This week on Granite State Challenge, The team from Inter-Lakes Middle High School takes on the team from Laconia 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 welcome to the Granite State Challenge.

We are at the end of our first round of play.

Seven teams have already punched their tickets around two and the final two teams hoping to join them for that eighth spot are here with us this week.

Let's introduce them to you.

First up, we have the team from Inter-Lakes Middle High School.

Hi, I'm Ayden.

I'm a senior.

Hi, I'm James.

I'm a senior.

I am Calvin.

I'm a senior.

I am Braden.

I'm a freshman.

All right.

The alternate for the team is Caleb, and the coaches are 7 to 12.

Librarian Tim Hayman, world language teacher Meg Bedford, and social studies teacher Josh MacLeod.

And that's the team from Intel Lakes Middle High School.

Their opponents this week is the team from Laconia High School.

Hi, I'm Brody Rollins, and I'm a senior.

I Reid and I'm a senior.

I'm James.

I'm a senior.

I'm Alex.

I'm also a senior.

The alternates for Laconia are Winter and Hailey, and their coach is our social studies teacher, Taylor Osborne.

Math teacher Susan Finch.

And Health and wellness teacher Keith Ball.

And that's the team from Laconia High School.

All right.

One more introduction, of course.

Back with us again is our beloved judge Ann Boulanger.

All right, Thank you.

Ann.

All right, teams, let's get ready to play.

Go ahead and grab those signaling devices.

We play Granite State Challenge in four rounds and in round one we do ten point toss up question.

So Inter-Lakes and Laconia, good luck.

Here we go.

This NFL coach won six Super Bowls more than any other head coach.

Reid of Laconia, Bill Belichick.

He's the one.

This facial hairstyle is named for Civil War.

General Ambrose Everett Burnside.

Alex of Laconia.

Sideburns.

That's right.

Pneumonia can be caused by a virus, bacteria or a fungus.

Spell pneumonia.

Brody of Laconia.

P N E U M O N I A.

Very well done.

All right, teams.

In what card game will you find?

Dummies, tricks and slams to find that in the game of bridge.

This French chemist is often referred to as the father of microbiology.

He, along with Emile Roux, developed the first vaccine for rabies by growing it in rabbits and then testing it on dogs.

And then on a nine year old boy who had been bitten by a rabid dog.

You may know him from another one of his famous achievements as Louis Pasteur.

Louis Pasteur.

All right, teams, what is the side of a right trying angle opposite to the 90 degree angle called Brody of Laconia.

The hypotenuse.

That's right.

All right.

Our next question is our unit Hill Power question.

And it's coming to you on your monitors.

Worth double the points.

So take a look at the song Power of Love by Huey Lewis.

And the news was written for the soundtrack of this 1985 film featuring Doc Brown and Marty McFly Reid of Laconia.

Back to the Future, My favorite.

Yes, sir.

Teams in what board game will you find, Colonel.

Mustard in the library with a wrench.

Brody of Laconia.

Clue.

Yes.

New Hampshire State motto Live Free or Die was adopted in 1945.

It was taken from a toast by this Londonderry, New Hampshire, native and Revolutionary War general who could not attend an anniversary celebration of the Battle of Bennington but wrote a toast in a letter stating, quote, Live free or die death is not the worst of evils.

Reid of Laconia.

John Stark Yes.

This planet is a gas giant and rotates so quickly that a day is only around 10 hours long.

Calvin of Inter-Lakes.

Jupiter.

Yes, it's easier to steal now that these have been expanded from 15 by 15 inches square to 18 by 18 inches Square.

James of Laconia, handcuffs.

Sorry.

No Inter-Lakes?

Braden.

Doors?

No.

In baseball bases, the patent for this first car powered by a gas engine was issued to this German mechanical engineer in his 18 in 1886.

A current brand of luxury cars still bears his name.

Calvin of Inter-Lakes.

Porsche.

Sorry, no.

Laconia, Brody.

Mercedes-Benz Benz.

We're looking for Karl Benz.

We'll give that to you.

All right, teams, your next question is a civics question coming to you from Mary Susan Leahy, board chair of New Hampshire Civics.

