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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.

Tonight's match for this year's final features Berwick versus Crestwood.

Representing Berwick are Jaxon Hittle, Jack Kendran, Emma Chekwoski, and Josephine Morgan.

Their alternates are Thomas de Batista and Fable Gunther and their advisor is Todd Gunther.

Representing Crestwood are Jeremy Mueller, Eric Reinheimer, Luke Joseph, and Sean Rossi.

Their alternates are Spencer Young and Matthew Miller.

And Maria Koonz is their advisor.

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

So let's take a moment and review the rules.

The first team to buzz in will have an opportunity to answer a tossup 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.

Let's get started with this tossup question in literature.

He's been called the father of English literature.

He was the first writer to be buried in Westminster Abbey's Poet's Corner.

What English?

Sean, Crestwood.

- Shakespeare.

- Is incorrect.

I'll finish and rebound to Berwick.

What English poet wrote a group of stories called "The Canterbury Tales?"

- Emma.

- Chauser.

- Chauser is correct for your rebound points, Berwick, as we go to a tossup in art.

"Lafayette" and "House of Representatives" were two of his more well-known works.

Name this artist who also invented the electric telegraph.

Josephine, Berwick.

- Nicola Tesla.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Crestwood.

- Morris.

- [Paul] I'm sorry?

- Morris.

- Morris is incorrect.

Samuel Morris is what we are looking for.

All right, let's go to a tossup on world geography.

This mountain range is approximately 5,530 miles long and ranges from 120 to 435 miles wide.

The range has many active volcanoes and is home to the highest mountain in the Americas.

What mountain?

Jaxon, Berwick.

- The Andes.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

Sapphires can be many colors, including green, orange, purple, and yellow.

What is the most common color of sapphire?

Emma.

- Blue.

- Is correct for your bonus points, Berwick.

Let's go to a tossup in sports.

What do we call the grassy area of a golf course located between the tee and the green?

Sean, Crestwood.

- Fairway.

- Is correct and here's your bonus question.

What type of triangle contains one angle that measures between 90 degrees and 180 degrees?

- Obtuse.

- Obtuse is correct for your bonus points, Crestwood.

Okay, let's go to a tossup in grammar.

We use them to refer to people or things without actually identifying them or saying.

Sean, Crestwood.

- Pronouns.

- [Paul] Be more specific.

- Object pronouns.

- Is incorrect.

I'll finish and rebound to Berwick.

Without actually identifying them or saying who they are.

What type of pronoun are the pronouns anybody and anything?

Emma.

- Subject pronouns?

- Nope, those are indefinite pronouns.

All right, let's go to a tossup in world history.

In December, 1911, this Norwegian explorer raced British Explorer Scott to the South Pole.

Emma, Berwick.

- Amundsen.

- Amundsen is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

This was a successful duo of the 1960s.

In 1957, they were known as Tom and Jerry.

With the name change came hits like "Bridge Over Troubled Water," "Mrs. Robinson," and "Sounds of Silence."

Who were they?

- Sorry, Simon and Garfunkel.

- Is correct for your bonus points, Berwick, as we turn to a toss up in vocabulary.

What French verb means to toss and cook foods quickly in a pan with a minimum amount?

Josephine, Berwick.

- Saute.

- Is correct and your bonus now.

Which of King Ptolemy XII's daughters did Julius Caesar install as queen of Egypt?

- Cleopatra.

- Cleopatra is correct for your bonus points, Berwick.

Let's go to a toss up in literature.

Created by the Japanese, this form of poetry has three lines.

Luke, Crestwood.

- Haiku.

- Yes, and here's your bonus question.

In 1877, what Italian astronomer discovered line like formations on the surface of Mars and deemed them Martian canals?

- Galileo.

- No, that's Giovanni Schiaparelli.

Okay, here's your next tossup.

This one is in anatomy.

This large triangular muscle lies over the glenohumeral joint and covers the top of the shoulder, thus giving the shoulder.

Jack, Berwick.

- Deltoid.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question now.

What is the ratio of men to women who are currently serving on the US Supreme Court?

- Two to one.

- No, it's five to four.

Five to four.

