(audience applauding) (bouncy upbeat music) - Welcome to the 18th 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 1000, 3000, or $5000.

Tonight's match features Montrose versus Blue Ridge.

Representing Montrose are Jess Carey, Miranda Walter, Breanna Marcy and Daegan Gianani.

Jack Benedict is their alternate as is Lee Sullivan and their advisor is John Kolowski.

Representing Blue Ridge are Parker Glasgow, Cody Gunn, Jocelyn France and Micah Edwards.

Their alternate is Aiden Glasgow and their advisor is Katie Bailey.

"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 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.

What chemical element is bonded to itself in hydrazine, forms a triple bond with carbon in cyanide and is bonded to hydrogen in ammonia?

(buzzer drones) Daegan, Montrose.

- Nitrogen?

- Is correct and here comes your bonus question.

C. H. Waddington coined what term for the study of changes in gene expression that do not involve alterations to the nucleotide sequence of DNA?

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- Okay, that's Epigenics.

Here is our next tossup question.

In 2022, what team led by infielder Alec Bohm, pitcher Aaron Nola, and outfielder Bryce Harper lost to the Houston Astros in the World Series?

(buzzer beeps) Micah, Blue Ridge - Philadelphia Phillies.

- Is correct, and here comes your bonus question.

What law named for a Minnesota congressman was passed in 1919 over Woodrow Wilson's veto to enforce prohibition in the United States?

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- Okay, that was the Volstead Act.

Let's move on now to another tossup.

What country whose General Omar Torrijos signed a treaty with Jimmy Carter in 1977 was led by Manuel Noriega and is the site of a 50 mile canal.

(buzzer beeps) Jess, Montrose.

- Nicaragua.

- Is incorrect, rebound to Blue Ridge.

(alarm rings) - That canal is the Panama Canal.

All right, here's our next tossup question.

What European country contains the western part of Lake Skadar, has its capital at Podgorica, and has a name that translates as Black Mountain.

(alarm rings) That was Montenegro.

Let's go to another tossup.

What phenomenon names a connection sung about by Kermit in "The Muppet Movie" and is a sign of the covenant made by God with Noah placed in the sky.

(buzzer beeps) Daegan, Montrose.

- Rainbow.

- Is correct and here comes your bonus question.

What California congressman who led the first impeachment of Donald Trump was censored by house Republicans in 2023 and is running for Senate?

(buzzer beeps) - Pass?

- That's Adam Schiff.

Let's go to another tossup.

What Spaniard gave the name Espirito Santo, to South Tampa Bay and used chains of translators on a 1540s expedition that reached the Mississippi River.

(alarm rings) Okay, that was Hernando de Soto.

Let's go to another tossup.

What author who wrote about the imprisonment of author Paul Sheldon by his fan Annie Wilkes in "Misery," depicted a telekinetic teenage girl in "Carrie?"

(buzzer beeps) Daegan, Montrose.

- Stephen King.

- Is correct and here comes your bonus question.

What Italian artist made a wooden sculpture of a penitent Mary Magdalene and depicted a youthful nude in his bronze sculpture David.

(buzzer beeps) - Michelangelo.

- No, we are looking for Donatello, one of the other turtles.

Let's move on to the next tossup question.

What time signature which was used by Maurice Ravel for "Bolero," has an odd number of beats per measure, and is used in the Blue Danube waltz.

(bell rings) (alarm rings) That's 3/4 time.

Well that sound that you heard signals the end of the first quarter and it's now time for the lightning round.

(thunder crashes) (lighting crackles) 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.

Blue Ridge has won the coin toss and will pick first.

Your categories are missing words in poems or African leaders.

(buzzer beeps) - We'll take missing words in poems.

- Missing words in poems it is, and your time begins after I finish reading the first question.

Given a poet and a partial line of poetry, provide the word that fills in the blank.

William Shakespeare, shall I compare thee to a summer's blank?

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- Day.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

One if by land and two if by blank.

(buzzer beeps) - Sea.

- Yes.

Edgar Allen Poe, quoth the raven blank.

(buzzer beeps) - Evermore?

- No, nevermore.

William Blake, Tyger, tyger, burning blank.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- That's bright.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning.

How do I love thee?

Let me count the blank.

(buzzer beeps) - Stars.

- Ways.

Dylan Thomas, do not go gentle into that good blank.

(buzzer beeps) - Night.

