(upbeat music) (explosion booming) (record screeching) - Welcome to the 16th 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.

WVIA would like to thank our sponsor, FNCB and People Security Bank for making this competition possible.

This year, Scholastic Scrimmage looks a little different and the rules have been revised due to the coronavirus pandemic.

But in each half students will have the chance to alternatively answer one question.

If they answer that question correctly they'll receive a bonus question.

If their answer is incorrect, the other team can rebound, but will not be given a bonus.

Students can also score points during the two lightning rounds in each game.

Judges tonight are K-12 educators from the WVIA viewing area.

And tonight's match features Riverside and Delaware Valley.

Playing in the first half for Riverside are Todd Monahan and John Gilchrist.

The alternates are Antonio and Emily Taylor.

Their adviser is Thomas Borthwick.

Representing Delaware Valley in the first half, are Mikayla Courtwright and Clint Murray.

Their advisor is Michael Murray and the alternate is Sara Flick.

Well, lets get started.

Riverside has won the coin toss and will receive the first question which is, what religious organization whose Secretariat for the economy was once led by George Pell, is currently led by Jorge Mario Borgolio an Argentinian?

(bell dings) Okay, we're running out of time.

Rebound now to Delaware Valley.

(bell dings) Okay, we're looking for the Roman Catholic church.

Delaware Valley, here's your first question.

What property is a constant in Newtonian fluids is zero for super fluids is very high for honey, and represents a fluids resistance to flow?

- Viscosity.

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

In 1967 Gerald Feinberg coined what term for a hypothetical particle that unlike a Bradyon or Lugson, always travels faster than the speed of light?

(bell dings) Okay, that's a tachyon.

Riverside's back over to you now.

What activity who is revolutions involved paradigm shifts, according to Thomas Kuhn, employs a name sake method that involves the testing of hypotheses?

- The scientific method?

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

In what European nation did the 1974 Carnation Revolution topple an authoritarian regime called Estado Novo?

- Austria.

- Nope, we're looking for Portugal.

Okay, Delaware Valley.

It's back over to you.

What sculptor who designed the Colonnade of St.Peter's Square depicted an angel thrusting a spear at a woman in the ecstasy of St.Teresa?

- Fishing?

- Is incorrect.

Rebound, Riverside.

(bell dings) Okay, that's Bernini.

Riverside, here's your next question?

What city that proceeded Beijing is China's capital was captured by Imperial Japanese troops in 1937. Who then carried out a brutal namesake rape?

- Soho?

- Is incorrect, rebound now to Delaware Valley.

- Nanjing.

- Is correct for your rebound points, Delaware Valley.

Great job, and here comes your next question.

What actress slated to play Princess Diana in the upcoming film "Spencer," played Emily in "Adventureland".

and Bella Swan in the "Twilight" movies?

- Kristin Stewart.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

And there's two answers required here.

What pair of people with the last names Parker and Barrow were shot by police and the Annville parish Louisiana in 1934?

(bell dings) Okay, ran out of time.

we're looking for Bonnie and Clyde.

(alarm rings) 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 10 rapid fire questions as they can in one minute,.

Riverside has won the coin toss and will pick first.

Your categories are food and literature or Scandinavian words.

- I will go with food and literature.

- Okay, food and literature it is.

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

Given an author and a book title containing a blank, identify the item of food missing from the title.

Dr. Seuss, Green Eggs and blank.

- Ham.

- Yes.

John Steinbeck, The blank of wrath?

- Grapes.

- Yes.

Lorraine Hansberry, A blank in the sun?

- Raisin.

- Yes.

- Sandra Cisneros, The house on blank street?

- Mango.

- Mango.

Sarah Gruen, blank for elephants?

- Pass.

- Water.

Laura Ingalls Wilder, On the banks of blank Creek?

- Huckleberry.

- Plum Barbara Kingsolver, The blank trees.

- Orange.

- Bean.

Robert Cormier, The blank war.

- Pass.

- Chocolate.

Sherwood Anderson, The Triumph of the blank.

- Gum.

- Egg.

Marcia Brown, Stone blank.

- Soup.

- Yes, got that right under the bell Riverside.

Excellent job in the lightning round .

Delaware Valley, we're coming over to you.

Your remaining category will be Scandinavian words.

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

Give these words that English borrowed from Swedish, Norwegian, Norse and Danish.

