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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 could score enough points to finish in the top eight and compete in this season's championship tournament.

In tonight's matchup, we have Rockville High School going up against Pope Francis Preparatory School.

Let's meet the teams, starting with Pope Francis, coached by Joe Maddy.

>> Hi.

My name is Elizabeth Harnitchek, and I'm a senior at Pope Francis Preparatory School.

>> Hi.

My name is Oliver Tran.

I am a junior from Pope Francis Preparatory School.

Hi.

My name is Marcus Tran and I'm a junior at Pope Francis Preparatory School.

>> Hi, I'm Jaron Kaufman, and I'm a junior at Pope Francis Preparatory School.

And at this time, we would like to acknowledge our alternates.

Noelle Wanko, Victoria Parent, and Jessi DuPont.

And for Rockville, coached by Deborah Halperin and Regina Lee.

>> Hi.

My name is Aidan Lang.

I'm a junior at Rockville High School.

Hi, I'm Kyle Schlarb, and I am a junior at Rockville High School.

>> My name is Paul Westerberg and I'm a senior at Rockville High School.

>> My name is Chloe Hazel and I'm a junior at Rockville High School.

At this time, I'd like to acknowledge our alternates, Jacob Brown, Meadow Bornhorst, and Cullen Bickford.

As tradition holds, 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.

Here we go with the first question of the evening.

Which of the following rights was not a part of the First Amendment?

Freedom of speech.

The right to peacefully assemble or the right to a fair trial?

Rockville.

>> Fair trial?

Yes.

That's correct.

What is the name of a four sided polygon where all four sides are equal in length and opposite angles?

Rockville Square.

I'm sorry.

That is incorrect.

Let me finish the question.

Where they are equal in length and opposite angles are equal in measure.

All right.

Pope Francis.

That gives you the opportunity to answer the question since Rockville did not answer correctly.

Parallelogram.

Correct answer is actually rhombus.

Let's move on.

Complete the following relationship Madison is to Wisconsin as what capital city is to Pennsylvania.

Pope Francis.

Harrisburg.

Yes.

That's right.

On June 13th, 2021, Benjamin Netanyahu was voted out of office after a tenure as the longest serving prime minister.

Of what country?

Rockville.

Israel.

Israel is correct.

In her 2009 autobiography, Maya Angelou captured what is described as the longing of lonely children, the brute insult of bigotry, and the wonder of words that can make the world right.

Name this autobiography.

Entitled I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.

Let's try this one.

Grab your pens.

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

Pope Francis.

144 please be more specific.

>> Say the units.

I'm sorry.

Time is up.

All right.

Rockville.

That gives you the chance to answer 144in .

Yes.

Square inches is what we're looking for there.

Let's move on.

Emma Stone won an Academy Award for her portrayal of actress Mia Dolan in what, 2016 film?

Pope Francis La la land.

Yes.

That's right.

If you were listening to an aria being sung at Symphony Hall, how many singers would be performing at that time?

Rockville.

One.

One is right.

On June 13th, 1966, in the case of Miranda versus Arizona, the Supreme Court ruled that police must inform suspects of what before questioning them.

Rockville.

Miranda rights.

Yes.

That's correct.

Triton, Proteus and Despina are all moons.

Of which?

Neptune?

Yes.

Didn't have to finish that.

Very nice job in which George Orwell novel.

Will you read the line?

War is peace.

Freedom is slavery.

Pope Francis, Animal.

Farm.

I'm sorry.

That is incorrect.

Let me finish.

Ignorance is strength.

All right.

Rockville High School, can you answer the question?

1984?

Yes.

That's correct.

A weevil spelled weevil is a type of.

What is it?

A Rockville.

Insect?

Yes.

That's correct.

Very nice.

If you travel due east from Olympia, Washington.

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

Rockville, Idaho.

Idaho is correct.

On April 5th, 1862, the Civil War Battle of Yorktown began.

In which state did it take place?

Pope Francis.

New York.

I'm sorry.

That is incorrect.

