- Welcome to the studios of WCMU Public Media.

This time a first round matchup between Coleman and Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart.

We've got that for you coming up next.

(dramatic music) Hello again everyone.

I'm David Nicholas and welcome to "Quiz Central".

This time students from Coleman are taking on the team from Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart in a 16 teams single elimination tournament.

Top teams from "Quiz Central" will qualify for the NAQT High School National Championship Tournament.

All right, let's get to our game.

The first round is the Maroon and Gold Rush.

Teams will have two minutes to answer as many tossup questions as they can.

If a player answers incorrectly, the opposing school has an opportunity to answer the question.

Teams may not consult during this round.

Players will receive a one second penalty if they ring in before a toss up question has been read completely and that'll be indicated by an orange light above their name.

Answers are worth 10 points a piece, no deduction for incorrect answers.

Are you ready?

Teams, players?

Alright, we'll get started.

Here comes your first question.

What molecule, which is phosphorylated by the enzyme hexazinone to form G6-P is broken down into two molecules of pyruvate during glycolysis?

Next question.

What man who starred in the documentary "An Inconvenient Truth" lost a presidential election by five electoral votes in 2000 to George W. Bush?

All right, next question.

What tributary of the River Severn flows through the city of Stratford, the home of William Shakespeare?

What playwright wrote of a death by silver bullet in "The Emperor Jones" and depicted the dysfunctional Tyrone family in a "Long Day's Journey Into Night" Next question.

The 1990 CERT declaration established what organization of 55 countries whose headquarters is in Addis Ababa?

(buzzer dings) - NATO?

- [David] That is incorrect, next question for both teams.

In 1957, what object with a name meaning fellow traveler was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, becoming the first artificial satellite?

Get in.

Next question.

What acid forms when CO2 reacts with water, drives ocean acidification and explains the fizziness of sodas?

Get to the end of the round.

Not a chance to answer that.

Let's go back over questions missed in that first round.

The acid that formed when dissolved, we were looking for carbonic acid.

The molecule that is phosphorylated is glucose or dextrose.

The man who starred in the documentary "An Inconvenient Truth", we were looking at former Vice President Al Gore.

The tributary of the River Severn, we were looking for the River Avon.

And the playwright who wrote of the death by a silver bullet, Eugene Gladstone O'Neill.

The 1990 CERT declaration established the organization of 55 countries known as the African Union and the object with the name fellow traveler, we were looking for the satellite name of Sputnik.

Well, before we start our next round, let's learn a little bit more about our students competing today.

First up it's the team from Coleman.

- I am Jackson Lewis.

I come from Coleman High School and I'm part of drama, cross country and yeah.

- Hi, I'm Emma and I'm come from Coleman High School and I'm on the Quiz Bowl team.

- Hi, I'm Jocelyn.

I'm a senior at Coleman High School.

I am in FFA, music and drama club.

- Hi, my name's Amelia and I'm from Coleman High School and I'm in Quiz Bowl.

- Thank you Coleman, now let's meet the students from Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart.

- Hi, I am Andrew.

I'm a junior at Sacred Heart Academy and I do Quiz Bowl.

- Hi, my name is Noah, I'm a junior at Sacred Heart Academy and I do cross country and Science Olympiad.

- I'm Catherine, I'm a sophomore at Sacred Heart and I'm on the volleyball team.

- I'm Ben, I'm a junior at Sacred Heart Academy and I play basketball and golf.

- Thanks to all of our students for being here today.

The next round on "Quiz Central" is the Kickoff round, a round that includes a combination of tossup and bonus questions.

The team that correctly answers the tossup will get the opportunity to answer a single bonus question, no stealing on the bonuses.

After a bonus question, we'll go back to a toss up for both teams.

Again, players will receive a one second penalty if they ring in before a toss up question has been read completely.

If our players and buzzers are all set, here comes your first question.

What party leader whom Jordan Bardella succeeded was convicted of embezzlement in 2025 and was a 2022 far right candidate for the office of president of France?

The next question, what Chinese city whose name means Southern Capital was the site of a 1937 massacre committed by Japanese troops?

- Nanking?

- That is correct.

And bonus question for Sacred Heart.

What country whose port of Constanta lies in the Black Sea coastline, is home to the region of Transylvania and has as its capital at Bucharest?

- Romania?

- I think so.

- Romania?

