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(exciting music) (whistles blaring) ♪ Go ♪ - 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 one, three, or $5,000.

Tonight's match features Lewisburg versus Delaware Valley.

Representing Lewisburg are Canyon Swartzentruber, Ben Regoven, Zach Timms, and Hope Kashuba.

Their alternates are Ian Cavanaugh and Justin Nolt.

And their advisor is Mike Krieger.

Representing Delaware Valley are Andrea Defreo, Carl Wallenberg, Dominick Agron, and Jackson Hancock.

Their alternates are Nathaniel Carso and Isaac Becker.

And their advisor is Robert Curtis.

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 go ahead and get the game started with this toss-up question.

What organelle, which is unable to digest lipids and namesake storage disorders, has a low pH environment that breaks down aging cellular components?

(buzzer dings) Canyon, Lewisburg.

- The lysosome?

- Is correct.

And your bonus question, (soundwave chimes) the equation V equals V-not plus at AT is part of what branch of physics that deals purely with the motion of objects and not the forces causing it?

(buzzer dings) - Kinematics.

- Is correct for your bonus points.

Very good.

Let's go to our next toss-up.

What concept, whose name was coined by John O'Sullivan in the 1840s, claimed that the U.S.

has a divine right or mission to expand... (buzzer dings) Hope, Lewisburg.

- "Manifest Destiny."

- Is correct.

And your bonus question now.

(soundwave chimes) The movements "On the Trail" and "Painted Desert" are part of a suite by composer Ferde Grofe depicting what natural wonder of the American West?

(buzzer digs) Hope.

- Yosemite?

- Nope, this was the Grand Canyon.

Let's go to another toss-up.

What country's 2025 election in which a 5% cutoff was missed by the FDP led to a coalition being formed?

Ben, Lewisburg.

- Germany.

- Is correct.

And your bonus question now.

(soundwave chimes) What leader of the Kuomintang did Yuan Shikai replace as the first president of the Republic of China?

- Sun Yat-sen.

- Is correct for your bonus points, Lewisburg.

You're on fire.

Let's go on now to another toss-up.

What scientist, whose namesake radius, is denoted a sub zero predicted that electrons have circular orbits around the nucleus in his namesake atomic model?

(buzzer dings) - Mose?

- Andrea, Delaware Valley.

- Mose?

- [Paul] Is incorrect.

Rebound to Lewisburg.

(buzzer dings) Zack.

- Niels Bohr?

- Niels Bohr is correct for your rebound points, Lewisburg, as we go to our next toss-up.

What city in which Luttif Afif led the massacre of Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympics?

Jackson, Delaware Valley.

- Berlin?

- [Paul] Is incorrect.

I'll finish the question.

And rebound to Lewisburg.

Hosted a 1936 meeting that annexed the Sudetenland.

(buzzer dings) Zack.

- Munich.

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

What mythical figure used a goddess's fingernails to bring fire to mankind (buzzer dings) and drag the Hawaiian... Jackson, Delaware Valley?

- Maui?

- Is correct.

And your bonus question.

(soundwave chimes) Along with Carl Bernstein, what Washington Post reporter co-authored "The Final Days" and "All the President's Men" after breaking the Watergate scandal?

- Wood something.

(buzzer dings) - Woodward?

- Is correct for your bonus points, Delaware Valley.

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

How many hours are needed to read four essays, if each essay requires 45 minutes to read, given there are 60 minutes per hour?

(buzzer dings) Jackson, Delaware Valley.

- Three?

- Is correct.

And your bonus question.

(soundwave chimes) What French impressionist showed a gray scene in his country's capital in his masterpiece, Paris Street; Rainy Day?

- Cezanne?

- Nope, this was Gustave Caillebotte.

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

What novel, whose protagonist has a revelation at the Temple of the Fire Baptized, depicts John Grimes and is the first novel by James Baldwin?

(timers blare) That is, "Go Tell it on the Mountain."

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.

Delaware Valley has won the coin toss and will pick first.

Your categories are animal characters or India.

- I'm okay.

(all speaking indistinctly) - We'll go animal characters, thank you.

