(upbeat music) ♪ Go (upbeat music) - 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.

And 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 Wayne Highlands.

Playing for Dunmore are Jessica Tragger and Liam Aherne.

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

Representing Wayne Highlands, are Zach Wilkin and George Leg.

Their alternates are Kira Fox and Jessica Aguson.

Their advisor is Laura Lockwood.

Well, let's get started.

Dunmore has won the coin toss, and will receive the first question, which is: What band whose manager, Jordan Feldstein inspired their 2019 song "Memories" is led by Adam Levine and released the single, "Moves like Jagger"?

- Coldplay.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Wayne Highlands.

- Maroon 5.

- Maroon 5 is correct for your rebound points, Wayne Highlands and here comes your first question.

What philosopher who argued that the highest good for humanity was a state known as eudaemonia, wrote The Nicomachean Ethics and studied with Plato?

- Aristotle.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

In September, 2021, Matt Amodio, passed $1 million in winnings on what game show whose 2021 hosts included Robin Roberts and Mayim Bialik?

(buzzer beeps) (indistinct) No we're looking for Jeopardy.

Okay Dunmore, here's your question.

What plant, which inspired the chomper in the "Plants versus Zombies" games is partly named for a Roman goddess and eats insects by snapping leaf shut?

- Venus flytrap?

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

The slogan si se puede was popularized by what Max Mexican American labor leader, who co-founded the National Farm Workers Association with Dolores Huerte.

- Cesar Chavez.

- Is correct for your bonus points.

Dunmore great job.

Let's move back to Wayne Highlands.

What structure, extra copies of which cause Klinefelter's syndrome is linked to red-green colorblindness, and is the larger of the two sex chromosomes?

(buzzer beeping) (indistinct) Ran out of time.

Rebound to Dunmore.

- Y chromosome.

- Is incorrect.

We are looking for the X chromosome, but we have to remember to begin getting that answer before the buzzer goes off.

So we're gonna move right now to Dunmore for your next question.

What king was advised by Jean-Baptist Colbert issued the Edict of Fontainebleau, expanded the palace at Versailles.

and was nicknamed the Sun King.

(buzzer beeping) - Out of time.

Wayne Highlands rebound over to you.

- Louis XIV.

- Is correct for your rebound points, Wayne Highlands.

Great job.

And here comes your next question.

What author wrote about the death of magistrate, Ivan Ilyich and depicted the marriage of Natasha Rostov and Pierre Bezukhov in War and Peace.

- Leo Tolstoy.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

The Tru'ng sisters are national heroes in what Asian country, whose Nguyen dynasty once ruled from Hawaii.

- China.

- Nope.

We're looking or Vietnam.

Dunmore here's your next question.

What element found in yellow cake powder is subjected to gaseous diffusion to enrich its isotope 235, (buzzer beeping) which is the main fuel for nuclear power plants.

- Uranium.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question?

What Shakespeare tragedy was reimagined by Chloe Gong's young adult novel, These Violent Delights, which depicts feuding gangs in 1920 Shanghai.

- Romeo and Juliet.

- Is correct for your bonus points Dunmore.

And that sound that you heard signals 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.

Dunmore has won the coin toss and will pick first.

Your categories are American poetry or vice presidents.

- Vice presidents.

- Vice presidents.

- Vice presidents.

It is unanimously.

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

Given a vice president, name the president, under whom he served.

Spirow Agnew?

- Nixon.

- [Paul] Yes.

Dick Cheney?

- Bush.

W. Bush.

- [Paul] Judges?

- [Judges] W Bush, is one.

- [Paul] Is correct.

Aaron Burr?

- Jefferson.

- [Paul] Yes.

Chester A. Arthur?

- James Garfield.

- [Paul] Yes.

Al Gore?

(computer chiming) - Clinton.

- [Paul] Yes.

Martin Van Buren?

- Jackson.

- [Paul] Yes.

Alben Barkley?

- Grant.

- [Paul] Truman.

Thomas Jefferson?

- Adams.

- [Paul] Be more specific.

- John Adams.

- [Paul] Yes.

Walter Mondale?

- Jimmy Carter.

- Yes.

Millard Fillmore?

(buzzer beeping) Oh, that was Zachary Taylor.

Still though, Dunmore fantastic job in the lightning round and Wayne Highlands, we're going to come over to you and your remaining category will be American poetry.

