This week, on Granite State Challenge, the Academy for Science and Design takes on Plymouth Regional High School.

Only one team will advance.

Granite State Challenge starts now.

Major funding for the production of Granite State Challenge is provided by Unitil.

Additional funding provided by NEA New Hampshire, Safety Insurance, New Hampshire Lottery, D.F.

Richard Energy, HRCU, Cognia, and viewers like you.

Thank you.

Get ready, it's time for New Hampshire high schools to match wits in a high stakes scholastic showdown.

It's time for Granite State Challenge.

Here's your host, Jon Cannon.

Hello everyone and welcome back to Granite State Challenge.

This is our 40th season.

So we've got some fun 40th anniversary stuff planned for you in this game.

And we're in the second game of a brand new season of 16 teams ready to do battle.

We'll introduce them to you in just a second but, first off, just want to mention that we are keeping, in place, a lot of the same protection protocols that we had last season, as well as our three strikes and you're out round, in round three.

And I'll talk more about that when we get there.

But, without further ado, let's introduce the teams to you.

First up, we have the team from the Academy for Science and Design.

They are led by Junior Captain Shikhar.

He is joined by [?

ceti, ?]

a junior, junior Arvin and junior [?

srinath.

?]

Their alternate is Ryan, a junior.

And the team is coached by Sean Krause.

And, waiting to take them on, is the team from Plymouth Regional High School.

They're led by senior Captain, Katherine.

She is joined by sophomore, Khalil, 11th grader, Natalie, 11th grader, Trevor.

And their alternate is junior, Jason.

The team is coached by Jay Fogarty and Troy Harris.

And, one more introduction, and that is, of course, our judge, Ann Boulanger.

All right team's, introductions are over, let's play Granite State Challenge.

Grab those signaling devices.

As you know, we play the game in four rounds.

And in round one, we do 10 point toss up questions.

So, Academy for Science and Design, Plymouth, good luck.

Here we go.

This Disney character has three nephews known as Huey, Dewey, and Louie.

[device sound] Srinath of Academy for Science and Design.

Donald Duck.

Donald Duck is correct.

The song, High Hopes, has appeared in episodes of "The Simpsons," "Laverne & Shirley," and the children's series, "Captain Kangaroo."

It was also used as a theme song, with changed lyrics, in the campaign for this 1960 presidential candidate.

[device sound] Khalil of Plymouth?

Uh, John F Kennedy?

He's the one.

Teams, what United States state has the largest moose population?

[device sound] Khalil of Plymouth?

New Hampshire?

Sorry [buzzing sound] No.

[device sound] Shikhar of ASD.

Minnesota?

Sorry.

[buzzing sound] It is Alaska.

This 438,000 acre swamp, found in Southern Georgia and northern Florida, is the largest blackwater swamp in North America, and was the home of the characters in the Walt Kelly comic strip, Pogo.

[device sound] Srinath of ASD.

The Everglades?

[buzzing sound] Sorry, no.

[device sound] Khalil of Plymouth?

The Bayou?

[buzzing sound] Sorry, it is the Okefenokee Swamp.

This 1940 Disney film, which featured a cricket, a puppet, and a blue fairy, is based on an 1883 children's book by Italian author Carlo Collodi.

[device sound] Catherine of Plymouth.

Pinocchio.

Yes.

[ding] According to the saga of Eric the Red, written in the 13th century, Eric the Red, after having been exiled from Iceland, travels to what is now this country, where he establishes the first permanent settlement.

[device sound] Shikhar of ASD.

Norway?

[buzzing sound] Sorry, no.

[device sound] Khalil of Plymouth?

Greenland?

That is right.

[ding] The top honor given to Major League pitchers is named for this man, who pitched for the St Louis Cardinals and the Boston Red Sox.

[device sound] Trevor of Plymouth.

Cy Young?

Yes.

[ding] In 1992, this engineer and physician became the first Black woman to travel into space.

[device sound] Catherine of Plymouth.

Mae Jemison?

[ding] That is right.

This actor is known for playing private detective, Sam Spade, in the Maltese Falcon, and Rick Blaine, the expatriate owner of Rick's Cafe American in the movie, Casablanca.

[jingle sound] We were looking for Humphrey Bogart there.

Teams, works by this poet include A Hymn to the Evening, on being brought from Africa to America and to S.M., a young African painter, on seeing his works.

