(sporty music) Welcome to the 17th season of WVIA's Scholastic Scrimmage and the LIU division final.

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 People's Security Bank, for making this competition possible.

The rules of the game have been modified for this season's virtual version.

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 Hazleton versus Tunkhannock.

Playing for Hazleton are Curt Gammer and Kiera Koopshow.

Their alternates are Briana Kennedy, Gabrielle Howe, and Sophia Neiman.

Their advisors are Rafael Billet and Kathy Tombasco.

Representing Tunkhannock are Alyssa Kovalchik and Evan Brody.

Their alternate is Anna Williams and their advisor is Angie Burke.

Well, let's get started.

Hazleton has won the coin toss and will receive the first question, which is; What galaxy whose study by Edwin Hubble resolved a great debate, is the largest in the local group, and is on a collision course with the Milky Way?

(indistinct chatter and buzzer) Ran out of time Hazleton, we're gonna rebound to Tunkhannock.

- Andromeda.

- Andromeda is correct for your rebound point, Tunkhannock.

And here's your first question.

What woman whose husband had an affair with Camilla Parker-Bowles was killed in a Paris car crash in 1997 and was married to Prince Charles?

- [Both] Princess Diana.

- Is correct and here's your bonus question.

And get your pencils and papers ready.

What is the radius of a circle if the quotient of its area divided by its circumference equals three?

- Pi.

Three Pi.

- Is incorrect.

We're looking for six.

Okay, Hazleton.

Here's your next question.

What South American country held seven seats for Mapuche delegates in a constitutional convention that was approved after 2019 protests in Santiago?

- Chile?

- Is correct and here's your bonus question.

Ray Allen holds the NBA's all-time career regular season record for what basketball statistic that did not exist before 1979?

- 3-pointers?

- Is correct for your bonus points, Hazleton.

Let's move back over now to Tunkhannock.

What character who's called Boss by his mount Blackjack and who wields the bronze sword Anaklusmos is a son of Poseidon in books by Rick Riordan?

- Percy Jackson.

- Is correct and here's your bonus question.

After Donald Trump's COVID-19 diagnosis he was taken to what medical center in Bethesda, Maryland named after a yellow fever researcher?

(timer beeps) - That's Walter Reed.

Let's move back over to Hazleton.

People with what condition, which until the DSM-5 had a subtype called Asperger syndrome within its spectrum, exhibit impaired social interactions?

- [Both] Autism - Is correct and here's your bonus question.

What British prime minister oversaw the partition of India and the formation of the national health service in the years after World War II?

- Lloyd George?

- No, we're looking for Clement Attlee.

All right, Tunkhannock, here comes your next question.

What city whose attractions include the Vondelpark, the Keizersgracht Canal and the Anne Frank House is the capital of the Netherlands?

- Amsterdam.

- Is correct and here's your bonus question.

The golden ratio is most often represented by what Greek letter?

- Phi.

- Is correct for your bonus points, Tunkhannock.

Let's move back now to Hazleton.

What last name is shared by a flower girl named Eliza in George Bernard Shaw's play "Pygmalion," (buzzer beeps) and a fictional doctor who can talk to animals?

- Doolittle.

- Is correct and here's your bonus question.

What Italian Renaissance architect designed the buttressless dome of the Florence cathedral?

- Donatello.

- No, looking for Brunelleschi.

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

(electricity buzzing) In this segment, each team will have an opportunity to through as many of the 10 rapid fire questions as they can in one minute.

Hazleton has won the coin toss and will pick first.

Your categories are presidential superlatives or double Zs.

- Presidential sup... Yeah.

- Okay, presidential superlatives it is.

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

Name the presidents who hold these distinctions.

Youngest to hold the office of president.

- Teddy Roosevelt.

- Yes.

Youngest to be elected president.

- John F. Kennedy.

- Yes.

Elected president the most times.

- Grover Cleveland - FDR.

Tallest president at six feet, four inches - Abraham Lincoln.

- Yes.

Most electoral votes in a single election in his 1984 reelection.

- Ronald Reagan.

- Yes.

Only president to appoint multiple women to the Supreme Court.

- Bill Clinton - Obama.

Only president elected unanimously by the electoral college.

