(upbeat music) ♪ Go (upbeat music continues) - Welcome to the 17th 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 sponsors, FNCB and Peoples Security Bank for making this competition possible.

The rules of a game have been modified for this season's virtual version, and 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 educators from the WVIA viewing area, and tonight's match is between the LIU champion, Tunkhannock and the CSIU, BlaST IU champion, Milton.

The winner of this semi-final match will move on to the Scholastic Scrimmage championship game.

Playing for Milton, are Nicholas Flack and Morgan Dresbach.

Their alternate is Sam Heppler.

Their advisor is Nicholas Vega.

Representing Tunkhannock, are Alyssa Kovalchik and Evan Brody.

Their alternate is Anna Williams and their advisor is Angie Burke.

Well, let's get started.

Milton has won the coin toss and will receive the question which is, what author included his poem "The Walrus and the Carpenter" in "Through the Looking Glass" the 1871 sequel to his book, "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland?"

(team chattering quietly) (buzzer beeps) Ran out of time.

We'll rebound to Tunkhannock.

(buzzer beeps) No answer there.

We are looking that author was Lewis Carroll.

Okay, Tunkhannock, here comes your first question.

What machines are modeled by the Tsiolkovsky Equation which accounts for exhaust velocity and propellant mass and we're studied by Robert Goddard?

- Engine - [Paul] Is incorrect, rebound to Milton.

(buzzer beeps) Ran out of time there.

That answer was rockets.

Okay, Milton here comes your next question.

What island, which Robert Stroud was called "The Birdman Of" was the home of Machine Gun Kelly and other men held at a prison in San Francisco Bay?

(team chattering quietly) - Alcatraz.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question now.

What website known for home listings announced in 2021 it would lay off one fourth of its staff and shut down its house flipping offers service?

(team chattering quietly) - Zillow - Is correct for your bonus points, Milton.

Let's move back Tunkhannock now.

What figures who serve me to the Einherjar are a group of women responsible for bringing half of all fallen warriors to the Hall of Valhalla?

(buzzer beeps) Okay, we rebound now to Milton.

- Valkyries.

- Is correct, for your rebound points, Milton.

And here can comes your next question.

Which artists who painted the Death of Sardanapalus depicted a bear breasted woman holding a French flag in Liberty Leading the People?

(buzzer beeps) Out of time.

Rebound now to Tunkhannock - Monet.

- Nope, that artist is Eugene Delacroix.

Tunkhannock, here's your next question.

What events the subject of the book "Fifteen Candles" are often preceded by a mass and are coming of age parties held on Latina girls 15th birthdays?

- A quinceanera.

- Is correct.

And heres your bonus question.

"The Lord God bird" was the nickname of the ivory-bill type of what bird that was officially declared extinct in September, 2021.

- The dodo.

(buzzer beeps) - No, we're looking for the ivory-billed woodpecker.

Milton, here's your next question.

What author who depicted the Pontifex family in "The Way of All Flesh" reversed two letters in nowhere spelled backwards to title his novel, "Erewhon?"

(buzzer beeps) Out of time, we rebound a Tunkhannock.

- Smith.

- Nope, that author is Samuel Butler.

And that sound that you heard signals the end of the first quarter.

And it's now time for the lightning round.

(lighting buzzing) 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.

Milton has won the coin toss and will pick first.

Your categories are Literary Deaths or Speeches.

(team chattering quietly) - Speeches - Speeches it is.

And your time begins when I fit the first question.

Name the Americans who delivered these speeches.

"Gettysburg address."

- Abraham Lincoln.

- [Paul] Yes.

"I Have a Dream" speech.

- Martin Luther King Jr. - [Paul] Yes.

"Ich bin ein Berliner" or "I am a Berliner."

- Ronald Reagan - [Paul] JFK.

What to the slave is the 4th of July?

- Pass.

- [Paul] Frederick Douglas.

"A More Perfect Union" delivered in March, 2008.

- Pass - [Paul] Obama.

"Cross of Gold" speech.

- Pass.

- [Paul] William Jennings Bryan.

"Checkers" speech delivered on TV in 1952.

- Pass.

- [Paul] Richard Nixon.

"The World Must be Made Safe for Democracy" delivered in 1917.

- Woodrow Wilson.

- [Paul] Yes.

"Ain't I a Woman?"

Delivered in 1851.

