(powerful music) (whistle tooting) ♪ Go - Welcome to the 18th season 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 one, three, or $5,000.

Tonight is the semi-final competition between LIU champion Crestwood and CSIU/BLaSTIU champion, Delaware Valley.

Representing Crestwood are Luke Joseph, Jeremy Muller, Eric Rinehimer, and Sean Rossi.

Their alternates are Sophia Cyphert and Matthew Miller.

And their advisors are Maria Koons and Jeff Bellas.

Representing Delaware Valley are Jackson Hancock, Andrea DelFreo, Owen Carso, and Riley Krick.

Their alternates are Isabella Hemler and Christopher Fleming, and their advisor is Robert Curtis.

"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 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 go ahead and begin the first quarter with this toss-up question.

What items, whose production was linked to a California outbreak of silicosis among workers, are cut from granite or quartz for use in kitchens?

(buzzer buzzes) Andrea, Delaware Valley.

- Countertops?

- Is correct, and here comes your bonus.

What New Deal agency, symbolized by a blue eagle, attempted to regulate industrial production before being eliminated in the Sick Chicken case?

- NRA?

- Sure.

(buzzer buzzes) - NRA?

- Is correct for your bonus points, DelVal.

Let's move on to another toss-up.

What rapper, who declared "Real Gs move in silence like lasagna" in the song "6 Foot 7 Foot," is nicknamed Wheezy and included the song- (buzzer buzzes) Riley, DelVal.

- Kanye West?

- Is incorrect.

I'll finish the question and rebound to Crestwood, and included the song "Lollipop" on "The Carter III"?

(buzzer buzzes) - Lil Wayne?

- Lil Wayne is correct for your rebound points, Crestwood.

And here's our next toss-up.

What quantity, which was theorized to gravitate towards a subsistence level in a namesake iron law, is the payment given to an employee for work?

(buzzer buzzes) Jackson, DelVal.

- Wages?

- Is correct, and your bonus, and get your pencils and papers ready.

If 2/7 of x is equal to 8, then what integer equals 1/2 of x?

(buzzer buzzes) Riley.

- 28?

- Is incorrect.

We're looking for 14, 14.

Let's move on to another toss-up.

What man, who changes his life after receiving silver candlesticks from a bishop- (buzzer buzzes) - Jean- - Luke, Crestwood.

- Jean Valjean?

- Is correct, and your bonus question, what man oversaw several rate increases after securing his second term as chairman of the Federal Reserve in 2022?

(buzzer buzzes) - Jerome Powell?

- Jerome Powell is correct for your bonus points, Crestwood.

And here comes your next toss-up.

What astronomer, who showed that Andromeda actually was a galaxy, is the namesake of a law describing the universe's expansion and a space telescope?

(buzzer buzzes) Jackson, DelVal.

- Hubble?

- Is correct, and your bonus now.

What first king of Hyrule and husband of Queen Sonia grafts his arm onto Link's body in "The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom"?

(team whispering) (timer beeps) That is Rauru, Rauru.

Here's our next toss-up question.

What president signed the Americans with Disabilities Act, oversaw the invasion of Panama, and was defeated for reelection in 1992 by Bill Clinton?

(buzzer buzzes) Riley, DelVal.

- George H.W.

Bush?

- Is correct, and your bonus question now, what Massachusetts-born artists showed a nude cabin boy floundering in the waters of Havana Harbor in his painting "Watson and the Shark"?

(team whispering) (buzzer buzzes) - Jackson Pollock.

- No, we're looking for John Singleton Copley.

Let's go to another toss-up question.

What planet is home to the massive volcano Olympus Mons, is the- (buzzer buzzes) Sean, Crestwood.

- Mars?

- Is correct, and your bonus question, what quantity, used in calculating some colligative properties, equals moles of solute divided by kilograms of solvent?

(buzzer buzzes) - Density?

- Nope, that answer was molality, molality.

