(upbeat music) - Welcome to 16th the 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 I 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 rule seven revised due to the pandemic, but in each half students will have the chance to alternatively answer a 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 Wilksberry area and Wyoming area.

As they compete for the LIU championship.

The winner of today's match will move on to compete in the semi-final game between LIU and CSIU blast IU for the 16th season of Scholastic scrimmage.

Playing in the first half of for Wilksberry area are Brooke Fisher and Tio Morello.

Their advisor is James Blom.

Representing Wyoming area in the first half are Nicole DonVito, and Adam Wisnesky.

Their advisor is Molly Kearns.

But let's get started.

Wilksberry area has won the coin toss and will receive the first question which is what author who depicted the death of an oiler named Billy in the open boat wrote about Henry Fleming and his novel The Red Badge of Courage?

- Upton Sinclair?

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Wyoming area.

- Arthur Conan Doyle?

- No, we were looking for Stephen Crane.

Okay, Wyoming area, here is your first question.

What federal agency whose first administrator was William Ruckelshaus manages Superfund sites and it was created in 1970 to deal with pollution?

- The Environmental Agency?

- Be more specific.

- The national environmental agency?

- Is incorrect, rebound to Wilksberry area.

- Is it the Environmental Protection Agency, the EPA?

- Yes, that is correct for your rebound points Wilksberry.

And here comes your next question.

Magnetars are examples of what compact objects that can form and core collapsed supernovas, and which are named for an uncharged subatomic particle?

- Neutron stars.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus now.

What quantity has changed is known as impulse is conserved in both elastic and inelastic collisions?

- Kinetic energy?

- Is incorrect.

We're looking for momentum.

Okay.

Wyoming area, here's your question.

What thinker who claimed that the unexamined life is not worth living is depicted defending himself at his trial and Athens in the apology by Plato?

- Galileo?

- Is incorrect, rebound a Wilksberry area.

- Is it Socrates?

- It is, for your rebound points.

Great job, Wilksberry.

And here comes your next question.

What city, which is home to the unoccupied Ryugyong Hotel and the Juche Tower celebrating an ideology of self-reliance is the capital of North Korea?

- Pyongyang?

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus now.

What state, in which the death mid election of candidate, Adam Weeks forced a new congressional election in 2021 is represented by Senator Tina Smith?

- Georgia.

- Nope, we're looking for Minnesota.

Okay, Wyoming area here comes your next question.

In what European city whose leaders were killed and old town square in 1621 where Catholic envoys thrown from a window in it's third defenestration?

- Rome?

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Wilksberry area - London.

- Nope, we're looking for Prague.

Okay, Wilksberry here's your next question.

What diseases namesake trait protects against malaria will having two copies of its causative ilial results in red blood cells with a bent shape?

- Sickle cell?

- Is correct.

And your bonus question, the grand prince Michael of Chernigov was killed on the orders of Mongo leader Batu Khan who founded what connate that dominated Southern Russia?

- The Mongol Empire?

- Is incorrect.

We're looking for the golden horde, the golden horde 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.

Wilksberry area has won the coin toss and we'll pick first.

Your categories are gases or literary houses.

- Gases.

- Gases it is.

And your time begins after I finished reading the first question.

Answer the following about gases.

Process in which a gas becomes a liquid?

- Condensation?

- Yes.

Quantity inversely related to a gases pressure by Boyle's law?

- Volume?

- Yes, letter that denotes the ideal gas constant?

- R?

- Yes.

The second noble gas used in lights?

- Neon?

- Yes.

State of matter, consisting of an ionized gas?

- Plasma.

- Yes.

Gaseous element with the highest electronegativity?

- Fluorine?

- Yes.

Process in which a gas escapes through a small hole.

- Out-gassing?

- Effusion.

This man's law of partial pressures governs mixtures of gases.

- Dallas?

- Dalton.

Constant that equals the ideal gas constant divided by Avogadro's number.

