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(upbeat music) (whistle blowing) (upbeat percussive 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 $5,000.

(graphics whooshing) Tonight's match features Wayne Highlands versus Susquehanna Community.

Representing Wayne Highlands are Raven Hennig, Mia Wolfe, Liam Miller, and Mattice Harcum.

Their alternates are Zaomy Feliciano Figueroa and Kharma Hennig.

Their advisor is Kevin Lockwood.

Representing Susquehanna Community are Mason Opalka, Preston Wolf, Jeremiah Hadden, and Alex Hall.

Brooke Collins is their alternate and their advisor is Will Szili.

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

This word rhymes with banger.

It's a feeling of weakness, fatigue, or lack of energy.

What is it?

(buzzer blares) That is languor.

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

It's a sentence type.

It's also the grammatical structure through which questions are asked.

What is it?

(bell rings) Mia in Wayne Highlands.

- Interrogative.

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

A calorie is the amount of heat that is needed to raise the temperature of one gram of water by one degree on what temperature scale?

(bell rings) - Kelvin.

- Nope, that's the Celsius scale.

All right, let's go to the toss-up in Cinema.

This sci-fi horror film was released to theaters on January 6th, 2023.

It tells the story of a roboticist who ends up raising her orphaned niece.

The niece develops an unhealthy relationship with a child-sized humanoid- (bell rings) Mattice, Wayne Highlands.

- "M3GAN."

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

What European country's flag consists of three vertical stripes that are green, white, and red?

(bell rings) Mattice?

- Italy.

- Italy is correct for your bonus points, Wayne Highlands, as we go to a toss-up in Geometry.

What six-letter term is the name given to the area located between an arc and two radii of a circle?

(bell rings) Preston, Susquehanna.

- Radius.

- [Paul] Is incorrect.

Rebound to Wayne Highlands.

(buzzer blares) That term is sector, sector.

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

This one is in Drama.

In Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet," who gives Juliet the poison that produced the appearance of death?

(bell rings) Raven, Wayne Highland.

- Friar Lawrence.

- Is correct and here's your bonus question.

This type of palsy is characterized by weakness and paralysis of the facial muscles which is confined to one side of the face.

Identify this palsy, which may be the result of a neuritis of the facial nerve.

(bell rings) Mia?

- Bell's Palsy.

- Is correct for your bonus points, Wayne Highlands.

Let's go to a toss-up in Sports and Games.

A pitcher in a baseball game throws a fast ball that has a sideways spin, thus causing the ball to break as it approaches the batter.

What type of pitch has been thrown?

(bell rings) Preston, Susquehanna.

- Slider.

- Is correct and here's your bonus question.

This World War I battle was fought by the British and the French against the Germans across a French river for which the battle was named.

It lasted five months and it was the bloodiest battle of this war, with over 1 million soldiers killed or wounded.

Name this battle that was the first battle in which tanks were used.

(buzzer blares) That was the Battle of Somme.

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

They may be coordinating, subordinating, or paired.

Their job is to connect words, phrases, clauses, or even sentences.

(bell rings) Preston, Susquehanna.

- Conjunctions.

- Is correct and here's your bonus question.

The enzyme amylase breaks starches down into what types of multicarbon compounds?

(chime rings) (bell rings) - Sugars.

- Is correct for your bonus point, Susquehanna.

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

(graphics whooshing) 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 Vocabulary or Music.

- Can we do music?

- Music it is, and your time begins after I finish reading the first question.

Let's test your ABCs of music.

Identify these musical terms that begin with either an A, a B, or a C. A stress or emphasis that is placed upon a musical note.

If you don't know you can pass.

(bell rings) - Cleft.

- [Paul] Accent.

Singing without instrumental accompaniment.

(bell rings) - Acapella.

- [Paul] Yes.

To increase the volume of a song.

(bell rings) - Amplify.

- [Paul] Crescendo.

A connected pair of drums that are held between the knees and played with the fingers.

(bell rings) - Bongos?

- [Paul] Yes.

The end or closing section of a song.

(bell rings) - Bridge.

- Coda.

Playing the notes of a chord in a disconnected manner rapidly one after the other.

(bell rings) - Pass.

- [Paul] That's arpeggio.

An Italian term that directs the musician to play a selection in a cheerful, brisk, and upbeat manner.

(bell rings) - Pass.

- That's allegro.

The male singing voice that is in the middle range.

(chime rings) That was baritone.

