(upbeat music) - Welcome to the 16th 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 school 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 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 lightning rounds in each game.

Judges tonight are K-12 educators from the WVIA viewing area and tonight's match features Wyoming Valley West and Pittston Area.

Playing in the first half for Wyoming Valley West are Kaitlyn Loophole, and Aiden Szymanowski.

Their advisor is Robert Bonczewski.

Representing Pittston Area in the first half are John Florio and Caroline Hinzy.

Their advisor is Jackie Nowakowski.

The alternates are Kayla Franchettie, and Isabella Yardena.

Well, let's get started.

Wyoming Valley West has won the coin toss and will receive the first question, which is, what 2011 novel that depicts Caleb's decision to join a faction led by Janine Matthews called Erudite is the first in a YA series by Veronica Roth.

- Percy Jackson - Is incorrect rebound out of Pittston area.

- Divergent - Divergent is correct for your rebound points Pittston area.

You're coming to your first question.

What gland, which is connected by a narrow infant to the hypothalamus above secretes growth hormone and is known as the master gland.

- Pituitary gland - Is correct.

And here's your bonus question, What state which grew out of the colony, where the Stonewall rebellion took place was where Denmark VC allegedly planned a slave revolt in 1822?

- Alltel I know - Is incorrect.

You are close.

You're looking for South Carolina, South Carolina Wyoming Valley West coming over to you.

What treaty created the free city of Danzig forced Germany to accept the war guilt clause and return Alsace, Lorraine, and ended world war one - Treaty of Versailles - Is correct.

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

When 50 degrees Fahrenheit is converted to degrees Celsius what is the resulting temperature in degrees Celsius - Seven?

- Nope.

We were looking for 10, 10 Pittston area here comes your next question.

What cable channel, which premiered the readout in 2020 also airs the left leaning programs, The beat with Ari Melbourne and the Rachel Maddow show - MSNBC.

- That is correct.

And here's your bonus question, What NFL team after starting undrafted quarterback Kyle Allen in 2019 saw Luke Keekley retire and released cam Newton.

- Kyrie - Is incorrect.

We were looking for the Carolina Panthers the Carolina Panthers.

Wyoming Valley West back to you.

What heroes lovers included a queen of Lemnos named hip simile and a princess from caucus named Medea who helped him obtain the golden fleece - Maya Angelo Is incorrect rebound now to Pittston area.

Jason, Jason is correct for your rebound points.

Pittston area.

Great job.

And here comes your next question.

What river flows past a rock formation called the lower lie empties into the black sea and Romania and traverses the cities of Budapest and Vienna.

Okay.

Rebound now to Wyoming Valley West - The Amazon, the nyle river - Is incorrect where you're looking for the Danube the Danube.

Wyoming Valley West here comes your next question and get your pencils and papers.

Ready?

What is the least common multiple of seven and 12.

Given that seven is a prime number and 12 is not a multiple of seven.

- One - Is incorrect rebound now to Pittston area - 84 - 84 is correct for your rebound points Pittston area.

Great job.

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.

Wyoming Valley West has won the coin toss and will pick first.

Your categories are fictional animals or sports championships - Fictional animals - Fictional animals it is.

And your time begins after I finished reading the first question name, the authors who created these fictional animals, pigs named snowball and Napoleon - Pass - George Orwell, Winnie the Pooh - Pass - AA Milne, Moby Dick - Ernest Hemingway - Herman Melville, the dog buck from the call of the wild - Pass - Jack London, the horse roasting Dante - Pass - Baloo.

The bear from the jungle book - Pass - Kipling, the Cheshire cat and the March Hare.

- Ms. Carol.

Yes.

Candy's dog, which dies accidentally Pass - Steinbeck.

Fantastic Mr. Fox Doll - Pass - Crab a doc from the two gentlemen of Verona ran out of time.

That was William Shakespeare, William Shakespeare.

All right.

Whyoming Valley West, that's going to wrap up your portion of the lightning round Pittston area, coming over to you.

Your remaining category will be sports championships.

And again, your time begins after I finished reading the first question, name, these sports given one or more championships, the ATP finals and the French open - Tennis.

- Yes, the masters and the player's championship.

- Golf.

- Yes The WBC and the world series - Baseball.

Yes.

The super bowl.

Football.

Yes.

The tour de France.

- Cycling - Yes.

The FIFA world cup - Soccer.

Yes.

The ICC sponsor T 20 world.

- Hockey - Cricket, a world cup and world championship.

Both of which mom, lung has won.

- Pass Table tennis, the ISU grand pre-final.

- Figure skating.

- Figure Skating The Thomas cup played among members of the BWS.

- Pass.

- It's a high contact sport known as bad mitten.

Alright.

Pittston area.

That's going to do it for the lightning round.

And after that, we currently have Pittston area in the lead over Wyoming Valley, West, 110 to 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 Wyoming Valley West and Caitlin.

I'll come your way first.

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

What are your hobbies?

- I like to read and spend time with my friends.

- Excellent.

Thanks Kaitlin.

And Aden.

What do you like to do fun?

