(whistle blowing) (upbeat drum music) - 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 one, three, or $5,000.

Tonight's match features Mifflinburg versus Mount Carmel.

Representing Mifflinburg, are Elliot Miller, Garrett Frank, Ajax Gerhart, and Allison House Connect and their advisor is Beth Fonts.

Representing Mount Carmel, are Braden Brincash, Majed Kanifani, Eben Hine, and Charles Kinnaman.

Their alternates are Callie McGee and Hannah Forspring, and their advisors are Aaron Domansky and Chris Cunningham.

"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 toss-up question.

Correct answers to these questions were 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, we'll go ahead and get started with this toss-up question.

In October, 2022, Jay Alexander King pled guilty to charges in the death of what man murdered when Derek Chauvin knelt on his neck in Minneapolis?

Braden, Mount Carmel.

- George Floyd.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

The so-called is-ought problem was discussed by what Scottish philosopher, an empiricist who wrote an inquiry concerning human understanding?

(buzzer beeps) - No answer.

- Okay, that was David Hume.

Here's your next toss-up question.

What explorer who captained the HMS Resolution while trying to find the northwest passage, was killed in Hawaii on his third voyage to the Pacific?

(timer beeps) Okay, that answer was Captain James Cook.

Captain Cook.

Here's your next toss-up question.

And get your pencils and papers ready.

What is the sale price of a shirt, if the shirt costs $30 before a 20% discount was applied?

(buzzer beeps) Alison, Mifflinburg.

- 24 - Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

What term derived from French describes the quality of a note that distinguishes different instruments, such as a violin versus a flute?

(buzzer beeps) - Tambor?

- Is correct, for your bonus points Mifflinburg.

Great job.

Here's your next toss-up question.

What day of the week called A lith naynin Arabic, and Deftéra in Greek, has names and romance languages like Lundy that refer to the Moon?

(Buzzer beeps) Braden, Mount Carmel.

- Sunday.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound in Mifflinburg.

(buzzer double beeps) - Monday.

- Monday is correct, for your rebound points.

Great job Mifflinburg.

And here comes your next toss-up question.

What general who declared that Savannah was his Christmas present for Abraham Lincoln in 1864, ravaged Georgia during his march to the Sea?

(buzzer double beeps) Garrett, Mifflinburg.

- William D. Sherman - Is correct.

And here's your bonus question now.

In which Olympic sport would one use an ape, a foil, or a sabre?

(buzzer beeps) Elliot.

- Fencing.

- Is correct for your bonus points.

Let's move on to your next question.

What region of the EM spectrum is detected by the James Webb Space Telescope, and is wave links between those of radio waves and visible light?

(buzzer beeps) - Allison, Mifflinburg.

- Microwaves.

- [Paul] Is incorrect.

Rebound on Mount Carmel.

(buzzer beeps) - Braden.

- No answer.

- Okay, we're looking for infrared.

Infrared.

Here's your next toss-up question.

What artist of Madonna of the Magnificant, painted "The Horror of Spring," throwing a cloak over a nude goddess standing on a shell in the birth of Venus?

(alamr beeps) Okay, that was Sandra Botticelli.

Here's your next toss-up question.

Activist, Angela Davis advocates for abolishing what institutions, the site of the Attica uprising in 1971, which also includes Sing Sing and Alcatraz?

(buzzer beeps) Evan, Mount Carmel.

- Prisons.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

(loud beep) Glue-ons mediate what fundamental force that holds the atomic nucleus together?

(buzzer beeps) - Braden.

- Gravity.

- Nope.

We're looking for strong nuclear force.

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

(electric vibration) 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.

Mount Carmel has won the coin toss and will pick first.

Your categories are "Literary Deaths," or "Revolts in the British Empire."

(buzzer beeps) - "Literary Deaths."

- "Literary Deaths" it is.

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

Name the literary work in which these characters die.

Polonius, who's stabbed by the Prince of Denmark.

(buzzer beeps) - Hamlet.

- Yes.

Captain Ahab, Who drowns?

