>> Join us tonight as Chicopee Comprehensive High School goes up against Gateway Regional High School.

The historic 64th season of Western New England's award winning high school quiz show continues tonight as schools match wits.

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Good evening and welcome to.

As schools match wits coming to you from the campus of Westfield State University.

I'm your host, Beth Ward.

Once again, high schools from throughout our region are going head to head in qualifying matches to see who can score enough points to finish in the top eight and compete in this season's championship tournament.

In tonight's matchup, we have Chicopee Comprehensive High School going up against Gateway Regional High School.

Let's take a second to meet the teams starting with Gateway Regional, coached by Chris Mosier.

>> Hi.

My name is Jesse Balboni and I'm a senior from Gateway Regional High School.

>> Hi.

My name is Anna Holmes and I'm a junior at Gateway Regional.

>> Hello.

My name is Jake Marchbanks and I'm a junior at Gateway Regional High School.

Hello, I'm Kaitlyn McCulloch and I'm a sophomore from Gateway Regional.

And I'd like to recognize our alternate Matthew Douglas.

And it should be comprehensive.

Coached by Mark Ryan.

>> Hi, I'm Alison Wenzel and I'm a junior at Chicopee Comp.

>> Hi I'm Ji Seong chang and I'm a junior from Chicopee Comp.

Cop.

>> Hi, my name is Annika Shaw and I am a sophomore at Chicopee Comp.

>> Hi, I'm Ethan Lockwood, I'm a senior at Chicopee Comp and I'd like to recognize our alternates, Julian Demers and Benjamin Baez.

As we do each match.

We start off with the challenge round.

Both teams will have a chance to buzz in and answer questions for ten points each.

All right.

Good luck to both teams.

Here we go with the first question of the evening.

In what organ of the human body does the inflammatory disease conjunctivitis appear.

Just under the buzzer Chicopee comp froat.

I'm sorry.

That is incorrect.

All right, gateway, that gives you the chance to answer the question.

>> Liver.

Correct answer is the I.

Let's move on.

Try this one.

Finish the phrase we the people of the United States of America in order to form a more perfect gateway Union.

Yes, Union is correct.

Grab your pens for this one.

An auditorium has 450 seats.

The venue charges $12 per ticket for an event.

If 90% of the seats get filled, how much money did the venue take in?

Time is up.

Answer $4,860.

Let's move on to the next one.

Complete the following relationship.

Baton Rouge is to Louisiana as what capital city is to the state of Alabama.

Chicopee.

Montgomery.

Yes, Montgomery is right.

In March of 2021, one of the world's largest container ships, the Ever Given, blocked what?

Egyptian canal gateway.

The Suez.

Canal?

Yes.

Didn't have to finish that one.

Very nice job.

In which novel?

By George Orwell.

Will you hear the line?

Who controls the past?

Controls the future.

Gateway, 1984.

Yes.

That's right.

Grab your pens once again.

a certain rectangle has an area of 135in .

If two sides of the rectangle are each 15in long, what is the length of each of the other two sides?

Chicopee.

Nine inches.

Yes, nine inches is correct.

At the 2022 Grammy Awards, the record of the year award went to the song Leave the Door Open by what?

American super duo gateway.

Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars.

I'm sorry.

That is incorrect.

All right.

Chicopee.

That gives you the chance to answer the question.

Bruno Mars and Anderson.

Paak.

Yes.

That's correct.

Otherwise known as Silk Sonic.

Here's the next one.

In a four part musical chorus, which of these groups typically sings the highest notes?

Bass.

Tenor or soprano?

Gateway.

Soprano.

Yes.

That's right.

On August 15th, 1947, with the help of Mahatma Gandhi and the nonviolent resistance movement, India gained its independence.

From what nations rule?

Chicopee, Great.

Britain.

Yes.

That's right.

A dissertation is a long piece of writing that uses research to bring to light an original idea.

Spell the word dissertation gateway.

D I s s e r t a c I o n. I'm sorry.

That is incorrect.

All right.

Chicopee, can you answer the question?

D I s s e a t a t I o n yes.

T is the right answer.

All right.

Nice job.

Good try on that gateway.

Let's move on to the next one.

Aconcagua is the highest mountain in the Western Hemisphere.

In what country will you find a. Gateway.

Argentina?

