From studio *** This is W G *** L. *** brainbusters. Now, here's your host, Rich Rosen. Hello everybody welcome once again to W G. L. *** brain busters. Did you see the last show with Harrisburg Academy in Northeastern? We had *** fantastic time. I wonder what today will bring with our newcomers. We have Hanover and Bishop McDevitt who will return for round two? Well, there's only one way to find out. Here comes today's opening round. We have 10 point questions and one big brain buster brought to you by Turkey Hill. We have *** couple familiar faces, but most of you are newcomers. Good luck to all. Six of you. Pick up those signaling buttons. Use them frequently. Beginning now with this 10 point question on november 27th 2022 the world's largest active volcano began erupting on the island of Hawaii. What is the name of this volcano? Oh, we stumped you on mona loa. It's 4840 square yards and 160 square rods. Eli acre an acre is correct. And that gets hand over on the board for 10 points. You would wear Brogan's and PSa bows on your feet. Where might you wear *** shock? Oh, *** wimple or *** fedora on your head because they're all heads. Yes, here rests in honored glory. An american soldier known. But to God, where are these eli? To the inland soldier, that's where they are located. Good for you for 10. Poor points. What flower completes this stanza from *** popular poem by William Wadsworth. I wandered lonely as *** child that floats on high over veils and hills when all at once I saw *** crowd. *** host of golden eli, correct. Good for you for 10 more points. Benzene toluene, xylene cree assault and pitch are produced by the distillation of *** naturally occurring fuel. What is the product of prehistoric plants? Eli again, soil, not oil. No, sorry. Um Mr McDevitt kelly. No, sorry. Great guesses on your part. It's cole is the correct answer. Answer. We must all hang together or assuredly we shall all hang separately. What instigator of the american revolution made this witty and chilling remark, did not he? No, sorry. Mr McDevitt Maria. No, I'm sorry. It's Benjamin franklin. The city is divided into 20 districts or arrondissement mo. The fifth contained the latin quarter. What is this? European capital kelly. Harris is correct. And that gets Bishop McDevitt on the board for 10 points. And now it's time for the big brain buster brought to you by Turkey Hill for 10 points and *** gift certificate for Turkey Hill ice cream for everyone on the team. The statue of liberty holds *** tablet in her hand and grade with the date of july 4th 17 76. In roman numerals. What year is chiseled into Plymouth rock, good for you. You are correct. Congratulations. Hand over on the trail is part of fair day grow face. Sweet saluting an american scenic landmark. What is this natural wonder in Arizona Eli? Grand Canyon's correct. It's the set that contains all the elements of the domain under consideration. What is such *** set called Eli again? Super set. Not *** super set. No, sorry. Any idea. Bishop McDevitt. This is *** stumper. It's called the Universal set. Some are over 1000 m deep and thousands of kilometers long. The most spectacular ones are in Norway. What are these long, narrow arms of the ocean called? They're called Fjords. Yes, from 1714 to 1830, the Kings of England had only one name. What name was it? Eli? Edward. Not Edward. No. Mr McDevitt, Maria George is correct. Good for you for 10 points in his 17 05 synopsis of comet astronomy. He wrote, I may venture to foretell that this comment CNN 16 82 will return again in 17 58. He was right. It did. No. Sorry. Who was this english astronomer and namesake of *** notable comet Kelly. That's correct. Good for you for another 10 points. Earl Warren Warren Burger, William Rehnquist, who is next in this series of chief justices of the Supreme Court. Well, we stumped you on john roberts, he's the current Supreme Court Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. It begins buck. Did not read the newspaper. We won't get to that question or any more questions because that sound takes us to the end of our first round gives everyone *** chance to relax for *** bit and I know we're gonna start speeding up the questions in just *** little bit because we have the one on one rapid fire and team lightning rounds coming up after this brief break. W G *** L *** brain busters will return after this, participants on W G *** L *** brainbusters, each receive *** portable power bank for mobile devices and the top four winning teams will share grant totaling $10,000. So good luck teams. Now, here's rich with our coaches and alternates. Today we have the luxury and privilege of working with two very experienced coaches. I've known them for many years and they've been coaching teams for many years. First, let me introduce you to Mr Kevin Weinrich, physics teacher from Hanover, great to have here. Mr are once again, thanks for being bringing such *** competitive team. So let's take advantage of this moment and find out *** little bit about you about these coaches. Now, I don't mean to put you on the spot, but Let's say you're teaching, you're busy, you're not retired yet. But if you had the chance to go on *** trip of *** lifetime, where might that be, oddly enough, it would be across the country, but the whole purpose of going around to every 50 state would be to play disc golf. I would love to disc golf in every single state, That would be awesome. So I've gone to parks and I see people doing. Do you have *** bag of Frisbees with lots of them? Yeah, absolutely. I carry one in the car