- Our 18th season rolls along here on Quiz Central as White Cloud takes on Charlevoix.

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- CS Lewis.

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- Charlottes Web.

- [Host] Correct.

- Nylon - [Host] Correct.

- [Host] Our Season 17 Grand Champions are the students from Ross Common High School.

Hello everyone, I'm Matthew Ozanich, and it's my pleasure to welcome you to Quiz Central here on WCMU.

Our season rolls along as we near the end of the first round of our tournament with Charlevoix taking on White Cloud.

If you're new to the program here's how our virtual edition of Quiz Central works.

Our two competing teams will be independently challenged with an identical set of questions.

The school that answers the most questions correctly in the time allotted advances to the next round.

At the end of the 18th season four Quiz Central seniors will receive a book scholarship provided by the CMU bookstore.

Our first round is the Maroon and Gold Rush.

Our teams will have two minutes to answer as many questions as they can with each correct answer being worth 10 points, and there is no deduction for incorrect answers.

Students will be able to consult with their teammates on each question, but the final answers will be coming from the team's Captain.

Charlevoix, we're gonna start with you.

So here comes your first question in today's Maroon and Gold Rush.

What Roman Emperor who ruled alongside Lucius Veras was the last of the Five Good Emperors and wrote a stoic text called The Meditations?

- Pass.

- [Host] Pass.

Onto the next question.

What quantity, which is equal to phase velocity divided by frequency, is denoted "lambda" and gives the distance between two crests of a wave?

(contestants murmuring) - Amplitude?

- [Host] Amplitude is incorrect.

On the next question.

The painting, Belchazar's Feast, is by what Dutch artist, who painted The Night Watch?

(contestants murmuring) - Rembrandt.

- [Host] Rembrandt is correct.

What country, the base of terrorist group, Al Shabaab, funds campaigns in its region of Puntland, to combat piracy off the Horn of Africa?

- [Contestant] Somalia?

- Somalia?

- [Host] That is correct.

What letter, sometimes proceeded by an E for "enhanced", is paired with numbers ranging from zero to five in a widely used scale of tornado intensity.

(contestants murmuring) - [Contestant] Fujita?

- Fuji-, what is it?

Fujita?

- [Host] We'll accept that.

Fujita is correct.

A 1952 novel by EB White is named after what type of structure that is used to display the phrases "terrific" and "some pig".

(contestants murmuring) - [Contestant] I dunno.

Pass.

- Pass.

- [Host] Pass.

On to the next question.

What integer is only sometimes considered a natural number, is the cardinality of the empty set, is the additive identity, and cannot be divided by.

- [Contestant] Zero.

- Zero.

- [Host] Zero's correct.

What cast iron and plate glass structure destroyed- (bell dinging) Oh, sorry, we just heard the bell there.

So that bell's gonna signify the end of the opening round.

Charlevoix has a good start with four correct answers and 40 points.

Now it's White Cloud's turn and the Maroon and Gold Rush.

Let's put two minutes back on the clock.

What Roman Emperor who, alongside Lucius Veras, was the last of the Five Good Emperors and wrote a stoic text called The Meditations?

- Marcus Aurelieus?

- [Host] Correct.

What quantity, which is equal to phase velocity divided by frequency, is denoted "lambda" and gives the distance between two crests of a wave?

- Amplitude?

- [Host] Final answer?

(contestants murmuring) Yeah?

- [Contestant] Yes, yes.

- Yes.

- [Host] Sorry, amplitude is incorrect.

The painting, Belchazar's Feast, is by what Dutch artist, who painted The Night Watch?

(contestants murmuring) - Rembrandt.

- [Host] That is correct.

- Final.

What country, the base of terrorist group, Al Shabaab, funds campaigns in its region of Puntland, to combat piracy off the Horn of Africa?

- Somalia.

Final.

- [Host] Somalia is correct.

What letter, sometimes proceeded by an E for "enhanced", is paired with numbers ranging from zero to five in a widely used scale of tornado intensity.

- F. Final.

- [Host] F is correct.

