Today on WGAL eight Brain Busters. It's Ephrata versus Manheim Township in a fast paced battle of wits. The action starts now, right here on WGAL eight. Brain Busters. From studio B, this is WGAL eight Brain Busters. Now here's your host, Rich Rosen. Well welcome once again to WGAL eight Brain Busters. Today we introduce the final two teams in this season's competition. We are so pleased to welcome Ephrata High School and Manheim Township High School to our studio today. Now only one of these teams will advance to join the other 15 already heading to round two. Who will it be today? Well, we'll find out shortly. But first, let's take a moment to meet our teams. So first, it's a pleasure to welcome the effort. Our high school Brain Busters team. Max is a senior. The captain is Nicholas. He's also a senior. And Kimo is the third player. He's a senior in between Nicholas and Kimo. We have Jacob is the team's alternate and he is a senior. And finally, Mrs. Christy Miller. She's the math teacher. She teaches algebra and geometry, to be specific. Welcome to the Ephrata high school Brain Busters team. And now let's meet the team from Manheim Township. First we have Cameron. He's a senior. The captain is Andy. He is a junior. And Ellie is a senior. The third player in between Andy and Ellie. We have Vincent. He is the team's alternate and he is a senior. And finally, we have two coaches. First, Mrs. Caitlin Rock. She teaches business and is in the gifted education program. And finally, Mr. Zach Mossman. He is the gifted education full time over at Manheim Township High School. Welcome to the Manheim Township Brain Busters team. And now players. Viewers at home get ready because here comes today's opening round. We have ten point questions. No penalty for an incorrect response. So pick up your signaling buttons and let's begin now with this ten point question. This indictment makes him the first sitting mayor of New York City to be charged with a federal crime. Nicholas Eric Adams, Eric Adams is this controversial mayor? Chickens have won. So do you. Your doctor might call it the sternum. Which bone in your body is it? Nicholas? Breastbone. The breastbone. You're correct again. Before becoming president, Ronald Reagan served two terms as governor. Andy, California of California from 1967 to 1975. Good anticipation. And that gets me in on township on the board. This cosmic microwave background found everywhere in the universe supports this series. Theory of how it all began. Kimo, big bang, the Big Bang. The name, of course, became a successful sitcom. Robert Burns most famous poem begins. Should old acquaintance be forgot and is often sung on New Year's Eve. What poem is it? Camera. Auld lang syne. All sign is correct for another ten points. This French word refers to an overused phrase that has become dry, as does cliche Max. Cliche is correct. Dry is flat is a tire, limp is a rag. And the word, of course, is cliche. It was launched in 1987 with one night of programing. Andy. Voyager one. No, sorry. Anticipation didn't work in your favor. I'm gonna complete the question for, for effort. that included the Tracey Ullman Show and Married with children. Which network is it? Nicholas? CBS. Oh, sorry. No, it's the Fox network. Begun in 1817. It cost almost $8 million before it opened in 1825, with festivities along the route from Albany to Buffalo. What was this engineering feat? Nicholas. Oh, sorry. I have to take it as a gift. Any idea? Man on township. Andy. Railroad. Oh, no. Sorry. It's the Erie Canal. The binary number one one looks like the decimal 11. It's not max three. Three is the equivalent of the binary one one. It's the time of year when the National Collegiate Athletic Association men and women's college. Nicholas. March. March madness. March madness is the alliterative phrase just in time. You're lucky I gave that to you for ten points. Aeneas goes there in the Aeneid. Odysseus does it in the Odyssey. Orpheus does it to Monteverdi. Opera and underworld. They go to the underworld or Hades or hell. We would have accepted. Yes, they were fought between the houses of Lancaster and York. Or do you get more the roses? The War of the roses? You are correct. Again. If you travel due north from New Mexico, you'll go to only one state. Which one? Andy? Colorado. Colorado? Correct. Again. His first and middle names are Jerome. David. What is the last name of the authors of nine stories? Franny and