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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 Mid Valley versus Wallenpaupach representing Mid Valley are Delaney Kanes, Jonah Harrington, Ruby Lennon, and Molly Bonnack Their alternate is Gia De Vanni and their advisor is Stan Janowski.

Representing Wallenpaupach are Gabe Racine, Henry Reichman, Jude Motts, and Nathan Freathy.

Their alternate is Brad Miley and their advisor is Ryan Ninan.

"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 were 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 author of the Gallic Wars "defeated Vercingetorix at the siege of Alesia "and was killed by Brutus and other senators on," Molly, Mid Valley.

- Julius Caesar - Is correct.

And here's your bonus and get out your pens and papers.

"How many total widgets can a factory produce in one hour "if it produces a single widget every 40 seconds."

(gentle music) (bell dinging) Ran out of time there, guys, that was 90.

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

"What quantity that could be measured by the Shannon Index "or richness is high in namesake hotspots "and measures the variety of species in an ecosystem?"

(buzzer beeping) Jude, Wallenpaupach.

- Eco diversity - Is incorrect.

Rebound to Mid Valley - Biodiversity.

- Biodiversity is correct for your rebound points.

Here's our next toss up.

"What novel in which Mr.

Willoughby cruelly jilts Marianne "is titled for the opposing traits of the Dashwood sisters "and was written by Jane Austin?"

Molly, Mid Valley.

- Sense and sensibility - Is correct, and your bonus now.

"In 2022, what Marvel anti-Hero "adopted a Japanese version of his emblem "which has been co-opted by police groups "and is a stylized white skull."

(buzzer beeping) - The Punisher.

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

"What class of people whose rights, B.R.

Ambedkar, "advocated for was often consigned to undesirable jobs "as the lowest social group in India?"

(buzzer beeping) - Molly, Mid Valley.

- Who are the untouchables.

- Is correct and your bonus question, "What quantity is the amount of energy needed "to increase the materials temperature by a single degree?"

(buzzer beeping) - A calorie?

- Nope, that's heat capacity.

Here's our next toss up question.

"What country's accession to the BRICs group "was vetoed by Brazil in 2024 "following the reelection of Nikolas Maduro "to a presidency based in Caracas?"

(buzzer beeping) Ruby, Mid Valley.

- Portuguese.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Wallenpaupach, Gabe.

- Venezuela.

- Is correct for your rebound points Wallenpaupach as we go to our next toss up.

"What planet with a corkscrew shaped magneto tail "has an axial tilt of 98 degrees is orbited," Gabe, Wallenpaupach.

- Uranus.

- Is correct and here's your bonus question.

"Lemnos was the favorite island of what Greek God "who was hurled from Mount Olympus as a baby "due to his lameness."

- Hephaestus.

- Hephaestus is correct for your bonus points Wallenpaupach.

Here's our next toss up.

"What president whom Ken Star investigated "over real estate dealings in the Whitewater scandal "was impeached," Jude, Wallenpaupach.

- Nixon - Is incorrect.

I'll finish the question and rebound to Mid Valley.

"Was impeached for his affair with Monica Lewinsky."

(buzzer beeping) Ruby.

- Bill Clinton.

- Is correct for your rebound points, Mid Valley.

Okay, here's our next toss up question.

"What Canadian musician behind the albums "'I Used to Think I Could Fly' 'and 'So Close to What' warned it won't end well "in her 2023 single 'Greedy?'"

(buzzer beeping) Molly, Mid Valley - Tate McRae.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

"A William Wordsworth poem beginning "'I wandered lonely as a cloud' "describes a host of what golden flowers fluttering and-" - Daffodils.

- Daffodils is correct for your bonus points, Mid Valley.

Great job.

(alarm beeping) All right, 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.

Wallenpaupach has won the coin toss and we'll pick first.

Your categories are, title numbers or the 13th century.

- Title numbers or the 13th century.

- I'd say title numbers is our best bet.

- Title numbers.

- Title numbers.

- Title numbers it is and your time begins when I finish reading the first question.

