Brain Game semifinals: Triangle Math and Science Academy vs. Lee Early College

Academic teams from Triangle Math and Science Academy and Lee Early College go head-to-head in this last episode of the Brain Game semifinals. The winner will move on to the Brain Game championship Saturday, June 14.
Posted 6/7/2025, 3:28:34 PM Updated 6/7/2025, 5:58:05 PM

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BRAIN GAME.

>> WELCOME TO THE BRAIN GAME.

PLAYOFFS ROLLING TO THE

CHAMPIONSHIP IS SET COMPETING

TODAY.

AND SCIENCE ACADEMY.

>> A LOT WOULD WELCOME TO BRING

GAME. I'M YOUR HOST MARK

ROBERTS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR

JOINING US HERE. WAKE TECH

SCOTT, NORTHERN WAKE CAMPUS.

>> LET'S MEET THESE PLAYERS AND

GET THIS CONTEST STARTED FOR

STOP FROM TRIANGLE MATH AND

SCIENCE ACADEMY IN WAKE COUNTY.

WE HAVE WYATT RYAN IN ARVIN

THAT IS TRYING TO FIND THE CAT.

AND FROM LEAD EARLY COLLEGE IN

SANFORD. WE HAVE BAG A JOSH

ARE YEAH.

A NUMBER OF BRAIN GAME. THE

TEAM WILL HAVE FIRST CRACK AT

3 QUESTIONS AND EACH CATEGORY

CORRECT ANSWERS AND BRAIN GAME

OR GET 20 POINTS. GET IT WRONG.

WE TAKE 20 AWAY IF A TEAM CAN

TO ANSWER A QUESTION THEY CAN

PASS. SO THE OTHER TEAM SHOULD

ALWAYS BE READY WITH A

RESPONSE. LET'S GET THIS BRAIN

GAME. PLAYOFF MATCHUP UNDERWAY

WITH A BUFFET OF KNOWLEDGE IN

TODAY'S POP-UP CULTURE. WE'RE

SEEING WHAT OUR PLAYERS KNOW

ABOUT FOOD NAMED AFTER PEOPLE.

YOU CAN SEE ANYTHING ON THE

MENU FROM BREAKFAST TO DESSERT.

DON'T FORGET THE BEVERAGES.

LET'S SEE WHICH ONE OF OUR

TEAMS IS READY TO ORDER UP SOME

POINTS FIRST YEAR.

>> LET'S BEGIN FOOD NAME FOR

PEOPLE WITH TRIANGLE, MATH AND

SCIENCE. WHAT CHEESY TECH SPECS

SNACK TAKES ITS NAME FROM A

FAMILIAR FORM OF THE NAME.

IGNACIO.

OUR TEAMS ANSWERS. NACHOS.

NACHOS IS CORRECT. THE QUESTION

TO IN FOOD NAME FOR PEOPLE FOR

TRYING ABOUT THE SCIENCE.

THIS BREAKFAST DISH WAS NOT

MADE FOR A TRAITOR. AND THAT

IS NOT WHY CONTAINS CANADIAN

BACON. WHAT DISH FEATURING

HOLLANDAISE SAUCE WAS CREATED

IN 18 60'S, NEW YORK ARCING

DANCERS, EGGS BENEDICT. THAT

IS THE PROPER CHOICE LAST ONE

IN FOOD. THEY FOR PEOPLE FOR

DRUG ABOUT SCIENCE. WHAT

VARIETY OF GREEN APPLE WAS

DEVELOPED BY AN ELDERLY

AUSTRALIAN WOMAN IN THE 18

60'S. IT WASN'T JUST GOING

SMITH. GRANNY SMITH IS CORRECT.

ALL RIGHT. NICE JOB THERE.

NOW, LET'S TRY POP-UP CULTURE

WITH THE EARLY COLLEGE WHAT

SALAD IS NOT A NAME FOR A ROMAN

LATER, BUT A HOTEL OWNER WHO

GET A PINCH DO WITH ROMAINE

LETTUCE. IT JUST WAS CAESAR.