- [David] And that's correct on the bonus, back to a toss up now for both teams.

Unmyelinated axons and neuron cell bodies are found in what colorfully named neural tissue that contrast with white matter?

- Gray matter.

- That is correct.

A bonus now for Sacred Heart, what materials such as quantum dots are contrasted with bulk materials and are named after their size on the order of 10 to the negative nine meters in diameter?

- Planck's constant.

- Sure.

- Planck's constant?

- Incorrect.

On that we go back to a bonus or excuse me, the toss up for both teams.

In "Romeo and Juliette", Romeo begins to play lovesick for what woman who is never seen on stage?

- Rosalyn.

- That is correct.

Bonus now for Coleman.

What university which was led from 1902 to 1910 by Woodrow Wilson was attended by F. Scott Fitzgerald and is an Ivy League school in New Jersey?

- It's Yale.

Yale?

- [David] Incorrect there on the bonus.

Back to a toss up for both teams.

What first American woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize co-founded the Hull House settlement in Chicago in 1889?

- Jane Goodall?

- Incorrect on that toss up.

We go back to both teams.

Sorry, my error, Coleman, do you have a guess for the steal?

- It's Sarah something.

- [David] Okay, now the next question.

In what present day country did German forces create the Salo Republic when its Grand Council of Fascism capitulated after the invasion of Sicily?

- Italy?

- Correct on the toss up and now the bonus.

In 2024 the US Geological Survey adopted the Cherokee name name Kuwa'hi for Clingmans Dome, the tallest mountain in what landlocked state?

- Colorado maybe?

- Colorado.

- [David] Incorrect there on the bonus but toss up now for both.

What novelist wrote about the isolated Egdon Heath in The Return of the Native and depicted the pure wife of Angel Claire in Tess d'Urbervilles?

Next question, a toss up for both.

Kitty Genevieve's murder is often erroneously cited as an example of what effect whereby individuals are less likely to help when others are present?

And the end of the round there we will go back over the questions that were missed by both teams.

When it comes to Kitty Genovese, the bystander effect.

The party leader whom Jordan Bardella succeeded.

We are looking for Marie Le Pen.

The materials such as quantum dots, the answer we were looking for was nanoparticles or nano materials.

The university led from 1902 to 1910 by Woodrow Wilson.

That is Princeton University.

And the first woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize, Jane Adams.

And the US Geological Survey adopted the Cherokee name, the state we were looking for, that landlocked state was Tennessee.

And the novelist who wrote about the Egdon Heath in "The Return of the Native", the author Thomas Hardy.

And Sacred Heart leads 40 to 10 with the Perfect Ten coming up next.

In the Perfect Ten, teams will have 60 seconds to answer questions from a choice of clues to three categories, the opposing team will have 30 seconds to answer any unasked, incorrect or skipped questions.

You can consult throughout this entire round.

We'll take the answers from the team captain.

The team that's trailing gets the first choice to pick a clue to a category.

Coleman, we come to you first for your choice of what are these three categories today?

Octagonal Answers, B sharp or What Day is It?

Octagonal Answers, B sharp or What Day is It?

- Should we do sharp do the?

Which one do you think?

- Octagonal.

- Okay.

Octagonal Answers, - [David] Octagonal Answers is your choice.

Eight in science is the clue.

Answer the following about the number eight in science, again for Octagonal Answers, eight in science.

Answer the following about the number eight in science.

We have 60 seconds on the clock for Coleman to start your Perfect Ten with this.

Power of two that equals eight.

- Four?

- Power three?

(title chimes) - [David] Planet whose demotion left the solar system with eight.

- Pluto?

- Unit equal to eight bits.

- Something's not eight.

- Bits.

- Pass - Eight carbon compound that names a gasoline rating system.

- Pass - [David] Element with the atomic number eight.

- Six.

Just go with oxygen.

- Oxygen?

(title chimes) - Sequence that begins 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8.

(bell dings) And we don't have time to grab an answer on that question.

Sacred Heart, we'll come to you as you know then, a chance to grab as many of those that were missed or that we did not get to in that round.

Again, the category is Octagonal Answers, eight in science.

Answer the following about the number eight in science and your part of this Perfect Ten begins with this.

Unit equal to eight bytes.

- Do you know?

Pass.

- [David] Eight carbon compound that names a gasoline rating system.