Winter sport with slalom and downhill disciplines?

- Slalom?

- [Paul] Skiing.

Chemical element with atomic symbol W. - Tungsten.

- Yes.

A Swedish buffet with many fish dishes.

- Pass.

- Smorgasbord.

Marine mammal with large tusks, flippers and whiskers.

- Walrus.

- Yes.

Coastal inlet with steep mountain asides?

- Yard?

- Yes.

The SI prefix for quadrillion equal to 10 to the negative 15th.

- Nano!

- Nano.

- [Paul] Femto.

A large sheet of floating ice.

- Iceberg.

Iceberg.

- Iceberg.

- Ice flow.

Pliant woven material often used in outdoor furniture.

(alarm rings) - That was Wicker.

Okay, that's going to do it for the lightning round.

And after that, we currently have Delaware Valley in the lead over Riverside, 60 to 50.

And we're now 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 the students from Riverside and Todd will come your way first.

Tell me what your hobbies are.

What do you like to do when you're not school?

- Sports, particularly golf and basketball.

At this time I usually spend time outdoors and sometimes fishing.

(indistinct audio) - Excellent, thanks for being here, Todd.

And Sean, what do you like to do for fun?

- More after Todd, I'm a big sports guy.

I played football, baseball and golf.

Right now, baseball season right now and off to a good start, so.

- Well, good luck, the rest of the way there guys.

Thank you so much.

Delaware Valley over to you.

Mikayla, what are your hobbies?

What do you like to do for fun when you're not in class?

- When I'm not in class, I like to draw, read and play tennis.

- Okay, and Clint, what do you do for fun?

- After school I play soccer and track.

And any kind of activities after school.

- Okay, excellent, it was very nice to meet all of you.

Now, let's go ahead and begin the second quarter with this question for Delaware Valley.

What Austrian born physicist posited that two identical electrons cannot occupy the same quantum state, which is called his exclusion principle?

- Pour?

- Is incorrect, rebound to Riverside.

- Pauli.

- Is correct for your rebound points Riverside, and here comes your next question.

Which man who claimed to have achieved peace for our time with the Munich agreement was British prime minister at the start of the second world war?

- Churchill.

- Is incorrect, rebound now to Delaware Valley.

- Chamberlain.

- Is correct for your rebound points Delaware Valley.

And here's your next question.

What 1990s TV show, which star Joseph Marcel as a butler, depicts a character who moves from Philadelphia to a wealthy Los Angeles neighborhood?

- "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air."

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus and get your pencils and papers ready.

What is the base for logarithm of 32, given that 32 equals two raise to the fifth power?

- Four to the two thirds.

- Is incorrect, we're looking for two and a half.

Riverside, here's your next question?

What author described clams homecoming in the return of the native and wrote about a former milkmaid who kills Alec in Tess and the Derbavils?

(bell dings) Okay, we'll rebound now to Delaware Valley.

- Christie.

- No, we're looking for Thomas Hardy.

Delaware Valley, here's your next question.

What work, which likened the cause of America to the cause of all mankind was a 1776 pamphlet supporting the American revolution by Thomas Paine?

- Common sense?

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

What 1842 treaty between the U S and British Canada provided for the peaceful usage of the great lakes, and formally define the Northern border of Maine.

- Treaty of Quebec?

(bell dings) Nope, we're looking for the Webster-Ashburton Treaty.

Riverside, it's back over to you.

What state, which was the subject of the 2020 Supreme Court case Sharp V. Murphy is home to the Muskogee Creek Nation, which includes part of Tulsa?

- Oklahoma.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

What term that refers to the number of stocks traded on an exchange on a given day can also refer to a book within a series?

- Equal.

- Nope, we're looking for volume.

Good try though.

Delaware Valley, it's back to you.

What country is home to Lake Sevan was the world's first country to adopt Christianity as an official religion and as governed from Yerevan?

- Ethiopia.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound now to Riverside.

- Egypt.

- Nope, we are looking for Armenia.

Riverside, here's your next question.

Point guard, Jamal Murray and Serbian center, Nikola Jokic anchor what NBA team, which shares the Pepsi center with the Colorado Avalanche?

- Nuggets.

- Nuggets is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

Nestor and Cristina, a husband and wife of what surname, where successfully president of Argentina between 2003 to 2015?