THAT IS CORRECT QUESTION TO WIN

THIS ONE FAIRLY EARLY COLLEGE.

WHAT WAY FOR HIS NAME FOR A

PRESBYTERIAN MINISTER WHO WOULD

HAVE BEEN APPALLED BY THE USE

OF SUGAR, LET ALONE CHOCOLATE

AND MARSHMALLOWS.

I THINK THIS WAS PASSED THAT

GOES OVER TRYING TO MATH AND

SCIENCE.

AND I THINK YOU GUYS ARE

CONVINCED RESPONSE. GRAHAM WERE

LOOKING FOR AND LAST WON IN

THIS CATEGORY FAIRLY EARLY

COLLEGE. HE PLAYED HIS COLLEGE

GOLF AT WAKE FOREST. WHAT MIX

OF ICED TEA AND LEMONADE IS

NAMED FOR HIM.

ACCUSERS. ARNOLD PALMER, ARNOLD

PALMER IS RIGHT. USED TO PLAY

THE PAST WHEN WAKE FOREST

THERE. ALL RIGHT. LET'S TURN

NOW TO CURRENT EVENTS IN OUR

NEXT CATEGORY HEADLINERS.

YOU WORK TOGETHER TO ANSWER

QUESTIONS ABOUT LOCAL, NATIONAL

OR GLOBAL SHE BEGINS WITH A

VISUAL CLUE. SO EARS OPEN EYES

ON THIS RAIN.

>> HERE'S THE FIRST QUESTION

FOR TRIANGLE, MATH AND SCIENCE

FOR THE SECOND TIME, A JURY

FOUND THAT THE NEW YORK TIMES

HAD NOT LIBELED WHAT FORMER

VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE AND

ALASKA GOVERNOR SHOWN HERE.

THEN TO SARAH PALIN. THAT IS

CORRECT. QUESTION 2, WHAT

HEADLINERS FOR TRYING TO MATH

AND SCIENCE YET MIXING EPHRAIM

SWAB MARK CARNEY AND PIERRE

POILIEVRE WITH A FINAL 4 IN

WHAT COUNTRIES CONTESTS FOR

PRIME MINISTER RT INTEREST,

CANADA, CANADA IS CORRECT.

AND LAST WON IN THIS GO-ROUND

FOR TRYING TO MATH AND SCIENCE.

A HALF-MARATHON IN CHINA

RECENTLY INCLUDED WHAT NEW

GROUP OF RUNNERS.

COMMUTERS PASS THAT GOES TO THE

EARLY COLLEGE.

IT JUST WAS PASSED. IT WILL

ROBOTS. THAT WOULD BE CREEPY IN

THAT. BUT ANYWAY, ALL RIGHT.

WE'RE GOING ON TO HEADLINERS

WITH THE EARLY COLLEGE HERE.

PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS SUGGESTED

HE'D LIKE TO SAY YOU'RE FIRED

TO JEROME POWELL WHO OCCUPIES

WHAT GOVERNMENT POSITION.

IT JUST WAS PASSED OVER TRYING

TO MATH AND SCIENCE ARE 2

ANSWERS. CHAIRMAN OF THE

FEDERAL RESERVE THAT IS

CORRECT. NOW WE'RE BACK WITH

THE EARLY COLLEGE. WHAT

EUROPEAN NATIONS RECENTLY

EXPERIENCED A MASSIVE POWER

OUTAGE FOR SEVERAL DAYS

A TEEN SISTERS, SPAIN AND

PORTUGAL. THAT IS THE CORRECT

2 NATIONS. AND LAST HEADLINERS

FAIRLY EARLY COLLEGE OUTCASTS,

THE WHITE STRIPES AND CYNDI

LAUPER ARE AMONG THE NEWEST

CLASS OF INDUCTEES TO WHAT

INSTITUTION IT SAYS, ROCK AND

ROLL HALL OF FAME. THAT IS

CORRECT. WELL, NO NEED TO BE

SORRY TO MISS JACKSON. BOTH

TEAMS SHOWING THAT THE ARE FOR

REAL TODAY. LET'S PICK THINGS

UP NOW FOR OUR NEXT CATEGORY

ACROSS AMERICA PLAYERS TODAY.

