This week on Granite State Challenge, the team from Londonderry High School takes on the team from winning kind of high school.

Only one team will advance.

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

It's time for granite state challenge.

Here's your host, John Cannon.

Hello, everyone.

And thank you so much for joining us for this week's Granite State Challenge.

We are in the final game of our first round of our 40th season.

We've got a fun 40th season question coming up for you later in the show, which we'll talk to you about when we get there.

I also want to mention that we are implementing a lot of the same safety protocols that we implemented last year, including changing our third round to a three strikes in your out round.

And we'll get to that later in the game as well.

But most importantly, we've got two teams here ready to do battle to see who's going to make it on to the next round.

Let's introduce them to you.

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

They're led by Senior Captain Austin.

Austin is joined by sophomore Nathan Brandon, also a sophomore, and Zander, a sophomore.

Their alternate is Brandon, and he is a senior in the team, is coached by Peter Willis Their opponents this week are the team from when a kind in high school.

The team is led by senior captain Anna senior Marissa senior Trey and senior Adam.

Their alternates are Sam and Julia.

Also, both seniors and their coach is Kevin Fleming.

All right.

Those are the teams.

But we also want to introduce you to our judge.

With us again this week is an Belanger All right, teams introductions are out of the way.

Go ahead and grab those signaling devices because we're going to jump right into the game.

And as you know, Granite State challenge is played in four rounds.

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

So Londonderry and win a bit.

Good luck.

Here we go.

The NFL team, the Baltimore Ravens was named for a poem by this poet, Nathan of Londonderry, Edgar Allan Poe.

That's it.

This is the only state in the United States with a one syllable name, which is appropriate since its residents are not known for their loquacious ness.

Nathan of Londonderry.

That's it.

This coastal city is the capital of Iceland and the northernmost capital city of a sovereign state.

Adam, a winner in Reykjavik.

Reykjavik's Right Teams, who is the author of The Hunger Games books, Nathan of Londonderry.

Suzanne Collins.

Yes.

This North American canine was once known as the American Jackal.

Nathan from Londonderry.

Iona.

Sorry.

No, Adam.

From when?

A kind of border collie.

Sorry.

It is the coyote.

This poet who wrote the love song of Alfred Prufrock became the first American poet to win a Nobel Prize for literature when he won the award in 1948 Adam of Winter.

Robert Frost.

Sorry.

No it was T.S.

Eliot.

This 21 stage race, which lasts 23 days, was first run in 19 03 to raise the circulation of the sports newspaper Lotto.

Adam when it comes to the Tour de France you've got it this Scottish novelist wrote Treasure Island The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde kidnaped and a child's garden of verses It was Robert Louis Stevenson.

The first edition of this collection of poems by Walt Whitman contained only 12 poems.

By the time the last edition was published in 19 sorry in 1891, it contained 400 poems classic Leaves of Grass.

All right, teams, this red fruit, native to South in Central America, is a member of the Nightshade Family and is also known as the Love Apple Adam of Winter Passionfruit.

Sorry, no.

Austin of Londonderry Pomegranate.

Sorry, no good guesses, but it's the tomato.

After Thanksgiving, you might want to share a circular with a friend or family member.

What is a circular tray of when a comet or wishbone?

Correct.

What?

1975 film told the story of the town of Amity, Massachusetts.

Sits that was threatened by a fish Austin of Londonderry Jaws.

That's it.

In 1977 the band Heart led by singer and Wilson and guitarist Nancy Wilson, had a hit with this song named for a toothy predatory fish Austin of Londonderry Barracuda that is, it's what two men were actors before they became governor of California.

Trey of when on it Arnold Schwarzenegger and past week Austin of Londonderry.

Schwarzenegger and Reagan.

Yes Ronald Reagan was the other one.

Aesop is credited with writing this tale about a shepherd who raised so many false alarms that he was ignored when faced with real danger.

Austin of Londonderry.

The boy who cried wolf, corrects this.

45.52 carat blue diamond has been on permanent display at the National Museum for Natural History since 1958 and has a reputation for bringing bad luck to those who wear or own it.

Austin of Londonderry The Hope Diamond correct if you visit the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in Stillwater, Oklahoma, you will find that this president, known for his catches catch can wrestling style was inducted in 1992 as an outstanding American Austin of Londonderry Clinton.