Yes, Argentina is right.

Let's move on.

Athens is the capital and largest city in Greece.

What ancient Greek goddess was the city named after?

Gateway.

Athena?

Yes.

That's correct.

On the periodic table, what transition metals element is designated with the letters A, u, b?

Yes, gold is correct.

In our solar system, Raya spelled r e a, is the second largest moon that orbits around.

Which of the following planets?

Is it Jupiter, Neptune or Saturn?

Gateway.

Jupiter.

I'm sorry.

That is incorrect.

Jacob.

That gives you the chance to answer.

Saturn.

Saturn?

Yes.

That's the right answer.

Grab your pens once again.

What is the measure of the third angle of a triangle?

If one angle measures 95 degrees and the other 40 degrees.

Chicopee.

45 degrees.

Yes, that is correct.

All right.

Nice job on that.

Let's move on.

Johns Hopkins University can be found in which U.S. state?

Chicopee.

Repeat, please.

Maryland.

Yes, Maryland is the right answer.

And Aspen, spelled Aspen, is a type of.

What is it?

Gateway.

A tree?

Yes.

Didn't have to finish that.

Nice job.

If you travel due south from Carson City, Nevada, what is the first state border that you'll cross?

Chicopee.

California.

Yes.

You're right.

And that marks the end of our challenge round.

Let's take a minute now to meet the team from Gateway Regional High School.

>> Hi, I'm Mackenzie Gaudet from Westfield State University.

We asked the team from Gateway Regional what's a topic you could give a 30 minute presentation on with no preparation.

Ah, there's probably about a million things I could give a 30 minute presentation on, but I feel like a big thing is probably music.

I think the better question is, what could I not talk about for 30 minutes?

I think anyone who knows me knows that.

But particularly I am very passionate about theatre.

And if you get me started on any musical, I will not stop.

You will have to like.

You will have to make me stop my presentation.

Oh, I'd say a topic I could give a 30 minute presentation on is probably books I read like an awful lot.

So I think it'd be easy for me.

Probably movies or musical theatre.

I'm very into both of those and I could talk.

>> About them for a while.

Let's move on now to the first lightning round of the match.

Each team will have a chance to buzz in and answer questions for five points each.

Buzz in and answer correctly.

You win five points.

Answer incorrectly.

However, your team loses five points.

Well, let's see if you're a good sport or not.

I'll give you some terms from a particular sport.

You tell me what sport we're talking about.

You have 90s starting right now.

Dig, Spike server.

Chicopee.

Volleyball.

Volleyball is correct.

Dribbling.

Fullback.

Striker.

Chicopee.

Soccer.

Soccer is correct.

Bathing cap.

Driver.

Egg beater.

Chicopee.

Swimming.

Water polo is the right answer there.

Cartwheel.

Pommel horse.

Rings.

Gateway.

Gymnastics.

Yes.

Gymnastics is correct.

Baseline.

Footfault.

Love.

Gateway.

Tennis.

Tennis is correct.

Lutz.

Jump.

Axel.

Salchow.

Gateway.

Figure skating.

Yes.

That's correct.

Eagle.

Bogey.

Hazard.

Gateway.

Golf.

Golf is right.

Blueline.

Checking.

Power play.

Hockey.

Hockey.

Hockey is correct.

Jib.

Helm.

Tacking.

Gateway.

Horseback riding.

Sailing is the right answer.

There.

Try.

Jockey.

Furlong.

Backstretch.

That would be horse racing.

Try.

Jab.

Round.

Uppercut.

Chicopee.

Boxing.

Boxing is correct.

Alley oop.

Alley-oop.

Free throw.

Traveling.

Gateway.

Basketball.

Basketball is right bowler.

Batsman.

Wicket!

Chicopee.

Cricket.

Yes.

That's correct.

Scooping.

Poke.

Check.

Cradling.

Chicopee.

Lacrosse.

Lacrosse is correct.

Balk.

Bunt walk.

Chicopee.

Baseball.

Baseball is right.

Ruck scrum tackle.

Chicopee.

Rugby.

Rugby is correct.

Try getting air grab.

Halfpipe.

Gateway.

Skateboarding.

Yes, that is correct.

Or snowboarding?

We would accept that.

However, that bell marks the end of our first lightning round.

Time now for the capitalization round.

