(upbeat music) - Welcome 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 $1,000, $3,000, or $5,000.

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

This year, 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 lightning rounds in each game.

Judges tonight are K-12 educators from the WVIA viewing area.

And tonight's match features Delaware Valley and Mountain View, as they compete for the NEIU championship.

The winner of today's match will move on to compete in the final championship for the 16th season of Scholastic Scrimmage.

Playing in the first half for Delaware Valley are Lucas Helms and Janice Healey.

The alternate is Ralph Courtright.

Their advisor is Michael Murray.

Representing Mountain View in the first half are Jonathon Simileski and Jimi Bernaski.

The alternates are Connor Mancuso and Nick Schmitt.

Their advisor is Charlene Martins.

Well, let's get started.

Delaware Valley has won the coin toss and will receive the first question, which is, what city, which contains the Frank Gehry designed Peix Olympic sculpture, is the capital of Catalonia and the second most populous city in Spain?

- Barcelona.

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

What general nicknamed Old Fuss and Feathers ran for president as a Whig in 1852?

- Winfield Scott?

- Is correct for your bonus points, Delaware Valley.

Let's move over to Mountain View.

What author who won a National Book Award for his novel "The Eighth Day" depicted the fictional community of Grover's Corners in his play, "Our Town?"

- Pass.

- Okay, rebound now to Delaware Valley.

- Pass.

- Okay, that's Thornton Wilder.

Delaware Valley, it's back over to you.

What country whose unicameral parliament, or Seimas, is led by a prime minister Ingrida Simonyte, is the southernmost Baltic state, and contains Vilnius?

- Lithuania.

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

In January 2021, Google and Amazon suspended services for what conservative social media site due to its lack of content moderation policies?

- Parler.

- Is correct for your bonus points, Delaware Valley.

Mountain View, it's back over to you.

Edward IV was a king from which royal house that lost The Battle of Bosworth Field and fought the Wars of the Roses against the House of Lancaster?

- York.

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

What chaotic period of Russian history included three False Dmitrys, who claimed the throne after Fyodor I died without an heir in 1598?

- Pass.

- Okay, that's the Time of Troubles.

Delaware Valley, it's back over to you, and get your pencils and papers ready.

What is the X intercept of the line Y equals 3X plus seven, given that at the X intercept, Y equals zero?

- Negative seven thirds.

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

What capital city of the Nabataeans, home to the Temple of the Winged Lions, is a rock carved archeological site in Southern Jordan?

- Pass.

- Okay, we're looking for Petra.

Mountain View, here's your next question.

What novel, in which an unpleasant woman named Fleur-de-Lys marries captain Phoebus, was written by Victor Hugo about Quasimodo's life in a cathedral?

- Hunchback of Notre Dame?

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

What astronomer, who spent one year as the assistant of Tycho Brahe, formulated three laws of planetary motion in the 1600s?

- Galileo.

- Is incorrect, we were looking for Johannes Kepler.

Delaware Valley, it's back over to you.

What planet, whose largest moon is the source of an FM radio signal reported in January 2021, is orbited by the probe Juno and is fifth from the sun?

- Jupiter.

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

(timer beeps) In what city did politician Dan White assassinate Mayor George Moscone and openly gay city supervisor Harvey Milk in 1978?

- San Francisco.

- Is correct for your bonus points, Delaware Valley.

That sound that you heard (thunder booming) 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 will pick first.

Your categories are non-metals or Mongols.

- Non-metals.

- Okay, non-metals it is.

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

Answer the following about non-metals.

This type of bond in nitrogen contains six electrons.

- Hydrogen bond.

- [Paul] Triple bond.

Forms of an element such as red and white phosphorus.

- Analogous?

- [Paul] Allotrope.

The number of oxygen atoms in ozone.

- Three?

- [Paul] Yes.

Collective two word name for elements in group 18.

- Pass.

- [Paul] Noble gases.

CN- is this toxic ion.

- Cyanide, cyanide?

- Yes.

Phosphorus has five of these outer shell electrons.

- Valence.

- Yeah, valence.

- [Paul] Yes.

French chemist who isolated oxygen.

- Hester, no, it's not Hester.

- Just say it.

- Hester?

- Antoine Lavoisier.

