(upbeat music) - 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 $1,000, $3,000 or $5,000.

Tonight's match features Wayne Highlands versus Wallenpaupack.

Representing Wayne Highlands are Jordan Patsuk, Mia Wolfe, Avery Oliger, Mattice Harkum.

Their advisor is Laura Lockwood and their substitute advisor is Kevin Lockwood.

Representing Wallenpaupack are Genevieve Ninan, Braeden Caputo, Michael McCloskey, and Michael Soskill.

Nora Warner is their alternate and their advisor is Ryan Ninan.

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, let's go and get started with this toss-up question.

In 2023, what organization's members while demonstrating at Willow Run in Michigan became the first striking workers visited by a sitting president.

(buzzer beeps) Avery, Wayne Highlands.

- The United Auto Workers.

- Is correct.

And here comes your bonus question.

What measure of a solute concentration in a solution is defined as the number of moles of solute per liter of solution.

(contestants murmuring) - Oh my God.

(timer beeps) - That is molarity.

Molarity.

Let's go to our next toss-up.

What novella whose title character eradicates baobabs and falls in love with a rose that grows on his home, Asteroid, is by Antoine de Saint-Exupery- (buzzer beeps) Michael, Wallenpaupack.

- The Little Prince.

- Is correct.

And your bonus now.

In 2019, which European country added north to its official name to settle a dispute with neighboring Greece.

- Macedonia?

- Yeah.

(buzzer beeps) - Macedonia.

- Judges?

- Yes.

- Is correct for your bonus points.

Let's go to another toss-up.

What class of materials that form by vitrification typically contain a network of silicon dioxide units- (buzzer beeps) Michael, Wallenpaupack.

- Quartz.

- Is incorrect.

I'll finish the question and rebound to Wayne Highlands.

And is often made by heating sand.

(buzzer beeps) Avery.

- Glass.

- Is correct for your rebound points, Wayne Highlands.

As we move on to another toss-up, what works which include Ottolenghi Simple via James Beard Award winner were written by Julia Child who included a number of French recipes?

(buzzer beeps) Michael, Wallenpaupack.

- Cookbook.

- Is correct and here comes your bonus.

The Drina and the River Kwai are sites of what title objects and novels by Yugoslav author Ivo Andric and French author Pierre Boulle?

(buzzer beeps) - Rivers.

- No, we are looking for bridges.

Bridges.

Our next toss up, what woman who helped free hundreds of people in the Combahee River raid earn the title Moses of her people for work on the Underground Railroad?

(buzzer beeps) Michael, Wallenpaupack.

- Harriet Tubman.

- Is correct.

And your bonus now, what Japanese author of the "Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up" calls for keeping only those belongings that sparked joy when decluttering?

(buzzer beeps) - Monk.

- No, it's Marie Kondo.

Marie Kondo.

Here's our next toss-up.

What Frenchman whose least time principle gives the path of light is better known for an equation about sums of powers of in integers, his last theorem?

(buzzer beeps) Michael, Wallenpaupack.

- Ampere.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Wayne Highlands.

(buzzer beeps) - Kepler.

- Nope, Fermat.

Fermat.

Here's our next toss-up.

What British poet declared, "Oh, there is blessing in this gentle breeze in the prelude" and described golden daffodils in "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud."

(buzzer beeps) Avery, Wayne Highlands.

- Walt Whitman.

- [Paul] Is incorrect.

Rebound to Wallenpaupack.

(buzzer beeps) - Dylan Thomas.

- No, we were looking for William Wordsworth.

You had the Ws, Avery.

Let's go to our next toss-up question.

What general who was born into slavery on the Breda plantation led a revolt against the French on Saint-Domingue that became the Haitian- Michael, Wallenpaupack.

- Brown.

- Is incorrect.

I will finish the question and rebound to Wayne Highlands.

The Haitian Revolution.

(contestants murmuring) (timer beeps) - That was Toussaint Louverture.

Louverture.

Well, 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.

Wallenpaupack has won the coin toss and will pick first.

Your categories are water or F in literature.

- Water?

- Water.

(buzzer beeps) - Water.

- Water it is.

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

Name these landforms linked to water.