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 12 rapid fire questions as they can in one minute.

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

Your categories are chemistry or general knowledge.

- Okay.

Oh sorry, general knowledge.

- General knowledge it is, and your time begins after I finish reading the first question.

Give the type of medical physician or specialist who performs the following services.

Treats infants, toddlers, and young children.

- Pediatrician.

- [Paul] Yes, administers drugs to put you under during a surgery.

- Anesthesiologist.

- [Paul] Yes.

Treats problems with digestive organs including the stomach, pancreas, liver, colon, and gallbladder.

- Gynecologist.

- [Paul] Gastroenterologist.

Treats the elderly.

- Geriatric-ologist.

- [Paul] Gerontologist.

Specializes in disease of the blood and lymph glands.

- Hematologist.

- [Paul] Yes, treats kidney diseases.

- Nephrologist?

- [Paul] Yes, treats cancer patients.

- Oncologist?

- [Paul] Yes, treats all type of eye conditions, as well as performing eye surgery.

- Ophthalmologist?

- Yes, examines body tissues and fluids in the laboratory to identify the cause of a disease.

- Pathologist?

- [Paul] Yes, treats the ankles and feet.

- Podiatrist?

- [Paul] Yes, deals with lung cancer, pneumonia, asthma, breathing issues, and emphysema.

- Cardiologist.

- [Paul] Pulmonologist.

Treats problems with the nervous system.

- Neurologist.

- Is correct.

All right, Crestwood, great job in the lightning round.

Berwick, we're coming over to you and your remaining category will be chemistry.

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

What are the chemical symbols for the following elements?

Radium.

Emma.

- RA.

- [Paul] Yes, Zinc.

- ZN.

- [Paul] Yes, gold.

- AU.

- [Paul] Yes, uranium.

- UR.

- [Paul] U, neon.

- NE.

- [Paul] Yes, beryllium.

- BE.

- [Paul] Yes, lead.

- PB.

- [Paul] Yes, osmium.

- OS.

- [Paul] Yes, argon.

- AR.

- [Paul] Yes, lithium.

- LI.

- [Paul] Correct, europium.

- EU.

- [Paul] Yes, phosphorous.

- P. - [Paul] That's correct.

All right, Berwick, great job in the lightning round and after that we currently have Berwick in the lead over Crestwood, 120 to 70.

And now we're going to go ahead and move into the second quarter with this tossup question in grammar.

What is the most used linking verb?

Josephine, Berwick.

- And.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Crestwood.

Sean.

- Is.

- Nope, that's "be" or "to be."

Okay, let's go to a toss up in government.

Which amendment to the US Constitution guarantees equal rights to all citizens?

Emma, Berwick.

- 14th.

- Is correct and here's your bonus.

Shortly after takeoff, this NASA space shuttle exploded, killing all seven crew members.

- The Challenger.

- Is correct for your bonus points, Berwick.

Let's go to a tossup in literature.

Robert and Helen Lind wrote two books, "Middletown" and "Middletown in Transition" that were sociological studies of a small American city.

Helen Lind updated these in 1982 with another book.

What was the name of the city that was also the home to Ball State University and the birthplace of the "Garfield" comic strip?

Josephine, Berwick.

- Oakland.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Crestwood.

Eric.

- Springfield.

- Nope, that's Muncie, Indiana.

Okay, let's go to a tossup in biology.

It comprises about 80% of the protein in cow's milk.

It's a major component in cheese.

What is the primary protein found in milk?

Jack, Berwick.

- Lactose.

- Is incorrect, rebound to Crestwood.

- Lactate.

- No, it's casein.

Okay, let's go to a tossup in novels.

What American author wrote the novel "The Bridge of San Luis Rey" and the play "Our Town?"

(bell dings) That author was Thornton Wilder.

All right, your next tossup is in American history.

President Obama nominated this Chief Court of Appeals Judge in March, 2016.

Eric, Crestwood.

- Merrick Garland.

- Is correct and here's your bonus.

In 1941, she became the first female to head the Academy of Motion Arts and Sciences.

She'd won her first Academy Award in 1935.

Name this actress whose second academy award was for her role in "Jezebel."

- Garland.

