(bright upbeat music) ♪ Go ♪ - Welcome to the 18th 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 Mountain View versus Dunmore.

Representing Mountain View are Vivian Sedlac, Luke Ziprich, Jackson Guessford, and Paige Strickland.

Their alternate is Riley Turner, and their advisor is Charlene Martins.

Representing Dunmore are Geanna Kirschner, Meghan Kohooley, Savannah Lockwood, and Maura Mahalchek.

Their alternate is Maggie Jimmy, and their advisor is William O'Malley.

Scholastic Scrimmage is a game of 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 tossup question.

Correct answers to these questions are awarded 10 points and that team will then receive a five point bonus question.

If that tossup 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 tossup points but will not receive a bonus question.

Let's go ahead and get started with this tossup question.

What drug, originally derived from willow bark, has acetylsalicylic acid- - Aspir- - Luke, Mountain View?

- Aspirin.

- Is correct, and here comes your bonus question.

What term describes interactions between two processes, such as medications, whose combined effect is greater than the sum of the individual effects?

(buzzer beeps) - Compound effect.

- No, we're looking for synergy, synergy.

Here's your next toss up.

What native of the town of Domremy had visions of angels inspiring her to relieve the siege of Orleon, on behalf of France, in the Hundred Years War?

(buzzer beeps) Maura, Dunmore?

- Joan of Arc.

- Is correct, and here comes your bonus question.

What 18th century British author of the piceresque novel Joseph Andrews also wrote about the adventures of a foundling in the novel Tom Jones?

(buzzer beeps) - Mark Twain.

- No, we're looking for Henry Fielding.

Let's go to another tossup.

What novel, which was written on a 120 foot long scroll of paper, includes such characters as Carlo Marx and Sal Paradise, and is by Jack Kerouac?

(buzzer beeps) Megan, Dunmore?

- On the Road.

- Is correct, and here comes your bonus question.

Francis Willard and the WCTU championed what caused that carry nation work to advance by conducting violent agitations?

(timer sounds) Okay, we're looking for the temperance movement.

Let's go to another tossup.

What city contains the square of miracles, lies near the mouth of the Arno River, and has an unstable campanile known as its namesake leaning tower?

(buzzer beeps) Paige, Mountain View?

- Venice.

- Is incorrect.

Rebounded to Dunmore.

- Pisa.

- Please buzz in.

(buzzer beeps) - Pisa.

- Is correct.

Very good for your rebound points, Dunmore.

And here's another tossup question.

What 1937 musical work, which sets dozens of texts by Goliard monks and German and Latin, begins and ends with O Fortuna and is a cantata by Carl Orff?

(timer sounds) Okay, that's Carmina Burana.

Let's go to another tossup.

In what battle, which Marcus Reno was criticized for not entering, did forces led by Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull defeat and kill George Custer?

(buzzer beeps) Paige, Mountain View?

- Battle of Little Bighorn.

- That's correct, and here comes your bonus.

What term refers both to a hallucinogenic drink in the Vedic tradition, and a powerful drug that induces happiness in Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World?"

(buzzer beeps) - Soma.

- Is correct, for your bonus points Mountain View, very good.

Here comes our next toss up.

What thinker introduced postulates of practical reason, in a book expanding on his categorical imperative, after writing the critique of pure reason?

(timer sounds) That was Emmanuel Kant.

Let's go to another tossup.

The Rosetta probe landed on what type of icy body, which has a coma around a nucleus, and if it reaches the inner solar system, may grow a gas tail.

(buzzer beeps) Luke, Mountain view?

- Asteroid.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Dunmore.

(buzzer beeps) Maura?

- Meteor.

- Is incorrect as well.

We were looking for comet, looking for comet there.

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

(electricity crackles) 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.

Mountain View has won the coin toss, and will pick first.

Your categories are moons or artistic times of day.

- Artistic times of day.

- Okay, artistic times of day it is.

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

Given a work of art with a time of day in its title, name the artist who created it.

The painting, Starry Night.

