(whistle blowing) (marching band music) ♪ Go (whistle blowing) (marching band music) - 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 $1,000, $3,000 or $5,000.

Tonight's match features Lewisburg versus Southern Columbia.

Representing Southern Columbia is Austin Hill, Isaac Carter, Landon Ferrara, and their captain is Gavin Krebs.

Their alternates are Aiden Corrigan and Ethan Rush.

Their advisor is Leanne Roten.

Representing Lewisburg is Hazel Bonapani, Tim Coghlan, Henry Rovnak.

Their captain is Tori Vanderhyde.

Their alternates are Sophia Martin and Gabriela Rosenberg.

And their advisor is Michael Creeger.

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 the 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.

What constellation whose namesake Nebula is part of a sword feature contains the bright stars Betelgeuse and Rigel and namesake belt?

(buzzer beeps) Gavin, Southern Columbia.

- Orion.

- Orion's correct answer and your bonus, Southern Columbia.

What Brazilian dance style which partly developed from the early maxixe was popularized by performers like Carmen Miranda?

- Salsa?

- Just guess.

(buzzer beeps) - Gavin?

- Salsa.

- Salsa is incorrect, it is samba.

Toss-up.

What president who appointed midnight judges at the end of his term, was the only Federalist president and also the first vice president?

(buzzer beeps) Tori, Lewisburg.

- John Adams.

- John Adams is correct answer and your bonus, Lewisburg.

The term pessimism was coined by critics of what 1759 novella by Voltaire in which the title character is educated by the optimistic Dr. Pangloss?

(buzzer beeps) - No answer.

- Okay, the correct answer is "Candide".

Toss-up, what animals are set to have three different names in a T.S.

Elliott poetry collection titled for Old Possum, which also depicts one named Macavity?

(timer beeps) They're cats.

Toss-up, what elements which exhibit a namesake contraction in atomic radius have a partially filled 4f subshell and include europium and gadolinium?

(buzzer beeps) Henry, Lewisburg.

- Lanthanides.

- Lanthanides is correct answer and your bonus, Lewisburg.

Pencil, paper ready for this one.

What is the total surface area of a cube whose edges each have a length of 7?

(buzzer beeps) Henry?

- 294.

- 294 is correct answer for your bonus points.

Toss-up what city, where the New Jersey plan was proposed, is where the Connecticut Compromise at Independence Hall led to the- (buzzer beeps) Tori, Lewisburg.

- Philadelphia.

- Philadelphia's correct answer, Tori and your bonus.

What jazz pianist formed a band in Kansas City that often played "One O'Clock Jump" at the Reno Club where he was nicknamed Count?

- (whispers) Joplin?

(buzzer beeps) - Tori?

- Joplin.

- Joplin is incorrect, it is Basie.

Toss-up, what author set his story "Ball of Fat" during the Franco-Prussian War and described the loss of a borrowed piece of jewelry in his story, "The Necklace?"

(timer buzzes) That is Maupassant.

Toss-up, what angel who said, "recite" on the night of power in the cave Hira foretold the birth of Jesus and revealed- (buzzer beeping) Gavin, Southern Columbia.

- Gabriel?

- Gabriel's correct answer and your bonus.

What part of the human body contains the cochlea and three tiny bones collectively called the ossicles?

(buzzer beeps) Gavin?

- Ear.

- The ear is correct answer for your bonus points.

Toss-up.

What planet, on which troughs called the Pantheon Fossae lie in the Caloris Basin, has an 88 day orbital period (buzzer beeps) and is the- Henry, Lewisburg?

- Venus.

- Venus is incorrect, I'll complete the question and rebound to Southern Columbia.

Period and is nearest planet to the sun?

(buzzer beeps) Gavin?

- Mercury.

- Mercury's correct answer for your rebound points.

And that's the end of the first quarter and it's now time for the lightning round.

(electrical buzzing) 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.

Lewisburg has won the coin toss and will pick first.

Your categories are literary terms or secretaries of state.

Time begins when I finish reading the first question.

- Literary terms.