- No, no F- - [Host] A 1952 novel by EB White is named after what type of structure that is used to display the phrases "terrific" and "some pig".

- [Contestant] Spider web.

- Spider web.

- [Host] Spiderweb is correct.

What integer is only sometimes considered a natural number, is the cardinality of the empty set, is the additive identity, and cannot be divided by?

- Zero.

Final.

- [Host] Zero is correct.

What cast iron and plate glass structure destroyed in a 1936 fire was built to house the first World's Fair held in London in 1851?

- [Contestant] I dunno, if that's... - Pass.

- [Host] Pass?

Next question.

Mesut Özil played for what country's national soccer team whose current players include Marco Royce an 11-time Bundesliga Champion- (bell dings) And that bell signals the end of the round.

After the Maroon and Gold Rush, White Cloud has a slight lead over Charlevoix.

We'll get to the score, but first, here are the answers to the missed questions in that opening round.

The quantity that gives the distance between two crests of a wave is the wavelength.

And the iron and glass structure that housed the first World's Fair was the Crystal Palace.

Only one round in the book so far but there's still lots more to come.

However, right now we're gonna take a pause and take this opportunity to meet our players from of each of today's schools.

Let's start with the students from Charlevoix High School.

- I'm Sam, I go to Charlevoix High School, and I play varsity golf and soccer.

- My name is Griffin.

I go to Charlevoix High School, and this is my second year in Quiz Bowl.

- Hello, my name is Camden.

I am a junior at Charlevoix High School and I play football and track and field.

- Hi, my name is Liam.

I'm a Charlevoix High School junior, and I'm involved in the marching band, Model United Nations, Chess Club, and Government for Tomorrow.

- Thank you Charlevoix.

Now let's meet the team from White Cloud.

- Hello, I'm Malachi Graves.

I'm a senior at White Cloud and I run cross-country.

- Hi, my name is June.

I am a freshman at White Cloud and I only do Quiz Bowl.

- I'm Zane, I'm a senior at White Cloud High School.

I am an Eagle Scout, and I run cross-country.

- I'm Wyatt.

I'm a sophomore at White Cloud, and I do running sports and band.

- Well, now that we've had a chance to meet everyone, let's head into the next round of competition today, the Perfect 10.

In this round, our teams will be given a category and they'll have 60 seconds to answer as many questions correctly as they can.

Our Perfect 10 category for today is Four Letter Names.

Give these four letter names and titles.

Let's put 60 seconds on the clock as we start with a team from Charlevoix in the Perfect 10 round.

Nickname of Utah's NBA team?

- [Contestant] Jazz.

- Jazz?

- [Host] Correct.

Athletic apparel company co-founded by Phil Knight.

- Nike.

- [Host] Correct.

Groundbreaking 1993 first person shooter, partly set on the moons of Mars.

(contestants murmuring) - What?

Halo?

Halo.

Halo.

- [Host] Halo's incorrect.

Former One Direction member who released Pillow Talk as a solo artist.

- [Contestant] Zane?

- Zane.

- [Host] Zane's correct.

Brazilian who was FIFA's World Player of the century?

- Messi?

- [Host] Messi is incorrect.

University whose sports teams are the Blue Devils?

- [Contestant] Duke.

- Duke.

- [Host] Correct.

A 2017 animated movie inspired by the Mexican holiday, Day of the Dead.

- [Contestant] Coco.

- Coco.

- [Host] Correct.

Water-type Pokemon that evolves into Dewgong?

- [Contestant] Seel.

(bell dings) And that bell signals the end of the round.

Charlevoix performs well in the Perfect 10 with five correct answers and 50 points.

Let's see if White Cloud can add to their score in the perfect 10 as we put 60 seconds back on the clock.

The nickname of Utah's NBA team?

- [Contestant] Jazz.

- Jazz?

- [Host] Jazz is correct.

Athletic apparel company co-founded by Phil Knight.

- Nike.

- [Host] Nike's correct.

Groundbreaking 1993 first person shooter, partly set on the moons of Mars?

- Dune.

- Dune.

- [Host] Dune's correct.

Former One Direction member who released 'Pillow Talk' as a solo artist.