Here's our next toss-up.

What play features the quality of mercy speech at a trial where an agreed-upon bond (signal blaring) of a pound of flesh is demanded by the Jewish moneylender Shylock?

(buzzer buzzes) Riley, DelVal.

- "The Merchant of Venice"?

- Is correct, and your bonus now, what proposed law first introduced in 2001 hopes to extend residency protections to undocumented immigrants who were brought to the US as minors?

- CARES Act?

(buzzer buzzes) The CARES Act?

- No, that was the DREAM Act, the DREAM Act.

Well, that sound that you heard signals the end of the first quarter, and it's now time for the Lightning Round.

(powerful music) (electricity buzzing) 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 The Argonauts or Fall of Dynasties.

- Fall of dynasties?

- Dynasties.

- Dynasties.

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

What European royal dynasty's rule was ended when the Franco-Prussian War deposed Napoleon III?

(buzzer buzzes) - Napoleon?

- [Paul] Be more specific.

- Bonaparte.

- Bonaparte?

- [Paul] Is correct.

When the Capetians supplanted the house of a great Frankish emperor?

(buzzer buzzes) - Pass.

- [Paul] Carolingian.

By the Russian Revolution in 1918.

(buzzer buzzes) - Romanovs?

- [Paul] Yes.

With the suicide of Nero.

(buzzer buzzes) - Roman?

- [Paul] Julio-Claudian.

In Spain in 1700 and in Austria in 1918.

(buzzer buzzes) - Habsburgs?

- Yes.

When the Stuart James I succeeded Elizabeth the I.

- Pass.

- Pass.

- [Paul] Tudor.

In 1254 after more than a century ruling the Holy Roman Empire.

(buzzer buzzes) - Pass.

- [Paul] Hohenstaufen.

When the war of the three Henrys took place in France.

(buzzer buzzes) - Pass.

(signal blaring) - Orleans.

- That was Valois.

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

DelVal, we're coming over to you, and your remaining category will be The Argonauts.

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

Give these answers related to the Argonauts from Greek myth.

Type of object the Argonauts were named for.

(buzzer buzzes) - Ship?

- [Paul] Yes.

the Argonauts leader.

(buzzer buzzes) - Jason.

- [Paul] Yes.

Sorceress who killed their leader's children.

(buzzer buzzes) - Morgana.

- [Paul] Medea.

Tribe to which the Argonaut Polyphemus belonged which warred against the centaurs.

(buzzer buzzes) - Cyclops?

- [Paul] Lapith.

Sea god who fathered the Argonaut Erginos.

(buzzer buzzes) - Poseidon?

- [Paul] Yes.

Sheep-produced artifact central to an Argonaut- (buzzer buzzes) - Golden fleece.

- [Paul] Yes.

Son of the Argonaut Pelias who had a vulnerable heel.

(buzzer buzzes) - Achilles?

- Yes.

Beast slain by the Argonaut Meleager.

- Cyclops.

(buzzer buzzes) Cyclops.

- [Paul] Calydonian boar.

Musician who helped the Argonauts withstand the Sirens.

(buzzer buzzes) - Apollo?

- [Paul] Orpheus.

Fleet-footed huntress who as a woman could not join the Argonauts.

(buzzer buzzes) - Artermis?

- No, that was Atalanta, Atalanta.

And that's going to do it for the Lightning Round, and after that, we currently have Delaware Valley in the lead over Crestwood, 80 to 50.

And we're now going to go ahead and begin the second quarter with this toss-up question.

What musical, whose songs include "The Lonely Goatherd" and "Edelweiss," is Rodgers and Hammerstein- (buzzer buzzes) Riley, DelVal.

- "Sound of Music"?

- Is correct, and here's your bonus.

What kingdom ceded about half its land in the treaties of Tilsit, which it signed after losing the battles of Jena and Auerstadt to Napoleon?

(team whispering) (buzzer buzzes) - Austria-Hungary?

