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(upbeat music) (energetic 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 $1,000, $3,000, or $5,000.

Tonight's match for the NEIU championship features North Pocono versus Wayne Highlands.

Representing North Pocono are Joseph DeMadio, Raina Nemitz, Elizabeth Donovan, and Grace Beckesh.

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

Representing Wayne Highlands are Mia Wolf, Jordan Patsek, Liam Miller, and Mattice Harkum.

Their alternate is Zoami Feliciano Figueroa, and their advisor is Kevin Lockwood.

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

The first team to buzz in will have an opportunity to answer a tossup question.

Correct answers to these questions are 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 toss up points but will not receive a bonus question.

Well, let's get the game started with this tossup question in world geography.

The Solomon Islands, the Santa Cruz Islands, and Wake Island are all located in which of the world's oceans?

(buzzer beeping) Mattice, Wayne Highlands.

- Pacific.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

At the age of 38, he became the oldest position player to win his first gold glove, and the first member of the Minnesota Twins to earn this honor since 2017.

He made only four errors during the 1,250 innings that he played during the 2024 season.

Name this first baseman for the twins who was awarded the American League gold glove for 2024.

(buzzer beeping) - Pass.

- That is Carlos Santana.

All right, let's go to a tossup in astronomy.

The gravity of what celestial body is responsible for the evening tides and the ocean's- (buzzer beeping) Mia, Wayne Highlands, - The moon.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

What type of sequence begins with a zero and a one, and continues as each number in the sequence is the sum of the two proceeding numbers?

(buzzer beeping) Liam.

- Fibonacci.

- Is correct for your bonus points, Wayne Highlands, as we go to a toss up in physics now.

It's equivalent to one coulomb per volt.

This unit of electric capacitance reflects an objects ability to store an electrical charge.

Name it.

(buzzer beeping) Liam, Wayne Highlands - Farad.

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

He survived hundreds of battles only to die on a Mid-Atlantic island of cancer in 1821.

(buzzer beeping) - Napoleon.

- Is correct for your bonus points, Wayne Highlands.

Your next toss up is a literature toss up.

- He wrote the poem, "Concord Hymn" for the dedication of a monument in Massachusetts commemorating the battles of Lexington and Concord.

This American essayist, poet, and abolitionist led the transcendentalist movement of the mid 19th century.

Who was this champion of individualism?

(buzzer beeping) Elizabeth, North Pocono.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson.

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

Some of the most popular sports in the United States today were invented or modified by Americans.

Which sport did Dr. James Naismith supposedly invent or modify?

(buzzer beeping) - Basketball.

- Is correct for your bonus points, North Pocono, as we turn to a toss up in earth science.

They're among the flattest, smoothest, and least explored areas on earth.

This is surprising, since they cover more than 50% of the earth's surface.

Where would you find an abyssal plane?

(buzzer beeping) Grace, North Pocono.

- The bottom of the ocean.

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

On April 3rd, 2023, NASA announced that the four crew members would be Reed Wiseman, Christina Koch, Jeremy Hanson, and Victor Jay Glover.

It'll be the second mission of this NASA project, and the first of these missions to be manned.

Name this NASA project that will return astronauts to the moon for the first time since 1972.

(buzzer beeping) - Artemis.

- Artemis is correct for your bonus points, North Pocono, as we go to a tossup in general knowledge.

Over 300 of these passenger ships travel the world today.

Their hulls are not as strong as regular ocean liners, but tourists flood onto them to take- (buzzer beeping) Grace, North Pocono.

- Cruise ships.

- Is correct, and your bonus question is in biology.

Name the English doctor who discovered in 1628 that blood circulates through the body.

(buzzer beeping) - No answer.

- That is William Harvey.

(buzzer ringing) And 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.

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

Your categories are earth science or vocational.

- Vocational.

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

Would you make a good farmer?

Identify these words that are commonly used on the farm or in the field of agriculture.

An adult male chicken.

- Rooster.

(buzzer beeping) - [Paul] Yes, a male sheep.

- Buck.

