(Rock Music) - Welcome to the 16th season of "WVIA Scholastic Scrimmage."

I'm your host, Paul Lazar.

Scholastic scrimmage as 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 five thousand dollars.

WVA 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 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 WVI viewing area, and tonight's match features Mountain View and Wallen PAPAC Playing in the first half for Mountain View, are Jonathon Simaleski, and Jimi Bernaski.

The alternates are Paige Strickland and Nick Schmidt.

Their advisor is Charlene Martins.

Representing Wallen Papack in the first half are, Emily Kangle and Ty Mazgha.

The alternates are Anna Iapolo and Ella Wesenyak.

Their advisor is Ryan Neenan.

Okay Let's get started.

Mountain view has won the coin toss and will receive the first question.

That question is, "What city once nicknamed Cottonopolis lies about 30 miles east of Liverpool, and is home to a namesake United team in England's premier league?"

- Manchester?

- Is correct, and here's your bonus question - "Antennapedia is a common studied regulatory gene in what insect used as a model organism in developmental biology and genetics?"

- Uh fruit flies?

- Is correct for your bonus points Mountain view.

Wallen Papack Here is your first question; "In May 1980, what volcano following a magnitude-five earthquake blew its top losing 1300 feet of elevation and killing 57 in Washington state?"

- Mount St. Helen?

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question; "What two word phrase coined by a Paris mechanic and popularized by Gertrude Stein refers to expatriate writers who are disillusioned by world war one?"

- No answer.

- Okay That was the lost generation.

mountain view over to you, "What disease is the subject of the book 'And the Band Played on' led to the death of of singer Freddie Mercury and cost an epidemic in the 1980s?"

- Aids?

- Is correct, and here's your bonus question; "In 1981, the Gray Wolves terrorist group tried to assassinate what Pope who was succeeded by Benedict the 16th in 2005?"

- No answer.

- Okay, that was Pope John Paul the Second.

Wallen Papack here's your next question; "What author of the 1819 verse play 'The Cenci' described two vast and trunkless legs of stone standing in the desert in his romantic poem "Ozymandias"?"

- No answer.

- Okay rebound now to Mountain View.

- No answer.

- Okay that's Percy Shelley.

Mountain View here's your next question; "What continent was depicted in the pink map presented at the Berlin conference during the scramble for colonies such as Togo and Cameroon?"

- Africa?

- Is correct and here's your bonus question - "What idyllic section of the Greek underworld houses the souls of the virtuous and heroic?"

- No answer.

- Okay that's Elysium.

Wallan Papack here's your next question; "In 1939, Eugene Thomas showed that what organisms that often grow on rocks are actually symbiotic combination of algae or bacteria with a fungus?"

- Lichen?

- Is correct and here's your bonus question; "Genoa lies on what arm of the Mediterranean sea that separates Northern Italy from Corsica?"

- Spain?

- Nope we are looking for the Ligurian sea.

Mountain View here's your next question; "What country - the origin of the Tales and the Four Branches of the Mobinogi and the legendary Bard Taliesin lies between the Irish sea and England?"

- Whales?

- Is correct and here's your bonus question; "What term refers to a movable end plate on one end of a cylinder, such as those found in the engine of a car?"

- Piston.

- Is correct for your bonus points Mountain View great job, and that sound that you heard signals the end of the first quarter and it's now time for the lighting 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.

mountain view has won the coin toss and will pick first.

Your categories are South American history or islands - Islands.

- Okay islands it is and your time begins after I finish reading the first question.

"Which country controls these islands or island groups?"

'Java' - No answer.

(Paul Lazar) Indonesia, Tasmania?

- No answer.

(Paul Lazar) Australia, Pickiddo?

- No answer.

(Paul Lazar) Japan, Robin Island where Nelson Mandela was imprisoned?

- No answer.

(Paul Lazar) South Africa, Hinon?

- No answer.

(Paul Lazar) China, Baffin Island?

- No answer.

(Paul Lazar) Canada, Mindanao?

- No answer.

(Paul Lazar) The Philippines, The Farrow Islands?

- No answer.

(Paul Lazar) That's Denmark (High Pitched sound) Okay we're not going to get to that one.

Mountain View that's gonna wrap up your portion of the lightening round Wallen Pau Packets over to you, and your remaining category will be south American history.

And again, your time begins after I finish reading the first question, answer the following about South America after the year 1500.

"Argentinian leader whose wife was called Avita?"

- No answer.

(Paul Lazar) "Perone, land locked country that lost the war 'The Triple Alliance'?

- Argentina.

(Paul Lazar) Paraguay.

"Peruvian empire conquered by Francisco Pizarro?"

(Unintelligible) (Paul Lazar) Incans.

