(rhythmic whistling) (intense, upbeat music) - Welcome to the 18th 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 Lakeland.

Representing Riverside are Austin Tramco, Zach Chilick, Emma Byrne, and Sarah Wolf.

Tess Parchinski and Ella Satile are their alternates, and their advisor is Ronald Geiss.

Representing Lakeland are Jacqueline Nally, Jadyn Berchery, Daniel Black, and Samantha Black.

And their alternates are Luke Fananski and Jules Greer.

Their advisor is Charlie Barlow.

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.

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

What landmark was the goal of the Kainan Maru and Terranova expeditions, though it was reached shortly before by a party under Roald Amundsen?

Sarah, Riverside.

- South Pole.

- Is correct.

And your bonus now.

What Italian author wrote about the creation of false documents in his novels The Prague Cemetery and Foucault's Pendulum?

That was Umberto Eco.

Let's go to another tossup.

What island, which is home to the El Yunque National Forest, is west of Vieques and is the main island of the US territory governed from San Juan?

- Austin, Riverside.

- Puerto Rico.

- Is correct.

And your bonus now.

Lou Montulli coined the food-inspired name for what small text files that websites store in a browser to remember information about past visits?

Zach?

I'm sorry?

- Cookies.

- Is correct for your bonus points, Riverside.

As we move on now to our next tossup question.

What province's 2022 elections were won by the Future Coalition of Francois Legault and focused in part on the rights of French speakers in Canada?

Austin, Riverside.

- Quebec.

- Is correct.

And here comes your bonus now.

What Persian Emperor, the heir of Darius the Great, that built the Apadona in Persepolis and commanded against a Greek force at Thermopylae?

- Xerxes.

- Is correct for your bonus points, Riverside.

And as we move on now to another tossup.

What theory, for which the Pound-Rebka experiment provided evidence, links gravity to curved space time and was developed by Albert Einstein?

Sarah, Riverside.

- Theory of relativity.

- [Paul] Judges?

Be more specific.

- General relativity.

- Is correct and here comes your bonus question.

St Helier is the capital of what largest of the channel islands which lends its name to a type of dairy cattle?

That is Jersey.

Let's go to another toss up.

What job comes second in the title of a John LeCarre novel along with tinker, soldier, and spy and denotes a person who makes or alters clothing?

Jacqueline, Lakeland.

- Tailor.

- Is correct.

And here comes your bonus.

Elvis sang that the drummer boy from Illinois went crash, boom, bang in what 1957 classic hit to which everybody in the whole cell block was dancing?

- Jailhouse Rock.

- Is correct for your bonus points, Lakeland.

And here's our next tossup.

Pope Francis is the first pope to be a member of what Catholic Order founded by St. Ignatius of Loyola, whose members often work in education?

- Zach, Riverside.

- Jesuits.

- Is correct.

And your bonus.

What quantities value for comet Hale-Bopp is almost exactly one, meaning that its orbit is very nearly parabolic?

Okay, that is eccentricity, and that sound that you heard signals the end of the first quarter, and it's now time for the lightning round.

(lightning buzzes) 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.

Lakeland has won the coin toss and will pick first.

Your categories are four letter titles or historical female leaders.

- Four letter titles.

- Four letter titles it is, and your time begins after I finish reading the first question.

Name these novels with four letter titles.

Jane Austen novel about a matchmaker.

- No answer.

- [Paul] Emma.

1965 Frank Herbert novel set on a planet with sand worms.

- Dune.

- [Paul] Yes.

Peter Benchley novel about a shark.

- Jaws.

- [Paul] Yes.

Toni Morrison novel titled for a style of music.

- Jazz.

- [Paul] Yes.

Stephen King novel about a rabid dog.

- Cujo.

- [Paul] Yes.

Emma Donoghue novel whose protagonists are captives in the title space.

- No answer.

- Room.

Carl Hiaasen novel about saving owl habitat.

- No answer.

- [Paul] Hoot.

2012 Hugh Howey novel that began his Silo series.

- No answer.

- [Paul] Wool.

Orhan Pamuk novel set in the Turkish city of Kars.

- No answer.

- [Paul] Snow.

Sapphire novel about pregnant teenager Precious.

- No answer.

- That was Push.

Okay, Lakeland, that's going to wrap it up for your portion of the lightning round.

