Scholastic Scrimmage
Berwick vs. Southern Columbia
Season 21 Episode 36 | 26m 45sVideo has Closed Captions
Berwick vs. Southern Columbia
Berwick takes on Southern Columbia in the CSIU division of WVIA's Scholastic Scrimmage
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Scholastic Scrimmage
Berwick vs. Southern Columbia
Season 21 Episode 36 | 26m 45sVideo has Closed Captions
Berwick takes on Southern Columbia in the CSIU division of WVIA's Scholastic Scrimmage
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(upbeat percussive music) ♪ Go ♪ - Welcome to this season of "WVIA Scholastic Scrimmage."
I'm your host, Paul Lazar.
(text whooshing) "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, 3, or $5,000.
(screen whooshing) Tonight's match features Berwick versus Southern Columbia.
Representing Berwick are Jaxon Hittle, Fable Gunther, Thomas de Batista, and Josephine Morgan.
Their alternate is Riley Kirschner and their advisor is Todd Gunther.
Representing Southern Columbia are Johnny Barnette, Vivien Miller, Will Victory, and Austin Shaffer.
Their alternate is Declan McGinley and their advisor is Carissa Long.
"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 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'll be given the toss-up points but will not receive a bonus question.
(screen whooshing) Well, let's get the game started with this toss-up question.
What newspaper whose owner, Patrick Soon-Shiong, proposed an AI bias meter- (buzzer beeping) Will, Southern Columbia.
- "New York Times."
- Is incorrect.
I'll finish and rebound to Berwick.
An AI bias meter and blocked a Kamala Harris endorsement is the most read on the West Coast?
(buzzer beeping) Thomas.
- "The Washington Post."
- Is incorrect.
This is "The Los Angeles Times."
Let's go to another toss-up.
What plant whose taste, anise, is universally likened to, provides the divisive flavor of a chewy, black candy sold by brands such as Twizzlers?
(buzzer beeping) Vivien, Southern Columbia.
- Licorice.
- Is correct, and here's your bonus.
(game trilling) What technology company sometimes nicknamed Big Blue co-developed the OS/2 operating system and the ThinkPad line of laptops?
(buzzer beeping) - IBM.
- Is correct for your bonus point, Southern Columbia.
Let's go on now to another toss-up.
The word, commissar, comes from what language?
The most widely- (buzzer beeping) - Russian.
- Jaxon, Berwick.
- Russian.
- Is correct, and here's your bonus now.
(game trilling) The aria, "La donna e mobile," is in what Giuseppe Verdi opera in which a court jester seeks revenge on the Duke who seduced his daughter?
(buzzer beeping) - "Rigoletto."
- Is correct for your bonus points, Berwick, great job.
Let's go to another toss-up.
What regnal name was shared by Britain's King during World War I and his son (buzzer beeping) who led the UK?
Jaxon, Berwick.
- George.
- Is correct, and your bonus now.
(game trilling) On October 18th, 2025, millions of Americans attended the second iteration of what nationwide protests held to oppose the Trump administration?
- No Kings.
(buzzer beeping) - No Kings.
- Is correct for your bonus points, Berwick.
Let's go to another toss-up.
Fubini's theorem is used for multidimensional examples of what operation from calculus which calculates the sine area under a curve?
(buzzer beeping) Will, Southern Columbia.
- Integral.
- Is correct, and your bonus question.
(game trilling) A planet called Gethen is depicted in "The Left Hand of Darkness," a novel by what science fiction author of the "Earthsea" books?
(buzzer beeping) - H. G. Wells?
- No, this is Ursula K. Le Guin.
Let's go to another toss-up.
What author described a dual that kills a baron engaged to Irena in the play, "Three Sisters" and depicted a rural Russian estate in "The Cherry Orchard"?
(buzzer beeping) Thomas, Berwick.
- Anton Chekhov.
- Is correct, and your bonus.
(game trilling) What 20th-century German composer used the movement, "O Fortuna" to open and close his cantata, "Carmina Burana"?
