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(bright music) (keyboard clacking) (lively percussive music) ♪ Go - Welcome to the 19th season of WVIA's Scholastic Scrimmage."

I'm your host, Paul Lazar.

(text whooshing) "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, 3, or $5,000.

(screen whooshing) Tonight's match features Scranton versus Abington Heights.

Representing Scranton are Matthew Hill, Emma Carney, Bella Lidell, and Declan Moran.

Their alternate is Hope Polishan, and their advisor is Lynn Harding.

Representing Abington Heights are Emily Kuhle, Aghna Naeem, Jack Shoemaker, and Sona Hanumali.

Their alternate is Sarrinah Mirza, and their advisor is Lisa Bath.

"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 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'll be given the toss-up points, but will not receive a bonus question.

(screen whooshing) Well, let's go ahead and get started with this toss-up question in sports.

Give the golf term for a score that is two strokes under par on a five-par hole.

(buzzer beeping) Emma, Scranton.

- Birdie.

- Is incorrect, rebound Abington Heights.

(timer beeping) That is an eagle.

All right, let's go to a toss-up in algebra.

What mathematical symbol might be described as an eight lying on its side?

(buzzer beeping) Jack, Abington Heights.

- Infinity.

- Is correct, and here comes (screen bubbling) your bonus question.

It's ionic compilation is comparable to that of plasma and cerebrospinal fluid.

It's considered an extracellular fluid.

Name this clear fluid that fills the inner ear and surrounds the membranous labyrinth within the bony labyrinth.

(contestants whispering) (buzzer beeping) - Mucus?

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

All right, let's go to a toss-up in Earth science.

Before the eruption in 1944, tourists could go down into this famous volcano and observe how the flowing lava turned into stone as it cooled.

(buzzer beeping) Declan, Scranton.

- St. Helena.

- Is incorrect.

I'll finish and rebound to Abington Heights.

Located just seven miles from Naples, Italy, it's currently the only active volcano on the European mainland to have erupted within the last 100 years.

Name this volcano that covered the cities of Herculaneum, Pompeii, and Stabiae when it first erupted in 79 AD.

(buzzer beeping) Emily.

- Mount Vesuvius.

- Is correct for your (screen bubbling) rebound points.

Abington Heights, great job.

Let's go to a toss-up in chemistry.

Their usefulness derives from the fact that they distribute themselves throughout the air with great speed.

Examples include hairspray, insecticide, and fine paint.

(buzzer beeping) Sona, Abington Heights.

- Aerosols.

- Is correct, and here's (screen bubbling) your bonus question.

He was secretary of war under James Monroe.

He was vice president to both John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson.

He resigned as Jackson's vice president to become a US senator.

Who was this man who dominated national politics in the 1800s?

(buzzer beeping) Jack.

- Aaron Burr.

- No, looking for John C. Calhoun.

All right, your next toss-up is in computer science.

They can be found in libraries, airports, motels, and even fast food restaurants.

With the proper equipment and a password, you can gain access to the internet.

What do we call these zones located near wireless routers connected to internet modems?

(timer beeping) Those are Wi-Fi hotspots.

Okay, here's your next toss-up, this one in statistics.

In statistics, a pie chart is another name used to refer to what form of graph?

(buzzer beeping) Emily, Abington Heights.

- Bar graph.

- Is incorrect, rebound to Scranton.

(timer beeping) That is a circle graph.

All right, let's go to a toss-up in vocational.

What French culinary term on a menu can be translated as vegetable of the day?

(buzzer beeping) Sona, Abington Heights.

- Legume de jour?

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

What US state capital city is the only capital city (timer beeping) whose name begins with the letter F?

(timer beeping) That is Frankfort, Kentucky, and that sound that you heard signals the end of the first quarter and it's now time for the lightning round.

(screen zapping) In this segment, each team will have an opportunity to answer as many (screen whooshing) of the 12 rapid-fire questions as they can in one minute.

Abington Heights has won the coin toss and will pick first.

Your categories are vocational or biology.

- Biology.

- Biology?

- We'll be choosing biology.

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

Identify these two-syllable words that might be found in a biology textbook or glossary, a plantlike organism formed by a fungus and algae that have formed a symbiotic relationship.

