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(upbeat music) (keyboard clacking) (lively music) ♪ Go - Welcome to the 19th season of WVIA's "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 five thousand dollars.

Tonight's match features Wayne Highlands versus Mountain View.

Representing Wayne Highlands are Mia Wolfe, Jordan Patzuk, Liam Miller, and Mattice Harcum.

Their alternate is Zoamy Feliciano Figueroa, and their advisor is Kevin Lockwood.

Representing Mountain View are Mimi Sedlak, Jackson Gesford, Vivian Sedlak, and Luke Zipprich.

Their alternate is Riley Turner, and their advisor is Charleene Martens.

"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 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'll be given the toss-up points, but will not receive a bonus question.

Well, let's get started with this toss-up question in anatomy.

Janie cries easily at weddings and other emotional occasions.

From what gland do tears come?

(buzzer beeping) Luke, Mountain View.

- Tear duct?

- [Paul] Is incorrect.

Rebound to Wayne Highlands.

(buzzer beeping) Mia.

- Lacrimal?

- Is correct for your rebound points, Wayne Highlands, as we go to a toss-up in American history.

Spiro Agnew resigned the vice presidency after being charged with income tax evasion.

Under which U.S. president did he serve?

(buzzer beeping) Mattice, Wayne Highlands.

- Ford.

- [Paul] Is incorrect.

Rebound to Mountain View.

(buzzer beeping) Jackson.

- Franklin Roosevelt.

- No, we're looking for Richard Nixon.

All right, let's go to a toss-up in math.

State the mode of the following set.

7, 11, 14, 7, 11, 15, 7, 19, 20, 21.

(buzzer beeping) Mattice, Wayne Highlands.

- Seven.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

With what sport are the terms hat trick, penalty, and puck most closely associated?

(buzzer beeping) - Ice hockey?

- Is correct for your bonus points, Wayne Highlands, as we turn to a toss-up in government.

She served as a professor at Notre Dame and as a federal appeals judge before being nominated by President Donald Trump in 2020 to replace Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

(buzzer beeping) Mattice, Wayne Highlands.

- Amy Coney Barrett?

- Is correct, and here's your bonus.

It's usually depicted as a circular diagram containing 12 constellations.

Identify this.

(buzzer beeping) - Zodiac?

- Is correct for your bonus points, Wayne Highlands.

Let's go to a toss-up in world history.

On April 6th, 2023, officials in Israel reported that their country was being barraged by rockets fired at them from nearby countries.

This sparked fears of the possible escalation of violence as Jews celebrate Passover, Muslims celebrate Ramadan, and Christians celebrate Easter.

Name either of the two countries from which these rockets (buzzer beeping) were being fired.

Mattice, Wayne Highlands.

- Lebanon?

- Is correct.

And your bonus question now, who voices the character The Spot in the movie "Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse"?

(buzzer beeping) - Stan Lee?

- No, that was Jason Schwartzman.

All right, let's go to a toss-up in earth science.

Scientists use this four-letter plural word to describe these low islands that are located near a coast and composed of mainly sand or coral.

There's a chain of them at the southern tip of Florida.

(buzzer beeping) What are they?

Mimi, Mountain View.

- Reefs?

- [Paul] Is incorrect.

(buzzer beeping) Rebound to Wayne Highlands, Mattice.

- Keys.

- Keys is correct for your rebound points, Wayne Highlands.

All right, here's your next toss-up.

This one is in drama.

She's married to Albany but prefers Edmund, who's as wicked as herself.

She even poisons her sister when her sister becomes a threat and rival for Edmund's love.

Name this oldest daughter of King Lear who eventually commits suicide in Shakespeare's play "King Lear."

(buzzer beeping) Mimi, Mountain View.

- Cordelia?

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Wayne Highlands.

(buzzer beeping) - Ophelia?

- No, that was Goneril, Goneril.

Here's your next toss-up, this one is in earth science.

