(collegiate music) - Welcome to the 17th season of WVIAs Scholastic Scrimmage.

I'm your host Regina Myers.

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.

Tonight's match features Carbondale versus Wayne Highlands.

Representing Carbondale are Brian Rupture, Julia Murphy, Maddie Kelsh, their Captain Robert Constantine and their advisor is Samantha Masco.

Representing Wayne Highlands are Mattice Harkum, Klayre Yarish, Avery Olinger, Chloe Wolfe, the captain, and their alternates are Jordan Patsuk and Ella Miller and their advisor is Laura Lockwood.

Scholastic Scrimmage is a game of rapid recall of factual information.

Let's take a minute 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 will be given the toss-up points but will not receive a bonus question.

Let's get started with our first toss-up.

What businessman who founded the Boring company and proposed the Hyperloop is the?

(buzzer) - Elon Musk.

- Elon Musk, Avery from Wayne Highland, is the correct answer and your bonus.

What child of Amanda Wingfield, whose plerosis leads to the nickname Blue Roses from Jim O'Connor owns the title collection in "The Glass Menagerie"?

- Pass.

- The correct answer is Laura Wingfield.

Toss-up.

What is the profession of a character who is taken to a valley by a rock, gives a cut to Harun al-Rashid, his name's Sinbad and goes on seven voyages?

(buzzer) - Robert, Carbondale.

- Monk?

- Monk is incorrect, rebound to Wayne Highlands.

No one?

The correct answer is sailor.

Toss-up.

What legume is used whole in the Indian dish chana masala, ground into a flour in Middle Eastern falafel and cooked and mashed in the dip hummus?

(buzzer) Avery, Wayne Highlands.

- Chickpea?

- Chickpea, Avery's correct answer and your bonus.

What author portrayed a clairvoyant boy in his story "The Rocking Horse Winner" and privately published his controversial novel, "Lady Chatterley's Lover"?

(bell sounding) That was DH Lawrence.

Toss-up.

What Queen, who was wrongfully accused of fraud in the Diamond Necklace Affair, married Louis the 16th and was guillotined in the French Revolution?

(buzzer) - Chloe, Wayne Highlands.

- Marie Antoinette?

- Marie Antoinette's a correct answer and your bonus.

Cars are banned on what island which shares its name with the strait that separates Michigan's upper and lower peninsulas?

(bell sounding) It is Mackinac Island.

Toss-up.

What poet described seeing the margin of a bay covered with a never ending line of daffodils in the 1807 romantic poem, "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud"?

(bell sounding) That was William Wordsworth.

Toss-up.

What element whose carbonate salt was used in white paints before its neurotoxicity was proven is used in shielding for?

(buzzer) Avery, Wayne Highlands.

- Lead?

- Lead, Avery's correct answer and your bonus, Wayne Highlands.

What future United States president defeated a British invasion of Louisiana in January 1815, weeks after the treaty?

(buzzer) - Chloe?

- Andrew Jackson?

- Andrew Jackson's correct answer for your bonus points.

Toss-up.

What painter who painted a portrait of Thomas Moore while living in England in the 1520s included a highly distorted skull in his "The Ambassadors"?

(bell sounding) That would be Hans Holbein.

Toss-up.

What philosopher, whom Averroës called the First Teacher, found the Paripatetic School, taught at the Lyceum, and tutored Alexander the Great?

(bell sounding) That was Aristotle.

Toss-up.

What disaster which coincided with a similar event in Peshtigo, Wisconsin, was blamed on Mrs. O'Leary's cow and an 18?

(buzzer) - Chloe, Wayne Highlands.

- The Great Chicago Fire.

- Is the correct answer, Chloe, and your bonus, Wayne Highlands.

While the interval from C to G is a perfect fifth, what adjective describes the interval of a fifth from C to G sharp, which is a half step larger?

(bell sounding) Okay, the correct answer is augmented.

That is the end of the first quarter and it's now time for the Lightning Round.

(electrical sound) 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 will pick first.