Feature where a river runs over a drop.

(buzzer beeps) - Waterfall.

- Yes.

Narrow, steep-sided glacial inlets with the Norwegian name.

(buzzer beeps) - Fjord.

- Yes.

Region around some river mouths named for a Greek letter.

(buzzer beeps) - Delta.

- Yes.

Fertile location around a continuous isolated water source in a desert.

(buzzer beeps) - Oasis.

- Yes.

Rock layers that store groundwater.

(buzzer beeps) - Aquifer.

- Yes.

Enclosed brackish region where a river meets the sea.

(buzzer beeps) - Bay.

- [Paul] Estuary.

Islands running parallel to a coast that are natural breakwaters.

(buzzer beeps) - Keys.

- [Paul] Barrier islands.

Deep sea floor planes that cover over half the earth.

(buzzer beeps) - No answer.

- [Paul] Abyssal plains.

Ball-shaped glacial valleys in which lakes call tarns form.

(buzzer beeps) - No answer.

- [Paul] Cirques.

Ridges on riverbanks built up by successive floods.

(buzzer beeps) - No answer.

- That is levees.

(timer beeps) Okay, Wallenpaupack got off to a good start there in the lightning round.

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

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

Give these literary answers that begin with the letter F. Ray Bradbury novel about book burning.

(buzzer beeps) - Fahrenheit 451.

- [Paul] Yes.

Creator of Daisy Buchanan and Jay Gatsby.

(buzzer beeps) - F. Scott Fitzgerald.

- [Paul] Yes.

Author who created James Bond.

(buzzer beeps) - Sir Francis.

- [Paul] Ian Fleming.

Ernest Hemingway novel about Robert Jordan in Spain.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- For Whom the Bell Tolls.

- Author of "Light in August" and "Absalom, Absalom!"

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- William Faulkner.

Comic character in Shakespeare's Henry IV and the Merry Wives of Windsor.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- Sir John Falstaff.

French author of Madame Bovary.

(buzzer beeps) - Faulkner.

- Flaubert.

Experimental James Joyce novel featuring Humphrey Chimpden Earwicker.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- Finnegans Wake.

English author of Tom Jones.

(buzzer beeps) - All right, pass.

- That's Henry Fielding.

(timer beeps) And we're not gonna get to that last question because that's going to do it for the lightning round.

And after that, we have Wallenpaupack in the lead over Wayne Highlands, 60 to 30.

And we're now going to move into the second quarter with this toss-up question, and get your pencils and papers ready.

What is the fifth term of an arithmetic sequence whose first term is 2 and whose common difference between terms is 3.

(buzzer beeps) Avery, Wayne Highlands - 15.

- [Paul] Is incorrect.

Rebound to Wallenpaupack.

(buzzer beeps) Michael.

- 5.

- Nope, the answer we were looking for was 14.

14.

Here's our next toss-up question.

What city is separated by the Sham Chun River from Shenzen has the most skyscrapers of any city and was handed over to China from the UK in 1997.

Michael, Wallenpaupack.

- Hong Kong.

- Is correct.

And your bonus now, what African desert east of the Namib Desert covers most of Botswana?

- Kalahari.

- Kalahari is correct, and don't forget to buzz in.

Let's move on now to another toss-up.

What comic book character who's the father of Polaris and survived the Holocaust as a boy led the brotherhood of mutants- Michael, Wallenpaupack.

- Magneto.

- Is correct and here comes your bonus question.

Which English king fought the First Barons' War after breaking an agreement he had signed at Runnymede in 1215.

- King John I?

(buzzer beeps) - King John.

- King John is correct for your bonus points, Wallenpaupack.

As we move on to another toss-up, what tribal confederation lost the Battle of Alesia under Vercingetorix, was conquered by Julius Caesar, and populated most of present day France.

Avery, Wayne Highlands.

- The Guals.

- Is correct.

And your bonus question, the complete hydrogenation of benzene produces what ring compound whose molecular formula is C6H12?

(buzzer beeps) - Is that glucose?

- Is incorrect.

Cyclohexane.

Cyclohexane.

Let's go to another toss-up.

