(light synth music)
(upbeat pop music)
- Welcome to Scholastic HiQ,
the game where knowledge rules.
I'm your host Zach Barrett,
and have you ever heard
that when your eyelash
falls out and you blow
it, you get a wish?
I've been doing that all
day and it looks like
my wish came true 'cause
you're here to watch
this game with us today.
Up top and from Cisne,
we gotta meet these guys.
George, he is a
sophomore for Cisne.
Next to George is
Noah, who is a junior.
Next to Noah we have Josh,
who is also a junior.
And at the very end
we have Rebeccah.
She is a senior.
And opposing Cisne down
below from Mascoutah.
We have Lily.
She is a freshman.
Next to her is Chandler,
who is a sophomore,
or a senior, excuse me.
Next to him is Ian,
who is also a senior.
And the man at the end is Will.
Guess what?
He's a senior.
So now that we have the
introductions out of the way,
let's get to the rules.
There are three
rounds in this game.
Two of them are toss-up
rounds and one of them
is a lightning round.
In the toss-up rounds,
they're worth 10 points,
the questions are.
If you get that one right,
you get a 20-point
bonus question.
If you get that
bonus question wrong,
the other team has a chance
to steal for half the points.
A lightning round is
in effect today where
you guys will have one
minute to answer as many
questions as I can ask.
If you don't know one,
you can pass on it,
and when I'm done
with questions,
you can come back to it.
But my most important
thing I have to say is,
are you ready to play
some Scholastic HiQ,
the game where knowledge rules?
- [Student] Yes, sir.
- We've got the excitement.
You guys can't
see 'em right now,
but this excitement is
palpable in here right now.
But I think we should
get it started with this
first 10-point toss-up.
What politician who was
assassinated by Carl Weiss
in 1935 advocated the
Share Our Wealth program
as a populous
governor of Louisiana?
(buzzer buzzing)
That would be Huey Long.
So the first question of
the game goes for not,
so here we go with
our second one.
What periodic motion
was demonstrated in 1851
in the Paris Pantheon
by the procession of
Foucault's pendulum
and has one revolution
every 24 hours?
(buzzer buzzing)
That would be the
rotation of the earth.
So our first two
questions go for not.
That's fine.
Everybody's a
little nervous here.
Another 10-point toss-up.
What Biblical figure who
was depicted as a man
of the mountain by
Nora Neale Hurston was
the husband of Zipporah and
received the 10 Commandments?
(bell ringing)
Mascoutah Will.
- Moses?
- Moses is correct for the
first 10 points of the game.
Going to Mascoutah
there thanks to Will.
They're gonna get their
chance at this 20-point
bonus which is,
polar bears were used
in experiments conducted
by the Dharma Initiative
in what TV series
about the survivors of the
crash of Oceanic flight 815?
(students whispering)
- Lost?
- Lost is correct for 20
points there to Mascoutah
as they jump ahead early
in the game with the lead,
but we've got plenty of time.
We have an audio
question for you now.
I'm gonna let it
play before I read.
♪ The phone rings in
the middle of the night
♪ My father yells what you
gonna do with your life
♪ Oh daddy did you know you're
This singer,
songwriter, actress--
(bell ringing)
Cisne Josh.
- Cyndi Lauper.
- Cyndi Lauper it is.
We got a Cyndi Lauper
fan in the building.
That's good for the first
10 points of the game,
going to Cisne.
Your bonus.
Which laboratory technique
uses crystal violet dye
to detect the presence
or absence of a thick
peptidoglycan layer in the
cell's walls of bacteria?
(students whispering)
- Gel electrophoresis.
- [Zach] That is incorrect.
Mascoutah, do you have a steal?
(students whispering)
(buzzer buzzing)
You have an answer?
- No answer.
- The answer would
be a gram stain.
So that bonus question, nobody
gets any points on that one.
We're gonna move right
along to this 10-pointer.
What North American city, which
was formerly known as York,
was once--
(bell ringing)
Cisne George.
- New York City.
- That is incorrect.
Five points to Mascoutah
for the interruption.
Known as York, was once led by
mayor William Lyon Mackenzie
and is one of the most
populous cities in Canada?
