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(upbeat music) (marching music) ♪ Go ♪ - Welcome to the 19th season of WVIA 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 $1,000, $3,000, or $5,000.

Tonight's match features Benton versus Mount Carmel.

Representing Benton are Isabel Sorber, Daniel Slayman, Christian Lyons, and Max Cocher.

Their advisor is Jennifer Posey.

Representing Mount Carmel are Ebin Hein, Lucas Edmondson, Maget Kanifani, and Hannah Forspring.

Their alternate is Braden Brinkhash, and their advisors are Chris Cunningham and Aaron Domansky.

Scholastic Scrimmage is a game of rapid recall of factual information, so let's take a moment now and review the rules.

The first team to buzz in will have an opportunity to answer a tossup question.

Correct answers to these questions are awarded 10 points and that team will then receive a five point bonus question.

If that tossup 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 tossup points but will not receive a bonus question.

Well, let's go ahead and get started with this tossup question in literature: in which Shakespearean play does Claudius murder his brother, the king, and take over the throne as well as marry his brother's wife, Gertrude?

(buzzer sounding) Max, Benton?

- Hamlet.

- Is correct and here comes your bonus.

This 20 mile long, 10 mile wide island off Southeastern Massachusetts is separated from the Elizabeth Islands and Cape Cod by Vineyard Sound, what is the name of this island that can be accessed via a ferry?

(buzzer sounding) Christian.

- Ellis Island?

- No, we're looking for Martha's Vineyard, Martha's Vineyard.

Well, your next tossup is going to be in music.

Who recorded and released the album Rolling Up the Welcome Mat, which was nominated for the best country album but did not win the Grammy at the 2024 Grammy ceremony in February?

(buzzer sounding) Daniel, Benton.

- Aaron Lewis.

- Is incorrect, rebound to Mount Carmel.

(timer beeping) That's Kelsea Ballerini, Kelsea Ballerini.

Let's move on now to a tossup in physics.

This tiny little three word is the name given to a unit of work or energy in a centimeter gram second system of units.

It's defined as the amount of work done by a force of one dyne exerted for a distance of one centimeter.

Name this unit that's equivalent to 10 raised to the negative seventh joule.

(timer beeping) That's erg, erg.

Let's move on now to a tossup in American history.

During the battle of Iwo Jima, the US Marines captured this location and raised an American flag there.

A photo of that event has become an epic image from that period, a large- (buzzer sounding) Lucas, Mount Carmel.

- Malcolm Manjaro?

- Is incorrect, I'll finish the question and rebound it to Benton.

Epic image From that period.

A large statue depicting this scene is found at the Marine Corps war memorial.

Where on Iwo Jima was the American flag raised on February 23rd, 1945 by Lieutenant Harold C. Schreier and his company?

(timer beeping) That was Mount Suribachi, Mount Suribachi.

Let's go to a tossup now in biology.

What term refers to an animal such as a bird whose young develop inside an egg that has been laid by the mother instead of developing within the mother's body?

(timer beeping) That is oviparous, oviparous.

Let's go to a tossup in literature now.

From what short story by Roald Dahl has the following passage been taken?

"I'll fix some supper," she whispered.

When she walked across the room, she couldn't feel her feet touching the floor.

She couldn't feel anything except a slight sickness.

She went downstairs to the freezer and took hold of the first object she found.

She lifted it out and looked at it.

It was wrapped in paper, so she took off the paper and looked at it again.

A leg of lamb?

(buzzer sounding) Daniel, Benton.

- Lamb to the Slaughter?

- Is correct and here comes your bonus question.

If you shear sheep, this fat or grease will make your hands soft.

Name this substance which must be extracted from wool with chloroform.

(buzzer sounding) - Grease.

- No, we are looking for lanolin, lanolin.

All right, let's move on now to the lightning round because that sound that you heard signals the end of the first quarter and it is indeed now time for the lightning round.

In this segment, each team will have an opportunity to answer as many of the 12 rapid fire questions as they can in one minute.

