(upbeat 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 $1000, $3000, or $5000.

Tonight's match features Crestwood versus Nanticoke.

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

Their alternates are Spencer Young and Sophia Seifert and their advisor is Maria Koonz.

Representing Nanticoke are Henry Kinsey, Ellia Lowe, Robert Miller and Michael Stehoviak.

Their alternate is Haley Verazen and Mrs.

Anne Prey 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.

Well, let's get the game started with this tossup question.

What theory whose namesake effects cause gold's color predicts time dilation when close to the speed of light?

(buzzer beeping) Sean, Crestwood.

- Special relativity.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus.

A constant denoted K sub E appears in what law for the force between two charged particles, which is named for the same person as the SI unit of charge?

(buzzer beeping) - Coulomb's Law.

- That is correct for your bonus points, Crestwood.

As we turn to our next tossup question.

What Greek god whose arrows spread a plague during the Trojan War was the patron god of the oracle at Delphi and the twin brother of Artemis?

Robert, Nanticoke.

- Apollo.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus now.

Published in 1773, the poem "To His Excellency, George Washington" was written by what woman?

(buzzer beeping) Michael?

- Martha Washington?

- No, that was Phyllis Wheatley.

Okay, let's move on to our next tossup question.

What animal in "Alice in Wonderland" gives directions to the Mad Hatter's tea party before vanishing, leaving behind a grin?

(buzzer beeping) Luke, Crestwood.

- White rabbit.

- Is incorrect.

I'll finish the question.

(buzzer beeping) Nanticoke, Robert.

- Cat.

- Is correct.

And here comes your, well, that's your rebound points right there.

Let's go ahead and move on to our next tossup question.

What war in which the Battle of Towton helped Edward IV seize the throne involved the houses of Lancaster and York, which each had floral emblems?

(buzzer beeping) Eric, Crestwood.

- War of the Roses?

- Is correct and here's your bonus question.

What adjective describes fluids at a temperature and pressure beyond the point below which its separate liquid and gas states can exist?

(buzzer beeping) - Critical?

- We're looking for super critical.

Super critical.

Okay, here's our next tossup question.

The Declaration of Geneva is a modern revision of what text, originally written in Greek, that says, "Do not harm," and is an oath taken by doctors?

(buzzer beeping) Michael, Nanticoke.

- Hippocratic Oath.

- Is correct.

And your bonus question, the Dry Tortugas are a portion of what chain of islands south of Miami?

(buzzer beeping) - Florida Keys?

- Is correct.

For your bonus points, Nanticoke, as we go to our next tossup question.

What island, with the largest Hindu population in the Caribbean, is the origin of Calypso music and forms a nation led from Port of Spain with Tobago?

(buzzer beeping) Jeremy, Crestwood.

- Trinidad Tobago.

- Is correct.

And here comes your bonus question.

Walter Ruther was the longtime president of what labor union that represents manufacturing employees from firms like Ford and General Motors?

(buzzer beeping) - United Auto Workers?

- Is correct for your bonus points.

Crestwood, great job.

Here's our next tossup.

What director depicted an alien nicknamed Jean Jacket and the murderous chimp Gordy in his film "Nope" and directed the thrillers "Us" and- (buzzer beeping) Michael, Nanticoke.

- Peel.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

In September 2025, what woman who holds the title Princess of Wales conducted joint events with Melania Trump during her visit to the United Kingdom?

(buzzer beeping) - Who is Princess Kate?

- That is correct.

We'll take that for your bonus points, Nanticoke.

Let's go on to our next tossup.

What movement whose second wave began around the publication of a Betty Friedan book about its mystique- (buzzer beeping) Michael, Nanticoke.

- Feminism.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus, and get out your pencils and papers.

What is the largest integer value of X for which two to the X power is a three-digit number?

(tense music) (buzzer beeping) Michael?

- Seven.

- Nope, that answer is nine.

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.

Crestwood has won the coin toss and will pick first.

Your categories are 20th century years ending in five or the German language.

- We'll take 20th century years.

- Okay, 20th century years ending in five it is.

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

Give the 20th century year ending in five, such as 1915 or 1975, in which these events occurred.

