(whistle blowing) (upbeat music) - 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 one, three or $5,000.

Tonight's match features Delaware Valley versus Lewisburg.

Representing Delaware Valley are Jackson Hancock, Andrea Del Freo, Owen Carso, and Riley Crick.

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

Representing Lewisburg are Isabelle Kim, Naveen Ramsuran, Naafay Bashwa, and Nia Young.

Their alternates are Vivian Vance and Alex Pegos and their advisor is Michael Kreiger.

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 to 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 get started with this toss-up question.

What realm of Norse mythology created using the eyebrows of the jötunn Ymir is connected to Asgard by the Bifrost bridge- (beeping) and is the home- - Midgard.

- [Paul] Andrea, Delaware Valley.

- Midgard.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus.

Lori Strode has a final showdown with supernatural killer, Michael Myers, in a 2022 entry in what horror film series?

(beeping) - Halloween.

- Is correct for your bonus points, Del Val.

And here comes your next toss-up question.

What author depicted a Babylonian thinker in his book, Zadig, and satirized mathematician Gottfried Leibniz as the optimistic Dr. Pangloss in Candide?

(beeping) Nia, Lewisburg.

- Voltaire.

- Is correct.

And your bonus question.

Members of the Moravian church are modern day followers of what Czech religious reformer who was burned at the stake in 1415?

(beeping) - Pass.

- Okay, that's Jan Hus.

Let's move to another toss-up question, and get your pencils and papers ready.

What is the quotient of nine factorial divided by seven factorial, given nine factorial equals nine times eight times seven and so on down to one?

(beeping) Isabelle, Lewisburg.

- Nine times eight is 72.

- Is correct.

And here comes your bonus question.

The world's lowest fresh water body of water is what Israeli sea where Jesus is said to have walked on water?

(beeping) - Sea of Galilee.

- Is correct for your bonus points, Lewisburg.

Here comes your next toss-up.

What theorist whose ideas were a major basis of Jacques Lacan's writings analyzed Irma in The Interpretations of Dreams and founded psychoanalyst- (beeping) Andrea, Delaware Valley.

- Sigmund Freud.

- Is correct.

And here comes your bonus question.

What Italian author wrote about novice monk Adso of Melk who helps William of Baskerville find a murderer in the 1980 novel, The Name of the Rose?

(beeping) - P. Binachi.

- No, we were looking for Umberto Eco.

Here's your next toss-up.

What man whose colitis forced him to resign as Head of the LDP in 2020 was assassinated after being the longest-serving Japanese Prime Minister- (beeping) Riley, Delaware Valley.

- Shinzo Abe.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus.

In 1959, African-American pinch hitter, Pumpsie Green, debuted against the White Sox making what team the last in the major leagues to integrate?

(beeping) - The Marlins.

- Nope.

We were looking for the Boston Red Sox, the Boston Red Sox.

Here's your next toss-up.

What European president who twice vetoed the UK's entry into the EEC, established the Fifth Republic and commanded Free France during World War II?

(beeping) Riley, Delaware Valley.

- de Gaulle.

- Is correct.

And here comes your bonus now.

What Plains state was represented in the Senate by Tom Daschle and by the 1972 Democratic nominee for president, George McGovern?

(beeping) - Kansas.

- No, South Dakota.

South Dakota.

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

What bone, which has a tuberosity to which the patellar ligament attaches- (beeping) forms a hinge joint?

(beeping) - Femur.

- Lewisburg?

Yes, we are looking for, that's incorrect.

I will rebound to Delaware Valley.

And is commonly called the shinbone.

(beeping) - Tibula.

- I'm sorry?

- The tibula.

- Judges?

Is correct for your rebound points, Delaware Valley.

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

(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.

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

Your categories are artists' tools or former country names.

- Former country names.

- Okay, former country names it is.

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

What modern day country was formerly known as Persia?

(beeping) - Iran.

- Yes.

Ceylon.

(beeping) - Korea?

- Sri Lanka.

Rhodesia.

