(intro music) (explosion) (intro music continues) - 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 five-thousand dollars.

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

This year's Scholastic Scrimmage looks a little different and the rules have been revised due to the COVID-19 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 Southern Columbia and Berwick.

Playing in the first half for Southern Columbia are Jaron Ferrara and Savich Chapman.

Their advisor is Leanne Roughton.

Representing Berwick in the first half are Ryan Conklin and Will Vanderlick.

Their advisor is Todd Gunther and the alternates are Eric Switzer and Maryanna Betterly.

Well, let's get started.

Southern Columbia has won the coin toss and will receive the first question.

Which is, "What present day country's archeological sites include the Buddhist Ajanta Caves and Maharashtra and the Ellora caves with Jain and Hindu influence?"

- India.

- [Paul] India is correct.

And here's your bonus question, "What European kingdom was ruled during the Middle Ages by the Piast dynasty under monarchs like Casimir the Great?"

- Russia.

- [Paul] Is incorrect.

We were looking for Poland.

Berwick, coming over to you.

"What English King, who signed the Treaty of Perpetual Peace with Scotland, beat Richard the Third at the Battle of Bosworth to establish the Tudor dynasty?"

- King Henry.

- [Paul] Be more specific.

- Henry the Eighth.

- [Paul] Is incorrect.

Rebound now to Southern Columbia.

- King Henry the Third.

- Nope.

Both of you were very close.

We were looking for Henry the Seventh.

Henry the Seventh.

Southern Columbia, coming back to you.

"What bio-molecules, whose complex type consists of polymers, are named after their chemical composition which resembles a multiple of CH20?"

- Carbon dioxide.

(beeps) - Is incorrect.

Rebound now to Berwick.

(beeps) 'Kay.

Ran out of time there.

We were looking for carbohydrates.

Carbohydrates.

Let's move onto the next question and this is yours, Berwick.

"What team, which in 2019 signed running back Latavius Murray to play along with Alvin Kamara, was led by quarterback Drew Brees and plays in Louisiana?"

- The Saints.

- [Paul] Is correct and here's your bonus question.

"Shelby County v. Holder partly held unconstitutional what 1965 law, which was intended to help African-Americans secure suffrage?"

- The Civil Rights Act.

- [Paul] Is incorrect.

We were looking for the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Southern Columbia, going to come back to you.

"What author described a cowering, timorous beastie in his poem 'To a Mouse' and set down traditional lyrics in the Scot's dialect song, 'Auld Lang Syne'?"

(beep) Okay.

Rebound now to Berwick.

- Wilde.

- [Paul] Is incorrect.

We were looking for Robert Burns.

Robert Burns.

Berwick, coming back to you now.

"What genre of composition in which Ludwig van Beethoven wrote five works, including the 'Emperor', is scored for orchestra and a solo keyboard player?"

- Symphony.

- [Paul] Is incorrect.

Rebound now to Southern Columbia.

- What is rhapsody?

- [Paul] Is incorrect.

We were looking for Piano Concertos.

Piano Concertos.

Southern Columbia, here comes your next question.

(beep) "What southern state, which was the last to ratify the 13th Amendment, passed a law in 2020 removing the Confederate flag from its state flag?"

- South Carolina.

- [Paul] Is incorrect.

Rebound now to Berwick.

- Alabama.

- [Paul] Nope.

The state we were looking for was Mississippi.

Mississippi.

And that sound that you heard signals the end of the first quarter.

And it's now time for the (thunder rolls) lightning round.

In this segment, each team will have an opportunity to answer as many of the ten rapid fire questions as they can in one minute.

Southern Columbia has won the coin toss and will pick first.

Your categories are 'Women in Science' or 'Most Populous Cities.'

- Most Populous Cities.

- Okay.

Most Populous Cities it is.

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

"Given a country, name its most populous city which is not its capital."

Australia.

- Sydney.

- [Paul] Yes.

Turkey.

- Pass.

- [Paul] Istanbul.

Brazil.

- Rio de Janeiro.

- [Paul] San Paulo.

China.

- Hong Kong.

- [Paul] Shanghai.

Nigeria.

- Pass.

- Lagos.

Pakistan.

- Pass.

- [Paul] Karachi.

Switzerland.

- Pass.

- [Paul] Zurich.

Morocco.

- Pass.

- [Paul] Casablanca.

Philippines.

(beep) 'Kay.

That's going to do it.

We were looking for Quezon City.

Quezon City, Southern Columbia.

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

Now Berwick, we're going to come over to you.

Your remaining category will be 'Women in Science.'

