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(upbeat music) (exciting music) - Welcome to the 19th 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.

Tonight's match features Lakeland versus Old Forge representing Lakeland are Blake Del Prete, Finn Davy, Jadyn Berchery, and Daniel Black.

Their alternates are Claire Chu and Nicholas Fisher, and their advisor is Charlie Barlow.

Representing Old Forge are James Kupetz, Juliette DeStefano, Ryan Schlegel, and Logan Fanning.

Connie Lynn and Elena Bakowski are their alternates, and their advisors are Daniel Boyce and Marianne Matushek, who couldn't be here today.

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 started with this tossup question in literature.

Babe The Blue Ox is a constant companion to this folktale character.

(buzzer rings) Daniel Lakeland.

- Paul Bunion?

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

Martha's Vineyard is an affluent summer colony in the Northeast.

It was home to one of the earliest known Deaf communities in the United States.

In what state would you find Martha's Vineyard?

(buzzer rings) - Maine?

- Nope, you're close.

We're looking for Massachusetts.

All right, let's go to a tossup in astronomy.

This planet is similar in composition and size to Uranus.

It cannot be seen with a human eye.

It has six rings that are still very difficult to see when using a telescope.

It has 14 known moons, many of which were discovered by Voyager two in 1989.

Triton and Nereid are two of its largest moons.

(buzzer rings) Finn Lakeland.

- Neptune?

- Is correct, and here's your bonus.

This surrealist artist who believed he was the reincarnation of his older brother, was expelled from art school for refusing to sit for his final exams, but that didn't stop him.

He continually tested society's rules and even had a pet ocelot named Babou who he took everywhere, even to restaurants.

Name this artist with his iconic mustache who painted his greatest masterpiece, The Persistence of Memory, when he was utterly penniless.

(buzzer rings) That artist was Salvador Dali.

All right, let's go to a tossup on world geography.

Napoleon Bonaparte met his final defeat at Waterloo.

In what country is Waterloo located?

(buzzer rings) James Old Forge.

- France?

- Is incorrect, rebound to Lakeland.

(buzzer rings) Daniel?

- Germany.

- No, Belgium.

Belgium is what we were looking for.

Your next tossup is a computer science tossup.

What key on the computer keyboard can be tapped to bring up the start menu?

(buzzer rings) James Old Forge?

- The windows key.

- Yes, and here's your bonus question.

In Greek mythology, which daughter of Cronus did he swallow and then regurgitate?

(buzzer rings) Juliette?

- Athena.

- No, Demeter.

Demeter.

Here's your next tossup.

This one in physics, some substances such as iron, nickel, cobalt, and some alloys can become magnetized in a magnetic field and retain their magnetism when the field is removed.

Name this phenomenon, the very strongest form of magnetism that's the basis for all permanent magnets.

(buzzer rings) That is ferromagnetism.

All right, let's go to a tossup in cinema.

What character played by actress Zoe Saldana is the wife of Jack Sully in the movie Avatar, the Way of water?

(buzzer rings) That is Neytiri.

Your next tossup is a novels tossup.

Out of The Silent Planet is a science fiction novel by what Author of The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe?

(buzzer rings) Jadyn Lakeland.

- CW Lewis.

- [Paul] I'm sorry?

- CW Lewis - Is incorrect.

Rebound, Old Forge.

(buzzer rings) You were a letter off, CS Lewis.

CS Lewis.

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 12 rapid fire questions as they can in one minute.

Lakeland has won the coin toss and will pick first.

Your categories are general knowledge or mythology.

- General knowledge.

- General knowledge it is.

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

Many important people do not use their actual birth name.

You'll be given the birth name of a past or present famous person.

Give the name that person used instead of his or her birth name.

William Frederick Cody.

(buzzer rings) - Skip.

- [Paul] Buffalo Bill.

George Herman Ruth.

(buzzer rings) - Babe Ruth.

- [Paul] Yes.

Leslie Lynch, Jr. (buzzer rings) - Skip.

- [Paul] Gerald Ford.

Marion Robert Morrison.

(buzzer rings) - Van Morrison.

- John Wayne.

William Jefferson Blythe III.

(buzzer rings) - No answer.

- Bill Clinton.

Karen Johnson.

(buzzer rings) - No answer.

- Whoopi Goldberg.

Cassius Marcellus Clay.

(buzzer rings) - Muhammad Ali.

- Yes.

Norma Jean Daugherty.

(buzzer rings) - No answer.

- [Paul] Marilyn Monroe.

Phoebe Ann Moses.

(buzzer rings) - No answer.

- [Paul] Annie Oakley.

Eric Arthur Blair.

(buzzer rings) - No answer.

- That's George Orwell.

Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr. That was Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

Okay, Lakeland.

Great job in the lightning round.

