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(cheerful music) (whistle blowing) (energetic music) ♪ Go - Welcome to the 19th 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 Western Wayne versus West Scranton.

Representing Western Wayne are Eli Bilsky, Scott Current, Logan Poller, and Audrey Agnelo.

Their alternate is Chloe Mistitian and their advisor is Ryan Ander.

Representing West Scranton are Kevin Doe, Alena Lee, Valerie Ayla, and Mason Bennett.

Their alternate is Anthony Margoitch and their advisor is Rick Bresser.

"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 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 toss up points but will not receive a bonus question.

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

In the Rudy Kipling short story "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi," the cobra Nagaina tries to avenge the death of her mate.

What is her mate's name?

(alert sounding) That is Nag.

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

Created in 1991, the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame indcuts one or more members each year.

The formal induction takes place each year at the International Bluegrass Music Awards Show.

In which US state is the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame located?

(buzzer sounding) Alena, West Scranton.

- Alabama.

- [Paul] Is incorrect.

Rebound to Western Wayne.

(buzzer sounding) Scott.

- Georgia.

- No, that state is Kentucky.

Kentucky Bluegrass.

Let's move on now to a toss up in drama.

This play features 27 major characters, among which are Ophelia, Claudius, Polonius, and Horatio.

Name this play that's Shakespeare's longest play.

(buzzer sounding) Mason, West Scranton.

- "Julius Caesar."

- [Paul] Is incorrect.

Rebound to Western Wayne.

(buzzer sounding) - "Macbeth."

- No, looking for "Hamlet."

"Hamlet."

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

What three dimensional transparent figure has identical ends, flat faces and the ability to separate a beam of light into all the colors in a rainbow?

(buzzer sounding) Mason, West Scranton.

- Prism.

- Is correct.

And here comes your bonus now.

(chime sounding) Virginia has been called the mother of presidents and indeed four of our first five chief executives were born in that state.

Which of the first five was not born in Virginia?

(buzzer sounding) Alena.

- Jefferson?

- [Paul] I'm sorry?

- Jefferson.

- No, looking for John Adams.

John Adams.

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

Copernicus postulated it, then Galileo used a telescope to confirm it and Kepler found it to be an ellipse.

(buzzer sounding) Scott, Western Wayne.

- Heliocentric theory.

- Is correct.

(chime sounding) And here comes your bonus question.

Well known for producing fruit and garden vegetables, this Mid-Atlantic state borders New York and Pennsylvania.

The first Miss America pageant was held here in Atlantic City, and the properties in the game of Monopoly were named after streets in this city.

Identify this state, the third state to join the union, and that is now the most densely populated of all the states.

(buzzer sounding) Eli.

- New Jersey.

- Is correct for your bonus points, Western Wayne, as we go to a toss up in sports.

In England, it's called tables.

It takes a specifically marked board, dice, and 15 discs or pieces.

Identify this ancient game of which Parcheesi is a version.

(buzzer sounding) Eli, Western Wayne.

- Backgammon.

- Is correct.

(chime sounding) And here's your bonus now.

This type of animation was first used in 1906 by Russian ballet choreographer Alexander Shiryaev, who used paper mache figures that were moved about 7,500 times to convey a dance sequence.

The first movie to use this technique was "The Lost World" in 1925.

Guillermo del Toro's "Pinocchio" is a more recent example of this technique.

Name this animated movie technique in which pictures of real objects are moved in small increments in-- (buzzer sounding) - Stop motion.

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

It's atomic number is 54.

It's a colorless, odorless gas that's found in trace amounts in earth's atmosphere.

Name this element that is the only element whose name begins with the letter X.

(buzzer sounding) Logan, Western Wayne.

- Xenon.

- Is correct (chime sounding) and here's your bonus.

Good evening ladies and germs.

(alert sounding) What is the substitution of one word for another, which sounds familiar yet has comic overtones called?

(buzzer sounding) - Passcott.

- Scott, that's malapropism.

Well, that sound that you heard signals the end of the first quarter and it's now time for the lightning round.

(transition whooshing) 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.

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

Your categories are mythology or computer science.

(buzzer sounding) - Mythology.

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

Let's try some Greek mythology trivia.

What bird is used to symbolize the goddess Athena?

(buzzer sounding) - Owl.

- [Paul] Yes.

Who is the Greek God of both music and medicine?

