(upbeat music) - [Man] Go!

- 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 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 lightening rounds in each game.

Judges tonight are educators from the WVIA viewing area and tonight's match features Mount Carmel and Weatherly.

Playing for Mount Carmel are Alexis O'Donnell and Leah Shedd Leschi.

Their alternates are Morgan Kalita, Jack Robert, Lexie Kane, Laith Kanafani, and Garrett McGee.

Their advisors are Aaron Demanski and Chris Cunningham.

Representing Weatherly are Noah Barella Guzman and Jessica Moser.

Their alternates are Lita Prater and Jace Shupe and their advisor is Katie Leech.

Well, let's get started.

Mount Carmel has won the coin toss and will receive the first question, which is, what family name is shared by the great house decimated in the red wedding on "Game of Thrones" and by Robert Downey Jr's.

character in "Iron Man?"

- Pass.

- Okay.

(buzzer beeps) We'll rebound now to Weatherly.

- Stark.

- Is correct for your rebound points Weatherly.

And here's your first question.

What structures would shortened over time as their telomeres decay are composed of protein and DNA, and in most human cells form 23 pairs?

- Chromosomes.

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

Millard Fillmore was the 1856 presidential nominee of what political party that promoted anti-Catholic and anti-immigrant views?

- Pass.

- Okay, we're looking for the Know Nothing Party.

Mount caramel, here's your next question.

What poem that requests, "Curse bless me now with your fierce tears," was written by Dylan Thomas and urges rage, rage against the dying of the light.

- No answer.

- Okay, we'll rebound now to Weatherly.

- Pass.

- Okay, "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night."

Weatherly, here is your next question.

What TV show on which Lorraine Bracco played therapist Dr. Melfi was a 2000s HBO crime drama, starring James Gandolfini as a mobster named Tony?

- "Sopranos."

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

What 1950 film by Akira Kurosawa includes several characters, including a bandit giving contradictory could counts of the same incident?

- Pass.

- Okay, that's "Rashomon."

Mount Carmel, here's your next question.

What former capital city who's American residents were evacuated by Operation Frequent Wind in 1975 was renamed by its conquerors to Ho Chi Minh City?

- Shanghai.

- Is incorrect, rebound to Weatherly.

(buzzer beeps) Okay, we're looking for Saigon.

Weatherly, here's your next question.

What novel in which the teacher, Cantoric, encourages Albert Kropp and Paul Baumer to enlist in World War I was written by Erich Maria remark?

(buzzer beeps) Okay, rebound to Mount Carmel.

- No answer.

- Okay, that answer is "All Quiet on The Western Front."

Mount caramel, here's your next question.

What devices which in 1849, scientist, Alfred Smee, compared to nerves operate by using a key to transmit a code that was developed by Samuel Morse?

(buzzer beeps) - Telegram.

- Is incorrect, rebound to Weatherly.

- Pass.

- Okay, you were very close, Mount Carmel.

We're looking for telegraph.

And that sound that you heard signals the end of the first quarter and it's now time for the lightening round.

(electricity zapping) 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 title characters or Chinese inventions.

- Title characters.

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

Identify these literary works named for their main characters.

Shakespearian tragedy set in Denmark.

- Macbeth.

- Hamlet.

Jane Austen novel about a matchmaker.

- Pass.

- Emma.

L. M. Montgomery novel followed by Anne of Alvin Lee.

- Pass.

- "Anne of Green Gables."

Charles Dickens' book about an orphan pickpocket.

- Oliver Twist.

- Yes.

Jack London novel about a wolf dog.

- Pass.

- "White Fang."

Voltaire novella satirizing optimism.

- Pass.

- "Candide."

Miguel de Cervantes novel about a night errant.

That was "Don Quixote."

Okay, Mount Carmel, that's gonna wrap up your portion of the lightning round.

Weatherly, we're coming over to you.

Your remaining category will be Chinese inventions.

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

What item, which first historically appeared in China, was a common writing medium made from wood pulp.

- Paper.

- Yes.