Sorry now Adam of when to connect JFK both good guesses love this fact it was Abraham Lincoln.

Yeah in 2009 this artist stormed the stage at the video music awards.

Surprising Taylor Swift as she tried to accept her award for best video by a female artist.

Trey of when a kind of Kanye West that is correct in 1841 this man became the first vice president to become president when he filled the office after the death of William Henry Harrison leading him to be called his excellency by many.

Austin of Londonderry John Tyler corrects teams.

What president began the shortest inaugural speech of only 135 words with the line I am again called upon by the voice of my country to execute the functions of its chief magistrate Adam of one account it FDR.

Sorry no Austin of Londonderry.

Washington.

George Washington.

Yes.

This Concord, New Hampshire.

Nope.

Correct.

Yep.

This Concord, New Hampshire.

Teacher was the first civilians selected to go into space.

Zander of Londonderry.

Christa McAuliffe.

Correct.

All right, teens.

Our next question is a picture question.

So go ahead and take a look at your monitors.

This large diving bird breeds on lakes.

It is known for its four calls.

The whale tremolo yodel and whoops and can be found in New Hampshire and of when it the loon that's right in the 1968 movie 2001 A Space Odyssey.

Writers Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C Clark chose this song for the computer Hal 9000 to sing as it was dying because it was the first song ever sung by a computer.

Austin of Londonderry Daisy.

Yes the New Hampshire SEAL includes a frigate that bears the name of this capital of a southern state and on that ship, on the New Hampshire SEAL, you will see the name Raleigh.

All right, teens, finish this proverb.

You can catch more flies with honey than with Austin of Londonderry vinegar.

Correct.

There are 62 national parks in the United States.

Only one of them is found in New England.

What is it?

And in what state is it located?

Austin of Londonderry.

Acadia in Maine.

Correct.

On December 20th, 1860, South Carolina became the first state to secede from the Union on May 20th.

1861.

This state became the last stretch of when a Texas.

Sorry Brandon of Londonderry, Tennessee.

Sorry.

Nope.

Always worth a guess.

It was North Carolina.

What is the tendency of an object at rest to remain at rest called Austin of Londonderry inertia?

Correct.

What?

Well, you will see that question for the next round because that sound ends round one.

And Londonderry looks like out to a bit of a lead by a score of one 52 50.

All right.

Great rounds teams we're going to keep it rolling into round two in round two.

We're going to continue with the toss up questions.

We're going to double the point value, though.

So these are 20 points.

Toss up questions, Londonderry and win it Good luck.

Here we go.

What is it called when the referee drops the puck between two opposing players at the beginning of a hockey game?

Adam, a winner in a Face-Off.

Yes.

This indie Singer-Songwriter released her first studio album, Stranger in the Alps in 2017.

Her latest album, Punisher, was released in 2020 and features the songs garden song Kyoto and I know the end Adam of cannot Phoebe Bridgers correct.

This two whale is black and white and was featured in the 1993 film Free Willy Adam of one iconic orca.

Yes this Nordic countries independence from Russia was recognized by the Russian Soviet federative socialist Republic on January 4th.

1918.

Austin of Londonderry, Finland.

Yes.

All right teens.

Our next question is our unity willpower question which is worth double the points of this is a 40 point toss up coming to you on your monitors.

Take a look.

This 1983 song by British musician Eddie Grant was about a street in London and the 1981 Brixton riot between black youth and the police over stop and frisk policies all right that was Electric Avenue teams this Alabama senator was the first attorney general appointed by Donald Trump Austin of Londonderry.

Sessions Jeff Sessions is right in his song Carolina in my mind which he wrote while he was in London to record at Apple Studios.

James Taylor sings a line about being surrounded by a whole host of others, the holy host of others.

He refers to was this band Austin of Londonderry.

The Beatles.

Yes.

In 1967 Marvel Bander Anarchy became the first female prime minister in the world when she was elected leader of this island country in South Asia.

Adam of when it Philippines sorry no Austin of Londonderry Indonesia sorry it was Sri Lanka.

There are four extant mammal species known as monotremes, all found in Australia and New Guinea.

