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(drum rolling) (whistle blowing) (lively frenetic music) ♪ Go ♪ - Welcome to this 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.

(screen whooshing) Tonight's match features Benton versus Lewisburg.

Representing Benton are Gabe Vogt, Daniel Sleiman, Isabel Sorber and Landon Baker.

Their alternates are Elizabeth Lyons and Hayden and their advisor is Jennifer Posey.

Representing Lewisburg are Canyon Swartzentruber, Ben Regovin, Zach Tims, and Hope Koshuba.

Their alternates are Ian Kavanaugh and Justin Nolt, and their advisor is Mike Krieger.

"Scholastic Scrimmage" is a game of rapid recall of factual information, so we'll 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 tossup points but will not receive a bonus question.

(screen whooshing) Let's go ahead and get the game started with this toss-up question.

What composer used the folk tunes "Sis Joe" and "I Ride an Old paint" in a ballet who sections include a corral nocturne and a hoedown, his "Rodeo"?

(bell dinging) That is Aaron Copeland.

Let's go to another toss-up, which will require your pencils and papers.

Expressed as a simplified proper fraction, what is the product of the fractions six-sevenths times three-fourths?

(meditative music) (buzzer buzzing) Gabe, Benton.

- 18-24ths.

- [Paul] Is incorrect, rebound to Lewisburg.

(buzzer buzzing) Zach.

- Nine over 14.

- Is correct for your rebound points, Lewisburg, as we go now to our next toss-up question.

What successor of Uthman became the last caliph of the Rashidune Caliphate, married Mohammad's daughter Fatima, and is considered the first Shia Imam?

(buzzer buzzing) - Ali.

- Ben, Lewisburg.

Ali is correct, and here's your bonus.

(bubbles zipping) In 2025, what country convicted former president Nicholas Sarkozy of a criminal conspiracy to fund his 2007 campaign?

(buzzer buzzing) - Russia?

- Nope, that country is France.

All right, let's move along to our next toss-up.

What biblical locale was the source of the Pishon and Gihon Rivers, the location of the Tree of life, and the pre-expulsion home of Adam and Eve?

(buzzer buzzing) Landon, Benton.

- The Garden of Eden.

- Is correct, and your bonus now.

(bubbles zipping) What figures from Norse myth gathered the souls of fallen warriors, and guided them to a glorious afterlife in either Folkvangr or Valhalla?

(buzzer buzzing) - Angels?

No, these are Valkyries.

Valkyries.

Here's our next toss-up.

What author who wrote "Yes, Call Me by My Pet-Name" in one of her 1850 "Sonnets from the Portuguese" was married to a fellow English poet named Robert?

(bell dinging) That was Elizabeth Browning.

Okay, here's our next toss-up question.

What number is the dimension of Minkowski space, and of a tesseract is the number- (buzzer buzzing) Zach, Lewisburg.

- Four.

- Is correct, and your bonus.

(bubbles zipping) According to a trigonometric identity, the square of what function of any angle equals one plus the tangent squared of the same angle?

(buzzer buzzing) - A secant.

- Is correct for your bonus points, Lewisburg.

Let's move ahead now to our next toss-up question.

What form of transportation linked Stockton and Darlington using a machine designed by George and Robert Stephenson in 1825, called Locomotion No.

1?

(buzzer buzzing) Landon, Benton.

- Train.

- Is correct, and here comes your bonus.

(bubbles zipping) Vientian is the capital of what sole landlocked country of Southeast Asia?

(buzzer buzzing) - Mongolia.

- No, this was Laos.

Here's our next tossup question.

What novel, in which crew members on the ship Demeter slowly disappear, centers on Jonathan Harker's quest to save his wife Mina From the title- (buzzer buzzing) Landon, Benton.

- "The Odyssey."

- Is incorrect, I'll finish and rebound to Lewisburg.

Title vampire.

(bell ringing) (bell dinging) That is "Dracula."

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

(lightning striking) 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.

Lewisburg has won the coin toss, and will pick first.

Your categories are sponges or 19th century piano music.

(buzzer buzzing) - Piano music.

- 19th century piano music it is, and your time begins when I finish reading the first question.

Name the composers of these piano works from the 19th century.

"Moonlight Sonata" and "Hammerklavier Sonata."