(bell dings) Okay, that's the Kirchner's.

And after one half of play we have a tight game Delaware Valley in the lead over Riverside, 90-80.

I wanna say thank you to Todd and John from Riverside.

And thank you to Mikayla and Clint from Delaware Valley.

You guys were absolutely fantastic.

We're now going to meet your teammates for the second half.

(logo whooshing) Now, joining us for Riverside are Hunter Geiss and Alexandra Denish.

And representing Delaware Valley are J.D.

Flick and Ralph Courtwright.

Well, our first question in this quarter goes to Riverside.

And that question is what author of the 1962 novel big surf fictionalized his friends with characters like Old Bull Lee and Dean Moriarty in his beat novel "On the Road"?

(indistinct) - Is incorrect.

Rebound now to Delaware Valley.

- Jack Kerouac.

- Is correct, for your rebound points, Delaware Valley.

And here's your next question.

What foster son of Commodore David Porter became the first U.S Navy Admiral captured new Orleans in order to the "dam the torpedoes full speed ahead"?

(bell dings) - Okay, ran out of time.

Riverside it's over to you.

- Andrew Jackson.

- No, we're looking for David Farragut.

Riverside, here's your question.

What heavenly body The intended destination of NASA's perseverance probe was visited in 2004 by a pair of rovers named Spirit and Opportunity?

- Mars.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

The Piedmont triad and the research triangle are regions of what state whose Atlantic Ocean Coast includes Pamlico sound?

(bell dings) Okay, that was North Carolina.

Delaware Valley, it's back over to you.

What Italian city is home to Europe's oldest university, and is the namesake with an Anglicized pronunciation of a smoked sausage served sliced?

- Frankfurt.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Riverside.

- Belgium.

(bell dings) - No, we're looking for Bologna or polony.

Riverside, here's your next question.

What Irish born author of Malloy and craps last tape wrote about Vladimir Estragon and the never seen title.

character of waiting for Godot?

- Wills - Is incorrect.

Rebound to Delaware Valley.

- Oscar Wilde.

- Nope, we're looking for Samuel Beckett.

Okay, Delaware Valley here comes your next question and get your pencils and papers out.

What integer is equal to 1/4 of 1/3 of 48?

- 4.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

The Andaman Sea receives what river that flows past Mandalay?

The longest river in Burma.

- The Rangoon.

- Nope, we're looking for the Irrawaddy, the Irrawaddy.

Riverside it's back over to you.

What African country, where are the Agadir and Tangier crises started prior to world war one, became a French pro tectoria to after the 1912 treaty of Fez?

- French Guinea.

(bell dings) - Is incorrect.

Rebound now to Delaware Valley.

- Morocco.

- Is correct for your rebound points, Delaware Valley.

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

This time Delaware Valley will pick first.

Your categories are, 1905 or the end of the world end.

- End of the world.

- End of the the world It is.

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

Answer the following related to end of the world.

2018, John Krasinski film about aliens who hunted by sound.

- "A Quiet place."

- [Paul] Yes.

Biblical book known in French as apocalypse.

- Revelations.

- [Paul] Judges?

Yes, the sun is expected to end in one of these explosions.

- Supernova.

- [Paul] No, nova.

Novel in which Earth is destroyed by vogons to make room for a highway.

- Oh a Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy.

- [Paul] Yes, ruler who ordered the Domesday Book?

- John.

- William the Conqueror.

Will Forte play the sitcom title character.

- Last man on her.

- [Paul] Yes.

Band that sang, "It's the end of the world as we know it.

"And I feel fine."

- Green day.

- "REM."

- Final battle of Thor's myth.

- Ragnarok - Ragnarok is correct.

All right, Delaware Valley, that's going to do it for your portion of the lightning round.

Riverside, it's back over to you.

Your remaining category will be 1905.

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

Answer the following about events of the year 1905.

This scientist introduced special relativity.

- Einstein.

- Yes.

In this country, Alberta and Saskatchewan became provinces.

- Canada.

- Yes.

This Atlas Shrugged author was born.

- Pass.

- [Paul] Ayn Rand.

This most populous city in Nevada was founded.

- Las Vegas.

- Yes.

This country ended its union with Sweden giving it independence.

- Norway!

- Yes.

This Tsar suppressed revolution in Russia.

- Nicholas.

