(upbeat marching band music) ♪ Go - 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 $1,000, $3,000, or $5,000.

Tonight's match features Hazleton versus Crestwood.

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

Their alternates are Sophia Seifert and Matthew Miller, and their advisors are Maria Koons and Jeff Bellas.

Representing Hazleton are Mateo Fiola, Gabrielle Howe, Ben Sau and Kira Cupshow.

Their alternates are Rochelle Galardo and Michael Corelli, and their advisor is Dennis Bookman.

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 character who states, "As fire drives out fire, so pity pity," is asked "et tu" by a ruler that he stabs in a William Shakespeare play?

(buzzer buzzes) Luke, Crestwood.

- Brute.

- Is correct, and here comes your bonus.

What six-letter word refers to a quantum state which has the lowest possible energy, as contrasted with excited states?

(buzzer buzzes) - No answer.

- Okay, that is ground state.

Ground state.

Here's our next toss up.

What explorer whose team traversed the northwest passage on his ship, the Gjoa, was a Norwegian who led the first expedition to the South Pole?

(buzzer buzzes) Ben, Hazleton.

- That would be Lief Erickson.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound, Crestwood.

(beeping) That was Roald Amundsen.

Roald Amundsen.

Let's go to another tossup.

What man who decriminalized drugs in 2000 as the prime minister of Portugal succeeded Ban Ki-moon in 2017 as Secretary General of the UN?

(beeping) We were looking for Antonio Guterres.

Let's move on to another tossup question.

What president who twice defeated Nebraska Congressman William Jennings Bryan- (buzzer buzzes) Mateo, Hazleton.

- McKinley.

- Is correct, and here comes your bonus.

Iqaluit is the capital of what largest Canadian territory which contains the country's northernmost area?

(buzzer buzzes) - British Columbia.

- No, that answer is Nunavut.

Nunavut.

Here's our next tossup question.

What architectural style, whose subtypes include flamboyant was used for the flying buttresses of cathedrals such as Chartre and Notre Dame?

(buzzer buzzes) Kira, Hazleton.

- Gothic.

- Is correct, and your bonus now.

What painter depicted the English countryside in such paintings as "Dedham Vale" and the !Hay Wain"?

(beeping) That was John Constable.

Here's our next tossup question.

What novel in which Dr. Kemp is terrorized by his former medical classmate Griffin, is an HG Wells work about a scientist who cannot be seen?

(buzzer buzzes) Luke, Crestwood.

- "The Invisible Man".

- Is correct, and here comes your bonus.

In what 1813 battle in which Oliver Hazzard Perry said, "We have met the enemy, and they're ours," did US ships triumph on the namesake Great Lake?

(buzzer buzzes) - Battle of Lake Erie.

- I'm sorry?

- Battle of Lake Erie.

- Is correct, for your bonus points.

let's go to another tossup question.

What devices whose double variance exhibit chaotic motion have period roughly proportional to the square root of length and include a swinging mass?

(buzzer buzzes) Sean, Crestwood.

- Pendulum.

- Is correct.

And your bonus question now.

In 1930, Wolfgang Poly proposed the existence of what particles which can oscillate between electron, muon and tau flavors?

(buzzer buzzes) - Quarks?

- No, we're looking for neutrinos.

Neutrinos.

Here's our next tossup question.

What battle in which Tamon Yamaguchi died on one of the four sunken aircraft carriers, saw the US crush a Japanese fleet in 1942 near a namesake atoll?

(buzzer buzzes) Jeremy, Crestwood.

- Midway.

- Is correct.

And your bonus question now.

A Civil War general returns home in Eugene O'Neill's play cycle "Mourning Becomes Electra", which is based on what Greek playwrights "Oresteia" trilogy?

(beeping) That was Aeschylus.

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

(whooshing) (electric discharges) 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.

Hazleton has won the coin toss, and will pick first.

Your categories are moons, or, US rebellions.

