(upbeat music) - Welcome to the 17th 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 $5,000.

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

The rules of a game have been modified for this season's virtual version, 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 educators from the WVIA viewing area, and tonight's match features Susquehanna Community versus Carbondale.

Playing for Susquehanna Community are Josh Marco and Meghan Canon.

Their alternate is Memphis Collins and their advisor is Will Sealy.

Representing Carbondale are Emily Kelly and Ellen Higdo.

Their advisor is Samantha Masco.

Well, let's get started.

Susquehanna Community has won the coin toss and will receive the first question, which is what city was ruled by the Agiads and Eurypontids attributed its laws to Lycurgus fought Persia under Leonidas and was a martial rival of Athens?

- Apollon.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Carbondale.

- Rome.

- Nope.

That answer we're looking for was Sparta.

Carbondale, here's your first question.

What novella criticized as racist by Chinua Achebe's essay "An Image of Africa" describes Marlow's trip to find Mr. Kurtz and is by Joseph Conrad?

- Pass.

- Okay, rebound to Susquehanna.

- Pass.

- Okay.

That answer is "Heart of Darkness".

Susquehanna, here comes your next question.

Inhaling fibers of what silicate mineral can cause mesothelioma leading to a ban on its use in building insulation due to lung health hazards?

(beep) Ran out of time, rebound to Carbondale.

- Asbestos.

- Is correct, for your rebound points, Carbondale.

And here comes your next question.

What group, which in 2021 announced plans to reincorporate in Texas after filing for bankruptcy has the mascot Eddie Eagle and promotes gun rights?

(beep) Ran out of time, rebound to Susquehanna.

- The NRA.

- It is correct for your rebound point, Susquehanna, and here comes your next question.

What river, which is the world's deepest flows past Brazzaville and Kinshasa, the capitals of two namesake countries in Central Africa?

- Nile.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Carbondale.

- The Congo River.

- Congo River is correct for your rebound points, Carbondale.

Great job.

And here comes your next question.

What man, the namesake of Hugo Chavez's revolution served as president of Gran Colombia from 1819 to 1830 and was called the liberator?

(beep) Okay, rebound to Susquehanna.

- Fidel Castro.

- No.

The answer we're looking for was Simon Bolivar.

Susquehanna, here's your next question.

What structures, which connect bones to other bones include a commonly injured interior cruciate one in the knee and are contrasted with tendons?

- Ligament.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question: In Doctor Faustus, the magical appearance of what woman causes Faustus to ask "Was this the face that launched a thousand ships?"

- Godmother.

- No, that answer is Helen of Troy.

Carbondale, here's your next question?

What actor who played Dr. Frederick Treves in the "Elephant Man" described eating liver with fava beans as Hannibal Lecter in the "Silence of the Lambs"?

(beep) Okay, rebound now to Susquehanna.

- Can you repeat the question?

- I cannot.

- Pass.

- I don't know.

- Okay, that's Anthony Hopkins.

And that sound that you heard signals 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.

Susquehanna Community has won the coin toss and will pick first.

Your categories are British novelists or empire buildings.

- Empire buildings.

- Okay, empire buildings it is.

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

Given a building or a construction project, name the empire that built it.

Coliseum.

- Roman Empire.

- Yes.

Great temple at Tenochtitlan.

- Aztec Empire.

- Yes.

Hagia Sophia.

- Pass.

- Byzantine.

Taj Mahal.

- Skip.

- Mughal.

Mausoleum of Cyrus the Great.

- Skip.

- That's Persian.

University of Sankore in Timbuktu.

- Skip.

- Mali.

Blue Mosque.

- Skip.

- Ottoman Empire.

House of Wisdom in Baghdad.

- Ottoman Empire.

- Abbasid.

Lion Capital at Sarnath.

(beep) - Skip.

- That was Mauryan, Mauryan Empire.

Okay, Susquehanna, that's gonna wrap up your portion of the lightning round.

Carbondale we're coming over to you and your remaining category will be British novelists.

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

Name the British authors who wrote these novels: "Animal Farm".

- George Orwell.

- Yes.

"A Study in Scarlet" and "The Sign of the Four".

- Pass.

- Arthur Conan Doyle.

"Northanger Abbey" and "Mansfield Park".

- Pass.

- Jane Austen.

"Far from the Madding Crowd", and "Jude the Obscure".

- Pass.

- Thomas Hardy.

"Moll Flanders".

- Pass.

- Daniel Defoe.

"Never Let Me Go" and "Remains of the Day".

- Pass.

- Ishiguro.

"Adam Bede" and "Daniel Deronda".

- Pass.

- George Elliot.

"The Old Curiosity Shop".

- Pass.

- Charles Dickens.

"The Quiet American" and "The Power And the Glory".

- Pass.

- Graham Greene.

"Vile Bodies" and "Brideshead Revisited".

(beep) That was Evelyn Waugh.

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

And after that have Susquehanna Community in the lead over Carbondale 40 to 30.

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.

We'll start with the students from Susquehanna Community first, and Josh I'll come to you.

Tell me what you like to do for fun.

- I like to spend to time in the woods.