(buzzer beeping) - [Paul] Ram.

The process of separating a young animal from its mother when it's no longer dependent upon the mother for survival.

- Weaning?

(buzzer beeping) - [Paul] Yes.

A group of cattle.

- Herd.

(buzzer beeping) - [Paul] Yes.

An adult female horse.

- Mare.

(buzzer beeping) - [Paul] Yes.

A narrow alley or structure that limits the animals to single file formation.

- Pen.

(buzzer beeping) - [Paul] Shoot.

The general name used when referring to any male parent.

- Buck.

(buzzer beeping) - Sire.

The process in which most of the tail of an animal is removed.

- Pass.

(buzzer beeping) - [Paul] That's docking.

Animals that have a stomach with four compartments.

- Cow.

(buzzer beeping) - [Paul] That's ruminants.

To remove all the grain or crops from a field, leaving only the residue.

- Cultivate.

(buzzer beeping) - [Paul] Harvest.

The name for a female sheep.

- Ewe.

(buzzer beeping) - Yes.

The type of animals known as leporidae.

That is rabbits.

(buzzer ringing) All right, North Pocono, Great job in the lightning round.

Wayne Highlands, we're coming over to you.

Your remaining category will be earth science, and once again, your time begins when I finish reading the first question.

Identify these things related to the weather.

A long period without rain.

- Drought.

(buzzer beeping) - [Paul] Yes.

The name for the center of a hurricane.

- Eye.

(buzzer beeping) - [Paul] Yes.

A mixture of rain and snow.

- Sleet?

(buzzer beeping) - [Paul] Yes.

The average weather conditions in a particular area over a long- - Climate.

(buzzer beeping) - [Paul] Yes.

Low flat layered clouds that form at 2000 to 5,000 feet.

- Stratus clouds.

(buzzer beeping) - [Paul] Yes.

Line of contact between air masses.

- Front.

(buzzer beeping) - Yes.

Droplets that have frozen and thawed several times and fall to the- - Hail.

(buzzer beeping) - [Paul] Yes.

Device used to measure air temperature.

- Thermometer.

(buzzer beeping) - Yes.

Direction hurricanes south of the equator spin.

- Clockwise.

(buzzer beeping) - [Paul] Yes.

Name for a hurricane in the Pacific.

- Typhoon.

(buzzer beeping) - [Paul] Yes.

Type of front that's represented by triangles pointing downward.

- Cold.

(buzzer beeping) - [Paul] Yes.

Device for measuring atmospheric pressure.

- Barometer.

(buzzer beeping) - That's correct.

All right, Wayne Highlands, you know your weather, and after that we have Wayne Highlands in the lead over North Pocono in a very good game, 100 to 65.

Now we're going to go ahead and move into the second quarter with this tossup question in short stories.

the murders occurred in a fourth floor room with the door locked- Joseph, North Pocono.

- "Crime and Punishment."

- Is incorrect.

I'll finish and rebound of Wayne Highlands.

From the inside.

What type of animal was responsible for "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," written by Edgar Allen Poe?

(buzzer beeping) Liam.

- Crow.

- No, it was an orangutan.

Alright, let's go to a tossup in American history.

Containing over 57,000 names, this National Memorial Monument designed by Mia Lynn is located near the Constitution Gardens on the National Mall in Washington DC.

Name this memorial that can- (buzzer beeping) Joseph, North Pocono - Veda Moore Memorial.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

And epicure has a great appreciation for what?

(buzzer ringing) For food.

Food.

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

It's been happening approximately every 92 minutes in the state of Wyoming for the past 100 years.

Jordan, Wayne Highlands.

(buzzer beeping) - Geyser eruption.

- We need the name.

- Yellowstone.

- Is incorrect.

I'll finish and rebound In North Pocono.

It shoots anywhere from 3,700 gallons to 8,400- - Old Faithful.

(buzzer beeping) - Old Faithful is correct for your rebound points, North Pocono.

As we go to a tossup in biology.

What adjective describes an organism such as the barnacle that is permanently attached to one location?

(buzzer beeping) Joseph, North Pocono.

