- [Announcer] Funding for "High School Quiz Show: Austin" comes from Sally and James Gavin, Bank of America, Krishna Srinivasan and Raka Sandell.

- Coming up, it's Regents School of Austin (audience cheering) (drum roll rumbling) taking on Round Rock High School.

(audience cheering) (drum roll rumbling) That's next on "High School Quiz Show: Austin."

(audience applauding and cheering) (lively music) (audience applauding and cheering) Hi, everybody, and welcome to "High School Quiz Show: Austin."

I'm your host, Joe Hanson.

Today's match features Regents and Round Rock in our last quarter final.

We start with the toss-up round.

All answers are worth 10 points, there are no point deductions for wrong answers, and, players, you may confer.

Okay teams, if you're ready, good luck.

Here we go.

Almost all of Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories are told from the point of view of what doctor character who is Sherlock's associate and closest friend?

(bell dings) Brooklyn.

- John Watson.

- Yes, Watson is correct.

Among the most followed accounts on TikTok are sisters named Charli and Dixie.

What is their surname?

(bell dings) Sarah.

- D'Amelio.

- Correct.

What US city is scheduled to host the 2028 Summer Olympic and Paralympic games?

(bell dings) Colton.

- Los Angeles.

- Yes.

What noun can refer to a mix of dry and liquid ingredients for baking a cake or to the player who has a chance to hit the ball in a baseball game?

(bell dings) Sarah.

- Batter.

- Yes.

What actor and comedian is also an Oscar-winning screenwriter and director whose films include "Get Out" and "Nope"?

(bell dings) Colton.

- Jordan Peele.

- Yes.

In 2025, doctors discovered that a woman on the island of Guadeloupe had something called Gwada-negative, an extremely rare type of what?

(bell dings) Jared.

- Blood.

- Blood is correct.

A series of wars in 15th-century England between the families of York and Lancaster are known by a name that refers to what flowers that symbolize the two families?

(bell dings) Jared.

- Roses.

- The "War of the Roses" is right.

Approximately half a million people in the United States communicate using ASL as their primary language.

In this context, what does the abbreviation ASL stand for?

(bell dings) Jared.

- American Sign Language.

- That is correct.

Sometimes called a sea cow, what aquatic mammal related to the dugong lives mainly in the warm coastal waters of Florida, but has been known to migrate as far west as Texas?

(bell dings) Ethan.

- Manatee.

- The manatee is right.

In French, it's "neige."

In Spanish, it's "nieve."

In German, it's "schnee."

What is the English word for this winter weather phenomenon?

(bell dings) Brooklyn.

- Snow.

- Snow is right.

The ancient Greek philosopher, Plato, wrote about what lost continent that sank into the sea?

(bell dings) Sathvik.

- Atlantis.

- Yes.

Which of these countries has a national flag whose colors are red, white and blue: France, Germany, or Nigeria?

(bell dings) Ethan.

- France.

- France is right.

This is a math question.

The United States Constitution was written and signed in 1787.

What year will mark the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Constitution?

(bell dings) Sathvik.

- 2037.

- Correct.

Heathcliff and Catherine are the main characters in what tragic romance novel written by Emily Bronte and published in 1847?

(bell dings) Brooklyn.

- "Wuthering Heights."

- Yes.

Started in 1987, the Change Your Clock, Change Your Battery public service campaign reminds people to install fresh batteries in what common household safety device?

(bell dings) Tejomay.

- Smoke detectors.

- Yes.

All right, we're off to a great start.

Let's take a moment to thank some of the folks who make this show possible.

- [Announcer] Support for "High School Quiz Show: Austin" comes from Bank of America, (bright gentle music) investing in education and the future of Central Texas youth.

Information at bankofamerica.com.

(audience cheering) (lively percussive music) - Okay, welcome back.

The score is Regents with 80 points, Round Rock has 70.

Let's get back to the game.

The abolitionist newspaper edited by Frederick Douglass had what name that is associated with the constellation Ursa Minor?

(bell dings) Sathvik.

- The Big Dipper.

- No.

Regents, you have a chance.

(bell dings) Brooklyn.

- The Little Dipper.

- No.

The name of that paper was "The North Star," which is part of Ursa Minor.

Next question.

Which amendment to the US Constitution protects a person from self-incrimination in a court of law?

(bell dings) Gunnar.

- Fifth Amendment.

- Yes.

During World War II, the Flying Tigers were volunteer American pilots who fought combat missions against Japan on behalf of what country?

(bell dings) Sathvik.