- George Washington.

- Yes.

Longest lived president as of August, 2021.

- Jimmy Carter.

- Yes.

First president not to be born a British subject.

- John Quincy Adams - Van Buren.

Only president elected while a sitting member of the House of Representatives.

- Franklin Pierce.

- Nope.

That's James Garfield.

Still though, Hazleton, fantastic job in the lightning round.

Tunkhannock we're gonna come over to you and your remaining category will be double Zs.

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

Give these words that contain consecutive Zs.

Photographers who follow celebrities.

- Paparazzi.

- Yes.

Experiencing a loss of balance.

- Dizziness.

- Yes.

Device confining an animal's mouth.

- Muzzle.

- Yes.

Bath with massaging jets.

- Jacuzzi.

- Yes.

Gritty portion of a bird's stomach.

- Guzzard, Gizzard.

I'm sorry.

- Yes.

Misappropriation of an employer's funds.

- Embezzlement.

- Yes.

Italian term for a public square.

- Piazza.

- Yes.

Adjective for a person, often a veteran with gray hair.

- Pass.

- Grizzled.

Vocal range between soprano and contranto.

- Meso.

- Yes.

Noisy performance or activity meant to draw attention.

- Pizzaz.

- Razzle dazzle or Razz Matazz.

And that's going to do it for the lightning round.

And after that, we currently have Tunkhannock in the lead over Hazleton 125 to 95.

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.

And we'll start with the students from Hazelton.

Kurt I'll come your way first.

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

- I like the subject of history specifically US History because it allows for us to study the mistakes of the past so we do not repeat them.

- Very important.

Thank you, Kurt.

And Kierra, what is your favorite subject?

- My favorite subject is science especially anything having to do with medicine because I like learning about the human body and just in general the natural world.

- Okay.

Excellent.

Thank you, Kiera and good luck the rest of the way Hazleton.

Tunkhannock let's come over to you.

Alyssa, what is your favorite subject and why?

- My favorite subject is biology, cuz I like learning about the interactions between living things.

- Okay.

And Evan, what is your favorite subject?

- My favorite subject is math because it's it's really abstract yet really objective.

- Okay.

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

Well, before we go any further we have to make a quick scoring adjustment for Tunkhannock.

An answer earlier deemed correct was incorrect.

So we will take the points off the board.

And currently Tunkhannock still has the lead 115 to 95 over Hazleton.

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

What Explorer, who claimed California as New Albeon while sailing the Golden Hind around the world helped England defeat the Spanish Armada.

- Icar - Is incorrect.

Rebound to Hazleton.

- Francis Drake - Is correct for your rebound points Hazleton.

And here's your next question?

What element 2 atoms of which form the bonds that hold keratin together is a group 16 element that in its standard state is a yellow, solid?

(buzzer sounds) Run out of time.

Rebound to Tunkhannock.

- Chlorine?

(buzzer sounds) - Nope.

That answer was sulfur.

Okay.

Tunkhannock, here comes your next question.

What musical who's 2021 movie adaptation starred Anthony Ramos is centered on bodega owner Usnavi and was written by Lynn Manuel Miranda?

- In the Heights - Is correct and here's your bonus question.

Conservative figure Phyllis Schlafly rallied opposition to what proposed constitutional amendment that officially expired in 1982?

(buzzer sounds) Okay.

That's the Equal Rights Amendment.

Let's move back over to Hazleton.

What author included a story about a trip to a bizarre titled "Araby" in his collection "Dubliners" which saw print eight years before his novel "Ulysses"?

(buzzer sounds) Ran out of time.

Rebound to Tunkhannock.

(buzzer sounds) Okay.

That was James Joyce.

Tunkhannock here's your next question.

What chemist, whose namesake law says equal volumes of gas have equal numbers of particles, names the quantity N the number of particles in one mole?

- Avagadro?

- Is correct and here's your bonus question.

In a coordination complex, What term refers to the groups that donate electrons to the central metal atom?

(buzzer sounds) - Anode?

- No, we're looking for ligand.

Okay, Hazleton, here comes your next question.

What man who wrote "The Gospel of Wealth" and sold his namesake firm to JP Morgan in 1901 was a steel magnet who names a hall in New York?