IT'S ALL ABOUT STATE NAME

GRAMS. EACH PLAY YOU SEE WILL

HAVE ALL OF THE CORRECT LETTERS

YOU NEED TO. WE ARRANGED IT TO

OTHER WORDS, YOU CAN EARN

POINTS BY AN SCRAMBLING.

THE LETTERS INTO THE NAME OF

ONE OF THE 50 UNITED STATES

OF AMERICA. AND THAT WILL BE

FUN TO KIND OF MOVE FAST.

HERE'S MY PREDICTION FOR THIS

ONE HERE. LET'S BEGIN WITH

TRIBAL MATH AND SCIENCE.

STATE MEDIA GRANTS A COLD WAR.

BE SOMETHING OF THEIR. YOU GOT.

I CAN ANSWER US OVER TO THE

EARLY COLLEGE. I JUST WAS

COLORADO. COLORADO IS RIGHT

QUESTION TOO. AND ACROSS

AMERICA FOR TRIBAL MATH AND

SCIENCE, WE'LL AWARD.

13 INTERSTELLAR. DELAWARE IS

RIGHT. AND LAST ACROSS AMERICA

TO TALK ABOUT THE SCIENCE.

NO INMATES.

WHICH MEANS HIS MINNESOTA,

MINNESOTA IS RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.

ACROSS AMERICA WITH THE EARLY

COLLEGE IRON FACIAL.

WE'RE GONNA NEED OUR FACIAL.

OUR TESTERS PAST THAT GOES OVER

TO TRY THE MATH AND SCIENCE.

WORKING JUST CALIFORNIA.

CALIFORNIA IS CORRECT. QUESTION

2 IN ACROSS AMERICA FAIRLY

EARLY COLLEGE. LOOK A HAM.

JUST AS OKLAHOMA, OKLAHOMA IS

CORRECT. AND LAST ACROSS

AMERICA FAIRLY EARLY COLLEGE

BAN RAKES.

DIFFERENT MAKING. ALL RIGHT.

AND SENSORS, NEBRASKA, WAY TO

GO. BUT YOU ARE RIGHT. THE REST

IS CORRECT. ALL RIGHT. PLAYERS,

WE'VE HAD OUR FIRST BREAK NOW

AND WE'VE GOT MORE POINTS UP

FOR GRABS WITH MORE POWER IN

ARTS AND LITERATURE. BRAIN

GAME. WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.

EVERYONE.

IN EVERY ONE AFTER THAT SECOND

ROUND OF PLAY. WE HAD TRIANGLE

MATH AND SCIENCE WITH 280

POINTS, AT LEAST EARLY COLLEGE

IN THERE AT 2 20'S. WE NOW HAVE

SUBSTITUTES IN THE GAME.

FIRST OF ALL, LET'S CHECK IN

WITH TRYING TO MATH AND

SCIENCE. THAT IS OUR MAN THAT

IS ON THE FAR SIDE THEY'RE

GETTING AWAY. THERE ISN'T A DAY

THAT BACK OUT.

ALSO COMING IN FAIRLY EARLY

COLLEGE. WE HAVE SEAN, HE'S ON

THE END AS WELL. THE AREA.

