(whistle shrilling) (bright upbeat music) ♪ Go (bright upbeat music) - Welcome to the 18th 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.

Tonight's match features Nanticoke versus Hazleton.

Representing Nanticoke are Olivia Thomas, Ryan Simcox, Michael Stachowiak, and Lucas Yanjeasky.

Shelby Shepanski and Brandon Egenski are their alternates.

And their advisor is Xan Pere.

Representing Hazleton are Mateo Feola, Michael Corelli, Elia Tito, and Kiera Kupshow.

Their alternate is Ben Sao.

And their advisors are Rafael Billett and Dennis Bookman.

Scholastic Scrimmage is a game of rapid recall of factual information, so let's take a moment and review the rules.

The first team to buzz in will have an opportunity to answer a toss-up question.

Correct answers to these questions are awarded 10 points and that team will then receive a five point bonus question.

If that toss-up answer is incorrect, no points will be deducted, but the question will then rebound to the other team.

If the other team answers correctly, they'll be given the toss-up points, but will not receive a bonus question.

Well, let's go ahead and get started with this toss-up question.

What man who holds his coat in an Augustus Saint-Gaudens statue in Chicago is seated in a DC memorial that shows text from the Gettysburg address?

(buzzer beeps) Lucas, Nanticoke.

- Abraham Lincoln.

- Is correct, and here comes your bonus question.

In 1971, Chicago banned the use of detergents with high levels of what element because they caused algal blooms that could harm aquatic life?

(timer beeps) That was phosphorus.

Let's go to another toss-up.

What archipelago contains the settlements of Goose Green and Stanley and was the focus of a namesake 1982 conflict between the UK and Argentina?

(buzzer beeps) Michael.

Nanticoke.

- Falklands.

- Is correct, and here comes your bonus question.

Which man, who painted "Dido building Carthage" gives his name to an award for British artists, and painted "The Slave Ship" and "The Fighting Temeraire"?

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- Okay, that's JMW Turner.

Let's go to another toss-up.

What kind of vehicle, whose military variance include the CH-47 Chinook and the AH-64 Apache is an aircraft that can take off and land vertically?

(buzzer beeps) Michael, Nanticoke.

- Helicopter.

- Is correct, and your bonus now.

Manitoulin Island is in the Canadian portion of what lake that also includes Saginaw Bay, which juts into eastern Michigan?

(buzzer beeps) - Lake St. Clair.

- No.

Lake Huron.

Lake Huron.

Here comes our next toss-up.

What numbers have infinite continued fractions include transcendental numbers like e and pi and cannot be written?

(buzzer beeps) Michael, Nanticoke.

- Irrational numbers.

- Is correct.

And your bonus now.

What nine letter term indicates a planet that orbits a star outside of our solar system?

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- Okay, that's exoplanet.

Exoplanet.

Let's go to another toss-up.

What musical, whose songs include "On the Street Where You Live" and "Wouldn't It Be Loverly" is an adaptation of George Bernard Shaw's "Pygmalion"?

(buzzer beeps) Kiera.

Hazleton.

- "My Fair Lady."

- Is correct.

And here comes your bonus question.

In August 2023, what alliterative named publishing house was sold to a private equity firm after a judge blocked Penguin Random House from buying it?

- Pass.

- That's Simon & Schuster.

Simon & Schuster.

Here's our next toss-up question.

What character, who marries Rosie Cotton and states, "Well, I'm back," at the end of "The Return of the King" is the gardener and friend of Frodo Baggins?

(timer beeps) That is Samwise Gamgee.

Let's go to our next toss-up.

What compound reacts with hydrogen gas in the Fischer-Tropsch process is formed an incomplete combustion and is nicknamed "The Silent Killer"?

(buzzer beeps) Kiera, Hazleton.

- Carbon monoxide.

- Is correct, and here comes your bonus.

And get your pencils and papers ready.

What is the difference X squared minus Y squared if X plus Y equals 9 and X minus Y equals 5?

(timer beeps) Okay, that answer was 45.

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

(logo whooshing) (electricity crackling) 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.

