(exciting music) (whistle blowing) ♪ Go - Welcome to 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 $5000.

Tonight's match features Montgomery versus Southern Columbia.

Representing Montgomery are Mary Green, Trace Furman, Madi Diefenderfer, Owen Sherman.

Their alternate is Amelia Shrimp, and their advisor is Kelly Kurtz.

Representing Southern Columbia are Isaac Carter, Landon Ferrara, Millind Capadia, Gavin Krebbs, and their alternates are Ryder McCoug, and Ethan Rush.

Their advisor is Leanne Rutton.

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 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.

And we're going to get started this evening with this toss-up question.

What word, which in most dialects is a homophone of a wood beam that connects two working oxen means an egg's nutrient rich- (buzzer buzzes) Owen, Montgomery?

- Yoke?

- Is correct.

And your bonus question now.

What 19th century British poet wrote about an elderly Greek hero who vows to strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield in the poem "Ulysses"?

- Pass.

- Okay, we were looking for Alfred Lord Tennyson.

Alfred Lord Tennyson.

Here's your next toss-up question.

What celestial body was discovered in 1846 based on calculations by Urbain Le Verrier to explain anomalies in the orbit of its inner neighbor, Uranus?

(buzzer buzzes) Owen, Montgomery?

- Neptune?

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

George Gershwin wrote an overture named after what western hemisphere country whose musical traditions include the rumba and salsa?

(buzzer buzzes) - Spain?

- No, we're looking for Cuba.

Let's move onto another toss-up question.

What 19th century author portrayed a Spanish servant's love for a queen in "Ruy Blas" and ascribed reformed convict, Jean Valjean in "Les Miserable"?

(buzzer buzzes) Owen, Montgomery?

- Victor Hugo?

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

What present day country, home to the 18th century Durrani Empire, was later contested in the Great Game and lay between Persia and British India?

- Afghanistan?

- [Paul] You buzz in, please.

(buzzer buzzes) - Afghanistan?

- Is correct for your bonus points.

Great job.

Here's your next toss-up.

What recipient of the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize, known for her blue bordered white sari, was an Albanian nun who founded the Missionaries of Charity?

(timer buzzes) Okay, that was Mother Teresa.

Let's move onto another toss-up.

What number of hydrogen atoms in ethylene is also the number of carbon atoms in butane and the number of bonds formed by almost all carbon atoms?

(buzzer buzzes) Landon, Southern Columbia?

- Four?

Four?

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

The 2013 Newbery Medal was given to what novel by Katherine Applegate, which is told from the perspective of a gorilla who lives in a cage at a mall?

(buzzer buzzes) - No answer.

- Okay, that's "The One and Only Ivan".

Here's your next toss-up.

What economic concept, one of three classical factors of production with land and labor denotes the durable goods used in production?

(buzzer buzzes) Owen, Montgomery?

- Resources?

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Southern Columbia.

(buzzer buzzes) Landon?

- Agriculture?

- No, we're looking for capital.

Capital.

Here's your next toss-up.

What country underwent the National Reorganization Process, or Dirty War, and lost the Falklands War in the decade after Juan Peron's death?

(buzzer buzzes) Owen, Montgomery?

- Argentina?

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

In October 2022, an explosion partially destroyed a bridge crossing what strait to the east of the Crimean Peninsula?

(buzzer buzzes) - No answer.

(timer dinging) - Okay.

That's the Kerch Strait.

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

(title whooshes) (electricity zaps) 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.

Montgomery has won the coin toss, and will pick first.

Your categories are Sweetness or American Poets.

- Sweetness.

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

Name these sweet tasting things.

Disaccharide, known as table sugar.

(buzzer buzzes) - Sucrose?

- [Paul] Yes.

Sweet liquid in flowers that hummingbirds drink.

(buzzer buzzes) - Nectar?

- [Paul] Yes.

Simple sugar that is the brain's main fuel.

(buzzer buzzes) - Glucose?

- Yes.

Bodily fluid that can be sweet in people with diabetes.

(buzzer buzzes) - Insulin?

- [Paul] Urine.

Food product made by boiling sap from a maple tree.

(buzzer buzzes) Owen?

