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00:00Hometown Hi-Q Classics on CBS News Pittsburgh.
00:05It's Giant Eagle Hometown Hi-Q.
00:08This week's teams are from Ringgold, Thomas Jefferson, and Franklin Regional Senior High School.
00:15Now, here's your host, Ken Rice.
00:20Thanks for joining us, everybody.
00:22In the next 30 minutes, local high school students will wow you with their wits.
00:25We start each team off here with 100 points, and in our opening round,
00:28we'll take you up 10 points for every answer that you get right.
00:30We'll take you down 10 points for every answer that you get wrong.
00:33Thumbs on the buzzers.
00:34First one to buzz in gets a chance to answer the question.
00:36Ten points apiece.
00:37We call this Start Smart, and here we go.
00:44We begin with brownie points, and I certainly hope you don't have an intellectual brown out here
00:48because these questions are all about the color brown and things associated with brown.
00:52See if you can identify the following.
00:54Brownsville, Texas is located along this big border river.
00:57T.J.?
00:59Rio Grande.
00:59Rio Grande is right.
01:00Thugs called the Brown Shirts served this German dictator.
01:04Franklin.
01:06Need your answer.
01:08Adolf Hitler.
01:09Inspector Brown met Sherlock Holmes at this London police headquarters.
01:13Ringgold.
01:14Scotland Yard.
01:14Scotland Yard.
01:15You got it.
01:15The Browns are once again the NFL team in this Ohio.
01:19Ringgold.
01:19Cleveland.
01:20This Ohio City is Cleveland.
01:21Yep.
01:22This fruit is the chief ingredient of a brown Betty recipe.
01:26Ringgold.
01:28Apples.
01:29Apple is right.
01:30Like Shakespeare, actor Robert Brown invested in this London theater.
01:34T.J.?
01:35The Globe Theater.
01:36The Globe Theater is right.
01:37The Brown Creeper and the Kiwi are birds native to this South Pacific.
01:41Franklin Regional.
01:42Indonesia.
01:43This South Pacific country is New Zealand.
01:45In 1859, John Brown attacked the arsenal in this West Virginia.
01:49Ringgold.
01:50Harper's Ferry.
01:50West Virginia town of Harper's Ferry.
01:52Yep.
01:52This was the year of the Brown versus Board of Education desegregation.
01:57Franklin.
01:58Decision 1954.
01:591954 is right.
02:00Last question in our opening round now.
02:02Charlie Brown appeared in this comic strip drawn by Franklin.
02:05Peanuts.
02:06By Charles Schultz.
02:07Peanuts is right.
02:08And that's the end of our opening round.
02:12Giant Eagle hometown high cue.
02:14Giant Eagle.
02:15It takes a giant to make life simple.
02:20Okay.
02:21Our team positions are chosen at random before we begin the show.
02:24Time to meet our contestants.
02:25First team number one.
02:26Ringgold High School.
02:27You think of Ringgold, you think of a famous quarterback.
02:30Joe Montana.
02:31And a famous baseball player.
02:32Stan Musial.
02:33And another baseball player.
02:34Ken Griffey Sr.
02:35Coach.
02:36Anybody else?
02:36Am I forgetting anybody?
02:38No.
02:39Okay.
02:39It's good.
02:40Because we don't have that much time.
02:41Stephen, please tell us about yourself.
02:43I'm a senior at Ringgold.
02:44I'm 18 years old.
02:46And I was on the school's academic team and mock trial team.
02:50Very good.
02:51And Jesse?
02:52I'm a senior at Ringgold.
02:53I'm on the swim team and the science Olympiad team.
02:56All right.
02:57And Mike?
02:57I'm a senior at Ringgold.
02:58I'm 18 years old.
03:00I'm an active member in SAD and Interact.
03:03SAD?
03:04Students who get strong driving.
03:05Very good.
03:06Okay.
03:06In this round, these questions are worth 20 points apiece.
03:08No need to buzz in.
03:09These are all for you.
03:10No penalty.
