Roscommon vs. Traverse City Central
04/12/2023 | 25m 35s | Video has closed captioning.
Roscommon vs. Traverse City Central
Aired: 04/12/23
Quiz Central is a local public television program presented by WCMU.
- Welcome to the studios of WCMU Public Television for the Season 18 Quiz Central Grand Championship.
Traverse City Central takes on Roscommon in our final match, coming up right after this.
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- [Matthew] Here is your first question on Quiz Central.
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Lewis.
- [Matthew] C.S.
Lewis is correct.
(bell rings) - Charlotte's Web.
- [Matthew] Correct.
(bell rings) - Nylon.
- [Matthew] 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.
Our season comes to a close today as we crown this year's Quiz Central Grand Champions.
Students from Traverse City Central will be taking on the team from Roscommon.
But before we meet each of today's teams and get into our first round of questions, let's do a quick recap of the rules.
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 season, four Quiz Central seniors will receive a book scholarship provided by the CMU Bookstore.
The top teams from Quiz Central will qualify for NAQT'S High School National Championship Tournament.
Without further ado, let us commence our Season 18 Grand Championship game.
And our first round, as always, is the Maroon and Gold Rush, where our teams will have just two minutes to answer as many questions correctly 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 captains.
Traverse City Central, you're gonna start things off for us today.
So here comes your first question in the Maroon and Gold Rush.
What national park, whose namesake river flooded in June 2022 and caused this park's closure, is in Wyoming and Montana and is home to Old Faithful?
- Yellowstone.
- Yellowstone.
- [Matthew] Correct.
What quantity measured in watts, which is bounded by the Eddington limit, quantifies the power radiated by an astronomical body?
- Pass.
- [Matthew] Pass.
Next question.
What unit equal to just under 150 million kilometers, is approximately the distance between the earth and the sun and is- - AU.
- [Matthew] And is abbreviated AU.
We need you to be more specific.
- Astronomical unit.
- [Matthew] Correct.
- What peninsula is west of the Kerch Strait, is home to the cities of Yalta and Sevastopol, and was controversially annexed by- - Crimea.
- [Matthew] Crimea is correct.
What lake, the largest lake in Africa by area, contains the source of the White Nile?
- Victoria.
- [Matthew] That is correct.
What author who created Detective Dirk Gently wrote about a computer that gives the confounding answer 42 in "The Hitchhikers guide to the Galaxy?"
- [Teammate] Douglas Adams.
- Adams.
- [Matthew] Adams is correct.
What Persian king, whose forces won the Battle of Thermopylae, watched his navy's defeat at the Battle of Salamis from a throne on Mount Aigaleo?
- Xerxes.
- [Matthew] Need you to be more specific.
- Xerxes the Third.
- [Matthew] That is incorrect.
Next question.
Vin Scully, who died in 2022 at age 94 served as the broadcast voice of what Major League Baseball team for 67 years?
- Red Sox.
- [Matthew] Red Sox is incorrect.
Next question.
What author, who Abraham Lincoln called the "little woman who created the book that started this great war," created Simon Legree in "Uncle Tom's Cabin?"
- [Teammate] Harriet Beecher Stowe.
- Harriet Beecher Stowe.
- [Matthew] Correct.
- What character, played by Kirsten Dunst and Florence Pugh in film adaptations of "Little Women" is the youngest sister of Meg- (bell dings) Ooh, sorry that bell's gonna beat you to it, so we're not gonna be able to get an answer on that last question.
Traverse City Central finishes out the Maroon and Gold Rush with six correct answers and 60 points.
Now, Roscommon, it's your turn in the opening round.
Let's put two minutes back on the clock.
What national park, whose namesake river flooded in June 2022 and caused this park's closure, is in Wyoming and Montana and is home to Old Faithful?
- Yellowstone.
- Yellowstone.
- [Matthew] Correct.
What quantity measured in watts, which is bounded by the Eddington limit, quantifies the power radiated by an astronomical body?
- AU.
- AU.
- [Matthew] That is incorrect.
Next question.
What unit equal to just under 150 million kilometers is approximately the distance between the earth and the sun and is abbreviated AU?
- Astronomical unit.
- Astronomical unit.
- [Matthew] Correct.
What Peninsula is west of the Kerch Strait, is home to the cities of Yalta and Sevastopol, and was controversially annexed by Russia in 2014?
