- Welcome to the 16th 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 sponsor, FNCB and People Security Bank for making this competition possible.

This year's Scholastic scrimmage looks a little different and the rules have been revised due to the Corona virus pandemic, 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 K-12 educators from the WVIA viewing area and tonight's match features Dunmore and Wayne Highlands.

Playing in the first half for Dunmore are Sam Hannah and Celia Egan.

The alternate is Allie McNiff and their advisor is William O'Malley.

Representing Wayne Highlands in the first half are Griffin Rodgers and Emily Roberts.

Their advisor is Kevin Lockwood.

Well, let's get started.

Dunmore has won the coin toss and will receive the first question which is; which peninsula that was home to the Silla, Baekje, and Goguryeo kingdoms was led by King Sejong the Great's Joseon Dynasty from Seoul?

(Buzzer sounds) Okay, rebound now to Wayne Highlands.

(Buzzer sounds) Okay that peninsula was the Korean peninsula.

Okay, Wayne Highlands, here comes your first question; what city, the former home of the Baltimore Ravens, is now home to an NFL team that lost all 16 of its games in the 2017 season, The Browns?

- [Emily] Cleveland?

- Is Correct.

And here's your bonus question; What term describes trees that show the evolutionary history of one or more species based on similarities or differences in genes or traits?

(Buzzer sounds) Okay, that's phylogenic.

Dunmore, it's back to you now.

What is the name of a holy beggar compared with a rich man in the gospels and the brother of Mary and Martha who's raised from the dead by Jesus?

(Buzzer sounds) Okay, rebound now to Wayne Highlands.

(Buzzer sounds) Okay, That's Lazarus.

Okay.

Wayne Highlands, Here comes your next question; What composer who worked for Prince Esterházy, when he wrote his farewell symphony later wrote 12 London symphonies that included 'The Surprise'?

(Buzzer sounds) No answer, rebound to Dunmore.

- [Sam] Bach?

- Is incorrect, we were looking for Franz Joseph Haydn.

Okay, Dunmore here comes your next question; The battle of Mollwitz was won by what European ruler who built the Sanssouci Palace, siezed Silesia from Austria, and was a great king of Prussia?

(Buzzer sounds) Okay, no answer, rebound Wayne Highlands.

- [Emily] Peter the Great?

- Nope.

We were looking for Frederick the Great.

Wayne Highlands, here comes your next question; Formal charge calculations assume all bonds are of what type found in water and diamond in which the electrons are shared between atoms?

- [Emily] Covalent.

- Is correct, and here's your bonus question; What theory can be stated as the complex numbers or algebraically closed or every non-constant polynomial has a root in the complex numbers?

(High-pitched beep, followed by sound of buzzer) Okay, that's he fundamental theorem of algebra, and that sound that you heard signals the end of the first quarter, and it's now time for the lightning round.

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 U.S. civil war battles, or African capitals.

- [Celia] U.S. civil war battles.

- Okay, U.S. civil war battles it is, and your time begins after I finish reading the first question.

In what present day U.S. state did these civil war battles take place: First and second Bull Run?

- [Sam] Pennsylvania - Virginia.

Gettysburg?

- [Celia] Pennsylvania.

- Yes.

Chickamauga and Sherman's March to the sea?

- [Sam] Georgia.

- Yes.

The Siege of Port Hudson?

- [Sam] New York.

- Louisiana.

Fort Henry and Fort Donaldson?

- [Sam] Pennsylvania.

- Tennessee.

Antietam?

- [Celia] Tennessee.

- Maryland.

Spanish Fort and Selma?

- [Celia] Alabama.

- Yes.

Honey Springs?

You can pass.

- [Sam, Celia] Pass.

That's Oklahoma.

Televerde and Glorieta Pass?

- [Celia] Pass.

That's New Mexico.

Philippi and Hoke's Run?

(High-pitched beep) And that was West Virginia.

Okay, Dunmore, that's gonna wrap up your portion of the lightning round.

Wayne Highlands, we're coming over to you.

Your remaining category will be African capitals.

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

Given the capital city, name the country: Cairo.

- [Griffin] Egypt.

- Yes.

Tripoli?

- [Emily] Pass.

- Libya.

Nairobi?

- [Emily] Pass.

- Kenya.

Kinshasa?

- [Emily] Pass.

- Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Accra?

- [Griffin, Emily] Pass.

- That's Ghana.

Lomé?

- [Griffin, Emily] Pass.

