(upbeat music) - Welcome to the 17th 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, 3 or $5,000.

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

The rules of a game have been modified for this season's virtual version, 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 educators from the WVIA viewing area, and tonight's match features Mountain View versus Lakeland.

Playing for Mountain View are Jonathon Symulesky and Jimi Bernofsky.

The alternates are Nick Schmitt and Luke Ziprich.

Their advisor is Charlene Martins.

Representing Lakeland are Max Lick and Kayla Walsh.

The alternates are Samantha Black and Anna Luizo, and their advisor is Jill Marino.

Well, let's get started.

Mountain View has won the coin toss and will receive the first question which is what region who Southern tip lies near Sharm el-Sheikh is a peninsula in Asia that's separated by the Suez canal from the rest of Egypt?

- India?

- Is incorrect, rebound to Lakeland - Saudi Arabia?

- Nope, that answer is Sinai Peninsula.

Lakeland, here comes your first question.

What kingdom was ruled by Robert the Bruce and by James VI, who took the new regnal name of James I, when he gained the throne of England to the south?

- Essex?

- Is incorrect, rebound to Mountain View.

- Wales?

- Nope, that answer is Scotland.

Okay Mountain View, here comes your next question.

What city which names a version of a Talmud predating the Babylonian Talmud was held against Titus by the zealots and was the site of Solomon's temple?

- Jerusalem?

- Is correct Mountain View.

And here comes your bonus question.

Boy Willie and Bernice fight over whether to sell what precious ornately carved family heirloom that partly titles a play by August Wilson?

(timer beeping) That answer was piano.

Let's move back over to Lakeland.

Here's your question.

What ancient philosopher from Samos may have theorized the music of the spheres and lends his name to a theorem about the sides of a right triangle?

- Pythagoras?

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

What Ancient Sanskrit epic is about a hero whose wife Sita is kidnapped by Ravana?

- "Gilgamesh?"

- Nope, that's "Ramayana."

Mountain View here comes your next question.

What dramatist depicted a character who escapes in the chariot of Helios after killing the children she bore Jason in the ancient Greek play "Madea?"

(timer beeping) Out of time, rebound to Lakeland - Sophocles?

- Nope, Euripides was the answer.

Lakeland, here comes your next question.

What author of the "Elementary Treatise on Chemistry" who disproved the Phlogiston hypothesis was a Frenchman known as the father of modern chemistry?

(timer beeping) Okay, rebound to Mountain View.

- Abbot?

- Is incorrect.

That answer is Lavoisier.

Mountain View here's your next question?

What region led until 2020 by Quim Torra held a 2017 independence referendum that was declared unconstitutional and has its capital at Barcelona?

- Spain?

- Is incorrect.

(timer beeping) Rebound to Lakeland.

- Portugal?

- Nope, that answer is Catalonia.

And that's sound on that you heard signals the end of the first quarter and it's now time for the Lightning Round.

(effects buzzing) 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 Chinese history or NBA MVPs - NBA MVPs.

- Okay, that was quick, NBA MVPs it is.

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

Name the team for which these basketball players played when they were named regular season MVP of the NBA.

Stephen Curry.

- Warriors.

- [Paul] Yes, Dirk Novitzky.

- Mavericks.

- [Paul] Yes, Kobe Bryant.

- Lakers.

- [Paul] Yes, Michael Jordan.

- Bulls.

- [Paul] Yes Bill Russell - Celtics.

- [Paul] Yes, Alan Iverson.

- 76ers.

- [Paul] Yes, David Robinson.

- Pass - [Paul] Spurs, Steve Nash - Suns.

- [Paul] Yes, Carl Malone.

- Jazz.

- [Paul] Yes, Bill Walton.

- Bulls.

- [Paul] I'm sorry.

- Bulls.

- No, the Trailblazers.

Still though, Mountain View great job in the Lightning Round.

We're gonna take things over Lakeland now.

And your remaining category, Lakeland, will be Chinese history.

