(whistle shrilling) (bright upbeat music) - 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 1, 3, or $5,000.

Tonight's match features Wayne Highlands versus Montrose.

Representing Wayne Highlands are Jordan Patsuk, Mattice Harkum, Mia Wolfe, and Avery Olinger.

Their advisor is Laura Lockwood.

Representing Montrose are Breanna Marcy, Jess Carey, Jack Benedict and Daegan Gianoni.

Their alternates are Phoenix Donald and Miranda Walter.

And their advisor is John Kolowski.

Scholastic Scrimmage is a game of a 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 go ahead and get started with this toss-up question.

What devices compound type which uses both an objective lens and an eyepiece to achieve high magnification is used to study small objects?

(buzzer beeping) Mattice.

Wayne High- - Microscope?

- Microscope is correct.

And your bonus now.

What unsaturated hydrocarbons, the simplest of which have n carbons and two n hydrogens are characterized by a carbon carbon double bond?

(buzzer beeping) - Fat?

- Nope.

We're looking for alkenes.

Alkenes.

Here's our next toss-up.

What novel in which Richard elopes with Edward's fiance Lucy Steele is named after the Dashwood sisters' contrasting traits and is by Jane Austen?

(buzzer beeping) - [Paul] Jack.

Montrose.

- "Pride and Prejudice."

- [Paul] Is incorrect.

Rebound to Wayne Highlands.

(buzzer beeping) Jordan?

- "Sense and Sensibility."

- Is correct.

For your rebound points, Wayne Highlands as we move on to our next toss-up.

What class, the privileged side and the conflict of the orders held most political power in early Rome and were distinguished from the plebeians?

(buzzer beeping) Avery.

Wayne Highlands.

- The plutarchs?

- Is incorrect.

Rebound of Montrose.

(buzzer beeping) - Senators.

- No, that answer was patricians.

Patricians.

Let's go to another toss-up.

What transition metal whose carbide is almost as hard as diamond is used in incandescent light bulbs and is named after the Swedish for heavy stone?

(buzzer beeping) Avery.

Wayne Highlands.

- Tungsten.

- Is correct.

And your bonus.

Savai'i and Upolu are islands in what Pacific Archipelago Nation whose capital is Apia?

(buzzer beeping) - Pass.

- Okay, that answer was Samoa.

Let's go to another toss-up.

What organization led by former Governor Charlie Baker was ruled to be subject to antitrust laws in 2021, enabling NIL deals for student athletes?

(buzzer beeping) Avery.

Wayne Highlands.

- NCAA?

- Is correct.

And here comes your bonus.

What process of biodegrading organic matter aerobically produces a namesake product that can be used as humus or fertilizer?

(buzzer beeping) - Mattice?

- Manuwa?

- No, we are looking for composting.

Composting.

Our next toss-up.

What animated film series whose fifth installment was subtitled "Collision Course" features John Leguizamo as the voice of Sid the ground sloth?

(buzzer beeping) Jack.

Montrose.

- "Ice Age."

- Is correct.

And your bonus now.

Upon reaching Australia, James Cook landed in and named what bay whose name was afterwards used to refer to a nearby penal colony?

(buzzer beeping) Jack.

- Pass.

- Okay, that's Botany Bay.

Our next toss-up.

What or rather, in 1989, what country formed a contract same after round table talks with a labor union founded at the Lenin Shipyard by Lech WaBsa called Solidarity?

(buzzer beeping) Mattice.

Wayne Highlands.

- Poland.

- Is correct.

Here's your bonus now.

What Dominican-American author wrote about a boy who loves fantasy novels and suffers from a family curse in "The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao?"

(timer beeping) (timer beeping) - That is Junot Diaz.

Well, that sound that you heard signals the end of the first quarter and it's now time for the Lightning Round.

(electricity 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.

Montrose has won the coin toss and will pick first.

Your categories are Civil War Battles or SEM.

- Civil War.

- Civil War Battles it is.

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

Given a Civil War battle, name the state in which it was fought.

