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-Coming up it's The Meadows... [cheers and applause] ...taking on Coronado.
[cheers and applause] -This is the Varsity Quiz Silver League Championship!
[crashing sound] ♪♪♪ [cheers and applause] (Nathan Tannenbaum) Hello, and welcome to the 54th season of Varsity Quiz .
We've got the best and the brightest high school kids matching wits in this unique academic competition.
Well, we started with 19 schools in the Silver League in three different divisions.
Now the road to the Varsity Quiz '23 Silver League Championship ends tonight.
The Meadows defeated defending champion Clark in their Semi Final to earn their spot here.
Let's meet their starters.
There's Kyra.
Hi, Kyra.
-Hello.
-Hey, Lawrence.
-Hello.
-There's Ben.
-Hey there.
-And there's Brinley.
-Hello.
-And the coaches for The Meadows, Gary Handley and Tom Garvey.
Now let's meet the players for Coronado.
They eliminated Gorman in their Semi Final.
Their starters are Maryiam.
Hi, Maryiam.
-Hi.
-There's Mira.
-Hi.
-And there's Frank.
-Hi.
-And there's Mason.
-Hello.
-And coach for Coronado is Matt Aberman.
Students, are you ready?
Let's play Varsity Quiz .
One of these objects in yellow and blue is barely visible in the upper-left corner of Rembrandt's Night Watch .
In Liberty Leading the People , Eugene Delacroix depicted a woman waving a tricolor one-- The Meadows, Ben: Flag -Yes.
Next question.
What country was led by Salvador Allende from 19-- That would be The Meadows, Ben: Chile -Yes.
Name the language known to its speakers as Kartvelian, with more than 3 million speakers in a country on the Black Sea.
Now-- We'll go with The Meadows, Ben: Bulgarian -No.
That is an interrupt.
I will finish reading the question.
It sounds like it should be spoken by people who live in a southern U.S. state, but this region is at the meeting point of Eastern Europe and Asia.
Coronado, Frank: Georgian -Yes.
Points on the board now for Coronado.
Next question.
In 1842, the U.S. and British colonies resolved several border disputes by signing this treaty that effectively defined the Northeastern boundary between the U.S. and Canada.
Name this agreement which includes both the American and British negotiators' names.
The Meadows, Ben: Ashe and Bird Treaty -Incorrect.
Coronado, Maryiam: Mason-Dixon Agreement -No.
It was the Webster-Ashburton Treaty.
No points.
We move to the next question.
Arguably the most famous diary written in the English language, this work was begun in 1660, ending in 1669.
Name this work that offers richly detailed descriptions of the turbulent times.
[bell chimes, time expires] -That was Samuel Pepys.
Next question.
As of January 2023, what position does Denis McDonough hold in the President's cabinet?
The Meadows, Ben: Secretary of the VA -Yes, that is correct.
This 29-year-old had been helping her father map the night skies when she discovered a comet and determined its orbit.
Her name was Maria.
She went on to become the first professional woman astronomer in the U.S. What was her last name?
The Meadows, Kyra: Halley -No.
Coronado, Frank: Smith -No.
It was Maria Mitchell.
No points.
Next question, students, is a calculation question.
Find the local maxima and the local minima of the function: f of X equals X cubed minus 6X squared plus 9X plus 15 using the second derivative test.
That's Coronado, Frank: Minima 1, Maxima 3 -No.
[bell chimes, time expires] -You got it backwards.
The Maxima is 1.
The Minima is 3.
Next question, students.
These become elevated in the blood in the case of fasting, diets that avoid carbohydrates, or uncontrolled diabetes and are used as solvents in your system.
What organic compounds generally arise when your body does not have enough glucose to provide the energy needed, causing a condition that ends in "-acidosis"?
That's Coronado, Mason: Lactic Acid Compounds -No.
The Meadows, Ben: Kino -Pardon me?
-Kino.
-No.
We were looking for Ketones.
