>> Join us tonight as the Macduffie school goes up against Ludlow 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 the Macduffie school going up against Ludlow High School.

Let's meet the teams, starting with Ludlow High, coached by Gerald Martin.

>> Hi, I'm Joseph Kerouac and I am a senior at Ludlow High School.

>> Hi, I'm Faith Kerouac, and I'm a junior at Ludlow High School.

>> Hi, I'm Brady fisher.

I'm a junior at Ludlow High School.

>> Hi, I'm Natalia Houlihan, a junior at Ludlow High School.

And I would like to acknowledge our alternate, Larissa Wright.

And for Macduffie, coached by Ted Lyman.

>> Hi.

I'm Jefferson Wood, and I'm a sophomore at the Macduffie school.

Hi.

My name is Matteo Lopez, and I'm a senior at the Macduffie school.

My name is Adrian Giorgini, and I'm a junior at the Macduffie school.

>> My name is Andrew Tyshchenko, and I'm a senior at the Macduffie school.

And I'd like to take this time to acknowledge our alternate Cooper Maniadakis.

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.

Good luck to both teams.

Here we go.

The first question of the evening.

What is the name of the legendary detective in the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle novel?

McDuffie Sherlock.

Holmes?

Yes.

That's correct.

Grab your pens for this.

If two sides of a rectangle are each 16in long and the other two sides are nine inches long, what is the area of that rectangle?

Ludlow.

>> Oh, so 16 times nine.

What's that?

I'm sorry.

Time is up.

McDuffie.

Can you answer the question?

126.

Correct answer is 144in .

Let's move on to this next one.

Name the 2022 film with the tagline Sophie and Agatha are swept away into an enchanted school, where aspiring heroes and villains are trained to protect the balance between good and evil.

>> High school of good and evil.

Yes that's correct.

If you are playing in an orchestra and were directed to play vivace, would you play slowly, moderately or fast?

Fast.

McDuffie.

Yes.

Fast is right.

As the only female to become this country's Prime Minister.

On January 19th, 1966, Indira Gandhi was elected for the first time.

Name the country.

Ludlow.

Israel.

I'm sorry.

That is incorrect.

Right.

McDuffie.

That gives you the chance to answer the question.

India.

India.

Yes.

That's right.

This human organ absorbs water and electrolytes.

It produces vitamins B and K and Ludlow, the liver.

I'm sorry.

That is incorrect.

Let me finish the question.

And it prevents harmful bacteria from multiplying.

All right.

McDuffie, can you answer that question?

Name the organ.

Kidney.

The large intestine is the right answer there.

Let's try this.

How many states created from the original 13 colonies were needed to ratify the United States.

Ludlow nine nine.

Yes.

The Constitution.

Very nice.

What is the name of a quadrilateral that has two parallel sides and two non-parallel sides?

Ludlow.

Trapezoid.

Trapezoid.

Yes.

That's right.

Complete the following relationship.

Cheyenne is to Wyoming.

As what capital city is to Wisconsin?

Ludlow.

Sorry.

Madison.

Madison.

Yes.

That's right.

On April 19th, 2021, after 62 years of rule by two Castro brothers, Raul Castro resigned as first secretary.

Of what Caribbean country?

McDuffie.

Cuba.

Yes.

That's correct.

Listen to the sentence.

You won't be embarrassed if you can correctly spell the word embarrassed.

McDuffie.

M a r a s s e d. I'm sorry.

That is incorrect.

Ludlow.

That gives you the chance to answer.

E m b a r r e s e d Ed.

I'm sorry.

That is incorrect.

Close on both accounts.

E m b a r a s s e d. Let's move on to the next one.

The Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest coral reef system and can be found off the shore.

Of what continent?

Mcduffy.

Australia.

Yes, Australia is correct.

In Greek mythology, Ares is the god of war.

What is Ludlow?

Yes.

Um.

Hercules.

That.

That is incorrect.

Little quick on the buzzer there.

So let me finish the question.

What is the name of his counterpart in Roman mythology?

All right.

McDuffie, can you answer the question?

Mercury.

Correct answer is Mars.

Let's try this.

What element on the periodic table is designated by the letters N, I, Ludlow.

Nickel.

Nickel?

Yes.

That's right.

Which of the following is not a movie starring Jennifer Lawrence X-Men First Class, The Hunger Games, Mockingjay, or Think Like a Dog?

Ludlow.

Think like a dog.

Yes, you're right, Ariel and Umbriel are two of the major moons orbiting which planet in our solar system.

Ludlow.

Neptune.

I'm sorry.

That is incorrect.

Macduffie.

Can you answer the question?

Saturn.

Uranus is the right answer there.

Name the Doctor Seuss book that has this line in it.

You have brains in your head.

You have feet in your shoes.

