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

Tonight's match features Western Wayne versus Mid Valley.

representing Western Wayne is Antonio Fisichella, Logan Pauler, Scott Current, and Judah Strokia.

Their alternate is Nicholas Fisichella, and their advisor is Ryan Ander.

Representing Mid Valley are Delaney Caines, Jonah Harrington, Ruby Lennon, Molly Banik, and their alternate is Giada Vagni, while their advisor is Stan Yanoski.

"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 will be given the toss-up points but will not receive a bonus question.

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

What type of cell that matures in the seminiferous tubules is initially stored in the epididymis, and during fertilization fuses with an egg cell?

(buzzer beeping) Judah, Western Wayne.

- Sperm cell.

- Is correct.

And here comes your bonus question.

Get your pencils and papers ready.

What is the product of 46 times 54, a product that can be found using a difference of squares?

(bright music) (timer beeping) Ran out of time there.

We're looking for 2,484.

Alright, let's go on to another toss-up.

In what state where 165 people were saved in 2025 by Scott Ruskin, a rescue swimmer, did the Guadalupe River flood Kerr County near San Antonio?

(buzzer beeping) Molly, Mid Valley.

- Texas.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

A 1913 assassination brought Constantine I to the throne of what country, which in 1912 regained control over a city sometimes called Salonika?

(buzzer beeping) - England.

- Is incorrect.

We're looking for Greece.

Alright, let's go to another toss-up question.

What country, whose westernmost province of Aceh is ruled by sharia law, controls most of the Greater Sunda Islands, including Sulawesi and Sumatra?

(timer beeping) No takers there.

That was Indonesia.

Alright, guys, let's go to another toss-up.

And get your pencils and papers ready.

What is the measure of the central angle of each slice of a circular pizza that's been divided into 10 congruent sectors?

(bright music) (timer beeping) That was 36 degrees.

36 degrees.

Alright, guys, let's go to another toss-up.

What author described the treachery of Fernand Mondego, who weds Mercedes after Edmond Dantes is imprisoned in his novel, "The Count of Monte Cristo"?

(buzzer beeping) Ruby, Mid Valley.

- Edgar Allan Poe.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Western Wayne.

(timer beeping) That is Alexandre Dumas.

Alright, guys, let's go to another toss-up.

What city, which is the main setting of the 2015 film "Spotlight" and the TV show "Cheers," is home to "Globe" newspaper, and is nicknamed Beantown?

(buzzer beeping) Scott, Western Wayne.

- Chicago.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Mid Valley.

(buzzer beeping) Molly.

- Boston.

- Boston is correct for your rebound points, Mid Valley, as we go to a toss-up now.

What explorer, who tried to convert rulers in Sabu to Christianity, was killed by Lapu-Lapu in the Philippines during his attempted circumnavigation?

(buzzer beeping) Ruby, Mid Valley.

- Ferdinand Magellan.

- Is correct, and here comes your bonus question.

Zuma Rock is west of what planned city, which in 1991 replaced Lagos as the capital of Nigeria?

(buzzer beeping) Ruby.

- Chad.

- No, we're looking for Abuja.

Alright, here comes your next toss-up.

What organelle contains the protein cytochrome c as part of its electron transport chain, which drives ATP synthesis during cellular respiration?

(buzzer beeping) Jonah, Mid Valley.

- Mitochondria.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

In what quantum mechanical process does a particle with classically-insufficient energy bypass a barrier by going under or through it?

(buzzer beeping) - Quantum tunneling.

- Is correct for your bonus points, Mid Valley.

Well, that sound 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.

Mid Valley has won the coin toss and will pick first.

Your categories are German Cities or Horses.

(team chattering) (buzzer beeping) - German Cities.

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

Name these German cities.

Germany's current capital.

(buzzer beeping) - Berlin.

- Yes.

Lends its name to a beef patty served on a bun.

(buzzer beeping) - Hamburg.

- Yes.

Host of Oktoberfest.

(buzzer beeping) - Pass.

- Munich.