- Literary terms.

Given a definition and the first letter, identify these literary terms.

A story's tenses most exciting point, C. (buzzer beeps) - Climax.

- Correct, technique of hinting at a future event, F. (buzzer beeps) Tim.

- Foreshadowing.

- Correct.

Opponent of the protagonist, A.

(buzzer beeps) - Antagonist.

- Correct.

Style of narration that follows ongoing trains of thought, S. (buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- Stream of consciousness story told by documents such as letters, E. (buzzer beeps) Tori.

- Pass.

- Apostleary.

Deliberate exaggeration to emphasize a point, H. (buzzer beeps) - Hyperbole.

- Correct.

Story whose characters symbolize concepts or groups, A.

(buzzer beeps) Henry.

- Illusion.

- Illusion is incorrect, allegory.

Plot device in which an unexpected event abruptly solves a problem, D. (buzzer beeps) - [Both] Pass.

- Deus ex machina.

Assigning human attributes to inanimate things, P. (buzzer beeps) - Personification.

- Correct.

Narrator who knows everything about the stories world, O.

(buzzer beeps) - Omniscient.

- Omniscient is correct answer, Hazel.

Moving over to our team from Southern Columbia.

Your category is secretaries of state.

Named the presidents who appointed these secretaries of state, Rex Tillerson and Mike Pompeo.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- Trump.

Thomas Jefferson and Edmond Randolph.

(buzzer beeps) Landon.

- George Washington.

- Correct.

Hillary Clinton and John Carey.

(buzzer beeps) - Barack Obama.

- Correct.

Philander Knox who promoted dollar diplomacy.

(buzzer beeps) - Gavin.

- Roosevelt.

- Taft.

Cordell Hull, Edward Stettinius and James Burns (buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- FDR.

Henry Clay who took office in 1829 through the corrupt bargain.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- John Quincy Adams.

Warren Christopher and Madeleine Albright (buzzer beeps) - Bush.

- Clinton.

James Monroe, who succeeded this president.

(buzzer beeps) - Adams.

- Madison.

John Foster Dulles.

(timer beeps) That was Eisenhower.

That's the end of the lightning round.

Let's take a look at our current score.

We have Southern Columbia with 45 and Lewisburg with 65.

Going to move into the second quarter with this tossup question.

What country whose island of San Salvador is where Columbus first landed in 1492?

(buzzer beeps) Tori?

- Dominican Republic.

- Dominican Republic is incorrect.

I'll complete the question and rebound to Southern Columbia.

In 1492 is an archeologic commonwealth Caribbean nation led from Nassau.

(buzzer beeps) Austin?

No answer?

- Pass.

- Okay, the correct answer is Bahamas.

Toss-up, what national park that has sections in both the Colorado and Mojave Deserts is named for the plant Yucca brevifolia and is in southern California?

(buzzer beeps) - Joshua Tree.

- Correct, Tim from Lewisburg and your bonus.

What state was governed by Nellie Tayloe Ross the first female US governor and as a territory became the first to grant women's suffrage?

(buzzer beeps) Henry?

- Wyoming.

- Wyoming is correct answer for your bonus points.

Toss-up what species, whose genome was published in 2010 by 2022 Nobel Prize winner Svante Paabo, died out 40,000 years ago after interbreeding with humans?

(buzzer beeps) Gavin?

- Neanderthals.

- Neanderthals.

Correct answer, Gavin and your bonus.

What Rhode Island based company, the fourth largest in the United States, owns the health insurance firm Aetna and almost 10,000 drug stores?

(buzzer beeps) Gavin?

- Johnson and Johnson?

- Johnson and Johnson is incorrect, it is CVS.

Toss-up.

In what state did a malfunctioning relief valve cause a partial meltdown in 1979 at the Three Mile Island (buzzer beeps) nuclear- Henry, Lewisburg.

- Pennsylvania.

- Pennsylvania, Henry is correct answer, and your bonus, Lewisburg.