That's where teams get the chance to pick a category and a point value.

They'll need to answer a qualifying question first before they can continue on for points.

If they fail to answer that qualifying question correctly, their opponents will have the opportunity to capitalize and get those points.

All right.

We have a pretty close match going on right now however.

Gateway Regional, you are a little bit behind.

That also means you get the first opportunity to pick a category and a point value.

What's it going to be?

Could we have general knowledge for 30 please?

General knowledge for 30.

Here we go with your qualifying question.

Oh we have a video qualifier.

Take a look at your screen.

>> Hi.

My name is Nick Sogard, an infielder with the Boston Red Sox.

And I'm here with your qualifying question.

This ten time Red Sox all star retired in 2016 after that year's MLB season.

A year later, in 2017, it was announced that the Brookline Avenue Bridge outside of Fenway and the Connecting Yawkey Way Extension would be renamed in his honor.

To qualify, what is the name of this famous Red Sox player?

>> Here we go.

I have no idea.

Yes.

Mookie betts.

Anderson bridge.

I'm sorry.

That is incorrect.

All right.

Chicopee, can you capitalize?

David Ortiz.

Yes, big Papi, that is correct.

Let's move on.

More about names of bridges in the United States for ten points each.

Take a look at your screen.

First opened in 1931, this double decked bridge connects Manhattan in New York City with Fort Lee in new Jersey.

Name this bridge.

Brooklyn Bridge.

I'm sorry.

Correct answer is the George Washington Bridge.

Let's try this one.

Opened in 1937, this suspension bridge spans the one mile wide strait between San Francisco Bay and the Pacific Ocean.

Name this bridge.

Golden gate bridge?

Yes.

That's correct.

And finally.

Originally built in 1831, this bridge that once spanned the Thames River in England now resides in Lake Havasu City in Arizona.

Name this bridge.

I don't know where.

That would be the London Bridge.

All right.

Chicopee, please pick a category and a point value.

Um, arts and entertainment for 30.

Arts and entertainment for 30.

Here we go with your qualifying question.

Take a look at your screen once again.

This actress won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her role as Mia Dolan in the 2016 film La La Land.

Name this actress Emma Stone.

Yes, Emma Stone is correct.

More about Emma Stone's film career.

For ten points each, take a look at your screen.

First, in this 2012 superhero movie, Stone plays Gwen Stacy, a smart and charismatic high school classmate of Peter Parker named the film.

The Amazing Spider-Man.

Yes.

That's correct.

Try this one.

Emma Stone voiced the character eep in this 2013 animated adventure film set in the geologic Pliocene epoch.

Name this film.

The Croods.

Yes.

That's correct.

All right.

Finally, this 2021 film is based on the 1956 novel the 101 Dalmatians.

The film is an origin story of a villain played by Emma Stone, who becomes a famous symbol of vanity, greed, evil, and cruelty to animals.

Name the film.

Cruella.

Yes.

That's correct.

Nice job.

All right.

Gateway, please.

Once again, pick a category and a point value.

>> Galen.

Michalek.

Oh.

Please.

Oh, God.

Literature 30.

Literature for 30.

Here's your qualifying question.

Which of the following numerically titled works is a poem and not a novel?

The Sign of Four.

Slaughterhouse-Five.

Or when I was one and 20.

Sure.

When I was one and 20.

Yes, that is correct.

It was a poem by A.E.

Housman.

All right.

Moving on.

With numerical titles in literature, I'll give you an incomplete title and tell you the author.

You tell me the missing number.

For ten points each.

First, the Blank Towers by J.R.R.

Tolkien.

Three.

Correct answer.

There is two.

Let's try this.

Around the World in Blank Days by Jules Verne.

80.

80 is correct.

And finally, A Tale of Blank Cities by Charles Dickens.

Two.

Two is correct.

Nice.

All right.

Chicopee.

Comprehensive.

Your turn.

Once again, please pick a category and a point value.

Math and science for 30.

Math and science for 30.

Here we go with your qualifying question.

Clouds and weather are created in the innermost shell of the atmosphere known as the troposphere.

What is the name of the next layer?

Extending from 8 to 36 miles from the Earth's surface.

Is it ozone?

Is it io or maybe the ozone?

I'm sorry.

That is incorrect.

Right.