Rockville High School.

That gives you the chance to answer.

Pennsylvania.

Correct answer is Virginia.

Let's move on.

Listen to this sentence.

With her skill set, she is the most indispensable member of our team.

Spell the word indispensable.

Rockville.

I n d I s p e n s I b l e. I'm sorry.

That is incorrect.

Pope Francis.

That gives you the chance to answer.

I n d e s p e n s I b l e both very close.

The correct answer is I n d I s p e n s a b l e. Let's move on.

Now the Apennine mountain range can be found.

On which continent?

Rockville.

Asia.

I'm sorry.

That's incorrect.

Pope Francis, can you answer the question?

South America.

Europe is the right answer.

In Greek mythology, Aphrodite is the goddess of love.

What's Rockville?

Venus is her counterpart in Roman mythology.

Yes, that is correct.

Very nice job.

What element on the periodic table is designated by the letters h, g. Rockville.

Mercury.

Mercury is right.

Which of the following is not a movie starring Andrew Garfield?

The amazing Spider-Man.

Tick, tick.

Boom!

Or Star Wars The Last Jedi.

Rockville.

Star Wars the last Jedi.

Yes.

You're correct.

What US president's name was given to the 1823 doctrine that opposed any further Pope Francis?

The Monroe doctrine?

Yes.

Any further European colonialism within the Western Hemisphere.

Nice job.

And that marks the end of our challenge round.

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

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

We asked the team from Pope Francis Prep.

What's the most ridiculous law you can think of that should exist?

I really hate when people are bad at driving, so I think that all cars should be equipped with a paintball gun.

And when someone is really bad at driving and makes a mistake or something like that, you can shoot them with the paintball gun.

And then when they get ten spots of paint on their car, they lose their license and are taken off the road.

I would have it so that all towns have a cat mayor in addition to their original normal.

Human mayor.

Well, I think that everyone is very stressed nowadays, so that I think we should have a one hour break in the middle of the day.

I think I would have a mandate for having door frames a little taller for me and all my tall friends, and especially my really tall brother, so he stops hitting door frames.

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, this is not going to be too hard.

The answer to each clue begins with the letter no as in the word not.

You have 90s starting right now.

Infamous.

Unfavorably known.

Rockville.

Notorious.

Notorious?

Yes.

At the dentist.

You might get a shot of this Rockville Novocaine.

Novocaine is correct.

A bend of the head downwards to show Pope Francis nod.

Nod is correct.

An idea or conception?

Pope Francis.

Novel.

Notion is the right answer.

Their proposal as a candidate for elected office.

Rockville.

Nominee.

Nominate.

Yes.

Another name for a direct flight.

Rockville.

Non-Stop.

Non-Stop is correct.

The part that shoots water out of a hose.

Rockville nozzle.

Nozzle is correct.

A fictional prose narrative of considerable length.

Rockville novel.

Novel is right.

Loud, unwanted sound.

Pope Francis.

Noise.

Noise.

Yes.

That's right.

Hurtful, harmful or unhealthy?

Noxious is the right answer.

There term for being active at night.

Rockville.

Nocturnal?

Yes.

That's correct.

Sharp drop or rapid decline.

Rockville.

Nosedive.

Yes.

Nosedive is right.

Name of words that indicate a person, place or thing.

Rockville.

Noun.

Noun is correct.

A short prose narrative.

Rockville.

Novella.

Novella.

Yes.

That's right.

Alfred of international prize fame.

Pope Francis.

Nobel.

Yes.

That's correct.

Another term for midday.

Rockville.

Noon.

Yes.

That's correct.

A Canadian province.

Pope Francis.

Nova Scotia.

Nova Scotia.

Got it.

Just in time.

Yes, that is correct.

That Bell, however, marks the end of our first lightning round.

Let's 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.

Now, 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, Pope Francis, you are a bit behind also means you get the first opportunity to pick a category and a point value.

What's it going to be?

General knowledge for 30.

General knowledge for 30 to qualify.

