(upbeat music) ♪ Go ♪ - Welcome to the 17th 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 school will compete in a single elimination tournament for a chance to win one, three or $5,000.

WVIA would like to thank our sponsors, FNCB, and People Security Bank, for making this competition possible.

The rules of the game have been modified for this season's virtual version.

But in each half, students will have the chance to alternatively, answer one question.

If they answer that question correctly, they'll receive a bonus question.

If their answer is incorrect, the other team can rebound, but will not be given a bonus.

Students can also score points during the two lightening rounds in each game.

Judges tonight are educators from the WVIA viewing area and tonight's match features Weatherly versus Benton.

Playing for Weatherly are Noah Barela Guzman and Jessica Moser.

Their alternates are Lita Prater and Jace Shupe.

Their advisor is Katie Leech.

Representing Benton are Rhianna Hess and Reagan Hess.

Their alternate is Max Coger and their advisor is Lauren Davis.

Well, let's get started.

Weatherly has won the coin toss and will receive the first question, here is that question, Weatherly, what institution who's four horsemen oppose the new deal that Franklin Roosevelt tried to pack in the 1930s by adding up to six more justices?

(beeping sounds) Okay, ran out of time.

We're gonna rebound now to Benton - Pass.

- Okay, we're looking for the Supreme Court.

Benton, here's your first question.

In what country, home to the Jamina and blue and white political alliances, did Naftali Bennett replace Benjamin Netanyahu as prime minister?

- Cuba.

- Is incorrect, rebound a Weatherly.

- Pass.

- Okay, we're looking for Israel.

Weatherly, here's your next question and get your pencils and papers ready.

What was the original price of a bicycle that now retails for $210 after having been discounted by 30%?

(beeping sounds) Ran out of time, rebound to Benton.

- 273.

- Nope, we were looking for 300.

Okay, Benton, here's your next question.

What Monarch faced the bed chamber crisis roll throughout the tenure of prime minister Benjamin Disraeli and was married to Prince Albert?

- Pass.

- Okay, rebound to Weatherly.

(beeping sounds) Okay, we're looking for Queen Victoria.

Weatherly, here's your next question.

What author typed his novel "The Dharma Bums" on a single roll of paper, as he did with his novel about a trip taken by Sal paradise on the road?

- Pass.

(beeping sounds) - Okay, rebound now to Benton.

- Pass.

- Okay, that author was Jack Kerouac.

Benton, here comes your next question.

What waterway includes the great Bitter Lake, terminates in it's north at port Saeed, and has a canal that runs along a namesake Egyptian peninsula?

- The Nile.

- Is incorrect, rebound to Weatherly.

- The Suez canal.

- Is correct, for your rebound points, Weatherly.

And here's your next question.

What scientist who first used the terms positive and negative for charge, proposed to show that lightning is electricity by flying a kite in a storm?

- Benjamin Franklin.

- Is correct, and here's your bonus question now.

In what state was gay college student, Matthew Shepard murdered?

The response to which is depicted in the play, "The Laramie Project."

(beeping sounds) - Illinois.

- Is incorrect, we're looking for Wyoming.

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

And it's now time for the lightning round.

(electricity crackling) 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.

Weatherly has won the coin toss and will pick first.

Your categories are first ladies or U.S states.

- U.S states.

- U.S states it is.

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

Name these states given the two most populous cities that are neither the state's capital, nor its most populous city.

Pittsburgh and Allentown.

- Pennsylvania.

- [Paul] Yes, Shreveport and Lafayette.

- Pass.

- [Paul] Louisiana.

West Valley city, and Provo.

- California.

- [Paul] Utah, Missoula, and Great Falls.

You can pass.

- Pass.

- It's Montana.

Rochester and Duluth, - New York.

- [Paul] Minnesota, Tucson and Mesa.

- Kentucky.

- [Paul] Arizona, Augusta and Columbus.

- Maine.

- [Paul] Georgia, San Antonio and Dallas.

- Texas.

- Yes, Lewiston and Bangor.

(beeping sounds) Okay, that was Maine.

Okay, Weatherly, that's gonna wrap up your portion of the lightening round.

Benton, we're coming over to you.

Your remaining category will be first ladies.

