(upbeat theme music) - Welcome to the 17th season of WVIA's Scholastic Scrimmage.

I'm your host Regina Myers.

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 $1000, $3000, or $5,000.

Tonight's match features Milton versus Montgomery.

Representing Milton is Thomas McCaffrey.

Xavier Godin, Levi Shemblin, and their captain is Nicholas Fleck.

Their alternates are Nathan Fink and Pierce Hoffer, and their advisors are Nicholas Vega and David O'Brien.

Representing Montgomery is Gavin Ryan, Samuel Oyster, Mary Green, Owen Sherman is their captain.

Their alternates are Kimberly Pickering and Dylan Hill, and their advisor is Kelly Kurtz.

Scholastic Scrimmage is a game of rapid recall of factual information.

Let's take a minute and review the rules.

The first team to buzz in will have an opportunity to answer a tossup question.

Correct answers to these questions are awarded 10 points and that team will then receive a five point bonus question.

If that tossup 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 will be given the tossup points but will not receive a bonus question.

Let's get started with our first tossup question.

What programming language was developed by Sun Microsystems is now owned by Oracle, runs in a virtual machine?

(buzzer beeps) - [Regina] Xavier Milton?

- JavaScript.

- Javas, correct answer Xavier and your bonus Milton.

In 1984, Bernard Getz shot four black teenagers on what city's transit system whose ridership dropped under mayors like John Lindsay and Ed Koch?

- Chicago.

- Chicago is incorrect.

It is New York City.

Toss up.

What playwright depicted a gorilla crushing Yank in "The Hairy Ape" and Edmond Tyrone revealing that he has tuberculosis in "Long Day's Journey into Night"?

(buzzer beeps) - [Regina] Owen, Montgomery.

- O'Neill.

- O'Neill's correct answer, and your bonus.

What girl group's songs, "Survivor", and "Bootylicious" featured a lineup consisting of Kelly Rowland, Michelle Williams, and Beyonce?

- Fergie.

- Fergie's incorrect.

It is Destiny's Child.

Toss up.

What city whose kingdom center Skyscraper has a large opening at its top, is in the historic region of Najd and is the capital of Saudi Arabia?

(buzzer beeps) - [Regina] Owen.

- Riyadh.

- Riyadh is correct answer.

And your bonus, Montgomery.

What epic poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow which opens with the phrase "This is the forest primeval" is named for an Acadian girl?

(students murmur) - Pass.

- Okay, the correct answer is Evangeline.

Toss up.

What artistic medium which was used by James Van Der Zee to portray members of the Harlem Renaissance was also used by Robert Capa, and Ansel Adams?

(buzzer beeps) - [Regina] Samuel, Montgomery.

- Oil paint.

- Oil paint is incorrect.

Rebound to Milton.

(timer beeps) That was photography.

Toss up.

What country's president whose nickname means crocodile in the Shona language is the ZANU-PF member Emmerson Mnangagwa, who succeeded Robert Mugabe?

(buzzer beeps) - [Regina] Nicholas, Milton.

- Mozambique.

- [Regina] Mozambique is incorrect.

Rebound to Montgomery.

Five seconds.

(buzzer beeps) - [Regina] Owen.

- Libya.

- Libya is incorrect.

It is Zimbabwe.

Toss up.

What title character who shocks Mr. Bumble by asking for more gruel and is recruited to...?

(buzzer beeps) Xavier, Milton - Oliver Twist.

- Oliver Twist is correct answer and your bonus, Milton.

Pencil paper ready.

How many pieces of candy will be in the larger pile if 45 pieces are separated into two piles that have a ratio of five to four?

The question's on the monitor.

(timer beeps) That would be 25 pieces.

Toss up.

What property found in the denominator of the Reynolds number characterizing flow, is very high for molasses and is a fluids resist?

(buzzer beeps) Samuel, Montgomery.

- Viscosity.

- Viscosity, Samuel's correct answer and your bonus.

In 1944, Franklin Roosevelt signed what law that provided educational benefits and mortgage incentives for veterans returning from World War II?

(timer beeps) (students murmur) - The Veterans Care Act.

- Veterans Care Act is incorrect.

It is the GI bill.

That is the end of the first quarter and it's now time for the lightning round.

(swooshing and electric 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, particles, or new places?

(students murmur) - New places.

- New places.

The time begins when I finish reading the first question.

Name these geographic places whose names start with the word "New", most populous US city.

(buzzer beeps) Xavier.

- New York.

- [Regina] Correct.

Capital city of India.

(buzzer beeps) Xavier.

- New Delhi.

- [Regina] Correct.

Louisiana city, home to the French Quarter.

(buzzer beeps) Xavier.

- New Orleans.

- [Regina] Correct.

US state whose motto is live free or die?

(buzzer beeps) - [Regina] Xavier.

- New Mexico.

- [Regina] New Hampshire.

Country called Aotearoa that stood for the Middle Earth.

- Pass - [Regina] New Zealand.

