(bright music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music continues) - Greetings to all who wish to be greeted.

I'm Dahlia Dahl and this is "Scholastic HI-Q," the game show where knowledge rules.

I'm joined here by my contestants from Metro-East Lutheran.

We have Erik, Dalton, Dean, and Peter.

And from Trico, we have Gavin, Brayden, Chris, and Daniel.

They will try, to the best of their ability, to answer questions going up against each other in what's called a toss up round, in which I will ask a question and whoever buzzes in first gets to answer.

However, if you answer incorrectly, it goes to the other team.

And if you answer correctly, then you get a bonus question.

Isn't that fun?

However, if you interrupt me during a toss up question, the other team automatically gets five points and the ability to steal.

That means they could also get 10 points.

Do you want 'em get 15 points?

I wouldn't think so.

I wouldn't.

So without further ado, players, let's begin our toss up question, if you're all ready, of course.

All right.

- Of course.

- They're good nodders.

Oh, now you talk.

The time for talking is done.

Now it's time for doing.

It's time for action, Brayden.

All right.

- Ooh my name.

- Question one, what disease caused by loss of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra is characterized by tremors and is the name for a British- (buzzer blares) - Parkinson's?

- Correct, Dean.

You get to answer the bonus question then.

It can go to any of you.

You don't have to buzz in for that.

Nantucket and New Bedford were centers of what 19th century American industry that hunted animals essential to making oil?

- Oh, whaling, yeah.

- Whaling?

- That is correct, Dalton.

That is correct.

Question two, what king, who won the Battle of Breitenfeld, died at the battle of Lutzen and was the Latin- (buzzer blares) Dean?

- Gustavus Adolphus?

- That is correct.

You get to answer the bonus question then.

A description of Irma's injection appears in what book by Sigmund Freud, which proposes that the title events express wish fulfillment?

(contestants whispering) - "On Dreams"?

- [Dahlia] That is incorrect.

I'm sorry.

Trico, would you like to steal?

- We would love to, but none of us know the answer.

- That's real.

I get that.

"The Interpretation of Dreams."

That is the English title of the book.

Question three, what instrument played by James Galway is described as transverse because of how- (buzzer blares) Dean?

- Flute.

- That is correct.

You get the bonus question then and it's a math question.

Pencil and paper ready.

What is the length of a diagonal of a square who sides each have a length of 19 times the square root of two?

(contestants whispering) - 38?

- That is correct.

Great job Dean, you are on fire.

Trico, you gotta start catching up.

He's leaving you in the dust.

Question four, what province in which the Cabot Trail goes through a national park on Cape Breton Island as a maritime- (buzzer blares) Dean?

- Nova Scotia?

- Say it again?

- Nova Scotia.

- That is correct.

You get the bonus question.

What playwright of "The Zoo Story" depicted a party hosted by the erratic couple George and Martha in his play, "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf"?

- Albee?

- That is correct.

Question five, Humayun's Tomb in Delhi was erected for an early ruler of what Indian Empire founded by Babur, whose leader Shah Jahan- (buzzer blares) - Peter?

- Gupta.

- [Dahlia] That is incorrect.

Trico, would you like to steal?

Would you like me to finish the question?

- Yes, that would be preferable.

- All right, you do get five points for that, by the way.

Humayun's Tomb in Delhi was erected for an early ruler of what Indian Empire founded by Babur whose leader Shah Jahan, or sorry, Jahan, commissioned the Taj Mahal?

- Mughal Empire?

- That is correct.

The Mughal Empire is correct, Trico.

So you get to answer the bonus question.

The phenomenon known as the Northern Lights is also referred to by what two word term named in part after the Roman goddess of the dog?

- Aurora Borealis.

- In this time of year, in this time of day, you are correct, Brayden.

Media question!

Please turn your attention to the television set here where you will see a photograph and you will be asked a question about it.

This Dreamworks produced- (buzzer blares) - "Boss Baby."

- Correct.

It is "Boss Baby."

- I should've buzzed in.

- I tried buzzing in.

- "Boss Baby."

Question six, what regular polyhedron has regular pentagons for faces is a platonic solid with 30 edges and 20 vertices and is named after its 12 faces?

(buzzer blares) Dean?

- Dodecahedron.

- Say that again?

- Dodecahedron.

- That is correct.

You get to answer the bonus question then.

