(upbeat music) - Welcome to the 17th 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 sponsors FNCB and Peoples Security Bank for making this competition possible.
The rules of the game have been modified for this season's virtual version.
And 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 educators from the WVIA viewing area and tonight's match features Wayne Highlands versus North Pocono.
Playing for Wayne Highlands, are George Legg and Zach Wilkin.
Their alternates are Kira Fox and Jessica Ogwasen.
Their advicer is Laura Lockwood.
Representing North Pocono, are Emily Cogan and Matthew Motichka.
Their advisor is Christopher Wilbur.
Well, let's get started.
Wayne Highlands has won the coin toss and will receive the first question, which is, what meeting in upstate New York, whose only black attendee was Frederick Douglas produced the 1848 declaration of sentiments about women's rights?
- Pass.
- Okay, rebound to North Pocono.
- Is it Seneca Rally?
- Is incorrect.
The answer we were looking for was Seneca Falls Convention.
North Pocono, here is your first question.
What law with improved versions such as the Redlich Kwong equation that include intermolecular attractions is an equation of state saying pv equals nrt?
- Oh my God.
Hess's law.
- Is incorrect.
Rebound to Wayne Highlands.
- Gas.
- Okay, that answer is the Ideal gas law.
Okay, Wayne Highlands, it's back over to you.
What NBA team, whose home arena is at the Footprint Center, lost the 2021 finals to the Milwaukee Bucks, is led by Devin Booker and is based in Arizona?
- The Phoenix Suns.
- Is correct.
And here's your bonus question now.
In "The Crucible", what character says the final line, "He has his goodness now, God forbid I take it from him," after her husband John is led away?
- Mary Proctor.
- Judges?
Is incorrect.
We are looking for Elizabeth Proctor.
Let's move back over to North Pocono.
What country, where many dissidents have ignored the government's 2016 peace treaty with FARC, is the largest producer of cocaine in south America?
- Brazil.
- Is incorrect.
Rebound to Wayne Highlands.
- Columbia.
- Columbia is correct for your rebound points, Wayne Highlands.
And here comes your next question.
What city, which merged with Aker in the 1940s, was once known as Kristiania, annually presents the Nobel peace prize and is the capital of Norway?
- Oslo.
- It is correct.
And here's your bonus question.
A green wire indicates it's being used for what practice of connecting electrical equipment to the earth or some conductor?
- Grounding.
- It's correct for your bonus points, Wayne Highlands.
Let's move back over to North Pocono.
What form of precipitation typically forms alternating rings of white and clear ice, forms in warm weather thunderstorms and can be golf ball size?
- Hail.
- It is correct, and here's your bonus question.
A Friedrich Klinger play had what German title often translated as storm and stress, which was also the name of an early romantic literary movement?
- Pass.
- Okay, that's "Sturm und Drung".
Wayne Highlands, here's your next question.
What artist, who depicted the dead and dying thrown overboard in the slave ship, showed a train crossing a railway bridge in rain, steam and speed?
- Pass.
- Okay, rebound now to North Pocono.
- Pass.
- Okay, that's J. M. W. Turner.
Well, 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.
Wayne Highlands has won the coin toss and will pick first.
Your categories are Texas history or food namesakes.
- Food namesakes.
- Okay, food namesakes it is.
And your time begins when I finish reading the first question.
Identify these food and drinks named after people.
Salad with romaine lettuce and croutons.
- Caesar salad.
- [Paul] Yes.
Tea named for a noble British prime minister.
- Pass.
- [Paul] Earl Grey.
Peach dessert named for a soprano.
- Pass.
- [Paul] Peach Melba.
Half ice tea, half lemonade drink.
- Arnold Palmer.
- [Paul] Yes, chicken dish named for a Qing dynasty military leader.
- Pass - General Tso.
Pizza with tomatoes, mozzarella and basil.
- Margarita pizza.
- [Paul] Yes.
Tortilla chips covered in melted cheese.
- Nachos.
- [Paul] Yes.
Non-alcoholic cocktail named for a 30s child star.
- Shirley temple.
- [Paul] Yes.
Meringue dessert named for a Russian ballerina.
- Pass.
- [Paul] Pavlova.
Green colored oyster dish named after a rich magnet.
- Pass.
- That's oysters Rockefeller.
Still though, Wayne Highlands, great job in the lightning round.
We're gonna come over to North Pocono and your remaining category will be Texas history.
