linear storytelling.

Name this director.

(buzzer beeps) Ella.

- Christopher Nolan.

- Christopher Nolan is correct.

There are no bonus questions for media questions.

It's just whatever shows up on the television.

Our next toss-up, in September, 2014, a court in what country gave a life sentence to Ilham Tohti, a Uyghur economics professor, for promoting separatism in Xinjiang.

Xinjiang, apologies.

(buzzer beeps) Ella.

- Japan.

- [Olivia] Japan is incorrect, Cisne?

(buzzer beeps) Alex.

- China.

- China is correct.

Your bonus question, Ray Bradbury's novel "Fahrenheit 451" depicts fireman whose job is to destroy what object?

(buzzer beeps) Ella.

- Books.

- Books is correct.

What playwright, who based a character from his play "After the Fall" on his ex-wife Marilyn Monroe, wrote "Death of a Salesman" and "The Crucible?"

Is that a buzz from Jaylen?

- Okay.

- No.

- We are out of time for this round.

We were looking for Arthur Miller.

No bonus question for that one.

What prime minister signed the Lateran Treaty recognizing Vatican City as independent and allied with Germany as the fascist dictator of Italy?

(buzzer beeps) Joshua.

- Mussolini.

- Mussolini is correct.

Your bonus question, Cisne, what 18th century Swiss mathematician proved that the power series with terms x to the n over n factorial converged?

(teammates confer) - Sierpinski.

- [Olivia] Sierpinksi is incorrect.

Nashville, a chance to steal.

- Avogadro.

- That is incorrect.

We were looking for a Leonhard Euler.

Next question, what process which is governed by fix laws is called osmosis when it involves water and involves particles- (buzzer beeps) Joshua.

- Diffusion.

- Diffusion is correct.

Your bonus question, two guitars appear behind a Spanish dancer in "El Jaleo," a painting by what American-born artist who painted the "Portrait of Madame X?"

- No answer.

(buzzer buzzes) - [Olivia] All right, Nashville, chance to steal.

- Andy Warhol.

- Andy Warhol is incorrect.

We were looking for John Singer Sargent.

What Austrian composer, who depicted a hurdy-gurdy player and a linden tree in "Winterreise," left his two movement "Eighth Symphony" unfinished?

(buzzer beeps) Jaylen.

- Mozart.

- [Olivia] Mozart is incorrect.

Cisne?

(buzzer beeps) Alex.

- Bach.

- Bach is incorrect.

We were looking for Schubert.

No bonus question on that one.

Our first audio question of the game, similar to the television except you don't have to look.

It's all just gonna be around in your ears.

This song is the opening theme of a nautical series- (buzzer beeps) Misty.

- "SpongeBob."

- I can't hear you!

- Aye aye, Captain!

- [Olivia] Say it again.

- "SpongeBob."

- Yeah, we'll take it.

"SpongeBob SquarePants" is correct.

Again, no bonus question on audio questions.

It's just whatever comes through the speakers.

Our next toss-up, what play, whose second act occurs in the garden of a Walton Manor house, ends with Jack Worthing realizing the title phrase and is by Oscar Wilde?

(buzzer beeps) Alex?

- "The Adventures of Oscar and Jack."

- That is incorrect.

Nashville?

- No answer.

- All right.

The answer we were looking for was "The Importance of Being Earnest" or "A Trivial Comedy for Serious People."

No bonus question on that one.

Our next toss-up, what state whose Amendment 4 and franchised felons in 2018 was severely affected by Hurricane Ian in 2022 and is led by Governor Ron DeSantis?

(buzzer beeps) Ella.

- Florida.

- Florida is correct.

Your bonus question, the Balboa and the US dollar are the official currencies of what Central American country that contains the northern part of the Darien Gap?

- Mexico.

- Mexico is incorrect.

Nashville, your chance to steal.

(teammates confer) - Nicaragua.

- Nicaragua is incorrect.

We were looking for Panama.

If you're headed to Panama, keep your US dollars on you.

