- 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 five thousand dollars.

WVIA would like to thank our sponsors, FNCB and People Security Bank, for making this competition possible.

This years Scholastic Scrimmage looks a little different, and the rules have been revised due to the 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 they're 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 K12 educators from the WVIA viewing area.

Tonight's match features Hughesville and Lewisberg as they compete for the CSIU BLaST IU Championship game.

The winner of today's match will move on to compete in the semi-final for the 16th season of Scholastic Scrimmage.

Playing in the first half for Hughesville, Zachery Gotschall and Kylie Lieberson.

The alternate is Emma Friedhoff.

Their advisor is Terra Holdren.

Representing Lewisberg in the first half are Jack Drouin and Sarah Mahoney.

Their advisor is Micheal Creeger.

Well lets get started.

Hughesville has won the coin toss and will receive the first question, which is: What man who exposed the Catiline conspiracy condemned Mark Anthony in the Philippics and was a Roman orator whose name is Latin for chickpea?

(discussing answer) (cut off by buzzer) Okay.

Rebound now to Lewisburg.

(discussing answer) - Garbanzo.

- Is incorrect.

We were looking for Marcus Tullius Cicero.

Lewisburg, here's your first question.

What only son of Theia and Hyperion, whose own son Phaethon died after losing control of this god's chariot, was the Greek god of the sun?

(discussing answer) - Othello?

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Hughesville.

(discussing answer) - Apollo.

- Nope.

We were looking for Helios.

Hughesville, here's your next question.

What biblical book, which begins with the letters to the seven churches of Asia, describes the opening of the seventh seal and other end-times prophecies?

- Revelations.

- [Paul] I'm sorry?

- Revelations.

Revelations.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Lewisburg.

(discussing answer) - Genesis?

- No.

Hughesville, you were very close.

It was the Book of Revelation.

Let's move over to Lewisburg.

What MLB team, which hit grand slams in four straight games in 2020, stars Fernando Tatis Jr., plays in Petco Park, and has a name meaning fathers?

(buzzer) Rebound now to Hughesville.

- Pass.

- Okay.

We were looking for the San Diego Padres.

Hughesville, here's your next question.

What substance, whose small interfering type protects against viruses, has a T4 that binds amino acids and uses ribose instead of deoxyribose?

- RNA.

- Is correct, and here's your bonus question now.

Faraday's law describes what phenomenon in which a changing magnetic field produces voltage?

- Induction.

- Is correct for your bonus points, Hughesville.

Lewisburg, here's your next question.

What object, which is beheld by the speaker of the poem "My Heart Leaps Up', is personified by the goddess Iris and is represented on a gay pride flag.?

- Rainbow?

- Is correct, and here is your bonus question.

What Tomas Mann novella depicts Gustav von Aschenbach's obsession with a Polish boy named Tadzio?

(discussing answer) - The Adventures of Tadzio?

- No.

We were looking for Death in Venice.

Hughesville, here's your next question.

What musician, who included "Spanish Castle Magic" on his album Axis: Bold as Love, sang, "Excuse me while I kiss the sky", on the song "Purple Haze"?

- Prince?

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Lewisburg.

(beep) - Pass.

- Okay.

That was Jimi Hendrix.

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 time will have an opportunity to answer as many of the ten rapid fire questions as they can in one minute.

Hughesville has won the coin toss and will pick first.

Your categories are literary deaths or capital rivers.

(discussing choice) - Capital rivers.

- Okay.

capital rivers it is, and your time begins after I finish reading the first question.

Name the primary river that flows through or passed these national capital cities.

Paris.

- Pass.

- [Paul] Seine.

Washington D.C.. - Pass.

- [Paul] Potomac.

Kyiv.

- Volga.

- [Paul] Dnieper.

Budapest.

- Pass.

- [Paul] Danube.

Baghdad.

- Pass.

- [Paul] Tigris.

Kinshasa.

- Pass.

- [Paul] Congo.

Lisbon.

- The Darling River.

- [Paul] Tagus.

Pyongyang.

(discussing answer) - Pass.

- [Paul] Taedong.

Niamey.

- Pass.

- [Paul] Niger.

Warsaw.

(discussing answer) - Volga?

- Nope.

We're looking for the Vistula River.

Okay, Hughesville.

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

Lewisburg, we're coming over to you.

Your remaining category will be literary deaths, and again, your time begins after I finish reading the first question.

Given a literary character who dies, say whether their direct cause of death is being shot, stabbed, poisoned, or other.

Jay Gatsby in the Great Gatsby.

- [Jack And Sarah Together] Shot.

