(upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) - Welcome to the 16th season of WVIA Scholastic Scrimmage.

I'm your host Paul Lazar.

Scholastic Scrimmage has 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 five thousand dollars.

WVIA would like to thank our sponsor FNCB, and People Security Bank, for making this competition possible.

This year's Scholastic Scrimmage looks a little different, and the rules have been revised due to the pandemic, but in each half, students will have the chance to alternatively answer one question.

If they answer that question correctly, they'll receive a bonus question.

If their answer is incorrect, the other team can rebound, but will not be given a bonus.

Students can also score points during the two lightening rounds in each game.

Judges tonight are K12 educators from the WVIA viewing area, and tonight's match features Delaware Valley and Mantrose.

Playing in the first half for Delaware Valley, are Mikayla Courtright and Clint Murray.

The alternate is Sarah Flick.

Their advisor is Michael Murray.

Representing Mantrose in the first half, are Lizzy Lathrop and Alexus Argust.

Their advisor is Sean Regan.

Well, let's get started.

Delaware Valley has won the coin toss and will receive the first question which is, what quantity is equal to voltage times current for any circuit element, measures the rate at which work is done, and can be expressed as Watts?

- Energy.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Mantrose.

- Power.

- Is correct, for your rebound points Mantrose, and here comes your next question.

What country is the setting of Life and Times of Michael K, "Master Harold"... and the Boys, and Cry, the Beloved Country?

All of which examine apartheid.

- Egypt.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound now to Delaware Valley.

- South Africa.

- Is correct, for your rebound points Delaware Valley.

And here comes your next question.

What politician who annually tours his state's ninety-nine counties, serves with Joni Ernst as a Senator from Iowa, and was president pro tempore of the Senate.

(timer) Okay, ran out of time.

Rebound to Mantrose.

- Mitch McConnell.

- Is incorrect.

We're looking for Chuck Grassley.

Mantrose, here's your next question.

What 1999 comedy, which popularized the phrase, "TPS reports," includes a scene where the protagonist destroy a printer and satirizes workplace life.

- Friends.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Delaware Valley.

- Parks and Recreation.

- No, we were looking for Office Space.

All right Delaware Valley, here's your next question.

What wife of Toussaint Charbonneau, was a member of the Shoshone tribe, who was attached to the core of discovery in the Lewis and Clark expedition?

- Sacagawea.

- Is correct, and here's your bonus question.

What author wrote about Marissa's efforts to understand a breakup in The End of the Affair, and to depict a whiskey priest in The Power and the Glory.

(timer) - Okay, that's Graham Greene.

Okay Mantrose, here's your next question and get your pencils and papers ready.

What is the maximum possible perimeter of an isosceles triangle, that has sides of lengths three and eight respectively?

- 19.

- Is correct, and here's your bonus question.

An ancient Roman sculpture once called the dying gladiator is now usually named for a member of what ancient people?

- The Aztecs.

- No, We looking for the Gauls.

Okay, Delaware Valley.

Here's your next question.

What composer of the prelude "The Girl with the Flax and Hair" was inspired by a Stephane Mallarme poem to write the prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun?

- Rossini.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound now to Mantrose.

- Jack Ponton.

- Nope.

(timer) We're looking for Claw WC.

And 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.

Delaware Valley has won the coin toss and we'll pick first.

Your categories are, literary heroines or abolition of the monarchy.

- Abolition of the monarchy.

- Okay.

Abolition of the monarchy it is.

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

Name the kingdom or country that these people ruled before their monarchy was abolished or overthrown.

Puyi of the Qing dynasty.

- China.

- Yes.

Wilhelm the Second.

- Germany.

- Yes.

Queen Liliuokalani.

- Philippines.

- Hawaii.

- Nicholas the second of the Romanov dynasty.

- Russia.

- Yes.

Humberto the second, who briefly succeeded Victor Emmanuel the third.

- Italy.

- Yes.

Bao Dai of the New Qin dynasty.

- Pass.

- That's Vietnam.

Napoleon the third.

- France.

- Yes.

Queen Ranavalona the third.

- Pass.

- Madagascar.

Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, commonly known as the Shah.

- Ottomans.

- Iran.

Dom Pedro the second.

(timer) Okay, ran out of time.

That was Brazil.

Okay Delaware Valley, that's going to wrap up your portion of the lightening round.

Mantrose, it's over to you and your remaining category will be literary heroines.

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

In which book did these literary heroines first appear?

Dorothea Brooke.

- Pass.

- Middlemarch.

Ann Shirley.

