(upbeat music) - Welcome to the 16th 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 one, three or $5,000.

WVIA would like to thank our sponsor, FNCB and Peoples Security Bank for making this competition possible.

This year, Scholastic Scrimmage looks a little different and the rules have been revised due to the pandemic, but in each half, students will have the chance to alternatively answer one question.

If they answer that question correctly, they'll receive a bonus question.

If their answer is incorrect, the other team can rebound but will not be given a bonus.

Students can also score points during the two lightning rounds in each game.

Judges tonight are K-12 educators from the WVIA viewing area, and tonight's Scholastic Scrimmage semi-final match features Lewisburg and Wilkes-Barre Area.

Playing in the first half for Lewisburg are James Koconis and Ezra Buonopane.

Their advisor is Michael Krieger.

Representing Wilkes-Barre Area in the first half are Brooke Fisher and Tio Marello.

Their advisor is James Blom.

Well, let's get started.

Lewisburg has won the coin toss and will receive the first question, which is: What type of substance, 20 of which are named after Norman Good are typically comprised of a weak acid or weak base and resist large changes in pH?

- [Both] Salt.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound now to Wilkes-Barre.

- Buffers.

- Is correct, for your rebound points Wilkes-Barre.

and here comes your first question.

Which African empire lost the battle of of Ulundi, made extensive use of both the Buffalo horns formation and Impi warriors, and was once led by Shaka?

- Zulu.

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

What author of a discourse on inequality wrote, "Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains in the social contract."

- John Locke.

- Is incorrect.

We're looking for Jean-Jacques Rousseau.

Lewisburg it's back over to you.

What middle Eastern country, home to the ancient ruins of Petra controlled the west bank prior to the six day war and has its capital at Amman?

- Jordan.

- Is correct and here's your bonus question.

In particle physics what 12 letter word describes a process in which a particle meets its antiparticle and both disappear?

- Annihilation.

- Is correct for your bonus points Lewisburg.

Wilkes-Barre Area here's your next question.

What location which was visited in a 1902 film by George Méliès is home to the Aitken Basin and the Sea of Tranquility were Apollo 11 landed?

- The moon.

- Is correct and here's your bonus question.

Jack Worthing uses a pseudonym to woo Gwendolyn Fairfax in what Victorian author's play The Importance of Being Earnest?

- Arthur Conan Doyle.

(beep) - Is incorrect.

That was Oscar Wilde.

Okay.

Let's move over to Lewisburg.

Here's your question.

What is the Fahrenheit analog of a reading of 30 degrees Celsius given that one Celsius degree equals 1.8 Fahrenheit degrees?

(beep) - Okay.

Rebound now to Wilkes-Barre.

- 48.

- Is incorrect.

We're looking for 86.

Lewisburg here's- actually, Wilkes-Barre, Here's your next question.

What novel in which Porfiry investigates the deaths of Lizaveta and an old pawnbroker at the hands of Raskolnikov was written by Fyodor Dostoevsky?

- War and Peace.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Lewisburg.

- Crime and Punishment.

- Is correct for your rebound points Lewisburg.

And here comes your next question.

What politician under whom Thomas Hendricks and Adlai Stevenson served as vice president held the presidency for two non-consecutive terms?

- Grover Cleveland.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

What 2014 song, it's singer's debut single, repeatedly notes that, "every inch of you is perfect from the bottom to the top?"

- Gosh.

(beep) - Okay.

All About That Bass.

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.

Lewisburg has won the coin toss and will pick first.

Your categories are American rivers or Asian terms.

- American rivers.

- Okay.

American rivers it is.

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

Which American river is the longest?

- Mississippi.

- No, Missouri.

Forms a border between Texas and Chihuahua New Mexico.

- Rio Grande.

- Yes.

Separates Manhattan from Brooklyn and Queens.

- East river.

- Yes.

Passes through the quad cities in Iowa and Illinois.

- Mississippi.

- Yes.

It is the longest to pass through Alaska.

- Yukon.

- Yes.

Passes through the Grand Canyon.

- Colorado.

- Yes.

Meets with the Ohio River and Allegheny River in Pittsburgh.

- Monongahela.

- Yes.

Forms a border between New York and Ontario and later flows through Montreal.

- St. Lawrence.

- Yes.

Passes through Twin Falls, Idaho.

- Snake.

- Yes.

Connects Lake Erie and Lake Ontario.

- Niagara.

- That's correct.

Great job in the lightning round Lewisburg.

Coming over to you Wilkes-Barre Area.

Your remaining category will be Asian terms.

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

Give these terms that originate in the cultures of East and Southeast Asia.

