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♪ - Welcome to the 17th 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.

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

The rules of the game have been modified for this season's virtual version, 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 educators from the WVIA viewing area.

And tonight's match features Hughesville High School versus Mt Carmel High School.

Playing for Hughesville, are Emma Friedhoff and Blake Boyer.

Their alternate is Xavier Cochran.

Their adviser is Tara Holdren.

Representing Mt Carmel, are Alexys O'Donnell and Nick Nestico.

Their alternates are Morgan Carletta, Lexie kane, Leah Shedleski, Leith Kanafani and Garrett McGee.

Their advisors are Aaron Domanski and Chris Cunningham.

Well, let's get started.

Hughesville has won the coin toss and will receive the first question which is, what author created a talking wolf named Maugrim who helps the White Witch to fight against the god-like lion Aslan in the "Chronicles of Narnia"?

(beeping) Okay, rebound now to Mt Carmel.

- No answer.

- Okay, that author was C. S. Lewis.

Okay, Mt Carmel, here comes your first question.

What quantity whose first time derivative is the jerk equals force over mass by Newton's second law and it's the rate of change of velocity?

- No answer.

- Okay, rebound now to Hughesville.

- Displacement?

- No.

We're looking for acceleration.

Okay Hugheseville, here comes your next question.

What man, who was fired as First Lord of the Admiralty after The Gallipoli campaign, succeeded Neville Chamberlain in 1940 as UK prime minister?

- Winston Churchill.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question now.

A young mother named Nora Helmer realizes that she has duties to herself and decides to leave her husband Torvald in what 1879 play by Henrik Ibsen?

- No answer.

- Okay, that's "A Doll's House."

Mt Carmel it's back over to you.

What artist who showed a beam of light illuminating a tax collector's face in The Calling of St Matthew, was an Italian master of chiaroscuro?

- No answer.

- Okay, rebound to Hughesville.

- No answer.

- Okay, that's Caravaggio.

Hughesville, here is your next question.

What poet who described a sleeket, cowran, tim'rous beastie, in the opening line of "To a Mouse", is often glorified as the national poet of Scotland?

(beeping) - No answer.

- Okay, rebound now to Mt Carmel.

- No answer.

- Okay, that poet is Robert Burns.

Mt Carmel here's your next question.

What planet had its orbit predicted by John Couch Adams and Urbain Le Verrier, is orbited by the moon Triton, and it's the farthest planet from the sun?

- Neptune.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question now.

The CIA backed Operation PBSuccess aided Carlos Castillo Armas in overthrowing what Central American country's president Jacobo Arbenz?

- Cuba.

- Is incorrect.

We're looking for Guatemala.

Hughesville, it's back over to you.

What treaty which was replaced by the USMCA may have led to growth in maquiladora factories and lower trade barriers with Canada and Mexico?

(beeping) - No answer.

- Okay, rebound now to Mt Carmel.

- Is it North American Trade Agreement?

- Is incorrect.

We're looking for NAFTA.

NAFTA, North American Free Trade Agreement.

Well, that sound that you heard signals the end of the first quarter.

And it's now time for the Lightning Round.

(electrical signal buzzing) 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, holy books or colorful history.

- Colorful history.

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

Answer the following about, people, places or things known by colorful names.

Pandemic that may have killed half of Europe?

- The Black Death.

- [Paul] Yes.

Holy Roman emperor with a nickname meaning red beard?

- Pass.

- [Paul] Frederick Barbarossa.

Sensationalist press exemplified by the New York World?

- Pass.

- [Paul] Yellow journalism.

Floral emblem of the House of York?

- Green.

- White Rose.

The military of communist Russia?

- Pass.

- [Paul] Red Army.

Dutch royal house that included England's William III?

- Pass.

- [Paul] House of Orange.

Island given an appealing name by Erik the Red?

- Greenland.

- [Paul] Yes.

Ship used for Francis Drake's circumnavigation?

- Pass.

(beeping) - Okay, that's the Golden Hind.

All right Hughesville you did fantastic in the Lightning Round.

Mt Carmel we're coming over to you.

