(lively exciting music) ♪ Go - Welcome to the Luzerne Intermediate Unit Final 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 Crestwood versus Wyoming Area.

Representing Crestwood are Luke Joseph, Jeremy Mueller, Eric Reinheimer, and Sean Rossi.

Their alternates are Sophia Seifert and Matthew Miller, and their advisors are Maria Coons and Jeff Bellis.

Representing Wyoming Area are Rebecca Gula, Brady Kerns, Bella Vogel, and Gianna Pellegrino.

Their alternates are Caden Druckter and Mario Belza.

And their advisor is Molly Kerns.

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 novel in which spy John Barsad testifies against Charles Darnay begins with the words, "It was the best of times, "it was the worst of times?"

(buzzer sounding) That is "A Tale of Two Cities."

Let's go to another tossup.

What river whose largest tributary is the way which flows past Xi'an is nicknamed China's Sorrow, and is named after colorful deposits of sediment?

Brady, Wyoming Area.

- What is the Yellow River?

- Is correct, and here comes your bonus question.

What constitutional amendment ratified in 1961 allows residents of the District of Columbia to vote in U.S. presidential elections?

(buzzer sounding) That was the 23rd amendment.

Let's go to our next tossup question.

What disease, which like beta thalassemia, is caused by a mutated beta globin gene is common in Sub-Saharan Africans, and causes abnormal blood cells?

(buzzer beeping) Sean, Crestwood.

- Malaria?

- [Host] Is incorrect, rebound to Wyoming Area.

(buzzer beeping) - Sickle cell.

- Is correct for your rebound points, Wyoming Area, great job.

Here's your next toss up question.

What holiday was proposed by Peter J. McGuire in 1882 was created after the Pullman strike and is celebrated on the first Monday?

Brady, Wyoming Area.

- Labor Day.

- Is correct, and here comes your bonus.

What Protestant movement which does not celebrate baptism or communion was founded in East London in 1865 by William and Catherine Booth?

(buzzer beeping) - Methodist?

- No, that movement was the Salvation Army, the Salvation Army.

Here comes our next tossup.

What SI unit, which is named after the Italian inventor of the first working battery, is equivalent to one joule per coulomb, and is abbreviated V?

(buzzer beeping) Luke, Crestwood.

- Volt?

- Is correct, and here's your bonus.

What type of animal makes a deal to help Lily's sick grandmother in a Newberry winning novel by Tae Keller titled, "When You Trap," one of these predators?

(buzzer beeping) - Snake?

- A tiger, a tiger.

Let's go to another tossup.

What General who lost the 1776 Naval battle of Valcour Island plotted in 1780 with Major John Andre to surrender West Point to the British?

(buzzer beeping) Brady, Wyoming Area.

- John Jones?

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Crestwood.

(buzzer beeping) - Benedict Arnold?

- Is correct for your rebound points, Crestwood.

As we move on to another toss up.

What market structure, which like monopolistic competition, is represented by a kink to demand curve exists when a few firms dominate market share?

(buzzer beeping) Bella, Wyoming Area.

- A monopoly?

- [Host] Is incorrect, rebound to Crestwood.

(buzzer beeping) - Corporatism?

- No oligopoly, oligopoly.

Let's go to another tossup question.

What six-carbon compound names a biochemical cycle by which pyruvate is oxidized in mitochondria?

(buzzer beeping) Sean, Crestwood.

- Glucose.

- Is incorrect.

I'll finish the question and rebound to Wyoming Area.

And gives fruits such as lemons a sour flavor?

(buzzer beeping) - Glycolysis.

- Is incorrect.

It was citric acid, citric acid.

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

(electricity rushing) (electricity humming) 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 NASA or wonders of the world.

- Wonders of the world.

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

Given a manmade structure, name its modern day country.

Eiffel Tower.

(buzzer beeping) - France.

- [Host] Yes, Great Pyramid of Giza.

(buzzer beeping) - Egypt.

