The stage is set and the teams are ready. Warrick takes on Manheim Township in today's thrilling matchup. Stay tuned. WGAL Brain Busters is up next from studio B. This is WGAL Brain Busters. Now here's your host, Rich Rosen. Well hi everyone, and welcome to another thrilling match of WGAL Brain Busters. We've reached the quarterfinals and an exciting and pivotal moments in the competition. Only five teams remain, with three already securing their place in the semifinals. Today's winners will join Penn Manor, Lancaster Mennonite and Elizabethtown to advance to the semifinals. Will there be guaranteed at least $1,000 from Brain Busters? So good luck to our teams, Warwick and Manheim Township in this high stakes round. But before we dive into the opening round, let's do as we always do. Let's take a moment to introduce our fantastic teams. So first from Warwick, it's a pleasure to welcome back Harry. He is a junior. The captain is Riah. She is a junior. And we have Liz joining us today. And she is a junior. Between Harry and RYA is one of the alternates. Jack a junior. And between Riya and Liz we have Cristiano. He is a freshman. And next to Liz we have today's coach, Mr. Raymond Mount. He teaches biology at Warwick High School. Welcome back the Warwick High School Brain Busters team. And now let's move over to Manheim Township. We'll say hello once again to Cameron. He is a senior and he is the captain. He is a junior and Ellie is the senior. Now we also have Vincent. He is a senior between Andy and Ellie. He is the alternates. We have two captains between Cameron. Andy. We have Mr. Zach Muscleman. He is the gifted resource teacher. And then we have Mrs. Caitlin Rock, who is next to Ellie. She teaches business and also works in the gifted Education program with Mr. Musselman. Welcome back, Manheim Township brain busters team. It's great to have familiar faces. We have a lot of work cut out for us. Beginning now with today's opening round. You know how to play. You know how to win. We have ten point questions. Never a penalty for an incorrect response. Let's get to work now with this ten point question. In 2021, Congress designated it a federal holiday. The first to be approved since Martin Luther King Junior Day in 1983. What is America's newest federal holiday itself? And Kwanzaa? Oh, no. Sorry. That celebrates Black Harriet. Juneteenth. Juneteenth celebrates black history and freedom. You are correct for ten points. This musical symbol looks like the number sign or pound sign on a telephone. Ellie Sharp A sharp is the musical symbol. You are correct for ten points. Getting in a township on the board. Let's test a fraction of your knowledge. Subtract three fourths from 4/3. What's the difference? Cameron one half. No. Sorry. Incorrect. Sorry. And is it real? One third. Oh, no. It's 7/12 at 16. 12 minus nine. 12 is 712. Mr. Southbury, Mr. Brownlow and Mr. Bumble are all characters in this Dickens novel. What? Cameron, David Copperfield. David Copperfield. Oh, no. Sorry. What? orphan is the title character? Oliver Twist. Oliver Twist is the correct answer. James Madison, James Monroe, John Quincy Adams, Martin Van Buren, and James Buchanan. They all held this cabinet position before becoming president. What secretary were they? Secretary of state. They were indeed, for another ten points. It's the branch of biology that deals with heredity, especially the mechanism drive genetics. Genetics does with heredity and variation. These are the times that try men's souls, he wrote in his pamphlet The Crisis. Who was this colonial advocate for independence? Andy Thomas Paine. He's the one, yes. The next one will be May 31st, 2026. The last one was August 19th, 2024. What name is given to that? Solar eclipse? No. Sorry. What the question. Can I touch it? What name is given to that rare second full moon in a month? Oh. It's Superman. Oh, no. Sorry. It's called the Blue moon. Spanish textbooks call it la guerra del no. To show what war resulted in the liberation of Cuba, the Philippines and Portugal. Rico and the Spanish American. You are correct. His most familiar statues are the thinker and The Kiss. Elliot Rodin wrote on his 19th century French sculptor. Yes. Historical dates are sometimes hard to remember. How about centuries? In what century was the Battle of Hastings fought in the first and 11th. The 11th century was 1066, and the First Crusade was launched in 1095. The 11th century is correct. About one a year registers over eight on the Richter scale. What are these natural disasters? Earthquake. Earthquakes is correct. She was 18 years old when she became queen and 82 when she died. Royal Victoria Queen Victoria her 36 year reign lasted