>> Join us tonight as Westfield High School goes up against Hampshire Regional High School.

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

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I think the quality of education is invaluable.

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 Westfield High School going up against Hampshire Regional School.

Let's take a second to meet the teams, starting with Hampshire Regional High School, coached by Jeff Casey.

>> Hi, my name is Matt Sezer and I'm a senior at Hampshire Regional High School.

>> Hi.

My name is Percy Bennett and I'm a freshman at Hampshire Regional High School.

>> I'm Xavier Greenberg and I'm a sophomore at Hampshire Regional High School.

>> Hi.

My name is Bella Gallo.

I'm a senior at Hampshire Regional High School, and I'd like to take a moment to recognize our alternates, Em Quinn and Georgia Frazier.

And for Westfield High School, coached by John Tyler.

>> Hi.

My name is Caitlin Goulet, and I am a junior at Westfield High School.

>> Hi.

My name is Luke Bullen and I'm a senior from Westfield High School.

>> Hi.

My name is Andy Liu and I'm a junior from Westfield High School.

>> Hi, my name is Ben Miller.

I'm a senior from Westfield High School, and at this time, I would like to take the time to recognize our alternate, Kelsey Blaze, Thomas Bruno and my brother, Jonas Miller.

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

Standings and let's see what happens tonight.

As we do each match, we start off with the challenge round.

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

All right.

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

Good luck to both teams.

Here we go.

Which system in the human body provides structural support, stores minerals, produces blood cells and enables regional.

Sorry.

Skeleton.

Yes, that is correct.

Grab your pens for this one.

If two sides of a rectangle are each 14in long and the other two are 11in long, what is the area of that rectangle?

Westfield.

One 5454 please be more specific.

One 54in .

Yes, that is correct.

Nice job.

Name the singer who recorded the 2020 song Save Your Tears.

Hampshire.

Ariana Grande.

I'm sorry.

That is incorrect.

All right, Westfield High School.

That gives you the chance to answer the weekend.

The weekend?

Yes, that is correct.

Which of the following Italian musical terms means at moderate pace?

Westfield moderato.

I'm sorry.

That is incorrect.

Let me finish the question.

Is it Adagio?

Andante or presto?

All right.

Hampshire regional.

Can you answer the question?

Presto.

Correct answer is Andante.

All right, let's move on with this one.

What?

U.S. president was sworn in for the first full term on January 20th, 1965.

Westfield.

John F Kennedy.

I'm sorry.

That is incorrect.

Hampshire.

Regional.

That gives you the chance to answer.

Johnson.

Lyndon Johnson is the correct answer.

What?

Miguel de Cervantes novel begins somewhere in la mancha.

In a place whose name I do not care to remember.

A gentleman lived not long ago.

Head scratcher on that one.

Don Quixote is the right answer.

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

The right to a speedy and public trial.

Excessive bail shall not be required.

Or excessive.

Bail?

Yes, that is correct.

Nice job in regular geometry.

What is the name of a nine sided polygon?

Where?

Westfield Nonagon.

Yes.

Didn't have to finish that one.

Very nice.

Complete the following relationship.

Harrisburg is to Pennsylvania as what capital city is to North Dakota?

Westfield.

Bismarck.

Bismarck is correct.

On December 6th, 2021, the United States announced a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in response to what host nation's human rights record.

Westfield.

China.

China is correct.

An intricate and difficult problem is defined as a conundrum.

Please spell the word conundrum.

Westfield c o n d r u m. I'm sorry, that is incorrect.

Hampshire Regional can you answer the question?

C o n u n d u r u m. I'm sorry, that is incorrect.

Also, the correct answer is c o n u n d r u m. All right, let's move on to the next one.

The Atlas Mountain range can be found.

On which continent?

Hampshire.

Africa?

Yes, that is correct.

In Greek mythology, Hades is the king of the underworld.

What is the name of his counterpart in Roman mythology?

Hampshire.

Pluto?

Yes, Pluto is correct.

What element on the periodic table is designated by the letters P, B. Westfield.

Lead.

Lead is correct.

Which of the following is not a movie starring Ryan Gosling?

La La Land, Barbie or Black Panther.

Hampshire.

Black panther.

Black Panther is correct.

That was Chadwick Boseman.

All right.

Io or io is the innermost and second smallest.

Jupiter.

I'm sorry.

That is incorrect.

Let me finish.

The question is the smallest of the four Galilean moons of the planet Jupiter.

Please spell the name Io or Io as some describe it.

All right.

Hampshire regional.

Can you answer the question?

Io.

That is correct.

Simply io.

Let's move on.

And what book by Norton Juster.

Will you read the line?

So many things are possible.

Just as long as you don't know they're impossible.

Correct answer.