- [Host] Yes, Sydney Opera House.

(buzzer beeping) - Australia.

- [Host] Yes, Hisarlik, believed to be Troy.

(buzzer beeping) - Turkey.

- Yes, Patronus Towers.

(buzzer beeping) - Malaysia?

- Yes, Moai statues on Easter Island.

(buzzer beeping) - Chile.

- [Host] Yes, Mausoleum at Halicarnassus.

(buzzer beeping) - Greece.

- [Host] Turkey.

L'Anse aux Meadows.

(buzzer beeping) - Pass.

- Canada.

Chichen Itza.

(buzzer beeping) - Mexico.

- Yes, Petra.

(buzzer beeping) - Jordan.

- Yes.

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

Wyoming Area, we're coming over to you and your remaining category will be NASA.

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

Answer the following about NASA.

First astronaut to walk on the moon.

(buzzer beeping) - Neil Armstrong.

- Yes.

Reusable NASA spacecraft such as Challenger and Columbia.

(buzzer beeping) - Shuttle.

- Yes.

First American woman to visit space.

(buzzer beeping) - Pass.

- Sally Ride.

Mars rover that NASA said goodnight to in 2018 after 14 years.

(buzzer beeping) - Pass.

- Opportunity.

NASA probe that studied Pluto in 2015.

(buzzer beeping) - Pass.

- New Horizons.

First American to travel to space.

(buzzer beeping) - Michael Collins.

- [Host] Alan Shepherd.

Texas city home to NASA's mission control center.

(buzzer beeping) - Houston.

- Yes.

First NASA Space Station launched in 1973.

(buzzer beeping) - Cape Canaveral.

- [Host] Sky Lab.

NASA program whose 10 and 11 probes left the solar system.

(buzzer beeping) - Pass.

- That's Pioneer.

NASA Probe launched in 2007 that visited Ceres and Vesta.

(timer sounding) That was Dawn.

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

And after that, a very good game, Crestwood in the lead over Wyoming Area, 60 to 45.

And we're now going to move into the second quarter with this tossup question.

What act nicknamed the bloodhound law was created in the compromise of 1850 to compel the return of African Americans who escaped from bondage?

(buzzer beeping) Bella, Wyoming Area.

- Fugitive Slave Act.

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

What city lost the battle of Cannae to forces led by Hannibal Barca?

(buzzer beeping) - Mykonos?

- Nope, that city was Rome.

Let's go to our next tossup.

What woman who's being challenged for reelection in 2024 by Reuben Gallego became an independent in 2022?

(buzzer beeping) Eric, Crestwood.

- Kirsten Sinema?

- Is correct.

And your bonus.

The letter Z commonly symbolizes the degree of what astronomical phenomenon in which light from receding objects has an increase in wavelength?

(buzzer beeping) - Refraction?

- No, close, looking for redshift, redshift.

Here's our next tossup question.

What English author who fictionalized his European travels in child Harold's pilgrimage who was a romantic poet called mad, bad and dangerous to know?

(buzzer beeping) Brady, Wyoming Area.

- Keats.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Crestwood.

(buzzer beeping) That is Lord Byron.

Let's go to another tossup.

What actor who played Danny DeVito's brother in 1988's Twins played the title character in "Conan the Barbarian," and starred as the T-800 Terminator?

(buzzer beeping) Luke, Crestwood.

- Arnold Schwarzenegger.

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

What revolutionary organization opposed the presence of British soldiers in Massachusetts and organized the Boston Tea Party?

(buzzer beeping) - Sons of Liberty.

- Is correct for your bonus points, Crestwood, as we move on to another tossup question.

What American who until 2014 was on the board of Barisma was indicted by Special Counsel- - Hunter Biden?

- Crestwood.

- Hunter Biden?

- Is correct.

And your bonus.

Gauss's law for magnetism implies that what hypothetical particles consisting of only a north or south pole do not exist.

(buzzer beeping) - Gravitons?