(buzzer sounding) - Apollo.

- [Paul] Yes.

What Terrible dragon guarded Hera's golden apples?

(buzzer sounding) - Pass.

- [Paul] That's Draco.

Who killed Achilles?

(buzzer sounding) - Pass.

- [Paul] Paris.

What goddess gave up her throne for Dionysus?

(buzzer sounding) - Pass.

- [Paul] Hestia.

Who was the first one to ride the winged horse Pegasus?

(buzzer sounding) - Hercules.

- Bellerophon.

What type of seeds did Hades give Persephone to eat so that she'd return to the underworld?

(buzzer sounding) - Pomegranate.

- [Paul] Is correct.

What Athenian hero killed the Minotaur?

You can pass.

(buzzer sounding) - Perseus.

- [Paul] Theseus.

What was Medusa's hair made from?

(buzzer sounding) - Snakes.

- Yes.

What Greek goddess sprang from the head of Zeus?

(alert sounding) That was Athena.

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

Western Wayne, we're coming over to you and your category will be computer science and once again, your time begins after I finish reading the first question.

The control key on a computer keyboard is a modifier key.

It performs a special operation when pressed with another key or keys.

Give the key or keys that should be pressed with the control key to perform these tasks.

(buzzer sounding) Open bookmarks or bold a section that has been highlighted.

- F7.

- [Paul] Don't forget to ring in.

No, B.

Cut selected items to the clipboard.

(buzzer sounding) - Pass.

- [Paul] X.

Select all content.

(buzzer sounding) - C. - [Paul] A.

Center the text.

(buzzer sounding) - Pass.

- [Paul] E. Switch the keyboard layout.

(buzzer sounding) - Pass.

- Shift.

Paste content from the clipboard.

(buzzer sounding) - V. - [Paul] Yes.

Redo an action.

(buzzer sounding) - Z.

- [Paul] Y. Delete items and send them to the recycle bin.

(buzzer sounding) - Pass.

- [Paul] D. Find or locate a particular part of text.

(buzzer sounding) - F. - [Paul] Yes.

Copy the selected text.

(buzzer sounding) - C. - [Paul] Yes.

Undo an action.

(buzzer sounding) - Z.

- Yes.

Open the task manager.

(alert sounding) That was shift plus escape.

All right, that's going to do it for the first lightning round and after that we currently have Western Wayne in the lead over West Scranton 60 to 30.

And we're now going to go ahead move into the second quarter with this toss up question in biology.

In about one third of all patients, these pills have been observed to have the same effect as the real drug.

Identify this inactive, (buzzer sounding) Valerie, West Scranton.

- Placebo.

- Is correct (chime sounding) and here comes your bonus.

Osborne House is included on the National Heritage List for England.

It was built by the same company that built the main facade of Buckingham Palace.

The home can now be toured because the king gave the estate to the nation in 1902.

What former British queen resided in the Osborne House?

(buzzer sounding) Valerie.

- Queen Elizabeth?

- Queen Victoria.

Queen Victoria.

Let's go to a tossup in mythology.

In Greek mythology, Icarus and his father fashioned wings of feathers and wax to escape from an island.

Who was Icarus's father?

(buzzer sounding) Mason, West Scranton.

- Daedalus.

- Is correct.

(chime sounding) And here's your bonus.

This English playwright is responsible for the tragedies "The Tragical History of Dr. Faustus" and "The Jew of Malta."

Name this Elizabethan playwright who developed the dramatic blank verse form that became very popular during this timeframe.

(buzzer sounding) - Shakespeare?

- No, that was Christopher Marlowe.

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

These structures run mostly parallel to the bones in the compact bone tissues.

They contain a large capillary and some of them contained lymphatics.

Name these canals that are part of the lamallae.

(buzzer sounding) Mason, West Scranton.

- Arteries.

- [Paul] Is incorrect.

Rebound to Western Wayne.

(buzzer sounding) Scott.

- Lamiller?

- No looking for the aversion canals.

Let's go to a toss up in music.

This Canadian rock band chose a name that includes a part of the human body.

Name this band led by guitarist and lead singer Chad Kroger that recorded several hit songs including, "Photograph" "Million Miles an Hour," and "How You Remind Me."

(buzzer sounding) Scott, Western Wayne.

- Nickelback.

- Is correct and here comes your bonus.

(chime sounding) Four planets in our solar system are known to have them.

