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(upbeat music) (whistle blowing) (drum rolling and beating) ♪ Go ♪ (whistle blowing) (drum rolling and beating) - Welcome to the 19th 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 one, three, or $5,000.

Tonight's match features Milton versus St. John Neumann.

Representing Milton are Alex Familia, Brodie Anderson, Miles Brown, and Pierce Hoffer.

Their alternate is Claire Dick, and their advisors are Lee Yoi and David O'Brien.

Representing St. John Neumann are Alexa Clayball, Kallee Johnson, Harrison Carnacum, and Lucas Bauer.

Their advisors are Tara Tomkey and assistant advisor, Dawn Williamson.

"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 started with this toss-up question in Earth science.

It may be broken, shaped, or cut.

One of its chief elements is silicon.

Identify this transparent or opaque solid, once called rigid liquid.

(beeper buzzes) Pierce, Milton.

- Clay.

- Is incorrect, rebound to St. John Neumann.

- Glass.

- [Paul] You have to buzz in, please.

(beeper buzzes) - Glass - Glass is correct for your rebound points.

(win sound trills) Let's move on now to a literature toss-up.

We all remember that famous duo, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

Dr. Jekyll's first name was Henry.

What was Mr. Hyde's first name?

(timer beeps) First name was Edward.

Let's move on to a toss-up in astronomy now.

In early 1991, Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 passed beyond the orbits of all known planets and into the outer boundary of the vast magnetic field of the sun.

What word, beginning with the prefix helio, is the name given to this outer boundary?

(beeper buzzes) Harrison, St. John Neumann.

- A heliosphere - Is incorrect, rebound to Milton.

(timer beeps) That answer is heliopause, heliopause.

Let's go to a toss-up in cinema now.

This science fiction film follows the life of Jake Sully who becomes part of a program- (beeper buzzes) Harrison, St. John Neumann.

- Avatar.

- Is correct, and here comes your bonus question now.

Ben Johnson was the first person to refer to poets separately from those who wrote drama.

He coined the term we now use when referring to those individuals who create the play scripts.

What compound word did he coin that refers to these authors who write these dramas?

- Playwrights.

- Playwright is correct for your bonus point, St. John.

Don't forget to ring in as we move on to a toss-up now in algebra.

It's an arrangement of numbers in a triangular array such that the numbers at the end of each row are one, and the remaining numbers are the sum of the two nearest two numbers in the above row.

(beeper buzzes) - [Miles] Frita experiment.

- Miles, Milton.

- Frita experiment.

- Is incorrect.

I'll finish the question and rebound to St. John Neumann.

What is the name for this array that's named after the French mathematician who discovered the pattern that could be used in algebra to calculate probability?

(beeper buzzes) Harrison.

- Cartesian.

- No, we're looking for Pascal's triangle.

Let's go on now to a toss-up in literature.

At the turn of the century, more than half the population of New York City and most immigrants and poor laborers lived in these narrow, low-rise apartment buildings that were usually overcrowded, unsanitary, and located in an undesirable- (beeper buzzes) Brodie, Milton - Tenements.

- Is correct, and here comes your bonus question now.

These enclosed compartments in plant and fungal cells, as well as some protist, animal, and bacterial cells, contain water and molecules of inorganic and organic materials.

What are these organelles called that have (beeper buzzes) no specific size or shape?

- Vacuoles.

- Is correct for your bonus points, Milton, as we move on to a toss-up now in art.

In art, this term refers to a circle of light that is painted around the head of a sacred person.

(beeper buzzes) Harrison, St. John Neumann - Halos.

- Is incorrect, I'll finish and rebound to Milton.

In meteorology, it refers to a dark gray cloud that brings rain, snow, or hail.

What is this term?

(beeper buzzes) - Communo limbus?

- No, we're looking for simply nimbus, nimbus.

Let's go on to a toss-up in world geography now.

This country in Southeast Asia has a population of over 17 million.

Its capital, the most populous city, is Phnom Penh.

(whistle beeps) Name this country that is a member of the United Nations.

(beeper buzzes) Harrison, St. John Neumann.

- Thailand.

- Is incorrect, rebound to Milton.

(timer beeps) That country is Cambodia.

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 12 rapid-fire questions as they can in one minute.