Old Forge, we're coming over to you.

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

Love is in the air.

Tell the wife of the following Greek or Roman characters from mythology.

Zeus.

(buzzer rings) Logan?

- Hera.

- [Paul] Yes.

Hephaestus.

- Pass.

- [Paul] Aphrodite.

Odysseus.

- Pass.

- [Paul] Penelope.

Hades.

(buzzer rings) - Persephone.

- [Paul] Yes.

Eros.

- Pass.

- [Paul] Psyche.

Orpheus.

- Pass.

- [Paul] Eurydice.

Dionysus.

(buzzer rings) - Demeter.

- Ariadne.

King Cepheus.

- Pass.

- Cassiopeia.

Poseidon.

- Pass.

- Amphitrite.

Perseus.

Pass.

- [Paul] Andromeda.

Cronus.

(buzzer rings) - Gaia.

- Rhea.

Uranus.

- Pass.

- That's Gaia.

Okay, that's gonna wrap it up for the first lightning round.

And after that we currently have Lakeland in the lead over Old Forge, though not by much.

30 to 20.

And now we're going to go ahead and move into the second quarter with this tossup question in anatomy.

Adrenaline, a hormone secreted by the adrenal glands is largely responsible for the fight or flight response in mammals.

It also stimulates the breakdown of glycogen, which raises the blood sugar level and mobilizes free fatty acids.

What four syllable word that begins and ends with the same letter is another name for adrenaline.

(buzzer rings) That is epinephrine.

Here's your next tossup.

This one in general knowledge.

This Marvel character was a Nazi general and leader of the Nazi terrorist organization Hydra.

He became... (buzzer rings) Finn Lakeland.

- Red Skull?

- Is incorrect.

I'll finish and rebound to Old Forge.

He became Red Skull after being unwillingly injected with Abraham Erskine's super soldier serum which left him disfigured.

What is the real name of the Red Skull?

(buzzer rings) That was Johan Schmidt.

All right, let's go to a tossup in Earth science.

The name comes from the Greek and means fire broken.

It could be molten or partially molten.

It could be composed of ash, lapilli, blocks, or bombs.

What are the fragments from a volcanic material called that are rejected from a volcano during an eruption?

(buzzer rings) James Old Forge.

- Lava.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Lakeland.

(buzzer rings) - Magma.

- No.

That answer is pyroclasts.

Here's your next tossup in potpourri, the meat of a cow is called beef.

What is the meat of an adult sheep called?

(buzzer rings) James Old Forge.

- Mutton.

- Is correct, and here's your bonus.

What adjective beginning with the letter L is used to specifically describe the orbit, gravity, and other specific characteristics of Earth's moon.

(buzzer rings) James.

- Lunar.

- Lunar is correct for your bonus points, Old Forge.

As we go on now to a tossup in chemistry, if three atoms of oxygen bond together covalently what molecule is formed?

(buzzer rings) Ryan Old Forge.

- Ozone.

- Is correct, and here's your bonus.

If you were said to be in Davy Jones locker, where would you be located?

(buzzer rings) - The bottom of the ocean.

- Is correct.

Very good, Old Forge, as we go now to a tossup in chemistry.

Derived from the Latin word meaning shallow dish, this borrowed Italian word refers to the bluish green layer of corrosion that forms on the surface of some metals when exposed to sulfur and oxide compounds over long periods of time.

Name this type of oxidation that causes the copper in the Statue of Liberty to appear bluish green in color.

(buzzer rings) Logan Old Forge.

- Rust.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Lakeland.

(buzzer rings) That is patina.

Okay, let's go to a tossup in vocabulary now.

What one prefix could be added to each of the following words to create antonyms?

Mutable, pervious, partial and pertinent.

(buzzer rings) James Old Forge.

- Im.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus.

What is the scientific name for a sea lion's whiskers?

(buzzer rings) That term is vibrissae.

Here's your next tossup.

This one in music.

This keyboard instrument was in existence by 1700.

It produces music when hammers strike strings.

(buzzer rings) Jadyn Lakeland.

- Piano.

- Is correct, and here's your bonus.

Fortunato and Montresor are characters found in which Edgar Allen Poe short story?

(buzzer rings) - The cask of Amontillado.

- Is correct for your bonus points, Lakeland.

And 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 Lakeland (exciting music) and Blake, we'll come to you first.

Tell me who your favorite musician is and why.

- My favorite musician is Kanye West and I enjoy his hip hop music in particular, more specifically his early 2010s music.

I really enjoy it because I feel like his songs are able to tell a complete story when you listen to them.

- Thanks Blake, Great answer.

Finn?

- I really enjoy the band OCT, because their songs are very unserious and really good to unwind with.

- That's great, thanks Finn.

Jadyn?

- My favorite is the band Set It Off.

