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(upbeat music) (upbeat music) - Welcome to the 19th 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 for the semi-finals features North Pocono versus Crestwood.

Representing North Pocono are Joseph DeMaito, Raina Mitz, Elizabeth Donovan, and Grace Beckes.

Their alternates are Kyle Mazinko and Christian Siegel and their advisor is Christopher Wilbur.

Representing Crestwood are Jeremy Mueller, Eric Reinheimer, Luke Joseph, and Sean Rossi.

Their alternates are Spencer Young and Matthew Miller and their advisor is Maria Koons.

"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 or awarded 10 points and that team will then receive a five point bonus question.

If that tossup 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 tossup points but will not receive a bonus question.

Well, let's get started with this tossup question in government.

A certain state decides it could save money by housing members of the state militia in the private homes of the state citizens without their consent.

What amendment (buzzer beeps) to the US?

Joseph, North Pocono.

- The third amendment.

- Is correct and here's your bonus question.

It's a vector quantity.

In physics, it's defined as a measure of a moving object's tendency to keep moving.

Name this physical science property that could be calculated by multiplying the mass of a moving body by its velocity.

(buzzer beeps) - Momentum.

- Is correct for your bonus points, North Pocono.

As we go to a toss up in literature, "The Raven" by Edgar Allen Poe is perhaps one of his most famous poems.

A student is visited by a raven that speaks, what is (buzzer beeps) the only word- Luke, Crestwood.

- Evermore.

- [Paul] I'm sorry.

- Evermore.

- [Paul] Is incorrect.

Rebound to North Pocono.

(buzzer beeps) Joseph.

- Nevermore.

Nevermore.

- Is correct for your rebound points.

Very good, North Pocono.

As we go to a toss up in geometry, what do we call an angle formed by two chords of a circle when the angle's vertex is located on the circle.

(buzzer beeping) That was an inscribed angle.

Okay, your next toss up is in biology.

What word that ends in the letter Y is the name for the scientific study of diseases (buzzer beeps) their causes and Grace, North Pocono.

- Pathology - Is correct and your bonus now.

What proverb teaches the lesson that people who are unhappy often get some consolation from knowing that others are unhappy also.

(buzzer beeps) - Karma.

- No.

"Misery loves company.

Misery loves company."

All right, your next tossup is in biology.

This animal has 46 pairs of chromosomes more than twice that of humans.

It spends its life underwater and it gets its name from the color it usually is.

People keep them as pets and outdoor ponds or fish bowls.

(buzzer beeps) Name this animal that Sean, Crestwood.

- Goldfish.

- Is correct and here's your bonus question.

Name the man who wrote to Lincoln after the Gettysburg address quote, "I should be glad if I could flatter myself that I came as near the central idea of the occasion in two hours as you did in two minutes."

(buzzer beeps) - Frederick Douglass?

- No, that was Edward Everett.

Edward Everett.

Your next toss up is in drama.

He wrote drama, poetry, and essays as well as he was a literary critic as well and an editor.

He published his first poem, "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," in 1911, while still in college.

His "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats," was adapted into the musical, "Cats" in 1981.

Name this author who's perhaps best known for the poems, "The Wasteland" and (buzzer beeps) "Four Quartets."

Grace, North Pocono.

- T.S.

Elliot.

- Is correct and your bonus now.

Harry R. Truman was killed by this volcano in 1980 when he refused to leave his home during a mandatory evacuation order.

It has since erupted from 2004 to 2008 and is the most historically active volcano in the Cascade mountain range.

Name this active strata volcano located in the state of Washington (buzzer beeps) that lies, Grace.

- Mount Washington.

- Is incorrect.

That was Mount St. Helen's.

Mount St. Helen's.

All right, here's your next tossup in government.

What crime does a witness commit when he or she (buzzer beeps) lies while under oath?

Luke, Crestwood.

- Perjury.

- Is correct and your bonus now.

Rugby is the predecessor to football, not soccer even though that game is called football around the world.

How many players are on a rugby union team?

(timer beeping) (buzzer beeps) Eric?

- Eight.

- Nope, it's 15.

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

In this segment, each team will have an opportunity to answer as many of the 12 rapid fire questions as they can in one minute.

Crestwood has won the coin toss and will pick first.

Your categories are grammar or botany.

- Grammar.

