>> Join us tonight as Westfield Technical Academy goes up against Pope Francis Prep, the historic 65th season of Western New England's award winning high school quiz show continues tonight.

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>> Good evening and welcome to a schools match wits coming to you from the campus of Westfield State University.

I'm your host, Beth Ward.

Once again, high schools from throughout our region are going head to head in qualifying matches to see who can score enough points to finish in the top eight and compete in this season's championship tournament.

In tonight's matchup, we have Westfield Technical Academy going up against Pope Francis Prep.

Let's take a second to meet the teams.

Let's start with Pope Francis, coached by Joe Maddy.

>> Hi, my name is Oliver Tran and I'm a senior from Pope Francis Prep.

>> My name is Aaron Smith and I'm a sophomore from Pope Francis Prep.

>> Hi, my name is Marcus Trent and I'm a senior at Pope Francis Prep.

Hello, I'm Landon Ferrando from Pope Francis Preparatory as a freshman.

And I'd like to acknowledge our alternates, Jaron Hoffman and Ryan Robinson.

>> And for Westfield Technical Academy, coached by Christopher Burke.

>> Hi, my name is Alex Mason and I'm a junior from Westfield Tech.

>> Hi, I'm Kieran Burke, I'm a sophomore from Westfield Tech.

Hi, I am and I'm a freshman from Westfield Tech.

>> Hello, I'm Gabriela Scotoni, a senior at Westfield Tech.

I'd like to take a moment to thank our alternates, John and Fred.

>> Let's take a second to look at our current top eight.

You can see 275 is the score to beat tonight.

So let's get this show on the road.

We start off each match with the challenge round.

Both teams will have a chance to buzz in and answer questions for ten points each.

Good luck to both teams.

Here we go with the first question of the evening.

The Isle of Wight, Isle of Man and the Shetland Islands are all islands off the coast.

Of what?

European country?

>> Westfield, Scotland.

>> I'm sorry.

That is incorrect.

All right.

Pope Francis, that gives you the chance to automatically, automatically answer United Kingdom.

Yes.

That's right.

Nice.

What are the muscular walled tubes that carry blood from the heart to the body?

Westfield.

>> Arteries?

>> Yes.

That's correct.

Spell the US state.

Whose capital city is Honolulu.

Pope Francis.

>> HAWAII.

>> Yes, that's right, with the initials QM.

Name the fundamental theory in physics that describes the behaviour of nature at the atomic and subatomic level.

>> Quantum mechanics.

>> Yes, quantum mechanics is correct.

During what US war did the Battle of Fredericksburg take place?

Pope Francis.

>> American Civil war.

>> Yes.

That's right.

The novel Great Expectations was published in 1861.

It chronicles the coming Pope Francis.

>> Charles Dickens.

>> Yes.

That's correct.

Let's finish the question for the folks at home who are playing along.

It chronicles the coming of age of an orphan named Pip while also addressing such issues as social class and human worth.

All right.

Very nice job.

Charles Dickens was correct.

Let's move on to the next one.

What is the general term for a function whose graph makes a parabolic shape?

Pope Francis.

>> Quadratic.

>> Quadratic is correct.

Manila is to the Philippines as what city is to Bolivia.

Westfield just under the buzzer.

>> New York.

>> I'm sorry.

That is incorrect.

Right.

Pope Francis, can you answer?

>> Moldova.

>> La Paz is the right answer.

Using an apparatus consisting of a metal ball attached to a hand grip by a steel wire, what is the name of the track and field event in which an athlete hurls that apparatus as far as possible?

Pope Francis.

>> Javelin.

>> I'm sorry, that is incorrect.

Westfield tech, can you answer?

>> Shop.

>> Shop.

Shot put.

>> It's actually the hammer.

Let's move on.

A waxing gibbous moon immediately precedes.

Which lunar phase is it?

New moon, first quarter moon or full moon?

Pope Francis.

>> Half.

>> Full moon.

>> Did they get that in time?

Yes.

Full moon is correct in the texting world.

NGL is an abbreviation for what?

Pope Francis.

>> Not going to lie.

>> Not going to lie.

Yep.

That's right.

If you were watching a sporting event that featured Shohei Ohtani, would he be playing baseball?

Baseball?

Yes, that is correct.

