- Welcome to the studios of WCMU Public Television as we continue our 18th season of "Quiz Central" Traverse City Central, taking on Coldwater in a second round match, coming up right after this.

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- [Mathew] Here is your first question on Quiz Central.

(bell rings) - CS Louis.

- [Mathew] CS Louis is correct.

(bell rings) - Charlottes Web.

- [Mathew] Correct.

(bell rings) - Nylon - [Mathew] Correct.

Our season 17 grand champions are the students from Roscommon High School.

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

We kick off the second round of our tournament today with Traverse City Central, taking on Coldwater.

But before we get to the questions, let's do a quick recap on how the game works on our virtual edition of Quiz Central.

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

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

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

Our first round is the Maroon and Gold Rush where our teams will have two minutes to answer as many questions as they can.

Each correct answer is worth 10 points.

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.

Traverse City Central you're gonna lead things off for us today.

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

What city whose Summer Olympics were boycotted by the US in 1980 was home to the headquarters of the KGB when it was the Soviet Union's capital?

- Moscow.

- [Mathew] Correct.

What geospatial quantity is represented by contour lines on a topographic map has a value of zero at sea level and is measured by an altimeter?

- Elevation.

- [Mathew] Elevation is correct.

What ruler whose mother is known as "The Younger Lady", was interred at a site known as KV62 later uncovered by Howard Carter and was a boy pharaoh?

- Tutankhamen.

- [Mathew] Correct.

What lead musician of the rock influenced album 'In a Silent Way' used the Dorian mode for "So What" which appears on his jazz album 'Kind of Blue'?

- Pass.

- [Mathew] Pass onto the next question.

The line "tear her tethered and signed down" opens what poem by Oliver Wendell Holmes that pays homage to the USS Constitution?

- Pass.

- [Mathew] Pass onto the next question.

For a standing wave, the distance between two adjacent nodes is equal to what multiple of the wavelength?

- Frequency.

- [Mathew] We cannot accept frequency, onto the next question.

What word proceeded now tomorrow and forever in the defiant 1963 inauguration address of Alabama Governor George Wallace?

- What?

Segregation.

- Segregation.

- [Mathew] That is correct.

What fruit is combined with grapes, celery walnuts and mayonnaise in a traditional Waldorf salad?

Answer?

- Pass.

- [Mathew] A pass, onto the next question.

What author wrote about a secret society called the VFD and described Count Olaf's cruelty to the Baudelaire orphans in "A Series of Unfortunate Events"?

- Lemony Snicket.

(bell rings) - [Mathew] Ooh, you were able to get that answer in just before the bell there and Lemony Snicket is correct.

Traverse City Central finishes out the Maroon and Gold Rush with five correct answers and 50 points.

Now Coldwater, it's your turn in the opening around let's put two minutes back on the clock.

What city whose Summer Olympics were boycotted by the US in 1980 was home to the headquarters of the KGB when it was the Soviet union's capital?

- Moscow.

- [Mathew] Correct.

What Geospatial quantity is represented by contour lines on a topographic map has a value of zero at sea level and is measured by an altimeter?

- Altitude.

- [Mathew] Altitude's correct.

What ruler whose mother is known as the younger lady was interred at a site known as KV62 later uncovered by Howard Carter and was a boy pharaoh?

- King Tut.

- [Mathew] King Tut is correct.

What lead musician of the rock influenced album In a Silent Way use the Dorian mode in for "So What", which appears on his jazz album "Kind of Blue"?

- Pass.

- [Mathew] Pass, next question.

The line "tear her tattered and signed down" opens what poem by Oliver Wendell Holmes that pays homage to the USS Constitution?

- Pass.

- [Mathew] Pass, next question.

For a standing wave, the distance between two adjacent nodes is equal to what multiple of the wavelength?

- Two.

- [Mathew] Sorry two is in incorrect.

What word proceeded now, tomorrow and forever in the defiant 1963 inauguration address of Alabama Governor George Wallace?

- Segregation.

- [Mathew] That is correct.

What fruit is combined with grapes, celery, walnuts and mayonnaise in a traditional Waldorf salad?

- Cranberries.

- [Mathew] Cranberries is incorrect.

(bell rings) Ooh, that bell's gonna signify the end of the round.

After the Maroon and Gold Rush our score is Traverse City Central 50 and Coldwater 40.

Before we move on, let's take a look at the questions that we missed in that round.

The musician on In a Silent Way in Kind of Blue was Miles Davis.

The poem that paid homage to the USS Constitution was Old Ironsides.

For a standing wave, the distance between two adjacent nodes is half, and the fruit that rounds out a Waldorf salad is an apple.

