- In today's episode of Quiz Central, Sault Area takes on Standish Sterling.

Coming up right after this.

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- [Matthew] Here is your first question on quiz Central.

(bell dings) - C.S.

Lewis.

- [Matthew] C.S.

Lewis is correct.

- Charlotte's Web.

- [Matthew] Correct.

- Nylon - [Matthew] Correct.

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

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

Our first round rolls along today as Sault Area takes on Standish Sterling.

And here's how the game works on Quiz Central.

Our two opposing teams today 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.

This week the white division will square off in the first round of our tournament.

So let's not waste any time and get today's match underway.

Our first round today is the Maroon and Gold Rush.

Sault Area and Standish Sterling, will both 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.

Sault Area, you're up first.

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

In what 19th century European kingdom was the slogan, 'God, Country and King' used by enemies of Isabella II, who opposed her rule in the Carlist wars?

- Holy Roman Empire?

- [Matthew] Incorrect.

What composer, whose namesake Broadway theater is the longtime home of Hamilton, wrote The King and I, with longtime lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II?

- Lin-Manuel Miranda?

- [Matthew] I'm sorry that is incorrect.

In 2022, what American company announced plans to split into three divisions, including a 'model e' division focused on electric cars.

- Tesla?

- [Matthew] Tesla's incorrect.

What molecules produced in the Williamson Synthesis have the generic formula R-O-R and have a diethyl type once used as a general anesthetic?

- Skip.

- [Matthew] Skip on to the next question.

Taylor Swift's song 'Carolina' appears in what 2022 film starring Daisy Edgar Jones that is based on a best selling novel by Delia Owens.

- Were the Crawdads Sing?

- [Matthew] Correct.

What man who beat Dave McCormick in a 2022 Republican primary, is running against John Fetterman in Pennsylvania's senate race and was a TV doctor?

- Skip.

- [Matthew] Skip.

Next question.

"Cantaloupe terrain," cryolava lakes and a retrograde orbit are among the unusual features of what largest moon of Neptune.

- Triton.

- [Matthew] Correct.

What country is home to the tomb of the "Mahdi" at Omdurman and contains the junction of the white Nile and Blue Nile at its capital of Khartoum.

- Egypt?

- [Matthew] Egypt is incorrect.

(bell dings) Oh, sorry, you got a bell there.

That bell's gonna signify the end of the round.

A tough Maroon and Gold Rush today with Sault Area getting two correct answers and 20 points.

Standish Sterling, it's now your turn in the Maroon and Gold rush.

Let's put two minutes back on the clock.

In what 19th century European kingdom was the slogan 'God, Country and King' used by enemies of Isabella II, who opposed her rule in the Carlist wars?

- Entry?

Is that what?

- No, no, it's what country used that slogan?

- [Samantha] I have no idea.

- Does anyone know?

Is it France?

- [Matthew] Incorrect.

On to the next question.

What composer whose namesake Broadway theater is the longtime home of Hamilton, wrote The King and I with longtime lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II?

- Where's Hamilton, I forget.

- New York.

I don't know, I don't do theater.

- [Matthew] Have an answer Standish?

- No.

- [Matthew] No?

No answer, onto the next question.

In 2022, what American company announced plans to split into three divisions, including a 'model e' division focused on electric cars - Ford.

- What is Ford?

- [Matthew] Ford is correct.

What molecules produced in the Williamson Synthesis have the generic formula R-O-R prime, and have a diethyl type once used as a general anesthetic?

- [Matthew] Answer Standish?

- Is it pseudonym?

- [Matthew] That is incorrect.

On to the next question Taylor Swift's song 'Carolina' appears in what 2022 film starring Daisy Edgar-Jones that is based on a best selling novel by Delia Owens?

(bell rings) Oh, sorry, that bell is gonna signify the end of the round there.

After the Maroon and Gold Rush, we have Sault Area with 20 points and Standish Sterling with 10.

Here are the answers to the missed questions in the opening round.

The European Kingdom with the slogan 'God, Country and King', was Spain.

The composer of The King and I, was Richard Rogers.

Molecules produced in the Williamson Synthesis are ethers.

The man in the Pennsylvania Senate race is Dr. Mehmet Oz.

And the country whose capital is Khartoum, is Sudan.

Well there's one round in the book so far today but we have a lot more questions to get to.

But right now we're gonna take this opportunity to meet our players from each of today's schools.

We're gonna start with the students from Sault Area.

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- Hi, I'm Caitlin Stevens.

I'm a senior at Sault Area High School and I'm involved in NHS BPA and this is my second year in quiz bowl.