St. John Neumann has won the coin toss and will pick first.

Your categories are vocational or U.S. geography.

(participants whispering) - U.S. geography.

- U.S. geography it is, and your time begins after I finish reading the first question.

You'll be given the name of a capital city of a state in our country.

Give us the river on which each is located.

St. Paul, Minnesota.

(beeper buzzes) Harrison.

- Mississippi.

- [Paul] Yes, Austin, Texas.

You don't know, you can pass.

(beeper buzzes) - Pass.

- [Paul] Colorado.

Richmond, Virginia (beeper buzzes) - Pass.

- [Paul] That's James River, Albany New York.

(beeper buzzes) - Pass.

- [Paul] That's the Hudson River, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

(beeper buzzes) - Pass.

- That's the Mississippi, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

(beeper buzzes) - Susquehanna.

- [Paul] Yes, Hartford, Connecticut.

(beeper buzzes) - Pass.

- [Paul] That's the Connecticut River.

Pierre, South Dakota.

(beeper buzzes) - Pass.

- [Paul] The Missouri River, Salem, Oregon.

(beeper buzzes) - Pass.

- That's the Willamette River.

(whistle beeps) Okay, St. John Neumann, that's gonna wrap up your portion of the lightning round.

Milton, we're coming over to you, and your remaining category will be vocational, and once again, your time begins after I finish reading the first question.

According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, identify the U.S. state that leads our nation in the production of these agricultural products as of July, 2024.

Corn.

(beeper buzzes) - Iowa.

- [Paul] Yes, soybeans.

(beeper buzzes) - Pass.

- [Paul] Illinois, beef cattle.

(beeper buzzes) - Pass.

- [Paul] Texas, coffee.

(beeper buzzes) - California.

- [Paul] Hawaii, rice.

(beeper buzzes) - Pass.

- [Paul] Arkansas, chickens.

(beeper buzzes) - Pennsylvania.

- [Paul] Alabama, grapes.

(beeper buzzes) - California.

- [Paul] Yes, bananas.

(beeper buzzes) - Hawaii.

- [Paul] Yes, hay.

(beeper buzzes) - Pass.

- [Paul] Texas, potatoes.

(beeper buzzes) - Idaho.

- [Paul] Yes, apples.

(beeper buzzes) - Pennsylvania.

- [Paul] Washington, peaches.

(beeper buzzes) - Georgia.

- No, California, surprisingly.

All right, that's going to do it for the lightning round, and after that, well, we have a tied game, St. John Neumann and Milton knotted up at 35 a piece, and now we're going to move into the second quarter with this toss-up question in literature.

This term refers to the introduction of the characters, setting, and place at the beginning of the story, thus providing the background knowledge (beeper buzzes) that's, Pierce, Milton.

- Exposition.

- Is correct, and here comes your bonus now.

Thomas Ferebee was a bombardier on the Enola Gay.

He had a front row seat to the dropping of the atomic bomb that was dubbed Little Boy.

On what city was this bomb dropped?

(participants whispering) - Hiroshima.

(beeper buzzes) - Hiroshima.

- Hiroshima is correct for your bonus points, Milton, as we move on to a toss-up now in astronomy.

There are four gas giant planets recognized in our solar system.

They're are much larger than the Earth.

Which of the gas giants is the densest?

(beeper buzzes) Pierce, Milton.

- Neptune.

- Is correct, and here comes your bonus question.

Clint Eastwood and Meryl Streep were the main characters in a film that was set in Iowa and based upon a bestselling novel by Robert James Waller.

Identify this novel about a married woman and a photographer.

(beeper buzzes) - "Sleepless in Seattle."

- No, we're looking (chuckling) for "The Bridges of Madison County."

Let's go on to a toss-up now in geometry.

If two triangles have equal corresponding angles and proportional corresponding sides, what is the relationship between these triangles?

(beeper buzzes) Harrison, St. John Neumann.

- Complimentary.

- Is incorrect, rebound to Milton.

(beeper buzzes) - Congruency.

- Is incorrect, we're looking, they are similar, similar.

- [Participant] Oh.

- Let's go on to a toss-up now in novels.

"Catching Fire" is the second book in a series written by, (beeper buzzes) Miles, Milton.

(participants whispering and laughing) I need an answer.

