(collegiate music) ♪ Go - Welcome to the 17th season of WVIA's "Scholastic Scrimmage."

I'm your host Regina Myers.

"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 Millville versus Southern Columbia.

Representing Millville is Hunter Lingefelt, Jacob Riley, Robert Jacobs and their captain is Daniel Stackhouse Hemsarth.

Their alternate is Chase Phillips and their advisor is Justine Myers.

Representing Southern Columbia is Ethan Rush, Isaac Carter, Landon Ferrara, their captain is Gavin Krebs and their alternates are Aiden Corrigan and Austin Hill and their advisor is Leanne Roten.

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

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 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 will be given the toss-up points but will not receive a bonus question.

Let's get started with our first toss-up question.

What book in which a quiet old lady whispers "Hush" was written by Margaret Wise Brown about the items that a rabbit addresses before going to sleep?

(buzzer) Daniel.

- Midnight Moon - I'm sorry?

- Midnight Moon.

- Midnight Moon is incorrect.

Rebound to Southern Columbia.

(buzzer) - The correct answer is "Goodnight Moon."

Toss-up.

What six-letter noun partly names a collective that included Earl Sweatshirt and Frank Ocean and also names the rapper of "Wait for You" and "Mask Off?"

(buzzer) Landon, Southern Columbia.

- Future.

- Future's correct answer and your bonus.

For centuries Russian princes paid tribute to what Mongol state named in part for a color that ruled Central Asia through the early 1500s?

- If you have an idea, just go.

- That was the Golden Horde.

Toss-up.

What vehicles, the largest of which is the Wonder of the Seas operated by Royal Caribbean are also operated by Carnival and are used for vacations?

(buzzer) Ethan, Southern Columbia.

- Cruise ship?

- Cruise is correct answer and your bonus.

Elizabeth McDonough holds what office that oversees compliance with the rules of the United States Senate including which bills may avoid the filibuster?

(buzzer) Gavin?

- Speaker of the House?

- Speaker of the House is incorrect.

It is parliamentarian.

Toss-up.

What English industry was the first to adopt the Newcomen engine went on strike in 1984 and mined the primary fuel of the industrial revolution?

It was coal mining.

Toss-up.

What city whose Yellow Crane Tower lies on Snake Hill is the capitol of the Hubei province and in late 2019 saw the first known cases of COVID-19?

(buzzer) Hunter, Millville.

- Beijing?

- Beijing is incorrect, rebound to Southern Columbia.

The correct answer is Wuhan.

Toss-up.

Pencil paper ready.

What is the product of the quantity x plus nine times the quantity X minus four, a result that can be found via the foil method, the statement is on the monitor.

(buzzer) Isaac, Southern Columbia.

- X squared plus five x minus 36.

- Is a correct answer and your bonus, Southern Columbia.

The original Charing Cross honored Eleanor of Castile, the first wife of which English king who died in 1307 and was nicknamed Hammer of the Scots?

(buzzer) - Henry the first?

- Is incorrect, it is Edward the first.

Toss-up.

What general, who formed the hunters of the Alps, led red shirted volunteers into the 1860 expedition of the thousand which led to Italian unification?

(buzzer) Daniel, Millville.

- Alexander the Great.

- Alexander the Great is incorrect, rebound to Southern Columbia.

(quiet discussion) - The correct answer is Garibaldi.

That is 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.

Millville has won the coin toss and will pick first.

Your categories are biological compounds or wars.

- Wars, please - Wars.

The time begins after I read the first question.

In which wars did these battles occur?

Poitier and Crecy.

You can pass.

- Pass - [Regina] Hundred years.

Cannae and Lake Trasimene - Pass.

- [Regina] Second Punic.

Towton and Bosworth.

- Pass.

- The War of the Roses.

Minden and the Plains of Abraham.

- Pass - French and Indian War.

Austerlitz and Trafalgar.

- World War One?

- [Regina] Napoleonic War.

Singapore and El Alamein.

- Gulf War.

- World War II.

Pylos and Aegospotami.

- Pass.

- [Regina] Peloponnesian.

Mukden and Tsushima.

- Pass.

- Russo-Japanese War.

Arsuf and the Siege of Acre.

(buzzer) Moving, that was the third crusade.

Moving over to our team from Southern Columbia.

Your category is biological compounds.

Answer the following about biological molecules.

Biological catalysts.

(buzzer) Isaac.

- Enzymes.

- [Regina] Correct.

Molecule also called blood sugar.