Japan surrenders, ending World War II.

- 1945.

(buzzer beeping) - [Paul] Yes.

Two separate assassins tried to kill President Gerald Ford.

- 1975.

(buzzer beeping) - Yes.

The first Russian revolution begins.

(buzzer beeping) - 1905.

- [Paul] Yes.

Lyndon Johnson is sworn in for a full term as president.

(buzzer beeping) - 1965.

- [Paul] Yes.

Rosa Parks is arrested for refusing to give up her bus seat.

- 1955.

- Yes.

Adolf Hitler re-arms Germany.

- 1935.

(buzzer beeping) - [Paul] Yes.

OJ Simpson is found not guilty of murder.

(buzzer beeping) - 1995.

- Yes.

The Lusitania is sunk by a German U-boat.

(buzzer beeping) - 1915.

- Yes.

Microsoft releases the first edition of the Windows OS.

(buzzer beeping) - 1995?

- 1985.

The Scopes monkey trial is held.

- Skip.

(buzzer beeping) - That is 1925.

Crestwood, great job in the lightning round.

Nanticoke, we're coming over to you and your remaining category will be the German language.

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

Answer the following about the German language.

Second most populous German-speaking country after Germany.

(buzzer beeping) - Pass.

- Austria.

German word for German.

(buzzer beeping) - Deutsch.

- That's correct.

Greeting meaning "good day."

(buzzer beeping) - Guten Tag.

- Yes.

Accent mark consisting of two dots.

(buzzer beeping) - Trema?

- Umlaut.

Color indicated by the word "schwartz."

(buzzer beeping) - Red.

- Black.

Jewish language chiefly derived from German.

(buzzer beeping) - Yiddish.

- Yes.

Capital letter that resembles the German letter Eszett.

(buzzer beeping) - S.

- B. English translation of the question word "Wo."

(buzzer beeping) - Who?

- Where?

Grammatical gender indicated by the article das.

(buzzer beeping) - Feminine.

- Neuter.

Only African country with German as an official language.

(buzzer beeping) - Congo?

- Nope, that's Namibia.

All right, that's going to do it for our first lightning round, and after that we have a very close game.

Crestwood in the lead over Nanticoke, 80 to 75, as we move into the second quarter with this tossup question.

In what state did David Farragut yell, "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead" while attacking the Confederate Navy at Mobile Bay south of Montgomery?

(buzzer beeping) Jeremy, Crestwood.

- Alabama.

- Is correct and here's your bonus question.

In January 1853, what Democratic president-elect was traveling on a train through Massachusetts that derailed, killing his only living child?

(buzzer beeping) - Franklin Pierce?

- Is correct for your bonus points, Crestwood.

As we go to our next tossup, which is a math tossup, get out your pencils and papers.

What must be the value of X if an angle measuring two X degrees is supplementary to an angle measuring three X?

Sean, Crestwood.

- 18?

- Is incorrect.

I'll finish the question and rebound to Nanticoke.

Three x degrees.

(tense music) (buzzer beeping) Michael.

- 38?

- 36.

It was 36.

All right, let's move on to our next tossup.

What artistic medium was used by Imogen Cunningham and other group F64 members such as Ansel Adams, who used it to depict Yosemite National Park?

(buzzer beeping) Sean, Crestwood.

- Photography?

- I'm sorry?

- Photography?

- Is correct and here's your bonus question.

What title character unties Cobble's knot and races Mars Bar Thompson after coming to the town of Two Mills in a young adult novel by Jerry Spinelli?

(buzzer beeping) - Pass.

- That is Maniac McGee.

Okay, here's our next tossup question.

What poem, which describes a yell rising from 5,000 throats, is by Earnest Thayer and is about a baseball player from Mudville who strikes out?

(buzzer beeping) Eric, Crestwood.

- "Mighty Casey."

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Nanticoke.

(buzzer beeping) That poem is "Casey at the Bat."

"Casey at the Bat."

Okay, here's our next tossup.

What country borders the exclaves of Ceuta and Melilla, has a disputed claim over Western Sahara, and is home (buzzer beeping) to the cities, Jeremy, Crestwood.

