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(upbeat music) - Welcome to this 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.

Tonight's match features Riverside versus Old Forge.

Representing Riverside is Cole Marsala, Riley Osana, Michael Burke and Peyton Ostrich.

Their alternates are Aaron Smith and Cat O'Hara and their advisor is Ron Geis.

Representing Old Forge are Elena Bielski, Connie Lin, James Cooper and Logan Fanning.

Their advisor is Marianne Matus.

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 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 tossup points, but will not receive a bonus question.

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

What woman who joined an expedition while carrying her son Jean Baptist Charbonneau was - Michael Riverside.

- Sacagawea.

- Is correct and here's your bonus question.

Corruption in what country's state owned oil company led to Operation Car Wash, which implicated former President Dilma Ruseeff.

Cole?

- Russia.

- No, that's Brazil.

Okay, here's your next tossup question.

What German born composer worked with Charles Jennings on an oratorio that includes For Unto Us A Child Is Born and the Hallelujah Chorus Messiah?

That was George Frederick Handel.

All right, our next tossup question.

What singer who guested on Girl and Red song?

You Need Me Now release the album Short and Sweet and says- Logan, Old Forge.

- Sabrina Carpenter.

- Is correct and here comes your bonus question.

In 1999, Irish author Seamus Heney produced a lot of translation of what epic bout a hero who comes to the aid of Hrothgar?

That is Beowulf.

Alright guys, here comes your next tossup question.

What dwarf planet was visited by the Dawn spacecraft is located in the asteroid belt and is named after a Roman goddess of agriculture.

Michael, Riverside.

- Pluto.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Old Forge.

James?

- Saturnus.

- Is correct for your rebound points, Old Forge, as we turn now to this toss up question.

What city whose baseball team drafted Ken Griffey Jr.

and Alex Cole- Riverside.

- Seattle Mariners.

- Is correct and here comes the bonus question for you.

In the genetic code, the start code on AUG encodes what amino acid that like cystine contains sulfur?

That is methionine.

Okay, here's your next tossup question.

What man who commissioned auto greasing to design the low cost of Ulster Fanger radios was the Reich Minister of Propaganda in Nazi Germany?

Michael, Riverside.

- Joseph Goebbels is correct and here's your bonus question.

The statesman Pericles lost his life in what type of disaster that devastated Athens beginning in four 30 BC?

- Volcanic eruption.

- No, we're looking for plague, plague.

Here's your next toss up question.

What American painter of Sky Above Cloud series is renowned for landscapes featuring animal skulls and flowers set in the American southwest?

That was Georgia O'Keefe.

Okay, here's our next tossup.

What gospel, which features the motif of the Messianic Secret is the shortest of the synoptic gospels and comes immediately after Matthew?

Michael, Riverside.

- Mark.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

What noble gas that comprises about 1% of Earth's atmosphere has atomic number 18?

- Crypton.

- No, that answer is Argonne, Argonne.

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 10 rapid fire questions as they can in one minute.

Old Forge has won the coin toss and will pick first.

Your categories are multiples of 10 or classic film quotes.

- We'll do multiples of 10, please.

- Multiples of 10 it is.

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

Give these multiples of 10.

Number of winks in a full night's sleep.

Don't know you can pass.

- Pass.

- That's 40.

- Number before Day Fiance in a TLC reality series.

- 90.

- Yes.

Years in a war ended by the 1648 peace of Westphalia?

- 30.

- Yes.

Decimal equivalent of the Roman numeral LX.

- 60.

- Yes.

Number of years of solitude in a Gabriel Garcia Marquez novel.

- Pass.

- 100.

Downing Street address number of the British Prime Minister.

- Pass.

- 10.

Number of items in four score.

- 80.

- Yes.

Number of years celebrated by a golden anniversary.

- Pass.

- 50.

Atomic number of a terbium.

Okay, that was 70.

Okay Old Forge, that's gonna wrap up your portion of the lightning round.

Riverside, we're coming over to you.

Your remaining category will be classic film quotes.

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

Given a pre-1980 film and a quote, give the missing word.

The Godfather.

I'm gonna make him an offer he can't blank.

Nicole.

- Refuse.

- Yes.

The Wizard of Oz.

There's no place like blank.

Home.

- Yes.

The Adventurous of Sherlock Holmes.

Elementary my dear blank.

- Pass.

- Watson.

Casablanca.

I think this is the beginning of a beautiful blank.

- Friendship.

- Yes.

It's A Wonderful Life.

Every time a bell rings an angel gets his blank.

- Wings- - Yes.

Apocalypse Now.

I love the smell of blank in the morning.

- Napalm.

- Yes.

Cool Hand Luke.

What we've got here is failure to blank.

- Pass.

- Communicate.

Psycho.

A boy's best friend is his blank.

- Mother.

- Yes.

On The Waterfront.

I could have been a blank.

- Pass.

- Contender.

Gone With The Wind.

I'll never be blank again.

- Young.

- Hungry.

All right and that's going to do it for the Lightning Round.

