This week on the Granite State Challenge Championship match, Merrimack High School takes on Portsmouth High School.

Only one team will win.

Granite State Challenge starts now.

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Get ready.

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 on this.

Our championship match of our 40th Granite State challenge season.

We've got two teams here this week who have done battle to work their way all the way up to see who is going to take home the coveted championship trophy.

So without further ado, let's introduce them to you.

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

They're led by Junior Captain Jack.

Jack is joined by Junior Rainier, Junior Arris and Junior Alli.

Their alternates are senior Connor and sophomore Keyshawn.

And the team is coached by Sarah Campbell and Liz Dumay and their opponents in this championship match is the team from Portsmouth High School.

They are led by senior Captain Francis.

Francis is joined by senior Rio.

Junior Nick and senior Josie.

Their alternate is senior Carina, and they are coached by Hannah Deuel.

And one more introduction for you, and that is, of course, with us all season, our beloved judge Anne Boulanger.

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

Let's play the game.

We're going to play this championship match just like we have every other match.

So in round one ten point toss up questions.

Here we go.

Merrimack and Portsmouth.

Good luck.

This 1982 musical by Alan Menken and Howard.

Ashman features Audrey two a plant with a taste for blood.

Rainier of Merrimack little shop correct in the 1850 novel The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne.

She had to wear a letter A for committing adultery.

Francis of Portsmouth Hester Prynne.

That is correct.

In 1975 this comic by Garry Trudeau became the first daily comic strip to win a Pulitzer Prize.

Francis of Portsmouth Doonesbury.

Yes.

In what 1945 novella by George Orwell.

Will you find the characters all the major and Napoleon.

Jack of Merrimack Animal Farm.

That's right.

Teams.

What is the only state in the United States to not have a bicameral legislature Jack of Merrimack, Nebraska.

That's the right one.

What was the agreement under which the 13 original colonies established a government of states in 1781 called Jack of Merrimack?

The Articles of Confederation?

Correct.

All right, teams.

Our next question is a math question.

You have paper and pencil in case you need it.

If a wheel rotates 12 times per minute, how many degrees does it rotate in 5 seconds?

Francis of Portsmouth.

360.

That's right.

This aardvark lives in Ellwood City with his sisters, Kate and D.W. and his dog Pal Rainier of Merrimack.

Arthur.

That's right.

In the movie, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

Roger's wife, Jessica, says she is not bad.

She is just what?

Francis of Portsmouth Human.

Sorry.

Now Jack of Merrimack misunderstood?

No, she's animated.

And so she's just drawn that way.

This low growing evergreen shrub has purple flowers and is closely identified with Scotland.

It also shares a name with the actress who played Amanda Woodward on the drama Melrose Place.

And married musicians Tommy Lee and Richie Sambora.

Francis of Portsmouth.

Pamela, sorry.

Now, Merrimack.

We were looking for the name Heather Teams, who was the first secretary of state of the United States.

Josie of Portsmouth, Thomas Jefferson.

That's right.

This landmark in London is actually a bell in the clock tower and not the clock tower itself.

Rio of Portsmouth.

Big Ben.

That's right.

Although he rejects the label, this contemporary American composer is identified with minimalism and is a cousin of radio host.

Ira Glass, Aris of Merrimack Schoenberg.

Sorry, no Portsmouth Philip Glass.

The movie Apocalypse Now was based on this novella by Joseph Conrad Aris of Merrimack.

Heart of Darkness.

That's correct.

The first one of these was celebrated on April 22nd 1970.

Aris of Merrimack birthday.

Yes.

This singer songwriter from Haverhill, Massachusetts, is a founding member of the heavy metal band White Zombie.

We were looking for Rob Zombie there.

A political cartoon in the Boston Gazette led to this term for drawing the lines of a voting district to favor one party.

Jack of Merrimac Gerrymandering.

Right.

This martyr who was acquitted of heresy.

25 years after her death at the stake was canonized in 1920.

Rainier of Merrimack.

Joan of Arc.

Yes teams this could be a Latin dance or a dip for your chips Francis of Portsmouth Salsa.

Yes before he became governor of New Hampshire this politician served on the.

New Hampshire Executive Council from 2011 to 20.

17 Francis of Portsmouth.

Chris Sununu.

Yes.

Before he played with Kylo Ren.

This actor was a Lance Corporal in the United States.

Marine Corps.

Jack of Merrimack.

Adam Driver.

That's right.

All right.

Our next question is our picture question.

So go ahead and take a look at your monitors.

