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I'm Billy Costa, your host.

In last week's match between Hopkinton High School and North Quincy High School, North Quincy defeated Hopkinton to clinch the last spot in the quarterfinals.

For today's match, the first match of the quarterfinals, we welcome back Andover High School and Belmont High School.

And on the Andover team, we'll say hello to Naren.

Hi Naren, how are you?

>> I'm doing fantastic.

>> COSTA: Good to hear, fantastic is a good one-- Liam, how about you?

>> Doing great, too.

>> All right, Mahathi, you feeling good?

>> Yes, very excited.

>> COSTA: All right.

And Karan, how about you?

>> I'm good, how are you?

>> COSTA: I'm great.

Welcome to High School Quiz Show.

And also the alternates are Ryan and Will, and the coach Alan Hibino.

And on the Belmont team, we'll say hello to Kiril.

Hi Kiril, good to see you, how are you?

>> Doing good, thanks.

>> COSTA: All right, and hello Claire.

>> Hey.

>> COSTA: And Cindy, how you feeling today, good?

>> Yeah, really good.

>> COSTA: Okay, and Ella, how are you today?

>> Hello, I'm happy to be here.

>> COSTA: All right, the alternate Nora, and coach Stacy Williams.

(cheers and applause) The competition has four rounds: toss-up, head-to-head, category, and lightning round.

Throughout the game, a green light is a correct answer, a red light an incorrect answer, and a gray light means no answer was given.

And we start with the toss-up round.

All players are active, and with a correct answer can contribute ten points per question to their team score.

There are no point deductions for wrong answers, so teams, good luck, and here we go.

Best known for her novel Interview with the Vampire, what leading writer of supernatural fiction passed away in 2021 at age 80?

Was is Charlaine Harris, Anne Rice, or Stephenie Meyer?

Anne Rice.

Christopher Columbus was born in 1451 in which city?

Genoa, Naples, or Venice?

Genoa.

With "Toosie Slide" in 2020, what Canadian rapper became the first male artist and second act overall, after Mariah Carey, to have three songs debut at number one on the Billboard Hot 100?

Was it Justin Bieber, Drake, or Lil Nas X?

Drake.

Famous for their distinctive "clicking" sounds, the Khoisan languages are native to what continent?

Asia, Africa, or South America?

Africa.

Take a look at your screens.

And pictured here is NASA's Dr. Wernher von Braun.

He was among the roughly 1,600 Nazi scientists repatriated to America after World War II under what covert operation?

Was it Operation Overload, Operation Market Garden, or Operation Paperclip?

Operation Paperclip.

Census data is used to reapportion seats in the U.S. House of Representatives.

As a result of the 2020 census, did Massachusetts retain all nine House seats, lose a seat, or gain a seat?

They retained all nine House seats.

What 2020 bestselling novel by Maggie O'Farrell is a fictional account of Shakespeare's only son, who died at age 11 in 1596?

Edward, Orlando, or Hamnet?

Hamnet.

Though its current team moved in after spending over 70 years in a different city, what stadium is now the third oldest ballpark in the major leagues, after Fenway and Wrigley?

Is it Dodger Stadium, Yankee Stadium, or Angel Stadium?

Dodger Stadium.

Each amino acid is encoded by a stretch of DNA known as a codon, which is always a sequence of how many nucleotides?

Three, four, or five?

Three.

Now take a look at your screens, here comes your next question.

>> Hey everybody, I'm chef Marcus Samuelsson host of No Passport Required, and here's my question.

On season two, we traveled to South Philly, where we made lasagna at the oldest Italian restaurant in America.

This classic dish is traditionally topped with mozzarella and filled with what cheese that means "recooked" in Italian?

COSTA: And the options are fontina, ricotta, or burrata.

Ricotta is the answer-- we move on.

Who premiered his German-language opera The Magic Flute on September 30, 1791, roughly three months before he died at the age of 35?

Beethoven, Mozart, or Brahms?

Mozart.

