(crickets chirping) (upbeat music) ♪ Go - Welcome to the 17th season of WVIA's "Scholastic Scrimmage."

I'm your host, Regina Myers.

"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.

Tonight's match features North Pocono versus Delaware Valley.

Representing North Pocono is Minerva Korea, Olivia Bassey, Grace Beckish.

Their captain Noah Beckish.

Their alternate is Steph Arias, and their advisor is Christopher Wilbur.

Representing Delaware Valley is Riley Krick, Jackson Hancock, Andrea Del Freo.

And their captain is Clint Murray.

Their alternates are Sarah Flick and Isabella Hemler.

And their advisor is Robert Curtis.

"Scholastic Scrimmage" is a game of rapid recall of factual information.

Let's take a minute 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 will be given the toss-up points, but will not receive a bonus question.

Let's get started with our first toss-up question.

What 1860 Democratic nominee for President introduced the idea of the Freeport- (buzzer beeping) Riley, Delaware Valley.

- Stephen Douglas.

- Steven Douglas.

Riley has the correct answer.

And your bonus, what organ which contains chief cells that released pepsinogen to break down proteins send its digestive contents to the small intestine?

(buzzer beeping) Riley.

- Stomach?

- The stomach.

Riley has the correct answer.

Toss-up.

What plant organs exhibit Kranz anatomy in C4 plants, release water from stomata in their undersides, and are flat to maximize?

(buzzer beeping) Riley?

- Leaves.

- Leaves.

Riley has the correct answer.

And your bonus.

In 1876, what United States Army engineer published the first edition of his guide to parliamentary procedure known as his Rules of Order?

- Robert, Robert.

- Robert.

(buzzer beeping) - Robert.

- Robert is the correct answer.

Jackson, for your bonus points, toss-up.

What author who wrote, "A man's reach should exceed his grasp" in the 1855 poem, "Andrea del Sarto" was an Englishman married to the poet Elizabeth Barrett?

(buzzer beeping) Jackson.

- Robert Barrett.

- Robert Barrett is incorrect.

Rebound to North Pocono.

(buzzer beeping) Noah.

- Edward Barrett.

- Edward Barrett is incorrect.

It is Robert Browning.

Toss-up.

What city contains The Museum Of Gold, was the capital of New Granada, was given its modern name by Simon Bolivar and is the capital of Columbia?

(buzzer beeping) Andrea, Delaware Valley.

- Ethiopia.

- Ethiopia is incorrect.

Rebound to North Pocono.

(buzzer beeping) - No answer.

- Okay, Noah.

The correct answer is Bogota.

Toss-up.

What dynasty that began in Yekuno Amlak in 1270 and ended with Haile Selassie in 1974, ruled Ethiopia and claimed dissent from a wise biblical king?

(buzzer beeping) Jackson.

- The Solomon Dynasty?

- Solomon Dynasty is the answer given.

Judge, is that acceptable?

Yes it is.

And your bonus.

What strategically important Strait in the Middle East connects the Persian Gulf to the Gulf of Oman?

(buzzer beeping) Jackson.

- The Red Sea.

- The Red Sea is incorrect.

It is The Strait of Hormuz.

Toss-up.

What garments which can come in five yard or eight yard variants are patterned in tartans of specific clans and are traditional Scottish- (buzzer beeping) Jackson, Delaware Valley.

- Kilt.

- Kilt is the correct answer.

And your bonus.

What Habsburg Emperor, the husband of Empress Elisabeth and uncle of Franz Ferdinand held the throne of Austria-Hungary from 1848 to 1916?

(buzzer beeping) Jackson.

- Otto.

- Otto is incorrect.

It is Franz Joseph I. Toss-up.

What author of "In a Free State" wrote about a man born with a sixth finger who becomes a sign painter in his novel, "A House for Mr Biswas?"

(buzzer beeping) Andrea of Delaware Valley.

- Stephen King.

- [Regina] Stephen King is incorrect.

Rebound to North Pocono.

(buzzer beeping) - No answer.

- Okay, Noah.

The correct answer is Naipaul.