If you don't know, you can pass.

(buzzer beeping) - Pass.

- [Paul] Lichen.

The shedding of hair, skin, or feathers during a growth spurt.

(buzzer beeping) - Pass.

- [Paul] That's molting.

A nerve cell?

(buzzer beeping) - Neuron.

- [Paul] Yes.

The vascular tissue in plants that conduct sugars and other products downward from the leaves?

(buzzer beeping) - Phloem.

- Yes.

One of a pair of genes that appear at a particular location on a chromosome, and controls characteristics such as blood type or colorblindness?

(buzzer beeping) - X-linked.

- [Paul] Allele.

Tubes that branch off from the trachea and lead to the lungs in a human?

(buzzer beeping) - Bronchi?

- Yes.

A heterotroph such as fungi that obtains its nutrients from non-living organic matter?

(buzzer beeping) - Predators.

- [Paul] Saprobe.

The pollen-bearing structures found on the stamen of a flower?

(timer beeping) That was anthers.

All right, Abington Heights, that was a tough category.

We're gonna come on over to Scranton, and your remaining category will be vocational, and once again, your time begins after I finish reading the first question.

Test your knowledge and speed by giving the meaning of these business acronyms as quickly as possible.

CEO.

(buzzer beeping) - Corporate executive officer.

- [Paul] Chief executive officer.

AT&T?

(buzzer beeping) - Pass - [Paul] American Telephone and Telegraph.

CFO?

(buzzer beeping) - Pass - [Paul] Chief financial officer.

TM?

(buzzer beeping) - T Manager?

- [Paul] Trademark.

PT?

(buzzer beeping) - Pass.

- [Paul] Part-time.

CTO?

(buzzer beeping) - Pass - Chief technology officer.

LLC?

(buzzer beeping) - Pass - [Paul] Limited liability company.

POP?

- I don't know.

(buzzer beeping) - Pass - [Paul] Point of purchase.

SKU?

(timer beeping) That was stock keeping unit.

All right, that's going to do it for the lightning round, and after that, we have Abington Heights in the lead over Scranton 55 to 0.

And now, we're going to go ahead and move into the second quarter with this toss-up question in computer science.

Written by a computer programmer, these human-readable instructions cannot be read by the computer.

It must be transformed to a computer code that the computer can read.

In computer science, a compiler translates what type of code into computer-readable code?

(buzzer beeping) - Computer- - Sona, Abington Heights.

- A computer language.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Scranton.

(buzzer beeping) - Coding.

- No, we're looking for source code.

All right, here's your next toss-up, this one in mythology.

This handsome son of Poseidon and Euryale was granted the ability to walk upon water by his father.

After being blinded as a punishment, he sought out Helios, (buzzer beeping) the sun god.

Bella, Scranton.

- Polyphemus.

- Is incorrect.

I'll finish and rebound to Abington Heights.

Who restored his eyesight.

Some say that he was later shot and killed by his girlfriend, Artemis.

Name this large, handsome hunter that is now represented by easily- (buzzer beeping) Sona.

- Orion.

- Is correct for your rebound points, (screen bubbling) Abington Heights.

Let's go to a toss-up in physics.

How many significant figures are in the number, 0.0300?

(buzzer beeping) Declan, Scranton.

- Five.

- Is incorrect.

(buzzer beeping) Rebound to Abington Heights.

Sona.

- Four.

- Nope, that answer is three.

(buzzer beeping) Three.

All right, let's go to a toss-up in vocational.

A Coggins test checks your horse for what deadly disease?

(buzzer beeping) Emily, Abington Heights.

- Lyme disease.

- Is incorrect, rebound to Scranton.

(buzzer beeping) Declan.

- Tuberculosis.

- No, we're looking for equine infectious anemia.

Okay, let's go to a toss-up in Earth science.

Geological epochs are the fourth largest units of time for the geologic timescale.

In what geological epoch are we currently living?

(buzzer beeping) Sona, Abington Heights.

- Common.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Scranton.

(timer beeping) It is the Holocene, the Holocene.

All right, here's your toss-up in geometry.

Two angles measure 159 degrees and 201 degrees.