- (buzzer beeps) Moby Dick.

- [Paul] Yes.

Myrtle Wilson, who was run over by Daisy Buchanan?

(buzzer beeps) You can pass.

- Pass.

- [Paul] It's "The Great Gatsby."

Lenny Small, who was shot by George Milton?

- (buzzer beeps) Pass.

- That's of "Mice and Men."

The title Usurper who was killed by Macduff?

(buzzer beeps) - "Macbeth."

- Yes.

Sidney Carton, who was guillotined.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- [Paul] "Tale of Two cities."

An unnamed Arab man who's shot by Meursault?

- (buzzer beeps) Pass.

- "The stranger."

Randall McMurphy, who was suffocated in a mental hospital?

- (buzzer beeps) Pass.

- "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest."

Mary Dalton, who's smothered by Bigger Thomas?

(timer beeps) That was "Native Sun."

Okay, Mount Carmel, that's going to do it for your portion of the lightning round.

Mifflinburg, we're coming over to you.

And your category will be "Revolts in the British Empire."

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

Name the modern day countries where these anti-British wars and revolts primarily occurred.

Zulu War.

(buzzer double beeps) - South Africa.

- Yes.

The land wars involving the Maori people.

(buzzer double beeps) - New Zealand.

- [Paul] Yes.

King Phillips War.

- (buzzer double beeps) - The United States.

- [Paul] Yes.

Red River Rebellion.

- (buzzer double beeps) Pass.

- Canada.

Mao Mao uprising.

(buzzer double beeps) - Pass.

- That's Kenya.

Sepoy Mutiny.

- (buzzer double beeps) India?

- [Paul] Yes.

Chilembwe's Revolt, in what was then called Nyasaland.

- (buzzer double beeps) Pass.

- Malawi.

Easter Rising.

(timer beeps) That answer was Ireland.

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

And after that, we currently have a close game.

Mifflinburg in the lead over Mount Carmel 60 to 35.

And we're now going to move into the second quarter with this toss-up question.

What man made a covenant of the pieces, pled with God to save Sodom, and sacrificed a ram caught in a thicket instead of his son Isaac in the Bible?

(buzzer double beeps) Elliot, Mifflinburg.

- Abraham.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

What Englishman described the sky above the city of Chandrapur, and the extraordinary Marabar Caves, at the start of his 1924 novel, "A passage to India?"

(buzzer double beeps) - No answer.

- Okay.

And we're looking for E.M. Forster.

Here comes your next toss-up question.

What gemstone is produced by the accumulation of the mostly aratonite substance, nacre, at the site of an injury or infection?

(buzzer double beeps) Garrett, Mifflinburg.

- Pearl.

- Is correct.

Very good.

Here's your bonus question now.

What Belgian artist painted the treachery of images which shows a picture of a pipe above the phrase, "This is not a pipe."

- (buzzer double beeps) - No answer.

- Okay, that was Rene Margritte.

Rene Margritte.

Here comes your next toss-up question.

What composer of a symphony described as Beethoven's 10th, and an academic festival overture, also wrote a German requiem and a namesake Lullaby?

(timer beeps) Okay, that answer was Johannes Brahms.

Johannes Brahms.

Here's your next toss-up question.

In what novel are daily physical jerks compulsory for members of the outer party in "Oceania," including Winston Smith whose tormented by big brother?

(buzzer double beeps) Elliot, Mifflinburg.

- 1984.

- Is correct.

And here comes your bonus.

What bird, which has the longest wingspan of any extent bird, is shot by the narrator of the poem, "The Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner?"

- (buzzer beeps) Albatross - Is correct for your bonus points, Mifflinburg.

And here comes your next toss-up question.

What British royal house, which the Jacobites sought to restore, included the king who lost power in the glorious revolution of 1688, James II?

(buzzer beeps) That answer was House of Stewart.

The House of Stewart.

Here comes your next toss-up question.

What mathematician discovered the union bound in probability, and is the namesake of an algebra system that only considers the values true and false?