Most densely populated United States State.

(buzzer beeps) - [Regina] Nicholas.

- New Jersey.

- [Regina] Correct.

Canadian province whose capital is Frederickton.

(buzzer beeps) Nicholas.

- New Brunswick.

- [Regina] Correct.

Second largest island by area in the world.

(buzzer beeps) Xavier.

- New Guinea - Correct.

Connecticut city home to the United States Coast Guard Academy.

- Pass - [Regina] New London.

French territory in the South Pacific whose capital is Noumea.

- Pass.

(buzzer beeps) - That would be New Caledonia.

(timer beeps) Moving over to our team from Montgomery.

Your category is Particles.

Name these particles.

They are transferred or shared in chemical bonds.

(buzzer beeps) Samuel.

- Electrons.

- [Regina] Correct.

Charged particles found in nuclei.

(buzzer beeps) Samuel.

- Protons.

- [Regina] Correct.

Quanta of light energy.

(buzzer beeps) Samuel.

- Photons.

- [Regina] Correct.

Fired at gold foil in the Rutherford experiment.

(buzzer beeps) Samuel.

- I think neutrinos.

- Is incorrect.

It's alpha particles.

Boson discovered in 2012 that gives most other particles mass.

(buzzer beeps) Samuel - Neutrons.

- [Regina] Higgs.

Their absorption and release drives fission chain reactions.

(buzzer beeps) - Protons - [Regina] Neutrons.

Antiparticle of the electron.

(buzzer beeps) - Proton.

- [Regina] Positron.

They have flavors like strange and up.

(buzzer beeps) Owen.

- Quarks.

- [Regina] Correct.

Undiscovered carrier of a fundamental force described by general relativity.

(buzzer beeps) Samuel - Dark energy or dark matter.

- [Regina] Graviton.

Uncharged leptons that barely interact with matter.

(buzzer beeps) (timer beeps) That would be neutrinos.

That sound means we've each the end of the lightning round.

So let's take a look at our score.

We have Milton with 50, and Montgomery with 50.

We're going to move into the second quarter with this toss up question.

What former country whose first president was Ngo Dinh Diem merged with its communist northern neighbor in 1976 following the fall of Saigon?

(buzzer beeps) Xavier, Milton.

- Vietnam.

- [Regina] Can you be more specific?

- South Vietnam.

- Correct.

And your bonus question.

What artist who painted Max Schmidt rowing in a Philadelphia river depicted an operation at the Jefferson Medical College in the Gross Clinic?

(timer beeps) That was Thomas Eakins.

Toss up.

What philosopher who thought that the pineal gland was the seat of the soul, developed a mind body dualism, and wrote "I think, therefore"?

(buzzer beeps) Owen, Montgomery.

- Descartes.

- Descartes' correct answer.

And your bonus, Montgomery.

What German speaking author wrote about Buddhist philosophy in his novel "Siddharta" and depicted Joseph Knecht's education in "The Glass Bead Game"?

(buzzer beeps) Owen.

- Kafka.

- Is in correct, it is Hesse.

Toss up.

What devices have a period given by the formula 2 pi root L over G are approximate harmonic oscillators used in clocks and include a bob?

(buzzer beeps) Gavin.

- Pendulum.

- [Regina] Pendulum is correct answer Gavin.

And your bonus.

What kind of line is used in a test to determine whether a graph represents a function?

- A vertical line.

- Vertical's correct answer for your bonus points.

Toss up.

What man who was James Madison's second vice president approved a salamander shaped region that inspired a term for politically biased districting?

(buzzer beeps) Owen, Montgomery.

- Gerrymandering.

- Gerrymandering is correct answer.

And your bonus.

What role playing game series set in post nuclear wastelands was criticized for its first multiplayer game, 76?

- Fallout.

- Is the correct answer for your bonus points.

Toss up.

What figure from Greek myth was created by Hephaestus, and given to Epimetheus along with a gift, a jar, or box that contained all of the world's evil?

(buzzer beeps) Samuel.

- Pandora.

- Pandora's correct answer.

And your bonus, Montgomery.

In the key of G Major which has only one sharp, the sharp is placed on which note?

(buzzer beeps) - F. - F, Gavin, is correct answer for your bonus points.

Toss up.

Pencil paper ready.

If it's first two values are zero and one what is the mode of the Fibonacci sequence given the mode is the most common number?

(buzzer beeps) Owen, Montgomery.

- One.

- [Regina] One is correct answer and your bonus, Montgomery.

What first great unifier of Japan conquered most of Honshu before being ambushed in 1582 and succeeded by Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu?

(buzzer beeps) Owen.

- Abe.

- Is incorrect.

It is Oda Nobunaga.

Toss up.

What hockey team which in 2022 Mike Greer, the NHL'S first black general manager is based at the SAP Center in the San Francisco Bay area?

(timer beeps) That would be the San Jose Sharks.

We are 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.

But first we're gonna update the score.

We have Milton with 60 points and Montgomery with 115 points.

