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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 Weatherly versus Selinsgrove representing Weatherly are Aiden Foley, Willem Grant, Connor McCalley, James McLaurin.

Their alternate is Ava Arrow and their advisor is Shane Moran.

Representing Selinsgrove are Aidan Rivera, Aidan Bauman, Berkeley Ferdig and John Key.

Their alternates are Talia Maori and Kelsey Persons and their advisors are Stephanie Fight and Jesalyn Corman.

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 tossup question correct answers to these questions are awarded 10 points and that team will then receive a five 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'll be given the tossup points but will not receive a bonus question.

Well, let's go ahead and get started with this toss up question in vocational.

Ruth Wakefield created the recipe for one of America's favorite desserts.

Name this tasty dessert that's often associated with Aiden Weatherly.

- Chocolate chip cookie.

- Is correct and here comes your bonus.

His tales include such beasts as "The Idle Grasshopper," "The Sly Fox," and the slow but persistent tortoise name this famous Greek fable writer who lived about 25.

- Asap.

- Asap is correct for your bonus points, Weatherly as we move on to a toss up now in earth science.

During this period of the Mesozoic era, dinosaurs became quite numerous and the first mammals appeared name this period which followed the Permian and proceeded the Jurassic Period.

James Weatherly.

- The Triassic.

- Is correct and here comes your bonus now.

He'd never even seen a battle, but this author studied the anthology battles and leaders of the Civil War to get accurate ideas to use while writing his bestselling novel, name, the author of Red Badge of Courage.

James - Skip.

- That's Stephen Crane.

Let's go to a toss up in US geography now.

This industrial city was once a French fur trading post and later a lumbering center named this Wisconsin city with a French name found at the southern end of Lake Winnebago.

That's Fon Du Lac.

Let's go to a toss up in literature now.

He published his first narrative poem in 1593 and it's very possible that this work became the first English opera name this English author who also wrote the poem, "The Phoenix and The Turtle" and "A Lover's Complaint."

John Selinsgrove.

- William Shakespeare.

- Is correct and here comes your bonus now.

The official language of this principality is French.

This country only covers 0.75 square miles, thus making it the second smallest sovereign state in the world after Vatican City name this country whose chief port is Port Q in La Kamina.

- Monaco.

- Is correct for your bonus point Selinsgrove.

As we go onto a toss up in sports, this part of the skateboard is made from seven to nine thin layers of wood, usually maple.

The wood layers are glued together with special adhesives and placed in a press where as much as 300 PSI is exerted on them.

The press will also mold this part into its characteristic shape.

Name this part of the skateboard, Aidan Selinsgrove.

- The deck.

- Is correct and here comes your bonus.

If you've studied physics, you've probably used this man's laws name the man who discovered that the applied voltage is equal to the current multiplied by the resistance in a circuit.

That's Georg Simon Ohm.

Let's go on now to a toss up in American history, what is the largest denomination of currency that's ever been circulated in the United States?

James Weatherly.

- Pennies.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Selinsgrove.

- Quarters.

- Note we're looking for the $10,000 bill, the $10,000 bill, which I have in my pocket.

(bell ringing) 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 12 rapid fire questions as they can in one minute.

Weatherly has won the coin toss and will pick first.

Your categories are art or US Geography?

(buzzer buzzing) - Geography.

- US geography it is and your time begins when I finish reading the first question, many people think that the capital city of a state is that state's largest and most populous city, but that's not always true.

You'll be given the largest city in a state.

Tell that state's capital city, Chicago, you don't know you can pass.

- Pass.

- [Host] Springfield, Huntsville - Pass.

- [Host] Montgomery, Anchorage?

- Alaska.

- [Host] Juno, Los Angeles, - Sacramento.

- [Host] Yes.

Jacksonville.

- Pass.

- [Host] Tallahassee, New Orleans.

- Pass.

- Baton Rouge.

Newark?

That's Trenton.

Las Vegas.

- Pass.

- [Host] Carson City.

Houston.

- Dallas.

- [Host] Austin.

Baltimore.

- Pass.

- That's Annapolis.

Wilmington.

All right out of time.

Of course that's Dover.

Okay, Weatherly, that's going to wrap up your portion of the lightning round Selinsgrove we're coming over to you and your remaining category will be art and once again, your time begins after I finish reading the first question.

Identify these art terms and facts about colors.

The primary color that has the most letters in its name.

- Yellow.

- [Host] Yes.

The secondary color that is created when blue and yellow are mixed?

- Green.

- [Host] Yes.

The name for colors that are opposite each other on the color wheel.