Next question.
In slightly different spellings, what given name do these people share: the composer of the Resurrection Symphony , the French engineer known as the Magician of Iron, and the author of Madame Bovary ?
Coronado, Maryiam: Gustav -Correct.
Now in the collection Darkwater , this sociologist outlined his concept of the "veil" that separated black Americans from the rest of society.
He coined the term "double consciousness" for the inner turmoil caused by viewing oneself through the lens of a racist oppressor.
Who was he?
Coronado, Mason: Baldwin -No.
The Meadows, Ben: Du Bois -Yes, W.E.B.
Du Bois.
Next question.
What was the title of Emile Zola's letter of January 1898, in which he demanded-- The Meadows, Ben: J'accuse -Yes.
Less complicated to administer than a national monument, what designation does the National Park Service give to such significant historical places as Bent's Old Fort, Pennsylvania Avenue, Golden Spike, the Springfield Armory, Andersonville, and Chimney Rock?
The Meadows, Ben: National Monument -Incorrect.
Coronado, Mason: Landmarks -No.
They are National Historic Sites.
Next question is a calculation question.
A movie theater charges $5 for each adult, $2 for a child.
One Saturday, the theater sold a total of 785 tickets with receipts totaling $3,280.
How many children's tickets were sold?
That's Coronado, Frank: 215 Yes.
Next question.
Mary, Queen of Scots did it in 1567.
Louis Bonaparte, King of Holland in 1810, Edward VIII in 1936, Victor Emanuel-- And that will be The Meadows, Brinley: Abdicate -Correct.
Next question.
Deneb is a bright star that forms the tail of the swan, while Denebola serves as the tail of the lion.
Those two stars are found in which two constellations?
Coronado, Mason: Cygnus and Leo -Correct.
Next question.
Sixteenth Century German historian Hieronymus Wolf popularized what two-word term for the Greek-speaking realm of the Middle Ages that centered on Constantinople?
That's The Meadows, Ben: The Byzantine Empire -Correct.
Next question.
Discovered by Vachel Lindsay, he wrote Shakespeare in Harlem .
"The Negro Speaks of Rivers" was the first published poem by this Poet Laureate of Harlem.
Name the author.
Meadows, Ben: Langston Hughes -Yes, sir.
These objects are called "singular" if they have no inverse, which will be the case if their determinant is zero.
Coronado, Frank: Matrices -I don't think we can take that.
That is an interrupt.
Let me finish reading the question.
What are these mathematical objects that consist of entries arrayed in an equal number of rows and columns?
The Meadows, Brinley: Matrix -No, that's incorrect.
We were looking for Square Matrix or Square Matrices.
And I was calling on Brinley on that one, Lawrence.
That's okay.
Next question.
Several ways to use this word.
The yellow variety of a string bean is called this.
Batik, painting on cloth, to which this substance has been applied-- We'll go with The Meadows, Kyra: Wax -Yes.
The 100 seats in the U.S. Senate are basically identical, but the desk that always goes to the senior senator from Mississippi has a small block of mahogany inlaid in it.
That's a repair from the damage caused when a Union soldier bayoneted that desk that had been used most recently by what other Mississippian?
The Meadows, Ben: Jefferson Davis Yes, sir.
Next question.
Five of Shakespeare's plays have characters named Antonio in their dramatis personae.
Name one of the five plays.
That's Coronado, Frank: The Tempest -Yes.
Others, Two Gentlemen of Verona , The Merchant of Venice , Much Ado about Nothing , and Twelfth Night .
Next.
With the revival of interest in classical, Latin, and Greek during the Renaissance, what was the third and more ancient language to gain in popularity among scholars?
The Meadows, Kyra: Hebrew -Yes.
Next question is a calculation question.
The sum of the ages of Nicole and Kristin is 32 years.
In two years, Nicole will be three times as old as Kristin.
How old is each of them right now?
Let me repeat.