03:11So even if you don't know the answer, it doesn't hurt you to take a guess.
03:14We call this The Database.
03:15And if you're ready, here we go.
03:19All right.
03:20Take a look at this phrase.
03:22Despise all evil.
03:23Hidden within this good advice, you'll find the name of what sleek aquatic animal?
03:29Seal.
03:30Seal is right.
03:31Clumsy, agitated, reserved.
03:33A person who is reticent can best be described by which of these adjectives?
03:38Reserve.
03:38Reserve.
03:39Right.
03:39It would have been more of a miracle if blank had swallowed the whale.
03:43You can complete this quotation from Thomas Paine by adding the name of what biblical prophet
03:48who was swallowed by a big fish?
03:50Jonah.
03:50Jonah.
03:51Right.
03:51Connecticut, Maine, Rhode Island.
03:53Listed here alphabetically are three New England states.
03:56Can you rearrange them in order of size going from the smallest in area to the largest?
04:01Rhode Island, Connecticut, Maine.
04:03Absolutely right.
04:04Hungary, Netherlands, Portugal.
04:06Being an admiral would be a dubious honor in which of these countries that has no sea coast?
04:12Hungary.
04:13Hungary is correct.
04:15And here's a quotation for you to wrap things up.
04:17Men are moved by only two things, fear and self-interest.
04:21These are the cynical words of what man who was very much feared when he had himself crowned
04:25emperor of France in 1804?
04:28Napoleon.
04:29Napoleon is right.
04:30Nice job.
04:30Bring gold again in the round with 260 points.
04:36Our second team this morning, Franklin Regional Senior High School from Murraysville.
04:40I understand your school had students featured on a Cheerios box?
04:45Yes.
04:45Tell me about that, please.
04:46It was our football team and they were on the back of the team Cheerios box.
04:49Very nice.
04:50Did you all get one as a souvenir?
04:52No.
04:52Yes.
04:53Can you still buy them?
04:55No.
04:55I didn't think so.
04:56All right.
04:56Let's find out about you guys.
04:57Don.
04:58My name is Donovan Padlock.
04:59I'm 18 years old and a senior at Franklin Regional.
05:02I'm on the Mathletes team and I'm the captain of the bowling team.
05:04All right.
05:05And Joe?
05:05I'm 17 years old and a senior at Franklin Regional.
05:08I'm the captain of the Mathletes team and I participate in the school plays and musicals.
05:12All right.
05:13Dennis?
05:13My name is Dennis Plank.
05:14I'm a 16-year-old sophomore at Franklin Regional and I'm a member of the Science Olympics team.
05:18Okay.
05:19So math and science seems to be a strong area for this team.
05:21We'll hit you with some of those coming up later in the show.
05:23Oh, but right now, 20 points apiece, no penalty, so take a guess.
05:26It doesn't hurt you.
05:28Go attack the enemy.
05:29Hidden in this command is what farm animal that is also the mascot of the U.S. Naval Academy?
05:34Goat.
05:35Go and the beginning of attack makes goat.
05:37Right.
05:39Promptness, cleverness, appearance.
05:40If you were being complimented on your ingenuity, someone would be praising you for which of these qualities?
05:45Cleverness.
05:46Cleverness.
05:46Correct.
05:47Behind every argument is someone's blank.
05:50To complete this quotation from Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis, place in the blank what lack of knowledge that, according
05:56to an old proverb, is bliss.
05:58Ignorance.
05:59Ignorance.
05:59Right.
06:00Tet Offensive.
06:01Bull Run Iwo Jima.
06:03Americans fought in all three of these military campaigns.
06:06Arrange them, if you can, in correct chronological order.
06:11Bull Run Tet Offensive Iwo Jima.
06:13Bull Run Iwo Jima Tet Offensive.
06:17Okay.
06:17West Virginia, Illinois, Iowa.
06:19Which one of these states is located west of the Mississippi and is nicknamed the Hawkeye State?
06:25Iowa.
06:26Iowa's right.
06:26And here's your final question now.
06:28Acting was good training for the political life.