The only non-metal, (timer beeps) okay, we're not going to get to that one.

But still, great job on that category, Delaware Valley.

That's going to wrap up your portion of the lightning round.

Mountain View, it's over to you.

Your remaining category will be the Mongols.

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

Answer the following about the Mongols.

The Mongol empires first great Khan?

- Pass.

- [Paul] Genghis Khan.

Modern day country where the Delhi Sultanate halted Mongol expansion?

- Israel.

- [Paul] India.

Central Asian Khanate founded by Batu Kahn.

- Pass.

- [Paul] The Golden Horde.

Venetian Explorer who visited Kublai Khan at Shangdu?

- Marco Polo.

- [Paul] Yes.

Name given to the typhoons that ruined Mongol attempts to invade Japan?

- Great waves.

- Kamikaze.

Overland trade route that passed through the Mongol cities of Samarkand and Karakorum.

- Silk Road.

- [Paul] Yes.

City whose house of wisdom the Mongols destroyed in 1258?

(timer beeps) - Pass.

- Ran out of time, that was Baghdad.

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

And after that, we currently have Delaware Valley in the lead over Mountain View, 85 to 40.

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.

Let's start with the students from Delaware Valley.

And Lucas, I'll come to you first.

Tell us a fun fact about yourself.

- I'm a volunteer firefighter with Station 32 in Mount Morris, Pennsylvania.

- Very cool.

Thanks for being here, Lucas.

Janice, how about a fun fact about yourself?

- I love to study birds and the surrounding wildlife around the area.

- Okay, excellent.

Thanks for being here, Delaware Valley.

Mountain View, it's over to you.

Jonathon, give us an interesting fact about yourself.

- I am also a volunteer firefighter with the Hop Bottom Hose Company.

- Excellent.

- And Jimi, a fun fact about yourself.

- I like to run track and cross country.

- Okay, excellent.

Thanks for being here, Mountain View.

It was very nice to meet all of you.

Now let's go ahead and begin the second quarter with this question, that goes to Mountain View.

What quantity ranges from about 400 to 700 nanometers for visible light, increases during Redshift, and is the distance between two crests of a wave?

- Wavelength.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

What Southern author who wrote about tomboy Frankie Addams in her novella, "The Member of the Wedding," also wrote "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter?"

- Pass.

- Okay, that was Carson McCullers.

Delaware Valley, here's your first question of the quarter.

What country became a Republic in 1961, despite opposition in Natal, and from 1948 to 1994 was led by the national party, which implemented apartheid?

- South Africa?

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

Which city's imperial hotel, which survived the Great Kanto Earthquake in 1923, was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright?

- Hilton.

(Janice chuckles) - No, we looking for Tokyo.

Okay Mountain View, here's your next question.

What texts, which include the Jerilderie one written by Ned Kelly, are the basis for most a epistolary novels, and often begin with a salutation?

- Pass.

- Okay, rebound now to Delaware Valley.

- St. Paul?

(Janice speaking indistinctly) The letters of St. Paul?

- No, we were just looking for Letters.

Okay Delaware Valley, here's your next question.

What state led by Gina Raimondo passed a 2020 referendum to change its name because of slavery connotations, removing "and Providence Plantations?"

- South Carolina?

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Mountain View.

- No answer.

- Okay, that's Rhode Island.

Okay Mountain View, here's your next question.

What leader of a 1775 expedition to Quebec used his wife, Peggy Shippen, to correspond with John Andre and defected to Britain during the revolution?

- Benedict Arnold?

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

The two shortest books of the King James Bible at less than 300 words each, are missives sent by what evangelist to a lady and a man named Gaius?

- Job?

- Is incorrect, we're looking for John.

Delaware Valley, here's your next question.

And get your pencils and papers ready.

What is the width of a rectangle whose perimeter is 72 and whose the length is 20?

- 16.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

What world capital, which is the coldest capital city by annual average, has a name meaning red hero, and is by far the most populous city in Mongolia?

- Pass.

(timer beeps) - Okay, that was Ulaanbaatar.

Ulaanbaatar.

(timer beeps) And after that one half of play, we have Delaware Valley in the lead over Mountain View 105 to 60.

(upbeat music) We wanna say thank you to Lucas and Janice from Delaware Valley.