- Morocco.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

What term starting with V refers to a lipid bilayer that fuses with the membrane to release its contents in exocytosis?

(buzzer beeping) - Vesicle.

- Vesicle is correct for your bonus points, Crestwood, as we go to our next tossup question.

What leader encouraged criticism in the Hundred Flowers movement, defeated Chiang Kai-shek in a civil war, and was China's first communist leader?

Jeremy, Crestwood.

- Mao Zedong.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

Between March and May 1871, a radical socialist government known as the Commune ruled what city in the aftermath of a national defeat to Prussia?

(buzzer beeping) - Paris?

- Paris is correct for your bonus points, Crestwood, as we go to our next tossup question.

What composer who conducted the Boston Pops Orchestra in the 1980s wrote multiple Olympic fanfares and the "Imperial March" for his scores to "Star Wars"?

(buzzer beeping) Nanticoke?

- Martin.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Crestwood.

(buzzer beeping) Luke.

- Collins?

- Nope, that is the great John Williams.

(signal beeping) Well, that sound that you heard signals the end of the first half, and we're now 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, and we'll start with the students from Crestwood.

And Jeremy, I'll come to you first.

Tell us what you like to do for fun.

- I love to watch sports.

I'm a big Detroit sports fan, so I love the Lions, I love the Red Wings, Pistons, all those sports teams.

I also love working out, I love playing video games, and that's about it.

- [Paul] All right, that's a lot.

Thanks, Jeremy.

Appreciate it.

Eric.

- I love playing volleyball.

I love watching sports.

I'm a big Eagles fan and I like going to concerts.

I like listening to music.

- Awesome.

Thanks, Eric.

Luke.

- I like to play golf and volleyball.

I also like watching sports.

I really like watching football and baseball and I also host trivia.

- [Paul] All right, thanks, Luke.

- I also like scrolling Instagram reels.

- [Paul] I'm sorry?

- I like to scroll Instagram reels.

(boys laughing) - [Paul] Okay.

Who doesn't?

Sean?

- I like to play tennis and soccer and I too like to scroll Instagram reels.

(boys chuckling) - It's a popular thing.

Thank you, Crestwood.

Good luck the rest of the way.

Nanticoke, over to you.

Henry, tell us what you like to do for fun.

- I like to whitetail hunt.

I'm a big deer hunter and I like to golf and I love ice hockey.

Ice hockey's my favorite sport.

- [Paul] Awesome, thank you, Henry.

Ellia?

- I love to run and to read as well.

- [Paul] Okay, thank you.

Robert?

- I like to play volleyball and I love to leisurely read.

- [Paul] Okay.

And Michael.

- I like to play sports, watch TV, watch sports.

Honestly nothing much else.

Pretty boring, so... - Well, what else is there, right?

(boys chuckle) Thanks, Michael.

Good luck to you, Nanticoke, the rest of the way.

All right, we're gonna go ahead and begin the third quarter with this tossup question.

The alligator pear is another name for what fruit that ripens after picking, has Bacon and Haas varieties, and is the main ingredient in guacamole?

(buzzer beeping) Sean, Crestwood.

- Avocados.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus.

What 1963 novel by Kurt Vonnegut is partly set on the fictional island of San Lorenzo and features a religion known as Bokononism?

- "Slaughterhouse Five."

- No, that's "Cat's Cradle."

"Cat's Cradle."

Here's our next tossup question.

What author described a place where the fly and fishes play in his poem "Mandalay" and portrayed the tiger Shere Khan in his collection, "The Jungle Book"?

(buzzer beeping) Michael, Nanticoke.

- Kipling.

- Is correct and here's your bonus.

Diopters are used to measure one over what distance, which is the distance from a lens to the point where the lens causes parallel rays to converge?

(buzzer beeping) - What is 20?

- No, that's focal length.

Focal length.

Here's our next tossup.

What philosopher who reminded Crito to repay a rooster to Asclepius refused to escape his death sentence and instead drank poison hemlock?

(buzzer beeping) Michael, Nanticoke.

