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>> Good evening and welcome to a 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 Springfield Central High School going up against Northampton High School.

Let's meet the teams starting with Northampton High coached by Scott Mahar.

>> Hi I'm Maxwell Hartley, I'm a senior at Northampton High School.

>> Hi I'm Noah Friedman Cranston I'm a senior from Northampton High School.

>> Hi I'm Kai Anderson and I'm a senior from Northampton High School.

>> Hi, I'm Rylan Breen and I'm a senior from Northampton High School.

And I'd like to take a moment to acknowledge our alternate Calvin Gushwa.

>> And for Springfield Central High School.

Coach by Mariah McNamara.

>> Hi.

My name is Anisha Ricketts from Springfield Central and I'm a senior.

Hi.

My name is Jayla Johnson and I'm a senior at Springfield Central High School.

>> Hi.

My name is Angelo Aponte Wilson and I am a senior at Central High School.

>> Hi, I'm Matthew Metzger, I'm from Springfield Central High School, and I'd like to acknowledge our alternate Adderley's lion.

>> Let's take a look at our current top eight.

You can see Belchertown on top with 425.

The score to beat tonight Rockville with a score of 280.

It is all about the points, and it is the last match of our regular season before the playoffs begins.

So let's get started.

We do 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.

In which part of the human skeleton will you find the temporal bone?

Springfield.

>> The forehead.

>> I'm sorry.

That is incorrect.

Northampton.

That gives you the chance to answer.

>> Skull.

>> Skull?

Yes.

Needed to be a little bit more specific, but nice job on both parts.

The Fifth Amendment of the United States Constitution protects people from self-incrimination, double jeopardy, and having their what taken without just compensation.

>> Northampton property.

>> Yes, property is correct.

What is the term for a polygon that does not have any of its sides equal in length, nor any of its angles equal in measure?

Springfield.

>> Irregular.

>> Yes.

Irregular is correct.

Complete the following relationship Harrisburg is to Pennsylvania as what capital city is to North Carolina?

Springfield.

>> Raleigh.

>> Raleigh is correct.

Jacques Chirac, Nicolas Sarkozy and Francois Hollande have all been president.

Of what world?

Country?

>> Springfield, France.

>> Yes, France is correct.

What short adventure novel by Jack London is set in Yukon, Canada, during the Northampton call?

The wild didn't have to finish that.

Yes, you are correct.

Grab your pens for this one.

If two sides of a rectangle are each 14in long and the other two are eight inches long.

What is the area of that rectangle?

>> Springfield 42.

>> I'm sorry.

That is incorrect.

Right.

Northampton.

That gives you the chance to answer the question.

>> 112.

>> Please be more specific.

>> 112.

>> 112in .

>> Yes, that is correct.

Nice.

In 2012, Meryl Streep won the Best Actress Academy Award for the film Iron Lady, in which she played the part of what former British prime minister.

>> Northampton, Margaret Thatcher.

>> Yes.

That's right.

If you were listening to a septet spelled septet performing at Symphony Hall.

How many musicians would be on stage?

Springfield.

>> Seven.

>> Seven?

Yes.

That's right.

In which year did the U.S. Supreme Court, in the case of Brown v Board of Education, ruled unanimously that racial segregation in U.S. public schools was unconstitutional?

Was it.

>> 1962?

>> I'm sorry.

That is incorrect.

Let me finish the question.

Was it 1950, 1952 or 1954?

Northampton.

Can you answer?

>> I think 54.

>> 54, 54 yes, that's correct.

Which of the following moons in our solar system does not revolve around the planet Mars?

Is it Phobos, Callisto or Deimos?

Northampton.

Callisto, yes, revolves around Jupiter.

In which classic Lewis Carroll story.

Will you read the line?

It's no use going back to yesterday because I was a different person then.

Northampton just under the buzzer.

>> Alice in Wonderland.

>> Yes.

That's correct.

They're very surprised they got that one right.

Nice job.

A honey bell is a type of what a musical instrument.

An orange or a hairstyle.

Northampton.

>> Orange.

>> Yeah.

Orange.

>> Yes.

Orange is correct.