Their existence wasn't theorized until 1979.

They're small natural satellites that either clear a gap (buzzer sounding) in the planetary ring material or they keep the materials in the ring contained.

Prometheus and Pandora, located near the thin F ring around Saturn, are examples.

What are these small satellites called?

(buzzer sounding) Scott.

- Meteorites?

- No, we're looking for shepherd moons.

Shepherd moons.

Let's go to a toss up in literature.

"since feeling is first," "if you can't eat you got to," and "oh sweet spontaneous" are the works of what poet with an aversion to punctuation and capitalization?

(buzzer sounding) Scott, Western Wayne.

- Cormack McCarthy.

- [Paul] Is incorrect.

Rebound to West Scranton.

(buzzer sounding) Mason.

- Langston Hughes.

- No, we're looking for ee cummings.

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

In October 1869, he attempted to capture a federal arsenal in Virginia.

He was successful but only for a short time.

Robert E. Lee and the US Marines arrived and overwhelmed him.

Name this abolitionist who was hanged for murder and treason.

(buzzer sounding) Scott, Western Wayne.

John Brown.

- Is correct and here comes your bonus.

(chime sounding) The Oxford Learners Dictionary defines this grammatical term as the way that words and phrases are put together to form sentences.

What is the six letter term, found in the S section of the dictionary, that refers to the arrangement of words, phrases, and clauses within a sentence to make the sentence meaningful?

(buzzer sounding) - Syntax.

- Syntax is correct for your bonus points, Western Wayne.

(alert sounding) Well, as we move on to halftime 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 (light music) from Western Wayne.

And Eli, I'll come to you first.

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

- I like playing sports and like playing video games with my friends.

- [Paul] Awesome, thanks Eli.

Scott?

- I like to act in musical theater and play the bass guitar.

- [Paul] Thank you, Scott.

Logan?

- I like to play sports and play the acoustic guitar.

- [Paul] Thank you, Logan.

And Audrey?

- I like to go on runs and also read.

- Awesome.

Thanks Western Wayne, and good luck the rest of the way.

West Scranton, I'm gonna come over to you.

Same question.

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

- I like to play video games with my friends and violin.

- [Paul] Awesome, thanks for being here, Kevin.

Alena?

- I like to paint and draw and also watch television.

- [Paul] All right, sounds good, thank you.

Valerie?

- I like crafting and reading.

- [Paul] Okay, thank you.

And Mason?

- I like to play sports and to read.

- Awesome.

It's very nice to meet all of you and we're gonna go ahead and begin the third quarter of the game with this tossup question in physics.

These devices are made from two coils of wire on an iron core.

The alternating current in the primary coil produces a magnetic field that changes directions many times each second, thus creating an alternating current in the secondary coil.

The two coils have a different number of loops, which results in a change in voltage.

Name these devices that change the current and voltage of electricity by using electromagnetic fields.

(buzzer sounding) Scott, Western Wayne.

- Alternator.

- [Paul] Is incorrect.

Rebound to West Scranton.

(buzzer sounding) Alena.

- Light bulb.

- No, we're looking for transformers.

Transformers.

Let's go to a toss up in computer science.

What compound word is an indication of how fast data travels a along a connection?

(buzzer sounding) Scott, Western Wayne.

- Megabytes per second.

- No.

Rebound to West Scranton.

(alert sounding) That answer is bandwidth.

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

In which quadrant of a graph is X less than zero and Y greater than zero?

Buzz Mason, West Scranton.

- Second.

- Is correct and here comes your bonus.

(chime sounding) The Lincoln Memorial is surrounded by 36 columns.

Each column is 44 feet tall.

What type of Greek architectural columns were used to support the roof of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC?

(buzzer sounding) Valerie.

- Pillar?

- No, we're looking for Doric.

Doric.

Let's go to a tossup in general knowledge now.

Mr. Thomas has written his will so that his property will be dispersed in the way that he desires upon his death.

Before he dies, he decides that he needs to change an item in his will without redoing the entire legal document.

Usually this change must be witnessed by two people.

What is this edition or change called?

(buzzer sounding) Mason, West Scranton.

- An amendment?

- [Paul] Is incorrect.

Rebound to Western Wayne.

(alert sounding) Nobody here has done a will yet.

It's codicil, codicil.

Let's go to a toss up in world geography.