When added together, they equal 360 degrees, and essentially complete a full circle when combined.

What is the name given to these angles that are sometimes also called conjugate angles?

(buzzer beeping) - Vortex.

- Aghna, Abington Heights.

- What?

- I'm sorry?

- Vortex.

- Nope, rebound to Scranton.

(buzzer beeping) - Supplementary.

- Explementary angles is what we are looking for.

All right, let's go to a toss-up in music.

Mike Love, and Carl, Dennis, and Brian Wilson formed a very popular American rock group in the 1960s.

Name this California band whose music celebrated teenage interests, surfing, and hot rods.

(buzzer beeping) Declan, Scranton.

- Who.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Abington Heights.

(buzzer beeping) Jack.

- Nirvana.

- No, this was The Beach boys, The Beach Boys.

All right, here's your next toss-up in American history.

Henry Lee was a cavalry officer during the American Revolutionary War.

By what nickname was he commonly known?

(timer beeping) That was Light-Horse Harry.

All right, here comes your next toss-up in drama.

This Thornton Wilder Pulitzer Prize-winning drama is set in the mythical village of Grover's Corner.

(timer beeping) It explores the lives and relationship between two young neighbors, George Gibbs and Emily Webb, whose childhood friendship blossoms into love and eventually leads to marriage.

The circle of life is realized when Emily dies during childbirth.

Name this play that was first performed on Broadway in 1938 and is still being performed today.

(timer beeping) That is "Our Town."

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.

Let's start with the students from Scranton, and Matthew, I'll come to you first.

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

- Creative writing type of raising stories and such.

- [Paul] Awesome, thanks, Matthew.

Emma?

- I like to go to the gym and hang out with my friends.

- Thank you, Emma.

Bella?

- I like reading and writing.

- [Paul] Thanks, Bella.

Declan?

- I like hanging out with my friends and art.

- Sounds like fun, thanks, Scranton.

Good luck the rest of the way.

Abington Heights, coming over to you.

Emily, tell me what you like to do for fun.

- I love to bake, I also like to paint.

- Thanks, Emily.

Aghna?

- I like to hang out with my friends.

- [Paul] Thanks, Jack?

- Hi, I like to run, play the violin, and code.

- [Paul] All right, thank you, Jack, and Sona?

- I like to read, play tennis, and eat the goods that my sister bakes.

- All right, that sounds great.

It's very nice to meet all of you.

And now, we'll go ahead and begin the third quarter with this toss-up question in botany.

These melons have sweet, aromatic flesh that's usually orange in color.

The rind is netted, and is a golden-brown color when the melon is ripe.

Identify this tasty melon we enjoy in the summer.

(buzzer beeping) Declan, Scranton.

- Cantalope.

- Is correct, (screen bubbling) and here comes your bonus question.

"For he on honeydew hath fed and drunk the milk of paradise."

From what Samuel Taylor Coleridge poem is the proceeding excerpt taken?

(buzzer beeping) - Fruit.

- No Looking for "Kubla Khan."

All right, let's go to another toss-up, this one in cinema.

What movie features Julia Roberts as the mother of an intelligent fifth grader who has Treacher Collins syndrome, a disease that causes facial abnormalities?

(buzzer beeping) Declan, Scranton - "Wonder."

- Is correct, (screen bubbling) and here's your bonus.

The Kola Peninsula extends on two sides into the White Sea.

What sea borders the other side?

(buzzer beeping) - The Black Sea.

- No, that's the Barents Sea, the Barents Sea.

All right, your next toss-up is in sports and games.

Who was the first African American tennis player to win both the US men's national singles- (buzzer beeping) Sona, Abington Heights.

- Arthur Ashe.

- Is correct, and here comes your bonus.

(screen bubbling) What type of chemical reaction occurs when these reactants combine to form the given product?

Four FE plus three O2 yields two FE, two O3.

(buzzer beeping) - A redox reaction?

- No, that answer is synthesis, synthesis.

All right, here's your next toss-up in physics.

What SI unit is defined as the amount of charge produced by a current of one ampere for one- (buzzer beeping) Sona, Abington Heights.

- Joule.

- Is incorrect.

I'll finish and rebound to Scranton.