What artist painted four paintings for the Stanza della Segnatura in the Vatican including La disputa, the Parnassus, and the School of Athens.

(buzzer beeps) Michael, Wallenpaupack.

- Raphael.

- Is correct.

And your bonus now, what historical novel by Sir Walter Scott depicts Frank Osbaldistone's adventures with Jacobite rebels and is named for an alliterative outlaw?

(buzzer beeps) - Peter Piper.

- No, Rob Roy.

Rob Roy.

Let's go to another toss-up.

What phenomenon which can be produced using a rectifier occurs when electrons move in one direction through a circuit and is contrasted with AC?

(buzzer beeps) Avery, Wayne Highlands.

- Direct current.

- Is correct.

And here comes your bonus.

What English actress who played antagonist Janine Matthews in the Divergent series co-star with Leonardo DiCaprio in the 1997 film Titanic?

(contestants murmuring) (timer beeps) - Ran out of time.

We are looking for Kate Winslet.

Kate Winslet.

Here's our next toss-up question.

What English author described a deer hunt conducted by Octavian in the book of the Duchess and wrote about medieval pilgrims in the Canterbury Tales?

(buzzer beeps) Michael, Wallenpaupack.

- Chaucer.

- Chaucer is correct and here comes your bonus question.

The Zocalo is the central square of what Latin American capital city which is also home to the massive stadium, Estadio Azteca?

- Mexico City?

(buzzer beeps) Mexico City.

- Is correct for your bonus points, Wallenpaupack.

Our next toss-up, what philosopher who wrote that man is by nature a political animal in the first book of his fourth century BC treatise politics was taught by Plato.

(buzzer beeps) Michael, Wallenpaupack.

- Aristotle.

- Is correct And your bonus, in the first century, the Vietnamese Trung sisters rebelled against which Chinese dynasty whose fall led to the three kingdoms period?

- Tao?

- I think so.

(buzzer beeps) - Tao.

- No, we're looking for the Han Dynasty.

The Han Dynasty.

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 Jordan, I'll come to you first.

You must have a special talent or some kind of a gift that you wanna share with the audience.

What is it?

- When I was little I found out that I could pick my nose with my tongue.

- [Paul] Very good.

Mia?

- I can say the alphabet backwards.

- [Paul] Okay.

All right, excellent.

Avery.

- I play the guitar.

- [Paul] Okay, that's cool.

Mattice.

- I can double join all my fingers.

- Okay.

All right, excellent.

Wallenpaupack, we're coming over to you.

It's the same question.

If you have a gift or a talent, share it with the audience.

Genevieve.

- I can play piano.

- [Paul] Okay, excellent.

Braeden.

- I believe I have perfect pitch.

- [Paul] Oh, cool.

Michael.

- I've been skiing since I was two.

- [Paul] Since you were two?

- Yeah.

- [Paul] Interesting.

Michael.

- I love to bake and I actually work at a local bakery.

- All right, very cool.

Very nice to meet all of you again.

And now we'll go ahead and begin the third quarter with this toss-up question.

In 2023, what Democrat from New York won 212 votes on every ballot for speaker of the house after succeeding Nancy Pelosi as house minority leader?

(buzzer beeps) Avery, Wayne Highlands.

- Hakeem Jeffries.

- Is correct.

And your bonus, near an isolated point charge, what vector quantity equals the Coulomb force divided by the charge?

(buzzer beeps) - Is it current?

- No, we are looking for electric field.

Electric field.

Here's our next toss-up.

What athlete who made an over the shoulder catch in the 1954 World Series was known as the Say Hey Kid and played center field for the Giants?

(buzzer beeps) Michael, Wallenpaupack.

- Darryl Strawberry.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Wayne Highlands.

(buzzer beeps) - Shoeless Joe Jackson.

- Nope, we were looking for Will Mays, but I love the answer.

Let's go to another toss-up question.

What city to which the Curia was moved in 1309 was until 1376 the home of French dominated popes in an era dubbed the Babylonian captivity?

(buzzer beeps) Michael, Wallenpaupack.

- Leon.

- [Paul] Is incorrect.

Rebound to Wayne Highlands.

(buzzer beeps) - Orleans.