A lot different from NBA MVPs.

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

Answer the following about the history of China.

Empire led by Genghis Khan, that overran China in the 13th century.

- Mongol?

- [Paul] Yes, philosopher whose wisdom appears in the Analects.

- Sun Tzu?

- [Paul] Confucius.

Last Dynasty Imperial, China?

- Pass.

- I'm sorry.

- Pass.

- Pass.

- Qing.

Material used to make Qin Shi Huang's army of statues - Terracotta.

- Terracotta.

- [Paul] Yes.

Successor of Sun Yat-sen as leader of Republican China - Pass.

- [Paul] Chiang Kai-shek.

Beijing square where protestors were killed in 1989.

- Tiananmen?

(timer beeping) - [Paul] Yes.

Mountainous Western region annexed by China in 1951?

- Pass.

- [Paul] Tibet.

Communist chairman who led the cultural revolution.

- Pass.

- That's Mao.

Overland trade route from China to the Mediterranean?

That was the Silk Road.

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

And after that, we currently have Mountain View in the lead over Lakeland, 90 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.

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

And Jonathon, I'm going to come to you first.

Tell us a fun fact about yourself.

- I am a volunteer fire department with my little community.

- Excellent, thank you, Jonathon.

And Jimmy, a fun fact about yourself.

- I enjoy playing the electric guitar.

- Excellent, good luck the rest of the way Mountain View Let's come over to Lakeland, and Max if you wouldn't mind telling us a fun fact about yourself - I have alpacas as pets.

They're kind of like llamas just a little bit smaller.

- Oh, excellent, how cool.

Thank you Max.

And Kayla, tell us a fun fact about yourself.

- Despite getting car sick on pretty much every car ride I go on.

I don't get seasick.

- That's different.

Okay, excellent.

Thank you very much, Kayla.

Good luck to you.

It was very nice to meet all of you.

Well now begin the second quarter with this question that goes to Lakeland.

What god who will kill and be killed by Loki is the guardian of by Bifrost, who will blow the Gjallarhorn to signal the start of Ragnarok.

- Heimdall?

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question?

An automatic rabbit lure is chased by what breed of dogs in a competitive racing sport that has declined massively since 2000?

- Black Russian Terrier?

- No, Greyhound racing.

Mountain View, here is your next question.

On what island did Joe Rosenthal photograph six US Marines on Mount Suribachi raising a flag during a February, 1945 battle with Japanese forces?

- Iwo Jima?

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question?

The chain rule is used to differentiate functions resulting from what operation in which one function's output becomes another's input - Opposite reactions.

- Judges?

- [Judge] No.

- Is incorrect.

We're looking for function composition.

Let's move back over to Lakeland.

Here's your question.

What name is shared by a constellation honoring Table Mountain, whose name means table in Latin, as well as an international high IQ society.

(timer beeping) Okay, rebound now to Mountain View - Mesda?

- No, the answer is Mensa, not Mesda.

Put a D in there.

Let's move back over to Mountain View.

What behavior has a daily vertical form in lakes, occurs across the Americas and Monarch butterflies and is the movement of animals to new habitats?

- Migration?

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question now .

In 2021, thousands of people were evacuated after the eruption of the Cumbre Vieja volcano in what Spanish island chain.

- Galapagos?

- Nope, that answer is the Canary Islands.

Let's go back over to Lakeland now.

What president from Tennessee who went on the swing around the circle speaking tour violated the tenure of office act and was impeached in 1868.

- Andrew Johnson?

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question?

What American DJ collaborated with the Jonas brothers on "Leave Before You Love Me," with Juice WRLD on "Come and Go, and with Bastille on "Happier?"

- Marshmallow?

- Is correct for your bonus points Lakeland.

Let's turn back now to Mountain View.

What state where Molly Pitcher fought the battle of Monmouth was the birthplace of Frank Sinatra and Bruce Springsteen and is led from Trenton.

- New Jersey?

