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(upbeat music) ♪ Go (upbeat music) - Welcome to this season of WVIA's "Scholastic Scrimmage."

I'm your host, Paul Lazar.

"Scholastic Scrimmage" is a question and answer competition featuring high school students from across the WVIA viewing area.

In each program, two schools will compete in a single elimination tournament for a chance to win one, three, or $5,000.

Tonight's match features Abington Heights versus Susquehanna Community.

Representing Abington Heights is David Zurich, Sam Lenahan, Derek Williams, and Jack Shoemaker.

Their alternates are Emma Burien and Emily Keeley.

And their advisor is Tammy Williams.

Representing Susquehanna are Jeff Benson, Brooke Collins, Mason Olpaka and Preston Wolf.

Their alternate is Piper Heller and their advisor is Will Sealey.

"Scholastic Scrimmage" is a game of rapid recall of factual information.

So let's take a minute to review the rules.

The first team to buzz in will have an opportunity to answer a toss-up question correct.

Answers to these questions are awarded 10 points.

And that team will then receive a five point bonus question.

If that toss-up answer is incorrect, no points will be deducted, but the question will then rebound to the other team.

If the other team answers correctly, they'll be given the toss-up points, but will not receive a bonus question.

Well, let's go ahead and get started with this toss-up question.

What value which is exceeded by Tachyons is the same in all inertial frames in special relativity, and is about 300 million meters per second?

Jack, Abington heights.

- The speed of light?

- Is correct and here comes your bonus question.

What six letter adjective describes a tumor that is not cancerous and- (buzzer beeps) - Benign?

- Is correct for your bonus points, Abington Heights.

As we move on to the next toss up, what Scotsman, who was found living in the village of Ujiji in 1871, was a missionary who went missing in Africa until Henry Stanley found him?

(buzzer beeps) Derek, Abington Heights.

- Scott Fitzgerald.

- [Paul] Is incorrect.

- Rebound to Susquehanna.

(high-pitched beeping) That's Dr.

Livingston I presume.

All right, let's go to another toss-up.

What composer wrote a piano concerto in D major for the one armed Paul Wittgenstein and utilized a Spanish dance form in his 1928 work, "Bolero?"

(buzzer beeps) Jack, Abington Heights, - George Bizet?

- [Paul] Is incorrect.

- [Paul] Rebound to Susquehanna.

(buzzer beeps) - Stevie Wonder?

- [Paul] Is incorrect.

- We're looking for Maurice Ravel.

Let's move on to our next toss-up question.

What fundamental particles have three flavors called tau, muon, and electron, have less mass than a quark, and rarely interact with matter?

(buzzer beeps) Jack, Abington Heights.

- Neutrino.

- [Paul] Is correct.

- [Paul] And here comes your bonus question.

What quantity is directly proportional to volume by Charles's law and could be measured on the Rankine scale?

(buzzer beeps) - Mass?

- No, we're looking for temperature.

All right, let's go on to our next toss-up.

What kind of institution was (indistinct), whose inhabitants copied manuscripts on vellum and stayed confined out of devotion to the Catholic church?

(buzzer beeps) Jeff, Susquehanna.

- Oxford?

- [Paul] Is incorrect.

- [Paul] Rebound Abington Heights.

(buzzer beeps) Derek?

- Marina?

- No, that's monastery, monastery.

Okay, let's move on to this toss-up.

What sculptor who did not finish the series of prisoners he sculpted for Julius II's tomb showed Mary mourning her dead son in his sculpture "Pieta?"

(buzzer beeps) Jack, Abington Heights.

- Michelangelo.

- [Paul] Is correct.

- [Paul] And here comes your bonus question.

What is the name of the proposed geological epoch defined by significant human impact on Earth systems?

(buzzer beeps) - Anthro.

- Is incorrect.

- We were looking for Anthropocene, Anthropocene.

Okay, here comes your next toss-up question.

What fluid which is overproduced and relatively dilute in people with diabetes insipidus is a waste product humans... Sam, Abington Heights.

- Insulin?

- [Paul] Is incorrect.

- I'll finish the question and rebound to Susquehanna.

Is a waste product humans store in their bladders.

(buzzer beeps) - Urine.

- Is correct for your rebound points, Susquehanna.

And that sound that you heard signals the end of the first quarter.

