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- Welcome to the 17th 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.

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 Mount Carmel versus Mifflinburg.

Playing for Mount Carmel are Alexys O'Donnell and Nick Nestico.

Their alternates are Morgan Coletta, Lexie Caine, Leah Shadlesky, Leif Canofani, and Garrett McGee.

Their advisors are Aaron Domanski and Chris Cunningham.

Representing Mifflinburg are Joey Nunamaker and Cassidy McClintock.

Their alternates are Logan Hackenberg and Marissa Allen.

Their advisor is Beth Fonts.

Well let's get started.

Mount Carmel has won the coin toss and will receive the first question, which is what scientist coined the names alpha decay and beta decay, and oversaw an experiment showing the existence of the nucleus using sheets of gold foil?

- No answer.

- Okay, rebound now to Mifflinburg.

- Rutherford.

- Is correct for your rebound points, Mifflinburg.

And here's your first question.

What man who planned the Cape to Cairo railway founded the diamond company De Beers and created a namesake scholarship for study at Oxford University?

- De Beer?

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Mount Carmel.

- No answer.

- Okay, that man was Cecil Rhodes.

Mount Carmel, here's your next question.

What artist who depicted a warship's last voyage in "The Fighting Temeraire" showed a train crossing Maidenhead Bridge in "Rain, Steam, and Speed"?

- No answer.

- 'Kay, we'll rebound to Mifflinburg.

- No answer.

- 'Kay, That artist is J M W Turner.

Mifflinburg, here's your next question.

In November 2020, what country accused terrorists of assassinating Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, a nuclear scientist, in a shootout near its capital of Tehran?

- United States?

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Mount Carmel.

- Iran?

- Is correct for your rebound points, Mount Carmel.

And here comes your next question.

What empire's army inflicted hundreds of casualties on British cavalry at the 1854 Charge of the Light Brigade, but ultimately lost the Crimean War?

- No answer.

- Okay.

Rebound to Mifflinburg.

- The French?

- No, we looking for the Russian empire.

Mifflinburg, here's your next question and get your pencils and papers ready?

What does a student's mean average score on a series of four tests on which she scored 60, 60, 70, and 90?

(buzzer sounds) - Ran out of time, sorry.

We'll rebound to Mount Carmel.

- 75?

- Is incorrect, we're looking for 70.

Mount Carmel, here comes your next question.

What author of the essays "The Rebel" and "The Myth of Sisyphus" wrote about Meursault who shoots an Arab on the beach in his novel, "The Stranger"?

- No answer.

- Okay.

Rebound to Mifflinburg.

- No answer.

- Okay.

That's Albert Camus.

Mifflinburg, here's your next question.

What Senator who wrote Op Eds in 2021 opposing the For the People act and abolishing the filibuster.

(buzzer sounding) - Is a conservative Democrat from West Virginia?

- John McCain?

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Mount Carmel.

- No answer.

- Okay.

We're looking for Joe Manchin.

And that sound that you heard signals the end of the first quarter.

And it's now time for the lightning round.

(electrical current sounding) - 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.

Mount Carmel has won the coin toss and will pick first, your categories are chemistry numbers or music by notation.

- Chemistry.

- Okay.

Chemistry by the numbers, it is.

And your time begins after I finish reading the first question, give these numbers from chemistry.

Total number of atoms in one water molecule.

- Three.

- Yes.

In degrees Celsius, the boiling point of water.

- 100.

- Yes.

The exponent in Avogadro's constant or one mole of particles.

- 8.

- 23.

Rounded to the nearest Kelvin, the freezing point of water.

- Pass.

- 273.

Two atoms joined by a triple bond share this many electrons.

- Three.

- Six.

Maximum number of electrons in one orbital.

- Eight.

- Two.

- Within two, the total number of known chemical elements.

- Pass.

- 118.

Total number of quantum numbers an electron in an atom has.

(buzzer sounding) - Okay.

That was four.

Okay, Mount Carmel, that's going to wrap up your portion of a lightning round.

Mifflinburg, we're coming over to you.

Your remaining category will be musical notation.

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

Answer the following about musical notation, pair of numbers indicating the length of a measure.

- Time signature.

