hi my name is sean from clark high
school support for today's varsity quiz
is provided by silver state schools
credit union next on varsity quiz
it's Coronado and Clark this is the
silver League championship match of
varsity quiz
hello welcome to the 49th season of
varsity crew I'm your host Nathan
China's up here the best and the
brightest high school students are
matching wits in this unique academic
competition tonight the road to the
silver league championship ends Coronado
and Clark are facing off in a rematch of
last year's championship let's meet our
players starting for Clark we say hello
to shreya
hiya there's Alex hey Alex Oh Noah hello
hello you Sean ladies and gentlemen the
team from Clark high school starting
tonight for Coronado we say hello to
Tyler hi Tyler
there's Tim hi Tim they're going to eat
mostly sunny Simon how are you good to
see you and Brandon ladies and gentlemen
the team from Coronado all right there
are 25 questions in this first round
each correct answer worth five points
students we ask that you speak loudly
and clearly the microphones will hear
almost anything you say but if you're
speaking softly the judges here may not
be able to hear you and even if your
answer might be correct if the judges
can't hear you it could be judged an
incorrect answer so please speak up
everyone ready let's play varsity quiz
while lateral means away from the
midline what term means
clarkey Shawn transverse incorrect what
term means toward the midline Coronado
Brandon's dad Udall incorrect we're
looking for medial next question called
the six to five in the South for the day
it started and the fatherland liberation
war in the north
what conflict is also known as The
Forgotten War in the United States
clarkey Shawn the Korean War yes may
25th is towel Day a day of no panic
celebrating and that is Coronado Tim the
Hitchhiker's Guide to the galaxy
incorrect celebrating the life and works
of what British author of a trilogy of
five books Clarke Ishaan
yes the name for what kind of barometer
was derived from the Greek words that
literally mean no water
Coronado tin and hydride I don't think
we can take that no Clarkie Shawn and
hydrometer incorrect we're looking for
aneroid barometer the following lines
are about whose trial in 1735 twelve new
york jurors in clark noah zinger yes
what term beginning with B is and boy in
wildlife management indicates the leaves
shoots brushy plants and young twigs
consumed by deer and other ungulates
Clark Alex brush incorrect Coronado Tim
biomass no we were looking for brows so
normal correct answer we move to the
next question which is a calculation
question simplify the square root of 128
plus the square root of 32 repeating
simplify the square and that'll be Clark
Alex twelve times the square root of two
yes next question in 2017 a Wall Street
Journal article said the following about
whom Antonin Scalia changed the way
mainstream judges think about their role
in representative democracy on this
investiture day the Scalia tradition
boasts a worthy inherit or cornado Simon
Korsak yes in 1836 what lieutenant
colonel in command of the regular troops
at San Antonio joined Coronado Brandon
Zachary Taylor they in correct joined
forces with Jim Bowie's volunteers to
occupy an old Spanish mission
Clark Noah Houston no we're looking for
William Travis next question what kind
of mechanical wave is illustrated by
people coronado tim surface incorrect by
people sequentially standing up and
sitting down in a sports stadium Clark
Alex transverse judge we can accept that
yes what art museum was built opposite
the Louvre across the cen using a train
station for the main structure Clark
Ishaan the Orsay
yes unexpectedly and to the
extraordinary chagrin of the Chicago
Tribune who beat Thomas Clark Ishaan
Truman yes
since methane butane polyethylene
ethanol acetone and epoxy resins are all
derived from natural gas or petroleum
they are collectively known as what kind
of Clark Ishaan organic incorrect what
kind of chemicals Coronado Brandon
petroleum I don't think we can accept
that we were looking for petrochemicals
next question express the following
alternation as a conjunctive statement
she'll disregard the law or lie and that
is Coronado Tim she will either
disregarded the law or lie incorrect
clarkey Shawn
she'll disregard the law or she will lie
incorrect we're looking for she'll
disregard the law and lie no correct
answer we move on to a calculation
question you have a jug filled with
lemonade that weighs 10 pounds when you
dump out exactly half the lemonade
the remaining lemonade and jug weigh
five point seven five pounds what's the
weight of the jug alone repeating you
have a jug filled Coronado Simon 1.5
pounds yes in what story is young Jonas
selected to inherit the position of
Reese Clarke shreya the giver yes next
question under the Articles of
Confederation by what ordinance did
Congress establish the precedent
clarkey Sean northwest ordinance yes in
a suspension the solute particles will
settle out over time in what kind of
mixture Coronado Tim colloid yes any two
odd numbers are congruent in what
medulla Clarke Alex - yes five years
after the massacre of Custer's troops at