Okay.
Coronado, Frank: Nicole is 25 Kristin is 7 -That is correct.
Next question.
Mary Elizabeth Sawyer was born in 1806.
One day in 1815, what happened on the way to the Redstone Schoolhouse outside of Boston that led to a nursery rhyme being written about her?
Coronado, Mason: She Brought a Sheep -Nope.
The Meadows, Lawrence: She Brought-- She Brought a Lamb to School -I don't know if we can accept that.
No, she didn't bring it.
Her Little Lamb Followed Her to School.
So no points on that one.
And that is the end of our first round.
Before we move on, though, we want to learn a little more about our players.
Hopefully you had a chance to meet some of these players as they competed in the Quarter Finals and the Semi Finals.
So as we say hello to our players from The Meadows, we'll start with Kyra.
Hi, Kyra.
-Hello.
-Nice to see you again.
So as a senior, I'm just curious to know if you've made your post-high school plans.
-I intend to be an illustration major, but I don't know where yet.
-Hopefully you've got some apps in and some folks are getting back to you.
-I do have a few acceptance letters, which is nice.
-Oh, good.
Good luck with your post-high school career, and good luck here on Varsity Quiz .
-Thank you.
Here's a 12th grader, Lawrence.
Hi, Lawrence.
-Hello.
-Good to see you again.
Have you made your post-high school plans?
-Well, I haven't decided which college I'm going to.
Still playing the waiting game on that.
But I plan to major in computer science and linguistics.
-Excellent.
So you have some choices to make?
-Yep.
-Well, good luck with that, and good luck here on Varsity Quiz .
Thanks, Lawrence.
-Thank you.
-Here's 11th grader, Ben.
Hi, Ben.
-Hey there.
-So you have a year to wait, but have you thought ahead to what's going to happen after high school?
-I have.
It's dawned on me that later this year, I'm going to be submitting college apps.
So that's like a wave that's about to hit me, but we'll cross that bridge when I come to it.
-So definitely somewhere there's college in your future?
-Yes.
-Awesome.
Well, good luck with that, and good luck here on Varsity Quiz .
Here's senior Brinley.
Brinley, so the future is about to jump on you.
What are your post-high school plans?
-Yes.
I hope to study classics in college, but I don't know where.
I've not heard back from any colleges.
So like Lawrence, I'm playing the very long waiting game.
-Okay.
Well, patience and good luck.
Good luck here on Varsity Quiz .
Those are our players from The Meadows!
Nice to see you guys again.
[applause] -And let's talk to our players from Coronado High School.
Now, Maryiam, you've still got a few years to go.
-Yeah, I do.
-But are you-- So you're a freshman, right?
-Yes.
-Are you looking forward to post-high school, or you're not worried about that yet?
-Well, I do want to go into pediatric oncology.
So basically that's children's cancer.
-Yeah.
-But at the end of the day, I'd rather be a happy decent person and not make the same mistakes twice.
Be kind to everybody.
I know it sounds cliche, but it's true.
-That sounds great, Maryiam.
-Yeah.
-Yeah.
Keep up the good work, and good luck here on Varsity Quiz .
-Thank you.
-Hopefully we'll see you again next year.
And here's Mira.
-Hi.
-This says you're grade 12.5.
-Yeah, we're almost done with halfway of being out of senior year.
-Okay.
So have you made your post-high school plans?
-Kind of.
I'm waiting to hear back from a few places, but I got into Georgetown early action.
So I'm probably going to be a history major there in the fall.
-Wonderful.
Well, good luck with wherever you end up, and good luck here on Varsity Quiz .
Thank you so much.
Here's senior Frank.
Hey, Frank.
-Hello.
-What's the future?
-I'm probably gonna go into chemical engineering.
-Have you picked a school, or has a school picked you?
-Not quite yet.
-Okay.
Well, you've got time.
-Yeah.
-Good luck with that, and good luck here on Varsity Quiz .