Zooey and catcher in the Rye. Cameron. Salinger. Salinger. Date J.D. Salinger. Every year, millions of them fly down to the Mexican Rockies for the winter. What kind of butterflies are they? Monarchs. They are monarch butterflies. Yes. Their novels and poems were full of wild energy or fantastic images. What group of writers is the Nicola to beat? The beats in the 50s included William Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac. Voltaire first coined the phrase with great power comes great responsibility. But Stan Lee used it in Andy, Spider-Man in Spider-Man in The Amazing Fantasy number 15. In Washington Irving Story, he's a school teacher into movie Nicholas, Ichabod Crane, Ichabod Crane, and Tim Burton's movie. He's a detective played by Johnny Depp. Who is Ichabod Crane. Lyrics by the Reverend Samuel Francis Smith to the tune of God Save the King. What is this patriotic song sometimes called my Country Tis of Thee, Nicholas, this land is your land. Oh, no. Sorry. You know what the actual name is? Well, we stumped you. Is it? The actual name is America. The poem that established his reputation appeared in the 1916 collection Mountain Interval. Who was this New England author of birches? Nicholas Frost Robert Frost is correct in this form of nautical punishment. The accused and, the accused was dragged under a ship and side to side. Max keel, keel hauling and from stamp descend the punishment was called keel hauling. In 1911, the forces of Sun Yat sen toppled the world's oldest empire. And China in China is absolutely correct. Major ports on this lake include Thunder Bay, Duluth, Two Harbors, and Sioux Sainte Marie. Which of the Great Lakes is it? Lake Lake superior is correct. This bony protrusion on the rim of your jaw is called a mental eminence, but it has nothing to do with outstanding thinking. What is this anatomical feature more commonly called shimau? A child is correct with that correct answer. That sound takes us to the end of a round. What a fantastic. I'm going. Both teams are in there, 1 to 90. But everything can change because we have a lot more game coming up, including the one on one rapid fire and Team Lightning round. So correct the score of 120 to 90 with just a little lead for effort. But man of touch it's in there beautifully. So we'll be back with the one on one rapid fire and 62nd team Lightning round with WGAL eight. Brain Busters continues after these important messages. WGAL eight Brain Busters will return after this. Participants on WGAL eight Brain Busters each receive this custom USB driver is banned, and the top four winning teams will share grants totaling $10,000. So good luck! Teams now back to your host, Rich Rosen. Oh, welcome back to the battle of the minds. What a great first round to play 120 to 90. But it's early on. We have a lot more game left on a lot more questions and answers beginning now with today's one on one. rapid fire around this time we pit our individual players against each other and see how they do individually. Max, pleasure to welcome you back to WGAL eight Brain Busters. So here's our question. In this round of play, what do you hope to accomplish in the next five years? Well, of course I'm going to college. But that aside, I would like to hone my musicianship and probably join a band, play some gigs, like some stuff. Love the ambition. Keep pushing forward. And Cameron, what about you? What do you hope to accomplish in this? I'm hoping to be to attend university after high school and then I'll be studying chemical engineering. Well, you have a great mindset for success. Hopefully you have a great mindset to answer these three questions. As we put Max and Cameron one on one, scientists use standard, international or Si units of measurement. What is the Si unit of time cameras? Second seconds is correct for ten points. Mount Rushmore is one of our larger national monuments in which states use cameras. South Dakota, South Dakota Mount Rushmore is located here. It's good anticipation. And finally, these are found on everything from apples to television sets. What is the name of the small image of lines and spaces found on retail items? ID cards and mail? Barcode. Pardon me. Barcode. Barcode or UPC code or universal product code? They're found everywhere to identify cost, person and location. 