(buzzer buzzes) - US rebellions.

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

In what modern day state did these rebellions, or revolts, take place?

Whiskey Rebellion in the 1790s.

(buzzer buzzes) - Pennsylvania.

- [Paul] Yes.

Shays' Rebellion in 1786.

(buzzer buzzes) - Massachusetts.

- [Paul] Yes.

Bear Flag Revolt during the Mexican American War.

(buzzer buzzes) - Texas.

- [Paul] California.

Dorr Rebellion against property requirements for voting.

(buzzer buzzes) - Pass.

- [Paul] Rhode Island.

Bacon's Rebellion, which burned Jamestown.

(buzzer buzzes) - Virginia.

- Yes.

Attica Prison Uprising.

(buzzer buzzes) - Pass.

- [Paul] New York.

The American Indian movement's occupation of Wounded Knee.

(buzzer buzzes) - South Dakota.

- [Paul] Yes.

Stono Rebellion of enslaved people in 1739.

(buzzer buzzes) - South Carolina.

- [Paul] Yes.

Pueblo Revolt against Spanish rule in 1680.

(buzzer buzzes) - New Mexico.

- [Paul] Yes.

Green Corn Rebellion among the Muskogee and Seminoles.

(buzzer buzzes) - Florida.

- Oklahoma.

(ringing) All right Hazleton, that's going to do it for your portion of the lightning round.

Crestwood, we're coming over to you.

Your remaining category will be moons.

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

Given a moon, name the solar system body they orbit, and some answers may repeat.

The moon, or Luna.

(buzzer buzzes) - Earth.

- [Paul] Yes.

Titan.

(buzzer buzzes) - Saturn.

- [Paul] Yes.

Charon.

(buzzer buzzes) - Pass.

- [Paul] Pluto.

Europa.

(buzzer buzzes) - Neptune.

- [Paul] Jupiter.

Triton.

(buzzer buzzes) - Jupiter.

- [Paul] Neptune.

Phobos.

(buzzer buzzes) - Mars.

- Yes.

Umbriel.

(buzzer buzzes) - Venus.

- [Paul] Uranus.

Nix.

(buzzer buzzes) - Mercury.

- [Paul] Pluto.

Dysnomia.

(buzzer buzzes) - Jupiter.

- [Paul] Aris.

Iapetus.

(buzzer buzzes) - Jupiter.

- Saturn.

All right, that's going to do it for the lightning round, and after that we currently have Crestwood in the lead over Hazleton, 60 to 50.

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

What philosopher who developed the idea of a lord-bondsman, or master-slave dialectic, was a German idealist who wrote "The Phenomenology of Spirit"?

(beeping) That was GWF Hegel.

Let's go to another tossup.

What country whose island of Komodo is home to a namesake dragon has a- (buzzer buzzes) Mateo, Hazleton.

- Indonesia.

- Is correct, and here comes your bonus.

What kind of policy refers to the actions taken by a central bank to influence the amount of credit in an economy, complimenting fiscal policy?

(beeping) That was monetary policy.

Here's our next tossup.

Atmospheric Rossby waves are meanders in what fast west to east currents in the upper troposphere that are used to speed up- (buzzer buzzes) Luke, Crestwood.

- Westerlies.

- Is incorrect.

I will finish the question and rebound to Hazleton, that are used to speed up some airplane flights?

(beeping) That is the jet stream.

The jet stream.

Here comes our next tossup.

What building with 540 doors and 540 rooms whose roof is home to the goat Heidrun, is a hall is Asgard where slain warriors are taken after death?

(buzzer buzzes) Luke, Crestwood.

- Valhalla.

- Is correct.

And your bonus, what type of function satisfies the relationship F of X equals F of negative X for every X in its domain?

(buzzer buzzes) - Negative one.

- No, we're looking for even function.

Let's go to another tossup.

What song which opens the album "Escape" features Steve Perry singing about a midnight train going anywhere?

(buzzer buzzes) Mateo, Hazleton.

