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- Welcome to the 17th 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.

WVIA would like to thank our sponsors, FNCB and Peoples Security Bank for making this competition possible.

The rules of the game have been modified for this season's virtual version, but in each half, students will have the chance to alternatively answer one question.

If they answer that question correctly, they'll receive a bonus question.

If their answer is incorrect, the other team can rebound but will not be given a bonus.

Students can also score points during the two Lightning Rounds in each game.

Judges tonight are educators from the WVIA viewing area and tonight's match features Dunmore versus Montrose.

Playing for Dunmore are Jessica Trager and Liam Ahern.

Their alternate is Katie Lewis and their advisor is William O'Malley.

Representing Montrose are Mason Deak and Kerry Tamechko.

Their alternate is Kyle Kaminsky and their advisor is Eric Powers.

Well, let's get started.

Dunmore has won the coin toss and will receive the first question, which is what first name is shared by current Italian prime minister Draghi, ice hockey legend Lemieux, and a red capped plumber who's Nintendo's mascot?

- Who is Mario?

- Mario is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

What novel by William Styron centers on a Catholic woman who's forced to decide which of her children will die at Auschwitz?

- "Sophie's Choice"?

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

Montrose, here is your first question.

What woman whose father Thomas D'Alesandro was mayor of Baltimore, tore up the 2020 State of the Union address and is the Speaker of the House?

- Nancy Pelosi?

- Is correct and here's your bonus question.

What person's effigy is burned in bonfires on November 5th, a holiday that celebrates the failure of his plot to blow up parliament in 1605?

- Pass.

- Okay.

That's Guy Fawkes.

Dunmore, here's your next question.

What property, which Henry's Law says is proportional to a gases partial pressure is quantified by KSP and is a substances ability to dissolve?

(buzzer) - Ran out of time.

Rebound to Montrose.

- Solubility?

- Is correct for your rebound points, rather, Montrose.

Great job.

And here's your next question.

What leader who was briefly married to Zachary Taylor's daughter, served alongside Vice President Alexander Stevens as president of the Confederacy?

(buzzer) - Rebound to Dunmore.

- Who's Jefferson Davis?

- Jefferson Davis is correct for your rebound points, Dunmore, and here is your next question.

What character who sells a boy named Xury to a sailor and who gives a companion the name Friday is shipwrecked on island in a book by Daniel Defoe?

(buzzer) - Ran out of time.

Rebound to Montrose.

(buzzer) - That's Robinson Crusoe.

Montrose, here's your next question.

In 2021, France protested what non-European countries' new security pact with the US and Britain, which may include US submarines based in Perth?

(buzzer) - Okay.

Rebound to Dunmore.

- Pass.

- Okay.

That answer is Australia.

Dunmore, here's your next question.

What man who led the Expedition of the Thousand in 1860 and had followers known as red shirts was the military leader of the Italian unification?

(ding) - Pass.

- Okay.

Rebound to Montrose.

- Pass.

(buzzer) - Okay.

That's Giuseppe Garibaldi.

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

(electricity sounding) - 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.

Dunmore has won the coin toss and will pick first.

Your categories are titles in titles or cities in religious history.

- Titles, please.

- I'm sorry?

- Titles, please.

- Titles in titles it is.

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

Give the royal or noble title such as Duchess that fills in the blank in the names of these works and answers may repeat.

Alexandre Dumas' novel, "The 'blank' of Monte Cristo".

- Count.

- [Paul Lazar] Yes.

William Golden's novel, "'blank' of the Flies".

- Lord.

- [Paul Lazar] Yes.

Wallace Stevens' poem, "The 'blank' of Ice Cream" - King - [Paul Lazar] Emperor.

Oscar Wilde's play, "'blank' Windermere's Fan".

- Pass - [Paul Lazar] Lady.

TH White's novel "The Once and Future 'blank'".

- Princess - [Paul Lazar] King.

DH Lawrence's "'blank Chatterley's Lover".

- Lady.

- [Paul Lazar] Yes.

Edmund Spencer's epic poem, "The Fairy 'blank'".