(bell ringing)
Mascoutah Will?
- Toronto?
- Toronto is correct for 10
points right there to Mascoutah.
It's gonna earn them
another bonus, which is,
with the Schengen
Area of Europe,
people do not need to
present what documents
which may have visas
entered in them?
(students whispering)
- Passports?
- Passport is correct
for 20 more points
to Mascoutah as they're off
to a great start in this one.
We're gonna move right
along to another 10-pointer.
What states 2016
U.S. senate race pits
Catherine Cortez Masto against
Representative Joe Heck
to replace retiring Senate
Minority Leader Harry Reid?
(bell ringing)
Mascoutah Will?
- Nevada?
- Nevada is correct for 10
more points to Mascoutah
thanks to Will.
And their chance at 20
more coming right now.
In June of 2016, a funeral
in Louisiana, Kentucky,
was held for, excuse me,
Louisville, Kentucky,
was held for what man who
styled himself the greatest?
- Muhammad Ali?
- Muhammad Ali is correct.
He was way smoother than
I read that question,
but 20 more points go to
Mascoutah on that one.
Another 10-pointer.
Which alkaline earth metal
has atomic number 20,
has a carbonite
found in limestone,
and mineralizes to
form the hard parts
of human bones and teeth?
(bell ringing)
Mascoutah Lily.
- Calcium?
- Calcium is correct for 10
more points there to Mascoutah.
And now your 20-point bonus.
What winner of the 1966
Heisman Trophy who retired
in 2015 is coach of Southern
Carolina's football team,
won a 1996 National
Title at Florida?
(students whispering)
- No answer.
- [Zach] Cisne, do
you have a steal?
- Mark Trestman.
- Oh, geez, no it's not.
Thank god it wasn't
Mark Trestman.
The correct answer was Steve
Spurrier, old ball coach.
Nobody gets that one.
I don't think anyone really
deserved that one honestly.
Mark Trestman?
We have a video question
here for ya for this
10-point toss-up.
This comedian, actor,
writer, and television host
is famous for hosting
The Tonight Show.
(bell ringing)
Cisne Josh.
- [Josh] Leno.
- Jay Leno is correct for
10 points there to Cisne.
That's gonna earn them
this chance at 20 more.
What African American
taxi driver was beaten
by Los Angeles
policemen in 1991,
which led to a riot the
next year when the officers
were acquitted?
(students whispering)
- No answer.
- [Zach] Mascoutah,
do you have an answer?
- No answer.
- That man that got beat
by police was Rodney King.
- [Student] Rodney King.
- So nobody gets
those 20 points there.
So I'm gonna throw
10 more at ya.
What war during which
the USS Charleston
captured the island of Guam,
also included George
Dewey's victory at
the Battle of
Manila Bay in 1898?
(bell ringing)
Mascoutah Will?
- Spanish-American War?
- That is correct.
The Spanish-American War
for 10 more points there
thanks to Will.
And your bonus.
South America's Aconcagua is
an example of what natural
land form created by a
process called or-a-jon-ee.
(students whispering)
- No answer.
- [Zach] Cisne, do
you have an answer?
- Plateau?
- That is incorrect.
The correct answer
would be mountains.
Another 10-pointer here as
we're moving along real quick
in our first round.
What British author wrote
about Lucy Honeychurch's
trip to Florence in
A Room with a View,
and described the
trial of Doctor Aziz in
A Passage to India?
(buzzer buzzing)
That would be E.M. Forster.
E.M. Forster.
Another 10-pointer here.
From what country where
ISIS damaged the UNESCO
site of Palmyra have
four million refugees
fled to Europe--
(bell ringing)
Cisne George.
- Syria.
- Syria is correct for
10 points to Cisne there.
That's gonna earn them
this 20-point bonus,
which is a math question.
Lucky you guys, so you have
your pencil and paper ready.
What is the reciprocal
or multi-applicative
inverse of the
imaginary number I?
- Negative one?
(buzzer buzzing)
- [Zach] Negative one,
that is incorrect.
Mascoutah, do you have a steal?
(students whispering)
- Negative I?
- That is correct for
20 points to Mascoutah
on that math question.