Cathedral city that lends its name to a fragrance marketed to men.

- Pass.

- Cologne.

Bavarian city where Nazi leaders were tried as war criminals.

- Nuremberg.

- Yes.

City on the Main River, home to the European Central Bank.

(buzzer beeping) - Pass.

- [Paul] That's Frankfurt.

Site of the 1813 Battle of the Nations.

(buzzer beeping) - Pass.

- [Paul] Leipzig.

Capital of Saxony that was Firebombed in February 1945.

(buzzer beeping) - Dresden.

- [Paul] Yes.

Former capital of West Germany.

(buzzer beeping) - Pass.

- Bonn.

Host of a July 1945 World War II conference.

(timer beeping) Ran out of time there.

That was Potsdam.

Alright, Mid Valley, you did a great job there in the first Lightning Round.

We're gonna come over to Western Wayne.

Your remaining category will be Horses, and once again, your time begins after I finish reading the first question.

Answer the following about horses.

Part of a horse protected by a horseshoe.

(buzzer beeping) Judah.

- Hoof.

- Yes.

Greek God of horses and the sea.

(buzzer beeping) - Poseidon.

- Yes.

Term for a baby horse less than 1-year-old.

(buzzer beeping) - Foal.

- Yes.

Fastest of the four basic horse gaits.

(buzzer beeping) - Mustang.

- Gallop.

Dark-colored title horse of an Anna Sewell book.

(buzzer beeping) - Pass.

- Black Beauty Part of a horse traditionally used in string instrument bows.

(buzzer beeping) - Tail.

- Yes.

Team stick-and-ball game played on horseback.

(buzzer beeping) - Polo.

- Yes.

In horse racing, winning the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, and Belmont Stakes.

(buzzer beeping) - Pass.

- That's the Triple Crown.

Unit equal to four inches used to measure horse height.

(buzzer beeping) - Pass.

- That's hand.

Ruler who rode the horse Bucephalus.

(buzzer beeping) - Napoleon.

- That was Alexander the Great.

Alright, that's going to do it for our first Lightning Round, and after that we have a very good game going.

Mid Valley in the lead over Western Wayne, 65 to 35.

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

What figure who vomits up a stone followed by his children in reverse birth order was a Titan who was the husband of Rhea.

(buzzer beeping) And Molly, Mid Valley.

- Kronos.

- Is correct.

And here comes your bonus question.

In October 2024, Bao Li and Qing Bao, two members of what animal species, arrived at the National Zoo?

(buzzer beeping) - Pandas.

- Is correct for your bonus points, Mid Valley.

Let's go to another toss-up now.

What politician, the daughter of Baltimore mayor Thomas D'Alesandro Jr., represents San Francisco, and is a former Democratic speaker of the House?

(buzzer beeping) Molly, Mid Valley.

- Nancy Pelosi - Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

What Finnish architect designed JFK Airport's TWA Terminal and St.

Louis's Gateway Arch?

(buzzer beeping) Molly.

- Frank Lloyd Wright.

- Is incorrect.

Great guess, though.

Eero Saarinen was what we were looking for.

Alright, let's go to another toss-up question.

What physical process that is quantified using Fick's first and second laws occurs when particles travel down their concentration gradient?

(buzzer beeping) - Judah, Western Wayne.

- Diffusion.

- Is correct.

And here comes your bonus question.

What nearly-800-mile-long peninsula in Northwestern Mexico contains two of the country's 31 states?

(buzzer beeping) - Baja.

- Be more specific.

- Baja California.

- Is correct for your bonus points, Western Wayne, as we go to this toss-up question.

What organization, which sued Robert Casey in a 1992 Supreme Court case, was co-founded by Margaret Sanger, and provides reproductive healthcare?

(buzzer beeping) Judah, Western Wayne.

- Planned Parenthood.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

What New Deal labor program, created in 1933, hired thousands of young men to work on environmental projects, unlike the public works of the WPA?

(buzzer beeping) Judah.

- The AAA.

- No, we're looking for the CCC, the Civilian Conservation Corps.