The movie "Free Solo" tells the story of Alex Honnold, an American professional rock climber who became the first person to free solo this 3000-foot granite... (buzzer beeping) Mimi, Mountain View.

- El Capitan?

- Is correct, and here's your bonus question.

What musical instrument does Liesel's foster father, Hans, play in the book "Book Thief"?

(electronic beeps) (buzzer beeping) - Accordion?

- Is correct for your bonus points, Mountain View, and 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 12 rapid-fire questions as they can in one minute.

Wayne Highlands has won the coin toss and will pick first.

Your categories are geometry or physics.

- Weigh it.

- Do you wanna go physics?

- Sure, let's do it.

- We'll go physics.

- Physics it is.

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

Identify these physical science terms.

You'll be given the third letter of each answer and a definition of the term.

N. Energy of motion.

(buzzer beeping) - Inertia.

- Kinetic.

M, the mass of an object times its speed.

(buzzer beeping) - Momentum.

- [Paul] Yes.

V, a simple machine that's formed by resting a bar upon a fulcrum.

(buzzer beeping) - Lever.

- [Paul] Yes.

S, the amount of matter in an object.

(buzzer beeping) - Mass.

- [Paul] Yes.

H, a temperature scale in which water freezes at 32 degrees.

(buzzer beeping) - Fahrenheit?

- Yes.

L, a thin wire inside an electric light bulb that glows and gives off light.

(buzzer beeping) - Filament?

- Yes.

C, the change in speed or velocity of an object over time.

(buzzer beeping) - Acceleration.

- Yes.

D, the science that deals with the action of water and other liquids.

(buzzer beeping) - Hydrodynamics?

- [Paul] Hydraulics.

C, a verb meaning to move back and forth like a pendulum.

(buzzer beeping) - Oscillate.

- [Paul] Yes.

R, a type of electrical circuit that has more than one branch or pathway.

(buzzer beeping) - Parallel.

- Yes.

E, the tendency of an object (electronic beeps) to remain at rest.

That was inertia.

All right, Wayne Highlands, great job in the Lightning Round.

Mountain View, we're coming over to you.

Your remaining category will be geometry.

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

Identify these geometry terms that all begin with the same letter of the alphabet.

The distance around the outside of a circle.

(buzzer beeping) - Circumference?

- Yes.

The point at which the three medians of a triangle intersect.

(buzzer beeping) - Corner?

- Centroid.

A pair of numbers that gives the location of a point.

(buzzer beeping) - Coordinates?

- Yes.

A line segment inside a circle that has both endpoints on the circle.

(buzzer beeping) - Pass.

- [Paul] That's chord.

Two angles whose measures add up to 90 degrees.

(buzzer beeping) - Complementary.

- Yes.

Two figures that are exactly equal in size and shape.

(buzzer beeping) - Congruent.

- [Paul] Yes.

A geometric figure that has no indentations.

(buzzer beeping) - Pass.

- [Paul] Convex.

Circles with different diameters that share a common center point.

(buzzer beeping) - Pass.

- [Paul] Concentric.

A regular polygon in which all faces are square.

(buzzer beeping) - Cube.

- Yes.

A word that describes points that lie on the same line.

(electronic beeps) That was collinear.

That'll wrap up the Lightning Round for Mountain View.

And after that, we currently have Wayne Highlands in the lead over Mountain View.

But before we go any further, we have a slight scoring adjustment to make for Wayne Highlands.

An earlier answer in the last Lightning Round was deemed to be correct, so we're going to go ahead and add those points to Wayne Highlands' score, making it 105 to 40 in favor of Wayne Highlands.

Let's go ahead and begin the second quarter with this toss-up question in novels.

The author of this novel described it as a kind of playable novel written in novel form, but so seen that it could be played as it stands.

In fact, in 1937 it won the New York Critics Circle Award for best play, and it's still being read and performed today.