06:31This was the comment of what first lady, a former actress whose husband, a former actor, was our 40th president?
06:38Nancy Reagan.
06:39And Ronald Reagan was her house.
06:40You got it.
06:41Nancy and Ronald is what we're looking for.
06:43You got the answer right.
06:44200 points.
06:45Well done, Franklin Regional.
06:48All right, team number three, Thomas Jefferson High School.
06:52And you guys are proud of your hockey team, right?
06:54Yes.
06:55What's your hockey team done recently?
06:57They've won two state championships in the past two years.
07:00Not bad.
07:01Pretty good.
07:02Okay, let's find out about what you guys are involved in.
07:04Steven?
07:04I'm Steven Vancealey.
07:05I'm a 16-year-old sophomore at Thomas Jefferson.
07:07I'm involved in science club, computer club, and Spanish club.
07:10As well as I'm co-captain of the academic league team.
07:14All right, very good.
07:14Caitlin?
07:15I'm a 16-year-old junior at Thomas Jefferson High School.
07:18And I'm active in the National Honor Society and the drama club.
07:21And I'm on the varsity tennis team.
07:23All right, and Neil?
07:24My name's Neil Palmacino.
07:25I'm a senior at Thomas Jefferson High School.
07:27And I'll be attending Penn State University in the fall.
07:29You already know.
07:29Yep.
07:30Very good.
07:30Okay, you know how this works.
07:3120 points apiece.
07:32Here we go.
07:33Study this phrase, show less concern.
07:36Study that phrase with great concern, and you'll find within it the name of what type
07:39of bird that was sacred to the Greek goddess Athena and has come to represent wisdom?
07:45Owl.
07:45Owl is right.
07:47Unbelieving, unruly, understanding.
07:49If a person were as behaving in a rowdy manner, he or she could best be described by which of
07:54these adjectives?
07:55Unruly.
07:55Unruly, right?
07:56Fill in this quote.
07:57When the blank preaches, look to your geese to complete this old German proverb.
08:02Insert what sly animal who wanted some grapes in a fable by Aesop?
08:07The fox.
08:07You got it.
08:08The fox.
08:09Douglas MacArthur, John Wilkes Booth, Ferdinand Magellan.
08:12These three men shared little in common, except that they all died in the month of April.
08:17Can you arrange them in correct chronological order?
08:19Ferdinand Magellan, John Wilkes Booth, Douglas MacArthur.
08:22Absolutely right.
08:23Now, Pan, Ray, Perseus, with the legs and horns of a goat, which of these mythical creatures
08:28is the Greek god of fields and flies?
08:30Pan.
08:31Correct.
08:31Final question now for you.
08:33It's a quotation.
08:34The athletic spirit is essentially democratic.
08:37This was the view of what very fit and enthusiastic 26th president whose athletic spirit took him
08:42game hunting in Africa?
08:45Theodore Roosevelt.
08:46Theodore Roosevelt is right.
08:47Nice job, TJ.
08:48And that's the end of the round.
08:49Stay with us.
08:50We're back with more in just a moment.
08:53Good job.
08:54Good job.
08:55Keep streaming.
08:57Hometown Haiku Classics continues in a moment, only on CBS News Pittsburgh.
09:37We're back with more Hometown Haiku Classics.
09:47Welcome back, everybody.
09:49Let's take a look and see where our teams stand as we head into the next round of questioning.
09:52We have Ringgold High School now with 260 points holding on to the lead.
09:57Franklin Regional has 200 points right there in it.
10:00And Thomas Jefferson High School with 240 points.
10:03Now, in this round, all the questions I'm going to ask you will relate to pictures on your monitor.
10:09This is a competitive round, so first one to buzz in gets a chance to answer.
10:12Ten points up if you get it right.
10:13Ten points down if you get it wrong.
10:15We call it the PICS file, and here we go.
10:22Since the mid-18th century, members of the Mandan tribe of Native Americans have lived mostly in what Plains state,
10:29whose capital is Bismarck?
10:31Ringgold.
