This week on Granite State Challenge, the team from Bow High School takes on the team from Plymouth Regional High School.

Only one team will advance.

Granite State challenge starts now.

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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 thank you so much for joining us this week on Granite State Challenge.

We're making our way through the quarterfinal round.

Two teams have already made their way to the semis.

We've got two more teams this week hoping to do the very same thing.

Let's introduce them to you, shall we?

First up, we have the team from Bow High School.

They're led by senior Captain Alessandra.

And it says here that you had an unfortunate event on a golf course.

I did.

Yeah.

So I used to work at a golf course, a golf camp in the summer.

And when I didn't let one kid hit first, he hit me with his golf club.

It was a brutal attack.

Okay, What was the club that he hit you with?

You remember?

I don't know.

It was an iron.

So.

So about the worst.

Are you okay now?

I am.

Okay.

All right, Good.

All right.

Alessandra is joined by Logan, also a senior who almost did not make it through the first year of preschool.

How come?

Yeah.

So my parents didn't always prioritize the important things in life and forgot to teach me my nursery rhymes.

Oh, so you didn't know the nursery rhyme, so they were going to hold you back?

Yeah.

The preschool teacher advised that I maybe take an extra year to figure it out.

Learn your nursery rhyme.

Yeah, I do know them now.

I do.

Okay, good.

So there you go.

So there's hope for us all.

Logan is joined by senior Emily and Emily.

Whenever you go to the airport, what do you bring with you?

Yes, I always bring a couple of cat treats.

Okay.

Why is that?

Well, so they have in the hangar where the planes are.

They have a couple of hanger cats.

And one of them, her name is Squeak.

She's a rescue.

And she will follow you into the airplane and not leave unless you feed her.

So I just come prepared.

So you go to the hangar to get in the airplane yourself to pilot?

Yes, I do fly.

That is pretty amazing.

And in and of itself.

Emily is joined by senior Theodore, who has another preschool story, but a slightly different one.

What's, What's that?

Oh, yes.

My preschool was burned down by an arsonist.

Oh, goodness.

Okay.

It was in a church basement in North Carolina.

In North Carolina.

Okay.

And did did anything make it through the fire?

Yes.

The one of the only starting things is my name tag, which they did not allow my mom to keep as it had to be confiscated as evidence.

All right.

Well, I will let you keep your name tag once this season of Granite State challenge is over.

All right.

The team alternates are seniors, Daniel and Becky, and the team is coached by Michelle Lavas, and they're the team from Bow High School.

All right, thanks.

Bow.

Facing off against them this week is the team team from Plymouth Regional High School.

They're led by senior Captain Dash, who plays the drums.

Tell us about your playing the drums.

I do play the drums.

I play the drum kit.

I've I picked it up end of seventh grade.

So I've been playing almost five years now.

My favorite is the cowbell, though.

I wish that I had one of those stands for My kid at home.

Yes.

You know, because when you have a fever, there is only one prescription.

Exactly.

More cowbell.

More cowbell.

Never have enough.

All right.

Well, keep playing and keep it up.

Dash is joined by Junior Khalil who has a talent for knowing the Soviet premiers.

Tell us where this comes from.

Well, so I memorized all the Soviet premiers because my dad lived in the Soviet Union prior to moving to the United States, and he just taught it to me.

You know, a little bit of information from the homeland.

Right.

And a little father son bonding.

There's nothing wrong with that.

And, you know, a little something to it's good for Granite State challenge, for sure.

All right.

Khalil is joined by senior Natalie, who is a skier but knows kind of a unique form of skiing that I don't think most people know about.

Tell us about it.

Yeah, I telemark ski, which is kind of like doing lunges down the mountain.

That's a good way to think about it.

Yeah.

And you teach this to people, too, if they want to learn.

I do, yes.

And is that the only ski teaching you do?

I also teach Alpine.

I'm very proficient at pizzas.

Got it.

Pizza for the little kids.

Oh, they must love it.

All right.

And rounding out the team is senior Trevor, who has a propensity for quirky socks like I do.

But you're wearing a special set today.

Tell us about them.