- Hi, I'm Ryan Anderson, I'm a junior and this is my second year in Quiz Bowl.

- Hello, my name is Molly Wolf.

I am a sophomore at Sault Area High School.

I am involved with band and this is my second year in Quiz Bowl.

- Hi, my name is Laura Kranz.

I'm a junior at Sault Area High School and this is my second year in Quiz Bowl.

- Thank you very much, Sault Area .

Now the team from Standish Sterling, take it away.

- My name is Elisha Rich.

I am a senior at Standish Sterling Central High School.

I am in the band and really like math.

- My name is Lily Brady, I'm in 11th grade.

I go to Standish Sterling and I participate in band.

- My name is Samantha, I go by Sammy.

I'm a junior at Standish Sterling.

I do track, power lifting and I drive a race car outside of school.

- My name's Thomas, I'm a junior this year.

I do drama and I go to Standish Sterling High School.

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

In the perfect 10 round, our teams will be given a category and they'll have 60 seconds to answer as many questions correctly as they can.

And our perfect 10 category for today is, numbers.

Name these types of numbers, Sault Area, we're gonna start with you.

So let's put 60 seconds on the clock and head into the perfect 10.

Integers divisable by two?

- Even.

- [Matthew] Correct.

- Sequence beginning '1, 1, 2, 3, 5,' named for an Italian.

- Skip.

- [Matthew] Numbers that equal an integer to the third power.

- Cubed.

- [Matthew] Correct.

Real numbers that equal an integer divided by another integer.

- Divisible?

- [Matthew] Incorrect.

Integers greater than one that are not prime.

- Real?

- Divisible?

- Divisible?

- [Matthew] Incorrect.

Numbers whose square is a negative number?

- Imaginary?

- Imaginary.

- [Matthew] Correct.

Subset of the integers denoted 'N'.

(bell dings) Oh, I'm sorry that bell's gonna signify the end of the round there.

We're not able to get through the rest of those questions.

Sault Area's able to rack up 30 points in the perfect 10, bringing their score to 50.

It's now Standish Sterling's turn to try to add to their score in the perfect 10.

Let's put 60 seconds back on the clock.

Integers divisible by two.

- Even.

- [Matthew] Correct.

Sequence beginning '1, 1, 2, 3, 5,' named for an Italian.

- The Fibonacci Sequence?

- Correct.

Numbers that equal an integer to the third power.

- Cubic number?

- [Matthew] Cubic is correct.

Real numbers that equal an integer divided by another integer.

- Quotient.

- [Matthew] Quotient is incorrect.

Integers greater than one that are not prime.

- Co prime?

- [Matthew] Co prime is incorrect.

Numbers whose square is a negative number.

- Imaginary.

- [Matthew] Correct.

Subset of the integers denoted 'N'.

- Real numbers?

- [Matthew] No I'm sorry, that's incorrect.

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

Standish Sterling finishes the perfect 10 with four correct answers and 40 points.

With two rounds in the books we are tied at 50 points a piece.

And here are those questions that we missed in the perfect 10.

Real numbers that equal an integer divided by another integer, are rational numbers.

Integers greater than one that are not prime, are composite numbers.

And the subset of integers denoted 'N', are natural numbers.

And again we are all tied up as Sault Area and Standish sterling prepare to enter the third round of the day, the home stretch round.

In the home stretch I'll be asking each team a series of random questions.

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

We're gonna start with Sault Area in the home stretch round.

Sault Area, here comes your first question.

What term denotes the position in baseball for a player who bats in place of the pitcher and does not play the field?

- Batter.

- [Matthew] Batter is incorrect.

What vertebrate's 'cane' species, named after its use in controlling cane beetles, secretes a powerful toxin that can kill crocodiles.

- Skip.

- [Matthew] What discipline, which is the subject of the demarcation problem, ideally produces falsifiable results via a "method" that involves testing hypotheses?

- Experiment.

- [Matthew] Experiments, Incorrect.

What island, where the Linear A script was once used, was home to Knossos, the capital of the Minoan civilization, and is the largest Greek island?

- Crete?

- [Matthew] That is correct.

What constant, whose use is discouraged by the Tau manifesto, is equal to circumference divided by diameter and is approximately 22 sevenths or 3.14 - Pie?

- [Matthew] Correct.

What author, who wrote art reviews under the pseudonym Corno di Bassetto, wrote about a bet made by phonetics professor Henry Higgins in Pygmalion?

- Skip.

- [Matthew] What city on the Swan River is the capital and most populous city of Western Australia?

- Sydney.

- [Matthew] Incorrect.