Gateway.

Regional.

Can you capitalize?

Stratosphere?

Yes, that is correct.

Let's move on.

More about Earth's atmosphere for ten points each.

Here's the first one.

Name the layer of the stratosphere that contains a high concentration of oxygen molecules and protects life on Earth from the sun's harmful ultraviolet radiation.

Ozone.

Ozone?

Yes, that.

That is correct.

All right.

This layer extends from about 31 to 50 miles above the Earth's surface.

It's considered one of the coldest places on Earth, with an average temperature of around -120F.

Name this layer.

Exosphere.

Mesosphere is the right answer.

All right.

Finally, let's try this one.

The International Space Station orbits within this layer of Earth's atmosphere, which gives way to the exosphere at about 250 miles from the Earth's surface.

She said exosphere.

And the answer?

Just say it, I suppose.

Thermosphere is the right answer there.

All right, gateway, once again, please pick a category and a point value.

Oh.

25.

All right.

Arts and entertainment 25.

Arts and entertainment for 25.

Here's your qualifying question.

Take a look at your screens.

This American composer and conductor wrote the musical scores for many feature films, including all of The Raiders of the Lost Ark and Star Wars franchise films, and the first three Harry Potter films.

Name this composer.

John Williams.

Yes.

John Williams is correct.

Let's see if you if you can identify these films, each of which John Williams received an Academy Award for his musical scores.

These are for ten points each.

Here's the first one.

Name the 1975 film about a great white shark that attacks beachgoers off shore at a New England summer resort town.

Jaws.

Jaws.

Yes.

That's right.

This 1977 sci fi film depicts character Roy Neary, who finds his ordinary life turned upside down after meeting up with a UFO, spurring him on to an obsessed cross-country quest to Devils Tower in Wyoming to find answers.

Name this film.

E.T.

That would be Close Encounters of the Third Kind.

All right.

Finally, let's try this.

This is for five points.

John Williams also wrote the score for this 1982 film about a young alien that seeks to help the help of a boy named Elliot, to find a way to phone home and contact his rescuers.

Name this film.

E.T.. You got it?

Yes.

That's right.

All right.

Chicopee.

Once again, please pick a category and a point value.

Social studies for.

30.

Social studies for 30.

To qualify.

Take a look at your screen.

Which of the following islands is not situated in the Atlantic Ocean?

The Canary Islands, Shetland Islands, Marshall Islands or Channel Islands.

What do you think?

I don't know, goals or something.

Just name one.

Marshall Islands?

Yes.

That's correct.

They're in the Pacific Ocean.

Nice job.

Let's move on.

In what body of water will you find each of these islands?

For ten points each.

Take a look at your screen once again.

First up.

Madagascar.

What's the one next to Asia Pacific?

Pacific.

Indian Ocean is the right answer.

Try.

Crete.

Crete.

Mediterranean.

Sure.

Mediterranean sea?

Yes.

That's correct.

Finally.

How about Trinidad?

All right, let's.

Let's go.

Her time is up.

Correct answer.

There is the Caribbean Sea.

All right, gateway regional, once again, please pick a category and a point value.

Tell me again what is an entertainment?

Again, no offense or literature.

What do you do?

General knowledge.

I'm not picking.

Okay.

Can we just.

What world events 30.

Much debate over that one.

All right.

World events for 30.

Here we go with your qualifying question.

Are you pick the Westfield State University entrance exam question.

Answer the qualifier and all of the category questions correctly.

Your team wins an additional ten points.

All right.

Good luck.

Here we go.

Announced on October 11th, 2024, the Japanese group Nihon, comprised of survivors of World War Two atomic bombings, were to be awarded.

What?

International peace prize?

A Nobel.

Prize?

Yes.

That's correct.

All right, let's move on.

Notable past Nobel Prize winners for ten points each.

Take a look at your screens.

First up, this scientist won the Nobel Prize in Physiology in 1904 for his work on the physiology of digestion through his experiments with salivation in dogs.

Name him.

Pavlov.

Yes.

That's right.

In 1911, this woman became the first person to ever be awarded two Nobel Prizes.

She was awarded the 1903 prize along with her husband Pierre for their research on radiation.

And the 1911 award for her discovery of the elements radium and polonium.

Name her.

Marie.

Sklodowska.