[device sound] Khalil of Plymouth.

Langston Hughes?

[buzzing sound] Sorry, no.

[device sound] Srinath of ASD?

Maya Angelou?

Sorry.

[buzzing sound] No, it is Phillis Wheatley.

In what game will you find Princess Lolly and Lord Licorice?

[device sound] Katherine of Plymouth?

Candyland.

[ding] Yes you will.

At 16,732 feet above sea level, La Rinconada is the highest permanent settlement in the world.

In what country is La Rinconada located?

[device sound] Khalil of Plymouth.

Peru?

Correct.

[ding] This French author created the characters, Phileas Fogg and Captain Nemo.

[device sound] Natalie of Plymouth.

Jules Verne?

Yes.

[ding] Teams, what is the largest extant land animal?

[device sound] Khalil of Plymouth?

The elephant?

That's it.

[ding] This 1979 film was directed by Carl-- Carl Reiner and starred Steve Martin, as Navin R. Johnson, a naive country boy, completely out of his element.

[device sound] Khalil of Plymouth.

Forrest Gump?

[buzzing sound] Sorry, no.

[ding] It's a great film, The Jerk.

Block Island, named for Dutch explorer, Adrian Block, is about 14 miles east of Montauk Point in Long Island, New York and is part of this New England state.

[device sound] Khalil of Plymouth.

Connecticut.

Sorry.

[buzzing sound] No.

Shikhar of ASD?

Rhode Island?

That's the one.

[ding] Teams, two future presidents signed the US Constitution, name them.

[device sound] Khalil of Plymouth.

Uh, George Washington and John Adams.

Oh.

[buzzing sound] Sorry, no.

[device sound] ASD?

Srinath?

John Adams and Thomas Jefferson?

Nope.

[buzzing sound] It was George Washington and James Madison.

All right teams, a squared, plus b squared, equals C squared, is better known by this name.

[device sound] Shikhar of ASD.

Pythagorean theorem.

Yes, you got it.

[ding] As far as we know, this is the most intelligent animal on Earth.

[device sound] Khalil of Plymouth.

The dolphin?

[buzzing sound] Sorry, no.

[?

ceti ?]

of ASD?

The human?

Human beings.

[ding] Oh.

All right teams, on this-- on the day of his surrender at Yorktown in 1781, this British General claimed to be sick and sent Brigadier General Charles O'Hara to formally surrender his sword to George Washington.

Washington returned the favor and had his second in command, Benjamin Lincoln, accept the sword.

[device sound] Katherine of Plymouth?

Cornwallis.

[ding] Cornwallis is right.

All right teams, we have reached our picture question.

So go ahead and take a look at your monitors.

Reissued in 1976, the $2 bill features Thomas Jefferson on the front and this 1818 painting, of the signing of the Declaration of Independence by this artist, on the reverse side.

[device sound] Katherine of Plymouth.

John Trumbull?

Yes.

[ding] This planet is sometimes called the evening star.

[device sound] Khalil of Plymouth.

Venus?

Yes.

[ding] Yankee Doodle, which was sung before the Revolutionary War by British soldiers to ridicule the colonists, is the state song of this New England state.

[device sound] Shikhar of ASD.

Massachusetts.

Sorry.

[buzzing sound] No.

Plymouth?

[device sound] Khalil?

Connecticut.

Connecticut-- [ding] --is right.

This Asian city, with a population of over 37 million people, is the most populous in the world.

[device sound] Khalil of Plymouth.

Tokyo.

Yes.

[ding] Ian Fleming introduced this suave character in his 1953 novel, "Casino Royale."

[device sound] Khalil of Plymouth?

James Bond.

[ding] He's the one.

This Florida City on the James River was named for the first territorial governor of Florida and the seventh president of the United States.

[device sound] Katherine of Plymouth.

Jacksonville?

Yes.

[ding] Teams, what is the longest bone in the human body?

[device sound] Katherine?

Of Plymouth?

Femur.

[ding] The femur.

Femur is right.

Senator Maggie Hassan and actors Emma Watson and Daveed Diggs are all graduates of this Ivy League school, that was founded in 1764, as the college in the English colony of Rhode Island and Providence plantations.

[device sound] [alarm sound] Katherine of Plymouth?