- Animal characters it is.

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

Name the animal species to which these literary characters belong or most closely resemble.

We're looking for one word answers such as giraffe.

- Aslan.

(buzzer dings) - Lion.

- [Paul] Yes, Charlotte from "Charlotte's Web."

- Spider.

- Yes.

Eeyore, a friend of Winnie the Pooh.

- Donkey.

- Yes.

- Moby Dick.

(buzzer dings) - Whale.

- Yes, Black Beauty.

(buzzer dings) - Horse.

- Yes.

Squealer, a propagandist for "Animal Farm."

- Pig.

- Pig.

- [Paul] Yes.

Shere Khan from "The Jungle Book."

(buzzer dings) - Leopard - [Paul] Tiger.

Despereaux in a book by Kate DiCamillo.

(buzzer dings) - Horse?

- [Paul] Mouse.

Babar in books by Jean de Brunhoff.

(buzzer dings) - Penguin.

- [Paul] Elephants.

Old Ben, who's hunted in a William Faulkner story.

(buzzer dings) - Bear.

- Is correct.

Alright, Delaware Valley, you did a great job in that portion of the lightning round.

Lewisburg, it's over to you.

And your remaining category will be India.

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

Answer the following about India.

Its capital city.

(buzzer dings) - New Delhi?

- Yes.

- [Paul] Its most popular religion.

(buzzer dings) - Hinduism.

- [Paul] Yes.

Its most popular sport whose teams play in the Indian... - Cricket?

- Yes.

Sea in the Pacific Ocean to the west of India.

(buzzer dings) - Indian Ocean, oh no.

- Arabian Sea.

- [Paul] White marble mausoleum in Agra.

(buzzer dings) - Taj Mahal?

- Yes.

City whose Missionaries of Charity was founded by Mother Teresa.

(buzzer dings) - Skip.

- Calcutta.

Sacred river that flows past Varanasi.

(buzzer dings) - The Ganges?

- Yes.

City home to Bollywood.

(buzzer dings) - Bombay?

- Mumbai.

Plucked string instrument played by Ravi Shankar.

(buzzer dings) - Skip.

- That's sitar.

Its smallest state by area.

(buzzer dings) - Skip.

- That is Goa.

And that's going to do it for the lightning round.

And before we go any further, we have to make a quick scoring adjustment, as an answer that Lewisburg gave earlier in the lightning round was deemed to be correct.

So we'll add those points to your score right there, which now brings us to a score of Lewisburg 90 and Delaware Valley 60, as we go ahead and move into the second quarter with this toss-up question.

Which city contains the Cinquantenaire Park and a statue called the Atomium, is home to the headquarters of NATO, and is the capital of Belgium?

(buzzer dings) Zack, Lewisburg.

- Brussels?

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus.

(soundwave chimes) The corolla is a collective term for what parts of a flower that are found inside the sepals and are usually colorful to attract pollinators?

(buzzer dings) Zack.

- The petal?

The petal.

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

What composer, whose works were cataloged by Ludwig von Kochel, used a "Mannheim Rocket" motif to open a string serenade, "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik."

(buzzer dings) Dominick, Delaware Valley.

- Mozart.

- Is correct.

And your bonus now.

(soundwave chimes) What author of the 2015 novel, "Avenue of Mysteries" wrote about a man who's raised by a nurse named Jenny in his novel, "The World According to Garp?"

- Stephen King, maybe?

- I don't know, go for it.

(buzzer dings) - Stephen King?

- No, that author is John Irving.

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

What structures, which contain Haversian canals, are weakened by rickets and osteoporosis, (buzzer dings) and include... Andrea, Delaware Valley?

- Bones.

- Is correct.

And your bonus.

(soundwave chimes) At what 1898 battle did Theodore Roosevelt's volunteer Cavalry Regiment, The Rough Riders, storm Kettle Hill in Cuba?

(all whispering indistinctly) (buzzer dings) - The Battle of San Juan?

San Juan Hill?

- Is correct for your bonus points.

Very good, Del Val.

Let's go to another toss-up.

What dictator, whose sons Uday and Qusay, were killed by?

