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(upbeat music) (upbeat music) - Welcome to the 19th 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 Hanover Area versus Lake Lehman.

Representing Hanover Area is David Ramos, Tristan Imam, Adam Lasaski, Davyn Pay Ferrara and their alternates are Preston Zadzura and Kaitlin Vigarito.

Their advisors are Joanne Osborne and Carl Daubert.

Representing Lake Lehman are Timothy Resek, Rumen Bear, Chase Smith, and Cassidy Gallagher.

Their advisor is Cecilia Jennings.

"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.

Let's go ahead and get the game started with this toss up question in social science.

This state's bird is the roadrunner and the state flower is the yuca flower.

In 1945, nuclear weapons were developed in this four corner state at a research center at Los Alamos.

Name this state that includes White Sands National Monument.

- New Mexico.

- [Paul] Davyn, Hanover area.

- New Mexico.

- Is correct and here comes your bonus question.

This 19th century American born novelist was a minister before he devoted himself to writing.

This man was the author of "The Circuit Writer", "The Hoosier School Master" and "Beginners of a Nation."

Name him.

(buzzer beeps) - Robert Frost.

- No, we're looking for Edward Eggleston.

Edward Eggleston.

Here comes your next toss up in literature.

This British playwright was the winner of the 1925 Nobel Prize in literature for his play St. Joan.

He was an ardent socialist and his plays were social criticisms.

Some of his plays include "Arms and the Man", "Major Barbara" and "Caesar and Cleopatra."

Who was he?

(buzzer beeps) Davyn, Hanover area.

- Shakespeare - Is incorrect.

Rebound to Lake Lehman.

- No answer.

- Okay, that was George Bernard Shaw.

Let's go to another toss up.

This one potpourri.

His temple was closed in peace time and open in the time of war.

He had one head with two faces, one of which looked to the past and one that looked to the future.

Who was this Roman God of beginnings?

(buzzer beeps) Rumen, Lake Lehman.

- Janice.

- Is correct and here comes your bonus.

This novella could be said to be the forerunner of the motion picture "The Fly".

In it a man wakes up to find that he's been transformed into an enormous bug.

(buzzer beeps) Rumen.

- Metamorphosis - Is correct for your bonus points Lake Lehman.

Great job.

Let's go to another toss up.

This one in science.

Pixels are the smallest units of visible information in a video image.

All video displays will give you the number of vertical pixels.

Some will provide you both the vertical and the horizontal values.

From what two words was the word pixel created?

(buzzer beeps) Davyn, Hanover area.

- Tiny and peculiar.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Lake Lehman.

- No.

- Okay, that was picture element.

Picture element.

Let's go to another toss up.

The moon's orbit around the Earth is not a closed curve since the moon cannot return to the same point in space around the Earth.

What is the name of the minimum distance of the Earth from the moon?

(buzzer beeps) Rumen, Lake Lehman.

- Lunar distance.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Hanover area.

(buzzer beeps) - I'm gonna go with galactic distance.

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

Your next toss up in social science.

On November 15th, 1777, the continental Congress adopted a written document that established the functions of the national government of the United States and served as America's first constitution after its declaration of independence from Great Britain?

(buzzer beeps) Cassidy, Lake Lehman.

- Articles of Confederation.

- Is correct and comes your bonus now.

In the Northern Hemisphere, air masses tend to turn clockwise, but in the Southern Hemisphere they turn counterclockwise.

Name the effect or force that causes this.

- Coriolis effect.

- Coriolis effect is correct for your bonus points, Lake Lehman.

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.

Hanover area has won the coin toss and will pick first.

Your categories are novels or government.

(buzzer beeps) - We'll do government.

- Government it is and your time begins after I finish reading the first question.

Let's see what you know about the highest court in our land.

Identify these facts about the US Supreme Court.

The first woman to serve on the court.

- Pass.

- [Paul] Sandra Day O'Connor.

The current number of females that are seated on the court.

(buzzer beeps) - Three.