(players whispering) (buzzer beeping) - Bizet.
- No, this was Carl Orff.
Here's our next toss-up.
In what year ending in zero did the Crittenden Compromise proposed to enshrine slavery in the Constitution to end the ongoing secession crisis?
(buzzer beeping) Thomas, Berwick.
- 1800.
- Is incorrect, rebound to Southern Columbia.
(buzzer beeping) Vivien.
- 1900?
- Nope, this was 1860.
Let's go to another toss-up.
What desert contains the Makgadikgadi Salt Pan is brought to life each year by the Okavango River and covers much of Western Botswana in Africa?
(buzzer beeping) Austin, Southern Columbia.
- The Sahara.
- Is incorrect.
Rebound to Berwick.
(buzzer beeping) Jaxon.
- Namibia?
- Nope, this is the Kalahari Desert.
Here's our next toss-up.
What biblical prophet employed the scribe, Baruch (timer beeping) and wrote the first and second King's Lamentations and a namesake book that appears after- (buzzer beeping) Thomas, Berwick.
- Jeremiah.
- Is correct, and your bonus.
(game trilling) What NHL franchise became defunct after the 2024 season when its assets and players were transferred to become the Utah Mammoth?
(players whispering) - Go.
(buzzer beeping) - Salt Lake city.
- No, this was the Arizona Coyotes.
Well, that sound that you heard signals the end of the first quarter and it's now time for the lightning round.
(logo zapping) 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.
Southern Columbia has won the coin toss and will pick first.
Your categories are Edgar Allen Poe or African Cities.
(players whispering) (buzzer beeping) - Edgar Allen Poe.
- Edgar Allen Poe, it is, and your time begins when I finish reading the first question.
Answer the following about the works of Edgar Allen Poe: telltale organ in an 1843 story.
(buzzer beeping) - Heart.
- [Paul] Yes, word the title bird says in "The Raven."
(buzzer beeping) - Nevermore.
- [Paul] Yes, area paired with the pendulum in a story about torture.
(buzzer beeping) - Pass.
- [Paul] Pit, surname of Roderick whose house collapses.
(buzzer beeping) - Pass.
- [Paul] Usher.
Title plague in a story about a mask.
(buzzer beeping) - "The Cask of Amontillado."
(Will chuckling) - Red Death.
Animal that commits murders in the Rue Morgue.
(buzzer beeping) - Gorilla.
- [Paul] Be more specific.
- Chimpanzee?
- Orangutan.
Title woman buried in a sepulchre by the sea.
(buzzer beeping) - Pass.
- [Paul] Annabel Lee.
Poem that uses the word, tint and abulation.
(buzzer beeping) - Pass - [Paul] "The bells."
Surname of the detective in "The Purloined Letter" (buzzer beeping) - Pass.
- That's Dupin.
Poem set in the ghoul-haunted woodland of Weir.
(buzzer beeping) - Pass.
- That is "Ulalume."
All right, Southern Columbia, that's gonna wrap up your portion of the lightning round.
Berwick, it's over to you, and your remaining category will be African Cities.
And once again, your time begins when I finish reading the first question.
Name these African countries given their most populous city.
Johannesburg.
(buzzer beeping) - South Africa.
- Yes.
Casablanca.
(buzzer beeping) - Morocco.
- [Paul] Yes, Lagos.
(buzzer beeping) - Nigeria.
- [Paul] Yes, Cairo.
(buzzer beeping) - Egypt.
- Yes, Mogadishu.
(buzzer beeping) - Somalia.
- [Paul] Yes, Dar es Salaam.
(buzzer beeping) - Tanzania.
- [Paul] Yes, Kinshasa.
(buzzer beeping) - The Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- [Paul] Is correct.
Kigali.
(buzzer beeping) - Pass.
- Rwanda, Dekar.
(buzzer beeping) - Daka?
- [Paul] Senegal.
Abidjan.
(buzzer beeping) - Pass.
- Cote d'Ivoire.
