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On Granite State Challenge, the team from Belmont High School takes on the team from Concord 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 Canon.

Hello, everybody, and welcome to the 42nd season of Granite State Challenge 14 teams have already punched their ticket to this year's tournament.

And today, we've got a wild card game for you with two teams ready to face off to see who is going to join them.

Let's introduce those teams to you.

First up, we've got the team from Belmont High School.

And Belmont serves the towns of Belmont and Canterbury, and they are led by team captain Jonathan and Jonathan.

You got to attend the St Paul's program over the past summer.

Tell us a little bit about that.

Yeah, so I was able to do a five week summer program at St Paul's School.

I took a course called Data Driven, which is about artificial intelligence and their morals and statistics and analyzing data.

All right.

And did you enjoy it?

Yes, it was very fun.

I'd advise any junior or sophomore to try and play.

Apply the end.

All right.

Well, that is very good advice.

Jonathan is joined by Leanna.

Leanna is a senior and has what I think is a worthy and lofty goal, which is what I would like to visit all 195 countries in my lifetime.

All 195 countries in your lifetime.

How many countries have you got so far?

I've only been to eight countries.

All right.

So you still got a ways to go.

And where does this come from?

Where does this goal come from?

Yeah.

I've always just love learning about culture, like history, music, food.

So it's definitely a big goal.

But I'm very determined, so.

Well, I hope you do it.

I think it's wonderful.

And I'm here for it.

All right.

Leanna is joined by Kayleigh, who earned her black belt in MMA.

Tell us what that is.

MMA stands for Mixed Martial Arts.

So that's just a kind of combination of all the martial art forms.

So karate and stuff like jujitsu and stuff like that.

I worked for it for about five or six years, so I have my first degree black belt and I'm proficient in three weapons.

Well, okay, what three weapons are you proficient in?

Nunchucks, bow staff and sword.

All right, So note to self and everybody watching.

Do not mess with Kayleigh.

All right.

Kayleigh is joined by Ryder to round out the team and writer.

You do theater.

How many productions have you been in?

I've been in eight productions.

All right.

So name a few that you have enjoyed the most.

I really enjoyed The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast and All in the Timing.

And Annie and Annie.

Okay.

And who were you in Annie?

Warbucks.

Daddy Warbucks.

All right.

Excellent.

Well, keep up with that.

That's such a wonderful thing.

The team is coached by science teacher Kevin Charleson, and they're the team from Belmont High School.

All right, Welcome.

Belmont facing off against you will be the team from Concord High School.

Concord High School, of course, serves the communities of Concord and Deerfield, New Hampshire.

And the team is led by junior captain Lila and Lila.

You worked at where for the past two years over the summer.

Kimball Jenkins.

The Kimball Jenkins.

That's an art camp, right?

Well, it's an art institute that runs an art camp.

Do you?

So you're working with kids of all ages?

I mostly work with five and six year olds.

five and six years old.

So you do you love the little kids?

Do you love the art?

You love both.

I think I like both.

Yeah.

And do you have a favorite thing that you get to do with them?

I really like the pop art week.

Every week has a different theme.

And so pop art kid's got to, like, take magazines and cut out and make different collages of everything.

I'm sure that was fun and also kind of a mess.

Yes.

Yes.

Well, it's a labor of love.

Welcome.

Lila is joined by Martin, who is not just a Crimson Tide fan from Concord, New Hampshire.

He's also from where I'm from, Alabama.

So you lived in Alabama for how long?

Two years.

And where in Alabama did you live?

In Tuscaloosa.

So it's like right next to the college and they're also known as the Crimson Tide.

So, so funny how that works.

Right?

And so are you a big Alabama sports fan as well?

Yeah.

All right.

So here's the million dollar question.

Alabama or New Hampshire?

Probably New Hampshire.

There we go.

That is the right answer.

Yes.

No points for that answer, but it is the correct answer.

All right, Martin is joined by Sadaf.

And Sadaf has what I think is a wonderful hobby, life, skill, maybe future.

Tell us about it.

I like to write for fun and I just like to write any, like, abstract conceptual pieces.

So it's like essentially poetry.

Okay, Yeah.

So I'm not familiar with abstract writing.

Tell us about that.

It's honestly like doing what you want with like any structure you're given if you're doing it for school or if you're doing it for fun and kind of just making it your own.

All right.

And hopes to get published someday.

Yeah, sooner or later, Right.

All right.

Excellent.

And Sadaf is joined by Ruhaan.

Now, Ruhann entered a competition in Canada several years ago.

Tell us about this.

Right.

So there was a pan Canadian talent show essentially, contestants from across Canada were splendid age groups.

And we essentially went through what every other tournament does through a couple of rounds and this was music that you did, that you did did music, and you're originally from Canada.