all the time. Do they really make *** difference? Does *** different frisbee? Yes, Yeah, they do. Absolutely, yeah. So yeah, I really do have to try it once. It is for enlightening us. Alright, let's let's head over to Bishop McDevitt and meet today's coach. This is Mr Nate Delp. I've known you obviously for many years, english literature teacher, literature teacher at Bishop McDevitt. Great to have you here. Alright, so I'm gonna put you on the spot. Is it possibly you could tell us something about you that may surprise your students? Well, you know, rich, *** lot of students don't realize that teachers have lives to my wife and I are really into professional darts and every December to January one or so is the World Darts Championship in London and we actually went last year to London and attended several matches. You just sit there and watch people throw down so we don't just sit there. It gets rowdy. Do you have *** dartboard at home? Amazing setup. Friends come over and play all the time. We really have *** lot of fun with it and the best part about it is anyone can play, the kids can play, the wife can play and it's *** good time. So I guess it really is *** skill and it's in the wrist similar to like *** golf swing, same thing every time. Thank you very much something else about mr Nate Patel. Alright, well now let's find out about our players because here comes today's one on one, rapid fire round work, gets *** chance for us to chat with our players and find out what's going on in their busy lives. So first Annie smith, 17 year old, *** senior um at hand over and it's great to have you here now, we've all been reluctant to try certain foods, I mean, I'm sure when you're growing up, no, I don't like it just because of the way it sounds, but there's *** food that you tried reluctantly and now it's one of your favorite culinary choices. Absolutely, brussels sprouts, the smell is definitely *** deterrent, but once I tried them, they became *** staple in my household. So do you make them or do you know my mom, my mom and I love them. So garlic, garlic parmesan balsamic, I know him well, I love them, Thanks very much for sharing and now from Bishop McDevitt, it's *** pleasure to welcome for the first time kelly mosher, you're *** junior, nice to have you here and everybody's good at something and I know we're all proud of something that we do, putting humility aside what's something you can share that you're really good at, I prefer to think that I'm very good at playing the flute and have you been playing *** long time, I've been playing since fourth grade, wow. So does that mean that the district orchestras have been taking advantage of your skills? Yes, I'd say so. I haven't gone to district band but I have done county band. Oh excellent. So the school does, I mean the school district handover? So you've been playing all along and good. Fantastic. Alright. We'll play with us kelly and Annie as we put you to one on one. If realism is what we see and expressionism is what we feel. What artistic c style of Salvador, dali and juan miro tries to represent what we dream kelly, Impressionism, Impressionism. No, but that's *** great guest. Any, any idea. We stumped you on surrealism. The formula for finding the area of *** triangle is one half, base times height. What is the formula for finding the area of *** parallelogram? And it is base times height. Yes, it's like two triangles in every parallelogram, 62 30 is, I'm sorry that we go on to the next question. Finally, in Georgia, it's the city where the Masters Tournament of Golf is held every year in Maine. It's the capital. What name do they share Kelly is great. Good for you for another 10 points. And now let's move on and meet our two captains. So first from hand over, it's *** pleasure to welcome back and you've been here before. Eli swope did very well in that first round of play? You're *** senior, it's nice to have you here and while Andy tried reluctantly some food. You tried an activity reluctantly and now it's part of your life. Yeah. Um, I tried *** choir for my whole like elementary career. Then in fifth grade I decided to quit choir and set my ambitions elsewhere. Came back in sixth grade, I got the better of me. Uh, my amazing music teacher at the time, Mrs Deb smith was *** great inspiration and last year I made it all the way to *** regional choir for *** county for region five and was one point off of making all states. That's really impressive and I hope you'll continue with singing. Cassini is *** great skill, you know, to keep on and continue with. Uh, now we're going to meet our captain from Bishop McDevitt. It's *** pleasure to welcome Maria Garcia for the first time. You're *** senior. Thanks for being here. I look at the three and by the way, I just want to come and you're our first all ladies team here. So we appreciate you coming to studio eight. So I see that all three of you are wearing the Bishop McDevitt uniform and that's required attire at school every day. So if you didn't have *** dress code Maria, what would you wear? Well, well we may look very comfortable right now. I would be much more comfortable in sweats every day. Do you ever have like *** non uniform day. Do they ever offer that? Yeah, we have some every so often. Usually we have to wear school colors or follow some kind of theme but we can make the sweats face so it's all good. All right, wow. All right, well good. Well thanks thanks for wearing the uniforms because it really shows off really nicely for your school Maria and Eli, let's put you to one on one peter