(buzzer beeps) No takers there.

We're looking for George Bull.

George Bull.

Here's your next toss-up.

What country, who's capital is on the Bagmati river, has a non quadrilateral flag, and is home to many Sherpas, some of whom have scaled Mount Everest?

- (Buzzer double beeps) - Nepal.

- [Paul] Garrett, Mifflinburg.

- Nepal.

- Is correct.

And here comes your bonus question.

What former Army Major played by Alan Ritchson, on an Amazon show, and Tom Cruise in two films, narrates the crime thriller, "Killing floor," by Lee Child?

(buzzer double beeps) - No answer.

- That was Jack Reacher.

Jack Reacher.

Here's your next toss-up.

What hero ransomed and I, shared by the three Grey sisters, killed the sea monster Cetus, to rescue Andromeda, and behaead The Gorgon, Medusa?

(timer beeps) (buzzer double beeps) Elliot, Mifflinburg.

- Perseus.

- Is correct.

And here comes your bonus question.

In a 1971 children's book by Robert C. O'Brien, "The Mouse," Mrs. Frisbee, meets rats who have been made hyper intelligent by what title government agency?

(buzzer double beeps) - No answer.

- Okay.

That was NIM, the National Institute of Mental Health.

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 Mount Carmel.

And Braden, I'm gonna come to you first.

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

- Well, I play soccer.

And we're having a really good season this year.

But, I like baseball.

I like base playing baseball.

It's pretty fun.

- Excellent.

Thanks for being here, Braden.

Majad, tell us what you like to do when you're not in class.

- I like to play and watch soccer.

And I run track in the off season.

- Okay, a couple less soccer players here.

Evan, how about you?

(clears throat) - I run cross country, and I like to run, and watch cowboys and baseball.

- Alright, excellent.

Good job.

Good luck the rest of the way.

And Charles?

- I like to play video games and go on walks.

- Alright, that sounds like fun.

Thanks, Mount Carmel.

Good luck to you.

Mifflinburg, we're coming over to you.

And Elliot, you're up first.

Tell us what you like to do for fun.

- I like to do some filmmaking in my spare time.

- Excellent.

Any kind of genre?

- Comedy mostly.

- Sweet.

Sweet.

Sounds like a lot of fun.

Garrett, what do you like to do for fun?

- I'm heavily involved with my, with 4H, and through which I'm part of our 4H state council.

And then for a hobby I like to play my guitar.

- Sweet.

Ajax?

- I'm very involved with fashion and textiles, and the school theater department as well as choir.

- Nice.

And Allison?

- I'm in pretty much anything music related, so I'm very involved in that.

- A wide range of interest today on "Scholastic Scrimmage."

It was very nice to meet all of you.

And will now go ahead and begin the third quarter with this toss-up question.

What taxonomic class, whose name comes from a Latin word for, "To cut into parts," is the largest known class of animals, and includes ants and wasps?

(buzzer beeps) - Braden, Mount Carmel.

- Insects.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

Along with Santo Domingo, what other national capital is on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola?

(buzzer beeps) - Jamaica?

- No, we're looking for Port-au-Prince.

Port-au-Prince.

Here's your next toss-up question.

What group's song, "Don't Shut Me Down," from their comeback album, Voyage, was co-written by Bjorn Ulvaeus four decades after their song, "Dancing Queen?"

(buzzer beeps) Charles, Mount Carmel.

- Abba.

- Is correct.

And here comes your bonus question.

What particle discovered by James Chadwick, consists of one up quark and two down quarks?

(buzzer beeps) - Electron.

- Is incorrect.

You're looking for neutron.

Neutron.

Here comes your next toss-up.

What head of foreign volunteers in Oragquy Civil War, became the hero of two worlds, after the Red Shirts Expedition of The thousand, helped unify Italy?

(long beep) Okay, we're looking for Giuseppe Garibaldi.

Here's your next toss-up.

What author of the Story Collection, "The Four Million," is known for stories with ironic endings, like "The Ransom of Red Chief," and "The Gift of the Magi?"