- Syrup.

- Is correct.

Sweet secretion from aphids harvested by some ants.

(buzzer buzzes) - Pass.

- [Paul] It's honeydew.

Zero calorie natural sweetener extracted from a namesake plant genus.

(buzzer buzzes) - Pass.

- [Paul] Stevia.

Sweet brown sauce created by a heat-induced chemical reaction.

(buzzer buzzes) - Molasses.

- [Paul] Caramel.

Artificial sweetener named for an amino acid that people with PKU avoid.

(buzzer buzzes) - Pass.

- That's aspartame.

(timer dings) And that's going to do it for your portion of the lightning round, Montgomery.

And now we're gonna come over to you, Southern Columbia.

And your remaining category will be American Poets.

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

Name the authors of these lines of poetry.

"Quoth the raven, nevermore."

(buzzer buzzes) - Edgar Allen Poe?

- Yes.

"On the deck my captain lies, "fallen cold and dead."

(buzzer buzzes) - Pass.

- [Paul] Walt Whitman.

"Listen my children, and you shall hear "of the midnight ride of Paul Revere."

(buzzer buzzes) - Pass.

- [Paul] Longfellow.

"Because I could not stop for death."

(buzzer buzzes) - Pass.

- [Paul] Emily Dickinson.

"Anyone lived in a pretty how town."

(buzzer buzzes) - T.S.

Eliot.

E.E.

Cummings.

"Some say the world will end in fire, some say in ice."

(buzzer buzzes) - Pass.

- [Paul] Robert Frost.

"What happens to a dream deferred?"

(buzzer buzzes) - Pass.

- [Paul] Langston Hughes.

"I have eaten the plums that were in the ice box."

(buzzer buzzes) - Pass.

(timer dinging) - That was William Carlos Williams.

And that's going to do it for the lightning round, and after that, we currently have Montgomery in the lead over Southern Columbia, 65 to 15.

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

In what process, which can occur after the breaking of the Coulomb barrier in a stellarator or tokamak are two atomic nuclei joined together?

(buzzer buzzes) Owen, Montgomery.

- Fusion?

- Is correct.

And your bonus question.

Members of what branch of the US Military supposedly earned the nickname Devil Dogs for their actions at the Battle of Belleau Wood in World War One?

(buzzer buzzes) - Marines?

- That's correct for your bonus points, and now let's move onto the next toss-up question.

What ethnic group's cuisines includes rice cakes called tteok, the chili paste gochujang, marinated meat in Bulgogi- (buzzer buzzes) And Owen, Montgomery?

- South Korea?

Korean?

- Is correct.

And your bonus question.

The world's most populous Francophone city is what capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo?

(buzzer buzzes) - Kinshasa?

- Is correct for your bonus points, Owen.

Great job.

And here's your next toss-up.

What statistical quantity represented by the line inside the box in a box plot is found by putting a dataset in order and finding the middle value?

(buzzer buzzes) Owen, Montgomery.

- Median?

- Is correct.

And your bonus question.

DNA tests conducted in 1998 revealed that Thomas Jefferson likely had six children with what woman whom he enslaved at Monticello?

(buzzer buzzes) - No answer.

- Okay, that was Sally Hemings.

Here's your next toss-up.

What vessel, owned by Juan de la Cosa, was the largest of the three ships in Christopher Columbus' first voyage, and was named after the mother of Jesus?

(buzzer buzzes) - Mary, Montgomery.

- Santa Maria?

- Is correct.

And your bonus question now.

Planck's constant divided by momentum gives the De Broglie effect, De Broglie value, rather, of what quantity, which is about 400 to 700 nanometers for visible light?

(buzzer buzzes) - Wavelength?

- Is correct for your bonus points.

Let's move onto your next toss-up question.

What show featured Luke Kirby as controversial performer Lenny Bruce, streamed on Amazon Prime, and starred Rachel Brosnahan as the title comic?

(timer dings) Okay, the answer was "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel".

Here's your next toss-up question.

What current Republican presidential candidate, Donald Trump's first ambassador to the UN, earlier spent six years as governor of South Carolina?

(buzzer buzzes) Landon, Southern Columbia?