What ancient historian provided a detailed account of the Athenian plague in 430 BC in his "History of the Peloponnesian War"?

(contestants whispering) - Herodotus?

- [Dahlia] That is incorrect.

It goes to Trico.

(buzzer blares) It goes to Trico.

What ancient historian provided a detailed account of the Athenian plague in 430 BC in his "History of the," oh, I'm sorry.

I got it wrong before, "Peloponnesian War."

- Homer.

- That is incorrect.

It was Thucydides.

Thucydides right there.

Question number seven, what surname was shared by Rosalind, a chemist who helped identify the structure of DN, Brayden!

(buzzer blares) - Franklin.

- That is correct.

Franklin.

Rosalind Franklin.

What lake which borders- - Bonus question?

- The towns of, oh, I'm sorry, I forgot you get the bonus question.

My bad.

- Thank you.

- What animal completes the title of the story by Frank Stockton that questions whether a princess's lover will open a door to find a quote "lady" end quote.

- Dog.

- That is incorrect.

Metro-East Lutheran?

- Tiger.

- That is correct.

We would've also accepted "The Lady, or the Tiger?"

That's one answer.

Toss up number eight, what lake, which borders the towns of Montreux, Montreux, yes, and Evian is fed by the Rhone River and shares its name with a major city in Western Switzerland.

(buzzer blares) Dean?

- Lake Geneva?

- That is correct.

Lake Geneva.

You get to answer the bonus question then.

The Douro Valley is in what European country, whose city of Faro is in its southern region of the Algarve?

(contestants whispering) - Romania?

(buzzer blares) - That is incorrect.

Trico?

- Portugal.

- That is correct!

Portugal.

You're getting up there, Trico.

All right, toss up number nine, what ordinary matter particles whose flavor osci- (buzzer blares) - Neutrinos?

- Thank you because I didn't know how to pronounce that next word, that is correct.

You get to answer the bonus question.

They usually give you the pronunciation.

They didn't for that one.

You get to answer the bonus question.

Pencil and paper ready 'cause this is another math one.

If A and B are mutually exclusive events each with a 20% probability, what is the probability neither event occurs?

(contestants whispering) (contestants whispering) - 80.

- That is incorrect.

Trico?

- 60.

- That is correct.

60%.

- Sorry guys.

- It's okay.

- Toss up number 10.

What text, which a 2024 Louisiana law required to be displayed- (buzzer blares) - The 10 Commandments.

- That is correct.

The 10 Commandments.

You get to answer the bonus question then.

What English poet used sprung rhythm in his 1877 poem, "The Windover," which he completed shortly before his ordination as a Jesuit priest?

- Hopkins.

- That is correct.

Gerard Manley Hopkins.

This next one's gonna be a media question.

Please turn your attention to the television set.

This Nickelodeon, Daniel?

(buzzer blares) - "Hungry Ducks."

- That is incorrect.

Metro-East Lutheran, would you like to hear the rest of the question?

(buzzer blares) - "Breadwinners."

- I guess you don't want to hear the rest of the question, but the answer is "Breadwinners."

It's a little after my time, but I remember seeing ads for it.

Toss up number 11, what event, whose 2023 Women's Final was won by Coco Gauff- (buzzer blares) - US Open?

- That is correct, US Open.

So you get the toss, you get the bonus question.

What US president became the first to make an official visit abroad while in office, going to inspect work on the Panama Canal in 1906?

(contestants whispering) - McKinley?

- That is incorrect.

- Roosevelt?

- Which one?

- Teddy.

- Correct.

That's correct.

We have two Roosevelts, Teddy and FDR, and they are great but they're not as great as lightning.

You hear that?

Because it's time for the lightning round.

(thunder crackles) There's my thunder.

You will be given the choice between four categories and then you'll get to answer.

Now Trico, because you are just barely far behind, you get to choose first.

So your categories are Symphonies, Tenths, Seven-Letter 'V'ocabulary, The Letter G. - Could you repeat the second and third categories?

- [Dahlia] The second and third categories are Tenths and Seven-Letter 'V'ocabulary and V is in quotes.

(contestants whispering) Oh, okay.

Give these seven letter words that start with V. That's what that's meant to say.

- Yeah, so let's not go with that.

Let's go with G. Whatever that one is.

- The Letter G. I love that that's a category.

All right, what does the G stand for in, you'll have 60 seconds to answer these questions.