- No, that answer was Prussia, Prussia.

Here comes our next toss-up.

What post-impressionist painter of many posters featuring Aristide Bruant often depicted Parisian nightlife in work set at the Moulin Rouge?

(timer beeps) That Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.

Let's go on now to another toss-up question.

Pirithous became stuck while on a mission to kidnap what goddess who previously ate six pomegranate seeds that- (buzzer buzzes) Riley, DelVal.

- Persephone?

- Is correct, and your bonus now, what novel by Gabriel Garcia Marquez details the love of Florentino Ariza and opens by narrating the death of Juvenal Urbino?

- "100 Years of Solitude"?

- Sure.

(buzzer buzzes) - "100 Years of Solitude"?

- No, this was "Love in the Time of Cholera."

Here's our next toss-up question, what quantity, whose total is given by a systems Hamiltonian, is conserved per the first law of thermodynamics and has potential and kinetic forms?

(buzzer buzzes) Luke, Crestwood.

- Energy?

- Is correct, and here comes your bonus.

Oda Nobunaga was murdered at the HonnM-ji temple in what city, the namesake of a 1997 protocol that aimed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions?

(buzzer buzzes) - Paris?

- No, that was Kyoto, Kyoto.

Let's go on now to another toss-up.

What president, who defended freed African men in The Amistad Case, was elected in the so-called Corrupt Bargain and was- (buzzer buzzes) Riley, DelVal.

- John Quincy Adams?

- Is correct, and here comes your bonus.

What 10-letter adjective refers to a type of sculpture exemplified by an ancient depiction of Marcus Aurelius and by Donatello's statue "Gattamelata"?

- Contrapposto?

(buzzer buzzes) Contrapposto?

- No equestrian, equestrian.

Here's our next toss-up.

What author wrote about a drowsy syncopated tune playing on Lenox Avenue in "The Weary Blues," one of the poems he wrote during the Harlem Renaissance?

(buzzer buzzes) Owen, DelVal.

- Langston Hughes?

- Is correct, and your bonus question, the Tiburon Peninsula forms much of the southern coast of what French-speaking Caribbean nation that controls the island of Tortuga?

(buzzer buzzes) - Martinique?

- No, we're looking for Haiti, Haiti.

Here comes our next toss-up question.

What physicist, whose law of viscosity is broken by fluids such as oobleck, wrote the book "Principia," which includes his law of universal gravitation?

(buzzer buzzes) - Newton?

- Andrea, DelVal.

- Newton?

- Is correct, and your bonus question now, what four-letter name is shared by Saturn's second largest moon and a three-toed flightless bird native to South America?

(buzzer buzzes) - Kiwi.

- Rhea, Rhea was the answer.

Here's our next toss-up.

What government, whose slogans included Work, Family, Fatherland, was established in 1940 by Philippe Petain as a Nazi-collaborating regime- (buzzer buzzes) Jeremy, Crestwood.

- Vichy, France?

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

Members of what ethnic group fled Nagorno-Karabakh after its 2023 takeover by neighboring Azerbaijan?

(buzzer buzzes) - Armenians?

- Is correct for your bonus points, Crestwood.

And after one-half of play, we currently have Delaware Valley in the lead over Crestwood, 130 to 75.

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 Crestwood, and Luke, I will come to you first.

So let's just say hypothetically there's a movie made about you in the future.

Who would you like to play you in said film, and why?

- I'd say Danny DeVito because he's short and he's funny.

- (laughing) That is funny, thanks, Luke.

Jeremy.

- Timothee Chalamet.

(team laughing) - [Paul] Any particular reason?

- They said I look like him.

- [Paul] Oh, okay.

(laughing) Eric.

- I'd have to go with Arnold Schwarzenegger because we're both very strong and very muscular.

- [Paul] All right, all right, good answer.

Sean.

- I'm gonna have to go with Adam Sandler.

