[Upbeat Music] - Welcome to the 16th season 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 sponsor, FNCB, and People Security Bank for making this competition possible.

This year, Scholastic scrimmage looks a little different and the rules have been revised due to the Corona virus pandemic, but in each half 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 lightening rounds in each game.

Judges tonight are K-12 educators from the WVIA viewing area and tonight's match features West Scranton and Valley View, playing in the first half for west Scranton are Camdyn Louis and Emily Labs.

Their advisor is Rick Brisser.

Representing Valley View in the first half are Alissa Konchesky and Taralyn Riley.

Their adviser is Cindy Sermonarrow.

Well, let's get started.

West Scranton has won the coin toss and will receive at the first question which is: what co-creator of the book and movie "The Silent World" commanded the Calypso helped develop the Aqua lung, and was a French under sea explorer?

- No answer - Okay.

Rebound now to Valley View.

- No answer.

- Okay.

We were looking for Jacque Cousteau.

Valley View, here comes your first question.

What country, whose future capital may be called Wat'an, Is led by Mostafa Madbouly and Abdel Fattah el-Sisi who've launched the new Suez canal.

- Cuba?

- is incorrect.

Rebound now to West Scranton - Egypt - is correct for your rebound points West Scranton.

And here comes your next question: The crater chain kraken ketena is on what moon what the retrograde orbit and which until neary its discovery was thought to be Neptune's only moon?

- No answer.

- Okay.

Rebound now to Valley View.

- No answer.

- Okay.

That moon is Triton.

Triton.

Valley View, here comes your next question.

What creature, who lived in the spring of Anemone was killed by Lolaus and Heracles despite growing two new heads every time one was cut off?

- No answer.

- All right, rebound now to West Scranton - Hydra - is correct for your rebound points West Scranton, and here comes your next question.

What man, Woodrow Wilson's first secretary of state, advocated by mentalism by stating "you shall not crucify mankind" in his 1896 cross of gold speech?

- No answer.

- Okay.

Rebound to Valley View.

- No answer.

- Okay.

That was William Jennings Bryan Valley View here comes your next question.

What country whose great river flows near the castle of Cair Paravel, is where Lucy meets the fawn Mr.Thumbness, in a fantasy series by CS Lewis?

- Great Britain - is incorrect.

Rebound to West Scranton - Denial - is incorrect.

We were looking for Narnia.

West Scranton here comes your next question.

What artists showed Mar salon de Butan next to a woman having a drink in lab Saul and produced many impressionist paintings of female dancers.

- No answer - Rebound now to Valley View.

- no answer.

- Okay.

That artist was Edgar Degas Valley View here comes your next question.

What substance, two molecules of which form the reaction centers and plant cells absorbs the light.

And is a green pigment used in photosynthesis?

- Chlorophyll - is correct.

And here's your bonus question, What 10 year old boy is kidnapped by two men who end up paying $250 to his father to take them back in a story by O Henry, - no answer.

- Okay.

That was Red Chief.

Red Chief.

And 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 West Scranton has won the coin toss and will pick first your categories are: Birds and Literature or History of China, - Birds, and literature, - Birds, and literature it is.

And your time begins after I read the first question.

Give the type of bird that completes these literary titles Harper Lee's to kill a blank.

- Mocking bird?

- Yes.

Wallace Stevens is 13 ways of looking at a blank.

- Raven - Blackbird.

Dashiell Hammett the Maltese blank.

- No answer - Falcon, John Grisham's the blank Brief - No answer.

- Pelican.

Ambrose Bierce's An Occurrence at blank Creek Bridge.

- Black bird?

- Owl, Richard box, John- Jonathan Livingston blank.

- No answer - Seagull.

Thomas Hardy's poem - The darkling blank, - no answer - Thrush.

Julian Barnes' novel Flobears blank, - Raven?

- Parrot.

[Beep] All right.

West Scranton that's going to do it for your portion of the lightning round Valley View, we're coming over to you.

Your remaining category will be history of China.

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

Answer the following about Chinese history: Mythic creature used as an emblem of the emperor?

- Dragon?