What English author wrote the play "Dr. Faustus" and left his poem "Hero and Leander" incomplete when he was stabbed to death in a 1593 tavern brawl?

(buzzer beeps) Henry?

- Shakespeare.

- Shakespeare's incorrect, it is Christopher Marlowe.

Toss-up.

What character whose wife, Janice, accidentally drowned their daughter Rebecca June, appears in novels partly titled "Redux" and "Run" by John Updike?

(time buzzes) That would be Rabbit Angstrom.

Toss-up what MLB team for which D.L.

Hall debuted in 2022 plays home games at Camden Yards and has a logo that features an orange and black bird?

(buzzer beeps) - Landon, Southern Columbia.

- The Orioles.

- I'm sorry?

- Orioles.

- Orioles is correct answer and your bonus.

(timer buzzing) In the 1400s Sejong the Great ruled what Asian kingdom where he devised what is now the Hangul writing system?

(buzzer beeps) Austin?

- South Korea.

- South Korea is the answer given, judges is that correct?

- [Judge] No.

- It is incorrect.

It is just Korea.

Toss-up.

What movement targeted the five black categories and was carried out by the Gang Of Four and the Red Guards under the orders of chairman Mao?

(buzzer beeps) Henry, Lewisburg.

- The Communist Revolution in China.

- Communist Revolution in China is incorrect.

Rebound to Southern Columbia.

(buzzer beeps) Gavin?

- Just China?

- Is incorrect, it is Cultural Revolution.

(timer beeps) And that's the end of the first half.

Let's take a look at our current score.

We have Southern Columbia with 65 points and Lewisburg with 90 points.

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.

Let's start with our students from Southern Columbia.

Austin, why don't you start us off and tell us a little bit about your favorite subject and why?

- I would say my favorite subject would be science just because of the variety of topics.

There's a lot of interesting things to learn about and that's why I enjoy science the most.

- Nice to meet you, Austin.

Isaac?

- I'd probably say chemistry because we have a really good chemistry teacher at our school, Mr. DeLong.

He's a great guy.

- That makes a big difference.

Landon.

- I would say chemistry as well because you get to blow stuff up.

- (laughs) Good one.

Gavin.

- I like social studies and history 'cause I just like to learn about our past.

- Very good, nice talking with our students from Southern Columbia.

Let's move over to our team from Lewisburg.

Hazel, why don't you start us off.

- I enjoy art history because it's very interesting to learn about history and human cultures through the lens of art.

- It is, very good.

Tim.

- I like physics 'cause I like to learn about the world and 'cause of my teacher Mr. Gennick.

- Again.

Henry.

- I'll say math because it's what I'm good at, I enjoy it.

And I've a really good teacher, Mr. Kettlewell.

- Okay and Tori.

- I like history because it's interesting to learn about the past and how we developed.

- And let's not repeat those things that we shouldn't.

Right?

Great talking with all of you, good luck to both teams.

We will begin the second half of the game with this toss-up question.

What closed curve is generated by graphing x squared plus 4y?

(buzzer beeps) Gavin, Southern Columbia.

- Parabola.

- Parabola's incorrect, I'll complete the question and rebound to Lewisburg.

Plus 4y squared equals 1, has eccentricity between zero and one (buzzer beeps) and resembles- Henry?

- Ellipse.

- Ellipse is the correct answer, Henry.

for your rebound points.

Toss-up.

What application first developed that forethought incorporated as part of the Microsoft Office Suite has a red logo and is used to make- (buzzer beeps) Landon, Southern- - PowerPoint.

- PowerPoint, Landon's correct answer and your bonus.

What major river of West Africa flows past the cities of Bamako and Niamey?

(buzzer beeps) - The Mali River?

- Is incorrect, it is the Niger, Isaac.

Toss-up.

What video game brand named by founder Nolan Bushnell for a move in the game "Go" made games like "Centipede" and such consoles as the 5200 and the 2600?

(buzzer beeps) Henry, Lewisburg.

- Atari - Atari, Henry is correct answer and your bonus.

What mythical king was said to rule a Christian kingdom in India or Africa and was once identified with Ethiopian Emperor Zara Yaqob?