Ludlow the Grinch.

I'm sorry.

That is incorrect.

Let me finish the question.

You can steer yourself in any direction you choose.

Okay.

McDuffie, can you answer the question?

Oh, the.

Places you'll go.

Yes, that is correct.

Sassafras spelled s a s s a f r a s is a type of.

What is it, a salad tree?

Chicken or sheep?

Ludlow.

Um.

Tree.

Tree.

Yes.

That's right.

If you travel due west from little Rock, Arkansas, what is the first state border that you'll cross?

Ludlow, Louisiana.

I'm sorry.

That is incorrect.

McDuffie.

That gives you the chance to answer.

Kansas.

Oklahoma is the right answer.

Let's move on.

The letter sequence q w e r t y became popular in 1878 with the success of the Remington No.

Two model of what?

Mechanical office machine?

Ludlow typewriter.

Yes.

Typewriter is correct.

In the medical world, the abbreviation CPR stands for what?

McDuffie.

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

Yes, that's correct.

And that marks the end of our challenge round.

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

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

We asked the team from Ludlow High if you had to write a book, what would it be about?

I would probably write a book about, uh, like like a fantasy novel about the hero's journey.

I love, like, the Lord of the rings and like The Hobbit and Tolkien stories.

So I would probably write something along those lines.

Um, I like Dystopians like 1984 and The Hunger Games and Maze Runner, so I'd probably write a book that questions morals and has ideas about the future.

And what could possibly happen with small changes in the present.

Probably like a dictionary.

With like maybe out of IPA.

A bunch of fun words.

I aspire to be a gynecologist when I'm older, so if I could write a book, it would probably be about answering questions about taboo and like misconceptions about women's health.

We have a close match going on right now, so let's move on 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.

However, your team loses five points.

Well, this round should offer a bit of a challenge.

Each of these clues describes a word containing the letters O, F, f in that order, somewhere in it, as in the word offer.

All right, you have 90s.

Starting right now, You can get a cup of this at Duncan McDuffie.

Coffee?

Coffee?

Coffee is right.

A point or date for serving as the end of a process.

McDuffie.

Cut off.

Cut off is correct.

The immediate descendants of a person.

Ludlow.

Offspring.

Offspring.

Offspring.

Offspring is correct.

A box for burying the dead.

McDuffie.

Coffin.

Coffin is right.

A term for a discarded object.

Cast off is the right answer.

They're not connected to the internet.

McDuffie.

Offline.

Offline is right.

A game in the NFL begins with this.

Ludlow.

Kickoff.

Kickoff is correct.

A party for a person's retirement.

Send off is the right answer.

Their lieutenant, captain and major, for example.

Ludlow.

Officer.

Officer is correct.

One who habitually ignores the law.

McDuffie.

Offender.

Offender is correct.

The initial upward movement of a rocket at the launch pad.

McDuffie.

Liftoff.

Yes.

That's right.

First batter in a baseball inning.

McDuffie.

Lead off.

Lead off is correct.

A basketball game begins with this.

McDuffie.

Tip off.

Tip off is correct.

A person given to pretentious display.

McDuffie.

Show off.

Show off is right.

A theft.

Cheat or swindle by someone.

Ludlow.

Rip off.

Rip off is correct.

To cause resentment or hurt feelings to another.

McDuffie.

Off put.

Offend is the right answer.

An exit.

To leave the highway by.

Are not quite in time.

Correct answer is off ramp.

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

Still very close.

So let's see what's going to happen.

Let's continue 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.

All right.

At the moment, Ludlow, you are behind just by a bit.

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

What's it going to be?

Math and science for 25.

Math and science for 25 to qualify.

Grab your pens and paper for this one and listen very carefully.

The measure of a certain angle is 56 degrees 14 minutes.

What is the measure of its supplement?

Plus 14 minutes is 15 minutes.

Right.

56 plus 14.

70.

>> 80.

I'm sorry.

Time is up.

McDuffie.

Can you capitalize?

I don't even know.

I didn't hear the question, I don't know.

124 I'm sorry.

That is incorrect.

123 degrees, 46 minutes is the right answer there.

All right.

McDuffie.

For the first time of the evening, please pick a category and a point value for 30.

Okay.

World events for.

30.

World events for 30.

Here's your qualifying question.

You picked the Westfield State University entrance exam question, answer the qualifier and all the category questions correctly.

Your team wins an additional ten points.

Good luck.

Take a look at your screens for this.

On August 30th, 2022, the last person to be the leader of the now defunct Soviet Union died at the age of 91.

Name him Gorbachev.

Yes.

That's correct.

All right, let's move on.

More events from 2022.

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

On April 6th, 2022, the first known dinosaur fossil linked to the very day of the worldwide dinosaur extinction was found at the Chicxulub impact crater site.

