This week on Granite State Challenge, the team from Oyster River High School takes on the team from Trinity High School.

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, Jon Cannon.

Hello, everybody, and welcome to Granite State Challenge.

We are making our way through the first round of our 42nd season.

Three teams have already punched their ticket to the second round.

We've got two teams back with us this week, hoping to do just the same.

Let's introduce them to you.

First up, we have the team from Oyster River High School.

I'm James.

I'm a senior Annika and the junior year.

Hi, I'm Aaron, and I'm a senior.

Hey, I'm James.

I'm a senior.

And the Oyster River team is coached by English teacher John Monahan, and they're the team from Oyster River High School.

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

I'm Hayden and I'm a senior.

I'm Matt.

And I'm a Senior.

I'm Desmond.

And I'm a junior.

Hi, I'm Tyler and I'm a junior.

The alternates for Trinity are Rob and Long, and the team is coached by social studies teacher Andrew Lavoy and math teacher Louis Sievers.

They are the team from Trinity High School.

All right.

Those are our teams this week.

But we do have one more introduction.

Of course, that is our judge.

Back with us again this week is Ann Boulanger.

All right, teams, introductions are out of the way.

We'll get to know you a little bit more after round one.

But for now, let's jump right into the game in round one, we're going to play some ten point toss up questions.

So grab those signaling devices.

Oyster River and Trinity, Good luck.

Here we go.

You will find six red circles, six blue circles, six yellow circles and six green circles in this body bending game.

James I of Oyster River Twister.

That's right.

Two different actors won Academy Awards for portraying this character.

Marlon Brando won a Best Actor award in 1972, and Robert De.

Niro won a best Supporting Actor Award in 1974.

Aaron, of Oyster River The Godfather.

That's right.

Two U.S. presidents were assassinated in the 20th century.

Name them James I of Oyster River, John F Kennedy and William McKinley.

Yes.

You got it in there under the wire.

The United States of America might have been called the United States of Henry.

America is derived from the name of this explorer whose first name is comparable to Henry in English.

Matt of Trinity America was Ritchie.

Yes.

In Peter Pan.

Nana looks over the darling children.

But Nana is not a human.

She is this species of animal.

Desmond of Trinity.

A dog?

Yes.

Dutch was the first language of this US president who served from 1837 to 1841.

And who was the first US President who was not born a British subject?

James I of Oyster River.

Martin Van Buren.

He is the one.

Simba's Father Mufasa, was killed by stampeding wildebeest in the movie The Lion King.

Did you know that the wildebeests are known by this three letter word.

Matt of Trinity?

Owl.

Sorry no.

Oyster River.

James I. Elk.

No.

They are called GNU.

GNU.

All right, teams.

Faber College in the 1978 movie Animal House was loosely based on this New Hampshire Ivy League school.

James O of Oyster River Dartmouth.

That's right.

There are five extinct species of monitoring monotremes found in Australia and New Guinea.

What unique method of giving birth for mammals are monotremes known for?

Matt of Trinity Laying eggs?

Yes.

This poet who wrote the love song of J. Alfred Prufrock in 1915 renounced his American citizenship and became a British citizen in 1927.

He went on to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1948.

James O of Oyster River.

TS Eliot Yes.

All right, team.

Our next question is our Unitil Power Question.

It is worth a double points.

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

Take a look.

This is a unit of measure based on moving £550, one foot in one second.

And that's how you measure horsepower.

All right, teams.

Before he became president of the United States, this man was president of the Screen Actors Guild.

Matt of Trinity.

Ronald Reagan.

That's the one.

This baseball team has been known as the Americans, the Puritans and the Pilgrims before they settled on the name they're known by today.

Hayden of Trinity, the Yankees.

Sorry, no Oyster River.

Aaron the Nationals?

Nope.

It's the Red Sox.

The Red Sox.

All right, teams, This could be something you find on an item of clothing at a store or a children's game where you can beat it.

Hayden of Trinity.

Tag.

That's right.

