(sporty music) ♪ Go - Welcome to the 17th season of "WVIA's 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 1, 3, or $5000.

Tonight's match features Delaware Valley versus Lake Lehman.

Representing Delaware Valley is Isabella Hemler, Andrea Defreo, Jackson Hancock, Riley Crook, their captain.

Their alternates are Sarah Flick and Jason Arnown, and their advisor is Robert Curtis.

Representing Lake Lehman is Cassidy Gallagher, Francis Pennacoli, Teagan Norcunk.

Their captain is Seth Berry.

Their alternate is Callie Diefenbaker, and their advisor is Cecilia Jennings.

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 tossup 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 tossup points but will not receive a bonus question.

Let's get started with our first tossup question.

What country's president whose state visit to Britain was the first of King Charles's reign, is Cyril Ramaphosa who leads the ANC party from Pretoria?

(timer dings) South Africa.

Tossup.

What ship, which British torpedo bombers targeted after its sank the HMS Hood was Nazi Germany's largest battleship, named for a Prussian chancellor?

(timer dings) Bismarck.

Toss up.

In what month does Britain commemorate Guy Fawkes Day, Mexico observe Dia de Muertos... (buzzer) Francis, Lake Lehman.

- November.

- November's correct answer Francis, and your bonus.

The oldest art museum in the western United States is the Crocker Art Museum in what state capital that grew around Sutter's Fort?

(team whispering) (buzzer) The correct answer is Sacramento.

Toss up.

What hero, the subject of a 1795 Joseph Ritson compilation, shoots an arrow that splits a reed in Ivanhoe... (buzzer) and steals, Seth, Lake Lehman.

- Robin Hood.

- Robin Hood, Seth, is correct answer and your bonus.

What word proceeds pastoral in a Philip Roth title and appears in the title of a Theodore Dreiser novel in which Clyde Griffiths is executed?

(buzzer) - Execution.

- Execution is incorrect.

It is American.

Toss up.

What party, which was in power during the winter of discontent, created the NHS under the Clement Attlee and is the chief rival of the Conservative party?

(buzzer) Andrea, Delaware Valley.

- The Libertarians?

- Libertarians is incorrect.

Rebound to Lake Lehman.

(buzzer) - Seth.

- Democrats.

- Democrats is incorrect.

It is the Labour Party.

Toss up.

Pencil paper ready.

What integer is the quotient of two raised to the 11th power divided by eight raised to the third power, given that eight equals two cubed?

(buzzer) Teagan.

- Two to the eighth power.

- Two to the eighth power is incorrect.

I'll rebound the question to Delaware Valley.

(timer dings) The correct answer is four.

Toss up.

What procedure whose variance include cattle call and blind often includes a callback portion to narrow down prospective actors for a play.

(buzzer) Riley, Delaware Valley.

- Audition.

- Audition Riley's correct answer.

And your bonus.

In what Chinese novel does the monk Xuan Zang retrieve Buddhist manuscripts from India with the assistance of Sun Wukong?

(team whispering) (buzzer) Riley.

- Journey to the West.

- Journey to the West is correct answer for your bonus points.

Toss up.

What state, whose namesake river is formed by the Coosa and the Tallapoosa Rivers, is nicknamed the Yellow Hammer State, and is lead from Montgomery?

(buzzer) Andrea of Delaware Valley.

- Minnesota.

- Is incorrect rebound to Lake Lehman.

(buzzer) Steph.

- Alabama.

- Alabama's correct answer for your rebound points Lake Lehman.

And that's the end of the first quarter and it's now time for the lightning round.

(electricity crackling) 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.

Delaware Valley has won the coin toss and will choose first.

Your categories are Literary Girls or French Geography.

- French geography.

- French geography.

The time begins after I read the first question.

Answer the following about France.

Capital of France.

(buzzer) - Paris.

- Correct.

Arm of the Atlantic separating England and France.

(buzzer) Jackson.

- English Channel.

- Correct.

City home to Louis the 14th's palace.

(buzzer) Jackson.

- Versailles.

- Correct.

Mountain range home to Mont Blanc.

(buzzer) - Alps.

- Correct.

Joan of Ark is the maid of this city.

(buzzer) - Reims - Or Leon.

French Riviera city home to an annual film festival.

(buzzer) Riley.

- Pass - [Regina] Caan.

Northern port city whose name means "the harbor".

(buzzer) - Le Havre.

- Is correct.

Longest River entirely in France.

(buzzer) Jackson - Uh, Le Seine?

- Loire.

Island birthplace of Napoleon.

(buzzer) Jackson.

- Corsica.

- Correct.

Mountain range on the Spanish border.

(buzzer) - Pyrenees.

- Correct.

Moving over to our team from Lake Lehman.

Your category is Literary Girls.