- Complimentary.

- [Host] Yes.

The name for colors that are next to each other on the color wheel?

- Pass.

- [Host] It's analogous the name for colors that are made by mixing a primary color with a secondary color.

- Tertiary.

- [Host] Yes.

A five letter word that refers to the lightness or darkness of a hue.

- Shade.

- Value the color that's added to a hue to create a shade?

- Black.

- [Host] Yes.

A color scheme that uses tints and shades of only one color.

- Monochrome.

- [Host] Yes.

The only secondary color whose name begins with a vowel?

- Orange.

- [Host] Yes.

The complimentary color to violet?

- Yellow.

- [Host] Yes.

The name for a color to which white has been added that was tint and that's a great job in the lightning round Selinsgrove.

After that we currently have Selinsgrove in the lead over Weatherly 65 to 30 and we're now going to go ahead and move into the second quarter with this toss up question in literature, this writer of detective novels is well known for such works as "The Thin Man," "The Dane Curse" and "The Maltese Falcon."

Name him.

(bell ringing) That is Dashell Hammett.

Let's go on to a toss up in ancient history now.

The combination of Greek and eastern cultures was the result of Alexander The Great's conquests.

What word refers to the period that lasted from John, Selinsgrove?

- Helen Mystic.

- Is correct and here comes your bonus now.

He's held this office since 2018.

As of October 1st, 2024, who's still serving as the chairman of the Federal Reserve Board?

That's Jerome Powell.

Let's go onto a toss up now in drama, which of George Bernard Shaw's plays is based on the Greek legend about a sculptor who falls in love with his creation, James Weatherly?

- "Pigmalian Galitia."

- It is correct and here comes your bonus now.

What Lord Byron poem contains the passage and all that's best of dark and bright meet in her aspect and her eyes?

- Pass.

- That's "She Walks in Beauty."

Our next toss up is once again in literature here what US President's election is analyzed and recounted in Theodore White's book, "The Making of the President" 1960, James Weatherly.

- JFK.

- Is correct and here comes your bonus now.

Many of the world's crystals are found in Pegmatite.

It's very coarse grained and is found worldwide into which rock family is pegmatite classified?

James.

- Sedimentary.

- Igneous.

Igneous.

Let's go on to a tossup now in cinema.

In what 1931 Bella Lagoise film did he say listen to them, children of the night, what music they make?

James Weatherly.

- "Dracula."

- Is correct and here's your bonus now.

In the George Bza opera, "Carmen," in what type of factory does the Gypsy Girl Carmen work?

- Shoe?

- No, a cigarette factory or tobacco factory would've taken either.

Let's go on to a toss up now in novels set in the 1920s, which F. Scott Fitzgerald novel James Weatherly.

- "Great Gatsby."

- Is correct and here comes your bonus.

They play their home games at the Climate Page Arena named the newest member of the National Hockey League's Pacific Division that began playing in the 2021-22 season.

Golden Knights.

- No, it's Seattle Kraken.

Our next toss up is in astronomy.

The crew was made up of three excited astronauts because this Apollo 8 flight was a first in the field of space travel.

What first did the Apollo 8 mission accomplish?

James Weatherly.

- Orbiting around the earth.

- Orbiting around the earth.

Is incorrect.

Rebound to Selinsgrove.

That's orbit the moon, orbit the moon.

Our next tossup is in sports.

He made it through seven holes of the third round before he chose to withdraw due to pain from planter fasciitis, he was at the bottom of the leaderboard at this point in the tournament, identify this former golf champion who withdrew from the James Weatherly.

- Tiger Woods.

- Is correct and your bonus, mother died today is the opening line of a novel about a man with no opinions or true emotions.

Name this Albert Camus novel?

- "Catcher in the Rye."

- "The Stranger."

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 Weatherly and Aiden I'll come to you first.

Tell me what your favorite film is and why?

- "V for Vendetta" or "The World's End" for their unique plots.

- [Host] Excellent.

Thanks Aiden.

Willem?

- "Jurassic Park" 'cause of nostalgia.

- [Host] Okay, thank you Connor.

- I like "Spirited Away" also nostalgia reasons.

- [Host] Miyazaki fan.

Excellent.

James.

- "Nosferatu."

I'm just a really big Bill Skarsgard fan, so I enjoyed his performance.

- Awesome, thanks Weatherly.

Good luck the rest of the way.

Selinsgrove gonna come over to you.

Aidan, what is your favorite film and tell us why?

- I like the, I like the film "Nobody" because of its unique action sequences.