(timer beeps) Okay, we'll finish the question and rebound to St. John Neumann.

Written by a very popular American author and television writer, who wrote the 2009 bestselling novel "Catching Fire"?

(beeper buzzes) Harrison.

- Pass.

- We're looking for Suzanne Collins.

Let's go on now to a toss-up in literature.

The book, "The Curse of the Bambino" is a nonfiction book written by Dan Shaughnessy.

It revolves around a curse that has haunted the Boston Red Sox for years, thus preventing them from winning any World Championships from 1920 to 2004.

What player did the Red Sox trade (beeper buzzes) to the New York Yankees?

Lucas, St. John.

- Babe Ruth.

- Is correct, and here comes your bonus now.

The Institute for Genomic Research, or TIGR, was founded in 1992 by Craig Venter.

It's a nonprofit research facility whose primary interest is sequencing of genomes.

It's where the first complete bacterial DNA sequences were accomplished.

In what state is TIGR located?

(beeper buzzes) Lucas.

- Virginia.

- No, very close.

We're looking for the state just south of us, Maryland.

Let's move on now to a toss-up in world history.

This member of the Social Democratic Party previously served as Finance Minister and the Vice Chancellor of Germany in Angela Merkel's cabinet.

On December 8th, 2021, he replaced Angela Merkel as the Chancellor of Germany in a ceremony in- (beeper buzzes) - Olaf- - [Paul] Harrison, St. John Neumann.

- Olaf Schultz.

- Is correct, and here comes your bonus question.

What American impressionist painter who chose mainly women and children as her subject painted children playing on the beach and the boating party?

(whistle beeps) (timer beeps) That answer is Olaf Schultz.

No, wait a minute, it's Mary Cassatt, Mary Cassatt.

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 Milton, and Alex, I'll come to you first.

Tell me what you like to do for fun.

- Well, I like playing video games, playing guitar, and hanging out with friends and family.

- [Paul] Awesome, thanks, Alex, Brodie.

- I like making music and also playing video games.

- Okay, Miles?

- I like making music and playing video games with Brodie.

- [Paul] Okay, (laughs) Pierce.

- I like to go to the movies with my brother whenever a new movie comes out, and then I also like to play video games.

- [Paul] Awesome, thanks, Milton.

Good luck the rest of the way.

Alexa, coming over to you, what do you like to do for fun?

- I like to play basketball and practice guitar.

- [Paul] Okay, thank you, Kallee.

- I like to play basketball and listen to music.

- [Paul] Thanks, Kallee, Harrison.

- I like to edit Wikipedia and play video games.

- [Paul] All right, and Lucas.

- I like to play tennis and listen to music.

- All right, thanks, St. John.

It was very nice to meet all of you, and we'll now go ahead and begin the third quarter with this toss-up question in sports.

What name is given to a 200 bowling game that is scored by filling in a continuous and alternating spare-strike pattern or strike-spare pattern?

(timer beeps) That is the Dutch 200.

Let's go on now to a toss-up in physics.

What is the standard unit of measurement for momentum if the mass is in kilograms and the velocity is in meters?

(beeper buzzes) Alex, Milton.

- Newtons.

Oops, newtons.

- Is incorrect, rebound to St. John Neumann.

(beeper buzzes) - Pascals.

- No, we're looking for kilograms times meters per second.

Let's go on now to a toss-up in art.

In which Italian city did Leonardo da Vinci paint his original painting of "The Last Supper"?

(beeper buzzes) Lucas, St. John Neumann.

- Florence.

- Is incorrect, rebound to Milton.

(beeper buzzes) - Venice.

- Nope, that city is Milan, Milan.

Let's go to a toss-up now in novels.

This American author and television writer has written a young adult utopian book series and a children's fantasy book series, as well as scripts for the "Little Bear" and other television series.

Name this author of the book, "The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes."

(beeper buzzes) - Suzanne Collins.

- [Paul] Miles, Milton.

- Suzanne Collins.

- Is correct, and here comes your bonus now.

A play revolves around this character.

They're sometimes good and sometimes bad.

What four-syllable term refers to the main character in any book or play?

(beeper buzzes) - Protagonist.

- Is correct for your bonus points, Milton, great job, as we move on to a toss-up now in American history.

