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(transition whooshing) (whistle blowing) (upbeat music) ♪ Go - Welcome to this season of WVIA's "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.

Tonight's match features Benton versus Millville.

Representing Benton are Gabe Vote, Elizabeth Lyons, Isabel Sorber and Landon Baker.

Their advisor is Jennifer Posey.

Representing Millville are Serge Norton, Reed Gansel, Liam Iliev and Nathan Hemsarth.

Their alternates are Lily Zensel and Izzy Bodnar, and their advisor is Mary Schrader.

"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.

Let's get the game started with this tossup question, which will require your pencils and papers.

Rounded to the nearest integer, how many kilometers are in 25 miles given one mile is about 1.6 or 8/5 kilometers?

(upbeat music) (buzzer blaring) Gabe, Benton.

- Is it 50?

- Is incorrect.

Rebound now to Millville.

(buzzer blaring) - 40.

- 40 is correct for your rebound points, Millville.

Let's go onto another tossup question.

What prime minister who proclaimed, "Peace for our time," after signing the Munich Pact in 1938 was replaced by Winston Churchill early in World War II.

(timer blaring) That was Neville Chamberlain.

Okay, here's our next tossup question.

What actor who plays the title quarterback on "Chad Powers" also played storm chaser Tyler in "Twisters" and hotshot hangman in "Top Gun: Maverick?"

(buzzer blaring) Nathan, Millville.

- Tom Cruise.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Benton.

(timer blaring) We were looking for Glen Powell.

Okay, here's our next tossup.

What part of the spectrum in which the Rayleigh-Jeans law catastrophically breaks down has wavelengths just longer than x-rays and causes sunburns?

(buzzer blaring) Landon, Benton.

- UV.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus.

In mathematics, at what type of point does a curve go from concave upward to concave downward or vice versa?

(buzzer blaring) - Point of inflection.

- Is correct for your bonus points, Benton.

Let's go on now to another tossup.

In 1773, Pope Clement XIV suppressed what group which first spread Christianity to Japan and was a Catholic order founded by Ignatius of Loyola?

(timer blaring) That were the Jesuits.

That's the Jesuits.

All right, here's our next tossup.

What mural in Milan's Santa Maria delle Grazie shows a container of salt being knocked over by Judas and is a Leonardo da Vinci work depicting a meal?

(buzzer blaring) Isabel, Benton.

- "The Last Supper."

- Is correct, and your bonus now.

Markets with many buyers and sellers and no price-setting power exemplify what form of competition?

(buzzer blaring) - Free market.

- No, this was perfect competition.

Okay, let's go onto our next tossup.

What substance which commands, "Let me work," and, "Pile the bodies high," in a poem by Carl Sandburg titles a collection by Walt Whitman about its leaves?

(timer blaring) That substance was grass.

Okay, here's our next tossup.

What function whose derivative is secant squared outputs one when its input is 45 degrees and is defined as opposite over adjacent in a right triangle?

(buzzer blaring) Landon, Benton.

- Tangent.

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

What is the largest integer that is both a prime number and less than 78 given that the answer must be an odd number?

(buzzer blaring) Gabe.

- 73.

- Is correct for your bonus points, Benton.

(timer blaring) 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.

Benton has won the coin toss and will pick first.

Your categories are classical mechanics or operatic other halves.

(buzzer blaring) - Classical mechanics.

- Classical mechanics it is, and your time begins when I finish the first question.

Answer the following about classical mechanics.

Vector version of speed.

(buzzer blaring) - Velocity.

- [Paul] Yes.

Energy that equals 1/2 MV squared.

(buzzer blaring) - Acceleration.

- [Paul] Kinetic energy.

Form of energy sometimes equal to force times displacement.

(buzzer blaring) - Potential.

- [Paul] Work.

Devices whose period is proportional to the square root of their length.

(buzzer blaring) - Pass.

- Pendulums.

Law stating that the force on a spring is negative kx.

(buzzer blaring) - Pass.

- [Paul] Hooke's law.

Interactions whose elastic type have a coefficient of restitution of one.

(buzzer blaring) - Pass.

- [Paul] Collisions.

Diagrams that represent forces on an object using arrows.

(buzzer blaring) - Free body.

- [Paul] Yes.

Rate of change of acceleration.

(buzzer blaring) - Velocity.

- Jerk.

Field concerning the motion of objects regardless of forces.

(timer blaring) That was kinematics.

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

Millville, we're coming over to you.

Your remaining category will be operatic other halves.

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

Given an operatic character, name their most prominent love interest in a George Bizay opera, Don Jose.

(buzzer blaring) - Pass.

- [Paul] Carmen.

In a George Gershwin opera, Bess.

(buzzer blaring) - Pass.

