(whistle whistling) (energetic music) ♪ Go ♪ - Welcome to the 17th season of WVIA's "Scholastic Scrimmage."

I'm your host, Regina Myers.

"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.

Tonight's match features Hughesville versus Benton.

Representing Hughesville is Jadyn McGinley, Xavier Koken, Blake Boyer, and their captain is Emma Friedhoff.

Their alternates are Liam Turnbow and Jonah McGinley, and their advisor is Tara Holdren.

Representing Benton is Lily Whiteknight, Amber Hughes, Landon Baker.

Their captain is Kyle Tolan.

Their alternate is Max Kocher, and their advisor is Lauren Davis.

"Scholastic Scrimmage" is a game of rapid recall of factual information.

Let's take a minute 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.

Let's get started with our first toss-up.

What author who wrote about Clongowes Wood, a school attended by Stephen Dedalus in the novels "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" and "Ulysses"?

(timer beeps) That was James Joyce.

Toss-up, what Englishman wrote the treatise "Opticks," names a unit equal to one kilogram meter per second squared and developed a namesake law of gravitation?

(buzzer beeping) Emma?

- Newton.

- Newton.

Emma's correct answer.

And your bonus, Hughesville.

What states 2022 gubernatorial election featured Attorney General Josh Shapiro and Doug Mastriano- (buzzer beeping) - Pennsylvania.

- Pennsylvania's correct answer for your bonus points.

Toss-up, what country whose port of Szczecin is south of the Bay of Pomerania is home to the Vistula, a river that flows past Krakow and Warsaw?

(buzzer beeping) Blake, Hughesville.

- Poland.

- Poland's correct answer and your bonus.

What Admiral declared, "You may fire when ready, Gridley," to begin the battle of Manila Bay where he destroyed a fleet in the Spanish-American war.

(buzzer beeping) Blake.

- Hazard Perry.

- It's incorrect.

It is George Dewey.

Toss-up, what man who defeated his grandfather, Astyages, and conquered Media, Lydia, and Babylon to form the Achaemenid Empire in Asia, I'm sorry, in Persia, was called the Great?

(buzzer beeping) Emma.

- Alexander.

- Alexander is incorrect.

Rebound to Benton, Three seconds.

(timer beeps) That would be Cyrus the Great.

Toss-up.

Pencil, paper ready.

What is the area between the two squares if a square with side lengths of 3 is drawn inside a square with side lengths of 7?

(buzzer beeping) Jadyn, Hughesville - 40.

- 40's correct answer, Jadyn, and your bonus.

Chokes are a variety of what electrical components that store energy in a magnetic field and whose strength is measured in henries?

(buzzer beeping) Emma.

- Pass.

- Okay, the correct answer is inductors.

Toss-up, what composer wrote many opera roles for his lover Peter Pears who sang in his 20th century English operas "The Turn of the Screw" and "Peter Grimes"?

(timer beeps) That was Benjamin Britten.

Toss-up, what show in which Chrissy's death is wrongly blamed on Eddie Munson in a- (buzzer beeping) Blake, Hughesville.

- "Stranger Things."

- "Stranger Things."

Blake, it's correct answer, and your bonus.

Henry Dobbins wears his girlfriend's stockings around his neck for good luck in a story from what collection by Tim O'Brien about the Vietnam War?

(buzzer beeping) Emma.

- Pass.

- Okay, the correct answer is "The Things They Carried."

Toss-up.

Pencil, paper ready.

How many millimeters are equivalent to 35 centimeters, given a millimeter is one-one thousandth of a meter?

(buzzer beeps) Kyle, Benton.

- 35,000.

- 35,000 is the answer given.

Judges, is that correct?

- [Judge] No.

- [Regina] I'm sorry?

- [Judge] No.

- It is incorrect.

Rebound to Hughesville.

(buzzer beeping) Blake.

- 350.

- That is correct.

That is the end of the first quarter and it is now time for the lightning round.

(graphics whooshing) (electricity crackling) 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.

Benton has won the coin toss and will pick first.

Your categories are animal phyla or operatic composers.

Time begins when I finish reading the first question.

- We will do animal phyla.

- Okay.

Animal phyla, give one or more animals, name the phylum to which they belong.

Insects and scorpions.

You can pass.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- [Regina] Arthropod.

Sponges.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- [Regina] Porifera.

Earthworms.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- [Regina] Annelida.

Squid and oysters.

(buzzer beeps) - Mollusks.

- [Regina] Correct.

Humans and birds.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- [Regina] Chordata.

Jellyfish.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- [Regina] Cnidaria.

Sea urchins and sand dollars.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- [Regina] Echinodermata.

Water bears.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- [Regina] Tardigrada.

Tapeworms.

(buzzer beeps) - Flatworms?

- [Regina] Is incorrect.