All right, Wayne Highlands, that's gonna do it for your portion of the lightning round.

Susquehanna, we're gonna come over to you.

Your remaining category will be Vocabulary.

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

You'll be given three words.

Give the prefix that could be added to each of these words to create a new word.

Interpret, represent, understood.

(bell rings) - Pass.

- [Paul] Mis.

Caution, heat, approve.

(bell rings) - Re.

- [Paul] Yes.

Precious, conductor, circle.

(bell rings) - Pass.

- [Paul] Semi.

Literate, legible, legal.

(bell rings) - Ill. - [Paul] Yes.

Form, fusion, plant.

(bell rings) - Trans.

- [Paul] Yes.

Standing, dated, door.

(bell rings) - Pass.

- [Paul] Out.

Possible, partial, patient.

(bell rings) - Im.

- [Paul] Yes.

Comfortable, able, clear.

(bell rings) - Un.

- [Paul] Yes.

State, changeable, national.

(bell rings) - Inter.

- [Paul] Yes.

Marine, atomic, scribe.

(bell rings) - Sub.

- [Paul] Yes.

Resistible, regular, reconcilable.

(bell rings) - Ir.

(chime rings) - That's correct, and that's going to do it for the lightning round.

And after that we currently have Susquehanna in the lead over Wayne Highlands, 65 to 50.

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

If you're born in Texas but your parents are citizens of Mongolia, you're a citizen of what country?

(bell rings) Mattice, Wayne Highlands.

- The United States.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

What type of polyhedron has 12 faces?

(bell rings) - Dodecahedron.

- Is correct for your bonus points, Wayne Highlands.

We have a tied game.

Let's go to a toss-up in Television.

What is the name of the Griffin family dog who displays human traits- (bell rings) Liam, Wayne Highlands.

- Brian.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

Your team may win by the skin of their teeth.

What playwright wrote the theatrical work "The Skin of Our Teeth"?

(buzzer blares) That was Thornton Wilder.

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

What is the outlier of the set 17, 19, 23, 31, and 104?

(bell rings) Mattice, Wayne Highlands.

- 104.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

A species of tall perineal grass is used in the production of sweet-tasting carbohydrates that we enjoy.

What is this grass from which sugar is produced?

(bell rings) - Sugarcane.

- Is correct for your bonus points, Wayne Highlands.

Let's go to a toss-up in Physics.

It's the part of the electromagnetic spectrum that could be detected with the eye.

Give its common name.

(bell rings) Liam, Wayne Highlands.

- Visible light.

- Be more specific.

I need an answer.

(buzzer blares) We ran out of time.

Rebound to Susquehanna.

(buzzer blares) That is visible spectrum, visible spectrum.

All right, let's turn to a toss-up in Botany.

This member of the Nightshade family has fruit which is a true berry.

Name these common vegetables known as love apples.

(buzzer blares) That answer is tomatoes.

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

Written by HG Wells, the science fiction novel "The Invisible Man" tells the story of Griffin, a man who's found a chemical means to make men invisible.

In this 1952 novel "The Invisible Man," the nameless Black narrator was from what city?

(bell rings) Preston, Susquehanna.

- Chicago.

- [Paul] Is incorrect.

Rebound to Wayne Highlands.

(bell rings) - Atlanta.

- Nope, that is New York City, New York City.

All right, let's turn to a toss-up in Mythology.

What mythological symbol of nature's productivity is commonly referred to as a horn of plenty?

(bell rings) Mattice, Wayne Highlands.

- Cornucopia.

- Yes.

And here comes your bonus question.

The Canadian province of New Brunswick has the largest whirlpool in the Western Hemisphere, but the Maelstrom Whirlpool holds the record for the world's largest whirlpool.

In what European country is the Maelstrom whirlpool found?

(bell rings) - Croatia.

- No, that's Norway, Norway.

Let's go to a toss-up in Literature now.

Long poems are divided into cantos.

What are cantos divided into?

(bell rings) Preston, Susquehanna.

- Stanzas.

- Yes.

And here's your bonus question.

Which of the Greek orders (chime rings) of architecture is characterized by capitals consisting of two spiral ornaments or scrolls that are called volutes?

(bell rings) - Spires.

- No, the answer is Ionic.

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, Raven, I'll come to you first.

Tell me who your favorite musician is and why.

- Green Day.

They were my first introduction to rock music.

- [Paul] All right, thanks, Raven.

Mia?

- ABBA, because I really love their music and I love "Mama Mia."