If you travel due north from Santa Fe, New Mexico.

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

>> Northampton, Colorado.

>> Colorado is correct.

On April 6th, 1862, the Civil War Battle of Shiloh began.

In which of the following states did the Battle of Shiloh take place?

Virginia, Tennessee or Georgia.

>> Northampton, Tennessee.

>> Tennessee is correct.

A word that denotes a small positive or negative chain change that is in a variable quantity is the word incremental.

Spell the word incremental.

>> Springfield I n c r e e n t a l. >> Yes, that is correct.

The Caucasus Mountains are located between which two continents?

Northampton.

>> Asia and Europe?

>> Yes.

That's correct.

In Greek mythology, Hephaestus is the god of fire.

What is the name of his counterpart in Roman mythology?

Springfield.

>> Vulcan?

>> Yes.

Vulcan is right.

What element on the periodic table is designated by the letters A, G. Northampton.

>> Silver.

>> Silver is correct.

Which of the following is not a movie starring Chadwick Boseman?

Black Panther, The Meteor Man or 42?

Northampton.

>> The Meteor man.

>> Yes!

Stars Robert Townsend.

On August 12th, 1831, an enslaved black carpenter began a four day rebellion against white slave owners Northampton.

>> Nat Turner.

>> I'm sorry.

That is incorrect.

Let me finish.

The question began a four day rebellion against white slave owners in Southampton County, in which US state was at Georgia, Tennessee or Virginia.

All right, Springfield, can you answer the question?

>> Virginia.

>> Virginia.

Yes.

That's right.

Pick up those pens one more time.

What is the answer to this multiplication problem?

Six times eight times nine.

>> Springfield 432.

>> Yes.

And that marks the end of our challenge round.

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

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

We asked the team from Northampton High if your teachers had to switch roles with students for a day, what's the first thing you'd make them do?

>> I'd make them talk about the political and economic state of the world, because kids these days are just all like, yo, where's my phone?

You know.

>> I'd give them an assignment with a short deadline and then take a month to grade it.

>> I'd have them walk from a first floor to a third floor class, and then ask them why they're running so late.

>> The first thing I'd make them do is fill out a ton of notes, and then test them on something unrelated the next day.

>> 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.

Your team loses five points.

Well, this round is simple to describe.

All of the answers are words beginning with the letters d I, Guys, you have 90s starting right now to talk something over Northampton.

>> Discuss.

>> Yes.

That's correct.

Another name for a dinner plate.

>> Northampton dish.

>> Dish is correct.

A verbal debate, quarrel or controversy?

Dispute.

Dispute is correct.

To cut up a plant or animal for scientific research.

Northampton.

>> Dissect.

>> Dissect is correct.

1970s music and dance craze.

Northampton.

>> Disco.

>> Disco is right.

Diabetes.

Tuberculosis.

Alzheimer's.

>> Springfield disease.

>> Diseases is correct.

To find something for the first time, Northampton Discover is correct to put in place for people to look at Springfield.

>> Display.

>> Display is correct.

To take something apart.

Springfield.

>> Destruct.

>> Dismantle is the right answer there.

A verbal discussion of thoughts and ideas.

Northampton.

>> Discussion.

>> Discourse is the right answer to interfere with something such as sleep.

>> Springfield Disrupt.

>> Yes.

That's correct.

Mechanical device for cleaning plates and silverware.

Northampton.

Dishwasher.

Dishwasher is right to separate into kinds, classes or categories.

Distinguish is the right answer there to make ineligible for competition due to violations Northampton.

>> Disqualify.

>> Disqualify is correct.

To put something in the trash.

Springfield.

>> Dispose.

>> Yes.

That's correct.

Research paper for doctoral program.

>> Northampton dissertation.

>> That's correct.

Hurricanes, floods and earthquakes caused these Northampton disasters.

Disaster is correct.

Are the bell marks the end of a very spirited 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, Springfield Central, 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?

>> Math and science for 30.

>> Math and science for 30.

Qualifying question.

Ramps, stairs and playground slides are all examples of which simple machine.

>> Incline.

>> An incline.

>> Please be more specific.