(buzzer beeps) Out of time, that was Sojourner Truth.

Okay, Milton, great job in the lightning round.

Tunkhannock we're coming over to you and your remaining category will be literary deaths.

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

Give whether these literary characters in the given works committed suicide, died of natural causes, were murdered, or survived.

John Yossarian in "Catch-22."

- Natural causes.

- [Paul] Survived.

Dorian Gray in "The picture of Dorian Gray?"

- Survived.

- [Paul] Suicide.

Gustav von Aschenbach in "Death in Venice."

- Natural causes.

- [Paul] Yes.

Wilford of Ivanhoe in "Ivanhoe."

- Suicide.

- [Paul] Survived.

Timon in Shakespeare's "Timon of Athens."

- Murdered - Died of natural causes.

Dr. Victor Frankenstein in "Frankenstein."

- Natural causes.

- [Paul] Yes.

John singer in "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter."

- Suicide.

- [Paul] Yes.

George F. Babbitt in "Babbitt."

- Survived.

- [Paul] Yes.

Nancy in "Oliver Twist."

- Natural causes.

- [Paul] Murdered.

Quentin Compson in "The Sound and the Fury."

- Murdered.

- Committed suicide.

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

And after that, we currently have a very close game.

Milton, just ahead of Tunkhannock by five points, 55 to 50.

And now we're going to take a little bit of a break and get to know the contestants playing the first half a little better.

And we'll start with Nicholas from Milton.

I'm going to come to you first, Nicholas.

Tell us why you love going to school at Milton.

(upbeat music) - There is just so much to learn, simple as that.

- All right, thank you, Nicholas.

Great answer.

Morgan, why do you love going to Milton?

- We have many varying college level classes that we can take and I think that's awesome.

- That is excellent.

Very good Milton.

Thank you very much.

Let's come over to Tunkhannock, and Alyssa, tell us why you love going to Tunkhannock.

- I just love interacting with our educators.

They're just really passionate about what they teach.

So they're really cool to learn from.

- Very good.

Thank you, Alyssa, and Evan, tell us why you love going to Tunkhannock.

- I'd agree with Alyssa though, the teachers are really what stands out of Tunkhannock.

- That's excellent.

It was very nice to meet all of you and we'll now go ahead and begin the second quarter with this question that goes to Tunkhannock.

What site where the new safe confinement replaced a temporary sarcophagus is a power plant in the Ukraine where an explosion took place in 1986?

- Chernobyl.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

In June, 2021, National Geographic began recognizing what fifth ocean which surrounds Antarctica?

- The Arctic.

- No, that's the Southern Ocean.

Milton, here's your next question.

The Medusa Nebula is in which zodiac constellation between Taurus and cancer, whose brighter stars are Pollux and Castor, and which symbolizes twins.

- Gemini.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question now.

From 1971 to 1997, the Democratic Public of the Congo was known by what five letter name under the autocratic leadership of Mobutu Sese Seko?

(buzzer beeps) And we're looking for Zaire.

Tunkhannock, here's your next question.

What state is home to Mount St. Elias, which is to the Southwest of Canada's Mount Logan and is on this state's border with the Yukon territory.

- Alaska - Is correct.

And here's your bonus question now.

The zeroth law of thermodynamics is the operating principle of what devices that report measurements in units like Kelvins and degree Celsius?

- Thermometers - Is correct for your bonus points, Tunkhannock.

Let's move over now to Milton.

What adjective, which in a Katherine Anne Porter title describes a horse and rider representing death is a word meaning having little color?

(team chattering quietly) - Dark.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Tunkhannock.

- Dull.

- [Paul] I'm sorry?

- Dull.

- Nope, we're looking for pale.

Tunkhannock, here comes your next question.

What book which claims to be translated from reformed Egyptian on golden plates of Nephi is the central text of a religion founded by Joseph Smith?

- The Book of Mormon.

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

At what fictional castle downstream from Astolat, did king Arthur establish his court?

(buzzer beeps) And that answer was Camelot.

Okay, Milton, here comes your next question.

What only living animal in genus Dromaius is the second tallest bird in the world after the ostrich and it's a flightless native of Australia?

- Emu.

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

What empire once was once rolled by Humayun, who died after falling down the stairs while answering the call to prayer and was succeeded by his son, Akbar?

- Mughal.

