(whistle blowing) (upbeat drum line music) - Go.

(upbeat drum line music continues) - 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 Abington Heights vs. Susquehanna Community.

Representing Abington Heights are Niko Williams, Luke Morgan, Rina Hanumali, Manan Pancholy.

Their alternate, James Reese.

And their advisor, John Zachary Monahan.

Representing Susquehanna Community are Michael Landry, Jackson Maby, Juli Downton, Reilly Potter.

They're alternate Lily Matis and Lauren Brown.

And their adviser is Will Seeley.

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 5 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 city, who's Summer Olympics were boycotted by the United States in 1980, was home to the headquarters of the KGB when it was the Soviet Union's capital?

(buzzer pings) - Stalingrad?

- Stalingrad is incorrect, Micheal from Susquehanna.

Rebound to Abington Heights.

No one?

The correct answer is Moscow.

Toss up.

What mother of Chrysaor and the horse Pegasus, was the sister of Stheno and Euryale, was beheaded by Perseus, and was the only mortal- (buzzer pings) Luke, Abington.

- Medusa.

- Medusa.

Luke's correct answer, and your bonus.

What patron god of Babylon defeated the Mushussu, took the tablet of destinies from Kingu, and slayed the sea serpent, Tiamat?

(buzzer pings) - Ishtar.

- Ishtar is incorrect.

It is Marduk.

Toss up.

What geospatial quantity is represented by contour lines on a topographic map, has a value of zero at sea level, and is measured by an altimeter?

(buzzer pings) Michael, Susquehanna.

- Altitude.

- Altitude is correct.

And you bonus Susquehanna.

What word preceded "now, tomorrow, and forever" in the defiant 1963 inauguration address of Alabama governor, George Wallace?

(buzzer pings) - Here?

- Is incorrect.

It is segregation.

Toss up.

What ruler, who's mother is known as the younger lady, was interred at the site known as kv62, later uncovered by Howard Carter, and was a boy Pharaoh?

(buzzer pings) Luke, Abington.

- King Tut.

- Is the correct answer, and your bonus, Abington Heights.

What sixth century BC reformer democratized participation in the Ecclesia of Athens and undid most of the harsh laws in the Draconian Code?

(buzzer pings) - Plato?

- Plato is incorrect.

It is Solon.

Toss up.

What world leader, who launched the Belt and Road Initiative in 2013, holds the title of- (buzzer pings) Manan.

- Xi Jinping.

- Is the correct answer, and your bonus, Abington Heights.

The line "tear her tattered ensign down" opens what poem by Oliver Wendell Holmes that pays homage to the USS Constitution?

(buzzer pings) Manan.

- No Answer.

- The correct answer is Old Ironsides.

Toss up.

What lead musician, on the rock influential album "In a Silent Way," used the Dorian mode for "So What," which appears on his jazz album, "Kinda Blue?"

(buzzer pings) Luke, Abington.

- John Coltrane.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Susquehanna.

No one?

The correct answer is Miles Davis.

Toss up.

What author wrote about a secret society, called the VFD, and described Count Olaf's cruelty- (buzzer pings) Luke, Abington.

- Lemony Snicket.

- Is the correct answer, Luke, and you bonus, Abington.

In 1893, what American woman was tried and acquitted for murdering her father and stepmother with an axe in Fall River?

(buzzer pings) - Lizzie Borden.

- Lizzie Borden's the correct answer for your bonus points.

Toss up.

Energy cascades are part of Andrey Kolmogorov's theory of what type of fluid flow, that occurs at high Reynold's numbers and can cause bumpy plane rides.

(timer beeps) (buzzer pings) Manan.

- Turbulence.

- Turbulence is the correct answer, and your bonus, Abington.

What tower, which was built during the redevelopment of Toronto's railway lands, was the world's tallest freestanding tower until 2007?

(buzzer pings) - CN Tower.

- CN Tower's the correct answer for your bonus points.

- That sound you heard signals the end of the first quarter, and it's now time for the Lightning Round.

(lightning crackling) 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.

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

Your categories are The Book of Genesis or National Languages.