(buzzer dings) Zack, Lewisburg.

- Saddam Hussein?

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus, (soundwave chimes) and get out your pencils and papers.

Using foil or any other method, what is the product of the complex conjugates six plus 2I times six minus 2I?

(pensive music) (timer dings) Ran out of time there, looking for 40.

Alright, let's go to another toss-up.

What TV franchise, which first brought fame to Porsha Williams, has reunions hosted by Andy Cohen and includes shows set in Atlanta and Beverly Hills?

(buzzer dings) Hope, Lewisburg.

- "The Real Housewives?"

- Is correct.

And here comes your bonus.

(soundwave chimes) Walter, Mama, and Beneatha Younger dream of escaping poverty in what 1959 American play?

- I don't know.

(buzzer dings) - "Death of a Salesman."

- No, this is "A Raisin in the Sun."

Here's our next toss-up.

What mathematical property, which is the subject of the AAA theorem, describes two figures that have the same shape but not necessarily the same size?

(buzzer dings) Jackson, Delaware Valley.

- Congruency?

- Is incorrect.

(buzzer dings) Rebound to Lewisburg, Zack.

- They are similar?

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

In 1857, biography by Elizabeth Gaskell, centered on what author from Yorkshire who worked as a governess and had literary sisters named Anne and Emily?

(buzzer dings) Jackson, Delaware Valley.

- Charlotte Bronte?

- Is correct.

And your bonus now.

(soundwave chimes) In September, 2025 what artificial intelligence company led by CEO Sam Altman announced a $100 billion deal with Nvidia?

(buzzer dings) (timer blares) - OpenAI?

- Is correct for your bonus points, Delaware Valley.

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 Lewisburg.

And Canyon, I will come to you first.

Tell me what your favorite subject is in school and why.

- I like music theory because it helps me become a better performer.

- [Paul] Love it, thanks Canyon.

Ben.

- Just anything to do with history.

My favorite class in particular was AP European History.

- [Paul] Nice, thanks Ben.

Zack.

- I like math because it gives me the feeling that I'm seeing into the secrets of the universe.

- [Paul] (chuckles) In a way you are.

Thanks, Zack.

Hope.

- Art history.

I think it's one of the best classes to understand, you know, cultural expression.

- Lots of interesting stuff.

Well, thanks Lewisburg.

And good luck to you the rest of the way.

Delaware Valley, over to you and Andrea, if you wouldn't mind telling us what your favorite subject is in school and why.

- I like science the most 'cause I feel like I'm getting the answers about what I see around me.

- [Paul] Very nice, thank you very much.

Carl.

- I like physics because it helps me with my future career as an engineer.

- [Paul] Love it, thanks Carl.

Dominick.

- I like history 'cause I think we got a lot to learn from people that came behind us and learn our lessons to don't repeat the mistakes.

- [Paul] Absolutely, Jackson.

- I love geography 'cause it's always good to know where you are and where you're going.

- That's exactly right.

Well thank you very much, Delaware Valley.

It's very nice to meet all of you again.

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

The survey called the "Doomsday Book" was overseen by what Norman who became King?

Jackson, Delaware Valley.

- William the Conqueror.

- Is correct.

And your bonus.

(soundwave chimes) What 17th century Dutch mathematician developed the wave theory of light and invented the first practical pendulum clock?

- Oh, what was the guy's... - Just do something based on (indistinct).

(buzzer dings) - Jim.

- No, this was (giggles) Christiaan Huygens.

Christiaan Huygens.

- I was close.

- Let's go onto another toss-up.

What organization, which in October, 2025 was blocked by Judge April Perry from entering Chicago, did Donald Trump deploy to police... Ben, Lewisburg?

- I.C.E.?

- Is incorrect.

I'll finish the quest... (buzzer dings) Well, Andrea, Delaware Valley.

- Ice?

- Nope, we were looking for the National Guard.

That was the National Guard.

Alright, let's move on now to our next toss-up.

What element that is scavenged by siderophores and bacteria is deficient in many people with anemia and is a metal?

Jackson, Delaware Valley.

- Iron.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus.