Nanticoke has won the coin toss and will pick first.

Your categories are Infections or Pre-1900 Battles.

(students whispering) - Pre-1900 Battles.

- Pre 1900 Battles it is.

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

Name the present day country in which these battles took place and answers may be repeated.

Marathon, 490 BC.

(buzzer beeps) - Greece.

- [Paul] Yes.

Siege of Vienna, 1683.

(buzzer beeps) - Austria.

- [Paul] Yes.

Antietam, 1862.

(buzzer beeps) - USA.

- [Paul] Yes.

Isandlwana during the Zulu Wars.

(buzzer beeps) - India.

- [Paul] South Africa.

Tour 732.

(buzzer beeps) - Greece.

- [Paul] France.

Waterloo, 1815.

(buzzer beeps) - Germany?

- [Paul] Belgium.

Culloden, 1745.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- That's the UK.

Zama during the Second Punic War.

(buzzer beeps) - Carthage.

- [Paul] Tunisia.

The Planes of Abraham, 1759.

(buzzer beeps) - UK.

- [Paul] Canada.

Red Cliffs, 208.

(buzzer beeps) - Iran.

- [Paul] China.

Okay, Nanticoke, that's going to do it for your portion of the Lightning Round.

Hazleton, we're coming over to you.

Your remaining category will be Infections.

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

Given a condition, state whether it's caused by a bacterium, a virus, a fungus, a parasite, or a prion.

Influenza.

(buzzer beeps) - Virus.

- [Paul] Yes.

Malaria?

(buzzer beeps) - Bacteria.

- [Paul] Parasite.

COVID-19.

(buzzer beeps) - Virus.

- [Paul] Yes.

Strep throat.

(buzzer beeps) - Bacteria.

- [Paul] Yes.

Tetanus.

(buzzer beeps) - Bacteria.

- [Paul] Yes.

Dandruff.

(buzzer beeps) - Fungi.

- [Paul] Yes.

Mad cow disease.

(buzzer beeps) - Bacteria.

- [Paul] Prion.

Botulism.

(buzzer beeps) - Bacteria.

- [Paul] Yes.

Most cases of cervical cancer.

(buzzer beeps) - Bacteria.

- [Paul] Virus.

African sleeping sickness.

(buzzer beeps) - Bacteria.

- [Paul] Parasite.

And that's going to do it for the Lightning Round.

And after that we have a very close game.

Nanticoke in the lead over Hazleton by just 5 points, 55 to 50.

And now we're going to go ahead and move into the second quarter with this toss-up question.

In 2009, Kirsten Gillibrand succeeded what senator who resigned to become Secretary- (buzzer beeps) Mateo.

Hazleton.

- Hillary Clinton.

- Is correct, and here comes your bonus.

What emperor's body was taken to a pyre at Teotihuacan after he was killed while imprisoned by Spanish conquistadors in 1519?

(buzzer beeps) Kiera.

- Montezuma.

- Is correct for your bonus points.

Hazleton, great job.

Here comes our next toss-up.

What author who wrote that it would be dreary to be somebody in a poem that opens with a statement, "I'm nobody," was known as The Belle of Amherst?

(buzzer beeps) Kiera.

Hazleton.

- Robert Frost.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Nanticoke.

- Pass.

- Okay, that answer is Emily Dickinson.

Emily Dickinson.

Here's our next toss-up.

What instrument played by cool jazz musician Chet Baker was also played by Birth of the Cool and "Kind of Blue" artist Miles Davis, and has valves?

(buzzer beeps) Mateo.

Hazleton.

- Flute.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Nanticoke.

(buzzer beeps) - Saxophone.

- No, we are looking for trumpet.

Trumpet.

Let's go to another toss-up question.

What initiative criticized by Peng Dehuai resulted in many backyard steel furnaces being built and large scale famine from 1958 to 1962 in China?

(timer beeps) That initiative was the Great Leap Forward.

Here's our next toss-up question.

What French scientist used a torsion balance to develop a law about the force between point charges, and is the namesake of the SI unit of charge?

