This week on Granite State Challenge.

The teams from the Academy for Science and Design takes on the team from Manchester Central High School.

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It's time for New Hampshire high schools to match wits in a high stakes scholastic showdown.

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Here's your host, Jon Cannon.

Hello, everyone, and welcome to week two of season 42 of Granite State Challenge.

Our season started with over 30 teams competing on our test day Super Saturday to see who could make it here to Granite State Challenge to compete for the Granite State Challenge Championship.

We've got two teams here hoping to punch their ticket to round two.

Let's introduce them to you.

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

I'm Chris and I'm a senior.

I'm Vidya.

And I'm a senior.

I'm Daniel.

And I'm a senior.

I'm Pranav Grover, and I'm a junior.

All right.

Their alternates are juniors.

Danny and Edward, and the team is coached by social studies teacher Sean Kraus.

And they are the team from the Academy for Science and Design.

And facing off against them this week is the team from Manchester Central High School.

I'm Akshay.

I'm a senior.

I'm Colleen.

I'm a senior.

I'm Nick.

I'm a junior.

I'm Declan.

I'm a freshman.

And the team alternates are freshmen.

Lucas and Taylor.

And the team is coached by music teacher Edward Doyle.

And they're the team from Manchester Central High School.

And one more introduction before we get into the game.

And that, of course, is our judge.

Back with us again for season 42 is Anne Boulanger.

All right.

Team's introductions are out of the way.

Go ahead and grab those signaling devices.

We are going to play Granite State Challenge.

We're going to start in round one with ten point toss up questions.

So here we go.

ASD, Manchester Central.

Let's play.

Teams, Which amendments to the US Constitution states the right of citizens of the United States who are 18 years of age or older to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of age.

Nick of Manchester Central.

14th.

Sorry, no.

ASD, Chris.

15.

It is the 26th Amendment.

This actor is not just Ken.

He also played jazz pianist Sebastian Sev Wilder in the 2016 movie La La Land.

Akshay of Manchester Central.

Ryan Gosling.

Yes.

Nine states were required to ratify the US Constitution to make it law.

The ninth State ratified it on June 21st, 1788.

What was that state?

Pranav of ASD.

New Hampshire.

That's right.

The Marquess of Queensbury rules, first drafted in London in 1865, laid out a basic code of conduct in this sports.

I didn't know it.

It's boxing.

Mahatma Gandhi found inspiration in this American.

Transcendentalists 1849 Essay Civil Disobedience.

Akshay of Manchester Central.

Emerson.

Sorry, no ASD.

Pranav.

John Locke?

Sorry.

It is Henry David Thoreau.

Joel Robert's point set.

The first US Ambassador to Mexico introduced the US to this flowering plant in the 1820s.

Nick of Manchester Central.

Poinsettia.

That's right.

In 1957, the Soviet Union sent Laika into space on the Sputnik two, where she became the first animal to orbit the earth.

What species of animal was Laika?

Nick of Manchester Central.

Dog?

Yes, she was a dog.

All right.

For our next question is a civics question, and it's coming to you on your monitors.

Take a look.

All of the states in the US have a two chamber or a bicameral legislature, except for this state, which has a single chamber or unicameral legislature.

Akshay of Manchester Central.

New Hampshire.

Sorry, No.

Daniel of ASD.

Nebraska.

Nebraska is correct.

All right, teams, Sara Taylor, the daughter of the 12th president, Zachary Taylor, was the first wife of this future president of the Confederacy.

She died of malaria three months after they married.

Nick of Manchester Central.

Jefferson Davis.

Yes, he's the one.

This could be what you do in an attempt to scratch and claw to grasp something.

Or a word game played with wooden tiles.

Vidya of ASD.

Scrabble.

That's right.

Harold Ramis not only played Egon Spangler in this 1984 movie, he co-wrote the script with actor Dan Aykroyd, who played Ray Stance.

Declan of Manchester Central.

Ghostbusters.

That's right.

This American trumpeter and singer's nickname was Satchmo.

He is known for the songs.

Hello, Dolly, What a wonderful world, and when you're smiling.

