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(whistle blows) (drum roll) (upbeat marching band music) (whistle blowing rhythmically) ♪ Go ♪ - Welcome to this year's championship game 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 $1,000, $3,000, or $5,000.

Tonight's championship match features Berwick versus Crestwood.

Representing Berwick are Jaxon Hittle, Fable Gunther, Thomas DiBattista, and Josephine Morgan.

Their alternate is Riley Kershner and their advisor is Todd Gunther.

Representing Crestwood are Jeremy Mueller, Eric Reinheimer, Luke Joseph, and Sean Rossi.

Their alternates are Spencer Young and Sophia Cyphert, and their advisor is Maria Koons.

"Scholastic Scrimmage" is a game of rapid recall of factual information, so let's take a moment and 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 get this championship game started with this toss-up question: What ceremony's subjects carried an eagle-topped ivory scepter and were reminded of mortality by a slave in a parade celebrating major Roman victories?

(buzzer beeps) Jaxon, Berwick.

- Triumph.

- Is correct, and here comes your bonus.

What man, whose brother Allen served as CIA director, was secretary of state under Dwight Eisenhower and names a D.C.-area airport?

- Dulles.

(buzzer beeps) - Josephine.

- Dulles.

- Is correct for your bonus points, Berwick.

Let's go to another toss-up.

What organization, which Angola left in 2023, sets quotas for member countries like Venezuela and Kuwait in order to- (buzzer beeps) Jaxon, Berwick.

- OPEC.

- Is correct.

Here's your bonus, and get out your pencils and papers.

What is the measure of the smallest angle of a right triangle whose two acute angles have a ratio of three-to-two?

(soft music) (timer chimes) Ran out of time there.

That's 36 degrees, or pi over five.

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

What crop, whose low grades include fannings and whose high grades include Orange Pekoe, is processed into oolong and Earl Gray varieties?

(buzzer beeps) Jaxon, Berwick.

- Tea.

- Is correct.

Here's your bonus.

The Tri Nations Series is the former name of an annual championship in what sport that has a sevens variant?

(buzzer beeps) - Rugby?

- Is correct for your bonus points, Berwick.

Let's go to another toss-up question.

What man recalled being young and easy in his poem, "Fern Hill," and claimed old age should rave in his villanelle, "Do not go gentle into that good night"?

(buzzer beeps) Thomas, Berwick.

- Dylan Thomas.

- Is correct.

And your bonus now: A series by Eoin Colfer is named for what young Irish genius who works with Holly Short to stop Opal Koboi from revealing the existence of fairies?

(buzzer beeps) - Jacksepticeye.

- That is incorrect.

We were looking for Artemis Fowl.

Let's go to another toss-up.

What animal genus includes the extinct heidelbergensis and Denisovan species as well as Neanderthals who interbred with its- (buzzer beeps) Sean, Crestwood.

- Humans.

- Be more specific.

- Homo sapiens.

- Is correct, and we'll go, here's your bonus question: Despite being mostly empty space, atoms feel solid due to what fundamental force, whose four main equations include Ampere's Law?

(buzzer beeps) - Nuclear force.

- No, this is electromagnetism.

Here's our next toss-up question.

What term describes molecules such as pentane and molecular nitrogen but not ethanol, with no net separation of charges and thus, no dipole?

(buzzer beeps) Josephine, Berwick.

- Nonpolar.

- Is correct.

And your bonus question: Both Gloria Stuart and Kate Winslet received Oscar nominations for playing what protagonist of the film "Titanic" at different points in her life?

(buzzer beeps) - Rose.

- Rose is correct for your bonus points, Berwick.

Let's go to another toss-up.

What city, where the 26 Martyrs of Japan were crucified in 1590- (buzzer beeps) Jaxon, Berwick.

- Nagasaki.

- Is correct.

And your bonus question: Shakespeare's "The Two Noble Kinsmen" is based on what story about Palamon and Arcite's competition for Emelye's love, the first of "The Canterbury Tales"?

- That'd be "The Knight's Tale."

(buzzer beeps) - "The Knight's Tale."

- That's correct for your bonus points, Berwick.

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.

Crestwood has won the coin toss and will pick first.

Your categories are: French Language Authors, or Gulfs.

- We'll take Gulfs.

- Gulfs it is, and your time begins when I finish reading the first question.

Name these gulfs of the world.

Gulf south of Louisiana.

(buzzer beeps) - Gulf of Mexico.

