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(whistle trilling) (spirited music) ♪ Go - Welcome to the NEIU 19 Championship game of "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 NEIU Championship Match features Mid Valley versus Mountain View.

Representing Mid Valley are Giada Vagni, Jonah Harrington, Ruby Lennon, and Molly Banik.

Their alternate is Delaney Caines and their advisor is Stan Yanoski.

Representing Mountain View are Jordan Jagger, Dazlyn Sobol, Reagan Bishop Russo, and Vivian Sedlak.

Their alternate is Aubrey Sanders and their advisor is Stephanie Kyle.

"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 toss-up question.

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

If that toss-up 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 toss-up points but will not receive a bonus question.

Well, let's get the game started with this toss-up question.

What number of oxygen atoms in a phosphate ion is also the number of carbon atoms in butane and of chlorine atoms in carbon tetrachloride?

(buzzer beeps) Molly, Mid Valley?

- Three?

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Mountain View.

(buzzer beeps) Reagan?

- Four.

- Four is correct for your rebound points, Mountain View, as we go to our next toss-up.

What poem that declares, "tender is the night" and ends with the question, "do I wake or sleep?"

was written by John Keats about the music of the title bird?

(buzzer beeps) Molly, Mid Valley.

- "The Nightingale"?

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Mountain View.

(buzzer beeps) - "The Mockingbird"?

- No, you were very close, Molly, "Ode to a Nightingale."

Let's go to our next toss-up.

What term, which literally means bottom of the bag in French is used in English to identify a type of common suburban street that has no outlet?

(buzzer beeps) Molly, Mid-Valley.

- Cul-de-sac.

- That is correct and here's your bonus.

What author wrote about Lieutenant Jimmy Cross in the title story of his collection, "The Things They Carried," which is about the Vietnam War?

(buzzer beeps) - Dylan O'Brien.

- Nope, that's Tim O'Brien.

All right, let's go to our next toss-up question.

What explorer, whose brother Thorvald helped him colonize Vinland was sometimes called "The Lucky" and was a Norseman whose father was Eric the Red?

(buzzer beeps) Molly, Mid Valley.

- Leif Erikson.

- Is correct and here's your bonus.

What German born diplomat served as both National Security advisor and Secretary of State under Richard Nixon.

(buzzer beeps) Ruby?

- Albert Einstein?

- Nope, (laughs) that's Henry Kissinger.

Okay, let's go to our next toss-up.

What man is alleged by New York prosecutors to have written "Deny, defend, and depose" on bullets he used- (buzzer beeps) Molly, Mid Valley?

- Luigi Mangione.

- Is correct and here's your bonus and get out your pens and papers.

How many positive divisors does 64 have including both one and 64 itself, given 64 equals two raised to the sixth power.

(buzzer beeps) Jonah, Mid Valley.

- Three.

- Is incorrect.

That was seven.

Seven.

Okay, let's go onto our next toss-up and keep those pencils and papers handy.

What is the measure of an angle whose compliment measures 38 degrees given complimentary angles sum to 90 degrees?

(buzzer beeps) Vivian, Mountain View?

- 52 - Is correct.

And here's your bonus question now.

Jean-Bedel Bokassa was a leader of what country whose capital is Bangui and whose name reflects its location in Africa?

(buzzer beeps) - South Africa.

- No, that's a tough one.

Central African Republic.

Okay, let's go to our next toss-up.

What man inspired the character Willie Stark in "All the King's Men," touted his Share Our Wealth plan and was a Louisiana governor called the Kingfish?

(timer buzzes) That is Huey Long.

Okay, let's go to another toss-up.

What ritual was believed to be performed at the present day site of Al-Maghtas upon Jesus when his cousin John dipped him in the Jordan River?

(buzzer beeps) Molly, Mid-Valley.

- Baptism.

- Is correct, and your bonus.

What quantity which equals average force times the time interval over which the force acts is equal to a body's change in momentum?

(beeper buzzes) - Jonah.

- Work?

- Nope.

That answer is impulse.

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.

