(upbeat music) (upbeat music continues) ♪ Go - Welcome to the LIU Championship game 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 1, 3 or $5,000.

Tonight's LIU championship match features Lake Lehman versus Crestwood.

Representing Lake Lehman are Timothy Resek, Paul Bear, Michael Batman and Julianne Judge.

Their alternates are Keeley Delaney and Aydan Richardson, and their advisors are Cecilia Jennings and Courtney Judge.

Representing Crestwood are Jeremy Mueller, Eric Reinheimer, Luke Joseph and Sean Rossi.

Their alternates are Spencer Young and Sophia Seifert, and their advisor is Maria Coons.

"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 tossup question.

Correct answers to these questions are awarded 10 points and that team will then receive a five point bonus question.

If that tossup 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 tossup points but will not receive a bonus question.

Well, let's get the game started with this tossup question.

What boy who draws comic strips such as Stinky Sebastian is friends with Rowley Jefferson and is the title character of Jeff Kinney's.

Eric, Crestwood.

- Greg Heffley.

- I'm sorry.

- Greg Heffley.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

Tesserae or the tiny stones are pieces of glass used to make larger designs known by what term?

(buzzer rings) - Sean.

- Mosaic.

- Is correct for your bonus points, Crestwood.

As we go now to our next toss up.

Cratons are stable core regions of what land masses which once joined together to form superstructures like Pangaea and include Asia.

- Luke, Crestwood.

- Continents.

- Is correct.

And your bonus would operation returns zero for a singular matrix and is used to solve problems, solve systems of linear equations in Kramer's rule?

(buzzer rings) - Simplex.

- No, we are looking for determinant.

Determinant.

Okay, here's our next toss up.

In September, 2025, what country's ban on social media led to the resignation?

(buzzer rings) Michael, Lake Lehman.

- Nepal.

- Is correct.

And your bonus.

What formerly enslaved person became an abolitionist known for a speech at the Ohio Women's Rights Convention now known as "Ain't I a Woman?"

(buzzer rings) Julianne.

- Sojourner Truth.

- Is correct for your bonus points, Lake Lehman.

Let's go to our next tossup.

What military location, which Admiral Husband Kimmel was sacked for failing to protect, was bombed on December 7th, 1941.

Timothy, Lake Lehman.

- Pearl Harbor.

- Is correct and your bonus question.

Bobby is a chef at a Japanese German fusion restaurant in the 2025 Hulu revival of what animated show depicting Hank and Peggy's life in Arlen, Texas?

(buzzer rings) Paul.

- "The Bear."

- No, this was "King of the Hill."

"King of the Hill."

Here's our next toss up.

What author from Hannibal, Missouri used a pen name inspired by his work on riverboats as.

Paul, Lake Lehman.

- Mark Twain.

- Is correct.

And your bonus.

What devices which can be step up or step down are used to increase or decrease the voltage of an alternating current?

(buzzer rings) Michael.

- Resistors.

- No, this was a transformer.

Okay, here comes our next tossup.

Clang and GCC are examples of what type of program often contrasted with an interpreter that converts high level code to low level machine code?

(buzzer rings) Sean, Crestwood.

- Parsers - Is incorrect.

Rebound to Lake Lehman.

(buzzer rings) Michael.

- JavaScript?

- Nope, these are compilers, compilers.

Here's our next toss up.

What cause for which the expedition of the Thousands Red Shirts fought, culminated in Victor Emanuel II becoming king of an entire peninsula?

(bell rings) That was Risorgimento.

Okay, let's go on to our next tossup question.

What fresco found on the altar wall of the Sistine Chapel is a Michelangelo painting that shows Christ sending souls to heaven?

(buzzer rings) Paul, Lake Lehman.

- The Last Supper.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Crestwood, after I finish the question.

Sending souls to heaven and hell.

(buzzer rings) Sean.

- Judgment.

- Be more specific.

- Judgment day.

- Is incorrect.

We're looking for The Last Judgment.

Well, 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.

Crestwood has won the coin toss and will pick first.

Your categories are weather or '50s America.

(contestants whispering) - '50s America.