- Princess - [Paul Lazar] Queen.

Roger Kipling's short story, "The Man Who Would Be 'blank'".

- King.

- [Paul Lazar] Yes.

Eugene O'Neil's play, "The 'blank' Jones".

- Pass.

- [Paul Lazar] Emperor.

Joseph Conrad's novel "'blank' Jim".

(ding) - That was Lord.

"Lord Jim".

Okay, Dunmore, great job in the Lightning Round.

Montrose, we're coming over to you and your remaining category will be cities in religious history.

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

Name these locations of religiously significant events.

City Muhammad fled in 622?

- Pass - [Paul Lazar] Mecca.

City where Gaspard de Coligny's assassination sparked the St Bartholomew's Day Massacre?

- Pass - [Paul Lazar] Paris.

City who's Potala Palace the Dalai Lama fled in 1959?

- New Delhi - [Paul Lazar] Lhasa.

Juan Diego reported Marian visions atop a hill here.

- Pass - Guadalupe.

Future state capital founded by Mormons in 1847?

- Salt Lake City.

- [Paul Lazar] Yes.

Micro state guaranteed independence in the Lateran treaty.

- Pass - [Paul Lazar] Vatican.

French town where Joan of Arc was burned at the stake.

- Paris?

- [Paul Lazar] Rouen.

City where Jesus was crucified?

(ding) - That was Jerusalem.

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

And after that, we currently have Dunmore in the lead over Montrose 65 to 30.

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 Dunmore and Jessica, I'll come to you first, tell me what you like to do for fun when you're not in school - I play soccer and I also bead and draw and I run track.

- Excellent.

Thank you, Jessica.

Liam, what do you like to do when you're not in school?

What are your hobbies?

- I love going out with my friends.

Every weekend, I can usually be found doing that.

- All right.

Thank you, Dunmore and good luck the rest of the way.

Montrose, it's over to you.

Mason, what do you like to do when you're not in class?

- Hang out with my friends.

I play baseball and basketball as well.

- All right.

Thank you, Mason.

And Kerry, what are your hobbies?

- I do football and basketball cheerleading and I like reading and cooking.

- All right.

Thank you very much.

It was very nice to meet all of you.

We'll now begin the second quarter with this question that goes to Montrose.

What city's landmarks include Louis Sullivan's Wainwright Building and a steel structure shaped like a weighted catenary called The Gateway Arch?

- St. Louis - Is correct and here's your bonus question and get those pencils and papers ready.

What is the greatest common factor of the integers 60 and 96?

(buzzer) - Okay.

We're looking for 12.

All right Dunmore, here's your next question.

What scientist who names a unit measuring air ionization due to radiation, won the first Nobel prize in physics for the discovery of x-rays?

- Pass.

- Okay.

Rebound to Montrose.

- Marie Curie?

- No, that answer is Wilhelm Rontgen.

Montrose, here's your next question.

What city, described as lying on Lake Parime, was the objective of two Walter Raleigh voyages and was often conflated with the Seven Cities of Gold?

- Pass - Okay.

Rebound to Dunmore.

- Pass.

- Okay.

I'm sure you've all heard of the city of El Dorado.

Dunmore, here's your next question.

What company, which was founded in 2010, and received FDA fast track approval in 2021 for an RSV vaccine, is named for its vaccine's modified RNA?

(buzzer) - Okay.

Rebound to Montrose.

- Moderna?

- Moderna is correct for your rebound points, Montrose.

And here come your next question and get those pencils and papers out again.

What is the discriminant of the quadratic expression X squared plus 5X plus 1, given the discriminant is B squared minus 4AC?

- [Kevin] Five?

- Is incorrect, rebound to Dunmore.

- [Liam] Ten?

- Nope, that answer is 21.

All right, Dunmore, here comes your next question.

From 1538 to 1541, Geneva banned what reformer who wrote institutes of the Christian religion during his exile and advocated predestination?

- Martin Luther?

- Is incorrect, rebound to Montrose.

(buzzer) - That's John Calvin.