- Octane.

- Octane.

(title chimes) - Sequence that begins 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8.

- Fibonacci sequence.

- Fibonacci sequence.

(title chimes) - Religion that inspired the eightfold way for classifying part- Oh, sorry we didn't get all of that question in.

Let's go back over the questions missed in that round.

The unit equal to eight bytes or eight bits is a byte, B-Y-T-E.

The religion that inspired the eightfold way for classifying particles.

We were looking for Buddhism.

And ones we did not get to, we'll leave those for another time.

All right, now we are coming over to you Sacred Heart and you have the 60 second part of this Perfect Ten round and your choice then of these two categories, B sharp or What Day is It?

- What Day is It?

- Sure.

- Yeah.

- Yeah.

- What Day is It?

- What Day is It is your choice and we are looking for this clue, annual observances.

Name these occasions and holidays observed in the US, again the clue annual observances.

Name these occasions and holidays observed in the US.

Your Perfect Ten round begins now.

First Monday in September.

- Oh, labor Day.

- Tuesday after the first Monday in November.

- Thanks- - No nevermind.

- What?

- Just say whatever.

- Thanksgiving?

- Holiday once called Armistice Day, observed on November 11th.

- Veteran's Day, right?

- Veterans Day?

(title chimes) - Third Monday in February.

- Valentine's.

- Valentine's.

- [David] Holiday honoring a birthday celebrated on the third Monday of January.

- Martin Luther King?

- Martin Luther King.

(title chimes) - Observance that has supplanted Columbus Day in many states.

- Was it like Native American People's Day?

So indigenous people.

- Indigenous People's Day?

- [David] A June 14th holiday dedicated to a national symbol.

- Juneteenth right?

- What?

- Juneteenth?

- I think so.

- Juneteenth.

- It's the 19th.

- April 22nd.

(bell dings) Oh, end of the round.

We didn't get a chance for that.

So Coleman, we will head over to you and as you know then you have 30 seconds to pick up any that were missed or ones that we did not get to.

As many of those as you can grab in the 30 seconds.

And we start with this, the Tuesday after the first Monday in November, - President's Day?

- The third Monday in February.

- Fat Tuesday?

Fat Tuesday?

Wait on a Monday, I'm so stupid.

- [David] The June 14th national holiday dedicated to a national symbol.

- Pass.

- April 22nd.

- Earth Day.

- The newest federal holiday recognized in 2021.

In the category then of annual observances, the ones that we are looking for, the third Monday in February.

That is where we celebrate President's Day, formerly just Washington's birthday.

The June 14th holiday dedicated to the symbol is Flag Day, and the newest federal holiday recognized in 2021 is Juneteenth or the Juneteenth National Independence Day.

And after three rounds, Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart leads 100 to 50.

As we enter the Homestretch round, I'll ask again a combination of toss up and bonus questions.

The team that correctly answers the toss up we'll get the opportunity to answer a single bonus question.

There's no stealing on the bonuses.

After a bonus question, we'll go back to a toss up for both teams.

Players will receive a one second penalty if they ring in before a tossup question has been read completely.

Buzzers ready.

Here comes your first question.

What modern country is where the 1816 eruption of Mount Tambora, a year without a summer and an 1883 eruption destroyed the island of Krakatoa?

(buzzer chimes) - Indonesia?

- [David] That is correct.

The bonus question now.

What ninth Mansa of the Mali empire gave away a large amount of gold during a 1324 Hajj?

- Mansa Musa?

- Correct on the bonus, back to a toss up for both.

What Nintendo game series, whose first entry ends with a race outta the planet, Zebes, features the enemy alien, Ridley and the heroine, Samus Aran?

- Metroid?

- Correct there and a bonus.

What port city which was laid out according to the Oglethorpe plan is the oldest city in Georgia?

Do you have a guess?

- No.

- [David] Alright, now to toss up again for both.

About half of human blood is made up of what liquid component which contains no cells but does have proteins like albumin?

- Plasma.

- Plasma is correct.

Now to the bonus there, what river whose bend forms the Ordos Loop receives sedimentation from the Loess Plateau in China's second longest river and has a colorful name?

- Yellow River.

- Correct.

On to the bonus there, a toss up for both.

In the card game blackjack, what is the point value of a blackjack consisting of an ace and a face card?

- 21.

- That is correct.

