Right now on Granite State Challenge, The team from Lin-Wood High School takes on the team from Newfound Regional 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 Cannon.

Hello, everyone, and welcome to Granite State.

Challenges 42nd season.

We've already had one wild card match where one team punched their ticket to join the other 14 teams, which leads one spot left for either these two teams competing with us right now.

Let's introduce them to you.

First up, we have the team from Lin-Wood High School and they are led by Captain Sarah and Sarah.

You have an interesting sort of living arrangement where you spend part of your time living how?

I live off the grid, part time.

Okay.

So for the folks at home, what does that mean, living off the grid?

So we live like a mile from the pavement in the woods.

We have a gravity fed well, and we use solar panels.

Okay, So just a little different.

Yeah.

And do you like it?

Do you enjoy living off the grid?

I enjoy it.

I like having all the nature around me and there's challenges, but it's still enjoyable.

Yeah, lots of respect for that.

It's got to be tough and I appreciate it very much.

All right.

Sarah is joined by Ryder, who is an Eagle Scout, which is no small accomplishment.

So what did you do for your Eagle Scout final project?

Okay, so for my Eagle Scout final project, I built a informational kiosk stand at Ellsworth Ponds and up in Ellsworth, New Hampshire.

Okay.

And so this is sort of a kiosk.

You made it out of wood.

And if I go to Ellsworth Pond, what am I going to see on the kiosk?

So when I built it I simply just like a map of the town up there was a little sign that said what the place was called and some general stuff.

Over the time, Other people came and put their own stuff on it, and I don't really know what all that stuff is.

I haven't been there in a while, but well, I'm sure it'll be there for a good long time, so that's great.

Ryder is joined by Gabby and Gabby is a transplant to New Hampshire originally from where?

Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania.

Where in Pennsylvania are you from?

York.

York, Pennsylvania.

Okay.

And what do you what do you miss the most about Pennsylvania?

The cows.

The cows.

All right.

Lots of open field and farmland in the area.

So you miss the cows?

Well, you can find some cows here in New Hampshire, maybe not as many up in Lincoln or Woodstock is maybe a little too mountainous up there for the for the big fields.

But welcome to the shire.

And rounding out the team is Danny, who's who are?

Danny and I.

We share a favorite form of cuisine, Right.

Which is the what?

Donuts.

The donut.

Yes.

And do you have a favorite donut?

Chocolate glazed.

Chocolate glaze?

You know, that was my favorite when I was when I was a kid as well.

Maybe still my favorite.

Now, do you have a favorite donut establishment you like to go to?

I like Dunkin.

You like Dunkin, right?

Like why?

Why make it confusing?

Just go to Dunks.

All right.

That is the team.

They also their alternate is Maisie and the team is coached by science teacher David Webster.

And they are the team from Lin-Wood High School.

All right.

Facing off against Linwood is the team from Newfound Regional High School.

Newfound Regional High School is served by a bunch of communities including Alexandria, Bridgewater, Bristol, Danbury, Groton, Hebron Hill and New Hampton.

So a lot of towns bringing kids up to Newfound Regional High School, including Captain Nick.

Now, Nick, you had the opportunity to travel across the country how many times?

Twice.

Twice.

And was this on family vacations?

Yep.

All right.

So where'd you go each time?

The first time we went to Georgia and then Texas.

Okay.

And the second time we went to the Grand Canyon.

All right.

Any favorites amongst that?

I really liked the Grand Canyon.

It was really neat.

I mean, who doesn't like the Grand Canyon, right?

Yeah.

Georgia and Texas were okay.

Yeah, they were good.

Just okay.

When you travel, you traveling by car, you traveling, like, in a camper?

We travel in the camper.

Okay, So that must have been a pretty long trip, then.

Yeah, it was.

Yeah.

Well, that's super.

That's fun.

All right.

Nick is joined by Kinsey, who's a bit of a musician.

Kinsey plays the... Violin.

The violin.

And how long have you been playing the violin?

Since seventh grade.

Since seventh grade.

Okay, that's fantastic.

And do you mostly play at school?

Do you get to play out or anything like that?

Yeah, I've started out school with my music teacher that actually learned with me.

But then the Chincoteague Cultural Alliance, my local town was able to fund private lessons and so I still practice on my own to this day.

Well, it's fantastic.

Well, shout out to them for funding your your lessons.

That's a wonderful.

All right.

Kinsey is joined by Evan.

Evan'’’s, a bit of a chef, a vegan chef, and has a maybe not so secret recipe for what food?

Pancakes.

But not just any pancakes.

These are vegan pancakes, right?

