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(whistle blowing) (upbeat percussive music) (voice yelling) (upbeat percussive music fades) - Welcome to this season of WVIA's "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.

Tonight's match features Lake Lehman versus Holy Redeemer.

Representing Lake Lehman are Timothy Recek, Paul Bayer, Michael Badman, and Julianne Judge.

Their alternates are Keeley Delaney and Ayden Richardson, and their advisors are Cecilia Jennings and Courtney Judge.

Representing Holy Redeemer are Josh Cackowski, Pierce Sparich, Izzy Williams, and Patrick Smith.

Their alternates are Annalie Werner and John Fredericks, and their advisor is Marino Angeloni.

"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.

Well, let's get the game started with this toss-up question: What novel, in which the word mother is seen as an obscenity by Helmholtz Watson and the World State, is a dystopian novel by Aldous Huxley?

(bell dings) That novel is "Brave New World."

Let's move on to our next toss-up.

What molecule, whose vibrations were used in the first atomic clock, is a pungent gas produced in the Haber process, whose molecular formula is NH3?

(buzzer beeps) Patrick, Holy Redeemer.

- Ammonia.

- Is correct, and here's your bonus.

What author wrote about Esperanza, a Mexican-American girl who grows up in a rundown Chicago neighborhood in her novel, "The House on Mango Street"?

(bell dings) That is Sandra Cisneros.

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

What world leader, who introduced the family allowance, or Bolsa Família, in 2003 during his first term, was reelected in 2022 as president of Brazil?

(bell dings) That is Lula da Silva.

Okay, here's our next toss-up.

What NBA team, which won its first title in 1999 with a Twin Towers lineup that featured David Robinson, now stars Victor Wembanyama and is in Texas?

(buzzer beeps) Pierce, Holy Redeemer.

- San Antonio Spurs.

- Is correct, and here's your bonus.

In August, 2025, the African Union endorsed Correct The Map, a campaign against what commonly used map projection that distorts Africa's size and shape?

(bell dings) That is the Mercator projection.

Here's our next toss-up question.

What organ that produces renin is targeted by vasopressin to increase its aquaporin expression and is a bean-shaped structure that produces urine?

(buzzer beeps) Paul, Lake Lehman.

- Kidney.

- Is correct, and here's your bonus.

What Spanish princess was the first wife of England's Henry VIII, who divorced her to marry Anne Boleyn?

(buzzer beeps) Paul.

- Catherine of Aragon.

- Is correct for your bonus points, Lake Lehman, as we turn to our next toss-up question.

In what city, where a rapid drop in murders has been overseen by Mayor Brandon Scott, are crews rebuilding the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Maryland?

(buzzer beeps) Paul, Lake Lehman.

- Baltimore.

- Is correct, and here's your bonus.

Lilongwe is the capital of what small, landlocked African country that was formerly known as Nyasaland?

(buzzer beeps) - Lesotho?

- No, that answer is Malawi.

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

What family, whose art collection formed the basis of the Uffizi, had members such as Lorenzo the Magnificent and controlled Renaissance Florence?

(buzzer beeps) Timothy, Lake Lehman.

- Medici.

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

Berry Gordy Jr.

founded what record label that pioneered a namesake type of pop-inspired soul music and was named after a nickname of Detroit?

(buzzer beeps) Paul.

- Motown Records.

- Is correct for your bonus points, Lake Lehman.

(high-pitched bell rings) And 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.

Lake Lehman has won the coin toss and will pick first.

Your categories are: South American Animals or Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

- South African Animals.

- South American Animals, it is.

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

Now, you might want to write these down.

Given an animal found in South America, state whether it's a mammal, a fish, a bird, or none of the above.

- Jaguar.

(buzzer beeps) Paul.

- Mammal.

- [Paul L] Yes.

Piranha.

(buzzer beeps) - Fish.

- [Paul L] Yes.

Poison dart frog.

(buzzer beeps) - None of the above.

- [Paul L] Yes.

Blue and gold macaw.

(buzzer beeps) - Bird.

- [Paul L] Yes.

Capybara.

(buzzer beeps) - Mammal.

- [Paul L] Yes.

Keyhole cichlid.

(buzzer beeps) - Fish.

- [Paul L] Yes.

Basilisk.

(buzzer beeps) - None of the above.

- That's right.

Greater rhea.

(buzzer beeps) - Bird.

- [Paul L] Yes.

Alpaca.

(buzzer beeps) - Mammal.

- [Paul L] Yes.

Wattled curassow.

(buzzer beeps) - Bird.

- [Paul L] That's correct.

All right, Lake Lehman, great job in the Lightning Round.

Holy Redeemer, we're coming over to you.

Your remaining category will be Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

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

Answer the following about composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

His present-day country of birth.

(buzzer beeps) - Austria.

