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(upbeat electronic music) (lively band music) - Welcome to the 19th 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.

Tonight's match features Mountain View versus Dunmore.

Representing Mountain View are Mimi Sedlack, Jackson Desford, Vivian Sedlack, and Luke Zipridge.

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

Representing Dunmore are Connor Toole, Anna Trouger, Max Forgione, and Maggie Jimmy.

Their alternate is Taryn Walsh, and their advisor is William O'Malley.

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 tossup question.

Correct answers to these questions or 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 get the game started with this tossup question in vocabulary.

What five letter word refers to a smooth, transparent coating of ice on the surface of a road?

The glassy surface-- (electronic beeps) Luke, Mountain View.

- Black.

- Is incorrect.

I'll finish and rebound to Dunmore.

The glassy surface applied to a ceramic object or the sugary coating on a donut.

(electronic beeps) - Glaze.

- Glaze is correct for your rebound points, Dunmore, as we go to a toss up in literature.

Author Joanna Spiri was known for her children's novels.

Many of her works included tales of life in the country with vivid descriptions of the landscapes.

Joanna Spiri, author of "Heidi" was from what country?

(electronic beeps) Max, Dunmore.

- Germany.

- Is incorrect, rebound to Mountain View.

(electronic beeps) Luke.

- America?

- Nope, that country is Switzerland, Switzerland.

Let's go to a toss up in a world geography.

In what country can you find the Parthenon, the ruins of Delphi, and the Acropolis.

(electronic beeps) Luke, Mountain View.

- Greece.

- Is correct, and here's your bonus.

What geological term is used to name a pair of thin sedimentary beds, one course and one fine?

(electronic beeps) That is a varve.

Let's go to a toss up in world geography.

What capital city of the state of Victoria lies on Port Phillip Bay and is the second most populated city in Australia?

(electronic beeps) Max, Dunmore.

- Savannah - Is incorrect, rebound to Mountain View.

(electronic beeps) Luke.

- Sydney.

- No, we're looking for Melbourne.

Well, your next tossup is in US geography.

With what state does Pennsylvania share most of its northern border?

(electronic beeps) Jackson, Mountain View.

- New York.

- Is correct, and here comes your bonus.

He was an American journalist and author who lived outside of Atlanta, Georgia in a home known as the Renz Nest.

He was known for his tales of folklore, who compiled the folk tales that were narrated by Uncle Remus, and included characters like Br'er Rabbit and Br'er Fox.

(electronic beeps) Luke.

- Johnny Appleseed.

- No, we're looking for Joel Chandler Harris.

Our next toss up is in mythology.

What group name was given to the Greek mythological characters, Klotho, Lachesis, and Atropos?

(electronic beeps) Vivian, Mountain View.

- The Gray Sisters.

- Is incorrect, rebound to Dunmore.

(electronic beeps) Those three were the fates.

Our next toss up is in math.

This measured quantity of a statistical population describes or summarizes some aspect of the population, perhaps a man or standard deviation.

What is this term that is often calculated or estimated based on random samples?

(electronic beeps) Maggie, Dunmore.

- Statistic.

- Is incorrect, rebound to Mountain View.

(electronic beeps) Jackson.

- Average.

- No, we're looking for parameter.

Here's your next toss up.

It's in literature.

What famous American's death spawned the Walt Whitmanology when lilacs last in the door yard bloomed?

(electronic beeps) That was the former president, Abraham Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln, (high tone) 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 12 rapid fire questions as they can in one minute.

Dunmore has won the coin toss and will pick first.

Your categories are world history or general science.

(electronic beeps) - General science.

- General science it is, and your time begins after I finish reading the first question.

Name the scientific processes or conditions whose names end in the letters T-I-O-N.

The growth of a plant embryo from a seed or spore after a period of dormancy.

(electronic beeps) - Germination.

- [Paul] Yes, the strong need to keep using a substance.

(electronic beeps) - Addiction.