>> Slope.

>> I'm sorry.

That is incorrect.

Northampton.

Can you capitalize.

>> An inclined plane?

>> An inclined plane is what we're looking for.

Very close.

Springfield.

All right, let's move on.

Northampton, in this category, tell me which category of simple machines?

The following common objects belong for five points each.

Take a look at your screen.

First up, a kitchen faucet.

>> Lever?

>> Yes.

That's correct.

Try a snow shovel.

>> Lever.

>> Yes.

That's right.

How about an elevator Pulley.

Pulley is correct.

A sewing needle.

>> Wedge.

>> Wedge is right.

And finally, for ten points, a hammer lever.

Yes.

That's right.

Nice job.

All right.

Northampton.

Your turn.

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

>> Social studies for 30.

>> Social studies for 30.

Here we go.

The qualifying question.

What is the name of the social studies class that deals with the description, distribution and interaction of the diverse physical, biological and cultural features of the Earth's surface.

>> Geology.

Geology.

>> Geology.

>> I'm sorry.

Time is up.

All right.

Springfield central.

Can you capitalize.

>> Geology?

>> Geography is the right answer there.

All right, central High School, please pick a category and a point value.

>> World events for 30.

>> World events for 30 to qualify.

Take a look at your screens.

The Mexican-American War ended with the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which was signed on February 2nd.

Of what year was it 1843, 1845 or 1848?

>> I think it's.

>> 4848.

>> Yes.

That's correct.

Let's move on.

There have been no less than three treaties of Paris that ended various conflicts in our country, all named the conflict.

And within two years before or after you named the year the Treaty of Paris was signed for ten points each.

Take a look at your screen.

The French and Indian War.

>> 1762.

>> Yes, that is correct.

Actual year 1763.

Let's try this.

This Treaty of Paris ended the American Revolutionary War and established the United States as an independent nation named the year 17.

>> 1786.

>> Sorry, that answer is incorrect.

It was actually 1783.

Let's try this one.

Finally, this Treaty of Paris ended the Spanish-American War and resulted in the United States taking possession of Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines.

>> 1843.

>> I'm sorry.

Correct answer is 1898, so that is incorrect.

All right.

Northampton, once again, please pick a category and a point value.

>> We're going to do general knowledge for 30 please.

>> General knowledge for 30.

Here's your qualifying question.

Take a look at your screens though you've seen him in many roles.

The American actor shown here starred as fast food entrepreneur Ray Kroc in the 2016 film The Founder.

Name him.

>> Ray.

>> Michael Keaton.

>> Yes, that is correct.

All right, let's move on.

More on the many roles of Michael Keaton for ten points each.

Take a look at your screen first.

In this 2014 film, Keaton played Riggan Thomson, a fading actor best known for his portrayal of a superhero.

That performance earned him a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor.

Name the film.

>> Birdman.

>> Birdman.

Yes!

That's right.

What?

1988 Tim Burton film featured Keaton as the title character, shown here, a playful and mischievous ghost.

>> Beetlejuice.

>> Beetlejuice is correct.

And finally, Keaton has also provided voices for many animated characters, including Ken, shown here in what, 2010 animated film.

>> Toy Story three.

>> Yes, that is correct.

Springfield Central please pick a category and a point value.

>> Arts and entertainment for 30.

>> Arts and entertainment for 30.

Here's your qualifying question.

Take a look at your screen.

The portrait shown here was completed in 1796 by American portraitist Gilbert Stuart.

Name the subject.

>> George Washington.

>> George Washington.

Yes, that's correct.

This category concerns famous portraits of historical world leaders for ten points each.

Take a look at your screen once again.

First, though destroyed by fire in 1698, this mural, completed by Hans Holbein the Younger in 1537, is still well known today as one of the most iconic images of what British king.

>> King Henry the Eighth.

>> Yes.

That's right.

Depicted in this 1888 portrait by John William Waterhouse.

This woman was the last active ruler of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt.

She died in 30 BCE at the age of 39.

Name her.

>> Cleopatra.

>> Yes, Cleopatra is right.

All right.