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

Given the opening line, name the American poem.

Once upon a midnight jury.

- Pass.

- [Paul] The Raven.

I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness.

- Pass.

- [Paul] Howl.

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood.

- Pass.

- [Paul] The Road Not Taken.

Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame.

It is on the statue of Liberty.

- Pass.

- [Paul] The New Colossus.

So much depends upon by William Carlos Williams.

- Pas.

- [Paul] The Red Wheelbarrow.

April is the cruelest month.

- Pass.

- [Paul] The Waste Land.

You do not do, you do not do by Sylvia Plath.

- You do not do?

- [Paul] Daddy.

By the root bridge that arched the flood about a revolutionary war battle.

(buzzer beeping) And that was the Concord Hymn.

And after that, we currently have Dunmore in the lead over Wayne Highlands, 110 to 40.

And now we're 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'm going to come to your way first.

Tell me what your favorite subject is in school and why?

- I think my favorite subject is math.

I've just always pretty good at math.

Never really been that good at history or anything else like that.

So.

- All right.

Thank you, Jessica.

And good luck the rest of the way.

Liam, what's your favorite topic in school?

- History.

I feel that it's important to know our past because we could apply what we learned from the past to our present and our future.

- That's it.

Absolutely.

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

Wayne Highlands.

It's over to you.

Zach, tell me what your favorite subject is in school and why?

- My favorite subject in school would also be history.

I just like to learn about what's happened in the past so I can better prepare myself for what happens in the future.

- That's an excellent answer.

Thank you, Zach.

And George, what is your favorite topic in school?

- My favorite subject in school I'd say is science.

Cause I really enjoy the lab work.

- Well.

It was very nice to meet all of you.

And now we're going to move on to the second quarter with this question that goes to Wayne Highlands.

What office first held by James forestall and created by the National Security Act of 1947, is a cabinet post overseeing the us military.

- Secretary of defense.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question, and get your pencils and papers ready.

What product results from multiplying the complex conjugates 4 + 5I x 4 - 5I?

- 16 - 25I.

- Is incorrect.

We're looking for 41.

Dunmore here's your first question of the second quarter.

What action, which first occurred for 11 minutes in 2017 due to a rogue employee occurred permanently on January 8th, 2021 to @RealDonaldTrump.

- Was he banned from Twitter.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question?

The Karakum desert covers most of what former Soviet Republic, whose capital is Ashgabat.

- Kazakhstan.

- No, we're looking for Turkmenistan.

Wayne Highlands.

Here's your next question.

And again, get those pencils and papers out.

What is the degree of the polynomial, that results when a quadratic polynomial is cubed.

- Sixth degree.

- Is correct.

And here is your bonus question.

Henry David Thoreau refused to pay the poll tax to protest what war whose heroes included the General Winfield Scott.

- Mexican war.

- Judges?

- [Judges] Yes.

- Is correct.

Let's move back over to Dunmore with your question.

What woman who wrote about Columbia's scenes of glorious toils unto his excellency George Washington is the first published African-American poet.

- Pass.

- Okay.

Rebound at Wayne Highlands.

- Pass.

- Okay.

That's Phillis Wheatley.

Wayne Highlands.

Here's your next question?

What man, who was executed after the battle of Calderon Bridge was a priest who is Grito de Dolores called for Mexican independence from Spain.

- Pass.

- Rebound to Dunmore.

- Santa Anna.

- No, that answer is Miguel Hidalgo.

Okay.

Dunmore here's your next question?

What organ often affected by benign fibroid tumors can be removed to relieve endometriosis in a hysterectomy and sheds its lining in menstruation?

- Uterus.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question?

What author who created a fictional version of the poet Delmore Schwartz in his novel Humboldt's Gift, also wrote the adventures of Augie March?

- Pass - Okay.

That answer is Saul Bellow.

Wayne Highland, here's your next question.

What novel in which a pilot's corpse is mistaken for a mysterious beast was written by William Golding about schoolboy stranded on or remote island.

- The Lord of the flies.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question?

What state, in which longtime incumbent Lacy clay was defeated in a 2020 congressional primary by Corey Bush is led by governor Mike Parson.

- Georgia.

- Nope.

That answer is Missouri.

After one half of play, we currently have Dunmore in the lead over Wayne Highlands, 130 to 75.