And it's now time for the lightning round.

In this segment, each team will have an opportunity to answer as many of the 10 rapid fire questions as they can in one minute.

Susquehanna Community has won the coin toss and will pick first.

Your categories are micro terms or ends in ium.

(team members chattering) (buzzer beeps) - Ends in ium.

- Ends in ium it is.

And your time begins when I finish reading the first question.

Give these words that end in the consecutive letters ium.

Tank or public exhibit for fish.

(buzzer beeps) - Aquarium.

- [Paul] Yes.

- [Paul] Drug that names two 19th century Chinese wars.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- [Paul] Opium Wars.

- [Paul] A speaker's platform.

(buzzer beeps) - Podium.

- [Paul] Yes.

- [Paul] Valved brass instruments slightly larger than the baritone.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- [Paul] Euphonium.

- [Paul] Chaos or a city in John Milton's depiction of Hell.

(buzzer beeps) - Skip.

- Pandemonium.

- Hospital treating mental health or infectious diseases.

(buzzer beeping) - Asylum?

- [Paul] Sanitarium.

- [Paul] Delay or suspension of a policy, such as the the death penalty.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- [Paul] Moratorium.

- [Paul] A large storm, such as Mr.

Maggorium's in a 2007 film.

(buzzer beeps) - Emporium.

- [Paul] Yes.

- [Paul] Cash payment to a guest speaker.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- [Paul] Honorarium.

- [Paul] Glass walled room in a house.

(timer beeps) That was the solarium.

Okay, Susquehanna that's gonna wrap up your portion of the lightning round.

Abington Heights, we're coming over to you.

And your remaining category will be micro terms.

Once again, your time begins when I finish reading the first question.

Give these answers that start with the prefix micro.

Oven that uses electromagnetic radiation to quickly- (buzzer beeps) - Microwave.

- [Paul] Yes.

- [Paul] Tech company behind the Windows OS.

(buzzer beeping) - Microsoft.

- [Paul] Yes.

- [Paul] Device singers hold to their face.

(buzzer beeps) - Microphone.

- [Paul] Yes.

- - [Paul] Lab devices that make small objects look- - Microscope.

- [Paul] Yes.

- [Paul] Generic term for tiny living beings.

(buzzer beeps) - Microorganism.

- Yes.

- Term for a person who's overly controlling of small parts of a project.

- Micromanager.

- [Paul] Yes.

- [Paul] Social media with short posts, such as Twitter.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- [Paul] Microblog.

- [Paul] Medical condition involving a smaller than usual head.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- [Paul] Microcephaly.

- [Paul] Common prefixed SI unit for capacitance.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- [Paul] Microfarad.

- [Paul] Small place that is representative of a wider area.

(buzzer beeps) - Microcasm.

- [Paul] That is correct.

- And that's going to do it for your portion of the lightning round, Abington Heights.

And after that, we currently have a score of 70 to 25 in favor of Abington Heights.

And now, we're going to go ahead and move into the second quarter with this toss-up question.

What group started the free Breakfast for Children program and was founded in Oakland by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale.

David, Abington Heights, - The Black Panthers.

- Yes, and here comes your bonus question.

Euclid's algorithm is used to calculate what quantity, which for two numbers is the product of the numbers over their least common multiple.

- GCF.

(buzzer beeps) - GCF, greatest common- - [Paul] Is correct.

- [Paul] GCF is correct for your bonus points.

Great job, Abington Heights, as we move on to another toss-up.

What novel in which the drunkard Hindley tries to obstruct the stormy romance between Catherine and Earnshaw and Heathcliff was written- David, Abington Heights.

- "Wuthering Heights."

- Is correct and your bonus now.

What Austrian composer used a Friedrich Klopstock poem in his "Resurrection symphony," which followed his "Titan Symphony?"

- Mozart.

(buzzer beeping) - Mozart.

- No, we were looking for Gustav Mahler.

All right, here's our next toss-up question.

What class of compounds whose phosphotypes form the primary structure of cell membranes are water- Jack, Abington Heights.

- Lipids.

- [Paul] Is correct.

- And your bonus now.

During the American Revolution, what militia group led by Ethan Allen worked with Benedict Arnold to capture Fort Ticonderoga.

David?

- The Green Mountain Boys?

- Is correct for your bonus points, Abington Heights.