And again, your time begins when I finish reading the first question.
Answer the following about Texas history.
Father of Texas who names Texas's capital.
- Pass.
- Stephen Austin.
President assassinated in Dallas by Lee Harvey Oswald.
- J.F.
Ken.
- [Paul] Yes.
San Antonio mission where Davy Crockett died in 1836?
- Pass.
- [Paul] The Alamo.
Mexican general who ordered the siege on that mission?
- Pass.
- [Paul] Santa Anna.
Holiday commemorating when enslaved people in Texas received their freedom?
- Juneteenth.
- Yes.
Substance discovered at Spindletop in 1901 leading to an economic boom?
- Oil.
- [Paul] Yes.
Port city destroyed by a 1900 hurricane.
- Galveston.
- Yes.
Houston-based energy company that filed for bankruptcy in 2001?
That was the Enron Corporation.
And that's going to do it for the lightning round.
And after that, we currently have Wayne Highlands in the lead over North Pocono, 85 to 50.
And we're now going to give 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 Wayne Highlands and George, I come your way first.
Tell me what you like to do when you're not in school.
What are your hobbies?
- My hobbies include ping pong, which I play pretty regularly.
I think it's the main one but if the weather is nice, tennis as well.
- All right.
Thank you, George.
Good luck the rest of the way.
And Zach, what do you like to do for fun?
- I like to play disc golf.
I also play ping pong and I wrestle too.
- Excellent.
Thank you guys very much, and good luck.
Let's come over to North Pocono and Emily, I will come to you first.
What are your hobbies?
What do you like to do when you're not in class?
- I honestly mostly just read a after school.
I tend be a big book nerd.
I don't know.
- Okay, thank you very much Emily.
And Matthew, what are your hobbies when you're not in class?
- I like to go camping.
I run a lot too, as well as hiking.
- Okay, it was very nice to meet all of you.
We're now going to go ahead and begin the second quarter with this question that goes to North Pocono.
What character who throws hot apple sauce into the face of his rival Edgar Linton loves Catherine Earnshaw in Emily Bront ë's novel "Wuthering Heights"?
- Heathcliff.
- It is correct.
And here's your bonus question.
What answer to the question of life, the universe and everything in the "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" is Jackie Robinson's retired Jersey number?
- 42 - It is correct for your bonus points, North Pocono.
Let's move back to Wayne Highlands.
What hero ,who killed the Crommyonian sow on his journey from treason to Athens, successfully navigated the Cretan labyrinth and killed the Minotaur?
- Theseus.
- It is correct and here's your bonus question.
The speed of light equals the frequency times what quantity, which ranges from about 400 to 700 nanometers for visible light?
- Wavelength.
- It is correct for your bonus points, Wayne Highlands.
Let's go back over to North Pocono now.
What agreement that won the 1978 Nobel Peace Prize for Menachem Begin and Anwar Sdt, was negotiated at and named for the US presidential retreat?
(timer beeps) We ran out of time.
Rebound to Wayne Highlands - Camp David.
- It is correct for your rebound points, Wayne Highlands.
And here comes your next question.
What integer, which is the kissing number for equal size circles in a plane, is the smallest perfect number and the third triangular number?
- Three.
- It is incorrect.
Rebound now to North Pocono.
- Pie.
- No, that answer is six.
North Pocono, here comes your next question.
What sitcom that depicted a dance called 'The Carlton' centered on a teen who moved from Philadelphia to an LA mansion, and was played by will Smith?
- The Fresh Prince of Bel Air.
- It is correct.
And here's your bonus question.
The actual malice standard of libel was established in a landmark 1964 Supreme Court case involving L.B.
Sullivan and what newspaper?
- The New York times.
- It is correct for your bonus points, North Pocono.
Wayne Highlands.
it's up to you now.
Here's your next question.
What music company, which had a September, 2021 IPO, is one of the big three record labels with Sony and Warner and shares it's name with a film studio?
- Rockstar.
- It is incorrect.
Rebound to North Pocono.
- Fox.
- No, that answer is Universal.
North Pocono, here's your next question.
What country, which was formally ruled by the Islamic Courts Union, is separated from Yemen by the Gulf of Aden and is governed from Mogadishu?
- Hungary.
- It is incorrect.
Rebound to Wayne Highlands.
(timer beeps) - Okay, that answer was Somalia.
Then after one half of play, we have a very good game.