- Niall.

- Niall.

- [Host] Niall's incorrect.

- [Host] A Brazilian who was FIFA's World Player of the century?

- Pass.

- [Host] Pass.

Next Question.

University whose sports teams are the Blue Devils?

- [Contestant] Duke.

- Duke.

- [Host] Correct.

2017 animated movie inspired by the Mexican holiday, 'Day of the Dead'.

- Coco.

- Coco.

- [Host] Correct.

Water-type Pokemon that evolves into Dewgong?

- [Contestant] Oh, uh... - Seel.

- [Host] Seel's correct.

(bell dings) Oh, and that bell signals the end of the round.

White Cloud finishes out today's Perfect 10 with six correct answers adding 60 points to their total with two rounds in the books.

Our score is Charlevoix 90, White Cloud 120.

And we only missed one question in that round.

The Brazilian named FIFA's player of the century was none other than Pelé.

There's still many questions to be asked and many points to be attained as we enter our third round of the day, the Home Stretch round.

In the Home Stretch, I'll be asking each team a series of random questions.

Correct answers are still worth 10 points a piece and final answers will be coming from the captains.

We're gonna start with Charlevoix in today's Home Stretch round.

Charlevoix, here comes your first question.

What metallic element found in pyrite, hematite, and farazine, is a major component of the earth's core along with nickel, and has the atomic symbol, Fe.

- Iron.

- [Host] Correct.

What American author wrote poems known by their first lines, such as, 'I taste a liquor never brewed', and 'Success is counted sweetest'?

- Poe.

- Poe.

- [Host] Poe's incorrect.

What country's communist government was opposed by Lech Wasa and the solidarity movement, which led strikes in the 1980s in cities like GdaDsk?

- [Contestant] Venezuela.

- Venezuela?

- [Host] Venezuela's incorrect.

What river whose source is on Mount Herman, empties into the Dead Sea, and borders a namesake Middle Eastern country whose capital is Amman?

(contestants murmuring) - Congo?

- [Host] Congo is incorrect.

In orchestra, traditionally tunes to an 'A' above middle 'C' played by which double reed instrument?

- [Contestant] Obo.

- Obo.

- [Host] Obo's correct.

What quantity which can be found using the parallel access theorem equals mass times the square of the distance from the access for a point of mass, for a point mass.

- Pass.

- Pass.

- [Host] Pass.

On the next question.

The city of La Paz is situated on what extensive plateau of the Andes mountains - [Contestant] Pass.

- Pass.

- [Host] Pass.

Next question.

What religion, whose adherents carry a ceremonial blade called a Kirpan as part of the Five K's, prohibits hair cutting and was founded by Guru Nanak?

(contestants murmuring) - Pass.

- [Host] Pass.

Next question.

What grain is found in the West African dish of jollof, the Spanish dish of paella, and in risottos, and is grown in namesake wet patties?

- [Contestant] Quinoa.

- Quinoa.

- [Host] Quinoa's incorrect.

Next question.

What New Zealander was nominated for Best Director for The Piano and one for The Power of the Dog?

- Pass.

- [Host] Pass.

Next question.

What country, whose city of Wau is the birthplace of model, Alec Wek, is governed from Juba, and split off from its northern neighbor in Africa in 2011.

- Sudan.

- Sudan.

- [Host] Sudan.

We can accept that.

Correct.

What paired organs produce epinephrine in the fight or flight response and sit on top of the kidneys?

- Adrenal.

- Adrenal.

- [Host] Adrenal's correct.

What scientist proposed that atolls form on sinking islands, and recorded the beak shapes of Galapagos finches while voyaging on the HMS Beagle?

- Darwin.

- [Host] Darwin is correct.

What baseball player for the Yankees gave a 1939 farewell speech in which he called himself the luckiest man on the face of the earth.

- Babe Ruth.

- [Host] Sorry, say it again?

- Babe Ruth?

- [Host] Incorrect.

Next question.

(bell dings) And that bell signals the end of the round.

Some tough questions in today's Home Stretch, yet Charlevoix manages to add 50 points to their score bringing their total up to 140.