- "Don't Stop Believing".

- That's correct, and here comes your bonus question.

In 1970, soldiers from the National Guard shot and killed four students protesting- (buzzer buzzes) - Kent State.

- Kent State University is correct, for your bonus points, as we move on now to another tossup.

What play in which Mary Warren fears a yellow bird- (buzzer buzzes) Gabrielle, Hazleton.

- "The Crucible".

- Is correct And here comes your bonus.

In 1939, just before World War II, the British government created a motivational poster that advised readers to keep calm and do what other thing?

(buzzer buzzes) - Carry on.

- "Keep Calm and Carry On" it is, for your bonus points, Hazleton, as we move on to another toss up.

H2 regions are examples of what type of astronomical objects, such as the eagle and crab, that are interstellar clouds of dust and gas?

(buzzer buzzes) Sean, Crestwood.

- Nebula.

- Is correct.

And here comes your bonus question.

What man appointed Kathleen Corradi as rat czar after defeating Curtis Sliwa in a 2021 election to succeed Bill de Blassio- (buzzer buzzes) - Eric Adams.

- Eric Adams is correct for your bonus points, Crestwood.

Our next tossup question, what husband of Ildico who was persuaded not to sack Rome by Pope Leo I, was called the Scourge of God, and was a fifth century king- (buzzer buzzes) Mateo, Hazleton.

- Attilla the Hun.

- Is correct, and here comes your bonus now.

What metalloid element used in the dye Paris green is found in sulfides like orpiment and realgar, and was historically used as a poison?

(ringing) (buzzer buzzes) - Arsenic.

- Is correct for your bonus points, Hazleton.

And that sound that you heard signals the end of the first half, 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'll come to you first, tell us what your plans are after you graduate high school.

- I plan to attend college and major in biology.

- Very good, thank you, Luke.

Jeremy?

- I plan to go to college for law, specifically criminal justice or civil rights.

- Excellent, thank you.

Eric?

- I plan on going to college for political science, and then going to law school following graduation.

- Okay, wonderful.

And Sean?

- I also plan to plan to go to college, probably for something math related.

- That's excellent.

Well, thank you for being here at Crestwood, and good luck to you the rest of the way.

Hazleton, we're gonna come over to you, and Mateo, if you wouldn't mind telling us what your plans are after graduation.

- I plan on going to college, majoring in political science and minoring in education.

- [Paul] Okay.

Gabrielle?

- I plan to major in musical theater and minor in Spanish.

- Ben?

- I plan to go into college to do something medical.

- Okay.

And Kira?

- I plan to go to college to become a physical therapist.

- Excellent.

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

I will now go ahead and begin the third quarter with this tossup question.

What two-thirds immortal hero visits flood survivor Utnapishtim while mourning his companion Enkidu in the namesake- (buzzer buzzes) Ben, Hazleton.

- Gilgamesh.

- Is correct, and here comes your bonus.

What president's brother-in-law worked with speculators Jay Gould and James Fisk in an attempt to corner the US gold market on Black Friday in 1869?

(buzzer buzzes) - Teddy Roosevelt?

- No, that was Ulysses S Grant.

Here's our next tossup question.

What designs produced in the Ta moko style by the Maori can be created temporarily using henna, or permanently by injecting ink into the dermis?

(buzzer buzzes) Luke, Crestwood.

- Tattoo.

- Is correct, and here comes your bonus now.

The cities of Hong Kong and Macau are both known by what three-word term, abbreviated SAR.

(buzzer buzzes) - Special autonomous region.

- No, so close.

Special administrative region.

Let's go to another tossup.

What state which is subdivided into 64 units called parishes rather than counties- (buzzer buzzes) Jeremy, Crestwood.

- Louisiana.

- Is correct, and here comes your bonus.

A retrovirus uses what type of enzyme to create a DNA copy of its RNA genome, unlike cells, which produce RNA from a DNA template?

