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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 Hall High School going up against Longmeadow High School.

Let's meet the teams, starting with Longmeadow High, coached by Tracy Kelly.

>> Hi, I'm Thomas Breed and I'm a senior from Longmeadow High School.

>> I'm Spencer Deloso and I'm a senior from Longmeadow High School.

>> Hi.

My name is Marian Gebhart and I'm a senior at Longmeadow High School.

>> Hi, I'm Nicholas Cristoforo, and I'm a senior at Longmeadow High School.

At this moment, I'd like to acknowledge our alternates, C.J.

Delizo and Andreas Christopher Akis.

And for Hall High School, coached by Jim Krabbe and Christina Hunter.

>> Hi.

My name is Kate Graden, and I'm a junior from Hall High School.

>> Hi, my name is Rebecca Bremser and I'm a junior at Hall High School.

>> My name is Marley Bloom, and I'm a sophomore at Hall High School.

Hi, my name is Rachel Simmons, and I'm a junior at Hall High School.

We start off each match with the challenge round.

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

Good luck to both teams.

Let's begin with the first question of the evening.

Complete the following relationship.

Pierre is to South Dakota as what capital city is to Wyoming?

Longmeadow.

Cheyenne.

Yes.

Cheyenne is correct.

According to article five of the US Constitution, whenever two thirds of both the House and Senate shall deem it necessary, they may propose.

What to the Constitution Hall.

An amendment.

Amendment?

Yes.

That's correct.

What is the name of a two dimensional geometric shape?

That is, a four sided polygon and has parallel opposite sides that are equal in length.

Longmeadow.

Square.

I'm sorry.

That is incorrect.

All right.

How high school.

That gives you the chance to answer the question.

Parallelogram.

Yes.

Parallelogram is right.

What part of the human body is an organ of both the digestive system and the endocrine system?

It helps food digestion and makes insulin, which helps to control blood sugar level.

Longmeadow.

Pancreas.

Pancreas.

Yes.

That's right.

On January 10th, 2021, Kim Jong UN was elected as the general secretary of the ruling Workers Party.

In what country?

Longmeadow.

North Korea.

North Korea.

Yes.

That's right.

In what George Orwell novel does, Old major a respected Boer Hall.

Animal farm.

Didn't have to finish that one.

Yes.

Animal farm is correct.

Grab your pens for this one.

If two sides of a rectangle are each 13in long and the other two are 12in long, what is the area of that rectangle?

Longmeadow 156ft .

Square feet.

I'm sorry.

That is incorrect.

Hall high school.

Can you answer the question?

157ft .

Correct answer is Is 156in , not feet.

Let's move on to the next one.

In the instrumental orchestra world, which of these terms directs you to play slowly?

Is it Lento.

Allegretto or vivace.

Longmeadow.

Lento.

Lento.

Yes.

That's right.

On March 25th, 1965, Martin Luther King Junior and 25,000 civil rights activists successfully ended the four day march from Selma.

To what city?

Longmeadow.

Montgomery.

Montgomery.

Yes.

That's correct.

An astronomical unit, or A.U., is a unit of length approximately equal to the distance from the Earth.

To what?

Longmeadow.

The sun.

Sun?

Yes.

That's right.

In what classic film.

Will you hear this line?

Toto, I've got a feeling we're.

Longmeadow.

The Wizard of Oz.

Not in Kansas anymore.

Yes.

That's right.

A delphinium is a type of.

What is it?

A boat, insect, flower or coin?

Longmeadow.

Flower.

Flower is right.

If you travel due north from Indianapolis, Indiana.

What is the first state border that you'll cross?

Longmeadow.

Michigan.

Michigan is right.

On May 30th, 1854, the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska act replaced, what, 1820 compromise?

Longmeadow, Missouri.

Compromise?

Yes, that is correct.

Nice job.

Listen to the sentence very carefully.

If given advance notice, the hotel should be able to accommodate your needs.

Please spell the word accommodate.

Longmeadow ACCOMMODATE2.

M's.

Yes, that is correct.

