(upbeat music) - welcome to the 16th 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.

WVIA would like to thank our sponsor, FNCB and people security bank for making this competition possible.

This year, Scholastic scrimmage looks a little different and the rules have been revised due to the Corona virus 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 K-12 educators from the WVIA viewing area and tonight's match features Mount Carmel and Montgomery playing in the first half for Mount Carmel are Azure Bossland and Maggie McCracken.

Their advisors are Aaron Demansky and Christopher Cunningham.

The alternates are Leah Shedleski and Danny Ray Reno representing Montgomery in the first half are Kennedy Marsh and Samuel Oyster.

Their advisor is Kelly Kurtz and the alternates are Emily Diffenderfer, Lily Burchill and Camden Dalrymple.

Well, let's get started.

Mount Carmel has won the coin toss and will receive the first question which is what title character goes into debt to Larue and has affairs with Leon and Rodolphe before consuming arsenic in a novel by Gustaf Flo bear.

(beep sound) Okay.

We're going to rebound now to Montgomery.

- No answer.

- Okay.

The character you're looking for was Emma Bovary.

Emma Bovary Montgomery here comes your question.

What man, whose mother Maya dreamt of a white elephant in her womb preach the four noble truths of his new religion after attaining enlightenment.

- Buddha - Is correct.

And here's your bonus question now.

What Lebanese American author wrote 26 essays about the human spirit to presented by almost Staffa in his 1923 book.

The prophet - Mohammad.

- Is incorrect.

We are looking for Kahlil Gibran, Kahlil Gibran Mount Carmel coming your way.

What British polymath formalized the notion of algorithms with a namesake machine and designed in 1950 tests to check for artificial intelligence.

- Oh, Nikola Tesla - Is incorrect rebound out of Montgomery - Johnson.

- Nope.

We were looking for Alan Turing, Alan Turing Montgomery here comes your next question in AD 565 St. Columba allegedly observed what mythical water beast a creature that inhabits a namesake body of water in the Highlands of Scotland.

- Yeah.

Loch ness monster.

- Is Correct.

And here's your bonus question?

The tallest unclimbed mountain in the world gone car pool in some is in what Himalayan country whose capital is Thimphu - Thailand - Is incorrect.

We are looking for Butan, Butan, Mount Carmel here comes your next question.

What novel, which opens with a Christmas game in which scenes shown the Pilgrim's progress are acted out by the March Family is by Louisa may Alcott - Little women - Is correct.

And here's your bonus question now in November, 2019, what prime minister was charged with bribery and a case known as case 4,000 shortly after he failed to form a coalition government?

- No answer.

- Okay.

We're looking for a Benyamin Netanyahu.

Montgomery coming back to you which dynasty that was overthrown in the shin high revolution was opposed by the taiping and boxer rebellions.

And was the final dynasty to rule China - The Chi dynasty.

- Nope.

Rebound at the Mount Carmel.

- Is it the Shang dynasty?

- No.

We were looking for the Ching dynasty, the Ching dynasty.

Very close though.

And that sound that you heard signals the end of the first quarter and it's now time for the lightening 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 Mount Carmel has won the coin toss and will pick first.

Your categories are fields of study or Shakespeare missing words.

- Fields of study first - Okay.

Fields of study it is.

And your time begins When I finished reading the first question name the primary thing or things studied in these fields of science or medicine.

Cardiology.

- The heart.

- Yes.

Hydrology - water.

- Yes.

Seismology - height - Earthquakes, Ornithology.

- Mouth - Birds.

Ophthalmology.

- eyes - Yes.

Entomology - the teeth, - insects, heliology - Gasses, - the sun - Orology - The mouth.

- Yes.

Mycology.

don't know.

You can pass.

Okay.

That's fungi.

Dendrology.

A subfield of which is dendro chronology.

- The teeth.

- Is incorrect.

We were looking for trees, trees.

Okay.

Mount Carmel.

That's going to do it for your portion of the lightning round Montgomery.

We're coming back to you.

Your remaining category will be Shakespeare missing words.

