This week on Granite State Challenge, the team from Mass Dilemma Valley Regional High School takes on the team from Portsmouth High School and only one team will advance.

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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, john cannon.

Hello, everyone, and thank you so much for joining us this week on Granite State challenge.

We are about halfway through the first round of our 40th granite state challenge season.

I'll talk about that in just a second.

I just want to let you know that we are keeping in place some of the same safety protocols that we had last season, and that includes a change to our third round, which is our three strikes and your route round.

I'll tell you a little bit more about that when we get to it later.

On in the game.

And I wanted to let you know that because this is our 40th season of Granite State Challenge, we have a special 40th season question.

Question number 40 so we'll get there in due time.

But most importantly, we've got two teams here ready to do battle to see who advances to the next round.

Let's introduce them to you.

First up, we have the team from Macedonia Valley Regional High School.

They are led by Senior Captain Colin.

Collin is joined by senior Nick Junior.

Logan and Sid are freshmen.

Their team is coached by John Sweetland Waiting to take them on is the team from Portsmouth High School.

Portsmouth is led by senior Captain Francis.

Francis is joined by Senior Real Senior Carina and junior Nick and their team is coached by Hannah Deuel So those are our teams.

But we do have one more introduction and that is of course our judge, Ann Boulanger.

All right, teams introductions are out of the way.

Let's play the game.

As you know, Granite State Challenge is played in four rounds and in round one, we do ten points.

Toss up questions.

So Marsico in the valley, Portsmouth, grab those signaling devices.

Good luck.

Here we go.

Plato told the story of this fictional Lost city that fell into the sea colony of Goma.

Hotlanta.

Correct.

This bickering husband and wife, pair of puppets has its origins in 16th century Italy, where the male character was known as Paul Senala Francis of Portsmouth Punch and Judy.

That's it.

Who was the author of the poems Paul Revere's Ride The Song of Hiawatha and Evangeline Francis of Portsmouth Longfellow.

Yes.

This state was part of Mexico until 1836.

It then became its own republic.

And in 1845 it became a US state.

Nick of Mass, Goma, Texas.

Yes.

This pamphlet by Thomas Paine, which was published in Philadelphia on January 10th.

1776, quickly spread across the colonies, serving as a catalyst for support of separation from England.

Francis of Portsmouth.

Common Sense.

Yes, this musical instrument comes in grand, upright and electric forms.

SED of mass Goma.

Yeah.

Yes.

What city did Carl Sandburg describe as hog butcher for the world toolmaker stacker of Wheat Player with railroads and the nation's freight handler.

Stormy, husky, brawling city of the big shoulders.

In a 1914 poem Francis of Portsmouth, Cleveland.

Sorry no was Chicago.

All right teams what percussion instrument is named for a shape Francis of Portsmouth triangle that's the one.

The 1973 Disney movie Robinhood portrayed the characters as anthropomorphic animals.

Robin Hood was depicted as this member of the Kennedy family.

Francis of Portsmouth.

Fox.

Yes.

Held in Indiana.

This is the largest one day sporting event in the world.

Nick of Mass comma the Indy 500.

That's it.

This English singer songwriter has had hits with her songs.

Don't Start Now.

And One Kiss.

Colin of Mass, Goma Dua LIPA.

That's it.

The 1973 song Candle in the Wind, written by Bernie Taupin and Elton John was about this blond.

Screen icon Colin of Mass.

Marilyn Monroe That is it.

In 1964 this man was the first black person to win an Oscar for lead actor in a film he won for his role as Homer Smith in the 1963 movie lilies of the field we were looking for Sidney Poitier on that one.

All right teams what are the dark areas formed by disturbances in the sun's magnetic field called set of mass coma shadows.

Sorry no Francis of Portsmouth sunspots sunspots is what we were looking for.

The three interstate highways in the United States that run from coast to coast all end in this.

No set of mass coma.

Sorry, no.

Francis of Portsmouth five.

Nope.

They all end in zero Liz Cheney, the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, was elected to the At-Large US congressional seat of this state.

Francis of Portsmouth, Wyoming.

Yes.

This daily newspaper which focuses on business, was first published in 1889 by reporters Charles Dow, Edward Jones and Charles Berg.

Stressor Hollen of Mass Goma, The Wall Street Journal.

That's the one team's who was the author of Fahrenheit four 51 The Martian Chronicles and Dandelion Wine Francis of Portsmouth Bradbury Yes.