After leading the 1911 revolution that overthrew China's last imperial dynasty, what Nationalist Party leader was elected the first provisional president of China?

Mao Tse-tung, Sun Yat-sen, or Chiang Kai-shek?

Sun Yat-sen.

In 2020, the U.S. military unveiled a new Space Force logo that resembles the insignia of Star Trek's fictional Starfleet Command.

What actor who originated the role of Sulu tweeted, "Is nothing sacred?"

Was it William Shatner, George Takei, or John Cho?

George Takei.

Which country is not a member of the European Union?

Malta, Romania, or Norway?

Norway.

Though they're commonly called Arabic numerals, the set of ten numbers, zero through nine, actually originated in what country-- China, India, or Greece?

India.

Inspired by his father's experiences as a Holocaust survivor, what title by Art Spiegelman was the first graphic novel to win a Pulitzer Prize?

Was it Ghosts, Maus, or V for Vendetta?

Maus.

Rembrandt Peale and Gilbert Stuart are best known for each painting more than 70 portraits of what American president?

George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, or Abraham Lincoln?

George Washington.

And which of the following is the first stage of development after fertilization of an egg?

Embryo, zygote, or blastula?

Zygote.

In The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby is in love with what beautiful socialite who also happens to be Nick Carraway's cousin?

Is it Myrtle, Iris, or Daisy?

Daisy.

The Battle of Palo Alto was the first major conflict of the Mexican-American War.

It was fought in 1846 in what present-day U.S. state?

New Mexico, Texas, or Louisiana?

Texas is the answer there.

(bell rings) And that's the end of the toss-up round.

The score right now, ooh, Andover, 580 points; Belmont, 580 points.

Oh my goodness, what a great round, great job, teams!

(cheers and applause) Okay, the head-to-head round is next.

First, we take a couple of minutes to get to know the players a little bit better.

And I have a question, each of you will have a chance to answer it.

And we'll start with you Naren, at Andover High School.

Here's the question: in your opinion, what word doesn't seem to match what it is meant to convey, and why?

>> So the word "peel" means to remove the peel from a fruit.

And the word "unpeel" also has the same meaning.

And I just think that one of them should change.

COSTA: Very good, how about you Liam?

>> Gotta say, postmodern sounds like it should be in the future, but really it's not.

>> COSTA: Yeah-- Mahathi, how about you?

>> I'd go with the word scrupulous.

It means meticulous, but to me it sounds like a synonym for hungry.

COSTA: That's another good one-- Karan, yours?

>> I'd say awful, because if you think about it, it should mean, like, full of awe, and it should be synonymous with awesome, but it reality they're antonyms.

COSTA: That's another good one.

Over to Belmont-- Kiril, how about you?

>> I'd say crepuscular, it means like dawn or dusk, but it sounds really gross.

>> COSTA (laughs): And Claire, yours?

>> I would say "bucolic."

It means like pretty and rural, but it also sounds really gross.

COSTA: Yes, I agree, and Cindy?

>> Un-ionization, which when written, can be read as unionization as well, which has a very different meaning.

COSTA: Okay, and finally you, Ella, what do you think?

>> I'd say "indescribable" because indescribable is an adjective, so by using it, you're describing something.

>> COSTA: Those are all good ones, I should've been taking notes.

Great job, listen-- it's time to go head to head.

So let's do that right now, let's go head to head!

(cheers and applause) So in this round, correct answers add ten points to the team total.

Incorrect answers now result in a ten-point deduction.

If an answer is not given, there is no impact on the score.

So teams, if you're ready, here we go and good luck.

In 2021, a large container ship called the Ever Given got stuck for 106 days in what canal?

Suez Canal or Panama Canal?

Suez Canal.

At the Battle of Thermopylae, 10,000 Persians fought 300 soldiers from where?

Athens or Sparta?

Sparta.

Which Muppet character is in love with a chicken named Camilla?

Is it Gonzo the Great or Crazy Harry?

Gonzo the Great.

What is the largest inland body of water in Massachusetts?

Wachusett Reservoir or Quabbin Reservoir?