- Is correct for your bonus points, Milton.

Let's move back over Tunkhannock now.

What state whose 2022 gubernatorial primary candidates include Nikki Freed and Charlie Crist, is governed by Ron DeSantis and his home to Marco Rubio?

- California.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Milton.

- Florida - Florida is correct for your rebound points, Milton, great job.

And after one half of play, we currently have Milton in the lead over Tunkhannock 90 to 85.

I wanna say thank you to Nicholas and to Morgan from Milton.

And thank you to Alyssa and Evan from Tunkhannock.

You are both spectacular.

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

(upbeat music) Playing for Milton in the second half are Ian Keifer and Ashley Shamblin.

Representing Tunkhannock, are Caillou Kanevsky and Zachary Zelna.

And our first question in the third quarter will go to Milton.

What point guard who made a playoff record 12 three pointers in a 2021 game against Denver, plays in a back court with CJ McCollum in Portland?

(team chattering quietly) (buzzer beeps) Okay, we rebound now to Tunkhannock.

- Kawhi Leonard.

- No, the answer we're looking for was Damian Lillard.

Tunkhannock, here comes your next question and get your pencils and papers ready.

What is the measure of each exterior angle of a convex regular octagon, given the exterior angles must sum to 360 degrees?

- 45 degrees.

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

Italian architect, Renzo Piano, designed a facility of what type called Kansai on an artificial island near Osaka?

(buzzer beeps) Okay, he designed an airport.

Milton, here's your next question?

What character, while standing in front of a charging Buffalo is shot by his wife in a story by Ernest Hemingway about his short, happy life?

(team chattering quietly) (buzzer beeps) We rebound now Tunkhannock.

(buzzer beeps) That character was Francis Macomber.

Okay, Tunkhannock here comes your next question.

What composer who repeats an A-flat note throughout his raindrop prelude was inspired by a little dog chasing its tail to write his "Minute Waltz?"

- Mozart.

- Is incorrect, rebound to Milton.

(team chattering quietly) (buzzer beeps) Out of time.

We were looking for Chopian.

Milton, here's your next question?

What English king was succeeded by a son, Henry III in 1216, just over a year after a meeting in Runnymede where he agreed to the Magna Carta?

- John I.

- [Paul] Judges - [Judge] Yeah.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question?

During Rome's so-called "Year of four emperors," what founder of the Flavian Dynasty was the last of the four to rule?

(team chattering quietly) - Nero.

- Is incorrect.

We're looking for Vespasian.

Okay, Tunkhannock here's your next question.

What membrane bound structures which are packaged by golgi bodies transport molecules within cells and outside of them?

- Endoplasmic reticulum.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound now to Milton.

(buzzer beeps) - Ribosomes.

- No, we are looking for vesicles.

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

(lighting buzzing) This time Tunkhannock will pick first.

Your categories are, Alphabets or Starts With Men.

- Starts With Men.

- Starts With Men it is.

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

Give these words, names, or phrases, that begin with the letters M-E-N.

List of foods offered at a restaurant.

- Menu.

- [Paul] Yes.

Monk who study the genetics of peas plants.

- Mengel.

- [Paul] Mendel.

Acute inflammation of the membranes covering brain and spinal cord.

- Pass.

- [Paul] Meningitis.

Spartan king and husband of Helen of Troy.

- Pass.

- [Paul] Menelaus.

Experienced individual who influences another person's learning.

- Mentor.

- Yes.

Two word Latin term for a person's mental intent to commit a crime?

- Mendoza.

- [Paul] Mens rea.

Curve in the upper surface of a liquid in a container.

- Meniscus.

- [Paul] Yes.

Russian socialist faction of Julius Marta that opposed the Boskovichs.

- Pass.

- [Paul] Mensheviks.

Pharaoh buried Giza's smallest pyramid.

- Pass.

(buzzer beeps) - That was Menkaure.

Okay, Tunkhannock, that's going to do it for your portion of the lightning round.

We're gonna come back over to Milton, and Milton, your remaining category will be Alphabets.

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

Answer the following about foreign language alphabets.

Alphabet used to write Russian.

- Pass.

- [Paul] Cyrillic.

Last letter of the Greek alphabet.

- Omega.

- [Paul] Yes.

Letter called double ve or double V in French?

- W. - [Paul] Yes.

First letter of the Hebrew alphabet.