- China.

- Yes.

You are most likely to see stalactites and stalagmites while doing which of these things: looking through a microscope, swimming in the ocean, or exploring a cave?

(bell dings) - Sathvik.

- Exploring a cave.

- Yes.

Those are the pointy things.

Watch your head.

In his speech accepting the Democratic nomination for president, John F. Kennedy used what two-word term to describe the uncharted areas of science and space, unsolved problems of peace and war, and unconquered pockets of ignorance and prejudice facing the United States in the 1960s?

(bell dings) - Final Frontier.

- No.

Regents, you do have an opportunity here.

(buzzer blares) We are looking for New Frontier.

Very close.

What singer and founder of the heavy metal band Black Sabbath died in 2025?

(bell dings) Colton.

- Ozzy Osborne.

- Yes.

Natural hot springs and geysers are examples of what type of energy that comes from heat below the earth's surface?

(bell dings) Sathvik.

- Hydrothermal.

- Judges?

No.

(bell dings) Brooklyn.

- Geothermal.

- Geothermal is correct.

This is a math question.

An analog clock face shows that the time is precisely five o'clock.

What is the measure of the interior angle formed by the hour hand and the minute hand?

(bell dings) Sathvik.

- 75.

- No.

Regents, you have a chance on this.

(bell dings) Jared.

- 150.

- 150 degrees is right.

Next question.

In the traditional tale of Cinderella, her clothing for the ball includes a pair of slippers made from what material?

(bell dings) Sarah.

- Glass.

- Yes.

What simple square diagram named for an English geneticist is used to illustrate the probability of offspring genotypes, such as eye color, based on the genotypes of the parents?

(bell dings) Brooklyn.

- A Punnett square.

- A Punnett square, yes.

The bane of many a student.

(participants chuckle) - That's the easy part, by the way.

- Widely used in Spanish colonial architecture, bricks made from dried, hardened mud and straw are known by what name that comes from Arabic for "the brick"?

(bell dings) Ethan.

- Terracotta.

- No.

Regents, you have a chance.

(bell dings) Jared.

- Fresco.

- No.

That brick is adobe.

Which US state that comes last alphabetically has just one representative in the US House of Representatives?

(bell dings) - Ethan.

- Wyoming.

- Wyoming is right.

Scarface was the nickname of what gangster, who might have ordered the Saint Valentine's Day Massacre in Chicago in 1929?

(bell dings) Jared.

- Al Capone.

- Yes.

From Greek words meaning foundation or base, what word refers to an assumption about the outcome of a scientific experiment?

(bell dings) Colton.

- Hypothesis.

- Yes.

After the Mexican-American War, a proviso was proposed to ensure that slavery would be prohibited in any territory the US acquired from Mexico.

What is the name of the politician from Pennsylvania who proposed this?

(bell dings) Sathvik.

- Henry Clay.

- No.

Regents, you do have a chance here.

(bell dings) Jared.

- Steven Douglas.

- No.

We're looking for David Wilmot, the Wilmot Proviso.

(alarm blares) All right, that's the end of the round.

The score is Regents with 150 points.

Round Rock has 110.

Let's hear it for both teams.

(audience cheering) (lively music) Last week, Marble Falls beat Del Valle to advance to the semifinals, and in today's match, Regents and Round Rock both hope to advance.

The head-to-head round is next, but first we're gonna have to take a minute to get to know these players a little bit better.

Regents, we'll start with you.

Jared, I'm told you have a notable ancestor that's actually very appropriate for this year that we find ourselves in.

- Yep, that's right.

I'm the 13th great-grandson of John Hart, one of the original signers of the Declaration of Independence.

- Oh, good to know.

All right.

Colton, when you're not doing "High School Quiz Show" practice, you stay pretty busy.

You're a working man.

- Yes, I am.

I work at a restaurant in downtown Buda, Willie's Joint.

It's actually a family-owned restaurant, my family.

- Awesome.

So what's it like to work with your family?

- I really enjoy it.

- [Joe] You have to say that 'cause they're here?

- Yeah, I mean partially 'cause they're here, I do have to say that, but also it's just a lot of fun getting to spend time with kind of the people I know the best.

- Gunnar, you like to read?

- Yes, a lot.

- How many books do you have?

- Last count was 701 as of yesterday.

- [Joe] So you did count them, though, that means?

- Yeah.

(audience chuckles) - So, and that's a lot of books.

Where do you keep that many books?

- Just a couple bookshelves.

They're upstairs.

It was a pain to move them in, though.

