Right now on Granite State Challenge.

It's a wild card matchup between the Cardinals of Bishop Guertin High School and the Timberwolves of prospect Mountain High School, who will advance.

Granite State Challenge starts now.

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Get ready.

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

It's time for Granite State Challenge.

Here's your host, John Cannon.

Hello, everybody, and welcome to another season of Granite State Challenge.

We've got a new logo.

We've got a new set, and we've got two brand new wild card teams right here, right now.

Ready to see who's going to move on to our Granite State Challenge tournament.

First up, the team from Bishop Guertin High School.

Hi, I'm Meghan.

I'm a senior at Bishop Guertin.

Hi, I'm Anthony, I'm a junior at Bishop Guertin.

Hi, I'm Waleed.

I'm a senior at Bishop Guertin.

Hi, I'm Kobe.

I'm a senior at Bishop Guertin.

All right, that's the team and the coaches for BG are English teachers Katie Graham and Jeanette Rendell.

And they are the cardinals of Bishop Guertin High School.

All right.

And next up, let's meet the team from Prospect Mountain High School.

Hi I'm Loralie, I'm a junior at Prospect Valley High School.

Hi, I'm Jude, and I'm a sophmore Prospect Mountain High school.

Hi.

I'm Lucas, and I am a freshman at Prospect Mountain High School.

Hi, I'm Liam, I'm a junior from Prospect Mountain High School.

All right.

The alternates for Prospect Mountain are Kira and Kaydens.

And they're coached by social studies teacher Amanda van der Linde.

All right.

And those are our teams.

But we do have one more introduction for you.

And that is, of course, back with us again for another season.

Ann Boulanger.

All right.

Teams introductions are out of the way.

That means it's time to play the game.

As you know and Granite State Challenge.

We play the game in four rounds.

And in round one we do ten point tossup questions.

So go ahead and grab those signaling devices and BG, Prospect Mountain.

Good luck.

Let's play the game.

The Connecticut River flows through all but two New England states.

What are these two states?

Lucas of Prospect Mountain, Rhode Island and Maine.

That is correct.

Teams.

What battle fought in 1781 and the subject of a song in the musical Hamilton, about a world turned upside down, ended the Revolutionary War.

Lucas, again from Prospect Mountain.

The battle of Yorktown.

That's correct.

This lyricist wrote words to many of his younger brother George's musical compositions like I Got Rhythm, Someone to Watch Over Me and Embraceable You.

Meghan of BG.

IRA Gershwin.

Yes, we'll take that.

This newspaper, known for its coverage of the Watergate scandal, was bought by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos in 2013 for $250 million.

Kobe of Bishop Guertin.

The Rolling Stone sorry, no Lucas, the Washington Post.

That is correct.

You bet.

Lucas, you don't need to bend so far in your microphone.

It can pick you up from right where you're standing.

Touro Synagogue is the oldest synagogue in the United States.

It was built in 1763, in this colonial state known for its religious freedom.

Waleed of Bishop Girton, Pennsylvania.

Sorry, no prospect mountain.

Lucas, Massachusetts.

Nope.

Close.

Rhode Island comes up again.

All right.

According to Paul McCartney, hearing the music of the Rolling Stones called Plastic Soul as an indication that it was not the authentic soul of the black musicians that inspired it, led to this name for the Beatles sixth studio album Jude of Prospect Mountain.

Rubber Soul.

Yes.

12 U.S. presidents have not held a college degree.

The first was George Washington, the last U.S. president to not have a college degree, served from 1945 to 1953. Who was he?

Lucas of Prospect Mountain.

Harry Truman.

Yes.

All right, teams, go ahead and take a look at your monitors for a picture.

Question coming your way.

You are looking at a black and white ruffed lemur, one of the 100 extant species of lemur found only in this island nation.

Megan of Bishop Guertin.

Madagascar.

Yes.

One of the very first commercial potato chip manufacturers was the Granite State Potato Chip factory, which operated from 1905 to 2007, in Salem, New Hampshire.

