(whistle blowing) (upbeat intro music) ♪ 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, 3 or $5,000.

Tonight's match features Berwick versus Selinsgrove.

Representing Berwick, is Christopher Stola, Jack Kendran, Emma Chakowski.

Their captain is Josephine Morgan.

Their alternates are Eric Schweitzer and Elizabeth Gunther, and their advisor is Todd Gunther.

Representing Selinsgrove is Taylor Zacarta, Evan Daigel, Chris Filer.

McKenna Parker is their captain, and the advisor is Tara Rubaker.

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 question.

Pencil and paper ready.

If a quadratic polynomial has roots at x equals 3 and x equals 7, then at what value of x is its axis of symmetry?

(buzzer beeps) That would be five.

Toss-up.

What country, whose former interim president, Jeanine Anez, was arrested in 2021, is now led by Luis Arce, a former minister under Evo Morales?

(buzzer beeps) Christopher Berwick.

- France.

- France is incorrect.

Rebound to Selinsgrove (buzzer beeps) Chris?

- Italy?

- Italy is incorrect, it is Bolivia.

Toss up.

What peninsula, which contains Saint Catherine's Monastery and the resort of Sharm El-Sheik, is north of the Red Sea and east of the Suez Canal?

(buzzer beeps) Christopher Berwick.

- Sinai.

- Is a correct answer and your bonus Berwick.

Timochenko was a longtime leader in what Colombian Guerilla Group that fought to create a communist state until 2000, a 2016 Cease Fire?

- No (buzzer beeps) - The correct answer is FARC.

Toss up.

What president, whose cabinet members shunned Peggy Eaton in the Petticoat Affair signed the tariff of abominations (buzzer beeps) and the McKenna Selinsgrove - Andrew Johnson.

- Andrew Johnson is incorrect.

I'll complete the question in rebound to Berwick.

Tariff of abominations and the 1830 Indian Removal Act.

(buzzer beeps) Christopher?

- Andrew Jackson.

- Andrew Jackson is the correct answer for your rebound points.

Toss up.

What land forms, which come in recessional, medial, lateral and terminal types, are accumulations of till and debris deposited by glaciers.

(buzzer beeps) Emma - Marines - Marine is correct answer Emma and your bonus Berwick.

The diameter is the longest example of what line segments whose end points lie on the same circle?

- Uh, Chords - Chords is a correct answer Josephine, for your bonus points.

Toss up.

What product, types of which include Diamond Naturals and Purina Beneful, may be consumed by household pets such as Doberman's and Schnauzers.

(buzzer beeps) Emma Berwick - Dog food.

- Dog food, Emma's correct answer and your bonus.

What term is given to a combination of staffs connected by a brace, used to write music for one instrument such as a piano.

- A score.

- A score is incorrect.

It is grand.

Toss up What book whose protagonist acquires a bell that cannot be heard by most adults is a Chris Van Allsberg (buzzer beeps) - The Polar Express.

- The Polar Express, Jack from Berwick, is correct answer And your bonus.

What European city is home to the Trevi Fountain into which travelers, traditionally have thrown a coin to ensure they return to the city one day - We're gonna go for it - Rome.

- Rome is correct answer Josephine, for your bonus points Toss up.

What scientist lends his name to a type of ohmic heating due to wire resistance and to a unit equal to one Newton meter, namely the SI unit of energy.

(buzzer beeps) - Jack.

- Jules.

- Jules, correct answer and your bonus Berwick.

What branch of physics describes particles using wave functions that can become entangled and which collapse during measurements.

(murmuring) - Quantum - Quantum is a correct answer for your bonus points.

That's 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.

Selinsgrove has won the coin test and we'll pick first.

Your categories are Robert Lewis Stevenson or Black History.

(buzzer beeps) - We'll do black history.

- Black history.

Time will begin after I read the first question.

Name these people, things and events from African-American History.

1954 Supreme Court case outlawing school segregation.

(buzzer beeps) McKenna - Brown v Board of Education - Correct.

Holiday celebrating the emancipations proclamation regarding, reading in Texas (buzzer beeps) - Juneteenth - Correct.

Network used to smuggle escaped slaves North (buzzer beeps) - Underground Railroad.

- Correct.

Mostly black group of pilots in the Army Air Forces (buzzer beeps) - Pass - Tuskegee.

Constitutional amendment that banned chattel slavery.

(buzzer beeps) - 13th Amendment - Correct.

An author of the Souls of Black Folk (buzzer beeps) - Pass - Dubois.

1967 Supreme Court case permitting interracial marriage (buzzer beeps) - Pass - Loving versus Virginia.

Fraction in the Constitution used to tabulate slave representation.

(buzzer beeps) - Three-fifths - Correct.