- Sedentary?

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Wayne Highlands.

(buzzer ringing) You were close.

We're looking for sessile.

Alright, algebra is your next tossup.

The number six raised to the 2/3 power is an example of a number written as a rational exponent.

Express this number in radical form.

(buzzer beeping) Mattice, Wayne Highlands.

- The cubed root of six squared.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

Its formula is H3PO4, and it's used in fertilizers and in the surface treatment of metals.

It's so corrosive that it can irritate your eyes, skin and respiratory system.

Ironically, we consume this compound when we drink soda.

What is the name for this clear, dense, liquid acid?

(buzzer beeping) - Phosphoric acid - Is correct for your bonus points, Wayne Highlands, as we go to a tossup in US geography.

What famous American prison was once located on an island?

(buzzer beeping) Mattice, Wayne Highlands.

- Alcatraz.

- Is correct.

And the bonus now.

In this novel by Samantha Mabry, the four Torres sisters dream of escaping their dreary life in San Antonio.

When Ana dies after a tragic fall, the remaining three sisters give up their dreams of moving until mysterious things begin to happen that lead them to believe that Ana is haunting them and sending them frantic messages from the grave.

Name this popular book.

(buzzer beeping) Liam.

- "Series of Unfortunate Events."

- No, it's "Tigers not Daughters."

Alright, us geography is your next tossup.

This city is the home of Florida State University and Florida A&M.

(buzzer beeping) Joseph, North Pocono.

- Miami.

- Is incorrect.

I'll finish and rebound to Wayne Highlands.

Name the city that also serves as the capital city of Florida.

- Tallahassee.

- Is correct for your rebound points, Wayne Highlands.

And that sound that you heard signals the end of the first half, and we're 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'll come to you first.

Okay, you have a talk show.

Who is your very first talk show guest on your show?

- I'd probably just say Brody Gauger.

He really just is like probably the most interesting person in like all of history, I'd have to say.

And really, getting to know him better would be an absolute honor.

- [Paul] That's a great answer.

Thank you, Joseph.

Raina.

- My friend Rebecca Jaggers.

She's really funny.

- [Paul] Thanks, Raina.

Elizabeth?

- I would say Teddy Roosevelt.

- [Paul] Okay, thanks Elizabeth.

Grace?

- My mom because she says a lot of surprising things.

(all laughing) - That's great, thanks North Pocono.

Wayne Highlands, it's gonna come over to you.

Mia, if you had a talk show, who would be your very first guest and why?

- I would have Kendrick Lamar and Drake together so they could discuss Kendrick's latest song.

- [Paul] I would watch that in a heartbeat.

Jordan?

- I would choose Sally Ride.

- [Paul] Okay, great answer.

Liam?

- [Paul] I do Isaac Newton, and I'd fill him in on all the scientific discoveries in the first half, then give him a lab and tell him to go nuts in the second half.

(all laughing) - [Paul] That's great watching right there.

Mattice?

- I'd go with Queen Elizabeth II, or any other members of the British royal family, 'cause I just wanna figure out what secrets are hiding.

(all laughing) - Thanks, Wayne Highlands.

It was very nice to see all of you again.

Now let's go ahead and begin the third quarter with this tossup question in literature.

What popular mystery writer used the pseudonym Mary Westmacott when writing six of her popular works?

(buzzer beeping) Mattice, Wayne Highlands.

- Agatha, Christina Agatha.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to North Pocono.

(buzzer beeping) Grace.

- Agatha Christie - Is correct for your rebound points, North Pocono.

As we turn to a toss up in astronomy.

There are minor planets in our solar system.

They can be rocky, metallic, or icy, and have varied shapes and size.

What are these celestial bodies called that- (buzzer beeping) Joseph, North Pocono - Dwarf planets.

- Is incorrect.

I'll finish and rebound to Wayne Highlands.

That orbit The sun between Mars and Jupiter.

(buzzer beeping) Mattice.

- Asteroids.

- Is correct for your rebound points, Wayne Highlands.

Let's go to a tossup in novels, now.