- Andrew Carnegie - Is correct and here's your bonus question.

Lori Lightfoot is the second woman after Jane Burn to serve as mayor of what city?

- Chicago - Is correct for your bonus points, Hazleton.

Great job.

Let's come back over to Tunkhannock.

What painter of "Snap, the Whip" and "Breezing Up" made many seascapes, including one showing a fishing boat, surrounded by sharks titled "The Gulf stream"?

(buzzer sounds) Okay.

Rebound now to Hazleton - Georgia o'Keefe - No, that answer was Winslow Homer.

And after one half of play again, a very close game.

Tunkhannock in the lead over Hazleton by just 15 points, 135 to 120.

And we wanna say thank you to Kurt and Kiera from Hazleton.

And thank you to Alyssa and Evan from Tunkhannock.

You guys we're spectacular.

Thank you so very much.

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

Playing for Hazleton in the second half are Bryce Greco and Lucy Olander.

Representing Tunkhannock are Caillou Koneski and Zachary Zelna.

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

And that question in is, What author who wrote the line "go to the Western gate, Luke Harvergal" described a child of scorn who was born too late in his poem "Miniver Cheevy"?

- Pass - Okay.

Rebound now to Tunkhannock.

(buzzer sounds) That's a tough one.

That was Edwin Arlington Robinson.

Tunkhannock, here is your fur question of the second half and get your pencils and papers ready.

What is the discount price of a shirt that normally costs $9, but is now on sale for 10% off.

- $8.10 - Is correct and here's your bonus question.

What slow courtly dance, whose name may come from the Spanish word for peacock lends its name to 1899 Maurice Ravel word for a dead princess.

- Waltz.

- No, that answer was Pavon.

Okay.

Hazelton, here comes your next question.

In what state whose governors cannot run for consecutive terms, did Terry McCullough run in 2021 to succeed Ralph Northam, his successor in Richmond?

- North Carolina - Is incorrect.

Rebound to Tunkhannock.

- Virginia - Is correct for your rebound points Tunkhannock and here comes your next question.

What British territory founded in 1609 as Summer's Isles was the usual destination of Confederate blockade runners and is the namesake of a triangle?

- Bermuda - Is correct and here's your bonus question?

What type of formula, which is CH20 for most simple sugars is derived by reducing a molecular formula to simplest terms.

- Sucrose - Nope.

That's the empirical formula.

Let's move back over to Hazleton now.

What fluid property related by the young laplace equation to curvature is caused by cohesive forces and allows water striders to walk on water?

- Surface tension - Is correct and here's your bonus question.

Ernest Sobar is the prime minister of what European country, whose legislature is the Storting?

- Oh pass.

- Okay.

That's Norway.

Let's move back over to Tunkhannock now.

what novella, in which the Portuguese inquisition attempts to execute the philosopher Dr. Pangloss, is a 1759 satire of optimism written by Voltaire?

(buzzer sounds) Okay.

Rebound now to Hazleton.

(buzzer sounds) Okay.

That's Candide.

All right, here comes your next question, Hazleton.

What smallest country in mainland Africa, which is governed from Banjul, lies along a namesake river and is almost entirely surrounded by Senegal.

(beep sounds) (buzzer sounds) Okay?

Rebound to Tunkhannock.

- Ghana.

- Nope.

We're looking for The Gambia and that sound that you heard signals the end of the third quarter and another lightning round.

(electricity bolt sounds) This time Tunkhannock will pick first.

Your categories are headwear or Antarctica.

- Headwear.

Okay.

Headwear it is.

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

Name these hats.

Five letter word for a soft cap stereotypically worn by French people.

- Beret.

- Yes.

Straw hat made in Ecuador, not its namesake country.

- Pass - Panama.

Wide brimmed Mexican hat.

- Sombrero - Yes.

Felt hat named for a Moroccan city.

- Pass - Fezz.

Hat worn by Uncle Sam.

- Pass - Top hat.

Brimless headwear worn by male Orthodox Jews.

- Yarmulke - Yes.

Round felt hat in many Rene Magritte paintings.

- Pass - Bowler hat.

Hat worn by Catholic bishops.