- Grammar it is and your time begins when I finish reading the first question.

What part of speech is represented by each of these following words?

Essayist.

(buzzer beeps) - Noun.

- [Paul] Yes.

Daft.

(buzzer beeps) - Adjective.

- [Paul] Yes, lovingly.

(buzzer beeps) - Adverb.

- [Paul] Yes.

Jiggled.

(buzzer beeps) - Verb.

- [Paul] Yes.

Or.

(buzzer beeps) - Conjunction?

- [Paul] Yes.

Across.

(buzzer beeps) - Preposition.

- [Paul] Yes.

Modern.

(buzzer beeps) - Adjective.

- [Paul] Yes.

Bandelier.

(buzzer beeps) - Noun.

- [Paul] Yes.

They.

(buzzer beeps) - Pronoun.

- [Paul] Yes.

Orally.

(buzzer beeps) - Adverb.

- [Paul] Yes.

And.

(buzzer beeps) - Conjunction.

- [Paul] Yes.

Gyrate.

(buzzer beeps) - Verb.

- That's correct.

Crestwood knocked it out of the park in that first lightning round.

So great job, Crestwood.

North Pocono are coming over to you.

And your remaining category will be botany and once again your time begins when I finish reading the first question.

Identify these things associated with a plant leaf.

The flat, broad part of the leaf that's officially known as the lamina.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- [Paul] That's blade.

The type of edge or margin found on a white oak leaf.

(buzzer beeps) - Bark.

- [Paul] Lobed.

The stalk or stem.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- [Paul] That's petiole.

The main central vein of a leaf.

(buzzer beeps) - Artery - [Paul] Mid rib.

The structures in the leaf that transport food and water.

(buzzer beeps) - Flowem.

- [Paul] Veins.

That protective covering over the outer layer of the leaf that prevents evaporation of water from the outer layer of the leaf.

(buzzer beeps) - Skin.

- [Paul] Cuticle.

The vein pattern found in a maple leaf.

(buzzer beeps) - Palmate.

- [Paul] Yes.

The first part on the branch where a leaf starts to grow.

(buzzer beeps) - Node.

- [Paul] Axle, the small leaf like appendage that's usually found in pairs at the base of the petiole.

(buzzer beeps) - Needle.

- [Paul] That's stipple.

The very tip of the leaf.

(buzzer beeping) That was apex.

That's going to do it for the lightning round.

And after that we have Crestwood in the lead over North Pocono, 80 to 50.

And now we're going to go ahead and move into the second quarter with this tossup question in American history, this African American was a prominent leader and educator during the later 1800s.

He advised both Theodore (buzzer beeps) Roosevelt and William- Sean, Crestwood.

- Frederick Douglas.

- Is incorrect.

I'll finish and rebound in North Pocono and William Taft on racial problems in politics and his autobiography, "Up from Slavery" was a bestseller.

Name this Influential American who also founded the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama.

(buzzer beeps) Elizabeth.

- Booker T. Washington.

- Is correct for your rebound points, North Pocono as we go to a toss up in physics, what's scientific law named for the French scientist who discovered it, states that the force between two charges is proportional to the amount (buzzer beeps) of charge.

Sean, Crestwood.

- Coulomb.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

He courted Mary Todd and then later debated her famous husband in the Illinois state election campaign of 1858.

Name this lawyer who represented the State of Illinois and the US House of Representatives for two terms before being elected to the US Senate in 1847.

A position he held until his death in 1861.

(buzzer beeps) Eric.

- Abraham Lincoln?

- Nope.

That's Stephen Douglas.

Stephen Douglas.

All right, let's go to a toss up in art, what is the term for a cone or pyramid shaped structure built to form a church steeple?

(buzzer beeps) Joseph, North Pocono.

- Spire.

- Is correct and here's your bonus.

He was one of the fireside poets from New England.

He was also the first American to translate Dante Alighieri's "Divine Comedy" in its entirety.

Name this American poet who wrote the poem, "The Arrow" and "The Song," and the well-known poem, "Evangeline."

(buzzer beeps) - William Wadsworth.

- No, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

All right, let's turn to a toss up in world geography.

During prohibition, it gained its reputation as a wide open town.

It's the largest city in the Mexican state of Baja, California.

(buzzer beeps) What resort city in the- Jeremy, Crestwood.