- [Joe] Those must be strong bookshelves, I gotta be honest.

- Oh, yeah.

- So that's a lot of books.

Now, 700 books.

You have a favorite genre in there?

- Hmm, definitely like fantasy literature.

"The Hobbit's" one of the personal favorites.

- Yeah.

Brooklyn, you have a very interesting snack I hear that you like eating.

- I do.

I really like to eat lemon rind, which is probably not the healthiest for my teeth, but I think it tastes good.

(audience chuckles) - That is a very interesting snack.

I'm not sure anyone else in the entire room would agree that it tastes good.

(Brooklyn laughs) - I'm not so sure about that either.

(audience laughs) - Filling out the Regents team, we have alternates Noah and Owen and coaches Josh Simmons and Earl Claypool.

Okay, Round Rock, it's your turn.

Tejomay, you are no rookie here when it comes to quiz competitions, I hear.

- Yeah, I've been participating in quiz competitions since like sixth grade.

- Do you think you feel like a seasoned professional when you get up here, locked in, ready to go?

- Sometimes, yeah, sometimes yeah.

- So have you identified any kind of favorite subjects in there, you know, where you really have some strong points?

- Yeah, so I'm like mainly a geography person.

Throughout middle school I participated in the National Geographic Bee.

When I used to live in California, I actually qualified for the state-level competition, but that was the year of COVID, so it got canceled after that.

So I was really sad.

- [Joe] That's not fair, man.

I'm sorry.

- Since then, I've been participating in other competitions.

There's an organization called IAC, International Academic Competitions.

I've been doing that as well as Quiz Bowl in school.

- Sathvik, World War II buff?

- Maybe.

- A little bit?

Maybe?

Well, I hear you have a favorite general from that era.

- Yeah, Douglas MacArthur.

- Now, usually people are a little bit older when they become, you know, really into World War II.

What is it that draws you to Douglas MacArthur?

What makes him a really iconic general?

- Well, he's such like an interesting figure, you know, larger-than-life personality.

There's like some apocryphal quotes about him as well.

He just seems like a very interesting figure, you know?

- Sarah, I hear you used to collect snow globes.

- [Sarah] Yes, I did.

- Now, lots of people collect snow globes.

Why did you used to collect snow globes?

Was there like a bad experience you had?

- No.

- A dramatic moment?

- It just got really hard to find them in gift shops.

I think they've like stopped making them in a lot of places.

- Really?

That's tragic.

Do you have a favorite one from your collection?

- I have one from Bar Harbor, Maine.

It's like two inches big.

- Ethan, big traveler?

- Yes.

- So how many countries have you visited?

- Aside from the US, I have visited nine countries.

- So that makes 10 total.

- Yes.

- And I hear you've actually lived outside of the US before.

- Yes.

I've lived in Malaysia and China.

- [Joe] Those are interesting places to live.

- Yeah.

- Does that give you a cool perspective, you know, coming back to Texas?

- It's very different over there.

- [Joe] So what's the biggest, most like amazing or shocking difference living in Malaysia or China that people would see?

- Well, the people speak a different language.

- That is a big one.

That is a big one.

Also on the Round Rock team we have alternates Arya and Netra and coach Julia Bailey.

And joining us from Round Rock is Principal Gordon Butler.

Let's hear it for both teams.

(audience cheering) (lively percussive music) Okay, it's time for the head-to-head round.

In this round correct answers add 10 points to the team total, and wrong answers result in a 10-point deduction.

The clock is set at one minute, 30 seconds.

How about a nice friendly handshake before we begin?

Okay, good luck.

Here we go.

What fictional bear created by Michael Bond is named for a London railway station?

(bell dings) - Corduroy.

- No, Paddington.

Cooperstown, New York is home to the National Hall of Fame for what sport?

(bell dings) - Baseball.

- Yes.

A rhombus has how many sides?

(bell dings) - Four.

- Yes.

Which major US city is nicknamed "Motor City."

(buzzer blares) (bell dings) You make it?

- [Judge] No.

- No.

Detroit.

In what decade of the 20th century did the US set the national voting age at 18?

(bell dings) - 1920s.

- No.

1970s.

The Labrador Retriever dog breed is named for a place in what country?

(bell dings) - Canada.

- Yes.

In Roald Dahl's story, "The BFG," BFG stands for Big Friendly what?

(bell dings) - Giant.

- Yes.

The cochlea is a spiral-shaped part of what sensory organ?

(bell dings) - The ear.

- Yes.

Goslings are the young of what kind of bird?