- Little women.

- Anne of Green Gables.

Jo March.

- Pass.

- Little women Elizabeth Bennet.

- Pass.

- Pride and Prejudice.

Becky sharp.

The book is by William Makepeace Thackeray.

- Pass.

- Vanity fair.

Lisbeth Salander.

- Pass.

- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.

Lyra Belacqua.

- Pass.

- The Golden Compass.

Bathsheba Everdeen.

The book is by Tom Hardy.

- Pass.

- Far From the Madding crowd.

Molly Bloom.

- Pass.

- That's Ulysses.

(timer) Okay, we won't get to that last one there.

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

And after that, we currently have Delaware Valley in the lead over Mantrose.

Seventy to twenty.

And we're now 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 the students from Delaware Valley, and Mikayla I'll come your way first.

Tell me who your favorite teacher is and why.

- Oh, that's a very difficult question.

My favorite teacher I will say, is my old Quiz bowl coach, Mr. Kevin Devisear, because I just love the way he taught and I also did Quiz bowl with him, but our new Quiz bowl coach, Mr. Murray is also not a bad teacher either.

- That's excellent.

Thanks Mikayla.

And Clint, who your favorite teacher?

- My favorite is my Spanish teacher.

He is the nicest, one of the nicest people I've ever met in my entire life.

And he's an incredible teacher.

- That's excellent.

Good luck the rest of the way Delaware Valley.

Mantrose coming over to you.

Lizzie, who is your favorite teacher and why?

- My favorite teacher is my old history teacher, Mr. Cherney.

He is a great teacher and I learned a lot from his class.

- Excellent.

Thank you Lizzy.

And Alexus, your favorite teacher?

- My favorite teacher is Ms. Schenker.

The one who does is run the D and D club, and also is the AP gov teacher.

She helps me teach a lot, and also is quite the fun individual.

- Okay, excellent.

Good luck the rest of the way Mantrose.

It was very nice to meet all of you.

Now let's go ahead and begin the second quarter with this question for Mantrose.

- What boy who works out of his garage on Rover avenue, often foils the Idaville bully Bugs Meany, and is the detective nicknamed after a reference book.

(timer) - Okay, rebound now to Delaware Valley.

- Encyclopedia Brown.

- Is correct, for your rebound points Delaware Valley, and here comes your next question.

What metal, the most common alkali metal in Earth's crust, combines with bicarbonate ions and baking soda and with chloride ions to make table salt?

- Sodium.

- Is correct, and here's your bonus question.

The shingles of the world are exposed as the sea of faith retreats, and what Matthew Arnold poem that compares life to a darkling plain?

(timer) Okay.

That's Dover Beach.

Mantrose, it's back over to you.

What African city was home to the ancient mathematician Hypatia, is now the second most populous city in Egypt and was home to an ancient library?

- Alexandria.

- Is correct, and here's your bonus question.

James Lovelock developed one hypothesis stating that the earth as a whole is a self-regulating system.

- Big bang theory.

- No, we were looking for the Gaia hypothesis.

Okay, Delaware Valley it's back to you.

What island that was seized by Japan in 1895 was where in 1949 Chiang Kai-shek declared the capital of the Republic of China to be Taipei?

- Taiwan.

- Is correct, and here's your bonus question.

What British prime minister whose administration launched the National Health Service, succeeded Winston Churchill in 1945?

- Thatcher.

- Is incorrect.

We are looking for Clement Attlee.

Mantrose here's your next question.

In 1869, Alfred Beach created a form of what transit system using nomadic tubes to move passenger cars under the streets of New York city?

- The subway.

- Is correct, and here's your bonus question.

The second "r" in the title of Karel Capek, 1921 play R.U.R, which comes from a Czech term for grueling physical labor?

- Ready.

(timer) - Nope.

We were looking for robot.

Okay Delaware Valley, here's your next question.

What hometown of director John Waters which is home to Camden Yards ballpark and Johns Hopkins university is the most populous city in Maryland?

- Baltimore.

- Is correct, and here's your bonus question.

What set of equations named for two scientists gives the equilibrium of allele frequencies for a gene on which natural selection is not occurring?

(timer) - Okay, that answer was the Hardy Weinberg equations.

Okay, let's well, we'll get to that in the next quarter because after one half of play, we currently have Delaware Valley in the lead over Mantrose.

110 to 40.

I want to say thank you to Mikayla and Clint of Delaware Valley, and thank you to Lizzy and Alexus of Mantrose.

You guys were absolutely fabulous.

Thank you so much.