If you were born on the 4th of July, what is your zodiac sign?

Is it Taurus Leo cancer or Virgo?

Taurus I'm sorry, that is incorrect.

All right.

Rockville High School, that gives you the chance to capitalize.

Cancer.

Cancer.

Cancer.

Yes.

That's right.

Let's move on.

More with zodiac signs.

We'll show you a zodiac sign and give you a holiday that occurs when the sun is in that sign.

You tell us the name of the sign.

These are for ten points each.

Take a look at your screen first New Year's Day.

Pisces.

The fish.

Virgo.

Capricorn is the right answer.

Try Valentine's day.

>> Oh.

That's mine.

Aquarius.

Aquarius.

Aquarius is correct.

And finally, Saint Patrick's Day.

Pisces.

Pisces.

Yes.

That's right.

Okay.

Rockville.

Please pick a category and a point value.

Arts and entertainment for 30, please.

Your first pick of the evening arts entertainment for 30 to qualify.

Take a look at your screens.

This 1995 film, produced by Pixar Animated Studios, was the first entirely computer animated feature film.

Name this film Toy Story.

One of my.

Favorites.

Yes.

That's correct.

More classic Pixar animations for ten points each.

Take a look at your screen first.

Marlin, an overprotective clownfish father, searches for his missing son with the help of a slightly spacey surgeonfish named Dory.

In what 2004 Pixar film Finding Nemo?

Yes, that's correct.

This 2008 Pixar Animation follows a solitary robot left to clean up garbage on a future, uninhabitable, deserted planet Earth in the year 2805.

Name the film.

Wall-E.

Yes.

That's right.

And finally, this 2022 Pixar action adventure revolves around space Ranger buzz, who encounters encounter Zurg's army of ruthless robots who are attempting to steal the fuel source of Buzz's ship.

Name this film.

Lightyear.

Yes, Lightyear is correct.

Nice job.

Pope Francis.

Once again.

Your turn.

Math and science for 30.

Math and science for 30.

Here's your qualifying question.

We have a video qualifier, so please take a look at your screen.

>> Hi, I'm Reese from Old Sturbridge Village with your qualifying question.

The sawmill is one of our three mills at Sturbridge Village powered by water wheels.

Although the village demonstrates sawmilling in spring, summer and fall, rural mills were the busiest during late winter and early spring, when water power was most abundant and the demands of farming were less pressing.

To qualify, what type of simple machine powers our sawmill?

>> It's the wheel.

I'm sorry.

Time is up.

Rockville High School.

Can you capitalize?

Waterwheel?

Wheel and axle is the right answer.

Okay, Rockville, once again, please pick a category and a point value.

World events for 30, please.

World events for 30.

Here's your qualifying question.

Take a look at your screens.

Known as one of the earliest and most famous photographers in American history, Mathew Brady is best known for his scenes of.

What?

War.

Civil war.

Civil war.

Civil war.

Yes.

Let's move on.

More Mathew Brady photographs for ten points each.

Once again, look at your screens first.

This photo was taken in June of 1864 and shows the Civil War general who would become the 18th president of the United States.

Name him Ulysses S Grant.

Yes.

That's right.

Brady photographed this southern general who returned to Richmond on April 15th, 1865, three days after the Army of Northern Virginia's formal stacking of arms ceremony at Appomattox.

Name him Robert E Lee.

Yes.

That's correct.

Finally, on November 19th, 1863, Mathew Brady photographed Abraham Lincoln amongst a crowd as he was delivering one of his most remembered speeches.

Name the speech.

The Gettysburg Address.

Yes.

That's right.

Very nice job.

Pope Francis.

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

Literature for 30.

Literature for 30.

To qualify, take a look at your screens.

What American statesmen, in a July 27th, 1783 letter, famously wrote, there never was a good war or a bad peace.

Benjamin Franklin.

Yes, that's right, let's move on.

Quotes and writings about peace for ten points each.

Take a look at your screens first in his 1958 memoir about the Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott, this author and civil rights leader wrote, true peace is not merely the absence of tension, it is the presence of justice.