Cosmetics mogul, the US' first self-made female millionaire.

(buzzer beeps) - No answer.

- Walker.

Leader of a namesake 1831 Slave Rebellion in Virginia.

- Nat Turner.

- Correct.

Moving over to our team from Berwick Category is Robert Lewis Stevenson.

Answer the following about literary works by Robert Lewis Stevenson.

Doctor who transforms into Mr. Hy-, (buzzer beeps) Emma.

- Dr. Jekyll.

- Correct.

Stevenson wrote that that love is a great aching one of these organs (buzzer beeps) Christopher?

- Heart.

- Heart, correct.

Novel in which David Balfour is abducted (buzzer beeps) Emma - Kidnapped - Correct.

Constituent country of the UK where Stevenson was born.

(buzzer beeps) Christopher - Scotland.

- Correct.

Captain who leaves a map in Treasure Island (buzzer beeps) Josephine.

- Captain Ahab.

- Okay, that's flint.

One-legged pirate who starts a mutiny in Treasure Island.

(buzzer beeps) Jack - Long John Silver - Correct.

Type of pet bird owned by Long John Silver (buzzer beeps) - Parrot.

- Correct.

Boy who narrates Treasure Island (buzzer beeps) Emma - Jim.

I, I forget his last name - is a correct answer.

Pacific Island country where Stevenson's poem Requiem appears on his tomb.

(buzzer beeps) Josephine - Indonesia.

- I'm sorry?

- Indonesia.

- Indonesia is incorrect.

It is Samoa and that's the end of our lightning round.

So let's take a look at our score.

We have Berwick with 110 points and Selinsgrove with 30 points.

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

What war, in which the Battle of Inkerman was followed by a long siege of Sevastopol was a victory for a British French Ottoman alliance over Russia.

(buzzer beeps) Christopher - Crimean War - Crimean is correct answer Christopher and your bonus Berwick.

In Greek mythology, both the graces and the fates are usually described as consisting of how many sisters?

(buzzer beeps) - Oops, my bad sorry I forgot that was the bonus - I'm sorry?

- She accidentally buzzed.

Our answer is three - Your answer is three is correct answer.

Toss up What singer who released the 2021 albums Blue Banisters and Chem Trails over (buzzer beeps) the Country Club says, McKenna Selinsgrove.

- Lana Del Rey - is correct answer and your bonus.

What author who was the member of the "beat" generation wrote about a strange place known as Inter Zone in his novel Naked Lunch (buzzer beeps) McKenna?

- No answer.

- Okay, the correct answer is Burrows.

Toss up What play, in which aristocrat Madame Ranevskaya loses her family's estate in Russia, is by Anton Chekhov and ends as axes fell the title Trees.

That's The Cherry Orchard.

Toss up.

What composer, who included a rose adagio in his ballet, Sleeping Beauty, used a B minor oboe theme to represent Odette in his ballet?

(buzzer beeps) - Tchaikovsky - Tchaikovsky's correct answer, Emma and your bonus Berwick.

What second largest moon of Jupiter is thought to be unusually undifferentiated and has a surface almost entirely covered by impact craters - Io.

- Io is incorrect.

It is Callisto.

Toss up What state whose 2022 gubernatorial election was between Katie Hobbs and Carrie Lake is represented in the Senate by Mark Kelly and Kirsten Sinema (buzzer beeps) Jack - Kansas.

- Kansas is incorrect.

Rebound to Selinsgrove (buzzer beeps) It would be Arizona.

Toss up.

What Monarch who finished the Djinguereber Mosque and may have reduced the value of gold by giving it away (buzzer beeps) was the ninth Josephine Berwick - Mansa Musa - Mansa Musa's correct answer Josephine and your bonus.

In 1962 what future Ohio Senator became the first American to orbit the earth aboard Friendship Seven.

(buzzer beeps) That was John Glenn.

Toss up.

What property characterizes the operation of an abelian group is lacked by matrix multiplication and means that A times B always equals B times A.

(buzzer beeps) Josephine Berwick.

- The commutative property - Commutative Josephine is correct answer and your bonus.

The 2022 student loan relief announced by Joe Biden can forgive more debt for recipients of what grants intended for students from low income families.

- Our answer is stipend.

- Stipend is incorrect.

It is Pell Grants.

We're going to take a look at our score.

We have Berwick with 155 points and Selinsgrove with 40 points.

We're going to take a minute and meet our students.

We'll give them a little bit of a break.

We'll start with our team from Berwick and Christopher why don't you start us off and tell us a little bit about you know, some of the clubs and the things that you're involved in in school - In Berwick obviously, I'm involved in our scholastic team.

We call it Quiz bowl.