In 1901, this president's declared by presidential proclamation the official name of the presidential residence would be the White House.

Matt of Trinity.

Teddy Roosevelt.

Teddy Roosevelt's right.

This husband and wife duo was first known as Caesar and Cleo.

They are best known for the songs I Got You, Babe.

And the Beat Goes On.

After they divorced, he went on to become a member of the US House of Representatives, and she went on to a solo career that included songs like Believe and If I Could Turn Back Time.

Desmond of Trinity.

Sonny and Cher, that is right.

In What novel teams by Russian author Theodore Dostoyevsky.

Will you find Inspector Petrovich and murdering students.

Rodion Romanov, Vic Raskolnikov.

Desmond of Trinity.

Crime and Punishment, that is right.

What superhero sidekick is known as the Boy Wonder.

Tyler of Trinity.

Robin.

Sorry.

Sorry.

No.

No.

James.

Superhero sidekick.

That would be Batman.

Batman?

Yeah.

We were looking for the superheroes Sidekick.

This constellation depicts a hunter and includes the stars, Beetlejuice, Rigel and Bellatrix.

Desmond of Trinity.

Orion.

Yes.

Passed in 1951 in reaction to FDR's election to four terms in office.

This amendment limited presidents to two elected terms in office.

James I of Oyster River.

The 23rd Amendment.

It is not the 23rd Amendment.

Matt of Trinity.

20th.

It is not.

Both close.

22nd Amendment is the right one.

All right, teams, the next question, go ahead and take a look at your monitors for a picture coming right at you.

This nocturnal member of the Ferret family was declared extinct in the US in 1979.

A small population was discovered in Wyoming in 1981, and the US Fish and Wildlife Service began a captive breeding program with the hopes of reintroducing it to the wild.

Haden of Trinity Black footed Ferret.

That is right.

All right.

That sound and round one, a good round one, a fast paced, round one.

And at the end of round one, Trinity is in the lead by a score of 100 to 70.

Well done teams in round one.

But before we go into round two, we're going to get to know the teams a little bit better and we're going to start by talking with the team from Oyster River High School.

Now, Oyster River High.

School is in the southeastern part of the Granite State, is about 850 students from the towns of Durham, Barrington, Madbury and Lee at Oyster River.

And the captain for the team is James.

I, James been on Granite State Challenge before.

But this is not the only sport that you compete in.

What else do you compete in?

I play tennis.

You play tennis.

How long have you played tennis.

I've been playing tennis since, like I was little, but I really started to like try when I was like in sixth grade.

So you start to play maybe competitively in middle school and now.

Are you on the high school team?

Yeah.

Is team looking okay this year?

You think?

We'll see.

We'll see.

All right.

Well, we'll see.

All right.

Excellent.

James is joined by Annika, who enjoys watching movies in a genre that I sometimes enjoy.

Which is what?

Zombie movies you like.

Zombie movies.

So if we have folks out there who are unsure about zombie movies, what would be a good recommendation from you to them?

Zombieland.

Zombieland.

And there's been two Zombielands right?

There was one, I don't know, a dozen years ago or so.

And then a more recent one.

All right, all right.

That is Annika.

She's joined by Aaron.

Aaron is also a competitor.

Maybe.

Will you do a sport at the camp where you work in the summer?

Right.

Camp Lawrence.

Yes.

I am the Ping-Pong head over at YMCA, Camp Lawrence.

Okay, so you the ping pong head.

What does that mean?

Well, there are many activities at my camp and there are there's an activity head for each activity.

Gotcha.

So that is me for ping pong.

That is you for ping pong.

What other activities are there?

There's a lot.

There's like, waterskiing.

There's a ropes course.

Yeah.

Kayak and canoeing, all kinds of all the all the types of things you would expect at a camp on Lake Winnipesaukee.

Exactly.

Fantastic.

All right.

And rounding out the team is James.

O, who did something really cool at school this year, I think.

Tell us about it.

I got about, I think, 70 plants donated like houseplants from a local greenhouse.