Name him Martin.

Luther King, Jr.

Yes, that's right.

In 1998, the spiritual and temporal leader of Tibet and Nobel Prize winner published the Art of happiness, about achieving inner peace through inner happiness.

Name this author.

The Dalai.

Lama.

Yes.

That's right.

Finally, in a famous speech he delivered on January 23rd, 1973, what sitting U.S. president coined the phrase peace with honor in reference to the Paris Peace Accord to end the Vietnam War.

Richard Nixon.

Yes, you're right.

Nice job.

Rockville once again.

Your turn.

Uh, social studies for 30, please.

Last to.

The 30s.

Here's your qualifying question.

Take a look at your screens once again.

In 1992, this Ohio born social political activist helped create Take Our Daughters to Work Day and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom Award in 2013 by President Barack Obama.

Name her.

>> Michelle Obama.

I'm sorry.

Time is up.

Pope Francis, can you capitalize?

Gloria Steinem, Gloria.

Steinem yes, that is correct.

More prominent people from Ohio for ten points each.

Take a look at your screen.

First, this Ohio native was also a United States astronaut who in 1969 69, was the first human to walk on the moon.

Name him.

Neil Armstrong.

Yes, Neil Armstrong is right.

This Ohio native wrote the novels The Bluest Eyes and Song of Solomon.

She was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993.

Name her.

Toni Morrison.

Yes, that's correct.

And finally, this Ohio born film maker created such movies as E.T.

the Extra-Terrestrial, The Color Purple, and Lincoln.

Name him Steven Spielberg.

Yes, you are correct.

Pope Francis once again.

Pick a category and a point.

Value.

Arts and entertainment for 25.

Arts and entertainment for 25.

Qualifying question.

What 1791 opera by Mozart tells the story of a young prince, Tamino, who journeys after his one true love together with the bird catcher Papageno and some enchanted musical instruments.

Peter and the Wolf.

I'm sorry.

That is incorrect.

All right, Rockville High School, can you capitalize the Magic Flute?

Yes, the Magic Flute is correct.

Let's move on.

More with opera by plot.

These are for ten points each.

First name the 1875 opera by Georges Bizet about a female gypsy and the jealous soldier that loves her.

Sure.

The Hunchback of Notre Dame.

Carmen is the right answer there.

Good guess though.

What 1896 opera by Giacomo Puccini tells of an impoverished poet named Rodolfo and his mortally ill lover named Mimi.

>> Well.

You can say that again.

Uh, a phantom at the opera.

La Boheme is the right answer.

All right.

Finally, let's try this one for five points.

What 1904 opera, also by Puccini, centers on a young geisha who kills herself when her American husband returns to Japan with his new wife.

Madame butterfly is the right answer there.

Rockville.

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

World events for 25, please.

World events for 25.

Here's your qualifying question.

In which of these years 1904, 1914 or 1924.

Did all of these events occur?

The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand by a Serbian nationalist, the opening of the Cape Cod Canal and the opening of the Panama Canal, 1914.

Yes, 1914 is the right answer.

Let's move on.

Keeping the year 1914 in mind.

All name an event from general history.

You tell me whether it happened before or after the year 1914 for five points each.

First up, the Girl Scouts of the USA is founded by Juliette Gordon Low in Savannah, Georgia.

Before.

Before 1912.

Yes, the October Revolution in Russia, led by Vladimir Lenin.

After.

After 1917 Oklahoma becomes the 46th U.S. state.

During and before.

After.

Before is the right answer.

1907 how about William Howard Taft is inaugurated as the 27th US president before.

Before 1909, and finally, the Spanish flu pandemic kills between 50 and 100 million people worldwide after after 1918.

Yes, that's right, Pope Francis.

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

Math and.

Science for.

25.

Math and science for 25.

Here's your qualifying question.

Take a look at your screen.

The short beaked echidna shown here is one of the few surviving examples of what class of egg laying mammals.

I'm sorry.

Time is up.

