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(upbeat lively music) (keyboard typing) (upbeat lively music) (whistle blowing) (upbeat marching band music) ♪ Go ♪ (upbeat marching band music) - Welcome to the 19th season of WVIA's 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 Hughesville versus Milton.

Representing Hughesville are Keagan Smith, Reese Kirk, Kaycee Sondheimer, and Jonah McGinley.

Their alternate is Michael Swales, and the other alternate is Corbin Kirk who could not join us today, while their advisor is Tara Holtron.

Representing Milton are Alexander Familia, Brodie Anderson, Miles Brown, Pierce Hoffer.

Their alternate is Claire Dick, and their advisors are Lee Yoey and David O'Brien.

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 tossup question.

Correct answers to these questions are awarded 10 points and that team will then receive a five point bonus question.

If that tossup 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 tossup points, but will not receive a bonus question.

Let's go ahead and get started with this tossup question in General Knowledge.

Necessity is the mother of invention is a cliche speaking to man's desire to satisfy his needs in the most efficient way possible.

Speaking of this necessity, who saw a need for an adding machine and then fulfilled that need by inventing the first one?

(buzzer sounding) Brodie, Milton.

- Alan Turner, Turing.

- [Paul] Is incorrect, rebound to Hughesville.

(buzzer sounding) - Abacus.

- That's Blaise Pascal.

Let's go on to a tossup now in Government.

When South Dakota ratified it on January 23rd, 1964, it went into effect, thereby abolishing poll taxes.

People were no longer required to pay a tax to vote.

What constitutional amendment assured this right?

(buzzer sounding) Jonah, Hughesville.

- The 25th, the 20, 21st amendment.

- [Paul] Is incorrect, rebound to Milton.

(buzzer sounding) - The 15th?

- Nope, we're looking for the 24th, the 24th.

Let's go on to a tossup in Astronomy.

This 16th century astronomer hypothesized that the sun was at the center of the universe.

Jonah, Hughesville.

- Galileo Galilei.

- Nope, I'll finish the question and rebound to Milton.

His hypothesis is found in his book, De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium.

Name this man.

(buzzer sounding) - Copernicus.

- [Paul] Copernicus is correct for your rebound points, Milton.

As we move on now to a tossup in Vocational.

This device automatically regulates temperature.

It's usually wired to a heating and/or cooling system.

Miles, Milton.

- Thermostat.

- [Paul] Is correct and here comes your bonus now.

Although the ancient Egyptians prayed to many gods, two main gods were dominant.

Amun-Ra controlled the sun and the universe.

What god controlled the underworld?

(buzzer sounding) - Anubis.

- [Paul] Nope, we are looking for Osiris, Osiris.

Let's go to a tossup now in Geometry.

Congruent equilateral triangles composed the faces of this regular 20-faced polyhedron.

Identify this geometric shape.

Jonah, Hughesville.

- Dodecahedron.

- [Paul] Is incorrect, rebound to Milton.

(buzzer sounding) - Isahedron.

- No, we're looking for icosahedron, icosahedron.

Let's go to a tossup on World Geography now.

An isolated mountain range, it guards the only outlet from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic.

A military installation is located there.

You can see the straits toward Africa from what rock?

(buzzer sounding) Brodie, Milton.

- Gibraltar.

- [Paul] Is correct and here comes your bonus now.

Rotation billiards is played with numbered balls.

Not counting the cue ball, how many balls are used in this billiard game?

(buzzer sounding) - 15.

- [Paul] Is correct for your bonus points, Milton.

As we move on to a tossup in Chemistry.

This two syllable word has more than one meaning.

In a computer field, it refers to a temporary memory area in which data is stored while it's being processed or transferred, especially when used with streaming.

In the field of chemistry, it refers to a solution such as carbonic acid that can neutralize small amounts of added acid.

Jonah, Hughesville.

- Buffer.

- [Paul] Is correct and here comes your bonus now.

In what John Updike short story does a 19-year-old boy quit his grocery store job over the mistreatment of three swimsuit clad girls?

(buzzer sounding) - Stop Mistreating Those Girls.

(Paul laughing) - You get points for style, but we're looking for A and P. Let's go to a tossup now in Biology.

A single gram of fertile soil may contain 100 million of them.

As separate individuals, they're more numerous than any other type of organism.

What are these tiny, unicellular prokaryotic organisms called that lack a nucleus and have a plasma membrane?

(buzzer sounding) Keagan.

- Bacteria.

