(upbeat instrumental 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, 3, or $5,000.

Tonight's match features Wallenpaupack versus Abington Heights.

Representing Abington Heights, are NiKo Williams, Luke Morgan, Rina Hanamuli, Manan Pacholy, their captain, their alternate, James Reese, and their advisor, John Zachary Monahan.

Representing Wallenpaupack, are Michael Soskil, Brendan Fassetta, Emma Mahone, their Captain, Tyler Lofberg, and their alternates, Emily Kangal and Angelo Cresta.

Their advisor, Jamie Bartholomew.

Scholastic Scrimmage is a game of rapid recall of factual information.

So let's take a minute and review the rules.

The first team to buzz in will have an opportunity to answer a tossup question.

Correct answers to these questions are awarded 10 points and that team will then receive a 5 point bonus question.

If that tossup 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 tossup points but will not receive a bonus question.

Let's get started with our first tossup question.

What felsic rock is the intrusive equivalent of real light, makes up most of the continental crust, and is sometimes used for countertops?

(buzzer beeps) Nico.

- Granite?

- Granite is the correct answer in your bonus, Abington Height.

What seven letter word was the name of the medieval region of England where Norse invaders settled and asserted their own culture and government?

(students faintly whispering) (buzzer beeps) - Camelot?

- Camelot is incorrect.

It is Danelaw.

Tossup, what Caribbean country includes the Islands of Andros, Great Exuma, and New Providence, the last of which contains the capital city of Nassau?

(buzzer beeps) Michael, Wallenpaupack.

- The Bahamas?

- Bahamas is correct answer in your bonus Wallenpaupack.

Electric flux equals enclosed charge over epsilon naught according to what law whose analog for magnetism assumes no magnetic monopoles?

(students faintly whispering) (buzzer beeps) - Fermi's?

- Fermi's is incorrect.

It is Gauss's law.

Tossup, John Carpenter was the first American winner of the jackpot on what game show who was once hosted by Regis Philbin whose lifelines?

(buzzer beeps) Tyler Wallenpaupack.

- The pyramid?

- Is incorrect.

I'll complete the question and rebound to Abington Heights, included phone a friend.

(buzzer beeps) Anyone?

Luke.

- Who Wants to be a Millionaire?

- Who Wants to be a Millionaire is correct answer for your rebound points.

Tossup, what party which largely absorbed the anti-Asian party had its first two presidents die in office and opposed?

(buzzer beeps) Tyler Wallenpaupack.

- Whig?

- Whig is correct answer and your bonus Wallenpaupack.

What Union cavalry Commander devastated Virginia's Shenandoah Valley in 1864 and helped trap confederate forces at Appomattox?

(buzzer beeps) Tyler.

- Sherman?

- Sherman is incorrect.

It is Sheridan.

Pencil, pepper, pencil and paper ready, what is the value in sense of six coins, given the coins include one quarter, three dimes, and two nickels?

(buzzer beeps) Michael Wallenpaupack.

- 70 cents?

- 70 is incorrect.

Rebound to Abington.

(buzzer beeps) Niko.

- 65 cents?

- 65 is a correct answer for your rebound points.

Tossup, what author who wrote about the marriage of Jack Potter in his story The bride comes to Yellow Sky wrote the novel the Red Badge of Courage?

(buzzer beeps) Tyler Wallenpaupack.

- Crane?

- Crane is correct answer in your bonus Wallenpaupack.

What city where Amazon canceled plans to build its HQ2 campus contains an Amazon warehouse that was unionized by Christian Smalls in 2022?

- Was it a city?

- Chicago?

- Chicago?

(buzzer beeps) - Chicago?

- Chicago is incorrect.

It is New York.

Tossup, what European country whose traditional dishes include paprikash and goulash has a namesake non Indo-European language and is home to?

(buzzer beeps) - Hungary?

- Hungary Brendan from Wallenpaupack is a correct answer and your bonus.

The shepherd Gabriel Oak wishes to marry landowner Bathsheba Everdene in what Thomas Hardy novel whose title refers to its rural setting?

(buzzer beeps) - Oh it goes on?

- That's okay, say.

- Little House on the Prairie?

- Little House in the Prairie is incorrect.

It is Far From the Madding Crowd.

That sound you heard signals the end of the first quarter and it's now time for the lightning round.

(electricity buzzes) 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 T in anatomy or national parks.