- [Paul] Porgy.

In a Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart opera buffa, Susanna.

(buzzer blaring) - Pass.

- [Paul] That's Figaro.

In a Richard Wagner opera, Tristan.

(buzzer blaring) - Pass.

- [Paul] Isolde.

In a Giacomo Puccini opera, Lieutenant Pinkerton.

(buzzer blaring) - Pass.

- Madame Butterfly.

In Claude WC opera, Pelleas.

(buzzer blaring) - Pass.

- [Paul] Melisande.

In a Leonard Bernstein operetta, Cunegonde.

(buzzer blaring) - Pass.

- [Paul] That's Candide.

In a Henry Purcell opera, Aeneas.

(buzzer blaring) - Pass.

- [Paul] That is Dido.

In a Giuseppe Verdi opera, Desdemona.

(buzzer blaring) - Pass.

- [Paul] Othello.

In a Gaetano Donizetti opera.

(timer blaring) Well, we won't get to that one because that's the end of the lightning round.

And after that, we currently have Benton in the lead over Millville, 50 to 10, as we go ahead and begin the second quarter now with this tossup question.

What politician who wants to open city-owned grocery stores defeated Andrew Cuomo to win the 2020?

(buzzer blaring) Landon, Benton.

- Zohran Mamdani.

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

What president negotiated with Omar Torrijos to return the Panama Canal to Panama and ordered a US boycott of the Summer Olympics in Moscow?

(buzzer blaring) - Theodore Roosevelt.

- No, that was Jimmy Carter.

All right, guys, here's our next tossup question.

What island once ruled by Spain as the colony of Santiago was home to the pirate haven of Port Royal that is now part of its capital, Kingston.

(buzzer blaring) Nathan, Millville.

- Dominican Republic.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Benton.

(buzzer blaring) Landon.

- Haiti.

- No, that is Jamaica, Jamaica.

All right, here's our next tossup question.

What order of animals is the largest order of mammals, once contained rabbits, is named for their permanently growing teeth and still contains mice.

(buzzer blaring) Serge, Millville.

- Rodent.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question now.

What disease which can cause joint pain and a target-shaped rash?

(buzzer blaring) - Arthritis.

- Is incorrect.

We were looking for Lyme disease.

Lyme disease.

All right, here's our next tossup question.

In what play does Portia note the quality of mercy is not strained during a trial over Antonio's promise of a pound of flesh as collateral for Shylock?

(timer blaring) That play was "The Merchant of Venice."

Let's go to another tossup question.

What name is shared by the Dallas area city where the NFL's Cowboys play and by a Virginia city that is home to a namesake national cemetery?

(buzzer blaring) Landon, Benton.

- Arlington.

- Is correct, and your bonus now.

During the Spanish-American War, US troops used what three-word rallying cry that referenced a ship that exploded in Havana Harbor?

(timer blaring) That was, "Remember the Maine."

Okay, let's go to another tossup.

What holiday in which people throw breadcrumbs into the water as part of Tashlich begins on the first day of Tishrei and is the Jewish New Year?

(buzzer blaring) Nathan, Millville.

- Hanukkah.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Benton.

(buzzer blaring) - Kwanza.

- No, this was Rosh Hashanah, Rosh Hashanah.

All right, let's go on to another tossup question.

What instrument has a long cadenza in JS Bach's "Brandenburg Concerto No.

5" and is a precursor to the piano in which quills pluck strings?

(buzzer blaring) Landon, Benton.

- Harp.

- Be more specific.

- Bass harp.

- Nope, that's incorrect.

We're gonna rebound now to Millville.

(buzzer blaring) Liam.

- Lyre.

- No, you were so close.

It was harpsichord.

The harpsichord.

All right, guys, here's our next tossup question.

What organization which succeeded the OSS after World War II rivaled the KGB during the Cold War while?

Nathan, Millville.

- The CIA.

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

(timer blaring) The 2004 Beslan school attack was carried out by Islamic terrorists from what region in the caucuses that fought two wars with Russia.

(timer blaring) That was Chechnya.

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 Benton.

And, Gabe, I'll come to you first.

Just tell us what you like to do for fun when you're not in class.

- Well, I certainly like to play chess, and I enjoy memorizing chess games played by grandmasters, specifically Garry Kasparov.

- [Paul] Excellent, thanks, Gabe.

Elizabeth?

- I play softball and basketball.

- [Paul] Thank you, Elizabeth.

Isabel?

- I play field hockey and I also accompany the choir on the piano and I sing a little bit as well.

- [Paul] All right, very nice.

Landon?

- I play soccer and I like to do work on a sound board.

All right, excellent, an audio engineer right here.

Thanks, Benton, good luck the rest of the way.

