(whistle blowing) (upbeat music) - Welcome to the 17th season of WVIA Scholastic Scrimmage, and the NEIU division final.

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.

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

The rules of the game have been modified, for this season's virtual version, and 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 Wallenpaupack.

Playing for Mountain View, are Jonathon Simuleski and Jimi Bernaski.

The alternates are Nick Schmit and Luke Ziprich, and their advisor is Charlene Martins.

Representing Wallenpaupack, are Ella Wesnerg and Tyler Lofberg.

The alternates are Kai Puma Stellic, Emma Mahon, Abby Lopez, Molly Dickerman, and their advisor is Ryan Neenan.

Well, let's get's started.

Mountain View has won the coin toss, and will receive the first question, which is, a Humash is a printed copy of what text, also written on a scroll called a Sefer, that contains the five books of Moses, and a sacred in Judaism?

- Old Testament.

- I'm sorry.

- Old Testament.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Wallenpaupack.

- The Torah.

- Is correct for your rebound points Wallenpaupack, and here's your first question.

What value given by the Sackur-Tetrode equation, for monoatomic ideal gases, never decreases in isolated systems, and measures the system's disorder?

- Plank's constant.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Mountain View.

(beep) Okay.

The answer was entropy.

Mountain View, here's your next question.

What work, the second of its composer's London symphonies, was nicknamed for its unexpected (indistinct) chord, and was written by Franz Joseph Haydn?

(beep) Okay.

Rebound to Wallenpaupack.

- No answer.

- Okay.

That's the "Surprise Symphony."

Wallenpaupack, here's your next question, what Filipino-American woman, who played Paige Olvera on "Bizaardvark" released the album "Sour" and the singles "Traitor", "Good For You" and "Driver's License?"

- Olivia Rodrigo.

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

What Federalist president was given increased powers, to deport perceived American enemies, by the Alien and Sedition Acts?

- Madison.

- Is incorrect.

We're looking for John Adams.

Mountain View, here comes your next question.

What Pope, who as a Cardinal, led the congregation, for the Doctrine of the Faith beginning in 1981, resigned in 2013 and was succeeded by Pope Francis?

- Pope Gregory.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Wallenpaupack.

- John Paul II.

- Nope.

The answer you're looking for was Pope Benedict XVI.

Wallenpaupack, here comes your next question.

What group of elements that contains, the recently named Oganesson, contains only elements with complete electron shells, and is the right-most group?

- Noble gases.

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

What author wrote about a woman, who tries to escape slavery, using an actual system of tracks and tunnels, in his is 2016 novel "The Underground Railroad?"

- No answer.

- Okay.

That answer is Colson Whitehead.

Mountain View, here's your next question.

What author who left the novel, "The Buccaneers" unfinished at her death, wrote about New York city attorney Newland Archer, in "The Age of Innocence"?

(beep) Okay.

Rebound to Wallenpaupack.

- No answer.

- Okay.

That answer is Edith Wharton.

Edith Wharton.

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

(electric waves 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 species names or cabinets?

- Cabinets.

- Okay,cabinets it is and your time begins, when I finish reading the first question.

Name the presidents whose cabinets included these people, Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton.

- Bush.

- [Paul] Obama.

Secretary of War, Henry Knox.

- Madison.

- [Paul] George Washington.

Secretary of the Treasury, Salmon P. Chase.

- Trump.

- [Paul] Lincoln.

Attorney General, A. Mitchell Palmer, and Secretary of the Treasury, Carter Glass.

- Jimmy Carter.

- [Paul] Woodrow Wilson.

Secretary of State, John Hay, and Secretary of War, William Howard Taft?

(indistinct) Is incorrect.

Theodore Roosevelt.

Secretary of Defense, Casper Weinberger.

- Johnson.

- [Paul] Reagan.

Secretary of State, Dean Rusk, and Secretary of Labor, Arthur Goldberg.

(indistinct) JFK.

Secretary of War, Jefferson Davis.

(beep) That was Franklin Pierce.

Okay, Mountain View, that's gonna wrap it up, for your portion of the lightning round.

Wallenpaupack, it's over to you, and your remaining category will be species names, and again, your time begins, when I finish reading the first question.