Name this John Steinbeck California novel that follows two migrant workers... (buzzer beeping) Liam, Wayne Highlands.

- "Of Mice and Men."

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

This scientist was born in the year Galileo died.

Name this man who, while escaping the London plague on his uncle's farm, developed the foundations of the law of universal gravitation.

(buzzer beeping) Liam.

- Isaac Newton.

- Is correct for your bonus points, Wayne Highlands, as we turn to a toss-up in sports.

This current NASCAR driver began racing at the age of six.

He became the youngest winner in NASCAR history when he won the Lenox Industrial Tools 301 race in 2009 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway at the age of 19.

Name this racer who's currently recording several wins while driving the No.

22 Ford, (buzzer beeping) Jordan, Wayne Highlands.

- Jeff Gordon.

- Is incorrect.

I'll finish and rebound to Mountain View.

For Team Penske.

(buzzer beeping) Luke.

- Dale Earnhardt, Jr. - No, that was Joey Logano.

All right, let's go to a toss-up in geometry.

What do we call the apex of a pyramid?

(electronic beeps) That is called the vertex.

Okay, let's go to a toss-up in earth science.

This gemstone can be yellow, brown, or even red.

Its chemical composition includes the elements aluminum, silicon, and fluorine.

Name this November birthstone that has a hardness of eight on the Mohs scale.

(buzzer beeping) Mattice, Wayne Highlands.

- Topaz?

- Is correct.

And your bonus question now.

The personality of what well-known emperor permeates the story "War and Peace"?

(buzzer beeping) - Frederick the Great.

- No, that was Napoleon Bonaparte.

Okay, let's go to a toss-up in short stories.

Judith Gardenier and Mr. Doolittle are characters from what Washington Irving short story?

(buzzer beeping) Jordan, Wayne Highlands.

- "Rip Van Winkle."

- Is correct, and here's your bonus question.

In the field of geology, this term refers to the process in which sediments are dropped and added to a landmass or landform.

In the field of chemistry, it's an antonym for sublimation.

Name this four-syllable term that refers to the process in which a gas turns directly into a solid, thus causing particles to settle on the surface.

(buzzer beeping) - Condensation?

- No, that's deposition.

Deposition.

All right, here's your next toss-up, this one is in American history.

This frontiersman, hunter, and trapper explored the Rocky Mountains and the West during the 19th century.

Name this former US senator from California who became the first Republican nominee for president of the United States... (buzzer beeping) Jackson, Mountain View.

- No answer.

- Okay, I'll finish and rebound to Wayne Highlands, in 1856.

(buzzer beeping) - Abraham Lincoln?

- No, that was John Fremont.

John Fremont.

Here's your next toss-up, this one is in novels.

In 1976, this American novelist was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.

His novels include "Humboldt's Gift," "Dangling Man," and "The Adventures of Augie March."

Name this author.

(electronic beeps) No takers there.

That was Saul Bellow.

(electronic beeps) Well, that sound that you heard signals the end of the first half, 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.

And we'll start with the students from Wayne Highlands, and Mia, I'll come to you first.

Here's a hypothetical for you.

If you had a time machine, and you can go either into the future or to the past, which one would you choose and why?

- I would travel into the past and buy Bitcoin.

(Paul laughs) - [Paul] Very smart.

Thanks, Mia.

Jordan.

- I would travel into the past, (laughs) I'm sorry, because I would like to see when, like, all the big stuff happened.

- [Paul] Okay.

Thanks, Jordan.

Liam.

- I'd do the past.

I'm a physics nerd, and I would love to see, like, the original process of how they discovered some of these, like, basic physics concepts that we now, like, take for granted without the tools that we have nowadays.

- [Paul] It would be fascinating.

- Very.

- Thanks, Liam.

Mattice.

- I would also go to the past, but for two reasons.

One, I don't wanna, I do not wanna know what the future holds, that's not a can of worms I wanna open.