Let's go to another toss-up.

What country where the ship NCL Salton crashed into a garden in 2025 is where the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded at Oslo City Hall.

(buzzer beeps) Jeff, Susquehanna.

- Netherlands?

- [Paul] Is incorrect.

- [Paul] Rebound to Abington Heights.

(buzzer beeps) - Sweden?

- No, we're looking for Norway, Norway.

All right, let's go to this toss-up.

What island which contains the Buddhist temple of Borobudur is the world's most populous island and is home to Indonesia's capital of Jakarta?

(timer beeps) That is Java.

Okay, let's go to another toss-up.

What team whose pictures include the NL Starter and the 2024 and 2025 all-star games, Paul Skeens, plays in PNC.

Derek, Abington Heights.

- Pittsburgh Pirates - [Paul] Is correct.

- And your bonus now.

Cherry red skin can occur as a result of poisoning by prolonged exposure to what diatomic gas in auto exhaust, which bonds strongly to hemoglobin?

(buzzer beeps) - Carbon dioxide?

- [Paul] Is incorrect.

- We're looking for carbon monoxide, carbon monoxide.

Okay, let's go to our next toss-up and get your pencils and papers ready.

What's sum results from adding every even integer from 10 to 16 inclusive, given there are four such numbers to add up.

(buzzer beeps) Jack, Abington Heights.

- 52.

- [Paul] Is correct.

- And here comes your bonus question.

Miguel de Cervantes was wounded in what 1571 battle at which the Holy League's fleet defeated an Ottoman empire?

(buzzer beeps) - Byzantine.

- That's incorrect.

- We were looking for the Battle of Lepanto, the Battle of Lepanto.

(alarm beeps) Well, that sound that you heard signals the end of the first half.

And we're now going to give our contestants a little bit of a break, and the opportunity for those of you at home to get to know them a little better.

And we'll start with the students from Abington Heights.

And David, I'll come to you first.

Tell me what you like to do for fun.

- I'm our marching band's drum major.

- [Paul] Excellent, thanks, David.

Sam?

- I'm an artist.

I do just about anything related to it.

- [Paul] Excellent, Derek?

- I like to swim and be a part of Boy Scouts.

- [Paul] Thank you, Derek.

Jack?

- I play the violin and I do long distance running.

- All right, excellent.

Thanks, Abington Heights.

Good luck the rest of the way.

Susquehanna, over to you.

Jeff, tell me what you like to do for fun.

- Yeah, I like to read.

- [Paul] All right, cool.

Brooke?

- I like to play volleyball.

- [Paul] Okay, thanks, Brooke.

Mason?

- Ski patrol.

- Okay, and Preston?

- I hurdle.

- All right, excellent.

Good luck to you, Susquehanna, the rest of the way.

We'll now begin the third quarter with this toss up question.

What novel, which ends with the description of lead in rain clouds, centers on Henry Fleming's experience in the Civil War and is by Stephen Crane?

(buzzer beeps) Preston, Susquehanna.

- "Jacob Bedford."

- [Paul] Is incorrect.

- [Paul] Rebound, Abington Heights.

(buzzer beeps) - "The Log Cabin."

- No, we're looking for "The Red Badge of Courage."

All right, here's our next toss-up.

In what country did the 1986 People Power Revolution, partly led by Corazon Aquino, oust longtime dictator, Ferdinand Marcos, from power in Manila?

(buzzer beeps) Jack, Abington Heights.

- Spain.

- [Paul] Is incorrect.

- [Paul] Rebound to Susquehanna.

(buzzer beeps) - Portugal.

- No, that country was the Philippines, the Philippines.

All right, here's our next toss-up.

Japanese Kinako is what kind of food stuff that is mixed with butter to create a roux and is made by grinding grains like wheat into a fine powder?

(buzzer beeps) Jack, Abington Heights.

- Flour.

- [Paul] Is correct.

- And here comes your bonus question.

"Hello" is the opening song of what musical, which is set primarily in Uganda and was written- - "The Book of Mormon?"

- Is Correct for your bonus points, Abington Heights.

Great job.

Let's go now to this toss-up.

What poet gave agricultural advice in his "Georgics" and wrote about a Trojan hero who becomes the ancestor of the Romans In his epic poem, the "Aeneid?"

(buzzer beeps) Jeff, Susquehanna - Homer.