Okay, we ran out of time.

That was Boltzmann's constant.

Okay, Wilksberry area, great job in the lightning round.

Wyoming area, we're coming over to you.

Your remaining category will be literary houses.

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

Name the authors of these house related works of literature.

The Fall of the House of Ushur.

- Johnson.

- Edger Allan Poe.

Little House on the Prairie.

- Taylor?

- Laura Ingalls Wilder Bleak House.

- Johnson.

- Charles Dickens.

A Doll's House - Whitman?

- Henrick Ibson.

The Haunting of Hill House, as well as the short story, The Lottery.

- James.

- Shirley Jackson.

The House at Pooh Corner.

- Anderson.

- A.A. Miln.

The House of the Spirits.

- Johnson.

- Isabel Allende.

The story there will come soft rains which describes an automated house (beep) And that was Ray Bradbury.

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

And after that, we currently have Wilksberry area in the lead over Wyoming area 110 to zero.

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.

We'll start with the students from Wilksberry area first and Brooke, I'll come to you.

Tell me what your plans are post high school.

- Well, currently I plan on attending Villanova University for chemical engineering.

- Excellent.

Good luck, Brooke and Tio, what are your plans?

- I'm currently planning to attend Boston College for a pre-med through a biology major.

- All right, good luck to both of you.

Over the Wyoming area, and Nicole, tell me your plans post high school.

- I'm going to Lehigh University for political science.

- Okay.

And Adam, your plans after high school.

- I'm going to Kutztown University for computer science.

- All right.

You guys are going places.

Excellent.

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 Wyoming area.

What university whose business school is named for Samuel Curtis Johnson was founded in 1865.

And as an Ivy league institution in Ithaca, New York?

- Cornell.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus now What noun, beginning with the letter H comes from the Latin for to yawn and means an interruption in time or a period when something is suspended?

- Hesitation?

- Nope, we're looking for hiatus.

Okay.

Well, Wilksberry it's back over to you.

What practice who's roving type was greatly expanded under the Patriot act usually requires a warrant and involves the monitoring of phone calls.

- Wiretapping.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

What state is home to Cedar Point amusement park which is on the shore of lake Erie near the city of Sandusky?

- Michigan - No, it's Ohio.

Okay.

Wyoming area.

It's back over to you.

A divine bomb from Venus removes an arrow from the leg of what warrior who kills his rival, Turnus, in the last book of a namesake epic poem by Virgil?

- Achilles.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Wilksberry area.

- Inead?

- No, we were looking for Aeneis.

Aeneis.

Okay, Wilksberry, here's your next question.

What present day country where giant geoglyphs of animals were created by the Nazca culture was once led by Alberto Fujimori from Lima?

- Peru?

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

The Kansas Nebraska act was signed by what president who defeated Winfield Scott and the election of 1852.

- Polk?

- Nope.

It's Franklin Pierce.

Wyoming area it's over to you.

What Retired NBA player has a transgender child named Zaya is married to Gabrielle Union, and as the career scoring leader for the Miami heat?

- LeBron James?

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Wilksberry area.

(beep) Okay, that's Dwayne Wade.

Wilksberry here's your next question.

What division of plants, which contains the oldest and tallest trees known is a division of gymnosperms named after their tendency to produce cones?

- Pine?

- Is incorrect.

Rebound out of Wyoming area.

- Ferns.

- Nope.

We're looking for conifers.

Okay, Wyoming area here's your next question.

What woman who dictated a statement to Clara Spira before her death on the Eve of Rosh Hashana in 2020 was a long serving Supreme court justice?

- Ruth Bader Ginsburg - Is correct.

And here's your bonus now.

What American painters Magnum Opus was the full color illustrated book, The Birds of America?

(beep) - James.

- Nope.

We're looking for John James Audubon.

And after one half of play, we have Wilksberry area in the lead over Wyoming area.

130, to 20.

We want to say thank you to Brooke and Tio from Wilksberry area.

