(whistle blowing) (upbeat percussion) - 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 Montgomery versus Weatherly.

Representing Montgomery are Mary Green, Trace Furman, Mady Defenderfer, Owen Sherman.

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

Representing Weatherly are Serenity Stout, Klaus Arrow, James McLoren, and Noah Barella Guzman.

Trinity McCutchen and Connor McCauley are their alternates, and their advisor is Shane Moran.

"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'll go ahead and get started with this toss-up question.

What author of the 1638 book, "Discourses on Two New Sciences" supposedly two balls from the Leaning Tower of Pisa (buzzer beeps) and supported... Owen Montgomery.

- Galileo.

- [Paul] Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

An English governess believes that malevolent ghosts are haunting children named Miles and Flora in what 1898 novela by Henry James?

- Pass.

- Okay, that's the turn of the screw.

Let's move on to another toss-up question.

What monarch put down a Cossack rebellion led by Yemelyan Pugachev took, (buzzer beeps) James Weatherly.

- Catherine the Great.

- [Paul] Is correct.

And your bonus question, and get your pencils and papers ready.

What is the slope of a line whose equation has the form, X equals a constant?

(buzzer beeps) Klaus.

- Zero.

- Yes, that is correct for your bonus points, Weatherly.

Very good.

Let's move on to another toss-up question.

What woman who founded the Roots & Shoots program conducted research in Gombe Stream National Park, where she observed chimpanzees using tools?

Owen, Montgomery.

- Jane Goodall.

- [Paul] Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

What member of the first triumvirate lost the battle of Farsales to Julius Caesar, after which he fled to Egypt where he was assassinated?

- Pass.

- [Paul] Okay, that's Pompeii.

Here's your next toss-up question.

What novel in which venomous yellow spotted lizards inhabit camp Green Lake was written by Louis Sachar and named for objects?

(buzzer beeps) Owen, Montgomery.

- "Holes".

- [Paul] Is correct.

And here comes your bonus question.

Sydney is the capital of what most populous Australian state, which lies north of Victoria?

- New South Wales.

- Is correct for your bonus points, Montgomery, great job.

Here comes your next toss-up.

And again, get those pencils and papers ready.

How many significant digits are there in the number 0.0-- (buzzer beeps) Owen, Montgomery.

- Three.

- [Paul] Is correct.

Very good.

Here comes your bonus.

What piece of laboratory glassware has a conical body that narrows to a cylindrical neck, making it ideal for swirling its contents during titration?

- Beaker?

- No, we are looking for Erlenmeyer flasks.

Erlenmeyer flasks.

Here comes our next toss-up.

What state in which a monument known as its guidestones was bombed in 2022, is represented in the Senate by Jon Ossoff, and is governed from Atlanta?

(buzzer beeps) Owen, Montgomery.

- Georgia.

- [Paul] Is correct.

And here comes your bonus question.

In 1892, James B. Weaver was the presidential candidate of what Agrarian third party, that's supported by mentalism and the regulation of railroads?

- The Wigs?

- [Paul] Nope.

You're looking for the populist party.

The populist party.

Let's move on to another toss-up question.

What sculptor included fugitive love and Paolo and Francesca among the pieces inspired by Dante and the gates of hell?

(buzzer beeps) which also, James, Weatherly.

- Michelangelo.

- [Paul] Is incorrect.

I'll finish the question and rebound to Montgomery, which also includes The Thinker?

- Rodin.

- Rodin is correct for your rebound points, Montgomery.

And before we go any further, we want to point out that we have to make a scoring adjustment on Weatherly's part.

They answered incorrectly on a bonus question that had the slope of a line where they answered zero, and the answer is actually undefined or no.

We cannot accept zero.

So, we have to adjust the score to 10.

So, our current score is 65 to 10.

And now, it's time for the lightning round.

(electric buzzing) 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.

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

Your categories are, the Atlantic slave trade or the Arabian Sea.

- I would say Arabian Sea.

- Sure.

- The Arabian Sea.

- The Arabian Sea it is.

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

Name these places in the Arabian Sea or on its shores.

The ocean containing the Arabian Sea.

(buzzer beeps) Noah.

- Indian Ocean.

- [Paul] Yes.