Riverside, we're coming over to you and your remaining category will be historical female leaders.

And once again, your time starts after I start reading the first question.

Name these national leaders who were women.

British Queen who died in 2022.

Zach.

Queen Elizabeth II.

- [Paul] Yes.

18th century Russian Empress nicknamed the Great.

- Catherine the Great.

- [Paul] Yes.

Last queen of Egypt who lost the battle of Actium.

- Cleopatra.

- [Paul] Yes.

British Prime Minister from 1979 to 1990.

- Pass.

- [Paul] Margaret Thatcher.

Chancellor of Germany before Olaf Scholz.

- Angela Merkel.

- Is correct.

Israel's prime minister from 1969 to 1974.

- Pass.

- [Paul] Golda Meir.

Indian Prime Minister assassinated in 1984.

- Pass.

- Indira Gandhi.

Pakistani prime minister whose second term was from 1993 to 1996.

That was Benazir Bhutto.

And that's going to do it for the lightning round, and after that we currently have Riverside in the lead over Lakeland, 80 to 35, and we're now going to move into the second quarter with this tossup question.

What character who was hit by a Jezail bullet in Afghanistan, weds Mary Morstan after The Sign of the Four, and narrates stories about Sherlock Holmes?

That's Dr. John Watson.

Here's our next tossup, and get your pencils and papers ready.

What is the diameter of a circle whose area is 81 pi, given the area of a circle is equal to pi times the radius squared?

Austin, Riverside.

- Nine.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Lakeland.

Okay, that was 18.

Let's go to another tossup question.

In what set of pieces that opens the contest between harmony and invention does the soloist depict bird songs and thunder in the first work "Spring"?

Sarah, Riverside.

- The seasons.

- [Paul] Judges?

Be more specific.

- Vivaldi's "Four Seasons."

- Is correct, and here comes your bonus question.

What quantity opposes changes in the corresponding flux when induced by a current according to Lenz's Law and can be calculated using Ampère's Law?

- Electrical current?

- No, we're looking for magnetic field.

Let's go to another tossup.

What school in the SEC whose top NIL earners include Angel Reese and Olivia Dunn defeated Iowa.

Austin, Riverside.

- LSU.

- Is correct.

And your bonus question.

In what 1805 battle did the Royal Navy defeat French and Spanish forces despite the death of Lord Horatio Nelson?

- Battle of Quebec.

- Nope.

That was the Battle of Trafalgar.

Let's go to another tossup question.

What representative who was expelled from the Freedom Caucus in 2023 for insulting Lauren Boebert is from Georgia and has the initials MTG?

Daniel, Lakeland.

- Marjorie Taylor Greene.

- Is correct.

And your bonus question.

The winner of the Masters Golf Tournament is awarded a jacket of what color?

- Green.

- Green is correct for your bonus points, Lakeland.

As we go to another tossup.

What shape has the most sides of any regular polygon that can tesselate the plane, has internal angles that sum to 720 degrees, and has six sides?

Sarah, Riverside.

- Hexagon.

- Is correct.

And your bonus now.

What 1729 satirical essay which states that a child seasoned with a little pepper or salt will be very good boiled was written by Jonathan Swift?

That was A Modest Proposal.

Let's go to another tossup.

What play in which Don John's plot is foiled by the Constable Dogberry is a Shakespeare comedy centering on the feuding Beatrix and Benedict?

That's Much Ado About Nothing.

Here's our next tossup.

What company, which names the tallest building in Houston, bought First Republic Bank in 2023, is led by Jamie Dimon, and has the stock symbol JPM?

Samantha, Lakeland.

- JP Morgan.

- Is correct.

And here comes your bonus.

What fundamental force gives rise to charged current interactions, can alter the flavor of quarks, and is carried by W and Z bosons?

- No answer.

- Okay, that's weak nuclear force.

Well, 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 Austin, I will come to you first.

Hypothetically, you're at a party.

You're up next to sing karaoke.

What is the song that you sing?

- Uptown Girl.

- [Paul] And why?

- Great song.

- It is a great song.

Thanks, Austin.

Zach?

- Chicken Fried by Zac Brown Band.

- Okay, excellent.

Emma?

- Our Song by Taylor Swift.

- [Paul] Okay, and Sarah?

- I Will Survive.

