- Welcome to the studios of WCMU Public Television.

And on this episode of Quiz Central, we continue our season with a final four game between Roscommon and St. Michael Academy, coming up right after this.

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- [Matthew] Let's get today's match underway.

Here is your first question on Quiz Central.

(bell rings) - Teddy Roosevelt.

- [Matthew] That is correct.

(bell rings) - Crimson.

- [Matthew] Yes, that answer is correct.

- Patella.

- [Matthew] Correct.

Congratulations Ludington, you are the Quiz Central Season 16 Grand Champions.

Hello everyone, I'm Matthew Ozanich and welcome to another installment of the 17th season of Quiz Central right here on WCMU.

Today, we'll be having the second game in our final four of the tournament, and we'll be joined by students from Roscommon and St. Michael Academy near Petoskey.

Both of our teams today will be independently challenged with an identical set of questions.

The school that answers the most questions correctly in the time allotted will advance to the Season 17 Grand Championship.

And at the end of this season, four Quiz Central seniors will receive a book scholarship provided by the CMU Bookstore.

All right folks, let's not waste any time and get today's match underway.

Our first round is the Maroon and Gold Rush.

Our teams will have two minutes to answer as many questions correctly as they can.

Each correct answer is worth 10 points, there's 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.

Roscommon, you're up first.

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

What instrument, whose invention is credited to Bartolomeo Cristofori is named after the range of volumes it can produce and has a baby grand type?

- Piano.

- [Matthew] Correct.

What city, whose Port Vell is at a terminus of it's La Rambla thoroughfare is the capital of Catalonia and the second most populous city in Spain?

- Is it Barcelona?

Barcelona.

- [Matthew] Correct.

Four generations of the Sulzburger family have led what American newspaper that uses the slogan, "All the news that's fit to print"?

- The New York Times.

- [Matthew] Correct.

What character cries, "Will these hands ne'er be clean" and "Out, damned-- - Lady Macbeth.

- [Matthew] Lady Macbeth is correct.

What program, largely replaced by the Mutual Security Act, was named for Harry Truman's Secretary of State and gave-- - The Marshall Plan.

- [Matthew] The Marshall Plan's correct.

What substance the main sculptural material of Dale Chihuly has a Murano type from Venice and is inflated and formed into sculptures by blowing?

- Glass.

- [Matthew] Correct.

What German physicist's namesake law of quantum mechanics says, "It is impossible" "to simultaneously know a particle's precise-- - Heisenberg.

- [Matthew] Heisenberg is correct.

What unit of information is equal to two nibbles, has 256 possible values and is occasionally called an octet because it consists of eight bits?

- A byte?

- A byte.

- [Matthew] Byte is correct.

What activist, who in 2019 speech told world leaders "How dare you" at a UN summit over their inaction on climate change is a student from Sweden?

- Greta Thunberg.

- [Matthew] Greta's correct.

In April 2021, school teacher Pedro Castillo won what South American country's presidential election by defeating Keiko Fujimori?

- Peru.

- [Matthew] Peru's correct.

What compound, also known as methyltheobromine is the world's most commonly used stimulant?

(bell rings) Oh, sorry, but that bell's gonna signify the end of that round, so we're not gonna be able to get to that question.

You did not miss one single question in that opening round Roscommon.

St. Michael Academy, it's your turn to enter the Maroon and Gold Rush.

Let's put two minutes back up on the clock.

What instrument, whose invention is credited to Bartolomeo Cristofori, is named after the range of volumes it can be produced and has a baby grand type?

- Forte piano.

- Refer to Daniel.

- [Matthew] A piano is correct.

What city, whose Port Vell is at a terminus of it's La Rambla thoroughfare is the capital of Catalonia and the second most populous city in Spain?

- Barcelona.

- [Matthew] Correct.

Four generations of the Sulzberger family have led what American newspaper that uses the slogan, "All the news that's fit to print"?

- Pass.

- [Matthew] Pass, next question.

What character cries, "Will these hands ne'er be clean" and "Out, damned spot" while sleepwalking after convincing her husband to kill King Duncan?

- Macbeth.

