(whistle blowing) (upbeat music) - [Speaker] 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 1,000, 3,000 or $5,000.

Tonight's match features Pittston versus Wyoming Area.

Representing Pittston is Makenzie Lasota, Karl Poult, Sofia Qualia and their captain is Caroline Hinsey.

Their alternate is Samantha Herbert and their advisor is Jonathan Rubel.

Representing Wyoming Area is Bella Vogel, Gianna Pellegrino, Chris Murphy.

Their captain is Casey Noon.

Their alternate is Halle Cranson and their advisor is Molly Kearns.

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.

In September, 2022, what company agreed to a $438 million settlement regarding its marketing to underage smokers for its electronic cigarettes?

Chris, Wyoming Area.

- Juul.

- Juul, Chris, is a correct answer.

And your bonus Wyoming Area.

The Victoria Falls in Africa are created by what river, which forms the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe?

Casey?

- No answer.

- Okay.

The correct answer is Zambezi.

Toss-up.

What leader, who wanted his sons Uday and Qusay to succeed him, was accused of having WMDs before a US led coalition deposed him when invading Iraq?

Caroline, Pittson.

- Saddam Hussein.

- Saddam Hussein.

Caroline's correct answer and your bonus, the 1992 LA riots began after four white police officers were acquitted for brutally beating what African American man during a traffic stop?

- No answer.

- Okay.

The correct answer is Rodney King.

Toss-up.

What city lies just southwest of Lubeck, along the Elba River, is the second most populous in Germany and lends its name to a type of beef patty?

Casey, Wyoming Area.

- Wagyu.

- [Regina] Is incorrect.

Rebound to Pittston area.

Caroline - Berlin.

- Berlin is incorrect.

It is Hamburg.

Toss-up.

Oseltamivir inhibits neuraminidase to treat what virus that undergoes antigenic drift to form new strains, such as H1N1 which caused a 1918 pandemic?

Caroline, Pittston.

- The flu.

- The flu is correct answer and your bonus.

In what 1872 novel does Phileas Fogg win a bet against other members of the Reform Club after completing a trip with help from his valet Passepartout?

Caroline.

- Dracula.

- Dracula is incorrect.

It is "Around the World in 80 Days".

Toss-up.

What document, which guaranteed the sovereignty freedom and independence of each state, was replaced in 1789 by the United States Constitution?

Chris, Wyoming Area.

- Articles of Confederation.

- Is a correct answer, Chris, and your bonus, what Greek hero was kept captive on Ogygia by the nymph Calypso?

Casey.

- Odysseus.

Odysseus is a correct answer.

For your bonus points, toss-up, what United States city, which was led for 16 years by Mayor for Life Marion Barry, won self-rule in 1973 and three electoral votes through the 23rd amendment?

Chris, Wyoming Area?

- Washington DC.

- Is a correct answer Chris and your bonus, what American, who coined the term cosmic rays, determined the fundamental charge in an experiment that suspended fluid between capacitor plates?

- No answer.

- Casey.

(tone beeping) Okay.

The correct answer is Millikan.

That is 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.

Pittston has won the coin toss and will pick first.

Your categories are Thor or religious buildings.

- Thor.

- Thor.

- Thor.

The time begins when I finish reading the first statement.

Thor.

Name these people, places and things relating to the Norse god Thor.

His one-eyed father.

Caroline.

- Odin.

- Correct.

His magical hammer.

- Mjolnir.

- Correct.

The monster he will kill and be killed by Ragnarok.

Caroline.

- Fenris.

- [Regina] Jormungandr.

His golden haired wife.

Caroline.

- Sif.

- Correct.

Day of the week named for him.

- Thursday - [Regina] Correct.

Animal exemplified by Tanngrisnir and Tanngnjóstr who pulls Thor's chariot.

Caroline.

- Horse.

- Correct.

Goddess impersonated by Thor at her wedding.

- Pass.

- Freyja.

Athletic contest that he loses to Elli, the personification of old age.

Caroline.

- Flighting.

- Wrestling.

Rainbow bridge between Midgard and Asgard that Thor is too strong to cross.

- Pass.

- [Regina] Bifrost.

Group of gods to which Thor belongs, contrasted with the Vanir.

- The Aesir.

- Aesir is a correct answer.

Moving over to our team from Wyoming Area.

Your category is religious buildings.

What country is home to the onion domed St.

Basil's Cathedral?

Casey.

- Pass.

- Russia.

The temple complex of Angkor Wat.

Casey.

- Pass.