We now turn to White Cloud to see how they'll handle the Home Stretch round.

White Cloud, here comes your first question.

What metallic element found in pyrite, hematite, and farazine, is a major component of the earth's core along with nickel, and has the atomic symbol Fe?

- Iron.

- [Host] Iron's correct.

What American author wrote poems known by their first lines, such as, "I taste a liquor never brewed", and "Success is counted sweetest"?

- Dickinson.

- [Host] Correct.

What country's communist government was opposed by Lech Wasa and the solidarity movement, which led strikes in the 1980s in cities like GdaDsk?

- Cuba.

- [Host] Cuba's incorrect.

What river whose source is on Mount Herman, empties into the Dead Sea, and borders a namesake Middle Eastern country whose capital is Amman?

- Pass.

- [Host] Pass.

Next question.

In orchestra, traditionally tunes to an 'A' above middle 'C' played by which double reed instrument?

- [Contestant] Obo.

- Obo.

- [Host] Obo's correct.

What quantity which can be found using the parallel access theorem equals mass times the square of the distance from the access for a point mass.

- Pass.

- [Host] Pass.

Next question.

The city of La Paz is situated on what extensive plateau of the Andes Mountains?

- Pass.

- [Host] Pass.

Next question.

What religion, whose adherents carry a ceremonial blade called a Kirpan as part of the Five K's, prohibits hair cutting and was founded by Guru Nanak?

- [Contestant] Sikh.

- Sikhism.

- [Host] Sikhism is correct.

What grain is found in the West African dish of jollof, the Spanish dish of paella, and in risottos and pilafs, and is grown in namesake wet patties?

- Rice.

- [Host] Rice is correct.

What New Zealander was nominated for Best Director for The Piano and one for The Power of the Dog?

- Pass.

- [Host] Pass.

Next question.

What country, whose city of Wau is the birthplace of model, Alec Wek, is governed from Juba, and split off from its northern neighbor in Africa in 2011.

- South Sudan.

- [Host] Final answer?

- Yes.

- [Host] South Sudan's correct.

What paired organ produces epinephrine in the fight or flight response and sit on top of the kidneys?

- Adrenal gland.

- [Host] Adrenal's correct.

What scientist proposed that atolls form on sinking islands, and recorded the beak shapes of Galapagos finches while voyaging on the HMS Beagle?

- Darwin.

- [Host] Darwin is correct.

What baseball player for the New York Yankees gave a 1939 farewell speech in which he called himself the luckiest man on the face of the earth?

- No answer.

- [Host] No answer?

On the next question.

What Mediatonic video game features rounds like gate crash, roll on, and hexagon, and depicts characters known as Beings trying to avoid plummeting?

- [Contestant] (laughing) Yeah!

- Fall Guys.

- [Host] The answer is Fall Guys, correct.

(bell dings) And that bell signals the end of the round.

White Cloud picks up some steam in the Home Stretch with nine correct answers for 90 points.

And before we give you an update on the score, let's go ahead and take a look at those questions that were missed during the Home Stretch.

The communist government opposed by the solidarity movement was in Poland.

The river that empties into the Dead Sea is the Jordan River.

The quantity found using the parallel axis theorem is "moment of inertia".

The city of La Paz is situated on the Altiplano.

The director of The Piano and The Power of the Dog is Jane Campion.

And the ball player who called himself the luckiest man was Lou Gehrig.

Three rounds in so far and our score is now Charlevoix 140, White Cloud 210.

We now head into the final round of the day the Final Countdown.

Our teams will have just two minutes to answer as many questions as they can with correct answers still being worth 10 points a piece.

Charlevoix, we start with you in the Final Countdown.

Let's put two minutes on the clock and here comes your first question.

In which body of water are Ellesmere Island, Victoria Island, and Baffin Island, which belong to Canada?

- Atlantic.

- [Host] The Atlantic is incorrect.

Ambrose Burnside led the Army of the Potomac during what 1862 battle in Virginia in which Union forces suffered heavy losses on Mary's Heights.

- Antietam.

- [Host] Antietam is incorrect.