- [Matthew] I'm gonna need you to be more specific.

- Macbeth's wife.

- [Matthew] Sorry, I can't accept that, onto the next question.

What program, largely replaced by the Mutual Security Act, was named for Harry Truman's secretary of state and gave aid to Europe after World War I?

- Pass.

- [Matthew] What substance, the main sculptural material of Dale Chihuly has a Murano type from Venice and is inflated and formed into sculptures by blowing?

- Glass.

- Glass.

- Glass.

- [Matthew] Glass is correct.

What German physicist's namesake law of quantum mechanics says, "It is impossible to simultaneously know" "a particle's precise momentum and position"?

- Heisenberg.

- [Matthew] Correct.

What unit of information is equal to two nibbles, has 256 possible values, and is occasionally called an octet because it consists of eight bits?

- Pixels.

- [Matthew] Incorrect, next question.

What activist, who in 2019's speech told world leaders "How dare you" at a UN summit over their-- - Greta Thunberg.

- [Matthew] Greta Thunberg is correct.

In April 2021, school teacher Pedro Castillo won what South America's presidential election by defeating, oh sorry, but that bell's gonna signify the end of the round, so we're not gonna be able to get to that, the rest of that last question.

St. Michael Academy, able to get five correct answers in the opening round, which means we wrap our Maroon and Gold Rush with Roscommon, 100, St. Michael Academy, 50.

Roscommon starts off our game with a big lead after the first round, but there is still lots of Quiz Central left to play.

But before we get to that, we're gonna take a moment now to meet our players from each of today's schools.

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

- I'm Jackson Thiel, I'm a senior at Roscommon.

I run cross country, play baseball and I'm Student Council Treasurer.

- I'm Alex, I'm a sophomore at RHS, I play soccer, basketball and baseball.

- I'm Josh Fairbanks, I'm a senior at RHS, I run cross country track, cross country ski and I'm the Student Body President.

- I'm Joshua Jacobs, I'm a senior at Roscommon High School, I play soccer and baseball and I'm Student Council Vice President.

- All right, thank you very much Roscommon.

Now, the team from St. Michael Academy, take it away.

- My name is Liam Nolan, I play hockey and I'm a senior at St. Michael Academy.

- My name is Annie Mercer, I'm a sophomore at St. Michael Academy and I played volleyball but the season's over now.

- My name is Catherine, I'm a sophomore at St. Michael Academy and I swim competitively.

- My name is Daniel Keefe, I'm a sophomore at St. Michael Academy, I ski and I play baseball.

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

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

Our Perfect Ten category for today is GER.

Give these words that start with the letters G-E-R. Roscommon, we're gonna start with you in this round, so let's put 60 seconds on the clock and head into the Perfect Ten.

A dangerous pathogen.

- A germ.

- [Matthew] Correct.

The creation of oddly shaped congressional districts for partisan gain.

- Gerrymandering.

- [Matthew] Correct.

A small hamster-like rodent.

- Gerbil.

- [Matthew] Correct.

Field of medicine, dealing with elderly people.

- Geriatrics.

- [Matthew] Correct.

Hamlet's mother.

- Gertrude.

- [Matthew] Correct.

A bright five-petaled flowering houseplant.

- Geranium.

- [Matthew] Correct.

First name of Fox News host who dug into Al Capone's vaults.

(student groans) - Gerry.

- Gerry?

- [Matthew] Incorrect, next question.

A verb in its "-ing" form, used as a noun.

- Gerund.

- [Matthew] Correct.

Seven letter adjective, meaning pertinent.

- Pass.

- [Matthew] The title "Monster Hunter" of Netflix's "The Witcher".

- What is it, guys?

- Pass.

- [Matthew] Pass, oh, no answer, well that's gonna bring us to the end of the Perfect Ten round.

Roscommon wraps up our Perfect Ten round with seven correct answers for 70 points, bringing their score to 170.

It's now St. Michael Academy's turn to enter their score in the Perfect Ten.

Let's put 60 seconds back up on the clock.

A dangerous pathogen.

- Gerana.

- Pass.

- [Matthew] Pass?

The creation of oddly shaped congressional districts for partisan gain.