hand, key Gunter Gross and Hermann Hesse if you wanted to read these 20th century writers in their native language, what language would you need to know? Eli Janet german? Yes you are correct. An abbreviated title can tell *** lot about *** person an M. D. Practice practices medicine, *** C. P ***. Is an accountant. What does an individual with *** D. V. M usually do Well if you have any pets, you go to *** doctor of veterinary medicine and finally he played Jack Sparrow's father in the third pirates of the Caribbean movie. He plays lead guitar for the rolling stones. Who is this 80 year old rock and roller. We stumped you on keith Richards 90 to 40. Now let's meet our final two players in today's competition. So first from Hanover, it's *** pleasure to welcome for the first time Jared. So Lozano and you're *** senior Hanover, it's great to have you here and you know obviously you're on this team and we always have found that readers do the best and accomplish the most here on brain busters and you're quite the reader obviously. And you have *** favorite book. Yes, it is The motorcycle diaries by Ernesto Guevara. And why? What does it help you understand? Why did you grasp onto that book so much? It reveals the brutal exploitation of especially central and latin America under 20 century 20th century imperial role from more developed countries and it kind of mirrors the sort of events and modern day exploitation you see in other disadvantaged nations. Fantastic. I'd like that. You're reading this and maybe you can help make *** difference Felicity asked Falk, Great to have you here. You're *** freshman first time here. Thank you so much for being here at studio *** and you know, even young lives. We all look for little victories And you recently had *** terrific victory in August tell us about that. Yeah. So in August I entered the Dolphin County four H fair and I crocheted *** cape and then I had to take *** test about things in four H and I won clover award champion for four H opportunities. Fantastic unique award and very interesting. Thanks for sharing Felicity and Jared I have three unique but interesting questions as we put you to one on one F. D. R. Is on the front of the dime. What's on the back. Oh no, that's incorrect. Sorry Felicity. Any idea? Will you buzz in Felicity the torch. It is *** torch. Yes indeed for 10 points. Many women are important in american history. *** former slave. She led more than 300 slaves to freedom. Harriet Tubman. Harriet Tubman is the correct answer. And finally *** number of important U. S. Cities were built on major rivers. What river runs through Washington, D. C. The potomac is correct. Good for you. *** strong lead right now for handover as we pick up the pace and play today, 62nd team. Lightning round Maria. Your team is behind at this point, but you can make up ground very quickly with one of these three quizzes, Momo momo monopoly here and now and potpourri for *** million. For *** million. We can't offer you *** million dollars like some other game shows, but you'll earn 10 points each for your final answer to each of these questions Maria. I take your answers. The team's answer, kelly and Felicity are ready to help you along, 60 seconds on the clock, which will begin after I finish reading the first question. So good luck to all three of you And here we go. What is the lightest chemical element, hydrogen, correct? Who wrote the old man in the sea Hemingway? In what month does the world series begin? March, october. In what country is the headquarters of Volkswagen? That's correct. What composer is the subject of the movie? Amadeus. He's the one which university was founded by Thomas, Jefferson Virginia. No Time to die is the most recent movie in the Adventures of James Bond. James Bond, which planet shares its name with *** kind of thermometer? Mercury does. Who is the oldest son of England of England's king Charles, Henry Prince William. What word describes *** poker hand with five hearts is correct. What color is the hat worn by the roman catholic? Cardinal. Right is correct. According to the book of genesis, what tower was built to reach heaven? And that was the tower of Babel. Seven, correct, 70 points came your way. Is this *** break for you? Hand over? Well, we're gonna find out shortly with mo mo mo and monopoly here and now we'll take monopoly here and now. The new here and now version of the board game monopoly features properties from 22 U. S. State for 10 points. Each identify these cities and sights eli take. Your answer is the team's answer. Andy and Jared are ready to help you along 60 seconds on the clock, which will begin after I finish reading the first question, good luck and here we go. The most expensive property is Times square in this city. New york correct. The Liberty bell is in this pennsylvania city. That's correct. The house in Washington D. C. At 1600 pennsylvania avenue. White House. White House. Yes. The area of Los Angeles is home of the U. S. Movie business Hollywood. That's correct. In this Tennessee city, you can visit the grand old Opry Nashville, Nashville. What used to be park places now Fenway park in this city boston. Yes. This famous speech near Honolulu can be yours for *** mere 2,200,000 Waikiki. The french quarter is the oldest neighborhood in this southern city. New Orleans, New Orleans. You can buy this bridge that crosses the opening into san Francisco Bay Golden Gate. After you win this game, you might want to go to this theme park in Orlando florida. Universal Disney world ST louis Missouri is represented by this huge