(beeping) - Uganda.

- Zimbabwe.

Abyssinia.

(beeping) - Turkey?

- Ethiopia.

Formosa.

(beeping) - Libya.

- Taiwan.

British Honduras.

(beeping) - Belize.

- Yes.

Gold Coast in Western Africa.

(beeping) - Côte d'Ivoire?

- Ghana.

East Pakistan.

(beeping) - Afghanistan?

- Bangladesh.

Upper Volta.

(beeping) - Russia.

- Burkina Faso.

Kampuchea, while it was ruled by Pol Pot.

- That would be Cambodia.

- Cambodia is correct.

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

Lewisburg, we're coming over to you.

Your remaining category will be artists' tools.

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

Name these things used by visual artists.

Flat board for mixing pigments.

(beeping) - Palette.

- Yes.

Spinning device that pottery can be thrown on.

(beeping) - Wheel?

- Yes.

A sculptural copy made using a mold.

(beeping) - Cast?

- Yes.

Cloth put on a studio floor to catch splatter or debris.

(beeping) - Canvas.

- Drop cloth.

Oven for firing ceramics.

(beeping) - Kiln.

- Yes.

Plain fabric that most oil paintings are made on.

(beeping) - Canvas.

- Yes.

Flat metal tool that is hammered to chip away at a sculpture.

(beeping) - Chisel.

- Yes.

Fast-drying paint partly made of egg yolk.

(beeping) - Gouache.

- Tempera.

Impermeable gloss dobbed onto finished ceramics.

(beeping) - Glaze?

- Yes.

Dim workspace for developing photographs.

(beeping) - Dark room.

- Yes.

All right, and that's going to do it for the lightning round, and after that, we have a very close game.

We have Delaware Valley in the lead over Lewisburg 70 to 65.

Doesn't get much closer than that.

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

What country, which contains the largest portion of both the Carpathian mountains and the delta of the Danube River, is also home to Transylvania?

(beeping) Riley, Delaware Valley.

- Lichtenstein.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Lewisburg.

(beeping) - Romania?

- Is correct for your rebound points, Lewisburg.

Let's move on to another toss-up.

Members of what professions, such as Marin Alsop, Carlo Maria Giulini, and Leopold Stokowski- (beeping) Often use, Jackson, Delaware Valley.

- Conductors.

- Is correct.

And here comes your bonus.

Rusting is what type of process prevented by galvanization in which a refined metal is degraded to a more stable oxide?

(beeping) - Oxidization.

- No, we were looking for corrosion.

Corrosion.

Here's your next toss-up.

What agency, whose COINTELPRO initiative targeted civil rights groups- (beeping) Riley, Delaware Valley.

- FBI.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

The Bringer of War and The Mystic are subtitles of movements in what suite by Gustav Holst?

(beeping) - The Planets.

- That is correct.

And here comes your next toss-up question.

The brightest events in the universe are bursts named for what form of radiation emitted by excited nuclei, which has energy higher than x-rays?

(beeping) Jackson, Delaware Valley.

- Gamma.

- Is correct.

And here comes your bonus question.

What 17th century poem by Andrew Marvell urges the title woman to accept a lover's embrace because times wing a chariot is hurrying near?

(beeping) - Sylvia Plath.

- Nope.

That's To His Coy Mistress.

Here comes your next toss-up question.

What 1937 novel whose characters include a man known as Tea Cake and a resident of Eatonville named Janie Crawford is by Zora Neale Hurston?

(beeping) Riley, Delaware Valley.

- Their Eyes Were Watching God?

- Is correct.

And here comes your bonus.

What president who signed the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924 was nicknamed Silent for his pronounced terseness?

(beeping) - Calvin Coolidge.

- That is correct for your bonus points, Delaware Valley.

And we'll move on to another toss-up.

What conflict described as a splendid little war by John Hay ended with US control of the Philippines- (beeping) Naveen, Lewisburg.

- Spanish-American War.

- Is correct.

And here comes your bonus question.