(Long beep) Okay, that's O Henry.

Here comes your next toss-up question.

What is the most populous city that uses the orca card, a transit card used by commuters from Tacoma and other cities along Puget Sound in Washington?

(buzzer beeps) - Houston.

- Evan, Mount Carmel.

- Houston.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Mifflinburg.

(buzzer double beeps) - Seattle.

- Is correct for your rebound points, Mifflinburg.

And here comes your next toss-up question.

What southeast Asian country, which was rolled by the Chuckry Dynasty's King Rama the ninth for 70 years, was historically known by the name, Siam?

(buzzer double beeps) Garrett Mifflinburg.

- Thailand.

- Is correct.

And here comes your bonus question.

What type of blizzard that gave Buffalo six feet of snow in 2022, occurs when a cold front travels over warm water, such as the body next to Buffalo?

(buzzer double beeps) - Snow squall.

- Nope.

We're looking for lake effect blizzard.

Lake effect blizzard.

Lake Erie is right there.

Here's your next toss-up question.

What group of elements that includes francium, contains the elements that are most likely to give up electrons, and is also known as group- (buzzer sounds) Allison, Mifflinburg.

- Halogens.

- Is incorrect.

I'll finish the question and rebound to Mount Carmel.

Group one.

(buzzer beeps) Braden.

- Alkaline metals.

- Alkaline metals is correct for your rebound points.

Let's move on to your next toss-up question.

What author who wrote about Texas Marshall, Jack Potter in "The Bride comes to Yellow Sky," also wrote the Civil War novel, "The Red Badge of Courage?"

(timer beeps) (timer beeps) Okay, we're looking for Steven Crane.

Steven Crane.

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

(electric vibrations) This time Mifflinburg will pick first.

Your categories are "Movie Quotes," or "Starts With Q."

- (buzzer beeps) Words that start with Q.

- Starts with Q it is.

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

Give these answers that start with the letter Q.

Bell ringer and the hunchback of Notre Dame.

(buzzer double beeps) - Elliott.

- Quasimodo.

- Is correct.

Canadian province that includes Montreal.

- (buzzer double beeps) Quebec.

- Yes.

Mineral with the value of seven on the Moh's hardness scale.

(buzzer double beeps) - Quartz?

- Yes.

Nickname for members of the Religious Society of Friends.

- (buzzer double beeps) Quakers?

- [Paul] Yes.

Term for an active galactic nucleus, powered by supermassive black holes.

(buzzer beeps) Elliott.

- Quasar?

- Yes.

Australian state whose capital is Brisbane.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- That's Queensland.

Medication used to treat malaria.

- (buzzer beeps) Pass.

- Quinine.

Capital of Ecuador?

- (buzzer double beeps) Pass - Quito.

Minimum number of group members required to conduct business?

- (buzzer double beeps) Pass.

- (timer beeps) That's quorum.

Alright, Mifflinburg, that's gonna wrap up your portion of lightning round number two.

And Mount Carmel we're coming over to you.

Your remaining category will be "Movie Quotes."

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

Given a quote from the AFI's top 100 list, name the movie it appears in.

"I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse."

(buzzer beeps) Evan.

- "Wolf of Wall Street."

- [Paul] "The Godfather."

"Mama always said life was like a box of chocolates."

(buzzer beeps) Braden?

- Forrest Gump.

- Yes.

"Houston, we have a problem."

You don't know, you can pass.

(buzzer beeps) - No answer.

- Apollo 13.

"Phone Home."

(buzzer beeps) - "E.T."

- Yes.

"Rosebud."

- (buzzer beeps) No answer.

- "Citizen Kane."

"I love the smell of Napalm in the morning."

- (buzzer beeps) - "Fahrenheit 451."

- [Paul] "Apocalypse Now."

"You're gonna need a bigger boat."

(buzzer beeps) - "Jaws?"

- Yes.

"You talking to me?"

- (buzzer beeps) "Rocky."

- "Taxi Driver."

"Alright Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my closeup."

- (buzzer beeps) Pass.