All right, Montrose, here's your next question.

What author of "The Layer of the White Worm" also wrote about Lucy Westenra who was given a garlic necklace by Dr VanHelsing in the novel "Dracula"?

(ding) (buzzer) - Okay.

Rebound to Dunmore.

- Pass.

- Okay.

That author?

Bram Stoker.

And after one half of play, we currently have a very good game, Dunmore in the lead over Montrose 65 to 50.

We wanna say thank you to Jessica and Liam from Dunmore.

And thank you to Mason and Kerry from Montrose, you were absolutely fantastic.

And we're now going to meet your teammates for the second half.

Playing for Dunmore in the second half are Ally McNeff and Kevin Walsh.

Representing Montrose are Samantha Nicula and Ciara Hunley.

Our first question in the third quarter will go to Dunmore.

And that question is, a coordinate system using R, Phi and Theta is named for what geometric shape whose surface area is 4 pi R squared and whose volume is four thirds pi R cubed?

- What is a sphere?

- Sphere is correct and here's your bonus question.

What author who died in 2021 at age 104, wrote a series of children's novels about sisters Beezus and Ramona Quimby?

- Pass.

- Okay.

That's Beverly Cleary.

Montrose, it's your turn now.

What author of the memoir, "The Roosevelt I Knew", served under FDR as secretary of labor from 1933 to 1945 and was the first woman cabinet member?

- Pass.

- Okay.

Rebound to Dunmore.

- We'll pass.

- Okay.

That is Francis Perkins.

Dunmore, here's your next question.

What river which drains Great Slave Lake and is named for a Scottish Explorer empties into the Beaufort Sea and is the longest river in Canada?

- The Quebec River?

- Is incorrect, rebound to Montrose.

- Pass.

- Okay.

That's the McKenzie River.

(buzzer) - Okay, Montrose, here comes your next question.

What character who enjoys eating thistles and is prone to losing his tail was introduced in AA Milne's book "Winnie the Pooh" and is a gloomy donkey?

- Eeyore.

- Is correct and here's your bonus question.

What artist who sculpted Marie van Goethem in his work, "Little Dancer of 14 Years" also created many impressionist paintings of ballerinas?

- Pass.

- That's Edgar Degas.

Dunmore, here's your next question.

In September, 2021 Haven Wisconsin hosted the 43rd edition of what biennial contest comprising 28 match play events between US and European golfers?

- The Ryder Cup?

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

What color names both a flower and a girl addicted to chewing gum in "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"?

- Lilac?

- No, we're looking for violet.

Okay, Montrose, here comes your next question.

What plant tissue which contains tracheids and vessel elements functions in transpiration pull to transport water and is found alongside phloem?

- The stem?

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Dunmore.

(buzzer) (ding) - Okay.

That answer was xylem.

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

(electricity sounding) - This time Montrose will pick first.

Your categories are German loan words or 1968.

- 1968.

- Okay.

1968, it is.

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

Answer the following about the year 1968.

President first elected that year.

- Roosevelt?

- [Paul Lazar] Nixon.

Civil rights leader killed by James Earl Ray.

- Pass.

- [Paul Lazar] Martin Luther King, Jr. North American city that hosted the summer Olympics.

- Pass - [Paul Lazar] Mexico City.

A military offensive began on this Vietnamese holiday.

- Pass - [Paul Lazar] Tet.

This city's democratic national convention devolved into chaos.

- Germany - Chicago.

Man who assassinated Robert F. Kennedy?

- John Wilkes Booth.

- [Paul Lazar] Sirhan Sirhan.

Tennis player and future AIDS activist who won the US open?

- Pass.

- [Paul Lazar] Arthur Ashe.

Period of liberalization in Czechoslovakia.

(ding) - Okay.

That was Prague Spring.

Okay.

Montrose, that's gonna wrap up your portion of the Lightning Round, Dunmore, we're coming over to you and your remaining category will be German loan words.

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

Name these English words borrowed from German.

Fermented cabbage.

- Lettuce.

- [Paul Lazar] Sauerkraut.