Given the scientific name of a plant or animal, give its common name.

Homo sapiens.

- Humans.

- Yes.

Musculus used in many laboratories.

- Bread.

- Judges?

- No.

- [Paul] No, mice or mouse.

Orcinus orca, we're looking for a type of whale.

- Orca whale.

- [Paul] Be more specific.

- Killer whale.

- [Paul] Yes.

Zea mays.

- No answer.

- [Paul] Corn.

Pan troglodytes, a primate.

- Chimpanzee.

- [Paul] Yes.

Drosophila melanogaster.

- No answer.

- Fruit fly.

Helianthus annuus, a plant.

- No answer.

- [Paul] Sunflowers.

Gallus domesticus - No answer.

- [Paul] Chickens.

Oryza sativa, a plant.

(beep) That was rice, and that's going to do it for the lightning round, and after that we currently have Wallenpaupack, in the lead over Mountain View, 60 to zero, 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 Jonathan I'm going to come to you first.

Tell me why you love going to school at Mountain View.

What's the best part of it?

(upbeat music) - I just like the climate here, the environment overall with all the students.

It's a smaller school so everybody knows everyone.

- That's great.

Thank you, Jonathan.

And Jimmy, how about you?

What's your favorite part, about going to school at Mountain View?

- I really like the interaction, between the students and the teachers, and the teachers really trying their best, to help out their students every single day.

- That's excellent.

That's great to hear, and good luck the rest of the way Mountain View.

Let's come over to Wallenpaupack, and Ella if you wouldn't mind telling us, why you love going to Wallenpaupack.

- Wallenpaupack just offers a wide variety, of opportunities and classes, so I feel like I can really explore my interest.

- Thank you, Ella, and Tyler why do you love going to Wallenpaupack?

- My old school didn't have a Scholastics team.

(Paul laughing) - Wallenpaupack has everything.

Excellent.

It was very nice to meet all of you again.

I wIll now go ahead and begin the second quarter, with this question that goes to Wallenpaupack.

What country whose independence, was recognized in 1929 by the latter in treaty, is a remnant of the Papal states, and lies within the City of Rome?

- The Vatican City.

- Is correct and here's your bonus question.

What hydrocarbon component of gasoline, names a rating indicating a fuel's antiknock capability, and has the molecular formula C8H18?

- Ethanol.

- Nope, we're looking for octane.

Mountain View, here's your next question.

Concatenation joins together two or more instances, of what data type which consists of a sequence of characters and thus represents text?

- Binary.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Wallenpaupack.

- Hieroglyphics.

- No, we're looking for string.

Wallenpaupack, here's your next question.

What organization, which is led by John W. Raymond, has a seal depicting a silver Delta over a globe, and is a branch of the air force created in 2019?

- The Space Force.

- Is correct and here's your bonus question.

The verb silflay, which refers to grazing above ground, is a word from the Lapine language, spoken by rabbits in what Richard Adams novel?

- Watership down.

- Is correct for your bonus points, Wallenpaupack.

Let's move on over now to Mountain View.

What poet who depicted a man yelling, "Weel done, Cutty-Sark" at witches and "Tam O'Shanter" wrote an address to a Haggis celebrating a Scottish food?

(indistinct) - Is incorrect.

Rebound to Wallenpaupack.

- No answer.

- Okay, that poet is Robert Burns.

Wallenpaupack, here's your next question.

What sea battle whose conflicts included Cape Engano, was fought in October 1944 off the Philippines, and was the largest Naval battle of world war II?

- Midway - Is incorrect.

Rebound to Mountain View.

- The Solomon Islands.

- Nope, that was the Battle of Leyte Gulf.

Okay, Mountain View, here comes your next question.

In what film does Savor Rein's employer Raoul Silva, attack the title home and Judi Dench's character M, who dies fighting alongside James Bond?

- Sylvester.

(beep) - Rebound to Wallenapaupack.

- Skyfall.

- Is correct for your rebound points Wallenapaupack, and here comes your next question.

What picture book, whose protagonist lives horribly ever after, with a repulsive princess, is by William Steig, and inspired movies about an ogre?

- Shrek.

- Is correct and here's your bonus question, and get your pencils and papers ready.