- Okay, '50s America it is.

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

Answer the following about the US in the 1950s.

General who became president in 1953.

- Dwight Eisenhower.

- Yes.

1954 case that outlawed school segregation.

(buzzer rings) - Brown v. Board.

- [Paul Lazar] Yes.

Wisconsin Senator who crusaded against communists.

- McCarthy.

- Yes.

Disease for which Jonas Salk developed the vaccine.

- Polio.

- Yes.

Surname of the couple executed for being Soviet spies.

- The Rosenbergs.

- Yes.

Massive trade union formed in a 1955 merger.

(buzzer rings) - UAW.

- [Paul Lazar] AFLCIO.

Central American country where US agents helped topple Jacobo Arbenz.

(buzzer rings) - Nicaragua.

- Guatemala.

Amusement park that opened an Anaheim in 1955.

(buzzer rings) - Disney.

- Be more specific.

- World.

- Is incorrect, Disneyland.

City where Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat.

(buzzer rings) - Birmingham.

- Montgomery.

Literary movement exemplified by Howell and "On the Road."

(buzzer rings) (bell rings) Ran outta time.

That was Beat Generation.

All right, Crestwood, that's gonna wrap up your first portion of the Lightning Round.

and now Lake Lehman we're coming over to you.

Your remaining category will be weather.

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

Give these weather terms.

Fast spinning, funnel shaped, whirlwind formed over land.

- Tornado.

- Yes.

Precipitation in a blizzard.

(buzzer rings) - Snow.

- Yes.

Huge rotating storms with examples like Sandy and Katrina.

- Hurricane.

- Yes.

Towering thunder cloud with abbreviation CB.

(buzzer rings) - Pass.

- Cumulonimbus.

Flash formed by electrical flow from the ground to clouds.

- Lightning.

- Yes.

Phenomenon whose speed is measured on the Beaufort scale.

(buzzer rings) - Pass.

- Wind.

Visibility reducing events near deserts such as haboobs.

(buzzer rings) - Sandstorms.

- Yes.

Atmospheric air current whose polar type goes from North America to Europe.

(buzzer rings) - Pass - Jet stream.

Mid-level cloud sheets whose radialis type forms bands.

(buzzer rings) - Sirius.

- Alto stratus.

Soft hale pellets covered in rhyme.

- Sleet.

- Grapple.

All right, Lake Lehman.

That's gonna do it for your portion of the first Lightning Round and then after that we currently have a great game, Lake Lehman in the lead over Crestwood, 60 to 50, as we go ahead and move into the second quarter with this tossup question and get out your pencils and papers.

What is the negative root to the quadratic expression, X squared plus two X minus 15, given the positive root is three.

(buzzer rings) Sean, Crestwood.

- Negative five.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus.

Czar Nicholas I suppressed what 1825 uprising led by liberal Russian army officers which had a name derived from a month?

(buzzer rings) - October.

- No, this was the Decembrist Revolt.

Okay, let's go on to our next tossup question.

What adjective names a course at St.

Andrew's called the birthplace of golf, the form of English used in Beowulf and a testament- (buzzer rings) Paul, Lake Lehman.

- Old English.

- Old English is correct and here's your bonus.

What German compound word refers to joy at seeing someone else's suffering.

(buzzer rings) (speaking in foreign language) - Schadenfreude is what we were looking for.

Let's go to our next tossup.

What war after which the Bar Lev Line was constructed caused Egypt to lose the Sinai Peninsula to Israel and is named for its very short duration?

(buzzer rings) Timothy, Lake Lehman.

- Six-Day War.

- Is correct.

And your bonus now.

The book of Revelation is traditionally attributed to a man from Patmos with what first name?

(buzzer rings) - Moses?

- Nope, this was John.

Here's our next tossup.

What region's density is much smaller at the Kirkwood gaps contains Vesta and the dwarf planet series and is found between Mars and Jupiter?

(buzzer rings) Luke, Crestwood.

- The asteroid belt.

- Is correct.

And your bonus now.

What US state once had an independent monarchy that was overthrown and replaced with a government led by Sanford Dole?

(buzzer rings) - Hawaii.

