Welcome to Ultimate Fighting Words.
Today, our challengers will battle over
which is more mysterious--
outer space or the ocean?
In this corner, we have Quincy.
Quincy is obsessed with stars, planets, and all things
in outer space, and she's here to prove that outer space is
more mysterious than the ocean.
[chuckles]
Oh, yeah.
Outer space is a huge mystery, and I'm
going to make your brain hurt with all the science I'm
about to throw down.
In this corner, we have set Zach.
Zach Believes that the ocean is way more
mysterious than outer space.
Dude, you what's a mystery?
People call me a space cadet all the time,
and I'm always like, huh?
What are they talking about.
I love the ocean.
The ocean is way more mysterious than outer space.
During this battle, you will have three rounds
to use your best words and prove to me and to the crowd who
will be the Ultimate Fighting Words champion.
Round one is called Wild Word, where I say the first word that
pops into my head, and you each get 30 seconds
to convince me who should get the point.
Welcome to the jungle, Quincy.
The wild word is "unknown."
Go.
Unknown?
Like, are there aliens living on other planets we
don't know about and UFOs flying around outer space?
Well, that's unknown.
As of now, scientists have only explored
4% of the visible universe, which
is made up of planets, stars, and galaxies
that they can see with the help of telescopes.
There is still a huge 96% of the universe
that nobody has ever seen.
It's unknown.
Scientists say this area is made up of dark matter,
which are particles that do not reflect light, cannot be seen,
touched, or even controlled.
It is unlike anything scientists have ever seen before.
Outer space is still very unknown and very mysterious.
[buzzer sounds]
Well, did you know that only 5% of the ocean has been explored?
The rest is still unknown.
It's pretty much easier to put a person or a satellite
into space than it is to send a person or a submarine
deep into the ocean.
The average depth of the ocean is 12,000 feet.
At 3,000 feet underwater, THE pressure
is so strong that it's equal to the weight of a small car
pushing on every inch of your body.
Plus it's super dark and impossible
to see things deep underwater.
Because of this, outer space has been mapped and studied
more than the ocean.
This is crazy because the ocean is
home to 95% of all life on Earth,
which tells me that so much of our Earth and the ocean
is still unknown and way mysterious.
[buzzer sounds]
The ocean is mysterious indeed, Zach,
but Quincy got me with her talk of dark matter.
Crazy stuff.
That means Quincy gets the first point for a Wild Word
and leads 1 to 0.
Now let's see who says it better in round two, the Hot Potato
round, where Zach and Quincy will go head-to-head,
trying to mystify us with facts about outer space
and the ocean.
Whoever gets caught holding the potato when the buzzer goes off
loses.
Hot Potato starts now.
A black hole is the most mysterious object
in the universe.
It's an area in space that is so dense,
it literally sucks in any nearby stars, planets, or gases,
becoming superheated and creating this crazy fire vortex
thing.
Since nothing can escape a black hole,
we have absolutely no idea what's inside.
[chuckles]
Talk about mysterious.
Well, the deepest point in the ocean is in the Pacific
at a place called the Mariana Trench.
It's a huge crater in the Earth's crust 36,000 feet
underwater, which is taller than Mount Everest by over a mile.
Oh, and the water pressure at the bottom
is a gnarly 8 tons per square inch.
Do some math and without the help of high tech submarine
technology, the water pressure would crush a human body
in the blink of an eye, like this.
Blink, blink, blink, blink, blink.
But some organisms still manage to live down there.
How?
It's a mystery.
Ready for some math?
Scientists have estimated that the size of the universe
is 96 billion light years in diameter.
The size of the Earth is only 8,000 miles in diameter.
Compare that to the size of the universe,
and we are practically the size of a subatomic particle, which
means super tiny.
Is there life on other planets?
In my opinion, yes, there is, but we might never know.
This is one of the biggest mysteries of science
Uh, ever heard of the Bermuda Triangle?
Well, it's a 500,000-square-mile triangular section
in the Atlantic Ocean off North America,
where more than 50 ships and 20 airplanes have disappeared
mysteriously throughout history.
On March 4, 1918, the USS Cyclops,
an American neighborship carrying 306 crew members,
vanished without a trace or even an SOS call for help.
Many people believe aliens sea monsters time warps or maybe
even eruptions of gas have caused ships and planes
to disappear in the Bermuda Triangle,
but it's still a mystery.
Well, when you flush your toilet,
do you have any idea where all that ends up?
[buzzer sounds]
Oh.
Flushed away.
I think she was going to say sewage point, but she's gone.
Sorry, Quincy, that means, Zach, you get the point here
and win round two.
With the score tied at 1-1, it's time to convince the crowd.
In this final round of the game, you each get 15 seconds
to say it all one last time and convince the crowd who deserves
the final point in this battle.
Zach, it's time to sink or swim.
You're up.
Dive in.
Oh, dude, I'm just going to jump in right here.
The deepest point of the ocean is 36,000 feet, which is not
an easy place to explore.
Because of this, there are still things
living at the bottom of the ocean
that we still don't know about.
Also, more than 50 ships and 20 planes
have vanished in the very mysterious Bermuda Triangle.
And last but not least, the ocean
is home to 95% of all life on Earth,
but humans have only explored 5% of the ocean, which
means that there is so much life on Earth that is still
a mystery.
[buzzer sounds]
[announcer chuckles]
Very nice, Zach.
You made quite the splash there.
But, Quincy, it's time for liftoff.
Scientists have only explored an estimated 4% of the universe.
The other 96% is still a mystery.
There is dark matter in outer space which can't be seen,
touched, or even controlled and is still
a mystery to scientists.
A black hole is an area in outer space
where stars, planets, and gases collapse in on themselves
like a vacuum and vanish.
And is there life on other planets?
Scientists have no idea how many other planets or galaxies
exist, so I think yes.
But we may never know because outer space is so mysterious.
Very nice.
You both threw out some high concepts there.
Both are very mysterious in their own way.
But which is more mysterious?
That is question.
Outer space or the ocean?
Who said it best?
Zach or Quincy.
Let's hear it for outer space.
[loud cheering]
Let's hear it for the ocean.
[cheering]
Looks like outer space.
And with the final score of 2 to 1,
we have been convinced outer space is
more mysterious than the ocean.
Quincy, you are the Ultimate Fighting Words champion.
If you need me, I'll be setting up my telescope
to check out Uranus.
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