Quabbin Reservoir.

What term refers to a fear or hatred of anything that is strange or foreign?

Xenophobia or cynophobia?

Xenophobia.

In 2015, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft took the first high-resolution images of what dwarf planet, Pluto or Ceres?

Pluto.

What former mayor is the current U.S. secretary of labor?

Rahm Emanuel or Marty Walsh?

Marty Walsh.

Who included many allusions to World War I in his landmark modernist poem, "The Waste Land"?

E.E.

Cummings or T.S.

Eliot?

T.S.

Eliot.

(bell rings) Oh, that is the end of the round.

Take a look at the score.

Incredibly, we still have a tie!

Andover High School, 630 points; Belmont High School, also 630 points.

Incredible match-- great job, teams.

(cheers and applause) Okay, next up is the category round with the following categories: Measure for Measure, The Truth Is Out There, Poultry in Motion, Leap of Faith, The Queen's Gambit, and In the Heights.

Teams will be able to choose two five-question categories and will have the option to toss one question per category to the other team.

And teams are able to confer.

So, Andover, who's your spokesperson gonna be?

>> Me.

>> COSTA: Liam!

Okay.

And Belmont High School?

>> I'll be the spokesperson.

>> COSTA: Okay, Kiril.

Now, since the score is, incredibly, tied, the first category selection was determined by a coin toss.

Belmont won.

So Belmont, you get to choose the first category.

What's it going to be?

>> I would say either Measure for Measure or In the Heights.

Just what I'd say, but... >> All right, we'll start with In the Heights.

>> COSTA: All right, Kiril, here we go.

In the Heights-- questions about mountains.

And for ten points: what snowy peak in Japan sees about 300,000 visitors every year, making it the most hiked mountain in the world?

>> Like Fuji?

>> Yeah, I'd say so.

All right, our answer is Mount Fuji.

>> COSTA: And Mount Fuji is correct.

Now for 15 points: what dormant volcano in Tanzania is the highest mountain in Africa and the highest single free- standing mountain in the world?

>> Kilimanjaro.

>> Kilimanjaro.

Yeah.

>> Yeah, that sounds... >> All right, our answer is Kilimanjaro.

>> COSTA: That is correct.

Now for 20 points: what huge mountain range in northern Africa is named for a figure from Greek mythology who was made to hold up the sky for eternity?

>> Atlas.

>> Atlas, yeah.

Our final answer is the Atlas Mountains.

>> COSTA: And that is the correct answer.

Now, for 25 points-- with an elevation of 4,406 feet, Ben Nevis is the highest mountain of the British Isles.

It's located in what constituent country of the United Kingdom?

>> Maybe Scotland?

Ireland?

>> I think... Yeah, I think it's Scotland.

>> COSTA: We'll need an answer, Kiril.

>> Scotland is our final answer.

>> COSTA: And Scotland is correct.

Now for 30 points-- one of the most prominent peaks of the Cascades, what active volcano is the highest mountain in Oregon?

>> Rainier, or... Mount St... Washington?

Okay.

>> Uh, I feel like this is... >> COSTA: Waiting on an answer.

>> St. Helen.

>> All right, should we pass?

>> Should we-- is it-- oh, it's Mount Hood, it's Mount Hood.

>> Okay, our final answer is Mount Hood.

>> COSTA: And Mount Hood is the correct answer.

And now we go to Andover High School.

You'll need a category.

>> Um, I was thinking, guys, like, Measure for Measure seems like it's about math.

And has anyone watched The Queen's Gambit?

>> I think we should go with Measure for Measure.

>> All right.

>> Yeah.

>> Okay.

>> I think Measure for Measure works.

>> All right, sounds good.

>> All right, Measure for Measure is our category.

>> COSTA: Okay, Measure for Measure.

Questions about measurement.

And for ten points-- how many pints are in one gallon?

>> Um, is it... >> I think... >> 16?

>> Eight?

>> It is... >> It's eight.

>> Yeah, it is eight.

>> Eight, final answer.