10 points, excuse me.
I'm just givin' away
points just willy-nilly.
You guys get half the points.
We have a still
question for you now
for this 10-point toss-up.
This two-wheeled self-balancing
battery-powered vehicle--
(bell ringing)
Cisne George.
- Segway.
- Segway is correct
for 10 points.
At my school you were
cool if you had a Segway.
I didn't have one.
Cisne, your 20-point bonus.
What Japanese author committed
seppuku on live television
after writing the Temple
of the Golden Pavilion
and the Sea of Fertility?
- Matsuo Basho.
- [Zach] That is incorrect.
Mascoutah, you have an answer?
- No answer.
- The correct answer
would be Yukio Mishima.
Another 10-pointer here in
our first round of play.
A compound's mass percentages,
but not more mass,
can be found from what
kind of chemical formula
that gives the simplest
ratios of atoms present?
Cisne Noah?
- Empirical formula?
- That is correct for 10 more
points to Cisne on that one
as they're climbing
up here in our game.
Your bonus is,
Peter Cooper was the first
presidential candidate
of what 19th century
political party
that called for the
namesake paper currency?
- The Know-Nothing Party.
- [Zach] That is incorrect.
Mascoutah, do you have a steal?
- Green Party.
- [Zach] Excuse me?
- Green?
- That, do you have anymore?
- Green Leaf Party?
- That's incorrect.
You were close.
It's the Greenback Party.
The Greenback Party, so nobody
gets those 20 points there.
(bell ringing)
And we are done
with our first round
with that sound of a doorbell.
So now we're going to take
it to our lightning round.
(thunder clapping)
In the lightning round,
the team that is behind in
the game gets to go first,
so Cisne, you guys get
to pick your category,
which I have right here,
which are Arthurian Legend,
Campaign Slogans,
American Car Brands,
and Native American Words.
- [Student] American Car Brands.
- [Rebeccah]
American Car Brands.
- American Car Brands it is
for Cisne in their first round
of play here.
You guys are gonna have
one minute to answer
as many questions as I can ask.
If you pass on any and if
I run out of questions,
I'll ask you those
questions again.
Your time, I'm going to
give you two car models,
and you're gonna have to
give me the make of the car.
So here we go.
Your time starts when I
count back from three.
In three, two, one.
The Camaro and the Impala.
- Chevrolet.
- [Zach] Correct.
Mustang and Taurus.
- Ford.
- [Zach] Correct.
Century and LaCrosse.
- Buick.
- [Zach] Correct.
300 and Town and Country.
- Chrysler.
- [Zach] Correct.
CTS and Escalade.
- Cadillac.
- [Zach] Correct.
Viper and Dart.
- Dodge.
- [Zach] Correct.
88 and Cutlass.
- Oldsmobile.
- [Zach] Correct.
Model X and Model S.
- Acura.
- [Zach] Incorrect.
Sierra and Canyon.
- GMC.
- [Zach] Correct.
Pacer and Gremlin, both of
which debuted in the 1970s.
- AMC or American Motor Company.
- [Zach] That is correct,
and that is a fast time
right there by Cisne.
Talk about rapid fire.
They got everyone
correct except for
the Model X and Model S.
Those are Tesla Motor Company's.
So that was a very
impressive round right there
for Cisne as they
take the lead actually
after that lightning round.
But Mascoutah hasn't gone yet,
so let's not get
too excited here.
Mascoutah, your categories
you have to choose from
are Arthurian Legend,
Campaign Slogans,
and Native American Words.
- [Student] Campaign Slogans.
- Campaign Slogans
it is for Mascoutah
in their lightning round as
they try to recapture this lead.
I'm going to give you a
slogan and you're going
to have to give me the
presidential candidate
that used that slogan.
Your time will start when
I count back from three.
In three, two, one.
Tippecanoe and Tyler, too.
(students whispering)
- Harrison?
- [Zach] Correct.
I like Ike.
- Eisenhower.
- [Zach] Correct.
Ross for boss.
This billionaire was the
third party candidate--
- Ross Perot.
- [Zach] Of the 1990s, correct.
He kept us out of war.
- Pass.
- [Zach] Yes we can.