As of 2019, the Dead Sea's surface was 1412ft below sea level, making its shores the lowest land based elevation on Earth.

On what continent will you find the Dead Sea?

Longmeadow.

Asia.

Asia is correct.

A Japanese bobtail is a type of.

What is it?

Dog, cat, horse or sheep?

Longmeadow.

Cat.

Cat is correct.

What element on the periodic table is designated by the lone letter W Hall.

Tungsten.

Tungsten is correct manga or comics or graphic novels.

Novels that originated in the late 19th century.

In what world?

Country.

Longmeadow.

Japan.

Japan is correct on many job or school applications you fill out, you'll see the letters combinations DOB, which is an abbreviation of birth.

Date of birth?

Yes.

That's right.

You'll need your pens again for this one as quick as you can.

What is the answer to this multiplication problem?

Six times seven times eight.

Longmeadow.

426.

I'm sorry.

That is incorrect.

All right.

Hall high school.

That gives you the chance to answer yes.

>> 336.

336 is the right answer.

Not quite in time.

Which of the following is a unit for measuring the heat content of a hot pepper?

A BTU.

A Longmeadow.

Scoville.

Heat unit.

Scoville.

Yes, that is correct.

What Massachusetts poet wrote.

A bird came down the walk.

Longmeadow.

Emily Dickinson didn't have to finish that.

Yes, that is correct.

Fra Mauro was a noted 15th century.

What?

Cartographer.

Hall, high school cartographer.

I didn't have to finish those as well.

That's very nice job.

Cartographer is the right answer.

Moving on.

According to American tradition, gifts given to a couple celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary.

Longmeadow.

Silver would be silver.

Yes.

Atomic number 47.

Nice job.

And that marks the end of our challenge round.

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

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

We asked the team from Longmeadow High what would you rather have?

Spaghetti for hair or marshmallows for hands.

And why?

I think it's got to be spaghetti for hair.

I mean, everybody wants that, like thick, luscious hair and nothing thicker than a strand of spaghetti.

I think the obvious answer is to have marshmallows for hands, because then I could just catch anything.

Although I am rather attached to my curls.

I would rather have spaghetti for hair because I think that I need my hands for a lot more things, and there's a wide variety of fashionable hats available.

Of course, I'd like to have spaghetti for hair.

If I had marshmallows for hands, how would I press the buzzer?

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

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.

Your team loses five points.

Well, let's see which team will capitalize in this round.

Each answer begins with the letter sequence C a p as in the word capitalize.

You have 90s starting right now.

Seaside land protrusions.

Mae.

Cod and Longmeadow.

Kate.

Yes, that's correct.

A commissioned rank in the armed forces.

Longmeadow.

Captain.

Captain is correct.

Hartford, Albany and Augusta.

Longmeadow.

Capital cities.

Yes, that is correct.

It's a sign of the Zodiac.

Longmeadow.

Capricorn.

Capricorn is correct to take as a prisoner.

Longmeadow.

Capture.

Capture is correct.

A crowning achievement.

Longmeadow.

Capstone.

Capstone is correct.

Having the ability required for a specific task.

Hall.

Capacity.

Yes, that is correct.

A frivolous prank or escapade.

Longmeadow.

Caper.

Caper is right.

A minute thin walled vessel of the body.

Longmeadow.

Capillary.

Capillary is right.

Espresso.

Coffee topped with steamed milk.

Longmeadow.

Cappuccino.

Cappuccino is correct.

20th century gangster nicknamed Scarface.

Longmeadow.

Capone Capone is right.

One who is taken prisoner.

Longmeadow.

Captain.

Captive is right.

Text on a video screen for the hearing impaired.

Longmeadow.

Caption.

Caption is correct.

A brief or condensed Summary.

Longmeadow.

Capsule is the right answer there.

The amount that a bottle top holds.

Longmeadow.

Capsule.

Capsule is correct.

A device for accumulating electric charge.

Longmeadow.

Capacitor.

Capacitor is right to accidentally overturn a boat.

Longmeadow.

Capsize.

Size is correct.

To surrender under specified conditions.