What Italian word often used to mean a climax is used in music to mean a gradual increase- (beeping) In loudness?

- We got locked out.

Crescendo.

- Crescendo is correct for your bonus points, Lewisburg.

Great job.

Here's your next toss-up.

What quantity, which is as low as possible at a mixture's eutectic point, is depressed in a solution and is zero degrees Celsius for pure water?

(beeping) Nia, Lewisburg.

- Freezing point.

- Is correct.

And your bonus question.

What 19th century author wrote about a woman who implores Confederate troops to spare your country's flag in his poem, Barbara Fritchie?

(beeping) - James Joyce.

- No, we're looking for John Greenleaf Whittier.

Great guess though.

Here comes your next toss-up.

What river, whose upper section is called the Jinsha, or Gold Sands River- (beeping) Flows past, Andrea, Delaware Valley.

- Yangtze, Yangtze- - Judges?

- Yangtze.

- Say it again.

- Yangtze.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question now.

(beeping) The conservation of what quantity, often denoted by capital L, can be illustrated using the example of a spinning skater?

- Momentum?

(beeping) - Mass.

- Is incorrect.

We were looking for angular momentum.

And before we go any further, we have a quick scoring adjustment to make.

An earlier answer by Delaware Valley mentioning rusting actually was called incorrect when in fact it was correct.

So we're going to go ahead and add those five points to your score, making it 135 to 100.

And that sound that you heard signals the end of the first half, and we're now going to give our contestants a 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 Delaware Valley, and Jackson, I'll come to you first.

If you could hang out with any cartoon character, who would it be and why?

- I would have to say Scrooge McDuck from DuckTales.

Maybe I could pick up some economic expertise.

- Or maybe he'd just give you some.

- That would be nice too.

(chuckles) - [Paul] Andrea?

- I think would have to be Yugi Mutou because he's just like so kind and so good at games.

I just wanna like pick up tips from him.

- Excellent.

Owen.

- Jake the dog from Adventure Time.

I would like to try out his pancakes.

(laughter) - Who doesn't love pancakes?

Riley.

- I'd like to talk with Dr. Doofenshmirtz from Phineas and Ferb 'cause- - Doofenshmirtz?

- Doofenshmirtz.

- [Paul] I think I had that back in high school for a couple of weeks.

I was out of class.

(laughter) - I just wanna hear about his schemes and all that.

- Okay.

All right, very good.

Thank you, Delaware Valley.

Lewisburg, coming over to you.

Isabelle, tell us who your favorite character, your cartoon character, would be that you would like to hang out with.

- I would choose Charlie Brown because he's bald like my hero, Mr. Gessner.

(laughter) - Naveen.

- I would choose Scooby-Doo because I think eating a meal with him would be really fun.

- Okay.

Plus you get snacks along the way.

- Yeah.

- Right?

- You get to eat some Scooby snacks.

- [Paul] (chuckles) That's what they feed me.

Naafay.

- I would choose Jimmy Neutron 'cause he loves science just like my science teacher, Mr. Long.

- Okay, very cool.

And Nia.

- I would choose Calvin and Hobbs because they're the favorite of my hero, Mr. Lupold.

- Oh right, very good.

It was very nice to meet all of you again.

And we'll now begin the third quarter with this toss-up question.

What singer, whose name follows "big t-shirt" in the lyrics of a namesake Armani White song has a brother named Phineas who co-wrote her song- (beeping) Riley, Delaware Valley.

- Billie Eilish.

- Is correct.

And your bonus question.

Before a 2018 correction, the name of what New York City bridge was spelled with one Z fewer than that of its historical namesake?

(beeping) - Tappan Zee Bridge?

- No, we're looking for the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge.

Here's your next toss-up question.

What state is home to Haverford College- (beeping) Was, Nia, Lewisburg.

- Pennsylvania.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

What no longer extant Gran Republic was established under the 1821 Constitution of Cúcuta and contained modern Panama, Ecuador, and Venezuela?

(beeping) - Columbia?