(soundwave chimes) Since 2021, AMC movie theaters have proceeded their films with a promo in which what Australian actress talks about the magic of cinema?

(all whispering indistinctly) - I don't know, Bridgette Wiggins.

(buzzer dings) - Bridgette Wiggins?

- No, this is Nicole Kidman.

Alright, let's go to another toss-up.

What practice is defended in a Judith Jarvis Thomson paper, often involves debates about consciousness or pain, and is opposed by pro-life activists?

(buzzer dings) Jackson, Delaware Valley.

- Abortion?

- Is correct.

And your bonus now.

(soundwave chimes) What Spartan prince and lover of Apollo got killed by a stray discus after it was blown off course by the jealous wind God, Zephyrus?

(all whispering indistinctly) - I don't remember.

(buzzer dings) - Hector.

- No, Hyacinthus.

Hyacinthus.

Let's go on to another toss-up.

What NAACP secretary and ally of activist E.d.

Nixon sparked the 1955 boycott in Montgomery, Alabama when she refused to yield her seat?

(buzzer dings) Jackson, Delaware Valley.

- Rosa Parks.

- Is correct.

And your bonus now.

(soundwave chimes) What country's Fourth Republic collapsed in May, 1958 after two of its peripheral areas were occupied by a military coup on behalf of the pieds-noirs?

(buzzer dings) - France.

- Is correct, for your bonus points, Delaware Valley, as we go on to another toss-up.

What name is shared by the Light Brigade's leader at Balaclava, a Taylor Swift song opening, "Vintage tee, brand new phone," and... Hope, Lewisburg.

(Hope groaning) I need an answer.

- Style.

- Is incorrect.

I'll finish and rebound to Delaware Valley.

And an open-fronted sweater.

(buzzer dings) Jackson.

- Cardigan.

- Cardigan is correct for your rebound points, Del Val.

Let's go now to another toss-up.

What country contains a waterway called the Tonle Sap?

(buzzer dings) Zack, Lewisburg.

- Vietnam.

- Is incorrect.

I'll finish the question and rebound to Del Val.

Is home to the Angkor Wat temple and is a southeast Asian country governed from Phnom Penh?

(buzzer dings) - Cambodia.

- Cambodia is correct for your rebound points, Delaware Valley, as we go to our next toss-up, (timer blares) which we will get to in the next quarter because that sound that you heard signals the end of the third quarter and another lightning round.

(screen whooshes) This time Lewisburg will pick first.

Your categories are Arabic words or Asian leaders.

(buzzer dings) - Asian leaders.

- Asian leaders it is.

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

Given a current world leader, name the Asian country they lead.

Xi Jinping.

(buzzer dings) - China.

- Yes.

- Kim Jong Un.

(buzzer dings) - North Korea.

- Yes.

Narendra Modi.

(buzzer dings) - India.

- [Paul] Yes, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

(buzzer dings) - Saudi Arabia.

- Yes.

Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

(buzzer dings) - Turkey.

- Yes.

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

(buzzer dings) - Iran?

- Yes.

Shehbaz Sharif.

(buzzer dings) - Pakistan?

- Yes.

Prabowo Subianto, whose capital is moving to Nusantara?

(buzzer dings) - Indonesia.

- Yes.

Anwar Ibrahim.

(buzzer dings) - Oman?

- Malaysia.

King Abdullah II, who leads the Hashemite dynasty.

(buzzer dings) - Jordan.

- That is correct.

Alright, Lewisburg, great job in that lightning round.

Delaware Valley, it's over to you.

And your remaining category will be Arabic words.

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

Give these English words that derive from Arabic and start with the letter A. Often supreme naval rank.

(buzzer dings) - Admiral.

- Yes.

Person who murders a powerful figure.

(buzzer dings) - Assassin.

- Yes.

Compounds whose ethyl type is found in most beers and wines.

(buzzer dings) - Aldehyde.

- Alcohol.

Central weaponry storehouse.

(buzzer dings) - Arsenal.

- Yes.

Private nook or niche?

(buzzer dings) - Enclave?

- Alcove.

Shiny family of earth metal such as beryllium.