Toss-up.

What religious leader who at The Battle of the Trench defended against the Quraysh tribe led an army of followers in A.D 630?

(buzzer beeping) Noah, North Pocono.

- Mohamed.

- Mohamed's the correct answer.

Bonus, North Pocono.

What honest daughter of King Lear is banished after speaking truth to her father instead of the flattery of her sisters Goneril and Regan?

- No answer.

- The correct answer is Cordelia.

And that is the end of the first quarter, and it's now time for the lightning round.

(video 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.

North Pocono has won the coin toss and will choose first.

Your categories are transition metals or Tiberius Gracchus.

The timer begins after I read the first question.

- Transition metals.

- Transition metals.

Name these transition metals.

Element with ions known as ferric and ferrous.

- Iron.

- Correct.

Metal used to coat pennies that is named after Cyprus.

- Copper.

- Correct.

Precious metal with a namesake sterling alloy.

- Platinum.

- [Regina] Silver.

Stainless steel is at least 11% of this metal known for its colorful salts.

- Nickel.

- [Regina] Chromium.

Metal used in incandescent light bulb filaments.

- Lead.

- Tungsten.

Metal used with cadmium in some rechargeable batteries.

- Lithium.

- Nickel.

Lightweight biologically inert metal used in joint replacements.

- Titanium.

- Platinum.

Lightest element with no stable isotopes.

- Titanium.

- Correct.

Metal that forms a cubic compound used as imitation diamonds.

- Zirconium.

- Correct.

Densest naturally occurring element.

- Osmium.

- Correct.

Moving over to our team from Delaware Valley.

Your category is Tiberius Gracchus.

Answer the following about Roman politician, Tiberius Gracchus.

Lower of two main Roman social classes which he represented.

(buzzer beeping) Riley.

- Plebeians.

- Correct.

Higher class that he antagonized.

(buzzer beeping) Riley.

- Pass.

- [Regina] Patricians.

Regime under which he served, preceding the empire.

(buzzer beeping) Jackson.

- Roman Republic.

- [Regina] Correct.

Praenomen of his brother and political ally shared with Julius Caesar.

(buzzer beeping) Jackson.

- Octavian.

- [Regina] Gaius.

Resource which his agrarian reform program tried to redistribute.

(buzzer beeping) Riley.

- Wheat.

- Land.

Series of wars with Carthage in which he served under.

(buzzer beeping) Jackson.

- Punic Wars - Correct.

Large private estates that he sought to break up.

(buzzer beeping) Jackson.

Villas.

- Latifundia.

Historian who paired him with the Greek Cleomenes in his parallel lives.

(buzzer beeping) Jackson.

- No answer.

- [Regina] Plutarch.

Century B.C.

in which he lived in Rome, fought the Jugurthen war.

(buzzer beeping) Riley.

- Fifth Century B.C.

- Second century B.C.

(timer beeping) And that's the end of our lightning round.

So let's take a look at our score.

We have North Pocono with 35 points and Delaware Valley with 65 points.

We're going to move into the second quarter with this toss-up question.

Pencil, paper ready.

If A and B are independent events, what is the probability they both occur if each has a 30%- (buzzer beeping) Noah, North Pocono.

- 9%.

- Is correct.

And your bonus, North Pocono.

L'Hopital's rule can be used non-rigorously to find what value for the limit as X goes to zero of sin X over X?

(buzzer beeping) Noah.

- One.

- One.

Noah has the correct answer for your bonus point toss-up.

What city contains the only non-European branch of the Louvre, is home to the Sheik Zayed mosque and is the capital of the United Arab Emirates?

(buzzer beeping) Jackson.

- Dubai.

- [Regina] Dubai is incorrect.

(buzzer beeping) Rebound to North Pocono.

- Abu Dhabi.

- Abu Dhabi is the correct answer for your rebound points toss-up.

What concept which originated in John O'Sullivan's essay, "Annexation" was used by the all Oregon Movement and was coined to support westward expansion?

(buzzer beeping) Noah, North Pocono.

- Manifest Destiny.