- Tijuana.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

This medal was discovered by William Walliston in 1804.

It has a silvery luster and has been used in the manufacturing of mirrors.

Name this element closely related to platinum that has an atomic number of 46 and the chemical symbol Pd.

(buzzer beeps) - Palladium.

- Is correct for your bonus points, Crestwood, let's go to a toss up in algebra.

Consider these imaginary numbers and indicate the product.

- 12i and 1/4i.

(buzzer beeps) Sean, Crestwood.

- Three.

- Is correct and here's your bonus.

This sci-fi novel tells the story of a scientist whose study of optics leads him to render himself invisible but he can't reverse the process.

Identify this novel which helped establish its author, HG Wells as the father of science fiction.

(buzzer beeps) - "The Invisible Man."

- Is correct for your bonus points, Crestwood.

As we go to a toss up in astronomy, the astronomers at Lowell Observatory named what Dwarf planet after the (buzzer beeps) Greek God of the underworld- Sean, Crestwood.

- Oh Hercules.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to North Pocono.

(buzzer beeps) Grace.

- Pluto.

- Is correct.

For your rebound points, North Pocono.

Let's go to a toss up in sports.

In curling, the players manipulate stones on the ice toward a target area.

From what type of rock are these stones usually made?

(buzzer beeps) Luke, Crestwood.

- Marble.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to North Pocono.

(buzzer beeps) - Igneous.

- Granite.

We are looking for granite.

All right, let's move on to a toss up in driver's ed.

A yellow or yellow green.

(buzzer beeps) Five-sided.

Joseph, North Pocono.

- Traffic light.

- Is incorrect.

I'll finish and rebound to Crestwood.

Or a yellow green five-sided sign.

Shaped like an old schoolhouse.

Means what to a driver?

(buzzer beeps) - Stop.

- It means school zone or school crossing.

Well 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 North Pocono and Joseph, I will come to you first.

If you had one superpower, what would it be and why?

- It'd probably have to be, never have to fall asleep again because it's, I feel like I was just so much work to do and without having to sleep, I got eight extra hours to procrastinate.

- All right, thanks, Joseph.

Raina.

- Telekinesis.

so I could use the force.

- Excellent.

Elizabeth?

- I would say invisibility just so I could, you know, see what's going on.

- [Paul] You do whatever you want too, right?

Grace.

- Flying because it'd be cool.

- Yes it would.

Thanks, Grace.

Crestwood, over to you Jeremy.

If you had a superpower, what would it be and why?

- I would have the ability to accurately predict every sports game because I would get rich off of a sports betting.

- Yes you would.

Thanks, Jeremy.

Eric.

- I'd have to go teleportation.

Being able to go anywhere you want whenever you want.

Just sounds really cool.

- That would be excellent.

Luke?

- I would say to change my height so I could finally be taller than Eric.

- Sean.

I would have to go with making, being able to make people forget things so that I can make everyone forget I'm a Jets fan.

- That's excellent.

I love it.

It was very nice to see you guys all again.

Now let's go ahead and begin the third quarter with this toss up question in novels, this author wrote the novels, "Shirley" and "The Professor," she also used the pseudonym Kerr Bell when writing a classic novel about an orphan who became a governess and later married Mr. Rochester.

(buzzer beeps) Name this author who penned... Elizabeth, North Pocono.

- Charlotte Brontë.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

What's strong winds that blow across the northern section of the Indian Ocean cause drenching rains, extreme soil erosion, and monstrous flooding during the summer months.

(buzzer beeps) - Monsoons.

- Is correct for your bonus points, North Pocono.

As we go to a toss up in botany, a mushroom reproduces by means of what spore bearing structures found underneath its cap.

(buzzer beeps) Sean, Crestwood.

- Mold.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to North Pocono.

(buzzer beeps) Joseph.

- Spores.

- Nope.

Those are gills.

Gills.

All right, here's your next toss up in literature.

Identify the country that was the birthplace of the renowned author of "Children's Tales," Hans Christian Anderson.

(buzzer beeps) Sean, Crestwood.

- Denmark.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

According to Greek mythology, who slew the Nemean Lion?

(buzzer beeps) - Hercules.

- That's Hercules.

Very good, Crestwood.

Let's go onto a tossup in ancient history.

Their jobs were quite important before the invention of the printing press.

They've been around since (buzzer beeps) biblical times.