Rockville.

Can you capitalize?

Yeah.

I don't know what they're called.

They're kangaroos.

Marshall Monotreme is the right answer that we're looking for there.

Rockville High School once again.

Your turn.

General knowledge for 25, please.

General knowledge for 25.

Qualifying question.

If you pass from the Atlantic Ocean through the Strait of Gibraltar, you'll find yourself in the Mediterranean Sea.

Spell the word Mediterranean.

M e d I t e r a c t e r r a n I a n. I'm sorry.

That is incorrect, Pope Francis.

Can you capitalize?

M e d I t e r r a n e a n. Yes.

That's correct.

Let's move on.

Sticking with spelling all of these words begins with the letter sequence m, e, d for five points each.

Here's the first one.

A medallion is a tablet or panel in a wall bearing a figure in relief or a portrait.

Spell the word medallion.

M e d a l l I o n. Yes, that's right.

Something said to be of ordinary or undistinguished quality is also referred to as mediocre spell.

Mediocre m e d I o c r e. You are correct.

Something relating or belonging to the European Middle Ages is sometimes referred to as medieval spell.

The word medieval.

M e d I e v a l. Yes.

That's correct.

Try this.

A devotional exercise of contemplation is called meditation.

Spell the word meditation.

M e d I t a t I o n. You are.

Correct.

All right.

Finally, something having therapeutic properties is sometimes referred to as medicinal spell.

Medicinal m e d I c I n a l. Nice spelling job.

Yes, you are correct.

And that marks the end of our capitalization round.

Let's take a moment now to meet the team from Rockville High School.

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

We asked the team from Rockville High if you could design a new emoji.

What would it look like?

It would be a fancy emoji and it would have a top hat and a monocle.

Um, it would look like the first snowflake falling down on a warm summer day, glistening in the evening sun.

It would be a global warming emoji with the earth melting.

If I could create a new emoji, it would be a better hug emoji instead of like a gray silhouette.

It would be like to the yellow emojis.

Hugging.

Let's move on now to 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, your team loses five points.

20th century history by the decades.

Now, all name an event from between 1950 and 1999.

You tell me the decade such as 60s or 90s during which time that event occurred.

Got it.

You have 90s starting right now.

Operation Desert Storm begins against Iraq.

Pope Francis.

90s 90s is right.

Neil Armstrong makes the first.

Rockville.

60s 60s is right.

The Vietnam War ends.

Rockville.

70s 70s is correct.

Dwight D Eisenhower becomes the 34th president.

Rockville.

50s 50s is right.

The 24th amendment is passed prohibiting poll taxes.

Pope Francis.

80s.

60s is the right answer there.

The first NFL Super Bowl is played.

Pope Francis.

50s 60s is actually the right answer.

The Hubble Space Telescope is launched.

Pope Francis.

80s 90s is the right answer.

The U.S. and Soviet Union engage in the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Rockville.

80s 60s is the right answer.

The animated sitcom The Simpsons debuts.

Rockville.

80s 80s is right.

President Richard Nixon resigns.

Pope Francis.

7070 is correct.

Rosa Parks inspires the Montgomery, Alabama.

Pope Francis 6050 is the right answer.

The Nintendo Entertainment System is released.

Pope Francis 80.

Yes, that's.

Correct.

Skylab becomes the first U.S. space station in Earth orbit.

Pope Francis.

90.

70 is the right answer.

The fall of the Berlin Wall.

Pope Francis.

90.

80 is the right answer.

The USSR is dissolved.

Pope Francis 90.

Yes, 90 is right.

Gerald Ford becomes the 38th president.

Pope Francis.

70.

They get that in time.

Yes they did.

70 is correct.

Nice job.

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

It also marks the end of our match.

Well, some breaking news.

Rockville has cracked into that top eight.

So congratulations to.

You want to say about this match, Pope Francis.

You really kicked it up into high gear during the capitalization round.

But again Rockville High School, you are the winners tonight, so congratulations on a job well done.

To see the 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.

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