(buzzer pings) - We choose National Languages.

- National Languages.

The time begins after I read the first question.

National Languages.

Give the official language of these countries.

Egypt.

(buzzer pings) - Arabic.

- [Regina] Correct.

Brazil.

(buzzer pings) Niko.

- Portuguese.

- [Regina] Correct.

Israel.

(buzzer pings) Manan.

- Hebrew.

- [Regina] Correct.

Jamaica (buzzer pings) Manan.

- Spanish.

- [Regina] English.

Dominican Republic.

(buzzer pings) - Spanish.

- Correct.

Senegal.

(buzzer pings) Luke.

- French.

- [Regina] French.

San Marino.

(buzzer pings) Manan.

- Spanish.

- [Regina] Italian.

Suriname.

(buzzer pings) - Pass.

- [Regina] Dutch.

Moldova.

(buzzer pings) - English.

- [Regina] Romanian.

Cambodia.

(buzzer pings) Luke.

- Pass.

- Khmer.

That's the last question.

We'll move over to the team from Susquehanna.

The Book of Genesis.

Give the missing word of these quotes, from the King James version of the Book of Genesis.

"God created the heaven and the-" blank.

(buzzer pings) Jackson.

- Earth.

- [Regina] Correct.

"God created a garden eastward in-" blank.

(buzzer pings) Jackson.

- Eden.

- [Regina] Correct.

"The Lord destroyed Sodom and-" blank.

(buzzer pings) Jackson.

- The devil.

- [Regina] Gomorrah.

"The flood was-" blank "-days upon the earth."

(buzzer pings) - 10.

- [Regina] 40.

"Be fruitful and be-" blank.

(buzzer pings) - Pass.

- Multiply.

About Lot's wife, "she became a pillar of-" blank.

(buzzer pings) Jackson.

- Hope.

- [Regina] Salt.

"Esau said to-" blank "-'feed me, I pray thee.'"

(buzzer pings) - Pass.

- [Regina] Jacob.

"The length of the-" blank "-shall be 300 cubits."

(buzzer pings) - Ark.

- [Regina] Correct.

"Cain shall be avenged-" blank.

(buzzer pings) - Pass.

- Sevenfold.

"Noah begat three sons, Shem," blank "and Japheth."

(timer beeps) That would be Ham.

Let's get started with another toss up.

First, we'll update our score.

We have Abington Heights with 80 points, and Susquehanna with 25 points.

Toss up.

What man, who promoted infrastructure via his American system, because secretary of- (buzzer pings) Manan.

- Henry Clay.

- Henry Clay is the correct answer, and your bonus, Abington.

What English poet, who became a Jesuit priest in 1877, coined the term "sprung rhythm" to describe the verse style he used in poems, such as "Pied Beauty?"

(buzzer pings) Manan.

- Who is Dickinson.

- It's Hopkins.

Toss up.

In what novel does the yellow robed demon capture the protagonist, Tang Sanzang, who is eventually rescued by the Monkey King, Sun Wukong?

(timer beeps) That is Journey to the West.

Toss up.

What religion has naked, sky-clad, and clothed, white-clad, sects, venerates 24 tirthankaras, and preaches a non-violent principle called ahimsa?

(buzzer pings) Manan.

- What is Buddhism?

- Buddhism is the answer given.

Is that acceptable?

No it is not.

Rebound to Susquehanna.

Anyone?

(buzzer pings) Jackson.

- Hindu.

- Hindu is also incorrect.

It is Jainism.

Toss up.

The electron and neutron obey statistics, named for Paul Dirac and what Italian, who's Chicago Pile-1 hosted the first man-made nuclear chain reaction?

(buzzer pings) Manan.

- Who is Oppenheim?

- Oppenheim is incorrect.

Rebound to Susquehanna.

No?

The correct answer is Enrico Fermi.

Toss up.

What Russian author, who created dying magistrate, Ivan Ilyich, also created Count Vronsky and Pierre Besukhov in "Anna Kerenina" and "War and Peace?"

(buzzer pings) Manan.