- That's "Sunset Boulevard."

"Go ahead, make my day."

That was "Sudden Impact."

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

And after that, we have Mifflinburg, up over Mount Carmel, 160 to 80, But still plenty of time for Mount Carmel to catch up.

We'll now begin the last segment of the game with this toss-up question.

What politician whose six militia members plotted to kidnap in 2020, defeated Republican Tudor Dixon in 2022?

(buzzer beeps) Keven, Mount Carmel.

- Donald Trump.

- Is incorrect.

I'll finish the question and rebound to Mifflinburg.

To be a reelected Governor of Michigan?

(long beeps) The answer we were looking for was Gretchen Whitmer.

Here comes your next toss-up question.

What ancient civilization, whose city of higher Oncompalas, has the oldest known brewery, and was the capital of its upper portion developed on the Nile?

- (buzzer beeps) Egypt?

(indistinct) - Is correct for your points.

Here comes your the bonus question.

What South American country, whose voters rejected a new, progressive constitution in September, 2022, is led by Gabriel Boric?

(buzzer beeps) - Brazil.

- Nope.

Close though.

We were looking for Chile.

Chile.

Here comes your next toss-up question.

And get those pencils and papers ready.

What whole number of three inch long wooden blocks, can be cut from a plank that's 40 inches long?

(buzzer beeps) Braden, Mount Carmel.

- Thirteen.

- Is correct.

And here comes your bonus question.

What play whose two parts are titled "Millennium Approaches and Perestroika," includes the death of lawyer Roy Cohn from AIDS?

and is by Tony Kushner?

- (buzzer beeps) No answer.

- Okay, we're looking for "Angels in America."

Here's your next toss-up question.

What city holds many sporting events at its Americania stadium, and is overlooked by Sugarloaf Mountain, and hosted the 2016 Summer Olympics in Brazil?

(buzzer beeps) Evan, Mount Carmel.

- Rio Grande.

- (whispering) Rio de Janeiro.

- [Paul] Judges?

- Rio de Janeiro - Be more specific.

- Rio de Janeiro - Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

The most common scale of electro negativity was developed by what chemist, who wrote, "The Naure of the Chemical Bond?"

- (buzzer beeps) Gulu?

- No.

We're looking for Linus Pauling.

Here comes your next toss-up question.

What play in which the dying Dr., Ronk, attends a costume ball on the night that Nora leaves her condescending husband, was written by Henrik Ibsen?

(timer beeps) Okay, we're looking for "Doll's House."

Here's your next toss-up question.

In what European country did 2023, general strikes protest a plan to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64, introduced by President, Emmanuel Macron?

(buzzer beeps) Manja, Mount Carmel?

- France.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

What literary character ultimately makes amends with his nephew, Fred, and becomes a second father to a boy known as "Tiny Tim?"

(buzzer beeps) No answer.

- We're looking for Ebenezer Scrooge.

Ebenezer Scrooge.

Here's your next toss-up question.

What three letter noun can refer to the total value of a company's stock, a soccer player's appearances- (buzzer beeps) Evan, Mount Carmel.

- Nat.

- Is incorrect.

I'll finish the question, and rebound to Mifflinburg.

A soccer player's appearances in international matches, or a type of hat?

(timer beeps) Allison?

- No answer.

- Okay, we're looking for cap.

Here's your next toss-up question.

What vitamin which is concentrated in golden rice, is a fat soluble vitamin that could be produced from betacarotene, and can prevent blindness?

(buzzer double beeps) Alison, Mifflinburg.

- Vitamin B.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Mount Caramel.

(buzzer beeps) Brayden.

- Vitamin C. - Nope.

We're looking for vitamin A or retinol.

And that's the end of the game.

And what a good one it was.

It was Mifflinburg over Mount Carmel tonight, 160 to 120.

Congratulations, Mifflinburg.

You're going to be moving on.

And we're going to see you next time, hopefully on another match of "Scholastic scrimmage."

I'm your host, Paul Lazar.

Thanks for watching.

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