Princeton?

Sorry.

[buzzing sound] No.

ASD?

Brown.

Shikhar?

Brown.

[ding] Brown is correct, we'll give you that.

And at the end of round one, Plymouth out to a strong lead, by a score of 170 to 50.

[clapping] All right, nice jobs teams.

We're going to roll right on into round two.

And round two, we're going to continue with our toss up questions.

We're going to double the point value.

So 20-point toss up questions.

Academy for Science and Design, Plymouth, good luck.

Here we go.

The first email was sent over the ARPANET network in 1971.

What does the E in email stand for?

[device sound] Shikhar of ASD.

Ethernet?

No.

Sorry.

[buzzing sound] No.

[device sound] Khalil of Plymouth?

Electric.

Close but no.

[buzzing sound] It is electronic.

Oh.

Electronic mail.

Dang.

All right teams, this Australian actor, who won the 2004 Tony Award for Best Actor in a musical for his role in The Boy from Oz, about singer and songwriter Peter Allen, also played Wolverine in the X-Men movies.

[device sound] Srinath of ASD.

Hugh Jackman?

Yes.

[ding] Teams, what Italian poet wrote the 14th century poem The Divine Comedy, that explored hell, purgatory, and paradise?

[device sound] Khalil of Plymouth?

Dante.

Yes.

[ding] All right teams, our next question is our Unitil power question.

So go ahead and take a look at your monitors, the question coming at you there.

Groot dances to the song "Mr. Blue Sky" by the Electric Light Orchestra in the opening credits of what movie?

[device sound] Srinath of ASD.

Guardians of the Galaxy, Volume Two.

[ding] That is correct and that, as our power question, was worth double points.

So that was a 40 point question, Srinath, good job.

All right teams, stories about legendary folklore hero Paul Bunyan were first told in lumber camps in the mid 1800s.

Who was Paul Bunyan's traveling companion?

[device sound] Katherine of Plymouth.

Babe.

[ding] That is it.

Teams, there are four valves in the human heart.

Three are the mitral valve, tricuspid valve, and pulmonary valve.

What is the fourth valve?

[device sound] Khalil of Plymouth.

The aorta?

No.

Sorry, no.

ASD?

[device sounds] I don't know who's ringing in.

Uh.

Is anyone ringing in on ASD?

[device sound] Ceti?

Aortal valve?

I don't know.

It is the aortic valve.

Ah.

We can't accept that, you were both very close.

All right, moving on.

This country has three capitals Cape Town, its legislative capital, Pretoria, its executive capital, and Bloemfontein, its judicial capital.

[device sound] Shikhar of ASD.

South Africa.

Yes.

[ding] This NFL stadium bears the surname of the man who invented a disposable safety razor.

[device sound] Arvin of ASD.

Um, Gillette Stadium?

Yes.

[ding] The sun is 93 million miles from the Earth.

This red dwarf star, which is 25 trillion miles from the Earth, is the next closest star, but it can't be seen by the naked eye.

[device sound] Katherine of Plymouth?

Proxima Centauri?

That's the one.

[ding] This actor won his first Oscar for Best Actor, for his portrayal of Terry Malloy, in the 1954 movie "On The Waterfront."

He won his second Best Actor Oscar, for his portrayal of mob boss, Vito Corleone, in the 1972 movie, "The Godfather."

[device sound] Trevor of Plymouth?

Al Pacino?

[buzzing sound] Sorry, no.

Academy for Science and Design?

[ding] We were looking for Marlon Brando, Marlon Brando.

All right teams, our next question is our 40th question of the match, which makes it our 40th anniversary question.

And this question is worth 40 points.

It's taken from season 31.

This New Hampshire city was first incorporated as the town of Rumford in 1734.

In 1765, following a bitter boundary dispute with Bo, Governor Benning Wentworth renamed it this, which means harmony between people or a treaty.

[device sound] Natalie of Plymouth.

Concord.

[ding] That is it.

The only tropical rainforest that is part of the United States is El Yunque National Forest, which is found in this United States territory.

[device sound] [?

ceti ?]

of ASD.

Oh, um, Washington?

[buzzing sound] Sorry, no.

Khalil of Plymouth?

Guam?

Sorry.

[buzzing sound] It is Puerto Rico, a tropical rainforest.