- Is the correct answer, Noah.

And your bonus.

"The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America" is a collection of poems by what 17th century author who wrote "To My Dear and Loving Husband?"

(buzzer beeping) Noah.

- Anne Bradstreet.

- Anne Bradstreet's the correct answer for your bonus points toss-up.

The Geiger-Nuttall law describes what process that emits a helium nucleus, decreases atomic number by two and has a shorter range- (buzzer beeping) Andrea, Delaware Valley.

- Alpha decay.

- Alpha Decay.

Andrea, correct answer and your bonus.

Lake Victoria is shared between Kenya, Tanzania and what third country which also contains the eastern part of Lake Albert?

(buzzer beeping) Jackson.

- Rwanda.

- Rwanda is incorrect.

It is Uganda.

Toss-up.

Ulvaeus ends act one of what jukebox musical about Sophie's efforts to find- (buzzer beeping) Noah.

- "Mamma Mia!"

- "Mamma Mia!"

Noah has the correct answer.

And your bonus.

Franklin Pierce's presidency was damaged by the 1854 publication of what manifesto urging United States acquisition of Cuba?

- No answer.

- Okay.

The correct answer is Ostend.

Toss up.

What author whose novel, "The Pilot" features John Paul Jones, wrote a series of five Leatherstocking Tales novels about Frontiersman Natty Bumppo?

(buzzer beeping) Noah.

Jack London.

- Jack London is incorrect.

Rebound to Delaware Valley.

(buzzer beeping) Jackson - Tom Baylor.

- Tom Baylor is incorrect.

It is James Fenimore Cooper.

Toss-up.

As director general, Peter Stuyvesant governed from what city whose land was purchased in 1626 by Peter Minuit and was once called New Amsterdam?

(buzzer beeping) Noah, North Pocono.

- New York City.

- New York City's correct answer, Noah, and your bonus.

Given the original statement, if P then Q, what type of statement is if Q then P, which may not be true?

(buzzer beeping) Grace.

- Converse.

- Converse is the correct answer, Grace.

Toss-up.

In what country whose prime minister Alex De Croo supports limiting the powers of King Philippe is the European commission based- (buzzer beeping) Jackson.

- Spain.

- Spain is incorrect.

I'll complete the question and rebound to North Pocono.

Based in Brussels.

(buzzer beeping) - Grace - Germany - Germany is incorrect.

It is Belgium.

Toss up.

What compound is synthesized alongside phenol in the cumene process, is the simplest ketone and is often found in nail polish remover?

(buzzer beeping) Noah.

- Acetone.

- Acetone.

Noah has the correct answer and your bonus.

What 19th century author who wrote the essay "The Over-Soul" imagined himself as a transparent eyeball in his essay "Nature?"

(buzzer beeping) Grace.

- Edgar Allan Poe.

- Edgar Allan Poe is incorrect.

It is Ralph Waldo Emerson.

And that is the end of the first half.

We're going to give our students a bit of a break.

But first, we're going to update the score.

We have North Pocono with 110 points and Delaware Valley with 75 points.

We want our viewing audience to get to know you just a little bit better.

So let's relax and we'll start with our team from North Pocono.

Minerva, why don't you start us off.

We talked about, we're going to discuss your favorite ice cream and why.

- Mine is Ben & Jerry's Phish Food because the cookies are shaped like fish and it's more fun that way.

- [Regina] I didn't know it had cookies in it.

Good.

Olivia.

- My favorite is Death by Chocolate by the Penn State Creamery because the more chocolate, the better.

- [Regina] Grace.

- My favorite is chocolate peanut butter, but with chocolate stars in it because, you know, it's just fun.

- [Regina] Because it's magically delicious.

- Yeah.

- [Regina] Noah.

- My favorite is the pumpkin ice cream at Manning's.

It is authentic and it tastes excellent.

- [Regina] Good.

Let's move over to our team from Delaware Valley.

Riley, start us off.

- My favorite is vanilla because it's a very versatile flavor.

- [Regina] It sure is.

Jackson.

- My favorite flavor is strawberry.