the Battle of Little Bighorn
what Hunkpapa Lakota Sioux leader
surrendered
clarkey Shan Sitting Bull yes the
immigration the sorry the immigrant from
Waldorf Germany who became the leading
American fur merchant by the beginning
of the 19th century a cornado Tyler
Astor yes in the lithograph waterfall
what Dutch artist depicts the water of a
waterfall seeming Clarkie Sean MC Escher
yes trans-neptunian objects include
objects in the Kuiper belt and objects
in Coronado Tim work cloud yes give the
term for a sound made by combining two
vowels specifically when it starts
Clarke Alex diphthong yes due to the
exchange of Rudolf Abel for Francis
powers that took place there in 1962
Coronado Tim Berlin incorrect the
glienicke bridge that linked West Berlin
with Potsdam came to be known as the
bridge of what Clara Keshawn spice yes
that's the end of round one now here in
varsity quiz each player has filled out
an information card for the CCSD varsity
quiz staff revealing sometimes humorous
details but we've already chatted with
all of our students
they're amazing so tonight we're
switching it up just a bit we're having
each of the young men and women answer
the exact same question and here's the
question we'll start with shreya from
Clark for every student just tell us
what are your plans after high school
shreya after high school I'd like to go
to a pretty good college and then
hopefully do some kind of career in the
medical field awesome good luck with
that thank you shreya next up Alex from
Clark you've got a couple years to go
but you have plans for after high school
I'll probably just go to college and
figure it out from there
sounds like a plan thanks Alex Noah how
about you I will be embarking on a
two-year mission after college or after
high school and then hopefully pursue a
career in nuclear physics wonderful good
luck with both of those thanks for being
a great player on varsity quiz Noah and
Sean probably procrastinate about it
like I'm currently doing alrighty then
so we'll check back with you later
ladies hello those are our students from
Clark high school they're all wonderful
good luck you guys
now to get to know our players on
Coronado we start with Tyler do you have
plans for after high school I probably
just go to college get on a reality TV
show get famous from that run for the
Senate then run for president win the
presidency and then make a lot of money
off book deals Wow sounds like a plan
good luck with that Tyler Tim how about
you well I will also be going to college
I'm I will be attending in the fall MIT
in Cambridge Massachusetts but once I
get there I am going to try with all of
my might to be able to major in my
favorite subject of all Bistro methods
oh that's right about that well congrats
on the MIT and good luck with the the
Bistro thing Simon how about you I'll be
serving a two-year mission for my church
and then going to college somewhere I
expect that you're gonna do fine Simon
thank you and Brandon I'll probably go
to college and then beyond that I don't
know that's close enough for now Brandon
ladies and gentlemen the students from
Coronado all right coming up next in our
championship match the bonus round is
now blowing it around to the score
Clarke with 70 points to Coronado's 25
before we begin our bonus time we want
to introduce a couple of new players for
Clarke we say hello to Evan hi Evan
Glenn heavy here and shad Manish Evan
now for Coronado they are keeping the
same players we wish good luck to both
teams in this bonus round each of ten
possible questions is worth five points
the team with the correct answer will
get two bonus questions each worth five
points now team conferring will be
permitted only on the bonus questions
with ten seconds allowed before the team
captains responds
this round is timed at six minutes which
starts when I begin this first question
meaning stronger what is the third word
of the motto that begins with this
citius Altius blank Clark Ishaan
optimist incorrect Coronado Tim Maximus
no it's 40s no correct answer no bonus
questions we move to this question
derived from the Spanish language what
is the synonym commonly used in the
southwestern United States for a Gulch
or
wash Clark Shawn Arroyo yes bonus
questions for Clark only answer the
following associated with language first
the Latin phrase in situ literally means
what and second what flower name can be
made from the three Greek letters Etta
knew and pi/4 the first in place for a
second in sight petunia the I think
those are both correct yes you've got
bonus points and we move to this
question for both teams the Texas
schoolbook depository now home to what
museum Clark North JFK assassination
that's incorrect that presents the life
death and legacy of President John F
Kennedy Coronado Brandon the John F
Kennedy museum no it's called the sixth
floor museum no correct answer no bonus
questions we move on Northern Lights was
the title of the first book in Philip
Pullman's young adult trilogy His Dark
Materials when published in the United
Kingdom in 1995 clarkey Shawn to Golden
Compass yes bonus questions now for
Clarke only give an answer containing
the word gold first at its peak in the