What is the area of a parallelogram with a base of nine inches and a height of four inches?

Francis of Portsmouth.

36.

That's it.

You got it.

What cartoon character loves spinach?

And olive oil?

Nick of Macedonia.

Popeye.

Yes.

Misquoted as Houston.

We have a problem.

Astronaut Jim Swigert actually said, Okay, Houston, we've had a problem here during this NASA mission colony of Mars.

Goma.

Apollo 13.

Yes.

All right, teams.

Our next question is a picture question.

So go ahead and take a look at your monitors.

The voice you are looking at was painted by this poet who lived on Apple Door Island on the Isles of Shoals in Apple Door House, where she welcomed writers Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and artists William Morris Hunt and Child Hassan Francis of Portsmouth, Baxter.

Thanks, Cecilia Thatcher is correct.

Rapper Meghan Jove on Ruth Pete is better known by this stage name Rio of Portsmouth Megan Thee Stallion, that is.

It's this British author who created the characters.

Miss Marple and Eric Poirot mysteriously disappeared for 11 days in 1926.

Carina of Portsmouth oh, I forget her last name.

Christie.

Oh do we accept that she Agatha Christie.

You got the last name Christie.

So, Carina, we're going to give you the points.

All right, teams.

The hair sorry.

The Hermitage Museum is home to over 3 million items.

It started with the collection of Catherine the Great in 1764.

In what country?

Is the museum located?

Nick of Portsmouth, Russia.

That's it.

This monthly magazine which was first published in 1969 covers music, politics and pop culture and has certainly gathered no moss over the years.

Colin of Mass, Goma, Rolling Stone.

That's it This 1994 Quentin Tarantino film starred John Travolta as Vincent Vega and Samuel L Jackson as Jules Winfield Syd of Mass Goma Pulp Fiction as the one who followed Mitch McConnell as majority leader of the United States Senate in 2021 Francis of Portsmouth Chuck Schumer.

Yes.

In a 1973 speech, this President stated that he was not a crook.

Nick of Portsmouth.

Richard Nixon.

Yes.

This Marvel Universe super villain is a nemesis of Spider-Man.

And uses his talents as an illusionist to commit crimes.

Logan of Mass Goma.

Mysterio Correct.

When Granite State Challenge first aired in 1984 the winning word.

Well we actually saved that question for round two.

And after round one we've got a bit of a game here with one 20 to one 50 score between Mask Goma and Portsmouth All right excellent job teams.

Keep it up.

Well done.

Round one is over.

We're going to go into round two.

In round two we're going to continue with the toss of questions but we're going to double the point value to 20 point toss up questions.

So mask dilemma, Portsmouth.

Here we go.

When Granite State challenge first aired in 1984 the winning word in the Scripps Spelling Bee was luge.

Spell luge.

Francis of Portsmouth l u g. E. That's it.

Easy is that.

Elvis Presley warned people not to step on his colorful footwear in this song written by Carl Perkins.

It's Blue Suede Shoes.

Don't step on those blue suede shoes.

All right, teams.

Our next question is our unity power question.

And it comes to you from your monitors.

And just as a reminder, this is a double point question, so it's worth 40 points.

Take a look Tim Duncan, Karl Malone and Kevin Garnett all played this high scoring and strong defensive position on their teams.

Francis of Portsmouth Power Forward.

Power Forward is correct.

What Exeter, New Hampshire author wrote the 1981 coming of age novel the Hotel New Hampshire Logan of Mass Goma.

Robert Frost sorry no.

Francis of Portsmouth Irving.

John Irving is correct.

The fruit of this tree is often found in Mediterranean cuisine.

A branch from the tree was brought back to Noah by a dove in the book of Genesis Francis of Portsmouth.

Olive.

Yes.

This punk rock band featured Dee Dee, Joey, Johnny and Tommy, and we're known for the songs.

Sheena was a punk rocker and Rock and Roll High School.

Collen of Goma Motley Crew.

Sorry now.

Portsmouth, Francis The Ramones.

The Ramones is correct.

This Russian playwright and short story writer of works like The Seagull was first a physician and took up writing to make money.

Frances.

Portsmouth.

Chekhov.

Yes.

Gerald Ford was selected by Richard Nixon as vice president after the resignation of Spiro Agnew.

Under the provisions of this amendment to the US Constitution, Francis of Portsmouth, the 14th Amendment.

Sorry, no sorry, Colin.

Just miss it is the 25th Amendment.