So so some of the standard ingredients, but like, what are the sort of notable ingredients that I wouldn't find in regular pancakes?

Flaxseed and applesauce.

Flaxseed and applesauce?

Can you taste the apple when you're eating them?

They're not really great.

They just they just taste great.

All right.

Excellent.

And then who taught you this recipe?

My grandmother.

shout out to Grandma.

All right, So Evan is joined by Kailea to round out the top four on the team.

And Kailea got to have an awesome experience as part of a school trip.

Tell us about it.

I did.

I got to travel to Ecuador.

We went into the Amazon rainforest and also the Andes.

That's amazing.

It's just for a school trip.

Got to go to Ecuador.

But you didn't just get to go there.

You got to do something really cool while you were there that I've never done.

I got to go ziplining in the Amazon, but not just zip lining.

I got to go upside down ziplining, which was incredible.

So you're literally hanging upside down as your zip lining, like your head is the lowest part of your body.

All right.

How long was that ride?

It was pretty short, but it felt really long.

I was getting to say, I don't know how long the human body can handle being upside down for so long, but super jealous of what a great opportunity that would have been.

All right, so the team alternate is I'm sorry, I don't have his name.

And the coach is social studies teacher Ryan Baker, and they're the team from new found regional high school.

All right.

And one more introduction for you and that, of course, back with us again is our judge Ann Boulanger.

All right.

Team's introductions are done and out of the way.

We're going to go ahead and play Granite State challenge.

So grab those signaling devices and get ready to play in round one of Granite State challenge, we play ten point toss up question.

So ten points for each question No penalty for incorrect responses.

Lin-Wood and Newfound Good luck.

Here we go.

This planet in our solar system has only one moon.

Nick of Newfound.

Earth.

That's the one.

This capital of Cambodia is home to over 2 million people and is located on the banks of the tunnel.

SAP, Mekong and Abersoch Rivers.

Capital of Cambodia, is Phnom Penh.

Teams which article of the US Constitution establishes the judicial branch of government?

Evan of Newfound.

The third.

That is right.

This actor who played Sam Spade in the Maltese Falcon, Rick Blaine in Casablanca, and Philip Marlowe in The Big Sleep won his only best actor Oscar in 1952 for his portrayal of Charlie Allnut in the movie The African Queen.

The famous actor is Humphrey Bogart.

Humphrey Bogart.

All right, teams, horse drawn vehicles created by the Abbot Downing Company that were used as male coaches and stagecoaches were first built in this New Hampshire city.

Sorry, Nick, not quite in time.

Concord, New Hampshire.

All right, teams in this sport, you will find chasers, beaters, keepers and seekers.

Evan of Newfound.

Quidditch.

Right.

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

The first article of the US Constitution establishes the legislative branch.

In the last article of the Constitution explains the criteria for ratification of the Constitution.

How many articles are there in the US Constitution?

Sarah of Lin-Wood.

Ten.

Sorry, no.

Newfound Evan.

Eight.

There are seven articles in the Constitution.

The human gestation period is around nine months, and the gestation period for a cat is around two months.

The gestation period for this mammal is between 18 and 22 months, the longest of any living mammal.

Nick of Newfound.

Elephant.

That's right.

All right.

You have pencil and paper there for you for a math question if you need it.

How many minutes are there in a week of school, if the school day is 6 hours long?

How many minutes are there in a week of school, if the school day is 6 hours long?

You were almost there- closing in on 1800 minutes.

That's a lot of minutes.

And that sound actually ends round one and looks like Newfound out to a quick lead by a score of 40 to 0.

All right, Good job, teams.

Keep it up.

We're going to move into round two, which is our three strikes and you're out round.

Here's how the round works.

Each team gets ten questions and I'll go down the line, each question to each player, each question worth ten points, starting with the team captain moving down.

You have three passes that you can use if you need to and you can communicate non verbally with each other.

We will continue down the line coming back to the start as we go until all ten questions are asked or until three strikes and you're out.

And one more reminder that each question gives a clue to the next question so they connect in that way.

So, Lin-Wood, we are going to start with you and Sarah.

This is your question.

Jane Taylor wrote the lyrics to a song wondering about the location of this type of celestial body in 1806.

I don't know.

She wrote Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star.

Ryder, this author wrote a book about star bellied snitches in 1953.

Pass.

Gabby Dr. Seuss is correct.

You don't need to ring in.

Danny, in the Bible, this man was stuck in the belly of a whale.

Pass.

Sarah.

Pass.

All right, That's your third pass.

Ryder.

Jonah.

Jonah is correct.

Gabby, This whale was the nemesis of Captain Ahab.

I don't know.

It is Moby Dick.