And after that we currently have Riverside in the lead over Old Forge 70 to 40.

And now we'll go ahead and begin the second quarter with this tossup question.

What structure, whose small size was discovered in the Rutherford gold foil experiment, consists of protons and neutrons at the center of an atom?

James, Old Forge.

- A nucleus.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

Overactivity of dopamine receptors may cause the symptoms of what psychiatric disorder characterized by hallucinations and delusions?

- Schizophrenia.

- Is correct for your bonus points, Old Forge, as we turn now to this tossup question.

What book posits man is born Free but everywhere is in chains and is a treatise about collective political authority by Jean Jacques Rousseau?

We were looking for the Social Contract.

Okay, here's your next toss up question.

What insect known as Pediculus Humanus Capitas feeds on human scalp blood, lays knits that attach to hair shafts- - James, Old Forge.

- Lice.

- Is correct.

And your bonus question now.

What disease which can cause postherpetic neuralgia is caused by reactivation of the varicella zoster virus, which also causes chickenpox.

James.

- Shingles.

- Is correct for your bonus points, Old Forge.

As we go now to this tossup question, what author who wrote about kidnappers who returned their captive in the ransom of Red Chief used twist endings in stories like the Gift of the Magi?

That author was Oh, Henry, Oh Henry.

All right, here comes your next tossup question.

What regnal name was shared by the English king who overthrew Roger Mortimer and won the 1346 Battle of Crecy and his son known as the Black Prince?

That name was Edward.

Okay, here's our next tossup question.

What country which is home to the underground aqueducts at the qanats of Casaba contains Persepolis, the ancient capital of the Persian Empire?

James, Old Forge.

- Iran.

- Is correct and here comes your bonus question now.

What bestselling drug, a GLP1 agonist, used for diabetes and weight loss treatment, is now making over $3 billion a month for Novo Nordisk?

- Ozempic.

- Is correct for your bonus points, Old Forge as we turn now to this tossup question.

What character whose alter egos include Joe Cool and a World War I flying ace rivals the Red Baron- Elena, Old Forge.

- Snoopy.

- Is correct and here's your bonus question.

Dr.

Bernard Ria notices that a disease has entered the Algerian city of Iran in what novel by Albert Camus?

That is The Plague.

All right, here's our next tossup question.

What quantity is time dependent in rheopectant and thixotropic fluids is measured in units of plauses and corresponds to a fluids resistance to flow?

- Logan, Old Forge.

- Viscosity.

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

What general and former French war hero is sentenced to life in prison for presiding over the Collaborationist Vichy Regime during World War II?

That was Enrique Philip Petan.

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 Riverside and Cole we'll come to you first.

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

- Love watching movies, playing sports.

- Awesome, thanks Cole.

Riley.

- Playing sports and video games.

- Okay, thanks Riley.

Michael.

- I like to play soccer and I like to travel.

- Thanks, Michael.

Peyton.

- I love to read and hang out with friends.

- All right, thank you Riverside.

Good luck the rest of the way.

Well Forge, coming your way, Elena, tell us what you like to do for fun when you're not in class.

- I like running cross country and I really like doing puzzles.

- Alright, thanks Elena.

Connie.

- I enjoy reading and sketching.

- Thank you, Connie.

James.

- I like golfing and I play a little bit of guitar.

- Sweet.

Thanks, James.

Logan.

- I like to play basketball and soccer.

- Alright, thank you Old Forge and good luck to you the rest of the way.

We're now gonna go ahead and begin the third quarter with this tossup question.

What author depicted a murderous chess playing robot in Moxin's Master and a scribe Peyton Farquars execution in an occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge?

That was Ambrose Beers.

Okay, here's our next tossup question.

What peninsula whose rivers include the Garano and Tegus is bordered on the north by the Pyrenees and contains the countries of Spain- James, Old Forge.

- Iberia.

- Is correct and here's your bonus question.

What region whose name comes from the Messiah for endless planes is an ecosystem in Tanzania and Kenya that features an annual great migration?

That is the Serengeti.

Okay, here's our next toss up question.

What letter can refer to atomic subs shells that can hold six electrons each and is the atomic symbol of a light giving non-metal used in- Logan, Old Forge.

- P.

- Is correct and your bonus question now.

What president's appointment of so-called midnight judges near the end of his tenure led to the landmark case Marbury v Madison?

- Andrew Jackson.

- No, we're looking for John Adams.

Okay, here's our tossup.

What composer nicknamed the Red Priest wrote the Contest Between Harmony and Invention whose first four violin concertos are called The Four Seasons?

That composer was Antonio Vivaldi.

Okay, here comes our next toss up.

What name was shared by the clergyman from Inertia who wrote a widely used rule for monks and by the pope who succeeded John Paul II in 2005?

That name was Benedict.

All right, let's move on to this toss up question.

Left untreated, infection by what virus which uses GP120 envelope glycoproteins to attach to CD4+ helper T cells ultimately develops into AIDS?

Michael, Riverside.

- HIV.

- Is correct and here's your bonus now.