- Yes, Robert Burns.

Should auld acquaintance be blank?

(buzzer beeps) - Forgot.

- Yes.

Emily Dickinson, I heard a fly buzz when I blank.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- Died.

E. E, Cummings, I sing of Olaf Glad and blank.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- That's big.

(alarm rings) Alright, we're not gonna get to that last one.

That's going to remain a mystery.

That's gonna do it for your portion of the lightning round, Blue Ridge, you did a great job and we're gonna now move over to Montrose whose remaining category will be African leaders.

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

What present-day African country had as monarch, dictator, president or prime minister Ramses II and other Pharaohs?

(buzzer beeps) - Egypt?

- Yes, Nelson Mandela.

(buzzer beeps) - South Africa.

- Yes, Muammar Gaddafi from 1969 to 2011.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- Libya, Mohammad the sixth, currently ruling from Rabat.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- That's Morocco, accused cannibal Idi Amin.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

(chuckles) - Uganda, Emperor Haile Selassie.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

(chuckles) - Ethiopia, Mobutu Sese Seko who renamed it Zaire.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Pan-Africanist Kwame Nkrumah.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

(chuckles) - That's Ghana, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and soccer star George Weah.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- Liberia, Samora Michel, following its independence from Portugal.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- That was Mozambique and that's going to do it for the lightning round.

And after that we currently have Montrose in the lead over Blue Ridge 40 to 25.

And now we'll go ahead and begin the second quarter with this tossup question.

What country where 2023 protests suppose the abolition of a reasonableness judicial clause by the Knesset is led by Benjamin Netanyahu.

(alarm rings) That country is Israel.

Here's your next tossup question.

What mode of heat transfer is slower in high R value materials like fiberglass and occurs by direct contact, unlike convection or radiation.

(buzzer beeps) Brianna, Montrose.

- Friction?

- Is incorrect, rebound to Blue Ridge.

(alarm rings) That answer was conduction.

Let's go to another tossup question.

What event in which Betty Paris accused the enslaved woman Tituba of consulting spirits led to executions in colonial- (buzzer beeps) Daegan, Montrose.

- Salem witch trials.

Is correct and here comes your bonus.

From 1941 to 1944, Nazi forces unsuccessfully besieged a Soviet city, then known by what name in what became the deadliest battle in history.

(buzzer beeps) - Stalingrad.

- You were close.

We were looking for Leningrad.

It was one of the grads.

Let's move on to our next tossup question.

What painter of "Reading Le Figaro" was an impressionist who created "The Boating Party" and "The Child's Bath" in France after she was born in the United States.

(alarm rings) That artist is Mary Cassatt.

Let's go to another tossup.

The Board Model proposes that what particles discovered in a cathode ray tube experiment by J.J. Thompson move in circular orbits around the nucleus?

(buzzer beeps) Daegan, Montrose.

- Electrons.

- Is correct and here comes your bonus.

What phenomenon which are emitted during mergers of two neutron stars or black holes are ripples in space time that were detected by LIGO in 2015.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

Breanna, that's gravitational wave.

Alright, let's go to another tossup.

What drug, also known as semaglutide, was released in 2012 by Novo Nordisk and as a diabetes medicine more recently used to treat obesity.

(buzzer beeps) Daegan, Montrose.

- Insulin?

- Is incorrect, rebound to Blue Ridge (buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- The answer we're looking for was oh, oh, oh, Ozempic.

Let's go on to another tossup question.

What longest-ruling dynasty in Chinese history whose rule ended with the warring states period in the third century BC was succeeded by the Chin.

(alarm rings) That was the Zhou Dynasty.

Let's go to another tossup question.

What body of water which contains Franz Josef Land, Svalbard, and Canada's Ellesmere Island is the world's smallest ocean and also the northernmost?

(buzzer beeps) Daegan, Montrose.

- Arctic Ocean?

- Is correct and here comes your bonus.

In 2022, what son of a former dictator succeeded Rodrigo Duterte as president of the Philippines?

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- That is Bongbong Marcos.

Here's our next tossup.

What quantity, which for water is 4.18 joules per gram Kelvin, (alarm rings) is the energy needed to raise the temperature?

(buzzer beeps) Daegan, Montrose.

- Specific heat.

- Is correct and here comes your bonus.

What weak acid, the key ingredient in vinegar has the molecular formula CH3COOH?

(alarm rings) That was acetic acid.