Finally, this 1985 print by pop artist Andy Warhol, of which 16 prints were known to have been made, was based on this British monarch's 1977 official silver Jubilee portrait.

Name her.

>> Queen Elizabeth the Second.

>> Yes, Queen Elizabeth the second is correct.

Nice job.

All right.

Northampton once again, your turn.

>> Okay, we'll do literature for 30.

>> Please go in for the last of the 30s.

All right.

To qualify.

Take a look at your screens.

Name this author of the children's stories.

Alligators all around.

Higglety pigglety.

Pop and chicken soup with rice.

>> Maurice Sendak.

>> Yes.

That's right.

Let's move on this category.

More about Maurice Sendak's work for ten points each.

Take a look at your screen first.

One classic, Sendak's story with a moral air, is about a young boy whose favorite line is I don't care.

Name the boy of this cautionary tale.

>> Pierre.

>> Pierre.

Yes.

That's right.

What creature filled Sendak story begins when the character Max was sent to bed without supper.

>> Where the Wild Things are.

>> One of my favorites.

Yes, that is correct.

And finally, in this Sendak counting book, a young boy is visited by a rat, a cat, and many other visitors while counting up and down from 1 to 10.

Name this book.

>> And then there were none, I don't know.

>> Correct answer one was Johnny, but nice job on the other ones.

All right, Springfield Central, once again, pick a category and a point value.

>> Studies for 25.

>> Social studies for 25.

You have picked the Westfield State University entrance exam.

question, answer the qualifier and all of the category questions correctly and your team wins an additional ten points.

Good luck.

Here we go.

Kinshasa is the capital of what?

African nation?

>> Um.

>> I'm sorry.

Time is up.

All right.

Northampton.

Can you capitalize?

>> Democratic Republic of the Congo?

>> Yes, that is correct.

Let's move on in this category.

More with the capital cities of African nations for five points each.

First, what nation's capital is the city of Rabat.

>> Morocco.

>> Morocco is right.

Next one.

Dakar.

>> Senegal.

>> Senegal is right.

Try.

>> Nairobi, Kenya.

>> Kenya is right.

How about Addis Ababa, Ethiopia?

Ethiopia is correct.

And finally, what nation's capital is Tripoli?

>> Libya?

Libya?

>> Yes.

Libya.

That is correct.

Nice job.

You got all of the answers correctly.

Your team wins an additional ten points for the Westfield State University entrance exam.

Questions?

All right.

Congratulations.

All right.

Northampton.

Once again it is your turn.

>> You're going to go.

World events 25, please.

>> World events for 25.

Your qualifying question in which of these years 1948, 1952 or 1956, did incumbent Dwight D Eisenhower defeat Democratic candidate Adlai Stevenson for a second time?

>> 56.

>> 1956 56.

Yes, that is correct.

Let's move on.

Keep the year 1956 in mind.

I'll name an event from General History.

You tell me whether it happened before, during or after the year 1956 for five points each.

First, James Watson and Francis Crick of Britain's University of Cambridge announced their discovery of the structure of the DNA molecule before.

Before 1953.

Next one.

The first Univac.

The first general purpose electronic digital computer designed for business application produced in the US, is delivered to the offices of the United States Census.

>> After.

>> Correct answers.

Actually, before 1951.

Let's try this.

Fidel Castro became the Prime Minister of Cuba before.

After it was 1959, President Eisenhower signed the Federal Aid Highway Act, creating the US Interstate Highway System.

>> After.

>> During.

Is the right answer there?

All right.

Finally, let's do this one.

The first CERN particle accelerator became operational.

>> After.

>> After 1957.

Yes.

Springfield Central once again, your turn.

>> Math and science for 25.

>> Math and science for 25.

Your qualifying question.

We have a video qualifier.

Please take a look at your screen.

>> Hi, I'm Anna from the Emily Dickinson Museum in Amherst, Massachusetts, here with your qualifying question.

Emily Dickinson wrote, in the name of the bee and of the butterfly and of the breeze.

Amen.

Bees were a common motif throughout Dickinson's writings to qualify.

What are male bees called?

>> Worker bees.

>> I'm sorry.