What politician, who was assassinated by Carl Weiss promoted a populous campaign called 'Share Our Wealth', and was a 'kingfish' from Louisiana?

- Garfield.

- [Matthew] Incorrect.

What task, for which John von Neumann created a "merge" algorithm, can be done using "quick" or "bubble" algorithms and involves putting elements in order?

- Skip.

- [Matthew] Skip.

Next question.

What TV show, in which idealistic Philadelphia resident Janine Teagues is played by Quinta Brunson, is an ABC mockumentary named for a school?

- Skip.

- [Matthew] Skip.

Next question.

What phenomenon, whose "semidiurnal" type circles through high and low phases twice a day, are caused by the moon's gravity and are changes in sea levels?

- Tides?

- [Matthew] Correct.

What law enforcement official created COINTELPRO to spy on civil rights leaders in the 1950s as the first director of the FBI?

- Skip.

- [Matthew] Skip.

Next question.

What war, in which forces under Winfield Scott captured Chapultepec, led to the US gaining California, and involved the US' southern neighbor?

- Mexican session.

(bell dings) - Oh, I'm sorry, - The Mexican session?

- No, I'm sorry, that bell's gonna signify the end of the round so we weren't able to get an answer on that one.

Sault Area picks up a few points in the home stretch round, bringing their total after three rounds to 80 points.

Now we turn to Standish Sterling, to see how they'll handle the home stretch.

Standish Sterling, here comes your first question.

What term denotes the position in baseball for a player who bats in place of the pitcher and does not play the field?

- A designated hitter.

- [Matthew] Correct.

What vertebrate's 'cane' species named after its use in controlling cane beetles, secretes a powerful toxin that can kill crocodiles.

- Skip.

- [Matthew] Skip, onto the next question.

What discipline, which is the subject of the demarcation problem, ideally produces falsifiable results via a 'method' that involves testing hypotheses - Scientific method?

- [Matthew] That is correct.

What island, where the Linear A script was once used, was home to Knossos, the capital of the Minoan civilization and is the largest Greek island?

- Mycenia?

- [Matthew] Is incorrect.

Next question.

What constant, whose use is discouraged by the Tau manifesto, is equal to circumference divided by diameter and is approximately 22 sevenths or 3.14?

- Pie.

- [Matthew] Correct.

What author, who wrote art reviews under the pseudonym Corno di Bassetto, wrote about a bet made by phonetics professor Henry Higgins in Pygmalion?

- Socrates?

- Incorrect.

On to the next question.

What city on the Swan River is the capital and most populous city of Western Australia.

- Sydney?

- [Matthew] Final answer?

- Sydney.

- [Matthew] Incorrect.

On to the next question.

What politician who was assassinated by Carl Weiss promoted a populous campaign called 'Share Our Wealth' and was a 'kingfish' from Louisiana?

- Is it Roosevelt?

- [Matthew] Roosevelt is incorrect.

Next question.

What task, for which John von Neumann created a "merge" algorithm, can be done using "quick" or "bubble" algorithms and involves putting elements in order?

- Periodic table?

- [Matthew] Nope.

Incorrect.

On to the next question.

What TV show, in which idealistic Philadelphia resident Janine Teagues is played by Quinta Brunson, is an ABC mockumentary named for a school?

- Skip.

- [Matthew] Skip.

Onto the next question.

What phenomena, whose "semidiurnal" type cycles through high and low phases twice a day, are caused by the moon's gravity and are changes in sea levels?

- What are tides?

- [Matthew] That is correct.

What law enforcement official created COINTELPRO to spy on civil rights leaders in the 1950s as the first director of the FBI?

- Pass.

- [Matthew] Pass.

Onto the next question.

What war, in which forces under Winfield Scott captured Chapultepec, led to the U.S. gaining California, and involved the U.S.'s southern neighbor?

- Wasn't that the Spanish American War?

- [Samantha] The Alamo, the one with the Alamo.

- The Spanish American War.

- [Matthew] I'm sorry.

Spanish American War is incorrect.

(bell dings) Oh, that bell is gonna signify the end of the round.

Standish Sterling finishes their home stretch with four correct answers and 40 points.

And here are the questions that we missed in that round.

The vertebrate's with the powerful toxins, are toads.

The author of Pygmalion was George Bernard Shaw.

The capital of the most populous city in Western Australia, is Perth.

The politician assassinated by Carl Weiss was Huey Long.

The task of putting elements in order, is sorting.

The ABC mockumentary starring Quinta Brunson, is Abbott Elementary.

The law man that was the first director of the FBI was J Edgar Hoover.

And the war that involved the U.S. southern neighbor, was the Mexican American war.

We have a close game now.