Your categories are T in mathematics or plays by country.

- We'll do the math one.

- T in mathematics, okay.

Time begins when I finish reading the first question.

Give these mathematical terms that start with a letter T. Number that is the base of the decimal system.

(buzzer) - Brian.

- Ten.

- [Regina] Correct.

Polygon with the fewest sides.

(buzzer) - Pass.

- [Regina] Triangle.

Trig function equal to opposite over adjacent.

(buzzer) Brian.

- Tangent.

- [Regina] Correct.

Donut shaped solid.

(buzzer) - Pass.

- [Regina] Torus.

Transformation that slides a shape without rotation or reflection.

(buzzer) - Pass.

- Translation.

Platonic solid with four faces.

(buzzer) - Pass.

- [Regina] Tetrahedron.

Reflecting a matrix over its main diagonal.

(buzzer) - Pass.

- [Regina] Transpose.

Primes that differ by two, also called prime players.

(buzzer) - Pass.

- [Regina] Twin.

Quadrilateral with one pair of parallel sides.

(bell sounding) Trapezoid.

Moving over to our team from Wayne Highlands.

Your category is plays by country.

Given a play, named the modern day country that contains the author's birthplace.

"Tartuffe."

(buzzer) - Pass - [Regina] France.

"Uncle Vanya."

(buzzer) - Pass - [Regina] Russia.

"Our Town".

- America.

- [Regina] Correct.

"All's Well That Ends Well".

- England?

- [Regina] Correct.

"Lysistrata."

(buzzer) - Pass.

- Greece.

"Hedda Gabler" (buzzer) - Pass.

- [Regina] Norway.

"The Importance of Being Earnest".

- England.

- [Regina] Ireland.

"The House of Bernarda Alba."

(buzzer) - England?

- [Regina] Spain.

"Mother Courage And Her Children".

(buzzer) - England?

- [Regina] Germany.

"Six Characters In Search of an Author".

(buzzer) - Pass.

(bell sounding) - Italy.

Okay, that sound means we've reached the end of this Lightning Round, so let's take a look at our score.

We currently have Carbondale with 10 points and Wayne Highlands with 65 points.

We're gonna move into the second quarter with this toss-up question.

What drug, similar to an ancient remedy made from the willow tree, was made by Bayer, is also called acetylsalicylic acid and is a common painkiller?

(buzzer) Chloe, Wayne Highlands.

- Aspirin?

- Aspirin, Chloe is the correct answer and your bonus, Wayne Highlands.

Trumpet, the winner of Best in Show at the 2022 Westminster Kennel Dog Show is what breed, whose name may be used to refer to detectives?

(buzzer) - Is it a Labrador?

- It is not a Labrador, it is a bloodhound.

Toss-up.

What baseball stadium is home to a mascot named Wally, has a left field wall called the Green Monster and is.

(buzzer) Robert, Carbondale.

- Boston Red Sox?

- Is incorrect.

I will complete the question and rebound to Wayne Highlands.

Wall called the green monster and is home to the Boston Red Sox?

- Fenway?

- Fenway's correct answer Klayre, for your rebound points.

Toss-up.

What book which contains the line.

"Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity," is a memoir about life near a pond in the woods by Henry David Thoreau?

(buzzer) - "Walden".

- Walden, Avery is correct answer and your bonus, Wayne Highlands.

The Itaipu Dam is shared between Brazil and what smaller of South America's two landlocked countries?

(buzzer) - Paraguay?

- Paraguay, Mattice, is correct answer for your bonus points.

Toss-up.

What former general promoted the Six Arrows, introduced the Latin alphabet, banned the fez and promoted secularism as the first president of Turkey?

(buzzer) - Atulke?

- [Regina] I'm sorry?

- Atulke?

- [Regina] Say it one more time.

- Atulke, Atalk.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Carbondale.

No one?

The correct answer is Kemal Atatürk.

Toss-up.