Next toss-up, what man, who is the namesake of the radius between the proton and electron in hydrogen, was a Danish physicist who named a 1913 model of the atom?

(buzzer buzzes) All right, we were looking for Niels Bohr, Bohr radius, or the Bohr model.

Next up, ladies and gentlemen, is our lightning round.

(thunder crashes) Lightning round is just like the rest of it.

It's just way faster.

Here's how it works.

I have in my hand four topics.

Each of those topics have 10 questions that a team will have to answer in 60 seconds.

Nashville, you get the full pick of the litter of which topic you would like to choose from.

Your options are as follows, French science, short stories, airports, one.

(teammates confer) - One.

- All right.

Give these answers that contain either the word or numeral one.

Your 60 seconds begins in three, two, one.

Motorsport whose drivers include Lewis Hamilton.

- One cycle.

- Incorrect.

A 1,776 foot tall New York skyscraper that replaced the Twin Towers.

(upbeat music) - Pass.

- [Olivia] 2016 "Star Wars" film in which Jyn and Cassian helped steal Death Star plans.

(upbeat music continues) - Pass.

- [Olivia] Microsoft Cloud storage device, storage service - OneDrive.

- Correct.

Manga and anime in which Luffy leads the Straw Hat Pirates.

- [Both] "One Piece."

- Correct, Karen McManus novel about the Bayview Four suspected of murdering Simon.

(upbeat music continues) - Pass.

- [Olivia] Boy band that sang story of my life.

- One Direction.

- Correct.

Ken Kesey novel in which the psychiatric patients oppose Nurse Ratched.

- Pass - 2023 Fighting game whose cameo fighters include Sub-Zero and Goro.

- Mortal Kombat 1.

- Correct.

Dimensionless quantity equal to the speed of sound.

(buzzer buzzes) We are out of time.

The One World Trade Center is the New York skyscraper that replaced the Twin Towers.

"Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" is that 2016 "Star Wars" film in which Jyn and Cassian helped steal Death Star plans.

The Karen McManus novel about the Bayview Four is "One of Us Is Lying."

"One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" is the Ken Kesey novel in which psychiatric patients opposed Nurse Ratched.

And mach one is the dimensionless quantity equal to the speed of sound.

Cisne, your options once again are French science, short stories, and airports.

- Airports.

- All right.

What country is served by a major international airport named after these people?

Your 60 seconds begins in three, two, one.

Charles de Gaulle.

- Pass.

- [Olivia] Leonardo da Vinci - Pass.

- Edward O'Hare.

- Chicago.

Or the United States - [Olivia] Correct, Indira Gandhi.

- India.

- [Olivia] Correct, Nicola Tesla.

- The United States.

- [Olivia] Incorrect, Franz Liszt.

- Pass.

- [Olivia] Lester B. Pearson.

(upbeat music) - Pass.

- Pass.

- [Olivia] David Ben-Gurion - Pass.

- [Olivia] Oliver Tambo.

(upbeat music continues) - Pass.

- [Olivia] Ninoy Aquino.

- Japan.

- [Olivia] Incorrect.

Charles de Gaulle.

- France.

- [Olivia] Correct, Leonardo DaVinci.

- [Both] Italy.

- [Olivia] Correct, Franz Liszt.

- Germany.

- Incorrect, Lester B. Pearson.

- Poland.

- Incorrect, David Ben-Gurion.

(buzzer buzzes) We are out of time.

All right, going over ones you got incorrectly.

Serbia has a airport named after Nicola Tesla.

Hungary has an airport named after Franz Liszt.

Canada has a airport named after Lester B. Pearson.

Israel has airport named for David Ben-Gurion.

South Africa has an airport named for Oliver Tambo, and the Philippines has an airport named for Ninoy Aquino.

Tough series of lightning rounds there, but luckily they don't last forever.

Onto the lightning round.

Not the lightning round.

We just did that.

Onto the toss-ups.