For one second.

(buzzer beeping) - Watt?

- No, that's a coulomb, a coulomb.

All right, here's your next toss-up in world history.

This Austrian archduke served as the emperor of the Second Mexican Empire from 1864 to 1867 after France conquered Mexico City.

He was later charged and tried for conspiring to overthrow the Mexican government, and for carrying out the Black Decree.

Name this leader who was given a guilty verdict and executed by a Republican firing squad on June 19th, 1867.

(buzzer beeping) Emily, Abington Heights.

- Archduke Ferdinand.

- Is incorrect, rebound to Scranton.

(timer beeping) That was Maximilian.

All right, here's your next toss-up, this one in literature.

What was the name of Ali Baba's brother in "Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves"?

(buzzer beeping) Aghna, Abington Heights.

- Simba.

- [Paul] Is incorrect, rebound to Scranton.

(buzzer beeping) - Luke.

(chuckles) - No, we're looking for Cassim.

All right, let's go to a toss-up in American history.

During this war, the 369th Infantry was the first US unit to reach the Rhine.

This unit was nicknamed the Harlem Hellfighters, and was composed entirely of African American men.

In which war did these men fight?

(buzzer beeping) Aghna, Abington Heights.

- The War of 1812?

- Is incorrect, rebound to Scranton.

- Just guess.

- World War I?

- Is correct for your (screen bubbling) rebound points, Scranton.

Let's go to a toss-up in novels.

Who wrote the 2009 unlikely bestseller, (timer beeping) "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies"?

(Declan chuckling) (timer beeping) That's some classic literature right there, let me tell you.

(contestants chuckling) That's Seth Grahame-Smith.

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

(screen zapping) This time, Scranton will pick first.

(screen whooshing) Your categories are sports and games or world geography.

- Sports and games.

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

Identify these numbers associated with board games or dice games.

The number of dice used in "Yahtzee"?

(buzzer beeping) - Two?

- Five.

The number of blocks in a complete "Jenga" set?

(buzzer beeping) - 64.

- [Paul] 54.

The number of category cards in the "Pictionary" game?

(buzzer beeping) - 50.

- [Paul] Five.

The number of checkers each player starts with in a standard game of checkers?

(buzzer beeping) - 12.

- [Paul] Yes.

The number of diseases a player must cure to win a game of "Pandemic"?

(buzzer beeping) - Four.

- [Paul] Yes.

The minimum number of letters that can be used to create a word in "Boggle"?

(buzzer beeping) - Three.

- Yes.

The number of ships each player has in the game of "Battleship"?

(buzzer beeping) - 12.

- Five.

The number of continents found on a "Risk" game board?

(buzzer beeping) - Seven.

- [Paul] Six.

The number of pegs the code breaker uses in the game of "Mastermind" to guess the secret code?

(buzzer beeping) - Four.

- [Paul] Yes.

The number of spaces on the "Chutes and Ladders" game board?

(buzzer beeping) - A hundred?

- [Paul] Yes.

The number of cards that each person's- (timer beeping) Well, we're not gonna get to that one, but still, great job in the lightning round, Scranton.

You made up some real ground there.

Abington Heights, we're coming over to you, and your remaining category will be world geography, and once again, your time begins after I finish reading the first question.

Name these South American countries or areas.

It has two capital cities.

(buzzer beeping) - Brazil.

- [Paul] Bolivia.

It produces 90% of the world's supply of emeralds.

(buzzer beeping) - Argentina.

- Colombia.

It's home to Angel Falls, the world's highest waterfall.

(buzzer beeping) - Skip.

- Venezuela.

It's the only area in South America that is not an independent country.

(buzzer beeping) - The southeastern coast?

- [Paul] French Guiana.

This country was once the only colony that was colonized by Great Britain.

(buzzer beeping) - Brazil.

- [Paul] Giana.

It's the largest country.

(buzzer beeping) - Brazil.

- Yes.

Bogota is its capital city.

(buzzer beeping) - Uruguay.

- [Paul] Colombia.

This country contains a large region called Patagonia.

(buzzer beeping) - Brazil.

(timer beeping) - That's Argentina.

All right, that's going to do it for the lightning round, and after that, we have a close game here.