The logo on its bag was this New Hampshire icon, which disappeared in 2003.

Lucas of Prospect Mountain.

The old man on the mountain.

Yes.

We'll give you that.

In 2013, this band became the first to perform on all seven continents after the Freeze Them All concert, the ten set performance for an audience of 120 at the Carlini Argentine base in Antarctica.

Featured the songs Enter Sandman and Master of Puppets Megan of Bishop Guertin.

Metallica.

Yes!

In 2004, Howard Dean was a candidate for the Democratic nomination for president.

He went on to be the chair of the Democratic National Committee from 2005 to 2009, and served as governor of this New England state from 1991 to 2003.

Lucas, Prospect Mountain New Hampshire no, sorry.

BG?

Kobe.

Massachusetts.

No, it was Vermont.

Howard Dean was the governor of Vermont.

All right teams.

In 1980, presidential candidate George H.W.

Bush called this fellow candidate's trickle down economics or supply side economic plan Voodoo economics.

Meghan of BG.

Ronald Reagan.

Yes All right, teams, next question is a little math question.

How many different outfits can you create with four shirts and five pairs of pants?

It's four times five is 20, and it's easy as that.

All right, teams, this could be the surname of Archie in the sitcom all in the family.

A sand trap on a golf course, a defensive military building, or a hill in Massachusetts where a battle took place.

Toby of BG.

Bunker.

Bunker is right.

All right, teams, our next question is our unitil power question, which is worth double the points.

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

Take a look.

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

Waleed of Bishop Guertin.

Manpower.

Manpower is right.

Matty Lieu Pollard won the 20th Scripps National Spelling Bee in 1947 by spelling Chlorophyl spell Chlorophyl.

Jude of Prospect Mountain c h l o r o p h i l. Sorry.

No that is incorrect.

BG you want to give it a shot?

Waleed.

c h l o r o p h y l l. Yes, the double l at the end is what gets you.

And at the end of the round, we've got Bishop Guertin taking a slight lead by a score of 80 to 60.

All right.

Great job teams.

Keep it up.

Right now we're going to take a pause in the action and get to know our players a little bit better.

We're going to start with the team from Bishop Guertin High School.

Bishop Guertin is of course in the city of Nashua about 775 students.

And they are led by team captain Meghan, a senior.

And so you're already thinking about, you know, next year in life after BG, you decided on a major for college.

Yeah.

So, I decided to be an English major.

And I'm not sure exactly where.

Yeah, okay.

That's okay.

Yeah.

You got time to decide why English?

I just think that I've always had a passion for English and literature.

Yeah, so books especially favorite author?

I'd say probably Stephen King.

Local, classic.

Yeah.

Love it.

All right.

Meghan is joined by Anthony, who plays, a game competitively online that I think a lot of people will be familiar with.

What is it?

Pokemon.

Pokemon.

So explain to me how you play competitively online.

It's you enter into either tournaments or leagues with teams of six, usually on teams of nine.

You can bring six Pokemon, okay?

And you battle throughout multiple weeks.

So you have your team of six Pokemon and you battle against someone else somewhere else.

They're six Pokemon.

All right, what's your best Pokemon?

Probably Greninja probably.

Is Greninja.

Like, really good.

Like known to be good.

You.

Gotcha.

Okay.

All right.

I won't ask you if you got any, like, secret weapons on there, because, you know, I want you to win the matches that you're in.

Awesome.

All right.

Anthony joined by Waleed, who, speaks, a language fairly uncommon in the United States in the home.

What is that?

Arabic.

Arabic.

And so we were talking a little bit earlier, but it's a specific dialect of Arabic.

I speak Egyptian Arabic.

Okay.

So what makes Egyptian Arabic different from other dialects?

The letter j and Egyptian Arabic is changed to a g. So instead of saying the word jemu which is good, you would say gemu instead.

Gotcha.

So if you traveled anywhere where they, you know, speak Arabic and, you know, in the Middle East or North Africa and you weren't in Egypt, would people recognize that dialect and know you were from Egypt?