Mountain View has won the coin toss and will pick first.

Your categories are Highest Points or Parts of an Automobile.

(Mountain View students laugh) - Parts of an Automobile.

- Parts of an Automobile it is and your time begins when I finish reading the first question.

Name these components of modern cars.

Pedal to the right of the brake pedal.

(buzzer beeps) - Gas.

- Yes.

Power component that jumper cables attach to.

(buzzer beeps) - Battery.

- Yes.

Windshield mounted mirror.

(buzzer beeps) - Rear view mirror.

- Yes.

The gear box, which may be manual or automatic.

(buzzer beeps) - Transmission.

- Yes.

Rear pipe that emits waste gas.

(buzzer beeps) - Exhaust.

- Yes.

Gauge that measures distance driven.

- I know it.

I don't remember.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- Odometer.

Storage box in the dashboard on the passenger side.

(buzzer beeps) - Glove compartment.

- Yes.

Device that ignites gas in the combustion chamber.

(buzzer beeps) - Gas tank.

- Spark plug.

French-derived term for a car's frame.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- Chassis.

Mechanism that helps with turning by letting wheels rotate at different speeds.

(buzzer beeps) - Power steering.

- Differential.

Okay, Mountain View.

You have proved that you know your cars and we're gonna move on now to Mid Valley and their remaining category will be highest points.

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

What mountain is the highest point of these countries?

Nepal.

(buzzer beeps) - Mountain Everest?

- Yes.

Tanzania.

(buzzer beeps) - Kilimanjaro?

- Yes.

Japan.

(buzzer beeps) - Fuji?

- Yes.

France.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- Mont Blanc.

Pakistan.

It's the second tallest mountain on earth.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- K2.

Greece.

(buzzer beeps) - Olympus?

- Yes.

New Zealand.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- Mount Cook.

Canada.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- That's Mount Logan.

Argentina and all of South America.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- Aconcagua.

Russia and all of Europe.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- That's Mount Elbrus.

Okay, that's going to do it for our first Lightning Round and after that a very tight game.

Mid Valley in the lead over Mountain View, 60 to 50, as we move into the second quarter now with this toss-up question.

What city whose kingdom center has a large hole at its top contains the King Abdullah Financial District and is the capital of Saudi Arabia?

(buzzer beeps) Molly, Mid Valley.

- Dubai?

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Mountain View.

(buzzer beeps) - No answer.

- Okay, that's Riyadh.

Riyadh.

All right, here's our next toss-up.

In what country where in 2025 police captured Fito, the leader of Los Choneros, has a gang war led the disruptions in cities like Guayaquil and Quito?

(buzzer beeps) Molly, Mid Valley.

- Mexico.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Mountain View.

(buzzer beeps) - No answer.

- It was Ecuador.

That's Ecuador.

Here's our next toss-up question.

Hemagglutinin is a protein in what virus of family Orthomyxoviridae whose H1N1 subtype caused a 1918 pandemic and also has swine- (buzzer beeps) - Molly, Mid Valley.

- Influenza.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus.

What word can describe a catalyst whose phase differs from its reactants or a chemical mixture with non-uniform composition?

(buzzer beeps) - Heterogeneous.

- Is correct for your bonus points, Mid Valley, as we go to our next toss-up question.

What singer behind the albums "Spirit in the Dark" and "Lady Soul" sang "find out what it means to me" after spelling out the title in her hit, "Respect"?

(buzzer beeps) - Molly, Mid Valley.

- Aretha Franklin.

- Is correct.

And your bonus.

What Danish-American muckraking photojournalist published a work showing terrible conditions in tenement housing called "How the Other Half Lives"?

(buzzer beeps) - Jacob Riis.

- Is correct for your bonus points, Mid Valley, great job.

Here's our next toss-up.

What company, which agreed to buy the rights to Pink Floyd's Music in 2024, makes Walkman music players and in 2025 increased the price of PS5s?

(buzzer beeps) - Jonah, Mid Valley.