Food of raw seafood and rice often wrapped in seaweed.

- Sushi.

- Yes.

Ancient Chinese ship with batten sails.

- Pass.

- Junk.

Board game played on a 19 by 19 grid.

- Go.

- Yes.

Form of kickboxing that is Thailand's national sport.

- Muay Thai.

- Yes.

Japanese quality of cuteness.

- Pass.

- Kawaii.

Broad modern music genre whose artists include XO, PSY and Park Jin-young.

- K-Pop.

- Yes.

Multi-tiered towers often used as Taoist Temples.

- Pass.

- Pagodas.

Wrapped Chinese dumpling who's name literally means cloud swallow.

- Pass.

- Wonton.

Horned ogre-like demons from Japanese myth.

- Oni.

- Yes.

Vietnamese celebration of the lunar new year.

(beep) No, we were looking for Tet.

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

And after that, we currently have Lewisburg in the lead over Wilkes-Barre Area, 125 to 80.

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.

We'll start with the students from Lewisburg and James I'll come to you first.

Tell me what your plans are for the summer.

- This summer, we are planning to go to the beach in North Carolina for a week, which will be fun.

- Very nice.

Enjoy.

Ezra, what are your plans for the summer?

- I'm going to work at a local restaurant and I might travel to Cape Cod.

- Okay.

Excellent.

Good luck the rest of the way Lewisburg.

Wilkes-Barre Area, we'll come to you first Brooke.

What are your plans for the summer?

- Well I intend on working at Starbucks the entire summer to raise some money for college.

- All right.

Excellent.

And Tio, your plans?

- There's a special place I like to go to, it's called my bedroom and I'm going to sleep all summer.

- That sounds like a good plan.

Thanks Tio.

It was very nice to meet all of you.

Now let's go ahead and begin the second quarter with this question that goes to Wilkes-Barre Area.

What Scottish scientist proposed a violation of the second law of thermodynamics caused by a demon and developed four equations on electromagnetism?

- Faraday.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Lewisburg.

- Maxwell.

- Maxwell is correct for your rebound points Lewisburg.

And here comes your next question.

What quantity, which has structural and seasonal forms has a natural rate of around 4% and measures the percentage of people who cannot find work?

- Unemployment.

- Is correct and here's your bonus question.

What process which is described by fixed laws refers to random motion of a substance down its concentration gradient?

- Diffusion.

- Is correct for your bonus points Lewisburg.

Wilkes-Barre it's time to come back over to you.

What woman who abolished the department for energy and climate change was David Cameron's home secretary and succeeded him as prime minister?

- Theresa May.

- Is correct and here's your bonus question.

A gambler nicknamed Teacake is the last of Janie Crawford's three husbands in what 1937 novel by Zora Neale Hurston.

- Stranger in a Strange Land.

- Is incorrect.

We were looking at Their Eyes Were Watching for God, Their Eyes Were Watching God, rather.

Lewisburg it's back over to you.

What bodies undergo sublimation to form a coma, include Hale-Bopp, it may enter the inner solar system after leaving the Kuiper belt or Oort cloud?

- Comets.

- Is correct and here's your bonus question.

The St. Bartholomew's day massacre targeted what people in French society who are granted toleration by the edict of Nantes?

- Huguenots.

- Is correct for your bonus points Lewisburg.

Wilkes-Barre Area it's back over to you.

What feature makes a cord unbroken unlike an arpeggio and as accomplished on a violin by a double stop or on a piano by pressing several keys?

- A chord.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound now to Lewisburg.

- Felicity.

- Is incorrect.

We're looking for playing multiple notes at the same time.

Okay.

Let's move on back over to Lewisburg.

Here's your question.

What treaty giving independence to the Baltic states Finland and Ukraine was signed in 1918 and gave Russia an early separate peace in world war one?

- The treaty of Brest-Litovsk.

- Is correct and here's your bonus question.

Which book describing guilt and shame culture is presented Ruth Benedict's interpretation of Japanese society for U.S. occupation forces?

- No idea.

Pass.

- Okay.

That's the Chrysanthemum and the Sword.

Wilkes-Barre Area it's back over to you.

One plus the square root of five, all over two, equals what constant the limiting ratio of terms in the Fibonacci sequence- - The limit of the ratio.

- Is correct and here's your bonus question.

What man who explained his aesthetics in the analysis of beauty was an English artist of a series of paintings like The Rake's Progress?

(beep) - Norman Rockwell.

- Nope.

It's William Hogarth.

And after one half of play, we currently have Lewisburg in the lead over Wilkes-Barre Area 175 to 100.