Venetians founded this city in the seventh century BC.

It's a main hub of economy for Libya.

What is this capital city of Libya?

(buzzer sounding) Elena, West Scranton.

- Tippa?.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Western Wayne.

(alert sounding) That is Tripoli.

Tripoli.

Your next toss up is in earth science.

It isn't as risque as it sounds.

Some rocks will shatter randomly in different directions when struck firmly with a hammer.

However many metamorphic rocks such as mica, biotite and muscovite break smoothly along specific planes.

What is the name for this type of breakage that's often used to help in the identification of rocks and minerals?

(buzzer sounding) Valerie, West Scranton.

- Erosion.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Western Wayne.

(alert sounding) That answer is cleavage.

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

The full name of this British baron, mathematician, engineer, and physicist was William Thompson, which he changed after a Lord in 1892.

He was knighted for his help installing a telegraph cable under the Atlantic Ocean and highly recognized for formulating the second law of thermodynamics.

Name this man who's more commonly recognized for devising a temperature scale that begins at absolute zero.

(buzzer sounding) Valerie, West Scranton.

- Kelvin.

- Is correct and here's your bonus now.

(chime sounding) What young lady does Jay Gatsby fall in love with in the F. Scott Fitzgerald novel "The Great Gatsby?"

(buzzer sounding) Valerie.

- Daisy Buchanan.

- Is correct for your bonus points, West Scranton.

As we go to a toss up now in, (alert sounding) well, we'll get to that toss up in the next quarter because that sound that you heard signals the end of the third quarter and another lightning round.

(transition whooshing) This time Western Wayne will pick first.

Your categories are US geography or trig.

- Geography.

- Geography it is and your time begins after I finish reading the first question.

You'll be given the name of a state and a major attraction in that state.

Name the city in which each attraction is located.

Alabama, NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center and the US Space and Rocket Center.

(buzzer sounding) Montgomery.

- [Paul] Huntsville.

Washington, the Space Needle.

(buzzer sounding) - Seattle.

- [Paul] Yes, Kansas.

The hometown and burial site of Dwight D. Eisenhower.

(buzzer sounding) - Pass.

- [Paul] Abilene.

California, the home of Disneyland.

(buzzer sounding) - Pasadena.

- [Paul] Anaheim.

Connecticut, the birthplace of the Frisbee and the Subway restaurant chain and the hometown of PT Barnum.

(buzzer sounding) - Pass.

- [Paul] Bridgeport.

Massachusetts, the city that's famous for its 1692 witch hunts.

(buzzer sounding) - Salem.

- [Paul] Yes.

Arkansas, the town where Sam Walton started his first Walmart store.

(buzzer sounding) - Pass.

- [Paul] That's Bentonville.

New York, the baseball Hall of Fame.

(buzzer sounding) - Buffalo.

- [Paul] Cooperstown.

Missouri, the Gateway Arch.

(buzzer sounding) - St. Louis.

- [Paul] Yes.

Florida, the home of Kennedy Space Center and the launching location of NASA's manned space flights.

(alert sounding) That was Cape Canaveral.

Okay, Western Wayne, that's gonna wrap up your portion of the lightning round.

West Scranton, we're coming over to you.

Your remaining category, lucky you, will be trig.

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

Identify these trig facts and terminology.

The ratio of the length of the side opposite an angle to the length of the hypotenuse in a right triangle.

(buzzer sounding) Valerie.

- Sine.

- [Paul] Yes.

The ratio of the side opposite to the adjacent side.

(buzzer sounding) - Cosine.

- [Paul] Tangent.

The reciprocal of the sine.

(buzzer sounding) - Cosecant.

- [Paul] Yes.

The measurement of an angle equal to 1/360th of a revolution.

(buzzer sounding) - Pass.

- [Paul] That's degree.

The reciprocal of the tangent.

(buzzer sounding) - Cotangent.

- Yes.

The longest side of a right triangle.

(buzzer sounding) - Vector?

- Hypotonus.

The measurement for an angle that's equal to 1/60th of a degree.

(buzzer sounding) - Pass.

- [Paul] That's minute.

The reciprocal of the cosine function.

(buzzer sounding) - Secant.

- [Paul] Yes.

Two triangles whose angular measurements are the same.

(buzzer sounding) - Equilateral.

- [Paul] Similar triangles.

One divided by the tangent.

(buzzer sounding) - Cotangent.

