(whistle blowing) (upbeat music) - Welcome to the 17th 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.

WVIA would like to thank our sponsors, FNCB and People's Security Bank for making this competition possible.

The rules of the game have been modified for this season's virtual version, but in each halfs, students will have the chance to alternatively answer one question.

If they answer that question correctly, they'll receive a bonus question.

If their answer is incorrect, the other team can rebound, but will not be given a bonus.

Students can also score points during the two lightning rounds in each game.

Judges tonight are educators from the WVIA viewing area and tonight's match features West Scranton versus Mountain View.

Playing for West Scranton are Jessica Bennett and Ryan Lewis.

Their advisor is Rick Bresser.

Representing Mountain View, are Jonathan Simileski and Jimi Bernaski.

Their alternates are Nick Schmidt and Luke Ziprich.

Their advisor is Charlene Martins.

Well, let's get started.

West Scranton has won the coin toss and will receive the first question which is, what Monarch who is deposed in a 1974 coup by the Derg was a Solomonic dynasty emperor venerated as the Rastafarian Messiah while ruling Ethiopia?

- No answer.

- Okay.

Rebound to Mountain View.

- No answer - Okay.

That's Haile Selassie.

Mountain View, here's your first question, and get your pencils and papers ready.

What is the value of 33 modulo seven, or in other words the remainder that is left when 33 is divided by seven?

- [Johnothan] Five.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

What drug typically used to deworm horses and treat parasitic infections has been dubiously promoted by some as a COVID-19 treatment?

- Ivermectin.

- Is correct for your bonus points, Mountain View.

Let's move back over to West Scranton.

What anthropologists observed a war won by the Kasakela community in Gombe Stream National Park in Tanzania as part of her work on chimpanzees?

- No answer.

- Okay.

Rebound a Mountain View.

- Goodall.

- Jane Goodall is correct for your rebound points, Mountain View, and here comes your next question.

What British king was the last emperor of India was depicted in the King's speech and was the immediate predecessor and father of Elizabeth II?

- King George.

- Be more specific.

- King George III.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to West Scranton.

- King George IV.

- No, we're looking for George VI.

West Scranton, here comes your next question.

What 1967 film by Arthur Penn ends with the violent deaths of Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway's characters who are the title pair of bank robbers?

- Bonnie and Clyde.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

What acting system based on the art of experiencing was developed by Lee Strasberg's group theater from a Russian director system?

- No answer - That's method acting.

Okay, Mountain View, here's your next question.

What novel in which a dodecahedron leads the way to Digitopolis is by Norton Juster, and is named for a magic item that Milo activates with a coin?

- Hertz.

Is incorrect.

Rebound to West Scranton.

- No answer.

- Okay.

That novel is "The Phantom Toll Booth".

West Scranton, here's your next question.

What man who printed antisemitic articles in his Dearborn independent newspaper pioneered the assembly line producing his model T automobile?

- Ford.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question, and get those pencils and papers out.

What is the geometric mean of six and 54, given that the geometric mean of two numbers equals the square root of their product?

(buzzer) (beep) Okay, we ran out of time.

The answer you're looking for was 18.

And that sound that you heard signals the end of the first quarter.

And it's now time for the lightning round.

(lightning buzzes) 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.

West Scranton has won the coin toss and will pick first.

Your categories are early Nobel prizes in physics or Alaska.

- Alaska.

- Okay.

Alaska it is.

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

Answer the following about Alaska.

It's capital?

- Juneau.

- [Paul Lazar] Yes.

Highest mountain.

- Pass.

- [Paul Lazar] Denali.

Ocean to its north?

- Arctic.

- [Paul Lazar] Yes.

Strait separating it from Russia.

- Pass.

- Bering Strait.

Canadian territory at borders whose capital is Whitehorse?

- Ottawa.

- [Paul Lazar] Yukon.

It's most populous city.

- Pass.

- [Paul Lazar] Anchorage.

Peninsula name for Abraham Lincoln's secretary of state?

- Pass.

- [Paul Lazar] Seward.

The little island of this name belongs to Alaska.

The big one to Russia that was Diomede Islands.