I also am involved in our local band program and Model UN.

- Very good.

Jack, how about you - Like Chris, I am also involved in quiz bowl and band.

I am also involved in our drama club.

I'm in our math club and I was on the debate team for a short while but you can't win so what's the point (Regina laughs) - Emma, how about yourself?

- Quiz bowl and marching band.

- Okay, keeps you very busy.

And Josephine?

- Well Regina, I'm also similar to Christopher, involved in our Scholastic team called Quiz Bowl.

I'm in our school's newspaper and I'm also in Model UN.

- Okay some very busy students.

Let's move over to our team from Selinsgrove and Taylor why don't you start us off and tell us a little bit about some of the things you might like to do outside of school.

- Well, outside of school when I'm not at soccer practice I'm usually working on technology student association projects or playing bass guitar in my band.

- Okay.

Evan?

- I play soccer year round and I also play and perform the piano.

- Very good.

How about you Chris?

- I participate in the tennis team and work at a local summer camp.

- Okay.

McKenna, why don't you finish it off?

- Yep.

So I work at a local retail store and I also work on computers.

I've built a couple personal computers outside of school.

- Very nice to meet all of you.

Good luck to both teams.

We will now begin the second half of the game with this tossup question.

What British author wrote about siblings Isabella and Edgar Linton who grow up at the Thrushcross Grange Estate in her novel Wuthering Heights?

(buzzer beeps) Josephine - Bronte - Bronte?

Can you be more specific?

- Emily Bronte - Emily Bronte is correct answer Josephine and your bonus.

What sensitive yellow tissue that is a major component of teeth, surrounds the pulp and is covered by cementum in the root and enamel on the crown.

- Pulp.

- Pulp is incorrect.

It is Denton.

Toss up.

What artist whose spinal surgery inspired her piece, The Broken Column, painted self-portraits depicting her uni brow (buzzer beeps) and was married.

Josephine Berwick - Frida Kahlo - Frida Kahlo's correct answer and your bonus.

What national park near the tourist towns of Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg is shared between Tennessee and North Carolina in the Appalachians.

(team murmuring) - Our answer is homestead.

- Homestead is incorrect.

It is the Great Smoky Mountains.

Toss up.

What symbol which precedes a fragment in a URL and a comment in Python is above the three three on the QWERTY keyboard (buzzer beeps) and is the first McKenna Selinsgrove - Forward slash - Forward slash is incorrect.

I will complete the question and rebound to Berwick; is the first character in a hashtag (buzzer beeps) Jack - The pound sign.

- Pound sign is correct answer for your rebound points.

Toss up.

Which English king, who in legend was opposed by Robinhood, succeeded his brother Richard, the Lionheart (buzzer beeps) and reluctantly.

Christopher Berwick.

- King John.

- King John is correct answer and your bonus.

What United States president was the last one eligible to run for a third term, as he was in office when this 22nd amendment was ratified.

- Truman - Truman's correct answer for your bonus points.

Toss up.

What country the setting of Edgar Allen Poe's story, The Pit and The Pendulum, is where the Catholic monarchs (buzzer beeps) targeted, Jack - Spain.

- Spain is correct answer Jack and your bonus.

The phrase, tender is the night, comes from what English (buzzer beeps) romantic poem which ends by asking do I wake or sleep and is addressed to the title bird?

(team murmurs) - Nightingale.

- Nightingale is incorrect.

It is Ode to a Nightingale.

Toss up.

What materials have a band gap exceeding Three EV include dielectrics and plastics, block current flow and are commonly wrapped around (buzzer beeps) electrical - Insulators.

- Insulators, Emma from Berwick, is correct answer.

And your bonus.

Following the death of Elizabeth II, Europe's only reigning queen is what country's queen, Margrethe the second - Greece.

- Greece is incorrect.

It is Denmark.

Toss up.

What island, which Alcibiades tried and disastrously failed to assault in 415 BC, was home to Syracuse and is the largest Mediterranean island, (buzzer beeps) Josephine Berwick.

- Crete - Is incorrect.

Rebound to Selinsgrove.

Three seconds.

(buzzer beeps) That was Sicily.

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

This time Berwick will pick first your categories are four letter words or car - (team murmurs) Four letter words.

- Four letter words.

The time begins when I complete the first question.

Give these four letter words, each of which contain just one vowel.

A skirt worn in the Scottish highlands.

(buzzer beeps) Josephine - Kilt.

- Correct.

Urban haze caused by pollutants.

(buzzer beeps) Emma - Smog - Correct.

Yellow portion of an egg (buzzer beeps) Jack - Yolk - Correct.

Likelihood of something happening (buzzer beeps) Emma - Odds - Correct.