"Name the authors of these literary works "with numbers in the title.

"1984."

(buzzer beeping) - Orwell.

- Yes.

"Fahrenheit 451" (buzzer beeping) - Bradbury.

- Yes, "Catch 22."

(buzzer beeping) - Skip - Joseph Heller.

"A Tale of Two Cities."

(buzzer beeping) - Dickens.

- Yes.

"'The Sign of the Four' in which John Watson gets engaged."

(buzzer beeping) - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

- Yes, "The Three Musketeers."

(buzzer beeping) - Skip.

- Dumas.

"The collection 'Nine Stories' "which includes 'A Perfect Day For Bananafish."

(buzzer beeping) - Skip.

- Salinger.

"The Two Towers."

(buzzer beeping) - King.

- Tolkien.

"12th Night."

(buzzer beeping) - Skip.

- [Paul] Shakespeare.

"Six Characters in Search of an Author."

(buzzer beeping) - Skip.

- That's Luigi Pirandello.

All right that's gonna wrap up your portion of a lightning round, Wallenpaupach.

Mid Valley we're coming over to you.

Your remaining category will be the 13th century and again, your time begins when I finish reading the first question.

Answer the following about major world events and figures from the 13th century.

"Document England's King John signed in 1215," Molly.

- Magna Carta.

- Yes.

"Mongol ruler who is Kublai's grandfather."

(buzzer beeping) - Genghis Khan.

- Yes.

"Merchant who returned from China via the Silk Road."

(buzzer beeping) - Marco Polo.

- [Paul] Yes.

"Mathematician who published a sequence starting "1, 1, 2, 3, 5."

(buzzer beeping) - Fibonacci.

- [Paul] Yes.

"Crusade that sacked Constantinople?"

(buzzer beeping) - The Holy Wars.

- Fourth crusade.

"Theologian of Summa Theologica."

(buzzer beeping) - Skip.

- [Paul] St.

Thomas Aquinas.

"Chinese dynasty ousted by the Yuan."

(buzzer beeping) - Han.

- Song.

"Long lasting Empire founded by Osman the first in 1299."

(buzzer beeping) - Ottoman.

- [Paul] Yes.

"French King who later became a Saint."

(buzzer beeping) - Henry.

- [Paul] Louis IX.

"University founded in 1209 by scholars leaving Oxford."

(buzzer beeping) - Cambridge.

- That's correct.

All right, that's going to do it for our first lightning round and after that we have Mid Valley in the lead over Wallenpaupach.

100 to 45.

Now we'll go ahead and begin the second quarter with this toss up question.

"What artist who made several depictions "of his bedroom in Arl "showed the nighttime view from his asylum window?"

Molly, Mid Valley.

- Vincent Van Gogh.

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

"What adjective describes species found naturally "in a single defined geographic location "and nowhere else on earth?"

(buzzer beeping) - Native.

- Endemic, we are looking for endemic.

Here's our next toss up.

"What leader began a namesake thaw in censorship "gave the secret speech against Stalin "and was in power in the USSR "during the Cuban Missile Crisis."

(buzzer beeping) Jude, Wallenpaupach.

- Gorbachev.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Mid Valley, Molly.

- Khrushchev.

- Khrushchev is correct for your rebound points, Mid Valley as we go to our next toss up question, "What title animal is told to return "to Knight's Plutonian shore at," (buzzer beeping) Gabe, Wallenpaupach.

- The Raven.

- Is correct and your bonus.

"Spain's vice royalty of New Granada "had its capital on what continent?"

(buzzer beeping) - Africa.

- South America, it was South America.

Here's our next toss up.

"What company which acquired Hill's Pet Nutrition "in the 1970s owned such brands as Irish Spring "and is the world's largest producer of toothpaste?"

(buzzer beeping) Jude, Wallenpaupach.

- Procter and Gamble.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Mid Valley, Ruby.

- Nestle.

- Nope, that's Colgate Palm Olive.

Here's our next toss up.