from 1837 to 1901. It's been in the news recently. Ratified in 1951. This amendment to the Constitution sent ten years as the maximum time a person could serve as president, which amendment is it? In the 27th? No, sir. Incorrect. Harry 26. No, you're both incorrect. It's the 22nd amendment. She sang the song believe at the 2024 Rock riot. Cher shared it at the 2024 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony in 1853. Commodore Matthew Perry used a little gunboat diplomacy to open this ancient country ship handy. Japan Japan to trade to the outside world. The country was Japan. When a roller coaster is pulled to the top of a long incline and goes over, it changes potential energy to kinetic riot. Ooh, sorry. what would a physicist called the vector quantity of the roller coasters? Motion? Man, I tell the camera. Velocity zero. No, no, it starts. Momentum is the correct answer. In 1892, Connecticut candy maker George Smith stuck a hard candy on a stick and named it for a lollipop. A lollipop, a name for a popular racehorse. The name stuck. It is, of course, lollipop. The Green Mountains run through it, as it's called the Green Mountain State and Vermont. Vermont. Vermont we. Point Barrow, Alaska is the northernmost point in the United States. In which state will you find the southernmost point? Kim. Hawaii. Hawaii. The island of Calais, to be exact. His real name was John Paul. But when he murdered a mutinous crewman in 1773, he flew to North America and changed his name. Harry Blackbeard. What was the new name? No. Sorry. Incorrect. Man in township. Andrew John Paul Jones. That's the correct answer for ten points. Mission successful. He reported after dropping the atomic bomb, Andy Truman. Oh, no. Sorry. Hiroshima on August 6th, 1945. Who was the pilot of the Enola Gay? And that was Colonel Paul W Tibbets. Well, that sound takes us to the end of the round. Gives us all a chance to take our collective breath. And that's a good thing, because, boy, we have seen some fantastic work right in front of a 70 to 100. But it's early on. We have the one on one rapid fire and 62nd Team Lightning rounds. They're coming up on WGAL eight Brain Busters after this, WGAL eight Brain Busters will return after this, the final four teams in the eight Brain Busters tournament will win cash grants to third and fourth place. Teams will receive $1,000 each, the second place team will receive $3,000, and the eight Brain Busters champions will receive $5,000 in grant money. Now back to your host, Rich Rosen. Well hello, everybody, and welcome back to LA Brain Busters. We have a fantastic game going between Warwick and Manheim Township. And Township does have a slight lead, but Warrick is in there beautifully as we head into today's one on one, the rapid fire gives us it, our individual players against each other. Plus maybe find out a little bit that's going on in their very busy lives. So first of all, welcome back Harry. Welcome back to Brain Busters. Great to have you here. So our question for this round to play is what teacher has had the most impact on you so far in your life? I think I would have to say Miss Cole, who is my ninth grade English teacher and also my journalism one teacher for this year. She got me into writing and definitely set me on the right path. Well, it's amazing how one teacher can really inspire you to do the right thing, and writing is certainly a critical part of communication. Cameron, what about you? What teacher has impacted you? definitely. Mr. Whitby, who is the technology and engineering teacher? I've been able to have his class and he's my club advisors, the tech and engineering club. Well it's awesome. It sounds like he really sparks something in you, Cameron and Harry. Let's put you two one on one. Here is a question about our neighbors, the other planets. Not all of the planets in our solar system have moons, which too don't have any natural satellites. Cameron, Venus and Mercury. Venus and Mercury is correct for ten points. Yes. Marine sing of the Halls of Montezuma and the shores of Tripoli, the Halls of Montezuma and the modern country of Mexico. And what North African country could you visit? The shores of Tripoli, Cameroon again? Libya. Libya is correct. You are correct. Again for another ten points. And finally, small town life is a popular literary subject. And what Nathaniel Hawthorne novel does Hester Prynne have difficulty with? Scarlet Letter? The Scarlet Letter she has difficulty adjusting to life in a drab, small town. Good for you. You dominated all three of your questions, giving a very strong lead right now to Manheim Township 70 to 130. But now let's meet our two captains first from