Pettisville vs Clyde
Season 2024 Episode 26 | 27m 36sVideo has Closed Captions
Pettisville and Clyde High Schools compete in a quiz bowl match.
Area high schools compete in a quiz bowl tournament. This week, Pettisville and Clyde High Schools compete in a quiz bowl match.
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Pettisville vs Clyde
Season 2024 Episode 26 | 27m 36sVideo has Closed Captions
Area high schools compete in a quiz bowl tournament. This week, Pettisville and Clyde High Schools compete in a quiz bowl match.
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I think we better get ready for a battle of the Synaptic Samurai.
Only one team can leave victorious.
Who's it going to be?
Only one way to find out, "BGSU's Brain Game" starts right now.
(upbeat music) (upbeat music continues) And welcome to "BGSU Brain Game," Pettisville versus Clyde.
Let's go to our starting lineups.
For Pettisville, led by Coach Civic, in slot number one, we have Keegan, a freshman.
In slot number two, we have Emily, a senior.
And in slot number, three we have Macy, a junior.
Now, for Clyde, led by Coach Smith, in slot number one, we have Laura, a senior.
Slot number two, Deanna, a junior.
And in slot number three, it is Michael, a Junior.
Welcome both to Pettisville and Clyde.
This is "BGSU Brain Game," and we start things off as we always do with the toss up round.
In this round there, are 10 questions, they are 10 points a piece.
No deduction for an incorrect answer, so have some fun with this one.
You can confer before buzzing in, and you can steal a question in this round.
Toss up round starts right now.
In Greek mythology, this second generation of divine beings included the 12 offspring of Uranus and Gaia.
By which collective name were they known?
(buzzer beeps) That would be Pettisville, Emily.
- Olympians.
- Incorrect.
Clyde, Chance to steal.
- Mayans.
- You need to buzz in, please.
(buzzer beeps) That would be Michael - Mayans.
- Incorrect.
What we were looking for was the Titans.
The Titans is what we were looking for there.
Name the odorless, tasteless, colorless gas sometimes called the silent killer, often emitted at dangerous levels from faulty gas furnaces... (buzzer beeps) That would be Pettisville, Emily.
- Carbon monoxide.
- Correct.
What is the name for any structure that is supported at one end by a downward force while the other end projects into space without support?
Theater balconies and the house known as "falling water" are examples of this type of structure.
(buzzer beeps) That would be Clyde, Deanna.
- Podium.
- Incorrect.
Pettisville, chance to steal.
(buzzer beeps) That would be Emily - Skyscraper.
- Incorrect.
Cantilever is what we needed there.
Starts with an "E".
Some strains of this normally harmless bacterium can cause severe food poisoning, especially in children, (buzzer beeps) and that would be Pettisville, Emily.
- E. coli.
- E. coli is correct.
Name this body of water, the largest alpine lake in North America.
It lies in the Sierra Nevada mountains and straddles the border between Nevada and California.
(buzzer beeps) That would be Clyde, Deanna.
- Lake Omaha - Incorrect.
Pettisville, chance to steal.
(buzzer beeps) That would be Keegan.
- Lake Osage.
- Incorrect.
If I said great place to ski, Lake Tahoe is what we were looking for there, Lake Tahoe.
Multiple choice question.
With which American revolutionary battle would one associate British General William Howe and American military leaders, Israel Putnam and William Prescott?
Is it A: Battle of Bunker Hill, B: Battle of Trenton, or C: Battle of Saratoga?
(buzzer beeps) That would be Clyde, Michael.
- A.
- Correct.
Battle of Bunker Hill, A. in 1919 at the Versailles Peace Conference, President Woodrow Wilson's comprehensive "Fourteen Points" plan outlined the establishment of which forerunner to the United Nations.
(buzzer beeps) Pettisville, Keegan.
- The League of Nations.
- Correct.
Another multiple choice question.
Born in the Bronx, New York, which American playwright and screenwriter has written over 30 plays in his lifetime including "The Goodbye Girl."
That would be Clyde, Deanna.
- Lin-Manuel Miranda.
- Incorrect.
Including "The Goodbye Girl" and "The Odd Couple" is it A: Arthur Miller, B: Tennessee Williams, or C: Neil Simon.
Pettisville, chance to steal, that'd be Macy.
- A.
- Incorrect.