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

Answer the following about Women in Science.

"Her namesake institute studies chimpanzees in Tanzania."

- Pass.

- [Paul] Jane Goodall.

"Discoverer of radium and polonium."

- Marie Curie.

- [Paul] Yes.

"Lise Meitner studied this process of atoms splitting apart."

- Fission.

- [Paul] Yes.

"Maud Menten studied the kinetics of these protein catalysts."

- Enzymes.

- [Paul] Yes.

"Hidden Figures profile this agency's women computers."

- NASA.

- [Paul] Yes.

"This woman's Photo 51 helped show DNA structure."

- Pass.

- That's Rosalind Franklin.

"Polymer discovered by Stephanie Kwolek used in bulletproof vests."

- (indistinct) - [Paul] Kevlar.

"Maryam Mirzakhani won the Fields Medal in this field in 2014."

- Chemistry.

- [Paul] Math.

"This Navy admiral helped create COBOL and UNIVAC."

(beep) Ran out of time there.

We were looking for Grace Hopper.

Grace Hopper.

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

And after that, we currently have Berwick in the lead over Southern Columbia.

Fifty to twenty.

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 Southern Columbia and Jaron, I'll come your way first.

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

- I don't know.

I like to play games on my computer.

- [Paul] All right.

Very good.

Savich, what do you like to do when you're not in school?

What are your hobb- - I focus.

I focus a lot on soccer.

I do a little bit of track and field but I like to stay physically active a lot.

- [Paul] Excellent.

Thanks for being here, Southern Columbia.

Good luck the rest of the way.

Berwick, we're gonna come over to you.

Ryan, what do you like to do when you're not in school?

- Well, I like to go fishing and play baseball in my free time.

- [Paul] Excellent.

Very cool.

And Will, what do you like to do when you're not in class?

- Well, I enjoy playing bass.

- Okay.

That's great.

That's great.

Thank you for being here, Berwick.

It was very nice to meet all of you.

Now, we'll go ahead and begin the second quarter with this question that goes to Berwick.

"What author wrote an 1837 story, in which a child is the la- is the first person honest enough to remark that a ruler is nude?

Titled 'The Emperor's New Clothes.'"

- (indistinct) - [Paul] Is incorrect.

Rebound now to Southern Columbia.

- I'm not sure.

- [Paul] Okay.

We're looking for Hans Christian Anderson.

Southern Columbia, here comes your next question.

"Potentiometers are variable examples of what circuit components, whose strength is specified by colored bands and which are rated in ohms?"

(beep) Ran out of time.

Berwick, rebound to you now.

- Resistors.

- [Paul] Resistors is correct for your rebound points, Berwick.

Great job.

Here comes your next question.

"What body is home to both the Chinese goddess Chang'e and the Chinese lander Chang'e 4, which in 2019, deployed the Yutu 2 rover on its dark side?"

- Mars.

- [Paul] Is incorrect.

Rebound now to Southern Columbia.

(beep) No answer.

We were looking for the moon.

The moon.

Southern Columbia, here comes your next question.

"What structure was nationalized in 1956 by Gamal Abdel Nasser, leading British and French forces to invade Egypt in its namesake crisis?"

(beep) 'Kay.

No answer.

Berwick, you have the rebound.

- Iraq.

- [Paul] Nope.

We were looking for the Suez Canal.

The Suez Canal.

Berwick, here comes your next question.

"What mathematician, who proved there are infinitely many primes and state of the parallel postulate in his elements is called the Father of Geometry?"

- Pythagoras.

- [Paul] Is incorrect.

Rebound now to Southern Columbia.

(beep) 'Kay.

We're looking for Euclid.

Euclid.

All right.

Southern Columbia, here we go.

"John Roebling designed what pioneering steel wire suspension bridge which crosses the East River to link Manhattan with its namesake borough?

- The Brooklyn Bridge.

- [Paul] Is correct and here's your bonus question.

"What term from the Greek for 'measuring the people' refers to the statistical study of populations and subgroups?"

- Census.

- [Paul] Is incorrect.

We're looking for demographics.

Demographics.

Berwick, here's your next question.

"What method first used in 1890 to execute William Kemmler became controversial due to George Westinghouse and Thomas Edison's war of the currents?"

(beep) - The electric chair.

- [Paul] Is correct and here's your bonus question, and have your pencils and papers ready to go.

"How is the number 360 million expressed in scientific notation with two significant figures?"

- 3.60 times 10th to the seven.

- [Paul] That is incorrect.

We were looking for 3.6 times 10 raised to the eighth power.

And after one half of play, we have a great game.