- Socrates.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

In August 2025, what country closed its embassy in Tehran after accusing Iran's government of organizing anti-Semitic attacks?

- Israel?

- No, that's Australia.

Okay guys, here's our next tossup.

What metal whose sulfate salt is sold as Epsom salts is found at the center of a molecule?

(buzzer beeping) Luke, Crestwood.

- Magnesium.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus.

What 12th century Ayyubid sultan of Egypt retook Jerusalem from the Crusaders and became the respected rival of Richard the Lion-Hearted?

(buzzer beeping) - Shakespeare.

- No.

(chuckles) Saladin.

Saladin.

All right, here's our next tossup.

What man who commissioned over 2,500 libraries and wrote "The Gospel of Wealth"- (buzzer beeping) Michael, Nanticoke.

- Carnegie.

- Is correct and here's your bonus.

What kind of thin, wispy high-altitude clouds are indicated by the abbreviation CI?

- Cirrus.

- Cirrus is correct is correct for your bonus points, Nanticoke.

Let's go to another tossup.

In what country does Amina faint and fracture her collarbone in the novel "Palace Walk," the first novel in Naguib Mahfouz's Cairo trilogy?

Michael, Nanticoke?

- Egypt.

- Is correct.

And your bonus.

What state's 2025 congressional delegation includes Nick Begich III as its only House member and Lisa Murkowski as one of its senators?

- Wyoming.

- Nope, that is Alaska.

All right, here's our next toss up.

What process has a magnetic confinement type that may use a plasma in a donut shaped tokamak and releases energy after atomic nuclei combine?

Sean, Crestwood.

- Fusion.

- Is correct.

And your bonus question.

Darren Criss won a Tony for playing Oliver, a helper bot model three, in what South Korean show that in 2025 won the Tony Award for best musical?

(buzzer beeping) - What is "Love"?

- Nope, that's "Maybe Happy Ending."

Let's go to our next tossup.

In what city was Tom Bradley mayor when riots broke out in 1991 after the acquittal of police who beat Rodney King?

(buzzer beeping) Michael, Nanticoke.

- Los Angeles.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus.

Abnormal gait is a positive predictor for some forms of what abnormal decline in mental function, whose most common form is Alzheimer's disease?

(buzzer beeping) - Dementia.

- Dementia is correct for your bonus points, Nanticoke.

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

This time Nanticoke will pick first.

Your categories are Poland or New Hampshire.

(contestants murmuring) - All right.

Is that what you want?

- Just go for it.

(buzzer beeping) - Let's do Poland.

- All right, Poland it is.

And your time will begin after I finish reading the first question.

Answer the following about Poland.

Its capital city.

- Warsaw.

- Yes.

- Polish-born winner of two Nobel prizes for her work on radioactivity.

- Marie Curie.

- Yes.

Primary color below white on Poland's flag.

- Red.

- Yes.

16th century Polish astronomer who advocated heliocentrism.

- Copernicus.

- Yes.

Polish priest who became Pope in 1978.

- John Paul II.

- Yes.

Sea that abuts Poland's northern coast.

(buzzer beeping) - North Sea?

- Baltic.

Composer of the "Raindrop Prelude."

- Chopin.

- Yes.

Currency of Poland.

(buzzer beeping) - Euro - Zloty.

Vast mountain range whose sub-ranges in Poland include the Tatras.

(buzzer beeping) - Caucus?

- The Carpathians.

President of Poland from 2015 to 2025.

(buzzer beeping) - Pass.

- That's Andrzej Duda.

Okay, Nanticoke.

That's going to do it for your portion of the lightning round.

Crestwood, it's over to you and your remaining category will be New Hampshire.

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

Answer the following about the state of New Hampshire.

Its capital.

(buzzer sounding) - Concord.

- Yes.

State along its eastern border.

- Maine.

- Yes.

French-speaking Canadian province on its northern border.

- Quebec.

- Yes.

Toronto Major League Baseball team whose affiliates include the New Hampshire Fisher Cats.

- Blue Jays.

- Yes.

Ivy League College in Hanover.

(buzzer sounding) - Dartmouth?

- Yes.

