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(whistle blowing) (upbeat music) ♪ Go - Welcome to this 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 $1,000, $3,000, or $5,000.

Tonight's match features Montrose versus Blue Ridge.

Representing Montrose are Allison Jennings, Elyssia Gerald, Madeline Dorval, and Ben Fowler.

Their alternate is Madison Dunham, and their advisor is Ryan Griffiths.

Representing Blue Ridge are Jaseh Motiga, Michael Rosa Parker Glasgow, and Tyler Carpenter.

Their advisor is Katie Bailey.

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 answer 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."

Let's get the game started with this toss-up question.

"What molecule, which is phosphorylated by the enzyme hexokinase to form G6P, is broken down into two molecules of pyruvate during glycolysis?"

(buzzer buzzes) That is glucose.

All right, let's go to our next toss-up question.

"What man who starred in the documentary "An Inconvenient Truth" lost a presidential election by five electoral votes in 2000 to George W.

Bush?"

(buzzer buzzes) Jaseh, Blue Ridge.

- Al Gore.

- Is correct.

And here comes your bonus question.

"What tributary of the River Severn flows through the city of Stratford, the hometown of William Shakespeare?"

(buzzer buzzes) Okay, that is the River Avon.

All right, let's go to our next toss-up.

"What playwright wrote of a death by a silver bullet in "The Emperor Jones" and depicted the dysfunctional Tyrone family in "A Long Day's Journey into Night"?

(buzzer buzzes) That was Eugene O'Neill.

All right, let's go to another toss-up question.

"In 1957, what object with a name meaning 'fellow traveler' was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, becoming the first artificial satellite?"

(buzzer beeps) Tyler, Blue Ridge.

- Sputnik.

- Is correct.

And here comes your bonus question.

drives ocean acidification, and explains the fizziness of sodas?"

(buzzer buzzes) - Carbon dioxide.

- No, we're looking for carbonic acid.

Let's go to our next toss-up question.

"What man, who sang 'What They'll Say About Us' for his 2021 album Optimist, co-wrote the song 'What Was I Made For?'

with his sister Billie Eilish?"

(buzzer buzzes) Madeline Montrose.

- Finneas O'Connell.

Finneas O'Connell.

- Is correct.

And here comes your bonus question.

"What author of the poetry collection 'A Shropshire Lad' memorializes the winner of a foot race in his poem 'To an Athlete Dying Young'"?

(buzzer buzzes) That was A.E.

Housman.

Let's go to another toss-up question.

"What party leader, whom Jordan Barella succeeded, was convicted of embezzlement in 2025 and was a 2022- (buzzer buzzes) Tyler, Blue Ridge?

- Donald Trump?

- Is incorrect.

I'll finish the question and rebound to Montrose.

"And was the 2022 far right candidate for president of France?"

(buzzer buzzes) That was Marine Le Pen.

All right guys, let's go to this toss-up question.

"What country, whose port of Constana lies on its Black Sea coastline, is home to the region of Transylvania and has its capital at Bucharest?"

(buzzer buzzes) Jaseh, Blue Ridge.

- Romania?

- Is correct.

And here comes your bonus question.

"Unmyelinated axons and neuron cell bodies are found in what colorfully named neural tissue that contrasts with white matter?"

(timer beeps) (buzzer buzzes) Tyler.

- Orange matter.

- No, it was gray matter.

Think the brain.

Think the brain, man.

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.

Blue Ridge has won the coin toss and will pick first.

Your categories are Eight in Science or the B's of Classical Music.

- Eight in Science.

- Eight in Science, it is.

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

Answer the following about the number eight in science.

"Power of two that equals eight."

(buzzer buzzes) - Three.

- [Host] Yes.

"Planet whose demotion left the solar system with eight."

(buzzer buzzes) - Pluto.

- Yes.

- [Host] "Unit equal to eight bits."

(buzzer buzzes) - Skip.

- [Host] That's a byte.

"Eight carbon compound that names a gasoline rating system."

(buzzer buzzes) - Propane.

- [Host] Octane.

"Element with atomic number eight."

(buzzer buzzes) - Oxygen.

- Yes.

"Sequence that begins 1,1,2,3,5,8."

(buzzer buzzes) - Binary code?

- That is the Fibonacci sequence.

"Religion that inspired the eightfold way for classifying particles."

(buzzer buzzes) - Skip.

- [Host] That's Buddhism.

"Scale on which 35 knots is an eight."

(buzzer buzzes) - Skip.

- That's Beaufort scale.

"Phylum that contains the eight-limbed octopus."

(timer beeps) That was Mollusca.

All right, Blue Ridge, that's gonna wrap up your portion of the Lightning Round.

Great job.

Montrose, we're coming over to you.

And your remaining category will be the B's of Classical Music.