- [Regina] Cambodia.

Abu Simbel.

- Pass.

- Egypt.

Hagia Sophia.

Chris.

- Bulgaria.

- [Regina] Turkey.

Salt Lake Temple.

Chris.

- United States.

- Correct.

The Great Mosque that houses the Kaaba.

Chris.

- Israel.

- Saudi Arabia.

St. Peter's Basilica.

Chris.

- Italy.

- Vatican City.

Swedagon pagoda, also known as the Golden Pagoda.

Chris.

- Vietnam.

- [Regina] Burma.

Africa's largest church, the Basilica of our Lady of Peace in Yamoussoukro.

- South Africa.

- [Regina] Cote d'Ivoire.

El Castillo, also called the Temple of Kukulkan at Chichen Itza.

Chris.

- China.

- Mexico.

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

The judges determined an answer given earlier by the Pittston team was incorrect.

So let's update our scorer.

We have Pittston with 45 points and Wyoming Area with 40 points.

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

What painter, who included his uncle Michel Musson in a cotton office in New Orleans was an impressionist who painted many dancers and ballerinas?

- Degas.

- Degas, Chris, is a correct answer.

And your bonus, Wyoming Area, in 1775 Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain boys captured what New York fort whose cannons were used to help George Washington capture Boston?

Casey.

- Fort Necessity.

- Fort Necessity is incorrect.

It is Fort Ticonderoga.

Toss-up.

What state, whose highest point is Britton Hill, is home to beaches in Panama City and Pensacola on its Gulf Coast... Caroline, Pittston.

- Florida.

- Florida's a correct answer.

And your bonus, in what state did author Wes Moore defeat former DNC chair Tom Perez in a primary to see who would run to replace Larry Hogan as Governor?

Caroline?

- No answer.

- Okay, the correct answer is Maryland.

Toss-up.

What quantity has a hydrostatic value due to the weight of overlying fluid and for most car tires should be about 35 psi or pounds per square inch?

Casey.

- Pressure.

- Pressure, Casey is the correct answer.

And your bonus, Wyoming Area.

Philip Nolan is the title character of what story by Edward Everett Hale about a man who is sentenced never to set foot on United States soil again?

Casey.

- "Across the Bridge".

- "Across the Bridge" is incorrect.

It is "The Man Without a Country".

Toss-up.

What belief, a form of which is advocated by Sam Harris and Richard Dawkins, is distinct from agnosticism as it holds that God does not exist.

Bella, Wyoming Area.

- Atheism.

Atheism is a correct answer.

And your bonus Wyoming Area, what party, under which Francois Mitterand was French president, lost almost all electoral support after the 2012 to 2017 term of Francois Hollande?

Casey.

- Progressive.

- Progressive is incorrect.

It is Socialist Party.

Toss-up.

What European language, which was used to write the novels "Seeing" and "Blindness" by Jose Saramago, is also used by most authors from Angola and Brazil?

Caroline, Pittston.

- Portuguese.

- Portuguese, Caroline, is a correct answer.

And your bonus, what astronaut, who was the oldest man to walk on the moon, used the spacecraft Freedom Seven when he became the first American in space in 1961?

Caroline.

- Buzz Aldrin.

- Buzz Aldrin is incorrect.

It is Alan Shepherd.

Toss-up.

What adjective, which describes molecules of chloroform but not methane, can describe molecules as well as bonds that have a net dipole moment.

(tone beeping) That's a polar molecule.

Toss-up.

What company, which names a TV channel whose annual countdown to Christmas movies start airing in October?

Caroline, Pittson.

- Hallmark.

- Hallmark is correct answer.

And your bonus, what is the meaning of the acronym NIMBY, a term often used to describe people who oppose development in their own neighborhoods?

Caroline.

- No answer.

- Okay, the correct answer is not in my backyard.

That is the end of the first half.

So let's take a look at our score.

We have Pittston with 75 points and Wyoming Area with 70 points.

We're going to give our contestants a bit of a break and the opportunity for those of you at home to get to know them a little better.

Let's start with our students from Pittston.

Mackenzie, why don't you start us off and tell us a little bit about some of the activities you're involved in in school.

- I'm in the school marching band and I'm also in the environmental club.

- [Regina] Okay, keeps you busy.

Karl, how about yourself?

- I'm not in any extracurricular.

- Well you must be 'cause you're on Scrimmage.

You do that.

Sophia, how about you?

- I'm the president of the National Honor Society and the manager of the swim team.

- [Regina] Okay.

Caroline?