Mount Carmel has won the coin toss and will pick first.

Your categories are US geography or general math.

- General math.

- General math it is and your time begins when I finish reading the first question.

Identify these mathematical terms from several different mathematical areas.

A triangle in which all three sides have different lengths.

(buzzer sounding) - Scaline.

- [Paul] Yes, figures that have the same size and shape.

If you don't know, you can pass.

(buzzer sounding) - Pass.

- [Paul] That's congruent.

The number that is subtracted from another number.

(buzzer sounding) - Difference.

- [Paul] Minuend.

The first number in an ordered pair.

(buzzer sounding) - X value.

- [Paul] Yes, a diagram composed of two or more overlapping circles that is used to show relationships between sets.

(buzzer sounding) - Venn diagram.

- Yes, an angle between two intersecting planes or half planes.

(buzzer sounding) - Pass.

- [Paul] That's dihedral angle.

The product of all positive integers less than or equal to a given positive integer and denoted by that integer and an exclamation mark.

(buzzer sounding) - N. - [Paul] Factorial.

A plane curve that is U-shaped and mirror symmetrical.

(buzzer sounding) - Parabola.

- Yes, A straight line or plane that touches a curved surface at a point but does not cross it at that point.

(timer sounding) That was tangent, we ran out of time there, guys.

Still though, great job in the lightning round.

Benton, we're gonna come over to you and your remaining category will be US geography.

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

In what city would you find each of these colleges or universities?

John Hopkins University.

(buzzer sounding) - Pass.

- [Paul] Baltimore.

Harvard University.

(buzzer sounding) - Pass.

- [Paul] Cambridge.

Austin Peay State University.

(buzzer sounding) - Pass.

- [Paul] Clarksville, Tennessee.

Baylor University.

(buzzer sounding) - Pass.

- [Paul] That's Waco.

Dartmouth College.

(buzzer sounding) - Pass.

- [Paul] Hanover, New Hampshire.

Yale University.

(buzzer sounding) - Pass.

- [Paul] New Haven, Connecticut.

Tuskegee University.

(buzzer sounding) - Pass.

- [Paul] Tuskegee, Alabama.

Tulane University.

(buzzer sounding) - Pass.

- [Paul] New Orleans.

Stanford University.

(buzzer sounding) - Pass.

- [Paul] Stanford, California.

Simpson College.

(buzzer sounding) - Pass.

- [Paul] Indianola, Iowa.

Transylvania University.

(buzzer sounding) - Pass.

- [Paul] Lexington, Kentucky.

Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology.

(timer sounding) All right, that was Lancaster, PA, and that's going to do it for the lightning round and after that, we have a tied game.

Benton and Mount Carmel knotted up at 20 points a piece, and now we're going to go ahead and move into the second quarter with this tossup question in literature: This famous author, with the first name of Washington, wrote Salmagundi, a collection of essays and poems that have been subtitled, The Whim-whams and Opinions of Launcelot Langstaff, Esq & others.

What is the last name of this poet?

(timer beeping) That is Washington Irving, Washington Irving.

Your next tossup is a math tossup.

In what type of polygon do all the diagonals lie within the figure?

(buzzer sounding) Evan, Mount Carmel.

- Triangle.

- Is incorrect, rebound to Benton.

(buzzer sounding) - Square.

- No, we're looking for convex polygon, convex polygon.

Let's go to a tossup in astronomy.

Although they were quite different in their career choices and talents, this man was born the same year as Shakespeare.

Name this man who built the first telescope and viewed mountains on the moons of Jupiter.

(buzzer sounding) Evan, Mount Carmel.

- Webb.

- I'm sorry?

- Webb.

- Is incorrect, rebound to Benton.

(buzzer sounding) Christian.

- Galileo.

- Is correct for your rebound points, very good.

Let's go on now to another tossup in art.

His sculpture of David was the first nude sculpture of the Renaissance art period.