Danny, Captain Underpants is the creation of this author.

it is Dave Pilkey.

And is that the third strike?

All right, so three strikes and any correct responses in that round.

All right, Newfound, we turn to you.

All right, same drill.

Nick, we'll start with you.

This pig is famous for saying that's all, folks, at the end of Looney Tunes cartoons.

Porky Pig.

That's correct.

Kinsey, Pig Pen is a character in this cartoon strip created by Charles Schulz.

Pass.

The Peanuts.

Peanuts is right, Kailea, this black inventor and scientist is known for coming up with over 300 uses for peanuts.

I don't know.

It is George Washington Carver.

Nick, George Washington Carver was a professor at Tuskegee University, located in this state.

Virginia.

It is Alabama.

Kinsey, this woman who wouldn't give up her seat on a bus and is known as the first lady of civil rights, was born in Tuskegee, Alabama.

Rosa Parks?

Correct.

Evan, these three amendments to the US Constitution deal with civil rights and abolished slavery, gave citizenship to all people born in the US and gave black American men the right to vote.

Looking for the three amendment numbers.

14, 17 and 22.

Nope, they are the 13th, 14th and 15th.

You had one of them.

Is that the third strike?

All right.

Three strikes and that ends your three strikes.

Rounds.

And now we move on to the 60 second round.

So I'd like to invite any alternates to come on up and join their teams up on the podium for the 60 second round.

Each team will get ten questions in a category.

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

You get ten points for each correct response with a bonus of ten points if you get them all correct.

We have three categories to choose from in Lin-Wood as the team trailing, we're going to start with you.

You get first choice from: City States, That's News To Me, and Ten under Ten.

City states, That's News to Me, and Ten Under Ten.

We'll do ten under ten.

Ten under ten.

Okay.

The answers to the following will all be fictional characters under ten years old?

Sarah I'll take your answer as the team answer.

Start the clock.

She is a pacifier sucking baby on The Simpsons.

Maggie.

Yes.

This Roald Dahl character goes to a school headed by Miss Agatha Trunchbull.

Matilda Yes.

This character in a Charles Dickens Christmas Carol melts Scrooge's heart and heart.

Tiny Tim.

Yes.

This young girl finds herself in Wonderland.

Alice Yes.

This young girl goes to a boarding school in Paris run by nuns.

Madeline Yes.

This character created by Judith Viorst had a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day.

Can we skip?

Yes.

It was Alexander.

This furry red character with an orange nose is three years old and lives on Sesame Street.

Elmo Yes.

This owner of Woody and Buzz Lightyear was six years old in the first Toy Story movie.

Andy?

Yes.

This character created by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry is from the asteroid B612.

Scott.

Sorry, The Little Prince didn't quite get to the last one, but a good round.

How many?

Seven out of ten on your 60 second round.

All right, great job.

Pressures on a Newfound.

And Nick, you and your team get to choose from City States and That's News to Me.

We'’’ll choose City States.

City States.

Okay.

For this category, name the states in which the following cities and towns are located.

So.

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

Start the clock.

Pawtucket, Newport, Providence, Rhode Island.

Yes.

Moscow, Cordileone.

Boise, Idaho.

Yes.

Ogunquit.

Wells.

Bangor, Maine.

Yes.

Dayton.

Akron.

Toledo, Ohio.

Yes.

Fayetteville.

Chapel Hill.

Asheville, North Carolina.

Yes.

Carlsbad.

Las Cruces, Roswell.

New Mexico.

Yes.

Wasilla.

Seward.

Juneau, Alaska.

Yes.

Dover.

New Castle.

Rehoboth Beach, Delaware.

Yes.

Dover.

New Castle.

Keene, New Hampshire.

Yes.

Fresno.

Bakersfield.

Beverly Hills.

California.

That sounds like ten out of ten to me.

Very well done on your 60 second round.

All right.

Great job, teams.

We're going to roll right into round four.

Thank you very much alternates.

In round four, we continue with our toss up questions.

We're going to double the point value to 20 point toss of questions, but we will also be deducting 20 points for any incorrect responses.

So play smart.

A lot can change in this round.

Lin-Wood and Newfound.

Good luck.

Here we go on March 14th, 1958, the song Catch a Falling Star, sung by Perry Como, became the first single classified as a gold record by the Recording Industry Association of America.

In the song, one is advised to do this with a falling star that they catch.

Gabby of Lin-Wood?

Wish upon?

Ooh, good guess, but no, It is to put it in your pocket.

Catch a falling star.

Put it in your pocket.

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

The picture you are looking at may look like a llama, but it is the llama pacos a smaller, domesticated relative of the llama.