- Czechoslovakia?
- No, Balkan- - The Balkan Peninsula.
- [Matthew] That is incorrect.
Next question.
What lake, the largest in Africa by area, contains the source of the White Nile?
- [Teammate] Alexandria.
- Alexandria.
- [Matthew] That is incorrect.
Next question.
What author who created Detective Dirk Gently wrote about a computer that gives the confounding answer 42 in the "Hitchhikers guide to the Galaxy?"
- Neil Gaiman.
- [Matthew] That is incorrect.
Next question.
What Persian king whose forces won the Battle of Thermopylae watched his navy's defeat at the Battle of Salamis from a throne on Mount Aigaleo?
- Xerxes.
- [Matthew] Need you to be more specific.
- Xerxes the Second.
- [Matthew] That is incorrect.
Next question.
Vin Scully, who died in 2022 at age 94, served as the broadcast voice of what Major League Baseball team for 67- - The Dodgers.
- [Matthew] Correct.
What author, who Abraham Lincoln called the "little woman who wrote the book that started this great war" created Simon Legree in "Uncle Tom's Cabin?"
- Harry Beecher Stowe.
- Correct.
What character, played by Kirsten Dunst and Florence Pugh in film adaptations of- (bell dings) Ooh, that bell's gonna signify the end of the round.
After the Maroon and Gold Rush, our score is Traverse City Central 60 and Roscommon 40.
Before we continue, let's take a look at the questions that were missed in the opening round.
The quantity that quantifies the power radiated by an astronomical body is luminosity.
The Persian king who won the battle of Thermopylae was Xerxes the First.
And the youngest of the March sisters in Little Women is Amy March.
With one round in the books, it is still anyone's game.
But before we continue, let's take this moment to meet our players from both of today's schools.
And we're gonna start with the students from Traverse City Central.
- I'm Jackson, I'm a junior from Traverse City Central.
- I'm Helly.
I'm a freshman at Traverse City Central.
- I am Arthur, I'm also a freshman at Traverse City Central.
- I'm Henry.
I'm also a freshman at Traverse City Central.
- Thank you, Traverse City Central.
Now, let's meet the team from Roscommon.
- I'm Alex Theo, I'm a junior here at RHS.
I participate in soccer, basketball, track, band, jazz band, student council, NHS, and the musical.
I'm Ben Collins, I'm also a junior at RHS.
I participate in Quiz bowl, soccer, wrestling, track, band, and jazz band.
- I'm Tessa Heliin, I'm a senior at Roscommon High School, and I play volleyball, basketball, and soccer.
I am the president of NHS here, Interact member, and the Vice President of the Class Council.
- Hi, I'm Corbin Tyler, I'm Vice President of the Student Council.
I'm on soccer, wrestling, track, and I'm on NHS.
- Well now that everyone's made their introductions, let us head into our next round of the day, The Perfect 10.
In The Perfect 10 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 10 category for today is classic film quotes.
Name the films for which these lines originate.
Traverse City Central you're up first in the Perfect 10 round.
So let's put 60 seconds up on the clock.
"Lions and tigers and bears, oh my!"
- "Wizard of Oz."
- "Wizard of Oz."
- Correct.
"Nobody puts Baby in a corner."
- [Jackson] Pass.
- [Matthew] "Yo, Adrian!"
- Pass.
- [Matthew] "Here's looking at you, kid."
- Pass.
- [Matthew] "You're going to need a bigger boat."
- "Jaws."
- "Jaws."
- [Matthew] Correct.
"Rosebud," as a dying word.
- Pass.
- [Matthew] "You get nothing!
You lose!
Good day, sir!"
- Oh, Willy Wonka.
- Willy- - "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory."
- "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory."
- [Matthew] Correct.
"Do.
Or do not.
There is no try."
- "Empire Strikes Back."
- "Empire Strikes Back."
- [Matthew] Correct.
"I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that."
- Oh, "2001: A Space Odyssey."
- "2001: A Space Odyssey."
- Correct.
(bell dings) Ooh, and you were able to get that ninth one just before the bell there, so we're not gonna be able to get to that 10th one.
Traverse City Central finishes out The Perfect 10 with five correct answers, bringing their score to 110.
Let's turn now to Roscommon in The Perfect 10 as we put 60 seconds back up on the clock.
"Lions and tigers and bears, oh my!"