Grace, North Pocono.

- Scribes.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

Johannes Vermeer lived in the 17th century.

He was known for using expensive pigments in his works.

Something that was often only seen in works of the masters.

What was Johannes Vermeers nationality?

(buzzer beeps) - Germany.

- He was Dutch.

Dutch.

All right, let's go to a toss up in US geography.

Name the largest freshwater lake (buzzer beeps) in the world.

Joseph, North Pocono.

- Lake Superior.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

In 1953, he became the first professional soldier to receive a Nobel Peace Prize.

He served as US Secretary of State, secretary of Defense and chief of staff of the US Army, who was the statesman who worked toward post-war European recovery (buzzer beeps) after World War II.

- General Marshall.

- Is correct.

All right, let's go to a toss up in earth science now.

In cleavage, breakage occurs along flat lines.

What is the opposite (buzzer beeps) of cleavage in which- Grace, North Pocono.

- Fracture - Is correct and your bonus now.

The supervisor had authority over all the new trainees identify the prepositional idiom in the previous sentence.

(buzzer beeps) - Over.

- Is incorrect, authority over.

Authority over.

All right, here's your next toss up.

This one is in vocabulary.

What three syllable word is the name for the base upon which a harp rests and the base upon (buzzer beeps) which the Statue of... Grace, North Pocono.

- Pedestal.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus.

What French psychologist invented the first practical IQ test after being asked by the French Ministry of Education to create a method that would effectively identify young students who would need remedial instruction in addition to the regular classroom curriculum?

(buzzer beeps) - Alfred Venet.

- Is correct for your bonus points, North Pocono.

Let's go to a tossup in short stories.

In what mountains did Rip Van Winkle encounter Hendrick Hudson.

(buzzer beeps) Jeremy, Crestwood.

- Rocky Mountains.

- Is incorrect.

We'll rebound to North Pocono.

(buzzer beeps) - Joseph.

- The Appalachian Mountains.

- Nope, those were the Catskill Mountains.

All right, let's... (beeping sound) Well, let's wait for that next question in the next round because that sound that you heard signals the end of the third quarter and another lightning round.

This time North Pocono will pick first.

Your categories are sports and games or world history.

- World history.

- World history it is, and your time begins after I finished reading the first question.

It was a race to space during the 1960s and the 1970s.

Name these astronauts who helped advance space science.

The very first man to travel into space.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- [Paul] Yuri Gagarin.

The first American to travel into space while aboard Freedom 7.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- [Paul] Alan Shepherd.

The first American to orbit the earth.

(buzzer beeps) - Buzz Aldrin.

- [Paul] John Glenn.

The first American woman to stay on the Russian Space Station, Mir.

(buzzer beeps) - Sally Ride.

- Shannon Lucid.

The first astronaut to walk on the moon.

(buzzer beeps) - Neil Armstrong.

- [Paul] Yes.

The first American to actually walk in space.

(buzzer beeps) - Buzz Aldrin.

- [Paul] Edward White, the first American female astronaut to command a space shuttle mission.

- Sally Ride.

- [Paul] Eileen Collins.

The first African American astronaut to travel in the space.

(buzzer beeps) - Mai Jemison.

- [Paul] Golan Bluford.

The first man to hit a golf ball while on the moon.

(buzzer beeps) - Buzz Aldrin.

- [Paul] Alan Shepherd.

The oldest astronaut to travel into space at the age of 77.

That was John Glenn.

All right, North Pocono, that's going to wrap up your second lightning round.

Crestwood, we're coming over to you.

Your remaining category will be sports and games.

And once again, your time begins when I finish reading the first question, give the complete name of the National Hockey League team that's based in the following cities or states.

For example, the Los Angeles Kings is the team name for the NHL team based in Los Angeles.

So we need the city and the team name.

Anaheim.

(buzzer beeps) - Anaheim Ducks.

- [Paul] Yes.

Boston.

(buzzer beeps) - Boston Burns.

- [Paul] Yes.

Philadelphia.

(buzzer beeps) - Philadelphia Flyers.

- [Paul] Yes.

Calgary.

(buzzer beeps) - Calgary Flames.

- [Paul] Yes.

Chicago.

(buzzer beeps) - Chicago Stars.

- [Paul] Black Hawks.

Edmonton.

(buzzer beeps) - Edmonton Oilers.