- Pass - Miter.

A chef's hat.

- Pass - Toque.

Scottish cap name for a Robert Burns poem.

(beep sounds) That was tam o'shanter.

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

Hazleton, we're coming over to you and your remaining category will be Antarctica.

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

Answer the following about Antarctica.

Animal whose large emperor variety lives there.

- Penguin - Yes.

Layer of the stratosphere with a large hole over Antarctica.

- Ozone - Yes.

The south pole's latitude in degrees south.

- Zero - 90.

Norwegian who was the first to reach the South Pole.

- Pass - That's Amundsen.

South American archipelago that is the nearest major land mass to Antarctica.

- Pass - Tier Del Fuego.

Largest Antartic research station named for a British Naval officer.

- Pass - McMurdo, largest ice shelf in Antarctica - Pass - Ross.

Massif that is the continent's highest mountain.

(beep sounds) That was Vinson.

And currently after that, we have a Tunkhannock in the lead over Hazleton, 195 to 150.

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.

We'll start with the students from Hazleton and Bryce I'll come to you first.

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

- Oh, my favorite subject is history.

I just think it's intriguing to learn about the past, you know, where we came from and then to kind of get an idea of where we're going to.

- That's a great answer.

Thank you, Bryce.

And Lucy, what is your favorite subject?

- My favorite subject is math.

I like that because the answers are either right or wrong.

- There's no gray area.

Excellent.

Thank you, Lucy.

Good luck the rest of the way.

Tunkhannock, let's come over to you.

Caillou, if you wouldn't mind telling us what your favorite subject is in school and why.

My favorite subject is math because there's always a right and wrong answer.

- That's it.

And Zachary, what is your favorite subject?

- My favorite subject is physics cuz I like to see how math relates to the real world.

- Lots of smart students today on Scholastic Srimmage.

It was very nice to meet you all again.

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

What weapons were the subject of a 1588 hunt called by Toyotomi Hideyoshi to control Ronan were carried in pairs by Samurai and include the Katana.

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

The first star, other than the sun to have its angular diameter measured is what red super giant found in the same constellation as Rigel?

- The North Star.

(beep sounds) - Nope.

We're looking for Betelgeuse.

Okay, Hazleton, here comes your next question.

What cells are produced after foliculo genesis develop alongside three polar bodies and pass through the fallopian tubes after leaving the ovaries?

- Egg Cells - Is correct and here's your bonus question.

What pro slavery South Carolina politician was vice president under John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson?

- Jefferson Davis - Nope.

That answer was John C. Calhoun.

Tunkhannock, here is your next question.

What fiber from Caspian plants, which can be separated using a device invented by Eli Whitney dominated the economy of the antebellum south?

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

"The Coronation of Poppea" is an opera by what Italian composer whose "Orfeo" is the oldest opera still performed today?

(buzzer sounds) Okay.

That's Monteverdi.

Hazleton, here is your next question.

What book once had seven variant editions called "Ahruf" was revealed in the cave of Hira by the angel Jabril and is the sacred text of Islam?

- The Quran - Is correct and here's your bonus question.

What German speaking author wrote about an ancient Indian follower of the Buddha in his 1922 novel "Siddhartha"?

- Pass.

- Okay.

That's Hermann Hessa.

Tunkahnnock here's your next question.

What cabinet position, which was held by four of the first six presidents beginning with Thomas Jefferson is in charge of foreign affairs?

- Secretary of State - Is correct and here's your bonus question and get your pencils and papers ready.

What is the smallest number that satisfies the inequality 4 minus X squared is greater than or equal to zero?

- X is greater than or equal to two - Is incorrect.

We're looking for negative two.

Hazleton, here's your next question.

What quantity whose conservation explains the recoil of a gun after it is fired equals the product of an object's mass times its velocity?

(buzzer sounds) Okay.

Rebound now to Tunkhannock.

- Inertia - Inertia is incorrect.

We're looking for momentum or linear momentum.

(beep sounds) And that's the end of the game.

And that's the end of the LIU division final.

Our winner tonight for the LIU championship is Tunkhannock over Hazleton 225 to 170.

Congratulations, Tunkhannock you are the winner and you are 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 watching.