steel cannon terry curve arch. It's the gateway arch. Sorry, take *** drive down rodeo drive in this posh California city, correct Chicago was represented by the home of the Chicago cubs and that was Wrigley field. So 10 correct 100 points came your way to 10 to 1 20. It's now time to reveal today's bonus brain buster category. During our break, our teams will wager 0 to 25 points based on their knowledge of short stories. We'll we'll have the bonus brain buster in the all important final frenzy when W G *** L. *** brainbusters continues in *** matter of minutes. Watch all this season's episodes of W G *** L eight brainbusters anytime on W G *** L dot com. Our online home also includes our tournament schedule and *** chance to learn more about the show and host Rich Rosen go to W G *** L dot com and click on brain busters. Well, hello everybody, welcome back to Studio eight with Hanover and Bishop McDevitt. Alright, Handover does have *** lead right now, but we still have two very important games to play, including right now the bonus brain buster. During our break, our teams wagered 0 to 25 points based on their knowledge of shore stories. Let's head into the news eight newsroom with T. J. Springer, T. J. Welcome to Brainbusters. Thanks Rich. And now it's time for your bonus brain buster question. The short story begins true nervous. Very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am what is this Edgar Allan Poe classic. Again, this short story begins. True nervous. Very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am what is this Edgar? Allan Poe? Classic. Good luck with your answer And now back to studio *** rich. Thanks TJ. Good luck. Teams will give you about five seconds. Okay, time's up. We're gonna wait till everybody finishes. I see smiles on the Bishop McDevitt team. I'm not sure about handover. So let's reveal what we have. Eli. What did you come up with the raven? No, I'm sorry, that's incorrect. But you had *** strategic wager of only 10 points. So we're gonna deduct 10 points to your score Maria. You were excited to write down the answer. Do you know this classic short story? Did you come up with the tell tale heart, Good for you, but only *** five point wager, reluctant. Not necessarily the best strategy, but let's see if that still works in your favor. 200 to 1 25. Let's see as we head into the final frenzy. Who will return for round two? Good luck to all six of you. Here we go. In 18 69 the french Imperial Yacht Eagle was one of the first to pass through it. What is this man made waterway connecting the mediterranean sea to the indian ocean via the Red Sea. Eli, correct? For 20 points. Athens had its agora. What similar center of civic like life was the heart of Rome not the colosseum. No, sorry, Felicity. You are correct for 20 points because she's so frequently used the same meter. Most of her poems can be sung to the tune of the yellow rose of texas. Who was this lyrical lyricist from Amherst massachusetts? She's the one paris will host the 2024 Summer olympic games. This us city will host the summer olympic games. 2028. Eli Los Angeles. Yes, in woody plants, it's the layer of cells between the bark and the wood of *** stem. It's what causes the stem to thicken. What is it called Felicity. No, sorry, that's incorrect. No, it's can be um, Adolf, Hitler was deaf. You're the leader. Which of Hitler's contemporaries was Elk audio, which also means the leader. Not he know any idea. Uh, it was Francisco franco was Elk audio Audio. Australia is divided into six states and two territories in which of them is the city of Sydney located Jared correct for 20 points. He was defeated by wig. Taunts of Van Van is *** used up man. What incumbent president lost the election of 18 40 Maria. He's the one. It wasn't named for the country that first settled the area, but for the engineer who designed it, what tunnel first connected new york with New Jersey in 1927. Eli Lincoln. Tunnel, Not the Lincoln, No, sorry, any idea. Mr McDevitt. We stumped you on the Holland tunnel. They were the most popular luxury item in the 17th century Netherlands calvinist preachers denounced them as temp tres of devilish vanity. What were they Kelly? Not hats, no, sorry. We stumped you on mirrors. In 1803 Thomas Bruce went to Athens and that sculptures removed from the Parthenon and sent back to England. What are these still controversial treasures in the British Museum. If you go there, you're gonna see the Elgin marbles. He was expelled from the school When that sound takes to the end of the round and to the end of the game, it looks like we are going to see Hanover for round two, but we hope to see you in just *** moment or two. Score keeping for W G *** L. *** brainbusters presented by Jennings. College consulting where students discover the right college fit for the future. We'll return after this. Welcome back to W G L eight brainbusters, The Susquehanna Valley's longest running high school quiz show. Once again, here's your host, Rich Rosen. Well, congratulations. Handover. They did *** super job and they are going to return for round two. Of course. We say goodbye to Mr McDevitt and we thank you so much for competing with us today. Coming up on the next W G *** L. *** brainbusters. We are welcoming back our winning teams. So our first group is Hershey and Southwestern and both of these teams performed brilliantly in their first round to play. Let's see what happens when they face each other. Thanks for spending part of your day with us and we hope to see you next time on W G *** l. *** brain busters so long.