Identify the name by which Italian sculptor, Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi, considered the founder of modern sculpture is most widely known.

(buzzer sounding) Max, Benton.

- Michelangelo.

- Is incorrect, rebound to Mount Carmel.

(buzzer sounding) - Da Vinci.

- No, we're looking for the other ninja turtle, Donatello, Donatello.

Let's go now to a tossup in social science.

This unidentified serial killer prayed primarily on the prostitutes of the slums of the East end of London.

(buzzer sounding) Hundreds, Max, Benton.

- The Zodiac Killer.

- Is incorrect, I'll finish and rebound to Mount Carmel.

Hundreds of fictional works surround this criminal and the murders.

What famous criminal terrorized the White Chapel area of London in 1888?

(buzzer sounding) - Jack the Ripper.

- Is correct for your rebound points, Mount Carmel.

And as we move on to a tossup now in biology.

Coming from a farming family, he knew from an early age that the cross-breeding of both plants and animals could produce desirable results.

Between 1856 and 1863, he experimented with pea plants and concentrated- (buzzer sounding) - Isabel, Benton.

- Gregor Mendel.

- Is correct, very good.

Let's go to your bonus now in social science.

Lake Iliamna is the third largest lake located entirely in the United States.

Residents report sightings of an aquatic monster there.

It's in the largest state by area in the United States, name it.

(buzzer sounding) - Texas.

- Alaska, we're looking for Alaska.

Your next tossup is in literature.

Her father Egeus has arranged her marriage to Demetrius.

Hermia refuses to marry Demetrius because she loves Lysander.

In which Shakespeare play does this occur?

(buzzer sounding) Isabel, Benton.

- A Midsummer Night's Dream.

- Is correct and your bonus question: organisms that eat mainly meat are called carnivores and those that consume mainly plants are called herbivores.

What name is given to an organism that consumes mainly fish?

(buzzer sounding) - Pescavore.

- Is correct for your bonus points, Benton.

As we move on to another tossup in literature.

Giovanni Straparola published the first official collection of fairytales in Italy in 1550, which included such tales as Puss in Boots and Beauty and the Beast.

What French poet published his version of Straparola's tales 127 years later, calling his volume The Tales of Mother Goose?

(timer sounding) That was Charles Perrault.

And 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 Benton, and Isabel, we'll come to you first.

Tell me what you like to do for fun when you're not in class.

- I play field hockey.

I'm also in high school chorus and drama.

- [Paul] All right, thank you very much.

Daniel?

- I love playing the guitar, I love wrestling, and I also play the drums.

- Excellent, thanks for being here, Daniel.

Christian?

- I like playing chess and other puzzle games like that, and I play the piano.

- [Paul] Cool, Max?

- I like to play soccer and golf.

- All right, thanks for being here, Benton, good luck the rest of the way.

Mount Carmel, we're coming over to you.

Evan, I'll come to you first, what do you like to do for fun?

- I like to run track and field and play pickle ball.

- [Paul] Excellent, thanks for being here, Evan.

Lucas?

- I like to run track, hang out with my friends, and just chillax at home.

- Awesome, Maget?

- Play soccer and run track.

- [Paul] And Hannah?

- I play basketball and play pickle ball.

- All right, pickle ball, quite popular.

All right, guys, it was nice seeing you here, nice meeting you, and we'll go ahead now and begin the third quarter with this tossup question, and it's a dance question.

What famous Russian ballerina performed the solo ballet, The Dying Swan, over 4,000 times during her dancing career and upon her deathbed uttered the words, prepare my swan costume?

(timer beeping) That ballerina was Anna Pavlova.

Let's go to a tossup in earth science now.

What geological principle states that the oldest layer of rocks almost always appears at the bottom of a rock sample?

(timer beeping) That is super position.

We'll go to another tossup in chemistry.

Your mother goes to a nail salon and gets gel nails or dip nails, the polish lasts for several weeks and must be removed by using a compound whose chemical formula is C3H60.

What is the name for the compound that removes the polish?