Pakistan's most populous city.

(buzzer beeps) - Islamabad.

- [Paul] Karachi.

Sultanate, whose capital is Muscot?

(buzzer beeps) - Oman.

- [Paul] Yes.

Indian city, home to Bollywood.

(buzzer beeps) - Delhi.

- [Paul] Mumbai.

Island country in the seas Southeast governed from Bali.

(buzzer beeps) Noah.

- Maldives.

- [Paul] Is correct.

River, whose valley contains most of Pakistan's people.

(buzzer beeps) - Indus River?

- [Paul] Yes.

Strait, separating the Arabian Sea from the Persian Gulf.

(buzzer beeps) - Strait of Hormuz.

- [Paul] Yes.

Civil war-torn country North of the Gulf of Aden.

(buzzer beeps) - Myanmar.

- [Paul] Yemen.

Indian coastal state, a Portuguese colony until 1961.

(timer beeps) That was Goa.

All right, that's gonna wrap up your portion of the lightning round, Weatherly.

Montgomery, we're coming over to you.

And your remaining category will be the Atlantic slave trade.

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

Answer the following about the history of slavery in the new world.

The main crop that fueled slave demand in the United States.

(buzzer beeps) Owen.

- Cotton.

- [Paul] Yes.

English name for large farming estates worked by slaves.

(buzzer beeps) - Plantations.

- [Paul] Yes.

Country, whose slave trade, William Wilberforce helped abolish.

(buzzer beeps) - Liberia.

- [Paul] United Kingdom.

South Carolina port home to a major slave market.

(buzzer beeps) - Charleston.

- [Paul] Yes.

Author, who said slavery birth capitalism In Das Kapital.

- Pass.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- [Paul] Karl Marx.

Triangle trade leg that sent slaves to the Americas.

(buzzer beeps) - Middle passage.

- [Paul] Yes.

Country founded by Toussaint Louverture Slave Revolt.

(buzzer beeps) - Haiti.

- [Paul] Yes.

Snail shell currency often used to buy African slaves.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- [Paul] That's cowrie.

Underground Railroad conductor nicknamed, Moses.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- [Paul] Harriet Tubman.

West African Country, (timer beeps) And we're not going to get to that one, unfortunately.

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

And after that, we currently have Montgomery in the lead over Weatherly, 92-35.

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

In humans, what structures can have their function reduced by dosage compensation, can form bar bodies and cannot recombine with the smaller Y?

(buzzer beeps) Mary, Montgomery.

- Chromosomes.

- [Paul] Be more specific.

- X-chromosomes.

- [Paul] Is correct.

And here comes your bonus question.

What 2022 song added to the digital reissue of the album, "The Lockdown Sessions", is an Elton John and Britney Spear's remake of the song "Tiny Dancer"?

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- [Paul] Okay, that's "Hold Me Closer".

Let's do another toss-up question.

What president whose wife was nicknamed, 'Lemonade Lucy', after he banned alcohol at the White House, won the disputed 1876 election over Samuel Tilden?

(buzzer beeps) Mary, Montgomery.

- Theodore Roosevelt.

- [Paul] Is incorrect.

Rebound to Weatherly.

(buzzer beeps) - Buchanan.

- [Paul] Nope.

- That was Rutherford B. Hayes.

Rutherford B. Hayes.

Here comes your next toss-up question.

What author wrote about the Porteous riots in his novel, "The Heart of Midlothian", and described a Saxon Knight who serves King Richard The first in Ivanhoe?

(buzzer beeps) Owen, Montgomery.

- Conrad.

- [Paul] Incorrect.

Rebound to Weatherly.

(timer beeps) Okay, that was Sir Walter Scott.

Let's move on to another toss-up.

What ballet, including an Arabian dance and Waltz of The Flowers has its dancers portray Clara Drosselmeyer, the Mouse King and the SugarPlum Fairy?

(buzzer beeps) James, Weatherly.

- Christmas Dale?

- [Paul] Is incorrect.

Rebound to Montgomery.

(buzzer beeps) - The Nutcracker.

- [Paul] Is correct for your rebound points, Montgomery.

Let's move on to another toss-up question.