Warwick. It's a pleasure to welcome back. Right. Very welcome back. Nice to have you here. So there's obviously you've had some great teachers in your life. Is there a teacher that you can share with us. It stands out that really has impacted you? Yeah, I'd have to say my 10th grade history teacher, Miss Darnell, she really teaches her class, like a college course. And it's just prepared me so much for college and and really grateful for her for that. Well, it's a great story. Really highlights the importance of great teachers. Andy, what about you? What teacher has impacted you that you can share with us? I would say my second grade teacher from the elementary, Mr. Mullen, he taught me how to adapt to school and what he taught me now even still helps me today and my successes. It's just amazing how one teacher can really help shape our lives. Thanks for sharing, Andy, Andy and Ryan, let's put you two one on one. Keir Starmer is the current prime Minister of England, who Andy. Oh, no. Sorry. I'm going to complete the question for Ryan, who served as prime minister from 1979 to 1990, the longest term in the 20th century. Diane Thatcher. Margaret Thatcher is the correct answer for ten points. Purple was a standout color in the movies in the 1980s, like Spielberg's The Color Purple or Woody Allen's The Purple Rose of Cairo, in which iconic which iconic famous rocker starred in Purple Rain? A story of a prince? Prince did a story of a Minneapolis musician trying to achieve fame. The famed prince is the correct answer. And finally, here is a question about presidential trivia. At 54in, he was the shortest US president James Madison, at six foot four inches, Abraham Lincoln was the tallest president at more than 300 pounds. Who was the Andy Taft? William H. Taft was the heaviest president. It's an interesting piece of trivia to have in the back of your mind, 90 to 140. Now let's meet our third players in today's competition. Liz, welcome to Brain Busters. What about you? What teacher has impacted you so far in your life? I would say a teacher I've had, I think for three years now. Misrach Witz, she's been my broadcasting in production teacher for my freshman and sophomore years, and I was able to be a teacher assistant for her this year. So I'm just I'm very grateful to her because she's kind of helped me realize what I kind of want to do with the rest of my life, which is production and broadcasting. Oh, what a great influence. It's nice to have somebody influence you like that. Thank you for sharing that great story, Ellie. What about you? What teacher could you, give a shout out to, if you will? I would say my 10th grade chemistry teacher, Mr. Baer. I mentioned that I want to do materials engineering, and I think his class really sparked my passion for chemistry and made me want to go on that path. Oh, that's fantastic that a teacher like that had impact on you like that and for your whole future. Ellie and Liz, hopefully these three questions will impact you as we put you to one on one. Known to natives as Rapa Nui, this Polynesian island is a 63 square mile special territory of Chile in the Southeast Pacific. It is actually the most isolated inhabited landmass on Earth. What island is famous for its more than 1000 massive human face stone statues? Liz Easter Island Easter Island is correct for ten points. In order to discover the presence, cause, or extent of a disease, a tissue can be removed from the body to be examined microscopically. What is this, Ellie? A biopsy, a biopsy is this medical procedure. And finally, in 2005, it got a next gen look with touches of orange, yellow and red. There's a red torch on Hamilton's left and the phrase, we the people in red on Hamilton's right. What denomination is this, Ellie? The federal bank. Oh, no. Sorry. Liz, what denomination of a bill is this? $10. It is a $10 bill. Good for you. Look at those scores. We have a great game going 110 to 150. But we're going to pick up the pace now which is a 62nd team lightning round. Ryan your team is behind at this point but only by 40 points. So you will have the honor of selecting first among these three quizzes. We have the year 1984. City people captained. Your answer please. Oh my God. Any city people? Yeah, yeah. we'll do city people. City people. Some people live in the city and some people have cities in their names. So for ten points each identified the city. These people and other living things share a name with Ray. I take your answers. The teams answer. Harry and Liz are going to help you along. We have 60s on the clock, which will begin after I finish reading the first question. So good luck and here we go. Our first president selected the site