And thank you to Nicole and Adam from Wyoming area.

You guys were fabulous.

Thank you so very much.

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

Now, joining us for Wilksberry area are Maya Corcoran and Brady Melovitz.

And representing Wyoming area are Grace Washni, and Charlie Alfano.

Our first question in this quarter goes to Wilksberry area.

And that question is what novel in which a commissioner plans to write a book on the pacification of primitive tribes is about a conquo and it's by Chinua Achebe - Things Fall Apart?

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question and get your pencils and papers ready.

What is the area of a circle whose circumference is 10 PI?

Given that PI is the ratio of the circumference to the diameter.

- 25 PI?

- 25 PI is correct for your bonus points,Wilksberry.

Wyoming area, it's over to you.

There Girondins purged by what Jacobin revolutionary, who was toppled in the thermidorian reaction, after leading France during the reign of terror?

- Robespierre.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus.

What name given to Canaanites who capture the Ark of The Covenant in first Samuel is used today to refer to uncultured people?

- Heretics.

- Nope looking for Philistines.

Wilksberry it's back over to you.

What river, which with what's main tributary was charted by the Powell Geographic expedition includes horseshoe bend and flows through the grand canyon?

- Mississippi River.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound a Wyoming area.

- Colorado River.

- Is correct, for your rebound points, Wyoming area.

And here comes your next question.

What character brings Keith and aspirin and a toy ambulance lives in the mountain view inn and as a Beverly Cleary character who rides a motorcycle?

- Arthur Fondzarelli.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Wilksberry area.

(beep) - Okay, that's Ralph Mouse.

Wilksberry here's your next question?

What company which provides big query data warehouses in the cloud offers a G suite product that includes Hangouts and created the Chrome browser.

- Google.

- Google is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

What country whose region of Oklo was the site of natural Fision two billion years ago is south of equatorial, Guinea, and as a lead from Libra veal?

- Russia?

- Nope.

Looking for Gabon.

Wyoming area, it's back over to you.

What year which proceeds 'and all that' in the title of a parody history book was when Harold Godwinson lost to William The Conqueror at Hastings?

- 1820.

- Is incorrect, rebound to Wilksberry area.

(beep) - Okay, that's 1066.

Wilksberry here's your next question.

What Capitol who's mayor disappeared in July, 2020 in the wake of sexual harassment allegations is where Moon Jae-in resides as leader of South Korea?

- Pass.

- Okay, rebound to Wyoming area.

- Seoul.

- Seoul is correct for your rebound points, Wyoming area.

Great job.

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

This time Wyoming area will pick first.

Your categories are Nahuatl or Mary's.

- Mary's.

- Okay, Mary's it is.

And your time begins after I finished reading the first question.

Identify these people whose first name is Mary.

Despite the cycle of Jesus said to have been the first person to see his resurrection.

- Mary Magdalene.

- Yes.

First lady whom John Wilkes booth made a widow - Pass.

- Mary Todd Lincoln.

English author of Frankenstein.

- Mary Shelley.

- Yes.

Fashion designer, actress and identical twin of Ashley.

- Mary-Kate.

- Olson.

- Yes.

Singer whose family affair appeared on the album no more drama.

- Mary Tyler Moore.

- Mary J Blige.

Actress who starred on a self-titled sit-com from 1970 to 1977.

- Mary Tyler Moore.

- Yes.

Founder of the church of Christ, scientist.

- Oh, I know this.

Skip.

- Mary Baker Eddy 1984 gold medalist in the women's all around gymnastics competition.

- Pass.

- Mary Lou Retton.

Close friend of Edgar Degas and painter of the boating party.

- Mary Wollstonecraft - Mary Cassat.

All right, Wyoming area.

That's going to do it for your portion of the lightening round.

Wilksberry area we're headed back to you.

Your remaining category will be Nahuatl word origins.

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

Give these words that came to English from Nahuatl, the language of the Aztecs.