14th century what empires territory
extended from the Carpathian Mountains
in Eastern Europe to the steps of
Siberia second name the 1981 film that
starred Henry Fonda in his last acting
role for which he won the Academy Award
for Best Actor for the first golden
horde for the second city of gold
the first is correct the second is
incorrect the movie for Henry Fonda was
on Golden Pond so some bonus points and
this question of for both teams it is a
calculation question on a speedometer
dial if a movement of the needle
equivalent to a 10 degree angle
represents a speed of five miles per
hour what angle represents a speed of
60 miles per hour coronado simon 120
degrees yes bonus questions now for
Coronado only answer the following
calculation questions first what
acceleration results when a 12 Newton
force is applied to a three kilogram
object second to the nearest whole
number how much horsepower is needed to
lift a 1,000 pound object 500 feet in
one minute repeating what acceleration
results when a 12 Newton force is
applied to a three kilogram object
second to the nearest whole number how
much horsepower is needed to lift a
1,000 pound object five hundred feet in
one minute I'm the two things you know
that - well you have to multiply can
connects the force and then they 500,000
how many times is 61 with that captain
for the first four meters per second
squared and for the second forty-three
and the second is incorrect let me see
if the judge will accept the first one
the first one is correct so you do get
some bonus points now this question for
both teams name the site of an
unsuccessful Spartan stand against the
Persians Coronado Brandon Thermopylae
yes bonus questions now for Coronado
only answer the following associated
with ancient history first what is the
latin phrase for the time of relative
peace and stability in the roman empire
from about 27 BC to 180 ad second
Jericho is an ancient city located near
watt River okay for the first Pax Romana
for a second the Jordan River both are
correct you've got bonus points this
question for both teams what Broadway
musical was based on the family of the
highly decorated World War 1 naval
officer Coronado Tim sounded music yes
bonus questions now for Coronado only
answer the following associated with
Broadway musicals first name the 1950s
Broadway musical set in New York
featuring gamblers and sinners based on
two short stories by Damon Runyon one of
the main characters Nathan Detroit
second name the hit comedy Broadway
musical based on Monty Python and the
Holy Grail Camelot
what that it's probably camp I don't
know but I've heard of it is that is
that a Bradley miss clay yeah okay
for the first anything-goes for the
second Camelot both are incorrect we're
looking for Guys and Dolls and Spamalot
next question for both teams in what
country would you find major cities
named for Horatio Nelson Coronado
Brandon Portugal that is incorrect
yeah we need an immediate answer let me
finish the question a major cities name
for Horatio Nelson the Duke of
Wellington and the Earl of Auckland
clarkey Sean New Zealand yes bonus
questions now for Clarke only answer the
following concerning geography first
what waterway is situated in the
northwestern part of the Sinai Peninsula
second the Sun and the Okavango Delta
are immense marshland areas on what
continent yes for the first Suez Canal
for the second Africa both are correct
you've got bonus points both teams this
question from even a close distance the
insect called a plant hopper looks very
much like a leaf what's the term for
such resemblance of an organism Coronado
Tim camouflage incorrect of an organism
to an object in its surroundings Clarke
Chadron de Marxism no we're looking for
mimicry next question we're out of time
that is the end of the bonus round now
before we move on we want to take a
moment to thank the Kiwanis Club of Las
Vegas they provide judges timekeepers at
each and every match of our season that
began much earlier in the school year
with dozens of matches in classrooms at
various schools around Clark County we
appreciate the Kiwanis Club of Las Vegas
their dedication to varsity quiz and we
salute all of their fine work in the
community we also want to give a shout
out to the staff and leadership of the
Clark County School District Student
Activities Department they coordinate
every step of this program from early in
the school year all the way to the
championships and beyond our speed round
is next
going at around 3 the score Clark 110 to
par not OHS 55 we say it all the time
anything can happen in the speed round
we do want to introduce one new player
for Clark it's Brock howdy Brock hey
good luck to you and Coronado keeping
the same players so there are 30
questions in this speed round correct
answers are worth 5 points
now this round is also timed at 6
minutes so we're gonna get to as many
questions as we can if we read all 30
before the 6 minutes are up
the match would be over after that
response to the 30th question let's go
what element was named for a mineral
that was once transported by mule
Coronado Tim tungsten incorrect by mule
teams out of Death Valley California