(buzzer buzzing) - Beethoven.

- [Paul] Yes.

Polish composer of the "Minute Waltz" and "Revolutionary Etude."

(buzzer buzzing) - Chopin.

- [Paul] Yes.

The "Wanderer Fantasy", who wrote an unfinished symphony.

(buzzer buzzing) - Schubert.

- [Paul] Yes.

Piano Virtuoso who wrote the "Years of Pilgrimage" suites.

(buzzer buzzing) - Liszt.

- Yes.

Norwegian composer of "Lyric Pieces," including "Wedding day at Troldhaugen."

(buzzer buzzing) - Skip.

- [Paul] Edvard Grieg.

German composer of "Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel," and the "Hungarian Dances."

(buzzer buzzing) - Brahms.

- [Paul] Yes.

Husband of Clara who wrote "Carnaval."

(buzzer buzzing) - Schumann.

- [Paul] Yes.

Brother of Fannie who wrote books of "Songs Without Words."

(buzzer buzzing) - Skip.

- Mendelssohn.

Leader of the Mighty Five who wrote "Islamey."

(buzzer buzzing) - Bach.

- Balakirev.

Czech composer whose "Slavonic Dances" were originally for piano four-hands.

(bell ringing) That is Dvorak.

All right Lewisburg, great job in that first lightning round.

Benton, it's over to you, your remaining category will be sponges, and once again, your time begins when I finish reading the first question.

Answer the following about sponges.

Their taxonomic kingdom.

(buzzer buzzing) - Pass.

- [Paul] Animals.

Unit of organization consisting of similar cells that sponges lack.

(buzzer buzzing) - Pass.

- [Paul] Tissues.

Adults are sessile, meaning they can't do this.

(buzzer buzzing) - Move.

- [Paul] Yes.

Method by which sponges extract food from sea water.

(buzzer buzzing) - Filter feeding.

- Yes.

Flagellated cells sponges used to catch food.

(buzzer buzzing) - Pores.

- Collar cells.

Type of sponge with a skeleton made of silicon dioxide.

(buzzer buzzing) - Pass.

- [Paul] That's glass sponge.

Animals whose shark bay population has been observed using sponges as tools.

(buzzer buzzing) - Greenland shark.

- [Paul] Dolphins.

Body part through which sponges expel water.

(buzzer buzzing) - Pores.

- That's osculum.

(bell ringing) All right, that's going to do it for your portion of the first lightning round, Benton.

And after that, we currently have Lewisburg in the lead over Benton, 65 to 30, as we go ahead and begin the second quarter with this tossup question.

What substances dissolved in the liquids and electrochemical cells are ions that can conduct electricity, and are also found in sports drinks?

(buzzer buzzing) Canyon, Lewisburg.

- Electrolytes.

- Is correct, and your bonus.

(bubbles zipping) What inert compound has one of the lowest coefficients of friction of any solid, and is a polymer of carbon and fluorine abbreviated PTFE?

(buzzer buzzing) - Chlorofluorohydrates.

- No, we're looking for Teflon.

Teflon.

Here's our next toss-up.

What unstuffed, unleavened flatbread is cooked- (buzzer buzzing) on a comal- Hope, Lewisburg.

- Matzo.

- Is incorrect.

I'll finish the question and rebound to Benton.

And made from masa, and is a core part of chilaquiles, enchiladas and burritos.

(buzzer buzzing) - Naan.

- No, this was corn tortillas.

Here's our next toss-up question.

What island is home to the Fresh Kills landfill, is linked by free orange and blue ferries to Manhattan, and is New York city's least populous borough?

(buzzer buzzing) - Landon, Benton.

- Ellis.

- Is incorrect, rebound to Lewisburg.

(buzzer buzzing) - Staten.

- Is correct for your rebound points, Lewisburg, as we go now to our next toss-up.

What people whom Fox News's Brian Kilmeade said should be killed en masse in 2025 are targeted by raids on tent cities and lack permanent- (buzzer buzzing) Zach, Lewisburg.

- Immigrants.

- No.

- No.

- Is incorrect, I'll finish the question.

(buzzer buzzing) Landon, Benton.

- Homeless.

- Homeless is correct for your rebound points.

Let's go to another toss-up.

