(upbeat music) - 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 5,000 dollars.

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

This year, Scholastic scrimmage looks a little different, and the rules have been revised due to the Corona Virus 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 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 K-12 educators from the WVIA viewing area.

and tonight's match features Hughesville and Mifflinburg.

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

Their advisor is Tara Holtran and the alternate is Emma Friedhoff.

Representing Mifflinberg in the first half are Carter Abraham and Bobby Swartzlander.

Their advisor is Beth Fonts, and the alternate is Michael Lesher.

Well, let's get started.

Hughesville has won the coin toss and will receive the first question which is, what novel, in which a parade for the Pope of Fools is stopped by Claude Frollo, was written by Victor Hugo about Quasimodo's life in a cathedral?

- The Hunchback of Notre Dame.

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

What character's perceived callousness at his mother's funeral becomes evidence against him at his murder trial in Albert Camus' novel, "The Stranger"?

- No answer.

- Okay, that's Meursault, Meursault.

Okay we're coming over to you now, Mifflinburg.

In 1899, what woman who called herself "a bulldog running along at the feet of Jesus", began attacking saloons with a hatchet during a temperance crusade?

- Jane the Cowgirl.

- Is incorrect rebound now to Hughesville (contestants whispering) - No answer.

- Okay, that was Carrie Nation, Carrie Nation.

Hughesville, heading back to you now, what form of light makes up over half the solar energy Earth receives and has wavelengths up to to one millimeter, just longer than visible light?

- Infrared - What?

- Infrared.

- Yeah I think so.

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

What term refers to the amount of product obtained from a chemical reaction, which can be expressed as a percentage of the theoretical maximum?

- Yield.

- Yield.

- Is correct for your bonus points, Hughesville great job.

Mifflinburg, coming back over to you now.

What novel ends by describing a tranquil waterway that contrasts with an African river traversed by Charles Marlow and was written by Joseph Conrad?

(contestants whispering) - No answer.

- Okay rebound now to Hughesville.

- Heart of Darkness.

- Is correct for your rebound points Hughsville, great job and here's your next question.

What explore may have landed at L'Anse aux Meadows to establish a settlement at Vinland, becoming the first known European to land in North America?

(contestant whispering) - Christopher Columbus.

- Is incorrect, rebound now to Mifflinburg.

- No answer.

- Okay we were looking for Leif Erikson, Leif Erikson.

Okay Mifflinburg, the next question is yours.

What country, where a hand on a tri-color flag represents the congress party, is ruled by the nationalist BJP under prime minister, Narendra Modi?

- Egypt?

- Is incorrect, rebound now to Hughesville.

- I have no idea.

- Portugal.

- Nope we're looking for India, India.

Hughesville, here's your next question.

What rebel, whose followers tried to seize the federal armory at Springfield, Massachusetts, lead a namesake rebellion against excessive taxes in 1787?

- Charles Rebellion - Is incorrect, rebound now to Mifflinburg.

- Shay.

- Is correct, Daniel Shay's is correct for your rebound points.

Let's move on to your next question now, Mifflinburg.

What law, first stated in a Latin anagram, is usually written as F equals KX and gives the restoring force on a compressed or extended spring?

(buzzer beeping) (contestant whispering) - The spring law.

- Is incorrect, rebound now to Hughesville.

- Hooke's law.

- Is correct for your rebound points, very good Hughesville.

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 10 rapid fire questions as they can in one minute.

Hughesville has won the coin toss and will pick first.

Your categories are, Russian military operations or Major League Baseball retired numbers.

- Numbers, I guess its numbers.

- It doesn't, I don't think it really matters.

(contestants whispering) - Major League Baseball retired numbers.

- Okay, MLB retired numbers it is and your time begins after I finish reading the first question.

Given an MLB player, name a current team that has retired his number?

And know that more than one answer may be acceptable for some of these, okay?

- Lou Gehrig?

- Red Sox.

- [Paul] Yankees, Sandy Koufax?

- Yankees.

- [Paul] Dodgers, Willie Mays?

- Red Sox.

- [Paul] Giants, Nolan Ryan?

- Brewers.

- [Paul] Astros Rangers or Angels, Greg Maddix?

- Pass - Cubs or the Braves, Ozzie Smith?

- Jets - [Paul] The Cardinals, Ken Griffey Jr.?

- Buccaneers.

- [Paul] The Mariners, Johnny Bench?

- Jets.

- [Paul] The Reds, Catfish Hunter?

- Yankees.

- [Paul] The Oakland A's, Minnie Minoso?

- Raiders.

- Okay that's the Chicago White Sox, the Chicago White Sox.

Okay Hughsville that was a tough category.