of our national capital, Washington. Correct. The friendly ghost comes from a small town in Wyoming. Casper. Casper. Casper is the treasure state are Hannah. Miley Cyrus is character for Montana. Montana. Yes. This Italian explorer discovered the new world. America, Ohio, not Skip Columbus. The author of The Call the Wild was an English despite his London London district. Janet, Jesse, Ellen and Michael, the capital of Mississippi. Let's get Jackson, the author of Pride and Prejudice, never lived in the capital of Texas. Austin. Yes. After writing 13 New Testament epistles, he moved to Minnesota. Skip Saint Paul, Sabrina's cat, or a city in Massachusetts famous for switches. Boston Salem. Her movie The Bodyguard was popular in the largest city in Texas, Dallas Whitney Houston. He wrote God bless America, not God bless Germany. Munich Irving Berlin this Los Angeles Laker guy was born in Philadelphia, not on Honshu, Japan. Skip Kobe Bryant this Elizabethan founded a Virginia colony, not the capital of North Carolina. It was Raleigh who five correct? Yes. You experienced some stumbling. It was a tricky quiz. 50 points came your way. Andy, is this a break for you? We'll find out shortly with the two remaining quizzes. The year 1984. And captain, your answer please. Captain. Your answer please. captain. Your answer please. Every answer includes the word captain. So for ten points each, identify these captains of fact, fiction and popular culture. Andy. Remember that every answer includes the word captain. I take your answer, of course. As the teams answer, Cameron and Ellie are ready to help you along. 60s on the clock, which will begin after I finish reading the first question. Good looking. Here we go. If Peter Penny has only one hand in the captain Hook, that is correct. He's the captain of the black Pearl and Pirates of the Caribbean. Jack Sparrow. Captain Jack Sparrow. Sorry, this captain is in the front of every box of this breakfast. Captain crunch, that is correct. He's the master of the Pequod in pursuit of Moby Dick. Captain Ahab, that is correct. When the Planeteers combine their powers, this environmental superhero appears as Captain Planet, children's hero created by DAV Pilkey with the most unusual costume. Captain Captain Underpants. That is correct. Walt Whitman wrote this lament after the assassination of captain my captain. That is correct. William Shatner's role in Star Trek Captain Kirk, captain Kirk? Yes, Mel Gibson was the voice of this character in Disney's Pocahontas. Captain Cook, Captain John Smith. He commands the Nautilus on her journey 20,000 leagues under the steamer. That is correct. He was the captain of the bounty before the famous mutiny. That is past Captain Bligh in Treasure Island. He's Long John Silver's parrot. In real life he was a famous pirate Captain Long John Silver, Captain Kidd in the 1770s. This English explorer explored Australia, New Zealand. Captain cook, did you say that? He said that and I didn't hear that. That is correct. So eight correct. 80 points came your way, boy two challenging quizzes for a for our teams. So we have a good game going. But everything can change now because we still have another half of the show including today's bonus brainbuster. Now during our break, our teams will wager 0 to 25 points based on their knowledge of social movements. So we'll have the bonus brainbuster. And of course, the all important Final Frenzy when WGAL eight Brain Busters continues. After these 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 wgal.com and click on Bring Investors. Well hello everybody and welcome back as we continue our match between Warwick and man I'm Township now where we faltered a little bit in that last round of play. But they can make up ground very quickly. Beginning now with today's bonus brainbuster. During our break, our teams wagered 0 to 25 points based on their knowledge of social movements. We're going to head into the news eight newsroom with First Mean Mathews. She has today's question first mean welcome back. Thanks, Rich. Now here's your bonus brainbuster. This movement led by students in the wake of a 2018 school shooting in parkland, Florida, seeks to reduce gun violence through legislative reform, including stricter background checks and banning assault weapons. What's the name of this movement? I'll say that again. So this movement, led by students in the wake of a 2018 school shooting in parkland, Florida, seeks to reduce gun violence through legislative reform, including stricter background checks and banning assault weapons. What's the name of this movement? Good luck with your answer. Now back to studio B, Rich, thank you so much. I mean, good