(bell dings) - Goose.

- Yes.

What celestial object appears on the national flags of Argentina, Namibia- (bell dings) - The sun.

- Yes.

Brown recluse and black widow are venomous species of what?

(bell dings) - Spiders.

- Yes.

What US Secretary of State was responsible for the purchase of Alaska in 1867?

(buzzer blares) William Seward.

Texas became the 28th state of the United States of America in December of what year?

(buzzer blares) 1845.

Sulfur and calcium are in what state of matter at room temperature?

(bell dings) - Solid.

- Yes.

St.

Croix, St.

John, and St.

Thomas are islands of what US territory?

(alarm blares) Oh, we were looking for the US Virgin Islands there.

And that's the end of the round.

Let's take a look at the score.

Regents has 160 points.

Round Rock has 170 points.

This is a close one.

Let's give it up for both teams.

(audience cheering) (lively percussive music) All right, teams, it's time for the category round.

Today's categories are Stir Things Up, Six-Letter Cities, M in Mythology, Clash of Symbols, Gold Standard, and Pyramid Power.

All categories have five questions with increasing point value.

Teams will choose two categories each and have the option to toss one question per category to the other team, that the other team must answer.

Players, you are able to confer.

Okay, Regents, who's your spokesperson?

Brooklyn.

And Round Rock, how about you?

Tejomay.

Great.

All right, Regents, you have a little bit of ground to make up, so the first category goes to you.

- [Brooklyn] We'll take M in Mythology.

- M in Mythology.

All answers in this category focus on mythology and begin with the letter M. For 10 points, in our solar system, the closest planet to the sun is named for what messenger god in Roman mythology?

- Mercury.

- Yes.

For 15 points, Cleo and Urania are two of the nine minor goddesses in Greek mythology who provide inspiration to artists and scientists.

By what name is this group known?

- The muses.

- Yes.

For 20 points, an island in Hawaii and a character in the "Moana" movie franchise are named for what demigod in Hawaiian mythology who used his magical fish hook to pull islands out of the sea?

- Maui.

- Yes.

For 25 points in M in Mythology, after he was beheaded in battle, what wise old giant in Norse mythology became the guardian of a well that gave wisdom to anyone who drank its water?

- Mimir.

- That's correct.

For 30 points, in Chinese mythology, small gremlin creatures that cause trouble for humans are known by what name that comes from Mandarin and Cantonese words for demon?

The same name is given to demonic characters in the "Gremlins" movie franchise.

- Mogwai.

- Yes, that is correct.

Round Rock, your category.

- Six-Letter Cities.

- Six-Letter Cities.

All answers in this category have six letters.

For 10 points, what six-letter city is the capital city of Poland?

- Warsaw.

- That is correct.

For 15 points, Australia hosted the 1956 Summer Olympic Games in Melbourne and the 2000 Summer Olympic games in what six-letter city, whose opera house is an architectural landmark?

- Sydney.

- Yes.

For 20 points, known for its annual Oktoberfest celebration, what six-letter Bavarian city is the third most populous city in Germany?

- Munich.

- Yes.

For 25 points in Six-Letter Cities, which city in Texas is the most populous six-letter city in the United States?

- Dallas.

- Dallas?

- He just said Dallas.

- Yeah, Dallas.

- Dallas.

- Dallas is right.

And for 30 points, the oldest annual marathon race in the United States was run for the first time on April 19th, 1897, Patriots Day, in what six-letter city?

- Boston.

- Yes.

Okay, Regents, next category to you.

- Gold Standard.

- Gold Standard.

These are questions related to gold and golden things.

For 10 points, in a classic fairytale, which little girl with blonde curls finds a cabin where three bears live and takes a nap in the baby bear's bed?

- Goldilocks.

- Yes.

For 15 points, "I'm done hiding, now I'm shining like I'm born to be" is the chorus from "Golden," a single performed by what fictional trio in the movie "K-Pop Demon Hunters"?

- Huntrix.

- That is correct.

Top of my Spotify wrap last year.

(audience chuckles) For 20 points, what professional soccer player from Argentina, who currently plays for Inter Miami, has won the Ballon d'Or, or Golden Ball Award as the top-rated player in the world a record eight times?

- Messi.

- That is right.

For 25 points in Gold Standard, what name that means "the golden one" did Spanish explorers give to the mythical City of Gold that supposedly existed in South America?

The name also refers to the mythical chieftain believed to rule that golden city.

- El Dorado.

- Yes.