(students faintly whispering) (buzzer beeps) - We choose T in anatomy.

- T in anatomy.

First question.

I will read the question and the timer will begin when I complete the first part.

T in anatomy, give these anatomical terms beginning with the letter T, mouth organ covered in taste buds?

(buzzer beeps) Niko.

- Tongue?

- Correct.

First digit on the hand?

(buzzer beeps) - Luke.

- Thumb?

- Correct.

Anatomical name for the shin bone?

(buzzer beeps) Luke.

- Tibia?

- Correct.

Lymphatic throat organs often removed in children?

(buzzer beeps) Rina?

- Thyroid?

- (indistinct).

- Thyroid?

- [Regina] Thyroid is incorrect.

It is tonsil.

tissue that connects muscle to bone?

(buzzer beeps) Manan?

- Tendon?

- Correct.

Endocrine gland affected in Graves' disease?

(buzzer beeps) Luke.

- Thyroid?

- Correct.

Three part muscle responsible for elbow extension?

(buzzer beeps) - Tricep?

- Correct.

Male gonad where sperm is produced?

(buzzer beeps) - Testes?

- Correct - Lobe of the brain that processes sensory information?

(buzzer beeps) - Temporal?

- Correct.

Immune system organ located behind the breast bone?

(buzzer beeps) - Pass - That would be the thymus.

Moving over to our team from Wallenpaupack.

Your category is national parks.

In what state are these national parks located?

Petrified Forest in the same state?

(buzzer beeps) Michael.

- Arizona?

- Correct.

Olympic which is on this Pacific Ocean?

(buzzer beeps) - Michael.

Washington?

- Correct.

- Biscayne which includes a mangrove Forest?

(buzzer beeps) - Florida?

- Correct.

- Mammoth Cave?

(buzzer beeps) - Kentucky?

- Correct.

White Sands which is in a missile range where the first atomic bomb was tested?

(buzzer beeps) Michael.

- New Mexico?

- Correct.

Acadia which includes Mount Desert Island?

(buzzer beeps) Maine?

- Correct.

Grand Teton?

(buzzer beeps) - Arizona?

- Incorrect.

Wyoming.

Glacier which is near the Canadian?

(buzzer beeps) - Montana?

- Correct.

Arches and Bryce Canyon?

(buzzer beeps) - Utah?

- Correct.

Isle Royale which is in Lake Superior?

(buzzer beeps) - Michigan?

- Correct.

Now we're at the, that was the end of this lightning round.

So let's take a look and update our score.

We currently have Abington Heights with 70 points and Wallenpaupack pack with 85.

We're going to move into the second quarter with this tossup question.

What country which joined Argentina and Uruguay in The War of the Triple Alliance had two emperors named Pedro and was a?

(buzzer beeps) Brendan Wallenpaupack.

- Brazil?

Brazil is a correct answer and your bonus.

Pencil paper ready.

What integer can be expressed in scientific notation as 4 times 10 raised to the 8th power?

(buzzer beeps) - 40 million?

- 40 million is incorrect.

It is 400 million.

Tossup.

What sculptor who created Man with the Broken Nose names of a Philadelphia museum that displays the works The Burghers of Calais and The Thinker?

(buzzer beeps) Michael.

- The MoMA - MoMA is incorrect, rebounds to Abington Heights.

Anyone?

(buzzer beeps) No one?

Niko.

- Michelangelo?

- Michelangelo is incorrect.

It is a Auguste Rodin.

Tossup, what city whose territory includes the glass making island of Murano was once ruled by doges and has gondolas traversing its many?

(buzzer beeps) Michael Wallenpaupack.

- Venice?

- Correct.

Venice.

Wallenpaupack your bonus.

What French novella is named after a childlike character who uproots baobab that threatened the asteroid where he lives?

- It's The Little Prince.

The Little Prince (buzzer beeps) - The Little Prince?

- The Little Prince Tyler is a correct answer for your bonus points.

Tossup, what British author imagined a damsel with a dulcimer and wrote about caves of ice within a sunny pleasure dome at Xanadu in his poem Kubla Khan?

(buzzer beeps) - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle?

- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is incorrect, rebound to Abington Heights?

No one.

The correct answer is Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

Pencil paper ready.

What is the measure of the third angle of a triangle whose other two angles measure 105?

(buzzer beeps) Manan Abington.

- 20 degrees?