I like to spend time fishing.

- Okay.

- And playing football.

- Thank you, Josh.

Excellent.

And Meghan, what are your hobbies?

- I like creating art and playing sports like volleyball.

- Okay, thank you very much Susquehanna, and good luck the rest of the way.

Let's come over to Carbondale.

Emily, what do you like to do for fun?

- I like to bake in center with my friends and family.

- Okay, very good.

And Ellen, what are your hobbies?

- I like to hike and play sports.

- Okay, excellent.

It was very nice to meet all of you.

We're now going to go ahead and begin the second quarter with this question that goes to Carbondale.

What author wrote about a plot to steal the inheritance of Valentine Villefort that is foiled by Edmond Dantes in the novel "The Count of Monte Cristo".

- (indistinct) and Paul.

- I'm sorry.

- (indistinct) and Paul.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Susquehanna.

- Egg of the Christi.

- Nope.

The answer we're looking for was Alexander Dumas.

Let's move over to Susquehanna now.

What surname shared by the president of Nintendo of America and the mayor of Washington DC names the leader of the Koopas and arch enemy of Mario?

- Bowser.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question: The traditional date of Jesus' death is during the reign of what Roman emperor who succeeded Augustus and who was succeeded by Caligula?

- Herod.

- Is incorrect.

We are looking for Tiberius.

Carbondale, here's your next question?

What explorer was a cartographer for Pierre Du Gua de Monts founded the colony of Quebec and is the name's sake of a lake between New York and Vermont?

- Champlain.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question: In tennis, what term, which may come from the French word for egg refers to a score of zero?

- Love.

- Is correct for your bonus points, Carbondale.

Great job.

Let's move back over to Susquehanna.

What artist who showed a Disney character fishing in Look Mickey made use of Benday dots and paintings inspired by comic books such as "Wham!".

- Pass.

- Okay, rebound to Carbondale.

- (indistinct) - Nope.

We are looking for Roy Lichtenstein.

Carbondale, here comes your next question.

What city, which was nicknamed Cottonopolis in the 19th century lies east of Liverpool, and his home to namesake United football club.

- Manchester.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question: What author warned of the tyranny of the majority in his book, "Democracy in America"?

- Pass.

- Okay, that's Alexis de Tocqueville.

Susquehanna, here is your next question.

In what short story by WW Jacobs are Mr. and Mrs. White horrified by the unattended consequences of making three wishes on a cursed title object?

- Pass.

- Okay, rebound to Carbondale.

- "Monkey's Paw".

- Is correct, for your rebound points, Carbondale, and here comes your next question: What phenomenon which uses warning coloration in its Mullerian form is shown by harmless king snakes that evolve to look like venomous coral snakes?

- Pass.

- Okay, rebound to Susquehanna.

- Horn snake.

- Nope.

We're looking for mimicry.

Susquehanna, here's your next question?

What dance style with leg hooks known as gancho inspired many pieces by Astor Piazzolla in as a ballroom dance created in Uruguay and Argentina?

- Vault.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Carbondale.

- (indistinct) - Nope.

The answer was tango.

And after one half of play, we currently have Carbondale taking over the lead over Susquehanna Community 65 to 50.

We wanna say thank you to Josh and to Meghan from Susquehanna, and thank you to Emily and Ellen from Carbondale.

You are both fantastic.

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

Playing for Susquehanna Community in the second half are Riley Potter and Lauren Brown, and representing Carbondale are Alyssa Coslo and Jonathan Purvis.

And our first question in this quarter goes to Susquehanna, and that question is; what author of the picture book "Crazy Hair" wrote about a girl who resists having buttons sewn onto her eyes by the evil Other Mother in "Coraline"?

(beep) Ran out of time, rebound to Carbondale.

- Gaiman.

- Neil Gaiman is correct for your rebound points, Carbondale.

And here's your next question: the Treaty of Vereeniging ended what war in which British armies under Lord Roberts and Lord Kitchener cease control of much of modern South Africa?

- The Franco-Prussian War.

- Is incorrect, rebound to Susquehanna.

(beep) Okay, that answer is the Second Anglo-Boer War.

Susquehanna, here's your next question, and get your pencils and papers ready.

If a single six-sided die is rolled, what is the probability that it shows a perfect square given that three squared equals nine?

(beep) Okay, rebound now to Carbondale.

- 1/6.

- No.

We are looking for 1/3 or one in three.

Carbondale, here is your next question: What river whose headwaters are at the Sengge Zangbo or lion spring flow past the ancient city of Mohenjo-daro and is the longest in Pakistan?

- The Pakistanian river.

- Is incorrect, rebound to Susquehanna.

(beep) Okay, that's the Indus River.

Susquehanna, here's your new next question.

During what calendar period in which dates are often consumed in the Iftar meal do Muslims abstain from drinking and eating during the day?

(beep) Run out of time, rebound to Carbondale.

- (indistinct) - No, the answer that we were looking for was Ramadan.

Ramadan.

Carbondale, here is your next question.

What president who worked with the billion dollar Congress and signed the Sherman Anti-Trust Act was proceeded and succeeded by Grover Cleveland.