We have a lot more questions to ask in our game today but first we're gonna take this opportunity to meet our players from each of today's schools.

We're gonna start with the students from Traverse City Central.

- I'm Jackson Price.

I'm a junior at Central High School.

- I'm Evan Henshow and I'm a junior at Traverse City Central.

- I am Andrew and I'm a junior at Traverse City Central.

- I'm Henry I'm a freshman at Traverse City Central.

- Thank you Traverse City Central.

Now let's meet the team from Coldwater.

- I'm Eric Rucker from Coldwater.

I'm a junior and I'm on the tennis team and I'm also in marching band.

- My name is Jonathan, I'm a senior and I play tennis and am in marching band.

- My name's Evan, I'm a sophomore and I also play tennis.

- My name is Elsa Kaz, I'm in marching band and I'm a senior.

- Now that everyone's made their introductions let's head into our next round of the day, the Perfect Ten.

In this round our teams will be given a category and they'll have 60 seconds to answer 10 questions pertaining to that category.

And our Perfect Ten category for today is people named Robert.

Give the surname of these people with the first name Robert.

Traverse City Central you're first in the Perfect Ten.

So let's put 60 seconds on the clock.

Victorious general at the Battle of Chancellorville.

- E. Lee - [Mathew] Correct.

Scottish author of Treasure Island.

- Pass.

- [Mathew] Founder of the Boy Scout movement.

- Pass - [Mathew] Poet of "The Death of the Hired Man".

- Frost.

- [Mathew] That is correct.

Inventor of the first modern steamboat, the Clermont.

- Pass.

- [Mathew] Democratic presidential candidate assassinated in 1968.

- [Student] Kennedy.

- Kennedy.

- [Mathew] Correct.

British poet married to Elizabeth Barrett.

- Pass.

- [Mathew] German composer of Carnival and Kreisleriana.

- Pass.

- [Mathew] British scientist who names a law relating force to compression.

(bell rings) Ooh, we're not gonna be able to get to the rest of that question.

Traverse City Central finishes out their Perfect Ten with three correct answers.

Bring their score now to 80.

Let's turn to Coldwater in the Perfect Ten as we put 60 seconds back on the clock.

Victorious general at the Battle of Chancellorville.

- Pass.

- [Mathew] Pass, next question.

Scottish author of Treasure Island.

- Louis Stevenson.

- [Mathew] Correct.

Founder of the Boy Scout movement.

- Pass.

- [Mathew] Poet of "The Death of the Hired Man."

- Pass.

- [Mathew] Inventor of the first modern steamboat, the Clermont.

- Pass.

- [Mathew] Democratic presidential candidate assassinated in 1968.

- Kennedy.

- [Mathew] Correct.

British poet married to Elizabeth Barrett.

- Pass.

(bell rings) - [Mathew] Ooh and that Bell's gonna signify the end of the round.

Coldwater is able to snag two correct answers for 20 points in the Perfect Ten bringing their score to 60.

After two rounds our score is now Traverse City Central 80, Coldwater 60.

Before we head to the next round, let's take a look at those Roberts that we missed in the Perfect Ten.

The founder of the Boy Scout movement was Robert Baden Powell.

The inventor of the first modern steamboat was Robert Fulton.

The poet married to Elizabeth Barrett was Robert Browning.

The German composer of Carnival was Robert Schumann.

And the British scientists with a namesake law we were looking for was Robert Hooke.

It's still anyone's game.

As we head into our third round of the day the Homestretch round.

In the Homestretch 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 our team's captains.

We're gonna start with Traverse City Central in the Homestretch round.

Students here comes your first question.

What optical phenomenon is governed by Snell's law and is exemplified by light bending as it enters water?

- Refraction.

- [Mathew] Correct.

In 1983, US forces invaded what island country and operation Urgent Fury and deposed... Say again.

- Grenada.

- [Mathew] Correct.

The name of what US city precedes dynamics in the name of a company that in 2020 began selling a robot named Spot that resembles a dog?

- Boston.

- [Mathew] Correct.

The closest star system to the sun is about four light years away in the constellation that depicts what type of mythical half human creature?

- Centaurs.

- [Mathew] That is correct.

What American scientists who classified acids and bases as electron pair accepters and donors respectively names often used dot diagrams?

- Louis.

- [Mathew] Louis is correct.

What NBA team won five titles between 1999 and 2014 is coached by Greg Popovich and used to play its home games in Texas in the Alamodome?

- 49ers.

- [Mathew] That is incorrect.

Next question.