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

"Name these composers whose surnames begin with B, given one or more works and their nationality.

"German, a ninth symphony ending with a set of 'Ode to Joy.'"

(buzzer buzzes) - Beethoven.

- Yes.

- [Host] "American, Kaddish Symphony and "West Side Story.'"

(buzzer buzzes) - Buxtehude.

- [Host] Bernstein.

"French, Lelio and Symphonie fantastique."

(buzzer beeping) - Skip.

- [Host] That's Berlioz.

"German, four symphonies and a German Requiem."

(buzzer beeping) - Bach.

- [Host] That's Brahms.

"German, Mass in B minor and 'The Art of Fugue.'"

(buzzer buzzes) - Skip.

- [Host] That's Bach.

"Russian, Polovtsian Dances from the opera 'Prince Igor.'"

(buzzer buzzes) - Skip.

- That's Borodin.

"Italian, the aria 'Casta Diva' from the opera 'Norma.'"

(buzzer buzzes) - Skip.

- That's Bellini.

"French, Symphony in C and the opera 'Carmen.'"

(buzzer buzzes) - Skip.

- That's George Bizet.

"English, 'The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra' and the opera 'Billy Budd.'"

(buzzer buzzes) That was Benjamin Britten.

And that's going to do it for the Lightning Round, and after that, we currently have Blue Ridge in the lead over Montrose, 45 to 15.

Now we're gonna go ahead and move into the second quarter with this toss-up question.

"What materials, such as quantum dots, are contrasted with bulk materials and are named after their size on the order of 10 to the negative nine meters in diameter?"

(buzzer buzzes) Tyler, Blue Ridge.

- Nanometers?

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Montrose.

(buzzer buzzes) - No answer.

- That's nanoparticles or nanomaterials.

All right, let's go to another toss-up question.

"What university, which was led from 1902 to 1910 by Woodrow Wilson, was attended by F. Scott Fitzgerald and is an Ivy League school in New Jersey?"

(buzzer buzzes) Jaseh, Blue Ridge.

- Princeton.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus now.

"What first American woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize co-founded the Whole House Settlement in Chicago in 1889?"

(buzzer buzzes) Jaseh.

- Jane Adams.

- Is correct for your bonus points, Blue Ridge, as we turn to this toss-up question.

"In what present-day country did German forces create a solo republic when its Grand Council of Fascism capitulated after the invasion of Sicily?"

(buzzer buzzes) Ben Montrose.

- Italy.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question. "

In 2024, the US Geological Survey adopted the Cherokee name Kahoi for Clingmans Dome, the tallest mountain in what landlocked state?"

(buzzer buzzes) Madeline.

- Montana?

- No, we're looking for Tennessee.

All right, here's our next toss-up.

"What novelist wrote about the isolated Egdon Heath in 'The Return of the Native' and depicted the pure wife of Angel Clare in 'Tess of the D'Urbervilles'"?

(buzzer buzzes) That was Thomas Hardy.

All right, let's go to another toss-up.

"What modern country is where the 1816 eruption of Mount Tambora caused a' Year Without a Summer' and the 1883 eruption destroyed the island of Krakatoa?"

(buzzer buzzes) Tyler, Blue Ridge.

- Indonesia?

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

"What ninth Mansa of the Mali Empire gave away a large amount of gold during a 1324 Hajj?"

(buzzer buzzes) - Mansa Musa.

- Is is correct for your bonus points.

Blue Ridge, great job.

As we go to this toss-up, "What Nintendo game series, whose first entry ends with a race out of the planet Zebes, features the enemy alien Ridley and the heroine Samus Aran?"

(buzzer buzzes) Jaseh, Blue Ridge.

- Kirby.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Montrose.

(buzzer buzzes) That was Metroid.

All right guys, here comes your next toss-up question.

"What English king died during the First Barons' War, which began shortly after barons forced him to meet at Runnymede in 1215 to sign the Magna Carta?"

(buzzer buzzes) Ben, Montrose.

- James I?

- [Host] Is incorrect.

Rebound to Blue Ridge.

(buzzer buzzes) Jaseh.

- John I?

- Is correct for the rebound points.

Blue Ridge, great job.

Let's turn to this toss-up question now.

"What river, whose bend forms the Ordos Loop receives sedimentation from the Loess Plateau, is China's second-longest river and has a colorful name?"

(buzzer beeps) Allison, Montrose.

- Yellow River.

- Is correct.

(timer beeps) And here comes your bonus question.

"In the card game blackjack, what is the point value of a blackjack consisting of an ace and a face card?"

(buzzer buzzes) - 21?

- Is correct for your bonus points, Montrose.

And 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 Montrose.

And Allison, I'll come your way first, tell me what you like to do for fun when you're not in class.

- Play softball.

- [Host] Excellent.