Abington Heights in the lead over Scranton, 80 to 55.

And we're now going to go ahead and begin the last segment of the game with this toss-up question in art.

What American artist who's probably best known for his sculpture of "The Bronco Buster" also illustrated Henry Wadsworth's poem, "The Song of Hiawatha" in 1891, as well as many of his own books, including "Pony Tracks"?

(buzzer beeping) Sona, Abington Heights - Campbell.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Scranton.

(buzzer beeping) - Picasso.

- No, we're looking for Frederic Remington.

Here's your next toss-up in cinema.

Which actor who played in the films, "Horrible Bosses" and "Game Night" started his acting career by playing the role of Derek Taylor on the "Silver Spoons" television sitcom?

(timer beeping) That actor is Jason Bateman.

Here's your next toss up, this one in current events, The 120th World Series was played in October, 2024.

This series marked the 12th time these two teams that played against each other in the World Series.

Name these two teams.

(buzzer beeping) Aghna, Abington Heights.

- Pakistan and India.

- [Paul] Is incorrect, rebound to Scranton.

(buzzer beeping) - Yankees and Dodgers.

- Is correct for your (screen bubbling) rebound points, Scranton.

Let's turn to a toss-up in anatomy.

Found at the top of the spine, this joint allows you to turn your head.

What type of joint is it?

(buzzer beeping) Declan, Scranton.

- Hinge, I forgot.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Abington Heights.

(buzzer beeping) - Cervical.

- No, it's a pivot joint, a pivot joint.

Here's your next toss up, this one also in anatomy.

The human body can maintain a stable internal temperature and environment even when the outside temperature is much colder.

The skin creates sweat, and the blood vessels near the skin's surface dilate- (buzzer beeping) Sona, Abington Heights.

- Homeostasis.

- Is correct, and here's your bonus.

(screen bubbling) In which "Sherlock Holmes" book does Sherlock Holmes die after falling off a cliff while battling the evil Professor Moriarty?

(buzzer beeping) - "Game of Shadows."

- No, it's "The Adventure of the Final Problem."

Your next toss-up is in mythology.

What Greek Princess married King Agamemnonm whom she and Aegisthus later killed?

(buzzer beeping) Declan, Scranton.

- Clytemnestra.

- Is correct, and here's your bonus.

(screen bubbling) What political party did Margaret Thatcher represent when she was elected as the first female prime minister of Britain?

- Conservatives?

(buzzer beeping) - The Conservative Party.

- Is correct for your bonus point, Scranton.

Let's go to a toss up in vocabulary.

What two-syllable word beginning with the letter H is a synonym for deleterious?

(Declan chuckling) (buzzer beeping) - Humorous.

- [Paul] Emma, Scranton.

- Humorous.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Abington Heights.

(buzzer beeping) - Humble.

- Nope, harmful or hurtful, we would've taken either.

Your next toss-up is an anatomy.

Its top section is known as the manubrium.

It's a long, flat bone.

(buzzer beeping) - Declan, Scranton.

- Sternum.

- Is correct, and here's your bonus (screen bubbling) question.

Built by William Randolph Hearst, in what California city is the Hearst Castle located?

- Oh.

- I don't know.

Go ahead.

- Anaheim.

- No, that's San Simeon.

Guys, here's your next toss-up in vocabulary.

This type of totalitarian or post-apocalyptic society revolves around injustices and great suffering.

(buzzer beeping) Sona, Abington Heights.

- Dystopian.

- Is correct, (screen bubbling) and your bonus now.

This American rapper (timer beeping) was born in 1963 with the name of Artist, Leon Ivey Jr.

He became famous in the mid-1990s for his albums, "It Takes a Thief," "Gangsta's Paradise," and "My Soul," but is probably best known for his 1995 Grammy-winning single, "Gangsta's Paradise."

Name this rapper who died September 28th, 2022 at the age of 59.

(buzzer beeping) - Notorious B.I.G.?

- No, that was Coolio.

And that's the end of the game, and what a wonderful game that really was.

Abington Heights takes it, 100 to 90 over Scranton.

Great job by both teams.

Congratulations, Abington Heights, you're gonna 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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