- That's Togo.

Mogadishu?

- [Griffin, Emily] Pass.

- Somalia.

Lilongwe?

- [Griffin, Emily] Pass.

That's Malawi.

Addis Ababa?

- [Griffin, Emily] Pass.

- Ethiopia.

Maseru?

- [Griffin, Emily] Pass.

Okay, that's Lesotho.

Okay, that's going to do it for the lightning round, and after that, we currently have a tied game.

We have Dunmore and Wayne Highlands both with 30 points, a piece.

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.

We'll start with the students from Dunmore and Sam, I'll come your way first.

Tell me what you'd like to do when you're not in school, what do you do for fun?

- [Sam] I play baseball, and I'm big into music, I play the guitar and piano.

- Excellent.

Thanks for being here, Sam.

Celia, what do you like to do for fun?

- [Celia] Outside of school, I'm a pretty serious dancer with ballet theater of Scranton, and I also am a cheerleader, and I'm part of student government.

- Okay, very busy.

Excellent, thank you, Celia.

Good luck, the rest of the way.

Wayne Highlands, coming over to you, Griffin, what are your hobbies?

What do you like to do when you're not in class?

- [Griffin] I like to play this game called Dungeons & Dragons with my friends, and that is about all.

- Excellent, I love Dungeons & Dragons.

Emily, what do you like to do for fun?

- [Emily] I participate in varsity Track and Field, where I am the thrower, and I also enjoy reading and competing with the reading competition team.

- Excellent.

It was very nice to meet all of you.

Now let's go ahead and begin the second quarter with this question that goes to Wayne Highlands.

What novel subtitled 'Life Among the Lowly' includes a scene in which Eliza flees across a river, is about slavery and is by Harriet Beecher Stowe?

- [Emily] Uncle Tom's Cabin.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question, The Yoruba and Hausa peoples are two of the largest ethnic groups in what most populous African nation?

(Buzzer sounds) Okay, that's Nigeria.

Dunmore, here comes your first question of the second quarter, what material damaged in multiple sclerosis is a fatty mixture that protects neurons and speeds their conduction by acting as an insulating sheath?

(Buzzer sounds) Okay, rebound now to Wayne Highlands.

- [Emily] Lipids.

- Is incorrect, we're looking for myelin.

Wayne Highlands, here's your next question, what modern country, whose city of Patna was the capital of the Mauryan Empire is also home to Agra, the resting place of Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan?

(Buzzer sounds) Ran out of time, rebound to Dunmore.

(Buzzer sounds) Okay, that country is India.

Okay, Dunmore, here's your next question; What fruit has Gros Michel and Cavendish varieties, is affected by Panama disease, is related to the plantain, and is usually curved and yellow?

- [Sam] Banana.

- Is correct, and here's your bonus question; What author's experience aboard a dinghy, after the sinking of the SS Commodore inspired his 1897 short story 'The Open Boat'?

- [Sam] Moby Dick?

- Is incorrect, we're looking for Stephen Crane.

All right, Wayne Highlands, it's back to you.

What author wrote about striking coal miners in his novel, Germinal, and described a plot against Alfred Dreyfus in an open letter titled 'J'accuse'?

(Buzzer sounds) Okay, rebound now to Dunmore.

(Buzzer sounds) Okay, that author was Émile Zola.

Dunmore, here's your next question, John Naka's 11 part work 'Goshen' is an example of what Japanese art form that often uses akadama soil to grow carefully maintained miniature trees?

- [Sam] What is bonsai tree?

- Bonsai is correct, and here's your bonus question; What state is home to the four largest U.S. national parks, including Katmai national park, which contains the Novarupta volcano?

- [Sam] Utah.

- Is incorrect, we were looking for Alaska.

All right, Wayne Highlands, here comes your next question... (High-pitched beep) ...that we will get to in the next quarter, because after one half of play, we have a very tight game.

We have Dunmore at 50 and Wayne Highlands at 40.

So we want to say thank you to Dunmore and Wayne Highlands, Sam and Celia said, thank you so very much.

Wayne Highlands, Griffin and Emily, you were a fantastic, thank you.

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

Now joining us for Dunmore are David Day and Paige Martin.

And representing Wayne Highlands are George Leigh and Sarah Snow.

All right guys, our first question in this quarter goes to Dunmore, and that question is: what author depicted the cat Pitty Sing causing a car wreck, leading to an encounter with the Misfit in her short story 'A Good man is hard to find'?