"Freedom fighter known as El Libertador?"

- No answer.

- That's Bolivar "Country that was a founding member of Opec?"

- Cuba.

(Paul Lazar) Venezuela.

"Portuguese sailor credited with discovering Brazil?"

- Christopher Columbus.

(Paul Lazar) Cabral.

"Country once led by Augusto Pinochet?"

(Unintelligible) (Paul Lazar) Chile.

"Spanish Portuguese treaty of 1494 over new world territory?"

(High pitched sound) Okay that was 'The Treaty of Tordesillas.'

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

And after that, we currently have mountain view in the lead over Wallen Pau Pack 50-20.

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 mountain view and Jonathan I'll come to you first.

Tell me who your favorite teacher is, and why?

- My favorite teacher here at the school was Mrs. Martins She is currently our advisor for Scholastic.

She's really nice and gives out candy in the classroom.

- That's great.

Excellent.

Thanks Jonathan.

Jimmy, who's your favorite teacher and why?

- My favorite Teacher?

That's like a really hard question.

It's very hard to decide because there's so many great teachers here, but if I had to go on one, I'd probably say Mrs. Martins as well - Also because she gives candy?

- Yeah.

(Paul Lazar) Okay.

Excellent.

Thanks mountain view.

Wallen Pau Packets over to you, Emily who is your favorite teacher and why?

- Um, I'd definitely have to say Mr. Kobic He was a science teacher when I was in my freshman year and he really made science interesting and challenging for me.

- That's excellent.

Thanks for being here, and Ty who's your favorite teacher and why?

- My favorite teacher is probably Mr. Krushnowski he teaches freshman English and you really get the class involved and makes you want to go to class every day.

- That's excellent.

Thanks for being here Wallen Pau Pack.

It was nice to meet all of you.

Now let's begin the second quarter with this question that goes to Wallen Pau Pack "What author of the sirens of Titan wrote about the fire bombing of Dresden during world war two in his novel about Billy Pilgrim slaughterhouse five?"

- Oscar Wilde.

(Paul Lazar) Is incorrect, rebound to mountain view - No answer.

- Okay, that author is Kurt Vonnegut.

Mountain View here's your next question.

"What cabinet department was led by Alex Azar runs the office of refugee resettlement and the HIPAA program and includes the centers for disease control?"

- No answer.

- Okay, Rebound Wallen Pau Pack.

- Um, Legislative?

- Nope.

We were looking for the department of health and human services.

Wallen Pau Pack here's your next question; "What instruments may use adaptive optics to correct for atmospheric distortion and use lenses or mirrors to gather light from objects in the cosmos?"

- Telescope.

- Is correct, and here's your bonus question; "The world's first roller coaster ride was built in a park in what neighborhood and Southwestern Brooklyn?"

- Uh, Manhattan.

- No, we were looking for Coney island.

Mountain View it's back over to you.

"What novel in which ants eat a baby born with a pig's tail depicts the history of the Buendia family and was written by Gabriel Garcia Marquez?"

- No answer.

Okay.

Rebound to Wallen Pau Pack.

- No answer.

- Okay.

That novel is '100 Years of Solitude.'

Wallen Pau Pack here's your next question; "What set of wars in which Thomas Jessop used a false flag of truce to capture Micanopy and Osceola are named for a native American group in Florida?"

- Uh, no answer.

- Okay, rebound now to Mountain View - No answer.

- Okay that's the Seminole Wars Mountain View it's back over to you.

"Select star from users is a simple command in what language targeted by namesake injection attacks and commonly used to access relational databases?"

- Binary.

- Is incorrect, rebound to Wallen Pau Pack (Unintelligible) - Nope, we're looking for SQL or sequel Wallen Pau Pack here's your next question; "What's singer's album after hours includes a song in which he is drowning in the night and can't sleep until I feel your touch titled blinding lights?"

- The Weekend - Is correct and here's your bonus question; "What English king used Longbow men to defeat Francis Phillip the sixth that the battle of Crécy in 1346?"

- King John.

- Nope we were looking for King Edward the Third.

Mountain View it's back over to you.

"What state in which mountain McGlothlin and Mount Jefferson and Mount hood are all in the cascade range has led from Salem and is north of California?"

- Oregon - Is correct And here's your bonus question; "What metaphysical poet declared 'one short sleep past we wake eternally and death Be not proud the 10th of his holy sonnets'?"

- Shakespeare.

(High pitched sound) - Nope.

You're looking for John Dunn.

And after one half of play, we currently have Mountain View in the lead overwhelming Pau Pack, 60 to 40.

We want to say thank you to Jonathon and Jimmi of Mountain View and thank you to Emily and Ty of Wallen Pau Pack, you guys were absolutely fantastic.