We have Wayne Highlands in the lead over North Pocono.
110 to 80.
We wanna say thank you to George and Zack from Wayne Highlands.
And thank you to Emily and Matthew from North Pocono.
You are both spectacular.
We're now going to meet your teammates for the second half.
Playing for Wayne Highlands in the second half, Griffin Rogers and Amaya Yarrish.
Representing North Pocono are Grace Heinstein and Grace Beckish.
And our first question in the third quarter goes to Wayne Highlands.
And that question is, what explorer who received a ransom room full of gold after winning at Cajamarka and capturing Atahualpa was a conquistador who conquered the Incas?
- Pass.
- Okay, rebound now to North Pocono.
- Pass.
- Okay, that explorer was Francisco Pizarro.
North Pocono, here's your first question of the second half.
What play in which Dr.
Pinch performs a comical exorcism, is a Shakespearean farce set in emphasis that centers on two pairs of identical twins?
- Pass - Rebound to Wayne Highlands - Pass as well.
- Okay, that's "The Comedy of Errors".
Wayne Highlands, here's your next question and get your pencils and papers ready.
What is the x-intercept, or root, of the line y equals 3x minus 12?
- Four.
- It is correct.
And here's your bonus question.
What quantity is the amount of heat needed to change the temperature of a substance by one degree Celsius?
- The calorie.
- Is incorrect.
We're looking for heat capacity.
North Pocono, here is your next question.
What personality type defined by Carl Jung as a tendency to focus attention on others is the E in the OCEAN model and contrasts with an introvert?
- Extrovert.
- It is correct.
And here's your bonus question.
What conservative prime minister of Jewish heritage led the British acquisition of an interest in the Suez canal in the late 19th century?
- Pass.
- That's Benjamin Disraeli.
Okay, Wayne Highlands, let's come back to you.
What person, who described being medicated with lithium in a June, 2021 statement criticizing her conservatorship, is a pop star who sang "Toxic"?
- Britney Spears.
- It is correct.
And here's your bonus now.
In 2021, Philip Davis became prime minister of what country, or he now governs from NASA?
- Bahamas.
- It is correct for your bonus points, Wayne Highlands.
North Pocono, it's back over to you.
What French king, who once employed Jacques Necker as a finance minister, tried to flee to Varennes in 1791 before his execution by guillotine?
- Pass.
- Okay, rebound to Wayne Highlands.
- Henry VIII.
- No, we're looking for Louis XVI.
Okay, Wayne Highlands, here's your next question.
What magazine that first published James Thurber's "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" has a monocled mascot and is named after the city of its publication?
- Pass.
- Okay, rebound now to North Pocono.
- Pass.
- Okay, then answer is The New Yorker.
Okay, North Pocono.
(timer beeping) Well, we'll get to your question in the next quarter because that sound that you heard signals the end of the third quarter and another lightning round.
This time North Pocono will pick first.
Your categories are Jimmys or notable Italians.
- Jimmys.
- Jimmys it is.
And your time begins when I finish reading the first question.
Name these people who go by or went by the name Jimmy.
39th US president.
- Jimmy Carter.
- [Paul] Yes.
Animated character known as a boy genius.
- Jimmy Neutron.
- [Paul] Yes.
Country singer and creator of a sausage brand.
- Pass.
- [Paul] Jimmy Dean.
Host of NBCs "The Tonight Show".
- Jimmy Fallon.
- Yes.
Singer of "Margaritaville".
- Pass.
- [Paul] Jimmy Buffett.
Organized crime boss who disappeared in 1975.
- Pass.
- [Paul] Jimmy Hoffa.
Starting quarterback with the 49ers.
- Pass.
- [Paul] Jimmy Garoppolo.
President of Guatemala from 2016 to 2020.
- Pass.
- That's Jimmy Morales.
Okay, North Pocono.
That's gonna wrap up your portion of the lightning round.
Wayne Highlands, we're going to come over to you and your remaining category will be Notable Italians.
And again your time begins when I finish reading the first question.
Name these people from Italy.
Author of the "Divine Comedy".
- Dante.
- [Paul] Yes.
Explorer from Venice who visited Kublai Khan's court.
- Pass.
- [Paul] Marco Polo.
Fascist leader executed in 1945.
- Pass - [Paul] Mussolini.
Composer of the opera "Aida".
- Pass.
- That's Giuseppe Verdi.