Pseudo unipolar cells are sensory examples of what cells that can fire action potentials, and whose axons are bundled together in nerves?

(bell ringing) These are neurons.

All right, let's go to our next toss-up.

What poem, whose first stanza announces that creeds and schools are in abeyance, includes the declaration "I celebrate myself," and is by Walt Whitman?

(bell ringing) That is "Song of Myself."

Let's go to another toss-up question.

What body of water names scrolls discovered in the Qumran caves, contains the mouth of the Jordan River, and is a very- (buzzer buzzing) Ben, Lewisburg.

- Dead Sea.

- Is correct, and here's your bonus.

(bubbles zipping) What bronze sculpture by American artist Frederick Remington shows a cowboy atop a wildly bucking horse?

(bell ringing) Looking for "Bronco Buster."

Here's our next toss-up.

What song in which Rumi declares "I'm done hiding, now I'm shining" followed "Takedown" as the second- (buzzer buzzing) Hope, Lewisburg.

- "Golden."

I'm sorry?

- Golden?

- "Golden" is correct, and here's your bonus question.

(bubbles zipping) What newspaper published by the Central Committee of the Communist party of the Soviet Union was named for the Russian word for truth?

(buzzer buzzing) - Pravda.

- Is correct for your bonus points, Lewisburg.

Let's turn to our next toss-up.

What event was followed by a namesake nucleosynthesis of light nuclei, and included a rapid expansion of the universe nearly 14 billion years ago?

(buzzer buzzing) Daniel, Benton.

- The Big Bang theory.

- Is correct, and here's your bonus.

(bubbles zipping) What four-letter term denotes an unsorted accumulation of rock and sediment whose deposition can form moraines?

(buzzer buzzing) - Sand.

- No, that's till.

Well, 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 from Benton, and Gabe, I'll come to you first, tell us a fun fact about yourself.

- Well, I've been skiing since I was five years old, it's very fun.

- [Paul] That's awesome, thanks Gabe.

Daniel.

(uptempo music) - I'm a self-taught guitarist.

- [Paul] Sweet, thanks Daniel.

Isabel.

I don't have a middle name.

- [Paul] Okay, all right, thank you Isabel.

Landon.

- I can't picture anything in my mind.

- Okay.

(chuckles) Thank you, Landon.

Great job, Benton.

Good luck to you the rest of the way.

Lewisburg, we're coming over to you.

Canyon, tell us a fun fact about yourself.

- I'm left-handed.

- [Paul] All right, thank you Canyon.

Ben.

- I couldn't think of one in time, which is my very fun fact.

- [Paul] Well, you're very smart, so there's that.

Zach.

- I enjoy programming.

- Thank you, Zach.

And Hope.

- My pet cat is named Potty Cat, like a toilet.

- Okay.

All right, excellent, thank you, Hope, and good luck to you, Lewisburg, the rest of the way.

Let's go ahead and begin the third quarter now with this toss-up question.

What poet, who described white hills in a poem about the body of a woman, wrote "Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair," and was from Chile?

(bell ringing) That was Pablo Neruda.

Here's our next toss-up.

What lead woman in the 1930s films "Top Hat" and "Swing Time" legendarily did everything backwards and in high heels compared to co-star Fred Astaire?

(buzzer buzzing) Daniel, Benton.

- Marilyn Monroe.

- Is incorrect, rebound to Lewisburg.

(bell ringing) That was Ginger Rogers.

All right, here's our next toss-up.

What interactions are described by the coefficient of restitution, dissipate kinetic energy when inelastic, and occur when objects hit each other?

(buzzer buzzing) Landon, Benton.

- Collision.

- Is correct, and here's your bonus.

(bubbles zipping) In what state was Kristi Noem prohibited from using a town hall's bathroom while visiting the Broadview ICE facility in October, 2025?

(buzzer buzzing) - Alaska.

- No, that state was Illinois.

Our next toss-up question, what victorious commander at the 1914 Battle of Tannenberg in 1933 named Adolf Hitler chancellor of Germany, and lent- (buzzer buzzing) Zach, Lewisburg.

- Hindenburg.

- Is correct, and your bonus question.

(bubbles zipping) Lisp is what type of programming language, that unlike object-oriented languages, performs computations by evaluating namesake mathematical objects?