- [Paul] Yes, the change in the body or behavior of an organism that occurs over many generations.

(electronic beeps) - Evolution.

- [Paul] Adaptation, taking in oxygen and releasing carbon dioxide.

(electronic beeps) - Respiration.

- Yes, a high speed chemical reaction between a fuel and oxygen resulting in heat and light.

(electronic beeps) - Combustion.

- [Paul] Yes, the changing of a gas into a liquid.

(electronic beeps) - Condensation.

- [Paul] Yes, a type of immunization.

(electronic beeps) - Vaccination.

- [Paul] Yes, the change of one element into another usually during radioactive decay.

(electronic beeps) - Skip.

- [Paul] That's transmutation.

The process in which one of the earth's plates pushes under another plate.

(electronic beeps) - Skip.

- That is subduction.

(high tone) All right, Dunmore, great job in the lightning round.

Mountain View, we're coming your way.

Your remaining category will be world history and once again your time begins after I finish reading the first question.

Use the following clues to help you name these early explorers.

Discovered the Grand Canyon.

(electronic beeps) - Skip.

- [Paul] Coronado, English explorer who explored and discovered the Hawaiian Islands.

(electronic beeps) - Skip.

- [Paul] Cook, conquered the Inka Indians of Peru.

(electronic beeps) - Columbus.

- [Paul] Pizarro, 17th century English explorer who discovered a North American bay and river that were named for him.

(electronic beeps) - Chesapeake.

- Hudson, Journeyed around the Cape of Good Hope and crossed the Indian Ocean.

(electronic beeps) - Magellan.

- [Paul] Vasco da Gama, explored Florida and discovered the Mississippi River.

(electronic beeps) - Skip.

- [Paul] That's Hernando de Soto, eplored the St. Lawrence Gulf and the St. Lawrence River to Montreal.

(electronic beeps) - Skip.

- Jacques Cartier, became the first European to reach the Pacific Ocean via the Strait of Panama.

(high tone) That was Vasco de Balboa, and after that, we have a close game.

We have Dunmore in the lead over Mountain View 40 to 20, and now we're going to move into the second quarter with this toss up question in short stories.

An episode of the Simpsons was based on this short story.

Written by W. W. Jacobs, this horror story involves a mummified animal paw that has supernatural-- (electronic beeps) Vivian, Mountain view.

- "The Monkey's Paw".

- Is correct, and here's your bonus.

If the doctor told you that you had pediculosis, to what part of the body would he likely apply-- (electronic beeps) - Foot.

- No, you're looking for head, head.

Let's go to a toss up in sports.

They consist of a base plate, an axle which pivots on two urethane cushions, and a pivot point located on the bottom of the skateboard.

These mechanisms allow skaters to steer and control the movement of the board.

Name these mechanisms that also give greater stability when landing a trick.

(electronic beeps) Vivian, Mountain View.

- Axles.

- Is incorrect, rebound to Dunmore.

(electronic beeps) - Tracks.

- No, we're looking for trucks.

You were very close.

Let's go to a toss up in earth science.

It's sprinkling outside.

The water droplets that are falling are about 1/500th to 1/50th of an inch in diameter.

What is the name given to this type of precipitation?

(electronic beeps) Luke, Mountain View.

- Drizzle.

- Is correct, and here comes your bonus.

He was known as the poet laureate of Harlem.

Name this African American poet of "Mother to Son" and "The Weary Blues" whose initials are L.H.

(electronic beeps) - Langston Hughes.

- Is correct for your bonus points, Mountain View, as we turn now to a toss up in world geography.

What island divides Niagara Falls into the American Falls and the Canadian Falls?

(high tone) That island is Goat Island.

Here's your next toss up, this one in government.

In a civil suit, this is the person who brings the suit to court.

Identify the person or entity who is suing-- (electronic beeps) Luke, Mountain View.

Prosecutor.

- Is incorrect, rebound to Dunmore.