- Obama.
- [Zach] Correct.
44, 40, or fight.
- Pass.
- [Zach] A chicken in every
pot and a car in every garage.
- Hoover?
- [Zach] Correct.
In your heart you
know he's right.
- Pass.
- [Zach] I'm with her.
- Hillary Clinton?
- [Zach] Correct.
Not just peanuts.
This Democrat was from Georgia.
- Carter.
- [Zach] Correct.
Going back to ones
you passed on.
He kept us out of war.
- Madison.
- Madison.
- [Zach] Incorrect.
40, 440 or fight.
(buzzer buzzing)
And that is all of your time.
44, 40 or fight
would be James Polk.
And the other one you passed on,
in your heart you
know he's right,
is Barry Goldwater,
the Republican that lost
the election of 1964.
So that is our lightning round,
and that just got our
game a whole lot tighter
going into our
final round of play.
It'll be another
10-point toss-up round
for those of you who are
new to the program here.
And we're gonna get
it started with this
10-point toss-up question.
A 10-point program
was introduced in 1967
by what activist group
which was co-founded
by Huey P. Newton and was
symbolized by a large cat?
(bell ringing)
Mascoutah Will?
- Black Panther Party?
- The Black Panther
Party is correct.
10 points to Mascoutah there
on that correct answer.
And your bonus.
What beautiful Norse deity,
the father of Forseti,
was killed by an arrow
made with mistletoe
by his blind brother?
- No answer.
- [Zach] Cisne, do
you have an answer?
- Odin?
- That is incorrect.
The correct answer is Baldur.
Another 10-point toss-up here.
Moving right along in
our third round of play.
What author of the
utopian novel Herland
wrote about a woman who
goes mad after being forced
to take a rest cure in her
story The Yellow Wallpaper?
(buzzer buzzing)
That would be Charlotte Gilman.
Charlotte Gilman did that one.
We have an audio
question for you now for
this 10-point toss-up.
I'm gonna let that
play before I read.
♪ Gettin' pedicure
on my toes, toes
♪ Tryin' on all our
clothes, clothes
♪ Boys blowin'
our phones, phones
♪ Drop top and
playin' our favorite
This artist got her big break--
(bell ringing)
Cisne George.
- Kesha.
- Yes, it is Kesha
for 10 points.
Everyone was just
waitin' for me to be done
with that just 'cause they
knew the answer right away.
Cisne, your 20-point bonus is,
the Pacific longtailed
and koel are species of
what birds that reproduce
by tricking other birds
into raising their offspring?
- Herrings.
- [Zach] That is incorrect.
Mascoutah, do you have a steal?
- No answer.
- It would be the
cuckoos, the cuckoo bird.
Makes a lot of sense
if you think about it.
Another 10-point toss-up.
Which part of the body
contains the most basilic vein,
brachial artery,
and ulnar nerve,
and also features the
humerus bone and elbow joint?
Mascoutah Chandler.
- [Chandler] Arm?
- The arm is correct for
10 more points to Mascoutah
on that one.
That's gonna earn you guys
another bonus which is,
what Ludwig von
Beethoven symphony,
whose home key is F major,
includes movements
portraying a scene by a brook
and a thunderstorm?
- Fifth.
- [Zach] That is incorrect.
Cisne, do you have an answer?
- Moonlight Sonata?
- Moonlight Sonata is incorrect.
The correct answer is
Symphony number six.
Mascoutah was close
there with five,
but it's six.
So nobody gets those
bonus points there.
Another 10-point toss-up.
What country mainly found
on a peninsula called
Asia Minor is home to
Mt. Ararat and is east
along the cities of
Ankara and Istanbul?
(bell ringing)
Mascoutah Lily?
- Turkey.
- Turkey is correct for 10
more points to Mascoutah there.
It's gonna earn you guys
another bonus question which is,
Madame Defarge knits to record
the names of her enemies
in what Charles Dickens
novel that begins,
"It was the best of times,
it was the worst of times"?
(students whispering)
- Tale of Two Cities.
- That is correct.
A Tale of Two Cities for 20
more points there to Mascoutah.
They're startin' to pull
away here on the scoreboard.