- No, that's Betty Davis.

All right, here's your next tossup.

This one is in novels.

What French author tells the story of Edmond Dantes in his book, "The Count of Monte Cristo?"

Emma, Berwick.

- Victor Hugo.

- Is incorrect, rebound to Crestwood.

(bell dings) That is Alexandra Dumas.

All right, here's your next tossup in music.

Founded in London in 1969, this English hard rock band quickly hit the charts with top singles like "Bird of Prey" and "Look at Yourself."

Two of their more recent hits include "Grazed by Heaven" and "Take Away my Soul."

Identify this band that is named after the main villain in Dickens' novel "David Copperfield."

Josephine, Berwick.

- The Ramones.

- Is incorrect, rebound to Crestwood.

- Pass.

- That is Uriah Heap.

Okay, let's go to a tossup in earth science.

You can answer this question in any order.

In which three consecutive geological periods did dinosaur species live?

Luke, Crestwood.

- Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous.

- Is correct and here's your bonus.

Standing at 1,815 feet tall, it's the tallest freestanding structure in the Western hemisphere and the 10th tallest freestanding tower in the world.

A trip to the top in one of its high speed elevators takes less than a minute.

Name this wonder of the modern world that's in Toronto, Canada.

- Toronto Spire.

- No, it's the CN Tower.

All right, 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 Berwick and Jaxon, I'll come to you first.

Tell me what it would mean to you to win it all today.

- Well Paul, I could really go for some Chick-fil-A.

(Paul laughs) - [Paul] Excellent, thanks, Jaxon.

Jack.

- Well Paul, the money's great and all, but I could really go for some Chick-fil-A.

- Okay.

Emma.

- Well Paul, I could really go, blah, well Paul, I could really go for some Chick-fil-A.

- [Paul] All right, I see a pattern developing here, Josephine.

- Well Paul, I'd really like to go to Chick-fil-A.

- All right, it is a consensus.

Thanks Berwick, good luck the rest of the way.

Crestwood, over to you.

Jeremy, what would it mean to you to win it all today?

- You know, it'd mean a lot.

You know, I'd probably go to Mohegan Sun.

I'd gamble it all away.

Put it all on black maybe.

- [Paul] No comment on that, Eric.

- You know, winning would be a great feeling.

It would have me feeling almost as good as the world champion Philadelphia Eagles.

(Paul laughs) Luke.

- You know, I think I would probably feel like the Dallas Cowboys did 30 years ago, the last time they won the Super Bowl.

Go Birds.

- [Paul] Sean.

- Awesome, sausome.

- Okay, excellent.

Thanks Crestwood.

Good luck to you the rest of the way.

It was very nice to see you all here again.

Now let's go ahead and begin the third quarter with this tossup in short stories.

In what Edgar Allen Poe's short story was a murderer haunted through his subconscious?

Josephine, Berwick.

- "The Telltale Heart."

- Is correct and here's your bonus.

This transition element is soft, has a silvery white color, and an atomic number of 21.

Name this element discovered in 1879.

- 21.

I think it's four.

I think it's boron.

- Nickel.

- No, it's scandium.

Okay, let's go to a tossup in computer science.

What computer task did you perform if you clicked your mouse on an icon and holding the button down, moved it?

Luke, Crestwood.

- On mouse hold.

- Is incorrect, rebound to Berwick, Emma.

- Drag.

- Drag is what we were looking for.

Very good Berwick.

Okay, let's go to a tossup in American history.

In 1989, he became the first African American to serve as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Then in 2001, he was the first African American, Eric Crestwood.

Colin Powell.

- Is correct and here's your bonus.

In Ivanhoe, he was the grand master of the Knight's Templars.

Name him.

- Heathrow.

- No, it's Sir Lucas Beaumanoir.

All right, let's go to a toss up in biology.

What do we call the characteristic that allows a lizard to intentionally loose its tail when threatened?

Luke, Crestwood.

- Shedding.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Berwick.

- Self-defense.

- No, it's autotomy.

All right, here's your next tossup in American, or ancient history rather.

They were built by ancient Mesopotamians.

They were part of temple complexes that Josephine, Berwick.

