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-Tonight it's Coronado... [cheers and applause] ...taking on Palo Verde.

[cheers and applause] This is Varsity Quiz!

[crashing sound] ♪♪♪ [cheers and applause] Hi, and welcome to the 55th season of Varsity Quiz.

It's an honor to be your host, Nathan Tannenbaum.

We're on the road to the Silver League championship.

This is the first of two semifinal matches.

There were 20 schools in three divisions in this year's Silver League.

Tonight it's Coronado, who defeated Bishop Gorman in their quarterfinal match, taking on Palo Verde, who defeated Moapa Valley in their semifinal.

Our starting players, starting with Coronado: There's Xander.

Hey Xander.

-What's up?

-Mia is here.

-Hi.

-Maryiam is here.

-Hello.

-And Daniel is here.

And the coach for Coronado, Matt Aberaman.

Ladies and gentlemen, Coronado!

[applause] The starting players for Palo Verde: There's German.

Hey, German.

Welcome back.

There's Ben.

Howdy.

-Aaron is here.

-What's up?

-And Ro is here.

There are two coaches for Palo, Kateri Christian and Duane Hanson.

Ladies and gentlemen, Palo Verde!

[applause] Students, you ready?

Let's play Varsity Quiz.

One example of what biological concept is the viceroy butterfly whose resemblance to the monarch butterfly keeps it safer?

Coronado, Maryiam: biomimicry -I think we can take that.

Yes.

Points on the board for Coronado.

We move on.

What is the SI unit of electric charge?

Coronado, Daniel: the coulomb -Yes.

Next question.

Which technology is being studied for creating organs from a person's own cells so they could get a kidney or heart transplant made for them-- Palo, Ro: stem cell therapy -That's incorrect.

Coronado, Daniel: embryonic stem cell technology -No.

Check this out.

It's 3D printing.

Weird.

On we go.

The capital of Indonesia began moving-- Coronado, Xander: Jakarta -That's correct.

Next question.

Which short story by Poe provides examples of all three kinds of irony as Montresor-- Coronado, Maryiam: "The Cask of Amontillado" -That is correct.

Next question.

What's the name of the boundary in space where the solar wind meets interstellar space?

Coronado, Maryiam: Kuiper Belt -Incorrect.

[bell chimes, time expires] It's the heliopause.

Okay.

Next question.

It's a calculation question, students.

The store called "Max Price" is offering a 30% discount on all items.

If a fancy spatula originally cost $120, what's the discounted price before tax?

We'll go with Palo, Aaron: $80 -That's incorrect.

Coronado, Maryiam: $84 -That is correct.

You don't need to lean in.

We gotcha.

No, you're all good.

We keep moving on.

What's the two-word term for the humorous scenes that follow a sad or tragic point in a story, a technique that Shakespeare is well known for?

Palo, German: comic relief -That is correct.

Points on the board for Palo.

Let's keep going.

What international climate agreement from 2015-- Coronado, Daniel: The Paris Accords -Can we take that?

Yeah, I mean, that's-- We need something more specific.

-The Paris Agreement -Yes.

Next question.

The event that sparked America's involvement in World War II-- Coronado, Daniel: Pearl Harbor -Yes.

The fiscal policy of a nation involves using both the expenditures and the revenue from what major source of government income to influence-- Coronado, Daniel: taxes -Yes.

In April 2023, NASA announced the names of the four astronauts who will be circling the moon in what named mission?

Coronado, Mia: Artemis -No.

Palo, Aaron: Apollo -No.

It's Artemis II.

Next question.

This style was an art movement from 1917 to 1931, artists such as Mondrian, Bart van der Leck.

It was started in the city of Leiden in which country?

Corrado, Maryiam: France -Incorrect.

Palo, Ro: Italy -Incorrect.

It was the Netherlands.

Next question.

Some species of animals and plants don't fossilize as well as others.

They're found far less or not at all.

Although unintentional, this shares a word that means "to have an unfair prejudiced view for or against someone."

But in paleontology, it's called the fossil record what?

Palo, Ben: discrimination -Incorrect.

Coronado, Xander: bias -Yes.

Next question.

Chatbots aim to mimic what using AI?

That's Palo, Ro: humans -Can we take that?

Yes.

Points on the board for Palo as we move on.

Picasso's iconic Guernica, created to show the horror of what?

Palo, Aaron: bombing of Spain -I don't think we can take that.

No, we need something different.

Coronado, Mia: Spanish Civil War -No.