Given a fictional girl, name the earliest published book in which she appeared.

Joe March.

(buzzer) - Pass - Little Women.

The spoiled Veruca Salt.

(buzzer) - Willy Wonka.

- Is incorrect.

Is Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

Daenerys Targaryen.

(buzzer) - Game of Thrones.

- Correct.

Natasha Rostova, who flees Moscow.

(buzzer) - War and Peace.

- Correct.

Sisters Ruthie and Rose of Sharon Joad.

(buzzer) - Pass.

- Grapes of Wrath.

Meg Murry who learns to tesser.

(buzzer) - Pass.

- A Wrinkle in Time.

Cosette, the daughter of Fantine.

(buzzer) - Les Miserables.

- Correct.

Starr Carter who witnesses a police shooting.

(buzzer) - Pass.

Hate You Give.

Dolores Haze.

(buzzer) - Pass - Lolita.

Pecola Breedlove.

(buzzer) - Pass - The Bluest Eye.

And that's the end of the lightning round.

So let's take a look at our current score.

We have Delaware Valley with 50 points and Lake Lehman with 45 points.

We're going to move into the second quarter with this toss up question.

What devices, whose achromatic type exhibit limited aberration, can be biconvex or biconcave and are used to focus light in... (buzzer) Teagan Lake Lehman?

- Uh, Antenna.

- Antenna is incorrect.

I'll complete the question to rebound to... (buzzer) - Lens.

- [Regina] I'm sorry?

- Lens - Lens Andrea's correct answer for your rebound points.

Toss up.

What girl, who lives with the monkey Mr. Nilsson at the Villa Villekulla is a Swedish redhead with superhuman strength in books by... (buzzer) - Pippi Longstocking.

- Pippi Longstocking is correct answer and your bonus.

Which man served as Japanese emperor from the death of Hirohito until he abdicated in favor of his son Naruhito in 2019?

(buzzer) - Abe.

- Abe is incorrect.

It is Akihito.

Toss up.

What American athlete, who narrowly lost to Ariarne Titmus in the 400 meter freestyle at Tokyo 2020 has won seven Olympic... (buzzer) - Michael Phelps.

- Michael Phelps is incorrect.

I'll complete the question and rebound to Delaware Valley.

Seven Olympic golds in women's swimming?

(buzzer) - Riley - Katie Ledecky.

- Katie Ledecky is correct answer for your rebound points.

Toss up.

What seven letter word can be another name for a writing theory emphasizing minimalism, crisp head lettuce, or a floating mask cleaved from a glacier?

(buzzer) Francis.

- Iceberg - Iceberg Francis's correct answer.

And your bonus Lake Leman.

Pencil paper ready.

What is the volume of a hemisphere whose radius is three, given that a hemisphere is half of a spear?

(timer dings) It is 18 pi.

Toss up.

In what Midwestern state in 2022, did Democrats flip both houses of the legislature in addition to re-electing democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer?

(buzzer) - Michigan.

- Michigan Seth is correct answer.

And your bonus Lake Lehman.

In 1998, Bill Clinton's affair with what White House intern led the House of Representatives to impeach him?

(timer dings) - Monica Lewinsky.

Toss up.

What regime which operated the Choeung Ek killing field between 1975 and 1979, was a communist government led by Pol Pot in present day Cambodia?

(timer dings) Khmer Rouge.

Toss up.

What composer of The Preludes, The Engulfed Cathedral, and The Girl with the Flaxen Hair was inspired by a Paul Verlaine poem to compose Claire de Lune?

(buzzer) Andrea Delaware Valley.

- Beethoven.

- Beethoven is incorrect.

Rebound to Lake Lehman.

(buzzer) Francis.

- Bussy?

Debussy?

- Debussy is correct answer for your rebound points.

Toss up.

What organ is filled with vitreous and aqueous humor, has a clear outer part called the cornea and has a lens that focuses... (buzzer) Riley.

- The eye.

- The eye Riley is correct answer and your bonus.

Titus Tatius was a mythical king of what Italian people whose women were abducted en mass by the predominantly male founders of Rome?

(buzzer) - The Sicilians.

- Sicilian is incorrect.

It is Sabines.

We're going to give our contestants a little bit of a break but first we're gonna update our score.

Delaware Valley has 90 points and Lake Lehman has 75 points.

We're going to turn to our team from Delaware Valley and Isabella why don't you start us off and tell us a little bit about some of the activities you're involved in in school.

- I'm in HOSA, which is a after school activity where I study cultural disparities and diversities in medicine.

- [Regina] Okay.

Andrea?

- I am basically solely into the Creative Writing Club.

- [Regina] And you're on the scrimmage team?

- Yeah.

- [Regina] That too.

Jackson?

- I'm in orchestra.

I played the upright bass.

- [Regina] Okay.