LET'S GET BACK TO THE QUESTIONS

NOW IN TODAY'S EDITION OF NAME

GAME. WE'RE LOOKING FOR

ELEMENTS NAMED AFTER PEOPLE

YOU CAN EARN POINTS BY EITHER

NAMING THE PERSON OR THE

PERIODIC TABLE ELEMENT NAMED

AFTER THEM LET'S BEGIN ELEMENTS

NAME FOR PEOPLE WITH TRIANGLE,

MATH AND ATOMIC NUMBER. 96, ONE

METRIC THOMAS TIME OF SPENT

NUCLEAR FUEL. IT TAKES ABOUT

20 GRAMS OF THIS ELEMENT NAMED

FOR THE DISCOVERY OF RADIUM.

WORKING IN SECURITY AND THAT

IS CORRECT QUESTION TO WIN A

GAME FOR TRYING TO MATH AND

SCIENCE. ATOMIC NUMBER 107,

CONTRARY TO THE NAME.

SCIENTISTS WERE EXCITED WHEN

THEY WERE ABLE TO SYNTHESIZE

THE ELEMENT EVENTUALLY NAME FOR

THE DANE WHO PROPOSED IN ORBIT

MODEL OF THE ATOM. A TEEN

CENTER IS NEWS 4. THAT IS

CORRECT. AND LAST WON A GAME

FOR TRYING TO MATH AND SCIENCE

ATOMIC NUMBER FOR ITS MOST

STABLE ISOTOPE HAS A HALF-LIFE

OF 48 MINUTES. THIS ELEMENT

IS NAMED FOR THE NEW ZEALAND

PHYSICIST CONSIDERED TO BE THE

FATHER OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS

OUR 2 NEWS WAS PASSED THAT GOES

OVER EARLY EARLY COLLEGE.

I THINK THIS WAS PASSED ERNEST

RUTHERFORD OR RATHER WAS THE

ANSWER WE SOUGHT NOW WERE DOING

ELEMENTS NAME FOR PEOPLE WITH

LEAD EARLY COLLEGE ATOMIC

NUMBER 99. IT WAS DETECTED IN

THE FALLOUT FROM THE FIRST

FULL-SCALE TEST OF A

THERMONUCLEAR DEVICE AT NAME

FOR THE DEVELOPER OF THE THEORY

OF RELATIVITY. ART IS AS

EINSTEIN. THAT IS CORRECT.

QUESTION 2, WHAT ELEMENTS NAME

FOR PEOPLE FAIRLY EARLY COLLEGE

ATOMIC NUMBER 102, THE

SYNTHESIS OF THIS ELEMENT WAS

FIRST ANNOUNCED BY A LAB IN

SWEDEN. SO IS NAMED AFTER THE

SWEDE WHO INVENTED DYNAMITE.

AND LIKE I SAY, I THINK THIS

WAS NO BOW. I'M SORRY, I

STEPPED. I START OUT THAT

CANCERS. NOBEL THAT IS CORRECT.

AND LAST NAME GAME FAIRLY EARLY

COLLEGE ATOMIC NUMBER ONE ON

ONE. IT WAS FIRST CREATED BY

BOMBARDING EINSTEIN WITH ALPHA

PARTICLES THAT WAS NAMED FOR

THE DEVELOPER OF THE PERIODIC

TABLE.

IF ANYBODY WOULD BELIEVE HIM.

THAT IS CORRECT. MAGGIE.

ALL RIGHT.

>> PLAYERS HAVE YOUR PENCILS

AND SCRATCH PAPER AT THE READY.

IT'S TIME FOR TO PLAY CRUNCHING

NUMBERS HAVE TWICE AS MUCH TIME

TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS.

IF YOU'RE STILL STOPPED, YOU

CAN ALWAYS PASS TO THE OTHER

TEAM. SO EVERYONE SHOULD BE

WORKING TOWARD A MATHEMATICAL

ANSWER.

>> WE'LL BEGIN TRIANGLE,

CRUNCHING NUMBERS WITH TRYING

TO MATH AND SCIENCE WHEN 5 X

PLUS 19 IS DIVIDED BY TEXT.