- Yes.

Markings such as andante that indicate the speed.

- Tempo marker.

- Yes.

Large symbol at the start of a staff specifying the staff's pitches.

- Clef.

- Yes.

Symbol to raise a note a half step.

- Sharp.

- Yes.

Symbol extending a note's duration by 50%.

- Dot.

- Yes.

Lines above or below the staff.

- Measure lines.

- Yes.

A less than sign or crescendo means to do this.

- To grow.

- Yes.

Italian name for a symbol indicating a note is held.

- Fermata.

- Yes.

Orchestral group most often found at the bottom of a score.

- Percussion?

- String instruments.

(buzzer sounding) - Okay, and that's going to do it for your portion of the lightning round Mifflinburg, and after that we currently have a very good game.

Mifflinburg in the lead over Mount Carmel, 90 to 30.

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.

We'll start with the students from Mount Carmel and Alexis, I'll come to you first.

Tell me who your favorite musician is and why.

- Probably David Bowie.

I just really like his songs.

And I think he was very out there for the time he was around.

- Some classic stuff.

Absolutely.

Nick, who is your favorite musical artist?

- Zach Bryan, he's country and not many people know him.

- Okay.

Thank you for being here, Mount Carmel.

Good luck the rest of the way.

Mifflinburg, coming over to you.

Joey, who is your favorite musician and why?

- Lindsey Stirling.

She's a very talented, she plays the violin very well.

- Excellent.

Thank you, Joey.

And Cassidy who is your favorite musical artist?

- I would think the band AJR, they use a lot of technical sounds and they're very creative with music.

- Okay, excellent.

Thank you all for being here.

It was very nice to meet all of you and we'll now begin the second quarter with this question that goes to Mifflinburg.

What territory governed from a city once called Frobisher Bay and now named Iqaluit is the northernmost and most recently created territory in Canada?

- British Columbia?

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Mount Carmel.

- Quebec.

- Nope.

We're looking for Nunavut.

Mount Carmel, here comes your next question.

What woman who cut an ox hide into strips while founding a city and killed herself on a funeral pyre was a mythical queen of Carthage who loved Aeneas?

- No answer.

- Rebound now to Mifflinburg.

- No answer.

- Okay.

We're looking for Dido.

Mifflinburg, here's your next question.

What poet wrote about a house that seemed a swelling of the ground and a carriage that contained immortality in "Because I Could Not Stop for Death"?

- William Shakespeare.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Mount Carmel.

- No answer.

- Okay.

That poet was Emily Dickinson.

Mount Carmel here's your next question and get your pencils and papers ready.

What is the largest integer that is both a multiple of nine and less than 500, given that it's digits must have a sum of 18?

(buzzer sounding) - Okay.

Ran out of time.

Mifflinburg, it's over to you.

- 9?

- Nope.

We're looking for 495.

Mifflinburg, here's your next question.

What New York governor who lost the 1944 presidential race to Franklin Roosevelt was wrongly said to have defeated Harry Truman in 1948?

(buzzer sounding) - Okay.

Ran out of time.

We're going to rebound to Mount Carmel.

- No answer.

- Okay.

That was Thomas Dewey.

Okay.

Mount Carmel, here's your next question.

What author invented a cipher called "The Code of Claw" for her Underland Chronicles and created the dystopian Panem in her series "The Hunger Games"?

- Susan Collins.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question now.

What AD 313 proclamation by Licinius and Constantine I formalized toleration of Christianity throughout the Roman empire?

- No answer.

- Okay.

That's the Edict of Milan.

Mifflinburg, here's your next question.

What country whose Tadawul stock exchange led a 2019 IPO for the oil company Aramco is the world's largest oil exporter and is led by King Salman?

- Pass - 'Kay, rebound to Mount Carmel.

- Saudi Arabia?

- Is correct for your rebound points, Mount Carmel.

And here comes your next question.

What president who created.

(buzzer sounding) - The interstate commerce commission defeated Benjamin Harrison in 1892 to win his second non-consecutive term?

- No answer.

- 'Kay.

Rebound to Mifflinburg.

- Garfield?

- Nope, we were looking for Grover Cleveland and after one half of play, we currently have Mifflinburg in the lead over Mount Carmel, 90 to 50.