- "The Wizard of Oz."
- Correct.
"Nobody puts Baby in a corner."
- "Dirty Dancing."
- "Dirty Dancing."
- [Matthew] Correct.
"Yo, Adrian!"
- "Rocky."
- [Matthew] Correct.
"Here's looking at you, kid."
- No answer.
- [Matthew] You're going to need a bigger boat."
- "Jaws."
- [Matthew] Correct.
"Rosebud," as a dying word.
- "Citizen Kane."
- [Matthew] Correct.
"You get nothing!
You lose!
Good day, sir!"
- No answer.
- "Do.
Or do not.
There is no try."
- "The Empire Strikes Back."
- [Matthew] Correct.
"I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that."
- Terminator.
- [Matthew] That is incorrect.
"Gentlemen, you can't fight in here!
This is the War Room!"
- The Fight Club.
- That is incorrect.
Roscommon closes out today's Perfect 10 with 6 correct answers, bringing their score to 100.
Before we head to the next round, let's take a look at those questions we missed in The Perfect 10.
"Here's looking at, kid."
is from Casablanca.
And "Gentlemen, you can't fight in here!
This is the War Room!"
is from Dr. Strangelove.
After two rounds, our score is Traverse City Central 110 and Roscommon 100.
And it looks like it is going to be a very close championship match that we have underway as we enter 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 the team's captains.
We're gonna start with Traverse City Central in the Homestretch round.
So TCC here comes your first question.
What Greek goddess who preserved the hundred eyes of the monster Argos by placing them on the tail of the peacock, ruled as queen on Mount Olympus?
- Hera.
- [Matthew] Correct.
What author described a ruinous lawsuit in his novel 'Bleak House," and depicted Estella's lonely childhood with Miss Havisham in "Great Expectations?"
- [Jackson] Dickens.
- [Matthew] Correct.
What disease, which develops when beta cells in the pancreas are destroyed, is characterized by high blood glucose and a need for injected insulin?
- Diabetes.
- [Matthew] Correct.
What German word names the eight month period, starting in 1940, during which Londoners endured sustained Nazi bombing raids?
- Blitz.
- [Matthew] Correct.
What building, which is depicted on the reverse of the bicentennial half dollar, is named after a document that was approved there on July 4th, 1776?
- [Henry] (indistinct) Hall.
Or no, Independence Hall.
- Independence Hall.
- [Matthew] Correct.
What devices, a massless one of which forms part of an ideal Atwood machine, consists of a rope running over a wheel and are used to lift loads?
- Pulley.
- Pulley.
- [Matthew] Correct.
- What former Texas congressman and director of the CIA served as vice president under Ronald Reagan?
- HW Bush.
- HW Bush.
- [Matthew] That is correct.
What explorer and scout who forced Navajo civilians onto the Long Walk to Bosque Redondo, guided John C. Frémont and names the capitol of Nevada?
- Carson.
- Oh no, Carson.
- Carson.
- [Matthew] Carson is correct.
What religion, whose adherents are divided into mansions and follow the vegetarian Ital diet, reveres Haile Selassie and was developed in Jamaica?
- Oh, Rastafarianism.
- Rastafarianism.
- [Matthew] That is correct.
What cabinet department, which until 2003 oversaw the Secret Service, was led in the Civil War by Salmon Chase and in the 1790s by Alexander Hamilton?
- Treasury.
- Treasury.
- [Matthew] Treasury is correct.
What musical, which begins with an auction for a chandelier, contains songs like "The Music of the Night," and was written by Andrew Lloyd Webber?
- Phantom of the Opera.
- [Matthew] Correct.
What country contains the oil-rich Absheron Peninsula, which extends east into the Caspian Sea and includes the national capital, Baku?
- Azerbaijan.
- [Matthew] That is correct.
What Mexican born guitarist, whose namesake band recorded 1999's "Smooth" with Rob Thomas collapsed from heat exhaustion during a July 2022 performance?
- Pass.
- [Matthew] Pass.
Next question.
Prussian Drillmaster Baron von Steuben trained American troops at what site where George Washington's army spent the winter of 1777- - Valley Forge.
- [Matthew] Valley Forge is correct.
"Lossy" and "lossless" are forms of what task that reduces the size of a file?
- Compression.
- [Matthew] Compression is correct.