- No, magnetic monopoles, magnetic monopoles.

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

How many inches are in three and a half feet given that there are 12 inches in a single, Sean, Crestwood.

- 42.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus.

What author wrote about the studies of Joseph Knecht in "The Glass Bead Game," and described Harry Haller's thoughts on the German spirit in "Steppenwolf?"

(buzzer beeping) - Pass.

- That was Hermann Hesse.

Hermann Hesse.

Let's go to another tossup.

What ethnicity formally ruled the Chola dynasty and in modern times included militant opponents of Sinhalese rule in Sri Lanka known as Tigers?

(buzzer beeping) Brady, Wyoming Area.

- Punjab.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Crestwood.

(buzzer beeping) - Tamil.

- Tamil is correct for your rebound points, Crestwood.

And as we move on to another toss up.

What work in E flat major, which quotes both, "God Save the Czar" and "La Marseillaise," do depict clashing armies climaxes with canon fire?

(buzzer sounding) That's the 1812 overture.

Here's our next tossup.

What four-letter title is shared by Coptic leader Tawadros II and by Jorge Bergoglio, who uses the name Francis as head of the Catholic Church?

(buzzer beeping) Sean, Crestwood.

- Pope.

- Is correct.

And your bonus, what property of a rock refers to the color it displays when it's ground into a fine powder, often tested by rubbing it along a namesake plate?

(buzzer beeping) - Hardness?

- Streak, we're looking for streak, 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'm gonna come to you first.

Here's a hypothetical for you.

You're at a party, okay, there's karaoke going on and you're up next.

What song are you singing?

- I would sing "Jukebox Hero" by Foreigner.

- A fantastic song, and a fantastically underappreciated group.

Thank you, Luke.

Jeremy.

- I'm a patriot, so the "Star-Spangled Banner."

- That's excellent.

Eric.

- I'd pick "Stairway to Heaven" by Led Zeppelin.

- Okay, great song.

Sean.

- I'm gonna have to go with "Firework" by Katie Perry.

(all chuckling) - Excellent, thank you, Crestwood.

Good luck the rest of the way.

Wyoming Area, coming over to you.

It's the same question.

Rebecca, what karaoke song would you sing?

- "She's Always The Woman" by Billy Joel.

- [Host] Very good song.

Brady.

- "Moving Out" by Billy Joel.

- [Host] Two Billy Joel fans here.

Okay, Bella.

- "Rappers Delight" by the Sugar Hill Gang.

- Okay, and Gianna.

- "Our Song" by Taylor Swift.

- All right, all very good songs and it was very nice to see you all again.

And we'll go ahead and begin the third quarter with this toss up question.

What author described detained stagecoach passengers in "Boule de suif", and wrote about a couple who goes into debt to replace jewelry in "The Necklace?"

(buzzer beeping) - Guy de Maupassant?

- Eric, Crestwood.

- Guy de Maupassant?

- Is correct.

And here comes your bonus.

Arturo Toscanini said, "At this point, "the maestro died" at the premier of what unfinished Giacomo Puccini opera, which includes the aria, "Nessun dorma?"

(buzzer beeping) - Pass.

- That's "Turandot."

"Turandot," let's go to another tossup.

What quantity which is proportional to the energy of a photon equals a wave speed divided by its wavelength, and is measured in Hertz.

Sean, Crestwood.

- Frequency.

- Is correct.

And here comes your bonus.

What city, which was the capital of South Vietnam, had its name changed to Ho Chi Minh City?

- Saigon.

- Is correct for your bonus points, Crestwood.

As we move on to our next tossup.

What dictator who fabricated the anti-Semitic doctors plot was succeeded by Nikita Khrushchev and led the Soviet Union during World War II?

Brady, Wyoming Area.

- Stalin.

- Is correct.

And your bonus now.

What biblical woman who prompted Barak to gather an army against the Canaanites was the only female judge?

(buzzer beeping) - Ruth?

- Deborah.

Deborah.