He just seemed, he's a pretty cool guy.

- Yeah, absolutely, well thanks, Crestwood, and good luck the rest of the way.

Delaware Valley, it's over to you, and you could have a chance now to answer the question.

Who would play you in a film about you, and why?

- Personally, I would have to say Brad Pitt, 'cause I think we share an uncanny resemblance.

(laughs) - [Paul] Uh-huh, okay, Andrea.

(Andrea and Jackson laughing) - I'm gonna have to say Brad Pitt, 'cause I mean, they wrote a song about him.

He's gotta be good, right?

- [Paul] Yeah, absolutely.

Owen.

- Personally, I'm gonna have to say Brad Pitt because it'd be a crime to cast anyone else as me.

(team laughing) - [Paul] Riley, dare I ask?

- I think I'd have to say Brad Pitt.

- All right, we've got some Brad Pitt fans in the house.

All right, any particular reason?

- I think I look him okay.

(laughs) - Okay, all right, Delaware Valley, it was good to see you again, and good luck to everybody the rest of the way.

We're gonna go ahead now and begin the third quarter with this toss-up question.

What human performer, who danced with the animated mouse Jerry in "Anchors Aweigh," played Don Lockwood, who swings on a lamppost in "Singin' in the Rain"?

(buzzer buzzes) - Riley, DelVal.

- Gene Kelly?

- Is correct, and here comes your bonus.

The three largest Balearic Islands are Mallorca, Menorca, and what island known for its vibrant nightlife?

- Malacca?

(buzzer buzzes) Malacca?

- No, that was Ibiza.

That's something Brad Pitt would know, Jackson.

(team laughing) - I'm so sorry.

- Let's move on now to another toss-up question.

What element, whose most common isotope can be transmuted into plutonium-239, is a heavy metal used in nuclear weapons and power plants?

(buzzer buzzes) Sean, Crestwood.

- Uranium ?

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

What transition metal has light-sensitive halied salts that were used in the earliest photographs?

(buzzer buzzes) - Iodine.

- No, that answer was silver, silver.

Here's our next toss-up question.

What structures, which include recently proposed PXo bodies and exclusomes, are structures in eukaryotic cells that perform specialized functions?

(buzzer buzzes) Owen, DelVal.

- Vesicle?

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Crestwood.

(buzzer buzzes) - Mitochondria?

- No, that was organelles, organelles.

Here's our next toss-up question.

What queen, during whose rule the Reconquista was completed, co-sponsored the voyages of- (buzzer buzzes) Jackson, DelVal.

- Isabella.

- Is correct, and your bonus question, Penny Patterson took care of what gorilla at the San Francisco Zoo who supposedly learned a version of American Sign Language?

(buzzer buzzes) - Koko?

- Koko is correct for your bonus points.

Very good, DelVal.

And here's our next toss-up.

What kingdom, whose members can form symbiotes with plants in mycorrhizae, consist of organisms that reproduce- (buzzer buzzes) Jackson, DelVal.

- Fungi.

- Is correct, and your bonus now, what rude action does Sampson perform at Abraham, sparking a brawl in the opening scene of "Romeo and Juliet"?

- Bite his thumb.

- Bite his thumb.

(buzzer buzzes) - Bite his thumb?

- Is correct for your bonus points, Delaware Valley.

Here's our next toss-up.

What war causes Briony to become a nurse in Ian McEwen's novel "Atonement" and is depicted in Judith Kerr's trilogy, "Out of the Hitler Time"?

(buzzer buzzes) Sean, Crestwood.

- World War II?

- Is correct, and your bonus now, Frederic Chopin's works nicknamed "Wrong Note" and "Revolutionary" are in what genre that originally had an educational purpose?

- Religion?

- Religion.

(buzzer buzzes) - Religion?

- No, that was etudes, etudes.

Here's our next toss-up.

What city in which the once-segregated Monroe Elementary School forms Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Park is the capital of Kansas?