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

Name the U.S first lady who announced the "Be Best" campaign and was born in Slovenia.

- Pass.

- [Paul] Melania Trump.

Won the democratic nomination in the 2016 presidential election.

- Hillary Clinton.

- [Paul] Yes, wrote the newspaper column, "My Day".

- Pass.

- [Paul] Eleanor Roosevelt.

Told her husband to remember the ladies in a 1776 letter.

- Pass.

- It's Abigail Adams.

Married Aristotle Onassis after her husband's death.

- Pass.

- [Paul] Jacqueline Kennedy.

Began the anti-drug campaign "Just Say No."

- Michelle Obama.

- Nancy Reagan.

Supported the Highway Beautification Act and was nicknamed the Lady Bird.

Ran out of time, we're looking for Lady Bird Johnson.

Only after that, we currently have Weatherly in the lead over Benton 40 to 10.

Now 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.

We'll start with the students from Weatherly.

And Noah, I'll come you were away first.

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

- Well, I like playing chess and I also like to write and I play some video games on my Xbox when I'm at home.

- Okay, excellent, thank you for being here, Noah.

Jessica, what do you like doing for fun?

- I like singing a lot.

Like I'll make my own (indistinct) to different songs.

I'll write my o&wn music, all that.

- All right, sounds really cool.

Thanks for being here, Weatherly.

Benton, I'm gonna over to you.

Rhianna, tell me what you like to do for fun when you're not in school.

- I enjoy playing soccer and going for walks with my sister right here.

- And Regan, what do you like to do for fun?

- I also play soccer and I'm on my school's track team.

- Okay, excellent, thank you for being here.

It was very nice to meet all of you, and we'll now begin the second quarter with this question that goes to Benton.

What word for the ocean storms that foil the Mongola attempts to invade Japan also names Japan's tactic of aerial suicide attacks in World War II?

- Kamikaze.

- Is correct, and here's your bonus question.

Indianapolis 500 champions traditionally drank what non-alcoholic beverage from a glass bottle?

- Coke?

- Nope, we're looking for milk.

Weatherly, it's back over to you.

What singer of "Versace On The Floor" who joins Anderson Pack and the duo Silk Sonic, has had hits with the "Lazy Song" 24 Karat Magic and Uptown Funk?

- Bruno Mars.

- Is correct, and here's your bonus question now.

What country of birth of August Strindberg is the setting of his naturalistic tragedy, "Miss Julie?"

- Pass.

- Okay, we're looking for Sweden.

Benton, it's back over to you.

What animals, which only have two germ layers are sessile organisms, some of who skeletons have been utilized by humans because they absorb water?

- Sponges?

- Is correct, and here's your bonus question now.

What dwarf planet discovered by Giuseppe Piazzi is the largest object in the asteroid belt and is named for a Roman goddess?

- Pluto.

- Is incorrect, we're looking for Ceres.

Okay, Weatherly, here's your next question.

What phenomenon plotted against wage rises on the Phillips curve commas in structural and seasonal forms and occurs when people cannot find a job?

- Pass.

- Okay, we'll rebound now to Benton.

- Unemployment.

- Is correct for your rebound points, Benton.

Great job, and here's your next question?

What man, whose company was criticized in a history written by Muckraker Ida Tarbell, was the first U.S billionaire and founded Standard oil?

- Rockefeller.

- Is correct, and here's your bonus question?

What ornate art style sometimes called the late Baroque include Jean-Honore Fragonard's painting, "The Swing" and flourished in 18th century France?

- Pass.

- Oh, okay, that's Rococo.

All right, Weatherly get your pencils and paper ready for your next question.

If a resolution needs a two thirds majority to pass in a 285 member legislature, what minimum number of votes is required?

- 190.

- Is correct, and here's your bonus question?

What country, the only nation in Asia that lies entirely below the equator has its capital at Dilley and gained its independence in 2002?

- India.

- Nope, we're looking for East Timor.

Okay, Benton, here's your next question.

The title objects are set to where a nest of Robbins and to lift their leafy arms to pray, in what 1913 poem about plants by Joyce Kilmer?

- Pass.

- Okay, we'll rebound to Weatherly.

- Pass.

- Okay, that answer was trees.