Take a look.

There have been three father and son pairs to serve as governor of New Hampshire.

Samuel Densmore and Samuel Densmore, Jr, who served as the 14th and 22nd governors of New Hampshire.

Hugh Gregg and Judd Gregg served as the 68th and 76th governors of the state.

And this father and son pair serving as the 75th and 82nd governors of New Hampshire.

You must name both of them by their first and last names.

Brody of Laconia, Chris Sununu and George Sununu.

Sorry, Inter-Lakes, James, John and Chris.

And it is John and Chris Sununu.

Yes.

Tough.

This Manchester West graduate is the host of Late Night on NBC.

Calvin of Inter-Lakes.

Seth Meyers.

Yes.

The flower of the Rough.

Lesia Arnold is the largest flower in the world.

It can grow up.

It can grow to be three feet across and can weigh up to 15 pounds.

It is also known by this morbid name because it smells like rotting flesh.

Brody of Laconia, the zombie flower.

Sorry.

No.

Inter-Lakes.

Was close.

It's called the corpse Flower.

This could be an insect.

A wireless phone company or a game played with bats and wickets.

Reid of Laconia.

Cricket?

Yes.

The Secret Service has code names for every president.

This president, who was a devout Christian, was code named Deacon Reid of Laconia.

Joe Biden.

Sorry.

No.

James of Obama.

Sorry.

No good guesses.

And close it was Jimmy Carter.

This Australian island state is named for the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman.

James of Laconia, Tasmania.

That's right.

The quality of a diamond is judged by what is known as the Four Cs, which were established by the Gemological Institute of America.

Name any one of the four Cs Brody of Laconia.

Carat carat is one of them.

The others are cut clarity and color and that sound is round one in Laconia.

Out to a bit of a lead here by a score of one 120 to 30.

All right, great.

Round one teams.

We're going to pause here for a second before we head into round two and get to know the teams a little bit more.

And we're going to start with a team from Inter-lakes.

Middle High School.

The high school is up in Meredith, New Hampshire, in the Lakes region, and it serves the towns of Meredith Center Harbor and Sandwhich is about 330 students who attend Inter-laked.

High School.

And of those we have senior Captain Ayden, who already has his license in what is an important field.

What is that?

I'm a registered pharmacy technician at a hospital in Plymouth.

So how did you get to become a registered pharmacy technician?

I wanted to pursue it after high school, so I talked to our career partnerships guy, Mr. Griffin and I got an internship up there, and then a couple of months later, I got employed.

Fantastic.

And the hope is to study this in college and then become a pharmacist yourself.

How come A lot of money.

And I just like science and math and you like science and there's good money in it.

Good answer.

Sounds like good answers to me.

All right.

He's joined by James, who aspires to something that myself and my family would very much appreciate, which is what absolutely.

I want to be a professional breakfast chef, not just a chef, but a chef of breakfasts.

Just breakfasts.

I've had a real passion for breakfast foods.

Well, since I was young, you know, I love eating that stuff, but, yeah, I've got a job recently at a cafe, and I'm learning the chef up, and I really want to hone my skills in the future.

All right.

You've got a specialty yet.

Crepes my specialty right now, like putting eggs in them, putting strawberries in and putting chocolate in them, all that jazz.

Well, I have never made a crepe, but I understand that it takes skill, so I'm impressed.

And hope to eat at your restaurant someday.

Thank you.

All right.

He's joined by Calvin, who even though he's only in his third year in high school at the end of this year, you are?

I'm going to be graduating.

You're graduating.

So you're graduating a year early.

How did that how did that come about?

I was able to take some extra classes and fill those credits that I needed.

All right.

And so you're ready to move on.

And so what is next for you after graduation?

I'd like to go to college and study to become a teacher and a teacher of math.

Of teacher of math.

Fantastic.

We need good math teachers.

Excellent.

Rounding out the team is Braden, who it says here you run a segment on Laker news.

What is Laker news?

Laker news is basically like our schools like news thing where we talk about like sports, that kind of stuff.

It's like a weekly news program at the school, kind of catch the school up on what's happening.