PLUS 3, WHAT IS THE REMAINDER

ATTENDANTS OR 6 THAT IS

INCORRECTLY OR LEE COLLEGE.

WE LIKE TO TRY OUR CHANCES FOR

4 IS RIGHT NOW BACK WITH

TRIANGLE, MATH AND SCIENCE

CALCULATE THE VALUE OF LOG

BASE. 5 OF 16 TIMES LOG BASE.

4 OF 5.

IT'S TOUGH TO DRIVE ABOUT

INSIGHT'S ACTIONS. HIS PASS

OVER TO LEAVE EARLY COLLEGE.

AGAIN, THIS IS PASSED TO THE

ANSWER WE'RE LOOKING FOR.

AND LAST CRUNCHING NUMBERS FOR

TRIBAL MATH AND SCIENCE.

WHAT IS THE 3RD TERM OF THE

GEOMETRIC SEQUENCE THAT STARTS

FOR AN 8?

I CAN ANSWER 16, 16 IS CORRECT.

NOW WE'RE JOINED CRUNCHING

NUMBERS WITH THE EARLY COLLEGE.

THE HUNDREDS DIGIT IS 6.

THE ONES DIGIT IS ONE. WHAT

IS THE 10'S DIGIT OF THIS 3

DIGIT NUMBER? IT IS DIVISIBLE

BY 11 DIVISIBLE BY 11.

THE

FIRST ON I THINK THAT'S A 7 WAY

TOO MUCH ON. YOU ARE CORRECT.

THE QUESTION TO ENCOURAGING

NUMBERS FAIRLY EARLY COLLEGE

CALCULATE THE PRODUCT OF THE

SIDE OF 50 DEGREES TIES.

THE KOSI CAN'T OF 50 DEGREES

MOVE. IT IS ONE ONE IS RIGHT.

AND LAST CRUNCHING NUMBERS

FAIRLY EARLY COLLEGE SOLVE THE

EQUATION FOR TO THE X POWER

EAGLES. 32 TO 2.

IT SERVES 5, HIVES. THAT IS

RIGHT ON THE MONEY, CORRECT?

WE HAVE MADE IT THROUGH

CRUNCHING NUMBERS. GREAT JOB ON

BOTH TEAMS. PARTS. WE'RE NOW

BLASTING OFF WITH ROCKET

SCIENCE. ONLY 6 QUESTIONS

REMAIN BEFORE THE FINAL ROUND.

AND ONE OF THESE TEAMS WILL

ADVANCE IN THE PLAYOFFS.

WE START NOW WITH A VISUAL

CLUE. HERE WE GO WITH ROCKET

SCIENCE FOR TRIANGLE, MATH AND

SCIENCE. THESE AREN'T BIRDS,

BUT FLYING FOX IS ALSO KNOWN AS

THE FRUIT SPECIES OF WHAT

ANIMALS OF THE GENUS TARIFF US.

I THINK THAT HE'S BACK. THAT

IS CORRECT. A QUESTION TO A

ROCKET SITES FOR TRIBAL MATH

AND SCIENCE. THERMO DYNAMICS

SYSTEM IN WHICH HE DOES NOT

TRANSFER BETWEEN THE SYSTEM

AND SURROUNDINGS IS NO BY WHAT

TERM.

A COMMUTER CLOSED. THAT IS

INCORRECT. OVER EARLY EARLY

COLLEGE.

IT'S SOMETHING YOU GUYS A

CHANCE IS PASS ABOUT. IT IS

SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR LAST

ROCKET SCIENCE FOR TRIBAL MATH

AND SCIENCE DISCONTINUED IN

2022. THESE DEVICES DEBUTED

AFTER THE RELEASE OF ITUNES.

THE NANO IS NOT THE SMALLEST.

THAT'S THE SHUFFLE.