Capitulate is the right answer there.

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

We move on now with 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 at the moment.

Hall High School you are behind also means you get the first opportunity to pick a category and a point value.

What's it going to be?

World events for 30.

World events for 30.

Here we go with your qualifying question.

Who is the president of the United States at the end of World War two, in 1945?

Harry Truman?

Yes, that is correct.

Let's move on.

More about President Truman for ten points each.

Take a look at your screen first.

Truman became president upon whose death on April 12th, 1945.

FDR or Franklin Delano Roosevelt?

President Roosevelt yes, that is correct.

Nice job.

Let's move on now to the next question.

On July 17th, 1945, the three leading World War Two allies against Germany gathered in Potsdam to plan for post-war peace in Europe.

Attending were President Truman, Winston Churchill of Great Britain, and this leader of the Soviet Union.

Name him.

Joseph Stalin.

Yes, Stalin is correct.

And finally calling for Japan's surrender.

On July 26th, 1945, President Truman collaborated on the Potsdam Declaration with Winston Churchill and this man, Chiang Kai shek.

The leader of what Asian country?

China.

China.

Yes.

Nice job.

Longmeadow.

Your turn.

First time of the evening to please pick a category and a point.

Value.

General knowledge for 30.

General knowledge for 30.

Oh, we have a video qualifier.

Take a look at your screen.

>> Hi, I'm Gene Cassidy, president and CEO of the Eastern States Exposition.

With your qualifying question.

The big E is known for its classic fair food like corn dogs and loaded baked potatoes, but is also known for its international food vendors and new fair favorites.

There is one constant at the big E!

They sell over 100,000 of these French pastries, which have become a big staple to qualify.

Name this pastry cream puff.

It is the cream puff.

My favorite.

All right, nice job.

Let's move on.

More with yummy pastries.

These are for ten points each.

Take a look at your screen first.

This Sicilian pastry consists of a tube shaped shell of fried pastry dough filled with sweet, creamy filling that contains ricotta cheese.

Name this pastry.

A cannoli.

Cannoli.

Yes.

That's right.

This crescent shaped French pastry is made using yeast leavened laminated dough layered with butter, then rolled and folded before baking.

Name this pastry.

A croissant.

Croissant is correct.

And finally, this western Mediterranean pastry is a dessert made of layered phyllo pastry filled with chopped nuts and sweetened with syrup and honey.

Name this pastry.

Baklava.

Yes, that is correct.

All right.

Hall High school, once again, please pick a category and a point value.

Social studies.

Social studies for 30.

Social studies for 30 to qualify.

Take a look at your screens.

Founded in 1701, Yale University is the third oldest institution of higher education in the United States.

In what city and state does Yale University call home?

New Haven, Connecticut.

New Haven, Connecticut.

Yes.

That's correct.

Sticking with the Ivy League, I'll name another Ivy League school.

You tell me in what city and state it is located.

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

First Cornell University.

Ithaca, New York.

Yes that's right.

How about Brown University.

Providence, Rhode.

Island?

That is correct.

And finally Dartmouth College.

Hanover, New Hampshire.

Yes.

You're correct.

Nice job.

Longmeadow.

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

Math and science for.

30, please.

Math and science for 30 to qualify.

When chemist Henry Cavendish discovered this colorless, odorless, tasteless, flammable gas in 1766, he called it inflammable air.

What do we now know it as today?

Hydrogen.

Hydrogen?

Yes.

That's right.

Let's move on.

More about the first chemical element for ten points each.

Take a look at your screen.

There are three known isotopes of hydrogen.

Which isotope?

Whose symbol you see here has a nucleus that contains one proton and one neutron.

Deuterium.

Deuterium.

Yes.

That's right.

An important industrial application of hydrogen is the manufacture of this chemical compound.

Compound whose chemical formula you see on the screen.

Ammonia.

Ammonia.

Yes.

That's right.

And finally, let's try this one.

Because this hydrogen compound is a strong oxidizer, it's often used as a bleaching agent.

Hydrogen peroxide.

Yes that's correct.

Very nice Hall high school once again.