You are looking at a picture of sunflowers by this Dutch painter who only sold one work during his lifetime, Rainier of Merrimac.

Van Gogh.

Yes, Vincent Van Gogh is correct.

This comedic actor was nominated for an Academy Award for best supporting actress for her work in the 2011 movie Bridesmaids and the 2017 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a comedy series for her work on Saturday Night Live, including her portrayal of Donald Trump's press secretary, Sean Spicer, Jack of Merrimack.

Melissa McCarthy.

That is right.

In 1873, Congress enacted this law that made it illegal to send obscene, lewd or lascivious materials through the mail.

And that was known as the Comstock Law.

What Arthur what Arthur Miller play features Willy Loman and his sons Biff and Happy Francis of Portsmouth.

Death of a Salesman.

Yes, the 1973 concept album, Dark.

Side of the Moon by this band features the songs Speak to Me and Breath Aris of Merrimack, Nirvana.

No, Sorry.

Rio of Portsmouth, Pink Floyd.

That's the right one.

Oh, the fibers of these Egyptian water plants are used by we're used by the ancient Egyptians, Greeks and Romans as a writing material.

Josie of Portsmouth Papyrus.

Papyrus.

Yes.

This geologic term for a hill knob or small mountain that rises from a slightly sloping or flat plane shares its name with a New Hampshire.

Rainier of Merrimack.

Monadnock.

Yes.

This actor starred in the movies School of Rock and Tenacious.

D in the pic of Destiny Aris of Merrimack.

Jack Black, yes.

In 2007.

This group, led by rap innovator Grandmaster Flash became the first hip hop slash rap group inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Francis of Portsmouth, Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five.

That's correct.

All right, teams.

This state's name is Spanish for Colored Red Francis of Portsmouth, Colorado.

Yes.

This American painter is best known for his works depicting the rural Midwest.

His best known work, American Gothic, featuring a farmer and his wife, is a favorite subject for parodies.

Francis of Portsmouth.

Greenwood.

Yes, that is correct.

All right.

That sound ends round one.

And after round one looks like we've got a tight match here, just how we like it.

With Merrimack holding a slight lead.

All right, teams, great job in round one.

We're going to roll right on into round two, where we double the point value and we're doing 20 point toss up questions.

But our first question is our unit's power question, which is worth double those points.

So we have a 40 point toss up question coming to you from Unitil's, Alec O'Meara.

Thanks, Jon.

Drawings for this multistate game of chance are held at Universal Studios in Orlando at 10:59 p.m. on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday.

Nick Portsmouth.

Powerball lottery.

That's correct.

Excellent.

Thank you, Alec.

All right, teams, what is the term for the temperature at which a given material changes from a liquid to a gas Francis of Portsmouth boiling point?

Yes, that's correct.

This editor of the New York Journal is said to have said to a staff artist quote, please remain.

You furnish the pictures and I'll furnish the war.

Rio of Portsmouth, William Randolph Hearst.

That is correct.

This was the first queen of England to lose her head to King Henry, the eighth Francis of Portsmouth.

Anne Boleyn.

Yes.

All right, teams.

Another math question.

So pencil and paper there if you need it.

If Jocelyn draws an angle of 45 degrees in a circle graph to show the percentage of people who had an A in English what percentage had an A. Aris of Merrimack.

45.

Sorry.

Now, Portsmouth, Nick.

12.5%.

That's correct.

Another math question.

How many half inches are there in two feet?

Francis of Portsmouth.

48?

Yes.

This Australian zookeeper and TV host was known as The Crocodile Hunter and was known for saying Crikey.

Rainier of Merrimack.

Steve Irwin.

Yes.

All right, teams.

We have reached our 40th question of the match.

Our special 4440 question worth 40 points.

Take a look at your monitors for a special guest.

Hi there Tom Bergeron coming to you from Los Angeles.

Do you know that the first question ever asked on.

Granite State challenge was posed by yours truly back in the days before I needed reading glasses.

Here is the question.

Time magazine recently named two people as its man of the Year.

Who were they?

Well, the answer to that was Ronald Reagan and Yuri Andropov.

Now, here's your question.

Who was Time magazine's Person of the Year in 2021 Francis of Portsmouth.

Elon Musk.

Elon Musk, that is correct.

And thank you so much to Tom Bergeron for doing that question for us.

All right, teams, this New Hampshire city was first incorporated as the town of Rumford in 1734 in 1765 following a bitter boundary dispute with Bow.

Governor Benning Wentworth renamed it this which means harmony between people or a treaty.