In this novel, Winston Smith rebels against Big Brother in- (buzzer beeping) - Joseph, North Pocono.

- 1984.

- Is correct, and your bonus now.

She managed and trained nurses during the Crimean war.

She was able to reduce the death rates by improving- Joseph.

(buzzer beeping) - Florence Nightingale.

- Is correct for your bonus points, North Pocono, as we go to a toss up in anatomy.

The vagus nerve runs from what part of the brain to the various internal organs?

(buzzer beeping) Mattice, Wayne Highlands.

- Brainstem.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound in North Pocono.

(buzzer beeping) Grace.

- Hippocampus?

- Nope, it's the medulla oblongata.

Okay, let's go to a tossup in American history.

He's the only person to serve in this position in two non-consecutive terms.

Who is both the youngest and oldest person to hold the position of US Secretary of Defense?

(buzzer beeping) Elizabeth, North Pocono.

- Donald Rumsfeld.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

The moon Oberon, which orbits Uranus was named after a character from which of Shakespeare's plays?

(buzzer beeping) - "A Midsummer Night's Dream."

- Is correct for your bonus points, North Pocono, as we go to a tossup in earth science, what type of tropical cyclones occur in the Atlantic Ocean and Northeastern Pacific Ocean?

(buzzer beeping) Jordan, Wayne Highlands - Typhoon.

- Is incorrect, rebound to North Pocono.

- Hurricane.

(buzzer beeping) - Hurricane is correct for your rebound points, North Pocono.

Let's go to a tossup in grammar now.

They know him.

What is the case of the pronoun him as used in the proceeding sentence?

(buzzer beeping) Jordan, Wayne Highlands.

- Object.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

This group of 15 metallic radioactive elements play a key role in nuclear chemistry.

Most of the members in this group are considered synthetic elements except for thorium and uranium, which are found in generous quantities in the earth's crust.

What is the group for these elements that appear from 90 to 103 below the main section of the periodic table?

(buzzer beeping) - Lanthanides?

- It is Actinides.

Actinides.

Alright, here's your next tossup in general knowledge, the sentence I think you like milk might be expressed as I-ay ink-thay ou-yay ike-lay- (buzzer beeping) Grace, North Pocono.

- Pig Latin - Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

This author was awarded the 1949 Nobel Prize for literature.

Who wrote "Requiem for a Nun?"

- No answer.

(buzzer ringing) - No.

It's William Faulkner.

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

This time, Wayne Highlands will pick first.

Your categories are world history or dance.

- World history, please.

- World history it is.

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

Give the main invention that each of these inventors discovered or invented.

Alexander Graham Bell.

(buzzer beeping) - Telephone.

- [Paul] Yes.

Evangelista Torricelli.

(buzzer beeping) - Pass.

- [Paul] Barometer.

Eli Whitney.

(buzzer beeping) - Cotton Gin.

- [Paul] Yes.

Guglielmo Marconi.

- Pass.

(buzzer beeping) - [Paul] Radio.

Alessandro Volta.

(buzzer beeping) - Conductor.

- [Paul] Battery.

Johannes Gutenberg.

(buzzer beeping) - Printing press.

- [Paul] Yes.

Willis Carrier.

- Pass (buzzer beeping) - [Paul] Air conditioner.

Alexander Fleming.

- Pass.

(buzzer beeping) - Penicillin.

William Renkin.

- Pass.

(buzzer beeping) - X-rays.

Benjamin Franklin.

(buzzer beeping) - Electricity.

- [Paul] Bifocal lenses.

Robert Fulton.

- Pass.

(buzzer beeping) - [Paul] Steamboat.

Philo Farnsworth.

- Pass.

(buzzer beeping) - That's television.

Okay, that's gonna do it for your second lightning round, Wayne Highlands.

North Pocono, we're coming over to you, your remaining category will be dance.

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

Give the country in which each of these dances originated.

Tango.

(buzzer beeping) - Spain.

- [Paul] Argentina.

Jazz.

(buzzer beeping) - America.

- [Paul] Yes.

