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(upbeat music) (whistle blaring) - Welcome to this season of WVIA's 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 Montrose versus Wayne Highlands.

representing Montrose are Elyssia Gerald, Madeline Doorval, Madison Dunham, and Ben Fowlert.

Their alternate is Allison Jennings and their advisor is Ryan Griffiths.

Representing Wayne Highlands are Liam Platt, Raven Hennig, Mia Wolf, and Jonathan Cooley.

Their advisor is Kevin Lockwood.

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 those 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 get started with this toss-up question and get out your pencils and papers.

What whole number is the resulting quotient to when the square root of 48 is divided by the square root of three?

(ominous music) (buzzer buzzing) Madeline, Montrose.

- Four?

- Is correct.

And here comes your bonus question.

What central text of Rabbinic Judaism contains the Mishnah which sets down formerly oral laws and the Gemara, a body of commentary?

(buzzer buzzing) Madison.

- The Torah?

- No, that's the Talmud, Talmud.

Let's move on to our next toss-up question.

At what battle was Johann Rall killed while fighting Americans who had crossed the Delaware River in 1776 to attack his army near New Jersey's Capitol?

(buzzer buzzing) Ben.

Montrose.

- The Battle of Trenton?

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question now.

What British Royal Navy officer died while leading the Terra Nova expedition, which reached the South Pole in January, 1912?

(buzzer ringing) That is Robert Scott.

Okay, here's our next toss-up.

What city is the least populous US state capital is named after a city in France and is close to the Green Mountains in central Vermont?

(buzzer buzzing) Jonathan.

Wayne Highlands.

- Montpelier.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question now.

In what country did Dick Schoof become Prime Minister in July, 2024 while his predecessor Mark Rutte became Secretary General of NATO?

(buzzer buzzing) Liam.

- Canada?

No, we're looking for the Netherlands.

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

What author of "The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs" wrote a book drawing on his time on the HMS Beagle entitled "On The Origin of Species"?

(buzzer buzzing) Jonathan.

Wayne Highlands.

- Charles Darwin.

- Is correct.

- And here's your bonus question.

What type of stellar remnants are maintained by electron degeneracy pressure and must have masses no larger than the Chandrasekhar limit.

(timer ringing) Those are white dwarfs.

Let's go to another toss-up.

What company whose profits financed a mystery house in San Jose used the tagline, "The gun that won the West," to sell its namesake repeating rifle?

(buzzer buzzing) Mia.

Wayne Highlands - Ruger.

- Is incorrect.

- Rebound to Montrose.

(timer ringing) That is Winchester, Winchester.

Here's our next toss-up.

What mythical objects guarded by the dragon Ladon, which Hippomenes used to beat Atalanta in a race, grow on a tree in the Garden of Hesperides?

(buzzer buzzing) Madeleine.

Montrose.

- Figs.

- Is incorrect.

- Rebound to Wayne Highlands.

(timer ringing) We're looking for golden apples.

Golden apples.

Here's our next toss-up.

What compound, which in the body is metabolized by Catalase, decomposes under UV light into two hydroxyl radicals and has the molecular formula H202?

(buzzer buzzing) Madison.

Montrose.

- Amylase.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Wayne Highlands.

(buzzer buzzing) - Hydrogen dioxide.

- You're so close.

We're looking for hydrogen peroxide.

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.

Montrose has won the coin toss and will pick first.

Your categories are: Alternating As or Super Bowl MVPs.

(Madeline and Madison whispering) - Alternating As.

Alternating As it is.

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

Give these answers in which every other letter is a country north of the United States.

(buzzer buzzing) - Canada.

- Yes.

- [Paul] World's largest hot desert.

- Sahara.

- Yes.

- [Paul] First name of former US Vice President Harris.

- Kamala.

- Yes.

- Capital of Cuba.

- No answer.

(buzzer buzzing) - [Paul] Havana.

Central American country bisected by a canal.

- Panama.

- Yes.

- Indian epic about the husband of Sita.

- No answer.

(buzzer buzzing) - [Paul] Ramayana.

Latin percussion instrument also called a rumba shaker.

- Morocco.

(buzzer buzzing) - Yes.

Buddhist School whose name means "great vehicle."

- No answer.

(buzzer buzzing) Long curved sword carried by Samurai.

- Katana.

(buzzer buzzing) - [Paul] Yes.

British Pop group whose hits include "Cruel Summer" and "Venus".

- No answer.

(buzzer buzzing) - That is Bananarama, which is so much fun to say.

Okay, Montrose, that's gonna do it for your portion of the Lightning Round.

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

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

Name the team for which these NFL players were named Super Bowl MVP.

Patrick Mahomes.

- Kansas City Chiefs.

(buzzer buzzing) - [Paul] Yes.