Pranav of Academy for Science and Design.

Louis Armstrong Yes, that is right.

The Bulwer Light in Fiction contest hosted by San Jose State University began in 1982.

It asks participants to write a horrible opening line to a really bad novel.

It is named for Sir Edward George Bulwer Lytton, whose 1830 novel Paul Clifford opens with this line.

A famous first line I know you've heard.

It was a dark and stormy night.

All right, teams, seven U.S. states are named after European kings and queens, but only one state is named after a president.

What is that state?

Chris, of ASD.

Washington?

That's right.

Each player in this two person board game has 15 pieces known as men, table men or checkers.

The game is derived from the game.

Irish, which was played from the 16th through 18th centuries.

Colleen of Manchester Central Chess.

Sorry, no.

ASD.

Pranav.

Checkers.

Sorry.

It is.

Backgammon.

Backgammon.

This children's novel by E.B.

White begins with the line.

Where's Papa going with that ax?

Pranav of ASD.

Charlotte's Web?

That's the one.

This U.S. general who is known for his scorched earth policies and his devastating march to the sea, is also known for saying, quote, War is hell.

Chris of ASD.

Sherman.

Yes, William Tecumseh Sherman.

Our next question is our Unitil Power.

Question is worth double the points.

So a 20 point toss up question coming to you on your monitors.

Take a look.

This could be what you might see someone is on who is feeling full of themselves and who gets a kick out of controlling people.

Pranav of ASD.

Power Trip.

A power trip is write us teams.

What atmospheric aerosol made up of water droplets might you say you are on if you are very happy?

Colleen of Manchester Central.

Cloud nine.

That's right.

What instrument would you use if you wanted to measure wind speed?

Akshay of Manchester Central.

Anemometer?

Anemometers rights teams.

Who was the first Republican to become US president?

Chris of ASD.

Lincoln.

Lincoln is right.

Well, we will save that question for round four.

And hey, look, we got a game here after round one ASD with a slight lead by a score of 100 to 70.

All right, now, before we head into round two, we'd like to get to know the teams a little bit.

So we're going to start by getting to know the team from the Academy for Science and Design.

The Academy for Science and Design is a charter school in Nashua, New Hampshire, and it enrolls about 150 students and it is led by senior Captain Chris.

Now, Chris, you are not just the captain of the Granite State team.

You're also a co-captain of what other team?

I am a co-captain of our schools robotics team.

This is the first robotics team, right?

And so you've been working.

Have you had any robotics competitions yet?

No, not yet.

This season we're just starting up.

Okay.

How's the team looking?

Good.

Looking good.

All right.

And who might be your co-captain?

Be my fellow teammate.

Vidya here.

How about that Vidya?

Co-captain as well of the robotics team.

But that's not the only thing that you do in your spare time.

You're actually an accomplished piano player as well.

Yes.

I've been playing the piano since I was three and I recently received my performance diploma, a performance diploma through an organization I just learned about on last week's.

Granite State Challenge, which is it's the Royal Schools of Music, and it's based in the UK.

So you worked hard, you've gone through all the levels and you've earned that diploma and now a member of the organization.

Yes.

Congratulations.

That's quite an accomplishment.

All right.

Team mate Daniel also has a different kind of accomplishments, right?

Last year, in 2023, in the top 1% of listeners of what?

Linkin Park.

The band.

Linkin Park.

Now, this is a band that you're a fan of, your fan of the band, so you listen to them a lot, but how do you know you're in the top 1%?

It's it's through a thing called Spotify Wrapped, where they release how many people you listen or how many people listen to a band last year and your own unique statistics for your band.

And were you surprised that you were in the top 1% from Linkin Park?

Not at all.

Okay, fantastic.

And rounding out the team is Pranav Grover and you are also a musician, but what instrument you play?

I play the saxophone.

Now.

Do you play the saxophone in the school band at ASD or in a different ensemble?

No, I do not play in a band.

I have my own band.

Grover's Grooves Gurus with our two alternates, Eddie on the keytar and Danny on the drums.

Fantastic.

So the whole team is involved.