Alright, let's go to another toss-up.

What author suggested landlords could eat poor Irish babies in "A Modest Proposal," and described the minuscule empire of Lilliput in "Gulliver's Travels"?

(buzzer beeping) Ruby, Mid Valley.

- Marco Polo.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Western Wayne.

(buzzer beeping) Scott.

- Shakespeare.

- No.

That was Jonathan Swift.

Alright, here's your next toss-up question.

What musician, who helped pioneer bebop with songs like "Ko Ko," played saxophone on his standard, "Ornithology," inspired by his nickname, Bird?

(buzzer beeping) Ruby, Mid Valley.

- Louis Armstrong - Is incorrect.

Rebound to Western Wayne.

(buzzer beeping) Judah.

- Wynton Marsalis.

- No.

That's Charlie Parker.

Charlie Parker.

Alright, here comes your next toss-up.

What dictator, who was advised by economists known as the Chicago Boys, came to power after a 1973 coup removed Salvador Allende as Chilean president?

(buzzer beeping) Jonah, Mid Valley.

- Fidel Castro - Is incorrect.

Rebound to Western Wayne.

(timer beeping) Okay, that answer we were looking for was Augusto Pinochet.

Alright, let's go (timer beeping) to another toss-up question in the next quarter, because 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 Western Wayne.

Antonio, I'll come to you first.

Tell me what you like to do for fun when you're not in school.

- I like to practice trumpet and percussion for PMEA events.

- [Paul] Excellent, thanks, Antonio.

Logan.

- I play soccer and volleyball.

- [Paul] Alright, thank you, Logan.

Scott.

- I like to play the bass guitar.

- [Paul] Sweet, thanks Scott.

Judah.

- I have six or seven different hobbies, but I like exercise.

- [Paul] Awesome.

Thanks for being here at Western Wayne.

And good luck the rest of the way.

Mid Valley, coming over to you.

Delaney, tell me what you like to do for fun when you're not in class.

- I practice kickboxing and jiu-jitsu.

- [Paul] Excellent.

Don't mess with Delaney.

Let's go to Jonah.

- I practice math in my free time.

- [Paul] Alright, don't mess with Jonah either, apparently.

Let's go to Ruby.

- I take a lot of naps.

- [Paul] Okay.

Mess with Ruby.

And let's go to Molly.

- I like to practice my acoustic guitar.

- Awesome.

Good luck to you, Mid Valley, the rest of the way.

We're now going to go ahead and begin the third quarter with this toss-up question.

What circuit device is shown as a triangle meeting a line at one vertex, ideally restricts current to one direction, and has a light-emitting form?

(buzzer beeping) Ruby, Mid Valley.

- A prism.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Western Wayne.

(buzzer beeping) Antonio.

- A bulb.

- That's incorrect.

We're looking for diode.

Alright, let's go on to your next toss-up question.

What present-day country, where Dedan Kimathi led the 1950s Mau Mau Uprising against the British Empire, is now the largest economy in East Africa?

(buzzer beeping) Ruby, Mid Valley.

- South Africa - Is incorrect.

Rebound to Western Wayne.

(buzzer beeping) Scott.

- Madagascar.

- No.

That country you're looking for is Kenya.

Alright, here's your next toss-up.

What singer-songwriter, who recorded "Love's in Need of Love Today" and "Isn't She Lovely" on his album "Songs in the Key of Life" is- (buzzer beeping) Molly, Mid Valley.

- Stevie Wonder.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

What poet, whose 2016 collection "Then Come Back" features once-lost poems, also wrote "Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair"?

(buzzer beeping) Molly.

- Rupi Kaur.

- No.

That's Pablo Neruda.

Here's your next toss-up question.

Chaotic behavior is displayed by the double type of what near-harmonic oscillators, which are used in grandfather clocks, and include a swinging bob?

(buzzer beeping) Judah, Western Wayne.

- Pendulum.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

What metal that strengthens the enamel of the incisors of beavers also often turns those teeth orange?

