THIS IS WGAL BRAIN BUSTERS. NOW HERE’S YOUR HOST RICH ROSEN. WELL HELLO EVERYBODY. WE ARE SO THRILLED THAT YOU JOINED US FOR ANOTHER HALF HOUR OF CHALLENGING QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS TODAY. TODAY WE ARE AT A CRITICAL AND DECISIVE CROSSROAD. REGINA AHN WGAL EIGHT BRAIN BUSTERS. WE ARE AT THE DECISIVE MOMENT WHERE WE WILL DECIDE, GUIDE AND DISCOVER WHO WILL ADVANCE TO ROUND TWO. WILL IT BE THE KNOWLEDGEABLE MINDS OF ANNVILLE-CLEONA OR MANHEIM TOWNSHIP? WELL, THE SUSPENSE IS MOUNTING. THE STAGE IS SET. SO LET’S GET STARTED NOW WITH TODAY’S OPENING ROUND, WE HAVE TEN POINT QUESTIONS. LET THE COMPETITION BEGIN WITH THIS TEN POINT QUESTION 100 MILES LONG, 40FT DEEP, BUILT BY FERDINAND DE LESSEPS IN 1859 INTO 1869. WHAT IS THIS ENGINEERING. MARVEL THAT CONNECTS THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA WITH THE RED SEA AND THE SUEZ CANAL? THE SUEZ CANAL IS CORRECT FOR TEN POINTS. JOHN FETTERMAN IS PENNSYLVANIA’S NEWEST SENATOR. WHO ELSE REPRESENTS PENNSYLVANIA IN THE SENATE SINCE 2000? SENATE SEVEN ELLEN SARAH BOB CASEY BOB CASEY IS CORRECT FOR TEN POINTS. AGAIN, APOLLO GAVE HER THE GIFT OF PROPHECY, BUT WHEN SHE REFUSED HIS ADVANCES, HE ADDED THE CURSE THAT NO ONE WOULD BELIEVE HER. SHE FORETOLD THE DANIEL, CASSANDRA, CASSANDRA WAS THE TROJAN PRINCESS. THE YEAR 2024 CAN BE REPRESENTED BY ONLY SIX ROMAN NUMERALS. WHAT ARE THEY? WE STUMPED YOU ON MM.MM X X. I’VE. NOW IT MAKES SENSE. HE WAS BORN IN INDIA AND SET MANY OF HIS POEMS AND STORIES IN INDIA, INCLUDING THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING KIM AND GUNGA DIN WAS RUDYARD KIPLING. RUDYARD KIPLING WAS THIS POPULAR AUTHOR, AND IT’S SOUR MILK SEPARATED INTO THICK CLUMPS AND THIN LIQUID. IT DOESN’T SOUND VERY APPETIZING, BUT IT’S WHAT LITTLE MISS MUFFET WAS EATING ON HER TUFFET. WHAT IS THIS UNUSUAL DISH? DANIEL CURDS AND WHEY. CURDS AND WHEY. CORRECT. AGAIN. THE COAST STARLIGHT, EMPIRE BUILDER, THE SILVER METEOR, NORTHWEST REGIONAL ARE SOME OF THE TRAINS THAT RUN ON THIS RAIL HIGHWAY SYSTEM ESTABLISHED BY CONGRESS IN 1970. WHAT IS IT CALLED? DANIEL AGAIN? AMTRAK. AMTRAK, CORRECT AGAIN IN MARCH 2021. MERRICK GARLAND WAS SWORN IN FOR THIS CABINET POSITION. WHICH ONE? ELEC. ATTORNEY GENERAL? ATTORNEY GENERAL. YOU KNOW YOUR POLITICS. IT IS A TRADITIONAL CHINESE CUISINE IN WHICH SMALL PORTIONS OF MANY FOODS, INCLUDING STEAMED OR FRIED DUMPLINGS, ARE SERVED IN SUCCESSION. WHAT IS THIS CHINESE SMORGASBORD? KELLY DIM SUM, DIM SUM. GOOD FOR YOU. AND THAT GETS MANHEIM TOWNSHIP ON THE BOARD FOR TEN POINTS. SOME OF YOU MAY SUFFER FROM TRISKAIDEKAPHOBIA. WHAT NUMBER ARE YOU AFRAID OF, DANIEL? 13. YOU’RE AFRAID OF THE NUMBER 13. WHEN YOU HAVE TRISKAIDEKAPHOBIA. VICTORIA IS THE CAPITAL. VAN COUVER IS ITS LARGEST CITY. SURAJ CANADA NO, SORRY. I’M GOING TO COMPLETE THE QUESTION FOR ANNVILLE-CLEONA. WHAT IS THIS? CANADIAN PROVINCE, MAX? NEW BRUNSWICK? UH, NO. SORRY. WE STUMPED YOU BOTH ON BRITISH COLUMBIA. IT’S THE GREEK WORD FOR ORDER. TO AN ASTRONOMER, IT’S THE WORD THAT REFERS TO THE UNIVERSE OR AS A WELL-ORDERED WHOLE. WHAT IS THE WORD ORIGINALLY USED BY PYTHAGORAS IN THE SIXTH CENTURY BC AND LATER BECAME THE BEST SELLING SCIENCE BOOK OF ALL TIME BY CARL SAGAN. ALAN. COSMOS. COSMOS IS CORRECT. YOUR BRAIN IS FULL OF NERVE TISSUE, WHICH CAN BE USED TO IDENTIFY OTHER TYPES. OF TISSUE IN YOUR BODY. CARTILAGE AND BONE ARE BOTH MADE FROM WHAT KIND OF TISSUE? WE