- No, Avignon.

Avignon.

Let's go to another toss-up.

What type of gravitational force causes moons to break apart below the Roche limit and leads to the daily rise and fall of Earth's sea level?

(buzzer beeps) Jordan, Wayne Highlands.

- Tides.

- Is correct.

And here comes your bonus.

What 12th century Holy Roman emperor who reigned for 35 years was opposed by an alliance of northern Italian city states called the Lombard League.

(buzzer beeps) - Barbarossa.

- Is correct for your bonus points.

Very good, Wayne Highlands.

Let's go on now to your next toss-up question.

What animals whose skins were worn by Norse Berserkers in battle are also the team nickname for an NFL team that plays at Soldier Field- Mattice, Wayne Highlands.

- Bears.

- Is correct.

And your bonus now, what process in which cells become more specialized do stem cells undergo in embryonic development?

(buzzer beeps) - Speciation.

- No, cellular differentiation.

Let's go to another toss-up.

What religion whose texts include the promised key holds that the Bible was written in Amharic, venerates Haile Selassie, and began in Jamaica.

(buzzer beeps) Michael, Wallenpaupack.

- Voodoo.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Wayne Highlands.

(timer beeps) That is Rastafarianism.

Let's go to our next toss-up question.

What general who said "I shall return" while evacuating Corregidor was fired by Harry Truman after leading US forces.

Michael, Wallenpaupack.

- McCarthy.

- [Paul] Is incorrect.

Rebound to Wayne Highlands.

(buzzer beeps) - McArthur.

- Douglas MacArthur is correct for your rebound points, Wayne Highlands.

Our next toss-up, most diamonds come from diatremes or pipes produced by what landform which have shield and cinder cone pipes- Michael, Wallenpaupack.

- Stalagmites.

- Is incorrect.

I'll finish the question and rebound to Wayne Highlands.

And eject lava during eruptions.

(buzzer beeps) Mattice.

- Volcanoes.

- Is correct for your rebound points.

Our next toss-up, the triumphal march is from what opera depicting the love between Egyptian Commander Radames and the title Ethiopian Princess by Giuseppe Verdi?

(buzzer beeps) Michael, Wallenpaupack.

- Carmen.

- [Paul] Is incorrect.

Rebound to Wayne Highlands.

- I don't know.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

Okay, that's Aida.

Aida.

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

This time Wayne Highlands will pick first.

Your categories are Vacabulary or ABCs of games.

(contestants murmuring) (buzzer beeps) - Vacabulary.

- Vacabulary it is.

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

Give these words that start with the letters VA. To disappear.

(buzzer beeps) - Vanish.

- Yes.

A device that removes dirt using suction.

(buzzer beeps) - Vacuum.

- Yes.

Immense in size.

(buzzer beeps) - Vast.

- Yes.

Expressed indistinctly or unclear in meaning.

(buzzer beeps) - Vague.

- Yes.

Inflated self pride as in a namesake fair.

(buzzer beeps) - Vanity.

- Yes.

Gaseous phase of a liquid.

(buzzer beeps) - Vapor.

- Yes.

A servant or a person who parks cars.

(buzzer beeps) - Valet.

- Yes.

The intentional act of damaging property.

(buzzer beeps) - Vandalism.

- Yes.

From the Latin for say farewell a certain graduate of a school.

(buzzer beeps) - Valete or valete.

- [Paul] Judges?

- Yes.

- Is correct.

Verb meaning to expand the diameter of blood vessels.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- That's vasodilate.

Okay, Wayne Highlands.

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

Wallenpaupack, we're coming over to you and your remaining category will be ABCs of Games.

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

In what game whose name starts with A, B, or C do players move rooks and bishops.

(buzzer beeps) - Chess.

- Yes.

Roll dice to bear off pieces after moving them along points.

- Pass.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- Backgammon.

Suspect Miss Scarlet or Colonel Mustard of Murder.

(buzzer beeps) - Clue.

- Yes.

Draw colored cards and pass Gumdrop Mountain.

(buzzer beeps) - Candy Land.

- Yes.

Match green adjective cards to red noun cards.

(buzzer beeps) - Apples to Apples.