Another 10-point toss-up.
What painting inspired by
the three glorious days
depicts a bare-breasted
woman carrying a French flag
and was painted by
Eugene Delacroix?
(bell ringing)
Mascoutah Will.
- Nighthawks?
- [Zach] That is incorrect.
(bell ringing)
Cisne George.
- The Mona Lisa.
- That is incorrect as well.
The correct answer is
Liberty Leading the People.
Moving right along.
This one is gonna be
a video question now
on our 10-point toss-up.
This British actress was
actually born in Paris, France--
(bell ringing)
Mascoutah Lily.
- Emma Watson.
- Emma Watson is correct
for 10 more points there
to Mascoutah as
they're on a roll here
in our final round of play.
That's gonna earn them
another 20-point bonus
which is, what African
river which forms the border
between Zambia and Zimbabwe
is home to Victoria Falls?
(students whispering)
- Zambezi?
- Zambezi is correct for 20
points there to Mascoutah.
And I got more questions.
This one's for 10 points.
Conic sections can be
classified by what quantity
which is one for every parabola
and zero for every circle,
and is often denoted
by the letter E?
(buzzer buzzing)
It would be eccentricity.
Another 10-point toss-up here.
What war, which is the
background of the novel
A Bell for Adonos
by John Hersey,
is also depicted in a
novel by John Yossarian
entitle Catch-22?
(bell ringing)
Mascoutah Ian.
- World War II?
- World War II is correct
for 10 more points
to Mascoutah here in
our final round of play.
And your bonus.
What Washington DC school
is the nation's only
liberal arts college for
the hearing impaired?
- No answer.
- [Zach] No answer
from Mascoutah there.
Cisne, do you have an answer?
- No answer.
- That would be
Gallaudet University
for the hearing impaired.
Another 10-point toss-up.
What painter of the
series The Freeze of Life
which includes The
Death in the Sickroom
showed a figure on a
bridge clutching his face
in The Scream?
Mascoutah Chandler.
- Munch?
- Munch is correct.
Munch for 10 points
to Mascoutah.
Your 20 point bonus.
What medal whose
predecessor was a badge of
military merit created
by George Washington
was first awarded in 1932 and
features Washington's profile?
(students whispering)
- Purple Heart?
- The Purple Heart is
correct for 20 more points
right there to Mascoutah.
A still question for you now
for this 10-point toss-up.
This woman was an African
American civil rights activist.
The United States
Congress calls her
the first lady of civil rights.
Mascoutah Will.
- Rosa Parks?
- Rosa Parks is correct.
Now for your 20-point
bonus question.
What two word
alliterative name is given
to the event in which
the observable universe
exploded outward
from a singularity?
- Big Bang?
- Big Bang is correct
for 20 more points
on that bonus by Mascoutah.
And we're just gonna
keep plugging along here
on our final round
of play with another
10-point toss-up.
What state, which was
home to a now collapsed
rock formation known as the
Old Man of the Mountain,
includes such cities
as Nashua and Concord?
(bell ringing)
Cisne George.
- Massachusetts?
- [Zach] Incorrect.
(bell ringing)
Mascoutah Will.
- Connecticut?
- Incorrect as well.
The correct answer
is New Hampshire.
Another 10-point toss-up.
What texts which
were discovered by
a Bedouin shepherd
in the 1940s include
early Jewish
interpretations of the Bible
and are named for a salt lake?
(bell ringing)
Mascoutah Will.
- Dead Sea Scrolls?
- Dead Sea Scrolls is
correct for another 10 points
there to Mascoutah.
That's gonna earn
them another bonus.
Swiss cheese is shop
for allegedly stealing
a cash box in Mother
Courage and Her Children,
a drama by what
German playwright of
the Three Pennyopera?
- No answer.
- [Zach] Cisne, do you have one?
(students whispering)
- No answer.
- That would be Bertolt Brecht,
would be the correct
answer on that one.
(bell ringing)
And that sound means
that we have come
to an end here on our game.
It was a close one throughout,
but Mascoutah pulls away
from Cisne here in the end.
I had a great time this week.
I hope you did as well.
We'll see ya next week.
(upbeat techno music)