This sitcom aired from 1951 to 1957 and featured Lucy, Ricky, Ethel, and Fred.

[device sound] Natalie of Plymouth.

I Love Lucy?

Yes.

[ding] After, or maybe during a ride on a roller coaster, you might feel nauseous.

Spell nauseous.

[device sound] Khalil of Plymouth.

N-A-U-S-E-O-U-S.

Correct.

[ding] You've got them all.

All right teams.

[alarm sound] Well, we're going to save that question for round four.

And, after two rounds, Plymouth hanging on to its lead, by a score of 310 to 150.

[clapping] All right teams, we are going to roll into our third round, which is our three strikes and you're out round.

In this round, each team gets 10 questions in a category.

They get 10 points for each correct response, with a bonus of 10 points for all of them correct.

And we're going to go right down the line, player by player, until there are three correct answers or three strikes and you're out.

You, also, each team has three passes that you can use to pass to the next player.

And once your three passes are up, they're out.

OK?

All clear?

All right.

Academy for Science and Design, we're going to start with you as the team trailing.

And Shikhar, as the team captain, you get to choose from these categories.

Get some z's, go tell it on the mountain, and hip hop.

Hip hop.

Hip hop it will be.

The answers to the following will all include the word hip or hop.

Mm-hmm.

OK?

Shikhar, this large semi-aquatic mammal is found in Africa and might be very, very hungry.

Hippo.

Correct.

[?

ceti, ?]

this game involves a chalk drawn series of squares, a stone, and one footed jumping.

Hopscotch?

Correct.

Arvin, this is an oath taken by physicians.

Pass.

Srinath?

Uh, Hippocratic oath.

Hippocratic oath is correct.

Shikhar, this is both a mythological creature and a structure in the brain.

Hippocampus.

Correct.

[?

ceti, ?]

this is an ancient Greek stadium for horse and chariot racing.

Hippodrome?

Correct.

Arvin, in a poem by Emily Dickinson, this is the thing with feathers, it is also the model of-- motto, excuse me, of Rhode Island.

Pass.

Pass?

Srinath?

You can answer, or pass, or say, I don't know.

I don't know.

You don't know?

OK, the correct response was hope.

Shikhar, Jay-Z, Drake, and Nicki Minaj are all artists who perform this genre of music.

Hip hop.

Correct.

[?

ceti, ?]

members of the counterculture in the 1960s were sometimes called this.

Um, there's no more passes so-- Use one more pass.

Pass.

Pass.

Arvin?

Hipsters?

Uh, sorry, it is hippies.

[buzzing sound] Srinath, this American painter is perhaps best known for his painting Nighthawks.

Hop-- Edward Hopper?

Correct.

Shikhar, this mythological creature has the head of an eagle, and the body of a horse.

I don't know.

All right, that is your third strike.

It is a hippogriff.

And that adds up to, is it-- 7 out of 10 on your three strikes round.

All right, good job ASD, we're going to move on to Plymouth.

And Katherine, as the team captain, you can choose from get some z's or go tell it on the mountain.

Get some z's.

Let's get some z's.

The answer to the following will all be words with double z's.

OK?

Katherine, these come in jigsaw and crossword varieties.

Puzzle.

Correct.

Khalil, heavy snow and winds can be called this.

Blizzard.

Correct.

Natalie, this pie comes with sauce, cheese, and tasty toppings.

Pizza.

Correct.

Trevor, this is what you might put on a biting dog.

Muzzle.

Correct.

Katherine, in Europe and Africa, vultures are known as this.

Buzzards.

Yes.

Khalil, this type of cheese-- uh this is a type of cheese.

Mozzarella.

Correct.

Uh, Natalie, this floor in a building is usually found between the ground floor and the first floor.

Do not know.

OK, it is mezzanine.

Trevor, this genre is a genre of music or a Utah NBA team.

Jazz.

Correct.

Katherine, you might call light rain this.

Pass.

Drizzle.

Correct.

Uh, Natalie, you might find one of these at the end of a pipe or a hose.

Nozzle.

Correct.

And with only one strike, is that 9 out of 10?

Well done, Plymouth.

[clapping] All right, so at the end of round three, Plymouth extended its lead by just a bit.

But, as we roll into round four, I want to remind you we're going to keep playing 20 point toss up questions.

But, we will be deducting 20 points for incorrect responses.