- De Santos?

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Montgomery.

(buzzer buzzes) - Mike Pence?

- No, you're looking for Nikki Haley.

Nikki Haley.

Here's your next toss-up.

What adjective can refer to major and minor keys with the same letter name to lines of longitude, or to lines in the same plane that don't intersect?

(buzzer buzzes) Owen, Montgomery.

- Parallel?

- Is correct.

And bonus question now.

Heated limestone is used to make clinker, a key ingredient in what material that binds together gravel and sand in concrete?

(buzzer buzzes) - Cement?

- Cement is correct for your bonus points, Montgomery.

And here comes the next toss-up.

What character mutters "Puppy biscuit" to himself as he imagines himself as a lawyer- (timer dings) and hydroplane pilot in a James Thurber work about his secret life?

(buzzer buzzes) Owen, Montgomery.

- Pi?

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Southern Columbia.

(timer dings) Okay, we're looking for Walter Mitty.

Walter Mitty.

And that sound that you heard signals the end of the first half, and we're going to take a little break, and give our contestants time to chat with you, and give you the audience an opportunity to get to know them a little bit.

And we'll start with our students from Montgomery.

Mary, I'll come to you first.

Tell me who your favorite musician is, and why.

- Ooh, I would say that my favorite musician at the moment is Olivia Rodrigo, not because she's starting to actually have an uptick, but I really like the way that she creates her music and composes it, and I also like that she's around my age, so it gives me a chance to really connect and see what people my age can do.

- She's a peer, right?

- She is.

- That's excellent.

Thanks, Mary.

Trace, your favorite musician and why?

- Probably J. Cole.

Because his lyrics, they're very influential.

I see the way that he forms people's life and the way that he can help different people.

- Excellent.

Thank you, Trace.

Mady?

- I would probably say Taylor Swift, because she is rising as a star, and her music is just, it means a lot to me.

- All right, thank you Mady.

And Owen?

- I would say Guns N' Roses.

I listen to their music a lot.

I've seen them in concert, and they're a good band.

- Excellent.

They are a good show.

Good luck the rest of the way, Montgomery.

Southern Columbia, coming over to you.

Isaac, who is your favorite musician and why?

- I'd say Kanye West, because he started from the bottom and he built his portfolio up good.

- All right.

Self-made, right?

Landon, how about you?

- I would say Kanye West, because he's the greatest rap artist of all time.

- Okay.

Those are some tall words right there.

I'm a Fatboy's fan myself.

Millind, your favorite musician and why?

- I'm not sure, but I'll probably say Kanye West, because he's a very good singer and rapper, so.

- All right, Gavin are you team Kanye?

- I really like Kanye, but right now my favorite artist is probably Radiohead, 'cause I just like how their instrumentals create emotion.

- Absolutely.

So a melange of musical tastes here Scholastic Scrimmage today.

It was very nice to meet all of you.

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

What mammalian class that includes marmots and capybaras has members whose incisors never- (buzzer buzzes) Landon, Southern Columbia?

- Rodents?

- Is correct.

And your bonus question, what name was coined by Benjamin Russel in 1817 to refer to the apparent mood of national harmony during James Monroe's presidency?

(buzzer buzzes) - Joy?

- No, we were looking for the Era of Good Feelings.

Here's your next toss-up question.

What party which supported the American system of high tariffs and a national bank was led by Henry Clay- (buzzer buzzes) Owen, Montgomery?

- Federalists?

- Is incorrect.

I'll finish the question and rebound to Southern Columbia.

And opposed the Democrats in the 1840s.

(buzzer buzzes) Isaac?

- The Whig Party?

- The Whig Party is correct for your rebound point, Southern Columbia.

Here comes your next toss-up.

What instrument played by both Allen Vizzutti and Wynton Marsalis is a cylindrical relative of the cornet, and is a high-pitched- (buzzer buzzes) brass?

Mary, Montgomery?

- Clarinet.

- Is incorrect.

I will rebound, or finish the question, and rebound to Southern Columbia.

High pitched brass instrument.

(buzzer buzzes) - Flute?

- Nope.

We're looking for the trumpet.

The trumpet.

Here comes your next toss-up.