we're looking for boron only what
language is spoken by more people than
English or Spanish
Clark Chapman Mandarin yes the three
dietary monosaccharides include
galactose glucose glucose and what fruit
sugar that's Coronado Simon fructose yes
who was the ruler of Egypt when it
became a Roman province Clark chadman
heel patches offense next is a
calculation question not repeated in the
speed round what is the sum of these two
numbers in the hexadecimal system B a 3
plus 5 d e
oh we're looking for 1181 next what's
short story by Edgar Allan Poe takes
place around the time of tomás de
Torquemada and Clarkie Shan the pit and
the pendulum yes the sands at White
Sands National Monument in New Mexico
consists of what mineral Clark Rock
calcium interact Coronado Brandon
Telecom no we're looking for gypsum next
question among the famous monoliths in
the United States are El Capitan Half
Dome and Mauro
clarkey Shawn Yosemite no in Morro Rock
in what state
Coronado Brandon Utah no there in
California next question in 2016 the
moon was closer to the earth than any
time since nineteen cornado Tim super
moon interact since 1948 named that
point in the moon's orbit
clarkey Sean this is jazzy incorrect
we're looking for parent chief next
question the following words are
borrowed from what language bandana
Coronado Tim Spanish incorrect bangle
and Nirvana Clark's admin Hindi yes next
is a calculation question you have two
complementary angles the larger one is
14 degrees Clarke chadman 76 degrees
incorrect I'll finish the question
the larger one is 14 degrees greater
than 3 times the smaller one
what is the smaller angle
cornado Simon 14° interact were looking
for 19 degrees next question what city
in southwest Germany was the site of
Martin Luther's trial in 15 Coronado
Brandon Wittenberg no 1521
clarkey Sean firms louder firm spelled W
or yes that's correct
a next question what one term
encompasses earth's lithosphere
hydrosphere cryosphere and atmosphere
Coronado Tim crust no Clark Chapman
geosphere yes in what country would you
find a port city named for Admiral Sir
Fairfax Moresby Clark Ishaan New Guinea
we need more Papua New Guinea yes what
device used to measure wind speed
incorporates cups attached Clark Noah a
meter no incorporates cups attached to a
vertical shaft
it's an anemometer next question named
the poet whose sonnet 43 begins cornado
Brandon Shakespeare incorrect how do I
love thee let me count the ways
clarkey Shawn browning yes
in 1989 massive protests occurred in
what Clark Chapman Iran in correct in
what Beijing Square in the people's
Coronado Simon Cameron square yes I so
hailing lines on oceanographic charts
connect points of equal one Coronado Tim
pressure interact Clark Noah salinity
yes in 1952 after King Talal was
declared unfit to rule on grounds of
mental illness his son Prince Hussein
became king of what Mideast country
Clark Noah Jordan yes
what taxonomic phylum includes the
greatest number of creatures Coronado
Tim Chordata incorrect number of
creatures with compound eyes
Clark brach insects know we're looking
for arthropoda or pot up if you were on
dry land 15 metres below sea level in
Australia you'd be in or near what Lake
Clark II Shawn Lake air yes
Mississippi men associated with what
white supremacist organization Coronado
Tyler Ku Klux Klan yes what heat
transfer process produces an Tibetans
Coronado Tim connection yes give the
name of the short-lived Mormon State in
the American West that was Clark Ishaan
Deseret yes what is the only Fibonacci
number other than one that's a perfect
coronado Tim three incorrect that's a
perfect cube Clark Nora eight yes name
the first vessel to travel to a latitude
of 90 degrees north
clarkey Shawn the Perry interact
Coronado Tim Noah was the USS Nautilus
what measure of a neutral atom equals
the number of protons in its nucleus
coronado tim nuclear charge incorrect
Clark Noah atomic number yes what battle
involving Anthony Wayne was so named
Clark he Shawn the Battle of Fallen
Timbers yes and we're out of time let's
find out who won the final score Clark
with 185 points to Coronado's 75 Clark
is the varsity quiz champion for 2017
and 18 but a congratulations to both
teams and a shout out to Coronado you
guys have nothing to hang your heads
about congratulations to you now to make
our trophy presentation we welcome in
John case the president of the Kiwanis
Club of Las Vegas
take it away John yes on the bay on
behalf of the Kiwanis Club of Las Vegas
and other sponsors a varsity quiz I'd
like to present the silver trophy to
Clark high school congratulations
captain Noah Cahill
great job you guys John thank you and
thanks to the Kiwanis Club of Las Vegas
for all of your support now we invite
you to join us next Monday for the
silver League all-star match yes an
all-star match a light-hearted contest
featuring some of the best players from
all the teams in the silver league
competing for fun but also for bragging
rights will also be announcing the
winner of this year's Howard Mailer
scholarship prize that's next Monday at
7:30 for one more night of varsity quiz
right here on Vegas PBS good night
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