- Yes.

Narcotic at the center of several namesake Chinese British wars, - no answer - Opium.

Walled Royal palace in Beijing built by the Yonglo emperor.

- Pass.

- Forbidden City.

Overland trade network that linked China to the Mediterranean?

- Pass.

- Silk road.

Material used to make Qin Shi Huang army of statutes - Stone - Terracotta.

General, who ruled the Republic of China until 1975?

- Pass - Chiang Kai-shek.

Only woman to truly rule as Chinese emperor?

- Pass - That's Wu.

Colorful name for the booklet quotations [Beep] from chairman Mao Zedong.

We ran out of time.

That is the little red book and that's going to do it for the lightning round.

And after that, we currently have West Scranton in the lead over Valley View 32-20.

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.

Let's start with the students from West Scranton and Camdyn, I'll come your way first.

Tell me what your hobbies are, while you're not in school.

What do you like to do for fun?

- I love to go skiing.

I love to hang out with my friends and family and I love to just be active.

- Sounds Like a lot of fun.

Emily, what do you like to do for fun?

Outside of school?

- Like Camdyn I love to ski and I spend a lot of time like family in the last months.

- Excellent.

Thanks for being here West Scranton.

Good luck the rest of the way!

Valley View coming over to you, Alyssa what are your hobbies outside of class?

- I play soccer and I run track and field.

Okay.

- And Taralynn what are your hobbies when you're not in school?

- I like to play tennis and hang out with my friends and family.

- Very, very nice.

It was very nice to meet all of you.

Now let's go ahead and begin the second quarter with this question that goes to Valley View.

What novel, who's protagonist, admires Mademoiselle Rice depicts the relationship between Robert Leonce and Edna Pontellier.

And it's by Kate Chopin.

- No answer - rebound now to West Scranton.

- No answer.

- Okay.

That is The Awakening.

West Scranton.

Here comes your first question of the second quarter.

What city, which after Marquette Fry's 1965 arrest was rocked by the Watts riots saw 1992 riots after police were acquitted of beating Rodney King?

- No answer.

- Okay.

Rebound at Valley View now.

- Atlanta, - is incorrect.

We were looking for Los Angeles.

Valley View here comes your next question.

What state in which Matt Bevin lost a 2019 gubernatorial election to Andy Bashir is represented by senators, Rand Paul and Mitch McConnell?

- Ohio - Is incorrect.

Rebound a West Scranton - Kentucky.

- Is correct.

For your rebound points West Scranton great job.

And here comes your next, your next question.

What countries and Goro Goro crater contains many old human artifacts at the Olduvai Gorge an area that is about 140 miles west of Mount Kilimanjaro.

- Algeria - is incorrect rebound now to Valley View.

- No answer.

- Okay.

We're looking for Tanzania Valley View here comes your next question and get your pencils and papers ready!

What is the measure of the third angle of a triangle whose other two angles measure 70 degrees and 80 degrees, respectively?

- 30 degrees - is correct.

And here's your bonus question What Roman emperor and son of Saint Helena defeated Maxentius in AD 312 at the battle of Milivan bridge?

- No answer.

- Okay.

That's Constantine.

Okay.

West Scranton coming back to you.

What poet wrote, "Call Me by my Pet Name" and her collection "sonnets from the Portuguese" which also includes "how do I love thee?

Let me count the ways"?

- Emily Dickinson - is incorrect.

Rebound to Valley View.

- No answer.

- Okay.

That poet: Elizabeth Browning Valley View here comes your next question.

Louis The Pius was the surviving son of what ruler and father of Europe who was crowned by Pope Leo III in AD 800 as the first Holy Roman emperor?

- No answer.

- Okay.

Rebound now to West Scranton.

- No answer.

- Okay.

That was Charlemagne.

West Scranton here comes your next question.

What polyhedron can be made by joining the centers of the cubes faces or by joining two square pyramids at their base and has eight triangular faces?

- Octagon - is incorrect.

rebound now to Valley View.

[Beep] - No answer.

- Okay.

That answer was octahedron.