We have another senior.
Here's Mason.
Hi, Mason.
-Hello.
-The future is right ahead.
-It would be good to know it, but I don't.
-But something post-high school?
-I mean, I'll probably major in something STEM, and I have a few acceptance letters so far.
-Well, good luck with all of that, and good luck here on Varsity Quiz .
Ladies and gentlemen, the team from Coronado!
[cheers and applause] -All right.
Our Bonus Round coming right up.
[crashing sound] -Going into Round 2, the score: The Meadows 50 Coronado 25 -Before we begin the second round, we have a new player for The Meadows.
We say hello to Brandon.
Hey, Brandon.
-Hey.
-Welcome aboard.
Have some fun.
Coronado has the same players.
Which department of the Treasury is responsible for ensuring adequate amounts of currency are in circulation and producing the country's money?
Coronado, Frank: The Mint -That is incorrect.
The Meadows, Ben: The Federal Reserve -That's incorrect.
It's the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.
Next is a calculation question, students.
If a single elimination pickleball tournament begins with 128 players, how many rounds must be played before the winners-- Coronado, Frank: Seven -Correct.
Bonus questions now for Coronado only.
If two sets A and B have 99 elements in common, then the number of elements common to each of the sets, A x B and B x A, are blank.
Second question: How many ways can you write a three-digit positive integer using 1, 3, 5, 7, and 9 if no number may be used twice?
[students deliberate] -First answer 9,801 Second answer 60 -I believe those are both correct.
You've got bonus points.
Now this next question for both teams: The first test of the West's resolve to fight communism in Europe, that came when Harry Truman called for resources to help two countries to remain democracies.
Name either.
The Meadows, Ben: Turkey -Yes.
The other, Greece.
Bonus questions now for The Meadows only about the Iron Curtain.
First, who first used the iconic phrase during a 1946 speech saying, "...an iron curtain has descended across the continent"?
Second, which nation with Alexander Dubcek as the First Secretary of its Communist Party, enjoyed a brief period of liberalisation from January 5, 1968, until Soviet tanks rolled into the capital and crushed it in August of that year?
-The first answer is Winston Churchill.
And the second answer is Czechoslovakia.
-Both are correct.
You got bonus points.
And now this question for both teams: What medical condition is an Ishihara Test used to diagnose?
The Meadows, Ben: Kawasaki Disease -Incorrect.
Coronado, Mira: Hashimoto's Disease -No.
It's Colorblindness.
Next question for both teams: What first name does a Charles Dickens title character share with a Supreme Court justice of the early 1900s and a Hollywood director-- And that's Coronado, Mason: Oliver -Correct.
Bonus questions now for Coronado only about literature.
First, what German author wrote of a young student who tired of fetching water by pail enchants brooms to do the work for him?
And second, 12 Nobel laureates in literature were identified as American, with men composing 75% of the list.
But we want you to please name one of the women recognized for their writing by the Swedish Academy.
You have 10 seconds.
[students deliberate] -First answer, Grimm Second answer, Toni Morrison -Toni Morrison is correct.
The first answer is Goethe.
So some bonus points, not all.
And we move on to this question for both teams: Which coffee brand began using the slogan "good to the last drop" in its advertising-- And that's Coronado, Frank: Folgers -That is incorrect.
[bell chimes, time expires] We were looking for Maxwell House.
Next question.
What epic poem by Virgil tells the legendary story-- Coronado, Mason: "The Aeneid" -Correct.
Bonus questions now for Coronado only about literature.
First, although read now as novels, which Nineteenth Century author's work first appeared in serialized form?
His first effort, the Pickwick Papers established this trend.
And second, which author's experience as a World War II Prisoner of War provided an important part of the plot in his novel Slaughterhouse Five ?
You have 10 seconds.
[students deliberate] -First answer, Horatio Alger Second answer, Kurt Vonnegut -Vonnegut is correct.
The first one is Dickens.