- [Paige] Pass.

- Okay, rebound now to Wayne Highlands.

- [Sarah] Grandmother.

- Is incorrect, we were looking for Flannery O'Connor.

Okay, Wayne Highlands here comes your first question; Tellurium and arsenic belong to what group of elements lying on a stair-step line in the P-block, which belong to neither the metals nor nonmetals?

- [Sam] Purpose?

- Is incorrect, rebound to Dunmore.

- [David] The transition elements.

- Nope.

We were looking for metalloids.

Dunmore, here comes your next question, What Monarch, widow of Francis II of France was forced in 1567 to abdicate in favor of her toddler son and was beheaded by her cousin, Elizabeth I?

- [Paige] Uh, pass.

- Okay, rebound to Wayne Highlands.

- [Sarah] Who is Mary, Queen of Scots?

- Is correct for your rebound points, Wayne Highlands, great job and wow, thanks, cuz.

Wayne Highlands here comes your next question; What musician who sang "Say the word, on my way" on a track from his 2020 album 'Changes' titled 'Yummy', earlier scored hits with 'Sorry' and 'Baby'?

(Buzzer Sounds) Okay, rebound now to Dunmore.

- [Paige] (Whispering) Justin Beiber.

- [David] Uh, Justin Beiber.

- Is correct, we have Beliebers at Dunmore, very good.

Here comes your next question, Dunmore; What country, the only BRICS country in the Western Hemisphere, was the site of a 2018 election in which Fernando Haddad lost to Jair Bolsonaro?

- [David] (Whispering) Say Spain.

Say Spain.

- [Paige] Spain?

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Wayne Highlands.

- [Sarah] Venezuela.

- Nope.

We were looking for Brazil.

Okay, Wayne Highlands, here's your next question; What process in which the, only the template strand of DNA is read by RNA polymerase produces a molecule of MRNA and is followed by translation?

(Buzzer sounds) Ran out of time, rebound to Dunmore.

(Buzzer sounds) Okay, that process is transcription.

Dunmore, here is your next question; Ephors were elected leaders of what city state whose constitution was formed by Lycurgus and which defeated Athens in the Peloponnesian war?

- [Paige] Pass.

- Okay.

Rebound to Wayne Highlands.

- [Sarah] What is Troy?

- Nope, we were looking for Sparta.

Okay, Wayne Highlands, here's your next question; In what state did Tate Reeves sign a bill requiring that the words "In God We Trust" be included on, and a Confederate emblem removed from it's flag?

(High-pitched beep) - [George] Pass.

- Okay, rebound to Dunmore.

- [David] Alabama.

- Nope, we were looking for Mississippi.

All right, that sound that you heard signals the end of the third quarter and another lightning round!

This time Wayne Highlands will pick first.

Your categories are lunar phrases or super things.

- [Sarah] Super things.

- Okay, super things it is.

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

Identify these things whose names include the word "super".

Event won five times by the San Francisco 49ers?

- [Sarah] Super Bowl.

- Yes.

Faster than the speed of sound?

- [Sarah] Superman.

- Supersonic.

Belief based on a perceived paranormal occurrence?

- [George] Supernormal?

- Superstition.

Moralizing, part of the psyche and Freudian psychology?

- [Sarah] Pass.

- Superego.

Comic book character also known as Kara Zor-El?

- [Sarah] Supergirl.

- Yes.

Type of motion picture film that names a 2011 sci-fi movie.

- [George] Pass.

- Super 8.

Specific video game console on which the Mario Kart series debut?

- [George] Super Nintendo.

- Yes.

Result of the addition of two quantum states?

- [Sarah] Supernova.

- Superposition.

EPA program that cleans contaminated sites?

- [Georgre, Sarah] Pass.

- That's Superfund.

Two word term for early internet communications?

(High-pitched beep) That was information superhighway.

Okay, Wayne Highlands, that's gonna wrap up your portion of the lightning round and Dunmore, we're headed back over to you and your remaining category will be lunar phrases.

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

Identify these things with moon in their name: Holiday taken by newlyweds?

- [Paige] Honeymoon.

- Yes.

Illegally produced alcohol?

- [David] Moonshine.

- Yes.

Barry Jenkins film that beat La La Land for best picture?

- [David] Pass.

- That's 'Moonlight'.

UN Secretary-General from 2007-2016?

- [David, Paige] Pass.

- Ban Ki-moon.

Children's book by Margaret Wise Brown about a bunny's bedtime ritual?