Made of wood rather than metal as Johannes Gutenberg used.

- Pass.

Printing press.

A nitrate based mixture used in bombs and firearms.

- Gunpowder.

- Yes.

A sky based form of explosive entertainment often seen in the US on July 4th.

- Fireworks.

- Yes.

Made from pig bristles and use to avoid gingivitis.

- Pass.

- Toothbrush.

A complex game using white and black tokens on a 19 by 19 board.

- Pass.

- Go.

A kind of map that uses colors or shades to represent elevations.

(buzzer beeps) Okay, that was Relief map.

So after that, we currently have Weatherly in the lead over Mount Carmel, 60 to 10.

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.

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

What are your plans after high school?

- I wanna be an archeologist.

- Okay.

Excellent.

Very good.

Leah, what are your plans post-graduation?

- I'm going with oncology and become a lawyer.

- Excellent.

Very nice to meet you and good luck the rest of the way Mount Carmel.

Weatherly, coming over to you.

Noah, what are your plans after graduation?

- I'd like to have a career that involves writing.

- Okay, excellent.

And Jessica, what are your plans after high school?

- I plan to become a English teacher for high school students.

- All right.

Excellent.

It was very nice to meet all of you.

I will now go ahead and begin the second quarter with this question that goes to Weatherly.

What historical figure names the currency of Venezuela in a landlocked country whose major cities include Santa Cruz, Sucre, and LaPaz.

- Pass.

- Okay, Rebound to Mount Carmel.

- Pass.

- Okay, that answer is Simon Bolivar.

Mount Carmel, here's your next question.

In 2021, light was observed for the first time behind what type of object, a supermassive example of which is at the center of the Milky Way?

- Black hole.

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

Many historic Chateau are located along what river, which flows through Nante and is the longest river in France.

- No answer.

- Okay, that's the Loire River.

Weatherly, here's your next question.

What substances, which are generated by homolytic bond cleavage are suppressed in the body by antioxidants and contain unpaired electrons?

(buzzer beeps) Okay, ran out of time, rebound to Mount Carmel.

- No answer.

- Okay, looking for free radicals.

Mount Carmel, here's your next question.

What country whose Klang Valley contains The administrative center of Putrajaya is home to the Patronis Towers and its capital of Kuala Lumpur?

- Pass.

- Okay, rebound to Weatherly.

- Pass.

- Okay, we're looking for Malaysia.

Weatherly, here's your next question.

In 1974, what founder of the Anti-Nazi Partisans and only European founder or the Non-Aligned Movement was named president for life of Yugoslavia?

(buzzer beep) Rebound now to Mount Carmel.

- I'll pass.

- Okay, that's Josip Broz Tito.

Mount Carmel, here's your next question.

What artists created portraits of his doctor, Paul Gachet, whom this man stayed with after leaving the mental asylum, where he painted the "Starry Night?"

- Vincent van Gogh.

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

In feudal Japan, samurai strove to conform to what moral and social code, which means way of the warrior and resembles European codes of chivalry?

- No answer.

- Okay, that's Bushido.

Weatherly, here's your next question.

What novel ends with Rachael rescuing the only survivor of the Pequod, depicts Captain Ahab's search for a whale and it's by Herman Melville.

- "Moby-Dick."

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

How many total atoms are in one molecule of propane given that propane is an alkane with a three carbon chain?

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- That's incorrect.

We're looking for 11.

And after one half of play, we currently have Weatherly in the lead over Mount Carmel, 70 to 30.

We wanna say thank you to Alexis and Leah from Mount Carmel and thank you to Noah and Jessica from Weatherly.

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

Playing for Mount Carmel in the second half are Nick Nistico and Matt Kelly.

Representing Weatherly are Gavin Bradley and Taylor Jones.

And our first question in this quarter goes to Mount Carmel, and get your pencils and papers ready.

What fraction in lowest terms is equal to 84%, given percentages can be written as fractions with denominators of 100?

(light upbeat music) - 42 over 50.