Nelson Rockerfeller and Gerald Ford were appointed vice president under section two of what Constitutional amendment governing presidential succession.

- [Contestant] 22nd?

- 22nd.

- [Host] 22nd's incorrect.

What aristocrat, who pays off George Wickham to save Lydia's honor eventually marries Elizabeth Bennett in Jane Austin's novel, Pride and Prejudice?

(contestants murmuring) - Pass.

- Darcy.

- [Host] Darcy is correct.

Ethylene is the simplest example of what class of hydrocarbons that have one or more carbon-carbon double bonds?

- Pass.

- Pass.

- [Host] Pass.

Next question.

What author wrote, "In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart", in a work that she composed in a secret annex.

- Pass.

- Pass.

- [Host] Pass.

Next question.

Bjarne Stroustrup named what object-oriented programming language for being an incremented extension of C?

- [Contestant] C++.

- C++.

- [Host] Correct.

What leader founded the secular organization of Afro-American Unity in 1964 after completing the Hajj and breaking from the nation of Islam?

- Malcolm X.

- [Host] Correct.

What quantity 0.693 over the rate constant is about 24,000 years for plutonium 239, and is the time needed for 50% of a material to decay?

- Half life?

- Half life.

- [Host] Correct.

What word in the sync- (bell dings) And that bell signals the end of the round.

Thank you, Charlevoix.

Now, White Cloud, it's your turn to enter the final countdown.

Here comes your first question.

In which body of water are Ellesmere Island, Victoria Island, and Baffin Island, which belong to Canada?

- [Contestant] Lake Ontario.

- Lake Ontario.

- [Host] Lake Ontario is incorrect.

Ambrose Burnside led the Army of the Potomac during what 1862 Battle in Virginia in which Union forces suffered heavy losses on Mary's Heights.

- Antietam.

- [Host] Antietam is incorrect.

Nelson Rockerfeller and Gerald Ford were appointed vice president under section two of what Constitutional amendment governing presidential succession.

- 2nd.

- [Host] 2nd is incorrect.

What aristocrat, who pays off George Wickham to save Lydia's honor, eventually marries Elizabeth Bennett in Jane Austin's novel, Pride and Prejudice?

- [Contestant] Mr. Milton?

- Mr. Milton.

- [Host] Mr. Milton is incorrect.

Ethylene is the simplest example of what class of hydrocarbons that have one or more carbon-carbon double bonds?

- AlKines.

- [Host] Alkines is correct.

What author wrote, "In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart", in a work that she composed in a secret annex.

- Pass.

- [Host] Pass.

Next question.

Bjarne Stroustrup named what object-oriented programming language for being an incremented extension of C?

- [Contestant] C+.

- C+.

- [Host] Final answer?

- C+ - [Host] C+ is incorrect.

What leader founded the secular organization of Afro-American Unity in 1964 after completing the Hajj and breaking from the nation of Islam?

- No answer.

- [Host] No answer?

Next question.

What quantity 0.693 over the rate con- (bell dings) And that bell signals the end of the round.

White Cloud has a tough final countdown only able to get one question correct for 10 points.

And before we get to our final score, let's take a look at the questions that were missed in that round.

Ellesmere, Victoria, and Baffin Island are all found in the Arctic Ocean.

Ambrose Burnside led the Army of the Potomac in the Battle of Fredericksburg.

The amendment governing presidential succession is the 25th Amendment.

And the author who composed a work in her secret annex was Anne Frank.

At the end of four rounds of competition today our final score is White Cloud 220, Charlevoix 180.

Congratulations, White Cloud, on advancing to the next round and we wanna thank Charlevoix for joining us this season on Quiz Central.

Seniors, good luck to all of you in the future, and underclassmen, we hope to see you next season right back here on Quiz Central.

And we invite all of you to join us again in the next episode of QC as two more Michigan schools vie to be our Season 18 Grand Champions.

And, as a reminder, all episodes of Quiz Central are archived online at WCMU.org.

From the crew here at WCMU Public TV, thank you for watching, and we'll see you all right back here for the next episode of Quiz Central.

Goodnight.

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