- [Paul] Four.

The first Black justice.

- Pass.

- [Paul] Thurgood Marshall.

The current Chief Justice.

- Pass.

- [Paul] John Roberts.

- The only US president who served as the Chief Justice.

- Pass.

- [Paul] It's William Taft.

The newest member on the court.

- Pass.

- [Paul] Ketanji Brown Jackson.

The very first Supreme Court Justice.

- Pass.

- [Paul] That's John Jay.

The president who nominated Sonya Sotomayor.

(buzzer beeps) - Obama.

- [Paul] Yes.

The president who appointed the most Supreme Court justices.

(buzzer beeps) - Donald Trump.

- [Paul] George Washington.

The number of justices serving on the court at any one time.

(buzzer beeps) - Nine.

- [Paul] Yes.

The youngest member now serving on this court.

- Pass.

- That's Amy Coney Barrett.

The power that gives this court the ability to, okay, we're not gonna get to that one.

Still though Hanover area, that's going to do it for your portion of the lightning round.

Lake Lehman, we're coming over to you.

Your remaining category will be novels.

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

Identify the contemporary author of each of the following novels, "The Dark Tower."

- Pass.

- [Paul] Stephen King, "The Graveyard Book."

(buzzer beeps) - Neil Gaman.

- [Paul] Yes.

"A Most Wanted Man."

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- [Paul] Jean le Carre.

"The Ink Black Heart."

- Pass.

- [Paul] JK Rowling.

"Zero In."

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- [Paul] Dean Kunz.

"Every Third Thought."

- Pass.

- [Paul] That's John Barth.

"Simply Lies."

- Pass.

- [Paul] David Baldacci.

"Alaskan Holiday."

- Pass.

- [Paul] That's Debbie McComber.

"The First Love."

- Pass.

- [Paul] Beverly Lewis.

"Demon Copperhead."

- Pass.

- [Paul] It's Barbara King Solver.

"Masters of Death."

Okay, that was Olivia Blake.

And that's going to do it for the lightning round and currently we have a score of Lake Lehman over Hanover 35 to 20.

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

In 1775 men from this state united to fight the British in the Revolutionary War.

80 soldiers led by Ethan Allen captured Fort Ticonderoga and held the fort for two years.

16 years later it became America's 14th state on March 4th, 1791.

Two US presidents, Chester A Arthur, and Calvin Coolidge have hailed from this state and Wyoming is the only state in the US that has fewer residents.

Name this US state that leads the country in the production of maple syrup.

(buzzer beeps) Tristan, Hanover area.

- Rhode Island.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Lake Lehman.

(buzzer beeps) - Vermont.

- Vermont is correct for your rebound points, Lake Lehman.

And here comes another toss up in science.

Using C12 as a catalyst, four hydrogen atoms can be converted into one helium atom and a great amount of energy via what chain of thermonuclear fusion reactions.

(buzzer beeps) - Solar.

- Davyn, Hanover area.

- Solar - Is incorrect.

Rebound to Lake Lehman.

(buzzer beeps) - Nuclear.

- No, we're looking for carbon cycle.

Carbon cycle.

Here's your next toss up in literature.

The best selling novel, "The Best Laid Plans", tells the story of an ambitious woman whose attraction to the governor turns to scorn when he decides to run for president.

Who is the author?

(buzzer beeps) That was Sidney Sheldon, Sidney Sheldon.

Here's your next toss up.

What name is given to a title or explanation which accompanies a picture, cartoon, diagram, or other illustration in a book, magazine, or newspaper.

(buzzer beeps) Rumen, Lake Lehman.

- Caption.

- Is correct and here comes your bonus question.

This British Canadian poet gained his fame with ballots such as "The Shooting of Dan McGrew" and "The Cremation of Sam McGee."

Who was he?

(buzzer beeps) That was Robert William Service.

Here's your next toss up.

The last one in the Milky Way Galaxy occurred in 1604.

What phenomenon occurs when, Chase, Lakeman- - Supernova.

