(upbeat music) (drums rolling) - Welcome to the season premier of "High School Quiz Show: Maine."

We've got 16 schools competing to be this year's champion and take home $1000.

In our first qualifying match, it's the Raiders of Oak Hill High School, (jubilant music) taking on the Witches of Brewer High School.

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(upbeat music) - Welcome to season five of "High School Quiz Show: Maine."

I'm your new host, Todd Gottner.

As you may know, the show took a break last year and you can probably guess why, but we're back for season five.

A few things are gonna be a little different this season.

For one, we don't have a live studio audience.

That's unfortunate.

We will not play the head-to-head round either, also unfortunate.

And we're taking numerous precautions behind the scenes.

What hasn't changed though, is that we haves 16 schools from around the entire state who will compete for the $1000 grand prize for their school's project graduation.

Also this year you'll have the chance to win $500 for the school of your choice with our Quiz Show Conundrum Contest, that's coming up a little later in the show.

In our opening match, we have Oak Hill High School from Wales taking on Brewer High School from Brewer.

Let's go meet the players for our kickoff match.

For Oak Hill, we have Julian, Paige, Tiger, Kayleigh, with alternates, Marisa and Krista and Coaches Edzuis and Derek Anderson.

And for Brewer, we have Lindsey, Swaroop, Cooper and Ryan.

Their alternate is Emma and that's coached by Sue Anne Gating and Andrea Martin.

The competition has three rounds, a Toss Up round, a Category round and a Lightning round.

We'll start with the Toss Up round.

Now all answers are worth 10 points, and this is the only round with no point deductions for wrong answers.

Players must wait for me to complete the question, and if one team answers incorrectly, the other team will be given a chance to answer.

All right, you guys got butterflies over there?

- Yeah, a little bit.

(lady laughing) - I do too, all right, so we're all in this together.

You ready to start playing?

- Yeah.

- All right, here comes the first question.

What science teacher leads her class on adventures in the original "Magic School Bus" series.

(beep) Ryan, Brewer.

- Miss Frizzle.

- That is correct!

Nice job.

In July, 2020 people in the Northeast woke up early to catch a glimpse of C/2020 F3, also called NEOWISE.

What kind of celestial object is NEOWISE?

(beep) Ryan again.

I'm sorry, Cooper in Brewer.

- A comet.

- Correct, a comet.

Araminta Ross was the birth name of what woman who worked with the underground railroad?

(beep) Ryan, Brewer.

- Harriet Tubman.

- That is correct.

Because of its policy of apartheid, what country was banned from Olympic competition from 1964, until it was reinstated for the 1992 Barcelona games?

(beep) Brewer, Ryan.

- South Africa.

- That is correct.

All right, now up next, we have a picture question.

So please look at the monitor right over here.

This country has the most islands in the world with more than 221,800 of them.

It's also finished fifth in the 2022 Olympic medal count at the Beijing Winter Olympics.

(beep) Julian, Oak Hill.

- Iralink.

- [Todd] I'm sorry.

- Iralink.

- [Todd] No, that is incorrect.

(beep) Cooper, Brewer.

- The Netherlands.

- Also incorrect.

Answer, Sweden.

We move on.

"Radioactive", "Believer" and "Whatever it Takes" were hit singles from what band from Las Vegas?

(beep) Cooper, Brewer.

- Imagine Dragons.

- Correct.

- For, while and do are basic types of what computer programming structure that repeats a section of code until a specified condition is met?

(beep) Cooper, Brewer.

- Loops.

- Correct.

Which one of the four pro tennis Grand Slam events is played in London?

(beep) Brewer, Ryan.

- Wimbledon.

- That is correct, Wimbledon.

All right, now up next, we have a video question.

So once again, take a look at the monitor right over here.

- Hi, I'm Patty Wight, reporter here at Maine Public.

Name this American English grammar style and usage guide created by American journalists working for, or connected with the associated press.

(beep) - Cooper, Brewer.

- Chicago Manual Style.

- Incorrect.

Oak Hill, a chance.

(buzzer buzzes) The answer is AP Style Book.

All right, we move on.

Since 1972, the path to nominating US presidential candidates has officially started with caucuses in which Midwestern state?