- All right, thank you, Riverside and good luck the rest of the way.

Lakeland, gonna come over to you.

It's the same hypothetical.

If you could sing a karaoke song, what would it be, Jacqueline?

- Man or Muppet from The Muppet Movie.

- [Paul] Jadyn?

- Don't Stop Me Now by Queen.

- Good song.

Daniel?

- Good Time by Alan Jackson.

- [Paul] Okay, and Samantha?

- Dancing Queen by ABBA.

- Also a very, very good song.

Well, it was very nice to see you both again.

Good luck to both schools, and we're now going to begin the third quarter with this tossup question.

In what then capital of Chiang Kai-shek's Republic of China were an estimated 200,000 people killed during a 1937 massacre by the Japanese army?

Zach, Riverside.

- Nanking.

- Is correct.

And your bonus.

The Ashley Book is an encyclopedia containing illustrations of what objects which include the bow line, clove hitch, and overhand loop?

- Knots.

- Knots is correct for your bonus points, Riverside.

Let's go to our next tossup.

What sculpture, which in 1972 was vandalized by Laszlo Toth, is the only piece signed by Michelangelo and depicts Mary cradling the body of Christ?

Sarah, Riverside.

- The Pietà.

- Is correct.

And your bonus now.

At a September 2023 meeting in New Delhi, what international organization focusing on economic issues agreed to add the African Union as a member?

That was G20.

G20.

Here's our next toss up question.

What device that was developed by William Oughtred uses logarithmic scales to simplify multiplication, preceded the calculator, and resembled a ruler?

That is a slide rule.

Our next tossup.

What kingdom, which emerged from the conquest of the Carpathian Basin by Árpád in the middle ages later formed a Habsburg dual monarchy with Austria?

Sarah, Riverside.

- Austria.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Lakeland.

- Hungary.

- Hungary is correct for your rebound points.

Very good, Lakeland.

And your next tossup.

What Greek deity, whose symbols included the dolphin, slew the serpent python, was gifted the lyre by Hermes, and was the god of music?

Samantha, Lakeland.

- Apollo.

- Is correct.

And your bonus now.

What British author analyzed poetic myth in his book The White Goddess and described the mad emperor Caligula in his 1934 novel I, Claudius?

- No answer.

- That is Robert Graves.

Our next tossup question.

What author, who heartily accepted the motto that government is best which governs least in his essay Civil Disobedience also wrote- Sarah, Riverside.

- John Locke.

- Is incorrect.

I'll finish the question and rebound to Lakeland.

Wrote the book Walden?

That was Henry David Thoreau.

Thoreau.

Let's go to another tossup.

What opera, whose title character sings Sempre Libera, includes a brindisi sung by Alfredo, who comforts a fallen woman named Violetta Valéry?

That is La Traviata.

Let's go to another tossup.

What party, whose 19th century half breeds faction opposed the Stalwarts, dominated the post-Civil war north and gained power under Abraham Lincoln?

Jacqueline, Lakeland.

- The Union.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Riverside.

- Republicans.

- Is correct for your rebound points, Riverside.

Great job.

And our next tossup.

What poet, who described the shores of Gitche Gumee in a long poem that depicts the death of Minnehaha, wrote Evangeline and the Song of Hiawatha?

Zach, Riverside.

- Gordon Lightfoot.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Lakeland.

That is Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, but points for style, Zach.

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

(lightning buzzes) This time, Riverside will pick first.

Your categories are E-L-E or hurricanes.

- E-L-E. - E-L-E it is, and your time begins after I finish reading the first question.

Give these answers that contain the consecutive letters E-L-E. Tuesday after the first Monday in November.

- Election day.

- [Paul] Yes.

Antimony is one of these 118 entities in chemistry.

- Element.

- [Paul] Yes.

A poem or song of mourning.

- Elegy.

- [Paul] Yes.

A dish made from beaten eggs with a Denver variety.

- Pass.

- [Paul] That's omelet.

The purported ability to read other people's thoughts.

- Telepathy.

- Is correct.

A weapon used for hand to hand combat, contrasted with ranged weapons.

- Melee.

- [Paul] Yes.

Four string instrument common in Hawaiian music.

- Ukulele.

- [Paul] Yes.

Lizards with the ability to change colors.

- Chameleon.