- [Paul] Is correct and here comes your bonus now.

Today, this 1000-acre site is a national historic landmark.

Andrew Jackson purchased it in 1804.

What is the name of President Andrew Jackson's home that still stands in Nashville, Tennessee?

(buzzer sounding) - The Jack Home.

- No, we're looking for The Hermitage, The Hermitage, 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 12 rapid fire questions as they can in one minute.

Milton has won the coin toss and will pick first.

Your categories are General Knowledge or Literature.

- General Knowledge.

- General Knowledge it is, and your time begins after I finish reading the first question.

Name the company associated with each of these famous taglines or slogans.

Just do it.

(buzzer sounding) - Nike.

- [Paul] Yes.

What's in your wallet?

(buzzer sounding) - American Express.

- [Paul] Capital One.

Move the way you want.

(buzzer sounding) - Pass.

- [Paul] Uber.

And you're done.

(buzzer sounding) - Pass.

- [Paul] Amazon.

Belong anywhere.

(buzzer sounding) - Pass.

- Airbnb.

Can you hear me now?

Good.

(buzzer sounding) - Pass.

- [Paul] Verizon.

America runs on Dunkin.

(buzzer sounding) - Dunkin Donuts.

- [Paul] Yes.

Save money, live better.

(buzzer sounding) - Wise.

- [Paul] Walmart.

Let's go places.

(buzzer sounding) - Expedia?

- [Paul] Toyota.

Don't live life without it.

(buzzer sounding) - Pass.

- [Paul] American Express.

The happiest place on earth.

(buzzer sounding) - Disney Land.

- [Paul] Yes.

When it absolutely, positively has to be there overnight.

(sound beeping) Ran out of time there, it was FedEx.

All right Milton, you did a good job in that lightning round.

We're gonna come over to Hughesville and Hughesville, your remaining category will be Literature.

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

Proverbs are brief sayings used in many cultures and languages to share life advice or common knowledge.

Fill in the following blanks with one or more words to complete these Proverbs.

Cleanliness is next to.

(buzzer sounding) - Godliness.

- [Paul] Yes.

The pen is mightier than the.

(buzzer sounding) - Sword.

- [Paul] Yes.

Blank is the mother of invention.

(buzzer sounding) - Necessity.

- [Paul] Yes.

The squeaky wheel gets blank.

(buzzer sounding) - The grease.

- [Paul] Yes.

A picture is worth blank.

(buzzer sounding) - A thousand words.

- [Paul] Yes.

Once bitten, twice blank.

(buzzer sounding) - Shy.

- Yes.

It takes two to blank.

(buzzer sounding) - Tango.

- [Paul] Yes.

Ignorance is blank.

(buzzer sounding) - Bliss.

- [Paul] Yes.

Familiarity breeds blank.

(buzzer sounding) - Ignorance.

- [Paul] Contempt.

A journey of a thousand miles begins with blank.

(buzzer sounding) - One step.

- [Paul] Yes.

A rolling stone blank.

(buzzer sounding) - Must fall.

- [Paul] Gathers no moss.

Blank begins at home.

(buzzer sounding) - Pass.

- [Paul] That's charity.

All right, Hughesville, great job in the lightning round, you were on fire, and after that, we currently have Hughesville in the lead over Milton, 65 to 50, and now we're going to move into the second quarter with this tossup question in Literature.

Charles Perrault's Tales of Mother Goose is one of the earliest collections of fairytales.

In what country was it first published in 1697?

(buzzer sounding) Jonah, Hughesville.

- Germany.

- [Paul] Is incorrect, rebound to Milton.

(buzzer sounding) - England.

- [Paul] Nope, that country is France.

Let's go to a tossup in World Geography now.

Vasco Nunez de Balboa settled in Hispaniola in 1500.

He became the governor of Darien and then was beheaded on the charge of treason.

Darien is now a province with its own capital city of La Palma.

In which central American country is it located?

(buzzer sounding) Jonah, Hughesville.

- Bolivia.

- [Paul] Is incorrect, rebound now to Milton.

(buzzer sounding) - Argentina.

- No, that country is Panama, Panama.

Let's go to a tossup on Short Stories.

This O. Henry short story is set at Christmas time.

(buzzer sounding) A young, Jonah, Hughesville, - The Gift of the Magi.

- [Paul] Is correct and here comes your bonus question now.

Its atomic weight is almost 209.

Once confused with lead, tin, and zinc, what element having the chemical symbol "bi" also has the highest atomic weight of any non-radioactive element?