Joe Montana.

- Pass.

- [Paul] 49ERs.

Roger Staubach and Emmett Smith.

- Packers.

(buzzer buzzing) - [Paul] Cowboys.

Tom Brady in 2021 for his fifth and final MVP.

- Tampa Bay Buckaneers.

(buzzer buzzing) - [Paul] Yes.

Peyton Manning.

- Colts.

(buzzer buzzing) - [Paul] Yes.

Dionne Branch and Julian Edelman.

(buzzer buzzing) - New England Patriots.

- [Paul] Yes.

Ray Lewis.

(buzzer buzzing) - Ravens.

- Yes.

Cooper Kupp.

- Rams.

(buzzer buzzing) - [Paul] Yes.

Nick Foles - Eagles.

(buzzer buzzing) - [Paul] Yes.

Bart Starr, the first winner.

- No answer.

- Okay.

That was the Green Bay Packers.

And that's going to conclude our first Lightning Round.

And after that, a very tight game.

We have Wayne Highlands in the lead over Montrose 55 to 50.

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

What leader, who heads the party Fidesz but tried and failed to quash a 2025 Pride festival in Budapest as the far right Prime Minister of Hungary?

(timer ringing) That leader is Viktor Orbán.

Let's go to our next toss-up.

What city named a period of reform under Alexander Dubek's slogan of "socialism with a human face" before a 1968 Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia?

(buzzer buzzing) Madison.

Montrose.

- Hungary - Is incorrect.

- Rebound to Wayne Highlands.

(buzzer buzzing) - Prague.

- That city is indeed Prague for your rebound points Wayne Highlands.

As we go to a toss-up now.

What author wrote about the fictional book, "The Twenty-Six Malignant Gates," in a novel about four Chinese families who play Mahjong, "The Joy Luck Club".

(timer ringing) That author is Amy Tan.

Here's our next toss-up.

What force has a residual form carried by pions that holds together atomic nuclei, is mediated by gluons and is more powerful than the weak force.

(buzzer buzzing) Madeleine.

Montrose.

- The strong force.

- Yes, that is correct.

And here comes your bonus question.

In what country did US troops leave Clark Airbase after the 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo?

(buzzer buzzing) - Lake Venezuela?

- No, we're looking for the Philippines.

That was the Philippines.

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

What puzzle can be solved using the CFOP method?

Officially has its blue and green centers on opposing sides and features six rotatable faces.

Jonathan.

Wayne Highlands.

- Rubik's Cube.

- Is correct.

- And here's your bonus.

What process developed by a German scientist is used to produce ammonia from hydrogen and nitrogen?

(Mia whispering) (timer ringing) That is the Haber-Bosch process.

Okay guys, here's your next toss-up.

What brass instrument whose performers often place their hand in the bell while playing it is highly coiled?

Alicia.

Montrose.

- French horn.

Is correct.

And here comes your bonus question.

What actress who both wrote and performed on the show's "Big Mouth" and "Dickinson", won a 2024 Emmy for playing sous chef Sidney Adamu on "The Bear"?

(timer ringing) You're gonna make me say it.

That's Ayo Edebiri.

That is what we're looking for there.

Here's our next toss-up question.

In what country did Mohamed Naguib lead the Free Officers Movement coup that was soon superseded by the autocratic presidency of Gamal Abdel Nasser?

(buzzer buzzing) Madison.

Montrose.

- India.

- [Paul] Is incorrect.

Rebound to Wayne Highlands.

(buzzer buzzing) - Turkey.

- Nope, that country is Egypt.

Alright, here's our next toss-up.

What British author who may have died in a bar fight praised Helen of Troy as the face that launched a thousand ships in his play, "Doctor Faustus"?

(buzzer buzzing) Madeline.

Montrose.

- Shakespeare.

- Is incorrect - Rebound to Wayne Highlands.

(timer ringing) That is Christopher Marlowe.

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 Alicia, I'll come to you first.

So if you had a superpower, what would it be and why would you take that one?

- I picked flight because it just make my life a lot easier - [Paul] And you never get stuck in traffic.

- No.

- Love it.

- Thanks Alicia.

Madeline.

- I picked shapeshifting.

So I grew up on the "Wild Kratts" so it'd be really cool.

- That's a great answer.

Thanks Madeline.

Madison.

- I also picked flight because I hate being stuck in traffic.

(Paul and Madison laughing) - [Paul] Thanks Madison.

Ben.

- I picked telekinesis because I love "Star Wars".

- Alright, that's excellent.

Thank you Montrose.

Good luck the rest of the way.

Wayne Highlands, coming over to you.

Liam, I'll begin with you.

If you had to choose a superpower, what would it be and why?

- To turn anything into an instrument because I mean that's pretty sick.

- [Paul] That is pretty sick.

