(collegiate band 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 schools 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 Peoples Security Bank for making this competition possible.

The rules of the game have been modified for this seasons virtual version and 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 lightning rounds in each game.

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

Playing for Milton are Nicholas Fleck and Morgan Dreisbach.

Their alternate is Levi Shamblin.

Their advisor is Nicholas Vega.

Representing Berwick are Eric Switzer and Christopher Stolla.

Their alternates are Ryan Conklin and Regan Welch.

Their adviser is Todd Gunther.

Well let's get started.

Milton has won the coin toss and will receive the first question, which is what novel in which the Ludovico technique is applied to Beethoven-loving ultra violent criminal, Alex DeLarge was written by Anthony Burgess?

(buzzer sounding) - 'Kay, ran out of time, rebound to Berwick.

- Nothing.

- No answer - Okay.

We're looking for "A Clockwork Orange".

Berwick, here's your first question.

In World War One what country's air force included a unit nicknamed the Flying Circus led by the Red Baron, whose real name was Manfred von Richthofen?

- Germany.

- Germany?

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

(bubbly tones sounding) - What country whose Clark Air Base was formerly operated by the US was the site of the 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo on Luzon island?

- Philippines?

- The Philippines?

- Is correct for your bonus points Berwick.

Great job.

Let's move back over to Milton now.

What organization, a successor of the Revenue Cutter Service has the motto "semper paratus" and is an armed forces branch that patrols US waters?

- Coast Guard?

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

(bubbly tones sounding) Jack Kilby's 1958 integrated circuit was made using not silicon, but what other metalloid that lies directly below silicon on the periodic table?

(buzzer sounding) - Ran out of time.

We're looking for germanium.

Berwick.

Here's your next question.

What task, which can be done with algorithms called Radix, bubble, merge and quick involves putting items in a list or array into order?

- Sequence?

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Milton.

(buzzer sounding) - Okay.

Ran out of time.

We're looking for sorting.

Okay, Milton here comes your next question.

What book series which includes "Stay Out of the Basement" and introduce the ventriloquist dummy Slappy consists of 62 horror books by RL Stine?

- Goosebumps.

- Is correct and here's your bonus question.

(bubbly tones sounding) - Although the Umayyad ruled from Cordoba until 1031, in 750, they were replaced in the middle east by what caliphate that ruled into the 13th century?

- Abyssinian - Is correct.

And we're going to move on now to Berwick and get your pencils and papers ready.

What is the probability that an event will occur if the odds against it happening are five to two?

(quiet music) (buzzer sounding) - Ran out of time.

Milton, it's a rebound to you.

(quiet music) - 2.5% - Is incorrect.

(tone sounding) - We're looking for 2/7ths or two in seven.

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

And it's now time for the lightning round.

(thunderbolt) (electricity sounding) - 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.

Milton has won the coin toss and will pick first, your categories are Organelles or P in Art.

- Organelles.

- 'Kay.

Organelles it is.

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

Name these organelles.

The sites of protein synthesis made of two subunits.

- Ribosome?

- [Paul Lazar] Yes.

Nicknamed the powerhouse of the cell.

- Mitochondria?

- [Paul Lazar] Yes.

It has smooth and rough portions.

- Endoplastic reticula?

- [Paul Lazar] Yes.

Named for an Italian physician, it transports proteins.

- Golgi body?

- [Paul Lazar] Yes.

The site of DNA transcription and eukaryotes.

- Nucleus?

- Yes.

The most acidic organelle, it's full of digestive enzymes.

- Lysosome?

- [Paul Lazar] Yes.

Composed of chitin in fungi and peptidoglycan in bacteria.

- Cell wall?

- [Paul Lazar] Yes.

Where catalase breaks down a compound with formula H2O2.

- Cell membrane?

(buzzer sounding) - Nope.

We're looking for peroxisome.

Great guess though.

Milton, that's going to wrap up your portion of the lightning round.

Great job.

Berwick, we're coming over to you.

Your remaining category will be P in Art.

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

Identify these visual art terms that begin with the letter P. A painting of a person's likeness, including their face and expression.

- A portrait.

- [Paul Lazar] Yes.

Color tones with a paler softer hue, such as pale blue.

- Pass.

- [Paul Lazar] Pastel.

Flat hand-held board used for mixing paints.

- Pass.

- [Paul Lazar] Palette.