And again, your time begins after I finished reading the first question, given a Shakespeare play and a partial quote fill in the blank, Macbeth, something blank.

This way comes - Misfortune.

- Wicked Julius Caesar be aware of the eyes of blank.

- Pass - March, Romeo and Juliet.

Parting is such sweet blank.

- Sorrow.

- Yes.

The merchant of Venice, TIG thou thy pound of blank.

- Bold.

- Flesh Richard the third now is the winter of our blank.

- Pass Discontent, 12th night.

If news, if music be the food of blank, play on - The soul - Love, as you like it, all the blanks of stage - Pass - world - King Henry the fourth part two on easy lies the head that wears the blank.

- Crown.

- Yes.

Hamlet get the, to a blank.

- nonary - Yes.

(beep sound) - Oh right.

Great job.

Montgomery.

That's going to do it for the lightning round.

And after that, well, we have a tied game Montgomery and not caramel, both knotted up at 50 a piece.

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 Mount Carmel and Azure I'll come your way first.

Tell me what you'd like to do when you're not in class.

- I like to make music and I like to draw and stuff.

- Excellent.

Very cool.

Maggie, what do you like to do when you're not in school?

- I like to read and hike.

- Oh, okay.

Excellent.

Thank you.

Mount Carmel and good luck the rest of the way.

Montgomery coming over to you, Kennedy.

What do you like to do for fun?

When you're not in class?

- I like to run.

I hang out with my friends and shops.

- Okay.

Very, very nice.

And Samuel what do you like to do when you're not in school?

- I like to punch in and work on my computer.

- Okay.

Excellent.

Good luck The rest of the way.

It was very nice to meet all of you.

And now we're going to begin the second quarter with this question for Montgomery.

What?

Author's novel?

The mysterious affair at Stiles introduced the Belgian refugee el que ferrow a detective and many mysteries by this English woman.

(beep sound) - Okay.

Ran Out of time.

Rebound out of Mount Carmel.

- I get the Christie - Is correct for your rebound points.

Mount Carmel.

Great job.

Here comes your next question.

What?

Country's native people believe in a creation epoch called dream time.

Consider the rock formation aloo, Rue sacred and play the didgeridoo - Aborigines.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound now to Montgomery.

- Okay.

Australia.

- That's correct.

Australia.

We were looking for the country.

Not the people.

Okay.

Montgomery here comes your next question.

What Explorer?

Who was the subject of a popular book by John Filson blazed the wilderness road and was a legendary 19th century.

Frontiersman - Cook - Is incorrect.

Rebound now to Mount Carmel.

- No answer.

- Okay.

That was Daniel Boone.

Daniel boone.

Okay.

Let's move on now to Mount Carmel.

Here's your question?

What stellar objects whose maximum mass is the Tundra shaped car limit are formed when a low mass red giant leaves behind a small hot remnant - That's supernova - Is incorrect.

Rebound a Montgomery - A neutron star.

Nope.

- We were looking for white dwarf, white dwarf Montgomery.

Here comes your next question.

What city is overlooked by table mountain controls Robin Island and as the legislative capital and second most populous city of South Africa - Johannesburg - Is incorrect.

Rebound now to Mount Carmel.

- Cape of hope - No, very, very close.

You're looking for Cape town, Cape town.

Here comes your next question though.

Mount Carmel.

What general capture the union Garrison at harpers ferry in 1862 that was likened to Robert Ellie's right arm.

When he was killed at Chancellorsville (beep sound) - Ran out of time rebound out of Montgomery.

- General Jackson - is correct for your rebound points.

Montgomery.

Great job.

Here comes your next question, and get your pencils and papers ready.

What is the least common Multiple of the two numbers eight and 20, given that both numbers are divisible by both two and four - 16 - Is incorrect rebound now to Mount Carmel.

- 80 - is incorrect.

We were looking for 40 40 was the answer there and that's going to do it for the first half.

And after that we have Montgomery in the lead over Mount Carmel, 70 - 60, a very tight game Indeed.

Thank you Mount Carmel and Montgomery, you were absolutely fabulous.