- Pass.

- [Paul] Aleph.

Letters originally used to write languages like old Norse and old English.

- Yiddish.

- [Paul] Runes.

Symbol above an N and a letter of the Spanish alphabet?

- Enye.

- [Paul] Tilde.

Language for which the Hangul alphabet was invented.

- Pass.

- [Paul] Korean.

Language that uses the sharp S or Eszett.

- Pass.

- That's German.

(buzzer beeps) And that's going to do it for the lightning round and after that, we currently have a very tight game.

Tunkhannock in the lead over Milton, 125 to 120.

And again, we're going to take a little bit of a break and get to know the contestants playing the second half a little better.

And we'll start again with the students from Milton, and Ian, I'm gonna come to you first.

Tell me what you enjoy most about going to school at Milton.

- I really like school at Milton but I think the most important thing is, from three o'clock to four o'clock being able to spend time with the man, the myth, the legend, like I said before, Mr. Nicholas Vega.

(Paul laughing) - That's excellent.

Thank you very much, Ian.

And Ashley, what's your favorite part of going to school at Milton?

- I really like the opportunities that our school gives us with the extracurricular, sports, and just everything that they allow us to do here.

- That's excellent.

Thank you very much, Ashley, and good luck the rest of the way.

Tunkhannock, we're gonna come to you now and Caillou if you wouldn't mind telling us what you enjoy the most about going to school at Tunkhannock.

- I think it's definitely the diversity of both the students and the classes offered here.

- Okay, thank you, Caillou.

And Zachary, why do you love going to school at Tunkhannock?

- Well, we have really great teachers here and like Caillou said we have a lot of different things that students can learn.

- That's excellent.

Thank you guys so very much.

It was very nice to meet all of you again and we'll now begin the last segment of the game with this question that goes Tunkhannock.

What playwright who depicted Atossa learning Xerxes defeat in "The Persians," wrote a trilogy of works about the death of Agamemnon, his "Oresteia."

(buzzer beeps) Okay, rebound now to Milton.

- Aristophanes.

- Nope, that answer was Aeschylus, Aeschylus.

Milton, here's your next question, and get your pencils and papers ready.

What integer equals 64% of 25, given that it is also equal to 25% of 64?

(buzzer beeps) You've ran out of time guys, rebound now to Tunkhannock.

- 16.

- Is correct for your rebound points, Tunkhannock.

And here comes your next question.

What philosophical movement founded by Jeremy Bentham advocates the greatest happiness for the greatest number and included John Stuart Mill?

(buzzer beeps) Okay, rebound now to Milton.

(team chattering quietly) (buzzer beeps) And we're looking for utilitarianism.

Milton, here comes your next question.

What president who quoted Jack Dempsey when he told his wife, "I forgot to duck" was shot outside the Washington Hilton by John Hinckley Jr. in 1981.

- Ronald Reagan - Is correct.

And your bonus question now.

The Mexican-American War began and ended during the term of what US president and former Speaker of the House?

(team chattering quietly) - Grant.

- Nope, that answer is James Polk.

Tunkhannock, here comes your next question.

What country, which shares its name with the second highest mountain in Africa is bordered to its south by Tanzania and has its capital at Nairobi?

- Kenya.

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

Two public parks named for Edwin and Percy Warner are in what southern city who's Bridgestone arena is home to the NHL's Predators?

- Atlanta.

- Nope, that city is Nashville.

Milton, here's your next question?

Muscle contraction requires ions of what alkaline earth metal whose blood levels are regulated in part by PTH And it's primarily stored in bone?

(team chattering quietly) - Calcium - Is correct.

And your bonus question now.

What author of the novel "The Good Earth" was the first woman from the US to win a Nobel prize in literature?

- Pearl Buck.

- Is correct.

Let's move back over now to Tunkhannock.

What war in which US forces burned modern day Toronto was ended by the Treaty of Ghent signed before Andrew Jackson, won the Battle of New Orleans?

- The Seven Year War.

- Is incorrect, rebound now to Milton.

- The War of 1812.

- Is correct for your rebound points, Milton.

And that is the end of the game.

And our winner tonight of this semi-final match is Milton over Tunkhannock, 155 to 145.

Congratulations, Milton, you are gonna be moving on and we'll see you next time for the championship round of this season's Scholastic Scrimmage.

Thank you for watching.

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