Artistic medium of Alfred Stieglitz and Ansel Adams.

- Pass.

- [Paul Lazar] Photography.

A plain base that a sculpture or statue rests on.

- Pedestal?

- Yes.

Wet gluey paper mixture that hardens when dry.

- Papier mache?

- [Paul Lazar] Yes.

Gray green veneer that develops on bronze.

- Pass.

- That's patina.

Name.

(buzzer sounding) - Okay, we're not going to get to that one.

Still a great job in the lightning round, Berwick.

And after that, we currently have Milton in the lead over Berwick 95 to 45.

And we're now going to give our contestants a 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 Milton and Nicholas, I'll come to you first.

What are your plans after high school?

- I don't really know yet.

Probably go to college for four years or something like that, still undecided mostly.

- You have plenty of time.

Thank you for being here, Nicholas.

Morgan, what are your plans after high school?

- I plan to attend the University of Pittsburgh to major in pre-medicine.

- That's fantastic.

Thank you for being here, Melton and good luck the rest of the way.

Berwick, it's over to you.

Eric, in your spare time what do you like to do when you're not in class?

- Oh, well Paul, I like to hang out with my friends.

- Okay, cool.

And Christopher, what are your hobbies when you're not in class?

- I like to play the trumpet, you know, relax in my free time, that's about it.

- All right.

Very good.

Very nice to meet you.

And we'll now begin the second quarter with this question that goes to Berwick.

What singer rose to fame in 1938 with "A Tisket, A Tasket" and improvised scat singing so well she was nicknamed "The First Lady of Song" and "Lady Ella"?

- Uh - I got nothing.

(buzzer sounding) - 'Kay, ran out of time.

Rebound to Milton.

(buzzer sounding) - Okay, we were looking for Ella Fitzgerald.

Okay, Milton, here comes your next question.

What king who is known for mistresses such as Nell Gwyn was put in power by the restoration and was the namesake of his beheaded father?

- Charles the second?

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

(bubbly tones sounding) What neighborhood between Canal Street and Esplanade Avenue is home to Bourbon Street and is the center of New Orleans' Mardi Gras celebrations?

(buzzer sounding) - Okay.

That's the French Quarter.

Berwick, it's back over to you.

What countries islands include Rottnest Island, where most quokkas live and an island home to other marsupials such as wombats and Tasmanian devils?

- New Zealand?

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Milton.

- Australia?

- Australia is correct for your rebound points, Milton.

Great job.

And here's your next question.

What national park, which contains the Grand Prismatic Spring, is the oldest national park in the US and is home to the geyser Old Faithful?

- Yellowstone.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

(bubbly tones sounding) - "Confessions of a Mask" was written by which Japanese author of the "Temple of the Golden Pavilion" and "The Sea of Fertility" tetrology?

(buzzer sounding) - Okay.

That's Yukio Mishima.

Berwick, here's your next question.

What former Soviet Republic, where Alexander Lukashenko claimed victory in a 2020 election opponents decried as rigged, has its capital in Minsk?

- Belarus.

- Belarus?

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

(bubbly tones sounding) - In 1911, Francisco Madero became president of what country after overthrowing its a long time dictator Porfirio Diaz?

- Spain?

- Is incorrect.

We're looking for Mexico.

Milton, here's your next question.

What novel in which Brian de Bois-Guilbert abducts a Jewish woman named Rebecca and jousts with a title knight was written by Sir Walter Scott?

(buzzer sounding) - Okay.

Rebound to Berwick.

- No answer.

- Okay.

That's "Ivanhoe".

Berwick, here comes your next question.

What war in which Winfield Scott led an amphibious assault that captured the port of Vera Cruz in 1847 pitted the US against.

(buzzer sounding) - Its Southern neighbor?

- Mexican-American war.

- The Mexican-American war?

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question now.

(bubbly tones sounding) In Aldus Huxley's novel, "Brave New World", Linda consumes massive quantities of what drug which is used to pacify the population of the world state?

- Marijuana?

(buzzer sounding) - No, we're looking for Soma.

And after one half of play, we currently have Milton in the lead over Berwick, 125 to 65.

Thank you, Nicholas and Morgan from Milton.

And thank you, Eric and Christopher from Berwick, you've been fantastic.

We're now going to meet your teammates for the second half.

Playing for Milton in the second half are Ashley Shamblin and Ian Keifer and representing Berwick are Emma Schakowsky and Jack Kendrin.