(buzzer beeps) Michael.

Nanticoke.

- Lavoisier.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Hazleton.

(buzzer beeps) Elia.

- Newton.

Newton?

- No, we're looking for Coulomb.

Coulomb.

Here comes our next toss-up.

Hypnopedia is used by the world state on young alphas through epsilons in what novel about Bernard Marx and John the Savage by Aldous Huxley?

(timer beeps) "Brave New World."

Also the name of a great album, "My Iron Maiden."

Let's go on now to another toss-up question.

During what war did military bands first play "Tenting On The Old Campground", "The Battle Cry of Freedom", "John Brown's Body", and "Marching Through Georgia."

(buzzer beeps) Michael.

Nanticoke.

- Civil War.

- Is correct, and here comes your bonus.

Port Louis is the capital of what small island country east of Madagascar that was once home to the dodo bird?

(buzzer beeps) - Dodo?

- Nope, we're looking for Mauritius.

Mauritius.

Let's move to another toss-up and get your pencils and papers ready.

How many seconds are in 12 minutes given that each minute consists of 60 seconds.

(buzzer beeps) Michael.

Nanticoke.

- 720 seconds.

- I'm sorry?

- 720 seconds.

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

In September 2023, cyclone Daniel caused the collapse of two dams in what North African country killing more than 5,000 people?

- Morocco.

- Is incorrect.

We are looking for Libya.

Our next toss-up question.

What sea contains the Scarborough Shoal and is the focus of the nine dash line part of a dispute between the government in Beijing and Vietnam?

(buzzer beeps) - Mateo.

Hazleton.

- South China Sea.

- Is correct.

And your bonus.

What Illinois governor was the Democratic presidential nominee in 1952 and 1956.

(buzzer beeps) - Adlai Stevenson.

- Is correct.

Dor your bonus points, Hazleton.

And that sound that you heard signals the end of the first half 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 Nanticoke.

And Olivia, I'll come to you first.

Tell us what you like to do for fun when you're not in school.

- I'm a member of the varsity cheerleading team and a gymnastics coach.

- [Paul] That's excellent.

Thank you for being here.

Ryan?

- I'm my junior class president.

I'm a captain on Nanticoke's varsity soccer team and I'm a part of Junior Leadership Northeast.

- You're a busy guy.

Thanks, Ryan.

Michael?

- I'm the sophomore class president.

I play football, baseball and basketball, and I just like to say, hi mom.

- [Paul] (laughing softly) Hi, mom.

- When she watches.

- [Paul] And Lucas?

- I'm a member of National Honor Society and I play golf.

- Okay, multifaceted Nanticoke.

Good luck the rest of the way.

Hazleton coming over to you.

Mateo, if you wouldn't mind telling us what you like to do for fun when you're not in class?

- I'm a member of Exec Council, Student Council and FBLA, and I play tennis and golf.

- [Paul] That's excellent.

Thank you.

Michael?

- I play basketball and I race Quarter Midgets at Pocono Raceway.

- Okay.

Elia?

- I play softball and volleyball.

And I'm also involved in numerous clubs throughout the school and I'm running for class president.

- [Paul] That's great.

Kiera?

- I play piano.

I am a member of my school's executive council, and I am a volunteer over at Gravestone Manor.

- Well, it looks like we have our future leaders of America right here on Scholastic Scrimmage today.

It was very nice to meet all of you.

So, let's go ahead now and begin our third quarter with this toss-up question.

What novel in which a woman named Rose of Sharon breastfeeds a starving man?

(buzzer beeps) - Michael.

Nanticoke.

- "Grapes of Wrath."

- "Grapes of Wrath" is correct.

And here comes your bonus question.

What metal found at the center of a chlorophyll molecule is combined with sulfate ions in Epsom salts?

(buzzer beeps) - Carbon.

- Magnesium.

Magnesium.

Let's go to another toss-up.

What ethnic group lost to Voortrekkers at the Battle of Blood River and was ruled by Dingane following the death of the Great King Shaka?

(timer beeps) That was the Zulus.

The Zulus.