- I'm section leader in concert band and I am the president of our school's chess club.

- Very good.

Nice to meet all of you.

Let's move over to our team from Wyoming Area.

Bella, why don't you start us off?

- I'm a member of the drama club, the volleyball team and the science olympiad team.

- [Regina] Okay.

Gianna.

- I'm a member of the cheerleading team and I'm secretary of the drama club.

- [Regina] Keeps you busy too.

How about you Chris?

- I'm vice president of the drama club, treasurer of our key club and I'm in concert band as well.

- Keeps you busy.

- Yeah.

- [Regina] Casey?

- I play baseball and soccer and I am the sergeant of arms for student council.

- Okay, well it was nice meeting all of you.

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

What book, in which Raphael Hythloday visits an island where there is no private property, was written by Thomas More and depicts an ideal society?

Chris, Wyoming Area.

- "Utopia".

- "Utopia" is a correct answer, Chris.

And your bonus, in 2022 Pitchfork declared the best song of the 1990s to be a remix of "Fantasy".

One of what singer's 19 Billboard number one hits?

Casey.

- Madonna.

- Madonna is incorrect.

It is Mariah Carey.

Toss-up.

What body of water, whose northern terminus is the Strait of Tartary is known as the East Sea in South Korea and is west of an Asian inland nation.

Gianna, Wyoming Area.

- Japan.

Japan is a correct answer, Gianna.

And your bonus, The Treaty of London recognized the neutrality of what European country that won independence in an 1830 revolution linked to an opera performance?

- Casey.

- France.

- Belgium is the correct dancer.

Toss-up.

Pencil, paper ready.

What is the length of either diagonal of a rectangle whose width is 15 and whose height is eight?

(tone beeping) The correct answer is 17.

Toss-up.

What world leader and member of the Servant of the People Party succeeded Petro Poroshenko in 2019 and stayed in Kiev, Kyiv, Kiev, forgive me, during the invasion of Ukraine?

Caroline, Pittston.

- Vladimir Lukashenko.

- [Regina] Is incorrect.

Rebound to Wyoming Area.

- Zelenskyy.

- [Regina] Casey.

- Zelenskyy.

- Zelensky is a correct answer for your rebound points.

Toss-up.

What title character marries Agnes Wickfield, befriends Mr Micawber and clashes with the villainous Uriah Heep in a novel by Charles Dickens?

(tone beeping) That would be "David Copperfield".

Toss-up.

Terry Nichols helped plan what 1995 attack in which the Alfred P. Murrah of Federal Building was bombed by Timothy McVeigh in a plains state's capital?

Name the city.

Chris, Wyoming Area.

- Topeka.

- [Regina] Is incorrect.

Rebound to Pittston.

Caroline.

- Dublin.

- Is incorrect.

It is Oklahoma City.

Toss-up.

what transition metal, found in the insect oxygen carrier hemocyanin, gives a blue green color in flame tests and has the atomic symbol Cu?

Gianna, Wyoming Area.

- Copper.

- Copper's a correct answer.

And your bonus, an annual award for contemporary British art is named after what painter of the 1844 work "Rain, Steam and Speed."

(tone beeping) That would be Turner.

That is the end of the third quarter and it's time for another lightning round.

This time, Wyoming Area will choose first.

Your categories are Ivy League or general knowledge.

Casey.

- General knowledge.

- General knowledge.

Time begins when I finish reading the first question.

Answer these questions that include the word "general".

What former general was President from 1869 to 1877?

Chris.

- Ulysses S Grant.

- Correct.

What physicist developed General Relativity?

Gianna.

- Einstein.

- Correct.

What General Mill cereal has a honey nut variety?

Casey.

Cheerios.

- Correct.

Who is the current attorney general?

- Casey - Pass.

- [Regina] Garland.

What Mexican general won the Battle of the Alamo?

- Santa Anna.

- Santa Anna's correct.

What French King summoned the estates general in 1789?

Chris.

- Louis the XVI.

- [Regina] Correct.

What Chilean poet wrote "Canto General"?

- Pass.

- Neruda.

What Christian organization was once led by General William Booth?

Casey.

- Pass.

- [Regina] Salvation Army.

What Russian wrote "The Inspector General" and "The Nose"?

- Tolstoy.

- Gogol.

Who is Secretary General of the United Nations?

(tone beeping) That is Antonio Guterres.

Moving over to our team from Pittston.

Your category is Ivy League.

Which Ivy League school was once called the College of New Jersey?

Sofia.

- Princeton.