So yes.

Excellent.

And you didn't just compete in the competition.

We wanted you wanted.

So congratulations on that.

All right.

The alternate for Concord High School is Simon, and their coaches are adult Pathways coordinator Christine Cooney and graphic design and creative media teacher Tom McGovern.

And they're the team from Concord High School.

All right.

And those are the teams.

But we do have one more introduction.

And of course, with us for another season of Granite State challenge is our beloved judge.

Ann Boulanger.

All right, teams introductions are out of the way, so go ahead and grab those signaling devices because we are going to play some Granite State challenge.

So, as you know, we play in four rounds and in round one we do ten point toss up questions.

So Belmont, Concord, good luck.

And here we go.

This stadium in Pasadena, California, was built in 1922.

It is the second largest stadium in the world and has been the site of five Super Bowl games.

And the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup final won by the U.S. You may know the game they play there.

It's the Rose Bowl.

All right, teams, the Scottish title of this song, which is sung on New Year's Eve, translates to Old Long since in English, Liana, Belmont, Old Lady Sung.

We'll take that.

Yeah, we'll take That's Auld Lang Syne.

But it's Scottish, so it's close enough.

All right.

Six men signed both the Declaration of Independence and the US Constitution.

They were George Clymer, Robert Morris, Roger Sherman, George Read, James Wilson, and this man from Pennsylvania, who is also the oldest man to sign both documents.

Kayleigh of Belmont.

Benjamin Franklin, you are correct, at 70 and 81, respectively.

In 1517, this German priest nailed his work disputation on the power and efficacy of indulgences to the door of All Saints Church in Wittenberg, in what many believe is the start of the Protestant Reformation.

Kayleigh Of Belmont.

Martin Luther Yes.

Braille is a tactile writing system that was developed for the visually impaired in 1824 by this man when he was just 15 years old.

And Braille was created by Louis Braille.

Louis Braille.

All right, teams.

How many amendments are there in the US Constitution?

Kayleigh of Belmont 12.

Sorry, no Concord.

It is 27 amendments.

27 amendments.

All right, teams.

What fictional detective lives at 221 B Baker Street.

Jonathan of Belmont.

Sherlock Holmes.

He's the one.

This New Mexico City is the oldest state capital in the US.

It was established in 1610 as the seat of government of Nuevo Mexico in New Spain.

Ruhaan of Concord.

Albuquerque.

Sorry, No, it's close.

Ruhaan It was Santa Fe.

Santa Fe.

All right.

Teams in the movie Mary Poppins.

The sound of this word is considered quite atrocious.

Kayleigh of Belmont.

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocio of those syllables.

Well done.

The Battle of New Orleans was fought on January 8th, 1815, between British forces led by Major General Sir Edwin Peckham.

And this American Major General.

That was Andrew Jackson.

This president gave 31 fireside chats on the radio.

His first one was in 1933.

Martin Of Concord Roosevelt.

Which one?

Franklin.

That's right.

You got the right one.

All right, teams, this transcendentalist author wrote the lecture The American Scholar, in which he argued that there should be a unique American literature free from European influence.

Sadaf of Concord High.

It is not lost.

Sorry, Belmont.

We were looking for Ralph Waldo Emerson for that one.

And that sound in round one.

And after round one looks like Belmont off to a lead by a score of 50 to 10.

All right, teams, good job in round one.

We're going to roll right on into round two.

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

The way this round works is that each team gets ten questions and we go player by player right down the line, each player getting one question ten questions for a total of 110 points if you get them.

All right, they're worth ten points apiece and each team has three passes.

So if you don't know the answer, you can pass to your teammate next to you.

You're allowed to communicate non-verbally.

And we will continue until either all ten questions are asked or until three strikes.

And you're out.

And just a reminder, every question provides a clue to the next question.

So the questions are connected in that way.

We're going to start with Belmont.

And so, Jonathan, we will start with you.

Here is your question.

This piece of Candy and Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory never gets smaller.

Bubble gum.

Sorry, it's the everlasting gobstopper.

Leanna, this actor plays a young Willy Wonka in the 2023 movie Wonka.

Timothy Chalamet, Yes.

Kaleigh Timothee Chalamet played Laurie in the 2019 movie Little Women, directed by this woman, a Greta Gerwig.

Greta Gerwig is correct.

Ryder, Greta Gerwig directed this 2023 blockbuster movie starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling.

The Barbie movie.

Yes, Jonathan, A young goose is called a Gosling.

A young duck is called a Duckling.

What is the young swan called?

Yeah.

Yes, a Barbie.

It is not is a cygnet.

It's a good guess though.

It's a good.

Leanna, A 1952 film called Duck and Cover advised schoolchildren to do what to do if there was this kind of an attack, a nuclear attack.