>> COSTA: Liam?

>> Eight.

>> COSTA: And eight is correct.

Now, for 15 points-- a fortnight is a unit of time equal to how many weeks?

>> Two, right?

>> Two weeks.

>> Two weeks, final answer.

>> COSTA: And two is correct.

For 20 points-- in cubic units, what is the volume of a triangular prism with a base area of 63 square units and a height of ten units?

>> Uh, it's just... >> Three-tenths?

>> Is it one-third or one-half?

>> One-third.

>> Oh, right, okay.

So it's 31 times 10, which is 310... >> (inaudible) >> COSTA: Liam, you have an answer?

>> 210.

>> COSTA: No, 630 cubic units is the answer.

Now for 25 points-- lemon juice, which has a pH of two, is how many times more acidic than black coffee, which has a pH of five?

>> Um... >> 1,000.

>> 1,000?

>> Wait, guys, did he say rectangular prism or triangular prism?

>> That was the last question.

>> Um... >> Don't worry about it.

>> COSTA: We need an answer, Liam.

>> ...1,000, it's 1,000 times.

>> COSTA: 1,000 is the correct answer.

Now for 30 points-- a propeller makes 1,000 revolutions per minute.

How many degrees does it rotate in one second?

>> So it's like 16.6... >> 16.6 and two-thirds.

>> 16 and two-thirds.

>> COSTA: Do you have a final answer, Liam?

>> Yes, 16 and two-thirds rotations per second.

>> COSTA: 6,000 degrees is the answer.

And now we go back to Belmont High School.

You'll need a category.

>> What do you guys think?

>> I would say either The Truth is Out There or Poultry in Motion.

>> Shall we go with, then... >> The Truth is Out There?

>> Sure.

All right, we'll go with The Truth is Out There.

>> COSTA: The Truth is Out There.

Questions about nonfiction.

For ten points-- what 1962 book by Rachel Carson sparked a national outcry against the use of pesticides and launched the modern environmental movement in the United States?

>> Like Silent Spring.

>> Yeah.

>> Silent Spring.

Okay, our final answer is Silent Spring.

>> COSTA: And Silent Spring is the correct answer.

In his bestselling book The Splendid and the Vile, Erik Larson describes how what prime minister taught the British people "the art of being fearless" during the Blitz?

>> Churchill, probably.

>> Churchill.

>> All right, our final answer is Churchill.

>> COSTA: And that is a correct answer.

And now for 20 points-- in 2015, who won a National Book Award for Between the World and Me, written as a letter to his teenage son about what it means to be Black and male in America?

>> Coates.

>> Is it?

>> I think so... >> Coates, Cindy?

Okay... >> Yeah.

>> Our final answer is Coates.

>> COSTA: Ta-Nehisi Coates is the correct answer.

Now, for 25 points-- who revolutionized the field of anthropology in 1928 with her perennial bestseller Coming of Age in Samoa?

>> Uh... >> Uh, Margaret Mead.

>> Oh, okay.

Our final answer is Mead.

>> COSTA: Margaret Mead is the answer.

And now for 30 points-- in her seminal essay "Straightening Our Hair," what feminist author explains the many reasons why some Black women choose to wear their hair straight?

>> Uh...

Anyone?

>> Pass?

Toss?

>> I feel like it's on the tip of my tongue, though.

Uh... >> COSTA: We'll need an answer, Kiril.

>> Maybe not.

Maybe we'll... All right, let's... >> Pass.

>> Yeah.

>> We're gonna pass.

>> COSTA: You're going to pass?

>> Yep.

>> COSTA: bell hooks is the answer there.

And now back to Andover High School we go.

Category, please.

>> Um, I was... if, if Queen's Gambit is about chess, I could probably get all or most, but if it's about the show, I don't know.

>> Has anyone watched the show just in case it's about that?

>> It's not, it's probably not going to be about the show.

>> Okay, I think I can get them all, then.

If it's about chess... >> Okay, yeah, we'll do, we'll choose The Queen's Gambit.