Cleverly skillful (buzzer beeps) - Pass - Deft.

To crouch (buzzer beeps) - Pass - Duck.

Wearing shoes.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass - Shod.

Cross like symbol with a loop at its top (buzzer beeps) - Ankh - Correct.

Serious criticism or anti-aircraft munitions.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass - Flack.

To perform in public for money (buzzer beeps) - Pass - That would be busk.

Moving over to our team from Selinsgrove, Selinsgrove.

the category is car.

Identify these things whose names contain the successive letters C A R. Element with atomic number six (buzzer beeps) - Carbon - Correct.

Orange brown confectionary made by heating sugar (buzzer beeps) - Caramel - Correct type of fish that includes Koi.

(buzzer beeps) - Carp.

- Correct.

Island Nation whose capital is Antanuarto-narivo (buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- Madagascar.

Band of cloth worn around the neck.

(buzzer beeps) - Scarf.

- Correct.

President whose vice president was Walter Mondale (buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- Carter.

brother of Mufasa who steals the throne from his nephew (buzzer beeps) Simba - Scar.

- Correct.

American General who oversaw the military occupation of Japan.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass - MacArthur.

University in Pittsburgh attended by Andy Warhol (buzzer beeps) - Carnegie Mellon.

- Correct.

Most populous city in Wales (buzzer beeps) - Pass - Cardiff.

And that's the end of our lightning round so let's take a look at our current score.

We have Berwick with 245 points and Selinsgrove with 70 points.

We will now begin the last segment of the game with this toss up question.

What player, who in 2011 signed a 10 year deal with the angels returned at age 42 to the St. Louis Cardinals and hit his 700th home run in 2022.

(buzzer beeps) - McKenna - Mike Trout - is incorrect.

Rebound to Berwick.

(buzzer beeps) That was Pujols.

Toss up.

What state is the setting of the story and occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge and Ghost At a Watchman, a first draft of Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird.

(buzzer beeps) Jack Berwick - Alabama - Alabama's Correct.

And your bonus, what two numbers are the only two consecutive integers that are both prime?

- (team discusses) One and two.

- is incorrect.

It is two and three.

Toss up.

What king's ghost titles a 1998 Adam Hoax Child book that details the atrocities carried out in the Congo free state while he was king of Belgium.

(buzzer beeps) Josephine Berwick.

- Leopold - Leopold is correct answer.

And your bonus.

What mythical creature appears on the flags of both whales and Bhutan?

- Dragon - Dragon's correct answer for your bonus points.

Toss up.

What class of substances, some of which are produced when UV light breaks down CFCs are highly reactive and have one or more unpaired electrons (buzzer beeps) Jack - Ions - Ion is incorrect.

Rebound to Selinsgrove, five seconds (buzzer beeps) Chris - Noble gases.

- Noble gases is incorrect.

It is radicals.

Toss up.

What biblical city, where a woman named Rayhab hid two Israelite scouts, was where Israeli Israelites blew trumpets for seven days causing its walls to fall.

(buzzer beeps) Jack Berwick - Jericho - Jericho's correct answer and your bonus.

Pencil, paper, ready.

What integer is equal to the quotient of the quantity three raised to the sixth power divided by the quantity nine cubed.

(buzzer beeps) Emma - One - One is correct answer Emma, for your bonus points.

Toss up What war, whose final battles included Pork Chop Hill, ended with a strip of land near the 38th parallel becoming a DMZ (buzzer beeps) dividing Josephine Berwick - The Korean War - Korean War's correct answer Josephine and your bonus.

Aidy Bryant, Kate McKinnon and Pete Davidson were among the cast members who departed from what NBC show after it completed its 47th season in 2022.

- SNL - SNL's correct answer for your bonus points.

Toss up.

What object, which is thrown into a lake by Bedivere, after the Battle of (buzzer beeps) Camlan is a magical Christopher Berwick - Sword.

- Sword is incorrect.

I'll complete the question and rebound to Selinsgrove magical sword given by the Lady of the Lake to King Arthur.

There's still five seconds (buzzer beeps) - Pass - Evan.

The correct answer is Excalibur.

Toss up.

What author's poetry collection, Barrack Room ballads includes a poem narrated by a British soldier about a heroic Indian water carrier named Gungadin (buzzer beeps) Josephine - Kipling - Kipling is correct answer, Josephine and your bonus.

What Roman author pioneered the form of the encyclopedia in his book, Natural History, before dying during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius?

- Pliny.

- Can you be more specific?

- Pliny the Elder - Pliny the Elder's a correct answer for your bonus points.

And that is the end of the game.

Our score is Selinsgrove 70 points and Berwick 315 points.

Congratulations Berwick, 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.

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