Yeah.

I think it's pretty distinct.

Very cool.

All right.

Awesome.

And rounding out the team of four is Kobe.

Professional semiprofessional ginger breader.

Tell everybody what that means.

So my school holds a contest once a year around Christmas time, and 50 teams compete.

Winner.

Take all the prizes, $400.

And last year, I'm happy to say my team came in first.

Yeah.

Okay.

So you won.

And this year you're competing again.

Got to, you know, keep the trophy.

Yeah.

And, any plans for this year's build.

So last night we had practice, we were getting ready, and we decided on the Washington Monument.

Okay, we're planning on making it four stories tall.

It's going to be pretty impressive.

All right.

Four story tall, Washington Monument out of gingerbread.

The ladies and gentlemen can't wait to see it.

That is Kobe.

And that is the team from Bishop Guertin high school.

All right.

And next up is the team from Prospect Mountain High School.

Prospect Mountain Timberwolves are up in Alton, New Hampshire serves the town of Alton and Barnstead.

And they are led by team captain Loralie has, a lifelong hobby that you've recently got into.

What is it?

Crochet.

Crochet.

All right, so, how long you've been crocheting?

Probably just over a year.

Okay, so just over a year.

So maybe still a novice.

What's some of the cool things that you've crocheted so far?

So I made a Loch Ness Monster for one of my friends, and I've made the mascot for our summer reading program at the library I work at.

I made a little be a little bumblebee.

Fantastic.

Well, keep it up.

Well, that's a great, great skill and hobby to have.

All right.

Laralie is joined by Jude.

You may have seen Jude get that Beatles question, right?

Right.

No surprise, the name Jude is a is an homage to the Beatles song.

And, you are also a collector of music.

Tell us about it.

I love collecting vinyl records and CDs and also cassettes.

It's just a passion of mine and I love music.

Okay, so, are we talking vintage records?

We talk a new records are all of the above.

All of the above.

And these aren't just records that sit on a shelf.

This is also music that you listen to and enjoy.

Yeah, I love to listen to them.

Just when I have some free time, I'm doing work or laundry.

Yeah.

Do you prefer the sound of vinyl over the sound of CDs or cassettes?

Digital music I do slightly.

I know a lot of people listen to vinyl records because the sound just sounds better to them, and I guess my ears just aren't built for that because it doesn't sound too different for me, but I really enjoy listening.

Awesome, I love it.

All right, well, keep that up.

Next up on the team is Lucas.

And Lucas is a geographer kind of like me.

And, you have, a skill you can name every single what?

Every single, most of the national capitals of every pretty much country in the world.

Okay, so where does that knowledge come from?

Like, how do you how do you learn all that when I was, like, even as young as five, I would just go on Google Earth randomly for like, fun.

And eventually I started watching YouTubers like geography now and whatnot about geography, looking at random articles about geography and Wikipedia getting answers and, just kind of developed from there.

And yeah, I guess I have a good memory.

So everything is kind of stuck with me.

Well, that sort of thing pays off on Granite State Challenge.

So if we have some geography questions coming up, we'll see how you do.

All right.

Last up on the team is Liam.

And Liam and I share a hobby with each other.

Which is?

We both play what game?

Dungeons and Dragons.

So how long you been playing D&D?

About 4 or 5 years.

Okay.

And you got into it through family?

Yeah.

Family, friends.

And when you play, do you normally play as a character or you do, do you DM?

Usually I DM.

Okay, so the folks at home may not know what that means to DM what is that?

That's to be the dungeon master where you set the story and run it for your players to fill in the gaps.

Nice.

Excellent.

So a lot of work to be a DM.

Take it from me.

I know this, all right.

And that is the team from Prospect Mountain.

All right teams so great to get to know you.

We're going to roll right into round two of Granite State Challenge in round two is our three strikes and you're out round.

And the way this round works is this.

We're going to start with the team trailing right now, which is actually no we're going to start with, Bishop Guertin.