(beep) Julian, Oak Hill.

- Iowa.

- That is correct.

A person adjusts her F-stop when she's doing what?

Is it, a, taking photographs, b, changing a car tire, or c, setting up her Wi-Fi?

(beep) Cooper.

- Taking photographs.

- Taking photographs is correct.

Math question now.

What is the lowest common denominator of 3/5 and 5/8?

(beep) Brewer, Ryan.

- 40.

- 40 is correct.

The chief sites of the ancient Olmec civilization are located in what modern day country?

(beep) Brewer, Ryan.

- Mexico.

- Mexico is correct.

In a story book by John Steinbeck, Kino is a diver who finds what precious object?

(buzzer buzzes) The answer is Pearl, or Pearl of the world.

All right, measuring roughly 150 million kilometers in astronomical unit or AU, is the distance between the center of the earth and the center of which celestial body?

(beep) Julian, Oak Hill.

- The sun.

- Correct, the sun.

Which of these is a quadrilateral?

A, cone, b, cube or c, trapezoid.

(beep) Ryan, Brewer.

- Trapezoid.

- Correct.

Usually warm or cold, what's the weather forecasting term for the boundary zone where air masses of different temperatures meet?

(beep) Tiger, Oak Hill.

- A front.

- Proud of you, very proud of you.

(students laughing) Front is correct.

The definition of stan as a super, devoted fan, derives from a song by what American rapper?

(beep) Cooper, Brewer.

- Biggie Smalls.

- That is incorrect.

(Ryan chuckling) (beep) - Eminem.

- [Todd] Tiger, Oak Hill.

- Eminem.

- Eminem is correct.

(students chuckling) Math question again.

Caitlin's gross annual income is $45,000.

She pays 20% of her income in taxes.

What is her net annual income?

(beep) Julian, Oak Hill.

- Ah.

(blows raspberries) 12 thousand- (buzzer buzzes) - That's incorrect.

(beep) Swaroop.

- 36,000.

- 36,000 is it.

What imaginary line runs through India, China, Mexico and The Bahamas, at approximately 23 and a half degrees North latitude?

(beep) Tiger, Oak Hill.

- Bermuda Triangle.

- That's incorrect.

(beep) Ryan, Brewer.

- The Equator.

- Also incorrect, the answer is Tropic of Cancer.

(clears throat) From the Greek word of- (students giggling) For the Greek word for motion, what is the name for the energy an object has because it is moving?

(beep) Swaroop, Brewer.

- Kinetic energy.

- That is correct.

A cook in New York city named Mary Mallon became notorious for spreading what disease in the early 20th century?

(beep) Paige, Oak Hill.

- Salmonella.

- [Todd] Incorrect.

(beep) Cooper.

- Typhoid fever.

- That is correct.

Next question.

Four trigrams that symbolize heaven, earth, fire and water are depicted on the national flag of what Asian country?

(beep) Julian, Oak Hill.

- South Korea.

- Correct, South Korea.

The force of buoyancy is equal to the weight of water displaced by a floating object, is a principle attributed to what Ancient Greek scientist?

(beep) Ryan, Brewer.

- Archimedes.

- That is correct.

From the Spanish name for a cooking pot or kettle, what word refers to a large crater that forms when a volcano collapses?

(beep) Cooper.

- Basin.

- Incorrect.

Oak Hill, a chance.

(beep) Julian.

- Paella.

- (chuckles) It's tasty, but no.

It's caldera, caldera.

(alarm rings) All right, that is the end of round one.

We have a score of Oak Hill 50 and Brewer 150, but there's still a lot to go here.

Great start to season five.

We'll meet the teams when we come back.

(upbeat music) Welcome back to "High School Quiz Show: Maine."

As I said earlier, we're not doing the Head to Head round this season, but we will meet our players by asking 'em our traditional, slightly silly question.

And this one is, what animated character do you identify with most and why?

And Oak Hill, we're gonna start with you.

So Julian, why don't you lead off?

- I would say Totoro because he's big and kind of goofy.

- (chuckles) Okay.

Paige, what do you got?

- I'd have to say Garfield because I like food and I'm pretty lazy.