For 30 points, Gold, Juno, Omaha, Sword, and Utah were US military code names for beaches in which region of France, where a historic World War II operation began on June 6th, 1944?

- Normandy.

- That's correct.

Round Rock, category to you.

- A Clash of Symbols.

- Clash of Symbols.

These are questions about chemical symbols for elements on the periodic table.

For 10 points, the Latin name kalium and the Arabic word qaly, meaning alkali, give us the symbol K for what element on the periodic table?

- Potassium.

- Potassium.

- Potassium is right.

For 15 points, ordinary salt is made up mainly of chlorine and what other element, whose chemical symbol is Na, from the Latin word Natrium?

- Sodium.

- Yes.

For 20 points, the chemical symbol Fe comes from ferrum, the Latin name for what strong metal that humans began using to make tools around 1200 BCE?

- Iron.

- Yes.

For 25 points in Clash of Symbols, a person who installs and repairs water pipes is called a plumber, which comes from the Latin word Plumbum.

Pb, which also comes from Plumbum, is the chemical symbol for what common metal once used to make water pipes?

- Lead.

- Yes.

For 30 points, element number 74 is a metal with the highest melting point of all metals.

Its English name comes from Swedish words meaning heavy stone, and its chemical symbol is W, from the German word Wolfram.

What element is this?

- Tungsten.

- Tungsten is right.

(alarm blares) And that's the end of the category round.

Regents has 360 points.

Round Rock has 370.

This is a close one.

Let's hear a little love for both teams.

(audience cheering) (lively music) Okay, we're heading into the final round of play, the lightning round.

Correct answers add 20 points to the team total, and there is a 20-point deduction for incorrect answers.

The clock is set.

Here we go.

The capital of Wisconsin is named for what man who was- (bell dings) Sathvik.

- Madison.

- [Joe] Yes.

In the Disney film "Frozen," Sven is what kind of animal?

(bell dings) Brooklyn.

- A reindeer - [Joe] Yes.

What city on the Gulf Coast is the only passenger cruise port in Texas?

(bell dings) Tejomay.

- Galveston.

- [Joe] Yes.

What English queen married Prince Albert of Saxe-Coberg?

(bell dings) Brooklyn.

- Victoria.

- [Joe] Yes.

One yard consists of how many inches?

(bell dings) Sathvik.

- 36.

- [Joe] Yes.

A national symbol of Ukraine is what flower of the genus Helianthus?

(bell dings) Sathvik.

- Sunflower.

- [Joe] Yes.

The Broadway musical "Camelot" is based on the legend of what king?

(bell dings) Brooklyn.

- Arthur.

- [Joe] Yes.

What type of triangle has no congruent sides or angles?

(bell dings) Sathvik.

- Scalene.

- [Joe] Yes.

World champion sprinter Usain Bolt represented which island country?

(bell dings) Colton.

- Jamaica.

- [Joe] Yes.

All acids contain which chemical element?

(bell dings) Sathvik.

- Hydrogen.

- [Joe] Yes.

Unagi sushi is made from what snake-like fish?

(bell dings) Colton.

- Eel.

- [Joe] Yes.

What polysaccharide is the main component of plant cell walls?

(bell dings) Sathvik.

- Cellulose.

- [Joe] Yes.

In what German city would you find a building called the Reichstag?

(bell dings) Sathvik.

- Berlin.

- [Joe] Yes.

What English nurse who cared for soldiers in the Crimean War- (bell dings) Brooklyn.

- Florence Nightingale.

- [Joe] Yes.

Fossilized remains of an early hominid were found in 1891 on what island of Indonesia?

(bell dings) Sathvik.

- Java.

- [Joe] Yes.

What founding father served as the first Chief Justice of United States?

(bell dings) Sathvik.

- Marbury.

- [Joe] No.

John Jay.

Also called M31, what is the closest major galaxy to the Milky Way?

(bell dings) Sathvik.

- A large, magenta-like cloud.

(alarm blares) - No, we were looking for Andromeda there.

And the winning team this week is Round Rock with a final score of 510 points.

Regents finishes with 480 points.

Congratulations to both teams for a great game.

Round Rock now moves on to the semifinals.

Join us next week for the first semifinal match between McCallum and Round Rock.

It's getting really exciting, so be sure to join us right here on :High School Quiz Show: Austin."

(lively percussive music) (audience cheering) (audience cheering and applauding) - [Announcer] Funding for "High School Quiz Show: Austin" comes from Sally and James Gavin, Bank of America, Krishna Srinivasan and Raka Sandell.

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