In what North American country?

Mexico.

Mexico?

Yes, Mexico is correct.

In 2022, economist and former chairman of the United States Federal Reserve Ben Bernanke joined two other colleagues in winning what prestigious international award for their research on banks and financial crises.

Nobel Prize.

Nobel Prize is right.

And finally, let's try this one for the additional ten points.

On July 11th, 2022, the first operational image is revealed to the public taken by this space telescope, showing a galaxy cluster that is 4 billion light years from Earth.

Name the telescope.

The James Webb Space Telescope.

James Webb is right.

Very nice.

You got all of the questions answered correctly.

That means that your team wins an additional ten points.

Congratulations to you.

All right, let's move on with Ludlow.

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

Sure.

Social studies social studies for 30.

Social studies for 30.

Here's your qualifying question.

Take a look at your screens.

Namibia is a country on the west coast of Africa and is the driest country in sub-Saharan Africa.

Spell Namibia.

I can do it.

Okay.

Um, n a m I b I a.

Yes.

That's right.

Let's move on.

Let's see what other world countries names you can correctly spell for ten points each.

Take a look at your screen first.

Lithuania is a country of Europe on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea.

Spell Lithuania with a. L I t h a n I a.

It's so close.

L I t h u a n I a.

All right, let's try this one.

Nicaragua is geographically the largest country in Central America.

Spell Nicaragua n I c a r a g u a.

Yes.

That's right.

Finally, Kazakhstan is a country primarily in Central Asia with a small portion of its territory in Eastern Europe spell Kazakhstan.

K a z a k, h s t a n. Yes.

You're correct.

Nice job.

Mcduffy.

Once again, your turn.

Math and science for 30.

Math and science for 30.

Here we go with your qualifying question.

You have a video qualifier, so take a look at your screens.

>> Hi, I'm Lauren Larson, a physicist here at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland, with your qualifying question.

The World Wide Web was invented by British scientists Tim Berners-Lee while working at CERN.

It was originally conceived and developed to meet the demands for an automated information sharing system between scientists around the world.

To qualify, what year was the World Wide Web invented?

1988.

1988.

I'm sorry.

That is incorrect.

Ludlow High School, can you capitalize?

1989 1989 is the right answer?

McDuffie.

You were so close.

Let's move on now.

More about Tim Berners-Lee and the early days of the web.

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

First, in 1989, Berners-Lee implemented the first successful communication between an HTTP client and a server via the internet.

What do the letters HTTP stand for?

Here we go with that high traffic for that high.

Traffic transfer path.

It's a good guess.

Hypertext Transfer Protocol is the right answer.

Let's do this one.

Berners-Lee also developed HTML Document Formatting Protocol.

What do the letters H HTML stand for?

That's cute.

Um, hypertext message language.

The answer is Hypertext Markup Language.

So close.

All right, finally, let's try this one.

In 1971, computer scientist Abhay Bhushan of India authored the network control protocol that led to the internet's FTP communication protocol.

What do the letters FTP stand for.

For the people?

That is a good guess.

File Transfer Protocol is the right answer there.

All right.

Ludlow, once again, your turn to please pick a category and a point value.

Show social studies for 25.

Social studies for 25.

Here's your qualifying question.

Which of the following U.S. states does not border any part of the state of Kansas, Iowa, Colorado, Missouri or Oklahoma?

I said.

Iowa.

Iowa.

Yes.

That's right.

Let's move on.

Let's use the state of Arkansas as a point of reference.

I'll name another U.S. state.

You tell me if it extends further longitudinally east or west of Arkansas.

These are for five points each.

First try.

Tennessee.

East.

East.

East is correct.

How about Mississippi?

West.

Correct answer is actually east.

How about South Dakota?

South Dakota.

That's that's.

West.

West is correct.

Wisconsin.

East.

East is correct.

And finally, try Texas.

West.

West.

West.

They all say west.

Yes, that is correct.

All right.

McDuffie, please pick a category and a point value.

General knowledge for 30.

General knowledge for 30.

Here we go with the qualifying question.

Listen very carefully to the sentence.

On Tuesday, I have to travel to Greensboro, North Carolina on business to qualify.

Please spell the word Greensboro as it's used in that sentence.

G r e e n s b o r o u g h. I'm sorry.

That is incorrect.

Ludlow, can you capitalize.

On g r e e n s b u r r o w?

I'm sorry.

Both are incorrect.

It's simply g r e e n s b o r o.

All right, Ludlow, once again, it is your turn.

General knowledge 25 or social studies again.

Right.

Social studies.

What do you do.

With world events?

25.

They're good at that.

Go ahead.

Okay.

Pick world events.

25.

Much discussion on that one.

World events for 25.

Here's your qualifying question.