- Is correct for your bonus points, Lewisburg.

Here comes another toss-up question.

What country's longtime dictator who wrote The Green Book and overthrow King Idris I before being killed during the Arab Spring was Muammar Gaddafi?

(beeping) Riley, Delaware Valley.

- Uganda.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Lewisburg.

(beeping) - South Africa.

- No, we're looking for Libya.

Here comes your next toss-up.

What English scientists names the total charge on a mole of electrons, the law of electromagnetic induction- (beeping) And a cage that blocks, Isabelle, Lewisburg.

- Coulomb.

- Is incorrect.

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

Blocks electric fields- (beeping) - Faraday.

- Is correct for your rebound points, Delaware Valley.

And we're gonna move on now to another toss-up.

What company whose CEO, Shou Zi Chew, testified to Congress in March- (beeping) Had, Riley, Delaware Valley.

- TikTok.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

What epic poem whose title character is exiled on the request of Kaikeyi features the seventh avatar of Vishnu defeating Ravana and rescuing Sita?

(beeping) - Mahabharata.

- No, we're looking for The Ramayana.

The Ramayana.

Here's your next toss-up.

What first female member of the Royal Statistical Society rose to prominence during the Crimean War during which she served as a nurse to soldiers?

(beeping) Riley, Delaware Valley.

- Florence Nightingale.

- Is correct.

And your bonus question.

British politician, Kwasi Kwarteng, was the first Black person to hold what position which is responsible for the UK's fiscal and monetary policy?

(beeping) - Treasurer.

- Nope.

We were looking for Chancellor or Exchequer.

Here comes your next toss-up.

What actor, who won an Oscar for King Richard, was subsequently banned from the Academy Awards- (beeping) Naafay, Lewisburg.

- Will Smith.

- Is correct.

And your bonus question.

What French-American mathematician is the namesake of a self-similar set, and in 1975 coined the term "fractal"?

(beeping) - Blaise Pascal.

- No, we're looking for Benoit Mandelbrot.

Here's your next toss-up question.

What country produced a novel about an outlaw and 108 spirits titled Water Margin- (beeping) And, Andrea, Delaware Valley.

- Japan.

- Is incorrect.

I'll finish the question and rebound to Lewisburg.

(beeping) And a story about the monkey Sun Wukong titled Journey to the West?

(beeping) - China.

- Is correct for your rebound points, Lewisburg.

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

(electricity buzzing) This time, Lewisburg will pick first.

Your categories are also in a deck of cards or F in initials.

- Deck of cards.

- Okay, also in a deck of cards it is.

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

Name these things that share their name with playing cards.

Villain played in movies by Jared Leto and Heath Ledger.

(beeping) - Joker.

- Yes.

2020 song title used separately by Sam Smith and Megan Thee Stallion.

(beeping) - Speed.

- Diamonds.

Literary character who says "off with their heads."

(beeping) - Queen of Hearts.

- Yes.

Surname of a man named Rodney who was beaten by the LAPD in 1991.

(beeping) - Pass.

- King.

Number of Russian composers in the Mighty Handful.

(beeping) - 12 - Five.

Tennis serve not touched by the opponent.

(beeping) - Ace.

- Yes.

Outlet for plugging in a phone line.

(beeping) - Jack?

- Yes.

Number of samurai in Akira Kurosawa film.

(beeping) - Seven.

- Yes.

Nursery rhyme character who stole the tarts and took them clean away.

(beeping) - Jack.

- No.

Knave of Hearts.

(beeping) Okay Lewisburg, that's going to do it for your portion of the lightning round.

Delaware Valley, we're coming over to you, and your remaining category will be F in initials.

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

For what word does the letter F stand for in these abbreviations?

NFL, a sports league.

(beeping) - Football.

- Yes.

UFO, a spaceship.

(beeping) - Flying.

- Yes.

FCC, a government agency.

(beeping) - Federal.

- Yes.

JFK, the 35th president.

(beeping) - Fitzgerald.

- Yes.

SPF, a classification of sunscreen.