So we're gonna move on from, Hughesville, come over to Mifflinburg.

Your remaining category will be Russian military operations and again your time begins when I finish reading the first question okay?

Answer the following about Russian and Soviet military operations Russian empress who helped partition Poland in 1775?

- Catherine.

- [Paul] Be more specific.

- Catherine the great.

- [Paul] Yes.

Soviet led alliance that quashed the Prague spring?

- Soviet German - [Paul] No, Warsaw Pact.

In 1901, Russia helps suppress this Anti-Christian Chinese Rebellion?

- The Christian rebellion.

- [Paul] Boxer rebellion.

Peninsula Russia, annexed in 2014?

(contestants whispering) - No, pass.

- That's Crimea.

Manchurian warm water port leased by Russia in 1898?

- Pass.

- [Paul] That's Port Arthur.

1950s war in which the Soviet supported Kim Il-sung?

- The Vietnam war.

- Is incorrect, that's the Korean war.

(buzzer beeping) Okay we're not gonna get to the next one there.

And after one half of... Well actually after the Lightning Round, we have Hughesville and Mifflinburg in a tight game 45 to 20 in favor of Hughesville.

And what we're going to do now is 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 let's start with the students from Hughesville and Zachery I'm gonna come your way first.

Tell me what you like to do when you're not in class.

- I guess some of my hobbies are, I like to 3D print things and then just for fun, besides for extracurricular activities, I also like to go bowling.

- [Paul] Excellent, excellent.

Thank you Zachery.

Kylie, what do you like to do for fun when you're not in class?

- I run hurdles for tracks, so I really enjoy doing that but besides that sleep a lot and watch "Grey's Anatomy".

- Awesome thanks Hughesville, it was very nice to meet you.

Mifflinburg coming over to you, Carter what do you like to do when you're not in class?

- Yeah I like to play guitar.

I like going on tours.

I also run hurdles for track and field and I like singing.

- [Paul] Okay excellent, and Bobby, what do you like to do for fun?

- I like to make music, singing and playing instruments and band.

- Excellent very very cool, it was very nice to meet all of you.

So now we're gonna go ahead and begin the second quarter with this question for Mifflinburg.

What river, which flows through the Wichita and Tulsa shares its name with a state whose cities include Fort Smith, Pine Bluff and Little Rock?

- Arkansas - Is correct, and here's your bonus question, which author created Tom Wingfield and his painfully shy sister, Laura, who is visited by gentlemen caller Jim in a 1940 play?

- Tim Pacheotore.

- Is incorrect, we are looking for Tennessee Williams, Tennessee Williams.

Okay Hughesville here we come with your question.

What deity who served by the Ganas on Mount Kailash is a blue-throated destroyer god who's joined in the Hindu Trimurti by Brahma and Vishnu?

- No answer.

- Okay now, rebound to Mifflinburg.

- No answer.

Okay we're looking for Shiva, Shiva.

Okay Mifflinburg here comes your next question.

What regular polygon, whose diagonal length equals the golden ratio times that side length has 108 degree internal angles and five sides?

- Pentagon.

- Is correct and here's your bonus question, what term from the Greek "For to put under" refers to a proposed explanation or result that's tested in a scientific experiment?

- Hypothesis.

- Is correct for your bonus points Mifflinburg, great job.

Hughesville headed back your way, what field of study with biological, cultural and linguistic some fields was practiced by Margaret Mead and focuses on human behavior and societies?

- Anthropology?

(contestants whispering) Anthropology.

- Is correct and here's your bonus question now, what European dynasty included Charles the 5th who abdicated his Holy Roman Emperor in 1555 in favor of a son, Phillip the 2nd?

- Dynasty?

- Yeah he said dynasty.

(buzzer beeping) - No answer.

- Okay that was the Habsburg dynasty, the Habsburg dynasty.

Mifflinburg coming back to you, what insects, which title a comedy by Aristophanes's, formed the order Hymenoptera along with ants and bees and include hornets and yellowjackets?

- No answer.

- Okay rebound now to Hughesville.

- Bees.

- Is incorrect, we're looking for wasps, wasps.

All right Hughesville here comes your next question.

What isotope, the lightest one that brown dwarfs can form by fusion, is an isotope of hydrogen that has one neutron and a mass number of two?

(contestant whispering) - Deuterium - Is correct and here's your bonus question and get your pencils and papers ready.

How many complete revolutions will a circular wheel make in a minute if its rotational speed is 60 degrees per second?

(soft upbeat music) (contestants whispering) (buzzer beeping) - [Paul] Okay right out of time - 360.

- We're looking for 10 revolutions, 10.

Okay Mifflinberg here comes your next question.