So play smart and strategic.

Academy for Science and Design, Plymouth, good luck.

Here we go.

This president's wife was known as Lemonade Lucy because she refused to serve alcohol in the White House during his term, which ran from 1877 to 1881.

[ding] We were looking for Rutherford B. Hayes.

Before they had hits with the disco songs, Staying Alive and You Should Be Dancing, this band of brothers had a hit with the 1967 song, Massachusetts.

[device sound] Khalil of Plymouth.

The Bee Gees.

Yes.

[ding] Teams, in what sport is the championship team awarded the Vince Lombardi trophy?

[device sound] Katherine of Plymouth?

Football.

That's it.

[ding] What do you have the highest probability of rolling if you roll two six-sided dice?

[device sound] Khalil of Plymouth.

Six?

Sorry [buzzing sound] No.

[ding] It is seven.

Close.

The Eastern half of this town, first named Lloyd's Hills, is found in the White Mountains National forest.

The town changed its name to this on December 27, 1799.

[ding] It's the town of Bethlehem, New Hampshire.

In the movie, The Sound of Music, actor Christopher Plummer, playing Captain Von Trapp, sings a song about this mountain flower.

[device sound] Natalie of Plymouth.

Edelweiss?

[ding] That is it.

Robin Hood and his merry men made their home in this forest, in the Nottinghamshire, England.

[device sound] [?

ceti, ?]

of ASD.

The Sherbert forest?

That's it.

[ding] The smallest bird in the world, the bee hummingbird, is just a bit over two inches in length.

In what Caribbean country will you find the bee hummingbird?

[ding] Didn't want to take a guess at Cuba, was the correct answer there.

The world's first nuclear explosion happened in this state on July 16, 1945, on the Alamogordo bombing range.

[device sound] Shikhar of ASD.

Hawaii?

Sorry.

[buzzing sound] No.

[ding] That was in New Mexico.

This main author is a huge fan of the Boston Red Sox and wrote Faithful, a non-fiction book about their 2004 season, with novelist Stewart O'Nan.

[ding] We're looking for Stephen King there.

In Greek mythology, this Greek architect's son, Icarus, flew too close to the sun.

[device sound] Khalil of Plymouth.

Daedalus.

[ding] Correct.

The symbol of the youth organization 4-H is a green clover with a white H in each clover leaf.

What do each of those four H's stand for?

[ding] As a former 4-H kid, I know it is head, heart, hands, and health.

Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble live with their wives Wilma and Betty in this prehistoric town.

[device sound] Trevor of Plymouth?

Bedrock.

That's it.

[ding] Teams, what three countries border North Korea?

[device sound] Khalil of Plymouth?

South Korea, China and Russia.

[ding] Those are it.

This species of parrot, native to North America, had a reddish orange face, a yellow head and neck, and a green body.

The last captive bird died in the Cincinnati Zoo on February 21st, 1918.

[device sound] Srinath of ASD?

Passenger pigeon.

Sorry, no.

[buzzing sound] [ding] It was the Carolina parakeet.

Before he became president this man, known as Old Hickory, was a general and served in both houses of Congress.

[device sound] Katherine of Plymouth.

Zachary Taylor.

Sorry.

[buzzing sound] No.

[device sound] Srinath of ASD?

Theodore Roosevelt?

It was Andrew-- [buzzing sound] --Jackson was Old Hickory.

This Russian novelist was arrested and sentenced-- [alarm sound] Well, we'll never find out what happened to Dostoevsky, because that is the end of the game.

And it is Plymouth moving on, by a score of 480 to 180, over ASD.

All right, congratulations Plymouth, on a well-earned victory.

We will see you in a few weeks for round two.

And, Academy for Science and Design, thank you so much for playing, I hope you guys had fun.

And we hope you had fun, as well, at home.

We hope you join us next week, when the team from Beau High School takes on the team from Nashua High School South.

That'll do it for us this week on Granite State Challenge, I hope you had fun.

I hope you learned a lot, too.

Because I did, as well.

We'll see you next week.

Bye bye.

Major funding for the production of Granite State Challenge is provided by Unitil.

Additional funding provided by NEA New Hampshire, Safety Insurance, New Hampshire Lottery, D.F.

Richard Energy, HRCU, Cognia, and viewers like you.

Thank you.

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