Francis of Portsmouth, Concord.

That's right.

This Ivory statue of a maiden carved by Pygmalion was brought to life by Aphrodite Rainier of Merrimack.

Galatea.

Yes.

All right, teams.

Another math question.

Pencil and paper, if you need it.

If Brett draws a rectangle with a width of eight and a diagonal of 17, what is its area Francis of Portsmouth 40.

Sorry, no.

Merrimack Jack.

80.

It is, you were getting there, 120 is the correct response.

All right, teams.

What state flag features the Big Dipper?

Alli of Merrimack, California.

Sorry.

No.

Portsmouth, Francis, Alaska.

That's the one This idiom featuring the number 11 is sometimes used to refer to the last possible time.

Something can be changed before it is too late.

Nick of Portsmouth, 11th hour.

That's right.

This curly headed child actor who has a nonalcoholic cocktail named after her was in the movies.

Curly Top and Dimples, and later became United States ambassador to Ghana and Czechoslovakia.

Nick of Portsmouth, Shirley Temple.

That is correct.

Oh, and that's round and round two, and it looks like Portsmouth.

Out to a bit of a lead.

All right, teams, we're going to roll right into round three.

And, you know, round three is are three strikes and you're out round ten questions in the category.

We go down the line, give you ten points for each one.

You have three passes as well.

And Merrimack, we're going to start with you.

Jack is team captain.

You get to choose from lend a hand.

Take me to your leader and famous vans famous vans, please.

Famous vans.

All right.

The answer to the following will be people with Van in their surname Jack eight, president of the United States, Martin Van Buren.

Correct.

Rainier.

He is famous for his painting of sunflowers.

Van Gogh correct.

Aris.

He is Schroeder's favorite composer in the Peanuts comic book.

Van Ludwig van Beethoven.

Correct.

Alli.

He wandered up a mountain to avoid his wife and fell asleep for years.

Rip Van Winkle.

Correct, Jack.

Belgian martial artist and actor.

Jean-Claude Van Damme.

Yes.

Rainier.

He played the chimney sweep in Mary Poppins.

Dick Van Dike, correct.

Aris, He was considered to be one of the world's best rock guitarists and played the lead guitar for a band that carried his name past Pass.

Say it again, please.

Van Halen.

Eddie Van Halen.

Yes.

Correct.

Jack, he is known as the father of Microbe Biology.

Van Leaving Hook corrects Rainier.

She rules in a reality show featuring restaurant workers.

Pass.

Aris.

Same question.

Pass.

All right.

That is your last pass Alli.

No answer.

It is Lisa Vanderpump and Jack tenth question goes to you.

Columbia English professor who was fed answers for the game show.

21 Ben Morrison.

Sorry.

It is Charles Van Doren.

So two strikes eight out of ten on your rounds.

Nicely done, Merrimack.

We're going to turn over to Portsmouth and Francis as team captain, you get to choose from lend a hand and take me to your leader.

Take me to your leader.

Take me to your leader.

The answers to the following will all be related to space aliens.

Francis he followed a trail of Reese's Pieces.

E.T., correct.

Rio He landed in Kansas as a baby and had super strength.

Superman correct.

Nick, some people thought this.

1938 radio play of a work by H.G.

Wells was a real news account of an alien invasion.

War of the Worlds.

Correct.

Josie in this 1979 movie directed by Ridley Scott, a merchant space vessel is plagued by an extraterrestrial.

Aliens.

Correct Francis he travels in a TARDIS doctor who we need the name of the character the doctor.

Correct.

Rio Will Smith becomes an agent that works on controlling aliens in this movie Men in Black correct.

Nick Will Smith and Jeff Goldbloom play characters that must eliminate aliens in this movie.

Aliens?

It is Independence Day.

Josie, this villainous little alien from Looney Tunes wears a helmet and a skirt.

Pass.

All right, Francis.

Marvin The Martian.

Marvin The Martian is right.

Rio, humans contact aliens in the this 1977 movie directed by Steven Spielberg Pass.

All right the arrival the arrival sorry it is close encounters of the third kind and Josie, final question this town in New Mexico is a tourist magnet for alien loving people pass Francis.

Roswell Roswell is correct that was your final pass and eight out of ten eight out of ten for Portsmouth on their rounds.

All right team so good third rounds for you we're going to continue right into our fourth and final round with our 20 point toss ups but remember we'll be deducting 20 points for incorrect responses.

So play smart and strategic Merrimack and Portsmouth for all the marbles.