- [Paul] Is incorrect.

- [Paul] Rebound, Abingdon Heights.

(timer beeps) That was Virgil.

All right, let's go to this toss-up here.

What event in which a naval quarantine was imposed by John F. Kennedy began in 1962 after the U.S.

discovered Soviet weapons on a Caribbean island?

Sam, Abington Heights.

- Missile Crisis?

- [Paul] I'm sorry?

- Cuban Missile Crisis.

- [Paul] Is correct.

- And here comes your bonus question.

In 2022, an image was released of the black hole at the Milky Way's Center, which lies in what zodiac constellation?

(buzzer beeps) - Taurus.

- No, we are looking for Sagittarius.

All right, here's our next toss-up.

What alliance established through the outlines of the 1992 Maastricht Treaty has a parliament that meets in both Strasbourg and Brussels?

(buzzer beeps) Jeff, Susquehanna.

- Belgium and France.

- [Paul] Is incorrect.

- [Paul] Rebound, Abington Heights, (buzzer beeps) - Germany and France.

- No, we're looking for the European Union or the EU.

All right, let's go to another toss-up.

What CEO who named Greg Abel as his successor in 2025 lives in a five bedroom house in Omaha and is the longtime head of Berkshire Hathaway?

(timer beeps) That is one Mr.

Warren Buffet.

All right, let's go to our next toss-up.

What type of polygon is subject to Pascal's theorem when inscribed in a conic, has internal angles that sum up to 720 degrees, and has six sides?

(buzzer beeps) Jack, Abington Heights.

- Hexagon.

- [Paul] Is correct.

- And your bonus now.

At room temperature and atmospheric pressure, dry ice undergoes what phase transition?

- Sublimation.

- [Paul] is correct for your bonus points, Abington Heights.

Well, that sound that you heard signals the end of the third quarter and another lightning round.

This time Abington Heights will pick first.

Your categories are ancient cities or pass or play.

(buzzer beeps) - Can we do pass or play?

- Pass or play it is.

And your time begins when I finish reading the first question.

Give these answers that include either the word pass or the word play.

No answer will contain both.

Sony line of video game consoles.

(buzzer beeps) - PlayStation.

- [Paul] Yes.

- [Paul] Jewish holiday commemorating the Exodus.

(buzzer beeps) - Passover.

- [Paul] Yes.

- [Paul] Umpire's traditional two word cry to start the first inning.

(buzzer beeps) - Play ball.

- [Paul] Yes.

- [Paul] Type of surgery that connects unrelated blood vessels.

(buzzer beeps) - Passover?

- Bypass.

- To blame someone else or shift responsibility.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass blame.

- Pass the buck.

- First Earnest Klein novel about Wade Watts.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- [Paul] "Ready Player One."

- [Paul] Section of the Silk Road connecting Afghanistan and Pakistan - Pass.

- [Paul] That's the Kyber Pass.

Childhood modeling putty that can be used in a fun factory.

- Play-Doh.

- [Paul] That's right.

- [Paul] Score ranging from zero to 158.3 for NFL quarterbacks.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass record - [Paul] Is incorrect.

- We are looking for passer rating.

All right, Abington Heights.

That's gonna do it for your portion of the lightning round.

Susquehanna, we're coming your way.

Your remaining category will be ancient cities.

And once again, your time begins when I finish reading the first question.

Name these cities from the classical Mediterranean world.

Pericles commissioned its Parthenon.

(buzzer beeps) - Athens.

- [Paul] Yes.

- [Paul] Capital of an empire that fought Rome in the Punic Wars.

(buzzer beeps) - Constantinople?

- [Paul] Carthage.

- [Paul] Ptolemaic Pharaohs built its enormous library.

(buzzer beeps) - Alexandria.

- [Paul] Yes.

- [Paul] Capital of the Byzantine Empire sacked in the Fourth Crusade.

(buzzer beeps) - Constantinople.

- [Paul] That's right.

- [Paul] City that led the Boeotian League that had a sacred band.

- Skip - That's Thebes.

- Winner of the Peloponnesian War known for strict military training.

(buzzer beeps) - Perija - [Paul] Sparta.

- [Paul] Where Octavian and Antony led the final defeat of Julius Caesar's assassins.

(buzzer beeping) - Rome.

