(bright upbeat music) ♪ Go ♪ - Welcome to the 18th 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 $1,000, $3,000, or $5,000.

Representing Lewisburg or Alex Pigos, Naveen Ramsaran, Isabelle Kim, and Vivian Vance.

Their alternates are Nefe Basua and Mia Young, and their advisor is Michael Krieger.

Representing Benton are Emily Blasik, Landon Baker, Max Coker, and Reagan Hess.

Amber Hughes is the alternate, and their advisors are Greg Fritz and Brady Hess.

Scholastic Scrimmage is a game of rapid recall of factual information.

So let's take a minute 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.

What country, whose border with Saudi Arabia was closed from 2017 to 2021, is home to Al Jazeera and hosted the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Doha?

(buzzer beeping) Max, Benton?

- Qatar.

- Is correct.

And here comes your bonus question.

What president ran for reelection on the slogan he kept us out of war, despite ordering US occupations of Haiti and the Dominican Republic?

(buzzer beeping) - Pass.

- Okay, we were looking for Woodrow Wilson.

Woodrow Wilson.

Here comes your next tossup question.

What force, which is independent of contact area, according to Amonton's first law, is reduced by lubricants and opposes- (buzzer beeps) Isabelle, Lewisburg?

- Friction.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

What capital of China's Shanxi province and one of the country's four great ancient capitals is home to the terracotta army?

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- Okay, that's Xi'an, Xi'an.

Here's your next tossup.

What play in which the practice of bun burying is explained to Jack Worthing, by his friend Algernon Moncrieff, is an 1895 comedy by Oscar Wilde?

(timer beeps) That was The Importance of Being Earnest.

Let's move on to another tossup question.

Which member of the Quraysh tribe received revelations at Mount Hira from the Angel Jibril?

Which were eventually compiled into the Quran?

(buzzer beeping) Isabelle, Lewisburg?

- Mohammad.

- Is correct, and here comes your bonus question.

In November, 2022, what country signed an agreement negotiated by the African Union, to end a civil war against the Tigrayan People's Liberation Front?

(timer beeps) - France?

- No, we were looking for Ethiopia, Ethiopia.

Here comes your next tossup.

What food, whose white variety is the second most common source of sugar, is used in a soup known as borscht, that has a characteristic red color?

(buzzer beeps) Alex, Lewisburg?

- Cabbage.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Benton.

(timer beeps) Okay, that answer was beets, beets.

All right, here's another tossup question.

What university, whose literary group The Inklings included JRR Tolkien, names- (buzzer beeps) Naveen, Lewisburg?

- Oxford University.

- Is correct, and here comes your bonus question.

Katrina is the sequel to what novel by Robert Lewis Stevenson, in which teenager David Balfour reclaims his inheritance after being abducted?

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- Isabelle?

- Pass.

- We're looking for Kidnapped.

All right, here comes another tossup.

What note names the dominant note and the key of C Major also names the major key with one sharp and is the note a whole tone below A?

(buzzer beeps) Isabelle, Lewisburg?

- G. - Is correct And here comes your bonus question.

What phylum includes the regenerative hydrozoan genus hydra as well as sea anemones and jellyfish?

(buzzer beeps) Isabelle?

- Head?

- No, we're looking for cnidaria, cnidaria.

(timer beeps) And that sound that you heard signals the end of the first quarter and it's now time for the lightning round.

(electricity crackling) 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.

Lewisburg has won the coin toss and will pick first.

Your categories are person of the year or sports teams.

- Sports teams?

We choose sports teams.

- Sports teams it is.

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

Given one or more teams, name the sport.

New York Yankees- (buzzer beeps) - Baseball.

- [Paul] Yes.

Cleveland Browns- (buzzer beeps) - Baseball.

- [Paul] Football.

Seattle Sounders- (buzzer beeps) - Baseball.

- [Paul] Soccer.

Carolina Hurricanes- (buzzer beeps) - Hockey.

- [Paul] Yes.

Team Penske- (buzzer beeps) - Hockey.

- Auto racing.

The all blacks team from New Zealand.

(buzzer beeps) - Track and field.

- [Paul] Rugby.

Minnesota Lynx?

(buzzer beeps) - Football.

- [Paul] Basketball.

Samsung Con in South Korea?

(buzzer beeps) - Baseball.

- [Paul] Esports.

Calgary Roughnecks and Philadelphia Wings.

(buzzer beeps) - Baseball.

- [Paul] Lacrosse.

Springfield Lasers and Chicago Smash.

(buzzer beeps) - Roller Derby.

- Nope, that's tennis.

But that's a fantastic guess.

(group laughing) All right Lewisburg, that's gonna wrap it up for your portion of the lightning round.

And Benton, we're coming over to you.