We were just looking for war, in general.

So you guys were over specifying.

Next question.

What's the process by which a population becomes better suited to its environment over many generations?

Coronado, Daniel: adaptation -Incorrect.

Palo, Aaron: evolution -No.

We were looking for natural selection.

Those are both good answers though.

Just not correct.

What's the name of the traditional Japanese theatre form with elaborate costumes and stylized performances?

Coronado, Mia: Kabuki -Yes.

An example of a stellar remnant, what type of celestial object known for its incredibly dense core and comparatively small size is the remains of a collapsed massive supergiant?

Coronado, Daniel: a white dwarf -Incorrect.

[bell chimes, time expires] [buzzer sound] That's after the buzzer.

So we were looking for a neutron star.

Next question for both teams.

What's the name of the region in space where comets originate far beyond-- Palo, Ro: the asteroid belt -Incorrect.

--far beyond the orbit of Pluto?

Coronado, Maryiam: the Kuiper Belt -No.

It's the Oort Cloud.

Yeah, there you go.

Next question.

A Shakespearean play's title became what idiom for any series of-- Palo, Ben: Much Ado About Nothing -Incorrect.

--series of mistakes that become ridiculously funny?

Coronado, Maryiam: Comedy of Errors -That's what we were looking for.

Next question.

What's the title of Shakespeare's play about the conflict between the Houses of York and Lancaster-- Coronado, Maryiam: Henry IV -Incorrect.

Palo, Ben: Richard III -Nope.

Henry VI.

Next question is a calculation question.

If a ball is thrown straight up into the air at 30 miles per hour, how high will it go?

Coronado, Maryiam: 15 miles -Incorrect.

[bell chimes, time expires] We were looking for 45 feet.

Next question.

In a physics problem, you're using the formula F, as in Frank, equals M, as in Mary, times A. F = M times A.

You have the quantities for both M and A.

Your F answer would be expressed in what units?

Coronado, Daniel: newtons -Yes.

We've come to the end of the first round, but don't go anywhere.

Let's give these students a round of applause.

[applause] We want to give the students a chance to breathe.

You guys doing all right?

Having some fun?

Let's get to know our players a little bit better.

We're going to start with Coronado.

And we have 11th grader Xander.

Hi, Xander.

-Hello.

-Nice to see you.

You say that you collect something.

Do you remember what you wrote?

-Of course.

I collect hockey jerseys.

-How many do you have?

-I think I have 20 right now.

-Are you talking NHL or does it matter?

-NHL for now.

-Okay.

-Yeah.

-So I'm hoping there's some VGK in there.

-Of course.

They're my favorite team.

I've more of them, but I love them all.

They're all like, wearable works of art.

-Good.

They certainly are.

Good luck.

And good luck on Varsity Quiz.

Thanks Xander.

Here's 12th grader Mia.

Hi, Mia.

-Hi.

-Welcome aboard.

You wrote that you have a condition that I'm not sure what it is.

Is it anisometropia?

-Yeah.

-What happens with that?

-Well, it's pretty basic.

It just means that my glasses have different sizes.

So one eye is worse than the other.

-Okay.

-Yeah.

-Well, it sounded pretty fancy.

-That was the point.

-There you go.

Thanks, Mia.

Good luck here on Varsity Quiz.

Here's 10th grader Maryiam.

Good to see you, Maryiam.

-Thank you.

You too.

-So you wrote that at least one of your favorite books has a certain quality.

Do you remember what you wrote?

-Well, I went to a private school for some time.

So we had like a small library.

We didn't have much.

So when I started high school here at Coronado, I was also new to CCSD.

I checked out some of the reading lists on like, the websites, and they had, they had really interesting books like Brave New World.

They had 1994.

But my favorite ones weren't even on the list.

There's a genre I like called magical realism, and it's especially prominent in Latin American literature.

So like 100 Years of Solitude, Water for Chocolate.

Just those books, they're like, it's like mostly real, but then there's something like just out of this world happening.

-I better check into this.

-Yeah, you should.

-All right.

Maryiam, thank you.

Good luck with that.

Good luck here on Varsity Quiz.

Here's 12th grader Daniel.

Hi, Daniel.

-Hi.

-Good to see you again.

You wrote that you do a certain kind of martial arts.

-Yes.

I've done karate for 12 years and jujitsu for 2.

-And do you have a preference?

-I think both are fun.

I think I gravitated more towards karate.

-And is it competitive, or just for personal development?