(buzzer sounding) - Bismuth.

- Bismuth is correct for your bonus points, Hughesville.

As we turn now to a tossup in Ancient History.

The Great Sphinx in Giza dates from the reign of the fourth king of the fourth dynasty in Egypt.

What was the name of this king?

Jonah, Hughesville.

- Ram, Ramesses.

- [Paul] Is incorrect, rebound to Milton.

(buzzer sounding) - King Tut.

- No, the answer is King Khafre.

Let's move on now to a tossup in World History.

He was the 124th emperor of Japan and the first Japanese crown to travel abroad.

He presided over the invasion of China.

(buzzer sounding) Jonah, Hughesville.

- Emperor Hirohito.

- Is correct and here comes your bonus question.

One of his works was reclining nude.

What Italian artist was famous for his elongated faces and necks?

(buzzer sounding) - Long neck, Long Neck John?

- No, we're looking for Amedeo Modigliani, Modigliani.

Let's go to a tossup in Literature now.

What memoir by Reyna Grande tells the story of her childhood, describing her emotional struggles and challenges as she was left behind in Mexico when her parents migrated to the United States?

(sound beeping) That's, The Distance Between Us.

Let's go to a tossup now in Earth Science.

Chalcedony is a crypto crystalline form of silica that occurs naturally in a wide range of varieties.

Some of these include agate, heliotrope, and onyx.

Chalcedony is a form of what mineral?

(buzzer sounding) Kaycee, Hughes.

- Calcium.

- [Paul] Nope, rebound to Milton.

(sound beeping) That is quartz, quartz.

Let's go to another tossup in Earth Science.

Pilots fear them.

They're localized columns of sinking air that can produce damaging and divergent straight line winds.

Keagan, Hughesville.

- Downdrafts.

- [Paul] Is incorrect.

I'll finish and rebound to Milton.

What are they?

(buzzer sounding) - Turbulence.

- No, you might have heard the term before, microbursts.

Microbursts.

Well, that sound that you heard signals the end of the first half, 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 Hughesville, and Keagan, I'll come to you first.

Tell me who your favorite musician is and why.

- I like the band Greta Van Fleet.

- [Paul] Amazing voice.

- I think the lead vocalist has an incredible voice.

- [Paul] Absolutely, thanks Keagan.

Reese?

- I also like Greta Van Fleet.

I like a lot of rock artists, so like Jack White, Spoon, a lot of you know, interesting new bands.

- Good stuff, thanks Reese.

Kaycee.

- It's really hard for me to be, pick a favorite.

I'm gonna be honest, there's just so many artists that I listen to, but if I had to pick one just off the top of my head, I would probably say Kacey Musgraves.

- [Paul] Very, very good voice, and Jonah?

- My music taste is also all over the place, so but like currently right now, I've been listening to a lot of Hosier.

I just think his lyricism and his ability to put references into his music is really good.

- That's some good stuff, thanks Hughesville.

Good luck the rest of the way.

Milton, I'm gonna come over to you.

Alex, who is your favorite musician and why?

- Really hard question, but I think I listen to Tyler the Creator the most.

- [Paul] Cool, thanks Alex.

Brodie?

- I like this band from Texas called Narrow Head.

They're just a rock band, but they have a lot of shoegaze and punk influence, so I like them.

- That's cool.

Miles?

- My favorite artist is Bladee with two E's because he has very interesting lyricism and ambient style.

- [Paul] Thanks Miles, and Pierce.

- Oh, I like AJR.

I just think their music is really unique and I went to a concert of them one time and it was pretty fun, so.

- Awesome, thanks Pierce.

Nobody said The Wiggles, I'm very happy.

(students laughing) Well, it was very nice to meet all of you, and now let's go ahead and begin the third quarter with this tossup question in Literature.

"Good friend for Jesus' sake forebear to dig the dust enclosed here" are the words at the beginning of an inscription on what famous writer's tombstone?

(buzzer sounding) Kaycee, Hughesville.

- Edgar Allen Poe.

- [Paul] No, rebound to Milton.

(buzzer sounding) - Arthur Miller.

- Nope, William Shakespeare, William Shakespeare.

Let's go on now to a tossup in Vocabulary.

This verb has six letters, begins with the letter C, and means to drink excessively and engage in dissolute behavior.

What is this word that rhymes with browse?

(sound beeping) That word is carouse, carouse.

Let's go to a tossup in Drama.