And then I got we had like $300 in PTO funds, so we bought like a hundred more.

And so now with our school, we have like a ton of classrooms that have all these houseplants, which is really nice.

So you greened up the classrooms in the school with plants donated from local communities.

Yep.

Perfect.

I love it.

All right.

And that is the team from Oyster River High School.

All right.

Facing off against Oyster River is the team from Trinity High School.

Trinity High School is located in Manchester.

It serves about 300 students from all over southern and central New Hampshire, including these gentlemen here, led by team Captain Hayden and Hayden.

You are indeed an admin and administrator for an account on Instagram.

Tell us about it.

Yes, I'm the admin for THS trivia team on Instagram, the most followed trivia team Instagram page in New Hampshire.

So THS trivia I assume is Trinity High School.

Trivia, and it is the most followed trivia account on Instagram in New Hampshire.

In New Hampshire, pretty sure.

Yeah.

For trivia.

All right.

All right.

Congratulations.

All right.

He's joined by Matt.

Matt is learning a new skill.

It's always good when you're out there learning a new skill.

I think this is a pretty cool one.

Where are you learning to work with?

I'm learning to work with leather.

Learning to work with leather.

So that's fairly uncommon.

How do you like how'd that come about?

So there's a teacher at my school who picked up leather working as a hobby for his own reasons, and I thought that was really cool.

So I decided I want to learn.

So what have you made so far?

So far I have finished my.

My new wallet, so.

All right, So there you go.

So you made that.

What's up next?

Have you decided yet?

Not quite sure.

Maybe a belt, maybe a guitar strap, but I'll see.

Ooh, if you have a guitar strap.

I think I know someone who might need a guitar strap.

Desmond, it says you're learning how to play the guitar.

Yes, I just started taking lessons at Guitar Center yesterday, and I'm really liking it.

So how long have you been taking lessons?

Just like a few months.

Or just a few months.

So you're just early?

Early in it.

What what inspired this decision?

Well, I've always loved guitar and I've always loved music, and it just felt like I was supposed to do it.

All right.

And are you playing acoustic Electric?

I play an acoustic acoustic guitar.

I love it.

Fantastic.

All right.

Rounding out the team is Tyler.

And Tyler worked for a long time to earn your black belt in karate.

Tell us about that.

Yes, I've been doing karate since I was five years old.

And my freshman year I got my black belt.

And very recently I got my second degree black belt.

So.

So you've worked all the way up to second degree black belt.

You're going to keep going with it.

I'm going to keep going for as long as possible.

Fantastic.

Excellent.

Well, good on you.

That's a fantastic accomplishment.

Should be real proud of that and proud of the work you're doing here.

This is the team from Trinity High School.

All right, team.

So as we head into round two, this is our three strikes and you're out round.

So each team gets ten questions and we go down the line, player by player.

Each player gets one question and we move down the line.

If you get it wrong, you get a strike.

If you don't know it and would like to pass to the person next to you, you can do so.

Each team has three passes.

We keep going until all ten questions are asked or until three strikes and you're out.

And just as a reminder, each question sort of has a clue to it in the previous question.

So be on the lookout for that.

So we're going to start with Oyster River, and we'll start with James I This is your question.

This fairy tale features a young girl, a wolf, a grandmother, and a jaunty piece of outerwear.

Little Red Riding Hood, correct.

Annika.

This singer is known for the songs Little Red Corvette and Raspberry Beret.

Prince Yes.

Aaron.

The Green Berets are an elite unit of this military branch.

The Army.

The Army is right.

James the title for the White Stripes song Seven Nation.

Army comes from when Jack White misheard the name for this organization, often seen with red kettles at Christmas.

Salvation Army.

That's right.

James I. Jack White and Alicia Keys sang together on the song.

Another Way to Die for the film Quantum of Solace that starred Daniel Craig as this British spy.

James Bond excellent.

Annika, James Bond, prefers this drink that can be garnished with an olive or onion to be shaken, not stirred.

Martini That is right.