(Mia wheezes) Two, I want to see what happens when you cause the grandfather paradox.

(Mia and Liam laughing) - Okay, excellent.

Thanks very much, Mattice.

That was a great answer.

Good luck the rest of the way.

Mountain View, coming over to you.

Mimi, same question.

If you had a time machine, future, past, where would you go and why?

- I'd go back in time just to brag to everyone about my time machine.

(people laughing) - [Paul] Okay.

(laughs) That's great.

Jackson.

- Back in time to remember John Fremont, to be honest.

- [Paul] Okay.

(laughs) (students laughing) Vivian.

- I would go forward in time so I can get the Powerball numbers.

- [Paul] That's great.

(people laughing) Luke.

- I'd go back in time so I could figure out all the answers to the previous questions to this half.

(people laughing) - All right, guys, very nice to see you all again, and let's go ahead and begin the third quarter with this toss-up question in current events.

The Country Billboard charts were hopping the first week in August in 2024 with Shaboozey hitting the top spot.

What single by Morgan Wallen featuring Ernest took the second spot on the chart?

(buzzer beeping) Jordan, Wayne Highlands.

- "Lies Lies Lies"?

- [Paul] Is incorrect.

Rebound to Mountain View.

(buzzer beeping) Vivian.

- "A Bar Song."

- No, it's "Cowgirl."

All right, here's your next toss-up in general science.

Butter, milk, smoke, fog, cytoplasm, and paint.

(buzzer beeping) Mimi, Mountain View.

- Colloid?

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

President Somoza fled to the United States and a revolutionary faction took over Nicaragua in 1979.

What group took control of Nicaragua?

(buzzer beeping) Luke.

- Pass.

- That's the Sandinistas.

All right, here's your next toss-up, this one is in botany.

Please give the name of the pollen-producing part of the reproductive structure in a flowering plant.

(buzzer beeping) Jordan, Wayne Highlands.

- The stroma?

- [Paul] Is incorrect.

Rebound to Mountain View.

(buzzer beeping) Vivian.

- Stamens.

- Nope, that's the anther, the anther.

All right, art is your next toss-up question.

If you're using a paint made from pigments, egg whites, and water, what type of paint are you using?

(buzzer beeping) Jordan, Wayne Highlands.

- Tempera?

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

What state shares its northern border with Iowa and its southern border with Arkansas?

(buzzer beeping) Mattice.

- Missouri.

- Is correct for your bonus points, Wayne Highlands, as we turn to a toss-up in grammar.

"I don't get no respect."

The preceding sentence was an example of what grammatical no-no?

(buzzer beeping) Vivian, Mountain View.

- Double negative.

- Is correct, and here's your bonus.

Secant is represented as the ratio of what to the arm adjacent to the angle?

(buzzer beeping) Luke.

- Adjacent over hypotenuse.

- Is incorrect.

We're simply looking for hypotenuse.

Okay, let's go to a toss-up in earth science.

This eroded volcanic complex on the Alaskan Peninsula consists of three stratovolcanoes and numerous domes that reach as high as 1,864 meters in elevation.

It last erupted in 1974.

Name this volcano that shares its name with both the first sugar-free gum marketed in America and with the tool that Poseidon used in Greek mythology.

(buzzer beeping) Mia, Wayne Highlands.

- Trident?

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question now.

Sarah Josepha Hale, born in New Hampshire, may be the person most responsible for this celebration being recognized as a national holiday in America.

Name this holiday, modeled on a 1621 feast celebrated by the Pilgrims.

(buzzer beeping) - Thanksgiving.

- That's correct, Wayne Highlands.

And now we go to a toss-up in chemistry.

Which property of metal describes the extent to which it can be pressed, beaten, or rolled into thin sheets?

(buzzer beeping) Jordan, Wayne Highlands.

- Malleability?

- Is correct, and your bonus question now.