Which Shakespearean character stated, "Cowards die many times before their deaths.

The valiant never tastes of death, but once."

(buzzer sounding) Jonah, Hughesville.

- Othello.

- [Paul] Is incorrect, rebound to Milton.

(buzzer sounding) - Romeo.

- Nope, that character is Julius Caesar, Julius Caesar.

Here's your next tossup, it's in American History.

What clerk shot Robert Kennedy at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, California on June 5th, 1968, resulting in his death one day later?

(sound beeping) That's Sirhan Sirhan.

Let's go to a tossup now in Theater.

What five letter word is often shouted at the end of a theatrical performance?

(buzzer sounding) Jonah, Hughesville.

- Bravo.

- [Paul] Is correct, and here comes your bonus.

What four syllable word, beginning with the first letter of the alphabet, is the name given to the redistribution of the 435 seats in the US House of Representatives among the 50 states based upon each state's population as determined by the most recent US Census?

(students whispering) (sound beeping) Ran out of time there.

That was apportionment, apportionment.

Let's go to a tossup now in Astronomy.

A Greek astronomer named Hipparchus invented a magnitude scale in approximately 150 BC to rank the stars in terms of their brightness.

What whole number did he use to represent the brightest stars?

(buzzer sounding) Jonah, Hughesville.

- One.

- [Paul] Is correct and here comes your bonus now.

Georg Simon Ohm expressed the relationship between voltage current and resistance in equation form in 1827.

What nationality was this scientist?

- German.

- German?

- I wanna say German.

- German, yeah.

(buzzer sounding) German.

- [Paul] German is correct for your bonus points, Hughesville.

As we move on to a tossup in Math.

What four syllable statistical term is the unknown value of a population that you conduct research on to obtain more information when measuring population?

(buzzer sounding) Jonah, Hughesville.

- Derivation.

- [Paul] Is incorrect, rebound to Milton.

(buzzer sounding) - Deviation.

- No, that answer is parameter, parameter.

Your next tossup is in Mythology.

In Greek mythology, these winged creatures were half human and half bird.

(buzzer sounding) Name these, Jonah, Hughesville.

- Harpies.

- [Paul] Is correct, and your bonus now.

It's the world's largest barrier reef.

Name this island that stretches for 115 miles along the Gulf of Mexico, just south of Corpus Christi, Texas.

(sound beeping) - I have no clue.

(buzzer sounding) - Long Mexican Island.

- No, we're looking for Padre Island, Padre Island, and that sound that you heard signals the end of the third quarter and another lightning round.

This time, Hughesville will pick first.

Your categories are General Science or World Geography.

(buzzer sounding) - General Science.

- [Paul] General Science it is and your time begins after I finish reading the first question.

A good science student is knowledgeable in a variety of science areas.

Identify these terms or facts that have been taken from a wide range of science areas.

The sedimentary rock from which slate is formed.

(buzzer sounding) - Earth science.

- [Paul] Shale.

The color that results when all the colors of the spectrum are mixed.

(buzzer sounding) - Black.

- [Paul] White.

The planet in our solar system having the highest temperature.

(buzzer sounding) - Mercury.

- [Paul] Venus.

The hollow, woody tissue in plants that carries water and minerals from the roots to all parts of the plant.

(buzzer sounding) - Xylem.

- [Paul] Yes.

The longest type of cell in the human body.

(buzzer sounding) - Pass.

- That's neuron.

The first American space station.

(buzzer sounding) - Pass.

- [Paul] Skylab.

The unit used to measure luminous intensity.

(buzzer sounding) - Lumens.

- [Paul] Candela.

The type of bonding that usually occurs when a metal combines with a non-metal.

(buzzer sounding) - Ionic.

- [Paul] Yes.

The scientist who proposed three laws of motion.

(buzzer sounding) - Newton.

- [Paul] Yes.

The number of hearts in an octopus.

(buzzer sounding) - Three.

- [Paul] Yes.

The protein that is a basic component of hair, skin, and nails.

- Keratin.

- [Paul] Yes.

The scientific name for fool's gold.

(buzzer sounding) - Pyrite.

- [Paul] Yes.

(bell dinging) Wow, you got that right under the bell there, Hughesville.

Great job in your second lightning round.

Milton, we're coming over to you and your remaining category will be World Geography, and once again, your time begins after I finish reading the first question.

Name the European country that is home to the following attractions or geographical features.

The Leaning Tower of Pisa.

(buzzer sounding) - Italy.