All right, teens.

What future French emperors sold the Louisiana territory to the United States in 18 03 Logan of Mass.

Goma.

Napoleon.

Yes.

All right, teams.

We have reached the 40th question of the round, which is our 40th anniversary question worth 40 points.

And this question comes from season 27.

Finish this Winston Churchill quotation I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and Francis of Portsmouth Sweat.

Sweat is correct.

In Great Britain, this strategy board game is called Drafts Francis of Portsmouth Checkers.

Checkers is right These literary sisters first published their works under the names Cora Acton and Ellis Belle Francis of Portsmouth.

Brontes.

Yes.

This composer who wrote The Stars and Stripes Forever and Semper Fidelis, the official March of the United States Marine Corps also wrote The Washington Post March and the Liberty Bell, which was used in the opening sequence of Monty Python's Flying Circus.

Nick of Portsmouth.

Susan.

Yes, only ten of the close to 1800 poems written by this Amherst, Massachusetts.

Resident were published during her lifetime.

Colin of Macedonia.

Emily Dickinson.

Correct.

This Singer-Songwriter who got her start in 1958 while she was still a teenager as a songwriter, has written or co-written more than 118 songs on the Billboard Top 100 List.

Her songs include You've Got a Friend I Feel the Earth Move and You Make Me Feel Like a Natural Woman.

Calling of Mass, comma.

Dolly Parton.

Sorry.

No we were looking for Carole King.

All right, Teams, what does the acronym ASCAP stand for?

Carina of Portsmouth as soon as possible.

That's right.

Teams, most people know that Founding Fathers, John Adams, the second president of the United States, and Thomas Jefferson the third president of the United States, died on the 4th of July in 1826, which stated, We're not going to get to the end of that question.

But after a strong round to Portsmouth, out to lead by a score of four ten, two, 16.

All right.

Great job, teams.

We are going to go into round three of Granite State Challenge.

And in round three, we have our three strikes and you're out round.

Each team will be given a category with ten questions.

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

And we're going to go down the line giving one question to each player.

As we as we go down, we'll cycle back and so forth until you get three incorrect responses or three strikes.

Each team also has three passes.

So if you pass, you can pass to the next person in line Understand?

All right.

Excellent mask.

Omar Valley Regional High School, we're going to start with you as the team trailing and Colin as the team captain, you get to choose from these category Block party fruits and vegetables and say cheese.

Say cheese.

Say cheese.

It is.

All right.

Mask Omar.

The answers to the following will be related to cheese or have cheese in the answer.

Colin.

Fans of the Green Bay Packers call themselves this pass.

Cheeseheads.

Cheeseheads is correct.

Logan.

In the series The Big Bang Theory, Penny works at this chain restaurant.

The Cheesecake Factory.

Correct.

Sid What does the cheese do in the song?

The Farmer in the Dell Pass.

All right.

That's your second pass calling pass.

Nik then melts.

That is your third pass.

And Nick, the correct answer is the cheese stands alone.

Logan, you might have celebrated your birthday at this restaurant with a rodent mascot when you were a kid.

Chucky Cheese.

Yes.

Sid.

This children's book by John Cheshire features parodies of traditional fairy tales uh, I don't know.

Yeah.

Out of passes.

It is Stinky Cheese Men and other fairly stupid tales is the name of it.

Colin we moved to you in 1836.

This President put a 1400 pound block of cheese in the foyer of the White House and invited people to come in and enjoy some cheese and share their opinions and concerns.

Jackson Correct.

So that was correct.

Andrew Jackson.

Nick, in a proverb, this was said to be made of green cheese and it is the moon.

So that is their third strike and four correct on your three strikes round All right.

Paul Smith, we turn to you and Francis as team captain.

You can choose from the remaining two categories, which are block party and fruits and vegetables.

Block party, block party.

It is.

All right, Portsmouth.

The answers to all the following will include the word block.

All right, Francis.

This is something you might use when you go to the beach.

Sunblock.

Correct.

Rio Lucy calls Charlie Brown this blockhead.

Correct?

Carina.

Donnie Wahlberg was a member of this boy band from Dorchester, Massachusetts.

S Pass Nick not.

It is new.

New kids on the block.

Francis This is a digital ledger of transactions that is really hard to hack.

No block.

Sorry.

No, it is blockchain.

Rio.

This Rhode Island location is a favorite for summer tourists.

Pass past to Carina I got one more pass left to pass.