What city home to the Frank Gehry designed dancing house is the most populous on the Vltava River and it's the capital of the Czech Republic?

- No answer.

- Okay rebound now to Hughesville.

- (laughing) Czechoslovakia.

- Nope we are looking for Prague, Prague was the answer there.

All right and after one half of play, we currently have Hughesville in the lead over Mifflinburg 65 to 45.

Thank you Hughesville, thank you, Mifflinburg.

We're now going to meet your teammates.

(machine hushing) (upbeat music) (machine hushing) Now playing for Hughesville in the second half is Victoria Holmes and Gavin Paulhamus.

And representing Mifflinburg in the second half are Taylor Williams and Hunter Raul.

So let's go ahead and begin now and Hughesville you're up first.

What river after which the Harappan civilization is also named, flowed past the ancient city of Mohenjo-Daro and it's the longest river in Pakistan?

- No answer.

- Okay we're gonna rebound now to Mifflinburg.

- No answer.

- Okay and that was the Indus River.

Mifflinburg here comes your next question.

What country in which 241 U.S Military personnel were killed in October, 1983 bombing has a cedar tree on its flag and is led from Beirut?

- Iraq.

- Is incorrect, rebound now to Hughesville.

- Vietnam.

- Nope we're looking for Lebanon, Lebanon.

Hughesville here comes your next question, what city whose monument avenue featured five confederate statues, including one of Robert E. Lee that was removed in 2020 is Virginia's capital?

- Richmond.

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

Evidence for the big bang includes background radiation named for its peak and what low frequency region of the electromagnetic spectrum?

(contestants whispering) - Gamma.

- Is incorrect, we're looking for microwave radiation, good try though.

Mifflinburg headed back to you, what modern country is the site of the colossal heads built in San Lorenzo by the Olmecs, as well as the Pyramid of the Sun built by the Aztecs?

(contestants whispering) (buzzer beeping) Ran out of time.

We're gonna rebound to Hughesville.

- Peru.

- Is incorrect, we're looking for Mexico, Mexico is the answer there.

All right Hughesville you're up next, the islands of R ügen and Saaremaa are in what sea that borders the coastal region of Pomerania and is West of Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania?

- Mediterranean.

- Mediterranean.

Is incorrect rebound now to Mifflinburg.

- The English Channel.

- Nope we're looking for the Baltic Sea, the Baltic Sea.

Mifflinburg here comes your next question, what organ whose function can be studied with a holter monitor, is naturally regulated by the sinoatrial node or artificially by a pacemaker?

- The heart - Is correct and here's your bonus question now, what statistical measure of dispersion is equal to the square root of a data sets variance and is denoted Sigma?

- Z-score.

- Is incorrect, we're you're looking for standard deviation, standard deviation.

Okay Hughesville headed back to you now.

What man who resigned as chancellor after refusing to sign the Oath of Supremacy and was executed for treason by Henry the 8th was the author of Utopia?

- No answer.

- Okay we're gonna rebound now to Mifflinburg.

- Thomas Hobbs.

- Is incorrect, we're looking for Sir Thomas More, Sir Thomas More.

(buzzer beeping) And that sound that you heard signals the end of the third quarter and another Lightning Round.

This time Mifflinburg will pick first.

Your categories are crosses or democratic governors.

- Democratic governors.

- Okay democratic governors it is, and your time begins when I finish reading the first question.

Name the state governed in 2020 by these democratic politicians Gavin Newsom, who was formerly mayor of San Francisco?

- California - [Paul] Yes.

- California.

- [Paul] Andrew Cuomo?

- New York.

- [Paul] Yes.

J.B. Pritzker, who governs from Springfield?

- Ohio.

- [Paul] Illinois.

Ralph Northam?

- Wisconsin.

- [Paul] Virginia, Tony Evers, who defeated Scott Walker in 2018?

- Texas.

- Wisconsin.

Jared Polis, who succeeded John Hickenlooper?

- Massachusetts.

- [Paul] Colorado, Laura Kelly, who defeated Chris Kobach in 2018?

- Nevada.

- [Paul] Kansas.

Ned Lamont?

You can pass- - Wyoming - Connecticut.

Michelle Lujan Grisha?

(buzzer beeping) Okay ran out of time, that was New Mexico, New Mexico.

Okay very good Mifflinburg, that's going to do it for your portion of the Lightning Round.

Hughesville we're coming back to you, your remaining category will be crosses and again, your time begins when I finish reading the first question okay?

Give these words or phrases starting with cross.

William Jennings Bryan's speech promoting bimetallism?

- Cross sectionalism.

- [Paul] Cross of gold speech.

Puzzle edited for the New York times by Will Shortz?

- Crossword.

- [Paul] Yes.