Your turn.

Arts and entertainment.

Arts and entertainment for 30.

Arts and entertainment for 30.

Here's your qualifying question.

Based on the 1994 Walt Disney Animation, this Broadway musical features such songs as.

Hakunamatata and Can You Feel the Love Tonight?

Name the musical.

The Lion.

King, the Lion King yes, you are correct.

More Broadway musicals for young people for ten points each.

First, this musical is told from the perspective of the witches of the Land of Oz.

Its plot begins before and continues after Dorothy Gale arrives in Oz from Kansas.

Name the name.

The musical wicked.

Wicked is correct.

Here's the next one.

Based on the 2013 Walt Disney animated film, this musical centers on the relationship between two sisters who are princesses, Elsa and Anna.

Songs in this show include Do You Want to Build a Snowman?

And For the First Time in Forever.

Name this musical frozen.

Frozen is correct.

And finally, try this one.

Also based on a Walt Disney animated film, this story features a boy, a princess, and a genie.

Songs from this show include A Whole New World and Arabian Nights.

Name this musical.

Aladdin.

Aladdin is right.

Very nice.

All right.

Longmeadow, once again, please pick a category and a point.

Value literature for.

30.

Last of the 30s.

Here's your qualifying question.

In which Shakespearean play will you encounter?

Prince Escalus, the Prince of Verona and a kinsman of Mercutio and Paris.

Romeo and Juliet.

Yes, Romeo and Juliet is correct.

Let's move on.

In this category, in which Shakespearean play will you find each of the following royal characters for ten points each.

Take a look at your screen first.

Queen Gertrude.

Macbeth.

Macbeth.

Correct answer.

There is hamlet.

Let's try.

King Duncan.

Macbeth.

Macbeth.

Yes.

That's right.

And finally, the Prince of Morocco.

The merchant of Venice.

You are correct.

Yes.

Hall high school.

Once again, please pick a category and a point.

Value.

Relevance.

World events for 25.

World events for 25 to qualify.

On December 7th, 1787, Delaware became the first of the original 13 colonies to ratify the Constitution.

What New England state was the last of the original 13 colonies to ratify the Constitution on May 29th, 1790.

Was it Massachusetts, Rhode Island, or Connecticut?

Rhode Island.

Rhode Island is correct.

Let's move on in this category, finding out who founded some of the original 13 colonies.

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

Which colony was founded by John Smith, shown here, and Christopher Newport in 1607.

Virginia.

Virginia is correct.

Which colony was founded by Thomas Hooker in 1636 after dissenting with Puritan leaders in Massachusetts?

Oh.

Rhode Island.

Connecticut is the right answer there.

Finally, for five points, which of the original 13 Colonies was founded by Sir George Calvert, also known as Lord Baltimore, in 1634.

Maryland.

Maryland is correct.

Longmeadow.

Once again.

Your turn.

General knowledge for 25.

General knowledge for 25.

Qualifying question.

Listen to the sentence.

I made many new acquaintances on my first day of school.

Spell the word acquaintances.

A c q u a I n t a n c e s. Yes, that is correct.

Moving on.

More with words beginning with a q.

These are for ten points each.

First, acquisitive means a strong desire to gain information or ideas.

Spell the word acquisitive.

A c q u I s I t I v. E. That is correct.

Here's the next one.

An acquittal is a judgment that a defendant is not guilty of a crime as charged.

Spell the word acquittal as it was used in that sentence.

A c q u I t t a l. Yes.

That's right.

Finally.

This one's for five points.

I was acquiring lots of donations for the fundraiser.

Spell the word acquiring as it was used in that sentence.

A c q u I r I n g. Very nice job.

Yes, you are correct.

Hall High school.

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

Arts.

Entertainment.

Arts and entertainment.

25.

Arts and entertainment for 25.

Qualifying question Alicia Keys, Sir Elton John and Herbie Hancock are most closely associated.

With.

What musical instrument?

Piano.

The piano.

Piano.

Yes.

That's right.

Let's move on.

I'll name a group of musicians.