>> COSTA: Okay, thank you, Liam.

The Queen's Gambit-- questions about queens.

For ten points-- the last monarch of the Tudor dynasty, what English queen defied Parliament by never marrying?

>> Um, Elizabeth?

>> Elizabeth.

>> Elizabeth I.

>> Yeah.

>> Okay, Elizabeth I, final answer.

>> COSTA: And that's a correct answer.

Now, for 15 points-- the last pharaoh before Egypt fell into Roman rule, what popular and well-educated queen married two of her brothers and had a hand in the deaths of three of her siblings?

>> Um, Cleopatra... >> Cleopatra?

Cleopatra, final answer.

>> COSTA: Cleopatra is correct.

Now for 20 points-- murdered with the rest of her family in 1918, what Russian tsarina is remembered for her blind faith in the mystic Rasputin, and for urging her husband Nicholas II to resist giving up autocratic control?

>> Romanov, right?

>> Alexandra.

>> Oh, Alexandra.

>> Alexandra?

>> Alexandra.

>> Alexandra, final answer.

>> COSTA: And Alexandra is a correct answer.

Now, for 25 points-- a statue near Westminster Bridge in London honors what Celtic queen who led a major uprising against the occupying Romans around the year 60 A.D.?

>> Um, Boudshina?

>> How do you say it?

>> Boadicea?

>> I thought it-- okay.

>> Can you say that again?

>> Boadicea.

>> Boadicea, final answer.

>> COSTA: Yes, "BU-dik-a" or "bu-DEEK-a" is the answer.

>> Okay.

>> COSTA: And for 30 points-- the Jewish holiday of Purim commemorates what beloved Jewish queen who thwarted a plot to kill all the Jews in ancient Persia in the 5th century BC?

>> Um... >> I think it's called-- her name was Esther.

>> Esther?

>> Yeah.

>> All right.

Esther, final answer.

>> COSTA: And Esther is the correct answer.

(bell rings) And that is the end of the category round.

The score right now-- Andover, 730 points; Belmont, 800 points.

How about it for both teams?

(cheers and applause) ♪ ♪ Okay, we are headed into the final round of play, the lightning round.

All players are active, and with each response can add or subtract 20 points to their team's total.

A decision not to answer does not impact the score.

We have ten questions.

Teams, good luck.

Who tried to sue the producer of the 1960s TV series Route 66, claiming it plagiarized his novel On the Road?

Was it Allen Ginsberg or Jack Kerouac?

Jack Kerouac.

Led by Lech Walesa, what independent Polish labor union helped contribute to the fall of Soviet communism?

Is it Unity or Solidarity?

Solidarity.

What was the last continent to form when it began separating from Antarctica about 85 million years ago, Australia or South America?

Australia.

What is the lightest of all metals and the first metal listed on the periodic table, sodium or lithium?

>> Lithium.

The hit Netflix docuseries Cheer follows the elite cheerleading team at what junior college in Corsicana, Texas?

Navarro College or Tyler College?

Navarro College.

In what country would you find the highest and lowest points in South America?

Brazil or Argentina?

Argentina.

Who is traditionally credited as the author of The Art of War, the earliest known treatise on war and military strategy?

Is it Sun Tzu or Genghis Khan?

Sun Tzu.

V=IR, or "voltage equals current times resistance," is known as which law, Kirchhoff's law or Ohm's law?

Ohm's law.

The last English king to die in combat, who was killed at the Battle of Bosworth Field during the War of the Roses?

Henry V or Richard III?

Richard III.

After the Civil War, Black men got the right to vote through what constitutional amendment, the 14th amendment or the 15th amendment?

The 15th amendment.

(bell rings) That is the bell ending the game.

And the winner: Andover High School with 1,210 points.

Belmont High School, incredibly, finishes with 1,200 points.

So, wow, what a round!

(cheers and applause) Congratulations, teams.

Great job.

So, Andover High School now will move on to the semifinals, where they'll take on the winner of next week's match between British International School of Boston and Sharon High School.

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