(buzzer beeping) - Iron.

- Iron is correct for your bonus points, Western Wayne, as we go now to a toss-up.

What battle, where General Edward Pakenham was killed, took place after the Treaty of Ghent ended the war of 1812, and was fought in Louisiana?

(buzzer beeping) Molly, Mid Valley.

- The Battle of New Orleans.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

"Summertime" is the first aria in what opera set in Charleston's Catfish Row?

(buzzer beeping) Ruby.

- "Cats."

- No.

That's "Porgy and Bess."

Okay, here's your next toss-up question.

What literary protagonist, whom Lady Bertilak tries to seduce, is an Arthurian hero who agrees to a beheading game with the unsettling Green Knight?

(buzzer beeping) Ruby, Mid Valley.

- King Louis.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Western Wayne.

(buzzer beeping) Judah.

- Inigo Montoya.

- (laughs) No, we were looking for Sir Gawain.

Sir Gawain.

Okay, here's your next toss-up question.

Amacrine and bipolar cells are found in what structure, which contains the fovea, and has cone and rod cells for light detection in the eye.

(buzzer beeping) Antonio, Western Wayne.

- Retinas - Is correct.

And here comes your bonus.

And get your pencils and papers ready.

How many zeroes are in the number 60 trillion, given that a trillion equals 1,000 billion?

(bright music) (buzzer beeping) - 10.

- That's incorrect.

We are looking for 13.

Okay, guys, here's your next toss-up.

What fictional country, where Riri Williams builds an upgraded version of her Ironheart suit, is the primary setting of the "Black Panther" franchise?

(buzzer beeping) Judah.

Western Wayne.

- Wakanda.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

A king with what regnal name legendarily said that Paris is worth a mass, and converted to Catholicism to end the French Wars of Religion?

(buzzer beeping) Scott - Joan of Arc.

- No, that was Henry.

Henry.

Well, that sound that you heard signals the end of the third quarter, and another Lightning Round.

This time, Western Wayne will pick first.

Your categories are RU Words or South.

(team chattering) (buzzer beeping) - RU Words - RU Words it is, and your time begins after I finish reading the first question.

Identify these words that begin with the letters RU.

An alleged fact that is spread often in secret.

- Rumor.

- Yes.

Red variety of corundum.

(buzzer beeping) - Rust.

- Ruby.

Synonym for trash or garbage.

(buzzer beeping) - Rubbish.

- Yes.

Remains of an ancient building or civilization.

(buzzer beeping) - Ruins.

- Yes.

Vertical structure used to steer a boat.

(buzzer beeping) - Rudder.

- Yes.

Card game in which players assemble sets and runs.

(buzzer beeping) - Rummy.

- Yes.

Root vegetable, also called a swede or Swedish turnip.

(buzzer beeping) - Rutabaga.

- Yes.

Any mammal that chews its cud.

(buzzer beeping) - Pass.

- Ruminant.

Expressive free use of tempo in music.

(buzzer beeping) - Run.

- Rubato.

Commotion, or a term for a family room.

(buzzer beeping) - Pass.

That's rumpus, or rumpus room.

Alright, Western Wayne, that's going to do it for your portion of the Lightning Round.

Mid Valley, we're coming over to you.

Your remaining category will be South, and again, your time begins after I finish reading the first question.

Give these people, places, or things whose English names contain South or Southern.

Geographic point at 90 degrees south latitude.

(buzzer beeping) - South Pole.

- [Paul] Yes.

Country home to Johannesburg, (buzzer beeping) - South Africa.

- [Paul] Yes.

Country Whose currency is the won.

(buzzer beeping) - South Korea.

- [Paul] Yes.

US state home to Fort Sumter.

(buzzer beeping) - South Carolina.

- [Paul] Yes, country once ruled by Ngo Dinh Diem, which ceased to exist in 1975.

(buzzer beeping) - South Vietnam.

- Yes.

Annual media, music, and film festival in Austin, Texas.

(buzzer beeping) - Pass.

- [Paul] That's South by Southwest.