We're now going to meet your teammates for the second half.

Now joining us for Delaware Valley are J.D.

Flick and Ralph Cortright, and representing Mantrose are, Lindsay Coy and Mia Perry.

Our first question in this quarter goes to Delaware Valley, and that question is, what structures which are connected through petioles to the rest of a plant or flat structures that fall off each year in deciduous trees?

- Leaves.

- Yes, that's correct.

Here's your bonus question.

The diamond and heart are prominent examples of what genre of Buddhist literature that contains teachings related to The Conduct of Life?

- Livada.

- Is incorrect.

We were looking for Sutra.

Okay, Mantrose here comes your first question.

The former nun Katharina von Bora, married what theologian who is sheltered by Frederick the Wise and at the Diet of Worms defended his ninety-five theses?

- Martin Luther.

- Is correct, and here's your bonus question.

What baseball team employs pitcher Kenta Maeda, was the only team of former catcher, Joe Mauer and plays home games at Target Field in Minneapolis?

- Babe Ruth.

- Is incorrect.

We were looking for the Minnesota Twins.

Okay Delaware valley, here's your next question.

What country's number one ranked tennis players have included 2017 Wimbledon winner, Garbine Muguruza and 12 time French open winner Rafael Nadal?

- France.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Mantrose?

- Serena Williams.

- Nope.

- We were looking for the country of Spain.

Mantrose, here's your next question.

What word can refer to an object that may be fraudulently kited a hockey move that may be done with a hip or a chess move that threatens the king?

- Check.

- Is correct, and here's your bonus.

What six letter word denotes the lowest energy state of an atom or direct connection from a circuit to the earth?

(timer) Okay, that's ground.

Okay, it's back over to Delaware Valley now.

What poet wrote The Armies of Those I Love Engirth me and I Sing the Body Electric, which like Song of Myself appears in his book Leaves of Grass?

- Walt Whitman.

- Is correct, and here's your bonus question.

What Russian resort city along the black sea, hosted the 2014 winter Olympics?

- Sebastopol.

- Is incorrect.

We were looking for Sochi.

Okay Mantrose, its back over to you.

What philosopher who discussed ascetic ideals in his book on the genealogy of morals, wrote about the Superman and thus spoke Zarathustra?

- Voltaire.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Delaware Valley.

- Nietzsche.

- Is correct, for your rebound points Delaware Valley, and here comes your next question.

What major key signature in which a tenor saxophone is pitched, is also the parallel major of G minor, and is a major scale with two flats?

- A.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Mantrose.

- B flat.

- Is correct, for your rebound points Mantrose, and here comes your next question.

What world leaders' Sinatra doctrine was a part of his new political thinking reforms in Soviet Russia, that also included Perestroika and Glenn.

- Vladimir.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Delaware Valley.

- Mikhail Gorbachev.

- Gorbachev is correct, for your rebound points.

Great job, Delaware Valley.

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

This time, Mantrose will pick first.

Your categories are movie villains or Italy.

- Movie villains.

- Okay.

Movie villains it is.

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

Name the film in which these iconic film villains first appeared.

Darth Vader.

- Star wars.

- Yes.

Scar.

- Lion King.

- Yes.

Freddy Krueger.

- Nightmare before Christmas.

- Nightmare on Elm street.

Cruella Deville.

The title starts with 1.

- 101 Dalmatians.

- Yes.

Agent Smith.

- Pass.

- The Matrix.

- Hal 9000 an Evil Computer.

- Pass.

- 2001: A Space Odyssey Nurse Ratchet.

- Ratchet.

- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

- Han's Landa, a ruthless Nazi.

- Pass.

- Inglorious Bastards.

Norman Bates.

- Enola Holmes.

- Psycho.

Mr. Potter, a conniving bank owner.

- Pass.

- That's, It's a Wonderful Life.

Okay, Mantrose.

That's going to wrap up your portion of the lighting round, and we're going to come back over to Delaware Valley.

Your remaining category will be Italy, and again, your time begins after I finished reading the first question.

Answer the following about Italy.

- It's capital.

- Rome.

- Yes.

Polymath who painted the Mona Lisa?

- da Vinci.

- Yes.

Author of the Divine Comedy.

- Dante Alighieri.

- Yes.

- Micro state within Rome, ruled by the Pope.

- Vatican City.

- Yes.

Scientists whose constant is the number of particles in one mole - Avogadro.

- Yes.

Region that contains the cities of Pisa and Florence.

- Tuscany.

- Yes.

Volcano that buried Pompeii.