A sudden military attack, literally lightning war.

- Pass - [Paul Lazar] Blitzkrieg.

Joy at the misfortune of others.

- Pass - [Paul Lazar] Schadenfreude.

The desire to travel.

You can pass.

- Pass.

- Wanderlust.

A mysterious lookalike.

- Doppelganger?

- Yes.

An exclamation after someone sneezes.

- Gesundheit?

- Yes.

The grade before first grade.

- Kindergarten?

- Yes.

Short leather pants.

(ding) - That would be Lederhosen.

And after that, we currently have Dunmore in the lead over Montrose, 115 to 60.

And again, we're going to take a little bit of a break and get to know the contestants playing the second half a little better.

And Ally, I'll come to you, from Dunmore.

Tell me what you like to do for fun when you're not in class, what are your hobbies?

- I am a cheerleader and I like to sing and play piano.

- Excellent.

Thank you, Ally.

And Kevin, what are your hobbies when you're not in school?

- I play basketball, baseball and golf usually.

- Okay.

Thank you very much, Dunmore and good luck the rest of the way.

Montrose, I'm gonna come over to Samantha and Samantha, if you wouldn't mind telling us what your hobbies are, what you like to do for fun when you're not in school?

- I enjoy reading and drawing.

- Okay.

Thank you, Samantha.

And Ciara, what do you like to do for fun?

- I run the stock market for basketball, volleyball and do track.

- Okay.

Good luck to you, it was very nice to meet all of you.

I will now go ahead and begin the last segment of the game with this question that goes to Montrose.

What author who wrote about a clerk who says that he would prefer not to work in "Bartleby the Scrivener" wrote about Captain Ahab in "Moby Dick"?

- Herman Melville.

- Is correct and here's your bonus question.

What city whose Hôtel des Mille Collines was featured in a 2004 film is the capital of Rwanda?

- Pass.

- That's Kigali.

Dunmore, here's your next question.

What element obtained from the greenish ore malachite can oxidize to give the verdigris found on old statues and is still used to coat pennies?

(buzzer) - Ran out of time, rebound now to Montrose.

- Copper?

- Is correct for your rebound points, Montrose.

And here's your next question.

What Greek goddess had an epithet meaning cow-eyed, rode in a chariot pulled by peacocks, sent Argus to guard Io and was the jealous wife of Zeus?

- Aphrodite?

- No, rebound to Dunmore.

- Lucifer?

- No, we are looking for Hera.

Dunmore, here's your next question.

What amendment, which was incorporated to the states by Map v. Ohio, protects houses, papers and effects from unreasonable searches and seizures.

- The fourth amendment?

- Is correct and here's your bonus question.

What unicellular protists, whose name comes from the Greek for "to change" are known for using pseudopods for locomotion?

- Amoeba.

- Is correct for your bonus points, great job.

Montrose, it's back over to you.

What island whose Southern portion is called Kalimantan, lies north of the Java Sea and is divided between Brunei, Malaysia and Indonesia?

- Pass.

- Okay.

Rebound now to Dunmore.

- We'll pass.

- Okay.

That answer is Borneo.

Dunmore, here comes your next question.

What musical, in which an angel tells Frenchie to go back to high school in "Beauty School Dropout" focuses on a 1950s romance between Sandy and Danny?

- "Grease".

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

What painter of the "Burial of the Count Orgaz" and "View of Toledo" had a nickname that reflected his Hellenic heritage?

(buzzer) - That's El Greco.

Montrose, here comes your next question.

What phenomenon, which is measured by changes in the CPI and reduces purchasing power is a general rise over time in the costs of goods and services?

- Inflation?

- Is correct and here's your bonus question.

What Chinese dynasty, which defeated the Shang dynasty at the battle of Moi, nominally ruled during the Spring and Autumn period?

- The Ming dynasty?

- No, we're looking for the Zhou dynasty.

And that's the end of the game.

And our winner tonight is Dunmore over Montrose, 140 to 90.

Congratulations Dunmore you are 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 for thank you for watching.

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