I'm wearing my lucky cactus socks.

So socks have cactuses on them and or cacti.

What makes them lucky?

I think my grandmother gave them to me and I've just every time we win Granite State challenge, every time I wear them, you're wearing the socks.

All right.

That's fantastic.

All right.

The team alternates our senior Jason and sophomore Reagan in the team is coached by Jay Fogarty and Troy Harris, and they're the team from Plymouth Regional High School.

All right.

And of course, one more introduction.

You know her.

We all know her.

We all love her.

Our judge Ann Boulanger.

All right, teams, go ahead and grab those signaling devices.

We are going to play Granite State challenge.

As you know, in round one, we play for ten point toss up question.

So, Bow Plymouth, good luck.

Here we go.

This wrestler, actor and Nashua, New Hampshire, native, began his professional career as Tara rising.

Emily of Bow.

Dwayne Johnson.

Sorry, no.

Khalil of Plymouth.

John Cena.

Sorry, No.

You may know him as Triple H. Triple H. Bernie Taupin wrote the lyrics to the songs Tiny Dancer, Goodbye, Yellow Brick Road, Rocket Man, and your song with this singer songwriter who wrote the music.

Khalil of Plymouth.

Elton John.

That's right.

This Roman poet's work.

Metamorphoses is a narrative epic poem that covers the history of the world, from creation to Julius Caesar.

Khalil of Plymouth.

Virgil.

Sorry.

No.

Emily of Bow Plessy.

Sorry.

It is Ovid.

All right, teams.

This 1956 canine centered children's book by English author Dodie Smith was turned into an animated Disney film in 1961 and a live action film starring Glenn Close as the villain in 1996, Logan of Bow, Not so Plymouth Dash.

Lady and the Tramp.

Sorry.

No, it's 101 Dalmatians.

Before he became president of Ukraine, this leader was an actor who played the president of Ukraine on a sitcom.

Khalil of Plymouth.

Zelenskyy.

Yes, Jamessetta Hawkins, better known by this name and known for songs like At Last Tell Mama and Something's Got a Hold On Me was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993, and Rolling Stone ranked her as the 22nd greatest singer of all time.

Khalil of Plymouth.

Etta James.

Yes.

All right, teams, we've got a math question for you.

So you have pencil and paper in case you want it.

You just traveled to Massachusetts and bought a $600 laptop paying a sales tax of 6.25%.

How much would you have saved if you bought the same laptop for the same price in New Hampshire?

Logan of Bow.

$25.

Sorry, no dash of Plymouth.

$37.50.

That is right.

That's New Hampshire advantage right there.

These even toed ungulates come with one hump or two Khalil of Plymouth.

Camels.

Yes.

This Boston Celtics center considered to be one of the best basketball players of all time, helped lead the team to 11 NBA championships between 1959 and 1969.

Logan of Bow.

Russell.

Yes.

Bill Russell.

Two astronauts have been elected to the U.S. Senate.

Mark Kelly from Arizona.

And this senator from Ohio, who was the first American to orbit the earth.

Emily of Bow.

John Glenn.

Yes, correct.

This historian's 1980 work, A People's History of the United States tells the story of the United States from the point of view of those who had been largely ignored in previous history.

Works.

Natalie of Plymouth.

Zinn Yes.

Howard Zinn.

In 1775, the Second Continental Congress established the first post office and named this founding father, Postmaster General.

Khalil of Plymouth.

Benjamin Franklin.

Yes.

This author's 1932 novel, Brave New World, is set in a dystopian world where babies are created in artificial wombs, placed in casts and kept compliant by daily doses of the drug Soma Dash of Plymouth.

Huxley.

Yes.

In 1957, this baseball team moved from Brooklyn to Los Angeles.

Logan of Bow Dodgers?

Yes.

In 1849, this person was awarded her M.D.

by the Geneva Medical College of Geneva, New York, and became the first female doctor in the United States.

Theodore of Bow Kyrie.

Sorry, no.

Khalil of Plymouth.

Hutchinson.

Nope.

It was Elizabeth Blackwell.