What 1798 act allowed the U.S. president to deport, imprison, and manage immigrants, and made it a crime to criticize the government in literature?

(beeper buzzes) Harrison, St. John.

- The Espionage Act.

- Is incorrect, we'll rebound to Milton.

(timer beeps) That is the Alien and Sedition Act.

Let's go on now to a toss-up in anatomy.

What type of glands in the human body excrete their products through ducts as compared to releasing them directly into the bloodstream?

(beeper buzzes) Pierce, Milton.

- Sweat glands.

- Is incorrect, rebound to St. John Neumann.

(beeper buzzes) - Is it salvatory glands?

- No, we're looking for the exocrine glands, the exocrine glands.

Let's go to a toss-up now in drama.

What Arthur Miller play is based around the Keller and the Deever families, ending with Joe Keller's suicide?

(timer beeps) That answer is "All My Sons."

Let's go to a toss-up now in novels.

This young adult novel was on "The New Times" bestseller list.

It tells the story of six friends heading to the beach for spring break.

Things take a sharp, unexpected turn when they lose cell phone service, get lost, and a sniper, who turns out to be mafia, shoots out their tires.

Give the title of this mystery thriller by Holly Jackson.

(timer beeps) That's a tough one.

We're looking for "Five Survive."

Let's go to a toss-up in computer science now.

Which function key on the top row of the computer keyboard is commonly used to enable the full screen mode in most- (beeper buzzes) Pierce, Milton.

- F11.

- Is correct, and here comes your bonus.

It's the 11th largest lake in the world, and is the shallowest of the Great Lakes.

(whistle beeping) Name this Great Lake on which Cleveland, Ohio is located.

(beeper buzzes) - Erie.

- Erie is correct for your bonus points, Milton, and that sound that you heard signals the end of the third quarter and another lightning round.

(graphics whooshing) This time, Milton will pick first.

Your categories are anatomy or drama.

(participants whispering) - Drama?

- Yes.

(beeper buzzes) - Drama.

- Drama it is, and your time begins after I finish reading the first question.

You'll be given the name of a highly recognized play throughout the history of drama.

Give the playwright who wrote each of these works.

"Death of a Salesman."

(beeper buzzes) - Hemingway.

- [Paul] Arthur Miller, "Hedda Gabler."

(beeper buzzes) - Pass.

- [Paul] Henrik Ibsen, "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof."

(beeper buzzes) - Pass.

- [Paul] Tennessee Williams, "Don Quixote."

(beeper buzzes) - Miguel de Cervantes.

- [Paul] Yes, "Pygmalion."

(beeper buzzes) - Pass.

- [Paul] George Bernard Shaw, "The Odd Couple."

(beeper buzzes) - Pass.

- [Paul] Neil Simon, "Long Day's Journey Into Night."

(beeper buzzes) - Pass.

- Eugene O'Neill, "Our Town."

(beeper buzzes) - Herman Melville.

- [Paul] Thornton Wilder, "Buried Child."

(beeper buzzes) - Pass.

- [Paul] Sam Shepherd, "The Piano Lesson."

(beeper buzzes) - Shakespeare.

- [Paul] August Wilson, "Lost in Yonkers."

(beeper buzzes) - Pass.

- That's also Neil Simon, "The Picture of Dorian Gray."

(beeper buzzes) - Jeremy Allen White.

(whistle beeping) - No, Oscar Wilde.

That was a tough subject, Milton.

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

St. John Neumann, we're coming over to you, and your remaining category will be anatomy.

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

Identify these organs, glands, or hormones that are associated with the human endocrine system.

The master gland located at the base of the brain.

(beeper buzzes) - Pass.

- [Paul] Pituitary, a butterfly-shaped gland at the front of the lower neck that controls metabolism.

(beeper buzzes) - Pass.

- [Paul] Thyroid, glands in the pelvic area of a female that produce eggs.

(beeper buzzes) - Uterus.

- [Paul] Ovaries, the organ that produces insulin.

(beeper buzzes) - Pass.

- [Paul] Pancreas, four small glands that control the level of calcium in the blood.

(beeper buzzes) - Pass.

- Parathyroids, a gland in the upper chest area that helps develop a child's immune system.

(beeper buzzes) - Pancreas.