- Sony.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

In July, 2025, the International Criminal Court charged what country's supreme leader, Hibatullah Akhundzada, with persecuting women and girls?

(buzzer beeps) - Molly.

- Afghanistan.

- Is correct for your bonus points, Mid Valley.

Let's go to this toss-up question.

In math, derangements and transpositions are examples of what operation that puts a set's elements in a specific order, unlike combination.

(timer buzzes) That is permutation.

All right, let's go to our next toss-up.

What capital of Maharashtra is home to the Dharavi slum, is the center of the Bollywood film industry and is the most populous city in India?

(buzzer beeps) - Vivian, Mountain View.

- Dubai.

- Is incorrect.

(buzzer beeps) - Rebound to Mid Valley.

- Delhi?

- Nope, you're looking for Mumbai.

Mumbai.

All right, let's go to our next toss-up.

What commander signaled "England expects that every man will do his duty" in 1805 from aboard the HMS Victory during the Battle of Trafalgar?

(buzzer beeps) - Horatio?

- Molly, Mid Valley.

- Horatio.

(timer buzzes) - I need the last name.

- Olson.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Mountain View.

(timer buzzes) That was Lord Horatio Nelson.

All right, well 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 Mid Valley and Giada, I'll come your way first.

Tell me who your favorite musician is and why.

- My favorite music artist is Morgan Wallen because I really like country music and I think some of his songs are really relatable.

- [Paul] All right, thank you, Giada.

Jonah?

- My favorite musician is Al Bowlly.

He's the first crooner and the greatest.

- [Paul] Awesome.

Thanks, Jonah.

Ruby.

- My favorite musician is Tchaikovsky.

We've been listening to his work, "The Overture of 1812," while on these like, trips.

I think it's really locked us in these to win.

- [Paul] Absolutely, it is brain music.

And Molly.

- My favorite artist is Hozier because I think he has some really beautiful songwriting and I like the way that he respects women.

- All right, thank you very much, Mid Valley, and good luck the rest of the way.

Mountain View, it's over to you.

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

- My favorite musician is probably Drake because I think he's the best rapper.

- [Paul] Okay, thanks, Jordan.

Dazlyn.

- I really like Lana Del Rey because she writes really good lyrics in her songs.

- [Paul] Thank you, Dazlyn.

Reagan?

- I don't know.

There's too many.

I listen to too much music.

- [Paul] There's no such thing as too much music.

And Vivian?

- My favorite is Joey Valance & Brae 'cause their music is a good mix of like, fun and punk.

- All right, thank you very much, Mountain View and good luck to you the rest of the way.

We'll now go ahead and begin the third quarter with this toss-up question.

What composer who wrote the score for Sergei Eisenstein's film "Alexander Nevsky" used orchestral instruments to depict animals in "Peter and the Wolf"?

(buzzer beeps) - Molly, Mid Valley.

- Tchaikovsky.

(chuckles) - Is incorrect.

Rebound to Mountain View.

(timer buzzes) - That was Sergei Prokofiev.

Okay, let's go to our next toss-up question.

What events, whose name comes from the Japanese words for harbor and wave, can be caused by underwater earthquakes and lead to- (buzzer beeps) - Vivian, Mountain View.

- Tsunamis?

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus.

In what Edith Wharton novel does Newland Archer end up marrying May Wellend despite falling in love with her cousin Ellen Olenska?

(buzzer beeps) - "Bridgerton"?

- No, that's "The Age of Innocence."

All right, let's go to our next toss-up question.

What author wrote about Pecola Breedlove's desire to look pretty in "The Bluest Eye" and depicted a formerly enslaved woman named Sethe in "Beloved"?

(buzzer beeps) Molly, Mid Valley.

- Tony Morrison.

- Is correct.

And your bonus question now.

What emperor was the namesake of a Donation that purported to give the Pope power over Rome until Lorenzo Valla proved the document was a forgery.

(buzzer beeps) - Molly.

- Charlemagne?

- Nope, that's Constantine I. All right, here's our next toss-up question.