Here we go after his term as the eighth president of the United States.

He ran for president on the free soil ticket for Rainier of Merrimack, Martin Van Buren.

That's right.

This New York mountain range is the legendary home of Rip Van Winkle.

Francis of Portsmouth.

The Catskills.

That's right.

After the publication of The Hobbit, J.R.R.

Tolkien sent his publisher a draft of this work about the universe of IA.

The work was not picked up by his publisher and remained unfinished at his death.

Jack of Merrimack.

Similaire.

Yes, in this novella by Franz Kafka, traveling salesman Gregor Samsa is slowly transforming into an insect, Josie, of Portsmouth Metamorphosis, correct.

CNN The first 24 hour cable news network was founded by this media mogul.

Rio of Portsmouth.

Ted Turner.

Right.

Wales has two national emblems, the leek and this cheerful yellow flower that blooms in early spring.

Rainier of Merrimack.

Black Eye, Susan Sorry.

No.

Portsmouth, Francis.

Sunflower.

Sorry.

No, it is the Dartford Dill teams.

What organ in the body produces bile?

Francis of Portsmouth Gall Bladder.

Sorry, no.

Merrimack, Jack the liver.

Liver is correct.

At just under 3 million square miles.

This is the world's smallest continent.

Francis of Portsmouth, Australia.

Yes, located in southeastern Brazil.

This city is the largest Portuguese speaking city in the world.

Francis of Portsmouth, Sao Paolo.

That is right in 1911.

Vincenzo Perugia, according to his account, walked into this museum with museum workers, took the Mona Lisa off the wall, took it into a service stairway, wrapped it in a white smock and left the museum Aris of.

Merrimack.

The Louvre.

Yes, when iron reacts with water and oxygen, you might end up with this red iron oxide.

Francis of Portsmouth.

Rust.

Yes, this Italian sculptor and painter created two of his most famous works, the marble sculptures and David before he was 30 Francis of Portsmouth.

Michelangelo.

Yes.

Dr. No.

A 1962 movie starring Sean Connery as James Bond was the first James Bond movie.

It was based on a 1958 novel by this author.

Aris of Merrimack, Ian Fleming.

Correct.

This novel by Scott O'Dell tells the story of 12 year old indigenous girl Karana, who survives for six years on an island off California after her tribe is run off by a loots.

Francis of Portsmouth Island of the Blue Dolphins correct.

This Swedish physicist patented dynamite in 1867.

Jack of Merrimack.

Alfred Nobel.

Yes the 1977 miniseries Roots starts with the story of 15 year old Kunta Kinte, who is captured by slavers.

The miniseries was based on the 1976 novel.

Roots the saga of an American family by this author Jack of Merrimack Baldwin sorry No.

Portsmouth.

Well we're not going to, Alex Haley was the correct response to that is at the end of the game.

Portsmouth High School is the winner of this season's.

Granite State Challenge championship match.

And now over to Alec O'Meara for the presentation of the championship and runners up trophies.

Thanks, John.

This has been another great season and I'm here again honored to be able to represent Unitil at a competition that is very important to all of us.

We love giving these kids the opportunity to show what they have in an exciting and eventful competition every year.

And with that, we will start with the trophies handing off.

We will begin with Merrimack.

If we could have the coaches come out.

Coach, congratulations on yet another deep run.

You're making a bit of a habit of this came up a little short this year, but another outstanding team.

Anything to say about these kids.

Thank you so much for the opportunity.

And we've done a lot of practice together.

These kids have put in a lot of blood, sweat and tears and they're an amazing group.

And I look forward to working with them again next year.

Absolutely.

With four juniors, I have a feeling we'll see you again on behalf of unit two.

Here is the runner up trophy and we will switch gears and bring in the Portsmouth coach.

Coach, congratulations.

It has been an outstanding season for you.

I understand it's been at least 20 years since Portsmouth won.

Is that correct?

Yep.

Before my time as a coach.

Well, tremendous.

Tremendous.

Anything you want to say about your team here?

This is just an amazing team that has really worked hard and worked well together for the last four years.

So this is really a culmination of all their hard work and practice.

Well, great work and something to absolutely be proud of.

And with that I am honored to be presenting you the 2022 Granite State Challenge Trophy.

Congratulations to Portsmouth, and with that, back to you, Jon.

All right.

That'll do it for us this season.

We really do hope you enjoyed it.

And I hope you learned a lot because I did.

And we all did so on behalf of myself and our entire crew and all of our players this season.

There's only one thing left to do.

That's a wrap 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