- [Paul L] Yes.

Post-Baroque period in which he composed.

(buzzer beeps) - Romantic?

- [Paul L] Classical.

Title magic instrument played by Tamino in an opera.

(buzzer beeps) - Magic flute.

- [Paul L] Yes.

Decade in which he died.

(buzzer beeps) - 1780.

- [Paul L] 1790s.

Two rhyming German words that precede "Nachtmusik" in the title of his Serenade Number 13.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- [Paul L] Eine kleine.

Father of the Symphony, who mentored him.

You can pass.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- [Paul L] Haydn.

Mass for the dead, he died before finishing.

(buzzer beeps) - "Requiem."

- [Paul L] Yes.

Letter that identifies catalog numbers for his works.

(buzzer beeps) - Opus.

- [Paul L] That's K. Mozart opera- (high-pitched bell rings) Well, we're not gonna get to that last one there.

Okay, Holy Redeemer.

That's a great job in the Lightning Round.

And we now currently have a score of Lake Lehman 90, and Holy Redeemer 35.

As we now move into the second quarter with this toss-up question: What descriptive frameworks classified by Köppen systems include semi-arid and tropical and are categories of long- (buzzer beeps) Timothy, Lake Lehman.

- Biomes.

- Is incorrect.

I'll finish the question and rebound to Holy Redeemer.

And are categories of long-term weather patterns?

(buzzer beeps) Josh.

- Climates.

- Climates is correct for your rebound points, Holy Redeemer, as we go to our next toss-up.

What character is trained at Battle School to lead a war (buzzer beeps) against the Formics?

Paul, Lake Lehman.

- Ender Wiggin.

- Is correct, and your bonus question.

What enslaved woman from the Parris household was accused of teaching children fortune-telling at the start of the Salem witch trials?

(buzzer beeps) - Tituba.

- Tituba is correct for your bonus points, Lake Lehman.

Let's go to our next toss-up.

What politician, who with Mayor George Moscone was murdered in 1978, served on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors as its first openly gay member?

(bell dings) That was Harvey Milk.

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

What genus of succulent plants with slender toothed leaves includes a species named vera whose insides are often made- (buzzer beeps) Paul, Lake Lehman.

- Aloe.

- Is correct, and your bonus.

What 17th century British cavalier poet urged young women to "Gather ye Rose-buds while ye may," in his poem, "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time"?

(buzzer beeps) - Shakespeare.

- No, that's Robert Herrick.

Okay, here's our next toss-up, and get out your pencils and papers.

What is the price of a single notebook if 9 dollars and 12 cents is the total cost for six identical notebooks?

(buzzer beeps) Pierce, Holy Redeemer.

- 1 dollar, 52 cents.

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

In 2025, what state's senator, Marsha Blackburn, announced she would run for governor to succeed term-limited Republican, Bill Lee?

(bell dings) That state is Tennessee.

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

Romans used what fruit to make mustakum wedding bread and the beverage poured out in sacrificial libations and mentioned in the motto, "In vino veritas"?

(buzzer beeps) Izzy, Holy Redeemer.

- Grapes.

- Is correct, and your bonus question: What English mathematician lends his name to a theoretical computer or machine that can look at one square at a time of an infinitely long tape?

(bell dings) That is Alan Turing.

Here's our next toss-up question.

What city is home to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the Al-Aqsa Mosque- (buzzer beeps) Josh, Holy Redeemer.

- Jerusalem.

- Is correct, and your bonus question: An economic observation called Gresham's law is usually expressed as the bad form of what concept driving out the good?

(bell dings) That answer was money, or currency.

(high-pitched bell rings) And 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 Lake Lehman, and Timothy, I'll come to you first.

Tell me what you like to do for fun.

- I like to travel and research a little bit of everything, history, geography, that type of stuff.

- [Paul L] Curiosity's a great thing.

Thanks, Timothy.

Paul?

- I do martial arts.

- [Paul L] Cool.

Thanks, Paul.

Michael?

- I'm a choir singer and I like to read.

- [Paul L] Thanks, Michael.

And Julianne.

- I like to go to work and spend the money I make.

- [Paul L] Okay.

(chuckles) Very good, Lake Lehman.

Good luck the rest of the way.

Holy Redeemer, it's over to you.

Josh, what do you like to do for fun?

- I'm really into riding my bicycle.

- [Paul L] All right, thanks, Josh.

Pierce?

- I like to swim and bike.

- [Paul L] Okay, thanks, Pierce.

Izzy.

- I like to ski and go fishing.

- [Paul L] Thanks, Izzy.

Patrick.

- I like playing the piano and saxophone, and running.

- All right, thank you, guys, and good luck the rest of the way, Holy Redeemer.

It's very nice to meet all of you.

And now we'll go ahead and begin the third quarter with this toss-up question.