A bonus for Sacred Heart.

What jurist whom ProPublica accused of accepting luxury gifts from Republican donor, Harlan Crow is the most recent senior justice on the Supreme Court?

- I can't think of his name.

I can see his face.

- John Smith.

- All right, back to a tossup then for both teens.

What picture book by Maurice Sendeck describes a boy named Max who sails in and out of weeks to reach a land where he is crowned king?

- Where The Wild Things Are.

- Correct.

And the bonus question to Coleman now.

What law whose enforcement was limited in the E.C.

Knight case was amended to exempt labor unions by the Clayton Act and was an 1890 anti-trust law?

- What?

- [David] A guess?

I'll go back to the tossup now for both teams.

In 1912, Theodore Roosevelt ran for president on the ticket of what reformist third party, which was nicknamed for a large wild animal?

- The Bull Moose Party.

- Correct on that tossup.

Bonus now, what substances whose Lindlar type contains poisoned palladium increased reaction rate by decreasing activation energy without being consumed?

- No answer.

- Okay.

And back to a toss up for both teams, both methane and the sulfate ion have what molecular geometry that has bond angles of approximately 109.5 degrees?

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

Let's go back over the ones that were missed by both schools, methane and sulfate, the one we just had, we were looking for tetrahedral molecular geometry or tetrahedron would've been acceptable too.

The port city laid out according to the Oglethorpe plan, Savannah, Georgia.

The jurist whom ProPublica accused of accepting the gifts, the senior justice is Clarence Thomas The law whose enforcement was limited in the E.C.

Knight case, the Sherman Antitrust Act.

And the substances whose Lindlar type contains the poison palladium, we are looking for catalysts.

And after four rounds so far today, Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart holds a 170- 60 lead.

As we enter the Final Countdown.

Here, teams will allow two minutes to answer as many toss up questions as they can.

If a team answers incorrectly, the opposing school has the opportunity to answer the question.

Teams may not consult during this round.

Players do receive that one second penalty if they ring in before the toss up has been read completely and we'll indicate that with an orange light above their name.

Ready players?

Here comes your first question.

What author who stated that her love is such that the rivers cannot quench in the poem, "To My Dear and Loving Husband" wrote in 17th century New England?

The next question.

What American novelist depicted a stamp auction in his novel, "The Crying of Lot 49"?

Now to toss up, what empire whose rulers included Jahangir and Humayun was founded by Babur and won the First Battle of Panipat over Delhi, excuse me, Delhi, Sultanate?

Coleman - Ottoman?

- [David] Incorrect there, a toss up for both.

Sorry.

Sacred Heart, you get the chance for the steal.

- The British East Indian Company?

- [David] Also incorrect.

Now to the toss up again for both, what Roman General was a member of the first triumvirate, once known as a teenage butcher, but later called the Great?

(buzzer chimes) - Alexander?

- [David] Incorrect, Sacred Heart with the guess?

- Pompei.

- That is correct.

For both teens, what country in which the Magdalena River empties into the Caribbean Sea at Barranquilla is west of Venezuela and has as its capital at Bogota?

- Columbia?

- Correct.

What type of artwork used to depict a river during the Qingming Festival consists of a long, narrow sheet of paper or silk that can be rolled up?

Next question.

A maid is told to- End of the round.

We'll go over the questions that were missed.

The question we were just getting into.

The maid told to hide the Christmas tree.

We were looking at the Henrik Ibsen play "A Doll's House".

The author who stated "love is such that rivers cannot quench", Anne Bradstreet.

The American novelist depicted the stamp auction in the novel, "Crying of Lot 49".

We were looking for Thomas Pinchon.

the Empire whose rulers were founded by Babur, we were looking for the Mongol Empire.

And the type of artwork used to depict a river during the Qingming Festival, we were looking for hand scrolls.

And we closed out our game with a close of those answers caught up.

And our final score today, Sacred Heart 190, Coleman 60.

A nice round of applause for both of our teams competing today.

(all clap) Coleman, thanks very much for playing with us here on "Quiz Central".

Good job by everyone, Sacred Heart, congratulations on winning the game for today.

We will see you back in a future round of "Quiz Central" and we hope we will see all of you as well.

The next time we offer up some questions to some smart young people.

It's "Quiz Central" here on WCMU.

I'm David Nicholas.

For all of us here, have a good night.

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