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

Now, joining us from Mount Carmel are Lauren Shedleski and Molly McCracken and representing Montgomery are Owen Sherman And Mary Green.

In our first question in this round goes to Mount Carmel and here it is what artists abandoned work on a freeze on stone mountain in 1925 and blasted four faces into the granite of the black Hills to create Mount Rushmore.

(beep sound) - Okay.

Rebound to you Montgomery.

- No answer - Okay.

That was Goodson Borglum Goodson Borglum Montgomery Here comes your next question.

What state one of whose Island chains is home to dry Tortugas national park also includes Biscayne Bay Lake Okeechobee and the Everglades - Florida - Is correct.

And here's your bonus question now, the molecule Diazomethane decomposes quickly producing methane and what extremely stable diatomic gas - Carbon dioxide - Is incorrect.

We are looking for nitrogen nitrogen.

Mount caramel, back to you, what optical phenomenon is replaced above the critical angle by total internal reflection and as the bending of light, as it moves into a new medium (beep sound) - Ran Out of time, Montgomery rebound to you - refraction - Is correct for your rebound points, Montgomery.

And here comes your next question.

The camp Funston army base experienced an early outbreak of what disease that killed up to 3% of the world's population in 1918 and 1919.

- The Spanish flu - is correct.

And here's your bonus question?

What economist served as ambassador to India under John F. Kennedy and coined the term conventional wisdom in his 1958 book, the affluent society - No answer.

Okay.

That's John Kenneth Galbraith, Mount Carmel back to you what NFL team which was owned by the man who coined the term Superbowl Lamar hunt currently features tight end, Travis Kelsey and Patrick Mahoney - And the city chiefs - Is correct.

And here's your bonus question and get your pencils and papers ready.

What speed in miles per hour would a jogger have to maintain to cover a four mile distance in only 40 minutes?

(beep sound) - Okay.

Ran out of time We were looking for six miles per hour.

Montgomery coming back to you with your question what organelle, which is believed to have evolved from an alpha proteobacteria bacterium contains and dense inner matrix and produces.

Most of you carry out ATP.

- Mitochondria - is correct, And here's your bonus question?

WW Jacobs wrote what short story in which a cursed animal appendage seems to cause the death resurrection and subsequent death of Herbert white - The monkey's paw - Is Correct for your bonus points Montgomery coming back to you, Mount Carmel.

Here's your question?

What man who represented Kansas as fourth district until 2017 was replaced by Gina Haskell as CIA director and in 2018 became secretary of state.

- No answer.

- Okay.

Rebound a Montgomery - Rex Tillerson.

- No, We were looking for Mike Pompeo, Mike Pompeo and that sound that you heard signals the end of the third quarter and another lightning round.

This time Montgomery will pick first.

Your categories are Spanish language songs or units of length - Spanish language songs please - Okay.

Spanish language songs.

It is.

And your time begins after I finished reading the first question name, the primary artist or group behind these songs song entirely or partly in Spanish despacito with rapper daddy Yankee - Responding.

- Yes.

- Living LA Vida loca.

- pass - That's Ricky Martin.

A 1970 cover of Tito fuentes.

Oh yeah.

Como VA.

This band is named for guitarist carlos - Santana.

- Yes.

2014 by Londo and 1999 by Lamos.

- pass - That's Enrique Iglesias, Waka, Waka esto East Africa the 2010 world cup Anthem.

- Shakira - yes.

El Nino from the super bowl.

54 halftime show.

- Jennifer Lopez.

- Yes.

El taxi a song from the album.

Dolly.

He rapped timber and fireball in English.

- Pitbull - is correct.

- Lokay Soy translation.

Well, we're not going to get to that one.

Unfortunately we ran out of time.

Montgomery, great job in the lightning round, Mount Carmel We're going to come over to you.

And your remaining category will be units of length.

And again, your time begins.

When I finished reading the first question named these units of length, biblical unit, based on the forearm - pass - Cubit, 100th of a meter - Centimeter.

- Yes.

Unit in the title of a novel about captain Nemo - Pass - league - Nautical unit equal to six feet - Han?

