(upbeat marching band music playing) ♪ Go - Welcome to the 18th 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.

Tonight's match features Wallenpaupach vs. Western Wayne.

Representing Wallenpaupach are Genevieve Neenan, Braeden Caputo, Michael McCloskey, and Michael Soskil.

Their alternate is Nathan Freethy, and their advisor is Ryan Neenan.

Representing Western Wayne, are Rhayni Carroll, Taylor Maiocco, Will Dwyer, Adrian Agnello, and their alternates are Eli Bilski, and Emily Romanowski.

Their advisor is Ryan Onder.

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

So let's take a moment 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 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'll be given the toss-up points, but will not receive a bonus question.

Well, we're gonna go ahead and start the game now with this toss-up question.

What formerly enslaved man who fought white farmer, Edward Covey, wrote the book, My Bondage and My Freedom, and published the newspaper, The North Star?

(buzzer beeps) Michael, Wallenpaupach?

- Douglas.

- Is correct, and your bonus question, now.

Methods called Zaner, Bloser, and D'Nealian are used to teach what skill which 21 states mandate be taught in primary schools, and is a form of writing?

- Cursive.

- Cursive.

- I think cursive.

- Yeah.

(buzzer beeps) - Cursive.

- [Paul] Is correct for your bonus points, Wallenpaupach.

Let's move on to another toss-up.

What value is the same in all inertial frames and special relativity, equals about three times 10 to the eight meters per second, and cannot be exceeded?

(buzzer beeps) Will, Western Wayne?

- The speed of light.

- [Paul] Is correct and here comes your bonus.

In what sport did Australia retain the ashes in 2023 after securing a two to two draw in a test against England?

(buzzer beeps) Adrian?

- Rugby.

- [Paul] No.

The answer you're looking for was cricket.

Let's go to another toss-up.

What 1962 children's novel, which begins, "It was a dark and stormy night", and depicts Meg Murray's travels through space (buzzer beeps) was written by- Michael, Wallenpaupach?

- A Wrinkle in Time.

- [Paul] Is correct and here comes your bonus.

What British playwright, who wrote of McCann and Goldberg abducting Stanley in the Birthday Party, wrote about hitmen, Ben and Gus, in The Dumb Waiter?

- O'Neill?

- Try it, I don't know.

(buzzer beeps) - O'Neill.

- [Paul] No, that author was- That playwright was Harold Pinter, Harold Pinter.

Our next toss-up, which country, whose historical region of Dalmatia is home to Dubrovnik, lies across the Adriatic Sea from Italy and has the capital at Zagreb?

(buzzer beeps) Michael, Wallenpaupach?

- Croatia.

- [Paul] Is correct, and your bonus now.

From 2004 to 2009, the world's tallest skyscraper was a 101-floor building in what Asian city?

- [Michael] Dubai.

- Yeah, Dubai.

(buzzer beeps) - Dubai.

- [Paul] No, we are looking for Taipei, Taipei.

Here's our next toss-up.

What process with stereolithography and fused deposition modeling types uses CAD software and plastic to make objects with length, width and height?

(buzzer beeps) Michael, Wallenpaupach?

- 3D Printing.

- Is correct, and your bonus.

What term in Buddhism refers to the cyclical process of birth, death and reincarnation that humans seek to escape?

(buzzer beeps) - The wheel of dharma?

Our next toss-up.

What business person, who has led philanthropy projects along with his wife Priscilla Chan, is the CEO of both Meta platforms and Facebook?

(buzzer beeps) Michael, Wallenpaupach?

- Zuckerberg.

- [Paul] Is correct.

And here's your bonus, and get your pencils and papers ready.

What is the radius of the base of a right circular cylinder whose volume is 98 pi, and whose height is one-half?

(contestants whispering) - [Michael] 66?

Why don't we do that?

- Yeah, 66.

- Alright.

(buzzer beeps) - 66.

- [Paul] Nope, the answer we're looking for was 14.

14.

Our next toss-up.

What author of the Conscience of a Conservative, and senator from Arizona, was the Republican presidential nominee in 1964, and used the slogan "AuH2O"?

(buzzer beeps) Michael, Wallenpaupach?

- Reagan.

- [Paul] Is incorrect.

Rebound now to Western Wayne.

(shrill beep sounds) (buzzer beeps) Will?

- Nixon.

- [Paul] No, we are looking for Barry Goldwater.