If you owned a bungalow spelled BUNGALOW, would you drive it, sail it or live in it?

>> Pope Francis live in it.

>> It's a type of house.

Yes.

That's right.

Which of the following African countries does not border Morocco?

Is it Western Sahara, Tunisia or Algeria?

Pope Francis.

>> Tunisia.

>> Yes.

That's right.

Listen to this literary line.

I am an invisible man.

It's from the book Invisible Man.

By what?

Author?

Pope Francis, H.G.

Wells.

I'm sorry.

That is incorrect.

That gives you the chance to answer.

>> Charles Dickinson.

>> I'm sorry.

Correct answer is Ralph Ellison.

While playing the classic board game, you might be tempted to buy and trade properties such as Atlantic Avenue, Westfield monopoly.

Yes.

That's right.

Listen to this sentence.

In the medical world, the four main types of sci include injury to the neck, upper back, lower back, and or the pelvic area.

All right.

In that sentence, what are the letters?

SCI an abbreviation for.

Spinal cord injury is the right answer.

Let's move on.

British engineer George Stephenson unveiled the first operative steam locomotive.

During which of the following centuries.

1700s, 1800s or.

Pope Francis.

>> 1800s.

>> 1825.

Yes.

That's right.

Name the capital city of the state of New Mexico.

Pope Francis.

>> Santa Fe.

>> Yes.

That's right.

What is the value of three factorial?

Pope Francis.

>> Six.

>> Yes, six is correct.

Listen carefully to this sentence.

Gravity is the force that causes a tossed item to travel in a U-shaped path known as a parabola.

Spell the word parabola.

Pope Francis.

>> PARABOLA.

>> Yes.

That's right.

Nice.

A chicken in every pot and a car in every garage was Herbert Hoover's presidential campaign slogan.

In which of the following years was it?

1920?

1924 or 1928?

Westfield.

>> 1928.

>> Yes.

That's right.

And that marks the end of our challenge round.

Let's take a moment now to meet the team from Pope Francis Prep.

>> Hi, I'm Mackenzie from Westfield State University.

We asked the team from Pope Francis Prep.

What class do you think will help you the most later in life?

>> I think civics will help me the most later in life because, um, knowing how the government works will make me a more informed voter.

>> I think biology will be the most helpful because it applies the scientific method, which is a good form of thinking in all forms of life.

I think economics will help me most later in life, because it is a study of people's choices, and I will have to make a lot of decisions in my life.

>> I think that English will help me most later on in life, because I'm hoping to be a published author, so I think it'll really help me in that field.

>> On now to the first lightning round of the match.

Each team will have a chance to buzz in and answer questions for five points each.

Buzz.

In answer correctly, you win five points.

Answer incorrectly.

However, your team loses five points.

Well, we hope you do well in this round.

Each answer is a word with two consecutive L's somewhere in them, as in the word well.

You have 90s starting right now.

Term for two straight lines that are an equal distance Pope Francis.

>> Parallel.

>> A flat folding case for holding money or debit cards.

Pope Francis.

>> Wallet.

>> Wallet is right.

A big splash maker off the diving board.

>> Westfield Cannonball.

>> Yes.

That's correct.

You can push a baby around in one of these.

Westfield stroller stroller is correct.

Most everyone talks on these devices.

Pope Francis.

>> Cell phone.

>> Yes.

That's right.

Another word for saying goodbye, Westfield.

Farewell.

Yes.

Farewell is correct.

Type of bird you can find at the seashore.

>> Westfield Seagull.

>> Yes.

That's correct.

It's another helping of water in your glass.

Pope Francis.

>> Refill?

>> Yes.

Refill is correct.

If you put this under your head when you sleep.

Pope Francis.

Pillow is right where pitchers warm up during a baseball game.

Pope Francis.

>> Bullpen.

>> Yes, that's right, a device for cooking outdoors.

Westfield grill.

Grill is correct.

A sport that started in Holyoke, Massachusetts.

Pope Francis.

>> Volleyball.

>> Yes.

Volleyball is right.

The framework of bone enclosing the brain.

Westfield.

>> Skull.

>> Skull is correct.

Paper for casting your votes on Westfield.

>> Ballot.

>> Ballot is correct.

Hay fever caused by pollen as a sign of this Westfield allergen.