Our first question in this quarter will go to Milton.

What office whose first female holder was Megan Brennan has been held since 2020 by Louis DeJoy who leads an agency responsible for the mail?

- US Postal Service?

- Is incorrect.

Rebound now to Berwick.

- Postmaster General.

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

And here's your next question.

Three of what mathematical things can be operated on the triple pro by the triple product, which combines the dot and cross products that can be used on them.

- Fractions?

- Is incorrect.

Rebound now to Milton.

- Variables?

- No, we are looking for vectors.

Milton, here's your next question.

What city which contains the Stormont Parliament building was the site of a shipyard that built the Titanic and is the capital of Northern Ireland?

- Belfast?

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question now.

Henry Luce founded what American magazine whose 2018 Person of the Year award was given to journalists termed The Guardians?

- Time magazine?

(buzzer sounding) - That is correct for your bonus points, Milton.

And Berwick, here's your next question.

What man, who in 1994 led the LAPD on a low speed chase in his Ford Bronco, was acquitted of murdering his ex-wife and earlier played in the NFL?

- OJ Simpson?

- Is correct and here's your bonus question.

(bubbly tones sounding) In the hopper process the product ammonia is purified by what technique that separates liquids based on differences in boiling point?

- No answer.

(buzzer sounding) - That's distillation.

Milton, here's your next question.

What type of substance is confined in a Tokamak using magnetic fields, is made up of ionized gas and is called the fourth state of matter?

- Plasma?

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

(bubbly tones sounding) In Greek myth, Chiron was what type of half man, half horse creature?

- Centaur?

- Is correct for your bonus points, Milton.

Berwick, here's your next question.

What Regionalist painter from Iowa showed a woman with an apron and a man with overalls carrying a pitchfork in his painting, "American Gothic"?

(indistinct conversation) (buzzer sounding) - 'Kay, ran out of time.

Milton, that's a rebound to you.

(buzzer sounding) - Okay.

That's Grant Wood.

Milton, here's your next question.

"The Lion of the North" was a nickname for what great Protestant king who died in 1632 at the battle of Lutzen leading Sweden in the 30 Years War?

(tone sounding) - Maginot - Is incorrect.

Rebound to Berwick.

- King Richard?

(buzzer sounding) - Nope.

We were looking for Gustavus Adolphus.

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

(thunderbolt) (electricity sounding) - This time Berwick will pick first.

Your categories are Super Mario or Elon Musk.

- Okay, Super Mario?

- Super Mario it is.

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

Name these characters from the Super Mario video game franchise.

Mario's brother with an L on his cap.

- Luigi.

- [Paul Lazar] Yes.

Typically green egg-laying ally who resembles a dinosaur?

- Yoshi.

- [Paul Lazar] Yes.

Humanoid mushroom and attendant to Peach.

- Toad.

- [Paul Lazar] Yes.

Donkey Kong's hat wearing nephew.

- Pass.

- [Paul Lazar] That's Diddy Kong.

Ghostly figure who vanishes went directly looked at.

- King Boo?

- [Paul Lazar] Yes.

Orange haired princess of Sarasaland.

- Daisy.

- [Paul Lazar] Yes.

Mario's archenemy who has a spiked shell.

- Bowser.

- Bowser?

- Yes.

Woman rescued in Donkey Kong who's New Donk City's mayor in Super Mario Odyssey.

- Rosalina?

- Pauline.

Inventor of the Poltergust 3000 and Flood.

- Pass.

- [Paul Lazar] That's Professor E Gadd.

Fire-breathing triceratops named for the singer of Nine Inch Nails.

(buzzer sounding) - Okay.

That was Trent Reznor, Reznor.

Berwick, great job in the lightning round.

We're going to come over to Milton.

Your remaining category will be Elon Musk.

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

Answer the following about Elon Musk.

He is CEO of this electric car company.

- Tesla.

- [Paul Lazar] Yes.

He founded this rocket launching company.

- SpaceX.

- [Paul Lazar] Yes.

He co-founded x.com, a predecessor of this online payment firm.

- Paypal?

- [Paul Lazar] Yes.

He was born in this African nation.

- South Africa?

- Yes.

In 2018, he sent a mini submarine to this nation to help a trapped soccer team.

- Spain?

- [Paul Lazar] Thailand.

He dropped out of this California University after two days.