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

In what country did Dance of the Forty-One scandal occur during the Porfiriato, the 1876 to 1911 dictatorship of Porfirio Diaz?

(timer beeping) Okay, that answer was Mexico.

And after one half of play, we currently have Mountain View in the lead over Lakeland, 120 to 65.

We wanna say thank you to Jonathon and to Jimmy from Mountain View, and to Max and Kayla from Lakeland.

You were absolutely fantastic.

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

Playing for Mountain View in the second half, are Megan Ziprich and Paige Strickland.

And representing Lakeland are Thomas Kenenski and Grace Stangline.

And our first question in the third quarter will go to Mountain View, and that question is.

What author, whose story "Dr. Heidegar's Experiment" appears in his book, "Twice Told Tales'" wrote about Hester Prynne in his novel, "The Scarlet Letter?

- Nathaniel Hawthorne?

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

A major driver in the development of the chemical industry was the desire for what coloring agents that bind other substrates unlike pigments?

- Dyes?

- Is correct.

For your bonus points Mountain View, great job.

Lakeland here comes your first question of the second half.

What state the home of Oliver Ellsworth and Roger Sherman, names a compromise between big and small states reached at the constitutional convention.

- Missouri compromise?

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Mountain View.

- Connecticut Compromise?

- Is correct for your rebound points, Mountain View.

Great job.

And here's your next question?

What city who's Lakhta Center is Europe's tallest skyscraper is home to the state Hermitage museum and is the second most populous city in Russia?

- St. Petersburg?

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question now.

What term for a buyer of a good names the surplus gain by buying a product for below one's reservation price and is often contrasted with producer?

- Consumer?

- Is correct for your bonus points, Mountain View.

Let's move back over to Lakeland now.

What systems shown on the upper and lower branches of the Hubble tuning fork diagram include the Whirlpool galaxy and form stars and curving arms.

- The Mexico galaxy?

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Mountain View - No answer.

- Okay, that's Spiral galaxies.

Mountain View, here comes your next question.

What US institution modeled on London's Toynbee Hall was founded in 1889 by Ellen Gates Starr and Jane Addams, and was a Chicago settlement house.

(timer beeping) Okay, rebound now to Lakeland - Jane Addam's Halfway House?

- No, we're looking for the Hull House.

Okay, lakeland here comes your next question.

What country whose original colonial capital was at Sibu City and includes the islands of Mindanao now and Luzon?

The latter of which is home to Manila?

- India?

- Is incorrect, rebound now to Mountain View - Philippines?

- Philippines is correct for your rebound points.

And here's your next question Mountain View.

What leader who refused to get vaccinated before attending the United Nations in September 2021 succeeded Lula da Silva and is president of Brazil?

(timer beeping) Okay, rebound to Lakeland - Rodriegez?

- Nope, that answer is Jair Bolsonaro.

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

(lightning buzzing) This time Lakeland will pick first.

Your categories are purple or famous spouses.

- Purple.

- Okay, purple it is.

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

Answer the following about purple and violet.

First color in the acronym ROYGBIV, which ends with violet - Red?

- Yes.

Land that includes the purple Gillikin Country and Emerald City.

- Oz.

- Oz.

- Yes.

Shape of purple medal for US military members wounded or killed by enemy action?

- Heart?

- Yes.

- Heart?

- [Paul] Yes.

Alice Walker book centering on Celie?

- Pass - "The Color Purple."

A purple rain march protested apartheid in this nation?

- Pass.

- [Paul] South Africa, title purple dinosaur of a PBS show.

- Barney.

- Barney?

- [Paul] Yes.

The purple islands are in this country led from Seoul - South Korea.

- South Korea?

- [Paul] Yes, empire where royalty were born in the purple in a room in Constantinople.

- Byzantine empire.

- Yes, crystal violet is used in this stain to classify bacteria.

(timer beeping) That was Gram stain.

Great job in the lightning round Lakeland.

We're gonna come over to Mountain View now.

And Mountain View your remaining category will be famous spouses.