- Ziggurats.

- Is correct and here's your bonus now.

What is the first name of Mr. Hyde in Robert Lewis Stevenson's "Dr. Jekyll and Mr.

Hyde?"

- Is he talking about Hyde?

(students speak indistinctly) - Sam?

- No, it's Edward.

All right, let's go to a tossup in mythology.

What skilled craftsman from Greek mythology built the labyrinth?

Emma, Berwick.

- Deadalus.

- Yes, and here's your bonus.

Voyager Two was launched in 1977.

It was the second spacecraft to visit the ice planets.

Voyager Two spacecraft sent back photos of what planet in 1986?

- It's one of the outside ones.

(students speak indistinctly) - Neptune.

- No, it was Uranus.

All right guys, let's go to a tossup in botany.

In addition to absorbing water and nutrients, what job do rizoids do in primitive plants?

Josephine, Berwick.

- Photosynthesis.

- Is incorrect, rebound to Crestwood.

- Reproduce.

- [Paul] I'm sorry?

- Reproduce.

- No, anchor.

They anchor the plant.

Okay, let's go to a tossup in anatomy.

What do we call the insulating covering that surrounds the axon?

Josephine, Berwick.

- Myelin sheath.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

Located in the center of the Indonesian island of Sumatra, it's the largest lake in southeast Asia and the world's largest and deepest volcanic lake.

What is the name of this lake that was formed about 75,000 years ago by a massive volcanic eruption that caused the formation of a gigantic caldera that has since filled with water?

(students speak indistinctly) - Lake Jakarta.

- No, it's Lake Toba.

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

This time Berwick will pick first.

Your categories are music or government.

(students speak indistinctly) - It's good either way.

- Not government 'cause it's all names.

We'll take music please.

- Music it is and your time begins when I finish reading the first question.

Give the following numbers associated with these musical clues.

The number of valves on a trumpet that are used to make music.

- Three.

- [Paul] Yes, the number of holes on a harmonica.

- 25.

- [Paul] 10, the number of sharps in the D major key signature.

- Two.

- [Paul] Yes, the number of strings on a cello.

- Four.

- [Paul] Yes, the number of beats given to a dotted whole note in 4/4 time.

- Whole, five?

- [Paul] Six, the number of black keys on a piano.

- 35.

- [Paul] 36, the number of strings on an average harp.

- 21.

- 47, the number of members in a barbershop quartet.

- Four.

- [Paul] Yes, the number of flats in the C major key signature.

- Zero.

- [Paul] Yes, the number of beats given to an eighth note in 4/4 time.

- One half.

- [Paul] Yes, the number of flags that appear on a 32nd note.

- Three.

- [Paul] Yes, the number of strings on a standard fiddle.

- Four.

- [Paul] Yes.

All right, Berwick, you knocked it out of the park there in that lightning around.

Great job.

Crestwood, we're coming over to you.

Your remaining category will be government.

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

Identify these words associated with the court system.

The name for the person who's accused of a crime.

- Defendant.

- [Paul] Yes, the group of people who are chosen to hear the evidence and then reach a decision.

- Jury.

- [Paul] Yes, the person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.

- Plaintiff.

- [Paul] Yes, a command delivered to a witness that requires them to appear in court and to give.

- Subpoena.

- [Paul] Yes, the location in which a trial is held.

- Courtroom.

- [Paul] Venue, a protest by an attorney that challenges a statement or question made at trial.

- Objection.

- [Paul] Yes, the type of crime that carries a punishment of more than a year in prison.

- Felony.

- Yes, the questioning of a witness by the attorney on the other side.

- Cross-examining.

- [Paul] Yes, a term meaning to separate the jury from outside influences during the trial.

- Sequester?

- [Paul] Yes, a term that refers to someone who is not guilty of a crime.

- Innocent.

- [Paul] Yes, the branch of the US government that overlooks the court system.

- Judicial?

- [Paul] Yes, a monetary payment established by a judge that's paid the person, that is paid by the person charged.

- Bail.

- [Paul] Is correct.

All right, Crestwood, great job in that lightning round.

And after that, we currently have Berwick in the lead over Crestwood, 225 to 155.