What Frenchman, the main author of "The Declaration of the Rights of Man" was nicknamed A Hero of Two Worlds for fighting in the American Revolution?

(buzzer beeps) - Lafayette.

- Reagan, Mountain View.

- Lafayette?

- Is correct.

And your bonus question.

In orchestras, the kettle drum, which typically has a diameter of 33 inches, is better known by what name?

- Guess, guess, guess.

(buzzer beeps) - The bass?

- Nope, that's the timpani.

The timpani.

Here's our next toss-up.

What class of animals whose members have appendages such as chelicerae and breathe through book lungs contains eight-legged scorpions and spiders?

(buzzer beeps) Jonah, Mid Valley.

- Arachnids.

- Is correct.

And your bonus question now.

What scientist who applied antiseptic techniques during surgery by using carbolic acid is the namesake of a brand of mouthwash?

(buzzer beeps) - Listerine?

- What is the scientist's name?

(buzzer beeps) - Lister.

- Lister is correct for your bonus points, Mid Valley, as we go to our next toss-up.

What author wrote about the Templar Brian de Bois-Guilbert who lusts after the healer Rebecca and fights a Saxon knight in this man's novel, "Ivanhoe"?

(timer buzzes) That is Sir Walter Scott.

All right, let's move along to our next toss-up.

What team managed for the entire 1970s by Earl Weaver was led in the 1980s and 1990s by Cal Ripken Jr and now plays at Camden Yards in Maryland?

(buzzer beeps) - Jordan, Mountain View.

- The Orioles.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto helped popularize what style of Brazilian jazz music with their standard "The Girl from Ipanema"?

(buzzer beeps) Vivian.

(timer beeps) - Bossa nova?

- Is correct for your bonus points, Mountain View.

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

This time Mid Valley will pick first.

Your categories are Silent T or Classic Sports Nicknames.

- All right, whatever.

- Silent T.

- Silent T it is and your time begins when I finish reading the first question.

Give these words that end with a silent T. Lawn game with mallets and wickets.

(buzzer beeps) - Croquet.

- Yes.

All you can eat self-serve restaurant.

(buzzer beeps) - Buffet.

- Yes.

Deck of cards used in fortune telling.

(buzzer beeps) - Tarot.

- Yes.

Verb meaning to carom or deflect off a solid surface.

(buzzer beeps) - Ricochet.

- Yes.

Five letter term for an artist's first appearance.

(buzzer beeps) - Debut.

- Yes.

A dedicated personal servant.

(buzzer beeps) - Valet?

- Yes.

Thick comforter on a bed.

(buzzer beeps) - Duvet - Yes.

Craft using yarn and namesake hooks.

(buzzer beeps) - Croquet.

(buzzer beeps) - [Paul] Crochet is correct.

Art form whose Cecchetti Method was developed by Enrico Cecchetti.

- Skip.

(buzzer beeps) - Skip.

- Ballet.

- Oh.

- [Paul] Type of horse drawn carriage that is the origin of the term taxi cab.

(buzzer beeps) - Chariot or... (laughs) Chariot, chariot.

- Is incorrect.

That's cabriolet, cabriolet.

Okay, Mid Valley, that's gonna wrap up your portion of the Lightning Round.

However, before we go any further, we do have a quick scoring adjustment to make.

An earlier answer in that Lightning Round that was deemed correct is actually incorrect, so we'll go ahead and make that adjustment now.

Over to Mountain View.

Mountain View, your remaining category will be Classic Sports Nicknames.

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

Name the retired or deceased athletes who have these nicknames given a sport and their year of birth.

Boxing's Iron Mike, 1966.

(buzzer beeps) - Mike Tyson.

- Yes.

Baseball's The Sultan of Swat, 1895.

(buzzer beeps) - Babe Ruth.

- Yes.

Basketball's His Airness, 1963.

(buzzer beeps) - Michael Jordan.

- Yes.

Hockey's The Great One, 1961.

(buzzer beeps) - Wayne Gretzky.

- Yes.

Golf's Lefty, 1970.

(buzzer beeps) - Tiger Woods.