Rumba.

(buzzer beeping) - Brazil.

- [Paul] Cuba.

Flamenco.

(buzzer beeping) - Spain.

- Yes.

Polka.

(buzzer beeping) - Russia.

- [Paul] Bohemia.

Jig.

- Ireland.

(buzzer beeping) - [Paul] Yes.

Hula.

- Pass.

(buzzer beeping) - [Paul] United States.

Dragon Dance.

(buzzer beeping) - China.

- [Paul] Yes.

Samba.

(buzzer beeping) - Brazil.

- Yes.

Hip hop.

(buzzer beeping) - United States.

- [Paul] Yes.

Viennese Waltz.

(buzzer beeping) - Austria.

- [Paul] Yes.

The Charleston.

(buzzer beeping) - The US.

- That's correct.

All right, that's gonna do it for the lightning round, and after that we have North Pocono taking the lead over Wayne Highlands, 185 to 170.

It's a great game, and now we're gonna go ahead and begin the last segment of the game with this tossup question in cinema.

It's the final installment in the "Venom" film trilogy.

It was released in October, 2024- Mattice, Wayne Highlands, (buzzer beeping) - "Venom: Love and Carnage."

- Is incorrect.

I'll finish and rebound in North Pocono.

Name the superhero film that stared Tom Hardy.

Joseph.

(buzzer beeping) - "Venom."

- [Paul] Be more specific.

- The last one.

- Is incorrect.

We're looking for "Venom: The Last Dance."

Alright, let's go to a tossup in US geography.

The fifth smallest state by land area, this state shares its borders with three states, a Canadian province, and a body of water.

(buzzer beeping) Joseph, North Pocono.

- Maine.

- Is incorrect.

I'll finish and rebound to Wayne Highlands.

Tourism is growing there due in part to its mountainous terrain.

Name this state whose largest city is Manchester.

(buzzer beeping) Jordan.

- New Hampshire - Is correct, for rebound points, Wayne Highlands.

As we go to a tossup in geometry.

What shape are the faces of a regular icosahedron?

(buzzer beeping) Grace, North Pocono.

- Triangles.

- [Paul] Be more specific.

- Equilateral triangles.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

In 1949, US scientists fired alpha particles at americium atoms to produce what new element?

(buzzer beeping) Grace.

- Moscovium.

- Berkelium.

Berkelium.

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

What American author wrote the books, "The Andromeda Strain," "Jurassic Park," and "The Lost World."

(buzzer beeping) Jordan, Wayne Highlands.

- I forget.

- Rebound to North Pocono.

(buzzer buzzing) That author was Michael Creighton.

Okay, let's go to a tossup in literature.

This American is the only poet to receive four Pulitzer Prizes for poetry.

Who was this famous poet who wrote "The Oven Bird," "The Road Not Taken," and "Fire and Ice."

(buzzer beeping) Grace, North Pocono.

- Robert Frost.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus, now.

Batholiths are almost always composed of granite, quartz, monzonite, or diorite.

From what rock type are batholiths composed?

(buzzer beeping) - Granite.

- No, we're looking for igneous rock.

Igneous rock.

Alright, here's your next tossup in government.

What amendment to the US Constitution was ratified on May 7th, 1992, thus preventing Congress from giving- (buzzer beeping) Joseph, North Pocono.

- 27th Amendment.

- Is correct.

And your bonus, now.

What character from Greek mythology and her lover Aegisthus murdered Agamemnon?

(buzzer buzzing) That was Clytemnestra.

Okay, here's your next tossup in novels.

Name the book by Suzanne Collins that was released on May 19th, 2020- Jordan, Wayne Highlands.

(buzzer beeping) - The snake something, I'm sorry.

- Is incorrect.

I'll finish and rebound in North Pocono.

As the prequel to her "Hunger Game" trilogy.

(buzzer ringing) You were on it.

It was "The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes."

And that's the end of the game, and our winner tonight is North Pocono over Wayne Highlands, 215 to 180.

Congratulations, North Pocono.

You are this year's NEIU Champions.

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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