What is your segment about?

My is about world news.

I call it the weekly Briefing, where I basically cover the biggest news story over the past week in 2 minutes or less.

Fantastic.

Well, I can think of nothing better to help you prepare for Granite State Challenge.

So there you have it.

And there is the team from Inter-lakes Middle High School.

Right.

We're going to take a moment to check in with the team from Laconia.

Laconia High School is in the town of Laconia up in the Lakes region, the center of the state.

About 550 students attend Laconia High School.

And among those 550 are these four gentlemen.

We'll start with you, Brody.

Down at the end, Captain Brody, you've been getting a lot of help in your preparation for Granite State challenge.

How?

Yes.

My family has been helping me.

Every night we watch Jeopardy and they just give me all these questions to help me prepare.

All right.

So it's a it's an evening at the house.

The family is there to help you prepare.

So you're watching Jeopardy.

But how are they helping you prepare?

It's just good to be around with different people.

So you're not studying by yourself, then they'll be asking me these different questions.

And another way that my uncle and aunt helped me was by getting me a pair of FDR socks, which I'm wearing today for gotcha.

Some lucky FDR socks.

All right.

Fantastic.

Well, I hope that luck pays off.

All right.

He's joined by Reid, who, you know, if you're from the Lakes region like we are, you might be a fan of car racing.

Tell us how car racing has influenced your life in the present and future.

So it's made me want to become a motorsports engineer.

So do you want to help design the cars?

Yeah.

Help make them go faster, last longer, etc.. How did you get into it?

When I was young, I always grew up watching.

NASCAR and Formula One and I just loved it.

Yeah.

Have you had the chance to go see some races at New Hampshire Motor Speedway?

Yes, I have many of them.

Awesome.

Very, very cool.

All right.

Joining him is James, who's working on a bit of a collection that I think is pretty cool.

It's a collection of what?

Vinyl records.

Vinyl records.

So how about how many records would you say is in this collection?

Probably about 40.

40.

Okay.

That's not bad.

And where did this come from?

Where How did this sort of collection start?

It came from listening to all the classics when my parents and my grandparents.

All right.

Some of the classics include Bob Dylan, Aerosmith from my mom.

Okay.

Nice.

So some good.

Some 60 stuff.

Some 80 stuff.

Working your way up.

All right.

Anything new in the collection that is just from you?

Yep.

Some new ones by Taylor Swift and some big man.

Big fan, right?

Who isn't a big fan.

All right.

Rounding out the team is Alex, who, while we're not going to see this on air for a couple of weeks after we've taped it, you had a big event in your life today on this day that we're taping, which is what I did this morning, I took a visit to WPI and committed to play football and study biomedical engineering.

All right.

So that's Worcester Polytech for those of you don't know the WPI.

And so you committed to day.

Yes, I do.

College.

Well, congratulations.

And you're not just going to study to be an engineer, which is great.

You're also going to get a chance to be on the football team.

And you told them that what you were doing this afternoon, right?

Yes.

So I told them about this whole, like, trivia thing.

They decided to write up a few extra questions for me, help me study before I left.

So your team is already coming in.

Clutch.

That's fantastic.

All right, well, good luck.

That is the team from Laconia High School.

All right, teams, great to get to know.

You know you.

We're going to go right into round two.

And round two is our three strikes and you're out round in.

The way that this round works is each team gets ten questions and each player on each team gets a question.

We go right down the line, player by player until all ten questions have been asked or until three strikes and you're out.

Each team has three passes, so if you don't know the answer, you could pass it to your teammate next to you.

And just as a reminder, there's a clue for your question in the previous question.

So pay attention to that.

All right.

Inter-Lakes.

We'll do this alphabetically.

So we'll start with you and Ayden and this is your question.

This rapper and husband of Beyonce was inspired by a song from Annie when he wrote Hard Knock Life Ghetto Anthem.

JAY-Z Yes.

JAMES Before she became a solo act, Beyonce was the lead singer for this R&B group.

But Skip all right, past Calvin.

Destiny's Child.

Destiny's Child is right.