The Phantom Tollbooth A black tetra is a type of what?

A cat, fish, automobile or a spider?

Westfield.

Fish.

Fish is correct if you travel due west from Richmond, Virginia.

What is the first state border you'll cross?

Westfield, Kentucky.

I'm sorry.

That is incorrect.

Hampshire regional.

That gives you the chance to answer.

West Virginia?

Yes.

West Virginia is correct.

Listen very carefully to this sentence.

You'll need eight weeks of PT to get your knee feeling better in that sentence.

The letters PT are a medical abbreviation for Westfield Physical Therapy.

Yes, that is correct.

Between 1841 and 1853, five U.S. presidential candidates were the only ones from this oddly named political party.

Name that party.

Westfield.

The Whig party.

The Whig Party is correct.

And that marks the end of our challenge round.

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

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

We asked the team from Hampshire Regional if you could travel anywhere in the world right now.

Where would you go and why?

If I could travel anywhere, I think I would go to Iceland because I've always wanted to see the northern lights there.

And I've heard that the hot springs are really good for your skin.

I would like to see Italy because of all the history with the Roman Empire, and also my family is from there.

I'll probably go to Scotland because I've heard that people are nice there and my family's from Scotland, so I'd like to go visit.

I would go to France because of the natural and man made beauty, along with the copious amounts of history.

Okay.

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.

We call this one finish the title.

I'll give you the author and the beginning words of a literary title.

You give us the last word of that title.

You have 90s starting right now.

Charles Dickens A Tale of Two Cities is correct.

Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Blank, Hampshire.

Repeat.

Letter.

Letter is correct.

F Scott Fitzgerald.

The Great.

Gatsby.

Gatsby is correct.

Aldous Huxley's brave new Westfield world.

World is correct William Golding.

The Lord of the Westfield Rings.

Lies is the right answer there.

Doctor.

Seuss.

Horton hears!

Of Westfield.

Hoo hoo is correct J.D.

Salinger.

The catcher in the Westfield.

Rye.

Rye is correct.

How about Harper Lee to kill a. Westfield.

Mockingbird.

Mockingbird is right.

Ernest Hemingway, the old man and Hampshire.

The sea.

The sea is correct.

Jane Austen.

Sense and Westfield.

Sensibility.

That is correct, Jonathan.

Jonathan.

Swift, Gulliver's travels.

Travels is right.

Mark Twain, the adventures of Tom.

Westfield.

Sawyer.

Sawyer is correct.

Edgar Allan Poe.

The Tell-Tale Westfield.

Heart.

Heart is correct George Orwell.

Animal.

Westfield.

Farm.

Farm is correct Geoffrey Chaucer.

The Canterbury.

Tales.

Tales is correct.

Try.

William Shakespeare, a midsummer Night's Hampshire.

Dream.

Dream is right.

Jane Austen.

Pride and.

Prejudice.

Prejudice is correct.

J.R.R.

Tolkien, the Lord of the Westfield Rings.

Rings.

Yes.

That's right.

Emily Bronte's wuthering, Hampshire Heights.

Heights.

Yes.

That's right.

And that bell 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, Hampshire, you are a bit behind.

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

What's it going to be?

Social studies for 30, please.

Social studies for 30.

Here's your qualifying question.

Complete this relationship.

The Mississippi River is to the Gulf of Mexico, as the Rhone River is.

To what body of water?

The North Sea.

I'm sorry.

That is incorrect.

Westfield High School, can you capitalize the Mediterranean?

The Mediterranean Sea?

Yes, that is correct.

Let's move on.

Rivers can empty into oceans, seas, bays, gulfs and other rivers.

All name a river.

You tell me it's outflow.

So for ten points each, take a look at your screen.

First, the Columbia River.

The Pacific ocean.

That is correct.

Try the Volga River.

The Caspian Sea.

That is correct.

And finally, how about the Ganges River?

The Bay of Bengal?

Yes.

Very nice job.

Got all of the answers correctly.

Congratulations to you.

All right, Westfield, please pick a category and a point value for the first time of the evening.

World events for 30, please.

World events for 30.

Here's your qualifying question.

The company Google was officially incorporated on September 4th, 1998.

Its name comes from the mathematical term googol, pronounced Google and spelled however, googol, which represents the number one, followed by how many zeros?

100?

Yes, 100 is correct.

All right, let's move on.

Here are clues to several applications encompassed by Google for ten points each.

Take a look at your screen first.

What Linux based operating system, whose icon is shown here was designed to work primarily on mobile devices, such as tablets and smartphones.

Android.

Android.

Yes.

That's right.

Originally called Earth Viewer 3D, this geographical information program maps the Earth through images obtained primarily from satellite imagery.

What program?

Google Earth?