So some bonus points.
Now this question for both teams: Geologically speaking, what is a synonym for aggradation?
Meadows, Ben: Erosion -Incorrect.
Coronado, Frank: Sedimentation -No.
We were looking for accretion.
Next question.
In The Gospel of Wealth , he argued-- Coronado, Mason: Carnegie -Yes.
Bonus questions now for Coronado only about Carnegie.
First, the ultimate self-made man, he started working in a textile mill, delivered telegraphs, learned Morse code, became a telegraph operator, then work for the director of which home state railroad?
Second, one of the bloodiest attempts at strikebreaking involved which Carnegie facility, where Henry Clay Frick used Pinkertons and National Guardsmen to crush the strike?
You have 10 seconds.
[students deliberate] -All right.
First answer, Pennsylvania Second answer, Haymarket -Pennsylvania is correct.
The second, the Homestead Plant.
So some bonus points.
And this question: During the fall, the president of which South American nation created a crisis after his arrest?
This followed an attempt to dissolve the congress.
Coronado, Mason: Peru -Correct.
Bonus questions now for Coronado only about South America.
First, which leader of Chile was toppled by the coup that installed Augusto Pinochet as the leader of Chile?
Second, part of South America composes the only territory on the mainland of North or South American that is governed by a European state.
What area is it?
You have 10 seconds.
[students deliberate] -All right.
First answer, Garcia Second answer, French Guiana -French Guiana is correct.
The first one was Salvador Allende.
So some bonus points.
[crashing sound] -And our Speed Round is next.
Going into Round 3, the score: The Meadows 65 Coronado 80 Now for The Meadows, Brinley is back.
Hey, Brinley.
Welcome back.
-Thank you.
-And for Coronado, we welcome a new player, Marie.
Hi, Marie.
-Hi.
-Welcome aboard.
Let's go!
Just below the lithosphere, and including the upper part of the mantle, is which ductile part of the Earth's interior?
That's The Meadows, Ben: The Mantle -No.
Coronado, Mason: The Crust -No.
It's called the Asthenosphere.
Next question.
Pinkney's Treaty and the Adams-Onis Treaty are part of which state's early history?
The Meadows, Lawrence: Louisiana -Incorrect.
Coronado, Frank: Texas -No.
It's Florida.
Next question is a calculation question.
We don't repeat here in the third round, so listen up.
$10,000 invested in two accounts, one paying 5% annually, the other 9% annually.
How much was invested at 9% if the annual incomes from both investments was $660?
That will be Coronado, Frank: 4,000 -Yes.
Next question.
Sports drinks replace what ionized chemical-- The Meadows, Kyra: Electrolytes -Yes.
What southern Mediterranean coast has the same name as a former Las Vegas-- The Meadows, Brinley: Amalfi -That is incorrect, and that is an interrupt.
A southern Mediterranean coast.
Same name as a former Las Vegas Strip Hotel and Casino that was located between the Flamingo and Bally's.
Coronado, Marie: The Gold Coast -No.
You're close.
It was the Barbary Coast.
Next question.
What kind of poem consists of three lines in each stanza-- Coronado, Mason: Haiku -Incorrect, and that is an interrupt.
...each of which share the same end rhyme?
The Meadows, Kyra: Triplet -Yes.
Next question.
Quincentennial events occur how many times-- The Meadows, Lawrence: Twice -That is an interrupt and incorrect answer.
Quincentennial events occur how many times in four millennia?
Coronado, Frank: Eight -Yes, sir.
Next question.
The British Major General Edward Braddock was killed during what war?
The Meadows, Ben: The Seven Years War -Yes.
What word names a watertight chamber used for building underwater bridge foundations in addition-- Coronado, Frank: A Bell -Incorrect.
That is an interrupt.
...in addition to a horse-drawn vehicle used to carry ammunition or coffins in military funerals?
The Meadows, Ben: Hearse -No.
It's a Caisson.