The answer was actually in the question, AuH2O.

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

(electricity 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.

Wallenpaupach has won the coin toss, and will pick first.

Your categories are Fictional Mansions or UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

(contestants whispering) (buzzer beeps) - World Heritage Sites.

- UNESCO World Heritage Sites it is, and your time begins after I finish reading the first question.

In what US state are these world heritage sites located?

Monticello, the home of Thomas Jefferson?

(buzzer beeps) - Virginia.

- [Paul] Yes.

- Taos, Pueblo?

(buzzer beeps) - Texas.

- [Paul] New Mexico.

Everglades National Park?

(buzzer beeps) - Florida.

- [Paul] Yes, Mammoth Cave?

(buzzer beeps) - Kentucky.

- [Paul] Yes.

- Cahokia, which is a pre-Columbian archeological site?

(buzzer beeps) - Ohio.

- [Paul] Illinois.

Redwood National Park?

(buzzer beeps) - California.

- [Paul] Yes.

Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater House?

(buzzer beeps) - Pennsylvania.

- Yes.

- The Earthworks at Poverty Point, about 15 miles from the Mississippi River?

(buzzer beeps) - Louisiana.

- [Paul] Yes.

The Guggenheim Museum, which is on Fifth Avenue in the upper- - New York.

- [Paul] Yes.

Mesa Verde National Park.

(buzzer beeps) - New Mexico?

- [Paul] Nope, Colorado.

Alright, Wallenpaupach, great job on your portion of the lightning round.

Western Wayne, we're coming over to you.

And your remaining category will be Fictional Mansions.

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

Given the name of a fictional estate, and a character who lives there, name the author who created them.

Castle Dracula, home to Count Dracula?

(buzzer beeping) - Pass.

- [Paul] Bram Stoker.

Wuthering Heights, home to Catherine Earnshaw?

(buzzer beeping) - Pass.

- [Paul] Emily Bronte.

Pemberley, home to Mr. Darcy?

(buzzer beeping) - Pass.

- [Paul] Jane Austen.

Satis House, home to Miss Havisham.

(buzzer beeping) - Pass.

- Charles Dickens.

Tara, home to Scarlett O'Hara?

(buzzer beeping) - Pass.

- [Paul] Margaret Mitchell.

Toad Hall, home of Mr. Toad?

(buzzer beeping) - Dickens.

- [Paul] Kenneth Grahame.

Manderley, former home of the deceased Rebecca?

(buzzer beeping) - Pass.

- [Paul] Du Maurier.

Misselthwaite Manor, where Mary Lennox finds a secret garden?

(shrill beep sounds) That was Francis Hodgson Burnett.

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

And after that, we currently have Wallenpaupach in the lead over Western Wayne, 90 to 10.

And we're now going to go ahead and move into the second quarter with this toss-up question.

What English philosopher defended women's rights in the Subjection of Women, and expanded on his teacher, Jeremy Bentham's ethics and utilitarianism?

(buzzer beeps) Michael, Wallenpaupach?

- James.

- [Paul] Is incorrect.

Rebound to Western Wayne.

(shrill buzzing sounds) That was John Stuart Mill.

Our next toss-up question, now.

What conifer, whose wood is used in Priam's treasure chamber in The Iliad, and whose namesake oil is a natural moth repellent, appears on Lebanon's flag?

(buzzer beeps) Michael, Wallenpaupach?

- Pine.

- [Paul] Is incorrect.

Rebound to Western Wayne.

(buzzer beeping) - Evergreen?

- [Paul] No, we're looking for Cedar.

Cedar.

Here's our next toss-up.

What federal office makes confessions of error, is currently held by Elizabeth Prelogar, and argues for the US government before the Supreme Court?

(buzzer beeps) Michael, Wallenpaupach?

- District attorney.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Western Wayne.

(buzzer beeping) That was Solicitor General.

Solicitor General.

Here's our next toss-up question.

What language was used to write the 1950s novels, Sugar Street and Palace Walk, which are part of author Naguib Mahfouz's Cairo Trilogy?

(buzzer beeps) Michael, Wallenpaupach?

- Arabic.

- [Paul] Is correct, and your bonus question now.

What type of plane is a flat area of the ocean floor, usually found three to six kilometers below sea level, which collectively cover more than 50% of Earth?

(all whispering) (buzzer beeps) - Coral reef.

- [Paul] No, that was an abysmal plane.

An abysmal plane.