(buzzer buzzing) - I'd say Wist programming language.

- This is functional programming.

All right, let's go to our next toss-up.

What country's October, 2025 presidential election replaced term-limited Michael Higgins with independent candidate Catherine Connolly from Galway West?

(buzzer buzzing) Hope, Lewisburg.

- Ireland.

- Is correct, and here's your bonus question.

(bubbles zipping) The name of what US professional sports team references a set of tall art deco sculptures on one of its home city's bridges?

(buzzer buzzing) - The Guardians.

- That is correct, the Cleveland Guardians.

Let's go ahead and move on to our next toss-up question.

What poet, who wrote about a man "whose warmest heart recoiled at war" in "I sing of Olaf glad and big" eschewed grammatical rules in his poetry?

(buzzer buzzing) Hope, Lewisburg.

- Joyce.

- That's incorrect, rebound to Benton.

(buzzer buzzing) - Frost.

- Nope, E. E. Cummings.

All right, let's go to another toss-up question.

What river, whose tributaries include the Sava and Morava rivers, originates in Germany's Black Forest and flows past Budapest and Vienna?

(buzzer buzzing) Zach, Lewisburg.

- The Danube.

- Is correct, and here's your bonus, and get out your pencils and papers.

What is the measure of the vertex angle of an isosceles triangle that has a base angle measuring 43 degrees?

(meditative music) (bell ringing) Ran out of time there, we were looking for 94.

Here's our next toss-up question.

What element, whose isotope, 208, is the heaviest stable isotope, is a soft-but-dense metal that before its toxicity was known was added to gasoline?

(buzzer buzzing) Canyon, Lewisburg.

- Lead.

- Is correct, and your bonus.

(bubbles zipping) What daughter of actress Andy McDowell played Elizabeth's alter ego Sue in "The Substance" and the title private eye of the 2025 film- (buzzer buzzing) - Margaret Qualley.

- Is correct for your bonus points, Lewisburg.

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

(lightning striking) This time Benton will pick first.

Your categories are Hall of Famers or End in "Land."

(buzzer buzzing) - End in "Land."

- End in "Land" it is, and your time begins after I finish reading the first question.

Identify these real or fictional places whose English language names end in the consecutive letters L-A-N-D.

Country governed from Helsinki.

(buzzer buzzing) - Iceland.

- [Paul] Finland.

Anaheim theme park opened in 1955.

(buzzer buzzing) - Disneyland.

- Yes.

European country divided into Cantons.

(buzzer buzzing) - England.

- [Paul] Switzerland.

Realm to which Peter Pan takes Wendy.

(buzzer buzzing) - Neverland.

- [Paul] Yes.

City home to the Guardians of Traffic statues.

(buzzer buzzing) - Pass.

- That's Cleveland.

State home to the US Naval Academy.

You can pass.

(buzzer buzzing) - Pass.

- [Paul] Maryland.

Scottish island group north of the Orkneys.

(buzzer buzzing) - Pass.

- [Paul] That's the Shetland Islands.

Island governed from Nuuk.

(buzzer buzzing) - Pass.

- Greenland.

Home of the Mock Turtle and Cheshire Cat.

(buzzer buzzing) - Wonderland.

- Yes.

US city nicknamed The Rose City and PDX.

(bell ringing) That was Portland, Oregon.

All right Benton, that's gonna wrap up your portion of the lightning round.

Lewisburg, we're coming over to you, and your remaining category will be Hall of Famers.

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

Get out your pencils and papers, because given an athlete, state whether as of November 1st, 2025, they're enshrined in the Hall of fame for baseball, professional football, basketball, or none of the above.

Peyton Manning.

(buzzer buzzing) - Football.

- [Paul] Yes.

Ken Griffey, Jr.

(buzzer buzzing) - Baseball.

- [Paul] Yes.

Bill Russell.

(buzzer buzzing) - Basketball.

- [Paul] Yes.

Sandy Koufax.

(buzzer buzzing) - Baseball.

- [Paul] Yes.

Bill Parcells.

(buzzer buzzing) - Skip.

- Football.

Pete Rose.

(buzzer buzzing) - Baseball.

- [Paul] None.

Sheryl Swoopes.

(buzzer buzzing) - Pass.