What TV character who grew up in Nebraska before becoming a waitress at a Cheesecake Factory in Pasadena, marries Leonard on "The Big Bang Theory"?

(buzzer) Julia, Carbondale.

- Haley Cuoco?

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Wayne Highlands.

No one?

The correct answer is Penny Hofstadter.

Toss-up.

Pencil paper ready.

What is the value of the exponent when the number 820,000 is written in scientific notation?

(buzzer) - Four.

- [Regina] Avery.

- Four?

- [Regina] Four is incorrect.

Complete.

Rebound to Carbondale.

Anyone?

- Five.

- Five, Brian is correct answer for your rebound points.

Toss-up.

What city state was ruled by the Agiad and Eurypontid kings, was served by slaves called helots and sent troops to Thermopylae under King Leonidas?

(buzzer) Avery?

- Is that Troy?

- Troy is incorrect.

Rebound to Carbondale.

(buzzer) - Italy?

- Italy is incorrect.

It is Sparta.

Toss-up.

What character has his gold stolen by Dunsey Cass, adopts the young girl Eppie and is the title "Weaver of Raveloe" in a novel by George Eliot?

(buzzer sounding) That was "Silas Marner".

Toss-up.

What country contains most of the world's Wolof speakers, is the western-most country on the African mainland and is governed from Dakar?

(bell sounding) (buzzer) Robert?

- Nicaragua?

- Nicaragua's incorrect, rebound to Wayne Highlands.

No one.

Okay, the correct answer is Senegal.

We're gonna give our teams a little bit of a break and give you an opportunity to get to know them a little better.

Let's start with our team from Carbondale and Brian, we'll start with you.

We'll ask everybody the same question.

If you tell us a little bit about yourself.

What you like to do in school and out of school?

- My favorite subject's math.

I like to exercise and play sports outside of school.

- [Regina] What sports do you play?

- Basketball and football mainly.

- [Regina] Good.

Julia?

- In school, my favorite subject's biology and I play basketball outside of school.

- [Regina] At the high school?

- Yep.

- [Regina] Maddie?

- My favorite subject is biology and outside of school I play softball and volleyball.

- [Regina] Great.

Robert?

- My favorite subject in school is history and outside of school I play basketball.

- Everybody's into sports and subjects, right?

Different.

Each view, different subject.

Moving over to our team from Wayne Highlands, Mattice, why don't we start with you?

- My favorite subject is history and I play soccer outside of school.

- [Regina] Okay.

Klayre?

- My favorite subject is probably English and I play softball outside of school.

- [Regina] Avery.

- My favorite subjects are history and political science and outside of school I do oral transcriptions for the National Park Service and I play soccer.

- [Regina] Very good.

Chloe.

- My favorite subject is anatomy and physiology and I'm training to be an EMT.

- Awesome, well good luck with that.

It was great to get to know all of you.

Let's get started with another toss-up.

What vehicle which the Rogers Commission found had suffered O-ring failure held astronauts including Christa McAuliffe when it exploded in?

(buzzer) Chloe, Wayne Highlands.

- The Challenger?

- Challenger, Chloe's correct answer and your bonus.

In 2022, Amanda Lee became the first demonstration pilot for what Navy Squadron, the United States' oldest aerobatics team?

(buzzer) - Flying Aces?

- Flying Aces, Avery is incorrect.

It is the Blue Angels.

Toss-up.

What country lost Schleswig-Holstein in an 1864?

(buzzer) - Denmark.

- [Regina] I'm sorry?

- Denmark.

- Denmark is correct answer, Mattice and your bonus, Wayne Highlands.

Dutch van der Linde and John Marston each appear in multiple games in what open world action series set around the turn of the 20th century?

(buzzer) - Call of Duty?

- Call of Duty is incorrect.

It is Red Dead.

Toss-up.

What character reads "Dover Beach" to his wife Mildred and her friends, is a book burning fireman and is the protagonist of "Fahrenheit 451"?

(bell ringing) He is Guy Montag.

Toss-up.