- I like to play my Alto saxophone and participate in mixed martial arts.

- Excellent.

Thanks for being here.

Wyoming Valley, West and good luck the rest of the way.

It's scenario coming over to you, John what are your hobbies?

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

- I love to listen to music and drive around with my friends.

- Okay, excellent.

And Caroline, what do you, what do you like to do for fun?

- I like to read and I like to listen to music.

- Okay.

Very good.

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 Pittston area.

What century in which the Rasha do in caliphate was established, included a migration to Medina from Mecca by Mohammed who founded Islam in that century - Belong with century - Is incorrect.

Rebound out of Wyoming Valley West - The 12th.

- Nope.

We're looking for the seventh century the seventh century Wyoming Valley West here comes your next question.

What man who received the presidential medal of freedom in 2020, the day after he announced his lung cancer diagnosis was a conservative radio host - Rush Limbaugh - Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

The reverse of a hydrolysis reaction is what type of addition reaction in which a water molecule is rejected.

- Dehydration synthesis.

- Dehydration is correct.

Very good.

Pittston area.

Coming back to you.

What novel published under the male pseudonym Ellis bell to pics Catherine Earnshaw his childhood at the title house and was written by Emily Bronte.

- Weathering Heights.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question, A final defeat at Brava land Mark the end of what force commanded by the Duke of Medina Sidonia who attempted to escort an army to invade England?

- Your dreams wall - Is incorrect.

We're looking for Spanish Armada, Spanish Armada Wyoming Valley West.

Coming back to you now, what villain who often inadvertently humiliates general hucks is played by Adam driver and tries to corrupt Ray in the most recent star Wars trilogy?

- Kylo Ren - Is correct.

And here's your bonus question and Edgar Allen post story in which it is concluded that an orangutan killed two women is titled for murders in what fictitious street in Paris.

- 17 - Is incorrect.

We're looking for Rue morgue, Rue morgue.

Pittston area here we come with your next question and get your pencils and papers ready.

What is the measure of each exterior angle of a regular hexagon?

Given that the sum of the angles must be 360 degrees.

- 120 degrees - Is incorrect Rebound.

Now to Wyoming Valley West.

- 30 - Is incorrect.

We were looking for 60 degrees, 60 degrees Wyoming Valley West here comes your next question.

What musical work premiered in Dublin in 1742 has 53 sections including worthy is the lamb, for unto us A child is born and the hallelujah chorus.

- Okay.

Rebound now to Pittston area.

Okay.

That work is the Messiah, the Messiah.

And after that, we currently have Pittston area in the lead over Wyoming Valley West 120 to 45.

And we want to say thank you to Caitlin and Aiden of Wyoming Valley West.

And thank you as well to John and Caroline of Pittston area.

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

Now joining us for Wyoming Valley West are Anthony severance and Hannah leery and representing Pittston area are Jacob's Severenak and Sofia Qualia our first question in this round goes to Wyoming Valley West.

And that question is what structures held together by the residual strong force were discovered in the gold foil experiment and are made of protons and neutrons.

- Electrons.

- Is incorrect rebound now to Pittston area - Nucleus - Is correct.

And we'll move on to your next question, Pittston area.

What philosopher who tutored queen Christina of Sweden wrote the skeptical discourse on the method in which he declared?

"I think therefore I am."

- Socrates.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Wyoming Valley West.

- Descartes - Is correct for your rebound points Wyoming Valley West.

And here comes your next question.

What play in which psychiatrist?

Martin deicer treats Alan Strong, a teenager who blinded six horses has a title that is the Latin noun for Horse?

- Pass - Okay.

Rebound to Pittston area - There.

- Nope.

We were looking for Equis Equis.

Okay.

Pittston area here comes your next question.

What brother are Franz Josef the first was invited by a delegation led by Jose Maria Gutierrez in 1864 and ruled until his 1867 execution as Mexico's emperor?

- Pass - Okay.

Rebound now to Wyoming Valley West.

- Pass All right.

That was Maximilian the first Maximilian the first Wyoming Valley West, here comes your next question.

What author of totem and taboo dubbed patients, Wolf man and little Hans developed psychoanalysis and proposed a psyche.

That includes the it - Boy - Is correct.

And here's your bonus question In 2020, he was widely reported that some of what animals once belonging to Pablo Escobar had become an invasive species in Colombia - Tigers.

- Is incorrect.

We're looking for hippopotamus or hippopotamuses Pittston area here comes your next question.

What Marine animals that have Stony and staghorn varieties are invertebrates in class and the Zola who skeletons can coalesce to form giant reefs - Run out of time rebound out of Wyoming Valley West.

- Pass.

- Okay.

We were looking for coral coral.

- Wyoming Valley West here comes your next question.

What man, who is the only George H we Bush appointee now on the Supreme court, rarely speaks during oral arguments and it's the most senior justice.

- Pass.

- We're going to rebound now to Pittston area.

- Pass - Okay.

The answer that we were looking for was Clarence Thomas Clarence Thomas and that sound that you heard signals the end of the third quarter and another lightning round.