STUMPED YOU ON CONNECTIVE. TISSUE. THE TIBIA AND FIBULA ARE TWO BONES IN THE LOWER LEG. WHAT? SIRAJ AAM. OH SORRY I’M GOING TO COMPLETE THE QUESTION FOR ANNVILLE-CLEONA. ANTICIPATION DIDN’T WORK IN YOUR FAVOR. WHAT ARE THE TWO BONES OF THE LOWER ARM. UM. OH DANIEL. THE RADIUS AND ULNA. YOU ARE CORRECT. WRITERS SEEM TO BE UNCOMMONLY FOND OF DEATH, ESPECIALLY IN THEIR TITLES. FOR EXAMPLE, EDGAR ALLAN POE WROTE THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH. WHAT AMERICAN NOVELIST WROTE ABOUT BULLFIGHTING IN DEATH IN THE AFTERNOON? CAMERON LONGFELLOW, NOT HE. NO. SORRY. UM. ANNVILLE-CLEONA. IT’S THE GREAT AMERICAN NOVELIST ERNEST HEMINGWAY. THE WORD COMES FROM THE GREEK FOR WRITING ON A TOMB, BECAUSE THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT IT IS. WHAT IS THIS INSCRIPTION, DANIEL? AN EPITAPH. THE EPITAPH IS THIS INSCRIPTION ON A TOMBSTONE? YES. IT’S A PERSON IN A PLAY, MOVIE OR NOVEL. IT’S THE UNIQUE QUALITY THAT MAKES YOU THE PERSON YOU ARE. REGINA AHN CHARACTER. CHARACTER IS CORRECT. YES. HE WAS PRESIDENT DURING THE MEXICAN AMERICAN WAR AND SOMETHING HE THINK HE ALMOST LOST IT BY APPOINTING POLITICAL FRIENDS AS GENERALS. WHOSE WAR WAS IT? TIM JACKSON NO, NO, SORRY. IT WAS, UH, POLK. IT WAS MR. POLK’S WAR. WELL, THAT SOUND TAKES US TO THE END OF THE ROUND AND TO OUR FIRST BREAK. A LITTLE FAULTERING FOR MANHEIM TOWNSHIP. BUT WE HAVE A LOT MORE GAME COMING UP, INCLUDING THE ONE ON ONE RAPID FIRE AND TEAM LIGHTNING ROUNDS. SO DON’T GO AWAY, BECAUSE WGAL BRAINBUSTERS CONTINUES FOLLOWING THIS. WGAL EIGHT BRAINBUSTERS WILL RETURN AFTER THIS BREAK. THE FINAL FOUR TEAMS IN THE WGAL EIGHT BRAINBUSTERS TOURNAMENT WILL WIN CASH GRANTS. THE THIRD AND FOURTH PLACE TEAMS WILL RECEIVE $1,000 EACH. THE SECOND PLACE TEAM WILL RECEIVE $3,000, AND THE WJLA BRAIN BUSTERS CHAMPIONS WILL RECEIVE $5,000 IN GRANT MONEY. NOW. HERE’S RICH WITH OUR COACHES AND ALTERNATES. WELL, WELCOME BACK. BEFORE WE DELVE ANY FURTHER INTO THE COMPETITION, LET’S MEET SOME OTHER VERY IMPORTANT PEOPLE. IF YOU WANT THE PILLARS OF THE ENTHUSIASM AND EXCITEMENT THAT GOES BEHIND THESE TEAMS, FIRST WE’RE GOING TO SAY HELLO TO MISS KIM MORGAN. SHE IS FAMILY AND CONSUMER SCIENCE TEACHER AT ANNVILLE-CLEONA. THIS IS YOUR FIRST TIME COACHING YOUR TEAM AND THEY’VE DONE VERY WELL IN THAT FIRST ROUND TO PLAY. BOY, THEY TOOK OFF LIKE A LOCOMOTIVE. SO WHEN I SEE YOU REACT AND I SAW WHEN YOU FIRST CAME INTO THE STUDIO, YOU OBVIOUSLY SEEM TO LIKE TEACHING. WHAT DO YOU FIND AS ONE OF THE BEST PARTS ABOUT BEING A TEACHER? THE STUDENTS ALL THE TIME. UM, EVEN THOUGH THEY’RE EXASPERATING SOMETIMES THEY ARE WONDERFUL. WONDERFUL STUDENTS, AND I REALLY ENJOY TEACHING THEM. I THINK YOU CAN BRING THAT. JUST PEOPLE IN GENERAL ARE REALLY GOOD AT HEART AND YOU JUST HAVE TO KNOW HOW TO RELATE. BUT TEENAGERS TODAY CAN BE A LITTLE CHALLENGING, BUT WITH THE CELL PHONES AND STUFF. BUT YOU BROUGHT SUCH A GREAT TEAM AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. NOW LET’S MEET TWO ALTERNATES FROM ANNE ANNVILLE-CLEONA. FIRST, THEODORE FRALEY, A SENIOR. THANK YOU. WELCOME TO THE SHOW. AND WE ALL THINK ABOUT SOMETHING SOMETIMES. WE’RE SO OBSESSED WE DON’T KNOW TO HOW TO STOP IT. THERE’S ONE THING IN PARTICULAR THAT YOU’RE THINKING ABOUT, AND I LOVE FOR YOU TO SHARE WITH EVERYBODY. UH, PERSONALLY, IT’S A TRIP TO CHICAGO. UH, HOPEFULLY OUR TEAM WILL BE COMPETING THERE AND ULTIMATELY JUST CHICAGO’S ULTIMATELY JUST BEEN ON MY MIND FOR A VERY LONG TIME, HOPING FOR THE FUN TIMES AND STUFF. WHEN YOU SAY, THERE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT A NATIONAL TOURNAMENT. YES. UH, HOPEFULLY, AS LONG AS OBVIOUSLY WE KEEP BEING A GREAT TEAM AND STEPPING UP, WE WILL BE INVITED TO PERFORM THERE. FANTASTIC. ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANKS FOR SHARING. AND NOW LET’S MEET. THE SECOND ALTERNATE IS XAVIER. TIMMY, YOU ARE A SOPHOMORE AND OBVIOUSLY HE’S ON THE TEAM BECAUSE HE READS AND READING IS SUCH A CRITICAL PART OF BUILDING KNOWLEDGE. AND YOU HAVE A PARTICULAR FAVORITE BOOK. YEAH, I’M A BIG FAN OF FRANZ KAFKA. IS THE TRIAL MY PARTICULAR LEE THE TRIAL? I READ THAT IN HIGH SCHOOL AS WELL. UM, WELL, DURING COVID, UH, LIKE, I WAS ON MY PHONE THE WHOLE TIME AND I KIND OF FELL OUT OF LOVE WITH BOOKS AND STUFF, AND, UH, MY UNCLE EVERY YEAR GAVE ME, LIKE, FIVE BOOKS. HE LIVES IN CALIFORNIA, AND I GOT, UH, FRANZ KAFKA’S THE METAMORPHOSIS, AND I GOT INTERESTED IN THAT. AND THEN I READ THE TRIAL, AND IT’S JUST SO SURREAL. IT’S ONE OF THE MOST INTERESTING BOOKS I’VE EVER READ. WELL, THANKS FOR SHARING. IF YOU HAVEN’T READ IT, I’D HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT. NOW LET’S HEAD OVER TO MANHEIM TOWNSHIP AND MEET. THIS IS A FIRST TIME COACH. HERE IS MR. ZACH MUSSMAN AND YOU ARE THE GIFTED AND TALENTED TEACHER AND SUPPORT OVER AT MANHEIM TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL, AND IT’S GREAT TO HAVE YOU HERE. YOU KNOW, IT’S ALWAYS WHEN YOU LOOK AT YOUR TEACHERS, YOU THINK, DO THEY HAVE A REGULAR LIFE? SO ARE YOU WILLING TO REVEAL YOU MUST HAVE SOME HIDDEN TALENTS. WHAT’S SOME HIDDEN TALENT THAT YOU’D BE WILLING TO REVEAL? WELL, I GUESS I FANCY MYSELF SOME SORT OF A HANDYMAN. MY WIFE ALWAYS SAYS SOME SORT OF A PROJECT FOR ME IN OUR HOME. AND PEOPLE. ASK ME TO DO WORK FOR THEM HERE AND THERE. SO I. I ENJOY DOING THAT, AND I, I TRY TO BE GOOD AT IT. SO CAN YOU FIX LIKE A WASHING MACHINE OR. YES, I CAN THERMISTOR IN. YES. I’VE HAD TO DO BOTH OF THOSE WITHOUT THE HELP OF YOUTUBE, WITHOUT THE HELP OF YOUTUBE. YEAH. I MEAN AT SOME POINT I’M SURE I HAD TO READ OR LOOK AT SOMETHING, BUT VERY IMPRESSED. MRS. KATELYN ROCK IS ALSO A GIFTED TEACHER AND TEACHES BUSINESS AND YOU’RE THE CO-COACH. AND IT’S SO NICE TO HAVE YOU HERE ALSO FOR THE FIRST TIME. SO, YOU KNOW, BESIDES SETTING UP PLANS AND GETTING READY FOR THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR, YOU DO HAVE A SUMMER BREAK. WHAT DO YOU DO? MOSTLY DURING THE SUMMER BREAK? WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME AT THE POOL AND AT THE BEACH, AT THE SHORE HERE. YEAH, OCEAN CITY, MARYLAND IS TYPICALLY WHERE WE GO. YES. I’M JUST THINKING ABOUT IT NOW. YEAH. THE GOLDEN SUNSHINE. AND NOW LET’S MEET TODAY’S ALTERNATE FOR MANHEIM TOWNSHIP ANDY GRUBER. AND YOU ARE A SOPHOMORE. AND YOU KNOW, WE ALL LOOK UP TO PEOPLE AND I HOPE THAT NEVER CHANGES. AND YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT’S A POLITICIAN, IT COULD BE AN ENTERTAINER. IT COULD BE AN INFLUENCER. BUT YOU HAVE TWO PARTICULAR PEOPLE THAT YOU ADMIRE MOST. YEAH, THOSE WOULD BE MY MOM AND MY DAD. YEAH, THEY’VE HELPED ME ALONG MY ENTIRE LIFE. AND I REALLY DON’T KNOW WHERE I WOULD BE WITHOUT THEM. AND IT ALMOST CERTAINLY WOULD NOT BE UP HERE WITHOUT THEM. WELL, THEY ENCOURAGED YOU TO LEARN AND LEARN TO LEARN, AND HOPEFULLY THEY’RE GOING TO HELP YOU GET