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

Now, joining us for Mountain View are Paige Strickland and Megan Zipprich and representing Wallen Pau Pack are Abby Soscol and Lucas Ryan.

And our first question in this quarter goes to Mountain View.

And that question is; "What lead musician on the jazz album in a silent way was a trumpeter who included the tracks 'Freddie freeloader', and 'So What' on his album 'Kind of Blue'?"

- Lui Armstrong?

- is incorrect, rebound now Wallen Pau Pack.

- Eddie Goodman.

- No, we were looking for Miles Davis.

Wallen Pau Pack, here's your first question; What author who's the laughing man appears in his nine stories wrote about a youth who hates phoneys Holden Caulfield in the catcher in the rye?"

- J.D Sallinger.

- Is correct and here's your bonus question; "Sunset Towers is honed perspective heirs such as turtle Wexler who tried to win a paper magnets, fortune and what young adult novel by Ellen Raskin?"

- No answer.

- Okay.

That's the west end game.

Mountain View here's your next question; "What political party, which in 1848, ran Martin van Buren for president was named for its opposition to the westward expansion of slavery?"

- (Unintelligable) - Is incorrect rebound now to Wallen Pau Pack - Wade.

- No, we were looking for the free soil party.

Wallen Pau Pack Here comes your next question; "What process described by fixed laws involves random motion causing particles to move from areas of high concentration, to areas of low concentration?"

- The fusion - Is correct.

And here's your bonus question; "JMW Turner's painting rain, steam and speed depicts what type of vehicle coming towards the viewer?"

- Train - Is correct for your bonus points Wallen Pau Pack Mountain View here is your next question; "What woman whose namesake museum is in Santa Fe New Mexico was married to Alfred Stieglitz and created many paintings of animals skulls and flowers?"

- Georgia Okeith.

- Is correct and here's your bonus question; "The Andaman and Nicobar islands are Indian territories in what largest bay in the world which has also bordered by Myanmar?"

- Deva Bengal - Is correct for your bonus points Mountain View Wallen Pau Pack here comes your next question; "What book that opens with the question 'where's Papa going with that axe?'

describes how the radiant yet humble pig Wilbur is saved by the title spider-?"

- Spider's Web.

- Is correct and here's your bonus question; "JJ Thompson proposed what now Discredited model of the atom in which electrons are embedded in a massive positive charge like its namesake food?"

- Plum pudding model.

- Is correct for your bonus points Wallen Pau Pack.

Mountain View, it's back over to you and get your pencils and papers ready.

"If the expression 15 minus two X is less than seven is true then X must be greater than what positive integer?"

- Four.

- Is correct and here's your bonus question; "Hexakosioihexacontahexaphobia is the fear of what number which is described in the book of revelation as the number of the beast?"

- Six (High pitched sound) - is incorrect, we want it 6, 6, 6.

Well, that sound that you heard signals the end of the third quarter and another lightning round this time Wallen Pau pack will pick first, your categories are: days of the week or antiques.

- Days of the week.

- Okay days of the week it is.

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

Give the days of the week that correspond to these clues and answers may be repeated black day known for after Thanksgiving sales.

- Friday (Paul Lazar) Yes.

Bloody day in Ireland in 1972?

- Wednesday (Paul Lazar) Sunday.

day on which lent begins - Thursday (Paul Lazar) Wednesday, freaky day in a Disney film - Friday.

(Paul Lazar) Yes.

Known and German as Mitt Volk - Wednesday.

(Paul Lazar) Yes.

Day known in French as Le Manche or sleeve day.

- Saturday.

(Paul Lazar) Sunday.

The most common day for observance of federal holidays?

- Sunday.

(Paul Lazar) Monday.

In Arabic This day is known as Gemma as in Islamic prayer - Sunday.

(Paul Lazar) Friday, since 2004 the NFL has typically held its kickoff game on this day?

- Monday?

- Thursday.

(High Pitched sound) All right Wallen Pau Pack that's going to do it for your portion of the lightening round, Mountain view.

It's back over to you.

Your remaining category will be antiques, and again your time begins when I finished reading the first question give these answers that start with 'old'.

2019 hit by Little NAS X - Old Town Road.

(Paul Lazar) Yes.

All you can eat.

Restaurant run by ovation brands?

- Old country buffet.

(Paul Lazar) Yes.

Card game In which one tries to avoid being stuck with an unmatchable card?

- Old maid?

(Paul Lazar) Yes Christian named for the first part of the Bible?

- Old Testament.

(Paul Lazar) Yes.

Person who had a farm "EI EI O"?

- Old McDonald - Yes.

Foreword nickname for George Patton.

- No answer.

(Paul Lazar) Old blood and Guts.