What Treaty's final negotiations by Carlos Salinas, Brian Mulroney and Bill Clinton in 1993 created a trade block among Mexico, Canada and the US?

- NAFTA.

- [Mathew] That is correct.

What type of shape whose area can be calculated with Heron's formula has an incenter and can be classified as scalene isosceles or a equilateral?

- Triangle.

- [Mathew] A triangle is correct.

What small oil rich sultanate is found alongside Malaysia and Indonesia on the island of Borneo?

- Brunei.

- [Mathew] Brunei is correct.

What 2022 film whose title character has a robotic cat named Socks and is voiced by Chris Evans explains the origin of a doll introduced in Toy Story?

- Lightyear.

- [Mathew] Lightyear is correct.

In June, 2022, what man was released from federal supervision 41 years after he shot James Brady and attempted to assassinate Ronald Reagan?

- [Student] Kingley.

- Kingley.

- [Mathew] Kingley is correct.

What law which is modified in van der Waals equation has a namesake constant of about 8.31 jewels per mole Kelvin and is written PV equals nRT?

- Mueller gas law.

- [Mathew] I'm sorry we cannot accept that.

Onto the next question.

In what South American country was a Maoist insurgency called Shining Path suppressed under President Alberto Fujimori?

- Peru.

- [Mathew] Peru is correct.

What Russian author who created dying Magistrate Ivan Ilych also created Count Vronsky, and Pierre Bezukhov in Anna Karenina and War and Peace?

- [Student] Tolstoy.

- Tolstoy.

- [Mathew] Tolstoy is correct.

The electron and neutron obey statistics named for a Paul Dirac and what Italian whose Chicago Pile-1, hosted the first... (bell rings) Ooh, sorry, we're not gonna be able to finish out that last question.

Traverse City Central has a huge Homestretch round with 12 correct answers bringing their score to 200.

We now turn to Coldwater to see if they'll have the same good fortune in our Homestretch.

Coldwater here comes your first question.

What optical phenomenon is governed by Snell's law and is exemplified by light bending as it enters water?

- Refraction.

- [Mathew] Correct.

In 1983, US forces invaded what island country in Operation Urgent Fury and deposed its communist government?

- Grenada.

- [Mathew] That is correct.

The name of what US city precedes dynamics in the name of a company that in 2020 began selling a robot named Spot that resembles a dog?

- Boston.

- [Mathew] Correct.

The closest star system to the sun is about four light years away in a constellation that depicts what type of mythical half human creature?

- A centaur.

- [Mathew] That is correct.

What American scientists who classified acids and bases as electron pair accepters and donors respectively names often used dot diagrams?

- Louis.

- [Mathew] That is correct.

What NBA team won five titles between 1999 and 2014, is coached by Greg Popovich and used to play its home games in Texas in the Alamodome?

- Pass.

- [Mathew] Pass.

Next question.

What treaties final negotiations by Carlos Salinas, Brian Mulroney and Bill Clinton in 1993 created a trade block among Mexico, Canada and the US?

- NAFTA.

- [Mathew] Correct.

What type of shape whose area can be calculated with Heron's formula has an incenter and can be classified as scalene, isosceles or equilateral?

- Triangle.

- [Mathew] Correct.

What small oil rich sultanate is found alongside Malaysia and Indonesia on the island of Borneo?

- Brunei.

- [Mathew] Correct.

What 2022 film whose title character has a robotic cat named Socks and is voiced by Chris Evans explains the origin of a doll introduced and toy story?

- Buzz Lightyear.

- [Mathew] We will accept that.

On the next question.

In June, 2022, what man was released from federal supervision 41 years after he shot James Brady and attempted to assassinate Ronald Reagan?

- Pass.

- [Mathew] Pass.

Next question.

What law which is modified in the van der Waals equation has a namesake constant of about 8.31 jewels per mole Calvin and is written PV equals nRT?

- Ideal gas law.

- [Mathew] That is correct.

In what South American country was a Maoist insurgency called Shining Path suppressed under President Alberto Fujimori?

- Pass.

- [Mathew] Pass.

Next question.

What Russian author who created dying magistrate Ivan Ilych also created Count Vronsky, and Pierre Bezukhov in Anna Karenina and War and Peace?

- Tolstoy.

- [Mathew] Correct.

The electron and neutron obey statistics name for Paul Dirac and what Italian who Chicago Pile-1 hosted the... (bell rings) Ooh that bell's gonna signify the end of the round so we're not gonna get to the end of that last question.

Coldwater answers right back in the Homestretch, racking up an impressive 110 points in that round.

And before we give you an update on the score let's take a look at the questions we missed during the Homestretch.