-Just for myself for now, but I'm trying to join a few jujitsu competitions.

-Right on.

Good luck with that and on Varsity Quiz.

Ladies and gentlemen, how about a round for our kids from Coronado!

Fantastic.

[applause] Let's meet our players from Palo Verde.

We'll start with German.

Hi, German.

-Hi.

-I want to give you a compliment because you wrote down you're proud of one of your own accomplishments.

Do you remember what you wrote?

-I'm a National Merit finalist.

-Dude, that's pretty good.

Let's give German a round of applause.

Man, that's fantastic.

Congratulations.

[applause] So as a 12th grader, I think you've also said you know which college you're going to?

-Oh, me?

-Do you know where?

-UNR.

-Right on.

Good luck, and good luck on Varsity Quiz.

Here's 12th grader Ben.

Ben, good to see you again.

-Hello.

-You wrote that you help with online strategy games.

-Oh, yeah.

So I host these games online that are like social deduction games.

And basically, you have to figure out like, who's the one committing the crime.

And you have to like deduce, based off of actions and social reads.

-So this isn't your Grand Theft Auto?

-No, I would say not.

-Yeah, okay.

Well, good luck with that, and good luck on Varsity Quiz.

Thanks, Ben.

Here's 12th grader Aaron.

Aaron, welcome back.

-What's up?

-Nice to see you again.

So you wrote that you have a habit that some people might consider weird with the way you have breakfast.

-I'll be honest.

This was an homage to my old team captain.

He would put this for any fun fact.

But, yeah, he puts milk before the cereal.

And I just want to call out how wrong that is.

-Oh, okay.

-That is unsettling.

You pour the milk in the bowl and then the cereal, you should never do that?

-No.

Cereal first.

-Exactly.

-Yeah.

-I'm glad that's cleared up.

Thank you so much.

Good luck here on Varsity Quiz.

Here's Ro.

Hi, Ro, a 10th grader.

You wrote that you like traveling with some specific types of places to go visit?

-Yeah.

I specifically like going to national parks here in the US.

-Do you know how many you visited?

-Yeah.

I've been to around 30 of them.

And we're going to a couple, like five more, this summer.

So I'm excited.

-Do you have a favorite?

-I really like Olympic National Park because it's so like green and rainforesty.

-In the Pacific Northwest?

-Yeah.

-Well, good luck with your visits, and good luck on Varsity Quiz.

Thank you.

There's our students from Palo Verde!

[applause] Coming right up, the Bonus Round on Varsity Quiz.

[crashing sound] The score going into Round 2, Coronado with 45 points to Palo Verde's negative 5.

Now, if you're scoring at home, you might be wondering where did Coronado end up with 45.

The judges decided that that question about the climate agreement, the original answer given was the Paris Accord.

We gave an opportunity to give a different answer, but the judges decided the first answer was the one we needed to take.

So that's incorrect.

It ended up being a deduction.

Palo Verde had some answers correct, but they also had some interrupts that ended up with the negative score.

All right.

Coronado is keeping all of their same players, Xander, Mia, Maryiam, Daniel.

Very good.

Palo, we got a couple of new players.

Let's say hello to Kyle.

Hey, Kyle.

-Hello.

-Welcome back.

Good to see you.

And there's Caden.

-Hi.

-And Ben and Aaron are back.

Let's get going.

What four-syllable word starting with the letter S, as in Sam, is a general term for both stocks and bonds?

Coronado, Daniel: securities -Correct.

Bonus questions about finance now for Coronado.

First, when spending equals income, what alliterative phrase is appropriate?

Second, which word beginning with letter E, as an Edward, indicates ownership interest in a business?

[students deliberate] Captain?

-First answer, same old, same old.

Second answer, we thought we knew the answer, but we don't know the answer.

-Well, that's very creative, but no bonus points for either.

The alliterative phrase is balanced budget.

And ownership interest in the business is called equity.

No bonus points.

You got the original points.

We move on to this question for both teams.

We're going to give you a literary couple and ask you to name the novel title.

Scarlett O'Hara and Rhett Butler.

-Coronado, Maryiam: Gone with the Wind -Yes.

Now Bonus questions for Coronado only with more literary couples where you name the novel.

First, Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy; second, Wesley and Buttercup.

10 seconds.

-First answer, Pride and Prejudice; second answer, The Princess Bride.

-You got it.

Love both of those.

Okay.

Now another question for both teams.

Give the term for groups of atoms that act as a single charged-- Coronado, Daniel: coordination compound -No.