Challenging.

- Yeah, it is.

- [Regina] Riley.

- I'm also in orchestra, and I'm also running in track and field.

- And you're also on the Scrimmage team?

- [Riley] Yes.

- Moving over to our team from Lake Lehman.

Cassidy, why don't you start us off.

- I'm on the swim team and I cheer.

- [Regina] Great.

Francis?

- I'm in student council and I co-run the D and D club.

- [Regina] What's the D and D club?

- Dungeon and Dragons club.

- [Regina] Okay.

Teagan.

- I am the other person who runs The Dungeons and Dragons Club, and I'm also in student council.

- [Regina] Okay and you're also on the Scrimmage team.

And Seth why don't you finish us off?

- I play basketball, I run track and field, and I also play baseball and I'm in clubs like FBLA, student council, Key Club.

- Super busy.

Good.

Great to meet all of you.

We'll begin the second half of this game with a toss up question.

What novel whose protagonist recounts her life to Phoebe includes a scene in which Tea Cake is shot by Janie Crawford and is by Zora Neale Hurston?

(timer dings) That would be, Their Eyes Were Watching God.

Toss up.

What structure stretches as far west as the Lop Nur, contains a section at Badaling popular with tourists, and is a defensive barrier in... (buzzer) Andrea, Delaware Valley.

- Great Wall of China.

- Is correct answer.

And your bonus.

What 1970 NASA mission on which Jack Swigert was the command module pilot abandoned its main objective when an oxygen tank exploded?

(buzzer) - Apollo 11 - Apollo 11 is incorrect.

It is Apollo 13.

Toss up.

The only element better than copper at conducting electricity is what transition metal, whose atomic symbol derived the Latin argentum is A G?

(buzzer) Riley Del Val.

- Silver.

- Silver's correct answer and your bonus Delaware Valley.

What instruments player Pablo Casals popularized a set of six solo suites for it written by JS Bach?

(buzzer) Riley.

- The cello.

- The cello's correct answer for your bonus points.

Toss up.

What author whose essay, Why I Write, described his turn away from socialism after the Spanish civil War, created Napoleon the pig in Animal Farm?

(buzzer) - George Orwell.

- George Orwell Andrea's correct answer and your bonus.

Frederic Henry and Catherine Barkley flee to Switzerland during World War I in what Earnest Hemingway novel?

(buzzer) Riley.

- For Whom the Bell Tolls.

- For Whom the Bell Tolls is incorrect.

It is A Farewell to Arms.

Toss up.

What type of tax to which Henry David Thoreau objected in civil disobedience was outlawed by the 24th amendment and was charged to election voters.

(buzzer) - Poll tax.

- Poll tax.

Teagan is correct answer.

And your bonus Lake Lehman.

What French thinker who wrote Discipline and Punish distinguished between madness and mental illness in his book Madness and Civilization?

(buzzer) - Voltaire.

- Voltaire is incorrect.

It is Foucault.

Toss up.

What singer, whose 2022 song Lift Me Up, appeared on the Black Panther Wakanda Forever soundtrack repeats the partial word "ella" in her hit Umbrella?

(buzzer) Riley Delaware Valley.

- Rihanna.

- Rihanna's correct answer and your bonus.

What country, whose island of Saaremaa is in the Baltic Sea, is the northern most of the Baltic states?

(buzzer) Riley.

- Macedonia.

- Macedonia is incorrect.

It as Estonia.

Toss up.

What operation used in converting acid dissociation constants to PKA values and hydrogen concentrations to pH values is the inverse of 10 to the X?

(buzzer) Jackson.

- The square root 10 to the X?

- Square root is incorrect.

Rebound to Lake Lehman.

(timer dings) It is the logarithm.

That is the end of the third quarter and it's time for another lightning round.

(electricity crackling) This time Lake Lehman will choose first.

Your categories are Pixar Characters or Spelling with Notes.

- Pixar Characters.

- Pixar characters.

The time begins after I read the first question.

Name these characters from Pixar movies.

Clownfish searched for by his father.

(buzzer) - Nemo.

- [Regina] Correct.

Garbage cleaning robot and namesake of a 2000... (buzzer) - Wall-E. - [Regina] Correct.

Character voiced by Paul Newman in Cars.

(buzzer) - Uh, Tow Mater.

- [Regina] Doc Hudson.

Villain who builds a robot in the Incredibles.

(buzzer) - Syndrome.

- [Regina] Correct.

Rat who dreams of becoming a chef.

(buzzer) - Remy.

- [Regina] Correct.

Princess who is the protagonist of Brave.

(buzzer) - Merida.

- [Regina] Correct.

Toy that Bonnie creates out of garbage in Toy Story 4.

(buzzer) - Forky.

- [Regina] Correct.