Berwick in the lead over Southern Columbia.

Seventy to thirty.

Want to thank you, Southern Columbia, for coming out.

Jaron, Savich, great job.

Thank you so much.

And Berwick.

Ryan, Will, you guys were fantastic.

Thank you so very much.

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

Now joining us for Southern Columbia are Joseph Quintin and Michael Zitto.

And representing Berwick are Samuel Sigora Suarez and Regan Welch.

Okay.

Southern Columbia, you're getting the first question this round.

"What state where unionist Walter Reuther clashed with security guards at River Rouge is home to Dearborn, the site of Ford Motor Company?"

- Michigan.

- [Paul] Is correct and I'll give you your bonus question.

"What English poet returned to the landscape surrounding the River Wye inspired his 1798 poem 'Tintern Abbey'?"

- Shakespeare.

- [Paul] Is incorrect.

We were looking for William Wordsworth.

William Wordsworth.

Berwick, over to you now.

"What novel in which Marija gets a job at a can painting factory and Jurgis Rudkus works in the Chicago meat packing industry is by Upton Sinclair?"

- No answer.

(beep) - Okay.

Rebound now to Southern Columbia.

(beep) 'Kay.

We were looking for The Jungle.

Southern Columbia, here comes your next question.

"What country is the setting of the paintings 'Fine Wind, Clear Morning' and 'The Great Wave Off Kanagawa' which both depict Mount Fuji?"

- Japan.

- [Paul] Japan is correct and here's your bonus question now.

"Which English King, the father of Edward the Black Prince, led England during The Black Death?"

- King Henry the Sixth.

- [Paul] Nope.

We were looking for Edward the Third.

Edward the Third.

Berwick, here comes your question.

"What strong acid, which combines in a one to three ratio with hydrochloric acid to form the mixture aqua regia, has the molecular formula HNO3?"

(beep) Okay.

Ran out of time.

Southern Columbia, rebound to you.

- Nitric acid.

- [Paul] Nitric acid is correct for your rebound point.

Southern Columbia, here comes your next question.

"Which man who claimed to be named No Man to trick Polyphemus was married to Penelope and spent ten years trying to return from the Trojan War?"

(beep) - Pass.

- Okay.

Ran out of time there.

Rebound now to Berwick.

(beep) Okay.

The answer was Odysseus.

Odysseus.

Berwick, here comes your next question.

"What video game series whose second installment features Hyperion corporations president Handsome Jack follows vault hunters on the planet Pandora?"

(beep) Okay.

Ran out of time.

Rebound to Southern Columbia.

- Fallout.

- [Paul] No.

We were looking for Borderlands.

Borderlands.

Here comes your next question, Southern Columbia.

"What monarch whose succession was ensured by the pragmatic sanction (beep) was the mother of Marie Antoinette and was a Habsburg Empress of Austria?"

- Catherine the Great.

- [Paul] Is incorrect.

Rebound to Berwick.

- Maria Theresa.

- Maria Theresa is correct for your rebound points.

Berwick, great job.

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

This time, Berwick will pick first.

Your categories will be 'Athletic siblings' or 'Johns.'

- We'll go with Johns.

- [Paul] 'Kay.

Johns it is and your time begins when I finish reading the first question.

"Identify these Americans with the first name John."

Second president.

- John Adams.

- [Paul] Yes.

"Man born Johnny Chapman, who planted trees throughout the Midwest."

- John Louis.

- [Paul] Johnny Appleseed.

"Author of 'The World According to Garp.'"

- Pass.

- [Paul] That's John Irving.

"Co-founder of Standard Oil, generally considered the richest American ever."

- Pass.

- That's John D. Rockefeller.

"Republican presidential nominee in 2008."

- (together) Pass.

- [Paul] That's John McCain.

"Jazz saxophonist whose albums include 'Giant Steps' and 'The Last Trane.'"

- Pass.

- [Paul] That's John Coltrane.

"Founder of the Sierra club."

- Pass.

- [Paul] That's John Muir.

(beep) John Muir.

Okay, Berwick.

That's going to wrap up your portion of the lightning round.

Southern Columbia, we're going to come over to you right now.

And your remaining category will be 'Athletic Siblings.'

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

"Given pairs of siblings and the sports in which they compete, give their last names."

Tennis.

Venus and Serena.

- (together) Williams.

- [Paul] Yes.

Football.

Peyton and Eli.

- Manning.

- [Paul] Yes.

Basketball.

Stephen and Seth.

- Curry.

- [Paul] Yes.

Baseball.

Dom and Joltin Joe.