- Is correct and here comes your bonus question.

What ancient culture which lasted from 323 BC to 14 AD was a period of learning and included such pioneers as Euclid, Archimedes, and Ptolemy.

(buzzer beeps) - Ancient Greece.

- Is incorrect.

We're looking for Hellenistic, Hellenistic.

Here's your next toss up question in literature.

Mystical beliefs and spirituality were appealing ideas to this poet.

"The Tiger" and "The Lamb" are two of his better known poems.

Who is he?

(buzzer beeps) Rumen, Lake Lehman.

- Rumi.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Hanover area.

(buzzer beeps) - Asop.

- Nope.

We're looking for William Blake.

William Blake.

Here's your next toss up in social science.

Perce Rock is a huge sheer rock formation in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.

It's one of the world's largest arches located in water.

In what country would you find Perce Rock?

(buzzer beeps) Davyn Hanover area.

- Iceland - Is incorrect.

Rebound to Lake Lehman.

(buzzer beeps) Chase.

- Australia.

- Nope.

Our neighbor to the north Canada.

Canada.

Here comes your next toss up question, this one in math.

After studying with Pascal, he anticipated differential calculus.

He was the founder of the modern number theory.

Name the 17th century Frenchman who discovered analytic geometry independent of Descartes.

(buzzer beeps) That was Pierre de Fermat.

Here's your next toss up.

They work closely with vita culturalists.

Their jobs require an ever increasing amount of scientific knowledge.

(buzzer beeps) Davyn, Hanover area - Veterinarian.

- Is incorrect.

I'll finish the question and rebound to Lake Lehman.

They're sometimes referred to as inknowldegists So what does a vintner make?

(buzzer beeps) Okay, that is vine, I mean wine.

Wine.

And 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 Hanover area and David, I'll come to you first.

Tell me what you like to do for fun.

- I'm an actor and I really love being on stage and I like just acting is one of my favorite things to do.

- [Paul] Awesome.

Thanks for being here, David.

Tristan.

- I play soccer.

I go all around the country playing in tournaments and stuff.

- Really cool.

Thank you.

Adam.

- I like to play piano as a hobby.

- [Paul] Okay, excellent.

Davyn.

- I enjoy playing guitar, piano, and I also play volleyball.

- All right, thank you for being here Hanover area.

Good luck the rest of the way.

Lake Lehman, we're coming over to you.

Timothy, what do you like to do for fun?

- I'm a rollercoaster enthusiast and I like to travel.

- [Paul] Okay, thank you.

Rumen?

- I like to build models.

- Of?

- Anything really.

- [Paul] Okay, excellent.

Thanks for being here.

Chase.

- I'm an avid tournament bowler and plan on playing in college.

- [Paul] Awesome.

Good luck with that.

Cassidy.

- I'm a competitive swimmer and I also like music.

- All right, it's very nice to meet all of you and we're going to go ahead and get started with this third quarter with a toss up question in math.

Although we usually think of him primarily as a German astronomer, he also left his mark on the world of mathematics.

He did extensive work on measuring the volume of odd shaped containers such as wine barrels and the early, Chase, Lake Lehman.

- Euclid.

- Is incorrect.

I'll finish the question and rebound to Hanover area.

And the early use of logarithms.

Who was this scientist whose work on finding the volume of unusual shaped containers and laws of planetary motion made him famous?

(buzzer beeps) Tristan.

- Galileo.

- Nope.

Looking for Johannes Kepler.

Johannes Kepler.

Here's your next toss up question.

What American science fiction author of "The Martian Chronicles" also wrote the volume of poetry "When Elephants Last in the Door Yard"?

Rumen, Lake, Lehman - Ray Bradbury.

- Is correct and here comes your bonus in science.

Its name translates from Latin into little she goat.

By what name is the star Alpha Aurigae more commonly known?

(buzzer beeps) - The North Star.

- No, we're looking for Capella.

Capella.

Here's our next toss up question in earth science.