What operation in which Brigade 2506 was defeated after landing at the Playa Huron was a botched CIA backed attempt to topple Fidel Castro in 1961?

(buzzer beeps) James, Weatherly.

- Bay of Pigs Invasion.

- [Paul] Is correct.

And here's your bonus.

What former salesman is pelted with apples by his angry father, after turning into a monstrous vermin in Franz Kafka's novella "The Metamorphosis"?

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- Okay, that's Gregor Samsa.

Here's your next toss-up.

What organization which briefly controlled Rostov-on-Don during a 2023 mutiny led by Yevgeny Prigozhin, (buzzer beeps) Noah, Weatherly.

- Wagner Group.

- [Paul] Is correct.

And here comes your bonus.

In November, 2022, Anwar Ibrahim became Prime Minister of what Asian country, whose monarchy rotates among the rulers of states like Pahang and Johor?

Noah.

(buzzer beeps) - Thailand.

- [Paul] Is incorrect.

We're looking for Malaysia.

Malaysia.

Here's your next toss-up question.

What nine-letter word can mean a combination of functions like G of F of X, and can also mean numbers such as 12, (buzzer beeps) Klaus, Weatherly.

- Derivative.

- [Paul] Is incorrect.

I'll finish the question and rebound to Montgomery.

And can also mean numbers such as 12 and 21, that are products of primes.

(timer beeps) Okay, no takers there.

We're looking for composite.

(long beep) Composite.

And that sound that you heard signals the end of the first half.

And now, we're 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 Montgomery.

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

Tell me what your favorite movie is and why.

- My favorite movie is "Ratatouille".

I don't really have a good reason behind it.

I just think it's super funny to watch, and it's always one of those movies that you never get tired of.

- [Paul] It is a cool flick.

Thanks, Mary.

Trace.

- My favorite movie is "The Dark Knight".

I don't really have a reason.

- Who doesn't love Batman, right?

- Yeah.

- Awesome.

Mady.

- My favorite movie is "Percy Jackson", because it's a lot like the book.

- Okay, thank you Mady.

Owen.

- I would have to say the original "Star Wars" because I really enjoyed it growing up.

- Yeah, it was quite a special thing, Star Wars.

Thanks, Montgomery.

Good luck the rest of the way.

Weatherly, coming over to you.

Serenity, what is your favorite film and why?

- Probably, "Up".

It was one of the first movies that we watched after redoing our basement.

- [Paul] Okay, excellent.

Thank you.

Klaus.

- "Iron Man".

I don't have a reason.

- [Paul] You don't have to.

He's a fine superhero.

James.

- "Saw II".

I'm a really big fan.

(light chuckling) - [Paul] Stay away from me.

(light laughter) - [James] I'm a really big fan of the character development.

(chuckling) - [Paul] Noah.

- Going all quiet on the western front, I just like war movies.

- [Paul] Okay, very cool.

Thank you, Weatherly.

And good luck to you the rest of the way.

It was very nice to meet all of you, again.

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

What country was the sight of the Baton Death march, and the 1986-- (buzzer beeps) Noah, Weatherly.

- The Philippines.

- [Paul] Is correct.

And here comes your bonus.

What Shakespeare comedy centers on Antipholus and Dromio, who discovered they both have long lost twins also named Antipholus and Dromio?

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- Okay, that's "The Comedy of Errors".

Let's do another toss-up question.

What organization which was founded by William D. Bois and inspired by Robert Baden-Powell uses a merit badge system and teaches outdoor skills?

(buzzer beeps) James, Weatherly.

- The Boy Scouts of America.

- [Paul] Is correct.

And here's your bonus.

What Germanic artist included an anamorphic skull and a depiction of two visitors to the court of Henry VIII, in his 1533 painting "The Ambassadors"?

(buzzer beeps) - Martin Luther?

- [Paul] Nope.

We're looking for Hans Holbein.

Let's go to another toss-up, and get your pencils and papers out.

How many values are in a data set if the arithmetic mean of the set is 12 and the values in the set have a sum of 48?

(buzzer beeps) Owen, Montgomery.

- Three.

- [Paul] Is incorrect.

Rebound to Weatherly.

(buzzer beeps) Noah.

- Four.

- [Paul] Four is correct for your rebound points, Weatherly.