- Yes.

Use red pins for hits and white for misses.

(buzzer beeps) - Battleship.

- Yes.

Move military units as factions in World War II.

(buzzer beeps) - Risk.

- Access and Allies.

Place tiles to complete cities, roads, and cloisters.

(buzzer beeps) - Settlers of Catan.

- [Paul] Carcassone.

Find words in a four by four grid of letter dice.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- [Paul] Boggle.

Receive one word clues from a spy master.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- That is Code Names.

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

And after that we have a tied game, Wayne Highlands and Wallenpaupack both with 150 points.

And we're now going to begin the last quarter of the game with this toss-up question.

What TV franchise whose Australian spinoff premiered on CBS in fall 2023 months after its LA-based show ended is about crime solvers in the Navy?

(buzzer beeps) Michael, Wallenpaupack.

- NCIS.

- Is correct.

And your bonus, Silbury Hill is a prehistoric mound found in what present day country which is also home to a monument on Salisbury Plain made of standing sarsens?

- UK?

- Yeah.

(buzzer beeps) - UK.

- UK is correct for your bonus points, Wallenpaupack.

Our next toss up, what novel whose title character is hired by the Harling family as a housekeeper is narrated by orphan Jim Burden and is by Willa Cather.

(buzzer beeps) Avery, Wayne Highlands.

- My Antonia.

- Is correct.

And your bonus now, the possible extinction of the Syr Darya sturgeon has been linked to the shrinking of what body of water that borders Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.

(buzzer beeps) - Caspian.

- No, we're looking for the Aral Sea.

The Aral Sea.

Our next toss-up, what nation purged Soviet influence in 1971's corrective revolution and briefly united with Syria after Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalize the Suez Canal.

(buzzer beeps) Michael, Wallenpaupack.

- Egypt.

- Is correct.

And your bonus, and get your pencils and papers ready.

What is the area of a triangle in which adjacent sides with length 7 and 8 respectively meet to form a 30-degree angle?

(buzzer beeps) Michael.

- 20.

- Nope, we're looking for 14.

14.

Here's our next toss-up.

What geometric adjective describes lenses that cause light to converge at a focal point as well as diverging mirrors and is the opposite of concave.

(buzzer beeps) Avery, Wayne Highlands.

- Convex.

- Is correct.

And your bonus question now, what New Deal program known by a three letter initialism gave food and lodging to young men in exchange for their work on environmental projects?

(timer beeps) - That is the Civilian Conservation Corps.

Here's our next toss up.

In 2022, what musical group caused the Hybe Corporation stock to drop by announcing a hiatus to complete mandatory military service?

(buzzer beeps) Mattice, Wayne Highlands.

- BTS.

- Is correct.

And your bonus now, what Olympic sports recent all-around medal winners have included Gabby Douglas, Aly Raisman, and Sunisa Lee?

(buzzer beeps) - Gymnastics.

- Is correct for your bonus points.

Very good.

Our next toss-up, what Dictator developed the ideology of Juche, became known as great leader, and was succeeded as ruler of North Korea by his son- Michael, Wallenpaupack - Ginger Dale.

- [Paul] Is incorrect.

Rebound to Wayne Highlands.

(buzzer beeps) - Kim Jong Un.

- Kim Il Sung.

Kim Il Sung.

Our next toss-up, what novel in which the book aa Imperial Affliction is recommended to Gus by Hazel was partly inspired by John Green's work with cancer patients.

(buzzer beeps) Jordan, Wayne Highlands.

- A Fault In the Stars.

- [Paul] I'm sorry.

- A Fault in the Stars.

- Judges.

- A fault in our stars.

- Judges?

Is correct.

And your bonus question, what author is 1925 poem "The Hollow Men" describes a valley of dying stars and declares this is the way the world ends, not with a bang but with a whimper?

(timer beeps) (buzzer beeps) - Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

- No, that was T.S.

Elliot.

And that's the end of the game.

And our winner tonight is Wayne Highlands over Wallenpaupack, 195 to 175.

Great game both schools.

We hope to see you next time with another round of Scholastic Scrimmage.

I'm your host, Paul Lazar, and thanks for watching.

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