What party, which largely absorbed the Anti-Masonic party had its first two presidents die in office and opposed the Democrats in the 1840s?
- Whig.
- Whig is correct.
The archeological site of- (bell rings) Ooh, that bell's gonna signify the end of the round.
Traverse City Central has a nearly flawless Homestretch round with 15 correct answers for 150 points.
We now turn to Roscommon to see how they'll fare in the Homestretch.
Roscommon, here comes your first question.
What Greek goddess, who preserved the hundred eyes of the monster Argos by placing them on the tail of the peacock, ruled as Queen on Mount Olympus?
- Hera.
- [Matthew] Correct.
What author described a ruinous lawsuit in his novel "Bleak House," and depicted Estella's lonely childhood with Miss Havisham in "Great Expectations?"
- Dickens.
- [Matthew] Correct.
What disease, which develops when beta cells in the pancreas are destroyed, is characterized by high blood glucose and a need for injected insulin?
- Diabetes.
- [Matthew] Correct.
What German word names the eight month period, starting in 1940, during which Londoners endured sustained Nazi bombing raids?
- Blitzkrieg.
- Blitzkrieg.
- [Matthew] That is correct.
What building, which is depicted on the reverse of the bicentennial half dollar, is named after a document that was approved there on July 4th, 1776?
- Independence Hall.
- [Matthew] Correct.
What devices, a massless one of which forms part of an ideal Atwood machine consists of a rope running over a wheel and are used to lift- - A pulley.
- [Matthew] A pulley is correct.
What former Texas congressman and director of the CIA served as vice president under Ronald Reagan?
- Hoover.
- [Matthew] That is incorrect.
On to the next question.
What explorer and scout who forced Navajo civilians onto the Long Walk to Bosque Redondo, guided John C. Frémont and names the capital of Nevada?
- Carson.
- [Matthew] Carson is correct.
What religion, whose adherents are divided into mansions and follow the vegetarian Ital diet, reveres Haile Selassie and was developed in Jamaica?
- Voodoo.
- [Matthew] That is incorrect.
Next question.
What cabinet department, which until 2003 oversaw the Secret Service, was led in the Civil War by Salmon Chase and in the 1790s by Alexander Hamilton?
- Treasury.
- [Matthew] Correct.
What musical, which begins with an auction for a chandelier, contains songs like "The Music of the Night," and was written by Andrew Lloyd Webber?
- Cats.
- [Matthew] That is incorrect.
Next question.
What country contains the oil-rich Absheron Peninsula, which extends east into the Caspian Sea and includes the national capital, Baku?
- Qatar?
- [Matthew] That is incorrect.
Next question.
What Mexican-born guitarist, whose namesake band recorded 1999's "Smooth" with Rob Thomas collapsed from heat exhaustion during a July 2022 performance?
- Santana.
- Santana.
- [Matthew] That is correct.
Prussian Drillmaster Baron von Steuben trained American troops at what site where George Washington's army spent the winter of- - Valley Forge.
- [Matthew] Valley Forge is correct.
"Lossy" and "lossless" are forms of what task that reduces the size of a file?
- Compressing.
- [Matthew] That is, we can accept that.
What party, which largely absorbed the anti-Masonic party had its first two presidents die in office and opposed the Democrats in the 1840s?
- Whig.
- Correct.
The archeological site of- (bell rings) Ooh, that bell's gonna signify the end of the round, so we're not gonna be able to get to the rest of that last question.
Roscommon answers right back in The Homestretch with an impressive 12 correct answers for 120 points.
Our score after three rounds is Traverse City Central 260, Roscommon 220.
Ladies and gentlemen, it all comes down to this.
Will Traverse City Central be able to hold onto their lead?
We're gonna find out in our final round of Season 18, The Final Countdown.
In this round, 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.
Traverse City Central, we start with you in The Final Countdown.
We're gonna put two minutes up on the clock, and here comes your first question.
What island, which contains the densely populated Kanto Plain, is home to the cities of Nagoya and Kobe?
- Pass.
- [Matthew] Pass.
Next question.
In England, the Anglo-French War that coincided with the American Revolution is sometimes named after what royal house that ruled France at the time?
- Bourbon.
- Bourbon.
- [Matthew] Bourbon's correct.
What crop, America's largest export in the 1850s, was known as "king" in the South, and was processed through Eli Whitney's- - Cotton.