And thank you to Jonathon and Jimi from Mountain View You guys were absolutely fantastic.

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

- Now, joining us for Delaware Valley are Mikayla Courtright and Adam Canterman.

And representing Mountain View are Paige Strickland and Megan Ziprich.

And our first question in this quarter goes to Delaware Valley.

And that question is, what Russian composer of the film score for Alexander Nevsky wrote a narrated symphonic tale ending with the victory parade titled "Peter and the Wolf?"

(timer beeps) Okay, rebound now to Mountain View.

- Tchaikovsky?

- Nope, we were looking for Sergei Prokofiev.

Okay Mountain View, here's your first question.

The van der Waals equation is a modification of what equation, which uses a constant of 8.31 joules per per mole Kelvin, and is written PV equals NRT?

- Momentum?

Is incorrect.

Rebound to Delaware Valley.

- Ideal gas law?

- Is correct for your rebound points, Delaware Valley.

And here comes your next question.

What town, whose Wesleyan chapel was where the Declaration of Sentiments was signed, was the site of an 1848 women's rights convention in New York?

- Seneca Falls.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

Brown v. Board of Education began as a challenge to segregated schools.

in what Capitol city of a Midwestern state?

- Topeka?

- Is correct for your bonus points, Delaware Valley.

Let's move back to Mountain View.

Here's your next question.

The Irish bodhran is what type of musical instrument that typically uses a goatskin membrane, and is found in orchestras as a set of timpani?

- Kettle drums?

- Drums is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

In January 2021, Donald Trump was permanently banned from Twitter after he tweeted that he would not be attending what event held that month?

- The inauguration?

- Is correct.

And let's move back now to Delaware Valley.

What animated TV show, which was revived for a 2020 Disney Plus film subtitled "Candace Against the Universe," is named after two inventive step brothers?

- Phineas and Ferb.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

What author, who depicted the Nanking Massacre in her novel "Dragon Seed," wrote about Chinese farmers in "The Good Earth?"

- Pass.

(timer beeps) - Okay, that was Pearl S. Buck.

Mountain View, it's back over to you.

What constitutional amendment, which titles a 2016 documentary by Ava DuVernay, was ratified in 1865 and outlawed involuntary servitude and slavery?

- 16th Amendment?

- Is incorrect, rebound now to Delaware.

- 13th?

- Is correct for your rebound points, Del Val.

And here comes your next question.

What Cornell astronomer authored the science fiction novel "Contact" and wrote, "We are made of star stuff" in a book about the universe entitled "Cosmos?"

- Neil deGrasse Tyson?

Is incorrect.

(timer beeps) Rebound to Mountain View.

- No answer.

- Okay, that author is Carl Sagan.

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

(thunder booming) This time Mountain View will pick first.

Your categories are Latin American authors or death in childbirth.

- Death in childbirth.

- Okay, death in childbirth it is, and your time begins after I finished reading the first question.

Name these people, real or fictional, who died during or as a result of childbirth.

Anakin's wife in the star wars prequels.

- Padme Amidala.

- [Paul] Yes.

12 year old Vladimir Nabokov title character?

- Pass.

- [Paul] Lolita.

Twilight protagonist, who's turned into a vampire.

- Bella.

- [Paul] Yes.

Biblical mother of Joseph?

- Pass.

- [Paul] Rachel.

- The mother of Voldemort?

- Mrs. Riddle.

- Be more specific.

- Pass.

- Merope Gaunt Riddle.

Mother of the author of Frankenstein?

- Pass.

- [Paul] Mary Wollstonecraft.

Jon Snow's mother on HBO's Game of Thrones?

- Pass.

- [Paul] Lyanna.

Henry VIII's third wife?

- Catherine?

- Jane Seymour.

Heathcliff's foster sister in Wuthering Heights?

(timer beeps) Okay, that was Catherine Earnshaw.

Okay, Mountain View.

That's gonna wrap up your portion of the lightning round.

Delaware Valley, we're coming back over to you.

Your remaining category will be Latin American authors.

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

Given their nationality and major works, name these Spanish speaking Western hemisphere authors.

Argentina, "Ficciones," which contains "The Garden of Forking Paths?"

- Pass - [Paul] Borges.