- Mount Vesuvius.

- Yes.

Composer of the operas, Rigoletto and Aida.

- Divaldi.

- Verdi.

Nobel prize winning playwright of six characters in search of an author.

- Sartre.

- Pirandello.

So-called hero of two worlds who led the Expedition of the Thousand.

- Giuseppe.

- Is correct, and that's a great job on the lightening around, Delaware Valley.

And that's going to do it for that lightening round, and after that Delaware Valley's in the lead over Mantrose.

230 to 100.

Well we're now going to give our contestants a bit of a break again, and the opportunity for those of you at home to get to know them a little better.

We'll start with the students from Delaware Valley again.

And J.D., tell me who your favorite teacher is and why?

- I'd say Dr. Lance, my art history teacher.

She just makes the class super fun.

- Okay.

Excellent.

And Ralph, who is your favorite teacher and why?

- Probably my building construction teacher, Mr. Fitzpatrick.

Just because I've been able to spend so much time with him because the periods are extended for that class, and I've gotten a lot of like practical knowledge from him.

- Excellent.

Good luck the rest of the way Delaware Valley.

Mantrose over to you.

Lindsey, who is your favorite teacher and why?

- My favorite teacher is my past AP European history teacher, Mr.

Tourney, because he was very dedicated to the class and he spent a lot of time and energy to help us.

- That's excellent.

Thank you, Lindsay.

And Mia your favorite teacher?

- My favorite teacher is Ms. Potter.

She was our health teacher and my tennis coach.

- Okay, Excellent.

It was very nice to meet all of you.

Now let's go ahead and begin the fourth quarter, with this question that goes to Mantrose.

In August, 2020, New York filed a lawsuit against what organization, which is led by Wayne LaPierre, and which opposes many gun control laws.

- Lockheed Martin.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound now to Delaware Valley.

- The NRA.

- Is correct, for your rebound points, and here's your next question Delaware Valley.

What weapon wielded by ho Yi and Philoctetes, was used to attack a bound Saint Sebastian, was used by Paris to kill Achilles, and is carried by Cupid?

- Bow and arrow.

- Is correct, and here's your bonus question.

What piano pedal, the right most on a modern piano, causes a piano's strings to keep vibrating after the player releases the key?

- Damper.

- Is incorrect.

We're looking for the, actually that is correct.

Very good.

Let's move on to our next question.

Mantrose, this is yours.

What man was followed by Dean Atchison as secretary of state, was army chief of staff in World War II, and named a plan for a European recovery?

- Wilson.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Delaware valley.

- George Marshall.

- Is correct, for your rebound points Del Val, and here comes your next question.

What type of reaction studied using the Nernst equation, can be written as two half reactions that each involve the transfer of electrons.

- Ionic bonding.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Mantrose.

- Covalent bonding.

- Nope.

We were looking for redox.

Mantrose here's your next question.

What mountain range, the site of the Battle of Kasserine Pass, contains many Berber villages, was named after a Titan, and as in Northwest Africa?

- The Alps.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Delaware Valley.

- The Atlas mountains.

- Is correct, for your rebound points, and here comes your next question Delaware valley.

What man escaped from an Indiana jail with a wooden gun, was killed at the Biograph theater, and was a bank robber, designated public enemy number one?

- Jesse James.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Mantrose.

- Billy Decant.

- Nope.. We were looking for John Dillinger.

Mantrose here's your next question.

What literary character is resurrected by audience applause, is usually depicted by a moving spotlight and as the tiny fairy companion of Peter pan.

- Tinker Bell.

- Is correct, and here's your bonus question.

American Lieutenant William Kelly was court marshaled in 1969, after at least 300 unarmed civilians were killed in what massacre in South Vietnam?

- St. Bartholemew's Day massacre.

- Nope.

We were looking for My lai.

Delaware Valley here's your next question, and get your pencils and papers ready.

What whole number is equal to eighteen percent of fifty, given that eighteen percent can be expressed as the fraction eighteen over one hundred.

- Nine.

- Is correct, and here's your bonus question, and keep those pencils and papers handy.

How many times does the digit "one" appear in the binary, or base-two representation of the base-ten number thirty-three?

- Sixty-nine.

- Is incorrect.

We're looking for two, and that's the end of the game, and our winner tonight is Delaware Valley over Mantrose.

285 to 110.

Congratulations, Delaware Valley.

You're going to be moving on, and we'll see you next time, with another round of WVIA Scholastic Scrimmage.

I'm your host Paul Lazar, and thank you for watching.

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