(timer beeping) That's acetone, acetone.

Let's go to a tossup in world history.

The SALT agreements were signed after the Soviet Union and the United States met at two different conferences between 1969 and 1972 to obtain control of nuclear arms.

For what does the acronym SALT stand?

(timer beeping) That is Strategic Arms Limitation Talks.

Let's go to a tossup in geometry.

What type of cone has an access that is not perpendicular to its base?

(timer beeping) That was an oblique cone.

Let's go now to an art tossup.

Reuben's vase is an optical illusion.

The white center of this picture appears to be a vase, but the black around it appears to be two faces looking at each other, the empty space around the vase is almost more evident than the vase.

In drawing or painting, what do we call the space around the main subject?

(buzzer sounding) Evan, Mount Carmel.

- The void.

- Is incorrect, rebound to Benton.

(buzzer sounding) - White space.

- Now you're close, we're looking for negative space, negative space.

Your next tossup is in botany.

What layer of growing tissue separates the xylem and the phloem in plants and continuously produces new xylem and phloem cells?

(timer beeping) That's cambium, cambium.

We'll go now to a tossup in literature.

What American author created the character Kay Scarpetta, a medical examiner from Virginia who helps solve crimes through autopsies and medical procedures?

(timer beeping) That is Patricia Cornwell.

We'll go now to a tossup in world geography.

This capital city that was occupied by German troops during World War II was nearly destroyed during that war, but was later rebuilt by the Soviet Union.

It's become a thriving city since communist control was ended in 1989.

Name this Polish capital city that has divided into- (buzzer sounding) Maget, Mount Carmel.

- Warsaw.

- Is correct and here comes your bonus now.

What word beginning with the letter M is the name given to the dental problem that results when the upper and lower teeth do not meet properly when a person bites?

(buzzer sounding) - Mis-bite?

- No, malocclusion, malocclusion.

Good guess though.

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

This time, Benton will pick first.

Your categories are music or grammar.

(buzzer sounding) - We'll go with grammar.

- Grammar it is and your time begins after I finish reading the first question.

Give the part of speech of the following words: Occasionally.

(buzzer sounding) - Adverb.

- [Paul] Yes, yikes.

(buzzer sounding) - Interjection.

- [Paul] Yes, into.

(buzzer sounding) - Preposition.

- [Paul] Yes, rude.

(buzzer sounding) - Adjective.

- [Paul] Yes, shoplift.

(buzzer sounding) - Verb.

- [Paul] Yes, testimony.

(buzzer sounding) - Noun.

- [Paul] Yes, they.

(buzzer sounding) - Pronoun.

- [Paul] Yes, than.

(buzzer sounding) - Pass.

- Conjunction or preposition.

Weary.

(buzzer sounding) - Adjective.

- [Paul] Yes, themselves.

(buzzer sounding) - Pronoun.

- [Paul] Yes, zenith.

(buzzer sounding) - Pass.

- [Paul] Noun, because.

(buzzer sounding) - Pass.

- That's conjunction or preposition.

Okay Benton, great job in the lightning round, we're gonna move on over now to Mount Carmel, and your remaining category will be music.

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

What group or recording artist became officially recognized in the music field when they introduced the following first singles: Don't Be Cruel.

(buzzer sounding) - Pass.

- [Paul] Elvis Presley.

Love Me Do.

(buzzer sounding) - Pass.

- [Paul] The Beatles.

Pon De Replay.

(buzzer sounding) - Rihanna.

- [Paul] Yes, Ocean Eyes.

(buzzer sounding) - Billy Eilish.

- [Paul] Yes, Dream On.

(buzzer sounding) - Aerosmith.

- [Paul] Yes, Put Your Hearts Up.

(buzzer sounding) - Pass.

- [Paul] Ariana Grande.

Tim McGraw.

(buzzer sounding) - Taylor Swift.

- [Paul] Yes, Austin.

(buzzer sounding) - Dasha.

- [Paul] Blake Shelton.