It is Platyhelminthes.

The model organism, C. Elegans- (timer beeps) Moving over to our team from Hughesville.

Your topic is operatic composers.

Given an opera, name the composer.

"Carmen."

(buzzer beeping) - Pass.

- [Regina] Bizet.

"La Boheme."

(buzzer beeping) - Pass.

- [Regina] Puccini.

"The Barber of Seville."

(buzzer beeping) - Pass.

- [Regina] Rossini.

"Fidelio."

(buzzer beeping) - Pass.

- [Regina] Beethoven.

"Lohengrin."

(buzzer beeping) - Mozart.

- [Regina] Wagner.

"Eugene Onegin."

(buzzer beeping) - Pass.

- [Regina] Tchaikovsky.

"Aida."

(buzzer beeping) - Pass.

- [Regina] Verdi.

L'Orfeo, the oldest opera still in the standard repertoire.

(buzzer beeping) - Pass.

- [Regina] Monteverdi.

"Dido and Aeneas."

(buzzer beeping) - Pass.

- [Regina] Purcell.

"Pirates of Penzance."

We want the composer, not the librettist.

(buzzer beeping) - Pass.

- [Regina] That would be Sullivan.

That's the end of the lightning round.

So let's take a look at our current score.

We have Hughesville with 55 points and Benton with five.

And then we move into the second quarter with this toss-up question.

The title character of what Andrew Lloyd Webber musical is imprisoned by Potiphar, sings "Close Every Door," and owns a Technicolor Dreamcoat?

(buzzer beeping) Jadyn, Hughesville.

- Joseph.

- Joseph is correct answer.

And your bonus.

Pencil, paper.

What is the area of a right triangle whose sides have lengths of six, eight and ten respectively?

(buzzer beeping) Xavier.

- 24.

- 24 is correct answer for your bonus points.

Toss-up, what state in which Independent Betsy Johnson ran for governor against Tina Kotek to succeed Democratic candidate Kate Brown, is governed from Salem?

(buzzer beeping) Blake, Hughesville.

- Massachusetts.

- [Regina] Is incorrect.

Rebound to Benton, five seconds.

(buzzer beeps) - Virginia.

- Virginia is incorrect, Kyle.

It is Oregon.

Toss-up, what purine that is the world's most widely consumed stimulant drug can also act as a potent diuretic and is found in tea and in coffee?

(buzzer beeping) Blake, Hughesville.

- Caffeine.

- Caffeine is correct answer and bonus, Hughesville.

What flag adopted in 1606 bears a combination of the crosses of St. Andrew, St. Patrick, and St. George?

(timer beeps) That is Union Jack.

Toss-up, fictional examples of what mammal include Richard Scarry's "Polite One," the Mo Willems character Gerald, and the kindly Dr. Seuss character Horton?

(buzzer beeping) Blake, Hughesville.

- Elephant.

- Elephant's correct answer and your bonus.

A 2018 novel by Madeline Miller is named after what enchantress who lives on the island of Aiaia and turns many followers of Odysseus into pigs?

(timer beeps) That is Circe.

Toss-up, what activist led The Salad Bowl Strike and the Delano Grape Strike in the 1970s while working with Dolores Huerta to run the United Farm Workers?

(timer beeps) That is Chavez.

Toss-up, what Norse god commissioned Frey's ship, Skidbladnir, and Odin's spear Gungnir, was the father of the wolf Fenrir and was an evil- (buzzer beeps) - Loki.

- Loki, Kyle's correct answer and your bonus, Benton.

The phrase South Western Townships was shortened to Soweto in 1949 to name a racially segregated slum near what major African city?

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- Okay, the correct answer is Johannesburg.

Toss-up, what mathematician wrote in the margin of his copy of "Arithmetica" a claim about sum of integers to powers greater than two, his last theorem?

(timer beeps) That is Pierre de Fermat.

Toss-up, what big band leader who released the album "Mercy, Mercy" often engaged in battles with Gene Krupa and is often called the greatest drummer ever?

(timer beeps) That was Buddy Rich.

Toss-up, what activist whose essay "My First Conk" recounts having his hair painfully relaxed, partnered with Alex Haley to write his autobiography in 1965?

(timer beeps) That was Malcolm X.

That's the end of the first half.

So let's take a look at our score.

We have Hughesville with 90 points and Benton with 15.

We're going to give our contestants a 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 our students from Hughesville.

Jadyn, why don't you start us off and tell us about some of the activities you're involved in in school?

- I'm involved in with soccer and a couple other clubs like FBLA and AP bio club.

- [Regina] Well, good for you.

It keeps you very busy.

- Yeah.

- [Regina] Xavier, how about yourself?

- I'm involved in the video productions club, chess club, and FBLA.

- [Regina] Okay, and you're all part of the scrimmage team, right?