130 to 110. Let's meet our two captains in today's match. First, from Ephrata. It's a pleasure to welcome back Nicholas Nicholas, a senior Nicholas, what about you? What do you hope to accomplish in the next five years? Well, quiz book has always been a big part of my life since I started playing in middle school, and so I'm looking forward to playing collegiate quiz ball, in college. And then after I graduate from my college, my goal is to go back and coach a high school quiz bowl team and give back to this community that has given so much to me. Wow. Thank you. You're thinking big. Go for it, Andy, the captain from Vietnam Township. What about you? What do you hope to accomplish in the next five years? I'm hoping to go to a four year college, receive an education in business and economics, and hopefully join quiz bowl in college. That's a focus plan. Stay on course. Nicholas and Andy stay on course here as we put you two one on one. Given the formula for the volume of a geometric solid, we can identify the figure. What figures volume can be calculated with the formula for pi. Our Q three. Nicholas sphere A sphere is correct. In 1847, after English friends had purchased his freedom, he established the North Star, which he added and Frederick Douglass Frederick Douglass would, he added. He added for 17 years advocating abolition through political activism. The former slave is Frederick Douglass. Good anticipation, and it certainly worked in your favor. And finally, the bombing of Pearl Harbor brought the United States into the World War two. Andy. Japan. No, sorry. I'm going to complete the question for Nicholas on December 7th, 1941, on which of the Hawaiian Islands is Pearl Harbor located? Nicholas? Nicholas. Maui? No, sorry, it is Guam who won 40 to 120. Let's meet our third players in today's competition. So first from effort. It's a pleasure to welcome back Kimo. Kimo is a senior. So Kimo. What about you. What do you hope to accomplish in the next five years? So rich, I'm sure you remember in past shows where I talked about making a dinosaur book. And luckily I've been making pretty steady progress with that. It's right around the 330 page mark, and I'm hoping to continue that throughout college, wherever that happens to be. And, maybe publish it. We'll see. Well, it's a bold goal. Go make it happen. I love the determination and keep it up. Ellie, what about you? What do you hope to accomplish in the next five years? I'm planning to attend college and hopefully earning a bachelor's degree in materials engineering. Well, that's a thoughtful and ambitious goal, and we wishing you the best in Kimo. And, Ellie, I'm wishing you the best as we put you two one on one. Robert Frost wrote many lines. I'm sure you'll remember unless you draw a blank. So fill in the blank in this line from a poem by Robert Frost. But I have promises to keep. And miles to go before I sleep. Of course, that was from stopping by woods on a snowy evening. An equilateral triangle has three equal sides, and I saw this triangle has two equal sides. What kind of triangle has ,Kimo? Scalene A scalene triangle has sides of different lengths. And finally, based on an 1862 novel by Victor Hugo, it won a Tony Awards in 1987, including award for Best Musical. What is the story of escaped prison prisoners Jean Valjean and police inspector Josh fair Lee? The miserable Les Miserables is absolutely correct. Look at those scores. 150 to 140. We have a great game going as now we're going to pick up the pace and see how our teams do with teamwork as we play our 62nd team Lightning round. So Andy, your team is behind at this point but only by ten points. What a fantastic game going. So you have the privilege of selecting first among these three quizzes. We have true potpourri same name game and two names one initial true potpourri, same name game and two names, one initial, two names, one initial. In this quiz, every answer is a person, factual or fiction with double initial. So for example, simple Simon or Mike Myers. So for ten points each provide these first and last names. So Andy I take your answers. The teams answer Cameron and Ellie are ready to help you along. We're going to put 60s on the clock, which will begin after I finish reading the first question. Okay, so you ready? Here we go. He made four voyages to the New World between 1492 and 15 oh. Christopher Columbus, he's the one Disney wrote and originally called Mortimer Mickey Mouse Mickey Mouse. Yes, Spider-Man's secret identity. Peter Parker, correct at the end of 1984. Winston Smith loves him. Yes, big