(buzzer) Gavin.

- Glucose.

- [Regina] Correct.

Hydrophobic macro molecules including fats.

(buzzer) Isaac.

- Lipids.

- [Regina] Correct.

Single stranded nucleic acid with a messenger form.

(buzzer) - RNA.

- [Regina] Correct.

Energy currency of cells.

(buzzer) - ATP.

- [Regina] Correct.

Derivatives of cholesterol with four fused rings such as estrogen.

(buzzer) - Pass.

- [Regina] Steroids.

Molecules that bind to ligands and transmit signals.

(buzzer) - Pass - Receptors.

Polymers of amino acids.

(buzzer) - Bases?

- [Regina] Proteins.

Fermentation is needed to recycle this electron carrier with a four letter abbreviation.

(buzzer) Isaac.

- NADH.

- [Regina] Is correct.

Molecules like dopamine that activate or inhibit neurons.

That is neurotransmitters.

That's the end of our Lightning Round.

So let's take a look at our current score.

We have Millville with zero and Southern Columbia with 60 points.

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

What province east of the isthmus of Chignecto that includes Cape Breton Island is led from Halifax and has a name that means New Scotland in Latin?

(buzzer) Isaac, Southern Columbia.

- Newfoundland.

- Newfoundland is incorrect.

Rebound to Millville.

I'll finish the question, in Latin.

(buzzer) That is Nova Scotia.

Toss-up.

What invertebrates in class chilopeda, catch prey with the help of a pair of poison claws, have 30 to 382 legs and are often confused with millipedes?

(buzzer) Hunter, Millville.

- Centipedes?

- Centipedes is correct answer and your bonus, Millville.

What law states that the vapor pressure of a component of a mixture equals its vapor pressure as a pure component multiplied by its mole fraction?

That is Raoult's Law.

Toss-up.

What man, who defeated Latham Sadler and Gary Black in a 2022 Republican primary, is a former NFL star who is running for Senate in Georgia?

(buzzer) - Herschel Walker.

- Herschel Walker, Gavin, is correct answer and your bonus, Southern Columbia.

What semi-arid region forms a transition zone between the African Savannahs and the Sahara Desert?

That would be Sahel.

Toss-up.

What novel in which Lady Catherine de Bourgh urges Mr. Collins to make a marriage proposal that displeases Lizzie Bennett, was written by Jane Austin?

That was "Pride and Prejudice."

Toss-up.

What musical work, that uses Stetit Puella and other medieval Latin and German poems, was written by Carl Orff and opens and closes with "O Fortuna?"

"Carmina Burana."

Toss-up.

What type of reaction with chain growth and step growth mechanisms forms a common plastic from ethylene and forms macro molecules from monomers?

Polymerizations.

Toss-up.

What company founded the modern day city of Jakarta after being granted a monopoly to trade in the Malukus in Southeast Asia by the Netherlands?

(buzzer) Isaac, Southern Columbia.

- T-Mobile?

- T-Mobile is incorrect, rebound to Millville.

The correct answer is the Dutch East India.

Toss-up.

What city which contains a museum dedicated to the work of René Magritte is home to the headquarters of NATO and is the capital of Belgium?

(buzzer) Gavin, Southern Columbia.

- Brussels?

- Brussels is the correct answer and your bonus, Southern Columbia.

Among elements with stable isotopes, the most electro positive element is what alkaline metal whose isotope 133 is used in atomic clocks?

(buzzer) The correct answer is Cesium and that is the end of the first half.

So let's take a look at our current score.

We have Millville with 10 and Southern Columbia with 80 points.

We're 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.

Let's start with our students from Millville.

Hunter, why don't you start us off and tell us about some of the activities you're involved in in school?

- I am involved in NHS, which is a community service organization.

I also am part of Students Against Destructive Decisions and we run fundraisers and things like that to help the school.

- [Regina] Oh good.

And you're also part of the the Scholastic team?

- Yeah.

- [Regina] Jacob.

- I'm not involved in anything except for the scholastic team.

- [Regina] Well, okay, very good.

What do you do outside of school?

- I work at a mechanic shop.

- [Regina] Okay.

Robert?

- I have a job at Subway and I also am part of Students Against Destructive Decisions.

- [Regina] Okay, good.

Daniel.

- I am a participant in the Millville varsity soccer program.

- Okay, it was great to talk to you.

Let's move over to our team from Southern Columbia.

Ethan, why don't you start us off?