(buzzer beeps) - No answer.

- Okay, Tori, the correct answer is Prester John.

Toss-up.

What app which was co-created by Evan Spiegel lost millions of users after a 2018 redesign and allows users to send photos that disappear?

(buzzer beeps) Isaac.

- Snapchat.

- Snapchat's correct answer and your bonus.

What compound that has been used as a propellant in aerosols and in camping stove has molecular formula C4 H10?

(buzzer beeps) - Aerosol?

- Aerosol is incorrect, it is butane.

Toss-up.

Which land mass whose highest point is Vincent Massif is home to the Vostok and McMurdo research stations and contains- (buzzer beeps) Henry?

- Antarctica.

- Antarctica, Henry is correct answer and your bonus Lewisburg.

The Indian city of Jaipur is known as the city of what color?

Due to the common color of many of its historic buildings.

(buzzer beeps) Henry?

- Red?

- Is incorrect, it is pink.

Toss-up.

An (unclear) is a cowhide example of what objects exemplified in mythology by the Aegis that were wielded along with spears by Greek soldiers?

(buzzer beeps) - Shields.

- A shield, Tori is correct answer.

And your bonus, Lewisburg.

In what 1985 novel by Orson Scott Card whose sequels include "Speaker For The Dead," does the title character train to fight buggers?

(time buzzes) That's "Ender's Game."

Toss-up, pencil, paper ready.

What is the least common multiple of the two numbers 7 and 15, given they are coprime and have a greatest common factor of 1?

(contestants whispering) (buzzer beeps) Henry, Lewisburg.

- 105.

- 105, Henry is correct answer and your bonus.

William Gladstone led what British political party that evolved out of the Whigs and rivaled the conservatives in the 19th century?

(buzzer beeps) Henry?

- Lieber.

- Lieber is incorrect, it is Liberal Party.

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

(electronic zapping) This time Southern Columbia will choose first.

Your categories are colorful place names or born on the 4th of July.

- Colorful place names.

- Colorful place names.

The time begins after I read the first question.

Answer these following about places with colorful names or nicknames.

World's largest island by area which is controlled by Denmark.

(buzzer beeps) - Greenland.

- Correct.

African country once home to the Orange Free State.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- South Africa.

European country home to the Black Forest.

(buzzer beeps) Isaac.

- Belgium.

- Germany.

Island known as the Emerald Isle.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- Ireland.

South American country named after Silver.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- Argentina.

English name for China's Huang He River.

(buzzer beeps) - Yellow River.

Correct.

Country whose Blue Mountains run north of Kingston.

(buzzer beeps) Isaac.

- Jamaica.

- Correct.

Canadian territory whose capital is White Horse?

(buzzer beeps) Austin.

- Yukon.

- Correct.

US State Capitol near Red Rock's Amphitheater (buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- Denver.

US state whose towns- (timer beeps) Okay, moving over to our team from Lewisburg.

Your category is born on the 4th of July.

Name these people born on July 4.

President nicknamed Silent Cal.

(buzzer beeps) Tori.

- Calvin Coolidge.

- Correct.

Cartoonist known for his complicated devices.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- Goldberg.

Surveyor and namesake of the world's tallest mountain.

(buzzer beeps) Henry.

- Everest.

- Correct.

Italian General who led Italian unification.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass - Garabaldi.

Rapper whose album "Hollywood's Bleeding" included "Circles."

(buzzer beeps) Tori.

- Post Malone.

- Correct.

Trumpeter who recorded "What A Wonderful World."

(buzzer beeps) - Louis Armstrong.

- Correct.

Author of "Rappaccini's Daughter" and "The House Of Seven Gables."

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- Nathaniel Hawthorne.

Owner of the New York Yankees nicknamed The Boss.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- Steinbrenner.

Author of "Biloxi Blues" and "The Odd Couple."

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- Neil Simon.

Composer of "Oh!

Susanna" and "Camptown Races."

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- Stephen Foster.

That's the end of the lightning round.