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

And thank you to Zach and George from Wayne Highlands.

You are both spectacular.

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

(bright upbeat music) Playing for Dunmore in the second half are Ally McNeth Kevin Walsh.

And representing Wayne Highlands are Amaya Yarish and Griffin Rogers.

And our first question in the third quarter will go to Dunmore.

And that question is what king who won the battle of Edington against the great Heathen army of Vikings ruled the English kingdom of Wessex and was known own as the great?

- Alexander.

- Is incorrect rebound to Wayne Highlands.

- Hash.

- Okay.

That answer is Alfred The Great.

Wayne Highlands, here's your question.

What musical, whose songs include All Cover You, One Song Glory and Seasons of Love focuses on a group of Bohemian artists living with HIV.

- Rent.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question?

What novel by Gaston Leroux is about a masked man named Eric who lurks beneath the Palais Garnier theater in Paris.

(indistinct) No, that's the Phantom of the Opera.

Dunmore, here's your next question?

What legislative procedure, which can be ended with a cloture vote and evaded with budget reconciliation is used to delay bills in the us Senate.

- Filibuster.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question now.

What council of the Catholic church, which occurred in the 1960s allowed the use of vernacular their languages in the mass.

- Vatican.

(buzzer beeping) - [Paul] Be more specific.

- The Pope.

- Nope.

We're looking for the Second Vatican Council.

Wayne Highlands, here's your next question.

What organism in which Francois Jacob and Jacques Manod, discovered the lac operon is a gram negative bacterium found in the large intestine.

- E-coli.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question?

What NBA team, which signed forward Blake Griffin in 2021 is coached by former point guard Steve Nash.

- Pistons.

- No, that answer is the Brooklyn Nets.

Dunmore, here is your question.

What composer, whose donkey trio quotes dance from his native Bohemia came to the us in 1892, where he wrote his New World Symphony.

- A. Tobin.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Wayne Highlands.

- Pass.

- Okay.

That answer is Antonin Dvorak.

Wayne Highlands, here's your next question.

In what event whose 400 meter world record was broken by 0.76 seconds in 2021 by Karsten Warholm, do athletes clear 10, three foot high barriers?

- Hurdles.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question?

The 1569 union of Lublin merged Lithuania with what other European country into a Commonwealth that lasted until the first partition in 1772.

- Pass.

- Okay.

That answer is Poland.

Dunmore, here is your next question.

What quantity whose elevation is colligative property, decreases as ambient pressure decreases and for water at sea level is 100 degrees Celsius.

(beeping sound) - Temperature.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Wayne Highlands.

- Boiling point.

- Boiling point is correct for your rebound points, Wayne Highlands.

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

(electricity crackling) This time Wayne Highlands will pick first.

Your categories are super bowl losing quarterbacks or names of professions.

- Names of professions.

- Okay.

Names of professions it is.

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

Give the term for a worker who provides these services; Repairing and altering clothing?

- Tailor.

- [Paul] Yes.

Making barrels?

- Pass.

- [Paul] Cooper.

Embalming bodies at a funeral home?

- Coroner.

- [Paul] No mortician.

Recommending entertainment and dining options to hotel guests?

- Receptionist.

- [Paul] Concierge.

Designing dances?

- Choreographer.

- Yes.

Facilitating deposits and withdrawals at a bank counter.

- Teller.

- [Paul] Yes.

Performing adjustments to the spine as a form of physical therapy.

- Chiropractor.

- [Paul] Yes.

Providing land or housing and collecting rent from tenants.

- Landlord.

- Landlord.

- [Paul] Yes.

Overseas lightning for a movie production and has an assistant known as a best boy?

- Pass.

- [Paul] Gaffer.

Makes hats?

- Pass.

- That's milliner.

(buzzer beeping) Okay.

Wayne Highlands.

Great job in the lightning round.

We're going to circle back now to Dunmore.

Dunmore, your remaining category will be super bowl losing quarterbacks.

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

Given a starting quarterback and the year, name the NFL team, they led to a super bowl loss.

2017, Matt Ryan.

- Falcons.

- [Paul] Yes.

2019, Jared Goff.

- Rams.

- [Paul] Yes.

2007, Rex Grossman?

- Rams.

- [Paul] The Bears.