All right, that's gonna do it for the first lightning round and after that, we have Berwick in the lead over Southern Columbia, 85 to 35 as we go ahead now and begin the second quarter with this toss-up question.
What oxidation state of nitrogen and nitric oxide is exhibited by all the alkaline earth metals and indicates the loss of a pair of electrons?
(timer beeping) That is +2 or 2+.
Here's our next toss-up.
The 1943 Magnuson Act repealed what act in 1882 by Chester Arthur prohibiting laborers from immigrating to the US from an Asian country?
(buzzer beeping) Josephine, Berwick.
- Chinese Exclusion Act.
- Is correct, and your bonus.
(game trilling) A legislative body called the Senate meets in what capital of Wales?
- Is it Cardiff?
- Cardiff.
- Yeah.
(buzzer beeping) Cardiff.
- Is correct for your bonus points, Berwick.
Let's go to another toss-up.
What rapper who collaborated with 21 Savage on "n.h.i.e."
repeats, "I wanna show you off" on "Agora Hills" and also recorded- (buzzer beeping) Austin, Southern Columbia.
- Metro Boomin.
- Is incorrect.
I'll go ahead and finish the question and rebound to Berwick.
And also recorded "Paint the Town Red."
(buzzer beeping) Josephine.
- Doja Cat.
- Is correct for your rebound points, Berwick.
Let's go to another toss-up question.
Hydroxyproline is found in what protein that is produced by fibroblasts is heated to form gelatin and is found in connective tissue such as skin?
(buzzer beeping) Will, Southern Columbia.
- Cartilage.
Is incorrect.
(buzzer beeping) Rebound to Josephine, Berwick.
- Collagen.
- Collagen is what we were looking for.
All right, here's our next toss-up question.
What British poet of "When I was One-and-Twenty" noted, "Eyes the shady night has shut cannot see the record cut," in his poem to an athlete dying young.
(buzzer beeping) Will, Southern Columbia.
- Hawthorne?
- Is incorrect, rebound to Berwick.
(buzzer beeping) Fable - Keats.
- No, this was A. E. Housman.
Here's our next toss-up.
What campaign began with a request from Alexios I was sparked at the Council of Clermont by Urban II and ended- (buzzer beeping) Jaxon, Berwick.
- The First Crusade.
- Is correct, and your bonus now.
(game trilling) In October, 2025 it was announced that Sarah Mullally would become the first female holder of what religious office, succeeding Justin Welby?
- The archbishop of Canterbury?
(buzzer beeping) - The archbishop of Canterbury.
- Is correct for your bonus points, Berwick.
Let's go to another toss-up.
What practice which was first used in the city of Port Arthur, Ontario in 1908 is not used in Hawaii and involves advancing clocks by one hour?
(buzzer beeping) Josephine, Berwick.
- Spring Forward.
- Is incorrect.
(buzzer beeping) Rebound to Southern Columbia, Johnny.
- Daylight Savings Time.
- Is correct for your rebound points.
Let's go to our next toss-up.
What artist of "Ethel Skull 36 Times" created his works in a studio called The Factory and was a- (buzzer beeping) Josephine, Berwick.
- Andy Warhol.
- Is correct, and your bonus.
(game trilling) What character from "To Kill a Mockingbird" visits Scout and Jem in Maycomb every summer and may have been based on the author's friend, (buzzer beeping) Truman Capote?
(buzzer beeping) - Dill.
- Dill is correct for your bonus points.
Great job, Berwick.
Here's our next toss-up.
What letter usually used to represent a unit equal to one ampere-second and a quantity measured in farads- (buzzer beeping) Josephine, Berwick.
- J.
- Is incorrect.
I'll finish and rebound to Southern Columbia.
Also denotes the speed of light?
(buzzer beeping) Austin.
- C.
- C is correct for your rebound points.
Great job, Southern Columbia.
Let's go on now (timer beeping) in the next round to that next toss-up question, because 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 will come to you first.
Of all the places you've been on vacation, which one is your favorite and why?