What fraction in lowest terms, is equivalent to the repeating decimal, 0.515151 and so on?

- 51 over 99 - Is incorrect.

We are looking for 17 30 thirds.

And after one half of play we currently have Wallenpaupack, in the lead over Mountain View, 105 to zero.

We wanna say thank you, to Jonathan and Jimmy from Mountain View, and thank you to Ella and Tyler from Wallenpaupack.

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

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

Representing Wallenpaupack, are Nick Wu Song and Anastasia Iopolo.

And our first question in the third quarter, goes to Mountain View.

What painting, which shows a disembodied hand, holding a broken sword, and a screaming woman holding her dead child, was created by Pablo Picasso?

(beep) Okay, rebound to Wallenpaupack.

- Guernica.

- Is correct for your rebound points Wallenpaupack, and here comes your next question.

What shape is the only platonic solid, with neither square nor triangular faces, has 20 vertices and 30 edges, and has pentagons for its 12 faces?

- Dodecahedron - Is correct and here's your bonus question now.

What printing term for a sheet of paper folded once, before being into a book also refers to early collections, of William Shakespeare's works?

- Pamphlet.

- No, that answer is folio.

Mountain View, here comes your next question.

The shores of what lake are home, to the amusement park Cedar point, the City of Buffalo, and the western terminus of a namesake New York canal?

- Lake Ontario.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Wallenpaupack.

- Hudson.

- Nope, that's lake Erie.

Okay, Wallenpaupack, here's your next question.

What author who wrote "In spite of everything, I still believe people are really good at heart" While hiding from Nazis, was a girl who kept the diary?

- Anne Frank - Is correct and here's your bonus question.

How many sides does a convex polygon have, if drawing all possible diagonals from one vertex, create 12 triangles?

- 24.

- Nope, that answer is 14.

Let's go back to Mountain View.

What tribe whose writing system was created by Sequoyah, won the Supreme court case Worcester v. Georgia, before being forced onto the trail of tears?

- Cherokee.

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

The beach boy song, "Good Vibrations" features a variant of what electronic instrument, which is played by waving one's hands near two antennas?

- Theremin.

- Is correct for your bonus points, Mountain View.

Let's go back over to Wallenpaupack.

What organization fights against the Panjshir resistance, led by Amrullah Saleh and declared an Islamic Emirate, after retaking control of Afghanistan?

- No answer.

- Okay, rebound to Mountain View.

- Taliban.

- Taliban is correct for your rebound points, Mountain View, and here's your next question.

Which hero who is married to Deianira, captured the Cretan Bull and the mayors of Diomedes, after killing the Nemean lion during his 12 labors?

(beep) Okay, out of time.

Rebound to Wallenpaupack.

- Hercules.

- Is correct for your rebound points Wallenpaupack, and your next question is going to be in the next quarter, because that sound that you heard, signals the end of the third quarter, and another lightning round.

(electric waves buzzing) This time Wallenpaupack will pick first.

Your categories are most populous cities or poker terms.

- Poker terms.

- Okay.

Poker terms it is and your time begins, when I reading the first question.

Give these terms from poker, all money wager during a single hand.

- All in.

- [Paul] Pot.

To forfeit a hand by throwing in your cards.

- Full.

- Yes.

To increase the current bet.

- Raise.

- Yes.

An initial mandatory bet may made by all players, before cards are dealt.

- Buy in.

- [Paul] Anti.

In a game of five cards stud, five cards of the same suit.

- Full house.

- Flush.

To pass to the next person without placing a bet.

- Pass - [Paul] Check.

The final upturn card in Texas Hold'em.

- No answer.

- [Paul] River card.

A five card hand consisting, of black aces and eights, plus a whole card - Dead man's hand.

- [Paul] Yes.

The total pool of prize money at a poker tournament.

- No answer - [Paul] Purse.

A per pot commission taken by a game operator.

That was rake.

Okay, Wallenpaupack, great job in the lightning round.

Mountain View, coming over to you, and your remaining category will be most populous cities, and again your time begins, when I finish reading the first question.

Given a city name the country, in which it is the most populous city.

Toronto.

- Canada.

- [Paul] Yes.

Auckland - New Zealand.