(high tone) That is the plaintiff, the plaintiff.

Here's your next toss up, this one in music.

This band's debut album was titled Funeral.

Reflector was the band's first studio album, and they released their sixth album titled We in 2024.

Name this indie rock band from Canada that was formed in 2021.

(high tone) That was Arcade Fire.

Here's your next toss up in art.

This mural was painted by the Italian artist, Leonardo da Vinci.

The painting depict some meal shared-- (electronic beeps) Luke, Mountain View.

- The Last Supper.

- Is correct, and here's your bonus.

In which of Hilda Doolittle's works did she tell the story of the Trojan War through the eyes of Helen of Troy?

(electronic beeps) - "The Odyssey".

- No, it's "Helen in Egypt".

Here's your next toss up in general knowledge.

What country awards the Nobel Prizes for chemistry, physics, literature, physiology and Medicine?

(electronic beeps) Connor, Dunmore.

- France.

- Is incorrect, Rebound to Mountain View.

(electronic beeps) - Jackson.

- Sweden, Sweden is correct for your rebound points, Mountain View.

Let's turn now to a toss up in literature.

What classic novel begins with the words, "Scarlet O'Hara was not beautiful."?

(electronic beeps) Mimi, Mountain View.

- Gone with the Wind.

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

Tuatara look somewhat like lizards.

These reptiles are the only living species in their biological order.

(high tone) The Tuatara is native to what country?

(electronic beeps) - Singapore.

- No, we're looking for New Zealand.

Well, 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 Mountain View, and Mimi, I'll come to you first.

Tell me what you like to do for fun.

- I like to spend time with my friends.

- [Paul] Awesome, thanks, Mimi, Jackson.

- I like to play sports and eat food.

- [Paul] All right, (laughs) Vivian?

- I like to watch and analyze movies.

- [Paul] Okay, excellent, Luke?

- I raise and train livestock for more.

- Nice, thanks, Mountain View.

Good luck the rest of the way.

Dunmore, coming over to you.

Connor, tell me what you like to do for fun.

- I like to play sports and hang out with my friends.

- [Paul] Excellent, Anna?

- I like to do TaeKwonDo.

I'm a third degree black belt.

- Don't mess with Anna, Max.

(kids laugh) - I like to play baseball a lot and watch movies.

- [Paul] Cool, Maggie.

- I like to read and take dance classes.

- Excellent, thank you, Dunmore.

It was very nice to meet all of you, and now let's go ahead and begin the third quarter with this toss up question in vocabulary.

At a convention, what two word term refers to the speaker who will give the main speech expressing-- (electronic beeps) Luke, Mountain View.

- Keynote speaker.

- Is correct, and here's your bonus.

After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, 10 relocation centers were established in our country to house people of Japanese descent who were forcibly relocated from the west coast of the United States.

The Hart Mountain Relocation Center was one of these camps.

In which US state was it located?

(electronic beeps) - New Mexico?

- No, that state was Wyoming.

Here's your next toss up in general math.

What term do we use to refer to the members that make up a set?

(electronic beeps) Vivian, Mountain View.

- Units.

- Is incorrect, rebound to Dunmore.

(electronic beeps) Maggie.

- Factors?

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

Here's your next tossup in general knowledge.

It all started in Kankakee, Illinois.

JF McCullough convinced his friend, Sherb Noble, to offer his soft serve ice cream to Noble's ice cream shop.

The pair went on to open the first shop with their original frozen treats in joliet, Illinois.

Name this fast food chain.

(electronic beeps) Luke, Mountain View.

- Dairy Queen.

- Is correct, and your bonus.

Cinnabar is a red mineral that resembles quartz.

It's associated with recent volcanic activity or alkaline hot springs.

What metal can be extracted from the ore known as cinnabar?

(electronic beeps) - Silicon?

- No, mercury, mercury.

Let's go to a tossup in novels.

This novel by George Orwell was considered dystopian.