INTO A GOOD COLLEGE AND MAYBE PAY FOR IT. SO ALL RIGHT, WELL, IT’S TIME NOW TO PIT OUR INDIVIDUAL PLAYERS AGAINST EACH OTHER IN TODAY’S ONE ON ONE RAPID FIRE ROUND, IT GIVES US A CHANCE TO TALK TO OUR PLAYERS AND FIND OUT WHAT’S GOING ON IN THEIR BUSY LIVES. SO FIRST WE’RE GOING TO SAY HELLO TO ALEC TETZLAFF. AND HE IS A SENIOR. AT ANNVILLE-CLEONA. YOU DID VERY WELL IN THAT FIRST ROUND OF PLAY AND WE ALL HAVE FAVORITE MOVIES, MOVIES THAT WE CAN WATCH OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN. AND YOU HAVE ONE IN PARTICULAR THAT MANY OF OUR VIEWERS ARE GOING TO BE AWARE OF. UM. YES. I’M A BIG FAN OF THE FILM LAWRENCE OF ARABIA. NOW, WHY IN PARTICULAR THAT FILM, BESIDES ITS EXPANSIVENESS AND BEAUTY? RIGHT. UM, MY FAMILY HAS HAD, UH, PEOPLE WHO HAVE SERVED IN KIND OF THAT THEATER IN WORLD WAR ONE, AND I JUST THOUGHT IT INTERESTING IN THE, IN THE BEGINNING. BUT AS I JUST WATCHED THE MOVIE, I JUST FELL IN LOVE WITH IT. AND THE CINEMATOGRAPHY AND. YEAH, AND PETER O’TOOLE. YEAH. WHAT A STAR. LET’S SAY HELLO TO CAMERON. UH, UH, CAMERON SCHMIDT AND YOU ARE A JUNIOR, AND IT’S THE FIRST TIME HERE IN BRAINBUSTERS SET. REGINA AHN. THANKS FOR BEING HERE. AND YOU ALREADY KNOW WHAT YOU WANT TO STUDY. SO AS YOU PREPARE FOR YOUR SENIOR YEAR, YOU KNOW WHAT KIND OF SCHOOLS YOU’RE GOING TO LOOK AT. I LOVE IF YOU WOULD SHARE THAT WITH US. YEAH. I’M HOPING TO GO INTO ENGINEERING FIELDS IN COLLEGE. I TOOK A LOT OF ENGINEERING CLASSES IN MY EARLY YEARS OF HIGH SCHOOL, AND THEY SPARKED MY INTEREST IN IT. SO YOU’RE SPARKING MY INTEREST BECAUSE WHEN YOU SAY ENGINEERING SCHOOLS AT CLASSES AT HIGH SCHOOL, WHAT KIND OF CLASSES ARE OFFERED AT MANHEIM TOWNSHIP? I WAS ABLE TO TAKE AN INTRO TO ENGINEERING DESIGN AND AN AEROSPACE ENGINEERING CLASS, AND THOSE ARE OFFERED AT THE HIGH SCHOOL. OH VERY NICE. CAN AARON AND ALEC, LET’S PUT YOU TO ONE ON ONE. IT’S USED TO MAKE MATCHES, DETERGENTS AND FERTILIZER. IT HAS THREE FORMS WHITE, RED AND BLACK. WHAT IS THIS, CAMERON? PHOSPHORUS. PHOSPHORUS IS THIS CHEMICAL ELEMENT. ABBREVIATE SIMPLY P. YOU’RE PUTTING TOGETHER A STRING QUARTET. YOU HAVE TWO VIOLINS AND A CELLO. WHAT OTHER? CAMERON. VIOLA. YOU ALSO NEED A VIOLA. YES. MANY POPULAR WRITERS ARE KNOWN BY TWO INITIALS AND A LAST NAME. FOR EXAMPLE, JC ROWLING WROTE ABOUT HARRY POTTER. WHAT AUTHOR BEST SELLING BOOKS INCLUDE SAY CHEESE AND DIE KNIGHT OF THE LIVING DUMMY, AND MORE THAN 60 OTHER GOOSEBUMPS BOOKS NELLY, R.L. STINE, R.L. STINE IS CORRECT FOR TEN POINTS. NOW LET’S MOVE ON AND MEET TODAY’S CAPTAINS IN TODAY’S COMPETITION. FIRST, FROM ANNVILLE-CLEONA. IT’S A PLEASURE TO WELCOME BACK DANIEL BOLZ, BACK. YOU’VE BEEN HERE BEFORE. YOU ARE NOW A SENIOR AND YOU KNOW, BESIDES YOUR CELL PHONE, WE WE ALL DON’T WANT TO LEAVE HOME WITH OUR CELL PHONE. OR MAYBE OUR CAR KEYS AND WALLET, BUT THERE’S SOMETHING ELSE THAT YOU NEVER LEAVE HOME WITHOUT. WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO SHARE WITH US THAT INFORMATION? YEAH. SO AT ALL TIMES I’M WEARING THREE WRISTBANDS. THE FIRST ONE IS FOR MESSIAH UNIVERSITY, WHICH IS WHERE I’LL BE GOING COME FALL. UM, THIS ONE WAS SOLD BY OUR HEALTH CAREERS CLUB AT AC FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION AS A FUNDRAISER. AND THIS ONE SAYS WE JD, WHICH STANDS FOR WHAT WOULD JESUS DO? IT SERVES AS A REMINDER IN MY DAILY LIFE AND YOU NEVER LEAVE HOME WITHOUT THEM. NEVER. ALL RIGHT. GOOD. I HOPE. BELIEVE THEY’LL BE