Red vegetable with Roma and heirloom varieties?

- Tomato.

- Yes.

Canine predator who serves as a trickster and Navajo myth.

- Fox?

- Coyote.

Hard liquor made from the blue agave.

- Pass.

- Tequila.

Sweet food stuff made from cacao beans.

- Chocolate.

- Yes.

Spicy meat stew or the hot pepper used to make it.

- Chile.

- Yes.

Mexican salamander with branch-like gills.

- Pass.

- Axolotl.

Green fruit that is the main ingredient in guacamole.

- Avocado.

- Yes.

Small tree whose wood is often used to smoke meat.

- Birch.

- Mesquite.

Corn dough dish typically steamed in a corn husk, (beep) that was tamale.

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

And after that we have Wilksberry area in the lead over Wyoming area, 195 to 90.

And again, 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.

We'll start with the students from Wilksberry area and Maya will come your way first.

Tell me what your plans are after high school.

- I will be attending Wilkes University and plan to major in English to pursue a career as a writer.

- That's excellent, good luck.

Brady, what are your plans post high school?

- I will also be attending Wilks for communications.

- Okay.

Excellent, thanks for being here Wilksberry area.

Wyoming area coming over to you.

Grace, what are your plans after high school?

- I will be attending the University of Cheyenne in the fall studying biochemistry on a pre-med track.

- Okay, and Charlie, your post high school plans.

- I will be attending Villanova University study chemical engineering and then see where the road takes me.

- All right, it was very nice to meet you guys.

Now let's go ahead and begin the fourth quarter with this question that goes to Wyoming area and have your pencils and papers ready to go.

What negative integer is a double root of the quadratic polynomial X squared plus four X plus four.

- Negative 2.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus.

What Ancient Greek dramatist portrayed contemporary rulers in the Persians and drew on mythology in Seven Against Thebes and the trilogy Oresteia.

- Homer.

- Aeschylus.

Okay, Wilksberry, here is your next question.

What author who proclaimed 'Columbia scenes of glorious toils' I write in her poem to his excellency, George Washington, was an emancipated slave?

- Stow?

- Nope.

Rebound now to Wyoming area.

- Harriett Tubman.

- Nope, we're looking for Phyllis Wheatley.

Wyoming area, here's your next question.

What father of Merneptah defeated Mouatali II at the battle of Kadesh against the Hittites, and was a powerful new kingdom pharaoh of Egypt?

- King Tut.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Wilksberry area.

(beep) Okay, that's Ramsey's the second.

Okay, Wilksberry here comes your next question.

What tech company who CEO is Safra Catz was co-founded by Larry Ellison and announced a deal with Walmart to take over TikTok in the United States.

(beep) Rebound to Wyoming area.

- Android.

- Nope.

We're looking for Oracle.

Okay, Wyoming area here is your next question.

What musical interval separates a root from a subdominant is the smaller of the two intervals described as perfect and is exemplified by C to F?

- D - Is incorrect rebound to Wilksberry area.

- Octave?

- No, we're looking for perfect fourth.

Okay.

Wilksberry here's your next question?

What author wrote the line 'A handbag delivered by lady Bracknell' in a play about the double life of Jack Worthing.

The importance of being earnest.

(beep) - Okay, rebound to Wyoming area.

- Al Gore.

- Oscar Wilde was that author.

Okay.

Wyoming area here's your next question.

What point once use to define the Kelvin is that 0.01 degrees Celsius for water and occurs when a substance has an equilibrium between three phases?

- Absolute zero.

- Incorrect, rebound to Wilksberry area.

(beep) - Okay, that's triple point.

(beep) And that's the end of the game, and our winner tonight for the LIU championship is Wilksberry area over Wyoming area 195 to 100.

Congratulations, Wilksberry area.

You're going to be moving on and we'll see you next time for the semi-final game between LIU and CSIU blast IU.

I'm your host, Paul Lazar, and thank you for watching.

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