What last name is shared by Diogenes club co-founder Mycroft, and by his brother who lives at 221B Baker Street and solves mysteries with Dr. Watson?

(buzzer buzzes) Owen, Montgomery?

- Holmes?

- Is correct.

And your bonus question now.

The same where every member held a liberum veto, was the legislature of a commonwealth comprised of Lithuania and what other present day country?

(buzzer buzzes) - Estonia?

- No, we were looking for Poland.

Let's move onto another toss-up question.

What computer devices, which sends scan codes and have designs including the Dvorak layout, may have a home row containing the letters A and L?

(buzzer buzzes) Millind, Southern Columbia?

- Keyboard?

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

What Mexican flowering plant with red and green foliage is named for a secretary of war who served as the first US Minister to Mexico?

(buzzer buzzes) - Poinsettia?

- Is correct for your bonus points, Southern Columbia.

Let's move onto another toss-up.

What amendment that provided the primary reasoning for the Brown V. Board decision was the Second Reconstruction Amendment, and guarantees due process?

(buzzer buzzes) - 18th?

- [Paul] Gavin, Southern Columbia.

- 18th?

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Montgomery.

(buzzer buzzes) - Seventh?

- Nope.

You're looking for 14th.

14th.

Let's go to another toss-up.

What Japanese artist who performed Cut Piece is shown in an Annie Leibovitz photo being embraced by her husband, her nude husband, John Lennon of the Beatles?

(buzzer buzzes) Owen, Montgomery?

- Yoko Ono?

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

William Shockley and Walter Schottky confusingly both named types of what circuit devices which ideally allow current to flow in only one direction?

(buzzer buzzes) - Capacitors?

- No, the answer that we were looking for was diodes.

(timer dings) Diodes.

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

(title whooshes) (electricity buzzes) This time Southern Columbia will pick first.

Your categories are Indigenous American Words, or Four Letter Acronyms.

- Four Letter Acronyms.

- Four Letter Acronyms it is.

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

Give the usual four letter acronym for these organizations and businesses.

Main US space agency.

(buzzer buzzes) - NASA?

- [Paul] Yes.

Federal agency that checks workplace safety.

(buzzer buzzes) - Pass.

- [Paul] OSHA.

Military alliance joined by Finland in 2023.

(buzzer buzzes) - NATO?

- [Paul] Yes.

Federal organization founded in 1979 that responds to natural disasters?

(buzzer buzzes) - Pass.

- [Paul] That's FEMA.

Sports broadcaster based in Bristol, Connecticut.

(buzzer buzzes) - ESPN?

- Yes.

13 member group of nations with major oil reserves.

(buzzer buzzes) - Pass.

- [Paul] OPEC.

PAC 12 school whose teams are the Bruins.

(buzzer buzzes) - UCLA?

- [Paul] Yes.

Largest British bank which was founded in Hong Kong.

(buzzer buzzes) - Pass.

- [Paul] That's HSBC.

Protestant group founded by George Williams that operates sports programs.

(buzzer buzzes) - Pass.

- [Paul] That's the YMCA.

Nonprofit that runs- (timer dinging) the Voting Rights Project, that was the ACLU.

We ran out of time there.

That's going to do it for your portion of the second lightning round, Southern Columbia.

And we're gonna come over to Montgomery.

Montgomery, your remaining category will be Indigenous American Words.

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

Give these words that originated in the languages of Native peoples of the New World.

Soft shoe or slipper made of animal hide.

(buzzer buzzes) Owen?

- Moccasin.

- Yes.

Domed shelter made of blocks of snow.

(buzzer buzzes) - Igloo?

- [Paul] Yes.

Thick roll of smoking tobacco.

(buzzer buzzes) - Cigar?

- [Paul] Yes.

North America's largest marsupial.

(buzzer buzzes) - Pass.

- Opossum.

Bat excrement prized as fertilizer.

(buzzer buzzes) - Guano?

- [Paul] Yes.

Sweet food made from cacao.

(buzzer buzzes) - Chocolate?

- [Paul] Yes.

An edible gourd such as pumpkin or zucchini.

(buzzer buzzes) - Squash?

- [Paul] Yes.