- Correct.

Is in Massachusetts and has a newspaper called The Crimson.

Sofia.

- Harvard.

- Correct.

Is in Providence and shares its name with a color.

Sofia.

- Brown.

- [Regina] Correct.

Was founded by Ben Franklin in Philadelphia.

- University of Pennsylvania.

- [Regina] Correct.

Is in Ithaca, New York and is nicknamed Big Red.

Caroline.

- Cornell.

- [Regina] Correct.

Is where Mark Zuckerberg developed Facebook.

Caroline.

- Yale.

- [Regina] Harvard.

Is home to the Wharton Business School.

Sofia.

- Pass.

- [Regina] University of Pennsylvania.

Was represented by Daniel Webster in an 1819 Supreme Court case.

Sofia.

- Pass.

- Dartmouth.

has a bulldog mascot named Handsome Dan.

- Yale.

- [Regina] Correct.

Administers the Pulitzer Prizes.

Sofia.

- Pass.

Columbia.

And that's the end of our lightning round.

So let's take a look at our current score.

We have Pittston with 105 points and Wyoming Area with 135 points.

We will now begin the last segment of the game with this toss-up question: what company which introduced the Shaq-a-roni in 2020, was founded in Indiana in 1984 when its namesake JH Schnatter started selling pizzas?

Casey.

- Pizza Hut.

- [Regina] Pizza Hut is incorrect.

Rebound to Pittston.

- Little Caesars.

- Little Caesars is also incorrect.

It as Papa John's.

Toss-up.

What British prime minister, who resigned after the Norway debate, attended the 1938 Munich conference and promoted the appeasement of Nazi Germany?

Caroline, Pittston.

- Winston Churchill.

- [Regina] Winston Churchill is incorrect.

Rebound to Wyoming Area.

Chris.

- Chamberlain.

Chamberlain is correct answer for your rebound points.

Toss-up.

What tough polymer formed what from N-Acetylglucosamine is found in the cell walls of fungi and in the exoskeletons of spiders and... Chris, Wyoming Area.

- Chitin.

- Chitin is a correct answer.

And your bonus, what cruel slave owner orders his overseers to kill his title character in the novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin?"

Casey.

- No answer.

- Okay, the correct answer is Simon Lagree.

Toss up.

What youth takes the blame for tearing Mr. Dobbins anatomy book impressing Becky Thatcher in a Mark Twain novel, whose sequel features Huck Finn?

Caroline Pittston.

- Tom Sawyer.

- Tom Sawyer is correct answer and your bonus.

Pencil paper ready.

What base 10 number is equivalent to the base 4 number 333, given that it must be one less than a power of 4?

Caroline.

- No answer.

- Okay, the correct answer is 63.

Toss-up.

What German city where Frederick the Great had the Sanssouci Palace built names the July, 1945 declaration demanding Japan surrender to the allies?

Chris, Wyoming Area.

- Munich.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Pittston.

Caroline.

- Berlin.

- Berlin is also incorrect.

It is Potsdam.

Toss-up.

What Fortune 500 retail chain headquartered in Issaquah, Washington owns the Kirkland signature brand and sells goods at members only warehouses.

Casey, Wyoming Area?

- Facebook.

- Facebook is incorrect.

Rebound to Pittston.

Caroline.

- Costco.

- Costco's correct answer for your rebound points.

Toss up.

What Russian born author whose memoir, "Speak Memory", describes his lifelong love of butterflies, wrote about Humbert Humbert in his novel "Lolita"?

Caroline, Pittston.

- Victor Kalashnikov.

- [Regina] Say that one more time.

- Kalashnikov.

- Kalashnikov is incorrect.

Rebound to Wyoming Area.

- Tolstoy.

- Tolstoy is incorrect, Bella.

It is Nabokov.

Toss-up.

What sport whose kata and kumite disciplines made their Olympic debut at Tokyo 2020, is a Japanese martial art more focused on strikes than is Judo?

Casey, Wyoming Area.

- Karate.

- Karate, Casey, is the correct answer and your bonus.

Dodi Fayed was a romantic partner of what woman who was killed in a 1997 car crash in Paris that is often blamed on paparazzi?

Jenna.

- Princess Diana.

- Princess Diana's correct answer for your bonus points.

And that's the end of the game.

Our score is Pittston 125 points, and Wyoming Area with 170 points.

Congratulations, Wyoming Area.

You'll be moving on and we'll see you next time with another round of Scholastic Scrimmage.

I'm your host Regina Meyers and thanks for watching.