(buzzer beeps) - Van Gogh.

- [Paul] Yes.

The noon symphony, one of his over 100 symphonies.

(buzzer beeps) - Beethoven.

- [Paul] Hayden.

The sculptures dusk and dawn, in Florence's Medici Chapel.

(buzzer beeps) - Da Vinci.

- [Paul] Michelangelo.

The musical work Night on Bald Mountain.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- [Paul] Mussorgsky.

The painting Impression Sunrise (buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- Monet.

The excerpt Morning Mood from his incidental music, for Peer Gynt.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- [Paul] Edward Grieg.

The painting Landscape Noon, which he retitled the Hay Wain.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- [Paul] Constable.

The musical work prelude to the afternoon of a fawn.

(buzzer beeps) - Springtime.

- We're looking for Claude WC.

Okay Mountain View, that's going to do it for your portion of the lightning round.

Dunmore, we're coming over to you and your remaining category will be moons.

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

Moon of Jupiter, that is the largest in the solar system.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- [Paul] Ganymede.

Moon of Mars that is smaller than Fobos.

Don't forget you can pass.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- [Paul] Demos.

Moon of Jupiter that is volcanically active and has a two letter name.

(buzzer beeps) - Mu?

- [Paul] Io.

Largest moon of Saturn.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- Titan.

Moon of Pluto named for a ferryman from Greek myth.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- [Paul] Sharon.

Largest moon of Neptune.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- [Paul] Triton.

Moon of Jupiter that is the smallest of the four Galilean moons.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- [Paul] Europa.

Icy moon of Saturn, that has the highest albedo in the solar system.

(timer sounds) That was Enceladus.

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

And after that, we currently have a tied game, Mountain View and Dunmore both with 30 points.

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

What country, in which Babrak Karmal was put in power by the Soviet Union, elected Hammed Karzai president after a long period of rule by the Taliban?

(buzzer beeps) Maura, Dunmore?

- Iraq.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Mountain View, (buzzer beeps) Paige?

- Afghanistan.

- Is correct for your rebound points, Mountain View.

And we'll move on to another tossup.

In what country did Bucuramanga, Rodolfo Hernandez Suarez, lose a 2022 election to former M 19 Gorilla Gustavo Petro who governs from Bogota?

(buzzer beeps) Luke, Mountain View?

- Mexico.

- Is incorrect.

Rebounded to Dunmore.

(buzzer beeps) - Columbia - Is correct for your rebound points, Dunmore.

And here comes your next toss up.

What scientists names the elastic scattering due to a cool loan potential, and names an experiment in which the nucleus was discovered using gold foil?

(buzzer beeps) Maura, Dunmore?

- Ernest Rutherford.

- Is correct, and your bonus question now.

What word follows specific in the name of a quantity, also called relative density, that equals a substances density divided by the density of water?

(buzzer beeps) - Surface tension.

- No, good guess.

We were looking for gravity.

Here's your next toss up.

What province contains Jasper and Banff National Parks, is one of Canada's major oil producers, and includes the cities of Calgary and Edmonton?

(buzzer beeps) Paige, Mountain View?

- Alberta.

- Is correct, and here comes your bonus.

Female performers of what instrument include Martha Argerich, Yuja Wang, Alice Sara Ott, and Mitsuko Uchida?

(buzzer beeps) - Violin?

- No, it was the piano, the piano.

Let's go to another tossup question.

What novel in which Friedrich Mueller's death from a stomach wound is witnessed by Paul Boyer was written about World War I by Eric Maria Remark?

(buzzer beeps) - All Quiet on the- - Geanna, Dunmore.

- All Quiet on the Western Front.

- That's right, and here comes your bonus.

What city, known as the Paris of the Prairies, is the most populous city in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan?

(buzzer beeps) Maura?

- Ottawa.

- No, we're looking for Saskatoon.

Here's your next tossup.

The sesmenoid, or free floating type, of what general structures in the human body includes the pisiform, hyoid, and patella as examples?

(buzzer beeps) Luke, Mountain View?