10:32North Dakota.
10:33North Dakota, you got it.
10:33In the lower right of this picture, taken during the Boer War, you see what part-time war correspondent, who
10:39was more famous as the author of Franklin?
10:42Roger Kipling.
10:42The Jungle Book and Kim?
10:44The author was indeed Kipling, yes.
10:46You have to go to Mexico to visit this canyon named for what malleable metal with atomic number 29 and
10:51symbol CU?
10:53TJ.
10:54Copper.
10:54Copper.
10:59Four is the correct answer, yes.
11:02Depicted in this Chagall painting is what biblical prophet who was confronted by a burning bush?
11:08TJ.
11:09Moses.
11:10Moses, right.
11:11You can still see the fresco of Columbus in a palazzo in what Italian city where Columbus was born?
11:17Ringgold.
11:17Panas.
11:18Genoa is the answer.
11:19This old Dutch map of New Amsterdam shows canoes on a river now named for what English explorer?
11:26TJ.
11:27Hudson.
11:28Who also names a large Canadian bay?
11:30Hudson is right.
11:31This imposing gentleman is what U.S. president who served two non-consecutive...
11:37Ringgold.
11:38Garfield.
11:39Two non-consecutive terms served by Cleveland, Grover Cleveland.
11:42Victoria Woodhull was the first American journalist to publish a translation of what manifesto written by Karl Marx?
11:50TJ.
11:50The Communist Manifesto.
11:51What?
11:52The Communist Manifesto.
11:53Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels did write The Communist Manifesto, right?
11:56Here's the final question in our pics file.
11:58This statue of a tiger bearing his teeth is located appropriately on the campus of what New Jersey?
12:05Ringgold.
12:06Auburn.
12:07New Jersey Ivy League University.
12:08Whose symbol is the tiger?
12:09The answer is Princeton.
12:11And that's the end of our pics file.
12:19He goes home with the following, a Giant Eagle hometown IQ certificate, a hometown IQ t-shirt, and an Eagle
12:26video gift card.
12:28Also, our runners-up today qualify for 25,000 Giant Eagle apples for the students' points,
12:32redeemable for computer equipment and other educational stuff.
12:35Our winning team today gets 50,000 apples for the students' points.
12:39Stay here.
12:39More in a moment.
13:00We're back with more hometown IQ classics on CBS News Pittsburgh.
13:11Welcome back.
13:12Time to recap our scores and meet each team's faculty sponsor.
13:15First, we have Ringgold High School with 240 points right now.
13:19Jesse.
13:20This is Linda Fetchum.
13:21She's our sponsor.
13:22She sponsors a lot of the academic competitions at our school, mock trial and this, other things.
13:27All right.
13:27She's done a good job getting you ready?
13:29Yeah.
13:29Okay.
13:30Franklin, 220 points right now.
13:32Joe.
13:32This is Mr. Robert Duffy.
13:34He's the gifted education coordinator at Franklin Regional, and he's in charge of everything
13:39that's anything at Franklin Regional.
13:40Well, well, well.
13:41I'm sure some of the other staff there might have something to say about that, but we'll
13:44take your word for it.
13:45TJ, 280 points in the lead right now, and you're all by yourselves.
13:50Yes.
13:50Our faculty advisor is Ms. Fortino, and she's in New York this weekend with the American Field
13:55Society field trip.
13:56Okay.
13:56She's a Latin and French teacher at our school and coordinates the gifted programs.
14:01Very good.
14:01Okay.
14:02What we're going to do now is have each of you select one of the three packets that you see
14:06in front of me here, you will select a packet for your competitors, and these questions are
14:12worth 20 points apiece.
14:13You get all the questions right in this round, we'll give you a 25-point bonus.
14:16We call this the Advantage Round, and here we go.
14:20Let's start out with Franklin selecting a packet, one, two, or three, for Ringgold.
14:25Three.
14:25Number three.
14:26Okay.
14:26Ready, Ringgold?
14:27Here we go.
14:2720 points apiece.
14:28Get them all right.