- [Paul] Yes.

Gulf between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.

(buzzer beeps) - Persian Gulf.

- [Paul] Yes.

Gulf named for a country due north of Estonia.

(buzzer beeps) - Finnish.

- [Paul] Gulf of Finland.

Gulf named for the largest U.S.

state.

(buzzer beeps) - Gulf of Alaska.

- [Paul] Yes.

Gulf named for a Middle Eastern country governed from Muscat.

(buzzer beeps) - Oman.

- [Paul] Yes.

Vietnamese Gulf, the site of a 1964 incident.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- [Paul] Tonkin.

Gulf named for a Central American country with a 51-mile-long canal.

(buzzer beeps) - Panama.

- [Paul] Yes.

Gulf named after Latvia's capital.

(buzzer beeps) - Riga.

- [Paul] Yes.

Gulf named for a river that flows past Quebec City.

(buzzer beeps) - St.

Lawrence.

- [Paul] Yes.

Gulf that receives the Colorado River.

(high-pitched bell dings) That was the Gulf of California.

All right, that's going to do it for your portion of the Lightning Round, Crestwood.

Berwick, it's over to you, and your remaining category will be French Language Authors.

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

Name the authors of these literary works written in French.

"The Three Musketeers."

(buzzer beeps) - Dumas.

- [Paul] Yes.

"The Stranger" and "The Plague."

(buzzer beeps) - Camus.

- [Paul] Yes.

"En attendant Godot," translated into English as "Waiting for Godot."

(buzzer beeps) - Beckett.

- [Paul] Yes.

"Journey to the Center of the Earth."

(buzzer beeps) - Verne.

- [Paul] Yes.

"Madame Bovary."

(buzzer beeps) - Flaubert.

- [Paul] Yes.

"Democracy in America," a 19th century- (buzzer beeps) - Tocqueville.

- [Paul] Yes.

"The Little Prince."

(buzzer beeps) - Exped... Pass.

- [Paul] That's Saint-Exupéry.

The seven-volume novel, "In Search of Time."

(buzzer beeps) - Marcel Proust.

- [Paul] Yes.

The satirical pentalogy, "Gargantua and Pantagruel."

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- [Paul] That's Rabelais.

"The Red and the Black."

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- That is Stendhal.

All right, that's going to do it for the first Lightning Round.

And after that, we have Berwick in the lead over Crestwood, 115 to 45.

As we go ahead and move into the second quarter with vis toss-up question: What British art movement included "Christ in the House of His Parents" by John Everett Millais and rejected the corruptions of a Renaissance master?

(buzzer beeps) Eric, Crestwood.

- Gothic.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Berwick.

(buzzer beeps) Josephine.

- Realism.

- No, this was Pre-Raphaelite.

Here's our next toss-up question: What poet of the "The Jewel Stairs' Grievance" who described "bowing my head, thinking of home" in the oft-memorized "Quiet Night Thought" hailed from China?

(buzzer beeps) Josephine, Berwick.

- BashM.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Crestwood.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- That is Li Bai.

Here's our next toss-up, and get out your pencils and papers.

What's sum results from adding together the fractions 3/7 and 1/5?

(buzzer beeps) Sean, Crestwood.

- 18 over, or wait now.

22 over 35.

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

What Swiss theologian, who led the reformation in Zurich, held that the Eucharist was symbolic at the Marburg Colloquy when he debated Martin Luther?

(buzzer beeps) - Calvin.

- No, this was Huldrych Zwingli.

Here's our next toss-up question.

What 1807 law, which a cartoon turtle named Ograbme- (buzzer beeps) Jaxon, Berwick.

- The Embargo Act.

- Is correct.

And your bonus: Melvin Calvin's work on the Calvin cycle utilized what most abundant radioactive isotope of carbon?

- 14?

14.

- Carbon-14?

- Yeah.

- No, it's carbon-12.

- It's 14.

- Okay, carbon-12.

(buzzer beeps) - Carbon-12.

- Nope, that is carbon-14.

Let's go to another toss-up question.

What country, whose Antarctic territory known as O'Higgins Land was visited in 2025 by its president, Gabriel Boric, is led from Santiago?

(buzzer beeps) Jaxon, Berwick.

- Chile.

- Is correct, and here's your bonus.

"Dookie" was the first major label album released by what band whose lead vocalist is Billie Joe Armstrong?

- Oh, yeah.

(buzzer beeps) Green Day.