We want to say thank you to Mount Carmel and thank you to Mifflinburg.

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

Playing for Mount Carmel in the second half, are Jack Robert and Matt Kelly.

Representing Mifflinburg are Michael Lesher and Levi Heinzelman.

Our first question in this round goes to Mount Carmel.

And that question is what metallic element whose alloys are known as amalgams was used in Evangelista Torricelli's barometer and at room temperature is a liquid?

- Mercury.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

What pop rock band whose 2020 album, "Women in Music Pt III" contains the song "The Steps," consists of three sisters named Este, Alana and Danielle?

- No answer.

- Okay.

That's HAIM.

Mifflinburg, here's your first question to the second half.

What brand, which released the Vaporfly in 2017, owns Converse, produces the Air Max line of running shoes and is known for its swoosh logo?

- Nike - Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

What suite by Camille Saint-Saëns appropriately includes sections named tortoises and the elephant?

- Animal crackers.

- That's the Carnival of the Animals.

Mount Carmel, here's your next question.

What author who wrote about a wind that blew out of a cloud and killed the title character in his poem "Annabel Lee", also wrote "The Raven"?

- Edgar Allen Poe - Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

What rally organized by the big six leaders, including A Phillip Randolph, took place in 1963 and included Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech?

- No answer.

- Okay.

That was the March on Washington.

Mifflinburg, here's your next question.

What battle whose landmarks include Devil's Den, Cemetery Hill and Little Roundtop included Pickett's Charge and was fought in 1863 in Pennsylvania?

- Gettysburg?

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus.

What hypothetical substance may take the form of WIMPs or weakly interacting massive particles?

- No answer.

- 'Kay.

That's dark matter.

Mount Carmel, it's back over to you.

What key signature used for Ludwig Von Beethoven's Fifth Symphony is a minor key with three flats whose tonic is on a so-called middle note?

- No answer.

- 'Kay, rebound to Mifflinburg.

- B flat?

- No, we're looking for C minor.

Mifflinburg, here's your next question.

What island birthplace of the ancient stoic philosopher Zeno of Citium contains a capital city named Nicosia and is in the Eastern Mediterranean?

- No answer.

- Okay.

Rebound to Mount Carmel.

- Cyprus.

- Cyprus is correct for your rebound points, Mount Carmel.

And here comes your next question.

What type of hormone that is produced in the adrenal cortex has intracellular receptors and includes estrogen and other derivatives of cholesterol?

- Adrenaline?

(buzzer sounding) - Is incorrect.

Rebound to Mifflinburg.

- Endorphins.

- Nope.

We are looking for steroids.

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

(electrical current sounding) - This time Mifflinburg will pick first.

Your categories are silent first letters or repeated sounds.

- Repeated sounds.

- Okay.

Repeated sounds it is.

And your time begins after I finish reading the first question, give these words or names that consist of the same syllable or word twice.

Dress worn by a ballerina.

- Tutu.

- Yes.

Excited whispers or unusual sounds heard during a heartbeat.

- Pass.

- Murmur.

Small confection coated in chocolate.

- Pass.

- Bon Bon.

Response to a ship's captain indicating agreement.

- Aye aye.

- Aye aye, is correct.

Extinct flightless bird native to Mauritius.

- Dodo bird.

- Yes.

Prison north of New York City.

- Pass.

- Sing Sing.

Real name of the title character in the opera "Madame Butterfly".

- Pass - Cio-Cio-San.

French Polynesian island, who cities include Viatape.

- Pass.

- That's Bora Bora.

(buzzer sounding) - And that's going to do it for the lightning round.

Great job, Mifflinburg.

We're going to come over to Mount Carmel.

Your remaining category will be silent first letters.

And again, your time begins after I finish reading the first question, give these words whose first letters are silent.

Joint between the arm and the hand.

- Wrist.

- Yes.

Title of address used to show respect, such as Doctor or Reverend.

- Doctor.

- Honorific.

Prehistoric flying reptile whose name means wing to finger.

- Pterodactyl.

- Yes.

To chew persistently, perhaps to the bone.

- Gnaw.

- Yes.