(ringing) That is reverse transcriptase.

Here's our next toss up.

What brain region has inhibitory neurons called Purkinje cells is responsible for motor control, and is named for the Latin- (buzzer buzzes) Sean, Crestwood.

- A brainstem - Is incorrect.

I'll finish the question and rebound to Hazleton, and is named for the Latin meaning "little brain".

(buzzer buzzes) Kira.

- Cerebellum.

- Is correct for your rebound points, Hazleton, as we move to our next toss up.

What country whose economy rose in the miracle on the Han River, was led by Park Chung Hee, and is separated from a communist neighbor by the DMZ- (buzzer buzzes) Mateo, Hazleton.

- South Korea.

- Is correct, and your bonus.

In 2023 what federal board ruled that it would begin treating employer interference and unionization votes as a win for the union organizers?

(buzzer buzzes) - The Writer's Organization?

- No, we were looking for NLRB, or the National Labor Relations Board.

Here's our next tossup.

What oratorio that includes the aria "Every Valley Shall be Exalted", repeats the line "And he shall reign forever and ever in its "Hallelujah" chorus?

(ringing) That is the "Messiah".

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

What is the measure of each external angle of a regular hexagon given any convex polygon's external angles sum to 360 degrees?

(buzzer buzzes) Luke, Crestwood.

- 60 degrees.

- Is correct, and here's your bonus, and keep your pencils and papers ready.

What is the perimeter of a rectangle whose height is 12 and whose width is three times its height?

(buzzer buzzes) - 96.

- Is correct for your bonus points, Crestwood.

As we move on now to another toss up (ringing) that we'll get to in the next quarter, because that sound that you heard signals the end of the third quarter, and another lightning round.

(whooshing) (electric discharges) This time Crestwood will pick first.

Your categories are sports awards, or visiting world capitals.

(Crestwood Participants whisper indistinctly) - World capitals.

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

In what national capital would one find Buckingham Palace (buzzer buzzes) - London.

- [Paul] Yes.

The Vietnam Veterans Memorial and its wall, designed by Maya Lin.

(buzzer buzzes) - Washington, DC.

- [Paul] Yes.

The Eiffel Tower.

(buzzer buzzes) - Paris.

- Yes.

The Vondelpark and Anne Frank House.

(buzzer buzzes) Amsterdam.

- Yes.

The Kallimarmaro, the stadium that hosted the first modern Olympics.

(buzzer buzzes) - Athens.

- Yes.

The Kremlin.

(buzzer buzzes) - Moscow.

- [Paul] Yes.

The Prado Museum, which holds many works by Francisco Goya, (buzzer buzzes) - Rome.

- Madrid.

Phoenix Park and Trinity College.

(buzzer buzzes) - Pass.

- [Paul] Dublin.

Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden, this is the legislative capital of its country.

(buzzer buzzes) - Pretoria.

- Cape Town.

A palace known as the Arg, this city was captured by the Taliban in 2021.

(buzzer buzzes) - Kabul.

- Is correct.

And that's going to do it for your portion of the lightning round, Crestwood.

And Hazleton, we're gonna come over to you, your remaining category will be sports awards.

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

Given a player and an award, name the team or school they were on when they won the award.

Aaron Rogers, NFL MVP.

(buzzer buzzes) - Green Bay Packers.

- [Paul] Yes.

Stephan Curry, NBA MVP.

(buzzer buzzes) - Golden State Warriors.

- [Paul] Yes.

Mike Trout, MLB's ALMVP.

(buzzer buzzes) - Los Angeles Angels.

- [Paul] Yes.

Nikola Jokic, NBA MVP (buzzer buzzes) - Pass.

- [Paul] Denver Nuggets.

Kyler Murray, Heisman Trophy.

(buzzer buzzes) - Pass.

- University of Oklahoma.

Jacob deGrom, National League Cy Young.

(buzzer buzzes) - Mets.

- [Paul] Yes.