Igneous rock referenced in the state nickname.

- Granite.

- Yes.

Colorfully named mountains containing the Presidential range.

- Green Mountains.

- White Mountains.

Its most populous city.

(buzzer sounding) - Manchester.

- Yes.

Passenger railroad service whose Downeaster line runs through New Hampshire?

(buzzer sounding) - Pass.

- Amtrak.

Playwright who set "Our Town" in New Hampshire.

(buzzer sounding) - Pass.

- That is Thornton Wilder.

All right.

That's going to do it for the lightning round.

And after that, we have Crestwood in the lead over Nanticoke, 200 to 165.

Plenty of time, though, left in the game.

And let's get that last segment started with this tossup question.

What author who used interviews as the basis for his autobiography of Malcolm X fictionalized his ancestor Kunta Kinte in his novel "Roots"?

(buzzer sounding) That was Alex Haley.

Okay, here's our next tossup.

What operation, which could be represented by a colon, an obolus or a forward slanting solidus is indicated by the horizontal line in a fraction?

(buzzer sounding) Sean, Crestwood.

- Division.

- Is correct.

And your bonus now.

Landmark 81 is a skyscraper in what most populous city of Vietnam, which was formerly known as Saigon?

(buzzer sounding) - Ho Chi Minh City.

- Is correct for your bonus points, Crestwood.

Let's go to another tossup.

At what meeting during which Arianism was condemned did Constantine summon leaders of the Christian Church in AD 325 and produce a namesake creed?

(buzzer sounding) That was the first Council of Nicaea.

Okay, here's our next tossup.

What novel in which Indian widow Aouda marries Reform Club member Phileas Fogg was written by Jules Verne about a trip across the Earth?

(buzzer sounding) Sean, Crestwood.

- "Journey to the Center of the Earth."

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Nanticoke.

- "Around the World in 80 Days."

- Is correct for your rebound points, Nanticoke, as we turn to our next tossup.

What non-standard oxidation state of each oxygen atom in a hydrogen peroxide molecule is also the negative- (buzzer sounding) Sean, Crestwood.

- Minus one.

- Is correct.

And your bonus now.

What Pacific Island country whose main exports include bottled water and fish is governed from Suva?

(buzzer sounding) - Fiji?

- Fiji is correct For your bonus points, Crestwood.

Let's go to another tossup.

What painting depicted on a postcard on which Marcel Duchamp drew a mustache shows a woman with an enigmatic smile and is by Leonardo da Vinci?

(buzzer sounding) Robert, Nanticoke.

- The Mona Lisa.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus.

What is the name, either full or abbreviated, of the discontinuity that separates the crust from the upper mantle?

(buzzer sounding) - Tectonic plates?

- No, that's the Moho discontinuity.

Okay, here's our next tossup.

In 2023, what Major League Baseball player signed a then-record $700 million- (buzzer sounding) Sean, Crestwood.

- Shohei Otani.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus.

What rhyming two-word term denotes the migration of Americans of European ancestry out of urban areas after World War II, often due to desegregation?

(buzzer sounding) Eric.

- White flight.

- Is correct for your bonus points, Crestwood.

Let's go to another tossup.

In summer 2025, what company switched to Coca-Cola products in its cafes, which it offers in warehouses as the second- - Starbucks.

- Michael, Nanticoke.

- Starbucks - Is incorrect.

I'll finish and rebound to Crestwood.

As the second-largest US retail store.

(buzzer sounding) Sean.

- Target?

- Nope, that's Costco.

Okay, let's go to our next tossup.

What class of animals contains the orders squamata and testudines, is studied with amphibians and herpetology, and includes crocodiles and snakes?

(buzzer sounding) Luke, Crestwood.

- Reptiles.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

Cindy Birdsong replaced Florence Ballard as a member of what group, whose recording of "Stop in the Name of Love" featured lead singer Diana Ross?

(buzzer sounding) - Shakespeare.

(everyone laughing) - No, that is The Supremes.

And that's the end of the game.

And our winner tonight is Crestwood over Nanticoke, 255 to 185.

(upbeat music) Congratulations, Crestwood, 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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