Thanks Liam.

Raven.

- The ability to read minds because it would cause me to overthink a lot less.

- (laughs) Certainly.

Mia.

- The ability to slow time because I never have enough time.

- [Paul] I hear that.

Jonathan.

- Mm.

Invisibility so that, I don't know, I could spy on people.

(team mates laughing) - Thanks guys.

Good luck the rest of the way.

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

What song whose second verse opens, "I'm cliche, who cares," has a bridge that ends with the scream, "I told you so," and is a 2024 hit by Chappell Roan.

(buzzer buzzing) Madeline.

Montrose.

- "Good Luck Babe" - That is correct.

And here comes your bonus question.

What tournament held at the same time as the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup is a tournament for CONCACAF soccer teams that Mexico won.

Beating the US two to one.

(buzzer buzzing) - The Americup?

- No, that is the CONCACAF Gold Cup.

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

What is the largest two digit number that is a multiple of four given that 100 itself is divisible by four.

(buzzer buzzing) Madeline.

Montrose.

- 96.

- 96.

- Is correct.

- And here's your bonus question.

In 2025, Bedouins clashed in Syria's Suwayda region with what levateen religious group that broke from Shia Islam around 1015.

(buzzer buzzing) Ben.

- Hamas.

No, we're looking for the Druzes' or the Druzes.

Let's go to another toss-up.

What Chinese dynasty whose rule was interrupted by Wu Zetian faced a 755 rebellion led by An Lushan and was succeeded by the Song Dynasty?

(buzzer buzzing) Madeline.

Montrose.

- The Zen Dynasty.

- Is incorrect.

- Rebound to Wayne Highlands.

(buzzer buzzing) - The Chang Dynasty.

- No, we're looking for the Tang Dynasty.

Here comes our next toss-up.

What river, which forms from the Lualaba River at Boyoma Falls separates Brazzaville and Kinshasa?

The capitals of two namesake African countries.

(buzzer buzzing) Madison.

Montrose.

- The Nile.

- Is incorrect.

- Rebound to Wayne Highlands.

(timer ringing) That is the Congo River.

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

Michael Collins stayed in the command module during what mission featuring the Eagle spacecraft during which Neil Armstrong landed on the moon?

(buzzer buzzing) Madeline.

Montrose.

- The Apollo mission.

- Be more specific.

- The Apollo 11 mission.

- Is correct and here comes your bonus question.

What 1976 novel subtitled, "The Saga of an American Family", depicts an 18th century slave named Kunta Kinte?

(timer ringing) That is "Roots".

"Roots".

Okay, here's our next toss-up.

What psychologist wrote the utopian novel "Walden Two" and studied reinforcement and operant conditioning as a behaviorist using his namesake "Box"?

(buzzer buzzing) Alicia.

Montrose.

- Schrodinger?

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Wayne Highlands.

(buzzer buzzing) - Thorough?

- Nope.

We're looking for B.F.

Skinner.

B.F.

Skinner.

Here's our next toss-up question.

What country, whose first post-war president was Karl Renner, was governed by the Fatherland Front until Germany annexed it during the Anschluss?

(buzzer buzzing) Madeline.

Montrose.

- Poland.

- Is incorrect.

- Rebound to Wayne Highlands.

(buzzer buzzing) Mia.

- Ukraine.

Nope, that country was Austria.

Austria.

Here's our next toss-up.

What poet described "one clear call" in "crossing the bar" and depicted the title group entering the "Valley of Death" in "The Charge of the Light Brigade"?

(buzzer buzzing) Madison.

Montrose.

- Homer.

- Is incorrect.

- Rebound to Wayne Highlands.

(timer ringing) That was Alfred, Lord Tennyson.

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

This time Wayne Highlands will pick first.

Your categories are epic authors or first ladies?

(Mia whispering) - We choose first ladies.

- First ladies it is.

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

Name these US first ladies and their last names will be sufficient.

Barack Obama's first Secretary of State.

- Pass.

(buzzer buzzing) - [Paul] Hillary Clinton.

Married Greek millionaire Aristotle Onassis after her husband died.

- Pass.

(buzzer buzzing) - [Paul] Jacqueline Kennedy.

Helped save a portrait of George Washington during the of 1812.

(buzzer buzzing) - Madison.

- [Paul] Yes.

Lost her son Willie during the Civil War.

- Lincoln.

(buzzer buzzing) - [Paul] Yes.

Founded a namesake center to help people recover from alcoholism.

(buzzer buzzing) - Roosevelt.

- Ford.

Chair of the UN Commission on Human Rights.

(buzzer buzzing) - Roosevelt.

- [Paul] Yes.

The first to live in the White House.

(buzzer buzzing) - Madison?

- [Paul] Adams.