PROVIDING SOME GOOD LUCK FOR YOU ON OUR SHOW. LET’S SAY HELLO TO SURAJ DUMASIA. FIRST TIME HERE. THE CAPTAIN OF THE TEAM. IT’S GREAT TO HAVE YOU HERE. AND WE ALL VALUE, UH, CERTAIN THINGS. AND YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT YOU HOLD VERY VALUABLE TO YOURSELF AND YOU CHERISH. YEAH, FOR A FEW YEARS AGO, I RECEIVED A SERIES OF LETTERS FROM MY GREAT GRANDFATHER DESCRIBING HIS LIFE EXPERIENCES, SPECIFICALLY, UM, TEACHING MATH IN A MIDDLE SCHOOL IN INDIA. AND TO ME, LIKE WHEN I READ THOSE LETTERS, IT REALLY HELPS ME TO KIND OF CONTEXTUALIZE THESE WHERE MY FAMILY COMES FROM, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE REASONS THAT WE VALUE EDUCATION SO MUCH AND WHAT YOU COULD BE GRATEFUL FOR HERE. RIGHT. OUR GREAT COUNTRY, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, WITH THOSE, UH, LETTERS WRITTEN IN HINDI OR THEY WERE WRITTEN IN GUJARATI, WHICH IS THE LANGUAGE THAT GUJARATI. AND YOU CAN YOU CAN READ IT. UH, NO. MY MY GRANDFATHER ACTUALLY TRANSLATED THEM. OH, EXCELLENT. OKAY. THANK YOU. WHAT AN INTERESTING STORY. SURAJ AND DANIEL ARE TWO CAPTAINS. LET’S PUT YOU TO ONE ON ONE. GREAT SCORES. 130 TO 30. LET’S SEE WHAT HAPPENS NOW. IN 1850, A PUBLISHER REJECTED MELVILLE’S NOVEL WITH THE COMMENT THAT WE DO NOT THINK IT WOULD BE SUITABLE FOR THE JUVENILE MARKET IN THIS COUNTRY. WHAT IS THIS NOVEL, DANIEL? MOBY --, MOBY -- ABOUT THAT THE PUBLISHER MISTOOK FOR A WHALING ADVENTURE FOR YOUNG READERS ON MARCH 28TH, 19, 1885, HE WAS THE FIRST SITTING PRESIDENT TO HAVE EVER VISITED THE FLOOR OF THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE. WHO WAS THIS CAPITALIST, SIR? AS RONALD REAGAN? HE’S THE ONE IN OFFICE FROM 81 TO 89, AND FINALLY, POPULAR MUSICALS ARE SOMETIMES BASED ON CLASSICAL SOURCES. THIS ROCK VERSION OF LA BOHEME, ONE, THE 1996 PULITZER FOR DRAMA AND BECAME A 2005 MOVIE. WHAT MUSICAL SINGS A 525,600 MINUTES. DANIEL. RENT. RENT DOES GOOD FOR YOU 150 TO 40. WE’RE NOW GOING TO MEET OUR FINAL PLAYERS IN TODAY’S COMPETITION. FIRST, IT’S A PLEASURE TO WELCOME BACK MAX LID, A SENIOR OVER AT ANNVILLE-CLEONA. WE ALL FAVORED BOOKS. UM, FAVORITE TELEVISION SHOWS. AND YOU HAVE A FAVORITE MOVIE THAT I’M REALLY INTERESTED IN FINDING OUT ABOUT AND WHY. SURE. YEAH. MY FAVORITE MOVIE IS THE PIXAR FILM CARS TWO. I MEAN, I’M SORT OF SPEECHLESS, LIKE, LIKE IT’S AN ANIMATED FILM. DOES IT? IT’S I ALWAYS THOUGHT IT WAS FOR CHILDREN. YEAH. SO I ALWAYS THOUGHT IT WAS FUNNY HOW THERE’S THE THREE CARS MOVIES. THE FIRST AND THE THIRD ONE ARE ABOUT RACING, AND THE SECOND ONE IS LIKE A, LIKE A JAMES BOND INSPIRED SPY THRILLER. SO I’VE, I’VE ALWAYS REALLY ENJOYED THAT MOVIE. THE DIFFERENCES FROM THE OTHERS AND JUST IT’S ALWAYS BEEN ONE I’VE REALLY ENJOYED. SO THERE ARE SOME REDEEMING THEMES PERHAPS IN THE WATCH. OKAY, I MIGHT BE INSPIRED TO WATCH IT. ELLIE NEO IS A JUNIOR, UH, FROM MANHEIM TOWNSHIP, AND IT’S GREAT TO WELCOME YOU HERE FOR THE FIRST TIME. AND BESIDES STUDYING, WHICH I KNOW YOU ARE A FANTASTIC STUDENT, WHAT DO YOU DO FOR FUN OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL? SO OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL, I LIKE TO LIKE, WRITE AND PRODUCE MUSIC A LOT. I’VE BEEN PLAYING GUITAR FOR ABOUT LIKE 5 OR 6 YEARS NOW. AND DO YOU WRITE THE LYRICS AS WELL? YEAH. IS THIS SOMETHING YOU MAY PURSUE IN THE FUTURE? UH, I MIGHT LIKE I’M INTERESTED IN ENGINEERING, SO THAT’S PROBABLY WHAT I’LL GO TO COLLEGE