Is the person you're looking for in that sound ends the game and Plymouth out to a quick lead by a score of 80 to 30 after round one.

All right, nice job, teams.

We're going to move right in to round two.

And in round two, we do our three strikes In your out round.

Here's how it works.

Each team gets ten questions.

We go down the line, player by player until you answer all ten or until three strikes and you are out.

Each team has three passes and just as a reminder, the inspiration for each question can be found in the previous question.

So, Bow, we start with you, Alessandra, this is your question.

Actor Patrick Stewart portrays this character in the Star Trek universe.

Spock It is Jean-Luc Picard.

Logan.

Jean-Luc Picard was named for one or both of Swiss scientists August Picard and Jean Picard by this creator of Star Trek.

HAMILTON Sorry, Gene Roddenberry.

EMILY Gene Wilder played Dr. Frederic Frankenstein in this 1974 Mel Brooks movie.

Young Frankenstein, Correct.

Theodore, Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus was written in 1819 by this author.

Pass Mary Shelley.

Correct.

Logan Mary Shelley's mother was this author of A Vindication of the Rights of Women.

Mary Wollstonecraft Correct.

Emily This singer recorded the song Run the World.

Girls in 2011.

I know.

I can't think of it.

Pass.

Theodore.

Jepsen Sorry, it is.

Beyonce And that ends your three strikes rounds.

All right.

All right Bow tough category, but Plymouth.

We are going to move on to you and Dash.

This is your question.

By the age of 30, this Macedonian king had created an empire that stretched from Greece to India.

Alexander the Great, Yes.

Khalil, In the Nate the great series of books by Marjorie.

Weinman Sharmat, Nate is the world's greatest one of these.

The greatest is the greatest liar.

He is the greatest detective.

Natalie In the Pink Panther movies, Peter Sellers plays this hapless Detective Clouseau.

Yes.

Trevor in the movie Black Panther.

Wakanda forever.

This fictional medal is very rare and protected and used by the inhabitants of Wakanda.

Pass.

Pass to Dash vibranium vibranium is right.

Khalil, Vibranium was used to make this superhero's shield.

Captain America.

Yes, Natalie.

This singer's ninth album, Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy, included the songs.

Someone Saved My Life tonight.

And we all fall in love sometimes.

He is also known for the songs Candle in the Wind and Benny and the Jets.

Pass.

Elton John.

Correct.

Dash.

Elton John performed a special version of Candle in the Wind at this woman's funeral.

Princess Diana Correct.

Khalil, The song Candle in the Wind was originally written about this blond actor who was married to.

Marlyn Manroe.

Yes, Natalie.

Joe DiMaggio, also known as Joltin Joe, played for this baseball team.

Pass the Yankees.

The Yankees is right.

That's your last pass and Dash.

When Yankee Doodle went into town riding on a pony, what did he stick in his cap?

Feather That is right.

And that ends your three strikes.

Rounds.

All right, teams, at this point, I would like to invite the alternates to join their teams up at the podium for our 60 second round.

In this round, we give ten questions to each team in a category.

We'll let them talk and converse as a team.

We'll take the captain's answer is the team answer.

And if you get all ten questions right, we'll give you a bonus of ten points.

They're worth ten points each.

All right.

So, Bow, we start with you and Alessandra.

As the captain of the team, you could talk to your team.

You guys can choose from.

Eggsellent.

If the shoe fits and n to n. N to n. N to N. All right.

The answers to the following will all be words that begin and end in the letter N. Alessandra, I'll take your answer as the team answer 60 seconds.

Start the clock.

The lead up to this invasion is the subject of the Bayou Tapestry.

I don't know.

It's the Norman invasion.

This subatomic particle has a neutral charge.

Neutron?

Neutron?

Yes.

What you call a nine sided polygon.

Nonagon.

Nonagon.

Yes.

78% of the Earth's atmosphere is made of nitrogen.

Yes, true.

Tails can be called this.

I'm not, I don't know.

Nonfiction.

This element lights up the signs on Broadway.

Neon.

Yep.

This leader was exiled twice.

Napolian.

Yes.

What you might call a single member of a Catholic order of religious women.

Nun?