- Yes, agreed.

Agreed on all fronts.

Tiger.

- I'd say Johnny Bravo, 'cause I like to have fun.

- Johnny Bravo, all right.

(laughs) Kayleigh.

- I'd say SpongeBob because I laugh a lot.

- Nice, nice.

Lindsay, we'll go over to Brewer now.

What do you got?

- Probably Belle from "Beauty and the Beast," because I want that library so badly.

- So you like to read that's what you're saying?

- Yes, I do.

- Okay, Swaroop, what do you got for us?

- Probably Donkey from "Shrek," 'cause I can't stop talking sometimes.

(laughter) - You're like the life of a party in a way?

- Sometimes, yeah.

- Yeah, cool.

All right, Cooper.

- I have to go with Lightning McQueen because I run and I like to think I'm fast.

- Are you though?

(Lindsey giggles) - I will be this outdoor season.

- Nice.

- Shout out to my coach, Mr. Rand.

(Todd laughs) Kuchow!

- All right, Cooper, thank you.

Ryan, what do you got for us?

- I would've to say Aang from "The Last Air Bender," because I wouldn't mind being in a monastery and I'm the last of my kind.

- Wow, yeah.

Really, that's the direction you wanna go in later on?

- No, no.

I said I wouldn't mind.

- Oh, you wouldn't mind.

Okay, you've clarified a little bit.

- [Ryan] I can be alone.

- All right, thanks guys.

The Category round is next, but first here's your chance to win $500 for the school of your choice with our Quiz Show Conundrum of the week.

(upbeat music) - Hi, I'm Grace Levitt, president of the Maine Education Association.

And this is your Quiz Show Conundrum.

Unscramble the phrase: head slow.

Your clue is, listen for the fog horn.

That's head slow.

Listen for the fog horn.

(upbeat music) - We are back and next up is our Category round with the following choices.

Girls on film, walk like an Egyptian, X marks the end, seas the day, are you wearing that?

And myth demeanors.

Now each category has five questions with increasing point values.

Players, you must wait for me to finish the question before you buzz in.

You can confer with your teammates, but once you buzz in, you're no longer allowed to confer and we'll need you to answer the question.

And like in the Toss Up round, if one team answers it incorrectly, the other team will be given the chance to answer it.

All right, Oak Hill, you are up first.

You can select the first category and get rolling.

- [Paige] Seas the day for 10.

- Seas the day for 10.

Now these questions are gonna be about seas of the world.

Jamaica and the Cayman islands can be found in what sea?

(beep) Ryan, Brewer.

- The Caribbean Sea.

- [Todd] That is correct.

Ryan, you have control.

- Let's go to myth demeanors, 10.

- Myth demeanors for 10.

These questions are about mythology.

In Greek mythology, what God of the sky is the chief God of Mount Olympus?

(beep) Cooper, Brewer.

- Zeus.

- [Todd] That is correct, Zeus.

You still have control.

- [Cooper] Let's go with myth demeanors for 15, please.

- Myth demeanor for 15. Who is the one-eyed father god of Norse mythology that rides an eight-legged horse called Sleipnir?

(beep) Swaroop, Brewer.

- Odin.

- Correct, it is Odin.

You still have control.

- Let's go with myth demeanors for 20.

- Myth demeanors for 20.

In Greek mythology, which titan was condemned by Zeus to carry the heavens on his shoulders?

(beep) Julian, Paige, excuse me, Oak Hill.

- Kronos.

- [Todd] That is incorrect.

(beep) Cooper, Brewer.

- Atlas.

- [Todd] Atlas is correct.

Brewer, you still have control here.

- [Cooper] Let's go with myth demeanors for 25, please.

- Myth demeanors for 25.

The Egyptian God, Ra, the Hindu God, Surya, and the Shinto goddess Amaterasu are most closely associated with what object in nature?

(beep) Ryan.

- The sun.

- [Todd] That is correct, the sun.

Brewer with control.

- We will stick with myth demeanors for 30.

- Myth demeanors for 30.

Which deity in Hawaiian mythology is the goddess of fire and volcanoes and the creator of new land?

(beep) Julian, Oak Hill.