14:28We'll give you that bonus.
14:29In the 16th century, the Calusa Indians lived along the southwest coast of what U.S. peninsula
14:36state that Ponce de Leon first reached in 1513?
14:40Florida.
14:40Florida.
14:41Right.
14:41Home is where the hatchery is might be the motto of what saltwater fish which travels hundreds
14:46of miles in order to spawn in the freshwater stream of its birth?
14:50Salmon.
14:50You got it.
14:51Salmon.
14:51Many important novels and documents have been written from jail cells, including the letter
14:56written by Martin Luther King, from a jail cell in what largest Alabama city?
15:01Montgomery.
15:02The answer is Birmingham.
15:03Birmingham.
15:04Now on your screen, a science question.
15:06Geiger counter, spectroscope, scintillation counter.
15:09Many elements can be identified by the characteristic color they produce when they are heated in the
15:14vapor state.
15:15Which of these instruments would be useful in such an identification?
15:19Spectroscope.
15:19Spectroscope.
15:20Spectroscope.
15:20Right.
15:21Ornate writing is sometimes called purple prose, but at the turn of the century, William
15:25Randolph Hearst fostered sensational journalism of what different color?
15:30Yellow.
15:31Yellow journalism is right.
15:32Almost everyone enjoys looking back on past Christmases, but this was not the case for
15:37what Dickens character taunted by the ghost of Christmas past?
15:41Scrooge.
15:41Ebenezer Scrooge.
15:42Yes.
15:43Now a math question on your screen.
15:45Simplify this expression, stating your answer as an integer.
15:51One.
15:52The answer is one.
15:53Right.
15:53And now here's your last question.
15:54Although he is Irish, writer John Banville is best known for his book about what Polish
15:59astronomer, who around 1510 devised a heliocentric theory of planetary motion?
16:04Copernicus.
16:05Copernicus is right.
16:06Ringgold ends the round with 380 points.
16:09Nice job.
16:11Okay.
16:11Thomas Jefferson, your turn now to select a packet for Franklin.
16:16Number two.
16:16Okay, Franklin.
16:17All for you.
16:1820 points apiece.
16:19Get them all right for the bonus.
16:20Pollen producing flowers cause suffering for many people, but garlic would be the torment
16:26of what famous Transylvanian vampire created by Bram Stoker?
16:30Dracula.
16:31Dracula.
16:32Yes.
16:32The monkey puzzle tree is a sort of pine tree native to what largest mountain range in South
16:37America?
16:38Andes.
16:39Andes.
16:39Yep.
16:39Thirteenth century Venetians might have decorated their gondolas to welcome home what traveler
16:44who had returned from 17 years in China at the court of Kublai Khan?
16:49Marco.
16:49Marco.
16:51Polo.
16:51Yep.
16:51You got that right.
16:52Science question now.
16:53Sixty percent.
16:54Eighty percent.
16:55Ninety percent.
16:56The two major components of air are nitrogen and oxygen, with nitrogen making up the largest
17:02fraction.
17:03The percentage of nitrogen in air is closest to which of these percentages?
17:07Sixty percent.
17:08Eighty percent is the answer we were looking for there.
17:11Now, although he was a chemist and not a medical doctor, what 19th century Frenchman introduced
17:16such medical advances as a rabies vaccine and a serum for anthrax?
17:23Answer, please.
17:24Louis Pasteur.
17:25You got it.
17:26Louis Pasteur.
17:26Well done.
17:27Your drama club wouldn't need any fancy sets if it were putting on what Thornton Wilder's
17:31play set in Grover's Corners?
17:33Our Town.
17:33Our Town is right.
17:34Here's a math question for you now.
17:36What is the average, the average of these two numbers?
17:42X plus six.
17:43X plus six is right.
17:44And here's your last question.
17:46Sacramento, California, sits on land once owned by what man who gave his name to the
17:51mill where gold was discovered in 1848?
17:56The answer is Sutter, John Augustus Sutter.
17:59That's the end of the round for Franklin, wrapping up with 340 points.