- 20 degrees is correct answer and your bonus.

What alias is used by jewel thief Selena Kyle who first appeared in a 1940 issue of Batman?

(buzzer beeps) - Catwoman?

- Catwoman is a correct answer for your bonus points.

Tossup, what policy enacted by executive order 9066 created Tule Lake, Manzanar, and other camps where Asian-American citizens were sent during World War II?

(buzzer beeps) Manan?

- Japanese internment?

- Internment is correct answer and your bonus, Abington Heights.

What car brand whose mid-size SUVs are sold as RX models was the first Japanese luxury car-make to launch in the United States and is a division of Toyota?

(buzzer beeps) - Lexus?

- Lexus is a correct answer for your bonus points.

Tossup, what adjective which proceeds dark in the title of a Nintendo 64 FPS describes numbers such as 6 and 28 and is a synonym of immaculate?

(buzzer beeps) Niko Abington.

- Perfect.

- Perfect Niko is correct answer on your bonus.

Two answers are required here.

What two biochemists named the standard pairing of bases that hold strands of DNA together?

(students faintly whispering) (buzzer beeps) - Watson and Crick?

- Watson and Crick's a correct answer for your bonus points.

Tossup, in June, 2022 what federal agency cited safety concerns in banning sales of jewel e-cigarettes and approved infant?

(buzzer beeps) Luke.

- The FDA?

- The FDA's a correct answer Abington and your bonus.

Henri is the reigning grand duke of what small European country that shares border with Germany, France, and Belgium?

- Lichtenstein.

It's Lichtenstein.

(buzzer beeps) - Lichtenstein?

- Lichtenstein is incorrect.

It is Luxembourg.

That sound that you heard signals the end of that quarter.

So let's take a look at our score.

We have Abington Heights with 125 points and Wallenpaupack with 110 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.

So let's get started with our students from Abington Heights.

Niko tell us about your future plans.

- I plan to go to college and study computer engineering and hopefully become a computer engineer one day.

- Are you gonna stay local?

- Probably not.

I'll probably go a few hours away.

Nothing too crazy.

- Well good luck.

- Thank you.

- And Luke, how about you?

- I plan to study electrical engineering and in the hopes of becoming an electrical engineer in the future.

- Oh, so exciting.

How about you Rina?

- I plan to major in biochem and go pre-med so that I can become a doctor one day.

- Okay, good luck.

- Thank you.

- Manan?

- I go plan to go to college to major in data science or bioinformatics, ultimately aspiring to a career in medicine.

- Well good luck to all of you and good luck in the second half.

Let's move over to our team from Wallenpaupack.

Michael, tell us a little bit about yourself?

What either your future plans or what you do in school and outta school?

- I am a very big runner.

I do cross country and track and I run in the off seasons.

- Good luck Brendan?

- I am in the marching band in the concert band for the school and I also play hockey just right over right around the corner.

- And you also are on scrimmage team, all of you (laughs).

And Emma?

- I'm in the yearbook club as well as Scholastics obviously and I plan to become a veterinarian in my future.

- Wow, that's exciting.

How about you Tyler?

- I compete with our Scholastics team in matches and I am an Eagle Scout and volunteer firefighter.

- Wonderful.

Your ought to be commended.

Well good luck to everybody in the second half.

It was nice getting to know you.

Let's start with a tossup.

What conflict in which Charles Gordon led the ever victorious army against a man who claimed to be Jesus's brother occurred during the Qing Dynasty?

(buzzer beeps) Brendan Wallenpaupack.

- The Heavenly Way War?

- Heavenly Way is incorrect.

Rebound to Abington Heights.

(buzzer beeps) No.

Manan.

- The Taiping Rebellion?

- Taiping is correct answer for your rebound points.

Tossup, what structure in the human eye has a fovea with a high concentration of cones and transmits information?

(buzzer beeps) Emma Wallenpaupack.

- The retina?

- Retina's correct answer and your bonus Wallenpaupack.

What economists used trade between Britain and Portugal to describe comparative advantage in 1817's On the Principles of Political Economy and Taxation?

- Adam Smith?

- Yeah.

- Adam Smith.

(buzzer beeps) - Tyler.

- Adam Smith?

- Adam Smith is incorrect.

It is Ricardo.

Toss up, what city whose first NFL team moved to Tennessee in 1997 is home to two teams with NASA inspired names, the MLBs Astros and the NBA's?