We want to say thank you to James and Ezra from Lewisburg.

And thank you to Brooke and Tio from Wilkes-Barre Area.

You guys were superb.

Thank you so very much.

We're now going to meet your teammates for the second half.

Now, joining us for Lewisburg are Chenchen Gu and Ezra Buonopane.

And representing Wilkes-Barre Area are Mya Cochran and Brady Melovitz.

Our first question in this quarter goes to Lewisburg.

What poet wrote After Many a Summer Dies the Swan in Tithonus and praised 600 men who entered the valley of death in The Charge of the Light Brigade?

- Alfred Lord Tennyson.

- Is correct and here's your bonus question.

What kind of end by end square contains the digits one through and arranged so that no row or column contains the same digit twice?

- Magic square.

- Is incorrect.

We're looking for Latin square.

Let's move over to Wilkes-Barre.

What chairman of the Windquest Group and former head of the Michigan Republican party supported voucher programs as the secretary of education?

- Pass.

- Okay.

Rebound out of Lewisburg.

- Betsy DeVos.

- Is correct for your rebound points, Lewisburg.

And here's your next question.

What composer described Leonora's quest to foil the evil Don Pizarro and free her imprisoned husband, Florestan, in his only opera Fidelio?

- Lalo.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound Wilkes-Barre.

- Pass.

- Okay.

We're looking for Beethoven.

Wilkes-Barre Area here's your next question.

What president ran the so-called Daisy ad in a race against Barry Goldwater, promoted the great society, and was sworn in on air force one in 1963?

(beep) Okay.

Rebound now to Lewisburg.

- Lyndon Johnson.

- Is correct for your rebound points Lewisburg.

And here comes your next question.

What author, who wrote about a constantly illuminated planet named Lagash in his story Nightfall, described psychohistory in his foundation novels?

- Isaac Asimov.

- Is correct and here's your bonus question.

What city, the executive Capitol of South Africa, is named after a Boer leader?

- Pretoria.

- Is correct for your bonus points Lewisburg.

Let's go back to Wilkes-Barre Area.

What hardware component is divided into chip sets like north bridge and south bridge is connected to the microprocessor and is the main circuit board?

- Pass.

- Rebound to Lewisburg.

- Motherboard.

- Is correct for your rebound points Lewisburg.

And here's your next question.

What Canadian province, which is north of the Bay of Fundy, is connected by the Isthmus of Chignecto to Nova Scotia, and is to the east of Maine?

- New Brunswick.

- Is correct and here's your bonus question.

In Norse Mythology Hodor had what physical disability, which allowed Loki to trick him into killing his brother Baldor.

- He was blind.

- That is correct for your bonus points Lewisburg.

Wilkes-Barre it's over to you.

What man signaled to Caiaphas' soldiers by kissing their secret target after being paid a bribe of 30 shekels of silver to betray Jesus Christ?

- Judas.

- Is correct and here's your bonus question.

What is the value of C if the polynomial X squared plus 22 X plus C has exactly one real root meaning it is a perfect square?

(beep) - Okay.

We're looking for 121.

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

This time Wilkes-Barre Area will pick first.

Your categories are playing cards or Sweden.

- Playing cards.

- Okay, playing cards it is.

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

Answer the following about things related to playing cards Named for a hand of five cards of the same suit.

- Flush.

- Yes.

French painter of the card players.

- Pass.

- Cezanne.

Type of poker with a flop turn and river.

- Pass.

- Texas Hold'em.

Precarious structure that names a Kevin Spacey TV show on Netflix.

- House of Cards.

- Yes.

Cassius Coolidge created these paintings depicting anthropomorphized animals.

- Pass.

- Dogs Playing Poker.

Deck of cards whose suits include rods and cups.

- Pass.

- Tarot.

Member of the X-Men who throws energized cards.

- Rogue.

- Gambit.

Ranking of one of the two pairs in the dead man's hand.

- Pass.

- Aces or eights.

Okay.

We're not going to get to the rest of the questions.

Wilkes-Barre that's going to do it for your portion of the lightning round.

Lewisburg, we're coming over to you.

Your remaining category will be Sweden.

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

Answer the following about Sweden.

It's capital.

- Stockholm.

- Yes.

Early 18th century war between Sweden and Russia.

- The Great Northern War.

- Yes.

Swedish furniture retailer that sells the KALLAX shelf.

- Ikea.

- Yes.

Both colors in its flag.

- Yellow and blue.

- Yes.

17th century king of Sweden known as the Lion of the North.

- Gustavus Adolphus.

- Yes.

Gulf that lies to Sweden's east.