- [Paul] Yes.

Piggy in Lord of the Flies.

- Other.

- [Paul] Yes.

Paul Baumer in All Quiet on the Western Front.

- Shot.

- [Paul] Yes.

Samuel Ratchett in Murder on the Orient Express.

- [Jack And Sarah Together] Stabbed.

- [Paul] Yes.

Eponine in Les Miserables.

- [Jack And Sarah Together] Poison.

- [Paul] Shot.

Charlotte Haze, the mother in Lolita.

- Other.

- Yes.

Venantius, the first murder victim in The Name of the Rose.

- Shot.

- [Paul] Poisoned.

Bob Ewell in To Kill a Mockingbird.

- Shot?

- [Paul] Stabbed.

Captain Ahab in Moby Dick.

- Other.

- [Paul] Yes.

Suicide victim Emma in Madame Bovary.

- Shot.

- [Paul] Poisoned.

All right, Lewisburg.

That's going to do it for the lightning round, and after that, we currently have Lewisburg in the lead over Hughesville, 70 to 15, 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.

Let's start from the students from Hughesville, and Zachery, I'll come your way first.

Tell me what your plans are for after high school.

- So I'll be going to college at Brown University, and I'm hoping to get a degree and pursue a career in research.

- Okay, that's great.

Congratulations.

Kylie, what are your plans for after high school?

- I'm starting at Penn State in the summer, and I'll be studying pre-medicine with a hope to specialize in neurosciences.

- Excellent.

Very good.

Thanks, Hughesville.

Lewisburg, it's over to you.

Jack, what are your plans post-high school?

- I'm going to Johns Hopkins to study physics or engineering.

- Excellent, and Sarah, what do you plan to do after high school?

- I'll be attending the University of Notre Dame to study pre-medicine.

- Well that's excellent.

Good luck the rest of the way.

Lewisburg, it was very nice to meet all of you.

Now we'll go ahead and begin the second quarter with this question that goes to Lewisburg.

What instrument played by Charles Mingus is the lowest string instrument in a standard orchestra and shares it's name with a lower male voice?

- Bass.

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

What American composer adapted the second movement of his Opus 11 string quartet into his Adagio for Strings?

- Sousa?

- Nope.

We were looking for Samuel Barber.

Hughesville, it's over to you.

What country, whose Island of Socotra contains a large number of endemic species, is home to the Port of Aden, south of it's capital of Sana'a?

- Pass.

- Okay.Rebound to Lewisburg.

- Honduras.

- Nope.

We were looking for Yemen.

Lewisburg, here's your next question.

What author, whose last published novel was 2008's The Widows of Eastwick, wrote about former basketball star Harry Angstrom in his Rabbit novels?

(buzzer) Okay.

Rebound now to Hughesville.

- Langston Hughes.

- Is incorrect.

We were looking for John Updike.

Hughesville, here comes your next question.

What first leader of the Tuskegee Institute gave the "Atlanta Compromise" speech and was an early civil rights leader opposed by W.E.B.

Du Bois?

- Booker T. Washington.

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

What left-wing YouTube opinion show, known as TYT for short, is co-hosted by Cenk Uygur?

- Pass.

- Okay.

That's the Young Turks.

Lewisburg, back over to you.

What man, who wrote that Donald Trump was unsure if Finland was in Russia in his book The Room Where It Happened, served as national security advisor?

- Michael Flynn?

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Hughesville.

- Johnson.

- No.

We were looking for John Bolton.

All right now Hughesville.

It's back to you, and get your pencils and papers ready.

What is the median of the four numbers 10, 60, 50, and 20, given that when ordered it lies between the middle two numbers?

- 35.

- Is correct, and here is your bonus question.

What 20th century anti-art movement supposedly chose it's name when a founder stuck a knife into a dictionary and hit the French word for hobbyhorse?

- No answer.

- Okay.

That's the Dada movement.

Lewisburg, here is your next question.

What head of the American Relief Administration after World War I, defeated Al Smith in 1928 and was president when the Great Depression started?

(discussing answer) - Eisenhower?

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Hughesville.

- Hoover.

- Is correct for your rebound points, Hughesville, and here's your next question.

What nickname of a woman, who promoted the Highway Beautification Act, titles a Greta Gerwig film and is the nickname of Lyndon B. Johnson's first lady?

(beep) - Mother Teresa.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound now to Lewisburg.

- Lady Bird.

- Is correct for your rebound points, Lewisburg.

Great job, and after one half of play, we currently have Lewisburg in the lead over Hughesville, 90 to 45.