It is actually C: Neil Simon.
What U.S. president won a Nobel Peace Prize for his work on the Camp David Accords?
(buzzer beeps) That would be Clyde, Deanna.
- Barack Obama.
- Incorrect.
Pettisville, chance to steal.
(buzzer beeps) Emily.
- Bush.
- Incorrect, Jimmy Carter is what we needed there.
Multiple choice question again.
Who was the presidential predecessor to Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Ukraine?
Is it A: Gitanas Nauseda, B: Viktor Yanukovych, or C: Petro Poroshenko?
(buzzer beeps) That would be Clyde, Michael.
- B.
- Incorrect.
Pettisville, chance to steal.
(buzzer beeps) That will be Emily.
- C. - C is correct.
Poroshenko is what we needed there.
That is all 10 questions in this round.
Let's take a quick look at our score.
Clyde at 10 points, and currently in the lead with 40 is Pettisville.
Stick around, we're just getting started, the "Risk and Reward" round, it's coming up next, stay tuned.
(upbeat music) (upbeat music) And welcome back to "BGSU Brain Game."
Clyde: 10 points, Pettisville at 40 points.
Before we move on to our next round, let's welcome, in slot number one for Clyde, it is Kiara, and Kiara is a senior.
Welcome to you and all of our returning players.
This is "Risk and Reward".
In this round, both teams get the same questions.
The first nine, 10 points a piece, no deduction for an incorrect answer, so you can still play a little bit looser on your buzzers.
The 10th question, however, is our "Risk and Reward" question.
You'll receive a topic, you can risk up to 30 points in five-point increments on that topic.
If you get it right, you get the points, you get it wrong or a non-answer, unfortunately, I hate to say it, but you're going to lose those points.
All right, Pettisville, since you're at 40 points, you'll be sticking around.
Clyde, out the door you go, it's off to isolation.
All right, Pettisville, are you ready for "Risk and Reward"?
Here we go.
True or false: Extrinsic motivation is demonstrated by a person who studies hard to accomplish a sense of self-satisfaction rather than earning a grade?"
(buzzer beeps) That would be Emily.
- True?
- Unfortunately, it is false.
It is intrinsic motivation.
When James Oglethorpe established the colony of Georgia in the 18th century, for what type of British criminal was he seeking to provide a haven?
(timer chimes) (buzzer beeps) And not in time, I'm sorry, they were debtors, is what they were looking for.
"It was a strange occurrence, the likes of which I had never seen before."
Spell "occurrence".
- (whispering) O-C-C-U-R-E-N-C-E - Yeah, buzzer!
(buzzer beeps) - That will be Emily.
- O-C-C-U-R-R-E-N-C-E. - Correct.
A caldera is located at the top of what type of land form?
- Magma chamber, magma chamber.
(buzzer beeps) - That will be Emily.
- Magma chamber.
- Excuse me?
- Magma chamber.
- Magma chamber, we will accept that.
The innermost layer of the eye upon which an image is focused can be detached by a severe blow to the head causing blindness.
What is the name of this sensitive layer of tissue that contains the rods and the cones?
(buzzer beeps) That would be Emily.
- Retina.
- Retina is correct.
How many U.S. states and territories begin with the letter P?
(timer chimes) (buzzer beeps) Not in time.
Pennsylvania and Puerto Rico.
In a 1946 speech, Winston Churchill drew which Cold War, excuse me, Cold War line, "From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic..?"
- (whispering) Iron war, iron wall.
- Yeah!
(buzzer beeps) - That will be Emily - Iron wall.
- I cannot accept iron wall.
Iron curtain is what we needed there.
Multiple choice: As of March 1st, 2025 who has the most career points in the NBA?
Is it A: Michael Jordan, B: LeBron James, or C: Wilt Chamberlain?
(buzzer beeps) That would be Emily.
- LeBron James.
- LeBron James is correct.
How do you say "tomorrow" in Spanish?
(buzzer beeps) And that would be Emily.
- Mañana.
- Mañana is correct.
"Risk and Reward" time.
The topic is NASA.
You can risk up to 30 points in five-point increments on this topic, or you can pass and walk out the door with 90 points.
(players whispering) - We'll go with 15 points.
- 15 points.
"Risk and Reward", 15 points on NASA.
The NASA Space Shuttle Atlantis ended its service in 2011.
