(upbeat music) - Welcome to the 16th 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.

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

This year's Scholastic Scrimmage looks a little different and the rules have been revised due to the pandemic 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 lightning rounds in each game.

Judges tonight are K-12 educators from the WVIA viewing area and tonight's match features Carbondale and Mountain View.

Playing in the first half for Carbondale are Bayley Grisanti and Alyvia Chavonne.

Their advisor is Samantha Masco.

Representing Mountain View in the first half are Jonathan Simmerleski and Jimmy Bernaski.

Their advisor is Charlene Martins.

The alternates are Paige Strickland and Nick Schmidt.

Well let's get started.

Carbondale has won the coin toss and will receive the first question, which is, in 2020, scientists found what species developed a gene that reduced miscarriages and through interbreeding passed it to humans in Europe?

- Bats - Is incorrect.

Rebound now to Mountain View.

(whispering) - Do you have anything?

No answer.

- All right, we are looking for Neanderthals.

Mountain View, here comes your first question of the game.

What phenomenon, whose name is sometimes combined with stagnation involves an increase in the CPI or an increase in the prices of goods over time?

- Inflation.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

In what US city did a 1921 massacre take place in its Greenwood district, sometimes referred to as Black Wall Street?

- New York City.

- Is incorrect.

We looking for Tulsa.

Carbondale, it's back to you now.

What mountain range whose highest peak is Mount Mitchell has the Alleghenies and Blue Ridge Mountains as sub ranges and runs along the Eastern US?

- The Appalachian Mountains.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question?

What poet of constantly risking absurdity co-founded San Francisco City Lights bookstore and wrote the collection "A Coney Island of the Mind"?

- No answer.

- Okay, that was Lawrence Ferlinghetti.

Mountain View, it is back to you.

What man who proceeded Debbie Stabenow as chair of the Democratic Policy Committee is the Senior Senator from New York and the Senate majority leader?

- Is it McConnell?

Mitch McConnell.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Carbondale.

- No answer.

- No, we're looking for Chuck Schumer.

All right Carbondale, here comes your next question.

What cycle is named for a substance that flows as runoff and has reservoir such as glaciers and includes the steps of evaporation and precipitation?

- Water cycle.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

What modern day country, home to the birthplace of Joseph Stalin has its capital at Tbilisi?

- No answer.

- All right, that was Georgia.

Mountain View, here comes your next question.

What 2020 film in which Mary J Blige voices Queen Essence is about six tribes with different musical styles and is a sequel to the film, "Trolls"?

- "Trolls 2" - Is incorrect.

Rebound to Carbondale.

- No answer.

- All right, that was "Trolls World Tour".

Carbondale, here comes your next question.

What city, where the 1849 mayor uprising took place, is the capital of the German state of Saxony and was heavily bombed during World War II?

- No answer.

(beeping sound) - Okay, rebound out to Mountain View.

- Dresden.

- Is correct for your rebound points, Mountain View.

And here comes your next question.

What term for the combination of alleles in a particular organism is distinguished from the outward manifestation of those alleles of the phenotype?

- The genotype.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

What intensive quantity, whose value for water once defined the calorie is the energy per unit mass needed to raise temperature by one degree?

- Specific heat.

- Is correct for your bonus point, Mountain View.

Great job.

(small explosion) 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.

Carbondale has won the coin toss and we'll pick first.

Your categories are element names or Paris.

- Element names.

- Element names, it is.

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

What chemical element is named after the Greek for water forming?

- Pass.

- [Paul Lazar] Hydrogen.

The developer of relativity theory?

- Einsteinium.

- [Paul Lazar] Yes.

What was once the ninth planet from the sun?

- Plutonium.

- [Paul Lazar] Yes, the Greek for color?

- Pass.

- [Paul Lazar] That's Chromium.

A married pair of French chemists?

- Pass.

- Curium.

The Roman God of commerce?

- Pass.

- [Paul Lazar] Mercury.

The Greek for new?

- Pass.

- [Paul Lazar] That's Neon.

The Latin name, what is now France?

- Francium.

- [Paul Lazar] Gallium.

An alternative name for Freya, a Norse goddess of beauty?

- Pass.

(buzzer beeping) - That's Vanadium.

All right,Carbondale, that's gonna wrap up your portion of the lightening round.

Mountain View, we're coming your way.

And your remaining category will be Paris.

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

Name these places one might see while visiting Paris.