Millville, we're coming over to you.

And, Serge, if you wouldn't mind telling us what you like to do for fun.

- Music.

(upbeat music) - [Paul] Any particular type?

- Not really.

- Okay, a little bit of everything, thanks.

Reed?

- I too am a fan of music.

- [Paul] Okay, thank you, Reed.

Liam?

- Like to go fishing.

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

Nathan?

- I like to hang out with my friends outside of school.

- All right, awesome.

It's very nice to meet all of you, and good luck the rest of the way.

We're gonna go ahead now and begin the third quarter with this tossup question.

What element, a non-metal that is bonded to three fennel rings in the Wittig reagent, has a flammable white allotrope and has atomic symbol P?

(buzzer blaring) Nathan, Millville.

- Potassium.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Benton.

(buzzer blaring) Isabel.

- Phosphorus.

- Phosphorus is correct for your rebound points, Benton, as we turn now to our next tossup question.

What first name is shared by the Italian namesake of Galvanization, the playwright of six characters in search of an author, and the brother of Mario?

(buzzer blaring) Landon, Benton.

- Luigi.

- Is correct.

And your bonus now.

In 2024, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was awarded citizenship by what Asian island nation whose capital is Dili?

(timer blaring) That is East Timor.

Okay, guys, here's your next tossup question.

What state whose governor, Lilburn Boggs, expelled its Mormon population names an 1820 agreement about the spread of slavery its namesake compromise.

(buzzer blaring) Landon, Benton.

- Utah.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Millville.

(buzzer blaring) Nathan.

- Missouri.

- Is correct for your rebound points, Millville, great job.

Let's go on now to another tossup.

What quantity can be calculated from pKa using the Henderson Hasselbalch equation is kept roughly constant by a buffer and is less than seven for acids?

(buzzer blaring) Landon, Benton.

- pH.

- Is correct, and your bonus question now.

During what decade was the formerly British colony of Hong Kong returned to the control of the Chinese government.

(buzzer blaring) - '60s.

- No, this was the 1990s.

All right, here's our next tossup question.

What author wrote about a lipstick tube marked KB for Kate Barlow in a novel set at Camp Green Lake about Stanley Yelnats titled "Holes?"

(buzzer blaring) - Louis Sachar.

- Gabe, Benton.

- Louis Sachar.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus.

Due to an envelope mix-up, what 2016 musical was initially announced as the Best Picture Oscar winner instead of the actual winner, "Moonlight?"

(buzzer blaring) - "Dear Evan Hansen."

- No, this was "La La Land."

All right, here's our next tossup question.

Henry McCarty was the real name of what criminal who was shot dead by Pat Garrett in 1881 and was a Wild West outlaw with a youthful moniker?

(buzzer blaring) Isabel, Benton.

- Billy the Kid.

- Is correct, and here's your bonus.

What three-bodied Greek goddess was considered a protector of the household and represented magic, witchcraft and crossroads?

(buzzer blaring) (buzzer blaring) Landon.

- Cerberus.

- No, this was Hecate.

Hecate.

All right, here comes our next tossup question.

What city whose Abraj Al-Bait contains a large clock tower is home to the Kaba, which is surrounded by Muslim pilgrim' performing Hajj?

(buzzer blaring) Liam, Millville.

- London.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound now to Benton.

(timer blaring) That was Mecca.

Mecca.

All right, here's our next tossup.

What animals which legendarily cross through long mandates at the top of waterfalls to turn into dragons are kept in Chinese ponds for good luck.

(buzzer blaring) Isabel, Benton.

- Koi fish.

- Is correct.

And your bonus now.

Big Bill Haywood was a prominent leader of what radical labor union whose members are nicknamed Wobblies?

(timer blaring) Those are the Industrial Workers of the World.

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

This time, Millville will pick first.

Your categories are J sitcom characters or the Old Testament.

(contestants whispering) (buzzer blaring) - Old Testament.

- The Old Testament it is.

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

Name these figures from the Old Testament.

Adam's partner who's tempted by Satan.

(buzzer blaring) - Eve.

- Yes.

Builder of a flood-surviving ark.

(buzzer blaring) - Noah.

- Yes.

Led the exodus from Egypt.

(buzzer blaring) - Moses.

- Yes.

Judge who lost his strength after a haircut?

(buzzer blaring) - Samson.

- Yes.

Son of Abraham nearly sacrificed by his father.

(buzzer blaring) - Pass.

- That's Isaac.

Dream interpreter who's thrown into a den of lions.

(buzzer blaring) - Daniel.

- Yes.

Prophet who challenged Ahab and Jezebel's worship of Baal.

(buzzer blaring) - Pass.

- That's Elijah.

King who suggested halving a baby to settle a dispute.