The NBA team that once played its home games in the Alamodome is the San Antonio Spurs and that Italian nuclear scientist we were looking for was Enrico Fermi.

Our score is now Traverse City Central 200, Coldwater 170.

Two very talented teams with us on Quiz Central today and it is still anyone's game, as we enter our final round of the day, the Final Countdown.

In this round, our team will have just two minutes to answer as many questions as they can correct Answers still being worth 10 points a piece.

Traverse City Central we're gonna start with you in the Final Countdown.

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

What word can denote a species and chemical reactions that are formed and then consumed or blue square ski runs between easy and advanced?

- Pass.

- [Mathew] Pass, onto the next question.

Rain in the Middle East has led to what insects of the genus Schistocerca devastating food supply in East Africa due to their destructive swarms?

- Locust.

- [Mathew] That is correct.

John Cho played bounty hunters Spike Spiegel on what Netflix show based on an anime series that combines jazz and elements of westerns?

- Pass.

- [Mathew] Pass, on to the next question.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote a long poem about what Ojibwe warrior who falls in love with Minnehaha?

- Pass.

- [Mathew] Pass, next question.

What family of plants which includes the saguaro, and prickly pair uses water efficient CAM photosynthesis?

Say again?

- Actis.

- [Mathew] Correct.

What organ now is home to the electron transport chain has a matrix divided by folds called cristae and is nicknamed the powerhouse of the cell?

- Mitochondria.

- [Mathew] Correct.

In what long poem which proceeds Purgatorio does Virgil lead the narrator through the nine circles of hell?

- The Divine Comedy?

- [Mathew] Correct What six letter term for a book comprising multiple magazine issues can also refer to a quantity that equals four three pi times radius cubed for a sphere?

- Volume.

- [Mathew] Correct.

What state whose eastern coast is indented by Biscayne Bay, names a subspecies of manatee that lives in the Everglades and off the coast of Miami?

- Florida.

- [Mathew] Correct.

What country is home to the ancient cities of Bukhara and Samarkand, lies between Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan and has its capital at... (bell rings) Oh sorry, we're not gonna be able to get to an answer on that last question.

Traverse City Central finishes out their Final Countdown with six correct answers and 60 points.

Now Coldwater, it's your turn to enter the Final Countdown.

Here comes your first question.

What word can denote a species and chemical reactions that are formed and then consumed or blue square ski runs between easy and advanced?

- Intermediate - [Mathew] Correct.

Rain in the Middle East has led to what insects of the genus Schistocerca devastating food supply in East Africa due to their destructive swarms?

- Locusts.

- [Mathew] Correct.

John Cho played bounty hunters Spike Spiegel on what Netflix show based on an anime series that combines jazz and elements of western?

- Pass.

- [Mathew] Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote a long poem about what Ojibwe warrior who falls in love with Minnehaha?

- Pass.

- [Mathew] What family of plants, which includes saguaro and the prickly pair uses water efficient CAM photosynthesis?

- Cactus.

- [Mathew] Correct.

What organelle is home to the electron transport chain has a matrix divided by folds called cristae and is named the powerhouse of the cell?

- Mitochondria.

- [Mathew] Correct.

In what long poem which perceives Purgatorio does Virgil lead the narrator through nine circles of hell?

- Inferno.

- [Mathew] Inferno is correct.

We'll accept that.

What sixth letter term for a book comprising multiple magazine issues can also refer to a quantity that equals four three pi times radius cubed for a sphere?

- Volume.

- [Mathew] Correct.

What state whose eastern coast is indented by Biscayne Bay names a subspecies of manatee that lives in the Everglades and off the coast of Miami?

- Florida.

- [Mathew] Correct.

What country is home to the ancient cities of Bukhara and Samarkand, lies between Turkmenistan, and Kazakhstan and has its capital at Tashkent?

(bell rings) Ooh, that bell's gonna signify the end of the round so we're not gonna be able to get an answer on that last question.

Coldwater is able to get seven correct answers for 70 points in their Final Countdown.

And before we get to our final score let's look at the questions that were missed during the Final Countdown.

John Cho played a bounty hunter on the Netflix series, Cowboy Bebop.

The Ojibwe Warrior and Henry Wadsworth Longfellows poem was Hiawatha and the country that lies between Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan is Uzbekistan.

After four rounds of competition our final score is Traverse City Central 260, Coldwater 240.

So congratulations to Traverse City Central for being today's victors and on advancing to the semi-final round of our tournament.

And we wanna send our thanks to the team from Coldwater 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 our next episode of Quiz Central as two more Michigan schools buy 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 Television, 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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