That's correct.

Kayleigh, the second largest nuclear power plant in New England, is found in this New Hampshire town.

You have a pack, you have three passes.

I don't know.

It is.

SEABROOK And there's that.

Three strikes.

All right.

So that ends your three strikes rounds.

All right.

Concord High School, we now turn to you for your three strikes round.

Same drill.

We'll go right down the line, starting with you, Lila.

This screenwriter and producer is known for the series All in the Family.

Good Times and The Jeffersons.

I don't know.

It is Norman Lear Martin, who wrote the play King Lear about a King and his three daughters, Goneral Reagan and Cordelia Shakespeare.

That's correct.

Sadaf, In this 1973 film, Reagan MacNeil is a young girl possessed by a demon who claims she is the devil as all rights won Pass.

Ruhaan No, it is The Exorcist, The Exorcist.

Lila, This actor who played Miranda Priestly in the 2006 movie The Devil Wears Prada, is considered to be one of the best actors of her generation and has been nominated for Best Actress Oscar 17 times as I don't know, it is Meryl Streep.

And is that three strikes all right and that ends your three strikes rounds.

All right.

So that round is out of the way.

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

So I would like to invite any alternates to come up and join their team for this round.

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

You are able to talk and confer as a team, but I will take the captain's answer is the team answer.

All right.

And you have 60 seconds to get through all ten questions if you get them.

All right.

We will give you a bonus of ten points for a total of 110 points.

And because we start with the team trailing Concord, you get to pick first from these three categories: Milking It, Just a Minute and Cutting a Rug.

Milking it, just a minute, and cutting a rug.

just just in, Just a Minute.

Okay.

So the answers to the following will all be related to minutes.

Once again, Lila I'll take your answer as the team answer 60 seconds.

Start the clock speed.

Colonial militias were known by this name.

Minutemen.

Minutemen?

Yes.

The Houston Astros play in this stadium named for a citrus juice company.

Minute Maid.

Minute Maid Park is correct.

This dinner staple was introduce is Minute Rice.

This piano piece by Chopin in D Flat Major is sometimes called this minute old Minute Waltz is right.

What You might wait till if you are a procrastinator last minute Yes This term with a city in it means a very short period of time.

It is a New York minute.

In football.

This suspension of play occurs near the end of the second and fourth quarters.

Two Minute Warning.

Yes.

Roger Bannister broke this track barrier in 1954 for four minute mile.

That's right.

In this 2000 movie, a man has to steal 50 cars in one night to save his brother.

So we will get to those gone in 60 seconds.

And after that round, six out of ten on your 60 second round.

Well done, Concord.

We turn our attention over to Belmont.

And Jonathan, you and your team can choose from the remaining two categories: Milking it and Cutting a Rug.

Yes, we would like to choose.

Milking it, milking it.

It will be all right.

The answers to the following will include the word milk.

All right.

So, Jonathan, I'll take your answer.

Is the team answer 60 seconds.

Start the clock.

In the Bible, the promised land is often called the land of this:... called The Land of Milk and Honey.

Yes.

Tell us how to hit with this song in 2003.

Pass it is Milkshake.

This openly gay politician from San Francisco was assassinated in 1978.

Murphy Milk was Harvey Milk.

This is the galaxy we live in.

The Milky Way.

Yes.

You might take this antacid for an upset stomach lactate.

Sorry, it's milk of magnesia.

You might leave these for Santa on Christmas Eve.

Yeah.

Milk and cookies?

Yes.

The caterpillar of the monarch butterfly feeds on this plant.

Milkweed?

Yes.

This is the state drink of Rhode Island's milk.

It is coffee milk.

This fermented dairy product makes great biscuits.

I know.

Butter Milk?

Yes.

This product that comes from a palm seed is often used in Asian cuisine.

Ooh.

Didn't quite get there in time.

It was coconut milk.

And after they around five out of ten on your 62nd round.

All right, team.

So a little bit of tightening up thereafter Round three, but now alternates.

You are all set.

Thank you very much.

And we are going to move on to round four in round four.

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

However, we're going to double the point value to 20 point toss up questions and if you respond incorrectly, we will be deducting 20 points.

So a lot to play for.

A lot can swing.

So Belmont, Concord, good luck.

Let's go.

This state is made up of 137 islands and one of them is Big Leanna of Belmont, Hawaii.

Yes.

First published in 1881 and revised in 1892.

Life and Time of Frederick Douglass recounted Douglass his life before and after the civil War, who wrote this memoir?

Frederick Douglass himself wrote this memoir.

All right, teams, there are seven bones in the human neck.

Seven bones in the neck of a giraffe and seven bones in the neck of a whale.

How many bones are there in the neck of a shark, Kayleigh of Belmont.

None.