Okay, West Scranton, that's gonna wrap up your portion of the lightning round.

Mountain View, we're going to come over to you and your remaining category will be early Nobel prizes in physics.

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

Which pre 1950 recipient of the Nobel prize in physics studied radio activity with her husband, Pierre?

- Marie Curie.

- [Paul Lazar] Yes.

Is an Italian credited with inventing the radio?

- Pass.

- [Paul Lazar] Marconi.

Describe the photo electric effect and relativity.

- Schrodinger.

- [Paul Lazar] Einstein.

Conducted the oil drop experiment?

- Pass.

- [Paul Lazar] Millikan.

Discovered X-rays?

- Pass.

- Rontgen.

Created a thought experiment involving a cat in a box?

- Schrodinger.

- [Paul Lazar] Yes.

Discovered the electron?

- Rutherford.

- [Paul Lazar] Thompson.

Proposed an atomic model in which electrons occupy discreet energy levels?

- Rutherford - [Paul Lazar] Niels Bohr.

Discovered the neutron?

- Rutherford - [Paul Lazar] Chadwick.

Built Chicago Pile-1, the first nuclear reactor, that was Enrico Fermi.

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

And we have an excellent game so far.

Mountain View in the lead over West Scranton by just five points, 45 to 40.

And now we're 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 West Scranton.

And Jessica, I'm gonna come to you first.

Tell me what you like to do for fun.

- I play soccer and I do jujitsu.

- Oh, excellent.

Thank you, Jessica.

Thanks for being here.

And Ryan, what are your hobbies?

What do you like to do when you're not in class?

- I like to watch and play any kind of sport and I also like to play some video games as well.

- Okay.

Very cool.

Thank you West Scranton and good luck the rest of the way.

Let's come over to Mountain View.

And Jonathan, tell us what your plans are after graduation.

What do you want to do?

- I wanna go into the military service.

I'm not sure about a branch.

- Well, thank you so much, Jonathan.

And Jimmy, what are your plans post graduation?

- I want to join the U.S. Navy.

- Okay, excellent.

Some service members, some future service members among us.

It was very nice to meet all of you again.

And we're going to go ahead and begin the second quarter with this question that goes to Mountain View.

What natural substance which is derived from isoprene is obtained from trees in genus Hevea and is used in erasers as well as in latex gloves.

- Rubber.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

What man described the unasked question of how does it feel to be a problem in his 1903 essay collection, the Souls of Black Folk.

- Edgar Allen Poe.

- No, that answer is W.E.B.

Dubois.

West Scranton, here comes your question.

The organization iSwap was set up by defectors from what group, led until 2021 by Abubakar Shekau, that is a Muslim terrorist group based in Nigeria?

- No answer.

Okay.

Rebound to Mountain View.

- Al-Qaeda.

- Nope.

That answer we're looking for is Boko Haram.

Mountain View, here's your next question.

In 1944, what Eastern European country joined the allies after pro-Nazi prime minister Ion Antonescu was deposed by King Michael I in Bucharest?

- Hungary.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to West Scranton.

- No answer.

- And that answer is Romania.

(beep) West Scranton, here comes your next question.

What 2021 video game in which the player fights Salvatore Moreau and the very tall Lady Dimitrescu as Ethan Winters is the latest Resident Evil game?

- Resident Evil 4.

- Is in correct.

Rebound to Mountain View.

- Resident Evil 8.

- Is correct for your rebound points, Mountain View.

And here comes your next question.

What set of points equidistant from a focus and directrix is a conic section that is roughly u-shaped curve made by graphing a quadratic function?

- Parabola - Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

Architect Antoni Gaudi designed Parc Guell, the Casa Mila, and the church of the Sagrada Familia in what European city?

- Rome.

- Nope.

That answer is Barcelona.

West Scranton, here comes your next question.

What facility in which Isa Abdul-Karim died in September, 2021 is located between Queens and the Bronx, and is New York City's chief jail complex?

- No answer.

- Okay.

Rebound to Mountain View.

- Harlem Jail.

- Nope.

We're looking for a place you never want to go, that's Rikers Island.

Mountain View, here comes your next question.

What composer who was criticized in Profta for his opera, Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk District wrote a seventh symphony nicknamed Leningrad?