So let's take a look at our current score.

We have Southern Columbia with 105 points and Lewisburg with 160 points.

We'll now begin the last segment of the game with this toss-up question.

In what country did 125 people die at Kanjuruhan Stadium in a 2000- (buzzer beeps) Isaac, Southern Columbia.

- Indonesia.

- Indonesia, Isaac's correct answer and your bonus.

What's surname of the actor who played Sheldon Cooper on "The Big Bang Theory" is shared with a school of design in New York City?

(buzzer beeps) Gavin?

- Cornell?

- Is incorrect it is Parsons.

Toss-up.

What man who was killed by Black Hand member Gavrilo Princip in Sarajevo was an Archduke whose 1914 murder was a- (buzzer beeps) Isaac, Southern Columbia.

- Archduke Ferdinand.

- Is correct answer and your bonus, Southern Columbia.

Which New Testament epistle may have been written by Priscilla and Aquila follows Philemon and is addressed to residents of Jerusalem?

(buzzer beeps) Gavin?

- Numbers.

- Numbers is incorrect, it is Hebrews.

Toss-up.

What particles which are omitted from a speculation source at Oak Ridge were discovered by James Chadwick and form the nucleus along with- (buzzer beeps) Henry, Lewisburg.

- Neutrinos, wait, no- - Neutrinos is incorrect.

Rebound to Southern Columbia, complete the question.

Along with protons?

(buzzer beeps) Landon?

- Neutrons.

- Neutrons is correct answer for your rebound points.

Toss-up.

What bands 1973 album "Goats Head Soup" yielded the hit "Angie" which like their earlier hits "Paint It, Black" and "Satisfaction" was sung by Mick Jagger?

(buzzer beeps) Tori, Lewisburg.

- Rolling Stones.

- Rolling Stones, Tori it's correct answer and your bonus.

What country where Julius Nyerere implemented socialist policies known as Ujamaa formed when a mainland country merged with Zanzibar in 1961?

(buzzer beeps) Tori?

- Venezuela.

- Venezuela is incorrect, it is Tanzania.

Toss-up.

What 1913 work, whose "Adoration Of The Earth" section, opens with a bassoon solo, is a ballet composed by Igor Stravinsky that depicts a pagan ceremony?

(timer buzzes) That's "The Rite of Spring."

Toss-up.

What character frames Justine Moritz for murder and strangles Elizabeth Lavenza on the wedding night of this character's creator, the scientist Victor?

(buzzer beeps) Isaac, Southern Columbia.

- Frankenstein.

- Frankenstein, Isaac's correct answer and your bonus.

In September, 2022, what organization's leader, Stewart Rhodes, went on trial on charge of seditious conspiracy related to the 2020 presidential election?

(buzzer beeps) Isaac?

- "Info Wars."

- "Info Wars" is incorrect, it is Oath Keepers.

Toss-up.

What King who was defeated at the Battle of Chalon a year before invading Italy in AD 452 was called the scourge of God as king of the Huns?

(buzzer beeps) - Atilla.

- Atilla, Tim is correct answer and your bonus.

How many carbon atoms are there in a molecule of toluene whose systematic name is methylbenzene?

(buzzer beeps) Henry?

- Four.

- Four is incorrect, it is seven.

Toss-up.

What quantity is constant across an isopycnic surface is highest among elements for osmium and ridium and equals the ratio of mass to volume?

(buzzer beeps) Isaac, Southern Columbia.

- Density.

- Density is correct.

And your bonus.

What Broadway songwriter has teamed with songwriter Justin Paul on the musicals "A Christmas Story," "James and the Giant Peach," and "Dear Evan Hansen?"

(buzzer beeps) Isaac.

- We don't know it.

(all laughing) - Okay, thanks for your honesty.

The correct answer is Pasek.

And that's the end of the game, so let's take a look at our score.

We have Southern Columbia with 155 points and Lewisburg with 180 points.

Congratulations, Lewisburg, you'll be moving on.

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

I'm your host Regina Myers and thanks for watching.

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