And your remaining category will be person of the year.

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

Given a year and description, name the person of the year, as chosen by Time Magazine.

1963, gave the I Have a Dream speech.

(buzzer beeps) - Martin Luther King.

- [Paul] Yes.

2019, Swedish environmental activist.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- Greta Thunberg.

1927, made the first solo transatlantic flight.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- Charles Lindbergh.

2001, Mayor of New York City on 9/11.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- Rudy Giuliani.

1981, Polish man who founded the Union Solidarity.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- Lech Walesa.

1998, independent counsel who investigated Bill Clinton.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- [Paul] Ken Starr.

1936, a woman whose relationship with Edward the eighth caused a scandal.

(buzzer beeps) - Diana?

- [Paul] No, Wallis Warfield Simpson.

1995, Speaker of the House who co-wrote the Contract with America.

And that answer was Newt Gingrich.

And that's going to do it for the lightning round.

And after that, we currently have Lewisburg in the lead over Benton, 50 to 15.

And we're now going to go ahead and begin the second quarter with this tossup question.

What team won the 2023 President's Trophy with the record NHL regular season before being upset in round one of the Stanley Cup at home in Boston?

(buzzer beeps) Alex, Lewisburg?

- Boston Bruins.

- Is correct, and here comes your bonus question.

The missing flight 828 reappears more than a half a decade after takeoff on what supernatural TV drama, whose title can refer to a list of passengers?

(buzzer beeps) Naveen?

- Manifest.

- Is correct for your bonus points, Lewisburg.

And here comes the next toss up question.

What country, which is the homeland of the marina people, is governed from Antananarivo and is a large island off the southeast coast of Africa?

(buzzer beeps) Max, Benton?

- Madagascar.

- Is correct, and your bonus question now.

The 1972 photo, the terror of war, shows a screening girl burned by what incendiary chemical, widely used by the U.S. in bombing Vietnam's jungles?

(buzzer beeps) - Napalm.

- Is correct for your bonus points, Benton.

And here comes your next tossup, and get those pencils and papers ready.

How much simple interest will a $200 investment earn in three years, if the interest rate is 6% per year?

(buzzer beeps) - Isabelle, Lewisburg?

- $38 - Is incorrect.

Rebound now to Benton.

(buzzer beeps) - 160.

- Nope, we're looking for 36, 36.

Here comes your next tossup question.

In what country did disputes over migration policy in July, 2023 cause the fall of Mark Rutte's government in the (indistinct) Parliament, in the Hague?

(buzzer beeps) Alex, Lewisburg?

- Italy.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Benton.

(timer beeps) Okay, that country is the Netherlands, the Netherlands.

Here comes your next tossup.

What author of the 1952 play The Mouse Trap wrote about a snowbound train, aboard which is Detective Hercule Poirot, in Murder on the Orient Express?

(buzzer beeps) Naveen, Lewisburg?

- Agatha Christi.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

The Visconti and the Schwartzes both served as Dukes of what city in Lombardi?

(buzzer beeps) - Farley?

- Nope, we were looking for Milan, Milan.

Good guess though.

All right, here comes your next toss up.

What quantity, which equals moment of inertia times angular acceleration, is defined as radius cross force and as the rotational analog of force?

(buzzer beeps) Alex, Lewisburg?

- Torque.

- Is correct.

And here comes your bonus.

What body of water partly fills a caldera that formed when Mount Mazama collapsed about 8,000 years ago, in Oregon?

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- That's Crater Lake, Crater Lake.

All right, here's another tossup question.

What city at the meeting of the Klang and Gombak Rivers is home to the Istana Negara Palace, where Abdullah of Pahang reigns as King of Malaysia?

(timer beeps) No takers on that.

That was Kuala Lampur.

(timer beeps) And that sound that you heard signals the end of the first half, 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.

And we'll start with the students from Lewisburg.

And Alex, I'll come your way first.

Tell us what you like to do for fun, when you're not in school.

- I like to read books a lot.

And just kind of peruse through nonfiction.

- Sweet.

Thank you Alex.

Naveen?

- I like to play video games, like Assassin's Creed.

- Okay, great.

Isabelle?

- Study computer science, so I could be more like my idol, Mr. (Indistinct).

- Thank you Isabelle.

And Vivian?

- I enjoy playing the piano and painting.

- All right, excellent.

Thank you for being here, Lewisburg and good luck the rest of the way.

Benton, we're coming over to you.

Emily, tell us a fun fact about yourself.

- That's a great question.

- [Paul] Can you you balance like a plate on your head with a stick or something?

- No, I can't do that.

- Have you tried?

- No.

- [Paul] Okay.

- I can't think of anything right now.

- [Paul] All right.

Landon, how about you?