- I participate in our school's cross country and track teams.

I am on the Rock League eSports team and I do FBLA.

- [Regina] Great, Isaac?

- I do FBLA and I play soccer, basketball and football.

- [Regina] Very busy.

Landon.

- I play soccer and track and I'm on the FBLA team and I'm on the SCA eSports.

- [Regina] Okay.

Gavin?

- I'm on the FBLA team as well and I'm also a part of SAVE which is Students Against Violence Everywhere and I also play on the varsity football team.

- Right, another busy, busy team.

Good luck to both teams as we start the third quarter with a toss-up.

What sociological argued that rationality forms an iron cage and Calvinism causes a zeal for work in the Protestant ethic and the spirit of capitalism?

That was Max Weber.

Toss-up.

Pencil paper ready.

What is the cosine of angle X given X is an acute angle and the sine of X equals the square root of three divided by two?

(buzzer) Gavin, Southern Columbia.

- One half.

- One half is correct answer and your bonus, Southern Colombia.

What structure whose namesake "Zone" was established by the Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty was relinquished by the United States in 1999?

That was the Panama Canal.

Toss-up.

What man, who was jailed for tax evasion after succeeding Johnny Torrio as head of the Chicago outfit, ordered the St. Valentine's Day massacre?

(buzzer) - Al Capone.

- Al Capone, Daniel from Millville's correct answer and your bonus.

What character who teaches Zero to read is sent to Camp Green Lake after being accused of stealing shoes in Louis Sachar's novel "Holes."

(buzzer) Jacob?

- Stanley Yelnats.

- Stanley Yelnats is correct answer for your bonus points.

Toss-up.

What leader announced a special military operation to de-Nazify a neighboring country just before launching a February, 2022 invasion of Ukraine?

(buzzer) Isaac, Southern Columbia.

- Vladimir Putin?

- Vladimir Putin is correct answer and your bonus.

What quantity given in juhls per kilogram per Kelvin is the energy needed to raise the temperature of one kilogram of a substance by one Kelvin?

(buzzer) Landon.

- Calorie.

- Calorie is incorrect.

It is heat capacity.

Toss-up.

First theorized by Georges Lemaître in 1931, what event was followed by cosmic inflation 13.8 billion years ago and marks the start of the universe?

(buzzer) Ethan, Southern Columbia.

- The Big Bang?

- Big Bang is correct answer and your bonus.

What Roman Catholic doctrine formalized by the 1215 Fourth Lateran Council states that bread and wine are changed into the body and blood of Christ?

(buzzer) - The Eucharist?

- Eucharist is incorrect.

The process is transubstantiation.

Toss-up.

What character, who spies on a rebellion led by Enjolras before drowning in the Seine, is a policeman who pursues Jean Valjean in "Les Miserables?"

That is Javert.

Toss-up.

What Prime Minister declared, "Just watch me" during the October crisis in Quebec and is the father of current Canadian Prime Minister, Justin?

(buzzer) Hunter, Millville.

- Trudeau?

- Trudeau's correct answer and your bonus.

In 1951, George Gay produced what first immortal human cell line from a namesake African-American woman's cervical tumor without obtaining her consent?

That was HeLa.

That is the end of the third quarter and it's time for another Lightning Round.

This time, Southern Columbia will pick first.

Your categories are sports nicknames or universities.

The time begins when I finish reading the first question.

(quiet discussion) - Universities.

- You're gonna know 'em.

- Universities.

In what state is the primary campus of these universities located?

Brigham Young University.

(buzzer) Gavin.

- Utah.

- [Regina] Correct.

Vanderbilt University.

(buzzer) Gavin.

- Tennessee?

- [Regina] Correct.

Marquette University?

(buzzer) - Pass.

- [Regina] Wisconsin.

Rice University.

(buzzer) - Texas.

- [Regina] Correct.

Franklin Pierce University, named after the only president from this state.

(buzzer) Landon?

- Wyoming.

- [Regina] New Hampshire.

Oral Roberts University.

(buzzer) - Ohio?

- [Regina] Oklahoma.

Creighton University.

(buzzer) - Nebraska.

- Correct.

Gonzaga University?

(buzzer) - Washington?

- [Regina] Correct.

Tulane University?

(buzzer) - Louisiana.

- Correct.

Lehigh University which is in the city of Bethlehem.

(buzzer) - Pennsylvania.

- Correct.

Moving over to our team from Millville, your category is sports nicknames.

Given a sport and a nickname, name the athlete.