Gettysburg.

(buzzer beeping) - Pennsylvania.

- [Paul] Yes.

Petersburg and First Bull Run.

(buzzer beeping) - Virginia.

- [Paul] Yes.

Antietam.

(buzzer beeping) - Maryland.

- [Paul] Yes.

Fort Sumter.

(buzzer beeping) - North Carolina.

- [Paul] South Carolina.

Kennesaw Mountain and the March to the Sea.

(buzzer beeping) - Georgia.

- [Paul] Yes.

Mobile Bay.

(buzzer beeping) - Pass.

- Alabama.

Fort Donelson and Shiloh.

(buzzer beeping) - Tennessee.

- [Paul] Yes.

Paducah and Perryville.

(buzzer beeping) - Pass.

- [Paul] That's Kentucky.

Palmito Ranch (buzzer beeping) - Pass.

- [Paul] That's Texas.

Valverde and Glorieta Pass fought here before it became a state.

(buzzer beeping) - Florida.

- Nope, that was New Mexico.

Okay, Montrose.

That's gonna wrap up your portion of the Lightning Round.

Wayne Highlands, we're coming over to you and your remaining category will be SEM.

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

Give these answers that begin with the consecutive letters S-E-M. Punctuation connecting independent clauses.

(buzzer beeping) - Semicolon.

- Yes.

A half of the school year.

(buzzer beeping) - Semester.

- Yes.

Spanish for a week.

(buzzer beeping) - Semana.

- Yes.

School for educating future clergy.

(buzzer beeping) - Seminary.

- Yes.

Language family including Hebrew.

(buzzer beeping) - Semitic.

- Yes.

Material that partially resists electric current.

(buzzer beeping) - Semiconductor.

- [Paul] Yes.

Latin motto of the Marine Corps.

(buzzer beeping) - Semper Fi.

- [Paul] Judges.

More specific, please.

- Oh, Semper paratus.

Sorry.

- Semper fidelis.

- Oh.

- [Paul] Flour made from durum wheat.

(buzzer beeping) - Pass.

- That's Semolina.

Mother of Dionysus.

Don't know?

You can pass.

(buzzer beeping) - Pass.

- [Paul] Semele.

Communication system using flags.

(buzzer beeping) - Pass.

- That's semaphore.

Well, that's going to do it for the Lightning Round.

And after that, we currently have Wayne Highlands in the lead over Montrose 80 to 35.

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

What author won Booker Prizes for a novel about the Chase family titled "The Blind Assassin" and for "The Testaments", her sequel to "The Handmaid's Tale"?

- (buzzer beeping) - Margaret.

- [Paul] Jordan.

Wayne Highlands.

- Margaret Atwood.

- Is correct.

And your bonus.

Edward Elgar wrote a concerto for what instrument played by Jacqueline du Pré and Yo-Yo Ma?

(buzzer beeping) - Avery.

- The cello.

- Is correct.

For your bonus points, Wayne Highland.

Let's go to your next toss-up.

What American astronomers discoveries include redshift increasing with distance, a tuning fork galaxy classification and the universe's expansion?

(buzzer beeping) Avery.

Wayne Highlands.

- Stephen Hawking.

- [Paul] Is incorrect.

Rebound to Montrose.

(timer beeping) That American astronomer was Edwin Hubble.

Our next toss-up.

What holiday which names anti-conscription riots in Quebec in 1918 and a 1916 uprising against British rule of Ireland follows the 40 Days of Lent?

(buzzer beeping) - Easter.

- [Paul] Mia.

Wayne Highlands.

- Easter.

- Is correct.

And your bonus.

In the Roy Lopez opening and chess, both players second moves involve moving one of what pieces which must always move multiple spaces?

(buzzer beeping) - Knight.

- Is correct.

For your bonus points.

Very good, Wayne Highlands.

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

What island which is south of the Aeolian Islands is home to Syracuse and Palermo, and lies across the strait of Messina.

(buzzer beeping) Mattice.