- [Paul] Yes.

One divided by the cosine.

(buzzer sounding) - Secant.

- Yes.

(alert sounding) All right, great job in that lightning round, West Scranton.

After that we have a great game right here.

West Scranton, the lead over Western Wayne, 105 to 100.

As we now begin the last segment of the game with this tossup question in government.

Despite the government's best efforts, there will often be illegal markets for goods or services that can provide them cheaper or faster than legal means.

Sometimes the production ignores the rules that make the product safe.

What do we call these illegal, (buzzer sounding) Mason, West Scranton.

- Black market.

- Is correct (chime sounding) and here's your bonus now.

According to Thomas Gray's "Elegy in a Country Churchyard," where do paths of glory lead?

(buzzer sounding) Valerie?

- Heaven.

- No, we're looking for the grave.

The grave.

Let's go to toss up now in anatomy.

The scales of a snake are composed of the same protein that makes up our hair and fingernails.

Name, Mason, West Scranton.

(buzzer sounding) - Keratin.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus now.

(chime sounding) He lived from 1794 to 1877 and became the most successful and powerful businessman of his time.

He formed a steamship company in 1829 that dominated shipping along the Hudson River and the Atlantic Coast.

Nicknamed Commodore, his ships later transported prospectors from the east to California during the Gold Rush.

Then he began acquiring railroads.

He was the first to offer railway service from New York City to Chicago.

(buzzer sounding) Mason.

- Rockefeller?

- No, that was Cornelius Vanderbilt.

Let's go to a toss up in short stories now.

He and Ichabod vie for the attentions of Katrina van Tassel in this familiar short story.

Bram van Brunt is also known as whom in Washington Irving's short story "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow?"

(alert sounding) That is Bram Bones.

Let's go to a toss up in earth science now.

The world's longest known karst cave system measures more than 400 miles long.

Name this massive cave that's found in the United States.

(alert sounding) That is Mammoth Cave.

Let's go now to a toss up an astronomy.

What is the common name of the star that has the astronomical name of Alpha Carinae?

(buzzer sounding) Scott,' Western Wayne.

- The sun.

- [Paul] Is incorrect.

Rebound to West Scranton.

(buzzer sounding) Mason?

- The North Star.

- No, Canopus.

Canopus.

Let's go to a toss up in world geography.

It's often regarded as the national river of Russia.

It's almost 2,200 miles in length.

What important river in Russia is also the longest river, (buzzer sounding) Scott, Western Wayne.

- Tanana?

- Is incorrect.

I'll finish and rebound to West Scranton.

Longest river in Europe?

(alert sounding) That river is the Volga River.

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

In biblical times, what did it mean when a man tore his clothes and shaved his head?

(buzzer sounding) Valerie, West Scranton.

- Someone died.

Is correct (chime sounding) and here's your bonus now.

This term refers to any water or ice particles that form in the Earth's atmosphere or on the earth's surface.

Examples include fog, rain, dew, snow, hail, or any combination.

(buzzer sounding) Mason?

- Precipitation.

- No.

The answer is hydrometeor.

Well, our next toss up is in US geography.

What dam on the Columbia River supplies electrical power and helps control, (buzzer sounding) Mason, West Scranton.

- Hoover Dam.

- Is incorrect.

I'll finish and rebound to Western Wayne.

Helps control flooding in the Portland, Oregon area.

(alert sounding) That's Bonneville.

Here's your next toss up.

It's in biology.

What is the last phase of mitosis or meiosis in which the chromosomes uncoil, the spindle breaks down, (alert sounding) and daughter nuclei reform?

(buzzer sounding) Valerie, West Scranton.

- Telophase.

- Is correct.

And your bonus now.

(chime sounding) In 1493, an imaginary line called the Line of Demarcation was drawn to divide unexplored lands between Spain and Portugal.

Who drew this line?

(buzzer sounding) Elena?

- Christopher Columbus.

- No, we're looking for the pope.

Alexander the Sixth, to be totally transparent there.

Well, that's the end of the game.

And our winner tonight is West Scranton over Western Wayne.

145 to 100.

(energetic music begins) Congratulations, West Scranton.

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 thank you for watching.

(energetic music continues) WVIA "Scholastic Scrimmage" was made possible in part by.

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The Luzerne Foundation can help.

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

The Luzerne Foundation.

We are here for good.

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