(buzzer beeps) Emma Wallenpaupack.

- Houston?

- Houston is correct answer and your bonus Wallenpaupack.

What German physicist discovered a loop rule and a junction rule that can be used to analyze voltage and current in circuits?

(students faintly whisper) (buzzer beeps) - Ampere?

- Ampere is incorrect.

It is Gustav Kirchoff.

Tossup, what composers hymn I Vow to the My Country is based on a movement subtitled "The Bringer of Jollity" the fourth movement in his suite The Planets?

(buzzer beeps) Tyler.

- Vivaldi?

- Vivaldi is incorrect.

Rebound to Abington Heights.

No one.

(buzzer beeps) Manan?

- Copeland?

- Copeland is incorrect.

It is Gustav Holst.

Tossup, what non-conservative force whose magnitude is often modeled as a namesake co-efficient times the normal force is reduced?

(buzzer beeps) Tyler Wallenpaupack.

- Friction?

- Friction Tyler is a correct answer and your bonus.

Residents of what West Coast city led by Mayor London Breed voted to recall Progressive District Attorney Chesa Boudin in a June, 2022 election?

(students faintly whispering) (buzzer beeps) - Portland?

- Portland is incorrect.

It is San Francisco.

Tossup, what English born explorer of the future New York sailed the half moon was marooned in a 16?

(buzzer beeps) Tyler Wallenpaupack.

- Hudson?

- Hudson's correct answer and your bonus Wallenpaupack.

What author of the autobiography Black Boy wrote a novel that depicts The Trial of Bigger Thomas?

(students faintly whispering) (buzzer beeps) This is a bonus for Wallenpaupack.

No answer team?

(buzzer beeps) - No answer.

- Okay.

The correct answer is Wright.

Tossup, what Biblical character was hidden by his mother, Jochebed, in a basket, was the brother?

(buzzer beeps) Luke.

- Moses?

- Moses is correct answer and a bonus Abington Heights.

The United States Constitution is based partly on the oral constitution of what Confederacy of Native American tribes?

(buzzer beeps) - Iroquois?

- Iroquois is correct answer for your bonus points.

Tossup, which zodiac constellation contains the black hole at the center of the Milky Way, depicts a centaur with a bow, and is sometimes called?

(buzzer beeps) Tyler Wallenpaupack.

- Orion?

- Orion is incorrect.

I'll complete the question and rebound to Abington.

With a bow and is sometimes called The Archer?

(buzzer beeps) - Sagittarius.

- Sagittarius is correct answer for your rebound points Abington.

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

(electricity buzzes) This time Wallenpaupack will pick first.

Your categories are alliterative comic book characters or Missourians.

- [Student] Pick comic book characters.

- Alliterative comic book characters please.

- Okay.

The clock will begin after I read the first question.

Alliterative comic book characters, identify these comic book characters with alliterative names.

Spiderman's alter ego?

(buzzer beeps) Emma.

- Peter Parker?

- Correct.

Female hero with a lasso of truth?

(buzzer beeps) - Wonder Woman?

- Correct.

Rival of Superman played in movies by Jesse Eisenberg?

(buzzer beeps) - Lex Luther?

- Correct.

Animal Companion of Groot?

(buzzer beeps) Emma.

- Rocket Raccoon?

- Correct.

Harold of Galactus whose original name was Norrin Radd?

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- Silver Surfer.

Tony Stark's primary love interest who also uses the name?

(buzzer beeps) Emma.

- Pepper Pots?

- Pepper Pots, correct.

Alter ego of the Winter Soldier?

(buzzer beeps) Michael.

- Captain America?

- Bucky Barnes.

Head of the Daily Bugle generally depicted as hating Spiderman?

(buzzer beeps) - J. Jonah Jameson?

- Correct.

Detective who marries Luke Cage?

(buzzer beeps) Emma.

- Pass.

- [Regina] Jessica name used by Sally Jupiter and her daughter in Watchman?

(buzzer beeps) - Pass - Silk Spectre.

Moving over to our team from Abington Heights in the category of Missourian.

Name these people who live or lived in Missouri.

President who succeeded FDR.

(buzzer beeps) Manan.

- Truman?

- Correct.

Author of Huckleberry Finn?

(buzzer beeps) Luke.

- Mark Twain?

- Correct.

Current junior senator from the state with Roy Blunt?