Resembling glass, these dark colored objects are not of this Earth.

Found on the Earth's surface from Australia to Texas in an S-shaped pattern, this substance is thought to be extraterrestrial in origin with a heat generated upon traveling through the Earth's atmosphere giving it a glass like consistency.

Name it.

(buzzer beeps) Chase, Lake Lehman.

- Obsidian - Is incorrect.

Rebound Hanover area.

(buzzer beeps) Davyn.

- Malphite.

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

Here's your next toss up question.

What 1959 musical based upon a book by Howard Lindsay and Russell Kraus featured the songs "Do, Rae, Me" and "Climb Every Mountain?"

(buzzer beeps) Rumen, Lake Lehman.

- "The Sound Of Music."

- Is correct and here comes your bonus question.

A logarithm is basically another name for this.

It indicates the number of times a factor is used to produce a given number.

What is this term?

(buzzer beeps) Chase.

- Factorial.

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

Let's move on to another toss up.

She loved Gus yet declined his marriage proposals.

Her husband ends up comatose after being kicked in the head by a horse.

Identify this character from Larry McMurtry's "Lonesome Dove" series.

Davyn, Hanover area.

- John Smith - Is incorrect.

Rebound to Lake Lehman.

(buzzer beeps) - Dave Smith.

- [Paul] I'm sorry.

- Dave Smith.

- No, we're looking for Clara Forsyth Allen.

Very close though.

Let's move on now to our next toss up, which is a potpourri question.

When Alcmene was pregnant with Herakles, this Greek goddess tried to prevent the birth by tying Alcmene's legs in knots.

Who was this goddess?

(buzzer beeps) Rumen, Lake Lehman.

- Harrow.

- Is correct and here comes your bonus in science.

In 1807 he published atomic theory, which stated that all matter was made up of tiny invisible particles called atoms.

Who was the scientist?

(buzzer beeps) Chase.

- No answer.

- Okay, that was John Dalton.

John Dalton.

Our next toss up is a social science toss up.

What lake located in Banff National Park in the Canadian province of Alberta is known as the Pearl of the Canadian Rockies?

(buzzer beeps) Rumen, Lake Lehman.

- Great Bear Lake.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Hanover area.

(buzzer beeps) Okay, that was Lake Louise.

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

This time Lake Lehman will pick first.

Your categories are general science or art.

- General science.

- General science it is.

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

Are you on a first name basis with famous scientists?

Let's see.

Give the first name of each of these highly renowned scientists.

Newton.

(buzzer beeps) - Isaac.

- [Paul] Yes.

Turing.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- [Paul] Alan.

Boar.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- [Paul] Niles.

Rutherford.

(buzzer beeps) Mark Ernest.

Crick.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- [Paul] Francis.

Hawking.

(buzzer beeps) - Steven.

- [Paul] Yes.

Copernicus.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- Nicholas.

Mendeleev.

(buzzer beeps) - Johann.

- [Paul] Dimitri.

Lovelace.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- [Paul] Ada.

Darwin.

(buzzer beeps) - Charles.

- [Paul] Yes.

Plunk.

(buzzer beeps) - Mark.

- [Paul] Max.

Goodall.

(buzzer beeps) - Jane.

- Yes.

All right, very good, Lake Lehman.

That's going to do it for your portion of the lightning round.

Hanover area we're coming over to you.

And your remaining category of course will be art.

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

You'll be given the name of a famous painting or work of art that's been listed as one of the most popular works of an artist.

Give the artist associated with each painting.

Starry Night.

(buzzer beeps) - Van Gogh.

- [Paul] Yes.

The Last Supper.

- Pass.

- [Paul] Da Vinci.

The Girl with a Pearl Earring.

- Pass.

- Vermeer.

The Scream.

(buzzer beeps) - Van Gogh.

- [Paul] Edvard Munch.

Night Watch.

- Pass.

- [Paul] Rembrandt.

Water Lilies.

- Pass.

- [Paul] Monet.

Nighthawks.