Yes, Google Earth is correct.

And finally, if you're going to Japan and don't speak a word of Japanese, this Google website allows you to speak in English and receive an instant translation in Japanese.

Name the program.

Google translate.

Yes, that is correct.

Nice job.

Hampshire regional.

Your turn to please pick a category and a point value.

General knowledge for 30.

General knowledge for 30.

Here's your qualifying question.

How many squares are there on a standard chess board?

I'm sorry.

Time is up.

All right.

Westfield High School, can you capitalize?

64.

64?

Yes, that is correct.

Let's move on.

The answers to each of the following clues are numbers, which are a multiple of the number eight for ten points each.

First, there are how many letters in the Greek alphabet?

Also 24.

For 24.

Yes.

That's correct.

When adding the white and black keys together, a standard piano has.

How many keys?

88.

88?

Yes.

That's right.

And finally, how many U.S. liquid ounces are in a US liquid quart?

16.

32 is the right answer there?

All right.

Continuing now with Westfield.

Once again, please pick a category and point value.

Math and science for 30, please.

Math and science for 30.

To qualify.

This celestial phenomenon is a massive explosion that occurs when a star reaches the end of its life, or when a white dwarf experiences runaway nuclear fusion.

Name this phenomenon.

Supernova.

Supernova.

Yes.

That's correct.

Let's move on.

Some scientific terms containing the name of a color for ten points each.

First, these stars, which are in an intermediate late stage of stellar evolution, are characterized by low surface temperature and large volume.

Aldebaran and Gamma Crucis are famous examples.

Red giant.

Yes, red giant is correct, the primary examples of these in the Earth's atmosphere are nitrous oxide, methane, water vapor, carbon dioxide, and ozone.

Greenhouse gases.

Yes.

That's right.

And finally, try this.

Named for the Scottish botanist who first studied the phenomenon in 1827.

It's the term for the irregular motion of small particles suspended in a liquid or a gas.

Great, John.

Purple.

Good guess.

However.

Correct answer.

There is Brownian motion.

All right.

Hampshire regional.

Once again.

Your turn.

Arts and entertainment for 30.

Arts and entertainment for 30.

Your qualifying question.

Take a look at your screens, please.

Name the 2014 American live action fantasy film that was loosely based on the villain of the 1959 Disney animated film, Sleeping Beauty, Maleficent.

Yes.

That's correct.

Let's move on.

More about the film Maleficent for ten points each.

Take a look at your screen first.

The lead character, Maleficent was portrayed by this American actress, filmmaker and humanitarian.

Name her.

>> Angelina Jolie.

Yes, that is correct.

In the film, actress Elle Fanning plays the role of the Sleeping Beauty.

What is this character's actual name in the film?

Aurora.

Yes.

Princess Aurora.

That is correct.

And finally, unlike the likable character in the 1959 Disney film, Princess, Aurora's father, the King, played by Sharlto Copley in Maleficent, is a villainous antagonist.

What is the name of Princess Aurora's father?

Phillip King Stefan is the right answer there.

Good job on the other ones, though.

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

World events for 25, please.

Nobody liking literature tonight.

All right.

World events for 25.

Qualifying question.

You have picked the Westfield State University entrance exam question.

Answer the qualifier in all the category questions correctly, and your team wins an additional ten points.

All right.

Good luck.

Here we go.

Which of these historical figures lived most recently?

Johannes Kepler, Isaac Newton or Leonardo da Vinci?

Da Vinci.

I'm sorry.

That is incorrect.

Hampshire regional.

Can you capitalize?

Newton.

Isaac Newton is correct.

Let's move on with years in a life.

I'll name an historical figure.

You give me any one year in the lifetime of that individual.

These are for five points each.

Take a look at your screen first.

Galileo Galilei.

16.

16.

Yes.

That's correct.

How about Marie Curie?

1934.

Yes.

That was 1867 to 1934.

Nice job.

Try, Peter the Great.

1856.

I'm sorry.

That is incorrect.

1672 to 1725.

All right, Try.

Napoleon Bonaparte.

1812.

Yes.

Correct.

1769 to 1821.

All right.

Finally try.

Rosa Parks.

1950.

Yes.

Correct.

1913 to 2005.

Very close to the clean sweep.

Good job.

Nonetheless.

All right.

Hampshire regional.

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

Literature for 30, please.

Taking the last of the 30s.

Literature for 30.

Qualifying question in what Charles Dickens novel will you encounter?

Betsey Trotwood, the title character's great aunt and guardian.

In.

A Tale of Two Cities.

I'm sorry, that is incorrect.

Westfield High School.

Can you capitalize?

Oliver twist.

David Copperfield is the right answer there.

All right, Westfield, once again, your turn.