Baseball's "The Bambino" or "Sultan of Swat."

(buzzer) - Babe Ruth.

- [Regina] Correct.

Boxing's "The Greatest."

(buzzer) Daniel.

- Muhammad Ali.

- [Regina] Correct.

Basketball's "Black Mamba."

(buzzer) - Kobe Bryant.

- [Regina] Correct.

Tennis' "The King of Clay."

(buzzer) - Pass.

- Rafael Nadal.

Football's "The Sheriff."

(buzzer) - Pass.

- [Regina] Peyton Manning.

Hockey's "The Great One.

(buzzer) Robert.

- Wayne Gretzky.

- [Regina] Correct.

Basketball's "The Stilt" or "The Big Dipper."

(buzzer) - Pass.

- Wilt Chamberlain.

Baseball's "The Georgia Peach."

(buzzer) - Pass.

- [Regina] Ty Cobb.

Football's "Megatron."

(buzzer) - Pass.

- Calvin Johnson.

Golf's "The Golden Bear."

(buzzer) Jacob.

- Tiger Woods.

- Jack Niklaus.

That's the end of our Lightning Round.

So let's take a look at our current score.

We have Millville with 55 and Southern Columbia with 145.

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

What particles were the first known leptons were discovered in the cathode ray tubes by JJ Thompson have negative charge?

(buzzer) Gavin, Southern Columbia.

- Electrons.

- Electrons correct answer and your bonus.

What non-red color names a 1950s Scare in which up to 5000 LGBT people were forced out of jobs in the United States Federal government?

That is lavender.

Toss-up.

What mineral, which names Taiwan's tallest mountain and an emperor in Taoist myth is a green silicate used for jewelry in Mesoamerica and?

(buzzer) Daniel, Millville.

- Jade.

- Jade is correct answer and your bonus.

The long poem "Conquistador" is by what American author who wrote that, "A poem should not mean but be" in his "Ars Poetica?"

- Pass.

- Okay, the correct answer is Archibald McLeish.

Toss-up.

What ruler had Thomas Cranmer and the Oxford Martyrs burned at the stake while trying to reverse the Protestant reforms of her father, Henry?

(buzzer) Hunter, Millville.

- Catherine de Medici?

- Is incorrect, rebound to Southern Columbia.

I'll complete the question, of her father Henry VIII?

(buzzer) Gavin?

- Elizabeth I?

- Is also incorrect.

It is Mary I. Toss-up.

Flowstones and speleothems form in what environments which house animals known as troglobites and formations known as stalagmites and?

(buzzer) Hunter, Millville.

- Cave systems.

- Caves is correct answer and your bonus.

What vector quantity has a magnitude of about half a gauss at earth's surface and is generated by a dynamo operating in the outer core?

(buzzer) Daniel.

- Gravity?

- Gravity is incorrect.

It is the magnetic field.

Toss-up.

What actor whose voiceover work includes "Penguins of Madagascar" "Classified" and "The Hobbit Smaug" plays surgeon turn.

(buzzer) Hunter, Millville.

- Benedict Cumberbatch?

- Is the correct answer and your bonus, Millville.

The quote, "Long years ago we made a triust with destiny," a tryst, forgive me, "With destiny" begins in 1947 speech by what father of Indira Gandhi and first prime minister of India?

That was Nehru.

Toss-up.

What sculpture is sometimes called Abu al-Haul has a missing nose, depicts a creature with the body of a lion and is.

(buzzer) Hunter, Millville.

- The sphinx.

- Sphinx is correct answer and your bonus.

What ukiyo-e artist series' "36 views of Mount Fuji" includes the print, "The Great Wave of Kanagawa?"

(buzzer) - Japan?

- Is incorrect.

It is Hokusai.

Toss-up.

What novel in which Connie Rivers abandons his wife, Rose of Sharon, depicts the migration.

(buzzer) Isaac, Southern Columbia.

- "The Grapes of Wrath" - "Grapes of Wrath" is correct and your bonus.

What South African author of "Burger's Daughter" and "July's People" depicted the discovery of a body on Mehrings farm in "The Conservationist?"

(buzzer) Isaac.

- Cervantes?

- Is incorrect.

It is Gordimer and that's the end of the game.

Our score is Millville 95 and Southern Columbia with 165 points.

Congratulations, Southern Columbia, you'll be moving on and we'll see you next time with another round of "Scholastic Scrimmage."

I'm your host Regina Myers and thanks for watching.

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