(buzzer buzzes) Riley, Delaware Valley.

- Topeka?

- Is correct, and your bonus now, Lake Asale, which is home to one of the lowest land points on Earth, is in what small African country between Eritrea and Somalia?

(buzzer buzzes) (Crestwood team whispering) This is a bonus question for DelVal.

(buzzer buzzes) - Djibouti?

- Is correct for your bonus points, Delaware Valley.

And here's our next toss-up question.

The gene HBB codes for part of what protein that is defective in thalassemia and anemia and that uses iron (signal blaring) to carry oxygen.

(buzzer buzzes) Luke, Crestwood.

- Hemoglobin?

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

In ancient Rome, priestesses were chosen in their youth to be virgins dedicated to what goddess, the equivalent of the Greek Hestia?

(timer beeps) That was Vesta.

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

(powerful music) (electricity sizzling) This time Delaware Valley will pick first.

Your categories are Islands or Rogers.

- Islands.

- Islands.

- Okay, - All right.

- Islands.

- Islands it is, and your time begins after I finish reading the first question.

What country controls these islands?

Bermuda and St. Helena.

(buzzer buzzes) - Britain.

- [Paul] Yes.

Puerto Rico.

(buzzer buzzes) - The United States of America.

- [Paul] Yes.

Martinique and Guadalupe.

(buzzer buzzes) - France.

- [Paul] Yes.

The Canary Islands (buzzer buzzes) - Spain?

[Paul] - Yes.

Baffin Island, (buzzer buzzes) - Canada.

- [Paul] Yes.

The Azores.

(buzzer buzzes) - Portugal.

- [Paul] Yes.

Greenland.

(buzzer buzzes) - Denmark.

- [Paul] Yes.

Easter Island (buzzer buzzes) - Ecuador.

- Chile.

- Oh!

- [Paul] Svalbard and Bouvet Islands.

(buzzer buzzes) - Norway.

- Yes, the Galapagos Islands.

(buzzer buzzes) - Ecuador.

- Ecuador is correct.

And that's going to do it for your portion of the Lightning Round, Delaware Valley.

Crestwood, we're coming over to you, and your remaining category will be Rogers.

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

Give the surnames of these people whose first name is Roger.

Religious leader who founded Rhode Island.

(buzzer buzzes) - Sherman?

- [Paul] Williams.

Swiss tennis star who retired in 2022.

(buzzer buzzes) - Federer.

- [Paul] Yes.

Actor who played James Bond in "Moonraker."

- Pass.

- If you don't know- (buzzer buzzes) - Pass.

- [Paul] That's Roger Moore.

Chief justice who wrote the Dred Scott decision.

(buzzer buzzes) - Pass.

- [Paul] Roger Taney.

Baseball player who hit a record 61 home runs in 1961.

(buzzer buzzes) - Pass.

- [Paul] Roger Maris.

Longtime head of Fox News who died in 2017.

(buzzer buzzes) - Ailes?

- [Paul] Yes.

British mathematician who wrote "The Emperor's New Mind."

- Pass.

(buzzer buzzes) - [Paul] Penrose.

Hall of Fame quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys.

(buzzer buzzes) - Staubach?

- [Paul] Yes.

First man to run a sub-four-minute mile.

(buzzer buzzes) - Pass.

- [Paul] Banister.

Connecticut founding father who designed the Great Compromise of 1787.

(buzzer buzzes) - Sherman?

(signal blaring) - Is correct, and we're, I think we got that under the bell there.

And that's going to do it for the Lightning Round.

And after that, we currently have Delaware Valley in the lead over Crestwood, 230 to 125, but still, plenty of time for something to happen.

Well, let's move on now to the last segment of the game with this toss-up question.

What author, who wrote about a building owned by Pat Scully in "The Blue Hotel," depicted Union soldier Henry Fleming in "The Red Badge of Courage"?