- I can juggle a soccer ball a thousand times.

- [Paul] Just one soccer ball?

- Yep, just one.

- All right, all right.

Max?

- I'm the captain of our soccer team.

- Sweet.

And Reagan?

- I've hiked Angels Landing in Zion National Park.

- That's awesome.

Very nice to see you again, Benton.

And good luck the rest of the way.

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

What city whose cathedral has a dome designed by Filippo Brunelleschi is home to the Uffizi Gallery, as well as Michelangelo's marble David?

(buzzer beeps) Naveen, Lewisburg?

- Florence.

- Is correct.

And your bonus question now.

What Middle Eastern nation was invaded by Israel in 1982, prompting a Syrian occupation that lasted until the 2005 assassination of Rafic Hariri?

(buzzer beeps) Naveen?

- Egypt?

- No, we were looking for Lebanon, Lebanon.

Here's our next tossup.

What novel that depicts McWatt's suicide in a plane crash is set on Pianosa, centers on Bombardier John Yossarian, and is by Joseph Heller?

(buzzer beeps) Alex, Lewisburg?

- Plane Crash - Is incorrect.

Rebound to Benton.

(timer beeps) It's the classic Catch 22, Catch 22.

All right, here's another tossup question.

What radio waves, found at the peak of a namesake background radiation field left over from the Big Bang, is used in namesake ovens to heat food?

(buzzer beeps) Isabelle, Lewisburg?

- Microwave.

- Is correct.

And your bonus question now.

What two digit number, worn by Jackie Robinson, is the answer to life, the universe, and everything- (buzzer beeps) in the Hitchhiker's- Naveen, Lewisburg?

- 42.

- Is correct for your bonus points, very good Lewisburg.

Here's another tossup.

What African empire was established after the Battle of Kirina by Sundiata, had later kings called Monzas- (buzzer beeps) and hosted- Naveen, Lewisburg?

- Mali.

- Is correct, and here comes your bonus.

The city across the border from El Paso is named after what first indigenous president of Mexico, who regained power from Emperor Maximilian in 1867?

(buzzer beeps) - Santa Anna.

- No, we were looking for Benito Juarez.

All right, here's another tossup question.

What book series, which is planned to end with its seventh novel, A Dream of Spring, is largely set- (buzzer beeps) Naveen, Lewisburg?

- A Song of Ice and Fire.

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

Platinum can be used in what general class of medicine used to treat cancer, which can cause hair loss, fatigue, and other negative side effects?

(buzzer beeps) Isabelle, Lewisburg?

- Chemotherapy.

- Is correct for your bonus points, great job.

Here's your next toss up.

What ConX sections are used to approximate integrals in Simpson's rule, always have an eccentricity of one, and are the graphs of quadratic functions?

(buzzer beeps) Max, Benton?

- Parabola.

- Is correct, and here comes your bonus.

What year of the Chinese zodiac began in January, 2023, succeeding the year of the tiger?

(buzzer beeps) Landon?

- The rat.

- [Paul] I'm sorry?

- The rat.

- No, we were looking for the rabbit, the rabbit.

Good guess though.

Here's your next tossup.

Which battle, fought shortly after the Battle of Stanford Bridge, was depicted in the Bayou tapestry?

(buzzer beeps) Naveen, Lewisburg?

- The Battle of Hastings.

- Is correct, and your bonus question.

Edmund Dantes is imprisoned after agreeing to carry a letter from the exile Napoleon in what novel by Alexandra Dumas?

(buzzer beeps) - The Count of Monte Cristo.

- Is correct, for your bonus points Lewisburg.

Here's your next tossup.

What English composer of the Dream of Gerontius, included a nimrod movement in his enigma variations?

- Who is Handel?

- I'm sorry?

- Handel.

- Is incorrect, I'll finish the question and rebound to Benton.

And wrote the pomp and circumstance marches.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- Okay, that was Edward Elgar, Sir Edward Elgar.

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

(electricity crackling) This time Benton will pick first.

Your categories are starts with art, or currencies of the world.

- Starts with art.

- Starts with art it is.

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

Give these answers that begin with the consecutive letters, A-R-T. Green vegetable with an edible heart.

(buzzer beeps) - Artichoke.

- Yes.

Greek goddess of the hunt.

(buzzer beeps) - Artemis.

- [Paul] Yes.

Phylum of invertebrates such as beetles?

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- Arthropoda.

New Yorker who became president after James Garfield was assassinated?

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- [Paul] Chester Arthur.

Type of blood vessel that carries blood away- (buzzer beeps) - Artery.

- Yes.

Term for an object unearthed by an archeologist.

(buzzer beeps) - Artifact.

- Yes.

Nickname of a thief named Jack Dawkins, who mentors Oliver Twist?