- [Matthew] Cotton is correct.
What scientist from New Zealand supervised an early-1900s hundreds experiment in which alpha particles scattered off of the nuclei in a "foil" of gold atoms?
- Rutherford.
- [Matthew] Correct.
In an insect, the legs and wings are attached to which of its three main body parts, the middle one?
- Thorax.
- [Matthew] Thorax is correct.
What British chemist, who used x-rays to show that an element's defining characteristic is its atomic number, was killed in 1915 during World War I?
- Lawrence.
- [Matthew] Lawrence is incorrect.
Next question.
What on-demand video service merging with Discovery+, streams "Gossip Girl" as well as shows from its namesake cable network such as "Game of Thrones?"
- HBO.
- HBO.
- [Matthew] Need you to be more specific.
- HBO Max.
- HBO Max.
- [Matthew] Correct.
What isolationist senator from Ohio, who co-names with Fred Hartley a 1947 law limiting the power of unions, was the son of a former president?
- Taft.
- [Matthew] Taft is correct.
What English title is shared by a play from 414 BC, featuring a city in the clouds and an Alfred Hitchcock film in which a town is attacked by avians?
- Birds.
- Birds.
- Correct.
In Roman history what nickname is given to the year AD 69, when Rome was ruled in quick succession by Galba, Otho, Vitellius- (bell dings).
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.
Traverse City Central finishes out The Final Countdown with seven correct answers and 70 points.
Now Roscommon, it's your turn to enter our Final Countdown.
Students, here comes your first question.
What island, which contains the densely populated Kanto Plain, is home to the cities of Nagoya and Kobe?
- Java.
- [Matthew] That is incorrect.
Next question.
In England, the Anglo-French War that coincided with the American Revolution is sometimes named after what royal house that ruled France at the time?
- No answer.
- [Matthew] No Answer.
Next question.
What crop, America's largest export in the 1850s, was known as "king" in the South, and was processed through Eli- - Cotton.
- [Matthew] Cotton is correct.
What scientist from New Zealand supervised an early-1900s experiment in which alpha particles scattered off of the nuclei in a "foil" of gold atoms?
- Rutherford.
- [Matthew] Rutherford's correct.
In an insect, the legs and wings are attached to which of its three main body parts, the middle one?
- Abdomen.
- [Matthew] That is incorrect.
Next question.
What British chemist, who used x-rays to show that an element's defining characteristic is its atomic number, was killed in 1915 during World War I?
- No answer.
- [Matthew] No answer.
Next question.
What on-demand video service merging with Discovery+ streams "Gossip Girl" as well as shows from its namesake cable network such as "Game of Thrones?"
- Peacock.
- HBO Max.
- [Matthew] That is, I'm sorry, Peacock is incorrect.
Next question.
What isolationist senator from Ohio, who co-names with Fred Hartley a 1947 law limiting the power of unions, was the son of a former president?
- No answer.
- [Matthew] No answer.
Next question.
What English title is shared by a play from 414 BC featuring a city in the clouds and an Alfred Hitchcock film in which a town is attacked by avians?
- Birds.
- Correct.
In Roman history, what nickname is given to the year AD 69, when Rome was ruled in quick secession by Galba, Otho, Vitellius, and Vespasian?
(bell dings) Ooh, that bell's gonna signify the end of the round.
Roscommon closes out The Final Countdown with three correct answers, for 30 points.
And before we update you on our final scores, let's take a look at those questions that were missed during The Final Countdown.
The island that's home to the cities of Nagoya and Kobe is Honshu.
The British chemist killed during World War I we were looking for was Henry Moseley.
And the nickname given to the year AD 69 in Roman history is the "Year of the Four Emperors."
After four rounds of competition, our final score is Traverse City Central 330, Roscommon 250.
Congratulations goes out to the team from Traverse City Central for being our Season 18 Quiz Central Grand Champions.
And of course we want to send our thanks and then congratulations to the incredible team from Roscommon for joining us this season.
Seniors, good luck to all of you in the future and underclassmen, we hope to see you right back here next season on Quiz Central.
And of course, we invite all of you to join us next year for an all new season of Quiz Central here on WCMU.
And as a reminder, all episodes of Quiz Central are archived online at www.wcmu.org.
from the crew here at WCMU Public Television, thank you so much for watching this season, and we'll see you all right back here next season.
Goodnight.
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