- Yes.

- [Regina] Okay.

Blake?

- I'm the president of the video production club.

I do FBLA, chess club.

Unschool related, I'm a member of the Hughesville Volunteer Fire Department.

And, yeah.

- [Regina] Very commendable.

Emma.

- I'm part of National Honor Society, FBLA, and the community service club, and outside of school, I'm involved with theater.

- Okay, lots of activities for everyone.

Let's move over to our team from Benton.

Lily, why don't you start us off?

- I'm part of FFA and I play basketball.

- [Regina] It also keeps you very busy.

Amber.

- I play basketball, I'm a member of Youth in Philanthropy, and I also... - [Regina] Do a lot of things, I'm sure.

Things you can't always remember right now.

Landon.

- I'm a member of the soccer team and I'm in drama club.

- [Regina] And that keeps you pretty busy, I'm sure.

- Yep.

- [Regina] Kyle, why don't you finish this off?

- I am in chorus.

I'm the president of the chorus.

I'm also the president of NHS and I am in the drama club.

- [Regina] And captain of your team.

- And captain of my team.

- Good to know all of you.

Let's get started in the second half with this toss-up.

What natural features have a fringing type, are formed by colonies of polyps, are subject to bleaching, and are exemplified by the Great Barrier One?

(buzzer beeping) Emma, Hughesville.

- Reef.

- [Regina] Can you be more specific?

- Coral reef.

- Coral reef is correct answer and your bonus.

Ann Radcliffe's 1794 novel, "The Mysteries of Udolpho," is a work in what genre, which combines horror and romance and is named for a type of architecture?

(buzzer beeping) - Gothic.

- Gothic, Xavier's correct answer for your bonus points.

Toss-up, what movie starring JK Simmons and Leslie Grace had its 2022 release canceled and is about the daughter of Gotham Police Commissioner Jim Gordon?

(buzzer beeping) Blake, Hughesville.

- "Batgirl."

- "Batgirl" is correct answer and your bonus, Hughesville.

The 1993 Oslo Accords were agreed between Yitzhak Rabin and what man who was the chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization from 1964 to 2004?

(timer beeps) That was Yasir Arafat.

Toss-up, what dynasty which took power by winning the First Battle of the Panipat was established by Babur in 1526 and reigned over India until 1857?

(timer beeps) Mogul.

Toss-up, what poet mourned the death of Edward King in the elegy "Lycidas" and wrote, "Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven," in his epic "Paradise Lost"?

(timer beeps) John Milton.

Toss-up, what transition metal with atomic number 43 was discovered by Emilio Segre who named it after his manmade nature and has atomic symbol Tc?

(buzzer beeping) Emma of Hughesville.

- Technium.

- Technium is incorrect.

Rebound to Benton (buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- Okay, Kyle.

Thanks.

The correct answer is Technetium.

Toss-up, which conquistador who was assassinated in 1541 by Diego de Almagro was victorious at the Battle of Cajamarca over Atahualpa and the Incan Empire?

(timer beeps) That was Francisco Pizarro.

Toss-up, what language, the subject of the least popular advanced placement exam has variants such as Piedmontese, as well as Tuscan, and Florentine forms?

(buzzer beeping) - Italian - Xavier.

- Italian.

- Italian, Xavier's correct answer and your bonus.

Join and select are keywords in what language used to obtain information from relational databases?

(buzzer beeping) - Basic.

- Xavier.

- Basic.

- Basic is incorrect.

It is SQL or S-Q-L. Toss-up, what possibly legendary author is credited with creating "The Two Pots," "The Ant and the Grasshopper," "The Boy Who Cried Wolf," and other Greek fables?

(timer beeps) That was Aesop.

And that is the end of the third quarter and it's time for another lightning round.

(graphics whooshing) (electricity crackling) This time, Hughesville will pick first and your categories are double F or street postal abbreviations.

- Double F?

(buzzer beeping) Double F. - Double F. The time will begin when I finish reading the first question.

Give these words that end in two Fs.

A vertical rock face.

(buzzer beeping) Blake.

- Cliff.

- [Regina] Correct.

The party that launches a lawsuit in a court case.

(buzzer beeping) Blake.

- Plaintiff.

- [Regina] Correct.

Very muscular and brawny.

(buzzer beeping) Blake.

- Buff.

- [Regina] Correct.

A scalp condition that causes itchiness and flaky.

(buzzer beeping) - Dandruff.

- [Regina] Correct.

A dull mark caused by scraping.

(buzzer beeping) - Scuff.

- Jadyn.

Correct.

A repeated melody often on the guitar.

- Riff.

- Blake.

- Riff.

- Correct.

Large dark muzzled dog breed often used as guard dogs.

(buzzer beeping) - Mastiff.