- Tendons.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Dunmore.

(buzzer beeps) - Knee.

- Nope, the answer was bones.

Here comes your next toss up.

In what country, which nearly collapsed during the Rompiyard disasters of 1672, did the Orangest faction support princely leaders called stockholders?

(buzzer beeps) Luke, Mountain View?

- Germany.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Dunmore.

(buzzer beeps) Maura?

- France.

- Nope, we were looking for the Dutch Republic.

Let's go to another tossup.

What game series, whose sixth numbered entry released in 2023 and centers on Luke Sullivan, is made by Capcom and stars martial artists Ken and Ryu?

(buzzer beeps) - Street Fighter.

- [Paul] Vivian, Mountain View.

- Oh, Street Fighter.

- Is correct, and your bonus question.

Aldebaran is the most luminous star in what constellation, whose name comes from the Latin for bull?

(buzzer beeps) Luke?

- Taurus.

- Taurus is correct for your bonus points, Mountain View, and we'll move on to another tossup.

What mathematician showed that for convex polyhedra, vertices plus faces minus edges equals two?

And is the namesake of a number equal to about 2.72, E?

(buzzer beeps) Luke, Mountain View?

- Euclid.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Dunmore.

(buzzer beeps) - Max Plank?

- No, we were looking for Euler, Euler.

All right, that sound that you heard signals the end of the first half.

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.

And we'll start with the students from Mountain View.

And Vivian, I'll come to you first.

What are your plans after graduation?

- Oh, honestly I really don't have any ideas about that right now.

I definitely need to think about that a little more.

- All right.

Luke?

- I don't know.

I'm going to college.

I like biology and psychology and music, so maybe something with those.

- [Paul] Okay, very cool.

Jackson?

- I'm looking to get in the realm of sports, whether it's coaching, scouting, or refereeing.

- [Paul] Any particular sport?

- Basketball or baseball would probably be my top two.

- Cool.

And Paige?

- I plan to go to college, I think for something in journalism.

- All right, very good.

Thank you Mountain View and good luck the rest of the way.

Dunmore, we're gonna come over to you and Geanna, if you wouldn't mind telling us what you have planned after graduation.

- I'm looking to go to college for pre-med, maybe with a focus in chemistry.

And if I can, I'd like to study library science.

- [Paul] Well that's excellent.

Thank you.

Megan?

- I'm thinking of studying pre-med in college but I'm also really interested in psychology.

- Okay.

And Savannah?

- I also plan to go on a pre-med track in college with a minor in political science.

- [Paul] That's excellent.

And Maura?

- I plan on studying chemical engineering with the hopes of getting my MBA.

- All right, well best of luck to you Dunmore, and Mountain View, it was very nice to meet you.

I will now go ahead and begin the third quarter with this tossup question.

What exchange, which lends its name to a composite index that focuses on tech firms, is commonly listed alongside the S & P and Dow Jones?

(buzzer beeps) Paige, Mountain View?

- Stocks.

- [Paul] Is incorrect.

Rebounded to Dunmore.

(timer sounds) That answer was Nasdaq.

Let's go to another toss up.

What company, whose local people meters expand a data collection beyond sweeps periods, publishes namesake ratings measuring viewership of TV shows?

(buzzer beeps) Luke, Mountain View?

- Rotten Tomatoes.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Dunmore.

(timer sounds) Okay, those are the Nielsen's.

Let's go to another toss up.

What project, at whose completion Leland Stanford drove a ceremonial golden spike into the ground in 1869, connected- (buzzer beeps) Luke, Mountain View?

- Transcontinental Railroad.

- Is correct, and here comes your bonus question.

What short story by Edward Everett Hale is about an army lieutenant named Philip Nolan who renounces the United States?

(timer sounds) We were looking for The Man Without a Country.

Let's go to another tossup question.

Which biblical king of Israel was the father of Ria Boem, was tested with hard questions by the queen of Sheba, and was renowned for his wisdom?

(buzzer beeps) Luke, Mountain View?

- Solomon.