(Jaxon inhaling deeply) (upbeat music) - Well, Paul, I'd have to say Atlanta, because one place in particular called DAS BBQ, their banana pudding is something else.
(Paul laughing) - [Paul] Awesome, thanks, Jaxon.
Fable?
- Well, Paul, I really enjoy Atlanta because of the colorful and interesting people we meet on public transportation.
- All right, I can imagine so.
Thanks, Fable.
Thomas?
- Well, Paul, I'd really have to say I really like Atlanta because of the zoo.
- [Paul] Okay, and Josephine?
- Well, Paul, I'd have to say Atlanta because of the Jimmy Carter Presidential Memorial Library.
- All right, thanks, Berwick, and good luck to you the rest of the way.
Southern Columbia, it's over to you.
Johnny, where have you been on vacation that has just stuck with you, and why is it your favorite place?
- Thanks for asking, Paul.
One of the places I've been to was Reno, Nevada.
I went to the Reno Air Races and saw one of the most amazing blimp shows I ever seen in my life.
- [Paul] It's the Biggest Little City in the World, I think they call it.
- Absolutely.
Thanks, Johnny.
Vivien?
- Well, Paul, I really enjoy the Hershey Lodge.
It's not really vacation, but it's still great to go with my FBLA team.
- [Paul] Absolutely, Will?
- You know, Paul, I've never been on very many vacations, but I have always wanted to visit Sesame Street.
- All right, well, you're here, Congratulations.
(Will chuckling) Austin?
- I appreciate the interest, Paul.
I'm gonna go have to go with Newport, Rhode Island.
I just love the classiness of the city, the coastal vibes, yachting capital of the world.
Great vibes.
- And a great jazz festival, too.
- They truly do.
- Thank you, all right, Southern Columbia, it's good to see you again.
Let's go ahead and get the third quarter started with this toss-up question.
What author portrayed the Tulliver Family's bankruptcy in "The Mill on the Floss" and described Casaubon marriage to Dorothea in her novel, "Middlemarch"?
(buzzer beeping) Thomas, Berwick.
- George Eliot.
- Is correct, and your bonus.
(game trilling) In 2000, the National Action Party's Vicente Fox broke the decades-long hold of the PRI and predecessors on the presidency of what country?
Wasn't it Colombia or something?
Go Colombia.
(buzzer beeping) - Colombia?
- No, this country was Mexico.
All right, here's our next toss-up.
What ruler who headed the July monarchy and abdicated his throne during the Revolutions of 1848 was known as the Citizen King of France?
(buzzer beeping) Jaxon, Berwick - Louis XVIII?
- Is incorrect, rebound to Southern Columbia.
(buzzer beeping) - Louis XIV?
- No, you're very close, this was Louis Philippe.
Louis Philippe.
Here's our next toss-up.
What biome features the presence of drunken trees growing in podzol is also called a boreal forest- (buzzer beeping) Josephine, Berwick.
- Taiga.
- Is correct, and your bonus question.
(game trilling) Huntington disease exhibits what inheritance pattern that only requires one copy of the relevant allele and is not found on sex chromosomes?
(buzzer beeping) - Dominant.
- [Paul] Be more specific.
- Dominance inheritance pattern?
- Is incorrect.
We're looking for the autosomal dominant.
All right, here's our next toss-up question.
Dhivehi is the official language of what Smallest Asian country by area, a series of atolls governed- (buzzer beeping) Johnny, Southern Columbia.
- The Maldives.
- Is correct, and your bonus question.
(game trilling) Fiji is in what southern region of Oceania whose name comes from the Greek, four islands of black?
(players whispering) (buzzer beeping) - South Oceania?
- No, this is Melanesia.
Let's go to another toss-up.
What player who in 2022 broke Roger Maris' American League record for home runs in a season- (buzzer beeping) Will, Southern Columbia.
- Shohei Ohtani?
- Is incorrect.
I'll finish and rebound to Berwick.
Is a 6'7" outfielder for the New York Yankees.
(player chuckling softly) (buzzer beeping) - Aaron Judge.
- Is correct for your rebound points, Berwick.