- Berkeley?

- [Paul Lazar] Stanford.

He's in a relationship with this Canadian musician.

- Grimes.

- [Paul Lazar] Yes.

He proposed this tube-based high speed transportation system.

- Hasmatrain?

- [Paul Lazar] Hyperloop.

He voiced Ilan Tusk, a character on a 2019 episode of this show.

- Rick & Morty?

- Yes.

He founded this tunnel building company.

(buzzer sounding) - Ope, ran out of time.

Yep.

That's the boring company, but we ran out of time.

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

And after that, we currently have Milton in the lead over Berwick 215 to 145.

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

And we'll start with Ashley from Milton.

Ashley, when you're not in class, what do you like to do for fun?

- I like to spend time with my family, watch movies.

And I'm also participating in the EMT class and I really enjoyed going to those classes.

- Excellent.

Thank you for being here, Ashley.

Ian, what do you like to do for fun when you're not in class?

- Well Paul, I really like to read and I really like to participate in my local theater.

I'm actually doing three shows right now.

- Three.

Wow.

That's a lot.

Congratulations.

Great work.

Good luck the rest of the way Milton.

Berwick, we're going to come over to you and Emma, tell me what you like to do for fun.

- I'm in the marching band.

- Okay.

Very, very cool.

And Jack, what are your hobbies when you're not in class?

- Well, I'm in football, baseball, marching band, I play trumpet, piano and guitar.

And there's a few other things in that too, like Quiz Bowl.

- Is there any time for sleeping?

- Not enough.

- Very, very cool.

Thank you, Berwick.

Good luck the rest of the way.

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

Quantum dots are microscopic examples of what materials used to make transistors with properties between those of insulators and conductors?

- Semiconductors.

Semiconductors.

- Semiconductors?

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

(bubbly tones sounding) What circuit components often include a dielectric placed between two parallel plates, have a strength measured in Farads and can store charge?

- Batteries?

- No, we're looking for capacitors.

Milton, here's your next question.

What city on the Huangpu River is home to the Oriental Pearl Tower, is at the mouth of the Yangtze River and is China's most populous city?

- Beijing?

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Berwick.

- Shanghai?

- Is correct for your rebound points Berwick.

And here is your next question.

What mythical object, which was stolen by the giant Thrym has a short handle because of Loki's mischief and is a hammer wielded by Thor?

- Mjollnir?

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

Biryani is a dish made using what crop whose basmati and Jasmine varieties are popular in Indian cuisine.

- Rice?

- Rice?

- Is correct for your bonus points, Berwick.

Let's move back over to Milton now.

What scientist, to standardize thermometers, invented a namesake temperature scale in which the freezing point of water is defined as 32 degrees?

- Fahrenheit?

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

Derek Bell co-developed what theory, which has recently been banned in some states in which argues that racism is embedded in US legal systems.

- Plateau?

- No.

We're looking for Critical Race Theory.

Berwick, here's your next question.

What poet asked "does it like rotten meat and does it dry up like a raisin in the sun" in a poem about a dream deferred entitled "Harlem"?

- Langston Hughes?

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

What woman who wrote the autobiography of Alice B Toklas is known for quotes such as "rose is a rose is a rose is a rose"?

(indistinct discussion) (buzzer sounding) - That was Gertrude Stein.

Milton, here's your next question.

What country is symbolized by a woman wearing a Phrygian cap named Marianne, has an anthem known as "La Marseillaise" and is home to the Eiffel tower?

- France.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question now.

Claude Francois de Malet was executed for leading a coup against what monarch, who Malet claimed that actually died while invading Russia in 1812?

- Catherine the Great?

- Nope.

We're looking for Napoleon Bonaparte.

Berwick, here's your next question.

What composer's last works include "The Little Masonic Cantata" and a Freemasonry-inspired opera featuring the queen of the night, "The Magic Flute"?

- Mozart.

- Is correct Berwick.

And here's your bonus question.

(bubbly tones sounding) - The 2017 Nobel prize was awarded for work at UVA Center for Biological Timing on what roughly day-long cycles of.

(tone sounding) - Biological variation and behavior?

- Circadian rhythm.

- Is correct for your bonus points Berwick.

Great job.

And that's going to do it for tonight's match.

And our winner is Milton over Berwick, 235 to 205.

Congratulations, Milton.

You're 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 thanks for watching.

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