(beeping) - Photon?

- Factor.

FDA, a government agency.

(beeping) - Federal.

- Food.

AFV, a class of military equipment.

(beeping) - Flying.

- Fighting.

FAQ, a list of questions.

(beeping) - Frequently.

- Yes.

BFG, a character created- (beeping) By Roald Dahl.

- Friendly.

- Yes.

RAF, a British military branch.

(beeping) - Force.

- Yes.

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

And after that, we currently have Delaware Valley in the lead over Lewisburg 210 to 160.

But still plenty of time for Lewisburg to catch up.

Now we're now going to begin the last segment of the game with this toss-up question.

What country breached the Mannerheim Line in the Winter War against Finland and defeated a Nazi army in the eastern fronts- (beeping) Battle of Stalingrad, Naveen, Lewisburg.

- Russia.

- Be more specific.

- The USSR?

- Yes.

And here's your bonus question.

What island was the birthplace of author Seamus Heaney whose poem Digging describes cutting through soggy peat to plant potatoes?

(beeping) - Greenland.

- No, we're looking for Ireland.

All right, here comes your next toss-up.

Alex English spent a decade with what NBA team who drafted a Serbian center who won back-to-back MVPs and NBA finals MVP in 2023- (beeping) Nikola Jok.

Riley, Delaware Valley.

- Bucks?

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Lewisburg.

(beeping) - Rockets.

- Nope.

We're looking for the Denver Nuggets.

The Denver Nuggets.

Here comes your next toss-up.

What animals, sometimes called chelonians, have a shell made of bone or cartilage- (beeping) And include, Andrea, Delaware Valley.

- Snails.

- Is incorrect.

I will finish and rebound to Lewisburg.

And include species such as the leatherback and terrapins.

(beeping) - Turtles.

- Yes.

That's correct for your rebound points, Lewisburg.

And here's your next toss-up.

What man, who lost the rights to his book, If I Did It to the Goldman Family- (beeping) Naveen, Lewisburg.

- OJ Simpson.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus.

Tok Pisin is one of over 800 languages spoken on what country whose capital is Port Moresby?

(beeping) - Vietnam.

- Nope.

We were looking for Papua New Guinea.

Papua New Guinea.

Here's your next toss-up.

What Shakespearean comedy depicts Sir John Falstaff's inept attempts to seduce mistresses Ford and Page?

(beeping) - The Comedy of Errors.

- Andrea, Delaware Valley.

- The Comedy of Errors.

- Is incorrect.

And I'll finish and rebound to Lewisburg.

The comedy's title, Happily Married Women.

(beeping) - A Midsummer Night's Dream?

- Nope.

We were looking for The Merry Wives of Windsor.

Here comes your next toss-up.

What man, who appointed Alex Padilla to the Senate, survived Larry Elder's attempt in a 2021 recall election to replace him as governor of California?

(beeping) Riley, Delaware Valley.

- Gavin Newsom.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus now.

What Greek god was having an affair with Aphrodite when they were caught in a net by her husband, Hephaestus?

(beeping) - Aries.

- Is correct for your bonus points.

Very good.

Here comes your next toss-up.

What material follows "lost" in the name of a technique for casting bronze statues and is used to depict- (beeping) Jackson, Delaware Valley.

- Wax.

- Is correct.

Here comes your bonus question.

In the 2023 case Allen v Milligan, the Supreme Court upheld section two of what 1965 law requiring Alabama to redraw its Congressional District Map?

(beeping) - The Gerrymandering Law?

- No, we were looking for the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

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

If the logarithm of X equals two, what is the value of the logarithm of the cube of X, given that X equals 100?

(beeping) - 50.

- Andrea, Delaware Valley.

- 50.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound now to Lewisburg.

(beeping) - 10.

- Is also incorrect.

We were looking for the number six.

All right, let's- (beeping) Well, that's the end of the game, and our winner tonight is Delaware Valley over Lewisburg, 235 to 190.

Congratulations, Delaware Valley.

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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