Well that sound that you heard signals the end of the first half 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 and we'll start with the students from Montrose and Jess, I'll come to you first.

Tell us what your plans are after graduation.

- I plan a major in biology and get my doctorate of veterinarian medicine.

- Best of luck to you, Jess, Miranda.

- I'm gonna go to RIT for their 4+2 architectural program.

- Wonderful, Brianna.

- I also plan to major in biology and the end goal is to become a psychiatrist.

- Okay, and Daegan.

- I play to plan to attend college for mathematics.

- Alright, some very smart people over here.

Thank you, Montrose, good luck the rest of the way.

Blue Ridge, we're coming over to you.

Parker, if you wouldn't mind telling us what your plans are post-graduation.

- I plan to go to college for sports and management and become a coach.

- Excellent, Cody.

- I wanna go to Pen Tech for electrician and plumbing.

- Okay, Jocelyn?

- I plan to major in music education and one day become a choral teacher.

- Okay, and Micah?

- I plan to dual major in business and accounting to get my MBA and master of accountancy.

- Alright, you guys have some plans, that's excellent.

It was very nice to meet all of you.

We'll now go ahead and begin the third quarter with this tossup question.

What author collected a series of 26 prose poems in a book about a wise man from the city of Orphalese named Al Mustafa, his bestselling "The Prophet."

(alarm rings) That author is Khalil Gibran.

Let's go to another tossup.

What state, which has a region called the Western Reserve that was once claimed by Connecticut, is to the south of Lake Erie and contains Cleveland?

(buzzer beeps) Micah, Blue Ridge.

- Ohio.

- Is correct, and your bonus now.

In a 2019 film, Renee Zellweger portrayed what earlier actress who played Dorothy in "The Wizard of Oz?"

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- That's Judy Garland.

All right, here's our next tossup question.

What natural phenomenon, whose most recent iteration began in June, 2023, according to NOAA, is caused by Pacific warming and differs from La Nina.

(buzzer beeps) Jess, Montrose.

- El Nino.

- Is correct and here's your bonus question.

Czar Alexander III gave his wife the first of what series of jeweled eggs made by a Russian designer?

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- Okay, that answer is Faberge eggs.

Let's move on now to another tossup.

What novel, which includes a former English professor named Faber, centers on a fireman named Guy Montag who burns books and is by Ray Bradbury.

(buzzer beeps) Brianna, Montrose.

- "Catcher in the Rye?"

- Is incorrect, rebound to Blue Ridge.

(alarm rings) That novel was "Fahrenheit 451."

Let's go to another tossup.

What quantity, the second moment of a probability distribution is denoted by sigma squared and equals the square of a standard deviation.

(buzzer beeps) Daegan, Montrose.

- Variance.

- Is correct, and your bonus question, what picture book by Maurice Sendak describes a forest that grows inside the bedroom of Max, a boy who makes mischief while wearing a wolf costume?

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- That's "Where the Wild Things Are."

Let's go to another tossup.

What devices have bases sized by E numbers, employ tungsten filaments, have types such as CFL and incandescent and were pioneered by Thomas Edison.

(buzzer beeps) Daegan, Montrose.

- Light bulbs?

- Is correct, and your bonus question, what jazz band leader who led a January, 1938, concert at Carnegie Hall was a clarinettist who was nicknamed the King of Swing?

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- That's Benny Goodman.

Here's our next tossup.

What place, which suffered through the starving time, was founded in 1607 in Virginia as the first permanent English settlement.

(buzzer beeps) Daegan, Montrose.

- Jamestown.

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

Which country was led by Suharto's dictatorial New Order government after he overthrew its founding father Sukarno.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- That is Indonesia, Indonesia.

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

(thunder crashes) (lighting crackles) This time Montrose will pick first.

Your categories are world mountains or Illinois companies.

(buzzer beeps) - The World Mountains.

- World Mountains it is.

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

Name the country that contains these mountains, Mount Fuji.

(buzzer beeps) Don't know you can pass.

- India?

- Japan.

- Mount Olympus.

(buzzer beeps) Greece.

Yes.

Mount Kailash, which lies within Tibet.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- China, Mount Elbrus.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- Russia, Mount Aetna.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

Italy, Mount Cook, which is called Aoraki in the Maori language.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- New Zealand, Mount Ararat.

(buzzer beeps) - Turkey?

- Yes.

Mount Kilimanjaro.