- Malawi.

- That is incorrect.

Brewer.

(buzzer buzzes) The answer is Pele, Pele.

We still have Brewer in control of this board.

- [Ryan] Let's go with seas the day for 15.

- Seas the day for 15.

What super salty sea is bordered by Jordan, Israel and the West Bank?

(beep) Ryan of Brewer.

- The Dead Sea.

- [Todd] The Dead Sea is correct.

Brewer, you still have it.

- [Ryan] Seas the day for 20.

- Seas the day for 20.

The Bering Sea touches the coast of which US state?

(beep) Cooper, Brewer.

- Alaska.

- [Todd] Alaska, correct.

You still have the board.

- [Cooper] Let's go with seas the day for 25.

- Seas the day, 25.

The Danube River empties into which sea?

(beep) Julian, Oak hill.

- The Mediterranean.

- [Todd] Incorrect.

Brewer, you have an opportunity here.

(beep) Ryan.

- The Caspian Sea.

- Incorrect.

The answer is the Black Sea.

Brewer, still in control.

- [Ryan] We'll go with seas the day for 30.

- All right, for 30 to wrap up the category.

If you sailed from Bari, Italy, to Dubrovnik, Croatia, what sea would you cross?

(beep) Ryan.

- The Aegean Sea.

- [Todd] Incorrect, Oak Hill a chance.

(beep) Julian.

- The Mediterranean.

- Incorrect.

(students chuckling) It's the Adriatic.

I think we named them all in the area though.

Brewer, you are still in control.

- [Ryan] We'll go with walk like an Egyptian for 10.

- Walk like an Egyptian for 10.

And these questions will be about ancient Egypt.

Near the Pyramid of Khafre in Giza is a giant statue of what creature with a lion's body and human head?

(beep) Ryan, Brewer.

- Sphinx.

- Sphinx is correct.

You have the board.

- We'll stick with walk like an Egyptian for 15.

- Walk like an Egyptian, 15.

From the Egyptian for great house, what title is commonly applied to rulers of ancient Egypt?

(beep) Cooper, Brewer.

- Pharaoh.

- Pharaoh is right.

We move on.

What would you like, Brewer?

- [Cooper] We'll stick with walk like an Egyptian for 20.

- Walk like an Egyptian, 20.

Which Macedonian leader conquered Egypt in 332 BC and ruled it remotely until his death in 323 BC?

(beep) Ryan, Brewer.

- Alexander the Great.

- [Todd] That is correct.

You still on the board?

- [Ryan] Stick with walk like an Egyptian for 25.

- Walk like an Egyptian, 25.

Which city on the Mississippi River in Tennessee takes it name from the capital of ancient Egypt during the third to eighth dynasties?

(beep) Ryan, Brewer.

- Memphis.

- [Todd] Memphis is right.

What would you like?

- [Ryan] Walk like an Egyptian for 30.

- Okay, for 30.

There are no known life portraits of Cleopatra, but we do have portraits of what other famous Egyptian queen and wife of Akhenaten, whose name means the beautiful one has come.

(buzzer buzzes) The answer is Neferti or Nefertiti.

(chuckles) I think that's right, Nefertiti.

All right, Brewer, you still have control.

- [Ryan] Let's go with, are you wearing that for 10?

- Alrighty, are you wearing that for 10.

These questions are about things you wear.

Don Freeman wrote books about what bear, whose name is the same as a thick cotton fabric with a ribbed texture?

(beep) Swaroop.

- Corduroy, corduroy.

- [Todd] Corduroy is right.

What would you like to do, Swaroop?

- [Swaroop] We'll stick with, are you wearing that for 15?

- All, right, for 15.

Dr. Who fans know that what type of hat named for a city in Morocco is cool?

(buzzer buzzes) The answer is fez.

A fez hat.

Oh, well you still have control though over there Brewer.

What would you like?

- [Ryan] Are you wearing that for 20?

- Okay, we're up to 20 now.

Are you wearing that?

What news and lifestyle website geared toward young women takes its name from a 19 century undergarment that makes a skirt puff out at the back?

(beep) And it's Julian Oak Hill.

- Bloomers.

- Incorrect.