- [David] Pass.

- 'Goodnight Moon'.

Hall Of Fame quarterback for the Houston Oilers?

- [David] Warren Moon.

- Yes.

Movie in which James Bond battles Hugo Drax?

- [Paige] Pass.

- 'Moonraker'.

Wilkie Collins detective novel?

- [Paige] Pass.

- The Moonstone.

Delicacy eaten during China's Mid-Autumn Festival?

- [David] Pass.

- That's mooncake.

(High-pitched beep) All right, that's going to do it for the lightning round, and after that, still a very tight game, Dunmore in the lead over Wayne Highlands, 92-80.

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.

We'll start with the students from Dunmore once again.

And David, tell me what you like to do for fun.

- [David] I'm a big tennis player.

I've been playing for a few years and that's most of my time after school.

- Excellent, thanks for being here, David.

Paige, what are your hobbies?

- [Paige] I'm a big part of the music program and drama program and I'm a captain on mock trial.

- Excellent, good luck the rest of the way.

Wayne Highlands over to you, George, what are your hobbies, what do you like to do for fun when you're not in class?

- [George] I enjoy running cross country and playing tennis.

- Excellent, thanks for being here, George.

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

- I'm also captain of the mock trial team, I'm a thrower on the varsity track and field team, and I'm part of a karate class.

- Excellent, good luck to all of you, and it was very nice to meet you.

Now we'll go ahead and begin the fourth quarter with this question that goes to Wayne Highlands.

What sultan founded the Ayyubid dynasty and prompted calls for a third crusade after he routed the crusaders at Hattin and captured Jerusalem in 1187?

(Buzzer sounds) Rebound now to Dunmore.

- [Paige] Pass.

- Okay, that's sultun was Saladin.

Dunmore here's your first question of the last quarter; What shape has the largest area for a given perimeter, can be considered a degenerate eclipse, and consists of points equidistant from a center?

(Buzzer sounds) - Rebound to Wayne Highlands.

- [Sarah] Circle.

- Is correct for your rebound points, Wayne Highlands.

And here comes your next question; Ops was the consort of what Roman God often equated with a Greek Cronus, the namesake of both a week-long December festival and the sixth planet?

- [Sarah] Saturn.

- Is correct, and here's your bonus question; Carson Daly hosts what NBC reality competition show whose 18th season concluded in May, 2020 with a victory for coach Blake Shelton?

- [Sarah] The Voice.

- Is correct for your bonus points, Wayne Highlands.

Let's move back to Dunmore, here's your question; in what movie does FedEx worker Chuck Noland, played by Tom Hanks, befriend a volleyball which he names Wilson, while trapped on a deserted island?

- [David] Castaway.

- Is correct, and here's your bonus question; Julia Flyte's growing Catholic faith eventually separates her from Charles Ryder, and what Evelyn Waugh novel about a return to the Marchmain Estate?

- [Paige] Uh, pass.

- That's Brideshead Revisited.

Okay, Wayne Highlands, it's back to you.

What author of Lives, Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets is the subject of a biography by James Boswell, and wrote a pioneering English dictionary?

- [Sarah] Merriam Webster?

- Is incorrect.

Rebounded Dunmore.

- (David and Paige murmuring) - [David] Thomas Oxford.

(Buzzer sounds) - Nope, we were looking for Samuel Johnson.

Dunmore, here's your next question; Most large galaxies are thought to have a central supermassive example of what bodies bounded by an event horizon from which light cannot escape?

- [David] A black hole.

- Is correct, and here's your bonus question; What most populous city of Spain's Basque Country is home to a branch of the Guggenheim Museum designed by Frank Gehry?

(David and Paige murmuring) - [David] Madrid.

- Nope, we were looking for, for Bilbao.

Wayne Highlands, it's back to you.

What building designed by architect James Hoban contains a Blue Room, State Dining Room and the Lincoln Bedroom, and is that 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue?

- [Sarah] The White House.

- Is correct, and here's your bonus question; The holiday of Cinco de Mayo commemorates the unlikely Mexican victory of the Battle of Puebla (High-pitched beep) against the army of what European country?

- [Sarah] Spain.

- Nope, we were looking for France.

But that's the end of the game, and it was a very tight one, Wayne Highlands wins this evening over Dunmore 115 to 110.

Congratulations, Wayne Highlands, you're going to be moving on, and we'll see you next time with another round of WVIA Scholastic Scrimmage.

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