Let's go on now to another toss-up question.
What modern country where Qizilbash soldiers were led by warrior poet, Ismail I, in the Safavid Dynasty converted to Shia Islam and was called Persia?
(buzzer beeping) Jaxon, Berwick - Iran.
- Is correct, and here's your bonus.
(game trilling) Gustav sets out to confront the paintress as part of what numbered expedition which provides the subtitle of the 2025 video game, "Clair Obscur"?
- I don't know.
- 33?
- 33?
(buzzer beeping) 33?
- Is correct for your bonus points, Berwick.
Let's go on now to another toss-up.
What title structure in Frog Creek, Pennsylvania holds books that transport Jack and Annie to various times?
(buzzer beeping) Josephine, Berwick.
- "The Magic Tree House."
- Is correct and your bonus.
(game trilling) Both Italian Friar Padre Pio and St.
Francis of Assisi reputedly displayed what marks on the body (buzzer beeping) resembling the wounds suffered by Christ?
(players whispering) - Stigmata.
- Stigmata.
(buzzer beeping) - Stigmata.
- Is correct for your bonus points, Berwick.
All right, here's our next toss-up.
What father of Skoll and Hati was responsible for biting off Tyr's hand is destined to kill Odin during Ragnarock?
(buzzer beeping) Will, Southern Columbia.
- Fenrir.
- Is correct, and your bonus.
(game trilling) what US president appointed Frances Perkins as secretary of labor, making her the first woman to serve in a presidential cabinet?
(players whispering) (buzzer beeping) - Kennedy?
- No, this was FDR, Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
Well, that sound that you heard signals the end of the third quarter and another lightning round.
This time, Berwick (logo zapping) will pick first.
Your categories are Economic Terms or US Senators.
(players whispering) - Senators, yes.
- You want Senators?
- Pass on Economic.
(buzzer beeping) - We'll take Senators, please.
- US Senators, it is, and your time begins when I finish reading the first question.
Given a senator whose seat is up for reelection in 2026, name the state he or she represents.
Chris Coons in Joe Biden's (buzzer beeping) home state.
- Delaware.
- Yes.
Former senate minority leader, Mitch McConnell.
(buzzer beeping) - Kentucky.
- Yes, Cory Booker.
(buzzer beeping) - New Jersey.
- Yes, Jon Ossoff in a swing state.
(buzzer beeping) - Georgia.
- Yes.
Thom Tillis.
(buzzer beeping) - North Carolina.
- [Paul] Yes, Joni Ernst.
(buzzer beeping) - South Carolina?
- [Paul] Iowa, John Cornyn.
(buzzer beeping) - Pass.
- That's Texas.
Lindsey Graham.
(buzzer beeping) - Oh, Kentucky?
- [Paul] South Carolina.
Dick Durbin.
(buzzer beeping) - Illinois.
- Yes.
Tina Smith.
(buzzer beeping) - Pass.
- That is Minnesota.
All right, Berwick, that's gonna wrap up your portion of the lightning round.
Southern Columbia, it's over to you.
Your remaining category will be Economic Terms, and once again, your time begins when I finish reading the first question.
Given the first letter and a definition, give these terms from economics.
D, consumer desire for goods contrasted with supply.
(buzzer beeping) - Demand.
- Yes.
T, taxes on foreign imports.
(buzzer beeping) - Tariff.
- [Paul] Yes, U, share of labor force that is not actively working.
(buzzer beeping) - Unemployment rate.
- [Paul] Yes, I, a rise in price levels over time.
(buzzer beeping) - Interest rate.
- [Paul] Inflation.
G, total value of goods and services produced within a country.
(buzzer beeping) - GDP.
- Yes.
M, branch of economics concerned with individual choices.
(buzzer beeping) - Microeconomics.
- [Paul] Yes, S, goods that can replace each other in consumption.
(buzzer beeping) - Pass.
- Substitute.
C, goods that are consumed or used together.
(buzzer beeping) - Compound goods?
- [Paul] Complementary goods.