- Bach.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to West Scranton.

- Beethoven.

- Nope.

We're looking for Shostakovich.

And after one half of play, we currently have Mountain View in the lead over West Scranton 75 to 40.

I wanna say thank you to Jessica and to Ryan from West Scranton and thank you to Jonathan and Jimmy for Mountain View.

You are both spectacular.

We're now going to meet your teammates for the second half.

Playing for West Scranton in the second half are Madison McGivern and Gavin Royce.

Representing Mountain View are Megan Ziprich and Paige Strickland.

And our first question in the third quarter goes to West Scranton.

And that question is, what particles interact with charged particles in Compton scattering and are remited it at longer wavelengths after absorption and phosphorescence?

- Light particles.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Mountain View - Electron.

- Nope.

The answer we're looking for was photon.

Mountain View, here comes your next question.

What founder of the first Baptist church in America created a colony in 1636 at Providence Plantations that became the state of Rhode Island?

- Roger Williams.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

The Mytilenean Debate and the Mytilene Dialogue appear in the historian Thucydides's book about what conflict?

(beep) We're looking for the Peloponnesian War.

West Scranton, here comes your next question.

What city who's namesake Creek is crossed by the Business Bay crossing is home to the Burj Khalifa and is the most populous city in the UAE?

- No answer.

- Okay.

Rebound to Mountain View.

- Dubai.

- Is correct for your rebound points, Mountain View.

Great job.

And here comes your next question.

What characters defeated by the Knight of the White Moon owns the horse Rocinante and is served by Sancho Panza in a novel by Miguel de Cervantes?

(beep) Rebound to West Scranton.

- Don Quixote.

- Is correct for your rebound points, West Scranton.

And here comes your next question.

Guillermo Lasso leads what South American country whose embassy held Julian Asange before his 2019 arrest and whose seat of government is in Quito?

- Ecuador.

- Is correct.

And here comes your bonus question.

What Alabama governor who promised segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever ran for president in 1968.

- No answer.

- Okay.

That was George Wallace.

Mountain View, here's your next question.

What element which has the most exothermic electron affinity is a yellow green gas set at room temperature that combines with sodium to make table salt?

- Chlorine.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

In 2021, what artist's family donated the 1895 work, Don Jose Ruiz, a painting by this artist of his father to the French government?

(beep) That was Picasso.

West Scranton, here comes your next question.

What country is the setting of J.M.

Sing's The Playboy of the Western World and the Plow and the Stars, a play in Sean O' Casey's Dublin Trilogy?

- Ireland.

- Is correct.

And here comes your bonus question.

Monocots and dicots are the two major clades of what plants who seeds develop within ovaries, unlike the seeds in gimno sperms.

- No answer.

- Okay.

That it's angio sperms.

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

(lightning buzzes) This time Mountain View will pick first.

Your categories are European namesakes or incomplete trios.

- Incomplete trios.

- Incomplete trios it is.

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

Name the person, place, or thing that completes these trios in the primary colors, yellow and blue?

- Red.

- Yes.

In an ancient love triangle, Julius Caesar and Mark Anthony?

- Brutus.

- Cleopatra.

In "Alvin and the Chipmunks", Alvin and Simon?

- Theodore.

- Yes.

In the Magi's gifts, gold and Frankincense?

- Myrrh.

- Yes.

In an R&B trio, Kelly Roland and Michelle Williams?

- Pass.

- Beyonce.

In "The three Musketeers", Athos and Eramus?

- Pass.

- Porthos.

In a team of cartoon heroes, Bubbles and Blossom?

You can pass.

- Pass.

- That's Buttercup.

In the ABC islands, Aruba and Bonaire?

(beep) Okay.

That was Curacao.

Mountain View, you did a good job in the lightning round.

We're going to come over to West Scranton now.

And West Scranton, your remaining category will be European namesakes.

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

Give the these things that were named after places in Europe.

A luxury car with a barrier between passenger and chauffer?

- Pass.

- [Paul Lazar] Limousine.

Contact team sport that includes scrums?

- Rugby.

- [Paul Lazar] Yes.