Octahedron Well after one half of play, we currently have a very good game West Scranton in the lead over Valley View; 40-30.

I want to say thank you to Camdyn and Emily of West Scranton for playing and Alyssa and Taralynn from Valley View.

You guys were fantastic.

Thank you so much.

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

[Upbeat Music] Now, joining us for West Scranton are Ava Decker and Cabre Capalongo and representing Valley View are Zach Kovalchuk and Sarah Solomon.

Okay.

West Scranton.

You are getting the first question in this quarter.

And that question is: what French artists added the mustache to a Mona Lisa postcard and Lhooq and signed a urinal as "R. Mutt" in fountain two of his data list.

Ready-mades - No answer - okay.

Rebound a Valley View.

- Galileo - Is incorrect.

We were looking for Marcel Duchamp.

All right.

Valley View, here comes your first question.

What peninsula whose Northern border is formed by the Nakdong and Tumen rivers, primarily uses the Hungl alphabet, and is home to Seoul and Jeungpyeong?

- No answer.

- Okay.

Rebound now to West Scranton.

- No answer.

Okay.

That is the Korean peninsula West Scranton here comes your next question, and get your pencils and papers ready!

What is the slope of the line defined by the equation: 3x-4y=5?

[Beep] ran out of time.

Rebound to Valley View - 3/4 - is correct for your rebound points Valley View.

Great job.

Here comes your next question.

What Monarch who launched the Rough wooing was ex-communicated by Clement VII, after trying to annul his marriage to the first of his six wives?

- Henry IIX - Is correct.

And here's your bonus question now: during a rebellion in the 1840s Thomas Door proclaimed himself, governor of what New England state whose current governor is Gina Raimondo?

- Massachusetts.

- No, you were close.

We were looking for Rhode Island.

Okay.

West Scranton here comes your next question.

What poet of Upon Appleton House wrote about "times winged chariot" in a poem that begins "had we but world enough and time" called to his coy mistress.

- No answer.

- Okay.

Rebound out of Valley View.

- No answer.

- Okay.

Poet is Andrew Marvell.

Valley View here comes your next question.

What layer, which includes the stable wadsleyite in its transition zone, lies just below the MOHO between the Earth's crust and outer core?

[Beep] Okay ran out of time.

Rebound now to West Scranton.

- The mantle - Is correct for your rebound points west Scranton.

And here comes your next question.

What institution first led by Tomas de Torquemada persecuted conversance and maintained religious orthodoxy and Ferdinand and Isabellas territories?

- No answer - Okay.

Rebound now to Valley View.

- No answer.

Okay.

That's The Spanish Inquisition, and nobody expects them.

Okay.

Here comes your next question Valley View.

What city in which 1904 hosted both the summer Olympics [Beep] and the world's fair is home to both the Wainwright building and the gateway arch?

- Huston - Is incorrect.

Rebound now to West Scranton.

- St. Louis - St. Louis is correct for your rebound points.

Very good West Scranton great job.

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

This time Valley View will pick first.

Your categories are cat words or airports of the world.

- We'll take the first one.

Okay.

- Cat words.

All right.

Your time begins after I finished reading the first question, and here we go.

Give these words that begin with the letters.

C A T a device for firing projectiles, such as a trebuchet.

- Catapult.

- Yes.

A church building.

That's the seat of a Bishop.

- Cathedral - Yes.

A substance that increases reaction rate.

- Catalyst - Yes.

In a stupor, unresponsive - Pass - Catatonic a statement frequently said by a fictional character?

- Catch phrase.

- Yes.

A cloudy section of the lens in the eye - Catheter?

- Cataract.

An ordered list or the act of making one - Pass - Catalog.

The curve made by a wire hanging from two poles?

- Pass.

- Catenary.

A loud shrill noise such as one made by a feline.

- Pass - That's caterwaul.

A small book containing questions and answers about Christian doctrines.

[Beep] That was Catechism.

Okay.

Valley view.

Great job in the lightening round.

West Scranton we're coming over to you.

Your remaining category will be airports of the world.

And again, your time begins after I finished reading the first question given an airport name the country in which it's located LaGuardia.