None.

Zero.

That is correct.

All right, teams, this pair wrote 14 comic operas, including The Pirates of Penzance, The Mikado and H.M.S.

Pinafore.

You may have heard of them.

They're Gilbert and Sullivan.

All right, team, here's a civics question for you.

What is the minimal number of electoral votes a candidate needs in the Electoral College to win the US presidency?

The number to reach is 270.

All right, teams.

Jabez Stone was a resident of the fictional town of Cross Corners, New Hampshire.

He sold his soul to Satan.

In the short story, The Devil and Daniel Webster, written by this author, it was Steven Vincent Benet.

Teams, what author wrote about Jumping Frogs, Connecticut Yankees and The Adventures of a raft riding boy escaping an abusive father.

You may know him as Mark Twain.

All right, teams.

A team.

Tennessee court wasn't monkeying around when in July 20.

On July 21st, 1925, it found this teacher guilty and find him $100 for violating Tennessee's Butler Act, which prohibited the teaching of human evolution.

Famous trial named for John T Scopes, The Scopes Trial.

This River, which at 2341 miles, is the longest in the United States and is sometimes called the Big Muddy.

Martin of Concord, Mississippi, is not the Mississippi.

Belmont.

It is the Missouri River.

The Missouri River.

All right, teams, our next question is our Unitil Power Question.

It comes to you on your monitors and is worth 40 points.

Take a look.

This term is used to describe the people needed to get a job done, even if some of them are women.

The term we were looking there for, there is manpower.

All right, teams.

On September 23rd, 1952, Senator and vice presidential candidate Richard Nixon gave a speech refuting accusations about inappropriate fundraising that now bears the name of this family.

Corker Spaniel.

His dog's name was Checkers.

Checkers was the name of the dog.

All right, teams, this character from Sesame Street is a little over eight feet, two inches tall, lives in a nest and has a teddy bear named Radar.

Ruhaan of Concord.

Big Bird.

Yes.

This graphic novel by Marjane Satrapi is an autobiographical retelling of growing up as a young girl during the Iranian revolution.

It's a great book, is called Persepolis.

Both the Bilbo Baggins and his nephew, Frodo Baggins, lived in this cozy underground cottage.

In The Hobbit and in The Lord of the Rings.

Kayleigh of Belmont.

Hobbiton.

Sorry.

No, that's Hobbiton was the name of the town BagEnd was the name of the house.

All right, teams, this could be the name of a midwestern city or the name of a rock band that is heavy on the horns and known for songs like Saturday in the Park and 25 or 6 to 4.

That band is Chicago.

The track at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, where the Indianapolis 500 is held, is two and a half miles long.

How many laps will a driver have to go to complete the race?

200 laps around a 2 and a half mile long equals 500.

Just trust me.

This director of the movies Home Alone, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone and Mrs. Doubtfire is the co-founder of a production company, appropriately enough, named 1492 pictures Ruhaan of Concord.

David Yates Sorry, no, Kayleigh Belmont.

Columbus?

It is.

Do we need the first name?

Okay.

We'll give it to you as Chris Columbus.

Yes.

This US president was shot by anarchist Leon Charl Gosch at the Pan-American Expedition on September 6th, 1901.

He died from his wounds on September 14th.

Ruhaan of Concord.

McKinley.

Yes, he's the one.

All right, teams, a math question for you.

You have pen and paper there for you.

As many as 120 baseballs can be used in an MLB baseball game.

There are 2430 regular season games in a season.

If each game uses 120 baseballs, how many balls will be used in a season?

That is 2430 games, 120 baseballs.

All right.

Time ran out before you could get to 291,600, which was the response.

All right.

Well, don't get tied into knots on this question.

Teams, where will you find an aggregate?

Ryder of Belmont.

Shoe laces?

Shoe laces is right.

All right.

This character in a novel by Daniel Defoe was marooned for 28 years, two months and 19 days.

Robinson Crusoe.

Teams, what piece of sporting equipment.

Well, we're going to have to leave that one to maybe the next game or further down in the season.

And speaking of which, it will be Belmont moving on to the Granite State Challenge Tournament by a score of 200 to 89.

All right.

Congratulations, Belmont, and a hard fought one.

We look forward to seeing you in the tournament when you take on last year's champions, Merrimack High School and Concord.

Tough, tough loss today, but so happy you were able to be here with us.

And we hope you had fun.

And we had fun having you here.

And if you're watching at home, we hope you had fun as well.

Maybe more importantly, I hope you learned a lot because I did as well.

We'll see you next time.

Bye bye.

Major funding for the production of Granite State challenge is provided by Unitil.

Additional funding provided by NEA New Hampshire, Safety Insurance, D.F., Richard Energy, HRCU and viewers like you.

Thank you.