- (indistinct) - Wilson.

- Is incorrect, rebound to Susquehanna.

- Garrett.

- Nope.

That answer we're looking for was Benjamin Harrison.

Susquehanna, here comes your next question, what author of "The Night of the Iguana" wrote a memory play whose title referencing Laura Wingfield's collection of animals is "The Glass Menagerie"?

(beep) Okay, ran out of time, rebound to Carbondale.

- Williams.

- Williams.

- Is correct, for your rebound points, Carbondale.

Great job.

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

This time Carbondale will pick first.

Your categories are grammar or civil holidays and observations.

- Civil holidays and observation.

- Okay, civic holidays and observations it is, and your time begins when I finish reading the first question.

In what calendar month do these US observances and occasions fall?

Answers may repeat.

Labor Day.

- September.

- Yes.

Groundhog Day.

- February.

- Yes.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

- February.

- January.

Indigenous People's Day, a modern substitute for Columbus Day.

- October.

- Yes.

Mother's Day.

- May.

- Yes.

Flag Day.

- June.

- Yes.

Tax Day.

- November.

- I'm sorry.

- November.

- April.

Patriot Day which does not commemorate the American Revolution.

- Pass.

- September.

Law Day which is Labor Day in most non-US countries.

- Pass.

- May.

Arbor Day.

- Pass.

- That's April.

Okay, Carbondale, that's gonna wrap up your portion of the lightning round.

Now, Susquehanna, we're coming over to you and your remaining category will be grammar.

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

Give these grammatical terms: Verb type that takes an object.

- Possessive.

- Transitive.

Part of speech that substitutes for a noun.

- Pronoun.

- Yes.

Connecting word like and, or, but.

- Conjunction.

- Yes.

- A verb that modifies another verb like would or be.

- Helping verb.

- Yes.

Verb form like to go.

- Infinitive.

- Yes.

Clause like who saw me in the woman who saw me?

- Independent.

- Relative.

Verb form like been or gone which typically follows have.

- Pass.

- Past participle.

Part of speech including in and under.

(beep) Ran out of time.

That will was a preposition.

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

And after that, we currently have Carbondale in the lead over Susquehanna Community 135 to 90.

And again, we're going to take a little bit of a break and get to know the students playing the second half a little better.

And Riley will come to you first.

Tell us what you like to do for fun.

- I like to go camping a lot.

- Okay, thank you very much, Riley.

And Lauren, what are your hobbies?

- I like to read.

- Okay, excellent.

Thank you, Susquehanna.

Good luck the rest of the way.

Carbondale, it's over to you and Alyssa, if you wouldn't mind telling us what you like doing for fun.

- I like to hang out with my friends and participate in activities like cheerleading and (indistinct).

- All right, thank you, Alyssa.

And Jonathan, what are your hobbies?

- I like to play sports.

- Okay, excellent.

It was very nice to meet all of you.

We'll now go ahead and begin the last segment of the game with this question that goes to Carbondale.

What process dominate heat transfer above the radiative zone in the sun causes currents and Earth's mantle and is often contrasted with conduction?

- Convection.

- Convection is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

In September, 2021, what opera company staged Terrence Blanchard's "Fire Shut Up in My Bones", the first work by a black composer in its history?

- No answer.

- Okay, that's the metropolitan opera.

Susquehanna, here's your next question?

What city were the Red Tails were trained and George Washington Carver worked is home to a university once led by Booker T. Washington in Alabama?

(beep) No answer, rebound to Carbondale.

- Montgomery.

- Nope.

We're looking forward to Tuskegee.

Carbondale, here's your next question.

In what state did Katie Hobbs decertify voting machines in 2021 due to security lapses that occurred during a recount of Maricopa County ballots?

- Arizona.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question: What energy process is being tested using laser-based inertial confinement at the National Ignition Facility in Livermore, California?

- Nuclear.

- Be more specific.

- Laser nuclear.

- Nope.

We're looking for nuclear fusion.

Let's move back over to Susquehanna.

Trojan asteroids are found in the orbit of what planet whose moons include Amalthea and Callisto, and which is the fifth planet from the sun?

- Jupiter.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question?

What most expensive yellow monopoly property the only one outside Atlantic City is a misspelled neighborhood between Margate City and Vent nor City?

(beep) No guess, that was Marvin Gardens.

Carbondale, here comes your next question.

What building designed by Ictinus and Callicrates includes a frieze depicting a procession and is a temple on the Acropolis dedicated to Athena?

- Athena.

- Is correct, and here's your bonus question: The Missouri River's longest tributary is what river that rises from sources in Colorado before flowing through central Nebraska?

- Colorado.

(beep) - No, we're looking for the Platte River.

That was a tough one.

Susquehanna, here's your next question?

What city whose congress avenue bridges to the world's largest urban bat colony is home to the University of Texas and the Texas capital?

- San Antonio.

- Is incorrect, rebound to Carbondale.

- Austin.

- Austin is correct, for your rebound points, Carbondale.

And that's the end of the game.

And our winner tonight is Carbondale over Susquehanna Community 175 to 100.

Congratulations, Carbondale.

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 thank you for watching.

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