- Pass.

- [Paul] Edward Hopper.

The Persistence of Memory.

- Pass.

- [Paul] Salvador Dali.

American Gothic.

- Pass.

- [Paul] Grant Wood.

The School of Athens.

(buzzer beeps) - Da Vinci.

- [Paul] Rafael.

Guernica.

- Pass.

- [Paul] Picasso.

The Kiss.

- Pass.

- That's Gustav Klimt and that's going to do it for the lightning round.

And after that we currently have Lake Lehman in the lead over Hanover area 115 to 25.

I will now go ahead and begin the last segment of the game with this toss up question, which is a popery toss up.

You've been hired by the local museum and your job is to acquire, care for, and exhibit a variety of artwork, artifacts, or other historical objects.

What is your job title?

(buzzer beeps) Rumen, Lake Lehman.

- Custodian.

- I'm sorry.

- Custodian - Is incorrect.

Rebound to Hanover area.

- Security guard.

- Curator, curator.

Here's your next toss up in social science.

Name this 325 mile long river that begins in the plateaus of north central Pennsylvania flows across the southwest corner of New York- Davyn, Hanover area.

- Susquehanna.

- Is incorrect.

I'll finish the question and rebound to Lake Lehman.

And then continues Southward to Pittsburgh where adjoins the Monongahela River to form the Ohio.

(buzzer beeps) Chase.

- Allegheny.

- Is correct for your rebound points, Lake Lehman.

And here's your next toss up in science.

Diorite is found on the margins of the continents, often in mountain building belts.

It's been used since prehistoric times as decorative stone.

It's sometimes sold as black granite.

Into which rock family is diorite classified?

(buzzer beeps) Rumen, Lake Lehman.

- Ignis.

- Is correct and here comes your bonus question.

What rebellious colonist led a group of Virginia planters in an attack against the Indians in 1676 and later led an army that captured and burned Jamestown.

(buzzer beeps) - Custard.

- No, we're looking for Nathaniel Bacon.

Mm, Bacon.

Let's move on now to another toss up, this one in literature.

He fought as a soldier in France, Ireland, and Spain.

He explored many areas and attempted to establish a colony on Roanoke Island in the 1580s.

He's not as well known for his 33 poems, none of which were published during his lifetime.

Name the poet who wrote "The Lie and The Nymphs Reply to The Shepherd."

(buzzer beeps) That was Sir Walter Raleigh.

Here comes your next toss up.

In this type of acting, the performer tries to make his or her performance as sincere and realistic as possible.

(buzzer beeps) - Method.

- [Paul] David, Hanover area.

- Method.

- Yes, that's correct.

And here comes your bonus question.

After a person dies, this person is responsible for paying debts, distributing property and assets of the deceased person, and carrying out the provisions of the will.

Name this person.

(buzzer beeps) - Is it the next of kin?

- No, we're looking for executor or executrix, either or.

Our next toss up is in science.

He discovered how the heart works as a pump.

He was also the first European to discover how blood circulates throughout the body.

Identify this physician who served as court physician to both James the first and Charles the first.

(buzzer beeps) Rumen, Lake Lehman.

- Isaac Newton.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Hanover area.

(buzzer beeps) - No answer.

- That was William Harvey, William Harvey.

Here's our next toss up.

The coins in this monetary unit come in denominations of 5, 10, 50, 100, and 500 and it's printed currency comes in the denominations of 1000, 5,000 and 10,000.

Name this, Davyn Hanover area.

- Is it Yen - Is correct.

And here comes your bonus question.

He was denied parole in September, 2022 in order to serve out his sentence, meaning he'll spend the rest of his life incarcerated.

Name this man, who as a 14-year-old, opened fire on a group of students at Heath High School in Kentucky in 1997.

(buzzer beeps) - James Madison.

- No, we're looking for Michael Carneal.

And that's the end of the game.

And our winner tonight is Lake Lehman over Hanover 135 to 45.

Congratulations Lake Lehman, you're gonna 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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