- [Paul] Yes.

The Eiffel Tower.

(buzzer sounding) - France.

- [Paul] Yes.

The Cliffs of Moher.

(buzzer sounding) - Pass.

- [Paul] Ireland.

Mount Vesuvius.

(buzzer sounding) - Greece.

- [Paul] Italy.

Palace of Versailles.

(buzzer sounding) - France.

- [Paul] Yes.

Acropolis.

(buzzer sounding) - Pass.

- [Paul] That's Greece.

The Pantheon.

(buzzer sounding) - Greece.

- [Paul] Italy.

Azores Islands.

(buzzer sounding) - Pass.

- That's Portugal.

Giant's Causeway.

(buzzer sounding) - Pass.

- [Paul] That's Ireland.

Transylvania.

(buzzer sounding) - Romania.

- [Paul] Yes.

Stonehenge.

(buzzer sounding) - England.

- [Paul] Yes.

The Matterhorn.

(buzzer sounding) - Switzerland.

- [Paul] Yes.

All right, very good job there, Milton, in your version of lightning round number two and after that, we currently have Hughesville in the lead over Milton, 155 to 80, and we're now going to begin the last segment of the game with this tossup question in Vocabulary.

In the dictionary, five meanings for this word are listed.

It can mean safety or measures taken to guard against harm.

What is this word that can also mean something given as surety for the repayment of a loan?

(buzzer sounding) Jonah, Hughesville.

- Collateral.

- [Paul] Is incorrect, rebound to Milton.

(buzzer sounding) - Reparation.

- Nope, that answer is security, security.

Let's go to a tossup now in Cinema.

Disney produced it in 1937.

It was the first animated feature film.

(buzzer sounding) Keagan, Hughesville.

- Snow White.

- [Paul] Is correct and here comes your bonus now.

Known as one of the best battle rappers, he was stabbed to death in Nova Scotia, Canada on September 18th, 2022. Who was this rapper who had just released the game, Dis?

(students whispering) (buzzer sounding) - Battle Rapper Joe.

- No, that's Pat Stay, Pat Stay.

Let's go to a tossup in Literature now.

The origin of this word is the French language.

It means the ending of a mystery, or the winding up of a plot.

What is this term that refers to the final resolution of a literary, Jonah, Hughesville.

- Climax.

- [Paul] Is incorrect, I'll finish and rebound to Milton.

Literary or traumatic work.

(buzzer sounding) - Finale.

- No, that answer is denouement, denouement.

Let's move on to a tossup in Literature now.

This term probably originated in ancient Greece where it served as a humorous or mocking imitation of something with negative intent.

Today it refers mainly to writing, music, or drama that copies the style or works of, Jonah, Hughesville.

- Parody.

- [Paul] Parody is correct and here comes your bonus question.

Discovered in 1958, these two donut-shaped zones of electrically charged particles surround the earth.

The inner zone reaches from about 600 to 3000 miles above the Earth's surface, and the outer zone extends from about 9,300 miles to 15,500 miles above the earth.

The zones are created by charged particles from the solar winds that have been captured and held by earth's magnetic field.

What is the name of these radiation belts that can damage sensitive components of spacecraft if they spend too much time in the zone?

(students whispering) (buzzer sounding) - Polar zones.

- No, we're looking for the Van Allen belts, the Van Allen belts.

Let's go to a tossup in World History.

He invaded Russia in 1812, but had to retreat.

Following this disaster, he was forced to, Brodie, Milton.

- Napoleon.

- [Paul] Is correct and here comes your bonus.

This important waterway in East Central Europe begins in the Carpathian Mountains in southern Poland and takes a circular route northward.

It runs through the city of Warsaw and empties through several different branches into the Baltic Sea.

Canals link this river with three other navigable rivers, the Oder, the Dnieper, and the Nemunas.

Although it's frozen for about three months each year, name this river that carries much of Poland's river traffic.

(sound beeping) That is the Vistula River.

Let's go to a tossup in Novels now.

It tells the story of a young girl growing up in Antigua.

The book deals with many social issues including mother-daughter relationships, poverty, depression, and racism.

The book ends up with the protagonist leaving home to attend nursing school in England.

Identify this 1985 novel by Jamaica Kincaid.

(buzzer sounding) - Daughter.

- [Paul] Is incorrect, rebound to Milton.

(sound beeping) That is Annie John, and that's the end of the game, and our winner tonight is Hughesville over Milton, 175 to 90.

Congratulations, Hughesville.

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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