What unique method of bearing young and do all monotremes share Austin of London dairy eggs?

Yes.

They lay eggs, a platypus and three species of a kidnaped located in the refectory refectory of the convent of Santa Maria della Grassi in Milan, Italy.

This painting by Leonardo da Vinci depicts Jesus and the 12 disciples.

Austin of Londonderry.

The Last Supper.

Yes.

This band fronted by Jim Morrison and known for songs like Light My Fire Break On Through and Riders on the Storm, was named for something you open and close Austin of Londonderry, The Doors.

That's it.

All right, teams, we have reached our 40th question of the match.

This is our 40th anniversary question worth 40 points.

And it comes to us from season 34 of Granite State Challenge the male of this marine mammal has a long single tooth protruding from the upper lip that looks like a tusk or unicorn horn Adam of one iconic narwhal.

That's it team's name one of the two radioactive elements discovered by Marie and Pierre Curie atom over an iconic radon.

Sorry, no.

Austin of legendary radium.

Radium and polonium was the other this football coach who led the Oakland Raiders to to the Super Bowl 11 championship in 1977 was also a legendary color commentator and lent his name to a series of football video games.

Nathan of Londonderry Madden.

John Madden is right The Broadway musical Miserable is based on the 1862 novel of the same name by this French author Austin of Londonderry.

You go.

Victor Hugo.

Yes the world's tallest tree a 275 foot tall giant sequoia found in the giant forest of Sequoia National Park in California is thought to be between 20 220 700 years old and is named for this civil war general Adam of when a cunning grant sorry is named for William Tecumseh Sherman.

Delaware was the first of the original 13 colonies admitted to the Union.

Rhode Island was the 13th.

Where does New Hampshire fall on this timeline?

Austin of Londonderry ninth No.

Nine is right and that is the end of round two in Londonderry, extending their lead by a score of 350 to 150.

All right great job teams.

We're going to go into round three and in round three are three strikes and you're out round.

Each team will get ten questions in a category.

We'll give you ten points for each correct response and a bonus of ten points if you get them all correct.

And we'll go down the line asking each one of you a question.

If you don't know the answer, you can pass or say, I don't know, we will play until you have three strikes and you're out or until all questions are asked.

All right, Ana, and win a minute.

We're going to start with you.

But Anna, as team captain, you get to choose from these categories.

Mind your P's and Q's around the world and common cold common cold.

Common cold.

All right.

The answers to all of the following will include the word cold.

All right.

Anna, a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union.

Cold War.

Correct.

Marissa term for a long standing crime that hasn't been solved.

Has and case.

Right.

Cold case is correct, Adam.

Another term for deli meats.

Cold cuts, correct.

Anna.

Many reptiles and amphibians that need to warm themselves in the sun are this cold blooded, correct?

Marissa suddenly quitting a bad habit can be cold going this path.

Same question.

Cold turkey.

Correct.

Adam This is a term for a nuclear reaction.

That could occur at room temperature.

No communicating.

Sorry.

Past.

Past.

All right, Anna, that is your last pass Could you repeat the question?

This is a term for a nuclear reaction that could occur at room temperature.

Cold reaction.

Sorry, it was cold fusion.

Marissa.

Chris Martin is the lead singer for this British rock band known for the song Viva la Vida.

Coldplay.

Correct, Trey?

These are caused by the herpes simplex virus.

Cold Sores, correct?

Adam.

Professional wrestler Steve Austin competed under this name.

Stone Cold.

Steve Austin.

Correct.

And Anna, this non fiction novel by Truman Capote tells the story of the 1959 murders of four members of the Clutter family.

Cold blooded.

Sorry it is in cold blood.

Is the answer to that one so at the end of their round.

Eight out of ten on your three strikes round.

Great job win a great score.

Londonderry we turn to you in Austin as team captain you can choose from the remaining two categories.

Mind your P's and Q's and around the world.

Mind your P's and Q's.

Mind your P's and Q's.

The answers to all of the following will include both a P and a Q.

All right, Austin, four letter word for a witty remark quip correct.

Nathan, you can call a course you must take before you can take another course.

This pre-work prerequisite correct.

Brandon The opposite of transparent, opaque.

Opaque is right.