1990, '91, '92 and '93, Jim Kelly?

- 49ers.

- [Paul] The Bills.

2005, Donovan McNabb?

- Eagles.

- [Paul] Yes.

1969, Johnny Unitas.

- Steelers.

- [Paul] Colts.

2012, Ben Roethlisberger.

- Steelers.

- [Paul] Yes.

1990, John Elway.

- Giants.

- [Paul] Broncos.

1974 and '75, Fran Tarkenton.

- Giants.

- [Paul] Vikings.

2009, Kurt Warner.

- Bears.

- [Paul] The Cardinals.

(buzzer beeping) Great job in the lightning realm to both teams.

And after that, we currently have a very close game.

Dunmore in the lead over Wayne Highlands, 180 to 165.

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 again, we'll start with the students from Dunmore and Ally, I'm gonna come to you first.

Tell me what your favorite subject is in school and why?

- My favorite subject is chemistry.

And it's my favorite because I feel like it helps students explain the world around you.

And it's also a challenge.

So I'm up for a challenge.

- All right.

Thank you, Ally.

Great job.

And Kevin, what is your favorite topic in high school?

And tell us why?

- I like math.

You get, sometimes you get a big solution and then you can simplify it down.

Just one common answer.

So it's pretty nice.

- All right.

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

Let's go back to Wayne Highlands and check in with Amaya.

Amaya, what is your favorite subject in school and why?

- I would say math, because it gives you like a definite answer and you can always check you're right or not.

- Absolutely.

Thank you very much.

And Griffin, what is your favorite topic in school?

And tell us why?

- I would also say mathematics.

I like how there is a constant answer for something that you can always find.

- There's always a constant.

That's right.

Thank you very much Wayne Highlands.

It was very nice to meet all of you.

And we'll now go ahead and begin the last segment of the game with this question that goes to Wayne Highlands.

What modern day country, which was where John Franklin's last voyage became stuck in ice was also where Henry Hudson was set adrift in Hudson bay.

- Holland.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Dunmore.

- United States.

- Nope.

The country was Canada.

(buzzer beeping) Dunmore, here comes your next question.

What city, which lies just East of the mouth of the Arno river was the birthplace of Galileo and the site of campanile that is its leaning tower.

- Athens.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Wayne Highlands.

- Pisa.

- Pisa is correct for your rebound points, Wayne Highlands.

And here comes your next question.

What German language opera in which Sarastro sings O Isis und Osiris, and three ladies give bells to Papageno is named for an enchanted instrument.

- Pass.

- And rebound to Dunmore.

- Pass.

- Okay.

That answer is the Magic Flute.

Dunmore, here's your next question.

What play in which one Man, invents a fictional relative named Bunbury while Jack and Algernon both pretend to have the same name is by Oscar wild.

- Oliver Twist.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Wayne Highlands.

- Pass.

- Okay.

That's the Importance of Being Earnest.

Wayne Highlands, here's your next question.

What kind of electromagnetic waves have very high and ultra high frequency bands and at frequencies less than 300 megahertz past infrared.

- Gamma rays.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Dunmore.

(buzzer beeping) - Radiation.

- We're looking for radio waves.

Dunmore or here's your next question.

What weapons, which are banned by the Ottawa treaty have anti-tank and anti-personnel types on her explosive devices placed in the ground.

- Landmine.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question?

In 2001, what Congresswoman from Oakland became the only member of the house to vote against authorizing the use of military force in Afghanistan.

- Hillary Clinton.

- Nope.

We're looking for Barbara Lee.

Wayne Highlands, here's your next question?

What author wrote that for you, the bugle trills, and the prize we sought is won in an allegory for Abraham Lincoln titled O' Captain!

My Captain!

- Pass.

- Okay.

Rebound to Dunmore.

(inaudible conversation) (buzzer beeping) Okay.

We're looking for Walt Whitman.

Dunmore, here's your next question.

What country where the Temple of the Tooth is found in the historic city of Kandy is governed from Colombo and is Southeast of the Indian Peninsula.

(beeping sound) - Egypt.

(buzzer beeping) - Nope.

Rebound to Wayne Highlands.

- Pass.

- Okay.

That answer is Sri Lanka.

And that's the end of the game.

And our winner tonight is Dunmore over Wayne Highlands, 190 to 175.

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 thank you for what watching.

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