- Be more specific.

- Nicholas the second.

- Yes.

This painted the green Stripe.

- Bongo.

- Matisse.

These brothers flew their third namesake flyer.

- The Wright brothers.

- Is correct.

The year in 1905 is this Russian?

(alarm rings) Well, we didn't get to that one, but still Riverside great job in the lightning round.

And after that, we currently have Delaware Valley in the lead over Riverside, 170 to 150.

And we're now 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 the students from Riverside again.

And Hunter I'll come to you.

Tell me what you'd like to do for fun.

- For me, I actually play sports for Riverside on the golf team here.

Its on my shirt.

I'm on the baseball team with Johnny also play basketball on the side.

- [Paul] Excellent, that's great job.

All right, Alexandra, what do you like to do for a hobby, when you're not in school?

- I think it's the exact same, I played sports.

I play tennis and basketball.

I just do lot of clubs in school and get recess out of school.

- Okay, excellent, good luck the rest of the way, Riverside.

Delaware Valley, it's over to you.

J.D., what do you like to do for fun?

- I do art.

I read, research stuff, listen to music stuff like that.

- [Paul] Excellent, nice to meet you, J.D.

And Ralph, what are your hobbies?

- Oh, well I'm in the building construction program in our school.

So that's, kind of like that.

I'm also in the national history day program after school.

- Well, it was very nice to meet you and good luck the rest of the way.

And before we go any further, we have a quick scoring adjustment we need to make for Delaware Valley.

The score is now 160 to 150.

Well, let's go ahead and begin the fourth quarter with this question that goes to Delaware Valley.

What city whose first European visitor was Gordon Lang was home to the Sankore Madrasah and was a major center of trade during the Mali empire?

- Timbuktu.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus, in September 2019, what leader prorogued or suspended his country's parliament and action deemed unlawful by his country's Supreme Court.

- Robert Mugabe.

- Is incorrect.

We're looking for Boris Johnson.

Riverside, it's back over to you.

What substances that have no band gap above their valence band, such as graphene and gold are very good at transmitting a current unlike insulators?

- Diamond.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

What type of precipitation, which is caused by emissions of nitrogen oxide and sulfur dioxide can weather stone and corrode steel?

- Wet.

- No, we're looking for acid rain.

Delaware Valley, it's back to you.

What commander of the ship Don de Dieu is called the Father of New France founded Quebec City and lends his name to a lake in New York and Vermont?

- Saratoga.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound now to Riverside.

- Noel.

- Nope, we're looking for Champlain.

Riverside, it's back to you.

What suspension bridge, which carries both state route one and U.S 101, links a city to Marin County and is to the north of San Francisco?

- The Golden Gate bridge - Is correct, and here's your bonus.

Kingsley Koman scored the only goal as Bayern Munich, defeated Paris Saint Germain in what organizations 2020 champions league final?

- UEFA, U-E-F-A.

- Is correct for your bonus points, Riverside.

Delaware Valley, it's back to you.

What author of the early science fiction tale Micro Omega wrote about the riches of El dorado and the optimist Dr. Pangloss in a novella titled Candide.

- Voltaire.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

What Roman statesmen, who lost the battle of Pharsalus to Julius Caesar was part of the first triumvirate along with Caesar and Crassus?

- Pompey.

- Is correct for your bonus points, Delaware Valley.

Riverside.

It's back to you.

What man who painted the birthplace of Herbert Hoover in their shared home state of Iowa, used his dentist and sister as models in American Gothic?

- Rockwell.

(bell dings) - I'm sorry?

- Norman Rockwell.

- Is incorrect, rebound to Delaware Valley.

- Grant Wood.

- Is correct for your rebound points.

And here's your next question Delaware Valley.

What number whose powers are one more than Marsenne numbers is the smallest prime number, the cube root of eight and the only even prime number?

- Two.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

In what 2016 party board game are players divided into teams of liberals and fascists in the Weimar Republic.

- Secret Hitler.

- Is correct for your bonus points Delaware Valley.

And that's the end of the game.

And our winner tonight is Delaware Valley over Riverside, and a very, very good game 210 to 175.

Congratulations, Delaware Valley.

You're going to be moving on.

And we'll see you next time with another round of WVIA Scholastic Scrimmage.

I'm your host, Paul Lazar and thank you for watching.

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