- [Paul] Thymus, glands above each kidney that secrete a hormone that helps the body deal with stressful situations.

(beeper buzzes) - Gall bladder.

- [Paul] Adrenals, gland in the brain that links the nervous system with the endocrine system and creates hormones to control body temperature, hunger, thirst, and heart rate.

(beeper buzzes) - Amygdala.

- Hypothalamus.

(whistle beeping) All right, St. John, that's going to wrap up your portion of the lightning round, and after that, we currently have Milton in the lead over St. John Neumann, 95 to 55, as we begin the last segment of the game with this toss-up question in ancient history.

What sacred sight on the slopes of Mount Parnassus in southern Greece did the Greeks consider to be the center of the world?

(beeper buzzes) Pierce, Milton.

- Mount Olympus.

- Is incorrect, rebound to St. John Neumann.

(beeper buzzes) Harrison.

- Pass.

- That's Delphi, Delphi.

(timer beeping) Let's move on to a toss-up in astronomy now.

Which of Saturn's moons has lakes of methane on its surface, thus making it the only body in the solar system other than Earth to have any liquid material (beeper buzzes) on the surface?

Brodie, Milton.

- Titan.

- Is correct, and here comes your bonus question.

What football stadium, once known as Heinz Field, sits on the banks of the Allegheny River and is the home field for the Pittsburgh Steelers?

(participants whispering) (timer beeps) That is Acrisure Stadium.

Let's move on to a toss-up in general knowledge.

What low-calorie sugar substitute having a name that begins with the letter A has been marketed under the names of NutraSweet and Equal since 1988?

(beeper buzzes) Brodie, Milton.

- Aspartame.

- Is correct, and here comes your bonus now.

This thick, irregularly shaped bone that is located below the ileum is one of the three bones that are fused to create the coxal bone.

Where is this bone located in the human body?

(beeper buzzes) - The leg.

- No, we're looking for the pelvis or the hip.

Let's go on to a toss-up now in American history.

She worked in child welfare in New York City in the 1950s.

In 1969, she became the first Black woman from Brooklyn to be elected to the state assembly of New York, who went on to become the first African American woman in Congress, a seat she held for five terms.

(timer beeps) That is Shirley Chisholm.

Let's go to a toss-up now in physics.

Illumination of a surface is measured in lumens per square meter.

What three-letter word is a unit of measurement comparable to lumen per square meter?

(beeper buzzes) Brodie, Milton.

- Ray.

- Is incorrect, rebound to St. John Neumann.

(timer beeps) That answer is lux, L-U-X.

Let's go to a toss-up in physics.

Sound waves in front of a moving object are compressed into shorter wavelengths, and thus have a higher frequency.

Sound waves behind a moving object are stretched out to a longer wavelength, thus creating a lower frequency.

We experience this daily when we hear a change from high pitch to lower pitch every time that a car passes us, what is the name- (beeper buzzes) Miles, Milton.

- Doppler effect.

- Is correct, and here comes your bonus now.

This Ionian Greek philosopher influenced others like Plato and Aristotle.

He's credited with many mathematical and scientific discoveries.

Some of his discoveries include the Earth's spherical shape, (beeper buzzes) the five regular solids, and a major mathematical theorem that bears his name.

Who was this Greek man who lived- (beeper buzzes) - Pythagoras.

- Is correct for your bonus points, Milton, as we move to a toss-up in vocabulary.

This adjective could be used to describe a cloud shape that can't be defined and classified, a segment of society that lacks organization or unity, or anything without a crystalline form.

Commonly used synonyms include nebulous, vague, and shapeless.

Name this three-syllable adjective beginning with the first letter of the alphabet that's been derived (whistle beeping) from a Greek term meaning without form.

(beeper buzzes) - Amorphous.

- Is correct, and your bonus now, this Portuguese diplomat was elected to the Portuguese parliament in 1976 where he served for 17 years.

He then served as the Prime Minister of Portugal from 1995 to 2002, and later became the UN High Commissioner for Refugees.

Name this man who's been serving as the Secretary General of the United Nations since 2017.

(timer beeps) That's Antonio Guterres, and that's the end of the game, and our winner tonight is Milton over St. John Neumann, 140 to 55.

Congratulations, Milton.

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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