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

Name the spouses of these people, where the surname is the same.

We only need the first name, however, okay?

John Adams, the second president.

- Abigail?

- [Paul] Yes, Anne Boleyn and five other women.

- Henry - [Paul] Be more specific - The eighth.

- [Paul] Yes, Anna Magdalena.

For whom this Baroque composer wrote a notebook of music - Pass.

- [Paul] Bach.

Percy B. Shelley?

- Mary Wollstonecraft.

- Yes, Eva Perone.

- Pass.

- [Paul] Juan.

Martin Luther king Jr. - Pass - [Paul] Coretta.

Frida Kahlo.

- Pass.

- Diego Rivera.

June Carter who married this country singer in 1968.

(timer beeping) That was Johnny Cash.

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

And after that, we currently have Mountain View in the lead over Lakeland, 200 to 125.

And again, we're going to take a little bit of a break and get to know the contestants playing the second half a little better.

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

And Megan, I'm going to come to you first.

Tell us a fun fact about yourself.

- I work at the pharmacy.

- Okay, excellent.

Thank you, Megan.

And Paige, a fun fact about yourself please.

- I'm left handed.

- [Paul] You're what?

- I'm left handed.

- Oh, excellent, okay, all right.

Thank you Mountain View.

Good luck the rest of the way.

Lakeland let's come over to you, and Thomas if you wouldn't mind sharing with us a fun fact about yourself - I wanna own a VW bus.

- Okay, all right.

That's a good dream to have.

And Grace tell us a fun fact about yourself.

- I've never been on a plane.

- Okay, all right.

It was very nice to meet all of you again and now I'll go ahead and begin the last segment of the game with this question that goes to Lakeland.

And Lakeland, get your pencils and papers ready.

What is the sixth term of an arithmetic sequence whose third term is eight and whose common difference is seven.

- Six?

- [Paul] Is incorrect, rebound to Mountain View - 29.

- I'm sorry.

- 29.

- Is correct for your rebound points.

Great job Mountain View.

And here comes your next question.

What character who was raised in New Mexico by a stranded mother Linda is appalled by drug use and free love in Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World?"

(timer beeping) Okay, you ran out of time.

Rebound Lakeland.

- John.

- John is correct for your rebound points Lakeland.

And here comes your next question.

What software, which shut down its YouTube bots Groovy and Rhythm in 2021 is a text voice and video chat app with a purple game controller logo.

- Discord?

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

What eight letter term can refer to the sun's apparent path through the sky or the plane of Earth's orbit around the sun?

(Thomas mumbling) Nope, that answer is ecliptic.

Let's move back over to Mountain View.

What brain structure contains the most numerous type of granule cell lies posterior to the medulla and pons and is involved in fine motor skills?

- The cortex?

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Lakeland.

- Cerebellum.

- Is correct for your rebound points Lakeland.

And here comes your next question.

What composer included Feux follets among his 12 transcendental etudes wrote four Mephisto Waltzes and was a romantic piano virtuoso from Hungary (both chattering) - Debois Shack - Is incorrect, rebound to Mountain View.

(timer beeping) - Okay, that composer was Fran's Liszt.

Mountain View, here comes your next question.

What lake, which is linked to Lake Erie by the Niagara river is the smallest great lake by surface area and shares its name with a Canadian province.

- Ontario - Is correct.

And here's your bonus question now?

Agalega, Saint Brandon and Rodrigues islands all comprised what Indian ocean nation, that was the only known home of the now extinct Dodo?

- Indonesia?

- No, the answer was Mauritius.

Let's go back over to Lakeland.

What title character is chastised for insulting Ms. Bates at a picnic by her future husband George Knightly in an 1815 novel by Jane Austin.

- Miss Morton.

- Is incorrect, rebound to Mountain View.

- Emma.

- Emma is correct, for your rebound points.

Great job Mountain View.

And that's the end of the game.

And our winner tonight is Mountain View over Lakeland, 230 to 155.

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 thank you for watching.

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