Let's go to another toss-up question.

What seedless vascular plants have woody stemmed tree varieties, release spores from under their fronds, and germinate as spiral-shaped fiddleheads?

(buzzer beeps) Michael, Wallenpaupach?

- Mushrooms.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound a Western Wayne.

(buzzer beeping) - Pine trees?

- [Paul] Nope, the answer was ferns.

Ferns.

Here's our next toss-up.

What goddess was the sister of the underworld goddess, Ereshkigal, was married to Dumuzi, and was a Mesopotamian god of fertility, beauty and love?

(buzzer beeping) Taylor, Western Wayne?

- Aphrodite.

- [Paul] Is incorrect.

Rebound to Wallenpaupach.

(buzzer beeps) - Hera.

Hera?

- [Paul] Nope, we're looking for Ishtar, Ishtar.

Here's our next toss-up question, now.

What law, which named a Congress that met in October, 1765, inspired the slogan, "No taxation without representation" by adding fees to printed materials?

(buzzer beeping) Will, Western Wayne?

- Stamp Act.

- [Paul] Is correct, and here comes your bonus question.

What member of the Seven Sages of Greece enacted anti-aristocratic reforms, and relaxed Draco's Law Code in an early form of Athenian democracy?

- Say it, just do it, do it.

(buzzer beeping) - Hippocrates?

- No, that was Solon, Solon.

Let's go to our next toss-up, and get your pencils and papers out.

What is the perimeter of a square whose area is 121, given that the square root of 121, and therefore- Michael, Wallenpaupach?

- 44.

- [Paul] Is correct, and your bonus, a family of purplish flowers is named after what plant behavior, in which they turn to face the sun?

- Sunflower.

Sunflower.

- Perennialism.

(buzzer beeps) Perennialism.

- [Paul] No, good answer, though.

We are looking for heliotropism, heliotropism.

And that sound that you heard signals the end of the first half, 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 we'll start with the students from Wallenpaupach, and Genevieve, I'll come to you first.

Tell us what your plans are after graduation.

- I wanna go into some kind of music or science major, I think.

- [Paul] Okay, very good, thank you.

Braeden?

- I plan to attend a four-year college to study audio engineering technology.

- Excellent.

Michael?

- I plan to get a bachelor's degree in aeronautics engineering.

- [Paul] Okay, thank you Michael.

And Michael?

- I plan to also go to a four-year university to get an engineering major, and possibly in aerospace.

- [Paul] Alright, excellent.

Thanks for being here, Wallenpaupach, and good luck the rest of the way.

Western Wayne, coming over to you.

Rhayni, if you wouldn't mind telling us what your plans are post-graduation.

- I plan to attend a four-year university, and get a degree in health sciences, and eventually become an optometrist.

- [Paul] Very nice.

Taylor?

- I plan to go into the medical field and become a nurse anesthetist.

- [Paul] Okay, Will.

- I plan to attend a four-year college and major in mathematics, and minor in Hispanic studies.

- [Paul] All righty, and Adrian.

- I plan to attend a four-year college and get a degree in biochem, and eventually become an anesthesiologist.

- [Paul] That's excellent.

Good luck to you, Western Wayne.

It was very nice to meet all of you.

I will now go ahead and begin the third quarter with this toss-up question.

What author, whose first book of poetry was 1945's A Street in Bronzeville, depicted people who lurk late and die soon, in her poem, We Real Cool?

(buzzer beeps) Michael, Wallenpaupach?

- Browning.

- [Paul] Is incorrect.

Rebound to Western Wayne.

(shrill beep sounds) That was Gwendolyn Brooks, Gwendolyn Brooks.

Our next toss-up question, what style also called late baroque was marked by intricate patterns and shell-like curves, and was exemplified by Jean-Honoré Fragonard's The Swing?

(buzzer beeps) Genevieve, Wallenpaupach?

- Gothic.

- [Paul] Is incorrect.

Rebound to Western Wayne.

(beeper buzzing) - Romantic.

- No, we're looking for Rococo.

Rococo was the answer there, as we move on to our next toss-up What ruler, during whose reign Lord Melbourne served as prime minister, married Prince Albert, and was Britain's queen for most of the 19th century?

(buzzer beeps) Michael, Wallenpaupach?

- Victoria?

- [Paul] Is correct, and your bonus, now.

Maseru is the capital of what country, which is completely surrounded by South Africa?

- Lesotho?