Brewer, you have a chance here.

(buzzer buzzes) Answer, bustle, bustle.

Brewer, still in control.

- [Tiger] Don't worry, we lost.

(indistinct) - [Ryan] Let's go with X marks the end for 10.

- X marks the end for 10.

In this, each answer is a science term that ends with the letter X.

What's the common name for the animal whose scientific name is vulpes vulpes.

(beep) Ryan.

- A lynx.

- [Todd] That is incorrect.

- Fox, are you sure?

- Yeah, sure.

(beep) - Oak Hill.

- Fox.

- Fox is correct.

Fox is correct.

(students cheering) Oak Hill, you have the board!

- [Tiger] We'll go, girls on film for 10.

- Girls on film for 10.

These are questions about movies with girls as main characters.

Auli'i Cravalho provided the voice of what Polynesian title character in a 2016 Disney film?

(beep) Ryan, Brewer.

- "Moana."

- [Todd] "Moana" is correct.

Brewer, you have control again.

- [Ryan] Let's go with X marks the end for 15.

- X marks the end for 15.

What is the medical name for the voice box?

(beep) Julian, Oak Hill.

- Thorax.

- It's incorrect.

Brewer, you have a chance.

(beep) - Swaroop.

- Phalynx.

- Also incorrect.

The correct answer is larynx.

(students chattering) We move on.

Brewer, you still have the board, though.

- [Ryan] Let do, are you wearing that for 25.

- Okay, are you wearing that 25.

A place where nuclear bombs were tested, inspired the name of what two piece swimsuit created by fashion designer, Louis Riyad.

(beep) Ryan, Brewer.

- Bikini.

- Bikini is correct.

(alarm rings) All right, wow!

That was an exciting round that ends the Category round.

And right now we have a score of Oak Hill at minus 80 and Brewer at 300, but it's the lightning round next.

And anything can happen in the lightning round.

So sit tight and we'll be right back.

(upbeat music) We are back and we're heading into the final 90 seconds of gameplay.

It's the super exciting Lightning round.

Truly anything can happen.

Oak Hill, you can come back in this for sure.

You buzz in at any time I read the question.

You get 20 points for each correct answer.

An incorrect answer though will also cost you 20 points.

Now the clock is set and here we go.

(drums rolling) Who duets with Sean Mendez on "Senorita?"

(beep) Kayleigh, Oak Hill.

- Camila Cabello - [Todd] That is correct.

A raisin is a dried form of which fruit?

(beep) Swaroop.

- A grape.

- [Todd] A grape is correct.

What musical features Lumiere and Mrs.- (beep) - "Beauty and the Beast."

- [Todd] Thank you, yes that's correct.

(Lindsey chuckles) Crabs, lobsters and shrimp are part of which sub- (beep) - Crustaceans.

- [Todd] That is correct Julian.

Perseverance Rover is on a mission to collect rocks from what planet?

(beep) Swaroop.

- Mars.

- [Todd] Mars is correct.

What artist painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?

(beep) Ryan, Brewer.

- Michelangelo.

- [Todd] Michelangelo.

The Great Depression followed the stock market crash of what year?

(beep) - Ryan again.

- 1929.

- [Todd] 1929 is right.

"I think therefore I am" is associated with which French- (beep) - René Descartes.

- [Todd] Correct.

As a Senator, Kamala Harris represented what state?

(beep) - California.

- [Todd] Lindsay, yes, good job.

Bollywood refers to the film industry.

(beep) - India - Cooper, yes, India.

Macbeth and Macduff held what title given to feudal Lords in Scotland?

(dramatic music) (buzzer buzzes) Thane is the answer.

We move on.

What do we call the layer of trees- (alarm rings) Oh, that is it.

Let's see our winning team this week is Brewer with 440 points.

And they'll be moving on to the quarter finals in a few weeks.

Our runner up, Oak Hill, minus 20 points.

But you guys really played an awesome game.

Thank you for playing and congratulations to both of you teams.

Be sure to tune in next week, we've got Brunswick High School, they're taking on Morse of Bath in our second qualifying match.

We wanna thank you for watching "High School Quiz Show: Maine," and we'll see you again next time.

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