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- [Paul] Artful Dodger.

Class of weapons that includes cannons and mortars?

(buzzer beeps) - Artisan.

- [Paul] Artillery.

Medical condition in which joints become stiff or swollen.

(buzzer beeps) - Arthritis.

- Yes.

Eight letter synonym for trick or deception.

(buzzer beeps) - Artifice.

- Yes.

Okay Benton, great job.

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

You did wonderfully there.

Lewisburg, we're coming over to you and your remaining category will be currencies of the world.

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

Given a country, name its basic unit of currency.

Canada.

(buzzer beeps) - Canadian Dollar.

- [Paul] Yes.

United Kingdom.

(buzzer beeps) - Pound.

- [Paul] Yes.

Japan.

(buzzer beeps) - Yen.

- [Paul] Yes.

China.

(buzzer beeps) - Yuan.

- [Paul] Yes.

Iraq.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- Dinar.

Austria?

(buzzer beeps) - Euro.

- [Paul] Yes.

Switzerland.

(buzzer beeps) - Frank?

- [Paul] Yes.

Russia.

(buzzer beeps) - Ruble.

- [Paul] Yes.

Albania.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- [Paul] Lek.

Bangladesh.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- That's Taka.

All right, and that's going to do it for the lightning round.

And after that we currently have Lewisburg in the lead over Benton, 185 to 70.

And we're now going to begin the last segment of the game, with this tossup question.

What region, which is home to Banks Island and the city of Inuvik, is where the McKenzie River flows from The Great Slave Lake near Yellowknife?

(buzzer beeps) Vivian, Lewisburg?

- New England.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound now to Benton.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- That's the Northwest territories.

Here's your next toss up.

What woman, who wrote that Presidents are not kings in a 2019 ruling involving Don McGahn, succeeded Stephen Breyer as a justice on the Supreme Court?

(timer beeps) Okay, that's Ketanji Brown Jackson.

Here comes your next tossup.

What man, who renamed his vessel from the Pelican to the Golden Hind, completed history's second ever circumnavigation while sailing for Elizabeth the first?

(buzzer beeps) Landon, Benton?

- Vespucci.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound of Lewisburg.

(buzzer beeps) - Sir Walter Raleigh?

- Nope, we were looking for Sir Francis Drake, Sir Francis Drake.

Here's your next toss up and get those pencils and papers ready.

How many cents will be given in change if a $10 bill is used to buy three pies that each cost $3 and 10 cents.

(buzzer beeps) Isabelle, Lewisburg?

- 70 cents.

- That is correct, and here comes your bonus question.

What lengthy novel, by David Foster Wallace, is partly set at the fictional Enfield Tennis Academy in Massachusetts?

(buzzer beeps) - When Fire Splits the Sky.

- No.

Great guess, but we're looking for Infinite Jest, Infinite Jest.

Here's your next tossup.

What body part is found inside a loaf of bread in a story by Nikolai Gogol and is very prominent on the face of swordsman Cyrano de Bergerac?

(buzzer beeps) Landon, Benton?

- A nose.

- Is correct.

And your bonus, and get your pencils and papers ready.

How many edges does the complete graph K five contain, given it can be drawn as a pentagram inside a pentagon?

(buzzer beeps) Landon?

- 12.

- No, we were looking for 10.

Here's your next toss up.

What president, who won two terms by defeating Horatio Seymour and Horace Greeley, succeeded Andrew Johnson in 1869, after serving as a Union General?

(buzzer beeps) Landon, Benton?

- Grant.

- Is correct.

And your bonus question.

What Senator, who promised in 2016 not to seek a third term, narrowly defeated Mandela Barnes to win reelection in Wisconsin in 2022?

(buzzer beeps) - McConnell?

- No, we're looking for Ron Johnson.

Here's your next toss up.

The air humans breathe lies in what lowest layer of the atmosphere, the region where most weather occurs- (buzzer beeps) and the one- Vivian, Lewisburg?

- Stratosphere.

- Is incorrect.

I will finish the question and rebound to Benton.

And the one beneath the stratosphere?

(buzzer beeps) - Hemisphere.

- Nope, that was troposphere, troposphere.

Here's your next toss up question.

What two letters are the ship prefix for a merchant steamship, denote the infielder between second and third base- (buzzer beeps) and name an- Landon, Benton?

- SS.

- Is correct.

And here comes your bonus question.

The Roman Empire reached its greatest extent under what emperor, whose victory in the Dacian War, is recorded on his namesake column in Rome?

(buzzer beeps) - Julius Caesar?

- No, we were looking for Trajan.

And that's the end of the game.

And our winner this evening is Lewisburg over Benton, 195 to 100.

Congratulations Lewisburg, 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 for watching.

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