All right.

And that is the team for the Academy for Science and Design.

All right.

We turn our attention over to Manchester Central, and they're led by.

Captain Akshay, but not the first captain of a Granite State Challenge team in your family.

Tell us about that.

Yes.

So actually, four years ago, my sister was also captain of the Manchester Central team.

Okay.

And was your sister a one year captain or a multi year captain?

She was captain her senior.

Senior year.

So same as you.

So did you decide to follow in your sister's footsteps or are you trying to maybe do a little better?

A little bit of both.

I remember coming to the studio to watch the tapings of these, and I thought that was something that would be really cool to do, and it's nice that I'm finally here.

Now you're here.

Fantastic.

I love it.

All right.

Joining Akshay is Colleen, who won a pretty prestigious award in her own right in 2023.

Tell us about it.

I was a national finalist in the Heisman High School Scholarship.

It's presented by the Heisman Trust, who also presents the Heisman football trophy to a college football player every year.

And so this is for high school athletes.

Yes.

Around the country.

Correct.

And what sport did you get it for?

Field hockey.

Field hockey.

And you're playing field hockey.

You're a senior now.

You're going to play at the next level?

Yes, I'm playing at St. Anslem's college.

Fantastic.

I love that you're staying local.

Congratulations.

Thank you.

All right.

Adjoining Colleen on the team is Nick also a may we call it a second generation, if you will.

Sibling on Granite State challenge.

Yeah.

Yeah.

My brother was the captain two years ago, and the year before that.

So it's junior and senior year.

Okay.

And so as a junior, you hoping to be the captain next year?

All right, So when you play, do you play trivia games with your brother at home A lot.

Yeah.

Okay.

A lot.

Okay.

And how does that usually go for you?

Not great, but, you know, getting better every time.

You're getting better every time, right?

You iron sharpens iron, right?

Yeah.

Is that what they say?

All right.

All right.

Speaking of sharpening things, Declan has got to sharpen up his skis because he's a member of the Alpine Ski team at Central High School.

So is this your first time being on an Alpine ski team?

Yes, it is.

All right.

And how's the how's the season going so far?

Season is going pretty well.

I'm currently third on the team and I have a good team this year.

So you're scoring points for your team and it's giant slalom and slalom, right?

Yes.

Do you have a preference?

I prefer GS.

All right, GS is your is your game.

Awesome.

All right.

And that is the team from Manchester.

Central High School.

All right, teams, great to get to know you a little bit.

We're going to go into round two.

You don't need your signaling devices for this round because it is our three strikes and you're out round.

And the way this round works is that each team gets ten questions, one for each player as we go down the line and if you don't know the answer to the question, you can pass to your teammate.

Every team has three passes and we go until all ten questions are asked or until three strikes and you're out and just a reminder, there's always a little bit of a clue in the previous question to your question.

So see for those connections.

So we're going to start with the Academy for Science and Design.

And Chris, we will start with you.

This is your question.

In this children's series from Australia, the main characters are Australian cattle dogs.

Bluey Correct.

Vidya, This singer is known as the King of Blues.

No answer.

It is B.B.

King.

Daniel In this 1983 movie, all the main character Ralphie wants for Christmas is a Red Ryder range, 200 shot B.B.

Gun.

Home Alone.

Sorry, It's a Christmas Story.

Pranav, the musical Annie Get your Gun is about this famous sharpshooter.

Billy the Kid.

It is Annie Oakley.

And quickly, three strikes and you're out with one correct response.

All right.

All right.

Manchester Central, it's now your turn.

Same drill.

Akshay, we start with you.

This is your question.

This amendment to the US.

Constitution gave women the right to vote.

Pass.

20th?

It is the 19th Nick in the dystopian novel 1984 by George Orwell, Oceania is led by this man.

I don't know.

It is Big Brother.

Declan, This singer is known for songs like 1984, Under Pressure, Ziggy Stardust and Changes.

David Bowie.

Yes.

Akshay.

David Bowie's given name is David Jones, a name he shares with the singer and actor Davy Jones, who was a member of this group named for tree swinging primates.