Sarah of Lin-Wood?

Alpacas.

Alpacas is right.

Teams, what is the minimum age you must be to serve in the US House of Representatives?

Only have to be 25 years old to be in the US House of Representatives.

The lead singer for this rock band is known as Axl Rose, but his given name is William Bailey.

Axl Rose, the lead singer of Guns N Roses.

While this spiral galaxy is not the closest to the Milky Way galaxy, it is the brightest galaxy visible in the night sky.

It is 2,200,000 light years away and is named for the wife of Perseus.

Looking for the Andromeda Galaxy teams.

What is the name of the city that Batman protects from evil villains?

And Gabby of Lin-wood.

Gotham?

That's right.

This North American country has a total of 31 states.

Nick, of Newfound.

Canada.

Sorry, no.

Ryder of Lin-Wood.

Mexico.

That's correct.

This insect inspired piece of music by Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov was written as an orchestral interlude for his opera, The Tale of Czar Sultan.

Evan of Newfound.

Flight of the Bumblebees.

Yes, there are 24 stories in this collection of stories by Geoffrey Chaucer, including the Friar's Tale, The Monk's tale, The Knight's Tale, and the wife of Bath's Tale.

They are the Canterbury Tales.

The shortest inauguration speech to date contained only 135 words and was given by George Washington.

The longest inauguration speech was 8445 words and was given by this president in 1841.

He died 41 days later from pneumonia, not exhaustion.

The shortest presidency.

William Henry Harrison.

All right teams.

This chemical element was known sorry is known by the single letter W It is a grayish white metal and has the highest melting point of all the elements.

At 6192 degrees Fahrenheit.

Nick of Newfound.

Tungsten?

Yes.

All right, teams, another math question for you.

You have pen and paper in case you need it.

How many minutes are there in one two day weekend?

How many minutes in one two day weekend?

Tough to get that math out in time.

It is 2880.

This 984 foot tall building was the tallest human made structure in the world from 1889 until 1930, when the Chrysler Building surpassed it at 1046 feet.

Ryder of Lin-Wood.

Eiffel Tower?

Eiffel Tower is correct.

The name of this Australian egg laying mammal is Greek for flat footed.

Evan of Newfound.

platypus.

Yes.

Before he became Winnie the Pooh, he was known as Edward Bear in the 1924 poem Teddy Bear by this author A.A. Milne.

In 1867, the United States paid around $0.02 an acre to Russia for this land.

Ryder of Lin-Wood.

Alaska.

That's correct.

You can't be flighty if you're a serious Lepidopterist.

What does a lepidopterist study?

I did not know it.

Butterflies.

All right, teams, your next question is our Unitil Power Question is worth 40 points and is coming to you on your monitors.

Take a look.

In 2022, 3.4% of renewable energy came from this source.

It comes from solar power.

All right.

Before he became a US president, this man shared the screen with a chimpanzee in the film Bedtime for Bonzo.

That would be Ronald Reagan.

This element was once known as Kalium, which is why its symbol is the letter K. Gabby of Lin-Wood.

Potassium.

Correct.

The only words spoken in the 1976 movie silent movie were spoken by world renowned mime Marcel Marceau.

The director of the movie was this man also known for his work on the comedy classics Blazing Saddles.

The Producers and Spaceballs.

It is Mel Brooks.

In what 1959 Disney movie about a somnolent royalty, will you find the fairies, Flora, Fauna and Merryweather?

Kailea of Newfound.

Sleeping Beauty?

That's right.

Kenesaw Mountain Landis served as the first commissioner for this sport from 1920 until his death in 1944.

He was the first commissioner of baseball.

Teams, another math question for you: If you run ten miles, how many feet have you run, Evan, of Newfound?

52,600.

Sorry, no, Lin-Wood.

It was close, 52,800.

Teams, in what book will you find the terms?

Woe is me.

Reap the whirlwind and stranger in a strange land?

You'll find those in the Bible.

Brenda Lee first recorded this song in 1958 when she was 13.

It made it to number one on the Billboard Top 100 list 65 years later, in 2023.

You might be singing it this season.

It is rockin around the Christmas Tree.

And a match the tightened up at the very end, but Newfound will be moving on by a score of 220 to 190.

Congratulations on your win.

Newfound.

We're very happy for you.

Excited to see you when you face off against Plymouth in round one of Granite State challenge.

And Lin-Wood.

It's always great to have you here on the show.

We hope you had fun.

And we had fun having you here.

And for those of you watching at home, we hope you had fun, too.

More importantly, maybe we hope you learned a lot, because I did as well.

And we'll see you next time.

Bye bye.

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