OUR TEAMS ENTERS THE IPOD IPOD

IS RIGHT NOW. ROCKET SCIENCE

WITH THE EARLY COLLEGE. MOSTLY

COURTS OR FELL FAR. WHAT IS

THE CEMETERY ROCK SHOW HERE

THAT IS FORMED WHEN IT'S GRAINS

ARE COMPACTED AND LET THE

FIGHT.

IT JUST WAS PASSED OVER TRYING

TO MATH AND SCIENCE.

OUR CONCERN WAS SAND STONE.

THE ANSWER WE SOUGHT BACK TO

THE EARLY COLLEGE, A MAGIC

NUMBER OF PROTONS GIVE. THIS

GIVES THIS ELEMENT 10 STABLE

ISOTOPES. WHAT IS THIS GROUP?

14 ELEMENT ONCE USED FOR A

BRONZE FUTURE AND PLATING OF

STEEL CANS

IT THIS IS 10, 10 IS RIGHT AT

LAST ROCKET SITES FAIRLY EARLY

COLLEGE. THE SUMMER TRIANGLE

CONTAIN STARS FROM CYGNUS AND

THIS CONSOLATION IN THE SHAPE

OF A SMALL HEART.

IT WAS FIRST PASSED OVER TO TRY

TO MATH AND SCIENCE CAN.

IT'S JUST PAST. THAT'S THE LIRA

IS THE ANSWER LOOKING FOR THEM.

ALL RIGHT. GREAT JOB PLAYERS.

IT'S NOW DOWN THE GLOBE

TROTTING WHERE TODAY WE'RE

TESTING YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF

EUROPEAN NATIONS WILL HAVE THE

GAME'S FINAL QUESTION WHEN

BRAIN GAME RETURNS. EVERYONE.

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AND WE'RE TRYING TO MATH AND

SCIENCE ON THE BOARD AT 3.40,

AT LEAST EARLY COLLEGE AT 3.80.

THIS IS CLOSE UP TO 200 POINTS

ARE NOW ON THE TABLE AT ALL.

COME DOWN TO OUR GAME'S FINAL

QUESTION.

IS TO DETERMINE HOW MUCH THE

RISK-ON GLOBE TROTTING DURING

THE COMMERCIAL BREAK. TEAMS.

HERE IS YOUR FINAL QUESTION.

WHAT COUNTRY'S LARGEST PORTS

IS THE BLACK SEA CITY OF CAN

STANZA PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS

IN THIS COUNTRY. WE'RE AN OLD

IN DECEMBER.

STAY TUNED IN THE FINAL ANSWER.

THE FINAL SCORES WENT BRAIN

GAME RETURNS. EVERYONE.

EVERYONE THAT TEAMS ARE LOCKED

IN WITH THEIR ANSWERS TO

TODAY'S FINAL QUESTION, WHICH

IS WHAT COUNTRY'S LARGEST PORT

IS THE BLACK SEA CITY OF

KINSTON SAW PRESIDENTIAL

ELECTIONS IN THIS COUNTRY WHERE

AN OLD IN DECEMBER. LET'S NOW

GO OVER TO OUR TEAM'S LET START

WITH TRIANGLE, MATH AND

SCIENCE. PLEASE TELL US YOUR

ANSWER. CURRENT HAS MOVED OVER.

THAT WAS INCORRECT. YOU RISK

200 POINTS. THAT BRINGS YOUR

GAME. TOLD THE ONE 40.

WE ONLY COLLEGE. PLEASE TELL US

YOUR ANSWER IT. THIS IS ROW

MANIA. ROMANIA WAS CORRECT.

YEAH. 161 POINTS BRINGING YOUR

DAVE 5.41. SO WITH THAT FINAL

SCORE OF 5.41, LEAD EARLY

COLLEGE IS TODAY'S GREAT GAME.

WINNER.

APPLAUSE FOR A GREAT TEAM THAT

COMPETED HARD TRIANGLE, MATH

AND SCIENCE ABOUT THOSE GUYS TO

A GREAT JOB.

AND NEXT WEEK FOR THE BRAIN

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