- Pass.

- [Paul] DiMaggio.

Basketball.

Pau and Marc.

- Gasol.

- [Paul] Yes.

Football.

Coaches Jim and John.

- Harbaugh.

- [Paul] Yes.

Baseball.

Bengie and Yadier.

- Molina.

- [Paul] Yes.

Auto racing.

Kurt and Kyle.

- Pass.

- [Paul] That's Busch.

Basketball.

Reggie and Cheryl.

- Miller.

- [Paul] Yes.

Boxing.

Vitali and Wladimir.

- (laughs) Pass.

- [Paul] All right.

That's Klitschko.

Klitschko.

All right, guys.

Great job in the lightning round.

We currently have Southern Columbia in the lead over Berwick.

One thirty to ninety.

And again, 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.

We'll start with the students from Southern Columbia and Joseph, I'll come to you first.

Tell me who your favorite musician is and why.

- Beethoven.

(laughs) - [Paul] And why do you- - I don't know.

I just like him.

- [Paul] All right.

Excellent.

Michael, your favorite musical artist and why?

- Oh.

I gotta go with Taylor Swift.

(laughs) I think it's pretty self-explanatory.

- [Paul] I do too.

Excellent.

Thank you, Southern Columbia.

Good luck the rest of the way.

Berwick, can I come over to you?

Samuel, who is your favorite musical artist and why?

- I like The Beatles.

- [Paul] All right.

Excellent.

Thank you, Samuel.

And Regan, your favorite musical artist and why?

- I, I really don't have a favorite.

I like a lot of different ones.

- [Paul] That's great to be exposed to all kinds of different genres of music.

So that's, that's wonderful.

Thank you guys for all being here.

It's very nice to meet you.

Now, we'll begin the fourth quarter with this question that goes to Berwick.

"Which city is home to the catacombs of Kom El-Shoqafa and was home to the Pharaohs?

A lighthouse that was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World."

- Egypt.

- [Paul] Is incorrect.

Rebound now to Southern Columbia.

- Aires.

- [Paul] Nope.

We were looking for Alexandria.

Alexandria.

Southern Columbia, here comes your next question.

"What number of electrons in a field p subshell is also the number of carbon atoms in a molecule of benzene and the atomic number of carbon?"

- Six.

- [Paul] Is correct and here's your bonus question.

"What Republican who lost the 1916 presidential election to Woodrow Wilson later served as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court from 1930 to 1941?"

- Teddy Roosevelt.

- [Paul] Is incorrect.

We were looking for Charles Evans Hughes.

Charles Evans Hughes.

Berwick, here comes your next question.

"What man wrote the 2016 book 'Born a Crime' which describes his youth in apartheid, South Africa and succeeded John Stewart as the host of The Daily Show?"

- No idea.

(beep) - [Paul] Okay.

Rebound now to Southern Columbia.

- Trevor Noah.

- [Paul] Is correct for your rebound point, Southern Columbia, and here comes your next question.

"What author described all life in Babylon becoming subsumed to a lottery and a structure containing all possible books in his collection 'Ficciones'?"

- I don't know.

- Okay.

Rebound now to Berwick.

- No answer.

(beep) - Okay.

We're looking for Jorge Luis Borges.

Berwick, here comes your next question.

"What billionaire, who co-founded the brain machine interface company Neuralink, also founded SpaceX and the electric car company Tesla?"

- Elon Musk.

- [Paul] Is correct and here's your bonus question.

"In 2015, Deaf West Theater produced a sign language Broadway revival of what 2006 rock musical, whose teenage characters include Melchior and Wendla?"

- Dil.

(laughs) - [Paul] Nope.

We were looking for Spring Awakening.

Spring Awakening.

Okay.

Southern Columbia, you are up.

Here's your question.

"Which vitamin found in brussel sprouts and strawberries is involved in tissue repair, is used to treat scurvy, and is also known as ascorbic acid?"

- Vitamin D. - [Paul] Is incorrect.

Rebound now to Berwick.

- Vitamin C. - [Paul] Vitamin C is correct for your rebound points.

Here comes your next question, Berwick.

"What school teacher who graduated from Yale at age 18, was 21 when he was captured in New York by the British in September, 1776, and was executed as a spy?"

(beep) (beep) And we're going to rebound now to Southern Columbia.

- Benedict Arnold.

- [Paul] Is incorrect.

We were looking for Nathan Hale.

And that sound that you heard means it's the end of the game.

And our winner tonight is Southern Columbia over Berwick.

One fifty to one ten.

Congratulations, Southern Columbia.

You're 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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