Thank you, Allison.

Elyssia?

- Play the trombone.

- [Host] Okay, Madeline?

- Watch women's sports.

- [Host] Okay, thank you, Madeline.

Ben?

- I like to play soccer.

- All right, thank you, Montrose, and good luck the rest of the way.

Blue Ridge, coming over to you.

Jaseh, what do you like to do for fun when you're not in class?

- I play basketball.

- [Host] Thanks, Jaseh.

Michael?

- I play golf.

- Thanks, Michael.

Parker?

- Play volleyball.

- [Host] Okay, and Tyler?

- I do theater.

- All right, very talented group of students here today.

Good luck to you the rest of the way, Blue Ridge.

We're now going to go ahead and begin the third quarter with this toss-up question.

"What jurist, whom ProPublica accused of accepting luxury gifts from Republican donor Harlan Crow, is the most senior justice on the Supreme Court?"

(buzzer buzzes) That is Clarence Thomas.

All right, here's our next toss-up question.

"What law, whose enforcement was limited in the EC Knight case, was amended to exempt labor unions by the Clayton Act and was an 1890 antitrust law?"

(buzzer buzzes) Jaseh, Blue Ridge.

- Sherman Trent Antitrust Act.

- Is correct.

And here comes your bonus question.

"In 1912, Theodore Roosevelt ran for president on the ticket of what reformist third party which was nicknamed for a large wild animal?"

(buzzer buzzes) Tyler.

- The Elephant Party.

- No.

(chuckles) No, I think that's another party.

This is the Progressive Party or the Bull Moose Party.

Let's go on now to another toss-up question.

"What substances, whose Lindlar type contains poisonous palladium, increase reaction rate by decreasing activation energy without being consumed?"

(buzzer buzzes) That is a catalyst.

All right, here's our next toss-up.

"What author, who stated that her love is such that rivers cannot quench in the poem 'To My Dear and Loving Husband,' wrote in 17th-century New England?"

(buzzer buzzes) That was not the elephant party, that was Anne Bradstreet.

Anne Bradstreet.

All right, let's go to our next toss-up question.

"What empire, whose rulers included Jahangir, Akbar, and Humayun, was founded by Babur after he won the first Battle of Panipat over the Delhi Sultanate?"

(buzzer buzzes) Madelinem Montrose.

- The India Empire.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound of Blue Ridge.

(buzzer buzzes) Tyler.

- The Mongol Empire?

- Is incorrect.

We're looking for the Mughal Empire.

Very close.

Here's our next toss-up question.

"What country, in which the Magdalena River empties into the Caribbean Sea at Barranquilla, is west of Venezuela and has its capital at Bogota?"

(buzzer buzzes) Ben, Montrose.

- Columbia.

- Is correct.

And here comes your bonus question.

"What type of artwork, used to depict a river during the Ching Ming Festival, consists of a long, narrow sheet of paper or silk that can be rolled up?"

(buzzer buzzes) Madeline.

- A scroll?

- We'll take that.

Handscroll or scroll is correct for your bonus points.

All right, here's your next toss-up, and get those pencils and papers ready.

"What is the cube root of X, if X is equal to the positive square root of 64?"

(buzzer buzzes) Madeline, Montrose.

- X equals two?

- Is correct.

And here comes your bonus question now.

"A maid is told to hide the Christmas tree at the start of what Erik Ipsen play, which ends with a door shutting as Nora leaves her husband Torvald?"

(buzzer buzzes) Madeline.

- No answer.

- All right, that was "A Doll's House."

"A Doll's House."

(timer beeps) Well, that sound that you heard signals the end of the third quarter and another Lightning Round.

This time Montrose will pick first.

Your categories are Annual Observances or Texas Cities.

(buzzer buzzes) Madeline.

- We'll do Texas Cities.

- All right, Texas Cities, it is.

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

"Name these cities in Texas, it's capital."

(buzzer buzzes) Ben.

- Houston?

- [Host] "Austin, its the most populous city."

(buzzer buzzes) - Dallas.

- Houston.

"City where John F. Kennedy was assassinated."

(buzzer buzzes) - Dallas.

- Yes.

"Home to the Tower of the Americas and the Alamo."

(buzzer buzzes) - Austin?

- San Antonio.

"Gulf coast city with a name meaning body of Christ."

(buzzer buzzes) - No answer.

- Corpus Christi.

"Resort city devastated by a 1900 hurricane."

(buzzer buzzes) - No answer.

- That's Galveston.

"City, home to the Kimball Art Museum that's nicknamed Cow Town."

(buzzer buzzes) - No answer.

- [Host] That's Fort Worth.

"City on the Rio Grande that hosts the Sun Bowl."

(buzzer buzzes) - No answer.

- El Paso.

"Populous Yellow city in the panhandle."