This time Pittston area we'll pick first.

Your categories are New Zealand or HP thing.

- HP things.

- H P things it is.

And your time begins after I finished reading the first question, name these things that can be abbreviated, HP literary character known as the boy who lived.

- Harry Potter.

- Yes.

Technology company once led by Carly Fiorin.

- Pass That's Hewlett Packard indicator of a game characters, health.

- Once - Yes.

Measure of a car engine, strength - Horsepower.

- Yes.

Compound with the formula H two O two - Water - Hydrogen Peroxide.

Slang for a small person or one 16th of a gallon.

- At light - Yes.

Type of bullet that mushrooms upon hitting a target - Pass.

- Hollow point.

Governmental name for the palace of Westminster.

It's pluralized - Pass.

- Houses of parliament, public split a space in London where the crystal palace was built.

- pass - High park.

term of Greek origin, meaning common people.

We ran out of time.

That was hoi caloi alright.

Pittston area great job on the lightening round.

Wyoming Valley West, we're coming over to you.

Your remaining category will be New Zealand.

And again, your time begins.

When I finished reading the first question answer the following about New Zealand, the largest city by population - Pass.

- Auckland.

It's current prime minister.

- Pass.

- Autern.

It's native people known for their ceremonial Okas - Pass.

- Maui.

Lord of the rings director who was born there.

- Pass That's Peter Jackson.

Straight separating it's North and South islands.

- Pass - That's the cook straight Royal singer who was born there?

- Lorde.

- Yes.

It's capital.

- Bugain.

- Wellington.

1840 treaty between Britain and the Maui.

- Pass That's the treaty of Waitangi modernist author of the story the garden party, who is from New Zealand.

We're not going to get to that.

And we want to say you did an excellent job in the lightening round Wyoming Valley West.

And now what we're going to do is give you a score update.

Pittston in the lead overwhelming Valley West 170-75 or we're now going to give our contestants a bit of a break again, and the opportunity for those of you at home to get to know them a little better.

Let's start with the students from Wyoming Valley West and Anthony I'll come.

You were away first.

What do you like to do for fun?

When you're not in school?

- I like to read and play baseball and I like to work out.

- Excellent.

Thanks for being here, Anthony.

Hannah what do you like to do for fun?

- I like to draw and paint and also read.

- Excellent, good luck the rest of the way Wyoming Valley West Pittston area coming over to you, Jacob, what are your hobbies?

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

- I like playing video games and hanging out with my friends.

Okay.

And Sophia, what are your hobbies?

- I like to bake and sew.

- Okay excellent.

Very nice to meet all of you.

Now, we're going to go ahead and begin the fourth quarter with this question that goes to Pittston area.

And that question is what war in which won The battle of loosen against Western office Adolphus was ended by the peace of Westphalia in 1648 - War the roses - Is incorrect Rebound now to Wyoming Valley West.

- Pass Okay.

That answer it was 30 years war.

The 30 years war Wyoming Valley West here comes your next question.

What phenomenon can form starting patterns with fixed nodes and anti nodes, but usually consists of traveling oscillations, such as wate r ripples.

- Pass - Okay.

Rebound now to Pittston area.

- Waves - Is correct for your rebound points Pittston area.

And here comes your next question.

What state, which is home to the Quinquennial river is also the namesake of the longest river in new England and is governed from Hartford.

- Tennessee - Is incorrect rebound now to Wyoming Valley West.

- Pass.

- Okay.

The answer is Connecticut, Connecticut, Wyoming Valley West here comes your next question in what country were police criticized for Not using the, the alert ready system when Gabriel Wartman committed a 2020 mass killing in Nova Scotia.

- Canada - Is correct.

And here comes your bonus question.

Now what Roman who's forced to become emperor narrates a historical novel by Robert Graves that has a title beginning with the pronoun I.

- Alexander.

- Nope.

We were looking for at Claudius.

Pittston area here comes your next question.

What surname is shared by the composer of Dr. Atomic, the author of Watership down the lead actress of the film arrival and the second president - Adams.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

The show knew who fought China's hot and dynasty may have been ancestors of what nomadic group that entered Europe in 83 70.

- Pass.

- Okay.

And that's the Huns, the Huns.

Wyoming Valley West here comes your next question.

What commodity, for which Eli Whitney invented an engine called a gin was nicknamed King and was picked by slaves in the antebellum South - Five.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question?

The social Darwinist thinker, Herbert Spencer coined what four word phrase to refer to how natural selection works - Pass.

- That's survival of the fittest Pittston area here comes your next question.

What sea whose arms include Norton sound and Bristol Bay is border to its South by the Aleutian islands and separates Eastern Siberia from Alaska - Run out of time.

Rebound Wyoming Valley West - Pass Okay, The answer you're looking for there was the Bering sea, the Bering sea.

And that's the end of the game in our winner.

tonight is Pittston area over Wyoming Valley West 190-95.

Congratulations.

Pittston area.

You're going to be moving on and we'll see you next time with another round of via Scholastic scrimmage.

I'm your host.

Paul Lazar, and thanks for watching