What was the name of the other space shuttle that ended service that same year?
(buzzer beeps) That would be Emily.
- Apollo.
- Incorrect.
It was the Space Shuttle Discovery.
Negative 15 points for you, and that ends your "Risk and Reward" round.
It's is now time for you to head off to isolation.
All right, let's bring back in Clyde.
Come on in, Clyde.
Welcome back from isolation, Clyde.
Your "Risk and Reward" round starts right now.
All right, first question is, True or false: Extrinsic motivation is demonstrated by a person who studies hard to accomplish a sense of self-satisfaction rather than earning a grade?
(buzzer beeps) That would be Deanna.
- True.
- Incorrect, it is false.
It's intrinsic motivation is what we were looking for.
When James Oglethorpe established the colony of Georgia in the 18th century, for what type of British criminal was he seeking to provide a haven?
(timer chimes) - Time!
Debtors is what we needed there.
"It was a strange occurrence, the likes of which I had never seen before."
Spell "occurrence".
(buzzer beeps) That will be Michael.
- O-C-U-R-A-N-C-E. - Incorrect.
O-C-C-U-R-R-E-N-C-E. A caldera is located at the top of what type of land form?
- (whispering) It's on the top.
- I know, I don't know.
(timer chimes) - Time!
That would be a volcano is what we needed there.
The innermost layer of the eye upon which an image is focused can be detached by a severe blow to the head causing blindness.
What is the name of this sensitive layer of tissue... That would be Deanna.
(buzzer beeps) - The cornea.
- Incorrect.
Retina is what we needed there.
How many U.S. states and territories begin with the letter P?
(buzzer beeps) That will be Michael.
- One.
- Incorrect.
Two, Pennsylvania and Puerto Rico, the territory.
In a 1946 speech, Winston Churchill drew which Cold War line, "From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic..?"
(buzzer beeps) That will be Deanna.
- "The only thing we need to fear is fear itself."
- Incorrect, "iron curtain" is what we needed there.
Multiple choice.
As of March 1st, 2025, who has the most career points in the NBA?
Is it A: Michael Jordan, B: LeBron James, or C: Wilt Chamberlain?
(buzzer beeps) That would be Michael.
- LeBron James.
- LeBron James is correct.
How do you say "tomorrow" in Spanish?
(buzzer beeps) That would be Kiara.
- Mañana.
- Correct.
"Risk and Reward" time.
The topic is NASA.
You can risk up to 30 points in five-point increments on this topic, or you can pass.
Clyde, what are you thinking?
- Okay, I'm just saying, I'm thinking the other team scored.
I feel like we go all or nothing on this one.
- I would pass on that.
- Let's go 15.
- Okay, 15.
- We'll go 15.
- 15 points it is, all right.
15 points on NASA.
The NASA Space Shuttle Atlantis ended its service in 2011.
What was the name of the other space shuttle that ended service that same year?
(timer chimes) - Time!
It was the Space Shuttle Discovery.
Negative 15 points for you, Clyde, and that is the end of the "Risk and Reward" round for you.
Is now time to clear our scores and let's bring back in Pettisville.
Welcome back from isolation.
Let's take a look at our scores.
Starting off with Clyde, we have 15 points.
Pettisville has 75 points.
We're just getting warmed up here at "BGSU Brain Game," because coming up next is our "Category" round where questions can be worth 10, 15, 20, 25, and 30 points and deductions, well, they're going to start, stay tuned.
(dramatic music) (upbeat music) And welcome back to "BGSU Brain Game."
Clyde: 15, Pettisville: 75.
We want to welcome back a returning player.
In slot number three, for Clyde, let's welcome back Laura to the game, and welcome back to all of our returning players from last round.
This is the "Category Round."
The power now shifts a little bit to you, our teams.
We have six categories to choose from.
Inside each category are questions worth 10, 15, 20, 25, and 30 points.
But I got to keep it real, deductions do start now.
So if you go for 30, you're risking 30.
If you go for 15, you're risking 15 of your points.
There is one double or nothing question hiding somewhere in there, could be a game changer.
You may confer before buzzing in and you can steal a question in this round.
Clyde, with 15 points, you get to make the first selection.
- Legal terms, 10.
- Legal terms for 10 points.
Answer these questions about things that have to do with the law.
What is the name of the crime for lying under oath?
(timer chimes) Time!