- [Host] Thanks Aidan.

Aidan?

- I like "The Sound of Music" because its musical numbers.

- [Host] It's a good film.

Berkeley?

- I'm a fan of "Memoirs of A Geisha" and it's a story we don't really get to hear that often.

- [Host] It's a gorgeous tale.

It really is, John.

- I like "The Star Wars" movies because of the lightsaber fights.

- Good reason.

All right, it was very nice to meet all of you again.

And now we're gonna go ahead and begin the third quarter with this tossup question in biology, it was often called Daltonism in honor of the English chemist who did extensive research on this condition from which he and his brother suffered his theory that the condition was caused by discoloration of the liquid medium in the eyeball was later disproved.

What do we call this medical condition which John Dalton described.

James Weatherly.

- Jaundice.

- Is incorrect.

I'll finish and rebound to Selinsgrove.

In his writing, John?

- Pink eye.

- Colorblindness.

Colorblindness.

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

The Battle of Cambiray took place during World War I.

The battle took place from November into December of 1917.

What nation was defeated in the Battle of Cambray?

James Weatherly.

- Germany.

- Is correct and here's your bonus now.

This is a statistical test often used for genetic linkage analysis in human plant and animal populations.

It incorporates the mathematical logarithm of odds to base 10.

Name this statistical estimate that indicates if two genes are close enough on a chromosome to be inherited together.

Connor?

- Dominance?

- No, we're looking for the LOD score.

Our next toss up here will be in literature.

After Fatima marries blue beard, she discovers something locked away in a room that she's forbidden to open.

What does she find?

James Weatherly.

- A body.

- Be more specific - Bodies of his former lovers.

- Is correct and here comes your bonus now.

If a ballet dancer executes an odd numbered entre shaw, how will he or she land?

James?

- On one foot.

- Is correct for your bonus points, Weatherly, as we move on now to a toss up in computer science, they are key combinations that cause the computer to perform a certain command.

What are they called?

James Weatherly.

- Executable?

- [Host] Is incorrect rebound to Selinsgrove.

John.

- Algorithms.

- Nope that answer is shortcuts.

Shortcuts.

Let's go to a toss up now in world geography it borders 14 countries by land and is the world's most populous country.

It spans five time James Weatherly.

- India?

- Is incorrect.

I'll finish and rebound for Selinsgrove.

Five time zones and has 22 provinces.

Name this country.

- China.

- Is correct for your rebound point Selinsgrove.

As we go on to a toss up in general science, what mechanical device whose name is derived from the Greek words for small and measure is used to measure extremely small angles or distances.

Aiden Selinsgrove.

- Micrometer.

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

What Christian festival is held on the seventh Sunday after Easter to celebrate the coming of the Holy Spirit?

That is Pentecost.

Let's go on now to a toss up in physics.

What Danish physicist proved that electricity and magnetism were related when he noticed that an electric current flowing in a wire caused a magnetic compass needle to rotate James Weatherly.

- Watt.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Selinsgrove.

John.

- Skip.

- That is Hans Christian Orstead, here's our next tossup.

It's in anatomy.

Insulin and glucagon are made, both made in what specialized part of the pancreas?

James Weatherly.

- The appendix.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Selinsgrove.

That's the eyelets of langerhans and that sound that you heard signals the end of the third quarter and another lightning round.

This time Selinsgrove will pick first.

Your categories are vocabulary or biology?

- Choose vocabulary.

- Vocabulary it is and your time begins after I finish reading the first question, identify these words or things that begin with the letter O.

A receptacle for the plug of an electrical device.

- Pass.

- [Host] Outlet, having the shape of an egg.

- Ovular.

- [Host] Yes.

Enthusiastic applause given at the end of a performance?

- Ovation.

- [Host] Yes.

An overstuffed footstool?

- Ottoman?

- [Host] Yes.

The scientific order into which grasshoppers and crickets are classified?

- Order.

- Orthpoera, a verb meaning to change into bone.

- Osteiate.

- [Host] Ossify.

A medical condition affecting older women in which bone mass?

- Osteoporosis.

- [Host] Is correct.

A literary device that contains words having contradictory meanings.

- Nah, I was gonna say Oxymoron.

- Okay, an inorganic gas molecule having the chemical formula of O3.

- Ozone.

- [Host] Yes.

The chemical reaction that occurs when iron rusts?

- Oxygenation.

- [Host] Oxidation, a small bone or bony structure such as the malus, incus, or stapes in the middle ear.

That was an ossicle.

All right, Selinsgrove.

You did a great job in the lightning round.