(electronic beeps) Luke, Mountain View.

- 1984.

- Is correct, and here comes your bonus.

What major league baseball player with the initials G.M.

was the first pitcher in baseball history to win the Cy Young Award four straight seasons in a row.

(electronic beeps) - Greg Max.

- Is correct for your bonus points, Mountain View.

Great job as we turn now to a toss up in physics.

The world's second largest atom smasher is in Batavia, Illinois.

Please state the name of this facility.

(high tone) That is the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory or Fermi Lab.

Here's your next toss up in music.

What outstanding musician from the romantic period completed over 1,000 musical compositions but is ironically best known for his unfinished symphony?

(electronic beeps) Luke, Mountain View.

- Beethoven.

- Is incorrect, rebound to Dunmore.

(electronic beeps) Maggie.

- Bach.

- No, Franz Schubert, Franz Schubert.

Let's go to a toss up in algebra.

It's sometimes referred to as second degree equation.

It will always contain one or more-- (electronic beeps) Luke, Mountain View.

- Quadratic equation.

- Is correct, and here comes your bonus.

What American Colonel in the American Revolutionary War said don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes and then fire low.

(electronic beeps) - Pass.

- That is William Prescott.

Let's go to a toss up in music.

According to Billboard, Heartbreak Hotel was this recording Artist's first number one-- (electronic beeps) Luke, Mountain View.

- Elvis.

- Is correct, and here comes her bonus.

What Indian reservation provides the setting for Angeline Boulley's book "The Fire Keeper's Daughter"?

(high tone) That is Ojibwe.

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

This time, Mountain View will pick first.

Your categories are literature or sports and games.

- Sports and games.

- Sports and games it is, and your time begins after I finish reading the first question.

The history of sports is filled with fantastic athletes who've dominated in their particular fields.

Name the sport in which each of these former athletes participated, Billie Jean King.

(electronic beeps) - Pass.

- [Paul] Tennis, Jesse Owens.

(electronic beeps) - Track and field.

- [Paul] Yes, Wayne Gretzky.

(electronic beeps) - Hockey.

- [Paul] Yes, Dale Earnhardt, (electronic beeps) - Nascar.

- [Paul] Yes, Michael Phelps.

(electronic beeps) - Swimming.

- [Paul] Yes, Joe Frazier.

(electronic beeps) - Boxing.

- [Paul] Yes, Nancy Lopez.

(electronic beeps) - Pass.

- [Paul] That's golf, Pete Weber.

(electronic beeps) - Bowling.

- [Paul] Yes, Magic Johnson.

(electronic beeps) - Basketball.

- Yes, Walter Peyton.

(electronic beeps) - Football.

- [Paul] Yes, Cy Young.

(electronic beeps) - Baseball.

- [Paul] Yes, Olga Corbett.

(electronic beeps) - Pickleball.

- (laughs) No, we're looking for gymnastics, but points for style, Mountain view.

You did great in that second lightning round.

Dunmore, we're gonna come over to you.

Your remaining category will be literature, and once again, your time begins after I finish reading the first question.

The American cartoonist, Charles Schultz, created a new comic strip in 1950 about a little boy named Charlie Brown (electronic beeps) and his group of friends.

Name these characters from that comic strip, Charlie Brown's dog.

(electronic beeps) - Snoopy.

- [Paul] Yes, the talented boy who plays songs by Beethoven on his toy piano.

(electronic beeps) - Linus.

- [Paul] Schroeder, the little boy who carries around his security blanket.

(electronic beeps) - Linus.

- [Paul] That's Linus, the only African American in the comic strip.

(electronic beeps) - Skip.

- [Paul] Franklin, the youngest member of the gang.

(electronic beeps) - Skip.

- [Paul] That's Rerun, the last name of Linus, Lucy, and their little brother.

(electronic beeps) - Skip.

- [Paul] Van Pelt, Charlie Brown's friend who's always dirty.