Wayne Highlands.

- Sicily.

- Is correct.

And your bonus now.

What equation named for a German chemist determines the reduction potential of a redox reaction based on concentration and temperature?

(timer beeping) That is the Nernst equation.

Let's go to another toss-up.

What word follows South China Morning in the name of a major Hong Kong newspaper and in the name of a Jeff Bezos own paper follows Washington?

(buzzer beeping) Avery.

Wayne Highlands.

- Post.

- Is correct.

And here comes your bonus question now.

What American poet wrote about a creature that whirled in the autumn winds in his poem, "13 Ways of Looking at a Blackbird"?

(buzzer beeping) - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

- That's a good guess but we're looking for Wallace Stevens.

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

What organization was opposed by William Borah's Irreconcilables and Henry Cabot Lodge who kept the us from joining it after World War I?

(buzzer beeping) Mattice.

Wayne Highlands.

- The League of Nations.

- Is correct.

And your bonus.

The 17th century Castillo de San Marcos is in what Florida City?

The oldest continuously inhabited European settlement in the continental United States.

(timer beeping) That's Saint Augustine.

Saint Augustine.

Here's our next toss-up question.

What lake which contains Michipicoten Island and Isle Royale drains via the St. Mary's River into Lake Huron, and is the largest of the Great Lakes?

(buzzer beeping) Daegan.

Montrose.

- Lake Superior.

- Is correct.

And here comes your bonus.

What Italian composer wrote the aria "Una Furtiva Lagrima" and adapted a Walter Scott novel in his opera, Lucia di Lammermoor?

(buzzer beeping) - Bach.

- Nope.

We're looking for Gaetano Donizetti.

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 Wayne Highlands.

And Jordan, I'll come to you first.

If you could have one superpower, tell us what it would be and why.

- I would want to be able to teleport 'cause I really hate having to drive.

- Yeah, and you save on transportation costs, right?

- Yeah.

- Excellent.

Thanks, Jordan.

Mattice?

- I would love to have the ability to speak every language.

It would be extremely useful.

- [Paul] Absolutely.

Mia?

- I would love to have the ability to slow time because I always run out of time to do things.

(everyone laughing softly) - [Paul] And Avery.

- I would want the power to have infinite knowledge 'cause it would make me really good at Scholastic Bowl.

(students laughing) - Indeed it would.

All right, Wayne Highlands.

Thank you for being here and good luck the rest of the way.

Montrose, gonna come over to you.

Breanna, if you had a superpower, what would it be and why?

- If I could have a superpower, I'd like to fly 'cause I think it'd be really awesome.

(students laughing) - Okay, Jess?

- Invisibility because I think it'd be really useful and get me outta a lot of situations.

- [Paul] Indeed it would.

Jack?

- I'd wanna teleport so I could travel.

- Okay.

And Daegan?

- Super speed so I could actually win my races.

(everyone laughing) - Well, thank you, Montrose.

And thank you, Wayne Highlands.

Good luck the rest of the way.

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

What author of the story, "The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas" wrote the novel, "The Left Hand of Darkness", as well as a fantasy series set in "Earthsea"?

(buzzer beeping) Avery.

Wayne Highlands.

- "Tales of Earthsea."

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Montrose.

(buzzer beeping) - Ursula D. Guinea.

- No, you're very close.

You're looking for Ursula Le Guin.

Le Guin.

Here's our next toss-up.

And get out your pencils and papers.

Rounded to the nearest whole number, how many hours are equivalent to 500 minutes, given one hour contains 60 minutes?

(buzzer beeping) Daegan.

Montrose.

- Eight.

- Is correct.

And here comes your bonus.

What king was punished for feeding his son to the Greek gods by being placed near fruit and water that stayed eternally out of his reach?

(buzzer beeping) - Prometheus.

- No, we're looking for Tantalus.

And that's the source of the verb tantalize.

Let's go to our next toss-up.