Yes.

This is a type of flatbread, non.

Non.

Yes.

Chocolate, vanilla and strawberry ice.

Napoleon.

Neapolitan.

All right, judges, you'll have to decide whether or not that was a correct answer.

Okay.

And how many?

Eight out of ten on your 60 second round.

All right.

Nice job, Bow.

We turn our attention to Plymouth and Dash.

You guys can choose from.

Eggsellent.

And if the shoe fits, we're going to go with Eggsellent.

Eggsellent.

The answers to the following will be related to the word egg.

And again, Dash.

I'll take your answer as the team answer.

60 seconds.

Start the clock.

Sam, I am is the main character in this piece.

Green Eggs and Ham.

Yes.

All the king's horses and men couldn't prepare Humpty Dumpty.

Yes.

This is what the goose laid in the Golden egg.

Yes.

The singer in this band song I Am the Walrus, claims to be both the walrus and the egg man.

Oh, John, John, John.

Think about that.

Judges.

This is what you call a little inside joke or bonus in software or a DVD.

Easter egg.

Easter Egg.

Yes.

This is often enjoyed as a holiday drink.

Egg Nog.

Yes.

You might order these with an order of fried rice and egg rolls.

Egg rolls?

Yes.

The towns of West Egg and East egg Great Gatsby.

Yes.

These bejeweled decorative eggs were a famous Faberge egg.

Yes.

This is what you might say.

You have egg on when you have been embarrassed.

Face your face.

Egg on your face.

Yes.

We'll take that.

And nine out of ten on your 60 second round.

All right.

Nice job, teams.

Thank you, Alternates.

You can go ahead and take your seats as we roll into round four and in round four, we're going to pick back up with our toss up questions, but we're going to double the point value.

So we're playing for 20 point toss up questions.

And just as a reminder, in round four, we also deduct 20 points for incorrect responses.

So playing smart bow and Plymouth, good luck.

Let's go.

Every year on April 15th, the day that Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in.

Major League Baseball, every player wears this number on their uniform.

It is also the answer to the great question of life, the universe and everything in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

Dash of Plymouth 42.

Yes, Rolling Stone named this guitarist for the Yardbirds, the fifth best guitarist of all time.

He is known for the songs Freeway Jam A Day in the Life I Ain't Superstitious and Heart Full of Soul.

Dash of Plymouth.

Beck.

Jeff Beck.

Yes.

All right, team.

Our next question is our Unitl power question is double the point.

So a 40 point toss up question coming to you on your monitors.

Take a look.

Wanda Maximoff was once a super villain, but she joined The Avengers and married the Android vision.

She has the ability to warp reality and is also known by this name.

Dash of Plymouth Scarlet Witch.

Yes.

In 1782, George Washington introduced the badge of military merit for soldiers wounded in battle.

The Badge of Military Merit now features a profile of Washington and is known by this name, Emily of Bow.

Purple Heart.

That's right.

This politician who was the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in California, was associated along with San Francisco mayor sorry, assassinated, along with San Francisco Mayor George Mosconi by former city supervisor Dan White in 1978.

Theodore Beau Milk Yes.

Harvey Milk, you might say.

This ballet by Russian composer Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky is for the birds.

Khalil of Plymouth.

Swan Lake.

That's right.

This Jamaican singer songwriter is known for the songs One Love and No Woman, No Cry Dash of Plymouth.

Bob Marley.

Right.

All right, teams to this next question.

Go ahead and take a look at your monitors appointed to the US Supreme Court by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1902, this justice served on the court until 1932.

He is famous for the tenet that free speech would not protect a man in falsely shouting fire in a theater and causing a panic.

In the 1919 decision in Schenck V the United States, Khalil of Plymouth.

Tanny Sorry, no glorious mustache was Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Nicole Kidman starred as this comic actor in the 2021 movie, being the Ricardos.

She was Lucille Ball.

All right, teams who wrote the line.

Shall I compare this to a summer's day in Sonnet 18, Dash of Plymouth Shakespeare.

Yes.

All right, teams, another math question for you.

If pencil and paper, if you want it, 12% of the 50 students taking AP calculus pass the latest test.