- [Paul] Philippi.

- [Paul] Alexander, The Great built its still extent causeway.

(buzzer beeps) - Rome.

- [Paul] Tyre.

- [Paul] Provincial economic center sacked in Boudican's Revolt in AD 60.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- [Paul] Londinium.

- [Paul] City whose mausoleum was a wonder of the ancient world.

(buzzer beeps) - Jerusalem.

- That's Halicarnassus.

All right, that's going to do it for the lightning round.

And after that, we have Abington Heights in the lead over Susquehanna community, 190 to 40.

And we'll now begin the last segment of the game with this toss-up question.

What director depicted UFOs arriving at Devil's Tower in "close Encounters of the Third Kind" and directed a film about a killer shark titled "Jaws?"

(buzzer beeps) David, Abington Heights.

- Steven Spielberg.

- [Paul] Is correct.

- And here's your bonus.

During Operation Dynamo, several hundred boats evacuated hundreds of thousands of allied soldiers from the beaches of what French harbor?

(buzzer beeps) - Normandy?

- No, that was Dunkirk, Dunkirk.

Here's our next toss-up.

What African country was once adopted the policy of Ujamaa under Julius Nyerere was created by the 1964 unification of Tanganyika and Zanzibar?

(buzzer beeping) Preston?

- Zambia?

- [Paul] Is incorrect.

Rebound, Abington Heights.

(buzzer beeps) Derek?

- Kenya?

- No, that country is Tanzania.

All right, let's go to another toss-up.

What infraclass of mammals, which includes the extinct Thylacine, have members that carry their young in a pouch, such as koalas and- Mason, Susquehanna.

- Kangaroos?

- Is incorrect.

I'll finish the question and rebound to Abington Heights.

Such as koalas and kangaroos.

(buzzer beeping) - Marsupial?

- Is correct for your rebound points, Abington Heights, as we turn now to our next toss-up question.

What county is home to the historic mission, San Juan Capistrano, and the city of Anaheim, is south of Los Angeles, and is named for a fruit?

(buzzer beeping) Jeff, Susquehanna.

- Orange County.

- [Paul] That's right.

And let's go to our bonus now and get your pencils and papers ready.

What is the minimum whole number of school buses needed for a 200 student field trip if each bus can hold up to 28 students?

(intense music) (buzzer beeps) - Seven?

- [Paul] That's incorrect.

- We're looking for eight school buses.

Okay, here's our next toss-up.

What country is the setting of both Giacomo Puccini's, opera, "Turandot," and an opera by John Adams based on a 1972 visit to it by Richard Nixon?

(buzzer beeps) Preston, Susquehanna.

- 1776.

- [Paul] Is incorrect.

- [Paul] Rebound to Abington Heights.

(buzzer beeps) - Italy?

- No, that country is China.

All right, guys, here's another math question for you.

Get out your pencils and papers.

What is the value of the 100,000ths digit of pi, given it is the fifth digit after the decimal point?

(buzzer beeps) David, Abington Heights.

- Nine.

- [Paul] Is correct.

- And your bonus, what Republican served as Vice President under George W. Bush?

(buzzer beeps) - Dick Cheney?

- Is correct for your bonus points, Abington Heights, as we turn to our next toss-up question.

What title character asks for drawings of a muzzle and a sheep and uproot baobab trees on his home xupéry?

asteroid in a book by Antoine de Saint (buzzer beeps) Derek, Abington Heights.

- Astroworld.

- [Paul] Is incorrect.

- [Paul] Rebound to Susquehanna.

(buzzer beeps) - Utopia.

- [Paul] No.

- That was the little prince, the little prince.

All right, let's go up to another toss-up.

What country whose cuisine includes dishes like Khachapuri was once led by Edward Shevardnadze, is on the Black Sea, and is governed from- Derek, Abington Heights.

- Greece.

- [Paul] Is incorrect.

- I'll finish and rebound to Susquehanna.

Governed from Tbilisi.

(buzzer beeps) - Uzbekistan.

- No, we were looking for Georgia.

And that's the end of the game.

And our winner tonight is Abington Heights over Susquehanna Community, 225 to 50.

Congratulations, Abington Heights.

You are going to be moving on.

And we'll see you next time with another round of "Scholastic Scrimmage."

I'm your host, Paul Lazar, and thank you for watching.

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