Zander and award.

You can hang on a wall or a deposit on your team.

Clark Correct.

Austin A follow up novel that tells the story of what happened before the original work free school.

Correct.

Nathan Decorative Needlework applied to another piece of fabric I don't know.

It is applique.

Brandon The Boston Celtics play on this type of patterned floor All right.

Zander same question pass pass as two passes.

Austin Pass.

All right.

That is your last pass, Nathan.

Parquet.

Parquet is right.

Brandon five babies born at the same time to the same mother.

Quintuplets.

Quintuplets is right.

Zander Muscle found at the front of the thigh.

Not sure it is Quadricep and Austin.

You might call someone who is small, young, or insignificant.

This it is pipsqueak seven out of ten on your three strikes rounds All right.

So scorching more or less even after three rounds, which means we're going to go into round four in which we continue with the 20 point toss up questions.

However, we will be deducting 20 points for incorrect responses in this round.

So play smart and play strategic Londonderry and win it.

Here we go.

Cows pigs, giraffes, horses, camels, sheep, deer and hippopotamuses are all ungulates.

What feature do all ungulates share tray of when it can it hooves.

Hooves is writes.

Cartoon character Bart Simpson is known for the catchphrase Eat my shorts Ninja Turtle Michelangelo is known for cowabunga.

Fred Flintstone is known for yabba dabba.

Do what cartoon character is known for the phrase Good grief.

Anna of when iconic Charlie Brown correct.

Mark Twain's novels, Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn are both set in this Missouri town where Twain was raised.

Austin of Londonderry and yes, Virginia planter and politician Patrick Henry is perhaps known, best known for declaring this to a group at the second Virginia convention in 1775 Patrick Henry said Give me liberty or give me death.

Queen Elizabeth the second has met every US president that served during her reign, with the exception of this president, who served from 1963 to 1969.

Austen of Londonderry, LBJ, correct Boxer Cassius Clay, considered by many to be the greatest heavyweight boxer of all time, changed his name to this in 1964 Adam of winner Muhammad Ali.

Yes.

The orangutan is a primate found in rainforests in parts of Borneo and Sumatra.

Spell orangutan.

Tray of when it o r a and g u t a.

Well done.

There are 118 elements on the periodic table.

The last element is the synthetic chemical chemical organization.

What is the first element and of when it can it hydrogen?

Correct.

This wizard has been played by Richard Harris and Michael Gambon.

In the Harry Potter movies will receive when it comes in Dumbledore.

Yes.

This character found on Skull Island in the Pacific Ocean by a film crew was captured and taken to New York City.

When a cunning King Kong.

Yes.

Charlie Parker.

John Coltrane.

Lisa Simpson.

And former President Bill Clinton are all known for playing this reed instrument.

Atom of when a cunning saxophone.

Yes.

Three countries have dragons on their flags.

Two of them are Malta and Bhutan.

And the third is this country that is part of the United Kingdom.

Austin of Londonderry, Wales.

Yes.

Finish this proverb taken from William Greaves.

1697 play the Morning Bride.

Music has charms to soothe, soothe the savage blank atom of when a kind it soul.

Sorry.

Now there he is to soothe the savage breast.

Jack, Danny and Wendy Torrance, along with a bunch of spirits, all spend part of a winter together in the Overlook Hotel in Stephen King's 1977 novel The Shining.

In what state is the fictional Overlook Hotel located in Austin of Londonderry, Colorado.

Correct.

This could be a collection of short musical pieces.

Played an order or a group of swanky hotel rooms.

Adam of a kind of a sweet corrects in what, 1985 movie.

Will you find a DeLorean with the license plate out of time?

Anna of winning it back to the future.

Yes.

In painting and sculpture.

And that sound wins our game late charge by winning it, but not quite enough to overcome a strong Londonderry team.

It will be Londonderry moving on to the next rounds.

Congratulations, Londonderry.

We'll see you in a few weeks.

And a great job.

Win a tightly fought match.

We hope you had fun.

And thank you so much for coming and we hope you had fun as well.

This week on Granite State Challenge.

We do hope you join us next week for the first great first game in our second round.

That will do it for us for today.

I learned a lot and I hope you did, too.

We'll see you next time, 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