- Leo Tolstoy.

- Tolstoy is the correct answer, and your bonus Abington.

The name of what United States city precedes dynamics in the name of a company, that in 2020- (buzzer pings) Manan.

- What is Boston?

- Boston's the correct answer for your bonus points.

Toss up.

What president opposed the Hartford Convention of New England Federalists, escaped the burning of Washington D.C. during the war of 1812?

(buzzer pings) Luke, Abington.

- John Adams.

- [Regina] I'm sorry.

- Adams.

- Adams is incorrect.

Rebound to Susquehanna.

Jackson.

- Thomas Jefferson.

- Jefferson is also incorrect.

It is Madison.

Toss up.

What artist, who showed a woman pouring from a pitcher in "The Milk Maid," made just 34 paintings, including "View of Delft" and "Girl with the Pearl Earing?'

(buzzer pings) Manan.

- Kahlo.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Susquehanna.

No one?

Okay, the correct answer is Vermeer.

Toss up.

What law, which is modified in the Van der Waal's equation, has a namesake constant of about 8.31 joules per mole?

(buzzer pings) Manan.

- Ideal gas law.

- Ideal gas is the correct answer, and your bonus, Abington Heights.

In what South American country, was a Maoist insurgency, called Shining Path, suppressed under President Alberto Fujimori?

(buzzer pings) This is Abington's bonus.

(buzzer pings) - Brazil.

- Brazil is incorrect.

It is Peru.

(timer beeps) And just in time.

That sound means we've reached the half-way point in our match, and we're going to give our contestants a bit of a break.

First, we'll update that score.

We have Abington Heights with 115, and Susquehanna with 25.

So we'll start with the Abington team.

Why don't you tell us a little about yourselves?

Like, what you do in and outside of school.

What are your activities and hobbies?

How about you Niko?

- Personally, I play soccer and track and field.

Recently we just won the district championship.

So that was pretty good.

That's probably one of my main out of school hobbies, is soccer.

- Congratulations.

- [Niko] Thank you.

- And Luke, how about you?

- I'm an avid golfer and tennis player, and I play both of those for the school team and a lot on my own time.

So, those are both my sports and my hobbies.

- All right, and you also like the arts.

You're pretty good at it.

Rina, how about yourself.

- I play tennis, and I do Indian classical dance.

- Very nice.

How long have you been dancing?

- Around 10 years.

- Very good.

Manan.

- I play tennis on the boys' varsity Tennis team, alongside Luke, and I also study Hindustani classical music.

Vocal music.

- Okay, and how long have you been studying that?

- Twelve years.

- A long time.

Let's move over to our team from Susquehanna.

Michael, let's start with you.

- I'm on the track team.

That's about it.

- And you're on the scholastic team.

- Yeah, there's that.

- There's that too.

Yeah.

That's a pretty good thing.

Jackson, how about yourself.

- I wrestle and I'm a part of the Interact club.

- Okay.

What do you do in Interact?

- We do a lot supporting the community and cleaning up the streets.

- Oh very good.

- Like, garbage.

- And Juli.

- I'm a competitive dancer.

I'm also a cheerleader and the president of the Student Council, and I'm also in Interact Club.

- [Regina] And scholastic.

- Yes.

- Don't forget that.

That's quite an accomplishment.

And Reilly.

- I do football and track, and I'm also a Boy Scout.

- Okay.

Well, it's great to talk to all of you and get to know you just a little bit better.

We'll now begin the second half of the game with this toss up question.

What poem, who's speaker proclaims, "I will show you fear in a handful of dust," opens with the line, "April is the cruelest month," and is by T. S. Elliot?

(timer beeps) That is "The Wasteland."

Toss up.

In June 2022, what man was released from federal supervision 41 years after he shot James Brady and attempted to assassinate Ronald Reagan?

(timer beeps) That would be John Hinckley Jr. Toss up.

What 2022 film, who's title character has a robotic cat, named Socks, and is voiced by Chris Evans, explains the origins of a- (buzzer pings) Niko - Buzz Lightyear.