- Is correct for your bonus points, Crestwood, as we turn now to our next tossup question.

What state in which the Harris Station Dam impounds the Kennebec River until 1820 was part of Massachusetts and is now governed from Augusta?

Jeremy, Crestwood.

- Maine.

- Is correct.

And your bonus.

What term from the Greek for cut vein identifies a medical professional that specializes in drawing and storing blood from patients?

(buzzer rings) - Hematologist?

- No, this is a phlebotomist.

Phlebotomist.

Here's our next tossup question.

What game streamed by Levy Rozman and Hikaru Nakamura- (buzzer rings) Sean, Crestwood.

- Chess.

- Is correct.

And your bonus question.

The doomed love between young actress Nina and troubled author, Konstantin Treplev is central to what play by Anton Chekhov?

(buzzer rings) - Pass.

- That is "The Seagull."

Okay, here's our next tossup question.

In what city was DeCarlos Brown arrested over a 2025 incident on the Lynx Blue Line light rail in which Ukrainian refugee, Iryna Zarutska- Jeremy, Crestwood.

- Charlotte.

- Is correct.

And your bonus now.

The song "Far Away" plays as gunslinger, John Marston, journeys south into Mexico in an acclaimed sequence from what 2010 action adventure video game?

(contestants whispering) (buzzer rings) - Red Dead?

- Be more specific.

- Redemption.

- That is correct for your bonus points, Crestwood.

Let's go on to our next toss up now.

Well, we'll get to that in the next round because 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 Lake Lehman.

And Timothy, I'll come to you first.

Tell me what your favorite vacation spot in the world is and why.

- That would be Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio.

And I like rollercoasters.

- Awesome.

Thanks, Timothy.

- Paul.

- Veliko Tarnovo in Bulgaria.

It's just a really cool town.

- Thank you, Paul.

Michael.

- Ocean City, Maryland.

I enjoy the beach very much.

- [Paul Lazar] Thank you, Michael.

Julianne.

- Disney World of Florida 'cause it's warm.

- Okay, it certainly is.

Thank you very much Lake Lehman and good luck the rest of the way.

Crestwood, it's over to you.

Jeremy, if you had a vacation spot in the world that you've been to, what is your favorite and tell us why.

- I also love Ocean City, Maryland, but I enjoy Wildwood as well.

- [Paul Lazar] Okay, thank you very much, Jeremy.

Eric.

- My family likes going to Hershey and I'm a big rollercoaster guy so I'd have to say Hershey.

- [Paul Lazar] All right, thanks Eric.

Luke.

- I'd say Marco Island, Florida 'cause they have owls that burrow in holes there.

- [Paul Lazar] That's really cool.

Thanks, Luke.

Sean.

- Hilton Head Island, it's pretty cool.

Okay, all right, thank you very much Crestwood.

Good luck the rest of the way to you.

And now we'll go ahead and begin the third quarter with this tossup question.

What symphony whose Idee fixe theme occurs in the "Dream of a Witches Sabbath" includes the march to the scaffold and was written by Hector Berlioz?

(buzzer rings) That is Symphony Fantastique.

Okay, here's our next tossup question.

What city contains a central square of miracles, lies just east of the mouth of the Arno River and is its Italian city home to a leaning tower?

(buzzer rings) Michael, Lake Lehman.

- Pisa.

- Is correct.

And your bonus.

In what process performed in the root nodules of legumes is a namesake diatomic gas made useful for plants by converting it into ammonia or NH3?

- Nitrogen cycle.

- Is incorrect.

We're looking for nitrogen fixation.

All right, let's go to our next tossup.

What man who ordered a settlement called La Navidad built on the coast of Espanola, captained the Santa Maria on a 14- (buzzer rings) Sean, Crestwood.

- Christopher Columbus.

- Is correct.

And your bonus now.

What Eastern most Canadian province was a discreet UK dominion until 1949?

(buzzer rings) - Newfoundland and Labrador.

- That is correct for your bonus points, Crestwood, as we turn now to our next tossup question.

What statement written as an inequality for a product says that one cannot measure both position and momentum precisely due to quantum phenomenon.