We wanna say thank you to Zachery and Kylie from Hughesville and thank you to Jack and Sarah from Lewisburg.

You guys were absolutely fantastic.

Thank you so much.

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

Now joining us for Hughesville are Victoria Holmes and Gavin Polhemus, and representing Lewisburg are Chenchen Gu and Ezra Bronaponay.

For our first question in this quarter goes to Hughesville, and that question is: What compound that cross links proteins and DNA has been used as an embalming agent, is also called methanol, and is the simplest aldehyde?

(discussing answer) - Formaldehyde.

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

At low temperatures, liquid helium can display what property in which a substance has zero viscosity?

(discussing answer) - Super fluidity.

- Is correct for your bonus points, Hughesville.

Great job.

Let's go over to Lewisburg now.

What term, which comes from a word meaning protrude in Acadian, refers to a great bronze structure in Ur and other Mesopotamian step pyramids?

- Ziggurat.

- Is correct, and here's your bonus question, and there's two answers required here.

In 1947, the Radcliffe Line divided what two Asian countries, both of which received independence from Great Britain that year?

- India and Pakistan.

- Is correct for your bonus points.

Very good, Lewisburg.

Hughesville, it's back to you.

What William Shakespeare play, whose induction features the drunk Christopher Sly, is about the courtship of Petruchio and the hot-tempered Katherina?

- No answer.

(beep) - Okay.

Rebound now to Lewisburg.

- Harry Potter.

- Nope.

We were looking for The Taming of the Shrew.

Lewisburg, here comes your next question.

What element, whose namesake cycle includes both bacteria and lightning, normally exists as an almost inert gas that is only useful upon fixation?

(discussing answer) - Nitrogen.

- Is correct, and here's your bonus question, and get your pencils and papers ready.

If three coins are flipped, what is the probability all three coins show the same side, given the last two coins must match the first?

- One half?

- Is incorrect.

We were looking for one quarter.

Hughesville, let's move over to you.

What world leader married his mistress Ava Braun days before killing himself in a bunker as Soviet forces captured Berlin in April 1945?

- Adolf Hitler.

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

Which monarchs attempted escape with his family was foiled by his arrest at Varennes, 18 months before his execution at the Place de la Concorde?

- Louis XIV?

- No.

You were close.

We were looking for Louis XVI.

Lewisburg, here's your next question.

What four letter English word, which is the translation of the Latin word requiem, can denote a horizontal bar that indicates the absence of sound?

- Rest.

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

Examples of what art from include Louise Nevelson's Atmosphere and Environment and Barbara Hepworth's Forms?

- Sculptures.

- Is correct for your bonus points, Lewisburg.

Let's move back to Hughesville now.

What structures with dip slip and strike slip types are discontinuities or fractures in Earth's crust, such as California's San Andreas?

(discussing answer) - Fault lines.

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

What name is given to a part of the south transept of Westminster Abbey where many authors, including John Dryden and Jeffrey Chaucer, are buried?

- No answer.

- Okay.

That's Poet's Corner, and that sound that you heard signals the end of the third quarter and another lightning round.

This time Lewisburg will pick first.

Your categories are Pokemon or three sequential letters.

(discussing choice) - Three sequential letters.

- Three sequential letters it is, and your time begins after I finish reading the first question.

Give these answers that contain three consecutive letters in alphabetical order.

Founder of the Mongol Empire.

- Genghis Khan.

- [Paul] Yes.

Board game that includes community chest cards.

- Monopoly.

- [Paul] Yes.

Country whose capital is Kabul.

- Afghanistan.

- [Paul] Yes.

Author of A Passage to India.

- Faulkner.

- [Paul] Forster.

The act of unlawfully seizing a vehicle.

- Grand theft auto.

- Hijacking.

Heavy metal band, whose songs include "Stricken" and "Down With the Sickness".

- Megadeth.

- [Paul] Disturbed.

E.B.

White novel with a mouse-like title character.

- [Paul] You can pass.

- Pass.

- [Paul] That's Stewart Little.

Device used in medicine to deliver electrocurrent to the heart.

- Fibrillator.

- [Paul] Yes.

City whose name became Istanbul in 1930.

- Constantinople.

- [Paul] Yes.

Actor who learns her role to act as a replacement.

- Substitute.

(beep) - Nope.

We're looking for understudy.

Good guess though.

All right, Hughesville.

We're gonna come over to you now for the lightning round.

Your remaining category will be Pokemon, and again, your time begins after I finish reading the first question.

Answer the following about Pokemon.

2016 mobile augmented reality game developed by Niantic.