- Gulf of Bosnia.

- Yes.

Official foreign policy enacted by Sweden's policy of 1812.

- Neutrality.

- Yes.

Sweden's second most populous city, which is home to Volvo.

- Gothenburg.

- Yes.

Swedish music group that sang Dancing Queen and Waterloo.

- Abba.

- Yes.

Current king of Sweden who's ruled since 1973.

- Carl Gustaf.

- Be more specific.

- Carl Gustaf the 12th.

- Is incorrect.

We were looking for Carl the 16th Gustaf.

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

And after that, we currently have Lewisburg in the lead over Wilkes-Barre Area 335 to 130.

And again, we're 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.

We'll start with the students from Lewisburg and Chenchen I'll come to you first.

Tell me what your plans for summer are.

- Probably get a job and maybe travel somewhere.

I haven't decided yet.

- All right.

Still plenty of time.

Excellent.

Ezra, tell me what your plans are for after high school.

- I'm going to attend Carleton College in Minnesota.

- Okay.

Excellent.

Good luck Ezra.

Let's come over to Wilkes-Barre and Mya tell us what your plans are for the summer.

- I plan on relaxing and getting ready for college in the fall.

- Okay.

And Brady, what are your plans?

- To get a job and hopefully just enjoy life.

- Okay, excellent.

It's very nice to meet all of you.

Now let's go ahead and begin the fourth quarter with this question that goes to Wilkes-Barre Area.

What author of the Motorcycle Diaries, executed in Bolivia in 1967, was the subject of an iconic Alberto Korda photo from his time with Fidel Castro?

- Pass.

- Okay.

Rebound to Lewisburg.

- Che Guevara.

- Is correct for your rebound points Lewisburg and here comes your next question.

What actor plays the title physician in the 2016 Hulu series Chance and portrayed a Vicodin-addicted head of diagnostic medicine on the series House?

- Benedict Cumberbatch.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Wilkes-Barre Area.

- Pass.

- Okay.

That actor is Hugh Laurie.

Wilkes-Barre here's your next question.

What residence along Bear Run was commissioned by Edgar Kaufmann and was constructed by Frank Lloyd Wright over the cascade of a stream?

- A bridge.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Lewisburg.

- Falling Water.

- Falling Water is correct for your rebound points Lewisburg.

Let's move on to your next question too.

What author of The Birthmark and The Collection Twice Told Tales created Roger Chillingworth, the husband of Hester Prynne, in the Scarlet Letter?

- Henry James.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Wilkes-Barre.

- Nathaniel Hawthorne.

- Is correct for your rebound points Wilkes-Barre and here comes your next question.

What city's rivals included the Samnites, Lars Porsena, and Veii, an Etruscan town conquered during this city's expansion in the Italian peninsula?

- Sicily.

- Is incorrect rebound out of Lewisburg.

- Rome.

- Rome is correct for your rebound points Lewisburg.

And here's your next question.

The younger brother of Oliver in As You Like It, who marries Rosalind, shares his name with what city in Florida that is close to Disney World?

- Orlando.

- Is correct and here's your bonus question.

Celie falls in love with Shug Avery in what Pulitzer prize winning novel by Alice Walker?

- The Scarlet Letter.

- Nope.

We're looking for The Color Purple.

Wilkes-Barre it's over to you.

What play, in which Giles Cory is crushed to death, also features a slave named Tituba, is by Arthur Miller and depicts the Salem Witch Trials?

- The Crucible.

- Is correct and here's your bonus question.

What two light gaseous elements are the only ones with stable isotopes that have more protons than neutrons?

(beep) Okay.

That's hydrogen and helium.

Lewisburg here's your next question.

What group first led by Nathan Bedford Forrest featured leaders known as grand wizards and had white robe members who believed in white supremacy?

- Ku Klux Klan.

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

The RMS Titanic was built in the shipyards of what Ulster city, the capital of Northern Ireland?

- Belfast.

- Is correct.

Let's move back over to Wilkes-Barre.

What island, originally called Van Diemen's Land, names a type of marsupial devil and is an Australian possession whose capital is Hobart?

- Tasmania.

- Is correct and here's your bonus question.

an uprising of what man-made beings, whose named derives from a Czech term, meaning forced labor?

- Pass.

- Okay.

That's robots.

And that's the end of the game.

And our winner tonight for the Scholastic Scrimmage Semi-Final is Lewisburg over Wilkes-Barre Area 390 to 160.

Congratulations, Lewisburg.

You're going to be moving on and we'll see you next time with the championship round of WVIA Scholastic Scrimmage.

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

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