Your remaining category will be holy books.

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

What religion venerates these scriptures?

Now, we're looking for the broad name of the religion, not a specific denomination.

So for example Christianity, not Methodism.

Quran?

- Islam.

- [Paul] Yes.

Torah?

- Jewish.

- [Paul] Yes.

Avesta?

- Pass.

- [Paul] Zoroastrianism.

Granth Sahib?

- Pass.

- [Paul] Sikhism.

Diamond and Lotus sutras?

- Buddhism.

- [Paul] Yes.

Rigveda?

- Pass.

- Hinduism.

Kojiki?

- Pass.

- [Paul] Shintoism.

Kebra Nagast and Holy Piby?

- Pass.

- [Paul] Rastafarianism.

A text whose title means the book of "The Way and Its Power"?

- Pass.

- [Paul] Taoism.

Agamas, which are attributed to the Tirthankaras?

- Pass.

(beeping) - Okay, that's Jainism.

And after that, we currently have a very close game.

Mt Carmel in the lead over Hughesville, 40 to 30.

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.

We'll start with the students from Hughesville.

And Emma, I'll come to you first.

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

- Right now I'd go with AP Chemistry.

It's a small class, and there's just a lot of detail to go into.

- Excellent, thank you Emma.

Blake, what's your favorite subject, and why?

- I'm not really sure if this is a subject, but I like video production class.

I get to make the school news and I enjoy doing so.

- How cool?

Thank you for being here.

Good luck the rest of the way.

Mt Carmel, I'm gonna come over to you.

Alexys, what is your favorite subject in school, and tell us why?

- History cause you can always learn more.

- Absolutely.

And Nick, what is favorite subject?

- Math because I like figuring my way out through problems.

- Excellent.

All right, it was very nice to meet all of you.

And we'll now begin the second quarter with this question that goes to Mt Carmel.

One American author who wrote about Lily Bart's death in "The House of Mirth" wrote about a sledding accident in her novella "Ethan Frome".

- No answer.

- Okay, rebound now to Hughesville.

- No answer.

- Okay, we're looking for Edith Wharton.

Hughesville, here comes your next question.

What man, who told stories while in a Genoese prison that resulted in a book called "Il Milione" was of a Venetian explorer who visited Asia?

- No answer.

- Rebound to Mt Carmel.

- No answer.

- Okay, that man was Marco Polo.

Mt Carmel, here comes your next question.

What musical in which the butcher Lazar Wolf unsuccessfully tries to marry Tzeitel centers on milkman Tevye's life in a Russian Jewish town.

- "Fiddler on the Roof".

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

Austrian physicist, Lise Meitner, discovered what phenomenon in which a single nucleus decomposes into two smaller nuclei?

- Mitosis.

- No, we're looking for a nuclear fission.

Hughesville, here is your next question.

Which Greek mathematician, the first to accurately calculate the circumference of the earth, devised a sieve used to find prime numbers?

- No answer.

- Okay rebound now to Mt Carmel.

- No answer.

- Okay, we're looking for Eratosthenes.

Mt Carmel, here's your next question.

What state whose house of representatives expelled Mike Nearman in 2021 is governed by Kate Brown and includes the liberal city of Portland?

- Oregon.

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

During the Iraq war, US officials used what word paired with awe to describe their strategy of using overwhelming force to demoralize the enemy?

- No answer.

- Okay, that's, shock.

Hughesville, it's back over to you.

Bishop Pierre Cauchon condemned what french commander who broke the Siege of Orleans, but was burned at the stake in part for dressing like a man?

- No answer.

- Okay, we'll rebound now to Mt Carmel.

- Joan of Arc.

- Is correct for your rebound points Mt Carmel.

And here comes your next question.

Foliated rocks such as gneiss, schist and slate are layered examples of what class of rock created by exposure to heat and pressure over time?

- Igneous?

- Is incorrect.

Rebound now to Hughesville.

- Metamorphic.

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

And here's your next question.

What country who is city of Arusha lies near the Olduvai Gorge, controls the island of Zanzibar, which lies near its economic center of Dar es Salaam?