Boy who owns Woody and Buzz Lightyear in Toy Story?

(buzzer) Teagan.

- Andy.

- Correct.

Girl whose emotions are personified in inside out?

(buzzer) - Riley.

- [Regina] Correct.

Elf who works with his brother Barley to resurrect their father in Onward.

(buzzer) - Pass.

- [Regina] Ian.

Moving over to our team from Delaware Valley.

Your category is Spelling with Notes.

Give these words that can be spelled using only the letters from A to G. Meat produced from cattle.

(buzzer) Andrea.

- Pass.

- [Regina] Beef.

Playing card with a single suit symbol.

(buzzer) - Riley.

- Ace.

- [Regina] Correct.

Vegetable used to make sauerkraut.

(buzzer) - Cabbage.

- [Regina] Correct.

Person who is unable to hear.

(buzzer) Riley.

- Deaf.

- [Regina] Correct.

Legal document conferring title to a property.

(buzzer) - Deed.

- Correct.

To spoil a thing's appearance by drawing over it.

(buzzer) Riley.

- Pass - [Regina] Deface.

Dance move in which one puts one's head towards the crook of one's elbow.

(buzzer) - Pass.

- [Regina] Dab.

Undirected connection between two vertices of a graph.

(buzzer) - Pass.

- Edge.

Five letter word for a short aphorism.

(buzzer) - Pass.

- [Regina] Adage.

Verb that means to agree to demands.

(buzzer) - Comply.

- Is incorrect.

It is as accede.

And that's the end of the lightning round.

Let's take a look at our current score.

We have Delaware Valley with 155 points and Lake Lehman with 125 points.

We will now begin the last segment of the game with this toss up question.

What king, who controlled Portugal after The Battle of Kantahara, sent an armada to invade England and... (buzzer) Francis.

- Philip?

- [Regina] Can you be more specific?

- Philip the second.

- Correct.

And your bonus.

A useful approximation in chemistry is that within one liter, what is the volume at standard temperature and... (buzzer) Seth.

- 22.4 liters.

- Is correct answer Seth, for your bonus points.

Toss up.

What name is shared by the southernmost city in Illinois where the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers meet, and a city on the Nile that is Egypt's capital?

(buzzer) Riley.

- Cairo.

- Cairo is correct answer.

And your bonus.

Praia is the capital of what Portuguese speaking island country west of mainland Africa?

(buzzer) Riley.

- Azores.

- Is incorrect.

It is Cape Verde.

Toss up.

Pencil paper ready.

What is the measure of the vertex angle of an isosceles triangle whose two equal angles each measure 40 degrees?

(buzzer) Seth.

Lake Lehman.

- A hundred.

- A hundred is correct answer Seth.

And your bonus.

What's seven word opening phrase of a William Shakespeare history play is followed by the line, "made glorious summer by this son of York"?

(buzzer) - Seth.

- Summer.

- Summer is incorrect.

The title is Now is the Winter of Our Discontent.

Toss up.

What scientist used stimuli such as a ticking metronome.

(buzzer) - Pavlov - Pavlov's correct answer Andrea.

And your bonus.

"Shoot Coward.

You are only going to kill a man," were the last words spoken by what Marxist leader depicted in an Alberto Korda photo?

(buzzer) Riley.

- Lennon - Is incorrect.

It is Che Guevara.

Toss up.

What 1897 painting in which a six string mandolin and a wide-eyed lion surround the title figure is by Henri Rousseau and depicts a dormant woman?

(timer dings) That would be The Sleeping Gypsy.

Toss up.

What stage of mitosis, in which connecticor microtubules shorten as chromosomes migrate to the spindles, is the penultimate stage before telophase?

(buzzer) - Anaphase.

- Anaphase Cassidy's correct answer and your bonus Lake Lehman.

What artist of The Arnolfini Wedding included text saying he was here as a part of his signature in the back of the painting?

(whispering) (buzzer) - Picasso.

- Picasso is incorrect.

It is Jan van Eyck.

Toss up.

What former spokesman for Vietnam veterans against the war succeeded Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State and lost the 2004 election to George Bush?

(buzzer) Andrea.

- Al Gore.

- [Regina] Al Gore is incorrect.

Rebound to Lake Lehman.

(timer dings) That was John Kerry.

Toss up.

What former United States representative who was succeeded by Kai Kahele in 2021 left the Democratic Party in 2022 two years after she ran for President?

(buzzer) Seth.

- Hillary Clinton - Is incorrect.

Rebounded Delaware Valley.

(buzzer) Riley - Kyrsten Sinema.

- Is also incorrect.

It is Tulsi Gabbard.

And that is the end of the game.

So let's take a look at our final score.

We have Lake Lehman with 160 points and Delaware Valley with 175 points.

Congratulations Delaware Valley.

You will 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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