FOR. BUT YEAH, MUSIC AND IN ENGINEERING IT OFTEN COINCIDE. ALL RIGHT, ELLIE AND MAX, HOPEFULLY YOU’RE GOING TO ENJOY THE TUNE OF THESE THREE QUESTIONS AS WE PUT YOU TO ONE ON ONE. GIVEN ITS LAST. SENTENCE, CAN YOU IDENTIFY THE FOLLOWING NOVEL? HE LOVED BIG BROTHER MATT, 1984. YOU ARE CORRECT. THESE INJURIES ARE COMMON AMONG ATHLETES. IT CAN REFER TO EITHER LEE, CONCUSSIONS, NO CONCUSSION, NO MAX. THIS MIGHT BE A BREAK FOR YOU. I’M GOING TO COMPLETE THE QUESTION. IT CAN REFER TO EITHER THE TENDON AT THE BACK OF YOUR KNEE, OR TO THREE MUSCLES THAT FLEX YOUR KNEE AND THIGH. WHAT IS THE ANATOMICAL TERME MAX TENDONS? NO, IT’S HAMSTRING, IT’S THE CORRECT ANSWER. AND FINALLY, PARKFIELD, CALIFORNIA IS A LOVELY LITTLE TOWN WITH ONLY ONE FAULT. BUT IT’S A BIG FAULT. PARKFIELD IS A PRIME CANDIDATE FOR EARTHQUAKES BECAUSE IT STRADDLES THE BOUNDARY. SAN ANDREAS FAULT, THE SAN ANDREAS FAULT BETWEEN THE TWO PLATES ON THE EARTH’S CRUST, 160 TO 40 A BIG LEAD RIGHT NOW FOR ANNVILLE-CLEONA, BUT RIGHT NOW IT’S. TIME FOR TODAY’S ONE ON ONE. THE 60S TEAM LIGHTNING ROUND. I GOT SO EXCITED NOW YOU HAVE TO MAKE UP GROUND AND YOU CAN DO. IT. SIRAJ, WITH ONE OF THESE THREE QUIZZES WE HAVE, WHAT’S NEWS? HOW ARE YOU? AND ONE THIRD OFF, ONE THIRD, ONE THIRD OFF, PLEASE. ONE THIRD OFF. IT’S AS EASY AS ABC OR ONE, TWO, THREE, WHATEVER THE THIRD TURM MIGHT BE. SO FOR TEN POINTS EACH, PROVIDE THE MISSING THIRD MEMBER OF EACH OF THESE SETS OF THREE. SO, RAJ, I TAKE YOUR ANSWER AS THE TEAM’S ANSWER. CAMERON AND ANELLI. 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. ALL RIGHT. GOOD LUCK TO ALL THREE OF YOU. AND HERE WE GO. THE THREE CARDINAL VIRTUES FAITH, HOPE AND PASS. CHARITY. TRADITIONAL GOOD LOOKS, TALL, DARK AND HANDSOME. HANDSOME? YES. WHEN YOU BELIEVE IT ALL, IT’S WHAT YOU SWALLOW. HOOK, LINE AND SINK. SINK. OR THE THREE SYNOPTIC GOSPELS MATTHEW, MARK AND LUKE. LUKE? YES. WHAT WINSTON CHURCHILL PROMISED THE BRITISH DURING WORLD WAR TWO. BLOOD, SWEAT AND TEARS. TEARS. YES. THE THREE PRINCIPAL INTERESTS OF AN EGOTIST. ME, MYSELF AND I. AH, YES. THIS IS WHAT YOU DO WHEN YOU’RE CHILL. YOU’RE COOL. CALM AND COLLECTED. COLLECTED? YES. IT MIGHT DESCRIBE A TRACK AND FIELD EVENT. IT’S JUST HOP, SKIP AND A JUMP, JUMP, JUMP. YES, THE THREE PRINCIPAL PARTS OF AN 18TH CENTURY RIFLE LOCK STOCK AND BARREL. THE THREE CONSTITUTIONAL INALIENABLE RIGHTS LIFE, LIBERTY AND HAPPINESS. THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS. THE THREE WISE MONKEYS. SEE NO EVIL, HEAR NO EVIL, AND DO NO EVIL. SPEAK NO EVIL. THE THREE PARTS OF DANTE’S DIVINE COMEDY HELL, PURGATORY AND PARADISE PASS PARADISE. THE THREE THREE PERIODS OF THE MESOZOIC ERA, THE TRIASSIC, THE JURASSIC, AND THE CRETACEOUS. THE THREE PARTS OF YOUR MIND. ACCORDING TO FREUD, THE ID, EGO AND SUPEREGO SIX. CORRECT 60 POINTS CAME YOUR WAY. SOME FALTERING THERE. IS THIS A BREAK FOR YOU, DANIEL? WHAT WE’RE GOING TO FIND OUT SHORTLY WITH WHAT’S NEWS AND HOW ARE YOU? HOW ARE YOU? UM. WHAT’S UP YOU ALEC, HOW ARE YOU? WE’LL DO. HOW ARE YOU? EXCUSE ME? HOW YOU’LL DO ON THIS QUIZ? DEPENDS ON HOW YOU ARE WITH. ARE YOU ESPECIALLY WORDS THAT BEGIN WITH R? ARE YOU? SO FOR TEN POINTS EACH, IDENTIFY THE FOLLOWING. DANIEL, I TAKE YOUR ANSWER AS THE TEAM’S ANSWER. ALEC AND MAX ARE READY TO HELP YOU ALONG. 