(whistle chirping) (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 the game have been modified for this season's virtual version.

And 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 Tunkhannock versus Marian Catholic.

Playing for Tunkhannock are Alyssa Kavolczeck and Evan Brody.

Their alternate is Anna Williams.

Their advisor is Angie Burke.

Representing Marian Catholic are Lauren Reman and Michael Fellon.

Their alternates are Alyssa Cuba Angela Pan, Addison Pan, and Frank Valenti.

Their advisor is Janet Whalen.

Well, let's get started.

Tunkhannock has won the coin toss and will receive of the first question, which is, what compound used to make rayon is a polymer made up of beta-linked glucose subunits and is the main constituent of the cell walls of plants?

- Glucose - Is incorrect.

Rebound to Marian Catholic.

- Cellophane.

- No we're looking for cellulose.

Marian Catholic, here's your first question of the game.

What city Boeotia, which according to legend was founded by Cadmus, was once ruled by King Laius, who was murdered by his son, Oedipus?

- Troy?

- Nope.

Rebound now to Tunkhannock.

- Athens.

- No, we were looking for Thebes.

Tunkhannock, here is your next question.

What man who died at the Lorraine motel in Memphis when he was shot by James Earl Ray in 1968, earlier delivered the, "I have a dream" speech.

- Martin Luther King Jr. - Is correct.

And here's your bonus question?

What French artist of the romantic period painted the "The Massacre at Chios" and "Women of Algiers"?

- Monet?

- No, we were looking for Eugene Delacroix.

Marian Catholic, here is your next question?

In what country did assailants allegedly shout "DEA Operation" during the July, 2021 assassination of its President Jovenell Moiz in Porta Prince?

- Haiti - Is correct.

And here is your bonus question.

In 2021, what defensive end for the Las Vegas Raiders became the first active NFL player to come out as gay?

- Pass.

- Okay.

That's Carl Nassib.

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

What integer is equal to one half, of one third of 18?

- Three - Is correct.

And here's your bonus question now.

What Florida Congressman, who was first elected to the House of Representatives in 2016, is the subject of a 2021 sex trafficking investigation?

- Pass.

- Okay.

That's Matt Gates.

Marian Catholic, it's back over to you.

What four letter word identifies orders issued by a court, specific examples of which include those of Mandamus, of Certiorari and of Habeas Corpus?

- Writ - Is correct.

And here's your bonus question?

What statistical property is the difference between the largest and smallest values in a data set?

- Range - Is correct for your bonus points Marian Catholic.

Tunkhannock, it's back over to you.

What author, who wrote about a man named Milkman Dead in "Song of Solomon", wrote about a former slave haunted by the gPaul of her daughter in "Beloved"?

- Smith - Is incorrect.

Rebound to Marian Catholic.

- Harriet Beecher.

- Nope.

We're looking for Tony Morrison.

Marian Catholic, here's your next question.

What man, who was asked by Joseph Welch, if he had no sense of decency, was a Senator from Wisconsin who in the 1950s led anti communist crusades?

(warning beep) - Pass - Okay.

Rebound now to Tunkhannock.

- Pass - Okay.

That was Joe McCarthy.

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.

Tunkhannock has won the coin toss and will pick first.

Your categories are, Sherlock Holmes or Capitals on Rivers.

- Capitals on Rivers.

- Okay.

Capitals on Rivers it is.

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

Name the rivers on which these world capitals lie, Khartoum - Pass - [Paul] Nile, Kinshasa and Brazzaville - Pass - [Paul] Congo, London - Pass - [Paul] Thames, Rome - London - Tiber, Buenos Aires - Rio Grande - [Paul] Rio de la Plata, Vienna - Pass - [Paul] Danube, Hanoi - Pass - [Paul] Red River, Baghdad - Pass - [Paul] Tigris, Lisbon - Pass - [Paul] Tagus, Kiev.

(warning beep) And that was the Neper river.

Okay.

Tunkhannock, that's gonna wrap up your portion of the lightning round and Marian Catholic, we're gonna come over to you.

Your remaining category will be Sherlock Holmes.

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

Answer the following about Sherlock Holmes.

The author who created Holmes?

- Sir Patrick Conan Doyle.

- [Paul] Yes.