18:04All right, TJ.
18:05By process of elimination, you get Peck at number one.
18:0920 points apiece.
18:10Get them all right.
18:10We'll give you that bonus.
18:11In medieval art, the idea of luxury was illustrated by what sort of fruit tree, the roosting place
18:17for a partridge in a Christmas song?
18:18The pear tree.
18:20Yep.
18:20You might request seconds of a delectable dessert, but seconds are required.
18:25On what less appetizing occasion when men get their just desserts by means of pistols or
18:30swords?
18:30Duel.
18:31A duel, yep.
18:32Ancient writers sometimes use the phrase evil stepmother to describe what chief classical
18:37goddess who persecuted Hercules, her husband's son?
18:41Juno.
18:42Juno's right.
18:43Here's a science question now.
18:45Less hydrogen, less carbon, less oxygen.
18:47When television commercials mention polyunsaturated fats, they mean that these fats have less hydrogen,
18:54carbon, or oxygen per unit weight than saturated fats.
18:59Less carbon.
19:00Less hydrogen is the answer.
19:03A Manhattanite might think twice before entering state politics because if elected, he'd have
19:08to leave New York City for what capital city further up to Hudson?
19:11Albany.
19:11Albany, right.
19:12In what book by Jules Verne does the submarine Nautilus cruise under an iceberg near the South
19:16Pole?
19:1720,000 leagues under the sea.
19:18You knew that right off the bat.
19:20Yeah, here's a math question for you now, TJ.
19:22What is the positive value, the positive value of this expression?
19:28Answer, please.
19:29White.
19:31Here's your answer.
19:32Um, 108.
19:33108 is right.
19:35And here's your final question.
19:36King Henry II wanted to be rid of that troublesome priest, Thomas A. Beckett, but Tsar Nicholas might
19:42have wished for someone to rid him of what troublesome monk?
19:45Master Thomas.
19:48Master Thomas.
19:49The answer is Rasputin, Rasputin, and that's the end of the round.
19:54Stay with us.
19:55More to come in just a moment.
19:57Keep streaming.
19:58Hometown Haiku Classics continues in a moment, only on CBS News Pittsburgh.
20:06The only way to get a 360-degree understanding of America is to get out there in America.
20:12So I get out there to try to talk to people about what matters to them.
20:16I'm Tony DeCoppo.
20:17Join me for the CBS Evening News.
20:20We're back with more Hometown Haiku Classics on CBS News Pittsburgh.
20:32All right, welcome back.
20:33Let's take a look at where the teams stand now as we head into our final round.
20:37Good, close game here.
20:38We have Ringgold High School with 380 points right now.
20:42Franklin Regional right behind him with 340.
20:45And holding on to a slim lead, Thomas Jefferson High School with 400 points.
20:49This is our final round.
20:50The questions are going to come fast and furious.
20:53You need your buzzers.
20:53First one to buzz in gets the answer.
20:55We'll take you up 20 points for every correct answer, down 20 points if you get it wrong.
20:58Plus, in this round, three visual questions where we up the stakes even more.
21:0230 points apiece.
21:04We call this round Quick Time, and here we go.
21:10Not only has the space age made itself felt in science, but also in sports,
21:15where Seattle's basketball team has what?
21:18Ringgold.
21:19Supersonics.
21:20What space age name?
21:21Supersonics is right.
21:22It has made more liars out of people than golf has.
21:25This was Will Rogers' description of what financial burden authorized by the 16th Amendment.
21:31Ringgold.
21:32Income tax.
21:33Income tax.
21:33Yep.
21:34To date, the Pittsburgh Pirates have played in how many World Series,
21:37a number equaling the maximum number of games in any one?
21:41Ringgold.
21:42Seven.
21:42Any one World Series, maximum number of games is seven.
21:45Here's a visual question now.
21:47In this picture of ancient Brundicium, you can see the column that marks the end
21:51of what most famous Roman Thomas Jefferson?
21:54Appian Way.
21:55Roman road or way?
21:56Appian Way is right.