- Mickelson.

Football's Coach Prime, 1967.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- That's Deion Sanders.

Basketball's Black Mamba, 1978.

(buzzer beeps) - Kobe Bryant.

- Yes.

Football's The Juice, 1947.

(buzzer beeps) - O.J.

Simpson.

- Yes.

Baseball's Mr.

October, 1946.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- That's Reggie Jackson.

Boxing's The Brown Bomber, 1914.

(buzzer beeps) - Muhammad Ali.

- Nope, that's Joe Lewis.

Okay, Mountain View, you did a great job on the sports nicknames.

That's going to do it for our second Lightning Round.

And after that we have Mid Valley in the lead over Mountain View, 165 to 115.

I'll now go ahead and begin the last segment of the game with this toss-up question.

What state whose largest university was integrated by James Meredith was the site of Freedom Summer and is where Medgar Evers was shot in Jackson?

(buzzer beeps) Molly, Mid Valley.

- Mississippi.

- Is correct.

And your bonus question.

What university which was founded in 1209, was attended by poet John Milton and economist John Maynard Keynes?

(buzzer beeps) - Cambridge.

- Is correct for your bonus points, Mid Valley, as we go to our next toss-up question.

What title character who's called mealy by Mr.

Grimwig is adopted by Mr.

Brownlow after being saved from Fagin's gang in a novel by Charles Dickens?

(buzzer beeps) Vivian, Mountain View.

- Oliver Twist.

- Is correct.

And your bonus question.

What British poet compared love to refined gold in "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning," and told death to be not proud in his 10th Holy Sonnet?

(buzzer beeps) - Lord Byron.

- No, that's John Donne.

Okay, here's our next toss-up.

What state whose western border forms part of the Mason-Dixon line is called The Blue Hen state, consists of three counties and is led from Dover?

(buzzer beeps) - Ruby, Mid Valley.

- Delaware.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

What 2024 Netflix mini-series co-starred Jessica Gunning as Martha, a woman who becomes frighteningly obsessed with London bartender Donny Dunn?

(buzzer beeps) - "Baby Reindeer."

- Is correct for your bonus points, Mid Valley, as we turn to our next toss-up question.

What activist led a march to Sacramento from the Great Farms of Delano during a strike he led?

(buzzer beeps) Molly, Mid Valley.

- Cesar Chavez.

- Is correct.

And your bonus question.

In feudal Japan, Samurai hoping to preserve honor after a disgrace committed what form of ritual suicide that involved cutting open the abdomen?

(buzzer beeps) - Sudoku.

- No, that's seppuku, seppuku.

All right, let's go to our next toss-up.

What play which ends as the servant Firs is abandoned in a locked house is a Russian drama by Anton Chekhov about the sale of the title fruit trees?

(buzzer beeps) Ruby, Mid Valley.

- Rapunzel.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound for Mountain View.

(buzzer beeps) - No answer.

- Okay, that's 'The Cherry Orchard."

All right, here's our next toss-up question.

What devices whose dye-sensitized type contains a thin layer of titanium dioxide, use silicon to convert photons from sunlight into electricity?

(buzzer beeps) - Jonah, Mid Valley.

- Solar panels.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

In 2025, what South Dakota Senator succeeded Mitch McConnell to become leader of the Senate Republican Caucus?

(buzzer beeps) - Ruby.

- Mike Johnson?

- Nope, That's John Thune.

Okay, here's our next toss-up.

In 1971, what country lost its permanent seat on the UN Security Council when the General Assembly voted to recognize the People's Republic of China?

(buzzer beeps) - Molly, Mid Valley.

- Taiwan.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus now.

The slogan No Reelection was promoted by what Mexican president who went back on his pledge and ran for reelection six times from 1884 to 1904?

(buzzer beeps) - Santa Ana?

- No, that's Porfirio Diaz.

And that's the end of the game and our winner tonight is Mid Valley over Mountain View, 225 to 125.

Congratulations, Mid Valley.

You are this year's NEIU 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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