Pass, Pass, Pass.

Nick?

Arctic Monkeys.

It is not the Arctic Monkeys.

It is just the monkeys.

And that is your third strike with one, correct?

All right, so that ends round two.

We move on to round three and for round three, our 60 second round.

I'd like to invite the alternates to come on up and join their teams in our 60 second rounds.

Teams get to work together as a unit.

We give each team ten questions in a category ten points for each correct response with a bonus of ten if you get them.

All right, you can work together as teams.

But we do take the captain's answer as the team answer, and we will start with the team trailing, which is Manchester Central.

So, Akshay, you can talk to your teams and choose from these categories.

That's news to me.

You've Got Mail and Whiter Shade of Pale.

You've got mail, please.

You've got mail.

Okay.

The answers to the following will be related to mail.

Akshay I will take your answer as the team answer 60 seconds start the clock.

This founding father was postmaster general from 1775.

Ben Franklin.

Yes, this is the place you might take a letter to be mailed.

Post office.

Yes.

This email service is run by Google.

Email?

Yes.

Mr. McFeely was the speedy delivery man on this children's show.

Pass.

Mister Rogers Neighborhood.

This novel told the story of a mail order bride.

Pass.

Sarah Plain and Tall.

This is the slug inspired name for mail sent through the post office.

Snail mail.

Yes.

This is what electronic mail is called.

Email.

Yes.

This is a garbage inspired name for unsolicited, unsolicited physical mail like fliers and advertisements.

Junk mail.

Junk mail?

Yes.

This song by the Marvelettes asks if there is mail from them in a postal bag Pass.

It is Please, Mr. Postman.

And lastly, this future US President was the postmaster of Grandview, Missouri, from 1914 to 1915.

Roosevelt It is Harry Truman.

And at the end of their round, six out of ten.

Well done.

Solid round Manchester Central.

ASD We turn our attention to you, Chris.

You can choose from.

That's news to me or Whiter Shade of Pale.

We're going to go with.

That's news to me.

That's news to me.

All right.

The Academy for Science and Design.

The answers to all of the following will be related to real and fictional news sources.

Chris, I'll take your answer as the team answer 60 seconds.

Start the clock.

Clark Kent was a reporter for this paper.

Daily Planet.

Yes, This major newspaper is known by the slogan.

All the News That's Fit to Print.

NY York Times.

Yes, Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward were reporters for this newspaper, wrote about Watergate.

A Wall Street Journal is Washington Post chimpanzee.

DJ Fred Muggs was a host on this morning show that still airs on NBC, Meet the Press.

It is the Today Show.

You might read about this school for Wizards in the Daily Prophet Hogwarts.

Yes, this superhero was a freelance photographer for the Daily Bugle.

Spiderman.

Yes.

Kent Brockman is a TV anchor on this show, The Simpsons.

Yes.

Orson Welles played publisher Charles Foster Kane in this movie Citizen Kane.

Yes.

This fake news show has been hosted by Craig Kilborn, Jon Stewart and Trevor Noah.

The Daily Show.

Yes.

Chevy Chase, Tina Fey, Seth and Seth.

Meyers have all anchored Weekend Update.

Weekend Update.

Sorry, it is Saturday Night Live.

Didn't quite get to the finish the segment.

So after seven out of ten on your rounds.

All right.

Thank you so much.

Alternates.

You can go ahead and take your seats.

Things staying about level where they were as we head into round four in round four, we're going to continue with our with our toss up questions.

We're going to double the point value to 20 points, but we will be deducting 20 points for incorrect responses.

So play smart and strategic.

It's a close game.

Academy for Science and Design, Manchester Central.

Good luck.

Here we go.

This can be something you throw in the works to mess things up in a common metaphor.

Or the British word for a wrench.

Pranav of Monkey wrench.

Sorry, no central not going to take a risk on Spanner is the correct response.

All right, teams, here's a math question for you.

You have some pencil and paper in case you need it.

You'll need it if you complete the 26.2 mile Boston Marathon, how many feet would you have run?

It's tough to do that math in 10 seconds.