- Yes.

Dar es Salaam.

- Pass.

- [Paul] Tanzania.

Zurich.

- Switzerland.

- [Paul] Yes.

Istanbul.

- Turkey.

- Yes.

Guayaquil.

- Pass.

- Equador.

Santa Cruz, which is neither of this country's two capitals.

- Pass.

- Bolivia.

Douala.

- Pass.

- [Paul] Cameroon.

Omdurman.

- Pass.

- Sudan.

Almaty.

- Pass.

- That's Kazakhstan.

And that's going to do it for the lightning round, and after that we currently have, Wallenpaupack in the lead over Mountain View, 175 to 65, 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 me what your favorite part is, about going to school at Mountain View.

What do you love most about it?

- I would have to agree with some of the things, except the last around it been really good school climate, and everyone's just definitely pretty nice, and good (indistinct).

- That's great to hear.

Thank you, Megan.

And Paige, what's your favorite part, about going to school at Mountain View?

- I'd also have to agree that teachers are great, and everybody knows each other, so it's just really good here.

- All right.

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

Wallenpaupack, we're gonna come over to you.

Nick, tell me why you love going to school, at Wallenpaupack?

- I really like my school culinary program, and as well as that I like the Scholastic.

- Okay.

Excellent.

Thank you, Nick.

And Anastasia, why do you love going to Wallenpaupack?

Tell us why.

- I really love all the people here, the students and teachers, and it's really cool that we're on the lake, it gives us a lot of different opportunities.

- Absolutely.

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

What medical condition which has gaudy, osteoid, and rheumatoid varieties takes its name from the Greek, for inflammation of the joints?

- Arthritis.

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

What unit of length frequently used in atomic measurements, equals one 10 billionth of a meter, or 10 to the minus tenth meters?

- Nanometer.

- No, that answer is angstrom.

Let's go over to Mountain View.

What island whose capital is Naha, is part of Japan's Ryukyu Islands, and was home to the last major U.S. battle of the Pacific, in world war II?

- Hiroshima.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Wallenpaupack.

- Midway island.

- Nope.

That island is Okinawa.

Wallenpaupack, here comes your next question.

In 2021, what country began a new series of maxi trials, involving hundreds of associates, of the 'Ndrangheta criminal network, in its region of Calabria?

- Spain - Is incorrect.

Rebound to Mountain View.

- No answer.

- Okay, that's Italy.

All right, we're coming back over to Mountain View.

Here's your next question.

What country founded in 1949, on an island known as Formosa, by the anti-communist, Chiang Kai-shek, was expelled from the U.N. when China joined?

(beep) Out of time.

Rebound to Wallenpaupack.

- Taiwan - Is correct for your rebound points, Wallenpaupack, and here comes your next question.

What city, whose name means new flower in Amharic, is the headquarters of the African Union, and the capital and most populous city of Ethiopia?

- No answer.

- Okay, rebound to Mountain View.

- No answer.

- Okay.

That's Addis Ababa.

Mountain View, here is your next question.

What rock forms pillars in the Giant's Causeway in Ireland, is the primary material of shield volcanoes, and is the Earth's most common volcanic rock?

(indistinct) Is incorrect.

Rebound to Wallenpaupack.

- Basalt.

- Is correct for your rebound points, Wallenpaupack, and here comes your next question.

What poet who proclaimed, "Thou was not born for death immortal bird" in Ode to a Nightingale, was an English romantic who died of T.B.

at the age of 25?

- Robert Frost.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Mountain View.

- No answer.

- Okay, that's John Keats.

Mountain View, here comes your next question.

In what city the troops fire on students, at the Plaza of three cultures, 10 days before the 1968 summer Olympics began, in the Talathia local massacre?

(beep) Okay.

Rebound to Wallenpaupack.

- No answer.

- Okay.

That's Mexico city.

And that's the end of the NEIU division final, and our winner tonight for the NEIU championship, is Wallenpaupack over Mountain View, 205 to 65.

Congratulations Wallenpaupack, you are gonna be moving on, and we'll see you next time for the semi-final game, between LIU and CSIU, BlaST IU.

I'm your host, Paul Lazar, and thank you for watching.

(upbeat music)