And after one half of play, a very close game Weatherly in the lead over Benton, 60 to 50, we wanna say thank you to Weatherly and Benton.

Thank you, Noah, Jessica, Rhianna and Reagan.

It was very nice to meet all of you.

Now we're going to meet your teammates for the second half.

Playing for Weatherly in the second half are Gavin Bradley and Taylor Jones and representing Benton, are Cameron Walter and Kiel Vincent.

Our first question in this round goes to Weatherly.

And that question is what composer of some enchanted evening wrote the music to, "Oh What A Beautiful Morning" in Oklahoma?

His first musical with Oscar Hammerstein.

- Pass.

- Okay, rebound now to Benton.

- Pass.

- Okay we're looking for Richard Rogers.

Okay, Benton, here's your first question.

What kingdom was the birthplace of the composer of "The Miraculous Mandarin" Bela Bartok and the pianos who composed, the Mephisto Waltzes, Franz Liszt?

- Pass.

- Okay, rebound to Weatherly.

- Pass.

- Okay, that's the kingdom of Hungary.

Weatherly, here's your next question.

What state, which is home to the Touro synagogue and such mansions as Chateau-sur-Mer and the breakers in Newport is the smallest state by area?

- Rhode Island.

- Is correct, and here's your bonus question now.

The deepest known part of the Pacific ocean, the challenger deep is in what trench that curves around the American territory of Guam?

- Mariana trench.

- Is correct for your bonus points.

Weatherly.

Benton, it's back over to you.

What country where Cardinal (indistinct) mobilized participants in the people power revolution was formerly led by Ferdinand Marcos from Manila?

- France.

- Is incorrect, rebound to Weatherly.

- Austria, Hungary.

- Nope, we're looking for the Philippines.

Weatherly, here's your next question?

Mycology is the study of what eukaryotic organisms that resemble plants, but do not utilize photosynthesis and include yeasts and mushrooms?

- Fungi.

- Is correct, and here's your bonus question now.

J.M.

Coetzee, who wrote the novels, "Waiting for the Barbarians" and "Disgrace" is one of two Nobel laureates in literature, from what country?

- England.

- Nope, South Africa, South Africa.

Benton, it's back over to you.

What event which Enki spoke about through reed wall to warn Atrahasis, was survived in a Sumerian myth by Uta-Napishti and in the Bible by Noah?

- Pass.

- Okay, rebound to Weatherly.

- Pass.

- Okay, that's The Great Flood.

Weatherly, here's your next question.

What island, the destination of an expedition supported by all sobrieties, was home to the Greek colony of Syracuse and is at the Southern tip of Italy?

- Sicily.

- Is correct, and here's your bonus question now.

So logistic reasoning is criticized in the Novum Organum work on the scientific method by what 17th century English philosopher?

- Pass.

- Okay, that's Francis Bacon.

Benton, here's your next question?

What company co-founded in 1976 by Steve Wozniak introduced the unsuccessful Lisa (beeps) and under CEO, Steve Jobs, the Safari browser and the iPhone?

- Apple.

- Is correct, and here's your bonus question.

Optical pumping is used to generate a population and version in the gain medium of what devices, first built by Theodore Maiman?

- Pass.

- Okay, that answer was lasers.

And that sound that you heard signals the end of the third quarter and another lightening round.

(electricity crackling) This time Benton will pick first.

Your categories are CCS or palindromes.

- Palindromes.

- Okay, palindromes it is.

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

Give these four letter palindromes.

Word for 12:00 PM.

- Noon.

- [Paul] Yes, first name of Tolstoy title character who kills herself?

- Pass.

- [Paul] Ana, real estate document that proves ownership.

- Deed.

- [Paul] Yes, character voiced by Patrick Stewart in the emoji movie.

- Pass.

- [Paul] Poop.

First name of German politician called the iron chancellor.

- Pass.

- Okay, that's Otto.

Swedish band who sang "Mama Mia."

You can pass.

- Pass.

- Abba.

Italian word for bone that appears in the name of a veal entree.

- Pass.

- Okay, that's Oso.

First name of Reese Witherspoon's character in Legally Blonde.

That was El, and we ran out of time there.