Connor McDavid, NHL's Heart Memorial Trophy.

(buzzer buzzes) - Oilers.

- [Paul] Yes.

Jamar Chase, NFL's Offensive Rookie of the Year.

(buzzer buzzes) - Pass.

- The Bengals.

Brianna Stewart, WNBA MVP.

(ringing) That was the Seattle Storm.

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

And after that, look at this score, we have a very close game, Hazleton in the lead over Crestwood, 160 to 155.

And now we'll go ahead and begin the next and final segment of the game with this tossup question.

What Native American died on an expedition with William Bradford, and was a Pawtucket man who taught the pilgrims of Plymouth Colony how to sow crops?

(buzzer buzzes) Mateo, Hazleton.

- Squanto.

- Is correct.

And here comes your bonus.

The Mossi are the largest ethnic group in what country formerly called Upper Volta, whose capital is Ouagadougou?

(ringing) That is Burkina Faso.

Here's our next tossup question.

What city, where many customers at the Hunan Seafood Market were sickened in late 2019- (buzzer buzzes) Jeremy, Crestwood.

- Wuhan.

- Is correct.

And here comes your bonus question.

In what Middle Eastern country was Director Saeed Roustayf jailed in August, 2023 for screening his film "Leila's Brothers" at the Cannes Film Festival?

(Crestwood participants whisper indistinctly) (buzzer buzzes) - Qatar.

- No, we're looking for Iran.

Iran.

Here's our next tossup.

What mountain range whose highest peak is a NATO contains the sovereign country of Andorra, and cuts across the border between France and Spain?

(buzzer buzzes) Sean, Crestwood.

- Pyrenees.

- Is correct.

And here comes your bonus.

Jane Austin's "Pride and Prejudice" begins by stating the universally acknowledged truth that a single man with a good fortune must be in want of what?

(buzzer buzzes) - A wife.

- Is correct for your bonus points, Crestwood, great job.

Here comes your next tossup.

What book depicting Matthias joining the disciples, the first Pentecost and the conversion of Paul follows the gospels in the New Testament?

(ringing) That book is the "Acts of the Apostles".

Let's go to another tossup.

What devices which can use oxygen to generate 30 atmospheres of pressure in their bomb type measure the heat released by chemical reactions?

(buzzer buzzes) Kira, Hazleton.

- Hydrogen bombs.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound, Crestwood.

(buzzer buzzes) - Thermometers.

- Nope, calorimeter.

Calorimeter.

Let's go to another tossup.

What substance which became available over the counter in September, 2023, is typically deployed via a nasal spray to prevent deadly opioid overdoses?

(buzzer buzzes) Sean, Crestwood.

- Narcan.

- Is correct.

And here comes your bonus question.

In 2022, Brooks Koepka and Bryson DeChambeau left the PGA for what Rival Golf tour?

(buzzer buzzes) - LIV.

- LIV is correct.

And we move on to another tossup.

What object, one of which was commissioned by Roger II from Muhammad al-Idrisi may use Boggs, Winkel or Mercator projections and appear in atlases?

(buzzer buzzes) Luke, Crestwood.

- Map.

- Map is correct, and here comes your bonus now.

What English author wrote about a woman who might be a poisoner in "My Cousin Rachel", and depicted malevolent housekeeper Mrs. Danvers in "Rebecca"?

(buzzer buzzes) - Stephen King.

- No, that was Daphne du Maurier.

Here's our next tossup question.

What children's novel in which the God Pan meets the water rat and the mole was written by Kenneth Graham, and depicts the reckless driver Mr. Toad?

(buzzer buzzes) Mateo, Hazleton.

- "Wind in the Willows".

- Is correct and your bonus.

What machines change the amount of torque outputted by an axle, and are used in namesake boxes in cars?

(ringing) That was gears or gear boxes.

Well, that's the end of the game, and our winner tonight is Crestwood over Hazleton, 205 to 180.

Congratulations, Crestwood, 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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