"What vehicle painted a highly reflective white "had a movable droop nose "and was the first commercial airliner "that could achieve supersonic speeds."

(buzzer beeping) Jude, Wallenpaupach.

- It's a Concorde.

- Is correct and here's your bonus now.

"What genre exemplified by novels like "Juan Rulfo's "Pedro Paramo" "is characterized by fantastical elements "existing in otherwise normal settings."

- Fable.

(buzzer beeping) - Fable.

- No, that's magical realism.

Okay guys, here's our next toss up.

"What sculpture which may depict Khafre or Khufu "is a noseless limestone carving of a lion," Molly, Mid Valley.

- This Sphinx.

- That is correct and here's your bonus.

"The 1819 Supreme Court case, McCulloch v Maryland, "held at the establishment of what financial institution "was Constitutional?"

(buzzer beeping) Molly.

- The National Bank.

- Is incorrect.

It was the second bank of the United States.

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

"What country whose first female president was Mary Robinson "has the political parties Fianna Fáil and Sinn Fein "and is governed from Dublin."

(buzzer beeping) Jude, Wallenpaupach.

- Ireland.

- Is correct.

And your bonus now.

"In what month in 1862 did Mexican forces "defeat a French army at the Battle of Puebla?"

(buzzer beeping) - May.

- May is correct for your bonus points Wallenpaupach.

Let's go to our next toss up.

"What numbers may be algebraic or transcendental "form a set that could be denoted as R-Q."

- Irrational.

- Jonah, Mid Valley - Irrational.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

"What country, whose city of Maastricht "names a treaty establishing the EU "is home to many speakers of the West Frisian language?"

(alarm beeping) (buzzer beeping) - Switzerland?

- No, that is the Netherlands.

All right, 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 Mid Valley, and Delaney come to you first.

Tell me what your favorite film is and why.

- My favorite movie is "Fight Club" because I really like the plot twist.

- [Paul] Well you're not supposed to talk about Fight Club, Delany.

Thanks for being here.

Jonah.

- My favorite movie is probably "Citizen Kane."

I think it's very well shot and very good movie.

- It's a classic Ruby.

- I don't watch that many movies but my dreams at night are pretty interesting so I have to say that.

- [Paul] Okay, all right, Molly.

- It's gonna sound dumb but I really like "10 Things I Hate About You."

- Okay, all right, good luck the rest of the way, Mid Valley.

Wallenpaupach it's over to you.

Gabe, tell us what your favorite film is and why.

- My favorite movie is "Interstellar" because there's never been a better space related movie in history and it makes my brain tingle.

- [Paul] Absolutely, it's a fantastic film.

Henry.

- My favorite movie is "Ready Player One" because I just love how the plot builds on itself.

- [Paul] Thank you Henry, Jude.

- My favorite movie is also "Interstellar."

It's very thought provoking and I really enjoy the score.

- [Paul] A lot going on, Nathan?

- I'd say "Stepbrothers" because you really can't be sad and not laugh watching that movie.

- Thanks Nathan.

Good luck the rest of the way to you Wallenpaupach.

As we begin now the third quarter with this toss up question, "What country who's port of Szczecin "is at the mouth of the Oder River "is also home to the Vistula River "which flows past Gdansk and Warsaw."

(buzzer beeping) Molly, Mid Valley.

- Poland.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question now.

"What quantity is the pressure that must be applied "to one side of a semi-permeable membrane "to prevent water from passing through?"

(alarm beeping) That is osmotic.

Okay, here's our next toss up question.

"What edifice whose construction was ordered by Nimrod "was left unfinished when God mixed up "the speech of the men working on it?"

Jude, Wallenpaupach.

- The Tower Babel.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus.

"What Senator from Massachusetts "proclaimed, 'Liberty and Union now and forever,' "won an inseparable during his 1830 debate "with Robert Hane?"

(buzzer beeping) - No answer.

- That is Daniel Webster.

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

"What dictator whose fate and Hines movement "incorporated the (foreign language) "invited German warplanes "to bomb Guernica and held power in Spain," Molly, Mid Valley.