- France.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Mt Carmel.

- No answer.

- Okay, we're looking for Tanzania.

(beeping) And after one half of play, we currently have Mt Carmel in the lead over Hughesville, 70 to 40.

We wanna say thank you to Hughesville and Mt Carmel.

Thank you Emma, Blake, Alexys and Nick.

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

Playing for Hughesville are Jadyn McKinley and Liam Turnbow.

Representing Mt Carmel are Jack Robert and Matt Kelly.

We're going to begin this question set with Hughesville.

And that question is, what man, the only person to be governor of two different US states won the Battle of San Jacinto while leading the Republic of Texas?

- No answer.

- Okay, we'll rebound now to Mt Carmel.

- No answer.

- Okay, we're looking for Sam Houston.

Mt Carmel here's your next question.

What river, Which flows Southeast from the confluence of the Gallatin, Madison and Jefferson Rivers in Montana joins the Mississippi near St. Louis?

- No answer.

- Okay, rebound to Hughesville.

- No answer.

- Okay, that river is the Missouri River.

Hughesville, here is your next question.

What SI unit is used to measure luminosity, equals one joule per second is the SI unit of power, and is commonly used to rate light bulbs?

- Voltage.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Mt Carmel.

- Watts.

- Watts is correct for your rebound points, Mt Carmel.

And here's your next question.

What device which was invented by Percy Spencer uses a cavity magnetron to excite water molecules, generating radiation used to heat food?

- Microwave.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question now.

A book about the conversion process titled "Religious Affections" was written by what preacher who gave the sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"?

(beeping) Okay, that's Jonathan Edwards.

Hughesville it's back over to you.

What country under Francisco Solano Lopez lost much of its population in the War of the Triple Alliance against Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay?

- Cuba.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Mt Carmel.

- No answer.

- Okay that's Paraguay.

Okay Mt Carmel, here comes your next question.

What actor sings "Being Alive" in a restaurant, is theater director Charlie Barber in "Marriage Story" and plays Kylo Ren in "The Star Wars" films?

- No Answer.

- Okay, rebound to Hughesville.

- Who is Adam Driver.

- Is correct for your rebound points Hughesville.

Great job and here's your next question.

What musician whose namesake orchestra performed a landmark 1938 jazz concert at Carnegie Hall, was a clarinetist known as the King of Swing?

- No answer.

- Okay.

Rebound to Mt Carmel.

- Frank Sinatra.

- No.

We're looking for Benny Goodman.

Mt Carmel, here's your next question.

What author wrote of a man who starves himself to entertain others in the story "A Hunger Artist", and about Gregor becoming a bug in "The Metamorphosis"?

- No answer.

- Okay, rebound to Hughesville.

- No answer.

- Okay, that was Franz Kafka.

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

(electric signal buzzing) This time Mt Carmel will pick first.

Your categories are, three consecutive vowels or wizards.

- Wizards.

- Okay, wizards it is.

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

Answer the following about wizards.

Wizard known as The Grey in "The Lord of the Rings Series"?

- Gandalf.

- [Paul] Yes.

Author of "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz"?

- Pass.

- [Paul] L. Frank Baum.

Half giant character who says "You're a wizard Harry".

- Hagrid.

- Yes.

City that is home to the NBA's Wizards.

- Orlando.

- [Paul] No.

Washington DC.

Town where Thomas Edison was known as a wizard.

- Pass.

- Menlo park.

Organization whose grand wizards have included David Duke.

- The Ku Klux Klan.

- [Paul] Yes.

Actress who played Alex Russo on "Wizards of Waverly Place".

- Pass.

- [Paul] Selena Gomez.

Early computer engineer known as the Wizard of Woz.

- Pass.

- [Paul] Steve Wozniak.

Rock band that sang "Pinball Wizard".

(beeping) - Pass.

- Okay, that's The Who.

All right Mt Carmel.

Excellent job in the Lightning Round.

Hughesville, we're coming back over to you.

Your remaining category will be three consecutive vowels.

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

Give these words that contain three consecutive vowels.

The opposite of loud?