- [Regina] Correct.

A small one-person rowboat.

(buzzer beeping) - Pass.

- [Regina] Skiff.

The buttoned wrist portion of a sleeve.

(buzzer beeping) Xavier.

- Cuff.

- [Regina] Correct.

A roughly seven-foot wooden rod popular in English medieval combat.

(buzzer beeping) - Staff.

- [Regina] Can you be more specific?

- Pass.

- Okay, the correct answer is quarterstaff.

Moving over to our team from Benton.

Your category is street postal abbreviations Given an official United States Postal Service postal abbreviation such as RD, identify the type of street it stands for, such as a road.

AVE. (buzzer beeps) Landon.

- Avenue.

- [Regina] Correct.

BLVD.

(buzzer beeps) Amber.

- Boulevard.

- [Regina] Correct.

DR. (buzzer beeps) - Drive.

- [Regina] Correct.

HWY.

(buzzer beeps) Amber.

- Highway.

- [Regina] Correct.

RTE.

(buzzer beeps) Lily.

- Route.

- [Regina] Correct.

CT. (buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- [Regina] Court.

CIR.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- [Regina] Circle.

XING.

(buzzer beeps) - Crossing.

- [Regina] Correct.

JCT.

(buzzer beeps) - Junction.

- Correct.

CSWY.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- Causeway.

That's the end of our lightning round, so let's take a look at our score.

We currently have Hughesville with 165 points and Benton with 50 points.

We will now begin the last segment of the game with this toss-up question.

What country where Che Guevara died was home to the silver mine at Potosi and is named for the South American liberator whose first name was Simon?

(buzzer beeping) Jadyn.

- Chile.

- [Regina] Chile is incorrect.

Rebound to Benton.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- Okay, the correct answer is Bolivia.

Toss-up, what woman who is shown in a sculpture in the Cornaro Chapel in which Gianlorenzo Bernini depicted her ecstasy was a saint from Avila?

(timer beeps) That was Saint Teresa.

Toss-up, what president whose crystal flute was played in September 2022 by Lizzo was the father of the constitution and had a wife named Dolley?

(buzzer beeps) Landon, Benton.

- James Madison.

- Madison's correct answer and your bonus, Benton.

What set of six instrumental works by JS Bach are named for the city ruled by Margrave Christian Ludwig to whom they were sent?

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- The correct answer is "Brandenburg Concertos."

Toss-up, what country is Awami League, has been led since 1980 by Sheikh Hasina, who was prime minister during the Rana Plaza collapse near its capital, Dhaka?

(timer beeps) That was Bangladesh.

Toss-up, what institution which was led in the early 1940s by Harlan Stone gained its first female member in 1981 with the appointment of Sandra Day O'Connor?

(buzzer beeping) Blake.

- The Supreme Court.

- Supreme Court.

Blake, it's correct answer and your bonus, Hughesville.

Pencil, paper ready for this one.

What decimal or base-10 number is equivalent to the base-5 number 103?

The question is on the monitor.

(timer beeps) The correct answer is 28.

Toss-up, what object which helped confirm the dirty snowball theory on its most recent passive earth in 1986 is that- (buzzer beeping) Blake, Hughesville.

- Comet.

- Is incorrect.

I'll complete the question and rebound to Benton.

Is a comet named for an English astronomer.

Anyone?

(buzzer beeping) - Pass.

- Okay, Kyle.

Halley is the correct answer.

Halley's Comet.

Toss-up, a poem in what form describes a frog jumping into a pond which was written by Matsuo Basho and traditionally consists of a 5-7-5 syllable scheme.

(buzzer beeping) - Haiku.

- Haiku.

Jadyn's correct answer and your bonus, Hughesville.

The city of Ephesus was home to a temple, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world dedicated to what virginal Greek goddess of the hunt?

(buzzer beeping) Jadyn.

- Artemis.

- Artemis is the correct answer for your bonus points.

Toss-up, what economic phenomenon measured by the denominator of the Sharpe ratio is avoided by people with a namesake aversion and is balanced by reward?

(timer beeps) That would be a risk.

Toss-up, what cellular structure which contains folds called cristae carries out the Krebs cycle in its matrix and produces most- (buzzer beeping) Emma, Hughesville.

- Mitochondria.

- Mitochondria is correct answer, Emma.

And your bonus, what anthropologist and pioneer of cultural relativism taught Ruth Benedict and Edward Sapir at Columbia University and opposed scientific racism?

(buzzer beeping) - Pass.

- Okay, Emma.

The correct answer is Boas.

And that is the end of the game.

Our score is Benton 60 and Hughesville 200 points.

Congratulations, Hughesville.

You'll be moving on.

And we'll see you next time with another round of "Scholastic Scrimmage."

I'm your host, Regina Myers, and thanks for watching.

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