What ballet which follows the bride and the husbandman includes five variations on the Shaker tune, "Simple Gifts" and was composed by Aaron Copland?

(timer beeping) No takers there.

That's "Appalachian Spring."

Let's go to another toss-up.

What African country which controls Pemba and Mafia Islands also controls the semi-autonomous province of Zanzibar, which is north of Dar es Salaam?

(buzzer beeping) Mattice.

Wayne Highlands.

- Tanzania.

- Is correct.

And here comes your bonus.

What company based in Toulouse, France makes the A380, the world's largest commercial airliner?

(buzzer beeping) - Boeing.

- Nope.

We're looking for Airbus.

Here's our next toss-up.

And again, get out those pencils and papers.

What is the probability that an event will occur if the odds in favor of the event are 5 to 3?

(buzzer beeping) Jack.

Montrose.

- 62.5% - Is correct.

And here comes your bonus question.

In the 2023 NBA playoffs, what franchise led by Jalen Brunson and Julius Randle beat Cleveland before losing to the Miami Heat in the second round?

(buzzer beeping) - Pass.

- That's the New York Knicks.

Let's go to another toss-up.

What Titan, whose many nymph daughters included the Pleiades and Calypso was condemned to stand in the far west of the world and hold up the heavens?

(buzzer beeping) Jack.

Montrose.

- Atlas.

- Is correct.

And your bonus now.

What massive freshwater lake in Eastern Siberia is generally considered the world's deepest lake?

(buzzer beeping) - Pass.

- That's Lake Baikal.

Let's go to another toss-up.

What color describes a mist in Jackson Pollock's "Number One, 1950", an anti-gay political scare of the 1950s and a haze in a 2022 Taylor Swift song?

(buzzer beeping) Daegan.

Montrose - Lavender.

- Is correct.

And here comes your bonus now.

What process regulated by the enzymes hexokinase and phosphofructokinase produces pyruvate and is the first step of aerobic respiration?

(buzzer beeping) - Glycolysis.

- Is correct.

For your bonus points, Montrose.

And now we're going to get to that question in the next quarter because that sound that you heard signals the end of the third quarter and another Lightning Round.

(electricity buzzing) This time, Wayne Highlands will pick first.

Your categories are the letter R or Alliterative People.

(students whispering) - The letter R. - The letter R it is, and your time begins after I finish reading the first question.

What does the R stand for in these abbreviations?

The lobbying group, NRA.

(buzzer beeping) - Rifle.

- [Paul] Yes.

The fantasy franchise, LOTR.

(buzzer beeping) - Rings.

- Yes.

The gaming category, MMORPG.

(buzzer beeping) - Roleplay.

- Yes.

The college military program, ROTC.

(buzzer beeping) - Reserve.

- Yes.

The group for those over 50 called AARP.

(buzzer beeping) - Retired.

- Yes.

The medical procedure, CPR.

(buzzer beeping) - Resuscitation.

- Yes.

The accounting metric, ROI.

(buzzer beeping) - Pass.

- [Paul] That's return.

The antidepressant class, SSRIs.

(buzzer beeping) - Pass.

- [Paul] Re-uptake.

The music Trade organization, RIAA.

(buzzer beeping) - Pass.

- Recording.

The environmental nonprofit, NRDC.

(buzzer beeping) - Resource.

- Yes, that's correct, Wayne Highlands.

And that's going to do it for your portion of the Lightning Round.

Montrose coming over to you and your remaining category will be Alliterative People.

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

Give the surnames of these people with alliterative names.

Italian Explorer who commanded the Santa Maria in 1492.

(buzzer beeping) - Columbus.

- Yes.

Spanish painter of Guernica.

(buzzer beeping) - Picasso.

- [Paul] Yes.

Italian who discovered Jupiter's four largest moons.

First name is also acceptable here.

(buzzer beeping) - Galileo.

- Yes.

Daughter of Kris Jenner, formerly married to rapper, Ye.

(buzzer beeping) - Kim Kardashian.

- Yes.

Dictator who controlled Spain from 1939 to 1975.