C, type of advantage in David Ricardo's theory of trade.
(buzzer beeping) - Pass.
- [Paul] Comparative.
D, financial instruments based on an underlying asset (buzzer beeping) such as options?
- Derivative.
- Is correct.
All right, Southern Columbia, that's gonna wrap up the second portion of the lightning round, and after that, we have Berwick in the lead over Southern Columbia 240 to 105 as we now begin the last segment of the game with this toss-up question.
What country whose parties PASOK and SYRIZA oppose Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is engaged in the Aegean dispute (buzzer beeping) with Turkey?
Josephine, Berwick.
- Greece.
- Is correct, and your bonus now.
(game trilling) What sculptor created a 1453 equestrian statue of a Erasmo da Narni known as "Gattamelata"?
(buzzer beeping) - Donatello.
- Is correct for your bonus points, Berwick.
Let's go to another toss-up.
What complex contains the Joan Sutherland Theatre is on Bennelong Point was designed by Jorn Utzon and is a performing arts venue in Australia?
(buzzer beeping) Jaxon, Berwick.
- Sidney Opera House.
- Is correct.
Here's your bonus, (game trilling) and get out your pencils and papers.
If each side of a square garden measures six feet, what is the cost to enclose the garden if fencing costs $11 per foot?
(soft music) (timer beeping) We ran out of time there, guys, we were looking for 264.
Here's our next toss-up question.
What waves that are emitted by masers lie on the EM spectrum between infrared and radio and are used (buzzer beeping) to quickly heat food?
Jaxon, Berwick.
- Microwaves.
- Is correct, and here's your bonus.
(game trilling) What Portuguese explorer was the first modern European to round the southern tip of Africa and stopped in Cape Verde on a later explorer's voyage?
- It's Magellan.
(buzzer beeping) - Magellan.
- This was Bartolomeu Dias, Dias.
Let's go to another toss-up.
Boxer, John L. Sullivan traveled the country advocating for what cause, a goal of the temperance movement that was enacted via- (buzzer beeping) Josephine, Berwick.
- Anti-alcoholism.
- Is correct, and we'll go ahead (game trilling) and give you the bonus question.
What author wrote, "They tell me you are crooked and I answer," in a poem that appeared in his 1916 collection, "Chicago Poems"?
(players whispering) (buzzer beeping) - Whitman.
- This was Carl Sandberg.
All right, let's go to another toss-up.
What two-part play in which a male nurse named Belize tends to HIV patient Roy Cohn features- (buzzer beeping) Fable, Berwick.
- "Angels in America."
- Is correct, and your bonus question.
(game trilling) The Ward Hunt Ice Shelf is on what northernmost island of Canada, which is named for a British nobleman?
(players speaking faintly) - I'm just gonna go with Edward.
(buzzer beeping) Prince Edward Island.
- No, that's Ellesmere Island.
All right, here's our next toss-up question.
What musical era, which included the career of Arcangelo Corelli saw the rise of opera lasted from about 1600 to 1750 and also included Johann Sebastian Bach?
(buzzer beeping) Austin, Southern Columbia.
- The Baroque period.
- Is correct, and your bonus now.
(game trilling) In October, 2025, an artillery shell detonated over a highway in what state during a celebration of the Marine Corps at its Camp Pendleton Base?
- It's Virginia.
- Virginia.
(buzzer beeping) - Virginia.
- No, that was California.
All right, here's our next toss-up question.
What type of software, examples of which include DarkSide's Colonial Pipeline attack and North Korea's WannaCry encrypts user data and demands money?
(buzzer beeping) Austin, Southern Columbia.
- Ransomware?
- Is correct, and your bonus now.
(timer beeping) Fast-moving charged particles can produce what form of radiation named for a Soviet scientist, which causes the glow of underwater nuclear reactors?
(buzzer beeping) - Chekhov radiation?
- This is Cherenkov radiation.
And that's the end of the game, and our winner tonight is Berwick over Southern Columbia.
295 to 125.
Congratulations, Berwick, 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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