And that is an interrupt.

--that act as a single charged unit formed when molecules gain or lose electrons.

Palo, Caden: ionic compound -No.

We were looking for polyatomic ions.

No points.

We move on to this question for both teams.

Name the wars that were fought between Rome and Carthage-- Coronado, Maryiam: the Punic Wars -Correct.

Bonus questions about wars now for Coronado only.

First, who were the two opposing commanders in the Battle of El Alamein?

Second, in which decade was the Treaty of Paris signed, ending the French-Indian War?

[students deliberate] Captain?

-First answer, Erwin Rommel.

Second answer, 1760.

-1760s is correct.

We needed the opposing commanders.

So Rommell was correct, but we needed Montgomery and Rommel, so you don't get those bonus points.

You do get the bonus points for 1760s.

All right.

Question for both teams, a calculation question, students.

What's the volume of a cylinder with a radius of 11 units and a height of 18 units rounded to the nearest whole number?

Coronado, Maryiam: 6,234 units cubed -Incorrect.

Palo, Aaron: 3,334 units cubed -No.

We were looking for 6,012.

So no points as we move on to this question for both teams.

The first barometers measured atmospheric pressure with which elemental-- Coronado, Daniel: mercury -Yes.

Bonus questions now for Coronado only about earth science.

First, much of the ocean floor is which dark igneous rock?

Second, the shortest twilight occurs along what line of latitude?

[students deliberate] Captain?

-First answer, basalt.

Second answer is zero degrees north.

-Both are correct.

Bonus points for Coronado.

Next question for both teams.

Name the writer who worked as a busboy and a steward on a freighter before helping launch the magazine called Fire in 1926, an important figure in the Harlem Renaissance.

And that's Coronado, Maryiam: Langston Hughes -Correct.

Bonus questions about literature now for Coronado only.

First, what's the royal family name of the prince in The Prince and the Pauper?

Second, Asimov's set of rules governing the behavior of artificial life forms is known as what?

[students deliberate] -First answer, Canty.

Second answer, Asimov's Laws.

-Both are incorrect.

It was the Tutor family, and Asimov wrote the Laws of Robotics.

No bonus points.

Next question for both teams.

The Gulf of Aqaba and the Gulf of Suez both border what Peninsula?

Coronado, Xander: the Sinai -Correct.

Bonus questions about world geography now for Coronado only.

First, in the Maasai language, its name means "white mountain."

Second, most of the runoff from Northern Italy is carried into the Adriatic Sea by what river?

[students deliberate] -Captain?

-First answer, Mont Blanc.

Second answer, Danube River.

Both incorrect.

It was Mount Kilimanjaro.

And it's the River Po.

No bonus points.

The original points are awarded, but this question for both teams.

What part of speech is this word: Adjectivally.

Coronado, Maryiam: adverb -Correct.

Bonus questions about grammar for Coronado only.

First, what adverb means twice a year?

Second, appositives are always used as what parts of speech?

[students deliberate] -First answer, biannually.

Second answer, noun phrases.

-The first one is correct.

Let me check with the judge.

[confes with judges] The judge says you get both bonus points, and we're out of time.

Stick around for the speed round next.

[crashing sound] The score going into Round 3: Coronado with 110 points.

Palo Verde is still in negative territory at minus five.

But stranger things have happened.

Before we get to this speed round, we got a couple of new players.

For Coronado, we welcome Aayan.

Hi, Aayan.

-Hello.

-Nice to see you.

Sophia is back.

-Hello.

-Maryiam and Daniel, good to see you.

Palo, we got a couple of new players.

There's Kevin.

Hi, Kevin.

-Hello.

-Daniel.

-Hi.

-And Shayan.

Hi, Shayan.

-Hi.

-All right.

Let's go!

What's the velocity-dependent force that opposes the motion of an object through a fluid?

Coronado, Daniel: drag -Yes.

Salman Rushdie wrote Midnight's Children, a novel that tells of those living through the time of what nation's independence from England?

Coronado, Maryiam: India -Yes.

Who was the Greek goddess of the hearth?

Coronado, Sophia: Hestia -Yes.

Moscow is considered to be a much more traditional Russian city than which former capital-- Coronado, Sophia: St. Petersburg -Yes.

Who wrote The Communist Manifesto-- Coronado, Maryiam: Karl Marx -That is an interrupt.

I'll finish reading the question.

Who wrote The Communist Manifesto with Karl Marx?