Here's our next toss-up.

What city whose Europa Hotel was bombed over 30 times contained the construction site of the RMS Titanic and is the capital of Northern Ireland?

(buzzer beeps) Mateo.

Hazleton.

- Belfast.

- Is correct.

And here comes your bonus question.

What word used in a sense meaning defense usually titles a platonic dialogue depicting Socrates' trial?

(timer beeps) That is apology.

Let's go to another toss-up.

What term for the extracellular tissue between eukaryotic cells also names rectangular arrays of numbers, and a 1999 film starring Keanu Reeves?

(timer beeps) Looking for matrix.

Matrix.

Here's our next toss-up.

What character who claims, "Since I cannot prove a lover, I am determined to prove a villain," is a hunchbacked York king in a Shakespeare play?

(buzzer beeps) Mateo.

Hazleton.

- Othello.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Nanticoke.

- Pass.

(timer beeps) - Okay, that's King Richard III.

Let's go to another toss-up question.

What state hero of Connecticut was hanged in 1776 for espionage after allegedly saying... (buzzer beeps) Michael.

Nanticoke.

- Nathan Hale.

- Is correct, and your bonus question now.

What term describes known sources of a material that are feasible for extraction, such as known but untapped oil fields?

- Pass.

- Okay, that answer was reserves.

Reserves.

Here's our next toss-up question.

What theory includes convergent, divergent and transform boundaries between large slowly... (buzzer beeps) Michael.

Nanticoke.

- Plate Tectonics.

- Is correct, and here comes your bonus question.

"Where's Papa going with that ax?"

is the first line of what children's book in which the rat Templeton grudgingly helps to save Wilbur the Pig?

- "Charlotte's Web."

- Is correct for your bonus points.

And don't forget to ring in during the bonus questions.

Let's go on to another toss-up question.

What author whose novel "Victory City" was released months after his 2022 stabbing wrote about Telepath Saleem Sinai in 19801's "Midnight's Children."

(buzzer beeps) Michael.

Nanticoke.

- Salman Rushdie.

- Is correct.

And your bonus now.

A weighted companion cube is encountered at the Aperture Science Laboratory in what 2007 puzzle platforming video game?

(buzzer beeps) - "Tetris."

- Is incorrect.

We're looking for "Portal."

"Portal."

Our next toss-up question.

(timer beeps) Well, we'll get to in the next quarter because that sound that you heard signals the end of the third quarter and another Lightning Round.

(logo whooshing) (electricity crackling) This time, Hazleton will pick first.

Your categories are TV Settings or 10 In The Name.

(paper rustling) (buzzer beeps) - TV settings.

- TV settings it is.

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

Name these TV shows from my primary settings.

The town of Springfield near Shelbyville.

(buzzer beeps) - "The Simpsons."

- Yes.

The continent of Westeros after dragons went extinct.

(buzzer beeps) - "Game of Thrones."

- [Paul] Yes.

Hawkins, Indiana during the 1980s.

(buzzer beeps) - "Stranger Things."

- [Paul] Yes.

Jerry's apartment across the hall from Kramer.

(buzzer beeps) - "Seinfeld."

- [Paul] Yes.

The misogynist Republic of Gilead.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- [Paul] "The Handmaid's Tale."

Central City, home to Star Labs.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- "The Flash."

A college named Greendale.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- Community.

The Arconia Apartments where killings occur.

(buzzer beeps) - "Only Murders in the Building."

- Yes.

Stede Bonnet's pirate ship revenge.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- "Our Flag Means Death."

The home of Blanche Devereux.

(buzzer beeps) - "The Golden Girls."

- Is correct.

That's going to do it for your portion of the Lightning Round.

Nanticoke, we're coming over to you.

Your remaining category will be 10 In The Name.

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

Give these people, places or things whose names or titles include 10 or 10th.

Biblical list including "Thou shall not kill."

(buzzer beeps) - The 10 Commandments.

- [Paul] Yes.

Residents of the British Prime Minister.

(buzzer beeps) - 10 Downing Street.

- [Paul] Yes.