Operation of two vectors yielding another vector?

- Cross-point - Cross-multiplication.

- [Paul] No, cross-product.

Weapon used by the French at the Battle of Crecy?

- Pass.

- [Paul] Crossbow.

Interrogation of a witness called by one's opponent?

- Cross-interrogation.

- [Paul] Cross-examination.

The intersection of a solid object and a plane?

- Cross section.

- Yes.

An animal like a Labradoodle or Cockapoo?

- Crossbreed.

- [Paul] Yes, wearing of clothing designed for another gender?

- Cross dressing.

- [Paul] Yes.

Poem by Alfred Lord Tennyson that opens sunset and evening star?

(buzzer beeping) - Pass - That was "Crossing the Bar", "Crossing the Bar".

All right that's going to do it for the Lightning Round and after that we have Hughesville in the lead over Mifflinburg 115 to 75.

Now let's get to know the contestants playing the second half a little better and again, we'll start with the students from Hughesville.

Victoria tell me what your favorite class is in school and why?

- It would have to be biology because I like learning about life sciences and getting to do labs.

- [Paul] Very cool and Gavin, how about you?

Same question what's your favorite class and why?

- Yeah I'd have the same answer biology is definitely one of my favorite courses.

I just love learning about biology and how we work.

- Excellent thank you Hughsville, good luck the rest of the way.

Mifflinburgh gonna come over to you, Taylor what is your favorite class in school and why?

- Right now it's psychology, I just have a large interest in the same way how we work, but from a neurological standpoint.

- [Paul] Okay excellent and Hunter, your favorite class?

- My favorite class right now is probably AP physics, it's one of the hardest classes I've ever taken and I've found quite enjoyment in struggling.

- Wow some smart people up here today.

Well, thank you guys both, good luck the rest of the way and we're now going to begin the last segment of the game with this question for Mifflinburg.

In 2019 what reality TV show is won by former bachelorette Hannah Brown, who outscored rivals such as Sean Spicer while performing ballroom moves?

- Dancing with the stars - Is correct and here's your bonus question, in April, 2020, what Minnesota based dairy company announced that it would stop using a Native American Woman on its butter packaging?

- Land O'Lakes - Is correct, very good.

All right we're gonna come over to you now Hughesville with your question.

What phenomenon that causes mercury to beat up and is caused by the cohesion forces between molecules in a liquid, allows insects to walk on water?

- Adhesion - Is incorrect, rebound now to Mifflinburg.

- Cohesion.

- Is incorrect, we're looking for surface tension, surface tension was the answer.

Okay Mifflinburg here comes your next question.

What author depicted the profiteering mess officer, Milo Minderbinder and the bombadier John Yossarian in his World War II novel "Catch-22"?

- Pass.

- Okay rebound now to Hughesville.

- No answer.

- Okay that author was Joseph Heller, Joseph Heller.

Okay Hughesville here's your next question.

What city whose Abraj Al-Bait contains a large clock face is home to the Kaaba, a cuboid visited by Muslims performing the Hajj pilgrimage?

- No answer.

- Okay rebound now to Mifflinburg.

- Israel - Is incorrect, we're looking for Mecca, Mecca was the answer.

Mifflinburg here comes your next question, what organelle that has a diameter of about 25 nanometers, is not membrane bound and has as its primary purpose, the synthesis of proteins?

- Mitochondria.

- Is incorrect, rebound now to Hughesville.

- Ribosomes.

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

What actress voices teacher Fiona Frzzle on The Magic School Bus Rides Again and plays Jeff Sessions and Hillary Clinton on Saturday Night Live?

- No answer.

- Okay rebound now to Mifflinburg.

(contestants whispering) (buzzer beeping) Okay ran out of time.

That's the talented Kate McKinnon, Kate McKinnon.

Mifflinburg here comes your next question.

What artist who depicted U.S Marshals escorting Ruby Bridges in "The Problem We All Live With", created numerous covers for the Saturday evening post?

- Pass - Okay rebound now to Hughesville.

- No answer.

- Okay that artist, Norman Rockwell, Norman Rockwell.

Hughesville here comes your next question.

Anne of Austria was the mother of what ruler, who was advised by Cardinal Mazarin, built the current palace of Versailles and was called the Sun King.

(buzzer beeping) - No answer.

- Okay rebound now to Mifflinburg.

- Louis the 14th.

- Is correct for your rebound points, Mifflinburg great job.

And that's the end of the game, and our winner tonight is Hughesville over Mifflinburg 125 to 100, a very close game, congratulations.

Hughesville, you're gonna be moving on, and we'll see you next time with another round of Scholastic Scrimmage I am your host, Paul Lazar and thank you for watching.

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