- [Paul] Yes.

Florida.

(buzzer beeps) - Florida Panthers.

- [Paul] Yes.

Los Angeles.

(buzzer beeps) - LA Kings.

- [Paul] Yes.

Pittsburgh.

(buzzer beeps) - Pittsburgh Penguins.

- [Paul] Yes.

Toronto.

(buzzer beeps) - Toronto Maple Leaves.

- [Paul] Yes.

Vancouver.

(buzzer beeps) - Vancouver Canucks.

- [Paul] Yes.

Winnipeg.

(buzzer beeps) - Winnipeg Jets.

- Yes.

All right, Crestwood.

Great job in that lightning round.

And after that we currently have Crestwood in the lead over North Pocono in a tight game.

190 to 150.

And now we're going to go ahead and begin the last segment of the game with this tossup question in sports and games.

In this winter sport, teams of two to four athletes make timed runs down icy tracks that are narrow, twisted, and banked.

Their sleds are gravity powered (buzzer beeps) and have steel runners.

Jeremy, Crestwood.

- Bob Sledding.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question now.

What visible part of the outer ear shares its name with a former name for the chamber of the heart that is now called the atrium.

(buzzer beeps) - The pina.

- It is the oracle.

The oracle.

Okay, let's go to a toss up in novels, "Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show."

Is the opening line of which Charles Dickens novel?

(buzzer beeps) Eric, Crestwood.

- Oliver Twist.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to North Pocono.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- That was David Copperfield.

All right, your next tossup is in theater.

Suspended from the ceiling.

These narrow walkways are often used to suspend lighting or props.

(buzzer beeps) What are... Eric, Crestwood.

- Catwalks.

- Is correct and your bonus now.

I am a word that rhymes with unique.

I begin with a letter T and end with a letter E. I'm defined as the way in which something is performed or the way in which materials and tools are used.

(buzzer beeps) What word am I?

- Technique.

- Is correct.

For your bonus points, Crestwood, let's go to a toss up in drama.

In what Shakespearean play does the following quotation appear?

"Et tu, Brute?"

(buzzer beeps) Joseph, North Pocono.

- Julius Caesar.

- Is correct.

And your bonus now.

It's a method for designing, building, and operating machines that are lifelike.

These machines are worked by electronics and computers.

Name these remotely controlled machines that mimic real people, animals, or manmade creatures such as aliens.

(buzzer beeps) - Robots.

- Animatronics is what we were looking for.

All right, let's go to a toss up in world history, what political policy in South Africa (buzzer beeps) from 1948.

Jeremy, Crestwood.

- Apartheid.

- Is correct.

And your bonus now.

According to Greek mythology, what God of metalworking and the forge (buzzer beeps) created a loop.

- Hephaestus.

- Hephaestus is correct for your bonus points.

All right, our next toss up is in physics.

This British physicist co-authored the book "Radiations from Radioactive Substances" with Lord Rutherford and CD Lewis.

He worked in the US as head of the British Mission attached to the Manhattan Project as they conspired to develop the atomic bomb.

Name this outstanding scientist who discovered the neutron in 1932 and eventually won the Nobel Prize in physics in 1935 for this discovery.

(buzzer beeps) Eric, Crestwood.

- Neils Boar.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to North Pocono.

(buzzer beeping) That's James Chadwick.

Okay, here's your next toss up in literature, it begins, "I Wandered Lonely As a Cloud."

Identify this Wordsworth poem published in 1804, which begins with this line.

(buzzer beeping) That's "Daffodils."

All right, here's your next tossup in world history.

This World War II battle lasted for six months from August of 1942 to February of 1943.

Name this Marine Solomon Island victory.

(buzzer beeps) Joseph, North Pocono.

- Guadalcanal.

- Is correct.

And your bonus now.

Philip Purp is the narrator in Dickens', "Great Expectations."

By what nickname was he more commonly known?

(buzzer beeping) (buzzer beeps) - Brody Gauger.

- No, we're looking for Pip.

And that's the end of the game.

And our winner tonight is Crestwood over North Pocono.

And a great game.

230 to 170.

Congratulations, Crestwood, you are going to the finals.

And a big congratulations to North Pocono.

You are this year's "Scholastic Scrimmage", third place finalist, which means you've won $1,000 for your school.

Great job, guys.

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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