The the doctor who narrates Sherlock's adventures?

- Dr. Watson.

- [Paul] Yes.

The street where Holmes lives at 221B?

- Beaker street.

- [Paul] Yes.

The criminal mastermind often called Sherlock's arch nemesis?

- Pass - [Paul] Moriarty.

Sherlock's hyper intelligent brother?

- Pass - [Paul] Mycroft.

Animal that terrorizes the Baskervilles?

- Cat - [Paul] Hound.

The Scotland Yard inspector who often consults Holmes?

- Pass - [Paul] Lestrade.

Sherlock's landlady?

- Pass - [Paul] Mrs. Hudson.

The woman who outwits Holmes in "A Scandal in Bohemia"?

- Pass - [Paul] Irene Adler.

The first novel in which homes appears?

It has a colorful name.

(warning beep) That was "A Study in Scarlet".

Well, after that, that's going to do it for the lightning round.

And we currently have Marian Catholic in the lead over Tunkhannock 55 to 20.

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 and Tunkhannock, we will come your way first.

Alyssa, if you wouldn't mind telling us what you like to do for fun when you're not in class - For fun, I like to play piano and read.

- Okay.

Very cool.

Evan, what do you like to do for fun?

- I like practicing karate.

- Thank you Tunkhannock and good luck the rest of the way.

Marian Catholic, we're gonna come over to you and Lauren, if you wouldn't mind telling us what your hobbies are when you're not in school.

- I love playing volleyball and doing crafts.

- Okay.

Very cool.

Thank you Lauren and Michael what do you like to do for fun?

- I'm a runner and I also just got a new puppy so I'm pretty busy with him.

- Very, very nice, good luck the rest of the way Marian Catholic.

We're now going to begin the second quarter with this question that goes to Marian Catholic.

What actress played Adelaide Wilson and her doppelganger in "Us", pirate Maz Kanata in the "Star Wars" franchise, and wardoc spy, Nakia, in "Black Panther"?

- Lupita Nyong'o - Is correct.

And here's your bonus question?

The chromosphere lies just above what visible surface of the sun, whose name arrives in part from the ancient Greek for light?

- Ethisphere.

- No, we were looking for the photosphere.

Tunkhannock, here's your first question of the second quarter.

What kingdom, whose armies often used a Buffalo horns encirclement tactic and wielded iklwala's spears, was a Southern African state founded by Shaka?

- Congo - Is incorrect.

rebound to Marian Catholic.

- Nigeria.

- No, we were looking for the Zulu Kingdom.

Marian Catholic, here's your next question?

What symbol, one of which is found in the key signatures of E minor and G major, resembles a pound sign and raises a pitch by a half step?

- Sharp - Is correct.

And here's your bonus question?

What composer used an English horn to represent the Swan of Tuonela and wrote a tone poem about his country called Finlandia?

- Tchaikovsky - Is incorrect.

We were looking for Jean Sibelius.

Tunkhannock, it's back to you.

What mountain, whose base town of Chamonix helped hosted the first Winter Olympics, is the highest point of France and has a name meaning white mountain?

(warning beep) Okay.

We ran out of time.

Rebound to Marian Catholic - Versailles - No, we were looking for Mont Blanc.

Marian Catholic, here comes your next question.

What author described haute socialite Blanche Ingram, whose invited to visit Thornfield Hall by Mr. Rochester in her 1847 novel Jane Eyre.

- Jane Austin - Is incorrect.

Rebound to Tunkhannock.

- Charlotte Bronte - Is correct for your rebound points Tunkhannock.

And here's your next question?

What British author, of De Cive, wrote about the form and power of a Commonwealth and called life in the state of nature brutish in his book, "Leviathan"?

- Pass.

- Okay.

Rebound now to Marian Catholic - Pass.

- Okay.

That author was Thomas Hobbs.

Marian Catholic, here's your next question?

Relative movement of a hanging wall and a foot wall occurs at what cracks in the Earth's crust?

A transformed type of which is named for San Andreas.

- Fault - Is correct.

And here's your bonus question?

What law implies lat for reaction mixtures at equilibrium there's a constant ratio between the concentrations of reactants and products?

- Equilibrium.

- No, we're looking for the law of mass action.

Tunkhannock, here's your next question?