Palo, Kevin: Friedrich Engels -Correct.

You don't need to lean into the mic, Kevin, because the mic hears you, but I'm old.

I don't hear very well.

Next question.

In August of 2023, which African nation's democratic government was overtaken by a military coup, alarming democratic governments around the world?

Palo, Ro: Sudan -Incorrect.

Coronado, Sophia: South Sudan -No.

It was Niger.

Next question is a calculation question.

We do not repeat here in the third round, so listen up.

Solve for x.

The quantity (x/2)-3 = 7.

Coronado, Sophia: X = 5 -Incorrect.

Palo, Shayan: X = 20 -Yes.

And let's move on to mycology.

That's the study of what type of eukaryotic-- Coronado, Daniel: fungi -Yes.

Who was credited with inventing the cotton gin in-- Coronado, Sophia: Eli Whitney.

-Yes.

"Everything I say is a lie."

What is the term for this type of statement-- Coronado, Sophia: paradox -Yes.

Instead of difficulty reading, this word's roots mean difficulty in speech.

What word are we talking about?

Palo, Ro: dyslexia -Correct.

The arsonist was arrested as he failed to destroy the evidence when the fire fizzled out.

He had closed the door to the room where the fire was set, thus depriving it of-- Palo, Ro: oxygen -Correct.

What's the hardest bone in the human body?

Palo, Ro: femur -Correct.

If you multiply mass and velocity, what's your result?

Coronado, Daniel: momentum -Correct.

In which country is the ancient city of Petra-- Palo, Ro: Jordan -Yes.

Which state is home to the Great Smoky Mountains?

Palo, Ro: Tennessee -Incorrect.

Coronado, Maryiam: Alabama -No.

It's North Carolina.

Next question.

What does "vocabulary" mean when broken into its Latin roots?

Coronado, Sophia: word meaning -Incorrect.

Palo, Ro: definition of a word -No.

We were looking for "word knowledge."

Next question.

What multinational agreement, signed in 2015, aimed to limit Iran's nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief?

Coronado, Maryiam: Iran Contra Affair -Incorrect.

[bell chimes, time expires] It was simply known as the Iran Nuclear Deal.

Next question.

What's the name of the mischievous spirit in A Midsummer Night's-- Coronado, Maryiam: Puck -Yep.

The Cambrian explosion wasn't a literal explosion but a major rise in what?

Coronado, Daniel: life -Can we take that?

Yes, okay.

Which empire was founded by Cyrus the Great?

Coronado, Maryiam: Byzantine Empire -Incorrect.

Palo, Kevin: Persian Empire -Correct.

Animals with shells or what other features are much more likely to fossilize than creatures without-- Coronado, Maryiam: bones -I think we can take that.

Image capture, that's the primary function of what type of visual art?

Coronado, Daniel: photography -Yes.

In a logical argument, what do you call a statement or fact that supports your position?

Coronado, Sophia: evidence -Incorrect.

[bell chimes, time expires] We were looking for a premise.

Next question.

The Prince and Princess of Wales were among the guests who attended the June 2023 wedding of Crown Prince Hussein to Saudi architect Rajwa Al Saif.

Of which country is Prince-- Coronado, Maryiam: Jordan -Yes.

What term describes the use of algorithms to foresee future events or behaviors?

Coronado, Maryiam: astrology -Incorrect.

Palo, Ro: betting -No.

It's predictive analytics.

Next question.

What's the phenomenon where a wave's frequency increases as his wavelength decreases?

Palo, Ro: low tide -No.

Coronado, Maryiam: amplitude -No.

We were looking for blue shift.

-Who wrote The Sun Also Rises-- Coronado, Sophia: Hemingway -Yes.

As of April 2023, what invasion caused Europe's biggest refugee crisis-- Palo, Ro: Russia-Ukraine -Yes.

What novel explores the life of a man named Jay as told by his friend, Nick Carraway?

Coronado, Sophia: The Great Gatsby -Yes.

We're out of time.

Let's find out who won.

[crashing sound] Final score tonight: Coronado, 180 points, to Palo Verde's 35.

Can we have a round of applause?

An excellent match.

[applause] But congratulations to Coronado.

They will be moving on to the Championship Match in a couple of weeks.

You don't want to miss next week because that'll be our second Semifinal Match.

Clark is taking on A-Tech to see who's going to play Coronado for the title of VQ 2024 Champion.

Thanks for watching Varsity Quiz on Vegas PBS.