What country controls the Lighthouse Reef and Great Blue Hole, is the only English-speaking country in Latin America and is governed from Belmopan?

(buzzer) - Guyana?

- Guyana is incorrect, Mattice, rebound to Carbondale.

(buzzer) Robert?

- Puerto Rico?

- Puerto Rico is incorrect.

It is Belize.

Toss-up.

What force must have a strength of mass times velocity squared over radius for uniform circular motion and points inward unlike centrifugal?

(buzzer) - Avery, Wayne Highlands.

- Centripetal force?

- Centripetal, Avery is correct answer and your bonus, Wayne Highlands.

What dialogue between Prince Arjuna and his chariot driver, Krishna, is part of the "Mahabharata" that expresses core Hindu doctrines?

No answer?

Okay.

The correct answer is "Bhagavadgita".

Toss-up.

What country's president Kais Saied spearheaded a July 2022 referendum that undid reforms from when this North African country began the Arab Spring?

(buzzer) - Egypt?

- Egypt is incorrect, Mattice.

Rebound to Carbondale.

(buzzer) Robert?

- Iran.

- Iran is incorrect.

It is Tunisia.

Toss-up.

What book series that began in 1992 depicted the ventriloquist dummy "Slappy" and a haunted mask?

(buzzer) Avery, Wayne Highlands.

- "Goosebumps."

"Goosebumps", Avery's correct answer and your bonus.

What activist who texted Mark Meadows, "Release the Kraken and save us from the left taking America down", is the wife of a Supreme Court Justice?

(buzzer) - Ginny Thomas?

- Ginny Thomas is correct answer for your bonus points.

Toss-up.

What profession is practiced in Italy by people known as carabinier, in France by people known as gendarme and in London by people called Bobby's?

(buzzer) Chloe.

- Police officer?

- Police officer, Chloe's correct answer and your bonus, Wayne Highlands.

What author who wrote about high school basketball star Harry Angstrom in a series of novels also wrote "The Witches of Eastwick"?

No?

The correct answer is Updike.

That sound you heard signals the end of the third quarter and another Lightning Round.

(electrical sound) This time Wayne Highlands will pick first.

Your categories are Que, Q U E or state nicknames.

- State nicknames.

- State nicknames.

The time begins when I finish reading the first question.

State nicknames.

Which United States state is known by the nickname the Empire State?

(buzzer) Chloe.

- New York?

- [Regina] Correct.

The Golden State.

(buzzer) - California?

- [Regina] Correct.

Land of 10,000 Lakes.

(buzzer) Chloe.

- Minnesota?

- [Regina] Correct.

The Last Frontier.

(buzzer) - Alaska?

- [Regina] Correct.

The Old Dominion.

(buzzer) - Pass.

- [Regina] Virginia.

The Show-Me State.

(buzzer) - Nebraska?

- Missouri.

The Bluegrass State.

(buzzer) Chloe.

- Mississippi?

- [Regina] Kentucky.

The Equality State, it is also called the Cowboy State.

(buzzer) - Texas.

- [Regina] Wyoming.

The Magnolia State.

(buzzer) - Georgia?

- Mississippi.

The Treasure State, it is also called the Last Best Place.

(buzzer) - Pass.

- Montana.

Moving over to our team from Carbondale.

The category is Que, Q U E. Give these words that either begin or end with the consecutive letters, Q U E. One of a kind.

(buzzer) Julia.

- Unique?

- [Regina] Correct.

A long journey with a noble mission.

(buzzer) - Quest.

- [Regina] Quest is the correct answer.

A very old-fashioned item.

(buzzer) Julia.

- Antique?

- [Regina] Correct.

Not transparent.

(buzzer) Maddie.

- Oblique?

- [Regina] Is incorrect.

It's opaque.

A Mexican dish of melted cheese in a grilled tortilla.

(buzzer) Julia.

- Quesadilla?

- Correct.

An exclusionary social group.

(buzzer) Julia.

- Pass.

- Clique.

Nauseous and dizzy.