What art movement, exemplified by paintings like "The Breakfast" by Juan Gris, was co-founded by Pablo Picasso and emphasized geometric artworks?

(buzzer beeps) Paul, Lake Lehman.

- Cubism.

- Is correct, and your bonus now.

What U.S.

state contains Mount Mitchell, the tallest mountain east of the Mississippi?

(buzzer beeps) - Hawaii.

- Nope, that's North Carolina.

Okay, let's move on to the next toss-up question.

What particles are described as fast or thermal, depending on speed, consist of one up and two down quarks, and make up the nucleus, along with protons?

(buzzer beeps) Patrick, Holy Redeemer.

- Neutron.

- Is correct, and your bonus question: What gas giant planet takes only about 10 earth hours to rotate on its axis and thus has the shortest day in the solar system?

(buzzer beeps) - Mercury.

- Nope, that planet is Jupiter.

Okay, here's our next toss-up.

Until the 1850s, what country cut off nearly all foreign trade through its sakoku policy, when it was ruled from Edo- (buzzer beeps) Paul, Lake Lehman.

- Japan.

- Is correct, and your bonus question now.

What nickname is usually applied to Ludwig van Beethoven's Third Symphony, which he originally dedicated to Napoleon?

(buzzer beeps) - "Surprise Symphony."

- No, this was the "Eroica Symphony."

Here's our next toss-up question.

What author called love "an ever-fixed mark" in a poem that begins, "Let me not to the marriage of true minds admit impediments," one of his 154 sonnets?

(buzzer beeps) Paul, Lake Lehman.

- Shakespeare.

- Is correct, and your bonus question.

What humorist from Minnesota delivered radio monologues that described the fictional town of Lake Wobegon on "A Prairie Home Companion"?

(buzzer beeps) - Oscar Wilde?

(chuckles) - No, that's Garrison Keillor.

Okay, let's go to our next toss-up question.

What island, which is northeast of Saint Pierre and Miquelon, is governed from St.

John's and forms a Canadian province with mainland Labrador?

(buzzer beeps) Timothy, Lake Lehman.

- Newfoundland.

- Is correct, and here is your bonus question.

The Peruvian dish Cuy is made from what domesticated rodent, which is sometimes called a cavy?

(buzzer beeps) Paul.

- Guinea pig.

- Is correct for your bonus points, Lake Lehman.

As we turn to our next toss-up question: What corporation was originally known as Dayton's, names the stadium of the Minnesota Twins, and is a retail giant whose logo is a red bullseye?

(buzzer beeps) Michael, Lake Lehman.

- Target.

- Is correct, and your bonus now.

In 1776, what American spy proclaimed, "I regret that I have but one life to give for my country," before being executed in New York?

(buzzer beeps) Paul.

- Nathaniel Hayes.

- Is incorrect.

We're looking for Nathan Hale, Nathan Hale.

Here's our next toss-up.

What composer included a four against three polyrhythm in his "Fantaisie-Impromptu" and was inspired- (buzzer beeps) Patrick, Holy Redeemer.

- Frédéric Chopin.

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

What law states that energy is conserved and can be transformed, but neither created nor destroyed?

(buzzer beeps) - Newton's First Law.

- Be more specific.

- Newton's First Law of... (high-pitched bell rings) - Thermodynamics.

- Is correct.

And that sound that you heard signals the end of the third quarter and another Lightning Round.

This time, Holy Redeemer will pick first.

Your categories are: World Series or Words in State Capital Names.

- Do you want the history of words... Okay.. I like words in state capitals.

Yeah.

Do you buzz?

- We'll do Words in State Capital Names.

- Words in State Capital Names it is, and your time begins when I finish reading the first question.

Give these words that form part or all of the name of a state capital.

Alternative name for Father Christmas.

(buzzer beeps) - Saint.

- [Paul L] Santa.

Substance whose table form is made up of sodium chloride.

(buzzer beeps) - Salt.

- [Paul L] Yes.

Holy person who has been canonized by a church.

(buzzer beeps) - Saint.

- [Paul L] Yes.

Stick used to conduct an orchestra.

(buzzer beeps) - Baton.

- [Paul L] Yes.

Three-letter French word for some.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- Des.

Mythical creature reborn from ashes.

(buzzer beeps) - Phoenix.

- [Paul L] Yes.

A state of harmony between people or countries.

(buzzer beeps) - Peace.

- [Paul L] Concord.

Popular Jazz Age dance.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- [Paul L] That's the Charleston.

French word for stone.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- Rouge?

- [Paul L] That's Pierre.

Term for God's intervention in the universe.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- [Paul L] That is Providence.

Okay, Holy Redeemer, that's going to wrap up your portion of the Lightning Round.

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

Answer the following about baseball's World Series.