Aaron, Olive Oil is the girlfriend of this cartoon character that gets his strength from spinach.

Pass.

Popeye.

James O Popeye is correct.

James I. Gene Hackman played Popeye Doyle in the 1972 movie.

The French Connection, which won Oscars for best picture, best actor and best director.

The movie includes what many consider the best one of these chases in film history.

Pass.

Car?

It is, right.

Car chases is correct.

Aaron Gene Hackman played this arch enemy of Superman in the 1978 movie Superman.

Pass.

Alright.

That is your third pass.

James O. Lex Luthor is correct.

James I Superman is from this planet.

Krypton.

Krypton is correct.

And by my count, is that a ten out of ten on your three strikes round for a bonus of ten points?

A 110 point round.

Congratulations.

All right, Trinity, you've got your work cut out for you, but you can do it.

Hayden Same drill.

We'll start with you.

You will find foils and masks in this sports cricket.

It is fencing.

Matt.

This poet stated that good fences make good neighbors in his poem Mending Wall.

Pound Sorry, It's Robert Frost.

Desmond, this host of a children's show wanted to be your neighbor> Mr. Rogers.

That is right.

Tyler Mr. T is famous for saying he pities this.

The fool.

That is right, Hayden.

The song The Fool on the Hill is found on the album Magical.

Mystery Tour by this group.

Pass.

Pass.

All right.

The Beatles is right.

Desmond Tyler, your question.

The mystery van was the vehicle.

Freddy, Velma, Daphne and Shaggy traveled in in this animated series for kids.

Scooby Doo.

That's right.

Hayden Scooby Doo is this large breed of dog pass.

All right, your last pass, Matt.

Great Dane.

Great Dane is right, Desmond.

This play by Shakespeare features a Danish king.

Hamlet.

Hamlet's right.

Tyler, Ham, the piggy bank in Toy Story was voiced by actor John Ratzenberger, who played Cliff Clavin on this sitcom set in a bar in Boston where everybody knows your name.

MASH.

Sorry.

It is.

Cheers.

That is your third strike.

And is that eight out of ten on theirs?

Six out of ten on yours.

All right.

Good job.

All right, teams, we're going to go right into round three, which is our 60 second round.

So, alternates, I'd like to invite you up to join your teams up at the podiums in the 60 second round.

What we do is we give each team ten questions in a category.

You're able to work together as a team and talk together as a team will take the captain's answer is the team answer and we'll give you ten points for each correct response with a bonus of ten if you get them.

All right.

And we typically start with the team trailing, which by 20 points right now, Trinity is you.

So Hayden you can talk to your team and we will you can choose from these three categories.

Cutting A Rug, Boo and Going Green rovers.

Yeah.

What are we Going Green, please.

Going Green.

Okay, the answers to the following will all begin with the word green.

Hayden.

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

Start the clock.

Bruce Lee played Kato in this series about a man who's a publisher and a superhero.

Green Lantern.

Green Lantern.

It's Green Hornet.

This very large island is an autonomous territory.

Greenland.

Yes, you will find this sub range of the Appalachians in Vermont.

Green Mountains.

Yes.

This DC hero is partially led by Robin.

Say that a Green Lantern is Green Arrow.

This is the home of the Packers Green Bay.

Yes.

You will find this picky eater, Sam, in this book.

Green Eggs and Ham.

Green eggs and ham.

Yes.

Willem Dafoe has played this super villain in Spider-Man movies.

Green Goblin.

Yes.

Some US legislators have proposed this to deal with the effects of climate change, green laws, the Green New Deal.

You could be said to have one of these if you are good with plants.

Green Thumb.

Yes.

And the Broadway show American Idiot was based on the music of this group, Green Day.

Yes, that is correct.

Ends seven out of ten on your 60 seoncd round.

All right.

Oyster River, we turn our attention to you and James I you can talk to your team, but you can choose from the remaining categories.

Cutting a Rug and BOO.

Boo.

Boo.

It will be.

Alright.

The answers to the following will all include the letters B. O O in that order.