All right, you are out of passes.

Nick East Fork.

Sorry, it is Block Island.

So that is your third strikes on tough category.

I've got to correct.

All right.

Well, we're going to move on from round three and go into round four guys.

And in round four, we pick back up with our toss up questions.

We're going to continue to award 20 points, four correct answers, but we are going to be deducting 20 points for any incorrect response.

So mask over Portsmouth.

Here we go.

The miracle worker originally a 1957 Playhouse 90 TV broadcast, told the story of a teacher and her young students.

It was based on the 19 03 autobiography of this woman, Colin of Mass.

Helen Keller.

Correct.

In 1854 in the Gadsden purchase, the United States paid Mexico $10 million for 29,670 square miles of land that is now part of these two states.

Francis of Portsmouth, New Mexico and Arizona.

Yes.

All right.

Teens What is the boiling point of water in both Fahrenheit and Celsius?

Carina of Portsmouth.

220 degrees Fahrenheit.

And 100 degrees Celsius.

Sorry, that is incorrect.

Goma.

Nick.

100 degrees Celsius.

And 212 degrees Fahrenheit.

Yes.

It was 212 degrees Fahrenheit.

Correct.

This city in Aroostook County in northern Maine was incorporated as Linden in 1859.

Its name was changed to this synonym for reindeer in 1869.

Francis of Portsmouth, Caribou.

That's it.

Mathematician Ada Lovelace was the daughter of this English romantic poet known for works like Don Juan and Child Harold's Pilgrimage.

Was Lord Byron.

All right, teens, you have pencil and paper there in case you need it.

Mary can't wait for her birthday in exactly one week.

How many minutes will she have to wait for her celebration?

So I ran out of time.

A lot of multiplication.

There were 10080 minutes in a week.

This composer, who was the conductor of the Boston Pops from 1980 to 1993, wrote the music for the movies.

Jaws, Close Encounters, of the Third Kind and Star Wars.

Colin of Mass, Gomer, John Williams.

He's the one at 31,691 square miles.

This is the largest lake in North America.

Francis of Portsmouth, Lake Superior.

That's it.

This writer identified with jazz poetry, which incorporates the syncopated rhythms of jazz and blues, wrote the poems Let America Be America Again, Mother to Son and dreams was Langston Hughes.

What TV series featuring FBI agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully insisted in its tagline that the truth was out there.

Logan of Mass Coma.

The X-Files.

Yes.

What?

Two siblings tested their invention at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.

Francis of Portsmouth.

The Wright Brothers?

Yes.

In what state will you find?

The painted desert in the petrified forest?

Colony of Mars.

Goma, Nevada.

Sorry, no.

Francis of Portsmouth, Arizona.

Arizona is the state we were looking for.

This president is credited with popularizing the proverb If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen, which he credited to Joe to judge Buck Percell of the Jackson County, Missouri, Court President was Harry Truman teams.

What prehistoric era would you have to travel back to to meet dinosaurs?

Francis of Portsmouth, the Mesozoic era.

That is it.

In what state will you find the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway, which stretches 24 miles over Lake Pontchartrain?

To find it in Louisiana.

A week on the Concord and Merrimack is a work by this author about a boat trip from Concord Massachusetts to Concord, New Hampshire, that he took with his brother John in 1839 was Henry David Thoreau.

The capital of this state is named for Otto von Bismarck, chancellor of the German empire Francis of Portsmouth, North Dakota corrects what two scientists were awarded the 1962 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine in 1962 for identifying the double helix structure of DNA.

Nick of Portsmouth.

Watson and Crick.

Yup.

They're the ones set in Florida in the early 1920s.

This 1937 novel by Zora Neale Hurston tells the story of Janie Crawford.

Frances acknowledged that the eyes were watching.

God is correct and that sound means it's the end of the game.

And at the end of the match by a score of five 90 to two 60.

Portsmouth will be moving on to the next round.

All right congratulations Portsmouth.

We'll see you in a few weeks and mask Gomer congratulations on your wild card win and thank you so much for coming today to play the game.

And we hope you enjoyed the match as well at home.

We hope you join us next week when the teams from Con Val Regional High School and a Hopkinton High School face off That'll do it for us this week on Granite State Challenge.

Thanks so much for watching.

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

We'll see you next time.

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

Additional funding provided by NEA New Hampshire State, the insurance New Hampshire Lottery D F Richard Energy, HRC, you, courtney and viewers like you.

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