- Francisco Franco.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus.

"What artist of the 24 painting 'Marie de Medici Cycle' "was a Flemish baroque painter "known for his sensuous and muscular female nudes?"

(buzzer beeping) - Rembrandt?

- No, that's Peter Paul Rubins.

Okay, here's our next toss up question.

"What country whose eastern half "is home to the historical region of Cyrenaica "contains the port of Benghazi "and is governed from Tripoli?"

(buzzer beeping) Jude, Wallenpaupach.

- Algeria.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Mid Valley.

(alarm beeping) That is Libya.

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

"What quantity, which bonds called linkers "are indexed against is measured by changes in the CPI "and is the rate at which prices rise over time?"

(buzzer beeping) Molly, Mid Valley.

- Inflation.

- Is correct, and here comes your bonus question.

"Crocoite, a bright red ore of lead "also contains what element "that makes up about 10% of a mass of stainless steel?"

(buzzer beeping) Jonah.

- Iron.

- Nope, that's chromium.

Chromium.

All right, let's go to our next toss up.

"What vehicles inspired a Duke Ellington standard "about taking one "and a standard for Glen Miller and his orchestra, "The Chattanooga Choo Choo."

(buzzer beeping) Jonah, Mid Valley.

- Trains.

- Is correct, and here's your bonus.

"The 1968 discovery of oil in what state "led to the development of a pipeline system "between Prudhoe Bay and Valdez?"

(students whispering indistinctly) (buzzer beeping) - Alaska.

- Is correct for your bonus points, Mid Valley.

Let's turn to our next toss up question now.

"What playwright of an ideal husband "depicted two friends named Jack and Algernon who both," Molly, Mid Valley.

- Oscar Wilde.

- Is correct, and here's your bonus.

"The industrial center of Perm "lies near the base of what mountain range "which separates the Asian and European portions of Russia."

(alarm beeping) (buzzer beeping) - The Ural Mountains.

- Is correct for your bonus points, Mid Valley.

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

This time Mid Valley will pick first.

Your categories are fast food specials or PEL?

- I think we should go for fast food.

Fast food specials.

- Fast food specials it is, and your time begins when I finish reading the first question.

"Given a signature menu item, "name the fast food franchise that sells it."

The Big Mac.

(buzzer beeping) - McDonald's.

- [Paul] Yes, the Whopper.

(buzzer beeping) - Burger King.

- [Paul] Yes, foot long sandwiches which were once sold- - Subway.

- Yes.

The cheesy Gordita Crunch.

(buzzer beeping) - Taco bell.

- Yes.

Blizzards (buzzer beeping) - DQ.

- [Paul] Yes.

The secret menu animal fries (buzzer beeping) In-N-Out.

- [Paul] Yes.

The Dave Single.

(buzzer beeping) - Wendy's.

- [Paul] Yes.

Chicken minis which may be accompanied by waffle fries.

(buzzer beeping) - Chick-fil-A.

- Yes.

The honey barbecue chicken strip sandwich.

(buzzer beeping) - Arby's - [Paul] Whataburger.

The box combo which includes Texas toast.

(buzzer beeping) Raising Canes.

- That is correct.

Great job in the lightning round, Mid Valley, and Wallenpaupach we're coming over to you.

Your remaining category will be PEL.

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

"Give these answers "that begin with the consecutive letters, PEL.

"Fifth century BC war between Athens and Sparta."

Jude - Peloton.

- [Paul] Peloponnesian.

NBA team that drafted Zion Williamson.

(buzzer beeping) - Pelicans.

- [Paul] Yes.

"Part of the human body "between the thighs and the abdomen."

(buzzer beeping) - Pelvis.

- Yes.

"Exercise equipment company that streams workout classes."

- Peloton.

- Yes.

"An animal's skin with or without its fur."

- Pelt.

- Yes.

"Hawaiian fire and volcano goddess."

(buzzer beeping) - Skip.

- That's Pele.

US Federal grants that subsidize college tuition.

(buzzer beeping) - Skip.