A person who benefits from another person's will.

- Beneficiary.

- Heir.

Pattern, acronym, or other trick used to help remember something.

- Mnemonic.

- Yes.

One of the seven deadly sins, meaning significant anger.

- Pride?

- Wrath.

Golden mascot of Las Vegas's NHL team.

- Knight.

- Yes.

Insane, as in the title of an Alfred Hitchcock film.

- Pass (buzzer sounding) - That's Psycho.

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

And after that, a very close game.

Mifflinburg in the lead over Mount Carmel by just 10 points.

140 to 130.

- And we're now going to give our contestants playing the second half a little break and we'll get to know them a little better.

And we'll start with Jack from Mount Carmel.

Jack, tell us who your favorite musician is and why?

- I like Eminem, he's able to convey a story through his music.

- Excellent.

Thank you, Jack.

Matt, who is your favorite musician and why?

- I like Zach Bryan, I'm a big fan of Americana.

I liked the emotion he puts behind his songs.

- Excellent, good luck the rest of the way, Mount Carmel.

Mifflinburg, gonna come over to you.

Michael, who is your favorite musical artist?

And tell us why.

- My favorite musical artist's gotta be Juice WRLD because of the songs and the meaning behind the lyrics.

- Okay.

And Levi, your favorite musical artist?

- Oh, I like Lil Uzi Vert.

He's got some good beats and some songs.

- Okay.

Excellent.

It was very nice to meet all of you.

And we're now going to go ahead and begin the last segment of the game with this question that goes to Mifflinburg.

What author of the 1894 tragedy "Salome" wrote about Jack Worthing and Algernon Moncrieff's use of the same alias in "The Importance of Being Earnest"?

- Ernest Hemingway.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Mount Carmel.

- No answer.

- Okay.

That was Oscar Wilde.

Okay, Mount Carmel, here comes your next question.

What explorer who traveled with Alonso de Ojeda on an expedition where he named Venezuela after Venice, also inspired the name America.

- No answer.

- Okay, rebound now to Mifflinburg.

- No answer.

- Okay.

That was Amerigo Vespucci.

Mifflinburg.

Here's your next question.

What university, which was attended by Kyrie Irving and Zion Williamson is an ACC school where Mike Krzyzewski coaches that is in North Carolina?

- No answer.

- Okay.

- Rebound now to Mount Carmel.

- Duke.

- Duke is correct for your rebound points, Mount Carmel.

And here's your next question.

What figure converses on a mountain top with Moses and Elijah during his transfiguration in Luke chapter nine, verse 32, which mentions his recent ministry in Jerusalem?

- Fire.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Mifflinburg.

- Paul.

- Nope.

We're looking for Jesus Christ.

Mifflinburg, here's your next question.

Basin and range topography is produced by what type of plate motion that created the Red Sea and results in rift valleys and sea floor spreading.

- Recession.

- Is incorrect, rebound now to Mount Carmel.

- Tectonic?

- Nope.

We were looking for divergent plate motion.

Mount Carmel, here's your next question.

What river on which labaqah Dam forms Lake Assad upstream from Raqqa, the former capital of the Islamic state, is southwest of the Tigris river?

- Euphrates.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

What novel, whose chapter vanished into the clouds was left blank to indicate the death of the protagonist was written during Japan's Heian period?

- No answer.

- Okay.

That's "The Tale of Genji".

Mifflinburg, here's your next question.

What man, crowned in 1520, who captured Belgrade and Rhodes and won the Battle of Mohács, was an Ottoman sultan called Law Giver and The Magnificent?

- Lawrence of Arabia.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Mount Carmel.

(buzzer sounding) - Okay.

That was Suleiman.

Mount Carmel, here's your next question.

What operation can be done by substitution or by parts can be defined by summing the areas of rectangles and is the inverse of differentiation?

(indistinct discussion) - Surface area.

- Is incorrect.

(buzzer sounding) Rebound to Mifflinburg.

- Factoral.

- Is incorrect.

We are looking for integration.

And that's the end of the game.

And our winner tonight is Mount Carmel over Mifflinburg, 150 to 140.

Congratulations, Mount Carmel.

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 thank you for watching.

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