What does the G stand for in the educational metric GPA?

- Grade.

- Correct.

The navigational technology, GPS?

- Geo?

- Incorrect.

You can also pass, I should've let you know that before.

The video game franchise, GTA?

- Grand.

- Correct.

The social group, LGBTQ?

- Gay.

- Correct.

The economic forums G7 and G20?

- Pass.

- The time zone GMT?

- Greenwich.

- Correct.

The military branch, USCG?

- Guard.

- Correct.

The tabletop card game, MTG?

- Pass.

- [Dahlia] The nonprofit designation, NGO?

- Pass.

- The film studio MGM?

- Pass.

- Back to the economic forum, and you are out of time.

So before we go to Metro-East, we're going to tell you what you missed.

The navigation technology, GPS, is global positioning system.

- Yeah.

- The economic forums G7 and G20 are groups.

The military brand or sorry, you got that one.

Tabletop card game is "Magic the Gathering."

- Oh.

- G is for gathering.

The nonprofit designation, NGO, is governmental, non-governmental organization.

And the film studio is Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Incorporated.

Speaking of metro, Metro-East, which category would you like?

Your choices are Symphonies, given nicknames of one or more symphonies, name the.

Tenths, answer the following about tenths.

And Seven-Letter 'V'ocabulary.

Give these seven letter words that start with V. - I think we're gonna go Symphonies.

- [Dahlia] You're gonna go with, say it again?

- Symphonies.

- Symphonies.

All right.

Your times of 60 seconds starts in three, two, one.

"Eroica," he went deaf.

- Beethoven.

Beethoven.

- Correct.

"Jupiter," his "Symphony Number 41."

- Mozart.

- Correct.

"Surprise" and "Farewell."

- Haydn.

- Correct.

"Scottish" and "Italian."

- Mendelssohn.

- Correct.

"Titan" and "Symphony of a Thousand."

- Mahler.

- Correct.

"Spring" and "Rhenish."

His wife was also a pianist.

- Schumann.

- Correct.

"Dante" and "Faust."

His stardom is known as a namesake mania.

- Liszt.

- Correct.

"Bobi Yar."

- Shostakovich.

- Correct.

"Lyric" and "Romantic."

- Pass.

- [Dahlia] "Pathetique" and "Manfred."

- Pass.

- [Dahlia] "Lyric" and "Romantic."

- Grieg.

- Incorrect.

"Pathetique."

Sorry, your time is up.

"Lyric" and "Romantic" was Anton Bruckner and "Pathetique" and "Manfred" was Tchaikovsky.

- Oh.

- Tchaikovsky.

Back to the toss ups.

Toss up number 12.

What poet wrote, "I hope to see my pilot face to face."

Dean?

- Tennyson?

- That is correct.

That is correct.

You get the bonus question.

Wellington and Auckland are on what most populous island in New Zealand?

(contestants whispering) - North Island.

- That is correct.

Number 13, what state whose colonial charter was supposedly hidden from British Governor, Edmund Andros, in an oak tree?

(buzzer blares) Peter?

- Rhode Island.

- [Dahlia] That is incorrect.

Trico, five points to you.

Would you like to hear the whole question?

- We would very much like to hear the rest of the question.

- [Dahlia] All right, what state whose colonial charter was supposedly hidden from British Governor, Edmund Andros, in an oak tree was found near New Haven and Hartford?

(buzzer blares) Brayden.

- Would that be Connecticut?

- That is correct.

That tree became known as the Charter Oak.

You get to answer the bonus question.

What organism genus toxicodendron, or sorry, toxicodendron, my mistake, causes an allergic reaction with the oil it produces, urushiol, and can be recognized by its leaves of three?

- Poison ivy.

- Correct.

Poison ivy.

Number 14, pencil and paper ready, it's another math one, y'all.

If a Seattle to Chicago flight takes four hours, at what central time will it land if it departed at 1:00 PM Pacific time?

(buzzer blares) Peter?

- At three?

- That is incorrect.

- Oh, what?

- [Dahlia] Trico, would you like to steal?

(contestants whispering) (buzzer blares) Brayden?

- Two.

- That is incorrect.

We would've accepted 7:00 PM or 1900 hours.

- Oh!

Did it backwards.

- Right.

So number 15, what country where the Musalla Complex is found in the Western Herat province is landlocked country whose cities include Kandahar and- (buzzer blares) - Mongolia?