I just find most people don't like it.

So more for me.

- [Regina] I know I don't.

Andrea.

- My favorite flavor is also strawberry just 'cause I like chunks of strawberry in it.

- [Regina] Okay.

And, Clint, why don't you finish this off.

- My favorite's mint chocolate chip.

I just like the green color, but I don't like the pistachio.

So I choose mint chocolate chip.

- There you go.

Great to meet all of you.

We will now begin the second half of the game with this toss-up question.

What band leader headed a 1938 Carnegie Hall jazz concert, had the signature tune, "Sing, Sing, Sing," and was a clarinetist known as the king of swing?

(buzzer beeping) Noah, North Pocono.

- Louis Armstrong.

- [Regina] Is incorrect.

Rebound to Delaware Valley.

(buzzer beeping) Riley.

- John Coltrane - Is also incorrect.

It is Benny Goodman.

Toss-up.

The first woman to lie in state in the United States Capitol- (buzzer beeping) Jackson - Rosa Parks.

- I'm sorry?

- Rosa Parks.

- Is incorrect.

I'll complete the question and rebound to North Pocono.

Was that person who died in 2020 and was replaced by Amy Coney Barrett on the Supreme Court?

(buzzer beeping) Noah.

- Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

- Is the correct answer for your rebound points.

Toss-up.

On December 8th, 1941, Japan began its invasion of what country?

(buzzer beeping) Noah.

- The United States.

- Is incorrect.

I'll complete the question and rebound to Delaware Valley.

Ceded to the United States in the Spanish-American War, (buzzer beeping) landing on, Clint.

- The Philippines.

- The Philippines.

Clint has the correct answer for your rebound points.

Toss-up.

What European country is known as (speaking in foreign language) in its native language, is separated from Italy by the Strait of Otranto and has its capital at Tijuana?

(buzzer beeping) Andrea, Delaware Valley.

- No answer.

- [Regina] We'll move over to the North Pocono team.

(buzzer beeping) Noah - Slovakia.

- Is incorrect.

It is Albania.

Toss-up.

Pencil, paper ready?

What is the total cost of a $30 jacket if a sales tax of 8% is added to the price?

(buzzer beeping) Noah, North Pocono.

- $32.40.

- Is the correct answer, Noah, and your bonus.

Pencil paper, again.

What is Amy's current age if her son is currently 10 years old and 20 years from now the ratio of their ages will be two to one?

(buzzer beeping) Noah.

- 40 years old.

- 40 is the correct answer for your bonus points.

Toss-up.

What language was used by Luis de Camoes to write "The Lusiads" which depicts the Indian travels of Vasco da Gama as well as the city of Lisbon?

(buzzer beeping) Noah.

- Sanskrit.

- Sanskrit is incorrect.

Rebound to Delaware Valley.

(buzzer beeping) Jackson.

- Portuguese.

- Portuguese is the correct answer for your rebound points.

Toss-up.

What singer whose professional split from Porter Wagoner inspired her to write "I Will Always Love You," sang the country- (buzzer beeping) Riley.

- Dolly Parton.

- Dolly Parton.

Riley has the correct answer and your bonus.

What party known by a three-letter acronym governed Mexico from 1946 to 2000 under what Mario Vargas Llosa called the perfect dictatorship?

(buzzer beeping) Clint.

- DEA.

- Is incorrect.

It is PRI.

Toss-up.

What man encountered the native, Chief Donnacona, was the first European to see the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and claimed modern day Canada- (buzzer beeping) Andrea.

- Hudson.

- [Regina] Hudson's incorrect.

I'll complete the question and rebound to North Pocono, for France.

(timer ringing) That was Jacques Cartier.

Toss up.

What biome, also called boreal or snow forest consists mostly- (buzzer beeping) Riley.

- Tundra.

- Tundra is incorrect.

I'll complete the question and rebound to North Pocono.

Mostly of pine, spruce and large forests and has temperatures just warmer than the tundra.

(timer ringing) It is taiga.

Toss-up.