brother. She married Kris Humphries in 2011, Kanye West in 2014 and divorced him in 2018. Kim Kardashian Kim Kardashian did the 40th president of the United States. He died in 2004. Ronald Reagan, the modern Spanish artist, produced 50,000 paintings. Castle Pablo Picasso yes, he won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 2013 for Dallas Buyers. Steven Spielberg no, sorry, Matthew McConaughey, he wrote. Oh, captain, my captain after April Whitman. Walt Whitman. Yes. Missouri outlaw killed by Robert Ford in 1882. Buffalo Bill Jesse James Candle in the wind was originally written for her, not Princess Diana. Yes. Marilyn Monroe. In the 13th century, this Mongol ruler conquered China. Kublai Khan, he's the one. He's the only baseball owner who has a field name for him in Atlanta. That's Ted Turner. Some great teamwork. So seven correct. 70 points came your way. Effort. Is this a break for you? Well, we're going to find out shortly with the two remaining quizzes we have true potpourri and same name game same sure. Let's do same name game. Here's a game about people with the same name. So for ten points each, what first name is shared by these group of people with different last names? Now, Nicholas, I take your answers. The team's answer. Max and Kimo are ready to help you along. We're going to put 60s on the clock, which will begin after I finish reading the first question. Tilly, Garner, Aniston, Lopez. Jennifer. Jennifer. Scott. Clinton. Blake. Bill. William. I'm sorry. We have to take on this. Incorrect. Sorry. McKinley and Shakespeare pas. Deneuve, Hepburn, Zeta. Giuffre, Catherine. Kimball. Sal. Jimmy. Jimmy is correct. Tudor. Stewart. Shelley. Papa. Henry. Mary. Mary. Nye. Murray. O'Reilly. Okay. Bill. Bill is correct. Hathaway, Braunton and Boland and Frank. Brady. Petty. Pat. Crumbs. Tom. Tom is correct. Lange. Simpson. Alba. Beetle. Pass. Jessica. Stiles. Howdy. Harry. Harry is correct. Wood. Coal. Merchant. Portman. Natalie. Natalie is correct. Taylor. Madison. Monroe. James. James is correct. Warren. Blackwell. Windsor. Taylor. Buffett. Elizabeth. Locke. Lennon. John. John is correct. McCray. Jones. Miranda and Electra. That was Carmen nine. Correct. A difficult quiz, quite challenging. It's now time to reveal today's bonus brain buster category. So during our break, our teams will wager 0 to 25 points based on their knowledge of environmental science. So we'll have the bonus brain buster. And of course, the all important Final frenzy when WGAL eight Brain Busters continues after these important messages. Watch all this season's episodes of WGAL eight Brain Busters anytime on WGAL Dot-Com. Our online home also includes our tournament schedule and a chance to learn more about the show and host Rich Rosen. Scan the QR code with your phone or go to ga.com and click on Bring Investors. Well hello everybody. Welcome back to studio B and a fantastic match between effort and man I'm Township. Now these are the last two teams to compete in our 24th season. One team will move on to round two. We don't know yet because we still have some more game coming, including today's bonus brain buster. Now, during our break, our teams wagered 0 to 25 points based on their knowledge of environmental science. We're going to head into the news eight newsroom with Matt Porcaro. He has today's question. Matt, welcome back to Brain Busters. Thanks, Rich. Now here's your bonus brain buster. This term refers to the gradual increase in Earth's average surface temperature due to human activities, particularly the emission of greenhouse gases. What is this phenomenon commonly known as? Again, this term refers to the gradual increase in Earth's average surface temperature due to human activities, particularly the emission of greenhouse gases. What is this phenomenon commonly known as? Good luck with your answer. Now back to studio. Be rich. Thank you Matt. Good luck. Teams will give you about five seconds. Although both teams seemed eager to respond. I think this is an important question, and I think most of our teams are going to answer this correctly. I'm guessing that both teams knew the answer. Nicholas, we start with your side of the set. Do you have a big smile on your face? Did you come up with global warming and you did indeed. 