This French river flows through it?

- No answer.

- [Paul Lazar] That's Seine.

A thousand foot high iron structure on the Champ de Mars?

- Eiffel tower.

- [Paul Lazar] Yes.

It's main airport named for a 20th century French president?

- No answer.

- [Paul Lazar] That's Charles de Gaulle.

This cathedral was devastated by an April, 2019 fire?

- Notre Dame Cathedral.

- [Paul Lazar] Yes.

These massive gardens share their name with a small neighboring country.

- Belgium.

- No answer.

- That's Luxembourg.

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec frequently painted this cabaret club.

- No answer - [Paul Lazar] Moulin Rouge.

This museum houses the Mona Lisa?

- The Louvre.

- [Paul Lazar] Yes.

This arch honors those killed in the French revolutionary wars and sits above the tomb of the unknown soldier?

- The Champs-Elysees.

- Is incorrect Arc de Triomphe.

The tour de France conclude- (buzzer beeping) Well, we didn't get to that one.

Mountain View, that's going to do it for your portion of the lightning round as well.

And after that, we currently have Mountain View in the lead over Carbondale, 65 to 40.

Well, we're now gonna 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.

Let's start with the students from Carbondale and Bayley I'll come to you first.

Tell me what your favorite subject is in school and why?

- My favorite subject is anything math related through geometry because I just like number more than words.

- Okay, excellent.

Thanks for being here Bailey.

Olivia, what's your favorite subject?

- My favorite subject is Biology because I like to learn about how the body works.

- Excellent, thanks for being here Carbondale.

Mountain View, coming over to you.

Jonathan, what is your favorite subject and why?

- I also enjoy biology.

I just really liked the teacher and just the content.

It's very... She makes it very interesting.

- Absolutely.

And Jimmy, what's your favorite subject?

- My favorite subject is AP bio, reasons because I really find it interesting.

The labs we do, the tests are hard but like, the teacher makes it engaging and it's a fun class.

- Excellent, it was very nice to meet all of you.

Now, let's go ahead and begin the second quarter with this question that goes to Mountain View.

What country, whose people's action party is led by Lee Kuan Yew's son, Lee Hsien Loong, is an island city state off the Malay Peninsula?

- Singapore.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

What's European cities, Tegle and Schoenefeld Airports closed in 2020 in anticipation of the opening of its new Brandenburg airport?

- Venice.

- Nope, we're looking for Berlin.

Okay Carbondale, here comes your next question.

What four-letter prefix which describes a Nevada factory operated by Tesla also describes 1 billion bytes and comes between mega and tera?

- Giga.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

The Day of the Dupes was an attempt to topple what French Cardinal who was called the Red Eminence and advised King Louis XIII?

- Francis.

- No, we were looking for Cardinal Richellieu.

Mountain View, it's back to you now.

What quantity which can't be precisely measured simultaneously with position due to the Heisenberg uncertainty principle equals mass times velocity?

- Density.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound now to Carbondale.

- Momentum.

- Is correct for your rebound points, Carbondale.

Great job.

Here comes your next question.

What author who produced a number of stories about fictional writer, Henry Beck, wrote four novels about Harry Armstrong, including "Rabbit at Rest"?

- No answer.

- Okay, rebound to Mountain View.

- No answer.

- Okay, that author was John Updike.

Mountain View, here's your next question.

What Scott included "Before You Go" on the extended edition of his album, "Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent" which also features someone you loved?

- No answer.

- Okay, rebound now to Carbondale.

- No answer.

- Okay, that was Lewis Capaldi.

Carbondale, here comes your next question.

What mountain range which is home to a large talc mine at Trimouns reaches its western terminus at the Bay of Biscay and separates France and Spain?

- No answer.

- Okay, rebound a Mountain View.

- No answer.

- Okay, those mountains are the Pyrenees.

Mountain View, here's your next question.

What leader who purged the Ba'ath Party in 1979 was captured in Operation Red Dawn and executed in 2006 and was a long time dictator of Iraq?

- Saddam Hussein.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

The Corn Laws were examples of what sort of tax that is supported by protectionists and opposed by advocates of free trade?

- No answer.

- Okay, that's tariffs.

Carbondale, it's back to you.

What quantity is zero around a loop, according to Kirchhoff's loop rule and defers by an amount equal to the EMF across the terminals of a battery?

- No answer.

- Okay, rebound to Mountain View.

- No answer.