- Is correct.

And your bonus question now, the Gulf of California is also called the sea of what 16th century explorer, who was the first governor of New Spain?

(buzzer beeps) - Columbus.

- No, we're looking for Hernan Cortes.

Let's go to another tossup.

What things, whose cryptic types feature half turn rotational symmetry, are created by people like Will Shorts and are word puzzles in a grid?

(buzzer beeps) Maura, Dunmore?

- Crosswords.

- Yes, and your bonus question.

What alkali metal has a well-studied oscillation used to keep time in atomic clocks?

(buzzer beeps) - Mercury.

- No, we are looking for cesium, cesium.

Here's your next toss up.

What event, whose participants disguised as Mohawks, resulted in the coercive acts and involved- (buzzer beeps) Luke, Mountain View?

- The Boston Tea Party.

- Is correct, and here comes your bonus.

What state, founded by Sargon in the 24th century BC and greatly expanded by Sargon's grandson Naram Sin, is often called the world's first empire?

(buzzer beeps) - Babylon.

- No, that was Acadian, Acadian.

Here's our next tossup.

What former theater critic for the Daily Pontilio dedicates books such as the Reptile Room to Beatrice Baudelaire, in A Series of Unfortunate Events?

(buzzer beeps) Vivian, Mountain View?

- Lemony Snicket.

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

In what northeastern state did Chris Sununu announce that he would not seek a fifth two year term as governor in July, 2023?

(buzzer beeps) - Luke?

- New Hampshire.

- Is correct for your bonus points, Mountain View.

And we have another tossup.

What viral disease, whose onset usually features colic spots in the mouth, is also called Rubiola, and is the first M named in the MMR vaccine?

(buzzer beeps) Maura, Dunmore?

- Mono.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Mountain View.

(buzzer beeps) - Luke?

- Meningitis?

- Nope, we were looking for measles.

And I once thought I had mono for an entire year, it just turned out I was really bored.

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

(electricity crackles) This time Dunmore will pick first.

Your categories are Texas locations or five?

(buzzer beeps) - We'll go with five.

- Okay, five it is.

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

Answer the following about the number five.

Home country of the mighty five composers?

(buzzer beeps) - Austria.

- [Paul] Russia.

Element with atomic number five and symbol B.

(buzzer beeps) - Boron.

- [Paul] Yes.

Objects that number five in the 12 days of Christmas.

(buzzer beeps) - Five golden rings.

- [Paul] Yes.

Religion whose five pillars include the Hajj or pilgrimage?

(buzzer beeps) - Islam.

- [Paul] Yes.

Line of poetry with five feet.

(buzzer beeps) - Iambic pentameter.

- Judges?

Correct.

Figure who suffered the five holy wounds.

(buzzer beeps) - Matthew.

- [Paul] Jesus.

A William Carlos Williams poem reads I saw the figure five in this color.

(buzzer beeps) - Blue.

- [Paul] Gold.

Soviet leader who launched the first five year plan in 1928.

(buzzer beeps) - Lenin.

- [Paul] Stalin.

Platonic solid with Pentagons for faces.

(buzzer beeps) - Hydrocarbons.

- [Paul] Nope, dodecahedron.

Okay, we're not gonna get to that very last one, but Dunmore, great job in the lightning round.

We're gonna come over to Mountain View, and Mountain View, your remaining category will be Texas locations.

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

Name these cities in Texas.

Home of the river Walk and Alamo?

(buzzer beeps) - San Antonio.

- [Paul] Yes.

Contains Deley Plaza, where John F. Kennedy was assassinated?

(buzzer beeps) - Dallas.

- [Paul] Yes.

It's capital.

(buzzer beeps) - Houston.

- [Paul] Austin.

Its most populous city.

(buzzer beeps) - Houston.

- [Paul] Yes.

Shares its name with the Spanish word for yellow.

(buzzer beeps) - Amarillo.

- Yes.

Gulf Coast City devastated by a 1900 Hurricane.

(buzzer beeps) - Corpus Christi.