(buzzer) - Queasy?

- [Regina] Correct.

The condition of someone's body, especially if fit and attractively muscled.

(buzzer) Julia.

- Physique.

- [Regina] Physique is correct.

To satisfy a thirst or desire.

(buzzer) Julia.

- Quench?

- Correct.

A French soup made with crustaceans.

(buzzer) Julia.

- Bisque?

- Correct.

Let's update our score.

We currently now have Carbondale with 60 points and Wayne Highlands with 175 points.

We'll now begin the last segment of the game with this toss-up.

What man who spoke about his dog, Checkers, when he was Dwight Eisenhower's running mate, left the White House in 1974 amid.

(buzzer) Chloe.

- Richard Nixon?

- Richard Nixon, Chloe's correct answer and your bonus, Wayne Highlands.

What Duchess of Aquitaine was the wife of Henry II of England and the mother of Richard the Lionheart and King John?

(buzzer) - Is that Alexandria?

- Alexandria is incorrect.

It is Eleanor.

Toss-up.

What country whose Kelang Valley contains the administrative center of Putrajaya, is home to the Petronas Towers in its capital of Kuala Lumpur?

(buzzer) - Pakistan?

- Pakistan is incorrect.

Rebound to Wayne Highlands.

No one?

The correct answer is Malaysia.

Toss-up.

What mathematician developed graph theory with a problem about seven bridges in?

(buzzer) Avery, Wayne Highlands.

- Descartes?

- Is incorrect.

I'll complete the question and rebound to Carbondale.

In Koenigsburg and lends his name to the base of the natural logarithm E?

Anyone?

The correct answer is Euler.

Toss-up.

What country, which from 1878 to 1980, was ruled by the True Whig party, was settled by formerly enslaved people from the United States who founded Monrovia?

(buzzer) - Liberia?

- Liberia is the answer given and that's the correct answer.

And your bonus, Wayne Highlands.

What mythological figure, the father of Icarus, designed the labyrinth?

(buzzer) Chloe.

- Daedalus?

- Daedalus is correct answer for your bonus points.

Toss-up.

What building whose competition-winning design by Danish architect Jorn Utzon features concrete shells, is a music hall in an Australian harbor?

(buzzer) - Sydney Opera House?

- Sydney is correct answer, Avery and your bonus, Wayne Highlands.

What joint stock company lost the battle of Plassey and was bankrupted after the 1761 destruction of its base at Pondichéry by its British rival?

(buzzer) Avery.

- Is that the Virginia?

- It is not.

It is the French East India.

Toss-up.

What country, where a 2022 oil facility explosion caused a fire in Matanzas, is where the United States officials first reported an illness called Havana Syndrome?

(bell sounding) That was Cuba.

Toss-up.

What seven-letter term refers to materials described by Jung's Model is that return to their original shape after deformation, such as rubber bands?

(buzzer) Avery, Wayne Highlands.

- Elasticity?

- Is the correct answer and your bonus, Wayne Highlands.

The rows of Pascal's triangle give the co-efficients named for what type of polynomial that has two terms?

(buzzer) This is a bonus for the Wayne Highlands team.

(buzzer) - A binomial?

- A binomial's correct answer for your bonus points.

Toss-up.

What composer who called the four taxi horns in "An American in Paris", used a clarinet glissando in the opening of his jazz-inspired "Rhapsody in Blue"?

(buzzer) Chloe.

- George Gershwin?

- Gershwin's correct answer and your bonus, Wayne Highlands.

Railways and utilities can be examples of the natural kind of what market structure characterized by having only one seller?

(buzzer) - Infrastructure?

- Infrastructure is incorrect.

The correct answer there was monopoly and just in time.

That is the end of our game.

So let's take a look at our score.

We have Carbondale with 60 points and Wayne Highlands with 235 points.

Congratulations Wayne Highlands, you'll be moving on and we'll see you next time with another round of Scholastic Scrimmage.

I'm your host Regina Myers and thanks for watching.

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