Men's perfume?

- Cologne.

- [Paul Lazar] Yes.

The material used in blue jeans?

- Denim.

- [Paul Lazar] Yes.

Purplish red, the M in CMYK color printing?

- Magenta.

- [Paul Lazar] Yes.

A humorous five line rhyming poem?

- Hiku.

- Limerick.

A foot race about 26 miles long?

- Marathon.

- [Paul Lazar] Yes.

A ski mask?

- Pass.

- [Paul Lazar] Balaclava.

Fortified wine usually made from the Palomino grape?

- Pass.

- [Paul Lazar] Sherry.

A textile pattern featuring curved teardrop shapes?

- Pass.

- [Paul Lazar] That's Paisley.

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

And after that, we have Mountain View in the lead over West Scranton 135 to 120.

And again, we're going to take a little bit of a break and get to know the contestants playing the second half a little better.

And we'll start with the students from West Scranton.

And Madison, I'm going to come to you first.

Tell me what you like to do for fun.

What are your hobbies when you're not in school?

- I like to go to the movies and the mall with my friends.

- Thank you, Madison.

And Gavin, what are your hobbies?

What do you like to do for fun?

- I like to watch TV and play video games.

- All right.

Excellent.

Good luck the rest of the way West Scranton.

Let's come over to Mountain View.

And Megan, if you wouldn't mind telling us what your plans are post graduation?

- I plan to pursue a pre-med biology degree.

- That's excellent.

And Paige, what are your plans after graduation?

- I plan to go to college.

Just not sure for what yet.

- It was very nice to meet all of you again.

And I'll now go ahead and begin the last segment of the game with this question that goes to Mountain View.

What Supreme court case whose anonymous plaintiff was Norma McCorvey, who was amended by planned parenthood v Casey and established a right to abortion?

- Roe v. Wade - Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

What world capital is served by Charles de Gaulle and Orly airports?

- No answer.

- Okay.

That world capital is Paris.

West Scranton, here comes your next question.

What country which contains the Northern most reaches of the grand Choco is a plural national state that has two capitals, Sucre and La Paz?

- No answer.

- Rebound to Mountain View.

- No answer.

- Okay.

That answer is Bolivia.

Mountain View, here comes your next question.

What group of works dedicated to its only begetter Mr. W. H. contains praise of a fair youth in 14 line poem is written by the author of the Tempest?

- No answer.

- Okay.

Rebound to West Scranton.

- No answer.

- Those are the sonnets of William Shakespeare.

West Scranton, here comes your next question.

What quantity is the denominator of the mock number is about 343 meters per second in air and is surpassed when moving at super sonic velocity?

- The speed of light.

- Incorrect.

Rebound to Mountain View.

- The speed of sound.

- The speed of sound is correct.

for your rebound points, Mountain View.

And here's your next question.

What figures who defeat Thamyris in a singing contest are the daughters of Mnemosyne and are nine inspirational goddesses of science and the arts?

(beep) Okay.

Rebound to West Scranton.

- The Muses.

- Is correct for your rebound points, West Scranton.

And here's your next question.

What NFL team that won a 2021 game with a 66 yard field goal by Justin Tucker is led by quarterback Lamar Jackson and plays home games in Maryland?

- The Ravens.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

What Soviet author wrote about a prisoner who hides bread inside a mattress at a Gulag in the 1962 novel "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich."

- No answer.

- Okay.

That's Alexander Solzhenitsyn.

Mountain View, here's your next question.

What tools whose miter type is mounted and used to cut at a precise angle, also have a reciprocating type and are blades of metal with hard teeth?

- Saw.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

What SI prefix is equivalent to the 10th to the 18th power or one quintillion and is larger than Peta?

(beep) That was Egza.

West Scranton, here is your next question.

What poetry collection which opens with the hill contains 244 epitaphs from the deceased residents of an Illinois town and is by Edgar Lee Masters?

- No answer.

- Rebound to Mountain View.

- No answer.

- Okay.

That's the Spoon River anthology.

And that's the end of the game.

And our winter tonight is Mountain View over West Scranton 165 to 140.

Congratulations to Mountain View.

You are 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 thank you for watching.

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