- [Paul] Galveston.

City with a Spanish name, across the Rio Grande from Cuidad Juarez?

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- [Paul] That's El Paso.

Home of Baylor University, that is near the site of the 1993 siege?

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- [Paul] Waco.

Southernmost city, which is near the mouth of the Rio Grande?

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- That's Brownsville.

Site of Globe Life Field, (timer sounds) where the Texas Rangers play, and that's Arlington.

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

And after that, we currently have Mountain View in the lead over Dunmore, 130 to 90.

And we'll now begin the last segment of the game with this tossup question.

What president, whose backers used the slogan Tippecanoe and Tyler Too gave the longest inaugural address?

(buzzer beeps) Savannah, Dunmore?

- William Henry Harrison.

- Is correct, and here comes your bonus.

What Spanish Explorer crossed the Isthmus of Panama in 1513, becoming the first European to see the Pacific from the New World?

(buzzer beeps) - Vespucci.

- No, we were looking for Vasco Nunez de Balboa.

Let's go to another tossup.

What city, home to a mosaic salamander at Park Guell, houses the unfinished Sagrada Familia church designed by Catalan architect, Antoni Gaudi?

(timer sounds) That city is Barcelona.

Let's go to another tossup.

What author depicted a school run by Madam Beck in the novel Villette, and described how Bertha set fire to Thornfield Hall in the novel Jane Eyre?

(buzzer beeps) Paige, Mountain View?

I need an answer.

- No answer.

- Okay, rebound to Dunmore.

(buzzer beeps) - Charlotte Bronte.

- Is correct for your rebound points, Dunmore.

Great job.

Here's your next tossup.

What country, whose city of Abadan contains many Yoruba people, was once governed from Lagos and is the most populous country in Africa?

(buzzer beeps) - Nigeria.

- Paige, Mountain View?

- Nigeria.

- Is correct, and here comes your bonus.

What South Carolina politician, who ran for president in 1948 as a dixiecrat, filibustered the Civil Rights Act of 1957 for over 24 straight hours?

(buzzer beeps) - No answer.

- Okay, that was Strom Thurmond.

Here's another tossup question.

What God, the Son of Maya, carried the caduceus, a staff with two intertwined snakes and was both the Greek trickster God and the messenger God?

(buzzer beeps) Luke, Mountain View?

- Hermes.

- Is correct.

And your bonus now.

What Shinto Storm commie rudely threw a flayed horse into the hall of his sister, Amaratazoo?

(buzzer beeps) - No answer.

- Okay, that's Suessanu.

Let's go to another toss up, and get your pencils and papers ready.

What is the volume of a cube whose edges each have a length of one half, given volume equals length, times width, times height?

(buzzer beeps) Maura, Dunmore?

- One eighth.

- Is correct, and your bonus question.

On July 4th, 2023, what American consumed 62 HDB to win the Nathan's hotdog eating contest for the 16th time?

(buzzer beeps) - Joey Chestnut.

- Is correct for your bonus points, Dunmore.

Here's your next toss up.

In what country did protestors hold up sheets of A4 paper to protest the dynamic clearing zero Covid policy advanced by President Xi Jinping?

(buzzer beeps) Luke, Mountain View?

- China.

- Is correct, and here comes your bonus.

What British romantic described a woman who has a mind at peace with all below and an innocent heart in his poem, She Walks in Beauty?

(timer sounds) That was Lord Byron.

Here is your next toss up.

What state, which hosted the 2002 Winter Olympics, is home to a team that was led in the 1990s by John Stockton (round timer sounds) and Carl Malone?

(buzzer beeps) The NBA's, Jackson, Mountain View?

- Utah.

- Is correct.

And your bonus question, what major result from quantum physics bounds the product of the standard deviations of two quantities, often denoted X and P?

(buzzer beeps) - Standard error of the mean.

- No, we are looking for the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle.

And that's the end of the game, and our winner tonight is Mountain View over Dunmore, 170 to 125.

Congratulations Mountain View.

You are 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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