60S ON THE CLOCK, WHICH WILL BEGIN AFTER I FINISH READING THE FIRST QUESTION. SO GOOD LUCK TO ALL THREE OF YOU. AND HERE WE GO. WHERE WASHINGTON, JEFFERSON, LINCOLN AND ROOSEVELT ALL HANG OUT PAST MOUNT RUSHMORE. LOUD, OFFENSIVE, UNPLEASANT, IN-YOUR-FACE FACE. RUDE. RUDE IS CORRECT. THIS GEMSTONE IS AN ALUMINUM OXIDE WITH TRACES OF CHROMIUM. RUBY. RUBY IS CORRECT. NEW BRUNSWICK, NEW JERSEY IS THE HOME OF THIS UNIVERSITY. RUTGERS. RUTGERS IS CORRECT. THE BRITISH WORD FOR AN ERASER. OR WHAT’S IT MADE OF? RUBBER. RUBBER? YES. THE ENGLISH SCHOOL GAVE US THE ANCESTOR OF AMERICAN FOOTBALL. RUGBY. RUGBY IS CORRECT. SUPERMODELS AND JUMBO JETS BOTH GO DOWN THIS, BUT NOT AT THE SAME TIME. RUNWAY, RUNWAY. IN THE OLD TESTAMENT, IT’S THE BOOK BETWEEN JUDGES AND FIRST SAMUEL. RUTH, RUTH. THIS WORD CAN PRECEDE DRESSING, REVOLUTION AND ROULETTE. RUSSIAN. YES. IN GERMAN FOLKLORE, HE SPUN STRAW INTO GOLD. GOOD. RUMPELSTILTSKIN. THAT’S THE ONE. THIS CHEMICAL ELEMENT SYMBOL IS RB. RUBIDIUM. RUBIDIUM? YES. CHEMICALLY IT’S HYDRATED FERRIC OXIDE. YES. RUST. THIS VEGETABLE IS A CROSS BETWEEN A TURNIP AND A CABBAGE. RUTABAGA. YES. IT’S ANOTHER NAME FOR GERMAN MEASLES PEST. RUBELLA. THE 24 LETTERS OF AN ANCIENT GERMANIC ALPHABET PASS THE RUINS. THE PERSIAN POET OMAR KHAYYAM WROTE THIS 12TH CENTURY POET. IT WAS THE RUBAIYAT. SO WE HAD 11 CORRECT 110 POINTS CAME YOUR WAY, TAKING YOU TO 280 TO 100. WE STILL HAVE A LOT MORE GAME LEFT, SO WE STILL HAVE A CHANCE FOR MANHEIM TOWNSHIP BEGINNING NOW WITH TODAY’S BONUS BRAIN BUSTER. DURING. OUR BREAK, OUR TEAMS WILL WAGER 0 TO 25 POINTS BASED ON THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF CHEMICAL ELEMENTS. NOW THAT’S A GREAT CATEGORY FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. SO WE’LL HAVE THE BONUS BRAIN BUSTER. AND OF COURSE THE ALL IMPORTANT FINAL FRENZY WHEN WGAL CONTINUES AFTER THIS. WATCH ALL THIS SEASON’S EPISODES OF WGAL EIGHT BRAIN BUSTERS ANYTIME ON WGAL.COM. OUR ONLINE HOME ALSO INCLUDES OUR TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE AND A CHANCE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE SHOW. AND HOST RICH ROSEN CAN GO TO WGAL.COM AND CLICK ON BRAIN BUSTERS. WELL HI EVERYBODY. WELCOME BACK. MANHEIM TOWNSHIP HAS THEIR WORK CUT OUT FOR THEM BUT THEY CAN DO IT NOW BEGINNING WITH TODAY’S BONUS BRAIN BUSTER. DURING OUR BREAK OUR TEAMS WAGERED 0 TO 25 POINTS BASED ON THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF CHEMICAL ELEMENTS. LET’S HEAD INTO THE NEWS 8 NEWSROOM WITH BRIAN ROACH. HE HAS TODAY’S QUESTION. BRIAN. THANKS, RICH AND NOW HERE IS YOUR BONUS BRAIN BUSTER. HE WAS THE FIRST LIVING PERSON EVER TO HAVE A CHEMICAL ELEMENT NAMED FOR HIM. ELEMENT 106, WHOSE RESEARCH TEAM DISCOVERED TEN ELEMENTS, INCLUDING PLUTONIUM, FOR WHICH HE WON THE 1951 NOBEL PRIZE. AGAIN, HE WAS THE FIRST LIVING PERSON EVER TO HAVE A CHEMICAL ELEMENT NAMED FOR HIM. ELEMENT 106, WHOSE RESEARCH TEAM DISCOVERED TEN ELEMENTS, INCLUDING PLUTONIUM, FOR WHICH HE WON THE NOBEL PRIZE IN 1951. GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR ANSWER. AND NOW BACK TO STUDIO B, RICH. THANK YOU BRIAN. GOOD LUCK TO YOU. WE’LL GIVE YOU ABOUT FIVE SECONDS. THIS COULD BE A LITTLE CHALLENGING FOR OUR TEAMS. OKAY. I’M GOING TO WRITE DANIEL. WE’RE WAITING FOR YOU TO WRITE YOUR ANSWER. OKAY. LET’S SEE WHAT HAPPENS. THE SUSPENSE IS MOUNTING HERE, DANIEL. YOU WANT TO SHOW US YOUR CARD FIRST? AND YOU SAID SEABORG. YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. YES. SEABORGIUM GLENN SEABORG, YOU HAD A 20 POINTS TO YOUR SCORE. DID YOU COME UP WITH SEABORG? NO, NO. YOU CAME UP WITH CURIE. NO. SO WE’RE GONNA HAVE TO DEDUCT 25 POINTS FROM YOUR SCORE. WOW. THIS IS, LIKE, QUITE THE GAME. 300 TO 75. IT’S NOW TIME FOR TODAY’S FINAL FRENZY. 