- Yeah.

(buzzer beeps) - Lesotho.

- Is correct for your bonus points, Wallenpaupach, as we move to our next toss-up.

What 2023 event hampered by rain in Nevada's Black Rock Desert, and climate protestors, is an annual festival during which a large effigy is set on fire?

(buzzer beeps) Michael, Wallenpaupach?

- Burning Man.

- [Paul] Is correct, and your bonus now.

What 1887 experiment, which used an interferometer floating in mercury, provided evidence against the existence of the luminiferous ether?

- Stanley Miller?

- Sure.

(buzzer beeps) - Stanley Miller.

- [Paul] No, that was the Michelson-Morley experiment.

Let's go to another toss-up.

What organic compound, whose methyl derivative is toluene, is often drawn as a hexagon with a circle inside, that has the molecular formula, C6H6?

(buzzer beeps) Michael, Wallenpaupach?

- Benzene.

- [Paul] Is correct, and your bonus.

What poet wrote about the cheerful singing of an Italian silk winder in Pippa Passes, and described another Italian woman in his poem, My Last Duchess?

(Michael whispering) (buzzer beeps) - Cather.

- [Paul] No, that was Robert Browning.

Robert Browning.

Our next toss-up question.

What Midwestern city served by a streetcar system, known as The Hop, is on the shore of Lake Michigan, and is the most populous city in Wisconsin?

(buzzer beeps) - Genevieve Wallenpaupach?

- Madison.

- [Paul] Is incorrect, rebound to Western Wayne.

(buzzer beeping) - Will?

- Milwaukee.

- [Paul] Is correct for your rebound points, Western Wayne.

And here's our next toss-up.

What organization, originally founded as a clinic in Brooklyn by Margaret Sanger, provides birth control and family planning services, like abortion?

(buzzer beeping) Rhayni, Western Wayne?

- Planned Parenthood.

- [Paul] Is correct, and your bonus, now.

What class of particles, which is named after an Indian physicist, is characterized by integer values of spin?

(buzzer beeping) - Quantum values?

- Nope, that answer was bosons.

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

(electricity charging) This time, Western Wayne will pick first.

Your categories are AB, or BAY.

(contestants whispering) - You want AB?

Okay, good.

(buzzer beeping) - AB.

- [Paul] AB it is.

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

Give these answers that begin with the consecutive letters, AB.

First name of President Lincoln?

(buzzer beeping) - Abraham.

- Yes.

Brother of Cain in the Bible?

(buzzer beeping) - Abraham.

- [Paul] Abel.

- Big three network owned by Disney?

(buzzer beeping) - ABC.

- [Paul] Yes.

Capital of the United Arab Emirates?

(buzzer beeping) - Abu Dhabi.

- [Paul] Yes.

Verb meaning "leave behind", or "give up on"?

(buzzer beeping) - Abandoned.

- [Paul] Mm-hmm.

Lowest possible temperature?

(buzzer beeping) - Absolute zero.

- [Paul] Yes.

Caliphate that succeeded the Umayyad?

(buzzer beeping) - Pass.

- Abbasid.

Physical process that is the opposite of emission?

(buzzer beeping) - Absorption.

- [Paul] Yes.

Five letter word that is a synonym of "home"?

(buzzer beeping) - Abode.

- [Paul] Yes.

Georgian breakaway republic near South Ossetia?

(buzzer beeping) - Pass.

- That's Abkhazia.

Okay, Western Wayne, that's going to do it for your portion of the second lightning round.

You did a great job.

Wallenpaupach, we're coming over to you, and your remaining category will be BAY.

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

Give these terms and names beginning with the consecutive letters BAY.

Slow-moving stream common in Louisiana?

(buzzer beeps) - Bayou.

- [Paul] Yes.

Blade fixed to the end of a firearm?

(buzzer beeps) - Bayonet.

- [Paul] Yes.

German football club with 32 Bundesliga titles?

- Bayern Munich - [Paul] Is incorrect, Bayern Munich.

White robot from Big Hero Six?

(buzzer beeps) - Baymax.

- [Paul] Yes.

Big 12 University in Waco, Texas.

(buzzer beeps) - Bayard.

- [Paul] Yes.

Tapestry depicting the Norman Conquest of England?

(buzzer beeps) - Bayeux.

- [Paul] Yes.

Conditional probability theorem named for an English mathematician?

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- Bass Theorem.