Something you ring in to see if anyone's home.

Pope Francis.

>> Doorbell.

>> Doorbell is right.

A region of the Netherlands on the North Sea.

That's Holland.

However, that bell marks the end of our first lightning round.

Let's move on.

Now, with the capitalization round, that's where teams get the chance to pick a category and a point value.

They'll need to answer a qualifying question first before they can continue on for points.

Now, if they fail to answer that qualifying question correctly, their opponents will have the opportunity to capitalize and get those points.

At the moment, Westfield Tech you are behind.

That also means you get the very first opportunity to pick a category and a point value.

What's it going to be?

>> Social studies for 30, please.

>> Social studies for 30 to qualify.

Take a look at your screens, please.

This state's capital city was founded in 1847 by Brigham Young and.

And a band of 148 Mormons as a refuge from religious persecution.

More recently, it was the host of the 2002 Olympic Winter games.

Name the capital city and the state.

>> Salt Lake City, Utah.

>> Yes.

That's right.

Nice.

Let's move on in this category by identifying the following states and their capital cities.

These are for ten points each.

Take a look at your screen once again.

First, this state's capital city is home to the NFL's Broncos as well as MLB's Rockies.

Name the capital city and the state.

>> Denver, Colorado.

>> Yes.

That's right.

This state's capital city was named as one of the Twin Cities, along with the city of Minneapolis, named the capital city.

And this state.

>> Saint Paul, Minnesota.

>> Yes.

That's correct.

And finally, try this one.

The capital city of this southern state was the birthplace of such renowned Americans as Martin Luther King, Jr.

Margaret Mitchell and Spike Lee.

Name the capital city and this state.

>> Atlanta, Georgia.

>> Yes.

Very nice job.

All right, Pope Francis, your turn.

First time of the evening.

Do please pick a category and a point value.

>> World events for 25.

>> World events for 25.

Your qualifying question.

Take a look at your screen.

The first women's rights convention was held in July of 1848.

It was advertised as a convention to discuss the social, civil and religious condition and rights of women.

The convention was held in Seneca Falls.

In what U.S.

state.

>> New York.

>> More milestones in the women's rights movement as we move on in this category.

This is for ten points each.

First, in 1869, this territory, which would become the 44th U.S.

state in 1890, became the first U.S.

territory to grant women the right to vote in all elections.

Was this Delaware, Wyoming or Montana?

>> Wyoming.

>> Wyoming?

Yes.

Women were granted the right to vote in all states in 1920, with the ratification of which of the following constitutional amendments the 19th, 20th or 21st?

19th, 19th?

Yes, of course, that's right.

And finally, for five points, the goal of the Equal Pay Act of 1963 was to end wage disparity based on sex.

What U.S.

president signed it into law on June 10th, 1963.

>> Lyndon B Johnson.

>> Correct answer is John F Kennedy.

Nice job on the other ones, though.

All right, Westfield Tech, once again, your turn.

>> I'm gonna do, uh.

>> May we have arts and entertainment for 30?

>> Arts and entertainment for 30.

Here we go with your qualifying question.

Take a look at your screens.

Based on a classic children's novel by Italian author Carlo Collodi, the plot summary for this 2022 Disney movie reads A puppet is brought to life by a fairy who assigns him to lead a virtuous life in order to become a real boy.

Name this movie.

>> Pinocchio.

>> The classic Pinocchio.

Yes, that's right, let's move on in this category.

More movies from the year 2022.

For ten points each, take a look at your screen first in this sequel to the 2020 action adventure comedy film.

This hero's test comes when Doctor Robotnik returns with a new partner, knuckles, in search of a mystical emerald that has the power to destroy civilizations.

Name this movie.

>> Sonic two.

>> Yes, that is correct.

All right, let's try this one.

The plot summary for this 2022 animated movie reads as follows.

To avoid prison, a gang of notorious animal criminals pretends to seek, being rehabilitated only for their leader to realize that he genuinely wants to change his ways.

Name this movie Bad Guys.

Yes, the bad guys is right.

And finally, let's do this one.

The plot summary for this 2022 animated movie reads as follows.

While spending years attempting to return home, this maroon space Ranger encounters an army of ruthless robots commanded by Zurg, who are attempting to steal the fuel source of his ship.