- Gerrymandering.

- [Matthew] Correct.

A small hamster-like rodent.

- Gerbil.

- [Matthew] Correct.

Field of medicine dealing with elderly people.

- Geriatrics.

- [Matthew] Correct.

Hamlet's mother.

- Gertrude.

- Gertrude.

- Gertrude.

- [Matthew] Gertrude's correct.

- Gertrude.

- A bright five-petaled flowering houseplant.

- Germanium.

- [Matthew] That is correct.

First name of Fox News host who dug into Al Capone's vaults.

- Pass.

- A verb in its "-ing" form used as a noun.

- Gerund.

- [Matthew] Correct.

Seven letter adjective meaning pertinent.

- Pass.

- [Matthew] The title "Monster Hunter" of Netflix's "The Witcher".

- Geralt.

(bell rings) - [Matthew] Oh Geralt, we'll take that, Geralt, we'll take that.

All right, that bell's gonna signify the end of the round.

St. Michael Academy finishes out the Perfect Ten with 70 points bringing their total to 120.

And here's a look at those Perfect Ten answers that were missed.

The first name of the Fox News host who dug into Capone's vault, that was Geraldo Rivera.

And the seven letter adjective meaning pertinent is germane.

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

Teammates will be able to consult with each other and final answers will be coming from the captains.

And we're gonna start with Roscommon in today's Homestretch round.

So Roscommon, here comes your first question.

What device, whose simple type has a period independent of the mass of the bob is an oscillator consisting-- - A pendulum.

- [Matthew] A pendulum's correct.

One of the three jewels of Buddhism is what concept, which in Hinduism refers to the proper way of living and is often symbolized by a wheel?

- Dharma.

- [Matthew] Correct.

What politician, who defeated Loretta Sanchez in the 2016 Senate election, once served as a prosecutor in California and is the current Vice President?

- Kamala Harris.

- [Matthew] Correct.

What was the preferred weapon of the twins, Apollo and Artemis?

- The bow.

- [Matthew] Correct.

What economist used a pin factory to illustrate the division of labor in a 1776 book that attacks mercantilism titled "The Wealth of Nations"?

- Adam Smith.

- [Matthew] Correct.

Checkpoint Charlie was part of what structure where Walter Ulbricht ordered built in 1961?

- The Berlin Wall.

- [Matthew] Correct.

What desert is south of the Altai Mountains is formed by a rain shadow of the Tibetan plateau and is in Northern China and Southern Mongolia?

- The Gobi Desert.

- [Matthew] Correct.

The City of Tartu is home to many of the universities in what country, south of the Gulf of Finland whose capital is Tallinn?

- Estonia.

- [Matthew] Estonia's correct.

What cabinet department which administers the Even Start Program and Title-1 funding is led by Miguel Cardona who succeeded Betsy DeVos?

- Oh, Department of Education.

- [Matthew] Correct.

Which element found in the same group as silver on the periodic table is one of the two metals found in brass?

- Is it copper, tin?

Copper.

- [Matthew] Copper's correct.

What name was shared by a king named Rufus and by the man who beat Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Hastings and was known as the Conqueror?

- William.

- [Matthew] Correct.

What character who decides to light out for the territory in a novel in which he travels with a slave named Jim is the best friend of-- - Huck Finn.

- [Matthew] Huck Finn's correct.

What pioneer of "gonzo journalism" also wrote the novel, "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas"?

- Oh no!

Pass.

- What Roman emperor, the third of the so-called five good emperors was succeeded by Antoninus Pius and built a namesake defensive wall in Britain?

- Hadrian.

- [Matthew] Correct.

What human sense is weakened in hyposmia, a condition common in Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease and an early indicator of COVID-19?

- Smell - [Matthew] Smell's correct.

What god whose ba manifested as the "Bull of Mnevis" was at various times merged with Horakhty, Atum and Amun in his role-- - Ra.

- [Matthew] Sorry, say again.

- Ra.

- [Matthew] Correct, next question.

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

Roscommon catches fire in the Homestretch round, answering 15 questions correctly for 150 points, bringing their total to 320.