This Leivick Halpern play was based on an ancient Jewish legend about a medieval rabbi who created an artificial human being.

Identify this drama that was made into a movie in 2018.

(buzzer beeping) - "Fiddler on the Roof"?

- No, that's "The Golem."

(people laughing) "The Golem."

Points for style.

Let's go onto a toss-up within astronomy.

In 1963, (electronic beeps) Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman in space.

What was the name of the Russian spacecraft that carried her into space?

(buzzer beeping) Mattice, Wayne Highlands.

- Sputnik.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Mountain View.

(buzzer beeping) Luke.

- The Ship.

(people laughing) - No, it's Vostok 6.

Well, before we go any further, we do have a quick scoring adjustment we have to make.

An earlier answer given by Mountain View has deemed to be correct, so we'll add those points to their score now.

And that sound that you heard signals the end of the third quarter and another Lightning Round.

(electricity zapping) This time Mountain View will pick first.

Your categories are world geography or cinema.

- Geography.

I'm like... You can do it, yeah, do geography.

- Geography, please.

- World geography it is.

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

The capital city of a country is not always the most heavily populated city in that country.

You'll be given the name of a country, give the largest city in that country based upon population.

And once again, it's not the capital city of that country.

Brazil.

(buzzer beeping) - Buenos Aires.

- Sao Paulo.

United States.

(buzzer beeping) - New York City.

- Yes.

Canada.

(buzzer beeping) - Ontario.

- Toronto.

Switzerland.

(buzzer beeping) - Pass.

- Zurich.

Pakistan.

(buzzer beeping) - Pass.

- [Paul] Karachi.

Belgium.

(buzzer beeping) - Waffle.

- (chuckles) Antwerp.

South Africa.

(buzzer beeping) - Cape Town.

- Johannesburg.

India.

(buzzer beeping) - Delhi.

- Mumbai.

Vietnam.

(buzzer beeping) - Pass.

- Ho Chi Minh City.

China.

(buzzer beeping) - Beijing.

- Shanghai.

Scotland.

(buzzer beeping) - Pass.

- Glasgow.

Australia.

(buzzer beeping) (electronic beeps) - Melbourne.

- Nope, that's Sydney.

Okay, Mountain View, that's gonna wrap up your second Lightning Round.

Wayne Highlands, we're coming over to you.

Your remaining category will be cinema.

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

May the force be with you as you attempt this collection of "Star Wars" trivia.

The name for the laser swords.

(buzzer beeping) - Lightsaber.

- Yes.

The main language spoken in the galaxy.

(buzzer beeping) - Commons?

- Basic.

The planet on which Jabba the Hutt's palace was located.

(buzzer beeping) - Pass.

- [Paul] Tatooine.

The character who built C-3PO.

(buzzer beeping) - Anakin Skywalker.

- Yes.

The person who killed Jabba the Hutt.

(buzzer beeping) - Luke Skywalker?

- [Paul] Princess Leia.

Kylo Ren's birth name.

(buzzer beeping) - Solo.

Ben Solo.

- Yes.

The character who trained Luke Skywalker to be a Jedi.

(buzzer beeping) - Obi-Wan Kenobi.

- Yoda.

The actress who played Princess Leia in the movies.

(buzzer beeping) - Pass.

- [Paul] Carrie Fisher.

Luke and Leia's mother.

(buzzer beeping) - Padme Amidala.

- Yes.

The type of crystal used to power the laser swords.

(buzzer beeping) - Kyber crystal.

- Yes.

The character who killed Han Solo.

(buzzer beeping) - Kylo Ren.

- Yes.

The color of Yoda's laser sword.

(buzzer beeping) - Green.

- That's correct.

All right, Wayne Highlands, that's gonna wrap up the Lightning Round.

And after that, we currently have Wayne Highlands in the lead over Mountain View, 215 to 70.

And now we're going to move into the last segment of the game with this toss-up question in algebra.