That will be known as perjury.
Clyde still in control.
- Legal terms, 15.
- Legal terms now for 15 points.
In civil law, what do we call the party who brings a suit or some other legal action against another in court?
(buzzer beeps) That would be Laura.
- Prosecution.
- Incorrect.
Pettisville, chance to steal.
(buzzer beeps) That would be Emily.
- Defendant.
- Incorrect.
Plaintiff is what we needed there, plaintiff.
Clyde still in control.
- Sayings, 10.
- Sayings for 10 points.
Better safe than... (buzzer beeps) That would be Deanna.
- Sorry.
- Correct.
Clyde in control.
- Sayings, 15.
- Sayings for 15 points.
If the shoe fits... (buzzer beeps) That would be Keegan.
- Walk in it.
- Incorrect.
Clyde, chance to steal.
- If the boot- - You need to buzz in, please.
(buzzer beeps) That would be Deanna.
- Boot.
- Incorrect.
"If the shoe fits, wear it," is the saying.
Clyde, still in control.
- States, 10.
- States for 10 points.
This is the image category, take a look at this monitor right here.
Identify this U.S. state.
(buzzer beeps) That will be Pettisville, Keegan.
- Louisiana.
- Louisiana is correct.
And now the power shifts to Pettisville, in control.
- States, 15.
- States for 15 points.
Identify this state.
(buzzer beeps) That would be Keegan.
- Vermont.
- Vermont is correct.
Pettisville still in control.
- States, 20.
- States now for 20 points.
Identify this U.S. state.
(buzzer beeps) That'd be Keegan, - Maine.
- Maine is correct.
Pettisville in control.
- States, 25.
- Sticking with states now for 25 points, identify this.
(buzzer beeps) That would be Pettisville, Keegan.
- New Mexico.
- New Mexico is correct.
Pettisville in control.
- States, 30.
- I'm not surprised, states for 30.
Identify this U.S. state.
(buzzer beeps) That would be Keegan.
- North Dakota.
- Correct, yes.
Pettisville in control, that completes that category.
- Rivers and cities, 10.
- Rivers and cities for 10 points.
I will name a major city of the world, you are to identify the river that passes through it.
The city is Paris.
(buzzer beeps) That would be Pettisville, Keegan.
- The Seine.
- The Seine River is correct.
Pettisville in control, making a move.
- Rivers and cities, 15.
- Rivers and cities for 15 points.
The city is London.
(buzzer beeps) That would be Pettisville, Keegan.
- The Thames.
- The Thames is correct.
Pettisville in control.
- Rivers and cities, 20.
- Rivers and cities now for 20 points.
The city is Rome.
(buzzer beeps) Pettisville, Keegan.
- The Tiber.
- Tiber is correct.
Pettisville in control.
- Rivers and cities, 25.
- Rivers and cities for 25 points.
Kansas City, Kansas.
(buzzer beeps) Pettisville, Keegan.
- The Missouri.
- Missouri is the river we're looking for there, yes.
Pettisville in control.
- Rivers and cities, 30.
- Rivers and cities now for 30 points.
Budapest, Hungary.
(buzzer beeps) Pettisville, Keegan.
- The Danube.
- The Danube is correct.
In control, Pettisville.
- Sayings, 20 - Sayings for 20 points.
"A penny saved is..." That will be Clyde, Deanna.
- "A penny earned."
- Correct.
Clyde takes back control.
- Sayings, 25.
- Sayings for 25.
This is the double or nothing question, open to all buzzers: "A stitch in time saves..." (buzzer beeps) Pettisville, Emily.
- Nine.
- Correct, double the points, and control.
- Clipped words, 10.
- Clipped words for 10 points.
I will read a clipped word that has been derived from a longer, more formal word.
You are to identify the word from which the clipped word has been formed.
First word is "ad".
(buzzer beeps) That'd be Clyde, Deanna.
- Addition.
- Incorrect.
Pettisville, chance to steal.
(buzzer beeps) That would be Macy.
- Advertisement.
- Advertisement is what we needed there, yes.
- Clipped words, 15.
- Clipped words for 15 points.
"Lunch".
(buzzer beeps) That would be Pettisville, Emily.
- Luncheon.
- Luncheon is what we needed there, yes.
Pettisville in control.
- Same category, 20.
- Clipped words for 20 points.