- Is correct for your bonus points, Berwick.

Our next toss-up: What country, whose borders are about 10 miles north and south of its namesake river, is led from Banjul and surrounded by Senegal?

(buzzer beeps) Jeremy, Crestwood.

- Gambia.

- Is correct, and here's your bonus: What vehicle named for a Civil War general was the most widely used American tank during World War I?

(buzzer beeps) - Grant?

- No, this was the M4 Sherman.

Here's our next toss-up question: What U-shaped portion of the alimentary canal contains haustra, has transverse and sigmoid parts, and connects the cecum to the rectum?

(buzzer beeps) Josephine, Berwick.

- The spine.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Crestwood.

(buzzer beeps) - The ileum.

- No, that answer is the colon.

Let's go to another toss-up question.

What South American president who authorized the Barrios Altos massacre by Grupo Colina was the son of Japanese immigrants to Peru?

(buzzer beeps) Jeremy, Crestwood.

- Fuji?

Fujimoro?

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Berwick.

(timer chimes) You were very close.

The answer we were looking for was Alberto Fujimori, Fujimori.

(high-pitched bell dings) 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 Berwick, and Jaxon, we'll come to you first.

What has been your favorite part of participating in "Scholastic Scrimmage"?

- Well, Paul, it'd probably be the time I got you to do 6-7.

- Okay.

(laughs) That was a pretty fun time.

Thanks, Jaxon.

Fable?

- Well, Paul, I think my favorite memory has been trying to get Riley to smile for his alternate photos.

- (laughs) Thomas?

- Well, Paul, I'd have to say going to Barnes and Noble and going out to eat with my team.

- [Paul] All right, sounds like a lot of fun.

Thanks, Thomas.

Josephine?

- Well, Paul, I'd have to say seeing the tumbleweed that crossed our path on our first ride up here.

- Oh, nice, nice.

Only in Northeast Pennsylvania.

Thanks, Berwick.

Good luck to you the rest of the way.

Crestwood, it's over to you.

Jeremy, what has been your favorite part of taking part in "Scrimmage"?

- Probably getting to go eat pizza afterwards and get some food.

- [Paul] Awesome.

The food is always good.

Thanks, Jeremy.

Eric?

- You know, I gotta say the best part of "Scholastic Scrimmage" has been the friends we've made along the way.

That there is the real prize.

- That is, that truly is.

Luke?

- I'd say getting to go back and watch all the episodes with my family members.

- That'll be fun.

Thanks, Luke.

Sean?

- Oh, the awkward halftime questions.

- Yeah.

Yeah, I agree.

Thanks, Crestwood.

Good luck to you the rest of the way.

Now we'll go ahead and begin the third quarter with this toss-up question: What province contains Mount Robson, which is the tallest mountain in the Canadian Rockies, and is home to the city of Victoria (buzzer beeps) on Vancouver Island?

Josephine, Berwick.

- British Columbia.

- Is correct.

And your bonus: In Russian folklore, the name Matushka, or mother, (buzzer beeps) is often used for what longest river in Europe?

- Volga.

- Just say it.

Just say it.

- The Volga.

- The Volga.

- Is correct for your bonus points, Berwick.

Let's go to another toss-up.

Goat Island divides what natural feature that has Bridal Veil, Horseshoe, and American sections- (buzzer beeps) Jaxon, Berwick.

- Lakes.

- Is incorrect.

I'll finish and rebound to Crestwood.

And has a large waterfall between New York and Canada?

(buzzer beeps) Luke.

- Niagara Falls.

- Is correct for your rebound points, Crestwood.

Let's turn to our next toss-up.

What heavenly body, which was discovered at the Lowell Observatory by Clyde Tombaugh in 1930, was reclassified as a dwarf planet- (buzzer beeps) Jaxon, Berwick.

- Pluto.

- Is correct.

And your bonus: The Rum Rebellion broke out in New South Wales under the rule of what naval captain, whose strictness had also led to the mutiny on the HMS Bounty?

- Wasn't it Nelson?

- Wait, what do you think it was?

- Nelson.

- No, Nelson wasn't it.

- Oh, okay.

Then Cook.

(buzzer beeps) - Cook.

- No, this was William Bligh.

Here's our next toss-up.

In what conflict, in which Simo Häyhä (buzzer beeps) earned the nickname- Jaxon, Berwick.

- The Winter War.

- Is correct.