- Lightyear is the correct answer, and your bonus, Abington.

In 1942, General Douglas MacArthur vowed to return to what country in which the Bataan Death March took place after MacArthur's escape?

(buzzer pings) - France.

- France is incorrect.

It is the Philippine's.

Toss up.

What American scientist, who classified acids and bases as electron pair acceptors and donors, respectively, names often used dot diagrams.

(buzzer pings) Niko.

- Lewis.

- Lewis is the correct answer, and your bonus, Abington Heights.

What element's depleted form contains lower concentration of the fissile isotope 235?

(buzzer pings) Manan.

- Uranium.

- Uranium's the correct answer for your bonus points.

Toss up.

What 1848 meeting, organized by Lucretia Mott, produced the Declaration of Sentiments which Elizabeth- (buzzer pings) - Seneca Falls Convention.

- Is the correct answer, Manan.

And your bonus, Abington.

What Greek, cynic philosopher, who mocked Plato's definition of man as a "featherless biped" using a plucked chicken, lived in a large jar?

(buzzer pings) - Confucius.

- Confucius is incorrect.

It is Diogenes.

Toss up.

What NBA team won five titles between 1999 and 2014, is couched by Gregg Popovich, and used- (buzzer pings) Luke, Abington.

- The San Antonio Spurs.

- San Antonio Spurs is the correct answer, Luke, and your bonus, Abington Heights.

Adolf Hitler wrote "Mein Kampf" in prison after being charged with treason for his role in what failed 1923 coup attempt?

(buzzer pings) - Munich.

- Can you be more specific?

- Munich Appeasement.

- Munich Appeasement is incorrect.

It is either Munich Putsch or Beer Hall Putsch.

Toss up.

What novelist, who's debut was "The Voyage Out," wrote about the suicidal septimist, Smith, and a woman preparing a dinner party in her book, "Mrs.

Dalloway?"

(timer beeps) (timer beeps) No one?

The correct answer is Virginia Woolf.

That sound you hear signals the end of the third quarter, and another Lightning Round.

(lightning crackling) This time, Susquehanna Community will pick first.

Your categories are "Wisconsin" and "People Named Robert."

- Wisconsin.

- Okay, Wisconsin it is.

The time will begin after I read the first question.

Answer the following, about the state of Wisconsin.

The capital of Wisconsin.

(buzzer pings) - Pass.

- [Regina] Madison.

Wisconsin's most popular city.

(buzzer pings) - Minneapolis.

- [Regina] Milwaukee.

Democrat from Wisconsin, who was the first openly LGBT US Senator.

(buzzer pings) - Pass.

- [Regina] Baldwin.

Wisconsin city of Colby names a variety of this dairy product.

(buzzer pings) - Cheese.

- [Regina] Cheese is correct.

Wisconsin's only NFL team.

(buzzer pings) - Green Bay Packers.

- Correct.

Wisconsin border's this state's upper peninsula.

(buzzer pings) - Michigan.

- [Regina] Correct.

Progressive governor of Wisconsin, nicknamed Fighting Bob.

(buzzer pings) - Pass.

- [Regina] La Follette.

Mascot of the flagship University of Wisconsin.

(buzzer pings) - Badgers.

- [Regina] Correct.

Lake on who's shores fit Fond du Lac and Oshkosh.

(buzzer pings) - Pass.

- Winnebago.

Long running TV show, set in a fictionalized version of Genoa City, Wisconsin.

(timer beeps) That is The Young and the Restless.

Moving on to the Abington team.

Your category is People Named Robert.

Give the surname of these people with the first name Robert.

Victorious general at The Battle of Chancellorsville.

(buzzer pings) Niko.

- Lee.

- [Regina] Correct.

Scottish author of Treasure Island.

(buzzer pings) Luke.

- Stevenson.

- [Regina] Correct.

Founder of the Boy Scout movement.

(buzzer pings) Niko.

- Pass.

- [Regina] Baden-Powell.

Poet of "The Death of the Hired Man."

(buzzer pings) - Pass.

- [Regina] Frost.

Inventor of the first modern steamboat, The Clermont.