Which of these historical figures lived, most recently Charles Darwin, Isaac Newton, Galileo or Leonardo da Vinci.

Darwin's.

Darwin Charles Darwin, Charles Darwin.

Yes, that is correct.

We'll call this category a year in the life.

All name an historical figure.

You give me any one year in the lifetime of that individual for five points each.

Take a look at your screen first.

Mohandas Gandhi.

1940.

Yes.

That was 1869 to 1948.

All right.

Try Susan B Anthony 1890 1890.

Yes, that's correct.

1820 to 1906.

All right.

Try Charles Darwin, 1830 to.

1832.

1830.

Yes, that is correct.

1809 to 1882.

For those keeping count at home, how about Marco Polo?

1200 1400.

Right.

1200.

I'm sorry.

That is incorrect.

1254 to 1324.

All right.

Finally, Mother Teresa.

1968.

Yeah.

1960.

Yes.

You got it.

1910 to 1997.

McDuffie.

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

Arts and entertainment for 30.

Arts and entertainment for 30.

Here we go with your qualifying question.

Take a look at your screens.

The 1975 classic film jaws established this Cincinnati native as an elite film director.

Name him Steven.

Spielberg.

Yes.

That's correct.

Let's move on in this category.

More about films by Steven Spielberg for ten points each.

First, in 1977, Spielberg released his classic alien invasion film that had the simple tagline we are not alone.

What is the full name of this film?

War of the.

Worlds.

Correct answer is Close Encounters of the Third Kind.

Let's try this one.

The tagline for this 1993 Spielberg film was an adventure 65 million years in the making.

Name that film.

Indiana Jones.

That one is actually Jurassic Park.

Finally, let's do this one.

This 2012 biographical historical drama starred Daniel Day-Lewis as the United States 16th president of the United States, named this president, whose last name is the film's title.

Abraham Lincoln.

Yes, you are correct.

Look surprised that you got that one right.

Very nice job.

And that marks the end of our capitalization round.

Let's take a moment now to meet the team from Mcduffy.

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

We asked the team from the Macduffie school if you could invent a word.

What would it mean?

Um, I'd create a word for, like, when I get a nonsense question that I don't feel like answering.

Um, I would probably create a word for when I'm in a very serious setting, and all my friends are making slight noises to the side, so I can't take it seriously.

Um, if I can make a word, it would probably mean.

Like when my.

>> Friend.

Makes a.

Stupid choice, and I don't think it's a good idea for him.

I create a word that explains the feeling you get when you reach for that last chicken nugget and you already ate it.

It's all coming down to the final lightning round of the match, so let's get to it.

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.

You know what happens?

Your team loses five points.

Well, we'll see who's the top dog after this round.

Each answer relates to dogs you have 90s starting right now.

This intercity bus line started in 1914.

Ludlow.

Greyhound.

Greyhound is right.

Name of the University of Connecticut's teams.

Ludlow.

Huskies.

Huskies is right.

This film featured 101 of these dogs.

Mcduffy.

Dalmatians.

Yes, that's correct.

Either of Canada's easternmost provinces names Ludlow, Labrador or Newfoundland is the right answer.

Hagrid's dog in the Harry Potter series.

Macduff.

Great Dane Fang is the right answer.

The name of Boston University sports teams Mcduffy.

Bulldogs.

Terriers is the right answer.

This cartoon Great Dane hangs with Shaggy Rogers.

Mcduffy.

Scooby-Doo!

Scooby-Doo is correct.

Sled dog race between Anchorage and Nome.

That is the Iditarod, the name of the big Red dog in the book series.

McDuffie, Clifford.

Clifford is right, the species of flowering tree genus Cornus.

McDuffie.

Dogwood.

Dogwood is right, the predicted loser in a sports competition.

McDuffie.

Underdog.

Underdog is correct.

Charlie Brown's beagle in The Peanuts.

McDuffie.

Snoopy is the right answer.

The breed named for the mountains between Spain and France.

Ludlow.

Bernese mountain dog.

Great Pyrenees is the right answer.

This long bodied breed is also called a wiener dog.

Mcduffy dachshund is the right answer.

Beethoven of movie fame was this breed Mcduffy?

Saint Bernard is the right answer.

This fictional dog appears in family Guy the great.

The right answer there, Brian Griffin.

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

It also marks the end of a very close match.

That was one of the most exciting matches we've had so far this season.

We don't often end on a tie, but here we are.

So congratulations to both teams.

I want to show the top eight at this time.

Unfortunately, you haven't cracked that top eight, but nonetheless what a great matchup tonight.

You can see Longmeadow East Hampton firmly on top at this point, but we still have a lot of season to go to see this season's roster.

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

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I'm your host, Beth Ward.

Good night and be sure to tune in again next time as schools match wits.

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