Book by T.S.

Elliot that inspired an Andrew Lloyd Weber musical?

No answer.

(Paul Lazar) Old Possum's book of practical cats.

Proctor and gamble brand of men's grooming products.

- Old spice.

(Paul Lazar) Yes.

Fred Gibson novel named after a dog?

- Old Yeller.

(Paul Lazar) Yes.

Predictable Geyser in Yellowstone national park?

- Old faithful.

(Paul Lazar) Yes.

(High pitched sound) All right Mountain View Great job In the lightning round.

And after that, we currently have mountain view in the lead over Wallen Pau Pack , 165-110.

Well, we're now going to give our contestants a bit of a break again, and the opportunity for those of you at home to get to know them a little better.

Let's start with the students from Mountain View and Paige I'll come to you first, tell me who your favorite teacher is and why?

- Um, my favorite teacher is probably Mr.

Caliber He was my eighth grade science teacher and he's currently my soccer coach.

so he is probably my favorite.

- Excellent, Thanks for being here Paige, and Megan who is your favorite teacher?

- Uh my favorite teacher would probably have to be Mr. Bane he teaches psychology and American history and he is find a way to make class fun and lets you do your own thing with your projects.

- Excellent.

Thanks for being here Mountain view Wallen Pau pack coming over to you, Abby who is your favorite teacher and why?

- My favorite teacher is probably Mrs. Faggs She's teaches anatomy and AP bio and her joy for teaching just shows and everything she does.

- That's excellent thank you Abby, and Lucas, who is your favorite teacher?

- My favorite teacher is definitely Mrs. Connors She she's my independent study teacher and she goes to the end of the earth and back to get me a higher level of education.

And she's the reason why I'm able to take my Japanese force.

- That's wonderful Thanks for being here Wallen Pau Pack, it was very nice to meet all of you.

Now let's go ahead and begin the fourth quarter with this question that goes to Wallen Pau Pack.

"What man launched the August revolution is head of an independence movement called the Viet Minh and lenses name to Vietnam's most populous city?"

- HS Chí Minh.

- Yes, and here's your bonus; "The demonstrators in the Haymarket affair were striking in support of what labor reform?"

- No answer.

- Okay, that's the 'Eight hour day' Mountain View here's your question.

"What word can be defined as the outer beams of a trust aligned segment between two points on a curve or the playing of multiple notes at once?"

- Cord?

- is correct and here's your bonus question; "what European Country has delcared dozens of LGBT ideology free zones under its socially conservative law and justice party?

- Sweden?

- Nope we're looking for Poland All right Wallen Pau Packets back to you, what sculpture by Alexandros of Antioch is named for the island where it was discovered and depicts a goddess who is now missing her arms?

- No answer Okay, rebound now to Mountain View - No answer - Okay that's the Venus Demilo.

Mountain View here's your next question; "What state function equal to internal energy plus pressure times volume has a change that is negative for an exothermic process and as denoted H?

- Enthalpy.

- Is Correct and here's your bonus question; "Which British Monarch became the first to rural India directly after the 1858 liquidation of the British east India company paved the way for the Raj?"

- No answer.

- Okay that's Queen Victoria, Wallen Pau Pack here's your question; "What athlete has the highest career OPS in major league baseball history retired with the Boston Braves hit 714 homers and with central to the curse of the Bambino?

- No answer - Okay Rebound to Mountain View - Babe Ruth - is correct for your rebound points, mountain view.

And here comes your next question.

"What man joined ina Maha's and Crixus to lead rebels who were crucified along the Appian way in the third survival war, a slave revolt against Rome?"

- No answer.

- Okay.

Rebound to Wallen Pau Pack (Unintelligible) - Nope.

We're looking for Spartacus, Wallen Pau Pack here's your next question; "What biblical figure whose money was used to buy the field of blood kissed his master in the garden of Gethsemane when betraying Jesus Christ?"

- Judas.

- Yes, and here's your bonus question; "What author of the memoir 'A very punchable face' Co-anchors the SNL segment weekend update with Michael Che and is married to Scarlett Johannson?"

- Colin Jost.

- is correct for your bonus points Wallen Pau Pack.

Mountain View it's back over to you, "What country who is computer memory company Keyoshia post-poned it's I.P.O in 2020 is home to zaibatsu business conglomerates like Mitsubishi?"

(High pitched noise) - Japan.

- Japan is correct And here's your bonus question in 1968, what woman was elected to the us house of representatives from New York making her the first female African-American elected to Congress?"

- Shirley Chisholm.

- is correct for your bonus points Mountain view great job.

And that's the end of the game.

And our winner tonight is mountain view over Wallen Pau Pack 210 - 135 Congratulations mountain view 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 and thank you for watching.