Name this movie.

>> Late year.

>> Light year.

Yes, very nice job.

You know your movies.

Okay.

Pope Francis, once again, please pick a category and a point value.

>> Literature for 30.

>> Literature for 30.

Here's your qualifying question.

Name the classic 1953 dystopian novel by Ray Bradbury that features Guy Montag, a fireman whose job is to burn books.

>> Fahrenheit 451.

>> Yes, that's right, let's move on with numbers in literary titles.

I'll give you an incomplete title.

You tell me and tell you the author.

You tell me the missing number.

These are for ten points each.

First slaughterhouse blank by Kurt Vonnegut.

>> Five.

>> Five is right.

Here's the next one.

Blank Angry Men by Reginald Rose.

>> 12.

>> 12 is correct.

And finally, A Tale of Blank Cities by Charles Dickens.

>> Two cities.

>> Westfield tech once again, please pick a category and a point value.

>> We want to do a.

>> May.

We have social studies for 25.

>> Social studies for 25.

Here we go with your qualifying question.

Name the capital city of the Asian country of Iran.

>> Is it um.

>> You just have.

>> To say, oh my gosh.

>> I'm sorry, time is up.

All right.

Pope Francis prep, can you capitalize Baghdad?

I'm sorry.

Correct answer is Tehran.

All right, Pope Francis, once again, please pick a category and a point value.

>> World events for 30.

>> World events for 30.

To qualify, you have picked the Westfield State University entrance exam question.

Answer the qualifier and all of the category questions correctly.

Your team wins an additional ten points.

All right good luck.

Take a look at your screens.

Which NASA program sent the first humans to the moon?

Was it Project Gemini, Project Apollo or Project Mercury project Apollo?

Yes.

Project Apollo is correct.

More about lunar exploration.

These are for ten points each.

Take a look at your screen first.

Apollo 11 was the first mission to land humans on the lunar surface.

In which year did that mission take place?

Was it 1966, 1969 or 1972?

1969, 69?

Yes.

What was the name of this astronaut who was the first to step on the moon?

>> Neil Armstrong?

>> Neil Armstrong is correct.

And finally, in December of 1972, the last Apollo mission to the moon took place.

Was it Apollo 16, Apollo 17, or Apollo 18?

>> 16.

>> So close.

Apollo 17.

Great job on all of the other questions.

Missed it just by one, but very nice work.

All right, Westfield Tech once again, your turn.

>> General knowledge for 30, please.

>> General knowledge for 30.

Your qualifying question.

Take a look at your screen once again.

Yousuf Karsh was a famous 20th century.

What portrait photographer.

Theoretical physicist.

Abnormal psychologist or long distance runner?

>> Psychologist.

>> I'm sorry.

That is incorrect.

Pope Francis, can you capitalize a physicist?

It was actually a portrait photographer.

Let's move on now with Pope Francis once again.

Your turn.

>> Math and science for 30.

>> Going for the last of the 30.

All right, here we go.

To qualify.

Which planet in our solar system has a faint, dusty ring system that was not known until it was discovered by Voyager 1 in 1979.

>> Jupiter?

>> Yes, Jupiter is correct.

Let's move on.

The word ring RING figures prominently in each of the following questions for ten points each.

Take a look at your screen.

First, the ring system of Saturn is the most extensive and complex in the solar system.

What Italian astronomer was the first to gaze at Saturn's ring system through a telescope in 1610?

>> Galileo.

>> Yes, Galileo is right.

Approximately 80% of the world's largest earthquakes and 90% of the world's volcanic eruptions occur in an area of this body of water known as the Ring of Fire.

Which body of water is it located in?

Is it the Arctic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, or Indian Ocean?

>> Pacific ocean.

>> And finally, try this one.

A fairy ring shown here is a naturally occurring ring of mushrooms on a lawn or other location.

The fairy ring is an important phenomenon in what science defined as the study of fungi.

Is it mycology, mycology or mycology?

>> Mycology?

>> Mycology?

Yes, that is correct.

All right.

Westfield tech, once again, your turn.

>> Arts and entertainment for 25.

>> Arts and entertainment for 25.

Here we go with the qualifying question, which is a video qualifier.

So please take a look at your screen.

>> Hi.

John Barron here, former host of his school's match quits.