BRADEN What does R&B stand for?

Pass Pass to Ayden.

No answer.

It is rhythm and blues.

James, this sister to Michael Jackson, had a hit with the song Rhythm Nation.

Janet Jackson.

That's right, Calvin.

Janet Reno was the first woman to serve in this U.S.

Cabinet position.

Secretary of State.

Sorry, She was the attorney general.

Braden, who is the current US.

Attorney General?

Tough running out of time there.

We were looking for Merrick Garland.

And that is your third strike.

And it ends the rounds.

All right, Laconia, we turn over to you.

It is your turn.

And same drill.

Brody, Here's your question.

What prominent body part is found on most monkeys, but not on apes?

Tails?

Yes.

Reid In this video game, an ape throws barrels at the Mario Brothers to stop them from saving the princess.

Donkey Kong.

Right.

James You will find Princess Bubblegum in this animated series featuring Finn and his dog, Jake.

Adventure Time.

Yes, Alex.

The novel.

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was written by this author, Pass.

Brody.

Tom Sawyer.

Sorry, It was written by Mark Twain.

Reid.

Cartoon creators Hanna and Barbera almost named this cartoon bear that lived in Jellystone.

Park with his pal Boo-Boo Huckleberry Bear Pass.

James Yogi Bear.

Yogi Bear is right, Alex.

Yellowstone National Park was the first national park in the United States.

One of its most famous features is this geyser, the Yellowstone geyser.

It is Old Faithful.

BRODY Marianne Faithfull is an English singer known for the song as Tears Go By, which was written by Keith Richards and this lead singer of the Rolling Stones.

I don't know.

Lead singer of the Rolling Stones is Mick Jagger.

And that ends your three strikes rounds.

All right.

So some points earned there by both teams in that round.

We're going to move on to round three, which is our 60 second round.

And for this round, I'd like to invite the alternates to come on up and join their teams at the podiums.

In our 60 second round, each team gets ten questions in a category.

You can work together and talk together as a team, but we do take the captain's answer is the team answer, and we usually start with the team that is trailing.

And right now Inter-Lakes you are trailing.

So you get to choose first.

So Ayden, you and your team can choose from the following three categories Whiter Shade of Pale.

Water Feature or Welcome to our Robot Overlords.

See Whiter Shade of Pale.

Whiter Shade of Pale.

You got it.

All right, so in this category, the answers to the following will include the word white.

So again, Ayden, I'll take your answer as the team Answer 60 seconds.

Start the clock.

This is where the president resides.

White House.

Yes.

This is a mountain range in New Hampshire, in White Mountains.

Yes.

This is a species of service day found in New Hampshire.

The first no answer is a white tailed deer.

This is a clothing inspired name for a job that is non manual labor.

White collar, White collar.

Yes.

This is a term for something that is valuable but useless.

White elephant.

White elephant.

Yes.

This is a dark comedy anthology series named for a flower.

White lotus.

Yes.

Listening to this might help you relax.

White noise.

Yes.

This is what you might call in informational documents.

Maybe white paper.

Yes.

This can be used to cover up your written or typed mistakes.

White out.

Yes.

This is an American League baseball team based in Chicago.

White Sox.

White Sox is correct.

A strong round.

How many is that?

Nine out of ten on your 60 second round.

Very well done.

Inter-Lakes.

Laconia.

We'll see how you do with your choice between Water.

Feature and Welcome to our Robot Overlords.

Water Feature.

Water feature it is.

Okay, so the answers to the following will be related to water.

All right.

So again, Brody, I'll take your answer as the team answer 60 seconds.

Start the clock process that takes evaporated water from the earth to the atmosphere and back water cycle.

Yes, Large domesticated bovine found in Asia.

Water buffalo.

Yes.

Offshore drilling rig.

That was the source of a massive oil leak in 2010 water tank.

It was the Deepwater Horizon.

Stan Dell's song played at the end of Red Sox home games.

Skip the dirty water name given to a number of political scandals during the Nixon administration.

Watergate.

Yes, another name for a bathroom often used in the UK water closet.

Yes, Pond flowers that were the subject of a number of paintings by Waterlillies.