- Quiet.

- Quiet.

- [Paul] Yes.

Gorgeous like "The Blue Danube"?

- Pass.

- [Paul] Beautiful.

Goodbye in French?

(foreign language) - [Paul] The field of studying history through excavation.

- Archeology.

- [Paul] Yes.

An adjective for an object that emits dangerous energetic particles?

- Radioactive.

- Yes.

A word whose sound imitates the action it defines.

- Onomatopoeia.

- [Paul] Yes.

A blue green mineral, or its color?

- Quartz, no.

Pass.

- Pass.

- [Paul] Turquoise.

A dark outline against the lighter background?

- Pass.

- [Paul] Silhouette.

The collective works of an artist?

(beeping) Okay, ran out of time.

That was oeuvre.

And after that still a very close game.

We have Mt Carmel in the lead over a Hughesville, 120 to 90.

And let's get to know the contestants playing the second half a little better.

And we'll start again with Hughesville.

Jadyn, tell me what your favorite subject is in school, and why?

- I really like Math because I like working through problems by myself.

- Excellent, thanks for being here.

Liam, what's your favorite topic in school?

- I enjoy the sciences just mostly because I can study the world around me and I really enjoy that.

- Good luck the rest of the way Hughesville.

You're doing wonderful.

Mt Carmel we're gonna come over to you.

Jack, what is your favorite subject in school, and why?

- I enjoy my medical ethics class.

And it's nice just to think about how other people think about (indistinct) topics.

- Okay, excellent.

Thank you, Jack.

And Matt, what is your favorite topic in school?

- I'd probably say Anatomy and Physiology.

And being a football player, you know, it helps you understand why something might be hurting or just problems with like teammates.

- Excellent, great way to look at things.

It was very nice to meet you guys.

And now we'll now begin the last segment of the game with this question that goes to Mt Carmel.

What writing system whose use of cartouches led to its decipherment by Jean Champollion was like demotic used to write ancient Egyptian?

- Hieroglyphics.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question now.

In September 2020, a newspaper in what city put out an editorial apologizing for its history of racism, including coverage of the Rodney King riots?

- Minnesota.

- Is incorrect, we're looking for at Los Angeles.

Hughesville it's back over to you.

What thinker who was declared an outlaw by Charles V, following the Diet of Worms, criticized the sale of indulgences in his 95 Theses?

- No answer.

- Okay.

Rebound now to Mt Carmel.

- Martin Luther.

- Is correct for your rebound points Mt Carmel.

And here's your next question.

And get those pencils and papers ready, expressed as a fraction, what is the quotient of the mixed number five and one half divided by the mixed number eight and one half?

(beeping) Okay, we ran out of time.

We'll rebound now to Hughesville.

- Five over eight.

- No.

We were looking for 11/17.

Hughesville here comes your next question.

What poem in which defeated rebels endure a burning lake before building the city of Pandemonium in hell, is a John Milton epic that describes Eden?

- The Garden.

- Is incorrect, rebound to Mt Carmel.

- No answer.

- Okay, we're looking for "Paradise Lost".

Mt Carmel, here comes your next question.

The acronym OCEAN and the big five model describes factors of what concept, which may be assigned a type such as INTJ in the Myers-Briggs Test?

(beeping) Okay, rebound now to Hughesville.

- Personality test.

- Is correct.

Excellent for your rebound points.

And here comes your next question Hughesville.

What composer whose Four Ballades were inspired by Adam Mickiewicz also wrote the "Revolutionary Etude" to commemorate an uprising in his native Warsaw?

- Who is Heifetz?

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Mt Carmel.

- No answer.

- We're looking for Chopin.

Mt Carmel here's your next question.

What body of water contains the resort island of Kish, is connected to the Gulf of Oman by the Strait of Hormuz and separate Saudi Arabia from Iran?

- Black Sea.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Hughesville.

(beeping) - Okay, we're looking for the Persian Gulf.

And that is the end of the game.

And our winner tonight is Mt Carmel over Hughesville, 140 to 100.

Congratulations Mt Carmel.

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 thank you so much for watching.

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