I like them because they have like a lot of different genres, you can basically listen to anything with them.

- [Paul] Thank you Jadyn.

Daniel?

- My favorite band is Metallica because they've been producing music so long that they've covered many different types.

- Can I get some extra points for Lakeland please?

(audience laughs) Thanks Daniel, great job.

Old Forge, coming over to you.

James, who is your favorite musician and tell us why.

- My favorite band is The Strokes because I think they have like very catchy songs.

They're easy to get into, I think.

- [Paul] Definitely very catchy.

Thanks James.

Juliette?

- My favorite artist is Gracie Abrams because she's a very emotional storyteller throughout her music.

- Thanks Juliette.

Ryan?

- My favorite band is Sabaton.

They have really good songs that are powerful and motivational.

- Thanks Ryan.

Logan?

- My favorite artist is Tyler The Creator.

And I just like the way a lot of his music sounds.

- All right, thank you guys very much.

It was very nice to meet all of you again.

And now we're gonna go ahead and move into the third quarter with this tossup question in trigonometry in a right triangle, the ratio of the side opposite and side adjacent to an angle is defined by what term?

(buzzer rings) Ryan Old Forge.

- Cosine.

- Is incorrect, rebound to Lakeland.

(buzzer rings) Finn.

- Tangent.

- Tangent is correct for your rebound points.

As we go to a tossup now in novels, she's often identified as the grail maiden or grail bearer.

She's the one who showed the holy grail to Sir Lancelot.

Who is the mother of Sir Galahad in the King Arthur Legends?

(buzzer rings) That is Princess Elaine.

Okay, let's go to a tossup in art now.

what beautiful white ivory mausoleum complex in Agra India that was built in the 17th century to house the tomb of Sha Jahan's wife is a perfect example of Islamic architecture.

(buzzer rings) James Old Forge.

- The Taj Mahal.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus.

What type of gas in the upper atmosphere of Uranus known by the formula CH4 causes the planet to have a slightly blue color when viewed through a telescope?

(buzzer rings) That gas is methane.

All right, let's move on to a tossup in current events.

She became Mexico's 66th president.

She also became Mexico's first female president.

Who was this female that was elected in October, 2024?

(buzzer rings) That's Claudia Scheinbaum.

Okay, let's go to a tossup an earth science now.

It symbolizes love and success.

Identify this May birth stone whose hardness on the Mohs scales is registered at eight.

(buzzer rings) Jadyn Lakeland.

- Emerald.

- Is correct, and here's your bonus.

It has been historically important to Greece.

What extension of the Mediterranean Sea is located between Asia Minor and Greece?

(buzzer rings) That is the Aegean sea.

Okay, let's go to a tossup in algebra.

What's another name for the zeros of a function?

(buzzer rings) James Old Forge.

- The X intercepts.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus.

In the late 1600s, the Amish broke away from what religious group?

(buzzer rings) Logan?

- Mormons.

- The Mennonites, the Mennonites.

Here's your next tossup in grammar, conjunctions such as when, where, why, what, and since are considered what type of conjunctions?

(buzzer rings) Those conjunctions are subordinating.

Okay, let's go to a tossup in literature.

This early American author won a Pulitzer Prize in 1952 for his book The Old Man and the Sea.

Name this author who went on to win the Nobel Prize in literature again in 1954.

(buzzer rings) That author is Ernest Hemingway.

All right, let's go to a tossup in drama.

Accused of being a traitor and exiled by Duke Frederick, she disguises herself as a young man and takes on the identity and name of Ganymede, before seeking out her father in the forest of Arden.

Name this main character in Shakespeare's play As You Like It, who fulfills her romantic dreams by marrying Orlando at the end of the play.

(buzzer rings) That is Rosalind.

And that sound that you heard signals the end of the third quarter and another lightning round.

This time, old Forge will pick first.

Your categories are general science or world geography.

- Science?

- You wanna go geography?

We'll go geography, please.

- World geography it is.

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

Name the country that will be found in the following locations on a map; directly east of Portugal.

(buzzer rings) - Spain.

- [Paul] Yes.

Directly west of Sweden.

(buzzer rings) - Norway.

- [Paul] Yes.

Directly east of the Netherlands.

(buzzer rings) - Germany.

- [Paul] Yes.

Directly east of the Ukraine.

(buzzer rings) - Russia.

- [Paul] Yes.

Directly west of Switzerland.

(buzzer rings) - France.

- [Pau] Yes.

Directly north of Germany.

(buzzer rings) - Denmark, - [Paul] Yes.

Directly northeast of Spain.

(buzzer rings) - France.

- Yes.

Directly north of Bulgaria.

(buzzer rings) - Romania?

- [Paul] Yes.

Directly south of Estonia.

(buzzer rings) - Latvia.

- [Paul] Yes.