(buzzer blaring) - Pass.

- Solomon.

The only female judge.

(buzzer blaring) - Esther.

- [Paul] That's Deborah.

Prophet who has a vision of a valley of dry bones.

(buzzer blaring) - Pass.

- That was Ezekiel.

Okay, Millville, that's going to wrap up your portion of the second lightning round.

Benton, we're coming over to you.

And your remaining category will be J sitcom characters.

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

Name the TV sitcoms on which these characters whose names start with J first appeared.

Janine, a second grade teacher in Philadelphia.

(buzzer blaring) - Pass.

- "Abbott Elementary."

Jamie, a soccer player for a FC Richmond.

(buzzer blaring) - "Ted Lasso."

- Yes.

Jim, who works at the Dunder Mifflin Paper Company.

- "The Office."

- Yes.

Jerry, a comedian and friend of Kramer.

- "Seinfeld."

- Yes.

Joey, Chandler Bing's roommate.

- "Friends."

- Yes.

Jake Peralta, an NYPD detective.

(buzzer blaring) - "Brooklyn Nine-Nine."

- Yes.

Jenna, the best friend of Liz Lemon.

(buzzer blaring) - Pass.

- "30 Rock."

JD, a doctor at Sacred Heart Hospital.

(buzzer blaring) - Pass.

- "Scrubs."

Jeff Winger who attends Greendale College.

(buzzer blaring) - Pass.

- That's "Community."

Jay, a bed and breakfast owner who cannot see Hetty and Alberta.

(buzzer blaring) - "Ghosts."

- Yes, that is correct.

(timer blaring) All right, that's going to do it for the second lightning round.

And after that, we have Benton in the lead over Millville, 160 to 65, as we begin the last segment of the game with this tossup question.

What novel ends with a character saying, "Isn't it pretty to think so?"

depicts a disillusioned veteran Jake Barnes and it's by Ernest Hemingway?

(buzzer blaring) Gabe, Benton.

- "A Farewell to Arms."

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Millville.

(buzzer blaring) Serge.

- Is it "Gone With the Wind?"

- No, this was "The Sun Also Rises."

Let's go on to another tossup.

What device's femtosecond type, which have very short pulses, rely on a gain medium's population inversion to emit beams of coherent light?

(buzzer blaring) Nathan, Millville.

- X-ray.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Benton.

(buzzer blaring) - LED.

- No, these are simply lasers, lasers.

All right, here's our next tossup.

What country whose archeological site of Merowe was the capital of the Kingdom of Kush contains the confluence of the White Nile at Khartoum?

(buzzer blaring) Landon, Benton.

- Egypt.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Millville.

(buzzer blaring) - Sudan.

- Sudan is correct for your rebound points, Millville, as we go to our next tossup question.

From what state whose congressman, Michael McCall, announced plans to retire did some Democrats flee in 2025 to block a vote on gerrymandering?

(buzzer blaring) Reed, Millville.

- Texas.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

What English author's collection "Now We Are Six" includes poems about his son Christopher Robin whose toy bear inspired this man's book, "Winnie-the-Pooh."

(timer blaring) That was AA Milne.

Let's go onto another tossup.

What unit equal to 4,184 joules has a name derived from the Latin word for heat and measures of the energy content listed on nutrition facts labels.

(buzzer blaring) Serge, Millville.

- Kilojoule.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound tp Benton.

- Calorie.

- Calorie is what we are looking for for the rebound points.

All right, let's go on to another tossup.

What general used the cover of fog to evacuate troops from Long Island and attacked Hessians at Princeton and Trenton by crossing?

(buzzer blaring) Nathan, Millville.

- George Washington.

- Is correct.

And your bonus.

The Edge Walk allows visitors to walk around a roof of what observation tower in Toronto which was once the world's tallest freestanding structure?

(buzzer blaring) - The Space Needle.

- No, this was the CN Tower.

All right, here's our next tossup question.

What show that added an autistic character named Julia in 2017 also features the orange-colored monster, Zoe?

- "Sesame Street."

- Isabel, Benton.

- "Sesame Street."

- Is correct.

And your bonus now.

In September, 2025, the Committee to Protect Journalists denounced Israeli attacks on two newspapers in what country's capital of Sanaa?

(timer blaring) That country is Yemen.

Okay, here's our next tossup, and get out your pencils and papers.

What is the slope of the line defined by the equation negative 3x plus 4y equals five?

(upbeat music) (buzzer blaring) Serge, Millville.

- Three over one.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Benton.

(buzzer blaring) Landon.

- Five minus 4y over negative three.

- No, the answer was 3/4.

And that's the end of the game.

And our winner tonight is Benton over Millville, 180 to 95.

Congratulations, Benton, 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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