Let's go to another tossup.

What country's mainland is the subject of the painting "Map" by native artist Jasper Johns, who also painted its flag with 13 red and white stripes?

(buzzer beeping) Brady, Wyoming Area.

- The United States of America.

- Is correct, and here's your bonus.

What medical diagnostic technique is based on a form of spectroscopy that studies molecules using radio waves and a magnetic field?

(buzzer beeping) - MRI?

- Is correct for your bonus points, Wyoming Area.

As we move on to another tossup.

What author wrote about former teacher Wing Biddlebaum and young reporter George Willard in "Hands," a story from his book, "Winesburg, Ohio?"

(buzzer sounding) That was Sherwood Anderson.

Here's our next tossup question.

What General commanded the British Army during the Peninsular Campaign, led allied forces during The Hundred Days, and defeated Napoleon at Waterloo?

(buzzer beeping) Eric, Crestwood.

- Horatio Nelson.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Wyoming Area.

(buzzer beeping) - Howel?

- Nope.

Arthur Wellesley, Arthur Wellesley.

Let's go to another toss up question.

What city whose landmarks include the Atomium and the Manneken Pis statue is the administrative center for the EU and the capital of.

Brady, Wyoming Area.

- Brussels.

- Is correct.

And your bonus now.

RuBisCO, the most abundant enzyme on earth, catalyzes a reaction and what cycle of light independent reactions of photosynthesis?

(buzzer sounding) That was Calvin.

Calvin.

Here's our next tossup question.

What painter's The Massacre at Chios exemplifies his French romantic style also seen in The Death of Sardanapalus and Liberty Leading the People?

(buzzer beeping) Brady, Wyoming Area.

- Monet.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Crestwood.

(buzzer beeping) - Paul River?

- Nope.

That painter was Eugene Delacroix.

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

(electricity rushing) (electricity humming) This time Wyoming Area will pick first.

Your categories are Olympic gold medal winners or rings.

(buzzer beeping) - Rings.

- Rings it is.

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

Answer the following about rings.

Planet whose rings include the Cassini Division.

(buzzer beeping) - Saturn?

- Yes.

Philosopher who discussed the Ring of Gyges in "The Republic."

(buzzer beeping) - Confucius?

- Plato.

Ocean containing the volcanic Ring of Fire.

(buzzer beeping) - Pacific.

- Yes.

Author of the Lord of the Rings.

(buzzer beeping) - Tolkien.

- Yes.

Composer of the operatic Ring Cycle.

(buzzer beeping) - Pass.

- That's Richard Wagner.

Organisms whose age is calculated by dendrochronology or ring counting.

(buzzer beeping) - Tree.

- Is correct.

City whose baseball stadium was called RingCentral Coliseum until 2023.

(buzzer beeping) - Oakland.

- Yes.

Archipelago with the Ring of Brodgar north of Scotland and led from Kirkwall.

(buzzer beeping) - Pass.

- Orkney Islands.

British author of the novel "Ring for Jeeves."

(buzzer beeping) - Pass.

- Wodehouse.

Madagascar-based primate species with ring-tailed variety.

(buzzer beeping) - Lemur.

- Is correct.

(timer sounding) All right, Wyoming Area.

That's going to do it for your portion of the lightning round.

Crestwood, we're coming to you.

Your remaining category will be Olympic gold medal winners.

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

Name the country represented by these athletes who won a gold medal at recent Olympic games.

Basketball players Jayson Tatum and Kevin Durant.

(buzzer beeping) - United States.

- Yes.

13-year-old skateboarder Momiji Nishiya.

(buzzer beeping) - China?

- Japan.

Freestyle skier Eileen Gu.

(buzzer beeping) - China.

- Yes.

South American soccer players Dani Alves and Paul- - Brazil.

- Yes.

European Bobsledders Candy Bauer and Alexander Schuller.

(buzzer beeping) - Pass.

- That's Germany.

European divers Maddie Lee and Tom Daley.