What militant organization led by Ismail Haniyeh developed Qassam rockets is a rival of Fatah and has defacto control over the Gaza strip?

(warning beep) - ISIS - Is incorrect.

Rebound to Marian Catholic - Gaza.

- No, we are looking for Hamas and after one half of play we currently have Marian Catholic in the lead over Tunkhannock 85 to 30.

And we wanted to say thank you to Alyssa and Evan from Tunkhannock.

And thank you to Lauren and Michael from Marian Catholic.

You were both fantastic.

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

Playing for Tunkhannock in the second half are Caillou Kineski and Zachary Zelna and representing Marian Catholic are Eleanor Cunningham and Walter Pavlic.

Our first question in the third quarter goes to Tunkhannock.

And that question is, what city lies on the Taedong river, contains the Juche Tower and the unfinished pyramid shaped Ryugyong hotel, and is the capital of North Korea?

- Pyongyang - Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

What woman claimed the English thrown for nine days between the reigns of Edward the sixth, and Mary the first?

- Pass.

- Okay.

That's Lady Jane Gray.

Marian Catholic, here's your first question of third quarter.

What novel in which Miss Maudie and a cook named Calpernia influenced the protagonist depicts the trial of Tom Robinson and is by Harper Lee?

- To kill Mockingbird - Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

Hearing odd noises is one symptom of a syndrome that has affected American and Canadian embassy staff since 2016 and is named for what world capital?

- Psychosis.

- No we're looking for Havana.

Havana syndrome.

Tunkhannock it's back over to you.

What number is the atomic number of nitrogen and the number of colors into which Isaac Newton divided the rainbow as in the mnemonic roy-g-biv?

- Seven - Is correct.

And here's your bonus question?

What term for a taxon containing a single organism and all its descendants names a field of genetics?

- Pass.

- Okay.

That's clade.

Marian Catholic, here's your next question?

What older brother of manga order two failed invasions of Japan was the first ruler of the Yuan dynasty and was a grandson of Genghis Khan?

- Pass.

- Okay.

Rebound now to Tunkhannock.

- Pass.

- Okay.

That's Kublai Kahn.

Tunkhannock here's your next question?

What province whose most populous cities are Summerside and Charlottetown is Canada's smallest province and is often abbreviated P E I?

(warning beep) - Okay.

Is incorrect.

Rebound to Marian Catholic.

- Pass - Okay.

That's Prince Edward Island.

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

What expression is simplified and.

What expression and simplified radical form is equivalent to the square root of 350?

Given that 350 equals 25 times 14 - Five, the square root of 14 - Judges - [Judge] Uh yeah.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

A warning that a laurel wreath withers quicker than the rose appears in an A.E.

Houseman poem whose title refers to what type of person dying young?

- Murder.

- No, we were looking for an athlete.

Tunkhannock, here's your next .

On what Mediterranean island where Linear A was on earth by Arthur Evans was the Palace of Knossos built by the Minoan civilization?

(warning beep) - Pass.

- Okay.

Rebound to Marian Catholic.

- Aztecs - No we were looking for Crete.

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

This time Marian Catholic will pick first.

Your categories are City of Light or the Aloha state.

- City of Light - City of Light.

- City of Light it is.

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

Answer the following about Paris.

Major river flowing through Paris?

- Pass - Seine - Paris subway system?

- Pass - Metro.

Palace near Paris to which Louis the XIV moved his court?

- Venice - Nope.

We were looking for Palace of Versailles.

Airborne vehicle pioneered by the Montgolfier brothers in Paris?

- The airplane - Balloon.

Cathedral that caught fire in April, 2019?

- Notre Dame - Yes.

Arch at the west end of the Champs- Élysées?

- Pass.

- That's the Arc de Triomphe.

Paris born sculptor of The Thinker?

- Pass - Rodin.

Cabaret with a modern can-can developed?

- Pass - Moulin Rouge.

Pari based organization that declares world heritage sites.

(warning beep) That was UNESCO.

Okay.

Marian Catholic that's gonna wrap up your portion of the lightning round and Tunkhannock we're gonna come over to you.

Your remaining category will be the Aloha state.

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

Answer the following about Hawaii.

It's capital?

- Honolulu - [Paul] Yes.