And your bonus question: What German romantic composer of "Invitation to the Dance" depicted a devilish bargain about a marksmanship contest in his opera, "Der Freischütz"?

- Wagner, no Wagner's stupid.

- What do you want?

- I was thinking Mozart.

(buzzer beeps) - Mozart?

- No, this was Carl Maria von Weber.

Let's go to another toss-up.

A national ban on what activity was voided in 2018 by the Supreme Court's Murphy decision and is now a major revenue source for FanDuel- (buzzer beeps) Sean, Crestwood.

- Sports gambling.

- Is correct, and your bonus: Giffen goods defy what law of economics which states that a certain quantity increases with reductions in price?

- Supply and demand.

- No, it's just demand.

- Oh, okay.

(buzzer beeps) - Demand.

- That is correct for your bonus points, Crestwood.

Let's go to another toss-up.

What series, which concludes with the "Saga of Sir Stinks-A-Lot" and depicts the effects of a hypno ring on Principal Krupp, (buzzer beeps) was written by Dav... Luke, Crestwood.

- "Captain Underpants."

- Is correct.

And your bonus question: What ancient Greek poet detailed the origins of the gods and Titans in his genealogical work, "Theogony"?

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- That is Hesiod.

All right, our next toss-up question will require your pencils and papers.

How many cards in a standard 52-card deck are denoted by a letter instead of a number?

(buzzer beeps) Sean, Crestwood.

- 16.

- Is correct, and your bonus: In 2023, what state's Democratic governor Josh Shapiro oversaw the- (buzzer beeps) - Pennsylvania.

- Is correct for your bonus points, Crestwood.

Let's go to another toss-up.

What archipelago, which contains the Wall of Tears on its Isabela Island, is home to many finches that were studied in the 18- (buzzer beeps) Josephine, Berwick.

- The Galápagos.

- Is correct.

Here's your bonus, and get out your pencils and papers.

If a data set's four values are 5, 6, 8, and X, what must be the value of X if the median of the set is 6.5?

(soft music) (high-pitched bell dings) (soft music continues) (buzzer beeps) - 8.5.

- No that is seven.

Seven.

All right, well that sound that you heard signals the end of the third quarter and another Lightning Round.

This time, Berwick will pick first.

Your categories are: 2020s Video Games, or Back In Front.

- 2020s Video Games.

- I don't think so.

- Back In front.

(buzzer beeps) - We'll take Back In Front, please.

- Back In Front it is, and your time begins when I finish reading the first question.

Give these answers that begin with the consecutive letters, B-A-C-K.

Movie series with Marty McFly in a- (buzzer beeps) - "Back to the Future."

- [Paul] Yes.

Key above backslash on a standard Windows- (buzzer beeps) - Backspace.

- [Paul] Yes.

Alternate name for the spinal column.

(buzzer beeps) - Backbone.

- [Paul] Yes.

Holes 10 through 18 on a golf course.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- [Paul] Back nine.

Pop group that sang, ♪ I want it that way ♪ (buzzer beeps) - Backstreet Boys.

- [Paul] That's correct.

Olympic swimming event whose competitors begin- (buzzer beeps) - Backstroke.

- [Paul] Yes.

Seating location for British MPs without a ministry position.

(buzzer beeps) - Back chair?

- Back bench.

Board game whose players roll dice to move 15 pieces on 24 points.

(buzzer beeps) - Backgammon.

- [Paul] Yes.

Boston neighborhood home to the John Hancock Tower.

(buzzer beeps) - Back Street.

- [Paul] Back Bay.

Football official stationed deep behind the defense.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- That is back judge.

All right, Berwick, that's gonna do it for your portion of the Lightning Round.

You got six or seven of those.

Crestwood, we're gonna come over to you, and your remaining category will be 2020s Video Games.

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

Name these video games released in North America after January 1st, 2020.

Hero shooter featuring Marvel superheroes.

(buzzer beeps) - Marvel Rivals.

- [Paul] Yes.

Poker-themed roguelike deck-builder developed- (buzzer beeps) - Balatro.

- [Paul] Yes.

2022 FromSoftware RPG with a Shadow of the Erdtree DLC.

(buzzer beeps) - Genshin Impact.

- [Paul] Elden Ring.

Zeekerss co-op survival horror game about scrap collectors.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- [Paul] That's Lethal Company.

2023 Bethesda RPG set in space.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- Starfield.

2022 game about a cat in a robot city.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- Stray.

2020 sequel in which Ellie meets the WLF.