luck. Teams will give you about five seconds. Teams are consulting with each other. They're writing their answers down. Right. Yeah. Has closer pen. We'll wait for Andy. Okay. Pens are closed. We think of David Hogg and Emma Gonzalez as two of the leading students who formed this group. RYA, did you come up with the right answer? March for gun change students for gun change? No. I'm sorry, that is incorrect. We have to deduct 25 points for your score. It's hard to read the distance. So, Andy, what did you come up with? Did you come up with a Sandy hook? No, but only 15 point wager. It's called March for Our Lives. March for our lives. David Hogg is still pursuing, advocates for stricter gun control legislation to prevent gun violence. All right. 135 to 215 Warwick, you have your work cut out for you, but you can do it beginning now with today's final frenzy. This West African country was created in 1957 when British Tagalong and Gold Coast united. What country has its capital at Oxford? Andy, Ghana Ghana does indeed for 20 points. If words and wordplay are among your strengths, this should be easy. What is the longest one syllable word in English with only one vowel? But it's a plural Ellie. No answer. Oh, sorry. Any idea where we stumped you on string? She was born, Alice Rosenbaum in Saint Petersburg, Russia, 1905. Let's know. Oh, sorry. I'm the complete the question here for Warwick, but changed her name before she published her first novel, We the Living. She still had the same initials, a r who wrote anthem, The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged. Oh, that's Iron Rand. The fox read it near. Islands are part of this partially submerged volcanic chain between Alaska and Russia. What is this group of islands called? Andy Aleutian. Aleutian Islands is correct. This huge black and white painting includes a dead warrior, a dying horse, a bellowing bowling, a weeping mother. Ellie. Guernica. Guernica is the correct answer. Yes. Pasteurization refers to heating milk to kill bacteria. What word refers to the process that keeps the cream and milk from separating before you drink it? But we're all drinking homogenized milk or homogenization. This Shakespearean tragedy begins in Venice, where the hero marries the daughter of Bourbon, Chio, and then moves to Cyprus, where he kills her. Just what is it, a fellow? Oh, fellow is correct. The Maasai word for extended plays describes the huge area where the builder beats migrate. What is this great plains ending? Serengeti. The Serengeti. An amazing place. Yes. Sometimes called visual purple, it is the light sensitive pigment found in the rods of eyes. What is it, Brian? Iris. No, not the iris. Sorry, Andy. Retina. No, it's rhodopsin is the correct answer. This fat soluble vitamin, also known as tocopherol, is found in nuts, seeds, green leafy vegetables, soybeans. Ellie, folic acid. no. Sorry. Which vitamin is it? Warwick friar Roman b no, it's vitamin E. DNA is a long, complex molecule made a smaller molecules, abbreviated A, C, G, and T. What general, tell me first. Nucleotides. Nucleotides is correct. The battle of the Union, fought in 1743, was the last time an English king actually led his troops into battle. Who was king in 1743? Andy George the second. He's the one. Yes, it's a plane curve, which is a set of all points that have the same total distance from two fixed points. What kind? Ellipse it is. An ellipse is the close curve that we were going for. He started on the road for a while to read on that question. That scientist at the end of the road to the end of the game. A fantastic performance for man and township. They are now deserving to come back for the semifinals and a guarantee of $1,000, but we hope to have the pleasure of your company 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 Brain Busters, the Susquehanna Valley's longest running high school quiz show. Once again, here's your host, Rich Rosen. Well hello everybody. What a thrilling game. Congratulations to Manheim Township on advancing to the semifinals. Finals and a big thank you for your work for their valiant effort in today's match. With their win, Manheim Township secures at least $1,000 from their team. for their team from WGAL Brain Busters. Now, next time we head into the semifinals with Penn Manor and Lancaster Mennonite kicking things off, our top four teams will compete for a chance to become the WGAL Brain Busters champions. The stakes are higher than ever, so please stay tuned. Thank you for joining us today. I'm Rich Rosen signing off. And remember stay curious. Keep asking questions and never stop learning. We'll see you at the semifinal. So on. All right. We're going to.