You tell me which instrument is most closely associated with all of the members of that group.

For ten points each.

Take a look at your screen first.

Eric Clapton, B.B.

King and Eddie Van Halen.

Guitar.

Guitar.

Yes.

Dave Grohl, Neil Peart and Sheila E. Drums.

Drums is correct.

And finally, this one is for five points.

Miles Davis, Louis Armstrong, and Wynton Marsalis.

Trumpet.

Trumpet.

Yes.

That's right.

Longmeadow.

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

Math and.

Science for 25.

Please.

Math and science for 25.

Here we go with your qualifying question.

Take a look at your screen.

Consider the simple Trig function y equals the sine of x.

What is the slope of the tangent to this function at x equals 90 degrees.

Zero.

Yes.

Zero is correct.

Sticking with basic functions of X for ten points each.

Take a look at your screen.

First, what is the slope of the tangent to the function y equals four x cubed plus three x squared -17 x plus 43.

At x equals zero.

-17.

Yes.

-17 is correct.

Try this.

What is the slope of the tangent to the function y equals the natural log of the quantity x squared plus one.

At x equals one.

One half one is actually the right answer there.

Finally let's do this one for five points.

What's the slope of the tangent to the function y equals the tangent of x at x equals zero degrees x one.

One is the right answer.

And that marks the end of our capitalization round.

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

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

We asked the team from Hall High.

What's the strangest app on your phone?

The strangest app on my phone is called calc, and I run track.

So it tells me how fast to run my 400 or whatever it is for the workout.

The strangest app on my phone is the Screaming Chicken Simulator.

No explanation needed.

The strangest app on my phone is my notes app.

Because I am an avid to do list writer, and everything that I have ever done is in that notes app.

I'd say the strangest app on my phone is fire.

It's the app that Vex robotics uses to schedule when your matches are for robotics competitions.

Time now for the final 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, and your team loses five points.

What's the over under for this round?

Each answer contains either the word over or the word under somewhere in it.

You have 90s starting right now to ponder or reflect on a subject.

Hall wonder.

Think over is the right answer there.

A less elegant way to say funeral director.

Longmeadow.

Undertaker.

Yes.

That's correct.

Australia is often called this Longmeadow.

Down under land.

Down under is correct.

A primary authority for comic book grading.

Overstreet Price Guide is the right answer.

Popular moisture wicking sports clothing line.

Longmeadow.

Under armour, under armour is correct.

To keep something secret or concealed.

Longmeadow.

Under wraps.

Under wraps is correct.

You're this.

If you're not feeling very well.

Longmeadow.

Under the weather?

Yes.

That's correct.

To be extremely happy.

Hall High school.

Overjoyed.

Yes.

That's correct.

To renovate or convert something for a different use.

Longmeadow overhaul.

Makeover or do over is the right answer.

If you are put in police custody, you're this Longmeadow under arrest.

Yes.

That's right.

A request of how your eggs should be cooked.

Longmeadow.

Over.

Easy.

Over.

Easy is correct.

These types of meds don't need a prescription.

Longmeadow.

>> Over the counter.

Over the counter is correct.

What?

You'll want a bad storm to do.

Longmeadow.

Pass over.

Blow over is the right answer there.

Jules Verne's novel about the submarine.

Longmeadow.

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.

Yes.

That's correct.

The next line of hey Diddle diddle.

The cat and the fiddle.

Longmeadow.

The cow jumped over the moon.

Yes.

That's correct.

A radio operators three word phrase meaning transmission ended.

Correct answer.

There is over and out.

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

It also marks the end of our match and a slight adjustment to make.

In that last lightning round.

We asked the question to renovate or convert something for a for a different use.

We were looking for makeover or do over.

Longmeadow gave the answer of overhaul, which we are going to accept.

So congratulations about that.

And the score is adjusted and we want to say thank you to both teams.

What a great match up tonight.

I know that there at Hull High School was a couple of team members who pitched in at the last moment with all smiles throughout the match.

So congratulations to you have to say though, Longmeadow on a roll as usual.

So great job on winning tonight's matchup to see the 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.

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