- [Paul] PEL, "Disease caused by lack of niacin."

(buzzer beeping) - Polio.

- [Paul] Pellagra.

"In Greek myth, the father of Achilles."

(buzzer beeping) - Skip.

- [Paul] Peleus.

"Hero who loves Mélisande in a Claude Debussy opera."

(buzzer beeping) - Skip.

- That is Pelléas.

All right, that's going to do it for our second lightning round.

And after that we currently have Mid Valley in the lead over Wallenpaupach, 245 to 110.

Now we'll go ahead and begin the last segment of the game with this toss up question.

"What river whose flow was reversed by engineers "in the late," Gabe, Wallenpaupach.

- The Nile.

- Is incorrect.

I'll finish the question and rebound to Mid Valley.

"Reversed by engineers in the late 19th century, "flows out of Lake Michigan "and through most the most populous city in Illinois?"

(buzzer beeping) Jonah - The Mississippi.

- No, it's the Chicago River.

It's the Chicago River.

Here's our next toss up.

"What quantity which for up quarks "equals plus two thirds E."

Jude, Wallenpaupach.

- Charge.

- Is correct.

and your bonus now.

"What physicists develop the path integral formulation "and names diagrams that depict particle interactions "using symbols like arrows and wavy lines?"

- Newton.

(buzzer beeping) - Newton.

- That is Richard Feynman.

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

"During what battle did the 101st Airborne Division "successfully defend Bastogne "which was surrounded by a German offensive launched in," Jude, Wallenpaupach.

- The Battle of the Bulge.

- Is correct.

And your bonus.

"The French dish Hachis Parmentier "consists of meat topped with what vegetable "whose French name literally translates as apple of earth."

(buzzer beeping) - Potato.

- Is correct for your bonus points, Wallenpaupach.

Let's go to our next toss up.

"What 2017 film whose title character "breaks an arm jumping from her mom's moving car?"

Molly, Mid Valley.

- Lady Bird.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

"During World War II, "what now defunct country was liberated from Nazi occupation "by the partisans, led by Josip Broz Tito.

- Molly.

- Vichy, France.

- No, that's Yugoslavia.

All right, let's go to our next toss up.

What author of the story collection "Bayou Folk" wrote about the suicide of Edna Pontellier in the Gulf of Mexico in her novel "The Awakening."

(buzzer beeping) Molly, Mid Valley.

- Kate Chopin.

- Is correct, and your bonus now.

"Ambulance driver Frederick Henry "falls in love with a nurse named Catherine "in what Earnest Hemingway novel?"

(buzzer beeping) Molly.

- "The Sun Also Rises."

- Nope, that's "A Farewell To Arms."

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

"Rusting and aerobic respiration are examples "of what chemical reaction process "that involves the loss of," Jude, Wallenpaupach.

- Oxidization, - I'm sorry.

- Oxidization - Is incorrect.

Rebound at Mid Valley, Molly.

- Oxidation.

- Oxidation is what we were looking for.

Very good Mid Valley as we go to our next toss up.

"What creature, which in 1995 "was held responsible for the death "of eight sheep in Puerto Rico "has a name from the Spanish," Jonah, Mid Valley.

- The chupacabra.

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

"What puritan leader's 1630 sermon, "a model of Christian charity "used the phrase 'City upon a hill,' "to describe Massachusetts Bay Colony?"

(buzzer beeping) Molly.

- John Winthrop - Is correct for your bonus points, Mid Valley as we go to our next toss up.

"What teen from Chicago "was kidnapped from Moses Wright's home "and lynched in 1955 after being accused "of offending a white woman in Mississippi."

Molly, Mid Valley.

- Emmett Till.

- Is correct and your bonus.

"The only two predominantly Catholic countries in Asia "are the Philippines and what country "whose capital is Dili?"

(buzzer beeping) - India.

- No, that's East Timor.

And that's the end of the game.

And our winner tonight is Mid Valley over Wallenpaupach, 300 to 135.

Great job Mid Valley, 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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