21:57What is the total number of combinations of six objects selected two at a time?
22:03Franklin.
22:04Thirty-six.
22:05Fifteen is the answer.
22:06When the French set up Fort Duquesne in 1754, they were replacing what other fort earlier
22:12established?
22:13Thomas Jefferson.
22:14Fort Pitt.
22:14By a small group of Virginians, Fort Prince George.
22:17Winning athletes in ancient Greece received not only laurel wreaths, but also gifts of what
22:22vegetable whose crunchy green stalks are often served today, along with Ringgold?
22:27Celery.
22:27Along with carrot sticks, celery is right.
22:30Visual question now.
22:31Fancy clocks like this were all the rage in Renaissance Europe, so much so that Shakespeare
22:37put one into what drama in which Cassius would more likely have used and, TJ?
22:43Julius Caesar.
22:44More likely have used an hourglass?
22:46Julius Caesar's right.
22:4717 Cherry Tree Lane is the cheery London address of the Banks family in the Pamela Travers books
22:53about Ringgold.
22:54Mary Poppins.
22:55About what magical governess Mary Poppins?
22:57Yes.
22:58Juan Carlos, the present king of Spain, is the ninth Spanish monarch from what royal dynasty
23:03that originated in France and shares its name with a type of whiskey?
23:07TJ.
23:08Bourbon.
23:09Bourbon.
23:09Captain?
23:10Bourbon.
23:10Bourbon is right.
23:11A law referring to the buoyant force exerted on an object is named for which of these scientists?
23:16Ringgold.
23:17Archimedes.
23:18Archimedes is right.
23:20Visual question now.
23:2130 points.
23:22Looking somewhat unkempt.
23:23Franklin.
23:24France.
23:24On camp here, as he did all his life, what Union general?
23:27The answer is William Tecumseh Sherman.
23:30The seven's largest city in Pennsylvania has what biblical name found in the title of a
23:34popular TJ?
23:35Philadelphia.
23:36Popular Christmas carol, Bethlehem.
23:38According to Tennyson's poem, The Charge of the Light Brigade, the brave British cavalry
23:43rode directly into the valley of what ultimate danger, Franklin?
23:46Death.
23:46Called the Grim Reaper.
23:48Death is right.
23:48One of the dangers still lurking.
23:5030 seconds.
23:51Danger still lurking in ancient Egyptian tombs is not the pharaoh's curse, but what radioactive
23:55gas whose symbol is R and Franklin?
23:57Radon.
23:58Radon, right.
23:59To date, only one U.S. president has been born in Nebraska, and that was what 38th chief
24:03executive who succeeded Richard Nixon?
24:06Ringgold.
24:06Who's 38th?
24:07Answer.
24:08Who is it?
24:09Gerald Ford is the answer.
24:10What is the area of a square inscribed in a circle with a diameter of six inches?
24:15Ringgold.
24:17Um, 36.
24:1818 square inches, and that's the end of the game.
24:24Giant Eagle hometown high Q. Giant Eagle, it takes a giant to make life simple.
24:32All right, let's see how we ended up now as I take a breath.
24:36Franklin Regional Senior High School with 310 points, qualifying for 25,000.
24:41Giant Eagle Apples for the students' points.
24:43Let's hear it for Franklin Regional.
24:44Good job today.
24:48Second place today with 440 points, Thomas Jefferson High School, also qualifying for
24:5425,000.
24:55Giant Eagle Apples for the students' points.
24:56Nice job, TJ.
24:59And our winner today with 480 points, from Monongahela, Ringgold High School, qualifying
25:07for 50,000.
25:0850,000.
25:09Giant Eagle Apples for the students' points.
25:11And Ringgold, this means we'll be seeing you guys back here later in the season for the
25:15playoffs.
25:16Congratulations, one and all, a great game.
25:18Audience, come on up here, congratulate these contestants.
25:20Thank you for watching, and we'll see you again next Saturday for another Giant Eagle
25:24hometown high Q.
25:24So long.
25:26Join us again next Saturday for another great team.