- [Paul] Yes.

Small holes through which shoelaces pass.

- Pass.

- Eyelets.

A tall wooden or stone slab erected as a monument.

That answer was steel.

Okay, Riverside.

That's going to do it for your portion of the lightning round.

Lakeland, we're coming over to you.

Your remaining category will be hurricanes.

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

Answer the following about hurricanes.

Hurricane that devastated New Orleans in 2005.

- Katrina.

- [Paul] Yes.

Term for hurricanes in the northwestern Pacific.

- No answer.

- [Paul] That's typhoon.

Anatomical term for the calm center of a hurricane.

- Eye.

- [Paul] Yes.

Lin Manuel Miranda musical with the song "Hurricane."

- Hamilton.

- [Paul] Yes.

Zora Neale Hurston novel in which Janie survives a hurricane.

- No answer.

- [Paul] Their Eyes Were Watching God.

Florida University with teams nicknamed the Hurricanes.

- No answer.

- [Paul] Miami.

George Gershwin Opera in which a hurricane hits Catfish Row.

- No answer.

- [Paul] Porgy and Bess.

Effect named for a Frenchman that causes hurricanes to rotate.

- No answer.

- [Paul] That's Coriolis.

Home city of the Carolina Hurricanes.

- No answer.

- [Paul] Raleigh.

Hurricane wind scale named for two scientists.

- No answer.

- That's Saffir-Simpson.

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

And after that, we currently have Riverside in the lead over Lakeland 180 to 95.

And we'll now begin the last segment of the game with this tossup question.

What game whose players can find zonaite deposits in the depths and learn Ultrahand on the Great Sky Island is a 2023 Legend of Zelda game?

Daniel, Lakeland.

- Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Riverside.

That's Tears of the Kingdom.

Tears of the kingdom.

Let's go to another tossup.

What element, which is a better conductor of electricity than copper, is combined with copper in its sterling alloy and has the atomic symbol Ag?

Samantha, Lakeland.

- Silver.

- Is correct.

And your bonus.

What polysaccharide is the primary component of both cotton fibers and paper?

- No answer.

- That's cellulose.

Here's our next tossup.

What novel, in which Cardenio wanders the Sierra Morena, is named for a delusional man who attacks windmills and was written by Miguel de Cervantes?

Zach, Riverside.

- Don Quixote.

- Is correct.

And your bonus question.

During what decade did Louis Philippe become king of France after the July Revolution and crushed the June Rebellion, which inspired Les Misérables?

- 1890s.

- It was the 1830s.

1830s.

Our next tossup question.

What institutions were closed in March 1933 during a week-long holiday as plans to form the FDIC successfully ended a run by their deposit holders?

Austin, Riverside.

- Banks.

- Is correct.

And your bonus now.

What actress portrayed Wai Lin in the James Bond movie Tomorrow Never Dies and a laundromat owner being audited in Everything Everywhere All at Once?

That is Gordon Lightfoot.

No, that's Michelle Yeoh.

Michelle Yeoh.

Let's go on to another tossup question.

What chemical process, whose primary abiotic cause is lightning, breaks a triple bond to make an element found in air usable by living organisms?

That is nitrogen fixation.

Our next tossup.

What author, who wrote about the bodies at Austerlitz and Waterloo in his poem "Grass" wrote about the city of the big shoulders in his poem "Chicago"?

That is Carl Sandburg.

Here's our next tossup.

What mountain range was formed in part by the subduction of the Nazca Plate, contains the highest point outside of Asia, and is in South America?

Austin, Riverside.

- Andes.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus.

One of the primary contaminants of the 2023 East Palestine, Ohio, train development derailment was what compound, the precursor to the polymer PVC?

- Natural gas.

- Nope.

We're looking for vinyl chloride.

Here's our next tossup, and get your pencils and papers ready.

How many inches are in five yards given there are 12 inches in a foot and three feet in each yard?

Samantha, Lakeland.

- 180.

- Is correct.

And your bonus question now.

What 2006 historical novel set in Nazi Germany is narrated by Death, centers on the literature loving Liesel Meminger, and is by Marcus Zusak?

- No answer.

- That is the Book Thief.

And that's the end of the game, and our winner tonight is Riverside over Lakeland, 210 to 115.

Congratulations, Riverside.

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 thanks for watching.

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