Australian state governed from Sydney.

(buzzer beeping) South Australia.

- New South Wales.

Literary movement of Flannery O'Connor and Carson McCullers.

(buzzer beeping) - Pass.

- [Paul] That's Southern Gothic.

Dallas University whose sports teams are the Mustangs.

(buzzer beeping) - Pass.

- [Paul] SMU.

British joint stock company whose 1720 collapse popped the namesake bubble.

(buzzer beeping) - Pass.

- That was the South Sea Company.

Alright, that's going to do it for the Lightning Round.

And man, do we have a great game going here.

Mid Valley in the lead over Western Wayne by just 10 points.

135 to 125.

Alright, now we're going to go ahead and begin the final quarter of the game with this toss-up question.

What year in which Chicago police beat protestors near the Democratic National Convention saw the murders of Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King?

(buzzer beeping) Molly, Mid Valley.

- 1968 - Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

What American author won Pulitzer Prizes for fiction for his novels "The Underground Railroad" and "The Nickel Boys"?

(buzzer beeping) - Charles Darwin.

- No, we're looking for Colson Whitehead.

Alright, here's your next toss-up question.

What religion whose scripture was partly composed in the 16th century by Ram Das uses the Golden Temple and regards the Adi- (buzzer beeping) Scott, Western Wayne.

- Islam.

- Is incorrect.

I'll finish the question and rebound to Mid Valley.

And regards the Adi Granth as the last guru.

(buzzer beeping) Delaney.

- Buddhism.

- No.

That answer is Sikhism.

Sikhism.

Here's your next toss-up question.

Austenite and martensite are phases of what alloy that is produced in the Bessemer process, and contains 10% chromium in its stainless type?

(buzzer beeping) Judah, Western Wayne.

- Steel - Is correct.

And here's your bonus now.

A point on a circle that is rolling around an identical circle traces what curve which has a single cusp and is named for its heart-like appearance?

(buzzer beeping) Logan.

- Diploid.

- No.

We're looking for cardiod.

Cardiod.

Here's our next toss-up question.

What mountain on whose southwest slope the Kahiltna Glacier begins is the tallest mountain in North America, and is in the interior- (buzzer beeping) Judah, Western Wayne - Denali.

- Is correct.

And your bonus now.

What Roman province, which became Rome's primary tin source after Hispania's mines declined, was the site of a first-century rebellion led by Caratacus?

(buzzer beeping) - Rome.

- Is incorrect.

We're looking for Britannia.

Alright.

Good guess, though.

Let's go to another toss-up question.

What character, a star athlete whose prospects fade after he discovers his father's affair, is the elder son of Willy Loman in "Death of a Salesman"?

(buzzer beeping) Molly, Mid Valley.

- Billy.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Western Wayne.

(buzzer beeping) - John.

- No, that answer is Biff.

Biff Loman.

Our next toss-up question.

What Roman goddess is depicted being blown to shore by the god Zephyr whilst standing on a shell in a painting by Botticelli depicting- (buzzer beeping) Molly, Mid Valley.

- Venus.

- Is correct.

And your bonus now.

What city is home to the CFL's Alouettes, and was home from 1969 to 2004 to Major League Baseball's Expos?

(buzzer beeping) - The Dodgers.

- We're looking for the city, and that was Montreal, was what we were looking for.

Let's go to another toss-up.

What civilization, whose port of Lothal may have been used for maritime trade, left behind sites like Mohenjo-daro, and is named for a river?

(buzzer beeping) Molly, Mid Valley.

- The Indus River Valley Civilization - Is correct.

And your bonus question now.

What town in Florida, founded by the Spanish in 1565, is the oldest continuously-inhabited European settlement in the present-day United States?

(buzzer beeping) Ruby.

- Tampa.

- No.

That answer is St.

Augustine, Florida.

(timer beeping) And that's the end of the game, And our winner tonight is Mid Valley over Western Wayne, 165 to 145.

Congratulations, Mid Valley.

You're 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 thanks for watching.

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