- United States - Yes.

Benito Juarez.

- Pass Mexico.

Next, Heathrow.

- London?

- Nope.

United Kingdom.

Nerita - No answer - Japan, Tenor Reef, north and south which are on the Canary islands.

- No answer - Okay.

That's Spain King Shaka International.

- No answer.

- Okay.

South Africa.

Jenna international, which is named for Muhammad Ali Jenna.

- No answer - Pakistan.

Changi airport, a seven times Skytrax best airport winner.

- No answer.

- Singapore, Copernicus Airport de WrocBaw okay.

[Beep] That was Poland.

Okay.

After that, in the lightening round, we currently have Valley View in the lead over Scranton 90-70.

And again, we're going to give our contestants a bit of a break and the opportunity for those of you at home to get to know them a little better.

Let's start with the students from West Scranton and Ava, I'll come your way first.

Tell me what you like to do when you're not in class.

What are your hobbies?

- I love to act and I like to hang out with my friends and my family.

- Very nice.

And Cabre, what do you like to do as a hobby?

- I like to go shopping and I also like to do crafts and to hang out with my friends and family.

- Excellent.

Thank you, West Scranton.

Good luck the rest of the way!

Valley View coming over to you, Zach.

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

- Well, I play basketball and baseball and just hanging out with friends.

- Very nice.

And Sarah, what are your hobbies?

- I do cheer and dance and just hang out with my friends.

- Very, Very cool.

It was very nice to meet you.

So let's go ahead and begin the fourth quarter with this question that goes to Valley View.

Maxwell's demon violates one of the namesake laws of what field of physics since the demon causes a decrease in a closed systems Entropy, - no answer.

- Okay.

Rebound now to West Scranton.

- No answer - okay that answer was thermodynamics West Scranton here comes your first question, of the fourth quarter, What city includes the historic estate via this Kia?

The neighborhood little Havana and such professional sports teams as the Marlins and Dolphins?

- Miami [Beep] - Yes, correct.

Right under the bell.

And here comes your bonus question.

Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi were members of what political party that dominated post independence Indian politics?

- No answer - Okay.

That's the Indian National Congress Valley View it's over to you now.

What Russian author wrote about the family of Lyubov Ranevskayan in The Cherry Orchard and about story writer Boris Trigorin in his comedy, The Seagull?

- No answer.

- Okay.

Rebound now to West Scranton.

- No answer.

- Okay.

That's Anton Chekhov West Scranton here comes your next question.

The w and Z bozons carry what fundamental force which has been unified with the electromagnetic force and is not as strong as the strong force?

- No answer.

- Okay.

Rebound now to Valley View.

- No answer.

- Okay.

That is the weak nuclear force Valley View here comes your question.

What film featuring a dog named Dante won best original song for the track "Remember Me" and as a Pixar film inspired by the Mexican day of the dead?

- Coco - is correct.

And here's your bonus question Numismatics is the study of what type of object whose bad kind chases out the good, according to Gresham's law?

- No answer.

- Okay.

That's currency.

Okay.

West Scranton here comes your next question.

What country was where the gorilla group FARC formed, was the country from which Panama seceded, and was the site of 1948 riots named for Bogota?

- No answer - Okay.

Rebound at Valley View.

- Venezuela.

- Nope.

We were looking for Columbia Valley View here comes your next question.

What state, which is home to only two escalators both of which are in the city of Casper is the least populous state.

And as governed from Cheyenne?

- North Dakota - is incorrect.

Rebound to West Scranton - Wyoming - Is correct for your rebound points West Scranton.

And here comes your next question.

What founder of analytical psychology wrote about the anima and Anna MIS and was a Swiss psychologist who proposed a collective unconscious?

- No answer - Okay.

Rebound now to Valley View.

[Beep] - No answer - Okay.

That was Carl Jung and that's the end of the game.

And our winner tonight is Valley View over West Scranton 100 - 90.

Congratulations Valley View.

You're going to be moving on and we'll see you next time with another round of WVIA Scholastic scrimmage I'm your host Paul Lazar, and thank you for watching.

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