(buzzer buzzes) Jackson, DelVal.

- Stephen Crane.

- Is correct, and here comes your bonus.

In "Slaughterhouse-Five," Billy Pilgrim is taken to what alien planet where he lives in a geodesic dome with Montana Wildhack?

(team whispering) (buzzer buzzes) - Mars.

- No, that's Tralfamadore, Tralfamadore.

Here's our next toss-up question.

What TV show in which Emma D'Arcy portrays a princess who rides Syrax is named after the ruling Targaryen family and has a prequel- (buzzer buzzes) Riley, DelVal.

- "Game of Thrones"?

- Is incorrect.

I will finish the question and rebound to Crestwood.

(buzzer buzzes) "House of the Dragon"?

- "House of the Dragon" is correct for your rebound points, Crestwood.

As we move on to another toss-up, what capital city, called Batavia when it was the capital of the Dutch East Indies, is where Sukarno- (buzzer buzzes) Jeremy, Crestwood.

- Jakarta?

- Is correct, and your bonus now, Congressman Leo Ryan was killed while investigating a cult in what Guyana town where over 900 people die in an- (buzzer buzzes) - Jonestown?

- Jonestown is correct, for your bonus points, Crestwood.

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

If a sandwich costs $7, what is the largest whole number of sandwiches that can be purchased with $60?

(buzzer buzzes) - Eight.

- [Paul] Luke, Crestwood.

- Eight.

- Eight is correct, and here's your bonus question.

Late in the 2023 season, the San Francisco Giants fired what manager who previously managed the Phillies in 2018 and 2019?

(buzzer buzzes) - Pass.

- That was Gabe Kapler.

Let's go on to another toss-up.

What Old Testament book, which ends as a shade-giving plant is destroyed, is about a prophet who refuses to go to Nineveh but has swallowed- (buzzer buzzes) Riley, DelVal.

- Jonah?

- Is correct, and your bonus, a mass on a spring can exhibit what kind of periodic motion which is characterized by the restoring force being proportional to displacement?

(buzzer buzzes) - Equilibrium?

- No, that was simple harmonic motion.

Here's our next toss-up.

What religion, whose forerunner was executed by Persian authorities in 1850 and was known as The Bab, is a monotheistic religion founded by Baha'u'llah?

(buzzer buzzes) Jackson, DelVal.

- Baha'i?

- Is correct, and here comes your bonus.

What Asian country has over 10 million nationals overseas who send back packages known as homecoming boxes or balikbayan boxes in Tagalog?

(buzzer buzzes) - The Philippines?

- Is correct for your bonus points, Delaware Valley, as we move on to another toss-up.

What country lost about half its population in the war the Triple Alliance, shares the Itaipu Dam with Brazil, and is governed from Asuncion?

(buzzer buzzes) Jeremy, Crestwood.

- Paraguay.

- Is correct, and here comes your bonus.

Walter Wick's photos of visually crowded scenes accompany Jean Marzollo's rhymes in what children's book series that asks readers to spot various items?

(buzzer buzzes) - "I Spy"?

- Is correct for your bonus points, Crestwood.

And here's our next toss-up.

What computing standard, whose first section is the Basic Multilingual Plane, defines the UTF-8 text encoding and nearly 150,000 characters?

(buzzer buzzes) Andrea, Delaware Valley.

- Unicode?

- Is correct, and here comes your bonus.

(signal blaring) Acetyl-CoA is oxidized during what stage of cellular respiration that produces NADH for the electron transport chain?

- What?

- Krebs?

- The Krebs cycle?

- Krebs?

(buzzer buzzes) - The Krebs cycle.

- Is correct for your bonus points, Delaware Valley.

And that's the end of the game, and our winner tonight is Delaware Valley over Crestwood, 280 to 175.

Congratulations, Delaware Valley.

You're going to be moving on to the finals, and we'll see you next time with the final round of "Scholastic Scrimmage."

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

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