- Is incorrect, rebound to Weatherly.

- 41 over 25 .

- Is correct for your rebound points Weatherly, great job.

And here's your first question of the second half.

What group in which Seth Warner served as a captain seized Fort Ticonderoga in 1775 and was a militia from new England led by Ethan Allen?

- The Green Mountain Boys.

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

After a cat named Pitty Sing causes a car crash, a vacationing family encounters a criminal called the Misfit in what story by Flannery O'Connor?

- Batman.

- No, we're looking for "A Good Man is Hard to Find."

Mount Carmel, here's your next question.

What Bible book is the origin of the term scapegoat, includes sexual prohibitions in its holiness code, and is the third book, following Exodus?

- Revelation.

- Is incorrect, rebound to Weatherly.

- Genesis.

- No, we're looking for Leviticus.

Weatherly, here's your next question.

What composer who wrote three "War Sonatas" and the "Lieutenant Kije Suite" also wrote a symphonic fairytale for children titled "Peter and the Wolf?"

- Pass.

- Okay, rebound now to Mount Carmel.

- Liza.

- Okay, that's Sergei Prokofiev.

Mount Carmel, here's your next question.

What former writer for the newspaper "Avanti!"

led the black shirts in a 1922 March on Rome that allowed him to become the fascist dictator of Italy?

- Mussolini.

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

What law states that heat never spontaneously flows from colder to hotter materials, or that the entropy of an isolated system never decreases?

- The law of thermodynamics.

- Is incorrect, you're very close.

We're looking for the second law of thermodynamics.

Weatherly, here's your next question.

What term describes properties such as reduction potential and temperature that do not depend on the amount of mass, unlike extensive properties?

- Pass.

- Okay.

Rebound to Mount Carmel.

- Plasma.

- No, we're looking for intensive properties.

It's back over to you Mount Carmel.

Here's your question.

What philosopher who said, "We owe a rooster to Asclepius," at his death was depicted in the "Phaedo" and "Apology" by Plato and was forced to drink hemlock?

- Socrates.

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

What man who criticized the auto industry in his book, "Unsafe at Any Speed" was the Green Party nominee in the 1996 and 2000 presidential elections?

- No answer.

- Okay, that's Ralph Nader.

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

(electricity zapping) This time Weatherly will pick first.

Your categories are countries that border China or Michaels.

- Countries that border China - Okay, countries that border China it is, and your time begins after I finish reading the first question.

What country that borders China shares Mount Everest with China?

- North Korea.

- Nepal.

Has cities named Lahore and Karachi.

- Pass.

- Pakistan.

Contains the Northern portion of the Gobi Desert?

Pass.

- Mongolia.

Contains the mouth of the Mekong River?

- Pass.

- Vietnam.

Controls the Island of Sakhalin?

- Pass.

- Russia.

Has the Yalu River as part of its Northern border?

- Pass.

- North Korea.

Introduced the concept of Gross National Happiness?

You can pass.

- Pass.

- That's Bhutan.

Has its capital at Dushanbe?

- Pass.

That's Tajikistan.

Okay Weatherly, that's gonna wrap up your portion of the lightning round, and Mount Carmel, we're coming back to you.

Your remaining category will be Michaels.

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

Identify these real or fictional people named Michael.

Author of "Jurassic Park.

- Pass.

- Michael Crichton.

Former mayor of New York city and 2020 presidential candidate.

- Pass.

- Michael Bloomberg.

Villain of the "Halloween" film series.

- Michael Meyers.

- Michael Meyers.

- Yes.

American swimmer who won 23 Olympic gold medals.

- Michael Phelps.

- Michael Phelps.

- Yes.

Actor who played Magneto and "X-Men: First Class."

- Pass.

- It's Michael Fassbender.

Former NFL player who hosts "The $100,000 pyramid."

Pass.

- Michael Strahan.

English physicist and namesake of the SSI unit of capacitance.

- Pass.

- Michael Faraday.

Singer called the king of pop who died in 2009.

- Michael Jackson.

- Yes.