Directly northeast of the Czech Republic.

(buzzer rings) - Germany.

- [Paul] Poland.

Directly west of the United Kingdom.

(buzzer rings) - Ireland.

- [Paul] Yes.

Directly southeast of Switzerland.

(buzzer rings) - Czech Republic.

- That is Italy.

Still though, Old Forge, great job in the lightning round.

We're gonna move on over to Lakeland and your remaining category will be general science.

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

Let's see if you can unlock these science terms that begin with the letter C. A force that causes an object to move in a circle.

(buzzer rings) - Centripetal?

- Yes.

The chemical wearing away of metals.

(buzzer rings) - Corrosion.

- [Paul] Yes.

The amount of energy needed to increase the temperature of one gram of water by one degree Celsius.

(buzzer rings) - Skip.

- [Paul] Calorie.

The number before a chemical formula that indicates the number of molecules involved in the chemical reaction.

(buzzer rings) - Coefficient.

- [Paul] Yes.

The hypothesis that earth's continents move on Earth's surface.

(buzzer rings) - Continental drift.

- Yes.

The transparent membrane that covers the eye.

(buzzer rings) - Cornea.

- [Paul] Yes.

The outer layer of the sun's atmosphere.

(buzzer rings) - Skip.

- That's Corona.

The division of apparent cell cytoplasm following mitosis.

(buzzer rings) - Skip.

- [Paul] Cytokinesis.

A type of bond in which two atoms share a pair of electrons.

(buzzer rings) - Covalent.

- [Paul] Yes.

The organelle in a plant cell where photosynthesis occurs.

(buzzer rings) - Chloroplast.

- Is correct.

Got that one right under the wire there, Lakeland.

Great job in the lightning round.

And after that we currently have a close game, Old Forge in the lead over Lakeland 130 to 100 as we enter the last segment of the game with this tossup in anatomy.

Mr. Jackson has been diagnosed with COPD.

What is the complete name for this medical problem?

(buzzer rings) James Old Forge.

- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Lakeland.

(buzzer rings) You're very close.

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is what we are looking for.

Your next tossup is in American history.

Who is the speaker of the US House representatives in October of 2024?

(buzzer rings) Daniel Lakeland.

- Nancy Pelosi.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Old Forge.

(buzzer rings) That is Mike Johnson.

Okay, let's move on to a tossup in literature.

Charlie Owens wants to escape her hometown to discover an exciting career in architecture.

While driving for a local ride sharing company, she hits a parked car belonging to Andre Minasian, a very cute classmate.

They connect and sparks fly between them.

However, Andre has no desire to leave the hometown that he loves.

This creates a tug of war between the two teenagers.

Name this recent romance novel by Lucy Keating.

(buzzer rings) That is Ride with Me.

Okay, let's go to a tossup in government.

Our government is divided into three branches.

Which of these branches controls the military and the armed forces?

(buzzer rings) Logan Old Forge.

- Executive.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus.

Who played the role of Tris in the movie Divergent?

(buzzer rings) That actress is Shailene Woodley.

Okay, let's go to a tossup in physics.

What word that begins and ends with the same vowel is the name given to any solution that conducts an electrical current?

(buzzer rings) Gatorade has 'em, they're electrolytes.

All right, let's go on to a tossup on world history.

Under what Monarch's reign did William Gladstone serve four terms as British Prime Minister?

(buzzer rings) That is Queen Victoria.

Okay, let's go to a tossup in trigonometry.

What is the inverse function of the cosine?

(buzzer rings) Logan Old Forge?

C camp.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Lakeland.

(buzzer rings) - R cosine?

- Is correct for your rebound points, Lakeland, as we turn now to a tossup in biology.

Arthropods have them.

A compounded eye is made up of a group of small eyes.

What are these small eyes called?

(buzzer rings) Those are called ommatidia.

Here's your next tossup.

This one in anatomy, cervical vertebrae are the vertebrae found in the neck immediately below the skull.

In humans, they're the smallest of the true vertebrae.

How many vertebrae are found in the necks of almost all mammals?

(buzzer rings) There are seven.

All right, here's your next tossup.

As of October 1st, 2024, who is the current prime minister of Canada?

(buzzer rings) James Old Forge.

- Justin Trudeau - Is correct.

And here's your bonus.

What's the musical term for a group of five notes or notes and rests, which are of equal value but are written to be played in the time of four notes?

(buzzer rings) That is quintal, and that's the end of the game.

And our winner tonight is Old Forge over Lakeland.

(exciting music) 150 to 110.

Congratulations, old Forge, you are 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 for watching.

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The Luzerne Foundation can help.

The Luzerne Foundation is a northeastern Pennsylvania based community nonprofit that provides over 70 scholarships a year to students.

The Luzerne Foundation, we are here for good.

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