(buzzer buzzes) - Austin.

- That's Amarillo.

"Home of Baylor University- (timer beeps) And well, we're not going to get to that one.

That was Waco.

All right, Montrose, great job in the Lightning Round.

Blue Ridge, we're coming over to you.

Your remaining category will be Annual Observances, and your time begins when I finish reading the first question.

"Name these occasions and holidays observed in the United States.

First Monday in September."

Jaseh.

(buzzer buzzes) - Columbus Day.

- [Host] Labor Day.

"Tuesday after the first Monday in November."

(buzzer buzzes) Tyler.

- Veteran's Day?

- [Host] Election Day.

"Holiday once called Armistice Day observed on November 11th."

(buzzer buzzes) - Veteran's Day.

- [Host] Yes.

"Third Monday in February."

(buzzer buzzes) - Valentine's Day?

- [Host] President's Day.

"Holiday honoring a birthday celebrated on the third Monday of January."

(buzzer buzzes) - President's Day.

- Martin Luther King Jr.

Day.

"Observance that has supplanted Columbus Day in many states."

(buzzer buzzes) - Skip.

- Indigenous People's Day.

"June 14th holiday dedicated to a national symbol."

(buzzer buzzes) Parker.

- Flag Day.

- [Host] Flag day.

"April 22nd."

(buzzer buzzes) - Easter.

- Earth Day.

"The newest federal holiday recognized in 2021."

(timber beeps) That was Juneteenth.

All right, Blue Ridge, that's going to do it for your portion of the Lightning Round.

And after that, we have Blue Ridge in the lead over Montrose 102 to 70 as we begin the last segment of the game with this toss-up question, "What 1852 Whig nominee for president was a U.S.

general nicknamed Old Fuss and Feathers who captured Veracruz in the Mexican-American War?"

(buzzer buzzes) Ben, Montrose.

- Zachary Taylor?

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Blue Ridge.

(timer beeps) That was Winfield Scott.

All right guys, here's your next toss-up question.

"What flowers that grow between the crosses, row on row, in the poem "In Flanders Fields" are red flowers, often used to, Tyler, Blue ridge.

- Roses - Is incorrect.

I'll finish the question and rebound to Montrose.

"Used to memorialize World War I."

(buzzer buzzes) Madeline.

- Poppies?

- Poppies are correct for your bonus points, or for your rebound points rather, Montrose.

As we turn to this toss-up question, "What hero founded the city of Mycenae, saved his future wife Andromeda from a sea monster, and overcame the petrifying gaze of the Gorgon Medusa?"

(buzzer buzzes) Madeline, Montrose.

- Perseus?

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question now.

"In 1660, what king from the House of Stuart ascended to the throne as part of the English Restoration?"

(buzzer buzzes) Ben.

- Charles II.

- Is correct for your bonus points, Montrose, as we go now to a toss-up question that says.

"What composer called for a prepared piano in his "Sonatas and Interludes" and wrote a work that premiered with a piano not being played titled "Four Minutes, 33 Seconds"?

(buzzer buzzes) That was John Cage.

All right, here's our next toss-up question.

"What target are the four leg going by Johan Tetzel criticized indulgences in a manifesto possibly displayed at Castle Church in Wittenberg?"

(buzzer buzzes) Ben, Montrose.

- "95 Pieces" - Is incorrect.

I'll finish the question and rebound to Blue Ridge.

"His '95 thesis."

(buzzer buzzes) Jaseh.

- Martin Luther?

- Is correct.

We're looking for the person, not for the document.

Let's go now to the next toss-up question here.

"What expressions come in continued and mixed types and in ancient Egypt were almost always used in their uniform form with one as the numerator?"

(buzzer buzzes) Madeline, Montrose.

- Fractions.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

"The Avesta is a collection of sacred texts in what state religion of pre-Islamic Iran that worships Ahura Mazda?"

(buzzer buzzes) - Muslim.

- No, we're looking for Zoroastrianism.

All right, let's go to another toss-up.

"In what country did the 2024 firing of finance minister Christian Lindner from the Free Democratic Party and the coalition led by Olaf Scholz in Berlin occur?"

(buzzer buzzes) Ben, Montrose.

- Germany.

- Is correct.

And here comes your bonus question.

"Which American general and rival of George Washington captured a British army at Saratoga but was disgraced after losing the Battle of Camden?"

(timer beeps) That was Horatio Gates.

All right guys, here comes our next question.

"What novel, in which Brahms and Brodsky used Ludovico's technique to curb ultraviolence, was written by Anthony Burgess about the young criminal Alex?"

(timer beeps) (buzzer buzzes) That was "A Clockwork Orange."

And that is the end of the game, and a tight one today, our winner is Montrose over Blue Ridge, 115 to 110.

Congratulations, Montrose, 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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