- United Kingdom.

- Yes.

North American transgender soccer player Quinn.

- Canada.

- Yes.

Caribbean boxers Arlen Lopez and Andy Cruz.

- Cuba.

- Yes.

African long distance runner Elliot Kijogi.

- Kenya.

- Yes.

Sprinter Marcel Jacobs.

- Pass.

- That was Italy.

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

And after that, we currently have Crestwood in the lead over Wyoming Area, 185 to 120.

And now we'll go ahead and begin the last quarter of the game with this toss up question.

What statistic equals covariance over product of standard deviations, ranges from negative one to one, is denoted R and measures how related two data sets are?

(buzzer beeping) Gianna, Wyoming Area.

- Range - Is incorrect.

Rebound to Crestwood.

(buzzer beeping) - Relativity.

- No.

That answer is correlation, correlation.

Here's our next tossup.

What peninsula, which is home to St. Catherine's Monastery and Sharm El Sheikh names a biblical mountain where Moses received the Ten Commandments.

Brady, Wyoming Area.

- Sinai.

- Is correct.

And the bonus now.

What's South American Capital City is nicknamed the middle of the world as it lies about a mile south of the equator.

(buzzer beeping) - Bogota?

- No, that's Quito.

We're looking for Quito.

Here's our next toss up.

What native tribe whose chief John Ross opposed the Treaty of New Echota was the largest group relocated from Georgia on the Trail of Tears?

Brady, Wyoming Area.

- Cherokee.

- Is correct.

And your bonus now.

What country provides the main setting for Sally Rooney's 2018 novel "Normal People," which mostly takes place at Trinity College and in county Sligo?

- Ireland.

- Is correct for your bonus points, Wyoming Area.

And our next tossup.

What effect in which atmospheric gases absorb and release infrared radiation results in warming of the Earth and is boosted.

Luke, Crestwood.

- Climate change.

- Judges?

Is incorrect.

Rebound to Wyoming Area.

- Global warming - Is also incorrect.

We're looking for the greenhouse effect.

Here's our next tossup question.

What U.S. TV show in the Dragons Den franchise is a reality show in which Kevin O'Leary, Mark Cuban, and other business people.

Sean, Crestwood.

- Shark Tank.

- Is correct.

And here comes your bonus.

What half woman, half Snake monster from Greek myth gave birth to.

- Medusa?

- No, Akidna, Akidna.

Let's go to another tossup.

What ritual whose subject is called for their first aliyah and delivers a Davar Torah speech.

- Bar mitzvah.

- Eric, Crestwood.

- Bar mitzvah.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus.

In what election was the racist Willie Horton ad used to attack Democratic nominee Michael Dukakis by eventual winner George H.W.

Bush?

- 1980?

- Is incorrect.

We're looking for '88, 1988.

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

If each of a combination lock's dials has the digits, zero to nine, how many different codes can be created from four dials?

Okay, that was 10,000 codes.

Here's our next tossup question.

What man was held in Landsburg prison after leading a failed 1923 coup that began in a beer hall in Munich and tried to bring his Nazi party to power?

Jeremy Crestwood.

Adolf Hitler.

- Is correct.

And here comes your bonus.

Now what poet described herself as a skinny black girl descended from slaves in The hill we climb, which she read at the 2021 Presidential inauguration.

- Maya Angelo?

- Nope.

That answer is Amanda Gorman.

Here's our next tossup.

What state whose cherry capital airport is in Traverse City in which has an airport named for Gerald Ford in Grand Rapids is home to Detroit.

Brady, Wyoming Area.

- Michigan.

- Is correct.

And your bonus.

In the data structure called a stack, what is the name for the operation that removes the top element, complimenting a push?

- Pass.

- That answer was pop.

And that's the end of the game.

And our winner tonight is Crestwood over Wyoming Area.

215 to 155.

Congratulations, Crestwood, you are the Lucerne intermediate champion, and we'll see you next time with another round of scholastic scrimmage.

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