- [Paul] All right, thanks, Mia.

Liam?

- NoahConn, I work at a pool and a lot of my friends listen to it, so kind of got into it like that.

- [Paul] All right.

Mattice.

- Chappell Roan, I just really like the energy she brings to music.

- All right, thanks, Wayne Highlands, good luck the rest of the way.

Susquehanna, coming over to you.

Mason, tell me who your favorite musician is and why.

- I like Jim Croce because I like to play his songs on guitar.

- [Paul] A great musician.

Preston?

- Kanye West because I've been listening to him my whole life.

- [Paul] Thanks, Preston.

Jeremiah?

- Radiohead.

I dunno, they're just cool.

- [Paul] Alex?

- Billie Eilish because I actually sang "Ocean Eyes" before.

- All right, well, thank you very much.

It was very nice to see you all again.

And let's go ahead and start the third quarter with this toss-up in Vocabulary.

What term do we use to refer to transportation by more than one means of conveyance?

(bell rings) Mattice, Wayne Highlands.

- Convoy.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Susquehanna.

(buzzer blares) That is intermodal, intermodal.

Here's your next toss-up, this one in US Geography.

Its motto is live free or die.

This state is the home of Robert Frost, Adam Sandler, and Alan Shephard.

Name the state that was the first to have a state lottery.

(bell rings) Mattice, Wayne Highlands.

- Texas.

- [Paul] Is incorrect.

Rebound to Susquehanna.

(bell rings) - Virginia.

No, that state is New Hampshire, New Hampshire.

All right, let's move along to a toss-up in Drama.

In "The Taming of the Shrew," what is Baptista Minola's youngest daughter's name?

(bell rings) Raven, Wayne Highlands.

- Bianca.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

What's the general term for clay, silt, sand, gravel, or similar unconsolidated material deposited by a stream or other body of running water?

(buzzer blares) That is alluvium, alluvium.

All right, here's your next toss-up, this one in Short Stories.

Which war provides the setting for "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge"?

(bell rings) Mattice, Wayne Highlands, - The Mexican-American War.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Susquehanna.

(buzzer blares) That was the Civil War, the Civil War.

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

Artemis changed him into a stag after he saw her bathing on Mount Cithaeron.

As a stag, he was then pursued and killed by his own 50 hounds.

According to Greek mythology, what hunter did Artemis change into a stag?

(buzzer blares) That was Acton.

Okay, let's go to a toss-up in Earth Science.

Pure corundum is a hard crystalline form of aluminum oxide.

It's a rock-forming mineral.

Name either of the two gem varieties of the mineral corundum.

(buzzer blares) Either sapphire or ruby.

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

Veronica Roth wrote the books "Divergent" and "Insurgent."

Who's the viewpoint character in each of these books?

(bell rings) Raven, Wayne Highlands.

- Tris.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

The operetta form of music evolved into what form of production of which "Singing in the Rain" and "Oklahoma" are examples?

(bell rings) Mattice.

- Musical.

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

What gland in the human body secretes the hormone ACTH, which stimulates the adrenal glands?

(bell rings) Mattice, Wayne Highlands.

- Sorry, I... - [Paul] Okay.

Rebound to Susquehanna.

(bell rings) - Pituitary.

- Is correct for your rebound points, (chime rings) Susquehanna.

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

This time Susquehanna Community will pick first.

Your categories are Astronomy or Current Events.

(contestants whispering) (bell rings) - Current events.

- Current events it is, and your time begins after I finish reading the first question.

What state do these individuals represent in the US Senate in 2024?

Elizabeth Warren.

(bell rings) - California.

- [Paul] Massachusetts.

Tammy Duckworth.

(bell rings) - Pass.

- [Paul] Illinois.

Tim Scott?

(bell rings) - Pass.

- [Paul] South Carolina.

Ted Cruz?

(bell rings) - Texas.

- [Paul] Yes.

Bernie Sanders.

(bell rings) - Pass.

- [Paul] That's Vermont.

Marco Rubio.

(bell rings) - Florida.

- [Paul] Yes.

Mitt Romney.

(bell rings) - Massachusetts.

- [Paul] Utah.

Tim Kane.

(bell rings) - Oregon.

- Virginia.

Bill Hagerty.

(bell rings) - Pass.

- [Paul] Tennessee.

Mark Kelly.

(bell rings) - Pass.

- [Paul] Arizona.

Lindsey Graham.

(bell rings) - Alaska.

- South Carolina.