What author described (timer ringing) a hilltop community called The Bottom in her 1973 book "Sula," and depicted the ghost of Sethe's dead daughter in her novel "Beloved?"

(buzzer beeping) Riley.

- Tony Morrison.

- Tony Morrison's the correct answer, Riley.

And bonus.

What disabled (indistinct) boy lives in Bethlehem in a 1951 Gian Carlo Menotti opera about his encounter with the night visitors?

(buzzer beeping) Clint.

- John.

- Is incorrect.

It is Amahl.

And that's the end of the third quarter and it's time for another lightning round.

(video buzzing) This time, Delaware Valley will choose first.

Your categories are main ingredients or checks.

The time begins when I finish reading the first question.

(buzzer beeping) - Main ingredients.

- Main ingredients.

Given a dish, name the type of meat or seafood traditionally used to make it.

Filet mignon.

(buzzer beeping) Salmon.

- [Regina] Beef.

A dish named after Kung Pow.

(buzzer beeping) Riley.

- Chicken.

- Correct.

A BLT sandwich.

(buzzer beeping) Riley.

- Bacon.

- Correct.

A cocktail served in a glass and topped with cocktail- (buzzer beeping) Riley.

- Shrimp.

- [Regina] Correct.

Lox.

(buzzer beeping) Jackson.

- Potatoes.

- [Regina] Salmon.

Shepherd's pie is distinct from cottage pie.

(buzzer beeping) Jackson.

- Beef.

- [Regina] Lamb.

A dish named moo shu, most commonly.

(buzzer beeping) - Pass.

- Pork.

Fried calamari.

(buzzer beeping) Andrea.

- Squid.

- [Regina] Correct.

Foie gras.

(buzzer beeping) Jackson.

- Pork.

- [Regina] Goose or duck.

A dish named after Victorien Sardou's play, "Thermador."

(buzzer beeping) Riley.

- Mutton.

- Lobster.

Moving over to our team from North Pocono.

Your category is checks.

Name these people, things or events from what is now the Czech Republic.

Its current national capital.

(buzzer beeping) Noah.

- Czechia.

- Prague.

Term for throwing someone out a window, as happened in 1618.

(buzzer beeping) - Defenestration.

- [Regina] Correct.

Monk who experimented on heredity in peas.

(buzzer beeping) Noah.

- Pass.

- [Regina] B.

Term for a mechanical laborer coined by Karel Capek play.

(timer beeping) - Pass.

- Robot.

Smooth fabric that names a 1989 revolution.

(timer beeping) - Silk.

- I'm sorry.

- Silk.

- Incorrect.

It's velvet.

Author of the 1915 novella "The Metamorphosis."

(buzzer beeping) Grace.

- Ovid?

- Kafka.

Doctor who founded psycho-analysis.

(buzzer beeping) - Pass.

- [Regina] Sigmund Freud.

Playwright who became president of Czechoslovakia in 1989.

(buzzer beeping) - Pass.

- Vaclav Havel.

Still active hockey player who debuted with The Penguins in 1990.

(timer ringing) - Gretzky.

- Gretzky's incorrect.

It is Jagr.

And that's the end of our lightning round.

So let's take a look and update our current score.

We have North Pocono with 140 points and Delaware Valley with 135 points.

Let's get started with this next toss-up question.

What animal which is shown in a John Singleton Copley painting attacking Brook Watson is a fish lacking a swim bladder and the title animal of "Jaws?"

(buzzer beeping) Riley, Delaware Valley.

- Shark.

- Shark.

Riley has the correct answer.

And your bonus.

What secretary of State and Speaker of the House was mucked as a continental liar from the state of Maine while running for president in 1884?

(buzzer beeping) Jackson.

- Rutherford B. Hayes.

- Is incorrect.

It is James Blaine.

Toss-up.

What 2022 event that delayed the third planned launch of Artemis I was a category 4 hurricane?

(buzzer beeping) Noah.

- Hurricane Ian.

- Ian.

Noah has the correct answer.

And your bonus North Pocono, "The Gylfaginning" is part of what medieval prose were composed by Snorri Sturluson that remains the best extent compilation of Norse myth?