What author, whose gay love story "Maurice" was only published posthumously, wrote about Lucy Honeychurch's trip to Florence in "A Room with a View."

(buzzer buzzes) All right, we were looking for EM Forster.

Our next toss-up, what singer's manager, Colonel Tom Parker, encouraged him to join the Army.

Ella.

- Elvis Presley.

- Elvis Presley is correct.

Your bonus question, Cisne, Commodus was the son of what Roman Emperor and author of the stoic philosophical treaties "Meditations" who was the last of the five good emperors?

- Augustus.

Augustus.

- That is incorrect.

Nashville, for chance to steal.

(teammates confer) - Nero.

- That is incorrect.

We were looking for Marcus Aurelius.

Our next media question, please turn your attention towards the television.

This actor is best known for his role as Dr. Facilier and his roles as the president in "Rick and Morty," as well as his cat-like 'sonas in "Coraline" and "Hazbin Hotel."

Name this actor.

- Buzz.

- Buzz, Jaylen.

- Keith David.

- Keith David is correct.

Again, no bonuses on media.

Our next toss-up, what King issued the Edict of Fontainebleau, suppressed the Fronde revolt, greatly expanded the Palace of Versailles, and was called the Sun King.

(buzzer beeps) Alex.

- Napoleon.

- [Olivia] Napoleon is incorrect.

Nashville?

- [Jaylen] King Louis.

- [Olivia] Gonna need you to be a little bit more specific.

- King Louis VI.

- King Louis VI is incorrect.

We were looking for King Louis XIV.

No bonus question on that one.

(contestant chuckles) There are a lot of King Louis.

I can't blame you for that.

Next toss-up, what novel in which Father Paneloux's death is recorded as a doubtful case by Dr. Rieux depicts an epidemic in Oran and was written by Albert Camus?

(buzzer buzzes) All right, we were looking for "The Plague."

No bonus question on that one.

All right, our next question is a math question.

So pencil and paper ready, everybody.

What integer is equal to 55% of 120, given that 55% can be written as the fraction 11/20?

(buzzer beeps) Joshua - 66.

- 66 is correct.

Your bonus question, Cisne, is not a math question, so you can put those pencils and paper down if you'd like.

What two word Latin phrase, which translates to with praise, denotes the most widely given Latin honor at American universities?

- Cum laude.

- Cum laude is correct.

Sorry.

30 points total to Cisne there.

Our next toss-up, what man, who in a 1946 New Year's Day speech, formally renounced his divinity, ruled during the Shoah era, and was emperor of Japan during World War II.

(buzzer buzzes) We were looking for Hirohito, Emperor Hirohito.

No bonus on that one.

What author, who described hearing martial music while in his bean field, wrote about living deliberately in a cabin in the woods in his book "Walden?"

(buzzer beeps) - Alex.

- Davidson.

- That is incorrect.

Nashville?

- Smith - Smith's incorrect.

We were looking for Henry David Thoreau.

(contestants chuckle) What country contains the Avenue of the Baobabs, is home to the Malagasy People, and is a large island off the coast of Southeastern Africa?

(buzzer beeps) Joshua - Madagascar.

- Madagascar is correct.

Your bonus question, Cisne, what composition by George Frideric Handel takes its name from the fact that it was written for a 1717 concert performed on the River Thames?

- "Star-Spangled Banner."

- [Olivia] "Star-Spangled Banner" is incorrect.

Nashville, your chance to steal.

- "Ode to Joy."

- "Ode to Joy" is incorrect.

We were looking for the very aptly named "Water Music."

Next, toss-up, what regular polygon has nine diagonals, has the most sides of any regular polygon that can tile the plane, and has 120 degree internal angles?

(buzzer beeps) Joshua - Hexagon - Hexagon is correct.

Your bonus question, the title swashbuckler of Edmond Rostand's play "Cyrano de Bergerac" is self-conscious about the large size of what facial feature?

- Nose - Nose is correct.