Great job.

Here comes your next toss-up.

What play in which a fountain pen is stolen by the protagonist's son, Biff, tells the story of suicidal Willy Loman and is by Arthur Miller?

(buzzer beeps) Owen, Montgomery.

- "Death of a Salesman."

- [Paul] Is correct.

And here comes your bonus question.

What British lieutenant sailed with Captain George Vancouver mapped the Pacific Northwest, and lent his name to a sound in Washington state?

(buzzer beeps) - Puget.

- Peter Puget is correct for your bonus points.

Great job, Montgomery.

Here comes another toss-up question.

What office in the Roman Catholic Church may be permanent or transitional ranks below a priest, and assists with mass and other services?

(buzzer beeps) James, Weatherly.

- Cardinal?

- [Paul] Is incorrect.

Rebound to Montgomery.

(buzzer beeps) - Owen.

- Bishop.

- [Paul] No.

The answer you're looking for was deacon.

Deacon.

Here's your next toss-up.

And keep those pencils and papers handy.

What value of X satisfies the equation, 3 raised to the X power equals 9 raised to the 3rd power, given 9 equals 3 squared?

(buzzer beeps) Owen, Montgomery.

- Four.

- [Paul] Is incorrect.

Rebound to Weatherly.

(buzzer beeps) Klaus.

- Five.

- No, we are looking for six.

Six.

Here comes our next toss-up.

What country is home to Omdurman, was Africa's largest by area until 2011, and contains-- (buzzer beeps) Noah, Weatherly.

- Sudan.

- [Paul] Is correct.

And here comes your bonus question.

What alliteratively named Confederate General, who lost at Chattanooga was formerly the namesake of Fort Liberty, a large army base in North Carolina?

(buzzer beeps) - Robert E. Lee?

- [Paul] No, looking for Braxton Bragg.

Bragg.

Here's your next toss-up question.

What 19th century poet wrote about huddled masses yearning to breathe free in a poem written for the Statue of Liberty titled "The New Colossus".

(long beep) (buzzer beeps) Owen, Montgomery.

- Key.

- [Paul] Is incorrect.

Rebound to Weatherly.

(buzzer beeps) James.

- Duval?

- [Paul] Nope.

We were looking for Emma Lazarus.

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

(electric buzzing) This time, Montgomery will pick first.

Your categories are, agencies and departments, or events by month.

- We'll go events by month.

- [Paul] Events by month, it is.

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

Give the month in which these events are scheduled to take place in 2024.

And some answers may repeat.

Memorial Day.

(buzzer beeps) - February.

- [Paul] May.

The Vernal Equinox or the first day of spring in the Northern Hemisphere.

(buzzer beeps) - March.

- [Paul] Yes.

Super Bowl '58.

(buzzer beeps) - February.

- [Paul] Yes.

The US presidential election.

(buzzer beeps) - November.

- [Paul] Yes.

The most recently established US federal holiday.

(buzzer beeps) - June.

- [Paul] Yes.

Canadian Thanksgiving.

(buzzer beeps) - October.

- [Paul] Yes.

The end of the Tour de France, and the start of the Paris Olympics.

(buzzer beeps) - July.

- [Paul] Yes.

Patriots Day.

(buzzer beeps) - July, - [Paul] April.

Boxing Day.

(buzzer beeps) - December.

- [Paul] Yes.

Eid al-Fitr, marking the end of Ramadan.

(buzzer beeps) - November.

- [Paul] April.

Okay, Montgomery, that's the end of your portion of the lightning round.

Weatherly, we're coming over to you.

And your category will be agencies and departments.

And once again, your time will begin after I finish reading the first question.

What federal cabinet level departments oversees these US agencies and organizations?

The Internal Revenue Service.

(buzzer beeps) James.

- The IRS.

- [Paul] Department of the Treasury.

Federal Aviation Administration.

(buzzer beeps) - Department of Transportation.

- [Paul] Yes.

Federal Bureau of Investigation.

(buzzer beeps) - FBI.

- [Paul] Department of Justice Census Bureau.

Don't know, you can pass.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- [Paul] That's Department of Commerce.

Secret Service.

(buzzer beeps) - Department of Defense?