- Fathom one walking step Euston, counting out duels - Pace.

- Yes.

Distance traveled by a photon in 365.2, five days.

- Light years.

- Yes.

Imperial unit equal to 25.4 millimeters - Pass - Inch.

distance from the earth to the sun.

- pass - That's astronomical unit.

(beep sound) Okay.

Both schools did a great job in the lightening round.

And after that we have Montgomery in the lead over Mount Carmel, 165 to 100.

And again, 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.

Let's start with the students from Mount Carmel and Lauren I'll come to you first.

Tell me who your favorite teacher is and why?

- Oh, I love both of our coaches, Mr. Grahamski.

And Mr. Cunningham - any particular reason - they're super fun and supportive.

- Excellent.

Excellent.

Molly.

Who's your favorite teacher and why - Ms. Jared Savage.

She taught me how to write.

- Very, very nice.

Excellent Excellent.

Thanks for being here Mount carmel good luck the rest of the way, Montgomery coming over to you.

Owen, who is your favorite teacher and why?

I think my favorite teacher is my history teacher because I enjoy the subject and he's also my track coach - excellent.

and Mary, your favorite teacher?

My favorite teacher personally would be my Spanish teacher because she is very fluent in Spanish and she has a good teaching method.

- Excellent.

Well, it was very nice to meet both of you and we'll go ahead and begin the fourth quarter and Montgomery, you are getting the first question.

What?

Former attorney general, who was murdered on June 6th of 1968 by sir Han sir Han was a democratic presidential candidate.

Like his brother, John - Robert Kennedy - is correct.

And here's your bonus question?

What pass?

Which was closed several times to thwart the Taliban cuts through the spin Gar mountains to connect Pakistan and Afghanistan.

- pass - Okay.

That answer is the Khyber Pass the Khyber pass Mount caramel Here comes your next question.

What Greek God, who was raised by the tail kinase on roads on roads, lost a competition to become the patron God of Athens to Athena, but was the God of the sea (beep sound) - Okay ran out of time.

Rebound a Montgomery - Poseidon - is correct for your rebound points Montgomery and here comes your next question and get your pencils and papers ready What fraction is equal to three raise to the negative two power.

Given that a negative power yields the reciprocal - one sec - is incorrect.

Rebound out of Mount Carmel.

- One ninth - is correct for your rebound points, Mount Carmel.

And here comes your next question.

What city who is mayor park, Juan soon committed suicide in July, 2020 after being accused of sexual harassment is the most populous in South Korea.

- No answer.

- Okay.

Rebound a Montgomery.

- Seoul - Seoul is correct for your rebound points.

Montgomery here comes your next question.

What author depicted a discussion about bun burying between Jack Worthing and Algernon Moncrief in his play?

The importance of being earnest - Medinaniel - is incorrect.

Rebound now to Mount Carmel.

(beep sound) Okay.

We're looking for Oscar Wilde, Oscar Wilde.

mount caramel here comes your next question.

What president called the Washington Naval conference and it was elected over James and macaques, but had his reputation tarnished by the teapot dome scandal (beep sound) - Ran out of time.

Rebounded Montgomery - ward - Is incorrect.

We were looking for at Warren G Harding.

Montgomery.

Here comes your next question.

What form of precipitation can form material known as Fern when its Navy form is compacted and exists mostly as crystals with six-fold symmetry?

- Now - Is Correct.

And here's your bonus question in what Asian country was Maria Ressa the founder of the news outlet Rappler convicted of cyber libel in a 2020 court case.

- China.

- Is incorrect.

We were looking for Philippines, mount caramel headed back over to you.

What capital of the Navarre province in Northern Spain hosts the festival of San farm mean?

Which features an NCRO or running of the bulls (beep sound) - Ran out of time, rebound a Montgomery - Pamplona - Is Correct for your rebound points, Montgomery.

And that's going to do it.

That is the end of the game.

And our winner tonight is Montgomery over Mount Carmel 215 to 110.

Congratulations, Montgomery.

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

I'm your host Paul Lasar and thanks for watching.

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