- No answer.

- Okay.

The correct answer is Prose Edda.

Toss-up.

What term coined by Charles Fourier in 1833 names a movement with three waves and leaders such as Betty Freeman and- (buzzer beeping) Riley, Delaware Valley.

- Feminism.

- Feminism.

Riley has the correct answer and your bonus.

Jodi Baxter is forced to shoot his pet because it is eating his family's crops.

in what novel by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings named for a young fawn?

(buzzer beeping) Jackson.

- "Old Yeller."

- "Old Yeller's" incorrect.

It is "The Yearling."

Toss-up.

What type of pathogen discovered and named by Stanley Prusiner causes scrapie, kuru and mad cow disease, and consists of- (buzzer beeping) Noah.

- Prion.

Prion is the correct, Noah.

And your bonus North Pocono.

What alkaline earth metal whose dust is toxic and can cause pulmonary scarring is a major component of emeralds?

(buzzer beeping) - Rubidium.

- Rubidium is incorrect.

It is beryllium.

Toss-up.

What man, whose trilogy, "To the Ends of the Earth" includes rights of passage, depicted a conch used to manage meetings on an island in "The Lord of the Flies?"

(buzzer beeping) Grace.

- William Golding.

- William Golding.

Grace has the correct answer.

And your bonus.

"Joanie Loves Chachi" and "Mork & Mindy" were spinoffs of what sitcom that premiered in 1974, and co-starred Henry Winkler as cool greaser, Fonzie?

- "How I Met Your Mother?"

- Is incorrect.

It is "Happy Days."

Toss-up.

What city, which is home to the Van Cliburn Piano Competition and Texas Christian University is part of a metroplex with Dallas abbreviated- (buzzer beeping) Noah.

- Arlington.

- Arlington is incorrect.

I'll complete the question and rebound to Delaware Valley.

Abbreviated DFW.

(buzzer beeping) Jackson.

- Fort Worth.

- Fort Worth is the correct answer for your rebound points.

Toss-up.

What German physicist who in 1887 observed the photoelectric effect, proved the existence of radio waves and names the SI unit of frequency?

(buzzer beeping) Noah.

- Hertz.

- Correct.

And your bonus.

A policeman handcuffs Justyce McAllister in what 2017 YA novel by Nic Stone named for a greeting used in letters to a historical civil rights leader?

(buzzer beeping) Noah?

- PS.

- PS is incorrect.

It is Dear Martin.

Toss up.

What country where the Spartacist uprising was crushed by Friedrich Ebert government (timer ringing) was governed by the Weimar Republic after losing World War- (buzzer beeping) Riley, Delaware Valley.

- Germany.

- Germany's the correct answer, Riley.

And your bonus, Blanka, Ken and Ryu are recurring characters in what long-running Capcom fighting- (buzzer beeping) Andrea.

- Street Fighter.

- Street Fighter is the correct answer.

And that's the end of regulation play, and we have a tie.

In the event of a tie, both teams will have the chance to buzz in and answer a toss-up question.

Whoever answers the question correctly will win the game.

Let's get started with this next toss-up question.

What sculptor showed a god preparing to kill a lizard in his Apollo Sauroktonos and showed a nude goddess of love in his Aphrodite of Knidos?

(buzzer beeping) Riley.

- Michelangelo.

- [Regina] Michelangelo is incorrect.

Rebound to North Pocono.

- No answer.

- Okay.

The correct answer is Praxiteles.

Toss-up.

What compound invented by Wallace Carothers of DuPont is a synthetic polymer used today in toothbrush bristles and basketball nets?

(buzzer beeping) Riley, Delaware Valley.

- Nylon.

- Nylon's the correct answer, Riley.

- [Contestant] Yes.

- And that is the end of our game.

Our final score is North Pocono 180 points, and Delaware Valley, 190 points.

Congratulations Delaware Valley.

You are going to this year's "Scholastic Scrimmage" finals.

We'll see you next time with the final round of "Scholastic Scrimmage."

I'm your host Regina Myers, and thank you for watching.

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