(buzzer rings) Sean, Crestwood.

- Heisenberg.

- Heisen, I'm sorry?

- Heisenberg uncertainty.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus.

What US battleship nicknamed Old Ironsides is the world's oldest active worship and captured the HMS Guerriere in the war of 1812?

(buzzer rings) - Virginia.

- No, this was the USS Constitution.

Here's our next toss up question.

What team lost the 1986 World Series after a Bill Buckner error and broke the curse of- Luke, Crestwood.

- The Boston Red Sox.

- Is correct and your bonus now.

What leader of Oceania is portrayed as the enemy of Emmanuel Goldstein and is said to be constantly watching you?

- Big Brother.

- Big Brother is correct for your bonus points, Crestwood.

Let's go to another tossup.

What American woman was traveling with Fred Noonan near Howland Island in 1937 when she disappeared while trying to fly around the globe?

Eric, Crestwood.

- Amelia Earhart.

- Is correct and your bonus.

What former Cubs left fielder who completed his fourth year with a Phillies as a DH had a four home run game and- Luke.

- Kyle Schwarber.

- Kyle Schwarber is correct for your bonus points, Crestwood.

Here's our next toss up and get out those pencils and papers.

What integer equals the product of two raised to the negative two power times two?

(buzzer rings) Sean, Crestwood.

- Eight.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

What language with a three letter abbreviation is typically used to interact with relational databases?

(buzzer rings) Luke.

- CSS.

- No, that's SQL.

Here's our next tossup question.

What singer whose 2005 debut album, "Music of the Sun," included "Pon de Replay," sang "When the sun shines will shine together" in "Umbrella?"

(buzzer rings) Julianne Lake, Lehman.

- Rihanna.

- Is correct and your bonus now.

The sight of her husband, Brently Mallard, who was thought to be dead kills Louise in what short work by Kate Chopin?

(bell rings) (contestants whispering) (buzzer rings) - "Macbeth."

- No, this is "The Story of an Hour."

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 video game villains or BRICS.

(contestants whispering) - We're gonna do BRICS.

- BRICS it is.

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

Name these countries that form the international organization BRICS, which includes some not in that acronym.

The largest by area ruled by Vladimir Putin.

(buzzer rings) - Russia.

- [Paul Lazar] Yes.

The only one fully in the southern hemisphere.

(buzzer rings) - Brazil.

- South Africa.

Its most populous member.

(buzzer rings) - India.

- Yes.

Its only Western hemisphere member.

(buzzer rings) - Brazil.

- Yes.

Petrostate that borders Oman and Saudi Arabia.

(buzzer rings) - Pass.

- That's the UAE.

Its largest economy and the world's second biggest.

(buzzer rings) - China.

- Yes.

Country whose nuclear program was subject to the JCPOA deal.

(buzzer rings) - Pass.

- Iran.

Overthrew Hosni Mubarak in the Arab Spring.

(buzzer rings) - Iran.

- Egypt.

It's only landlocked member which is home to the African Union headquarters.

(buzzer rings) - Democratic Republic of Congo.

- [Paul Lazar] That's Ethiopia.

Its newest member lead by Prabowo Subianto.

(buzzer rings) - Pass.

- That is Indonesia.

All right, that's going to do it for your portion of the second Lightning Round, Lake Lehman.

And now Crestwood, we're coming over to you.

Your remaining category will be video game villains.

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

Name the video game series in which these recurring villains appear.

Ganondorf who seeks the Triforce.

- "Legends of Zelda."

- Yes.

Dr.

Eggman also called Dr- - "Sonic."

- Yes.

M. Bison who clashes with Ryu and Chun-Li.

(buzzer rings) - "Street Fighter."

- [Paul Lazar] Yes.

Albert Wesker, who's fought by Chris Redfield.

(buzzer rings) - Pass.

- [Paul Lazar] "Resident Evil."

The Knights Templar who oppose an order that included Ezio Auditore.

(buzzer rings) - Pass.

- That's "Assassin's Creed."

Sephiroth, who first appeared in its seventh entry.

(buzzer rings) - "Final Fantasy."