The month it traditionally begins.

(buzzer beeps) Timothy.

- October.

- [Paul L] Yes.

In the Series' current format, the maximum number of games.

(buzzer beeps) - Seven.

- [Paul L] Yes.

Team that won the Series in 2024.

(buzzer beeps) - Dodgers.

- [Paul L] Yes.

Team that stole signs during the 2017 Series.

(buzzer beeps) - Houston Astros.

- [Paul L] Yes.

The only non-U.S.

team to win the Series.

(buzzer beeps) - Toronto Blue Jays.

- [Paul L] Yes.

Team that won the Series in both Oakland and Philadelphia.

(buzzer beeps) - Athletics.

- [Paul L] Yes.

U.S.

TV network that currently broadcasts the Series.

(buzzer beeps) - ABC?

- [Paul L] Fox.

Year with no Series because of a strike.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- [Paul L] 1994.

The city whose team won the first Series.

(buzzer beeps) - Boston.

- [Paul L] Yes.

AL West team that's never appeared in the Series.

(buzzer beeps) - Oakland As.

- [Paul L] That is the Seattle Mariners.

Okay, Lake Lehman, that's gonna wrap up your portion of the Lightning Round as well.

And after that, we currently have a score of 205 to 120, in favor of Lake Lehman.

As we begin the last segment of the game with this toss-up question: What institution, which targeted Marranos and Moriscos under Tomás de Torquemada and forced Catholicism on Jewish and Muslim converts in Spain?

(buzzer beeps) - Josh, Holy Redeemer.

- Spanish Inquisition.

- Is correct.

Nobody expects it.

And here's your bonus question.

Various authors are buried in Poets' Corner, a part of what London church where many kings and queens have had their coronations?

(buzzer beeps) - Westminster Abbey.

- Is correct for your bonus points, Holy Redeemer.

Let's go on to another toss-up.

What author described the monster Ennui in his poem "To the Reader," placed before the "Spleen and Ideal" section of his 1857 collection, "Les Fleurs du mal"?

(buzzer beeps) - Josh, Holy Redeemer.

- Edgar Allan Poe.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Lake Lehman.

(buzzer beeps) - John Locke.

- No, that's Charles Baudelaire.

Okay, let's go on to our next toss-up question.

What show, in which horse dealer Travis Wheatley was played by series creator Taylor Sheridan, is a neo-western named for the Dutton Ranch in Montana?

(buzzer beeps) - Paul, Lake Lehman.

- Yellowstone.

- Is correct.

And your bonus now.

What literary character with an alliterative name is hanged after accidentally killing the master-at-arms, John Claggart, in a Herman Melville novella?

(buzzer beeps) - Paul.

- Edward Edwardson?

- No, that's Billy Budd, Billy Budd.

Let's go to another toss-up.

What group of compounds, which includes Sulfonamides and Aminoglycosides, are used to treat infections by inhibiting the growth of bacteria?

(buzzer beeps) Paul, Lake Lehman.

- Antibiotics.

- Is correct, and your bonus.

What eight-letter noun beginning with H refers to a person who pursues pleasure as the most important goal in life?

(buzzer beeps) - Hedon.

- Be more specific.

- Hedonist.

- Is correct for your bonus points, Lake Lehman, as we go to our next toss-up.

What language, whose use in education was rejected by the 1880 Milan Congress, was brought to the United States by Thomas Gallaudet and is known as ASL?

(buzzer beeps) Josh, Holy Redeemer.

- American Sign Language.

- Is correct, and your bonus question now.

What opera, in which Canio applies makeup during his aria, "Vesti la giubba," was composed by Ruggero Leoncavallo and is titled for circus performers?

(group whispers indistinctly) (buzzer beeps) - "Pagliacci."

- Is correct for your bonus points, Holy Redeemer, as we turn to our next toss-up.

What orphan gets lost in McDougal's Cave for three days along with Becky Thatcher in a novel that describes his friendship with Huckleberry Finn?

(buzzer beeps) - Michael, Lake Lehman.

- Tom Sawyer.

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

By what percentage does the number 24 increase when its two digits are reversed to make a different number?

(soft music) (soft music continues) (bell dings) Ran out of time there.

That is 75%.

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

What restorationist Christian movement does not celebrate birthdays, (high-pitched bell rings) publishes "The Watchtower" magazine- (buzzer beeps) Josh, Holy Redeemer.

- Jehovah's Witness.

- Is correct, and here's your bonus.

What Latin American country, which gained independence after the Cisplatine War, was where the German ship Admiral Graf Spee was scuttled in 1939?

(buzzer beeps) - Argentina.

- No, that country was Uruguay.

And that's the end of the game, and our winner tonight is Lake Lehman over Holy Redeemer, 240 to 160.

Congratulations, Lake Lehman.

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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