Sight of the Naval base attacked by Japan on December 7th, 1941?

- Pearl Harbor.

- Yes.

Hawaii's most populous island?

- Maui - Oahu.

Hawaiian born author of the Audacity of Hope?

- Pass - Obama.

Four letter word for a traditional Hawaiian party and feast?

- Luau.

- Yes.

World's largest fruit and vegetable company founded in Hawaii?

- DOLE - Yes.

First European Explorer to reach Hawaii?

- Pass - James Cook.

Diced raw fish whose name means to slice in Hawaiian?

- Poke.

- Yes.

Hawaiian word for thank you?

- Pass - Mahalo.

Current governor of Hawaii?

- Pass - That's David Ige.

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

And after that, a very close game.

Marian Catholic in the lead over Tunkhannock 115 to 100.

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.

We'll start with the students from Tunkhannock and Caillou I'll come your way first.

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

- I like to play chess and program computers a lot.

- Excellent.

Thank you, Caillou.

Zachary, what are your hobbies when you're not in school?

- I really enjoy hiking and kayaking.

- Excellent.

Thank you very much Tunkhannock and good luck the rest of the way.

Maryanne Catholic it's over to you.

Eleanor, if you wouldn't mind telling us what you like doing for fun.

- I like to draw and I like to play video games.

- Excellent.

And Walter, what are your hobbies?

- I like to practice my math skills and just learn about the world.

- Excellent.

Very good Marian Catholic, and good luck to you the rest of the way.

We'll now begin the last segment of the game with this question that goes to Marian Catholic.

What artists, who made an eight hour long film of the empire state building, used silk screening to create the Marilyn Diptych and Campbell's Soup cans.

- Godzilla - Is incorrect.

Rebound to Tunkhannock.

- Pass.

- Okay.

That's Andy Warhol.

All right, here comes your next question now Tunkhannock.

A 1971 novel by John Gardner is named after what creature who's descended from Kane invades the meat hall of Harlot in the epic poem Beowulf?

- Werewolf - Is incorrect.

Rebound to Marian Catholic - (warning beep) - That was Grendel.

Marian Catholic, here's your next question?

What state whose proposition 22 in 2020 exempted Uber and Lyft workers from certain labor policies held a recall election for governor Gavin Newsom?

- Pass.

- Okay.

Rebound to Tunkhannock.

- California.

- Is correct for your rebound points.

And here is your next question Tunkhannock.

What color which names idealized objects that are perfect emitters of electromagnetic radiation is seen when an object absorbs all visible light?

- Black - Is correct.

And here's your bonus question?

What powerful Roman office that was filled by members of the plebeian class could veto the actions of consoles and check the power of the Senate?

- Pass.

- Okay.

That's Tribunes.

Marian Catholic, here's your now next question.

What book whose manuscript was given to the author's father Otto by Miep Geese is a firsthand account of a Dutch teenager in hiding from the Nazis?

- (warning beep) - Rebound to Tunkhannock.

- Milkweed.

- Nope.

We were looking for the Diary of Anne Frank.

Tunkhannock, here is your next question.

What indigenous group, which included Stand Watie, signed the treaty of New Echota and used a language written with a syllabary developed by Sequoia?

- Cherokee - Is correct.

And here's your bonus question?

A book of fairly stupid tales written by Jon Scieszka is named after what character, a bad smelling parody of the gingerbread man?

- Pass - That's the Stinky Cheese Man.

Marian Catholic here is your next question.

What alloy with a corrosion resistant variety that includes at least 11% chromium is made in the Bessemer process from iron and carbon?

- Pass.

- Okay.

Rebound to Tunkhannock.

- Stainless steel - Is correct.

And here is your next question Tunkhannock.

What two word name is shared by the band behind Darts of Pleasure and Take Me Out, and the man whose assassination in Sarajevo sparked world war I?

(warning beep) - Franz Ferdinand.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question?

What TV presenter, hosts namesake grocery games on Food Network which also airs this man's show Diners, Drive-ins and Dives?

- Guy Fieri.

- Is correct for your bonus points.

Tunkhannock great job.

And that's going to be the game.

Our winner tonight is Tunkhannock over Marian Catholic 155 to 115.

Congratulations Tunkhannock!

You are 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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