But in case you want to know at home, 138,336 feet in a marathon.

336.

My bad.

This Roman general was married to Cornelia Pompei and Calpurnia Its Julius Caesar.

If you are engaged in telling fortunes using Tassajara fee, what organic matter are you reading Pranav of ASD.

Alms?

Sorry.

Now it is tea leaves reading the tea leaves.

In 1888, Chile annexed this Polynesian island known for its large statues created by the Rapanui people.

Akshay a Manchester Central.

Easter Island.

That is correct.

Katherine Hepburn is the only actor to have won four Oscars for acting.

She won in 1933 for Morning.

Glory in 1967 for Guess Who's Coming for Dinner in 1968 for The Lion in Winter and in 1981 for this movie.

Filmed on Squam Lake in Holderness, New Hampshire, Chris of ASD on Golden Pond.

Right.

This could be an armless and backless sofa or footstool or an empire centered in Turkey.

Chris of ASD.

Ottoman.

That's right.

New England is a collection of states in the northeastern.

United States.

How many states are there in New England?

Nick of Manchester Central.

Five.

Sorry, no.

ASD.

Pranav six.

Six is right.

All right, teams, for the next question.

Go ahead and take a look at your monitors.

This small migratory member of the Finch family is dimorphic in breeding season.

The male is bright yellow and the female is a duller brownish yellow.

Colleen at Manchester Central.

Golden Finch.

That's rights.

Although he was only a lieutenant, former NBA star David Robinson was nicknamed the admiral because he served in this branch of the military as a civil engineer.

Nick of Manchester Central.

Navy.

That's right.

This landlocked lake is bordered by Jordan, the West Bank and Israel, and as close to ten times as salty as the ocean Pranav of ASD.

Dead Sea.

Dead Sea is rights.

This country's name is likely derived from Canada and indigenous word for village.

We're looking for Canada in this musical.

In the musical, The Music Man.

What game played on a table did Con man Harold.

Hills say would corrupt the youth of River City?

In the song You Got Trouble, The game of pool will corrupt the youth.

According to stories, French author Guy de Maupassant ate lunch in this structure every day because it was the only place in Paris where you couldn't see the structure, which he hated.

Chris of, ASD.

The Eiffel Tower.

That is right.

All right.

So this next question, go ahead and look at your monitors once more.

Seated at the desk in this photo is the man who co-founded the American Telephone and Telegraph Company in 1885.

Vidya of ASD.

Alexander Graham Bell.

That is right.

There is a myth that this animated fairy in Peter Pan was modeled on Marilyn Monroe.

But according to Disney animator Mark Davis, she was modeled on voice actor, dancer and Disney model Margaret Carey.

Akshay of Manchester.

Tinkerbell.

Yes.

This American lexicographers, a blue backed speller which went through over 380 editions during his lifetime, helped support him while he worked on his American Dictionary of the English Language, published in 1828.

Colleen of Manchester Central.

Webster Yes.

Noah Webster.

This part of a bird's digestive system has thick, muscular walls and may contain gravel and small pieces of stone that help grind up food.

Some birds have a gizzard.

At 31,700 square miles Lake Superior is the largest of the Great Lakes at 7340 square miles.

This is the smallest Akshay of Manchester Central.

Erie.

Sorry, no ASD?

It is.

Lake Ontario is the smallest.

Juan Peron was president of this country twice, once from 1946 until his overthrow in 1955, and then again from 1973 until his death in 1974.

Chris of ASD.

Argentina.

Yes.

This large reptile found in the southwestern United States is the only venomous lizard native to the country.

That is the sound.

The answer is the Hilo monster.

And at the end of the game, a tight game, the Academy for Science and Design will be moving on to round two.

Congratulations, ASD on a hard fought win is a close game.

We'll see you in several weeks when you take on the team from Merrimack High School and Manchester Central.

Tough loss, close game, but we hope you had fun.

We had fun having you here as well.

And we hope you had fun watching at home.

That'll do it for this week on Granite State Challenge.

And I hope you learn something this week, because I did, too.

We'll see you next time.

Bye bye.

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