1990s TV series starring David Hasselhoff as a lifeguard?

(buzzer beeps) - Baywatch.

- [Paul] Yes.

Surname of Fox Sports commentator, Skip?

(buzzer beeps) - Bailiff.

- [Paul] No, Bayless.

German city that hosts an annual Richard Wagner festival?

(shrill beep sounds) That was by Bayreuth.

That's going to do it for the lightning round.

And before we go any further, just some housekeeping.

An earlier answer in this lightning round that referred to Bayern and Munich was correct, and the answer that was for Baylor University was incorrect, as we received a Baird University answer.

So therefore, our score is Wallenpaupach 175, Western Wayne 75, as we move into the last segment of the game with this toss-up question.

What calculus operation, which can be done by parts or using substitution- ...Michael, Wallenpaupach?

- Integration.

- [Paul] Is correct, and your bonus, what six letter noun that refers to people who give their opinions on television, or other media, comes from a Sanskrit word for scholar?

(all whispering) (buzzer beeps) - Pita.

- [Paul] No, we are looking for pundit.

Pundit.

Our next toss-up question.

What TV show revealed that Liz Keen was related to the real Raymon Reddington, and starred James Spader as a criminal, who creates the title, Black- ...Wallenpaupach?

- Blacklisted.

- [Paul] Judges?

- [Judge] Incorrect.

- [Paul] is incorrect, rebound to Western Wayne.

(buzzer beeping) Adrian?

- Blacklist.

- [Paul] Is correct for your rebound points, Western Wayne, as we move on to our toss-up question, what leader led his army on the long march, targeted intellectuals in the cultural revolution, and was the first communist chairman of China?

(buzzer beeping) Will, Western Wayne?

- Mao Zedong.

- [Paul] Is correct, and your bonus, now.

In the Princess Bride, what fencer, played by Mandy Patinkin, tells a man, "You killed my father, prepare to die"?

(Rhayni giggling) (buzzer beeping) - No answer.

- [Paul] Okay, that was Inigo Montoya, Inigo Montoya.

Let's go to another toss-up question.

What city, whose popular cows on road, contains many shops, was formerly founded in the 18th century by King Rama I, and is the capital of Thailand?

(buzzer beeps) Michael, Wallenpaupach?

- Taipei.

- Paul] Is incorrect, rebound to Western Wayne.

(buzzer beeping) Will?

- Bangkok.

- [Paul] Is correct for your rebound points, Western Wayne, as we move on to another toss-up.

What ex-wife of Allan Gray says, "I have always depended on the kindness of strangers" during a visit to her sister, Stella, in a streetcar named "Desire"?

(buzzer beeps) - Michael Wallenpaupach?

- Margaret.

- [Paul] Is incorrect, rebound to Western Wayne.

(buzzer beeping) Adrian?

No answer.

- [Paul] Okay, that was Blanche Dubois.

Our next toss-up question, what modern day country's composers include the creator of the ballet, The Wooden Prince, Béla Bartók, and the inventor of the tone poem, Franz's Liszt?

(buzzer beeps) Michael, Wallenpaupach?

- Poland.

- [Paul] Is incorrect, rebound to Western Wayne.

(buzzer beeping) - Will?

- Austria.

- Nope, that answer was Hungary.

Hungary.

Let's go to another toss-up question.

What sport's modern rules, which derive from the Queensbury rules, describe the mandatory eight count, the size of the ring, and the use of gloves?

(buzzer beeping) Will, Western Wayne?

- Boxing?

- [Paul] is correct, and your bonus question.

What first English king of his name was survived on his 1135 death only by his daughter Matilda, sparking a succession crisis known as The Anarchy?

(contestants whispering) (buzzer beeping) Will?

- King Henry IV.

- [Paul] Is incorrect, we are just looking for Henry I, Henry I.

Here's our next toss-up, and get your pencils and papers out.

What is the only positive root of the quadratic expression X squared minus X minus 20, given the other root is negative four?

Michael, Wallenpaupach?

- Five.

- [Paul] Is correct, and here's another math question, so keep those pencils and papers handy.

What is the largest distinct prime factor of the number 196, given that its smallest prime factor is two?

(buzzer beeping) Michael?

- 98.

- [Paul] Nope, that answer was seven.

And that's the end of the game.

And our winner tonight is Wallenpaupach over Western Wayne, 195 to 115.

Congratulations, Wallenpaupach, 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 thanks for watching.

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