We now turn to St. Michael Academy to see how they'll handle the Homestretch round.

Students, here comes your first question.

What device whose simple type has a period independent of the mass of the bob is an oscillator consisting of a weight swinging from a pivot?

- Pendulum.

- [Matthew] That is correct.

One of the three jewels of Buddhism is what concept, which in Hinduism refers to the proper way of living and is often symbolized by a wheel?

- Pass.

- [Matthew] What politician who defeated Loretta Sanchez in the 2016 Senate election, once served as a prosecutor in California, and is the current Vice President?

- Kamala Harris.

- [Matthew] Correct.

What was the preferred weapon of the twins, Apollo and Artemis?

- Bow and arrow.

- [Matthew] Correct.

What economist used a pin factory to illustrate the division of labor in a 1776 book that attacks mercantilism titled the-- - Burke.

[Matthew] Burke is incorrect, next question.

Checkpoint Charlie was part of what structure that Walter Ulbricht-- - Berlin Wall.

- [Matthew] The Berlin Wall's correct.

What desert is south of the Altai mountains is formed by a rain shadow of the Tibetan plateau and is in Northern China and Southern Mongolia?

- Gobi desert.

- [Matthew] Correct.

The City of Tartu is home to many of the universities in what country, south of the Gulf of Finland whose capital is Tallinn?

- Pass.

- What cabinet department which administers the Even Start Program and Title-1 funding is led by Miguel Cardona who succeeded Betsy DeVos?

- Secretary of the Treasury.

- [Matthew] Incorrect, next question.

Which element found in the same group as silver on the periodic table is one of the two metals found in brass?

- Copper.

- [Matthew] Correct.

What name was shared by a king nicknamed Rufus and by the man who beat Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Hastings and was known as the Conqueror?

- William.

- [Matthew] William's correct.

What character who decides to light out for the territory in a novel in which he travels with a slave named Jim is the best friend of Tom Sawyer?

- Huck Finn.

- [Matthew] Correct.

What pioneer of "gonzo journalism" also wrote the novel, "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas"?

- Nicholas Cage.

- [Matthew] Incorrect, next question.

What Roman emperor, the third of the so-called five good emperors was succeeded by Antoninus Pius and built a namesake defensive wall in Britain?

- Adrian.

- Adrian's correct.

What human sense is weakened in hyposmia, a condition common in Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease and in early-- - The memory.

- [Matthew] Memory is incorrect, next question.

What god whose ba manifested as the "Bull of Mnevis" was at various times merged with Horakhty, Atum and Amun in his role as the Egyptian sun god?

- Ra.

- [Matthew] Ra's correct.

A horizontal wedge resembling a greater than sign is what kind of musical articulation mark, which tells the player to place more emphasis on a note?

- Accent.

- [Matthew] Accent's correct.

Oh, that bell's gonna signify the end of the round.

St. Michael Academy also has a great Homestretch round, adding 110 points to their score.

And only one question was missed between the two teams in that round and it was that pioneer of "gonzo journalism" and author of "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" was Hunter S. Thompson.

With three rounds in the books, our score is now Roscommon, 320, St. Michael Academy, 230.

We now heading to 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.

Roscommon, you're up first in the final countdown, so let's put two minutes on the clock.

Here comes your first question.

What NFL team, which drafted Chuck Foreman during its 1970s run, a four super bowl losses is an NFC north team-- - Buffalo Bills, oh wait, no.

- [Matthew] Quarterback Kirk Cousins, final answer?

- No, Vikings.

- [Matthew] Minnesota Vikings is correct.

What man introduced the new nationalism platform while running for president with the Progressive or Bull Moose Party in 1912?

- Theodore Roosevelt.

- [Matthew] Correct.

Magnetars are examples of what compact objects that can be produced by supernova and which are named for an uncharged subatomic particle?

- Neutron stars.

- [Matthew] Neutron is correct.

What word from the Greek for Crescent names the curved surface of a liquid in a narrow tube?

- A meniscus?

- [Matthew] Correct.

What color names the primary tributary of the Colorado river, a mountain range in Vermont and a bay of Lake Michigan on the east coast of Wisconsin?

- Green.