Apollo 11 astronaut, along with Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin.

(buzzer beeps) Ran out of time.

That was Michael Collins.

And after that, we currently have a very tight game.

Weatherly in the lead over Mount Carmel by just 10 points, 90 to 80.

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

And we'll start with Nick from Mount Carmel, and Nick, if you wouldn't mind telling us what your plans are after graduation.

- I plan to play football in college and continue my education as well - Excellent, thank you, Nick.

And Matt, what are your plans post-graduation?

- I hope to do the same thing, play football in college and continue my education.

- All right, good luck to you guys.

Thank you very much for being here today.

Weatherly, gonna come over to you.

Gavin, what are your plans post-graduation?

- I don't really know for sure, but I wouldn't mind going to school to try and be a history teacher.

- Very cool.

And Taylor, what do you want to do after high school?

- I intend to go to school for forensic psychology.

- All right.

Excellent.

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

What battle, which was proceeded by the battles Ling Yi and Quatre Bras was a victory for the Duke of Wellington and ended the reign of Napoleon?

- The Battle of Waterloo.

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

The ruins of the ancient Mayan City of Tikal are in what Central American country, which borders Mexico to the west and Belize to the east?

- Pass.

- Okay, that's Guatemala.

Mount Carmel, here's your next question.

What state whose City of Beaumont is home to Lamar University is also home to Rice University and a state school whose flagship campus is in Austin?

- Yep.

- Texas.

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

Sister chromatids are formed during what part of the cell cycle that contains G1, S, and G2 phases during which a cell prepares for mitosis?

- Meiosis.

- No, we're looking for interphase.

Weatherly, it's back to you.

What number, which is the base of a function equal to its own derivative, equals about 2.71828 and is the base of the natural logarithm?

- Pass.

- Okay, rebound to Mount Carmel.

- Pass.

- Okay, that's E or Euler's number.

Mount Carmel, here's your next question.

What country whose currency is the Sol was once led by Alberto Fujimori, was the birthplace of Mario Vargas Llosa, and is governed from Lima?

- Peru.

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

Paul Pennyfeather is expelled from Oxford in "Decline and Fall," a novel by what British author who wrote about college friends in "Brideshead Revisited?"

- Pass.

- Okay, that's Evelyn Waugh.

Weatherly, here's your next question.

What species that made Mousterian stone tools died out or was assimilated into modern humans about 40,000 years ago and is named for a German valley?

- Neanderthals.

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

What Italian-American anarchists were controversially convicted of robbery and murder in Massachusetts in 1921?

- Pass.

- Okay, that's Sacco and Vanzetti.

Mount Carmel, here's your next question.

What former Marine who tried to kill Conservative general, Edwin Walker, was shot by nightclub owner, Jack Ruby, after assassinating John F. Kennedy?

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

In December, 2020, a federal judge ordered the restoration of what program that lets children brought into the US apply for amnesty from deportation?

(buzzer beep) Okay, we're looking for DACA.

Weatherly, here's your next question.

What 1913 play that depicts a wager made by Colonel Pickering is a G.B.

Shaw comedy in which upon Henry Higgins transforms Eliza Doolittle's speech?

- Pass.

- Okay, rebound now to Mount Carmel.

(indistinct) - (chuckles) Pass.

- Okay, that answer is Pygmalion."

Well, that's the end of regulation and we have a tie game, 110 to 110, and in the event of a tie, both teams will have a chance to answer a regular and bonus question unless a team scores on the rebound, in which case, the game ends.

This process continues until a winner is decided.

Weatherly has won the tiebreaker coin toss and so will receive the first question, which is, what explorer who commanded the discovery in a 1610 expedition before he was cast a drift by mutineers lends his name to a large bay in Canada?

(buzzer beeps) Okay, rebound now to Mount Carmel.

- Is it Hudson?

Hudson.

- For the win, it is Henry Hudson.

Yes, Mount Carmel has won today's game, 120 to 110.

Congratulations, Mount Carmel, you've won an exciting game this evening.

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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