- [Paul] Basketball.

Brian Urlacher.

(buzzer buzzing) - Pass.

- [Paul] Football.

Diana Taurasi.

(buzzer buzzing) - Pass.

- None.

Jerry West.

(buzzer buzzing) - Basketball.

- That's correct.

All right, Lewisburg, that's gonna wrap up your second lightning round, and after that we have Lewisburg in the lead over Benton, 185 to 75, as we go ahead and begin now the last segment of the game with this tossup question.

What artists who showed Christ pointing at a table of men counting money- (buzzer buzzing) Landon, Benton.

- Michelangelo.

- Is incorrect, I'll finish the question and rebound to Lewisburg.

(buzzer buzzing) Hope.

- Da Vinci.

- Nope, we were looking for Caravaggio.

Caravaggio.

All right, here's our next tossup.

What Chinese dynasty, whose last Emperor Huizong was ousted by the Red Turban Rebellion, followed the Song dynasty- (buzzer buzzing) - Ben, Lewisburg.

- Yuan dynasty.

- Is correct, and your bonus.

(bubbles zipping) What quantity appears in the numerator of Young's modulus, has the same units as pressure, and has a force-per-unit area that produces strain?

(buzzer buzzing) We're all under it, stress.

Stress.

(contestants chuckle) All right, let's go to our next toss-up question.

What book, in which Judy and Peter tried to reach the Golden City, was written by Chris Van Allsburg about jungle dangers manifested by the title game?

(buzzer buzzing) Landon, Benton.

- "Jumanji."

- Is correct, and your bonus.

A typical human has about 5,000 of what sensory structures, also called papillae, that contained gustatory cells?

(buzzer buzzing) - Nerves.

- No, these are taste buds.

All right, let's move on to our next toss-up.

What character titles a 1991 Alexandra Ripley sequel, was played in a 1939 film by Vivian Lee, and marries Rhett Butler in "Gone with the Wind"?

(buzzer buzzing) - Scarlet O'Hara.

- Isabel, Benton.

- Scarlett O'Hara.

- Is correct, and your bonus.

What word beginning with P describes taxes whose rates increase with the taxable amount, exemplified by higher income taxes on higher salaries?

(buzzer buzzing) - Pass.

- That is progressive.

All right, our next toss-up question.

Max Yeager provided land for what 1969 event at which the "Star-Spangled Banner" was performed by Jimi Hendrix for a crowd of counterculture youth?

(buzzer buzzing) Hope, Lewisburg.

- Woodstock.

- Is correct, and your bonus question.

(bubbles zipping) What law passed soon after the September 11th attacks gave the federal government power- (buzzer buzzing) - The Patriot Act.

- Is correct for your bonus points, Lewisburg.

Let's move on to another tossup.

What name is shared by the capital of the island nation of Seychelles, the Australian state home to Melbourne, and the largest lake in Africa?

(buzzer buzzing) Zach, Lewisburg.

- Victoria.

- Is correct.

Here's your bonus.

(bubbles zipping) A species of Clostridium causes what disease that can produce severe muscle spasms, and could be contracted via a dirty puncture wound?

- Tetanus.

(buzzer buzzing) - Tetanus.

- Is correct for your bonus points, Lewisburg.

Let's go on to another toss-up.

What Greek hero who plowed a field in Cacus by yoking fire-breathing oxen married- (buzzer buzzing) Zach, Lewisburg.

- Hercules.

- Is incorrect.

I'll finish and rebound to Benton.

Married Medea after she helped him retrieve the golden fleece.

- It was Jason, yeah.

(buzzer buzzing) - [Paul] Landon.

- Hercules.

- That is Jason.

All right, our next toss-up.

In what modern day state was Zachary Taylor defeated in 1837 by Billy Bowlegs and an army of Seminole soldiers at the Battle of Lake Okeechobee?

(buzzer buzzing) Landon, Benton.

- Florida.

- Is correct, and your bonus.

What only surviving son of Henry VIII was crowned at age nine, and died just six years later in 1553 at age 15?

(buzzer buzzing) - Louis.

- This was Edward VI.

And that's the end of the game.

And our winner tonight is Lewisburg over Benton, 225 to 105.

(lively frenetic music) Congratulations, Lewisburg, 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.

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