- [Matthew] Green is correct.

What novel that contrasts Williamson Prep with the Garden Heights neighborhood is by Angie Thomas and portrays Starr's reaction to a police shooting?

- Oh no, I've heard this before, I don't remember it, no answer.

- [Matthew] No answer, next question.

What film in which Larry, the cameraman and Rita are coworkers of the protagonist stars Bill Murray?

- "Groundhog Day" - [Matthew] "Groundhog Day" is correct.

Which English king who defeated William Wallace at the Battle of Falkirk was known as the Hammer of the Scots?

- Oh no, it's in gray part.

- No answer.

- [Matthew] No answer, next question.

What phenomenon for which a hook echo on a Doppler radar is a warning sign is measured on the Fujita scale and appears as a rotating funnel cloud?

- Hurricane.

- [Matthew] Hurricane is incorrect.

What alliance supported by England in the Beaver Wars comprised the Cayuga, Seneca, Mohawk and other native American tribes in modern day New York?

- It's the Iroquois, right?

The Iroquois - [Matthew] Iroquois is correct, we can take that.

(bell rings) Oh, with that bell though is gonna signify the end of the round.

All right, thank you Roscommon.

Now, St. Michael Academy, it's your turn to enter the Final Countdown.

Here comes your first question.

What NFL team, which drafted Chuck Foreman during its 1970s run, a four Superbowl losses is an NFC north team led by quarterback Kirk Cousins?

- The Vikings.

- [Matthew] Vikings is correct.

What man introduced the new nationalism platform while running for president with the Progressive or Bull Moose Party in 1912?

- Teddy Roosevelt.

- [Matthew] Correct.

Magnetars are examples of what compact objects that can be produced by supernova and which are named for an uncharged subatomic particle?

- Pass.

- [Matthew] What word from the Greek for Crescent names the curved surface of a liquid in a narrow tube?

- Pass.

- [Matthew] What color names the primary tributary of the Colorado river, a mountain range in Vermont and a bay of lake Michigan on the east coast-- - Green - [Matthew] Green is correct.

What novel that contrasts Williamson Prep with the Garden Heights neighborhood is by Angie Thomas and portrays Starr's reaction to a police shooting?

- Pass.

- [Matthew] What film in which Larry, the cameraman and Rita are coworkers of the protagonist stars Bill Murray as a man who repeatedly relives February 2nd?

- "Groundhog Day".

- [Matthew] Correct.

Which English king who defeated William Wallace at the Battle of Falkirk was known as the Hammer of the Scots?

- Longshanks.

- [Matthew] I'll take that, Longshanks is correct.

What phenomenon for which a hook echo on a Doppler radar is a warning sign is measured on the Fujita scale and appears as a rotating funnel cloud?

- Tornado.

- [Matthew] Tornado's correct.

What alliance supported by England in the Beaver Wars comprise the Cayuga, Seneca, Mohawk and other native American tribes-- - Iroquois - [Matthew] Iroquois is correct.

What artists who showed Nicolaes Tulp playing with muscles of the arm during an anatomy lesson depicted a militia company in The Night Watch?

(bell rings) - No answer.

- [Matthew] Sorry, that bell's gonna signify though the end of the round.

Well, both of our teams wrap up the Final Countdown today with seven correct answers and 70 points a piece, but the victory goes to the team from Roscommon.

They were able to grab the lead early and hold onto it throughout the day.

And to wrap up those final countdown questions that we missed, the novel that contrasts Williamson Prep with Garden Heights is called "The Hate U Give" and the artist who depicted a militia in The Night Watch was Rembrandt.

Once again, today's victors on Quiz Central are the students from Roscommon High School, congratulations and that means Roscommon will be going up against Ludington in the Season 17 Quiz Central Grand Championship.

Before we go, we of course also wanna thank St. Michael Academy for joining us today and congratulations on making it all the way to the final four of our tournament.

Seniors, good luck to all of you in the future and underclassmen, we hope to see you next season on Quiz Central, and of course we hope all of you will join us again for our next episode of QC as Roscommon and Ludington compete for the Season 17 title.

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 Grand Championship of Quiz Central, good night.

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