Math and science for 25, please.

Math and science for 25.

Here we go.

The qualifying question.

Take a look at your screens found in fruits and honey.

This simple sugar, whose molecular formula is shown here, is the major free sugar circulating in the blood of humans.

Name it.

Glucose.

Glucose?

Yes, that is correct.

The generic term sugar refers to any of numerous sweet, colorless, water soluble compounds in this category.

All name the common name for a certain type of sugar.

You provide the scientific name from the choices given for five points each.

Take a look at your screen first.

Fruit.

Sugar.

Fruit.

Fructose.

Yes.

That's correct.

Try wood or straw.

Sugar.

Sucralose.

Xylose is the right answer there.

How about table sugar?

Sucrose.

Sucrose is correct.

Try malt sugar.

Maltose.

Maltose is right.

And finally.

Milk.

Sugar.

Lactose.

Lactose.

Yes.

That's correct.

Hampshire regional.

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

Social studies for 25.

Social studies for 25 to qualify.

You've likely already learned that Russia is the largest country by land area on Earth.

What country is the second largest by land area?

Canada?

Yes, Canada is correct.

Let's move on.

More second place landmarks.

All named.

The largest of a particular landmark group.

You tell me, what is the second largest?

These are for ten points each.

First up.

Mount Everest is the highest mountain above sea level on Earth.

Which Asian mountain is second highest?

K2?

Yes.

K2 is correct.

Siberia's Lake Baikal is the largest lake by volume on Earth.

What African Lake is the second largest lake by volume?

Lake Victoria.

I'm sorry.

Correct answer is Lake Tanganyika.

All right.

Finally, this one is for five points.

Lake superior is the largest of the Great Lakes.

What?

Great lake is second largest?

Lake Michigan.

Lake Huron is the right answer there.

And that marks the end of our capitalization round.

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

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

We asked the team from Westfield High School if you could rename your school mascot.

What would it be?

We are currently the Westfield Bombers and our mascot is a jet plane.

And I would keep it as it is because I think it's an iconic part of Westfield and our school.

We're currently a jet plane, but I think we should change it to a more contemporary, cooler vehicle like a Volkswagen Beetle.

I wouldn't really change it.

I think we have a perfect mascot.

I would change it to our alternate, Jonas Miller.

Okay.

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.

You know what happens.

Your team loses five points.

Well, we hope that you don't get gobbled up by this round.

Each answer is a word with a letter sequence.

B b somewhere in it, as in the word gobbled.

You have 90s starting right now.

An animal also known as a hare Westfield rabbit.

Rabbit is correct.

A small, smooth stone Westfield pebble.

Pebble is right.

The thick insulating layer of fatty tissue on Wales.

Hampshire.

Blubber.

Blubber.

Yes.

That's right.

Adjective for refusing to comply.

Agree or give in.

Westfield.

Stubborn.

Yes.

Stubborn is correct.

Another name for a drinking fountain.

Westfield.

Bubbler.

Bubbler is right.

Common word for a turkeys call.

Westfield.

Gobble.

Gobble is right.

Material found in car and bicycle tires.

Hampshire rubber.

Rubber is correct.

To rotate with an uneven motion.

Hampshire.

Just in time.

Wobble.

Wobble is the right answer there.

Ducks have these types of feet.

Westfield.

Webbed.

Webbed is right.

An argument over a trivial matter.

Westfield squabble.

Quibble is the right answer.

There a game where you spell words with letter tiles.

Hampshire.

Scrabble.

Yes.

Scrabble is correct.

Space telescope launched in 1990.

Westfield.

Hubble.

Hubble is correct.

Term for a receding or outgoing ocean tide.

Westfield.

Ebbing.

Yes.

That's correct.

Another name for garbage or useless material.

Hampshire.

Rubbish.

Rubbish.

Yes.

That's right.

Informal name for a taxi driver.

Westfield.

Cabby is the right answer.

There to chatter rapidly or foolishly.

Westfield.

Blabber.

Babble is the right answer.

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

It also marks the end of our match.

We have a couple of quick adjustments to make in that last lightning round.

We asked the question, an argument over a trivial matter, we were looking for the answer.

Quibble Westfield gave the answer of squabble and we are going to accept that answer.

We also asked the question to chatter rapidly or foolishly.

We were looking for babble.

Westfield gave the answer of blabber.

We are going to accept that as well.

So nice job.

Really nice job to both of our teams tonight.

Hampshire Regional, you hung in there, did a great job.

So congratulations to you Westfield High School.

You have cracked the top eight.

So a big congrats to you as well to see this 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 as schools match wits.

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The MTA 180 years of commitment to the public schools and colleges.

Our communities deserve.

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

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

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

Each person has their own excellence.

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