(chime rings) Well, we're not gonna get to that last one there.

That's gonna do it for your portion of the lightning round, Susquehanna.

Wayne Highlands, we're coming over to you and your remaining category will be Astronomy.

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

Identify these star constellations: the Great Bear.

(bell rings) - Ursa major.

- [Paul] Yes.

The Charioteer.

(bell rings) - Orion.

- [Paul] Auriga.

The princess who is the daughter of Cepheus and Cassiopeia.

(bell rings) - Virgo.

- [Paul] Andromeda.

The Whale.

(bell rings) - Skip.

- [Paul] Cetus.

The Fishes.

(bell rings) - Pisces.

- [Paul] Yes; the constellation in which the stars Betelgeuse and Rigel are located.

(bell rings) - Orion.

- [Paul] Yes.

The Peacock.

(bell rings) - Pass.

- [Paul] That's Pavonis.

The constellation of Ganymede, the water carrier or cup carrier.

(bell rings) - Aquarius.

- [Paul] Yes; the U-shaped constellation in which the stars Castor and Pollux are located.

(bell rings) - Taurus.

- [Paul] Gemini; the constellation that contains the North Star.

(bell rings) - Big Dipper.

(chime rings) - Nope, that's Ursa minor.

All right, that's going to do it for the lightning round.

And after that we have Wayne Highlands in the lead over Susquehanna Community, 145 to 95 as we begin the last segment of the game with this toss-up question in Calculus.

What term beginning with the letter D refers to the slope of the tangent line to a- (bell rings) Mattice, Wayne Highlands.

- Derivative.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

The Praetorian Guard was a group of soldiers whose job was to guard and protect what?

(bell rings) - Petra.

- Is incorrect.

We are looking for the Roman emperor and his family.

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

Alabama A&M University is in Normal, Alabama.

For what does A&M stand?

(buzzer blares) That's agricultural and mechanical.

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

What food that was consumed by the Greek gods was thought to- (bell rings) Mattice, Wayne Highlands.

- Ambrosia.

- Is correct and your bonus now.

Lapis lazuli is a metamorphic rock which has been prized as a semi-precious stone because of its vibrant color.

Afghanistan is the major source of this rock.

What color is the mineral- (bell rings) - Blue.

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

Johnny Appleseed, a character in several folk tales and tall tales, roamed throughout the Midwest, planting a multitude of apple trees from seeds.

What was the name of the actual person upon whom the Johnny Appleseed legend was based?

(buzzer blares) That's John Chapman.

Okay, here's your next toss-up, this one in Music.

What Polish-born composer created over 200 compositions for the piano, including his famous work "Minute Waltz"?

(buzzer blares) That's Frederic Chopin.

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

What was the name of the elderly fishermen in Ernest Hemingway's short novel "The Man and the Sea"?

(bell rings) Mattice, Wayne Highlands.

- Mario.

- [Paul] Is incorrect.

Rebound to Susquehanna.

(bell rings) - John.

- No, that's Santiago, Santiago.

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

What computer key can be pressed with the Tab key to switch between programs?

(bell rings) Mason, Susquehanna.

- Control.

- [Paul] Is incorrect.

Rebound to Wayne Highlands.

(bell rings) - Alt.

- Alt is correct for your rebound points, Wayne Highlands, as we go to a toss-up in Sports.

Into which sport's Hall of Fame were Hershel McGriff, Matt Kenseth, and Kirk Shelmerdine inducted in 2023?

(bell rings) - Baseball.

- [Paul] Susquehanna, that is incorrect.

We're going to rebound to Wayne Highlands.

(bell rings) - Football.

- No, that's the NASCAR Hall of Fame.

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

What word appears above the word Break on the same key on the computer keyboard?

(bell rings) - Mason, Susquehanna.

- Page.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Wayne Highlands.

(buzzer blares) Pause is what we're looking for.

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

What US Senator who had just won the California primary election to be the Democrats' presidential candidate- (bell rings) Preston, Susquehanna.

- Kamala Harris.

- [Paul] Is incorrect; I'll finish and rebound to Wayne Highlands, was shot and killed by Sirhan Sirhan (chime rings) at a Los Angeles hotel on June 5th, 1968?

(bell rings) - RFK.

- Is correct for your rebound points, Wayne Highlands.

And that's the end of the game.

And our winner tonight is Wayne Highlands over Susquehanna Community, 190 to 95.

Congratulations, Wayne Highlands, you're gonna 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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