What Makes You Beautiful.

(buzzer sounding) - One Direction.

- Yes, Take It Easy.

(buzzer sounding) - Eagles.

- [Paul] Yes, Old Town Road.

(buzzer sounding) - Lil Nas X.

- [Paul] Yes.

Baby, One More Time.

(buzzer sounding) - Britney Spears.

- That's it, excellent job in the lightning round, Mount Carmel, and after that, we have a very tight game.

Benton in the lead though, 100 to 80 over Mount Carmel as we enter the last segment of the game, and your first tossup question will be in world geography.

This island that is part of Canada's Nunavut territory straddles the Arctic Circle, is located North of the Canadian mainland, and is separated from Greenland by a bay that shares the same name.

It's populated by about 11,000 inhabitants, the majority of whom are Inuit that live in the area around Iqualuit, its capital city.

Name this fifth largest island in the world that is named for the English explorer who discovered it- (buzzer sounding) Evan, Mount Carmel.

- Newfoundland.

- Is incorrect, and I'll finish and rebound to Benton.

Discovered it in 1616.

(timer beeping) That's Baffin Island, Baffin Island.

Well, your next tossup is in cinema.

What 2023 movie that stars Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Jason Bateman, and Viola Davis is a biographical sports film that's based on the true events about the creation of a line of a popular brand of shoes?

(buzzer sounding) Evan, Mount Carmel.

- Jumpman.

- Is incorrect, we'll rebound now to Benton.

(timer beeping) That was Air, Air.

Your next tossup will be in music.

He was an Italian composer from the late 1800's whose operas are still popular today.

In New York City, there's a marble memorial to him, a statue of the composer himself and life-sized statues of four of the characters found in his operas.

What talented- (buzzer sounding) Benton, Christian.

- Luciano Pavarotti.

- Is incorrect, I'll finish the question and rebound to Mount Carmel.

What talented classical musician from the past wrote the operas, Rigoletto, Othello, and La Traviata?

(buzzer sounding) Evan.

- Beethoven.

- No, Giuseppe Verdi, Giuseppe Verdi.

Let's go to a tossup in sports and games.

The Indianapolis 500 has been held annually since 1911 with the exceptions for hiatuses taken during the wars.

The actual trophy that is awarded the winner is housed in the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum.

The winner is given a miniature of the trophy at a reception held at some time after the race.

What trophy is awarded annually to the winner of the Indianapolis 500 race?

(timer beeping) That's the Borg-Warner Trophy.

We'll go now to a toss up in biology.

Used in genetic engineering, these agents are used to carry genes from one cell to another.

Viruses, yeast, and plasmids are examples.

Identify these agents that can transfer DNA from one organism to another.

(buzzer sounding) Evan, Mount Carmel.

- Viruses.

- Is incorrect, rebound to Benton.

(timer beeping) That answer is vectors.

We'll go to a tossup in physics now.

When this is high, a liquid or fluid flows more slowly than when it is low.

Name this four syllable word that is defined as the measure of the resistance of a fluid to flow.

(buzzer sounding) Christian, Benton.

- Viscosity.

- Is correct and your bonus.

The state of New York lies to its West, and New Hampshire lies to its East.

The Canadian province of Quebec lies to its North, and Massachusetts lies to its South.

Lake Champlain lies between the Northwestern part of this state and New York, and Burlington is its most populous city.

A cow appears on its state flag.

Name this New England state that was the home of Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys.

(buzzer sounding) Max.

- Connecticut.

- No, the answer we're looking for was Vermont.

We'll go to a tossup now in literature.

Encore in Death by J.D.

Robb is the 56th book in the wildly popular book series that features a police detective, a no nonsense homicide cop from New York in the mid 21st century.

What is the name of this female cop who's the protagonist in all these books?

(timer beeping) That was Eve Dallas and that's the end of the game, and our winner tonight is Benton over Mount Carmel, 110 to 80.

(marching music) Congratulations Benton, 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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