Columbia, "100 Years of Solitude?"

(indistinct) - [Paul] Garcia Marquez.

Mexico, "The Death of Artemio Cruz?"

- Pass.

- [Paul] Fuentes.

Peru, "Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter?"

- Neruda?

- [Paul] Vargas.

Cuba, "Simple Verses," which was made into the anthem, Guantanamera.

- Pass.

- [Paul] Marti.

Chile, "The House of the Spirits."

- Neruda?

- Allende.

Chile, "Sonnets of Death."

- Pass.

- [Paul] Mistral.

Mexico, "The Labyrinth of Solitude" and "Sunstone."

- Juarez.

(timer beeps) - Nope, that was Octavio Paz.

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

And currently we have Delaware Valley in the lead over Mountain View, 150 to 95.

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.

We'll start with the students from Delaware Valley.

And Mikayla, I'll come to you first.

Tell me a fun fact about yourself.

- I am currently learning three languages.

- That's excellent.

Thanks for being here, Mikayla.

Adam, a fun fact about you.

- So in my free time, I run track and cross country for my school.

- Okay, excellent.

- Thanks for being here, Delaware Valley.

Mountain View, over to you.

Paige, tell us a fun fact about yourself.

- I am actually left-handed.

- That is really cool.

All right, excellent.

And Megan.

- I've been to 36 out of the 50 states.

- Okay.

(Paul chuckles) Excellent, excellent.

Very nice to meet you.

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

What woman, who was born in the U.S. painted mothers and children in work such as "The Child's Bath," and exhibited with the impressionists in France?

- Joan of Arc.

- Is incorrect, rebound to Delaware Valley.

- Pass.

- Okay, that's Mary Cassatt.

Delaware Valley, here's your question.

What company, which hosts the annual WWDC, is transitioning away from Intel processors as announced in 2020 by Tim Cook, and produces the iPhone?

- Apple.

- Apple is correct.

- And here's your bonus question.

Chikamatsu Monzaemon helped popularize what traditional form of Japanese theater that uses puppets, unlike Kabuki or Noh drama?

- Marionette?

- Nope, we're looking for Bunraku.

Mountain View, it's back over to you.

What story, in which the daughter of the wealthy farmer, Baltus Van Tassel, receives music lessons from Ichabod Crane, is by Washington Irving?

- Pass.

- Okay, rebound to Delaware Valley.

- The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.

- Is correct for your rebound points, Delaware Valley.

And here comes your next question.

What veteran of the Eighty Years' War plotted with Robert Catesby to blow up the House of Lords with gunpowder, and was arrested on November 5, 1605?

- Guy Fawkes.

- Is correct, and here's your bonus.

In 1676, Ole Romer use the eclipses of Jupiter's moon Io to estimate what constant, which has a value of about 300,000 kilometers per second?

- Speed of light.

- Is correct for your bonus points, Delaware Valley.

Let's go back to Mountain View.

What subatomic particle was discovered in 1932 when beryllium was bombarded by alpha particles from polonium decay in an experiment by James Chadwick?

- The proton?

Is incorrect, rebound to Delaware Valley.

- Positron?

No, we're looking for the neutron.

Delaware Valley, here's your next question.

What play's characters include the rude mechanicals whose member, Bottom, is given the head of a donkey, and is a Shakespeare comedy about fairies?

- Hamlet.

Is incorrect, rebound to Mountain View.

- Pass.

Okay, that's "A Midsummer Night's Dream."

Mountain View, here's your next question.

What family includes Louise, the youngest finder of a hominid fossil, and her grandparents Louis and Mary, who excavated Kenya's Olduvai Gorge?

- Pass.

- Okay, rebound to Delaware Valley.

- Pass.

- Okay, that's Leakey.

Del Val, here's your next question.

For a dataset, what quantity denoted X-bar for samples or mu for populations, equals the sum of values in the set divided by the number of values?

- The mean?

- Is correct.

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

What is the measure in degrees of an angle that is its own compliment?

(timer beeps) - 45.

- Is correct for your bonus points, Delaware Valley.

Great job.

And that's the end of the game.

And our winner tonight for the NEIU Championship is Delaware Valley over Mountain View, 200 to 95.

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.

(upbeat music) And thank you for watching.