First.

The team alphabetically first.

And we will give one question to each contestant down the line.

So we'll start with Meghan and then we'll go to Anthony.

All right.

And if you answer your question, we move on to the next person.

If you don't know the answer, you can pass to the next person to your right.

Each team has three passes, and we go right down the line until three strikes.

And your out.

make sense?

All right.

So let's start with BG and Meghan.

This is your question.

This upholsterer is credited for sewing one of the first American flags.

I'm not sure.

Oh, time ran out.

It's Betsy Ross.

Anthony, painter Bob Ross is known for painting happy little ones of these.

Trees.

Trees is correct.

Waleed, in this 1943 novel, The Roots of Baobab trees can destroy a small planet.

That is the Little Prince.

Kobe, The singer songwriter Prince was born and raised in this Minnesota city.

Pass, Meghan, your question.

You can pass to Anthony.

You have two more passes.

Saint Paul.

Sorry, it's Minneapolis.

And that is three strikes and the end of your round.

All right, Prospect Mountain, we turn our attention to you.

Same drill.

Loralie, we will start with you.

This is your question.

This surrealist artist is perhaps best known for melting timepieces in his 1931 work, The Persistence of Memory.

Salvador Dali.

Yes, Jude, In 1959, this religious leader was forced to leave Tibet and settle in India.

It is the Dalai Lama.

Lucas, in a 2000 interview, Will Wright the creator of this popular franchise of games that simulate real life, shared that a company wide vote for a company wide mascot came down to the Boston tree fern, beef tapeworm and a llama, the llama won.

Fortnight.

Sorry, it's the Sims.

Liam.

This long running animated series for Matt Groening got its start on The Tracey Ullman Show.

Pass.

Pass.

The Simpsons.

The Simpsons is right.

Jude.

All right, so we go to the next player, which is Lucas.

Bart Simpson and these sewer dwelling reptiles are both known for using the phrase Cowabunga, dude.

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

Correct.

Liam.

The rock band the turtles covered the song It Ain't Me, babe, written by this singer songwriter known for songs like blowing in the Wind and Mr. Tambourine Man.

It's Bob Dylan and is that the third strike?

So that is the third strike and the end of the round.

All right, so round two is in the books.

And look at this.

We've got a tie.

Score 90 to 90.

And so at this point in time for round three, our 60 second round I would like to invite the alternates to come on up and join your teams.

And in the 60 second round, we give each team 60, sorry, ten questions that they have to answer in 60s based on a category of your choice.

And because it is a tie score, we will start alphabetically.

So BG, you get to choose first from our three categories.

And they are Also Known As, AI, and Don't Worry, Be Happy.

Also Known As.

Also Known As.

OK.

So this category, the answers to the following will be related to people who use or used a stage or a pen name.

So, Meghan, you can talk to your team, but I will take your answer as the team answer.

60s on the clock.

Here we go.

Mark Twain's legal name was this No clue.

Skip.

Okay.

Sherilyn Sarkeesian, who performed with her husband, Sunny is known by this single name.

Cher?

Yes.

This campy singer and TV host known for the song firework, was born Katherine Elizabeth Hudson.

Katy Perry.

Yes.

Mark Sinclair, who provides the voice of Groot, is better known by this name.

Vin Diesel.

it is Vin Diesel.

Rapper and friend of Martha Stewart Cortazar.

Broadus Jr is better known by this canine inspired name Skip.

It is Snoop Dogg.

Blond bombshell Norma Jean Mortenson is better known by this alliterative name Marilyn Monroe.

Yes, you probably call singer and actress Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta by this name Lady Gaga.

Yes, Charles Ludwig Dodgson Dodgson created Alice and the Queen of hearts using this name.

Skip.

It is Lewis Carroll.

Comic book pioneer Stan Lee Martin Lieber, known as Stan Lee.

And at the end of their 60s round, judge Ann Belanger.

Five out of five.

All right, Prospect Mountain, it is your turn.