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

Weatherly, we're coming over to you.

Your remaining category will be CCS.

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

Give these two word answers in which each word starts with the letter C. Region jutting out from Southeastern Massachusetts.

- Cape Town.

- [Paul] Yes, infectious disease that most frequently infects humans.

- Pass.

- [Paul] Common cold.

Process that includes global warming.

- Pass.

- [Paul] Climate change.

Dairy product also called curds and whey.

- Cottage cheese.

- Yes, treat made of spun sugar.

- Pass.

- [Paul] Cotton candy.

Coastal, Texas city with a Latin name, meaning body of Christ.

- Pass.

- [Paul] Corpus Christi.

Largest land bird in north America.

- Pass.

- [Paul] That's the California condor.

Lewis Carroll character with a mischievous grin.

That was the Cheshire cat.

And that's going to do it for the lightning round.

And after that, we have Weatherly in the lead over Benton, 115 to 80.

And we're now going to get to know our contestants playing the second half a little better.

And we'll start with the students from Weatherly again.

And Gavin, if you wouldn't mind telling us what you like doing for fun when you're not in class.

- When I'm not in school, I like to read and write.

- Okay, excellent.

Thank you for being here, Gavin.

And Taylor, what do you like doing for fun?

- When I'm out of school, I also like to read and write and help my siblings.

- Excellent, thank you for being here, Weatherly and good luck the rest of the way.

Benton coming over to you, Cameron, when you're not in school, what do you like to do for fun?

- I like to go hiking and read and I also like to play video games.

- Okay, very cool.

And Kiel, what do you like to do for fun?

- Play Minecraft and watch YouTube.

- All right, excellent, that sounds great.

It was very nice to meet all of you.

And we'll now begin the last segment of the game with this question that goes to Benton.

What character employee is a chief of staff named Colonel Sebastian Moran and fatally plummets into the Reichenbach falls while fighting Sherlock Holmes?

- Pass.

- Okay, rebound to Weatherly.

- Pass.

- Okay, that's James Moriarty.

Weatherly, here's your question and get your pencils and papers ready.

How many times more basic is a solution of pH 10 compared to a neutral solution of pH seven, since the pH scale is logarithmic?

(beeping sounds) Okay, rebound now to Benton.

- 1000.

- Is correct for your rebound points Benton, great job.

And here's your next question?

What president who served in the Senate after leaving office angered radical Republicans and was impeached after succeeding Abraham Lincoln?

- Pass.

- Okay, rebound now to Weatherly.

- Ulysses Gram.

- Nope, we're looking for Andrew Johnson, Andrew Johnson.

Weatherly, here's your next question.

What poet who depicted a ship of Pearl in the chamber Nautilus shares his full name with a Supreme court justice known as the Great Dissenter?

- Pass.

- Okay, rebound to Benton.

- Pass.

- Okay, that's Oliver Wendell Holmes.

Benton, here's your next question.

What phenomenon supposedly studied by majestic 12 are the subject of a 2021 Pentagon report that found no evidence of military technology or aliens.

- Pass.

- Okay, rebound to Weatherly.

- Unidentified flying object.

- Is correct for your rebound points, Weatherly, great job.

And here's your next question.

What author wrote about a Jewish boxer who attended Princeton, Matador Pedro Romero and World War I veteran, Jake Barnes, in the "Sun Also Rises?"

- Pass.

- Okay, rebound to Benton.

- Pass.

- Okay, that's Earnest Hemingway.

Benton, here's your next question.

What type of flow whose voltage can be increased with transformers was promoted by Nikola Tesla and periodically changes direction unlike DC?

- AC.

- Is correct, and here's your bonus question.

What character who abandons his wife Janice, in a 1960 novel, that's a former basketball star who appears in four novels by John Updike?

- Pass.

- Okay, that's Rabbit Angstrom.

Weatherly, here's your next question?

What building designed by Peter Hall and Jorn Utzon and featuring a set of sail like white shells, is a performing arts venue in Australia?

(beeping sounds) Okay, rebound now to Benton.

- Pass.

- Okay, that's the Sydney Opera House.

And that's the end of the game.

And our winner tonight is Weatherly over Benton, 125 to 100.

Congratulations, Weatherly.

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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