- Pokemon NOW.

- [Paul] Pokemon GO.

Human Pokemon trainer sur-named Ketchum.

- Ash.

- [Paul] Yes.

Job title held by Kukui Sycamore and Oak.

- Professor.

- [Paul] Yes.

Either of two Nintendo Switch games whose expansion pass includes June 2020's Isle of Armor.

- Sword and Shield.

- [Paul] Yes.

Actor who voiced the title character in the 2019 film Detective Pikachu.

- Pass.

- Ryan Reynolds.

Villainous team lead by Viridian City gym leader Giovanni.

- Rocket.

- [Paul] Yes.

Pokemon is a portmanteau from pocket and this English word.

- Monster.

- [Paul] Yes.

Elemental type of the Pokemons Psyduck and Squirtle.

- Water.

- [Paul] Yes.

Luchador-inspired fire and dark-type feline that evolves from Torracat in Pokemon Sun and Moon.

- Pass.

- [Paul] Incineroar.

Psychic-type Pokemon antagonist of Pokemon: The First Movie.

(beep) That was Mewtwo.

All right.

That's going to do it for the lightning round, and after that, we have Hughesville regaining some ground.

Lewisburg still in the lead though, 180 to 140.

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.

Let's start with the students from Hughesville, and Victoria, I'll come to you first.

Tell me what your plans are post-high school.

- I plan to attend Gannon University and study biology.

- Excellent.

Good luck, Victoria, and Gavin, what do you plan to do after high school?

- I'm attending the University of Pittsburgh for bioengineering.

- That's excellent.

Good luck the rest of the way, Hughesville.

Lewisburg, over to you.

Chenchen, what are your plans after high school?

- I'm going to Stanford University to study computer science.

- That's excellent, and Ezra, what are your plans?

- I'm going to Carleton College in Minnesota.

Undecided what I'm gonna study.

- Okay.

Excellent.

Was very nice to meet you.

Now let's go ahead and begin the fourth quarter with this question that goes to Lewisburg.

In what state did Carl Weiss assassinate a populous democratic nicknamed the Kingfish, Huey Long, who once governed this state from Baton Rouge?

- Louisiana.

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

Tyrtaeus and Alcman were poets from what Greek city state, whose agoge system required boys to begin military training at the age of seven?

(discussing answer) - Sparta.

- Is correct for your bonus points, Lewisburg.

Hughesville, it's back over to you.

What novel in which Maverick leaves the King Lord's gang is narrated by Starr Carter, was inspired by the Oscar Grant shooting, and is by Angie Thomas?

- No answer.

- Okay.

Rebound now to Lewisburg.

- No answer.

- Okay.

That's The Hate U Give.

Let's move back over to Lewisburg.

What structure, which is covered by an operculum in boney fish but absent altogether in whales and dolphins, is responsible for oxygen intake?

- Gills.

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

Ostriches are the fastest example of what type of animal, which also includes humans, that moves using two legs?

- Bipeds.

- Is correct for your bonus points, Lewisburg.

Let's move on back over to Hughesville.

What countries prime minister was briefly John Turner, who was defeated by Brian Mulroney in 1984 and once served in the cabinet of Pierre Trudeau?

- Canada.

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

During which war were 75 American POWs from the 24th and 25th infantry divisions massacred at the Bloody Gulch, just west of the city of Masan?

(discussing answer) - World War II.

- Nope.

That's the Korean War.

Lewisburg, here's your next question.

What surname is shared by the author of The World According to Garp and an author who wrote about a man who awakes in the Catskills in Rip Van Winkle?

(buzzer) - Okay.

Rebound now to Hughesville.

- No answer.

- Okay.

That's Irving.

Hughesville, here's your next question.

What volcano, which caused the Osceola Mudflow with an ancient eruption, is the tallest peak in the Cascades and is to the southeast of Seattle?

- Mount Roosevelt?

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Lewisburg now.

(discussing answer) - Mount Rainier.

- Is correct for your rebound points, Lewisburg, and here comes your next question.

An important physical constant is the speed of light in what type of region that theoretically has zero pressure and is completely devoid of matter?

- Vacuum.

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

What naval administrator often used the line "And so to bed" to end the entries of his diary, which records English life in the 1660s?

- Samuel Pepys.

(pronounced wrong) - Is incorrect.

We're looking for Samuel Pepys.

Samuel Pepys.

Good guess though, and that's the end of the game, and our winner tonight for the CSIU BLaST IU Championship is Lewisburg over Hughesville, 230 to 150.

Congratulations, Lewisburg.

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

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