A loose blanket-like garment worn over the torso with a simple hole for the head.

(buzzer buzzes) - Shirt?

- [Paul] Poncho.

A revered symbol found on a pole.

(buzzer buzzes) - Totem?

- [Paul] Yes.

Primary ingredient in guacamole.

(buzzer buzzes) - Avocado.

- [Paul] Is correct.

And that's going to do it for the second lightning round, and after that, we currently have Montgomery in the lead over Southern Columbia.

195 to 70, but still plenty of time to turn things around, Southern Columbia.

We're now going to begin the last quarter of the game with this toss-up question.

What holiday commemorated by a Walk for Freedom led by its grandmother Opal Lee became a federal holiday in 2021, and celebrates emancipation?

(buzzer buzzes) - Juneteenth?

- [Paul] Isaac, Southern Columbia.

- Juneteenth.

- Is correct.

Here's your bonus.

A mythical canine called the sha represented what god who married Nephthys and fought for power with his nephew, Horus?

(buzzer buzzes) - Odin?

- No.

You're looking for Set.

Let's move onto another toss-up.

What Greek god who fathered Erichthonius on Gaia was thrown off of Mount Olympus by his mother, Hera, but returned and became the gods' blacksmith?

(buzzer buzzes) Trace?

- Hephaestus?

- Hephaestus is correct, and your bonus question.

What man who overcame a severe stutter became king following the abdication of his brother, Edward VIII in 1936, and was the father of Elizabeth II?

(buzzer buzzes) - Charles II?

- No, you're looking for George VI.

Let's move onto another toss-up.

What author described Major Ossai using a stapler for torture in "Anthills of the Savannah", and depicted Okonkwo hanging himself in "Things Fall Apart"?

(buzzer buzzes) Millind, Southern Columbia.

- Is it, like, Achibe?

Or Achebe?

- [Paul] Judges?

- [Judge] Yes.

- [Paul] Chinua Achebe is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

In anonymous medieval romance, what Arthurian knight is given a year and a day to seek out the green chapel after he beheads the Green Knight?

(buzzer buzzes) - Arthur?

- No.

We're looking for Sir Gawain.

Sir Gawain.

Here's your next toss-up.

What fashion house which is led by CEO Leena Nair produces the 2.55 handbag, and the Number 5 fragrance, and is named after its French founder- (buzzer buzzes) Isaac, Southern Columbia?

- Chanel?

Chanel?

- Correct, and here comes your bonus question.

What final French monarch was deposed as emperor after being captured by Prussian forces at the Battle of Sedan in 1870?

(buzzer buzzes) Isaac?

- The Hasburgs?

- No, we were looking for Napoleon III.

Here's your next toss-up question.

What organelle releases cytochrome C to begin apoptosis is the site of the electron transport chain- (buzzer buzzes) And is called, Isaac, Southern Columbia.

- Mitochondria?

- Is correct.

And here comes your bonus question.

Which French artist depicted men signaling to a distant boat after surviving a shipwreck in The Raft of the Medusa?

(buzzer buzzes) - Pass.

- That's Theodore Gericault.

Let's move onto another toss-up question.

What event, which caused the formation of the elephant's foot, and turned Pripyat into a ghost town occurred in Ukraine in 1986- (buzzer buzzes) Owen, Montgomery?

- Chernobyl?

- Is correct.

And here comes your bonus question.

What title character poisons herself with arsenic after having unsatisfying affairs and becoming indebted in a novel by Gustave Flaubert?

(buzzer buzzes) Owen?

- Madame Bovary?

- Is correct for your bonus points.

Let's go to another toss-up question.

What country, which is home to most speakers- (timer dings) of the Walloon language has a northern Dutch region speaking of Flanders that surrounds Brussels?

(buzzer buzzes) Owen, Montgomery?

- Belgium?

- Is correct.

And your bonus.

The world's smallest inhabited island is one of the thousand islands and archipelago located in what river on the US-Canada border?

(buzzer buzzes) - The Hudson?

- No, we're looking for the St. Lawrence River.

And that's the end of the game, and our winner tonight is Montgomery over Southern Columbia.

230 to 110.

Congratulations, Montgomery.

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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