How many students failed Dash of Plymouth?

44.

That is right.

In 1777, this 19 year old Frenchman was made a major general in the American Continental Army.

He has many places in the US named for him, including a city in North Carolina, a square in Washington, D.C., and a long road in coastal New Hampshire.

Khalil of Plymouth.

Lafayette.

Yes.

Author Christopher Paolini began writing this book.

The first work in the inheritance cycle when he was 15, and Natalie of Plymouth Aragon.

That is right.

In 1921, this South Carolina native became the first licensed female African-American pilot, Emily of Bow didn't quite get there.

Plymouth.

Her name was Bessie Coleman.

Bessie Coleman Actor Alan Rickman portrayed the Sheriff of Nottingham in Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves Hans Gruber in Die Hard and this teacher in the Harry Potter movies, Theodore of Bow.

Severus Snape is right.

All right.

For your next question, go ahead and take a look at a civic question coming to you from New Hampshire's kid.

Governor.

17 U.S. presidents served as governors before serving as president of the United States, Thomas Jefferson was the first governor of a state to serve as president.

Who is the last person who served as governor of a state, later serve as president.

Logan of Bow Bush, which one?

W George W Bush's right in 1961.

This 1961 novel by Joseph Heller had an 18 in the title before it was changed to a 22 because author Leon Uris had released a novel called Miller 18.

That same year.

Logan of Bow.

Catch 22.

That's right, Teams.

What is the introductory statement of the US Constitution known as Logan of Bow.

Preamble That's right.

This songwriter was known as the man who owned Broadway.

He wrote the songs Yankee Doodle Boy.

You're a grand old flag over there and give my regards to Broadway.

Emily of Bow.

Cagney.

Sorry.

No.

We're looking for George M. Cohan.

Tonic Water contains a small amount of this alkaloid that is also used to treat malaria.

Khalil of Plymouth Quinine.

That's right.

This could be part of your hand.

Or a tropical plant.

Logan of Bow.

A finger.

Sorry.

No.

Plymouth, Trevor.

Palm.

Palm.

You got it.

This band, which is named after its lead guitarist, had a huge hit with the 1999 album Supernatural, featuring Rob Thomas, Eric Clapton, Lauryn Hill, Wyclef Jean, CeeLo Green and Dave MATTHEWS.

The album won nine awards at the 2000 Grammys, besting the record previously set by Michael Jackson's thriller Trevor of Plymouth Santana.

That's right.

This Jamaican sprinter with a very appropriate surname is the world record holder in the 100 meters, 200 meters and four by 100 meters relay, Natalie, of Plymouth Bolt, Usain Bolt.

Yes.

During the Trojan War, the Greek army used this to enter the city, Theodore of Bow.

Wooden horse.

We'll take that.

The first space shuttle was launched in 1981.

What was its name?

It was the Columbia.

The 2022 race for the US Senate seat in this state came down to a runoff race between the incumbent senator and pastor Raphael Warnock and former football player Herschel Walker.

Dash of Plymouth, Georgia.

Georgia is right before pocket calculators.

This tool with three interlocking calibrated strips was used to do mathematical calculations.

Khalil of Plymouth Abacus.

Sorry, no, sorry, Emily, not in time.

It was the slide rule.

This children's book by Watty Piper, is about a persevering locomotive that had faith in itself, in a can do attitude.

Khalil of Plymouth, The little Engine that could.

That is right.

In 1948, this president signed Executive Order 9981 desegregating the U.S. military.

It was Harry Truman.

And with a high scoring round, it is Plymouth who will be moving on to the semifinals.

Congratulations, Plymouth, on a great game.

We'll see you in a couple of weeks.

And Bow, tough loss today, but congrats on your first win.

Thank you so much for being here.

We hope you had fun.

We had fun having you here and we hope you had fun as well.

Joining us this week.

We hope you tune in next week when the team from Oyster.

River High School takes on the team from Trinity High School.

That's going to do it for us this week.

I learned a lot and I hope you did as well.

We'll see you next time.

Bye bye.

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

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

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

Thank you.