That is incorrect.

Northampton.

Can you capitalize?

>> Drones.

>> Drones?

Yes.

That is the right answer.

Let's move on.

More about bees and their close cousins for ten points each.

Take a look at your screen first.

Which of the following species of bees live solitary lives instead of in colonies?

Are they honeybees, bumblebees, or carpenter bees?

>> Bumblebees.

>> Carpenter bees is the right answer there.

Let's try this one.

The most common of these relatives of bees are hornets and yellow jackets.

They usually have a slender, smooth body with the abdomen attached by a narrow stalk, well-developed wings, biting mouthparts, and in the female and workers, and often formidable sting.

Name this insect.

>> Wasp.

>> Wasp.

Yes.

That's right.

And finally, this one's for five points.

Name the only U.S. state flag that has an image of a beehive on it.

>> Utah.

>> Yes.

That's correct.

And that marks the end of our capitalization round.

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

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

We asked the team from Springfield Central.

Which subject do you think will actually help you the most in real life?

>> Me personally, I think biology definitely, because I really want to go into the medical field and can't really that's like the basis of everything.

And knowing your body is a very important factor.

I think that English will help me the most in real life because my English teacher last year, Mr. Forbes, taught me that if you can make a good argument, you can get anything you want in life.

>> I would have to say chemistry because it opened my eyes to a different world of science that I had never explored before, and I plan on going into it in the future.

>> I would have to say history, just because it helps me understand the context in which I exist and live in.

>> Moving 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.

You know how this works.

Buzz in and answer correctly.

You win five points.

Answer incorrectly.

You lose five points.

Well, sightseeing across the United States, in which US state will you find each of these tourist attractions?

You have 90s starting right now.

Faneuil Hall Marketplace, Northampton.

>> Boston.

>> Massachusetts.

Answer is Massachusetts, the Mall of America.

>> Springfield, new Jersey.

>> Minnesota is the right answer there.

The Space Needle.

>> Northampton, Washington.

>> Washington is correct.

Lake Mead National Recreation Park.

Nevada or Arizona there.

Mount Rushmore National memorial.

>> Springfield, South Dakota.

>> Yes, that's correct, the Bronx Zoo.

>> Springfield, New York.

>> New York is correct.

United States Space and Rocket Center.

>> Northampton, Texas.

>> Alabama is the right answer there.

Hammonasset Beach State Park.

>> Springfield, Rhode Island.

>> Connecticut is the right answer.

Navy pier.

Illinois is the right answer.

Stone Mountain State Park.

>> Northampton, Tennessee.

>> Georgia or North Carolina is the right answer there.

Klondike Gold Rush National Historic Park, Northampton, Alaska.

Alaska.

Yes, that's right, the French Quarter.

>> Northampton, Louisiana.

>> Louisiana is right.

The L.L.

bean flagship store.

Northampton, Maine.

Maine is right.

The Henry Ford Museum.

>> Northampton, Michigan.

>> Michigan is correct.

Silverwood theme park.

Famous park is in Idaho.

Rocky Mountain National Park.

>> Springfield, Colorado.

>> Yes, Colorado is right.

Atlantic City boardwalk.

>> Northampton, new Jersey.

>> New Jersey is right.

Times square.

>> Northampton, New York, New York.

>> Yes.

Fisherman's Wharf.

Northampton.

>> California.

>> California is right.

That bell, however, marks the end of our last lightning round.

It also marks the end of the match and of our regular season.

What a really great matchup tonight.

Springfield Central strong work I have to say.

Northampton.

You just really kicked it into high gear, especially in that capitalization round.

So congratulations to you on a job well done.

Tonight marks the last match of our regular season.

38 teams went head to head.

Now we're down to eight.

Here's a look at season 64 playoff bracket.

Let's take a look at Belchertown.

Number one seed going up against number eight seed Suffield.

Number four Northampton versus number five Easthampton.

Number two Longmeadow versus number seven seed Westfield High School.

And number three seed Lenox Memorial going up against number six seed Agawam High school.

Let the playoffs begin to see the season's roster.

And for more information, be sure to log on to our web page 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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