- That is incorrect.

Five point to Metro-East Lutheran and you get to steal.

Would you like to hear the entire question?

- Yes we would.

- All right.

I was almost done too.

What country where the Musalla Complex is found in the Western Herat province is a landlocked country whose cities include Kandahar and Kabul?

(buzzer blares) Dean?

- Afghanistan.

- That is correct.

Afghanistan.

You get to answer the bonus question.

What Irish actor was nearly unrecognizable in his makeup as the Penguin in "The Batman" in 2022, the same year he starred in "The Banshees of Inisherin."

(contestants whispering) - McClellan.

- That's incorrect.

Trico?

- Andrew.

- That is also incorrect.

We were looking for Colin Farrell.

Colin Farrell.

You know "The Penguin" just started streaming.

Media question!

Please turn your attentions to the television screen.

In this 2012, Gavin?

(buzzer blares) - "Hotel Transylvania."

- Yeah, correct.

I'm not used to the media questions because everyone answers so quickly.

I don't get to say anything at all.

The easiest ones for me to host, though.

Number 16, what world leader has been supported by Yariv Levin in an attempt to remove unreasonableness as grounds for overturning laws by Israel's supreme court?

(buzzer blares) Peter.

- Netanyahu?

- That is correct.

Benjamin Netanyahu.

You get to answer the bonus question.

The supercontinent of Pangaea broke apart into Laurasia and what other supercontinent which contained modern India, Australia, and Africa?

(contestants whispering) - Aphrasia.

- [Dahlia] That is incorrect.

Trico, would you like to steal?

- Eurasia?

- That is also incorrect.

We were looking for we Gondwanaland.

Gondwanaland.

- [Contestant] I don't think I would've gotten that one.

- Or sorry, Gondwanaland.

You know, after all these years, I still remember that place.

Anyway, what poet described a blood dimmed tide, a widening gyre, and a rough- (buzzer blares) - Yates?

- Say that again?

- Yates.

- That is correct.

William Butler Yates.

Bonus question for you all.

What second book of the Bible relates the Israelites crossing of the Red Sea on the way to the Promised Land in Canaan?

- Exodus?

- That is correct.

Book of Exodus.

Or Shemot.

Here's another toss up for you all.

What data structure stores nodes in the breadth first search operates in a first in, first out- (buzzer blares) - Stack?

- [Dahlia] That is incorrect, Erik.

Trico, five points to you.

Would you like me to read out the entire question?

- Every single time, yes please.

- [Dahlia] Oh, every single time?

Okay.

Because if I get one and you don't want it, don't be mad.

I'm gonna hold you to that.

- We will not be mad.

- All right, I'm gonna hold you to it.

What data structure stores nodes in a breadth first search operates in a first in, first out manner, unlike a stack, and models people standing in line?

(contestants whispering) (buzzer blares) Sorry, you're out of time.

We were looking for queues.

Q-U-E-U-E-S. - That does make sense.

- Yep, I'll remember that.

- That's a shame.

Toss up, what modern day country in which the area Nessun Dorma is sung in the opera, "Turandot"?

(buzzer blares) Dean.

- China?

- That is correct.

You get to answer the bonus question then.

Operation Ajax was a 1953 CIA backed coup in what country, which was led at the time by Mohammad Mosaddegh?

(contestants whispering) (buzzer blares) Sorry, you're out of time.

Trico, would you like to steal?

- Yes.

The answer's Iran.

- The answer is Iran.

That is correct.

Here's another toss up for you all.

What novel whose sequel was titled "The Road Back" details German soldier Paul Baumer's experience.

Dean?

- "All Quiet on the Western Front."

- That is correct.

"All Quiet on the Western Front."

You get to answer the bonus question now.

What process in stars requires ions to break the Coulomb barrier and may take place throughout the proton proton chain or the CNO cycle?

(contestants whispering) - Fusion?

- That is correct.

Fusion.

Would've also accepted nuclear fusion, hydrogen fusion, or hydrogen burning.

(doorbell rings) And that doorbell means that it is time for our episode to end.

- Already?

But I was having so much fun.

- I know Brayden, but that doorbell's my pizza and I really want some, so.

- I understand.

- So it has been so fun having you all here on "HI-Q."

I have been your host, Dahlia Dahl, and I'll see you next time.

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