(buzzer pings) - Pass.

- Fulton.

Democratic presidential candidate, assassinated in 1968.

(buzzer pings) Luke.

- Kennedy.

- [Regina] Correct.

British poet, married to Elizabeth Barret.

(buzzer pings) - Pass.

- [Regina] Browning.

German composer of Carnaval and Kreisleriana.

(buzzer pings) Luke.

- Pass.

- [Regina] Schumann.

British scientist, who's name's a law relating force to compression spring.

(time beeps) That would be Hooke.

Our score is Abington Heights, 175 points and Susquehanna Community with 45 points.

Let's begin with a toss up.

What type of shape, who's area can be calculated with Heron's formula, has an in center- (buzzer pings) Manan.

- Triangle.

- Triangle is the correct answer, and your bonus, Abington Heights.

What boy is elected chief after blowing a conch shell to summon plane crash survivors near the beginning of William Golding's novel, "Lord of the Flies?"

(buzzer pings) Manan.

- No answer.

- Okay, the correct answer is Ralph.

Toss up.

What word can denote a species in chemical reactions that are formed and then consumed or blue square ski runs between easy and advanced.

(buzzer pings) Manan.

- Limiting reactant.

- Limiting reactant is incorrect.

Rebound to Susquehanna.

No one?

Anyone?

- Trails.

- I'm sorry.

- Trails.

- Trails is incorrect.

It is intermediate.

Toss up.

Rain in the middle east has led to what insects, of the genus Schistocerca, devastating food supply in East Africa due to their destructive swarms?

(buzzer pings) Luke, Abington.

- Cicada.

- Cicada is incorrect.

Rebound to Susquehanna.

- Locust.

- Locust is the correct answer for your rebound points.

Toss up.

What essay, that describes a way of paying landlords rent, was written in 1729 by Jonathan Swift, and satirically advocates that Irish children be eaten?

(timer beeps) That is "A Modest Proposal."

Toss up.

What video game character, who battles a metal doppelganger in Stardust Speedway, fights the evil Dr. Robotnik- (buzzer pings) Manan.

- Sonic.

- Sonic is the correct answer, and your bonus, Abington Heights.

Alfred Adler coined the term for what psychological complex, in which people believe themselves to be worse, in some way, than other people?

(buzzer pings) - Inferiority.

- Inferiority is the correct answer for your bonus points.

Toss up.

What capital is home to the Punta Brava Lighthouse, lies on the northern shore of the Rio de Plata, and is the most popular city in Uruguay?

(buzzer pings) - Coracas.

- Is incorrect.

It is Montevideo.

Toss up.

What organelle is a home to the electron transport chain, has as matrix divided- (buzzer pings) Manan.

- Mitochondria.

- Is the correct answer, and your bonus, Abington Heights.

What word refers to the expression, "b squared minus 4ac" in the quadratic formula, which determines the number of solutions of an equation?

(buzzer pings) - Discriminant.

- Discriminant is the correct answer for your bonus points.

Toss up.

What man, who obtained the Rudd Concession and proposed a Cape to Cairo Railway, was a diamond magnate, whose will funded a scholarship to Oxford?

(buzzer pings) Manan.

- Rhodes.

- Rhodes is the correct answer, and your bonus, Abington Heights.

What son of John of Gaunt, the Duke of Lancaster, overthrew Richard II and usurped the English throne in 1399?

(buzzer pings) - Henry VII.

- That's close.

It's Henry IV.

Toss up.

What country is home to the ancient cities of Bukhara and Samarkand, lies between Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan, and has its capital at Tashkent?

(buzzer pings) Manan - Tajikistan.

- [Regina] Say it one more time.

- Tajikistan.

- It is incorrect.

Rebound to Susquehanna.

(buzzer pings) - No answers.

- No answer, Michael, thank you.

The answer is Uzbekistan.

The sound that you heard signals the end of our match, so let's take a look at our score.

We have Abington Heights with 225 points, and Susquehanna Community with 55 points.

Congratulations, Abington Heights.

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.

(upbeat drum line music)