James I I'll take your answer as the team Answer 60 seconds.

Start the clock.

What a panda eats bamboo.

Yes.

Something that is forbidden or a game Taboo?

Yes.

A large member of the ape family.

Baboon?

Yes.

Someone born between the end of World War Two in 1964.

Baby Boomer.

Yes.

The last car on a train caboose.

Yes.

You might have to stop at one of these to continue driving on a road stop sign.

This is Skip Boone.

It is toll booth.

You might call someone making illegal liquor and selling it.

This.

It's bootlegger.

Bootlegger bootleggers.

Right.

What you might need to do to your computer if it freezes.

Reboot.

Yes.

He was a character in the novel To Kill a mockingbird.

Boo Stanley.

Boo Radley.

Your parents might have kissed this and put a Band-Aid on it when you were little Boo Boo.

That is right.

And after eight out of ten on your 60 second round.

All right, alternates, thank you so much.

You can go ahead and take your seats.

And remaining a tight game after three rounds.

We're going to roll into round four.

We're going to continue with our toss up questions in round four, but we're going to double the point value to 20 points and we will be deducting 20 points for incorrect responses.

So close game, Oyster River and Trinity, play smart, play strategic.

Good luck.

And here we go.

This Spanish artist had a blue period, a rose period, and a cubism period.

Tyler of Trinity Picasso.

Yes.

This common farewell is derived from the term.

God be with you or God be with Ye.

Desmond of Trinity.

Goodbye.

That's right.

In God We Trust is the official motto of the United States.

It's liberty, equality.

Fraternity is the national motto of this country.

Matt of Trinity, France.

Yes, Jiminy Cricket was the conscience of Pinocchio and tried to lead him in the right direction.

Spell conscience, Tyler of Trinity, C, O, N, S, C, I.E.

NCE.

Very well done.

You are correct.

Bauhaus could refer to musician Boz Scaggs or the Bank of Zambia, or it could be a pseudonym used by this English author of Works like A Tale of Two Cities and Bleak House.

James O of Oyster River.

Charles Dickens Yes, this capital city of South Africa is sometimes called Jacaranda City because of all the jacaranda trees found in it.

Aaron of Oyster River, Johannesburg.

Sorry, no, Matt of Trinity Cape Town.

Sorry.

No, it is actually the third one, Pretoria, three capitals.

So there you go.

In the animated Disney movie Fantasia, these two shoe wearing large, flightless birds found in Africa danced to dance of the hours from Amilcar Ponce Punch, Lee's opera La Gioconda.

Matt of Trinity.

Ostrich.

Yes.

Alright teams.

Your next question is a civics question coming to you from the host of the podcast, Civics 101.

Take a look.

Hey, everyone.

I'm Nick Capodice.

I'm the co-host of Civics 101, NPR's a podcast refresher course on the basics of how our democracy works.

And we've got some civics questions to stretch your civics brain a little bit, but you can also do it any time by listening to our show at Civics 101 podcast dot org.

All right.

Here we go.

Which amendment to the US Constitution states quote.

And I got to read it because it's an amendment.

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 any state on account of age.

Again, which amendment is this?

It is the 26th Amendment.

26th Amendment.

All right, teams, this is what you might call a fortified tower in a castle or what you do when you hold on to something.

Matt of Trinity Keep.

Is right.

Teams.

What is 500 sheets of paper usually called?

Matt of Trinity?

Ream.

That's right.

When this future first lady married her husband, she did not have to change her surname.

Whew.

The answer to that was Eleanor Roosevelt with a strong round four.

It looks like Trinity is going to be moving on to round two by a score of 352 to 260.

All right, Tight game.

A fun game to watch.

Trinity, congratulations.

We look forward to seeing you in a couple of weeks.

And Oyster River, again, tough match, Great game.

The folks at home.

I know.

I enjoyed it a lot.

I hope you had fun.

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

And thank you so much for joining us.

And as I like to say, I hope you learned something, because I did, too.

And we'll see you next time.

Thanks so much.

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