We're gonna come back over to you Weatherly.

Your remaining category will be biology and once again, your time begins after I finish reading the first question, you're going to be given the common name for a vitamin.

Give this a scientific name associated with each of these commonly known vitamins.

Vitamin A?

- Pass.

- [Host] Retinol, vitamin D. - Pass.

- [Host] Calciferol, vitamin B1.

- Pass.

- [Host] Thiam, vitamin B2?

- Pass.

- [Host] Riboflavin, vitamin B3?

- Pass.

- [Host] Niacin, vitamin C?

- Pass.

- [Host] Ascorbic acid, vitamin B7?

- Pass.

- [Host] Biotin, vitamin E?

- Pass.

- [Host] Tocougherall, vitamin K2?

- Pass.

- [Host] Menaquinone, vitamin B6?

- Pass.

- [Host] Paradoxing, vitamin B9?

- Pass.

- That's folic acid.

All right.

That was a tough lightning round there for you Weatherly, but still you're 15 points away from Selinsgrove.

We have a very tight game, 120 to 105 in favor of Selinsgrove as we begin the last segment of the game with this tossup question in US geography.

What volcanic island chain extends westward from the tip of the Alaskan peninsula.

Berkeley Selinsgrove.

- Ellucian Islands.

- Is correct and here comes your bonus.

Galileo was an astronomer and a physicist who discovered four of the moons around Jupiter.

What was his full name?

- Galileo Galileli.

- Is correct for your bonus point Selinsgrove.

As we go on to a toss up now in American history, president Theodore Roosevelt established our country's first US National Monument in Wyoming in 1906.

What is the name of this natural structure?

James Weatherly.

- Yosemite.

- Is incorrect rebound to Selinsgrove.

- Yellowstone.

- [Host] I'm sorry?

- Yellowstone.

- Nope, we're looking for Devil's Tower.

Devil's Tower.

Your next toss up will be in art.

There are only three of them.

What do we call the pigments from which all other colors can be created by?

- Primary.

- [Host] Berkeley Selinsgrove.

- The primary color.

- Is correct and your bonus now.

This third largest island in the world is in a group of islands known as the Melee Archipelago named this island that is home to Mount Kinabalu and a very dense rainforest that serves as a home to many types of wildlife, including.

- Madagascar.

- Is incorrect.

Borneo.

Borneo, here's your next toss up in grammar.

What two word term is the name given to a faulty sentence where two independent clauses have been?

James Weatherly - Run on sentence.

- Is incorrect.

I'll finish and rebound to Selinsgrove.

Have been combined by a comma.

That's comma splice.

Comma splice.

Here's your next tossup in vocabulary.

What three syllable word that begins with an O and ends with an E is a synonym for the word stubborn.

That word is obstinate.

Our next tossup is in astronomy.

It occurs when either of earth's poles reach their maximum tilt away from the sun.

The winter solstice is the day with the longest period of darkness and the shortest period of daylight.

What month marks the start of the first astronomical day of winter in the northern James Weatherly?

- December.

- Is correct and your bonus now.

It was located between the union and the Confederate capitals and was an important railroad center.

During the summer of 1861, general PTG Boa Guard led 3,200 soldiers to set up defensively along a stream called Bull Run.

The Confederacy won the battle that ensued.

What was the name of the town near which this battle took place?

James.

- Sorry, Manassas.

- Is correct for your bonus points as we move on now to a toss up in astronomy, the summer night sky is dominated by three very bright stars that are known as the Summer Triangle, Vega the second brightest star in the triangle is easy to identify in the constellation of Lyra, Deneb located in the Tale of Signus The Swan is the second star in this triangle.

What star from the constellation of Aquila completes this summer triangle?

That's Altaire.

Let's move on to a toss up in vocabulary named the part of the human heart that shares its name with the open central cord of an ancient Roman house that contains the impluvium, a basin where rainwater is collected?

Aidan Selinsgrove.

- Atrium?

- Is correct and your bonus now, it begins with an A and ends with an L. This zone covers approximately 75% of the ocean floor.

Identify this term that refers to the depth of the ocean between 6,000 and 2,000 meters down.

That is a Bissell.

Well, that's the end of the game and our winter tonight is Selinsgrove Grove over Weatherly 155 to 120.

Congratulations Selinsgrove.

You are going to be moving on and we hope that you'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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The Luzerne Foundation can help.

The Luzerne Foundation is a northeastern Pennsylvania based community nonprofit that provides over 70 scholarships a year to students.

The Luzerne Foundation we are here for good.

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