"Taxi".
(buzzer beeps) That would be Clyde, Deanna.
- Taxidermy.
- Incorrect.
Pettisville, chance to steal.
(timer chimes) - Time!
Taxi cab is what we needed there.
Pettisville in control.
- Clipped words, 25.
- Clipped words for 25.
"Specs".
(buzzer beeps) That would be Pettisville, Emily.
- Spectacles.
- Yes, we'll accept spectacles or specifications there.
Pettisville in control.
- Clipped words, 30.
- Clipped words for 30 points.
Memo.
(buzzer beeps) That would be Clyde, Deanna.
- Memo pad.
- Incorrect, we cannot accept that.
Pettisville.
(buzzer beeps) That will be Macy.
- Memorandum.
- Memorandum is what we needed there.
Pettisville in control.
- Women in history, 10.
- Women in history for 10 points.
Pioneering aviator, who became the first woman... (buzzer beeps) That would be Pettisville, Emily.
- Earhart.
- Earhart is what we needed there, correct.
In control is Pettisville.
- Women in U.S. history, 15.
- Women in U.S. history for 15 points.
Abolitionist and conductor of the Underground Railroad.
(buzzer beeps) That will be Pettisville, Keegan.
- Tubman.
- Tubman is correct.
End of round.
Let's take a look at our score.
Currently in the lead with 400 points is Pettisville.
Stick around, "BrainStorm" coming up next.
(dramatic music) (upbeat music) And welcome back to "BGSU Brain Game."
We did have a slight scoring correction at the end of the round, and before we move to our "BrainStorm" round, let's welcome Michael back for Clyde, and all of our returning players.
Welcome back for this round.
This is the "BrainStorm" round.
In this round, all questions are 20 points.
I must warn you though, negative 20 points for an incorrect answer.
You may confer before buzzing in, but no stealing.
I repeat, no stealing in this round.
The "BrainStorm" round starts right now.
What is the scientific family to which all dogs belong?
(buzzer beeps) Pettisville, Emily.
- Canine.
- Canine is correct.
Where did General Robert E. Lee surrender the army of Northern Virginia?
(timer chimes) - Time!
Appomattox Court House.
How many feet are in one fathom?
(timer chimes) - Time!
That would be six.
Which duck is missing: Huey, Dewey, and... (buzzer beeps) Pettisville, Emily.
- Louie.
- Louie is correct.
How many sides are in a decagon?
(buzzer beeps) That will be Clyde, Michael.
- 10.
- 10 is correct.
In the 2024 movie "Adaptation of Wicked," who plays the role of Glinda?
(buzzer beeps) That would be Pettisville, Emily.
- Ariana Grande.
- Ariana Grande is correct.
What blood vessel carries blood from the heart to the lungs?
(buzzer beeps) Pettisville, Macy.
- Aorta.
- Incorrect.
The pulmonary artery is what we needed.
If you add up the number of moons that Earth and Mars have, what would be the total?
(buzzer beeps) That would be Pettisville, Keegan.
- Three.
- Three is correct.
What is the longest river on the continent of Asia?
(buzzer beeps) Pettisville, Keegan.
- The Yangtze.
- Yangtze is correct.
What is the capital of Afghanistan?
(buzzer beeps) Pettisville, Keegan.
- Kabul.
- Kabul is correct.
In data storage terms, what is larger, a pentabyte or an exabyte?
(buzzer beeps) That would be Clyde, Michael.
- Pentabyte.
- Incorrect.
Exabyte is what we needed there.
What is the process called when a solid transitions directly into a gas bypassing the liquid phase?
(buzzer beeps) Pettisville, Keegan.
- Sublimation.
- Sublimation is what we were looking for, yes.
What was the name of the ship that Charles Darwin sailed on during his "Voyage of Scientific Discovery"?
(timer chimes) - Time!
That would be the HMS Beagle.
What computer programming language is often used for artificial intelligence and machine learning applications?
It is also a kind of snake.
(buzzer beeps) In time, that was Pettisville, Macy.
- Python.
- Python is what we needed there, correct.
Let's take a look at our scores, and our winner is Pettisville with 540 points.
Let's give both of these teams a big round of applause.
In the spirit of good sportsmanship, let's come around, meet in the middle, and we will see you at the next "BGSU Brain Game."
Come on out, everybody, get some TV time.
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