(buzzer beeps) - Japan?

- Tanzania, Chimberazo.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- Ecuador, Mount Kosciuszko.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

That's Australia.

All right, that's going to do it for your portion of the lightning round, Montrose, great job.

Blue Ridge, we're coming over to you and your remaining category will be Illinois companies.

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

Name these companies headquartered in Illinois, Fast food chain that sells Big Macs.

(buzzer beeps) - McDonald's.

- Yes, insurance company that is like a good neighbor.

(buzzer beeps) - State Farm.

- Yes, world's third largest airline after Delta and American.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- United Pharmacy chain whose logo is a red W. (buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- Walgreens, food company whose brands include Oscar Meyer and Ore-Ida.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- That's Kraft Heinz, agricultural machinery manufacturer known for green tractors.

(buzzer beeps) - John Deere?

- Yes, retail company co-founded by Alvah Roebuck that published a 532 page catalog in 1895.

(buzzer beeps) - Sears.

- Yes, hotel chain owned by Pritzker family.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- Hyatt, subsidiary of Lenovo that released the foldable Razor smartphone.

(buzzer beeps) - Samsung?

(alarm rings) - Motorola.

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

And after that we currently have Montrose in the lead over Blue Ridge 130 to 55.

And we're now going to go ahead and begin the last quarter of the game with this tossup question.

What class of animals that include Caecilians is named after a member's ability to undergo metamorphosis from underwater forms to air-breathing ones.

(buzzer beeps) Brianna, Montrose.

- Amphibians?

- Is correct, and your bonus question.

In April, 2023, Santiago Pena, a member of the Colorado Party was elected president of what landlocked South American country?

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- Okay, we're looking for Paraguay.

Let's go to another tossup.

Tyler1 is a streamer of what game which features champions such as Annie and Lux battling to destroy the enemy nexus and is a MOBA by Riot Games.

(alarm rings) That is "League of Legends," "League of Legends."

Here's our next tossup question.

What river is crossed by the Allenby bridge near Jericho, empties into the Dead Sea and shares its name with a government governed from Amman.

(alarm rings) Okay, that is the Jordan River, the Jordan River.

Let's go to another tossup.

What structures derive from megakaryocytes, are held in place by a fibrin mesh during clotting and are cell fragments found in the bloodstream?

(alarm rings) We're looking for platelets.

Let's go ahead and move on to the next tossup.

What European king commissioned the Sans Souci palace, invaded Silesia to start the war of the Austrian succession and was a great king of Prussia?

(alarm rings) That European king was Frederick The Great.

Our next tossup, what novel in which the vicious dog Bullseye is owned by burglar Bill Sykes is named for a workhouse orphan and was written by Charles Dickens.

(alarm rings) That is "Oliver Twist."

Let's go now to our next tossup.

What region, home to the dwarf planet Haumea and a source of short-period comets beyond the orbit of Neptune, is a belt named for a Dutch astronomer.

(buzzer beeps) Brianna, Montrose.

- Orion?

- Is incorrect, rebound to Blue Ridge.

(alarm rings) That belt is the Kuiper Belt.

All right, our next tossup question here, what legislature, whose first president was Peyton Randolph of Virginia opened in 1775 and governed the US at the start of the American Revolution?

(alarm rings) That was the Second Continental Congress.

Here's our next tossup.

What literary genre which includes works named for (speaks in foreign language) Eric the Red, and other medieval Icelanders has a name that now denotes a long story.

(buzzer beeps) Brianna, Montrose.

- Novel?

- Is incorrect, rebound to Blue Ridge.

(alarm rings) Okay, we're looking for saga.

Here's our next tossup and get your pencils and papers ready.

What number of degrees is equivalent to 2/3 pi radians given that 90 degrees is equivalent to 1/2 pi radians?

(buzzer beeps) Daegan, Montrose.

- 120.

- Is correct, and your bonus question, what biblical queen whose story is celebrated on the holiday of Purim exposes a conspiracy against the Jews drawn up by the vizier?

(buzzer beeps) Daegan, Montrose.

- Esther?

- Is correct for your bonus points, Montrose.

And that's the end of the game.

And our winner tonight is Montrose over Blue Ridge, 155 to 55.

Congratulations, Montrose, you are going to be moving on and we'll see you next time with another round of "Scholastic Scrimmage".

(quick music begins) I'm your host Paul Lazar, and thanks for watching.