Namesake of a sequence beginning 1, 1, 2, 3.
- Fibonacci.
- [Paul] Yes.
Author of "The Prince."
- Pass.
- [Paul] Machiavelli.
Four-time prime minister between 1994 and 2011.
- Pass.
- [Paul] Berlusconi.
Inventor of radio.
- Pass - [Paul] Marconi.
Explorer after whom America is named.
- Columbus.
- No, that's Amerigo Vespucci.
And that's going to do it for the lightning round.
And after that, we have Wayne Highlands in the lead over North Pocono.
155 to 120.
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.
And Griffin, I'm gonna come to you first from Wayne Highlands.
Tell me what you like to do for fun when you're not in school.
- I've recently taken an interest in table times.
- Okay.
- And I do much of it.
- Excellent.
Thank you, Griffin and good luck the rest of the way.
Amaya, what do you like to do for fun?
- I play softball mostly after school.
- All right.
Thank you, Wayne Highlands and good luck the rest of the way.
Let's come over to North Pocono and Grace, if you wouldn't mind telling us what you like to do for fun when you're not in class.
- Indistinct go first.
Which grace?
- It doesn't really matter.
- Okay, outside of school, I like to read books especially about astronomy and I'm also learning the indistinct.
- Okay, thank you, Grace.
And Grace, what do you like to do for fun?
- I enjoy playing the flute and I'm currently learning Japanese.
- Excellent.
Thank you so very much.
It was very nice to meet all of you.
And we're now going to go ahead and begin the last segment of the game with this question that goes to North Pocono.
What fat soluble vitamin, whose forms include cholecalciferol, regulates calcium homeostasis and is produced when the skin is exposed to sunlight?
- Vitamin D. - It is correct.
And here's your bonus and get your pencils and papers ready.
What is the quotient of 3 raised to the 6th power, divided by 9 squared?
- Nine.
- It is correct for your bonus points, North Pocono.
Let's move back over to Wayne Highlands.
In a flame test, sodium produces what color that names the Turbans won at a rebellion against China's Han dynasty, whose shades include canary?
- Red.
- Is incorrect.
Rebound to North Pocono.
- Yellow.
- Yellow is correct for your rebound points, North Pocono.
And here's your next question.
What show in which Hannah Waddingham plays Rebecca, the owner of AFC Richmond, stars Jason Sudeikis as a football coach hired to lead a soccer club?
- Pass.
- Okay, rebound to Wayne Highlands.
- Pass - Okay, that's "Ted Lasso".
Wayne Highlands, here's your next question.
Scientist with what last name discovered piezoelectricity, shared a Nobel with Henri Becquerel for radioactivity research and discovered radium?
- Curie.
- It is correct.
And here's your bonus question now.
The first derivative of a function gives the slope of what type of line that touches the function's graph at a given point, but does not cross it?
(timer beeps) - Okay, that's tangent line.
North Pocono, it's back to you.
Who sings the aria "Non pi ù andrai" and watches Count Almaviva pursue his beloved Susanna in a Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart opera about his marriage?
- Pass.
- Okay rebound to Wayne Highlands.
- Pass.
- Okay that's Figaro.
Wayne Highlands, here's your next question.
What author, who wrote about the poet John Shade in his novel "Pale Fire", wrote about Humbert Humbert's obsession with a title girl in Lolita?
- Pass.
- Okay, rebound to North Pocono.
- Pass.
- Okay, that's Nabokov.
Let's go over to North Pocono.
For your next question, what element, whose decay to argon is used to daint ancient rocks, has a permanganate salt with an intense purple color and has the atomic symbol K?
- Potassium.
- It is correct.
And here's your bonus question.
Guarani is an official language of what country which is the smaller and less populous of South America's two landlocked nations?
- Paraguay.
- It is correct for your bonus points.
And Wayne Highlands, here's your next question.
What country, whose field Marshall Douglas Haig launched the Battle of the Somme, was an ally of France and enemy of Germany in World War I?
- Britain.
(timer beeps) - It is correct, and here's your bonus question.
What two-word nickname was given to the man later revealed to be Mark Felt, who shared FBI information about the Watergate scandal with Bob Woodward?
- Pass.
- That was Deep Throat.
And that's the end of the game.
And our winner tonight, in a very close game, is Wayne Highlands over North Pocono, 175 to 160.
Congratulations, Wayne Highlands!
You are 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.
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