Reserves powers not delegated to the federal government.

(buzzer beeps) - 10th Amendment.

- Yes.

1913 Mexican uprising in which Victoriano Huerta ousted Francisco Madero?

(buzzer beeps) - 10 Days War.

- [Paul] 10 Tragic Days.

Japanese RPG featuring Tidus and Yuna.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- [Paul] "Final Fantasy 10."

Myth inspired name for poet Anne Bradstreet who has lately sprung up in America?

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- [Paul] 10th Muse.

Led Zeppelin song that begins, "Then as it was, then again it will be."

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- [Paul] "10 Years Gone."

Sports conference including Michigan and Ohio.

(buzzer beeps) - Big 10.

- [Paul] Yes.

Charles and Ray Eames film showing the scale of the universe?

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- "Powers of Ten."

Nellie Bly expose about an insane asylum.

(timer beeps) That was "Ten Days in a Mad-House."

And that's going to do it for the Lightning Round.

And after that, we have Nanticoke in the lead over Hazleton, 140 to 120.

And we'll now go ahead and begin the last segment of the game with this toss-up question.

What is the usual name for the government formed after the November Revolution that put down a Spartacist and was replaced by the Nazis in Germany?

(buzzer beeps) Mateo, Hazleton.

- Third Reich.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Nanticoke.

(timer beeps) That was the Weimar Republic.

The Weimar Republic.

Here's our next toss-up.

In multicellular organisms, what process in which caspases play a key role, eliminates damaged cells and is a form of programmed cell death?

(buzzer beeps) - Replication.

- Lucas.

Nanticoke.

- Replication.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Hazleton.

(timer beeps) We're looking for apoptosis.

Apoptosis.

Our next toss-up question.

What Greek goddess, a sister of Helios and Selene whose primary epithet was rotodactylus or rosy-fingered was the personification of the dawn?

(buzzer beeps) Mateo.

Hazleton.

- Hera.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Nanticoke.

(timer beeps) That was Eos.

Let's go to another toss-up question.

What band whose lead singers were Phillip Bailey and Kalimba enthusiast Maurice White recorded "Let's Groove."

(buzzer beeps) - Earth, Wind & Fire.

- Mateo.

Hazleton.

- Earth, Wind & Fire.

- Is correct, and here comes your bonus.

What two-word phrase describes civil rights activists who in 1961 demonstrated by taking interstate buses into segregated states?

(students whispering) (timer beeps) - Pass.

- Okay, that was the Freedom Riders.

Let's go to another toss-up.

What country is the origin of the Doukhobors?

The namesake of the most numerous Orthodox church and home to a cathedral honoring Czar Alexander II.

(buzzer beeps) Mateo.

Hazleton.

- Russia.

- Is correct.

And your bonus.

What Asian capital city, which contains a Bahá'í House of Worship called the Lotus Temple lies among the Yamuna River?

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- That is New Delhi.

New Delhi.

Here's our next toss-up question.

What systems which can be simplified using Thevenin's Theoremv and have an LC type consist of a series of elements through which current flows?

(timer beeps) Those are electrical circuits.

Let's go to the next toss-up question.

What position which Charles Q.

Brown Jr. assumed in 2023 after the... (buzzer beeps) Mateo.

Hazleton.

- Chairman of the Joint Chiefs.

- Is correct, and your bonus question.

In 2023, California released Leslie Van Houten, a former follower of what cult leader who ordered the Tate-LaBianca murders and died?

(buzzer beeps) - Charles Manson.

- Is correct for your bonus points.

Let's move on to another toss-up.

What country controls the island of Socotra, is home to the Port of Aden, and is a war torn Middle Eastern country whose capital is Sana'a?

(buzzer beeps) Michael.

Nanticoke.

- What is, uh, Oman?

(timer beeps) - Is incorrect.

Rebound to Hazleton.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- We are looking for Yemen.

You are so close.

Well, that's the end of the game.

And our winner tonight is Hazleton over Nanticoke 155 to 140.

Congratulations, Hazleton.

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 thanks for watching.

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