- Okay, the answer was voltage.

And after one half of play, we currently have Mountain View in the lead over Carbondale, 85 to 60.

We wanna say thank you to Bailey and Olivia from Carbondale.

And thank you as well to Jonathan and Jimmy from Mountain View.

You guys were fabulous.

Thank you so very much.

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

Now, joining us for Carbondale are Aviana Police and Sarah Talerico.

And representing Mountain View are Connor Mancuso and Megan Ziprich.

And this first question in the third quarter goes to Carbondale.

That question is, what commander who executed enormous ambush against Gaius Flaminius at Lake Trasimene, led the Carthaginian army in the Second Punic War?

- No answer.

- Okay, we're going to rebound to Mountain View.

- Hannibal.

- Is correct for your rebound points, Mountain View.

And here comes your next question and get your pencils and papers ready.

What is the smallest value of X that satisfies the inequality 2x plus 6 is greater than or equal to 14?

- 4.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question which is also a math question.

What is the area of a triangle with two sides of lengths 4 and 9 that joined to form a 30-degree angle?

(buzzer beeping) - Okay, that answer was 9.

Carbondale, it's back to you.

What man built a wooden calf for Pasiphae, designed the Labyrinth on Crete and fashioned wings of feathers and wax for himself and his son Icarus?

- No answer.

- Okay, rebound now to Mountain View.

- No answer.

- Okay, that was Dedalus, Dedalus.

Mountain View, here's your next question.

What man who in 1943, was elected governor of California wrote the majority opinion in the Supreme court case, Brown v. Board, while Chief Justice?

(buzzer beeping) Rebound now to Carbondale.

- No answer.

- Okay, that was Earl Warren, Earl Warren.

Carbondale, here's your next question.

What skyscraper designed by William van Allen has exterior ornaments designed to resemble fenders and hubcaps and is named for a car manufacturer?

- Chrysler Building.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

What Russian who dedicated his second piano concerto to his hypnotist Nikolai Dahl included 24 variations in "Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini"?

- No answer.

- Okay, that was Sergei Rachmaninoff.

Mountain View, it's back to you.

What computer component can have an ATX form factor, may have PCI express slots and has sockets for the chip set, CPU and Ram to plug into?

- Hard drive.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Carbondale.

- No answer.

- Okay, we're looking for motherboard.

Carbondale, here's your next question.

What author who repeated the line, "This is the way the world ends" at the end of his poem "The Hollow Men" wrote the love song of "J. Alfred Prufrock"?

- No answer.

- Okay, rebound now to Mountain View.

- No answer.

- Okay, that was T.S.

Eliot.

(buzzer beeping) .

T.S.

Eliot.

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

(mild explosion sound) This time, Mountain View we'll pick first.

Your categories are: TV weddings or New Year's Day.

- New Year's Day.

- New Year's Day it is.

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

Answer the following about January 1st.

African-American holiday held that ends on January 1st.

- Kwanzaa.

- [Paul Lazar] Yes.

The Catcher in the Rye author born on that day.

- J.D.

Salinger.

- [Paul Lazar] Yes.

City named for its Portuguese discovery on January 1st.

- Pass.

- [Paul Lazar] Rio de Janeiro.

Proclamation that took effect January 1st, 1863.

- Emancipation Proclamation.

- Yes.

First FBI director born on that day.

- Pass.

- [Paul Lazar] That's J. Edgar Hoover.

Great Saint from Caesarea whose Byzantine feast day is January 1st.

- Pass.

- [Paul Lazar] That's Basil the Great.

General nicknamed Mad Anthony born on that day.

- Pass.

- [Paul Lazar] Anthony Wayne.

First African-American woman elected to Congress who died on January 1st, 2005.

- Pass.

(buzzer beeping) - Paul Lazar] That's Shirley Chisholm, Shirley Chisholm.

Okay Mountain View, great job on the lightning round.

We're gonna come over to Carbondale now.

Your remaining category will be TV weddings.

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

On what TV show did these couples get married?

Penny and Leonard Hofstedter.

- "The Big Bang Theory" - [Paul Lazar] Yes, Monica Geller and Chandler Bing.

- "Friends" - [Paul Lazar] Yes, Ben Wyatt and Leslie Knope.

- Pass.

- [Paul Lazar] "Parks and recreation" Becky Donaldson and Jesse Katsopolis.

- "Full House" - [Paul Lazar] Yes, Ted Mosbey and the title character.