So, Loralie, you can talk to your team and you can choose from A.I.

or don't worry, be happy.

AI.

AI it will be.

All right.

The answers to the following will start with the letters A and I.

All right, Loralie I'll take your answer as the team answer.

60 seconds.

Start the clock.

What you have thrown when you completely missed the basket.

Air ball.

Yes.

1997 movie about basketball playing golden retriever Air Bud.

Yes.

Someone who helps people.

Pass.

It is an aid.

This breed of dog is often called the King of the Terriers due to its size.

Australian Terrier it is an Airedale.

This sauce features an emulsion of garlic and olive oil.

Aioli.

Yes, this could be a type candy or a 1994 movie featuring Adam Sandler and Steve Buscemi.

Pass.

It was airheads.

This Japanese martial art was developed by Morihei Ueshiba.

Taekwondo.

It is aikido.

This is another term for an illness.

Ailment.

Ailment is right.

This is what might hit if what might hit you if a front end collision saves your life.

Airbag.

Yes.

This is what you walk down on a plane or your wedding.

Aisle.

I don't know if they got that in under the buzzer.

Judge Ann Belanger, how many is that?

Five out of five on your 60 second round.

All right.

Thank you so much alternates.

You can go ahead and take your seats as we get ready for round four.

In round four we're going to go back to our toss up questions.

But we are going to double the point value.

So these are 20 point toss up questions.

And we will be deducting 20 points for any incorrect responses.

So with a tie game going into round four anything can happen.

BG and Prospect Mountain play smart.

Here we go.

Written in nine 1591, part two of this historical play about an English king is thought to be the first play written by Shakespeare.

Meghan of BG.

King Richard.

Sorry no.

prospect Mountain?

It is Henry the sixth.

Season one of the series, Stranger Things is set in this year, the same year that is considered the beginning of the internet.

The year Sally Ride became the first American woman in space.

The year the final episode of the TV series Mash aired, and the year before the title of a George Orwell novel and David Bowie song.

Kobe of BG.

1983.

Is correct.

This 1954 novel by William Golding features the characters piggy, Ralph, and Jack, who are all stranded on an island with no adults.

Lucas of Prospect Mountain, Lord of the flies.

Yes.

In 2023, Kieran Culkin won a Best Lead Actor Emmy for his role as Roman Roy in the series succession.

Kieran had one of his first acting roles in this 1990 movie, which starred his brother Macaulay as a boy abandoned by his family at Christmas.

Lucas of Prospect Mountain.

Home Alone.

Yes.

All right, teams, the next question comes to you on your monitors from my friend Stephen Colbert.

Take a look.

Hi, everybody.

I'm Stephen Colbert.

Everyone knows that I am no fan of bears.

They're godless, killing machines.

If you want to live in a life free of bears, you would need to go to one of these three continents that have no native bear species.

Kobe of BG.

Africa.

We need three continents.

All three continents.

So Africa, Europe and Asia.

We only need one.

Okay.

Africa works.

You get the points.

All right, next question.

This Italian inventor created the first wireless radio wave telegraph system and is considered the father of the radio.

That is Guglielmo Marconi.

Photographer Mathew Brady is best known for the photographs he took during this war.

Took photos during the Civil War.

Teams which U.S. president called the relationship between the U.S. military and the defense industry the military industrial complex.

In his 1961 Farewell address, sorry, the time ran out before I finished that question, and by the narrowest of margins, it is Prospect Mountain.

Moving on to the Granite State Challenge tournament.

All right, man, tight game, Prospect Mountain.

Congratulations.

We look forward to seeing you in a few weeks for the tournament.

And BG just missed it under the wire.

And I'm so sorry, but I do hope that you had fun.

We had fun having you here with us.

And, we hope you had fun watching at home.

We hope you join us next time when we have our next wild card matchup right here on Granite State Challenge.

And listen, if you watched, I hope you learned something 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 Bangor Savings Bank, Safety Insurance, NEA New Hampshire, Aroma Joe's and viewers like you.

Thank you.