Yes.

Venomous snake found in the Southeast.

US, also known as the Cottonmouth.

Water.

Snake is a water moccasin Olympic game played in a swimming pool.

Water polo?

Yes.

What you might say about something that is in the past and no longer important, water under the bridge.

Water under the bridge is right.

A strong round.

How many is that?

Seven out of ten on your 60 second round.

All right.

Thank you, Alternates.

You can go ahead and take your seats.

Good job in round four, round three teams.

We're going to go into round four now and in round four we're going to pick back up with our toss up questions.

However, we're going to be doubling the point value.

So these are 20 point toss up questions and we will be deducting 20 points for incorrect responses.

So Play Smart is strategic Inter-Lakes and Laconia.

Here we go.

The name for this poisonous plant, sometimes known as deadly Nightshade, is Italian for beautiful lady.

We're looking for Belladonna there.

For the next question, go ahead and take a look at your monitors in front of you.

This wild cat is native to Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia.

It is easily identifiable by the long tufts of fur on the tips of its ears and its long legs.

Braden of Inter-Lakes links.

It is not a links no.

Laconia.

It is called a Caracal.

Teams, How many stars were on the flag that Francis Scott Key wrote about in 1814 in his poem The Star Spangled Banner?

James of Inter-Lakes 13 Sorry, no, they added Vermont and Kentucky.

So there were 15 stars, but also 15 stripes.

Who knew?

All right, teams, what is the point that lever rests on called James of Laconia, the Fulcrum.

That's right.

In what year did Confederate forces fire on Fort.

Sumter in South Carolina and begin the Civil War?

Braden of Inter-Lakes.

1861.

Yes.

Abraham Lincoln is featured on both the penny and the $5 bill.

How many Lincoln pennies would it take to make $5?

James of Laconia 500?

That's right.

This could be a geometric 3D shape, a place to bury the dead or a shady scheme to make money.

James A Laconia Pyramid Yes.

This Italian director is known for spaghetti westerns, including a Fistful of Dollars, The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.

And Once Upon a Time in the West, those were directed by Sergio Leone.

This could be a unlikely or random piece of luck or a type of flatworm.

Could be a fluke.

Channel Islands National Park is home to the island.

Fox, a small fox species found only in the Channel Islands.

What state are the Channel Islands part of?

Braden of Inter-lakes, California.

That's right.

In a 1947 poet work sorry, poet Dylan Thomas implored the reader not to go gentle into this type of night.

Alex of Laconia.

Good night.

Good night.

That's right.

For the next question, go ahead.

Take a look at your monitors once more.

These cute little kittens will grow up to be this wild cat.

Sometimes called the gray ghost that is found in Canada, Alaska, and other parts of the north northern United States.

There once was a breeding population in New Hampshire, where it is an endangered species.

4 kittens, not these, were captured on videotape in Pittsburgh in 2011.

James of Inter-Lakes Bobcats.

Sorry, no.

Laconia.

Brody Mountain lion.

No, No harm, no foul there.

This was the time for the Lynx.

This river is 3977 miles long and shares its name with a group of warrior women.

And an online shopping site.

Ayden of Inter-Lakes.

Amazon.

Yes.

A number of well-known actors have played the lead female role in multiple versions of A Star is born Janet Gaynor in 1937.

Judy Garland in 1954, Barbra Streisand in 1976.

And this actor and singer in 2018.

James of Laconia.

Lady Gaga.

Yes.

Invisible Man is a novel by Richard Wright about a figurative invisible man.

And maybe we'll get to that question later on in the season.

But this game is over and it looks like.

Laconia is going to be moving on to the second round.

Congratulations, Laconia.

We'll see you in a few weeks when you take on the team from Hopkinton and Inter-Lakes, tough losses today against a strong team.

But we certainly had fun having you here.

We hope you had fun being here.

And we hope you had fun with us this week.

We do hope you tune in next week when we have Academy for Science and Design and Merrimack going against each other in our first quarterfinal match.

That'll do it for us this week.

I learned a lot.

I hope you did, too.

We'll see you next time.

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