Next question.
When driving, three school zone moving violations will always get you a ticket.
One is speeding.
The second, not yielding to pedestrians.
What's the third?
Coronado, Marie: Stopping at a School Bus -Incorrect.
The Meadows, Ben: Double Parking -No.
It's the old U-Turn.
No points.
Next question.
Expressed as a decimal, what's the sales tax rate for Clark County Nevada?
The Meadows-- I mean, that's Coronado, Marie: .025-- .08.
-I have to take that as incorrect.
That's The Meadows, Brinley: .825.
-No.
It is .08375.
Next question.
There are two double landlocked countries in the world, meaning all of the neighboring countries are also landlocked.
Name either one.
Coronado, Frank: Liechtenstein -Yes.
Or Uzbekistan These pairs of words illustrate what kind of rhyme: Worm, swarm-- The Meadows, Kyra: Slant Rhyme -Yes.
The plays at Aeschylus, Euripides, and Sophocles were once performed at the Theater of Dionysus.
It sat at the foot of which Athenian citadel?
The Meadows, Brinley: The Parthenon -No.
Coronado, Maryiam: The Acropolis -It was the Acropolis, yes.
Next question is a calculation.
Again, no repeating here.
So listen up.
Alexis is riding the Giant Drop at Great America.
If Alexis free-falls for 2.60 seconds, what will be her final velocity?
The Meadows, Lawrence: 26 Meters Per Second -I don't think we can accept that.
Nope.
Coronado, Frank: 25.48 Meters Per Second -I think we can accept that.
Yes, we were going for 25.5.
So we'll round up.
Next question.
The two most common types of financial bonds are municipal and what other?
Coronado, Mason: Mutual -No.
They are corporate.
Which British army officer played an important role in the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman-- That's Coronado, Frank: Lawrence -Yes.
Which language is an absolute necessity for somebody wanting a career as a diplomat, since all treaties continue to be written in this language?
The Meadows, Ben: English -That's incorrect.
Coronado, Maryiam: Latin -No.
It's French.
Next question.
Many of the largest instances of investment fraud involve paying high returns to new investors by using the funds of the new investors.
These bear the name of a famous businessman-- Coronado, Frank: Ponzi Schemes -Yeah.
What day of the week was named for the Norse goddess who was Odin's wife?
Coronado, Maryiam: Friday -Yes.
L.L.
Bean is one of the states-- of which state's largest private employers?
Coronado, Mason: Maine -Yes.
The modern usage of 60 seconds in a minute, 60 minutes in an hour, that's based on what number system developed-- Coronado, Mason: Hexadecimal -That's incorrect.
The modern usage is 60 seconds in a minute, 60 minutes in an hour, based on what number system developed in ancient Babylonia?
And did you ring in?
The Meadows, Kyra: Base 60 -I don't think we can accept that.
We were-- Can we?
I don't think it's the same thing.
Sexagesimal.
Is that the same thing?
Okay.
Then we'll give that to you.
And times up.
Let's find out who won.
[crashing sound] And our final score: Coronado 110 The Meadows 80 Congratulations to both teams for an excellent match!
[crashing sound] [applause] But we do need to say congratulations to Coronado, the Varsity Quiz 2023 Silver League Champions!
And Phil Colosimo, the president of the Kiwanis Club, with a trophy presentation to our captain.
(Phil Colosimo) Congratulations.
-Thank you.
-One more round of applause for our champions, Coronado!
[cheers and applause] -And thank you to The Meadows for an excellent match.
Now, we want you to stay tuned next week because we have a light hearted, fun filled All Star Match of the Silver League.
But we're also doing some important things in that match.
We're also going to name the coach of the year.
We're going to induct someone into the Varsity Quiz Hall of Fame.
And perhaps even more importantly, you will learn the winner of the Howard Naylor Scholarship.
So be with us next week for the All Star Match on Varsity Quiz right here on Vegas PBS.
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