- [Paul] Department of Homeland Security.

National Indian Gaming Commission.

(buzzer beeps) - Department of the Interior.

- [Paul] Yes.

Los Alamos National Laboratory.

(buzzer beeps) - Department of Energy.

- [Paul] Yes.

Food and Drug Administration.

(buzzer beeps) - Department of Commerce.

- [Paul] Department of Health and Human Services.

The Fulbright Scholarship Program.

(timer beeps) Okay, we're not gonna get to the Fulbright Scholarship program.

That was the Department of State.

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

And after that we currently have a close game.

Montgomery in the lead over Weatherly, 160-110.

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

What metal whose oars include concealite, forms a greenish patina called Verdigris, (buzzer beeps) and is alloy-- James, Weatherly.

- Bronze?

- [Paul] Is incorrect.

I'll finish the question and rebound to Montgomery.

And is alloyed with tin and bronze and with zinc and brass.

(buzzer beeps) - Copper.

- [Paul] Is correct for your rebound points, Montgomery.

Let's do another toss-up question.

What city where 21 people died when a flood of molasses swept its north end neighborhood, (buzzer beeps) James, Weatherly.

- Boston.

- [Paul] Is correct.

Here comes your bonus.

The DeVos family owns what Eastern Conference NBA team, which was the first professional team for which Shaquille O'Neal played?

(buzzer beeps) - Lakers?

- [Paul] Incorrect.

We're looking for the Orlando Magic.

Here's your next toss-up.

What composer is known for, The Viola Symphony Harold in Italy, as well as a five movement work depicting a Witch's Sabbath is "Symphonie Fantastique"?

(buzzer beeps) James, Weatherly.

- Antonio Salieri?

- [Pail] Is incorrect.

Rebound to Montgomery.

(buzzer beeps) - Hondo.

- [Paul] Nope.

We're looking for Hector Berlioz.

Here comes your next toss-up.

What poet wrote "Five Years have passed" in Tintern Abbey, and collaborated on lyrical ballads with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, a fellow British romantic?

(buzzer beeps) James, Weatherly.

- Charles Dickinson.

- [Paul] Is incorrect.

Rebound to Montgomery.

(buzzer beeps) Owen.

- Tennyson.

- No, we're looking for William Wordsworth.

William Wordsworth.

Here comes your next toss-up.

What island which is home to Montauk Point State Park, The Hamptons and the borough of Brooklyn, is south of Connecticut across a namesake-- (buzzer beeps) Mary, Montgomery.

- New York.

- [Paul] Is incorrect.

I'll finish the question and rebound to Weatherly.

Across a namesake sound.

(buzzer beeps) Noah.

- Long Island.

- [Paul] Long Island is correct for your rebound points, Weatherly.

Here comes your next toss-up.

Like a smaller red animal, what member of family, ursidae, has a false thumb, and can consume 10, (buzzer beeps) Mady, Montgomery.

- Red Panda.

- [Paul] Is correct.

And here comes your bonus question.

What physical quantity which has units of distance square times mass is the rotational analog of mass?

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- We were looking for moment of inertia.

Well, let's move on to another toss-up question.

What governmental post which was removed as a cabinet level role in 1971 was first held in 1775 by Benjamin Franklin in overseas mail delivery?

(buzzer beeps) Owen, Montgomery.

- Postmaster General.

- [Paul] Is correct.

And here comes your bonus question.

What deity, whose name precedes the word 'fhtagn' in occultus chant, is a fearsome octopus-like entity whose call titles a story by HP Lovecraft?

- Oh, is it Cthulhu?

- Cthulhu is correct for your bonus points, Montgomery.

And here comes another toss-up.

In what musical for which Hugh Jackman earned a 2022 Tony nomination, (buzzer beeps) Mary, Montgomery.

- "The Greatest Showman" - [Paul] Is incorrect.

I'll finish the question and rebound to Weatherly.

Are citizens of River City led by Harold Hill in singing 76 Trombones?

(timer beeps) (buzzer beeps) James.

- Hamilton.

- [Paul] Nope.

We're looking for, "The Music Man".

And that's the end of the game.

And our winner tonight is Montgomery over Weatherly, 195-130.

Congratulations Montgomery, you are 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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