20 POINT QUESTIONS. HERE WE GO. IN ELECTRICITY. IT’S THE WORK DONE TO BRING A UNIT CHANGE FROM ONE POINT TO ANOTHER. IN PHYSICS, IT’S THE KIND OF ENERGY AN OBJECT HAS BY VIRTUE OF ITS POSITION. WHAT LEE POTENTIAL. POTENTIAL IS CORRECT. SHE RISKED DEATH AND IS EVENTUALLY SEALED IN A CAVE TO DIE BECAUSE SHE INSISTS ON BURYING HER BROTHER. DESPITE THE KING’S ORDER, WHO IS THE DAUGHTER OF OEDIPUS AND HEROINE ANTIGONE. MAX. UH, ANTIGONE IS CORRECT. THE HORNETS ARE THE NBA TEAM FROM CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA. WHAT’S THE NAME OF CHARLOTTE’S WNBA TEAM THAT WE STUMPED YOU ON? THE STING. THE THE. IT’S CALLED THE STING. EOHIPPUS WAS ABOUT THE SIZE OF A FOX AND LIVED ABOUT 50 MILLION YEARS AGO. WHAT LARGE ANIMAL IS DESCENDED FROM THE TINY EOHIPPUS AS DANIEL HIPPOPOTAMUS? NOPE. SORRY. INCORRECT. ANY IDEA? IT’S THE HORSE? JOHN F KENNEDY WAS THE LAST HARVARD GRADUATE TO BECOME A PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. WHO WAS THE FIRST HARVARD MAN TO BECOME PRESIDENT. IN 1797, CAMERON ADAMS. WHICH ONE, PLEASE? JOHN ADAMS JOHN ADAMS IS CORRECT. THIS FEDERAL AGENCY WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1877 TO PROTECT CONSUMERS AGAINST RAILROADS. ITS POWERS HAVE BEEN EXPANDED TO INCLUDE TRUCKING AND DANIEL THE FBI NO, NO, NO TO INCLUDE TRUCKING BUS LINES AND EVEN OIL PIPELINES. WHAT IS THE ICC. IT’S THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION. MAN IS BORN FREE, BUT EVERYWHERE HE IS IN CHAINS ARE THE FIRST WORDS OF THE SOCIAL. CONTRACT. WHAT 18TH CENTURY FRENCH PHILOSOPHER WROTE THE SOCIAL CONTRACT? MAX DESCARTES NOT HE. NOPE, NOPE. IT’S JOHAN ROUSSEAU. ROUSSEAU DID? YES. IN 1928. COMPOSITION BY GEORGE GERSHWIN SHARES ITS NAME WITH THE 1951 MOVIE STARRING GENE KELLY. UH ALEX MURDAUGH AMERICAN IN PARIS, AN AMERICAN PARIS. HE’S SINGING IN THE RAIN. THE NAME IS MISLEADING. IT COMES FROM THE LATIN WORD FOR DOG, NOT FROM THE BIRD. WHAT ARE THESE SPANISH ISLANDS IN THE ATLANTIC, OFF NORTH AFRICA? LEE THE CANARY CANARY ISLANDS? YES. IT’S THE CAPITAL OF THE CAYMAN ISLANDS. IT’S THE OLDEST SECTION OF WASHINGTON, D.C. IT’S THE CAPITAL OF THE SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRY OF GUYANA. WHAT’S THE NAME? CAMERON. CARACAS. OH, NO. NO, SORRY. UM. ANNVILLE-CLEONA. OH, WE STUMPED YOU ON GEORGETOWN. AN ISOTOPE OF CHLORINE HAS AN ATOMIC NUMBER OF 17 AND AN ATOMIC MASS OF 37. HOW MANY PROTONS ARE IN THE NUCLEUS OF THE MASS? DUH, 14. NO, NO NO NO. SORRY. CAMERON 20. NO, IT’S 17. THE ATOMIC NUMBER OF THE ELEMENT IS THE SAME NUMBER OF PROTONS IN ITS NUCLEUS. PLAYWRIGHT ALFRED UHRY, NOVELIST ALICE WALKER AND ERSKINE CALDWELL, AND POETS CONRAD AIKEN AND SIDNEY LANIER WERE ALL BORN IN THE SAME STATE. WHAT STATE? AND THAT WAS GEORGIA. THAT SOUTH TEXAS TO THE END OF THE RUN AND TO THE END OF THE GAME. A FANTASTIC PERFORMANCE BY ANNVILLE-CLEONA. SEE YOU IN JUST A FEW SHORT MOMENTS. SCOREKEEPING FOR WGAL EIGHT. BRAIN BUSTERS. PRESENTED BY JENNINGS COLLEGE CONSULT, WHERE STUDENTS DISCOVER THE RIGHT COLLEGE FIT FOR THE FUTURE. WE’LL RETURN AFTER THIS. CONGRATULATIONS, ANNVILLE-CLEONA. THEY’RE COMING BACK FOR ROUND TWO. WE’LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME ON WGAL EIGHT. BRAI