Curie.

Yes, that is correct.

All right.

Finally try this.

The 26th president of the United States won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1906 for his successful efforts to end the Russo-Japanese War.

With the two sides signing of the Treaty of Portsmouth in New Hampshire in 1905.

Name this president.

Theodore Roosevelt.

Yes, that is correct.

And that means that you also win the Westfield State University entrance exam.

Question.

So congratulations, your team wins an additional ten points.

All right, nice job.

Let's move on once again to Chicopee.

Please.

Once again, pick a category and a point value.

General knowledge for 25.

General knowledge for 25.

Here's your qualifying question.

Take a look at your screens.

Name the civilian alter ego of the comic book icon, The Incredible Hulk.

Bruce Banner yes, that's correct.

Let's see how well you know your comic book characters.

I'll provide the civilian characters and you provide his or her superhero or supervillain identity for five points each.

Here's the first one.

Diana Prince.

Wonder woman.

Yes.

That's correct.

Try Bruce Wayne.

Batman.

Yes.

That's right.

How about how Jordan.

Green Lantern.

That is right.

And Steve Rogers.

Captain.

America.

That is correct.

Finally, Tony Stark, Iron Man, you know your superheroes.

Very nice job.

And that marks the end of our capitalization round.

Let's take a second now to meet the team from Chicopee Comprehensive High school.

>> Hi, I'm Sam Horton from Westfield State University.

We asked the team from Chicopee Comp, what's the best thing about being your age?

You don't have that many responsibilities to worry about, but you can still do things like driving.

Probably being having one more year left of high school.

The best thing about being my age is having structure in my life.

I think the best thing about being my age is having enough freedom, but not enough freedom to make stupid decisions.

We have a close match, so let's move on to the final lightning round of the evening.

Each team will have a chance to buzz in and answer questions for five points each.

Buzz in answer correctly.

You win five points.

Answer incorrectly.

You know what happens?

Your team loses five points.

Well, you'll need some concentration for this round.

Each answer will be a word beginning with the letters c, O, n in that order, as in the word concentration.

You have 90s starting right now to resume something after an interruption.

Chicopee.

Continue.

Continue is correct.

The supreme legislative body of the U.S.. Chicopee Constitution.

Congress is the right answer there to bring an event to an end.

Gateway.

Conclude.

Yes.

That's correct.

A musical performance.

Concert.

Concert is correct.

Someone who utilizes economic goods.

>> Chicopee.

Consumer is the right answer there.

Latin dance in which participants form a long, winding line.

Chicopee.

Conga.

Conga is correct.

Point where two rivers flow together.

Confluence is the right answer there to help alleviate someone's grief or sense of loss.

Chicopee.

Comfort console is the right answer to formally assemble individuals for a purpose.

Convene is the right answer to hide or keep something from sight.

Chicopee.

Conceal.

Conceal is the right answer to abridge or shorten a long list.

That would be condense to secretly plan to commit an illegal act.

Gateway.

Conspire.

Conspire is correct.

The leader of a band or orchestra.

Chicopee.

Conductor.

Yes.

That's right.

Another medical term for a bruise on the skin.

That would be contusion.

To join or fasten two things together.

>> Gateway.

Conjoin.

Conjoin or connect is right.

Ah!

That bell marks the end of our last lightning round.

It also marks the end of a very close match.

That was a really exciting match up tonight.

Gateway.

Regional.

Fabulous job.

I mean, it was neck and neck throughout the entire matchup.

Chicopee Comprehensive High School, you are the winners tonight.

So congratulations to you for a job well done.

To see this season's roster.

And for more information, be sure to log on to our webpage at npr.org.

Or you can look for us on Facebook and Instagram.

I'm your host, Beth Ward.

Good night, and be sure to tune in again next time.

As schools match wits.

>> The members of the Massachusetts Teachers Association are working together to ensure that all students have the resources they need to succeed.

The MTA 180 years of commitment to the public, schools and colleges our communities deserve.

>> To excel is so recognized that you want to continue to grow and transform and evolve into a better person.

Westfield State is a fit for me because it's a campus that's big enough to host a community in which I can get to know different kinds of people.

>> The impact I want to leave at Westfield State is to be a leader, to get involved.

Each person has their own excellence.

>> Hold on.

We drop this beat like.

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