What state was devastated by the 1964 Good Friday earthquake which affected cities like Whittier on Prince William Sound?

- Oregon.

- No, that state was Alaska.

Okay, here comes our next toss up.

What novel which ends as the title character smile astounds Govinda was written by Herman Hessa about an Indian aesthetic influenced by the Buddha?

That was Siddhartha.

Okay, let's go to this tossup.

In what case did the Supreme Court cite doll studies by Kenneth and Mamie Clark overturn Plessy v Ferguson and ban segregation in public schools?

James, Old Forge.

- Brown v. Board of Education.

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

In what 2024 sequel does a newly introduced character take over Riley's sense of self while Riley attends a hockey camp?

- Inside Out Two.

- Is correct for your bonus points, Old Forge, and that sound that you heard signals the end of the third quarter and another Lightning Round.

This time Riverside will pick first.

Your categories are woman writers or scientific units.

- We'll do scientific units.

- Scientific units it is.

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

Given a quantity, name its base or derived SI unit.

Time it's one 60th of a minute.

- Seconds.

- Yes.

Work or energy.

- Jules.

- Yes.

Amount of substance equal to about six times 10 to the 23rd particles.

- Avegadro's number.

- Mole, mass.

- Graham.

- Is incorrect.

Kilogram, frequency.

- Hertz.

- Yes.

Electric resistance.

- Volts.

- Ohm.

Pressure equal to one Newton per square meter.

- Pass.

- Pascal.

Magnetic field strength equal to 10,000 gauss.

- Pass.

- Tesla.

Luminous intensity, which is a base unit.

- Pass.

- Candela.

- Solid angle measure.

Its abbreviation is SR.

And that was stir radian.

All right Riverside, that's gonna do it for your portion of the Lightning Round.

Old Forge, we're coming your way and the category will be woman writers.

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

Name the female American authors who wrote these works: the novel Little Women.

- Pass.

- Alcott.

The poem, I Heard A Fly Buzz When I Died.

- Pass.

- Dickinson.

The novel to Kill a Mockingbird.

- Harper Lee.

- Yes.

The novel Beloved.

- Pass.

- Tony Morrison.

The autobiography, I Know Why The Caged Birds Sings.

- Pass.

- Maya Angelou.

The poem, Daddy.

- Pass.

- Sylvia Plath.

The novel Their Eyes Were Watching God.

- Pass.

- Zora Neil Hurston.

The short story, A Good Man Is Hard To Find.

- Pass.

- Flannery O'Connor.

The novel, The Awakening.

- Pass.

- Kate Chopan.

The horror novel, the Haunting of Hill House.

- Pass.

- That answer was Shirley Jackson.

All right, and that's going to do it for the Lightning Round and after that we currently have Old Forge in the lead over Riverside 145 to 95.

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

What country where opposition leader Ekrem Imamoglu was arrested in March, 2025 is led by the justice and development party of (indiscernible)?

Michael, Riverside.

- Nepal.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Old Forge.

That country is Turkey.

Okay, here's our next toss up.

What inequality implies that the semi perimeter is greater than the largest side length in non-degenerate examples of a namesake polygon?

That's the triangle inequality.

Okay, here's our next toss up.

What English author described the downfall of banker Nicholas Strode in her 1872 novel Middle March, which she published under a male pseudonym?

That author was George Elliot.

All right, well here's our next toss up.

What language, which is Romanized by the Hepburn System is written with a combination of two syllabaries called katakana and hiragana?

That is the Japanese language.

Okay, here's our next toss up question.

What territory is home to Mount Logan, is governed from Whitehorse- Michael, Riverside.

- US Virgin Islands.

- Is incorrect.

I'll finish the question and rebound Old Forge.

Is governed from Whitehorse, is the westernmost territory in Canada and- - Columbia.

- Nope, that was the Yukon territory.

Alright, here's our next toss up question.

What man depicted murders committed by Sharlock in Death in the Compass, wrote the story collection Ficciones, was blind and hailed from Argentina?

That was Jorge Lois Borges.

All right, here's your next tossup question.

What country whose mythical creatures include the burenjour and bunyip is the source of myths about the rainbow serpent told by the Aborigines?

Michael, Riverside.

- Norway.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Old Forge.

James.

- Scotland.

- No, that country is Australia.

Alright, let's move on to this tossup.

What man who resigned as guardian in 1298 after losing the Battle of Falkirk led the Scottish to victory over Edward the first at the Battle of Sterling?

Never seen Braveheart?

That was William Wallace.

William Wallace.

All right, here's our next tossup question.

What poet described a glade where peace comes dropping slow in the lake Isle of Innisfree and wrote things fall apart in his poem The Second Coming?

That was William Butler Yates.

Alright, here's our next toss up.

Podsawl forms from the leaching of what material that develops from Regolith in ketogenesis contains decayed humus and supports plant growth?

And that answer was soil or dirt.

And that's going to do it for this game of Scholastic Scrimmage.

This time, Old Forge overtakes Riverside, 145 to 95.

Congratulations, Old Forge.

You are 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 thank you for watching.

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