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- Holly.

King of Ragtime who composed the Maple Leaf Rag?

(buzzer beeps) - Scott Joplin?

- Correct.

Namesake of a telescope who showed that Andromeda is a galaxy?

(buzzer beeps) - Hubble?

- Correct.

Congressman in the squad who represents St. Louis?

(buzzer beeps) Luke.

- Pass.

- Bush.

Rhythm and blues singer who have recorded Maybellene and Johnny Be Good?

(buzzer beeps) - Chuck Berry?

- Correct.

Regionalist painter of the mural America Today?

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- Benton.

Pioneer of conservative talk radio who died in February, 2021?

(buzzer beeps) - Rex Tillman?

- Brush Limbaugh.

That's the end of the lightning round.

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

We have Abington Heights with 185 points and Wallenpaupack with 180.

It's certainly a close match.

Let's get started with a tossup.

What country whose Cape Reinga is sacred to it's indigenous people has two main islands, north and south island, which were settled by the Maori?

(buzzer beeps) Tyler.

- Maldives?

- Maldives is incorrect.

Rebound to Abington.

No one?

(buzzer beeps) Luke.

- Madagascar?

- Is in corrected.

It is New Zealand.

Tossup, what country was home to the poet of Sonnets of Death Gabriela Misral and the author of 20 Love Poems and a Song of Despair by Pablo Neruda?

(buzzer beeps) Manan.

- Spain?

- Is incorrect, rebound to Wallenpaupack.

(buzzer beeps) Emma.

Michael.

- Chile?

- Chile is correct answer for your rebound points.

Tossup, what director depicted a search for gold in Vietnam and a Colorado detective posing as white on the phone in his film's Da 5 Bloods and?

(buzzer beeps) - Luke.

- Spike Lee?

- Spike Lee's correct answer and your bonus Abington Heights.

Aristotle and Galen both performed What procedure in which a human cadaver is cut open to study its anatomy that is sometimes known as an autopsy?

(students faintly whisper) (buzzer beeps) - Biopsy?

- Biopsy is incorrect.

It is dissection.

Tossup, what composer wrote The Chorus of the Hebrew slaves for Nabucco and the aria La donna e mobile for his opera about a court jester named Rigoletto?

(buzzer beeps) Manan.

Liszt?

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Wallenpaupack.

(buzzer beeps) - Elgar.

- I'm sorry?

- Elgar?

- Elgar is incorrect.

It is Verdi.

Tossup, what linear triatomic molecule which is produced with water in complete combustion of methane forms?

(buzzer beeps) Michael Wallenpaupack.

- Carbon dioxide?

- Carbon dioxide is correct answer and your bonus Wallenpaupack.

What two countries whose joining was banned by the Treaty of Versailles were unified by the 1938 Anschluss?

(buzzer beeps) Tyler.

- Germany and Austria?

- Correct answer for your bonus points.

Tossup, what author included a speech about the first mover in a story about the rivals Palamon and Arcite which the knight narrates in the Canterbury Tales.?

(buzzer beeps) Brendan.

- Geoffry Chaucer?

- Chaucer is correct answer and your bonus Wallenpaupack.

A 1793 painting by Jacque-Louis David depicts the death of what protagonist, propagandist, excuse me, of the French Revolution?

(students faintly whispering) - Yeah, answer.

(buzzer beeps) - Marat.

- Is a correct answer for your bonus points.

Tossup, what British prime minister was replaced by Anthony Eden in 1955 and by Clement Attlee in 1945?

(buzzer beeps) Tyler.

- Winston Churchill?

- Churchill's a correct answer Tyler and your bonus Wallenpaupack.

Which English philosopher and proponent of empiricism presented a version of the scientific method in his 1620 treatise Novum Organum?

(buzzer beeps) - Isaac Newton?

- It is incorrect.

It is is Francis Bacon.

Tossup, what polymer which a Chinese team led by Cao Tao synthesized without cells in 2000?

(buzzer beeps) Manan.

- Silk?

- Is incorrect.

I'll complete the question and rebound to Wallenpaupack.

In 2021 consists of linked glucose units and stores energy in potatoes?

(beezer beeps) Emma.

- Starch.

- Starch is a correct answer for your rebound points.

And that's the end of this game.

Our score is Abington Heights with 195 points and Wallenpaupack 240 points.

Congratulations Wallenpaupack, 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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