(buzzer beeps) - The Last of Us?

- [Paul] The Last of Us Part II.

Co-op-only game in which spouses Cody and May are trapped in dolls.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- [Paul] It Takes Two.

The latest mainline Street Fighter game.

(buzzer beeps) - Street Fighter 16.

- Street Fighter 6.

(high-pitched bell dings) All right, well that's going to do it for the Lightning Round.

And after that, we currently have Berwick in the lead over Crestwood, 215 to 125.

As we begin the last segment of the game with this toss-up question: What election, which inspired passage of the 12th Amendment after an Electoral College tie- (buzzer beeps) Sean, Crestwood.

- The election of 1800.

- Is correct, and your bonus question: The Overseas Highway connects the southern suburbs of Miami with what largest of the Florida Keys, whose name originated from a Spanish term for long?

- Key West?

- No.

- Well, let's just say it.

(buzzer beeps) - Key West.

- Key Largo.

Key Largo.

Let's go to another toss-up.

What scientist names the SI unit for magnetic flux density and names a device used to produce high- (buzzer beeps) Sean, Crestwood.

- Tesla.

- Yes, and here's your bonus question now.

Four knights interpreted Harry II's question, "Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest?"

as an order to kill what Archbishop of Canterbury?

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- That is Thomas Becket.

Let's go to another toss-up.

What author who in one poem declared "I, too, sing America" wondered if a dream deferred dries up like a raisin in the sun in his poem, "Harlem"?

(buzzer beeps) Thomas, Berwick.

- Langston Hughes.

- Is correct.

Here's your bonus question now: The Marsh test was developed to detect what metalloy that was widely used in Victorian-era wallpapers despite being poisonous?

(buzzer beeps) - Arsenic.

- Is correct for your bonus points, Berwick.

Let's turn now to another toss-up.

What athlete scored 27 points in a loss to Houston in the 2025 Final Four and was chosen by the Mavericks as the top pick- (buzzer beeps) Luke, Crestwood.

- Cooper Flagg.

- Is correct, and your bonus question: What U.S.

stealth bombers, which cost over $2 billion each, were used to strike Iranian nuclear facilities in June, 2025?

- Is it Blackhawks?

- Say it.

(buzzer beeps) - Blackhawks.

- No, these were B-2 Spirits.

Here's our next toss-up question: What state, where Fascist broadcasts were made by Father Charles Coughlin, was home to the antisemitic "Dearborn Independent," published by Henry Ford?

(buzzer beeps) Eric, Crestwood.

- Michigan.

- Yes, and here's your bonus: The Witches' Market is a popular tourist attraction in what city, which along with Sucre is one of Bolivia's two capital cities?

(buzzer beeps) - La Paz.

- Is correct for your bonus points, Crestwood.

Let's go to another toss-up.

What five-letter Italian word identifies a type of soprano with a range lower than a full soprano- (buzzer beeps) Fable, Berwick.

- Mezzo soprano.

- Is correct.

And your bonus question: What building hosted the British administrative headquarters in Mandatory Palestine and was bombed by the Irgun in 1946?

(buzzer beeps) - Big Ben.

- No, this was the King David Hotel.

Let's go to another toss-up.

What TV show, whose spinoffs include a 2025 series starring Chris O'Donnell set in Nashville, depicts Athena Grant and other L.A.

first responders?

(buzzer beeps) Josephine, Berwick.

- "9-1-1."

- Is correct.

And your bonus question: What letter denotes the atomic subshells that hold 10 electrons each and, by definition, are partially filled in transition metals?

- P.

- Yeah.

- Okay.

- Yeah.

(buzzer beeps) - P.

- No, that's D subshells.

All right, here comes our next toss-up.

What trigonometric function's Maclaurin series begins: 1 minus X-squared over 2 is the reciprocal of secant (buzzer beeps) and equals adjacent- Sean, Crestwood.

- Cosine.

Cosine.

- Is correct, and your bonus question: What author wrote about Oedipa Maas, (high-pitched bell rings) who investigates a secret postal system called Tristero in his novel, "The Crying of Lot 49"?

- Shakespeare?

(buzzer beeps) - Should I say- - Guy de Maupassant.

- No, that's a great guess, but Thomas Pynchon.

And that's the end of the game.

And our winner tonight is Berwick over Crestwood, 250 to 180.

Congratulations, Berwick!

You are this year's WVIA "Scholastic Scrimmage" Champions.

Great job!

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

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

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