What term do we apply to the y-coordinate of a point?

(buzzer beeping) Jordan, Wayne Highlands.

- Height?

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Mountain View.

(buzzer beeping) Luke.

- The rise.

- No, it's ordinate, ordinate.

All right, here's your next toss-up in biology.

Give the name of the secretion that honeybees feed to select larvae so they develop into new queens.

(buzzer beeping) Mattice, Wayne Highlands.

- Royal honey?

- Is incorrect.

(buzzer beeping) Rebound to Mountain View.

Mimi.

- Royal jelly?

- Is correct for your rebound points, Mountain View, as we go onto a toss-up in sports.

It all started with 10 teams from four states in 1920.

They officially became the NFL in 1922.

Only two of those original 10 teams... (buzzer beeping) Luke, Mountain View.

- The Ivy League.

- Is incorrect.

I'll finish and rebound to Wayne Highlands.

Are still in the league.

How many teams are currently in the NFL?

(buzzer beeping) Jordan.

- 40.

- No, we're looking for 32.

- I was guessing that!

- 32.

All right, let's go to a toss-up in sports.

Another football question.

He coached the Green Bay Packers to five league championships, three NFL championships and the first two Super Bowls.

Name this outstanding NFL coach for whom the Super Bowl... (buzzer beeping) Jackson, Mountain View.

- Vince Lombardi.

Vince Lombardi.

- Is correct, and your bonus now.

A very large amount of a dietary supplement can be dangerous.

What is a large amount of a dietary supplement known as?

(buzzer beeping) Luke.

- Pass.

- That is a megadose.

Here's your next toss-up in US geography.

What national park in Alaska is our country's largest national park based upon land area?

(buzzer beeping) Jordan, Wayne Highlands.

- Frontier National Park?

- [Narrator] Is incorrect.

Rebound to Mountain View.

(buzzer beeping) - Glacier.

- No, it's Wrangell-St. Elias National Park.

Cinema is your next toss-up question.

In which branch of the armed forces is Lieutenant Pete "Maverick" Mitchell serving in the 2022... (buzzer beeping) Vivian, Mountain View.

- The Air Force.

- [Paul] Is incorrect.

(buzzer beeping) Liam, Wayne Highlands.

- Navy.

- Is correct for your rebound points, Wayne Highlands, as we turn to a toss-up in world history.

The War of the Pacific was fought by three South American countries.

Two of them were Chile and Peru.

Name the other.

(buzzer beeping) Mattice, Wayne Highlands.

- Bolivia?

- Is correct.

And your bonus question.

This chemical element having an atomic number of 40 and a name that begins with the last letter of the alphabet was discovered in 1789, (buzzer beeping) but it was not isolated until 1824.

Name it.

- Zinc?

(Liam whispering) - Z, Zincs don't- - I'll say Zinc, yeah.

(buzzer beeping) - Zinc.

- No, it's zirconium.

Zirconium.

All right, here's your next toss-up, this one is in art.

When the painting "Nude, Green Leaves and Bust" sold for $106.5 million in 2010, it became the most expensive artwork to be sold at auction.

Which artist painted it?

(buzzer beeping) Luke, Mountain View.

- Da Vinci.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Wayne Highlands.

(buzzer beeping) - Michelangelo.

- Nope, that answer is Pablo Picasso.

All right, here's your next toss-up in world geography.

What European country (electronic beeps) is divided into three official regions, one of which is Flanders?

(buzzer beeping) Mattice, Wayne Highlands.

- Belgium.

- Is correct, and your bonus now.

When a vehicle speed is doubled, what does it do to the vehicle's stopping distance?

(buzzer beeping) - Quadruples?

- Is correct for your bonus points, Wayne Highlands.

And that's the end of the game, and our winner tonight is Wayne Highlands.

Congratulations, Wayne Highlands.

They top Mountain View 250 to 90.

And hopefully 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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