20 point wager. So we are going to add 20 points to your score, taking you to 260. Andy, you were eager to write your answer down. Did you come up with global warming? You did indeed with a conservative wager of only ten points. So we're going to add ten points to your score, 260 to 222 questions. You are a part as we head into today's final frenzy because this time we have 20 point question. It is anybody's game. Pick up your signaling buttons. Good luck to all six of you and let's get to work. Now for the defining moment in today's game the final frenzy. The Amazon River flows almost 4000 miles from the mountains of Peru across South America. In what countries? As the Amazon and Brazil? Brazil. It reaches its mouth on the Atlantic Ocean. In 1846, after being taken from Missouri to Illinois, he sued for his freedom. Dred Scott. Dred Scott did. Because slavery was illegal in Illinois. Nature created the and he once said, I only found it Ellie Flemming. Flemming is the British bacteriologist Alexander Fleming. Yes. After he declared he was as strong as a bull moose cartoonist, begins to refer to Teddy Roosevelt, Teddy Roosevelt. They began to refer to the Progressive Party as the Bull Moose Party. Low pressure, light winds and thunderstorms are the kind of weather you get in these car latitudes, Nicholas. Warm front. Sorry, I'm going to complete the question from an township in these calm latitudes just north of the equator. What are they called? They're called doldrums. It seemed like folly to some. But in 1859, the first oil well was drilled by an unemployed railroad conductor in Titusville, Pennsylvania. Who was he? Nicholas Duke. No. Sorry. Incorrect. Cameron Carnegie? No, it was Colonel Edwin Drake. Thus, Drake's Folly, a square in three dimensions, is a cube. What name is given to a hypercube in four dimensions? Elliott. Tesseract is correct for 20 points. His advisors included Cardinal Mazarin and Cardinal Richelieu, who ruled France, and Louis the 14th. Louis the 14th ruled France from 1643 to 1714. His early novels include Soldier's Pay and Mosquitoes. His last novels include The Reverse and A fable, for which he won a Pulitzer Prize. Who was the southern novelist Nicholas of Crane? No. Sorry. Incorrect. A Cameron O'Connor? No. Sorry. It was William Faulkner. It was set to go off on November 5th, 1605, until a friend of one of the conspirators went to the authorities. And a gunpowder plot. You are correct. Baseball is the great American pastime, played in parks all over the country. What Major League Baseball team plays its home games in the Great American Ballpark? Nicholas the twins. Not. No. Sorry. Incorrect. Carl. white Sox? No. The Cincinnati Reds are a suspect for almost 2 million troops are posted along the world's most heavily fortified border. Andy. North Korean South Korea. You are correct. It connects the Black Sea with the Sea of Marmara, which leads to the Mediterranean. What is this narrow strait alley, the Bosphorus? Yes. During the Christmas season, churches put up nativity scenes with the baby Jesus in a manger. The name Nicholas moves. Sorry, I can't accept it. The name for such scenes is the old French word for manger. What is it? Oh, we stumped you on Koresh Stone walking out of prison naked. That's how it takes us to the end of the round and to the end of the game. What a fantastic a competition. It looks like we are going to see Manheim Township for round two, but we hope to see you in just a few short moments. Scorekeeping for WGAL eight Brain Busters presented by Jennings College Consulting, where students discover the right college fit for the future, will return after this. Welcome back to WGAL eight Brain Busters, the Susquehanna Valley's longest running high school quiz show. Once again, here's your host, Rich Rosen. Wow, that was another great game for the books. Congratulations to Manheim Township for pulling off the win today. And seriously, a big thank you to Ephrata for just a fantastic competition. and we really appreciate the challenge that you put up in our round. Now we're going to see Manheim Township in round two. But coming up on the next WGAL eight Brain Busters, we're going to start welcoming back our winning teams from round one. First up is Hempfield and Cumberland Valley. They're going to face off against each other as our competition continues. We're glad you could join us today for today's match. Thank you for watching and being part of the WGAL Brain Busters experience. This is Rich Rosen signing off. And until next time, stay curious. Keep asking questions and never stop learning. So long everybody.