- [Paul Lazar] Yes.

Dr.

Wiley who creates robot masters.

(buzzer rings) - Pass.

- [Paul Lazar] "Mega Man."

GLaDOS created by Aperture Science.

(buzzer rings) - Pass.

- [Paul Lazar] That's "Portal."

Dracula who's foiled by the Belmont family.

(buzzer rings) - Pass.

- [Paul Lazar] "Castlevania."

Shao Kahn who rules Outworld.

(buzzer rings) - "Kingdom Hearts."

- [Paul Lazar] That is "Mortal Kombat."

All right, that's going to do it for the second Lightning Round.

And after that we have Crestwood in the lead over Lake Lehman 195 to 120 as we begin the last segment of the game with this tossup question.

What poet described himself as now 37 years old and said he was hoping to cease not till death in the first part of his "Song of Myself."

(buzzer rings) Paul, Lake Lehman.

- Sir Oscar Wilde.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Crestwood.

(bell rings) That is Walt Whitman.

Here's our next tossup question.

What man who supported electronic town halls and warned of a giant sucking sound caused by NAFTA ran for president as an independent in 1992?

(buzzer rings) Sean, Crestwood - Shakespeare.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Lake Lehman.

(buzzer rings) - Ralph Nader.

- Nope, this was Ross Perot.

Here's our next tossup question.

Wades Rules govern clusters of what element that has a trioxide used in Pyrex glass forms many electron deficient compounds and has atomic symbol B.

(buzzer rings) Sean, Crestwood.

- Boron.

- Is correct.

Here's your bonus now.

Diana Moon Glampers shoots what title character of a Kurt Vonnegut short story set in the year 2081 when everybody was finally equal?

(contestants whispering) (buzzer rings) - "Slaughterhouse-Five."

- No, this was "Harrison Bergeron."

Here's our next tossup question.

Aristotle claimed what style of play exemplified by the extent plays of Aristophanes involves blunders that don't end in misery unlike tragedies?

Paul, Lake Lehman.

- Comedy.

Comedy.

- Is correct.

Here's your bonus and get out your pencils and papers.

What is the dot product of the two vectors, 13 negative 3 and 4, negative 8 given it equals the sum of two products?

(gentle music) (bell rings) That answer is 76.

All right, here's our next tossup.

What status was extended throughout Italy after the Social War and was given by the Anime constitution to all free males in the Roman Empire?

(buzzer rings) Jeremy, Crestwood.

- Suffrage.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Lake Lehman.

(buzzer rings) Timothy.

- (indistinct) - Nope, we are looking for citizenship.

That is what we're looking for.

Here's our next tossup.

What effect is used both in the radio velocity method of finding exoplanets and in radar speed guns and causes passing sirens to change pitch?

Luke, Crestwood.

- The Doppler effect.

- Doppler effect is correct and here comes your bonus question now.

The US acquired California and Nevada as part of what 1848 treaty ending the Mexican American War?

(contestants whispering) - Yeah, that's what I said.

(buzzer rings) Guadalupe Hidalgo?

- Is correct for your bonus points, Crestwood, as we turn now to our next toss up.

What condition is the subject of Simon Baron-Cohen's ES Theory, once had a subtype called Asperger's syndrome and- Sean, Crestwood.

- Autism.

- Is correct and your bonus now.

What African country which almost entirely surrounds The Gambia is governed from Dakar?

(buzzer rings) - Senegal.

- Is correct for your bonus points, Crestwood.

Here's our next toss up.

What name is shared by an independent film festival that in 2025 announced a move?

(buzzer rings) Paul, Lake Lehman.

- Sundance.

- Is correct and your bonus now.

A quarry in what village northeast of Stockholm was the source of eight elemental discoveries including four named after it, including erbium.

(buzzer rings) - Erbum.

- You're very close.

We're looking for Ytterby, Ytterby.

And that's the end of the game.

And our winner tonight is Crestwood over Lake Lehman, 235 to 140.

Congratulations, Crestwood.

You are this year's LIU Champions and we'll see you next time with another round of "Scholastic Scrimmage."

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

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