With Sault Area 80, Standish Sterling 90.

And it's anyone's game as we 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.

Sault Area, you're up first in the final countdown.

Let's put two minutes on the clock.

Here comes your first question.

What book, memorized by people with the title hafiz, was ordered compiled by Abu Bakr, is split into surahs, and is the main scripture of Islam?

- Qur'an.

- [Matthew] Correct.

In an autobiographical book by Laura Ingalls Wilder, what title term describes a dwelling in the "Big Woods" of Wisconsin?

- Cabin?

- [Matthew] Cabin is incorrect.

What novel, in which a vacation to New Mexico changes the life of Bernard Marx, depicts a dystopian 'world state' and was written by Aldous Huxley?

- A brave New World.

- [Matthew] Correct.

La Venta is a major site of what ancient Mesoamerican civilization, which sculpted many colossal stone heads?

- The Olmecs.

- The Olmecs?

- [Matthew] Correct.

What phenomenon gives rise to Barkhausen noise, occurs below the Curie temperature, and is displayed by cobalt and iron?

- Skip.

- [Matthew] Skip.

Next question.

What unit is the energy needed to warm one kilogram of water by one degree Celsius, and often appears on nutrition labels with the abbreviation 'cal'?

- Calorie?

- [Matthew] Correct.

What man who won a Pulitzer Prize for his 2019 novel about a Florida reform school, The Nickel Boys, also won for The Underground Railroad.

- Skip.

- [Matthew] After what battle, in which Datis's invading Persians lost to Miltiades in 490 BC, did Pheidippides supposedly run 26 miles to announce victory?

- Marathon?

- Skip.

- [Matthew] Skip.

Onto the next question.

What American Author created Reverend... Oh, I'm sorry, we're not gonna be able to get to the end of that question because that bell signifies the end of the round.

Thank you, Sault Area.

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Now Standish Sterling, it's your turn to enter the final countdown.

Here comes the first question.

What book, memorized by people with the title hafiz, was ordered compiled by Abu Bakr, is split into surahs, and is the main scripture of Islam?

- That's the Quran.

The Quran.

- [Matthew] Correct.

In an autobiographical book by Laura Ingalls Wilder, what title term describes a dwelling in the 'Big Woods' of Wisconsin?

- Little House?

- [Matthew] Little House is correct.

What novel, in which a vacation to New Mexico changes the life of Bernard Marx, depicts a dystopian "World State" and was written by Aldous Huxley?

- Skip.

- [Matthew] La Venta is a major site of what ancient Mesoamerican civilization, which sculpted many colossal stone heads?

- Easter Island - [Matthew] Incorrect.

Next question.

What phenomenon gives rise to Barkhausen noise, occurs below the Curie temperature, and is displayed by cobalt and iron?

- Magnetism?

Magnetism?

- [Matthew] Magnetism is incorrect.

What unit is the energy needed to warm one kilogram of water by one degree Celsius and often appears on nutrition labels with the abbreviation 'cal'?

- One calorie.

- [Matthew] Calories is correct.

What man, who won a Pulitzer Prize for his 2019 novel about a Florida reform school, The Nickel Boys, also won one for The Underground Railroad?

- Skip.

- Skip.

- [Matthew] After what battle, in which Datis's invading Persians lost to Miltiades in 490 BC, did Pheidippides supposedly run 26 miles to announce victory?

- Thermopylae?

- [Matthew] That is incorrect.

Next question.

What author created Reverend T. Lawrence Shannon in The Night of the Iguana and... (bell rings) Oh, sorry, that bell's gonna signify the end of the round.

Well, this is a first for us, in our virtual edition of Quiz Central.

After four rounds of competition, Sault Area and Standish Sterling both finish with 120 points a piece.

Now before we announce who the winner is, let's go ahead and take a look at those final round answers that were missed.

The phenomenon that gives rise to Barkhausen noise is ferromagnetism.

The author of The Nickel Boys and the Underground Railroad was Colson Whitehead.

And the battle that took place in 490 BC was the Battle of Marathon.

So the last question of the day is, how do we handle a tie on our virtual quiz central, since we really can't do a live tie breaking question, our winners in this case are decided by which team has the highest percentage questions answered correctly.

Sault Area had 12 correct, out of 35 questions asked, yet Standish Sterling had 12 correct out of only 33 questions asked.

So that means today's victors on Quiz Central are the students from Standish Sterling.

Congratulations.

And we of course wanna thank the students from Sault Area for joining us for a great game today on Quiz Central.

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

And we hope all of you will join us again in our next episode of QC, as two more Michigan schools compete for the Season 18 title.

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.

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