As we begin the last segment of the game with this tossup question, that's a vocational question.

An example of when a cook might do this is when she's making dumplings.

What do we call a hole made in dry ingredients into which liquid is poured?

Josephine, Berwick.

- Making dough.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Crestwood.

- Pass.

- Nope, that's well.

All right, here's your next tossup.

This one in US geography.

The highest waterfall in the United States is located in which National Park?

Jack, Berwick.

- Rainier.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Crestwood.

- Yosemite.

- Yosemite is correct for your rebound points, Crestwood.

Your next tossup is in physics.

Containing a maximum of two electrons, what letter of the alphabet refers to the first?

Sean, Crestwood.

- S. - Is incorrect.

I'll finish and rebound to Berwick.

First shell or energy in Niels Bohr's atomic model?

- P. - Nope, we're looking for K. Okay, let's go to a tossup in vocabulary.

As a verb, this word means to grasp or see something tightly.

As a noun, it's the name for all the eggs that a bird lays at the same time in a nest.

Luke, Crestwood.

- Coop.

- Is incorrect.

- Clutch.

- Clutch is correct for your rebound points, Berwick.

Here's your next tossup in American history.

He attended Harvard Law School.

He served as a US Supreme Court Justice for 30 years.

Name the US Supreme Court Justice who died in February of 2016.

Josephine, Berwick.

- Thurgood Marshall.

- Is incorrect.

- Rebound to Crestwood.

- Antonin Scalia.

- Scalia is correct for your rebound points.

As we turn to a tossup in US geography.

Mount Denali is the highest mountain in the United States.

Its name was changed in 2015 prior to a presidential visit.

By what name was it formed?

Luke, Crestwood.

- McKinley.

- Is correct and here's your bonus.

When you're on stage, you speak loudly so that the audience in the back of the theater space can hear you.

What are you doing?

- Projecting.

- Is correct for your bonus points, Crestwood.

Let's go to a toss up in drama.

Which of Shakespeare's plays opens with a street fight between two feuding families?

Josephine, Berwick.

- "Romeo and Juliet."

- Is correct and your bonus now.

What is the largest veterans organization in the United States?

(students speak indistinctly) - The VA. - No, it's actually the American Legion.

Here's your next tossup.

This one is in drama.

What character in Shakespeare's "Hamlet" goes insane and eventually drowns because Hamlet rejected her love and has killed?

Luke, Crestwood.

- Ophelia.

- Yes, and here's your bonus.

What type of farm plow often used to work soil that's been consistently used for crop production, consists of exceptionally long shanks that turn the soil at a depth of a foot or more?

(students speak indistinctly) - A hoe.

- A chisel plow.

Okay guys, let's go to a tossup on US geography.

What national park that is in both California and Nevada is the largest national park in the 48 contiguous states?

Sean, Crestwood.

- Death Valley.

- Death Valley is correct.

And here's your bonus.

What is a line called that is drawn between two given points on a graph or that passes through two points of a curve?

- A secant line.

- Secant line is correct for your bonus, Crestwood.

Here's your next toss up in American history, who served as America's 30th president between the?

Jack, Berwick.

- Andrew Johnson.

- Is incorrect.

I'll finish and rebound to Crestwood.

Between the administrations of President Harding and President Hoover.

- Calvin Coolidge.

- Calvin Coolidge is correct for your rebound points, Crestwood.

And that's the end of the game.

And our winner tonight is Berwick over Crestwood, 245 to 225 in an absolute thriller.

Crestwood, you are this year's Scholastic Scrimmage runner up.

You're taking home $3,000 for your school.

That's an incredible job.

And congratulations, of course, to Berwick.

You are this year's Scholastic Scrimmage champions and so we'll see you next year with another round of Scholastic Scrimmage.

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

(upbeat music) - [Narrator] "WVIA Scholastic Scrimmage" was made possible in part by.

(upbeat music) - Are you a high school senior or college student trying to further your education?

The Luzerne Foundation can help.

The Luzerne Foundation is a northeastern Pennsylvania based community nonprofit that provides over 70 scholarships a year to students.

The Luzerne Foundation, we are here for good.

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