Our next toss-up, what officer, whose legacy was defended by his wife, Libby, after he died in battle in 1876, was crushed by Crazy Horse at the Battle of Little Big Horn.

(buzzer beeps) Jaylen.

- Lee.

- Lee is incorrect.

Cisne?

(buzzer beeps) - Alex.

- Davidson.

- That is incorrect.

We were looking for Custer.

No bonus question there.

What musician, who wrote the jazz standard "Billie's Bounce" and co-wrote the song "Ornithology," was a bebop alto saxophonist nicknamed Bird?

(buzzer beeps) - Misty.

- Bill Withers.

- Sorry?

- Bill Withers.

- [Olivia] That is incorrect.

Nashville?

- Johnson.

- Johnson, incorrect.

We were looking for Charlie Parker.

What scientist, who names a paradox about the absence of aliens, is the namesake of a lab- (buzzer beeps) - Peirson.

- Fermi.

- Fermi is correct.

Your bonus question, Nashville, what August Wilson play, which ends with disabled war veteran Gabriel trying to blow his trumpet, focuses on former baseball star Troy Maxson?

(teammates confer) - "Sandlot" - That is incorrect.

Cisne, chance to steal.

- No answer.

- All right, we were looking for "Fences."

"Fences" is the name of that play.

Our next toss-up, what poet wrote that, "Love is so short, forgetting is so long, "and tonight I can write the saddest lines" in his "20 Love Poems and a Song of Despair?"

(buzzer beeps) Misty.

- Edgar Allen Poe.

- That is incorrect.

Nashville?

- Good guess, though.

(buzzer beeps) - Jaylen.

- Johnson.

- That is incorrect.

We were looking for Pablo Neruda.

What process, whose vermiform uses bins of earthworms, involves organic materials decomposing to becoming nutrient-rich soil conditioner?

(buzzer beeps) Jaylen - Fertilizer.

- Fertilizer is incorrect.

Cisne?

(buzzer beeps) Joshua.

- Composting.

- Composting is correct.

Your bonus question, Cisne, What 1964 resolution, named for a body of water, gave president Lyndon Johnson authority to send more troops to Vietnam without a declaration of war?

(teammates confer) - The Pacific Treaty.

- That is incorrect.

Nashville?

- Black Sea Treaty.

- That is incorrect.

We were looking for the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution.

In Greek myth, Ganymede was born in what city ruled by King Priam, whose sons, Hector and Paris, fought Greeks like Ajax and Achilles in a namesake- (buzzer beeps) Peirson.

- Troy.

- Troy is correct.

Your bonus question, Nashville, what French physicist gives his name to a wavelength equal to Planck's constant divided by linear momentum, which is possessed by particles?

- Aristotle.

(teammates confer) - Avogadro.

- [Olivia] That is incorrect.

Cisne, chance to steal.

- Schwarzschild.

- That is incorrect.

We were looking for de Broglie.

What disease, whose A type results in an insufficient level of clotting factor VIII, can cause its sufferers to be unable to stop- (buzzer beeps) Jaylen.

- Diabetes.

- That is incorrect.

Would you like me to repeat the question, Cisne?

- [Both] Yes, please.

- What disease, whose A type results in an insufficient level of clotting factor VIII, can cause its sufferers to be unable to stop bleeding?

(buzzer beeps) Misty.

- Hemophilia.

- Hemophilia is correct.

Your bonus question, Cisne, what Pacific Island country earns about 10% of its revenue by leasing the internet domain names that end .tv.

- The Philippines.

- That is incorrect.

Nashville, your chance to steal.

(teammates confer) - Japan.

(buzzer buzzes) - We are out of time, and Japan was incorrect.

Tuvalu was the country we were looking for, a tiny country.

(bell rings) All right, that bell means that we are out of time for today's episode of "Hi-Q."

We've got Nashville with 130 points and the winner of today's episode, Cisne, with 255 points.

Wonderful work all around.

My name is Olivia Manning reminding you that here at "Scholastic Hi-Q" knowledge rules.

Have a good night, everybody.

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