(buzzer beeping) - Pass.

- That's Francisco Franco.

Irish author of "Finnegans Wake" and "Dubliners."

(buzzer beeping) - Pass.

- James Joyce.

German whose namesake's SI unit is the reciprocal of the second.

(buzzer beeping) - Pass.

- [Paul] That's Hertz.

Star of the movies "Falling for Christmas" and "Mean Girls."

- (gasps) Oh wait.

- [Paul] You can pass.

(buzzer beeping) - Pass.

- That's Lindsay Lohan.

(timer beeping) And we're not gonna get to the other questions there 'cause that's going to do it for the Lightning Round.

And after that, we currently have Wayne Highlands in the lead over Montrose, 185 to 110.

And we'll now go ahead and begin the last quarter of the game with this toss-up question.

What woman who in a 1776 letter told her husband to remember the ladies became the second First- (buzzer beeping) Avery.

Wayne Highlands.

- Jane Adams.

- I'm sorry?

- Adams.

Jane Adams.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Montrose.

(buzzer beeping) - Adams.

- [Paul] Be more specific.

- Nope.

- Okay.

(students laughing) We're looking for Abigail Adams.

Abigail Adams.

Our next toss-up question.

What author wrote about Mrs. Manson Mingott whose granddaughter Ellen Olenska falls in love with Newland Archer in her novel, "The Age of Innocence."

(timer beeping) That was Edith Wharton.

Let's go to another toss-up.

What tissue which contains tracheids and vessel elements uses transpiration pull to move water in plants and usually lies near the phloem?

(buzzer beeping) Jordan.

Wayne Highlands.

- Xylem.

- Is correct.

And here comes your bonus.

What non-binary English actor voices the title "blue-haired girl" on the Netflix show "Hilda" and plays the fierce teenager Ellie on HBO's "The Last of Us."

(students whispering) (timer beeping) That is Bella Ramsey.

Let's go to another toss-up.

What Middle Eastern country whose Qajar dynasty was overthrown in 1925, was ruled until 1979 by members of the Pahlavi dynasty who used the title Shah?

(timer beeping) That is Iran.

Iran.

Our next toss-up.

What country, the site of a skybridge nicknamed the horizontal skyscraper also contains a stadium called The Birds Nest and the Shanghai Tower?

(buzzer beeping) Jess.

Montrose.

- China.

- Is correct.

And your bonus now.

A red steel sculpture in Philadelphia created by pop artist Robert Indiana displays what Four letter word with a tilted O?

(buzzer beeping) (timer beeping) - Pass.

- Okay, that is love.

Love.

Here's our next toss-up.

What German chemist whose wife Clara died by suicide in 1915 after he weaponized chlorine gas names an industrial process for producing ammonia?

(timer beeping) That was Fritz Haber.

Fritz Haber.

Here's our next toss-up.

What structure which was built along a guarded death strip in 1961 was destroyed by protestors in 1989 to reunite the divided capital of Germany?

(buzzer beeping) Jordan.

Wayne Highlands.

- The Berlin Wall.

- Is correct.

And here comes your bonus question, and get out your pencils and paper.

There's two answers required here.

What two values of X are solutions to the equation, the square of the quantity 2x equals 36?

(buzzer beeping) Jordan.

Wayne Highlands.

- 3 and negative 3?

- Is correct.

For your bonus points, Wayne Highlands as we move on to another toss-up.

What assets whose repeat sales prices are measured on the S&P Case-Shiller index are often purchased with financed loans called mortgages.

(buzzer beeping) Jess.

Montrose.

- Houses.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question now.

In September 2023, Tharman Shanmugaratnam became the first person of non-Chinese descent to win the presidency of what small South Asian country?

(buzzer beeping) - Taiwan.

- Nope.

We are looking for Singapore.

And that's the end of the game.

And our winner tonight is Wayne Highlands over Montrose, 210 to 130.

Congratulations, Wayne Highlands.

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 thanks for watching.

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