- Pass.

- "How I Met Your Mother" Jim Halpert and Pam Beesley.

- "The Office."

- "The Office."

- [Paul Lazar] Yes, Cameron Tucker and Mitchell Pritchett.

- Pass.

- [Paul Lazar] "Modern Family" Matthew Crawley and Lady Mary Crawley.

- Pass.

- [Paul Lazar] "Downtown Abbey."

Oliver Queen and Felicity Smoke.

- "The Class."

- [Paul Lazar] "Arrow."

Edmure Tully and Roslin Frey in the Red Wedding.

- "Game of Thrones" ( buzzer beeping) - Oh, you got it right but however, it was after the buzzer.

So we're going to have to say no to that, we didn't make it in time.

So, that's going to wrap up the lightning round and that has Mountain View in the lead over Carbondale, 135 to 110.

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.

Let's start with the students from Carbondale and Aviana I'll come your way first.

Tell me what your favorite subject is in school and why?

- I think I don't have a favorite subject because I enjoy learning in different areas.

- Okay, Sarah, what's your favorite subject?

- I'd say it has to be math and science 'cause those just come easiest for me.

- Excellent, thanks for being here Carbondale.

Mountain View, coming over to you.

Connor, what is your favorite subject in school and why?

- Probably something like math or statistics.

Something that you can use outside of school as well as inside of school.

So... - Excellent.

And Megan, your favorite subject.

- Mine is chemistry 'cause it includes like both science and math (indistinct).

- Excellent.

Well, it was very nice to meet all of you.

Now, let's go ahead and begin the fourth quarter with this question that goes to Mountain View.

What country which secured its independence at the battle of Ayacucho was home to the capital of an empire ruled by Atahualpa, the Inca Empire?

(buzzer beeping) - We ran out of time.

Rebound to Carbondale.

- No answer.

- Okay, that country is Peru.

Here comes your next question, Carbondale.

What Operatic character outwits Dr. Bartolo twice weds Susanna in the Mozart opera named for his marriage and is Rossini's The Barber of Seville?

- No answer.

- Okay, rebound to Mountain View now.

- No answer.

- Okay, that is Figaro, Figaro, Figaro.

Mountain View, here's your next question.

What element whose oxide is found in quartz is a group 14 element that is a metal alloy used as semi-conductors and has the atomic symbol SI?

- Silicon.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

What English explorer and captain of the discovery, along with a son and seven crewman, was set a drift by mutineers in James Bay in 1611?

- No answer.

- Okay, that Explorer was Henry Hudson.

Carbondale, here's your question.

London's Marylebone Club maintains the official rules of what game between 11 person teams trying to dismiss opposing batsman by bowling at a wicket?

- Cricket.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

What country's Congress refused to renew the franchise of the network ABS CBN in 2020, possibly because of its critical coverage of the president?

- No answer.

- Okay, that was the Philippines.

Mountain View, here's your next question.

In Islam, Eid-al-Fitr ends what time period during which devout Muslims tried to recite the entire Koran and from dawn to sunset each day, fast?

- Passover.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound out to Carbondale.

- Ramadan.

- Is correct for your rebound points, Carbondale.

And here comes your next question.

What man who confessed to killing Margaret Whitehead took an 1831 solar eclipse as a sign from God to lead a namesake slave uprising in Virginia?

- Nat Tunner.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

What kind of configuration whose electric field drops with a cube of distance consists of two equal and opposite charges with a small separation?

- No answer.

- Okay, that's electric dipole.

Mountain View, it's back to you.

What quantity, which for bismuth 210 is about five days, is the time it takes for the amount of a radioactive sample to lose 50% of its mass?

- Half-life.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

Sophie Turner and Priyanka Chopra are each married to members of what band, whose 2019 album is titled "Happiness Begins"?

- The Jonas Brothers.

- Is correct.

And back to Carbondale now.

What author satirically suggested that poor children should be eaten in his essay, "A Modest Proposal" and to pick that strange lands in "Gulliver's Travels"?

(buzzer beeping) - No answer.

- Okay, rebound now to Mountain View.

- No answer.

- Okay, that's Jonathan Swift.

And that's the end of the game.

And our winner tonight is Mountain View over Carbondale, 160 to 140.

Congratulations, Mountain View.

You are going to be moving on and we'll see you next time with another round of WVIA Scholastic Scrimmage.

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

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