(electronic beeps) - Pigpen.

- [Paul] Yes, the bird friend of Charlie Brown's dog who follows him.

(electronic beeps) - Woodstock.

- Yes, the female bookworm who always wears thick glasses.

(electronic beeps) - Lucy.

- [Paul] Marcy, the outgoing tomboy who gave Charlie Brown the nickname of Chuck.

(electronic beeps) - Lucy.

(high tone) - Peppermint Patty.

Okay, that's going to do it for the lightning round, and after that we currently have Mountain View in the lead over Dunmore 175 to 60, and we're now going to begin the last segment of the game with this toss up question in anatomy.

What instrument do doctors use to examine the outer ear canal and the eardrum?

(electronic beeps) Max, Dunmore.

- Scalpel.

- Is incorrect, rebound to mountain view.

(high tone) That instrument is an auto scope.

Here's your next toss up, this one in botany.

What waxy layer covers the epidermal cells of leaves to protect the leaves and keep them from drying out?

(electronic beeps) Maggie, Dunmore.

- Cuticle.

- Is correct, and here comes your bonus.

The Apurimac River is the farther most source of the Amazon River.

In what country is the Apurimac located?

(electronic beeps) Connor.

- Brazil.

- No, you're close.

We're looking for Peru, Peru.

Here's your next toss up in mythology.

What were the nine daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne called who ruled over the arts and sciences in Greek mythology?

(electronic beeps) Luke, Mountain View.

- The muses.

- Is correct, and here comes your bonus.

Which Russian writer is probably best known for his masterpieces, War and Peace and Anna Karenina.

(electronic beeps) - Leo Tolstoy.

- Is correct for your bonus points, Mountain View.

Let's turn now to a toss up in theater.

What three syllable word beginning with the letter T is a fancy Greek name for a theater actor.

(electronic beeps) Vivian, Mountain View.

- Thespian.

- Is correct, and here's your bonus.

There are 63 national parks in the United States spread across 31 states and two US territories.

In what state would you find Saguaro National Park?

(electronic beeps) Jackson.

- New Mexico.

- You're close.

Arizona, Arizona.

Here's your next toss up in world religion.

Jerusalem is sacred to the Jews because it was the ancient Hebrew capital.

According to Jewish tradition, it was also here that the first temple was built on the spot where God created Adam.

Name the king who built this first temple.

(electronic beeps) Luke, Mountain View.

- Saul.

- Is incorrect, rebound to Dunmore.

(high tone) You are so close.

It was Solomon, Solomon.

Here's your next toss up in computer science.

What two keys should be pressed at the same time with the control key to create a new folder on the desktop?

(electronic beeps) Anna, Dunmore.

- Alt delete.

- Is incorrect, rebound to Mountain View.

(electronic beeps) Luke.

- Shift N. - Shift and N is correct for your rebound points, Mountain View.

Let's go now to a toss up in general math.

This sequence begins with zero, zero, and one.

Each number in the sequence is the sum of the previous three numbers.

So one, two, and four are the numbers in the next part of the sequence.

What is the name of the sequence that continues using the same pattern?

(electronic beeps) Vivian, Mountain View.

- The Fibonacci sequence.

- Is incorrect, rebound to Dunmore.

(high tone) It was the tribonacce sequence.

Here's your next tossup, this one in vocabulary.

What cooking term that begins and ends with an R means to cook the fat out of a piece of meat or poultry?

(electronic beeps) Luke, Mountain View.

- Render.

- Render is correct, and here's your bonus.

What Flemish painter known for his large alter paintings in mythological scenes created The Elevation of the Cross, The Judgment of Paris, (high tone) and The Three Graces.

(electronic beeps) - Michelangelo.

- No, it was Peter Paul Rubins.

No connection there to Peewee Herman, and that's the end of the game, and our winner tonight is Mountain View over Dunmore 220 to 70.

(lively band music) Congratulations, Mountain View.

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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