(buzzer dings) - Alkalines.

- Yes.

Dried mud bricks.

(buzzer dings) - Adobe.

- Yes.

British word for eggplant.

(buzzer dings) - Albergreen.

- Aubergine.

Sky blue.

(buzzer dings) - Aquamarine?

- Azure.

Most common name for lucerne, a plant grown for grazing.

(buzzer dings) - Alfalfa.

- Is correct.

Alright, Delaware Valley, that's going to do it for your portion of the lightning round.

And before we go any further, once again, we have a scoring correction that we have to make.

An earlier answer in the lightning round given by Andrea was deemed to be correct.

So we'll go ahead and add on those points to their total.

Right now we have a very tight game going into the last segment.

It's 200 to 180 in favor of Delaware Valley.

Let's go ahead and begin this last segment of the game with this toss-up question.

What poem, whose speaker describes angel-headed hipsters who burn in the machinery of night, is dedicated to Carl Solomon and is by Allen Ginsberg?

(timer blares) That's "Howl."

Here's our next toss-up.

What surname was shared by a politician who invoked The War Measures Act to put down the October crisis, and by his son, Prime Minister Justin?

(buzzer dings) Hope, Lewisburg.

- Trudeau?

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus.

(soundwave chimes) In what year did the New York Stock Exchange lose $14 billion in value on October 29th, or Black Tuesday, sparking the Great Depression?

(buzzer dings) - 1929?

- Is correct for your bonus points, Lewisburg, as we go to another toss-up.

What quantity integer multiples of whose fundamental value correspond to harmonics equals a wave speed over wavelength and is measured in Hertz?

(buzzer dings) Andrea, Delaware Valley.

- Sound?

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Lewisburg.

(buzzer dings) - Frequency?

- Is correct for your rebound points, Lewisburg.

Let's go to another toss-up.

What video game, whose alternate modes include Ultra Rapid Fire and All Random All Mid is set on Summoner's Rift and is a MOBA published by Riot?

(buzzer dings) Carl, Delaware Valley.

- League of Legends?

- Is correct.

And your bonus now.

(soundwave chimes) What property of addition and multiplication requires that the quantity A plus B and quantity plus C always equals a plus the quantity B plus C?

(buzzer dings) - Associative property.

- Is correct for your bonus points, Del Val.

Let's go to our next toss-up.

Paul Krugman developed a new theory of what process which provides the T in WTO, and is the exchange of goods and services between countries?

(buzzer dings) Zack, Lewisburg.

- Trade.

- Is correct.

And your bonus now.

(soundwave chimes) Pittsburgh is located where the Monongahela River meets what other river to form the Ohio River?

(all whispering indistinctly) (buzzer dings) - Allegheny.

- Is correct for your bonus points, Lewisburg.

Let's go on now to our next toss-up question.

What man, who spoke with pebbles in his mouth to fight a speech impediment, was an Athenian orator who denounced Philip of Macedon?

Zack, Lewisburg.

- Democritus?

- Is incorrect.

I'll finish the, well, Andrea Delaware Valley.

- Cicero?

- No, Demosthenes.

Demosthenes.

- Okay.

- Let's go on to another toss-up.

What British author used the line, "Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again" to open her novel about the two wives of Maxim de Winter, Rebecca?

(buzzer dings) Hope, Lewisburg.

- Du Maurier?

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

In September, 2025, what country suffered a large wildfire in Etosha National Park, a black rhino habitat covering nearly 3% of its total land?

(all whispering indistinctly) (buzzer dings) - Kenya.

- Nope, this is Namibia.

Alright, let's go to another toss-up.

What compound can be methylated to form toluene or oxidized to form Phenol, is the simplest aromatic compound, and has the molecular formula C6H6?

(all whispering indistinctly) (buzzer dings) Zack, Lewisburg.

- Glucose.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Delaware Valley.

(buzzer dings) - Ethylene?

- No, that answer is benzene.

(timer blares) And that's the end of the game.

And our winner tonight is Lewisburg over Delaware Valley in a fantastic game, 230 to 215.

Congratulations, Lewisburg.

(exciting music) 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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