Campaigned to beautify federal highways.

(buzzer buzzing) - Nixon.

- Johnson.

Refused to serve alcohol at the White House and was known as "Lemonade Lucy".

That was Webb Hayes.

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

Great job.

Montrose, we're coming over to you and your remaining category will be epic authors.

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

Given an epic and its credited author, name the modern day country where the author was born.

"The Divine Comedy", Dante Alighier.

- Italy.

(buzzer buzzing) - [Paul] Yes.

"Paradise Lost", John Milton.

- Pass.

(buzzer buzzing) - [Paul] Britain.

"The Song of Hiawatha", Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

- Haiti.

(buzzer buzzing) - [Paul] United States.

"Ruslan and Ludmila", Alexander Pushkin.

- Russia.

(buzzer buzzing) - [Paul] Yes.

"The Odyssey: A Modern Sequel".

- Greece.

(buzzer buzzing) - [Paul] Yes.

"The Gaucho Epic Martin Fierro", Jose Hernandez.

- Peru.

(buzzer buzzing) - That's Argentina.

"The Kalevala", Elias Lönnrot.

- Pass.

(buzzer buzzing) - [Paul] That's Finland.

"The Lusiads", Luís de Camões.

- France.

(buzzer buzzing) - [Paul] Portugal.

The Old Norse saga, "Heimskringla", Snorri Sturluson.

- Norway.

(buzzer buzzing) - [Paul] That's Iceland.

"The Shahnameh", Ferdowsi.

- Japan.

(buzzer buzzing) - That's Iran.

Okay, that's going to do it for our second Lightning Round.

And after that we currently have Montrose in the lead over Wayne Highlands, 115 to 90.

Close game.

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

What self dual platonic solid also refer to as a three simplex is a pyramid with six edges and four equilateral triangles as its faces?

(buzzer buzzing) Madison.

Montrose.

- Prism.

- Is incorrect.

- Rebound to Wayne Highlands.

(timer ringing) That is a tetrahedron.

Here's our next toss-up question.

Zach Gallen was the 2025 opening day starting pitcher for what major league baseball team, which lost to the Texas Rangers in the 2023 World Series and plays in Phoenix?

(buzzer buzzing) Ben.

Montrose.

- Diamondbacks.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

Two American scientists conducted what 1887 experiment that used an interferometer in an attempt to detect a phase shift due to the so-called ether?

(timer ringing) That was the Michelson-Morley experiment.

Okay, here's our next toss-up.

What Thracian-born man escaped from murmillo training at Capua and was defeated by Marcus Licinius Crassus after leading a slave revolt against Rome?

(timer ringing) That Thracian was Spartacus.

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

What poet wrote about people who reaped their sowing and went there came in "Anyone Lived in a Pretty How Town" which features unusual capitalization?

(buzzer buzzing) Madeline.

Montrose.

- Emily Dickinson.

- Is incorrect.

- Rebound to Wayne Highlands.

(timer ringing) That was E.E.

Cummings.

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

What newspaper whose 2025 plan to refocus on personal liberties and free markets sparked resignations?

Is owned by Jeff Bezos and published in DC.

(buzzer buzzing) Jonathan.

Wayne Highlands.

- Washington Post.

- Is correct.

- And here's your bonus question.

The pH of soil can be increased by adding powder made from pulverizing what sedimentary rock, which is made up of calcium carbonate?

(buzzer buzzing) - Limestone.

- Is correct for your bonus points, Wayne Highlands, as we go to our next toss up question.

What transition metal, which is found in vitamin B12 and a namesake blue pigment, is feral magnetic like iron and nickel and has the atomic symbol Co?

(buzzer buzzing) Madeline.

Montrose.

- Cobalt.

- Is correct.

- And here's your bonus question.

What German enlightenment philosopher who's deontological ethics included his categorical imperative wrote "Critique of Pure Reason"?

(timer ringing) That was Immanuel Kant.

Okay, here's our next toss-up.

What author of the historical novel "Solombo" described a young provincial woman's affair with Rakesh Rudolph Ballinger in "Madam Bovary"?

(buzzer buzzing) Madison.

Montrose.

- Emily Dickens - Is incorrect.

- Rebound to Wayne Highlands.

(buzzer buzzing) - Charlotte Braun.

- No, we're looking for Gustave Flaubert.

Here comes your next toss-up question.

What event which the Immortal Seven advocated for was the relatively peaceful transfer of power from England's James II to William and Mary?

(buzzer buzzing) Madison.

Montrose.

- Marvel.

- Is incorrect.

- Rebound to Wayne Highlands.

(timer ringing) That was the Glorious Revolution.

And that's the end of the game.

And our winner tonight is Montrose over Wayne Highlands, 135 to 105.

Congratulations Montrose.

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

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

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