Your qualifying question is.

Vincent van Gogh was a European artist who lived from 1853 to 1890.

Completed in 1889, this Van Gogh painting depicts a type of flower which takes its name from the Greek word for rainbow.

To qualify.

Name this type of flour.

>> Indigo.

>> I'm sorry.

That is incorrect, Pope Francis.

Can you capitalize?

>> Iris?

>> Yes.

Iris is the right answer.

Let's move on.

More about Vincent van Gogh.

For ten points each.

Take a look at your screen.

First, Van Gogh was a well-known painter, of which art movement that took place between 1886 and 1905.

Was it Cubism, pointillism or Post-Impressionism?

>> Post-Impressionism?

>> Yes.

That's right.

Try this one.

The bright red flowers shown in this 1890 Van Gogh painting became symbolic for commemorating soldiers who lost their lives in fields like this on the Western Front during World War One in Europe.

Name this flower.

>> Poppies.

>> Yes.

That's right.

And finally, for five points, this Van Gogh still life is one of several works he painted of these types of flowers.

What type of flowers are they?

>> Sunflowers.

>> Yes, that is correct.

And that marks the end of our capitalization round.

Let's take a moment now to meet the team from Westfield Technical Academy.

>> Hi, I'm Mackenzie from Westfield State University.

We asked the team from Westfield Tech.

Does your phone help or hurt your schoolwork?

>> I don't think so, because it's kind of distracting.

>> It hurts me.

I get distracted very, very easily.

It's it's my Kryptonite.

I think it mostly hurts people with hurts me personally with my schoolwork because then, you know, when I'm using my phone, I get distracted with my homework.

However, it could be useful because you can use a helpful school AI to better understand a subject you're doing.

>> I think it really depends on the person, but for me personally, it helps since as a art and communication major, I often use my phone to do schoolwork.

So personally it helps me.

>> Let's move on now to the final lightning round of the match.

Each team will have a chance to buzz in and answer questions for five points each.

Buzz.

In answer correctly, you win five points.

Answer incorrectly.

However, your team loses five points.

Well, this should be the perfect ending to our match.

All the words in this round contain the letter sequence p, e r in that order.

Somewhere in it, as in the word perfect, you have 90s starting right now.

They used to make pennies out of this metal.

Pope Francis.

>> Copper.

>> Copper is right.

Common punctuation used at the end of a sentence.

Pope Francis.

>> Period.

>> Period is right.

It's the largest of the Great Lakes.

Westfield.

>> Superior?

>> Yes.

Superior is correct.

It's the opposite of Lower Westfield.

Upper.

Upper is right to hold firmly to a purpose or under Westfield grasp.

Persist is the right answer.

Devices used on submarines to see what's on the surface.

Pope Francis.

>> Periscope.

>> Periscope is correct.

Examples of this are Tonsillectomies and appendectomy.

Operation is the right answer.

These.

Move water off of your windshield.

>> Westfield wipers.

>> Wiper is right.

His alter ego was Clark Kent.

>> Westfield Superman.

>> Superman is right to speak in a soft voice.

Pope Francis.

Whisper, whisper, whisper is right.

It sits next to the salt on most tables.

Westfield Pepper.

A spray on substance that emits a fragrant odor.

>> Westfield perfume.

>> Yes, perfume is right.

Julius Caesar's title was this Westfield Emperor.

Yes, Emperor is right.

A person who makes wooden barrels.

Pope Francis.

>> Carpenter.

>> Cooper is the right answer.

There a venomous snake, Westfield Viper.

Viper is correct.

A person with a high degree of knowledge on a subject.

Pope Francis.

>> Expert.

>> Expert is right to read or examine with great care.

Peruse is the right answer there, however, that bell marks the end of our last lightning round.

It also marks the end of our match.

What a really fun match up we had this evening.

I want to say to Westfield Tech.

Strong work tonight.

Pope Francis, now you are in fourth place, so congratulations.

We will see how the rest of the season shakes out.

But I'm thinking we'll be seeing you again.

So strong work to you as well to see this season's roster.

And for more information, be sure to log on to our web [email protected].

Or you can look for us on Facebook and Instagram.

I'm your host, Beth Ward.

Good night, and be sure to tune in again next time as schools match wits.

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