Milton, let's start with your team.

Thomas, why don't you start us off, and tell us about the things you like to do when you're in school, maybe some of the clubs you're involved in?

- I am part of theater, and I like singing in choir.

- [Regina] Okay - That's about it.

- [Regina] Keeps you busy.

- Yeah, pretty much.

- [Regina] Xavier, how about you?

- I'm in the marching band, the soccer, and swim teams.

And I'm a member of student government, and National honor society.

- [Regina] That's enough, right?

- Yeah.

- [Regina] How about you Levi?

- I'm also in theater.

I'm in the band, and chorus, and Scholastic Scrimmage.

- [Regina] Of course.

Thank you for naming that.

And Nicholas.

- I'm also in theater.

I'm also class president of the senior class.

And that's about it.

- [Regina] Congratulations.

Let's move over to our team from Montgomery, and why don't you start us off, Gavin, and tell us a little bit about you know fun things you do outside of school?

- I would say I like to play instruments a lot.

I do a lot of instruments and I like to work I think.

- Okay.

Samuel?

- I'd like to play chess with Owen.

(Regina laughs) - [Regina] Okay.

And Mary?

- I like to play guitar and I also work a part-time job.

- [Regina] Okay.

And Owen?

- I like to play guitar and soccer and I like to play chess with Sam.

- Okay, we're all very busy.

Great to talk with all of you.

Let's get started in the second half with this toss up.

What ruler launched the Harrying of the North after defeating Harold Godwinson at the 1066 Battle of Hastings which made him...?

(buzzer beeps) Xavier, Milton.

- William, The Conqueror.

- [Regina] Is the correct answer.

And your bonus, Milton.

What island between Ireland and Great Britain is a crown dependency that is home to a namesake breed of cat with a short tail or no tail at all?

- Isle of Man.

- Isle of Man is correct answer for your bonus points.

Toss up.

What group of vascular plants has a prothallus stage includes ostrich and bracken types, bear spores but not seeds, and produces fiddleheads?

(buzzer beeps) Owen, Montgomery.

- Fungi.

- Fungi is incorrect.

Rebound to Milton.

- Ferns.

- Ferns is the correct answer for your rebound points, Nicholas.

Toss up.

What 2021 film for which Troy Kotsur won an Oscar has a title referring to Amelia Jones' character Ruby who is the daughter of two deaf adults?

(timer beeps) That is "Coda".

Toss up.

What event which was blamed on the Monday night conspirators including August Spies saw anarchists bomb an 1886 labor demonstration in Chicago?

(buzzer beeps) Owen, Montgomery.

- The Haymarket Riots.

- Haymarket is correct answer.

And your bonus.

Statistical tests often try to reject what type of hypothesis denoted H not, and which suppose that an observed difference is due to chance alone?

- Probability bias.

- Probability is incorrect.

It is null hypothesis.

Toss up.

What state which the Trump administration tried to strip of its Clean Air Act waiver announced a ban starting in 2035 on new gas?

(buzzer beeps) Xavier, Milton.

- California.

- California's correct.

And your bonus.

Over-harvesting led to the 1993 closure of what prized fishing grounds formed by an underwater plateau off the southern coast of Newfoundland?

(timer beeps) That is Grand Banks.

Toss up.

What university host the International Center for Automotive Research is on Lake Hartwell in Western Southern Carolina and Fields the ACC's Tigers?

(buzzer beeps) Owen, Montgomery.

- Clemson.

- Clemson's.

Correct answer.

And your bonus, Montgomery.

In what city which United States forces evacuated in August, 2021 was Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri killed in a 2022 drone strike?

- Kabul.

- Kabul is correct answer for your bonus points.

Toss up.

What state where the Delicate Arch is, in Arches National Park near Moab is home to the headquarters of the LDS church in Salt Lake City?

(buzzer beeps) Owen, Montgomery.

- Utah.

- Utah's correct answer.

And your bonus, Montgomery.

Geronimo was a leader of what Native American tribe of the southwest United States that fought a decade's war against American forces?

(students murmuring) - Iroquois.

- It is incorrect.

It is Apache.

Toss up.

(timer beeps) What structure, the largest in the nucleus of eukaryotes, is responsible for the assembly...?

(buzzer beeps) Gavin - Nucleus.

- [Regina] Nucleus is incorrect.

I will complete the question and rebound to Milton.

Responsible for the assembly of ribosomes and has a name meaning little nucleus?

(buzzer beeps) Xavier.

- Nucleolus.

- Is the correct answer for your rebound points.

That's the end of the third quarter and it's time for another lightning round.

(logo swooshing and lightning crackling) This time Montgomery will pick first.

Your categories are sci-fi ships, or restaurants on Wall Street.

- We'll go restaurants.

- Restaurants on Wall Street.

The time begins after I complete reading the first question.

Name the restaurant chain that uses these ticker symbols.

MCD, whose logo is...?

(buzzer beeps) Owen.

- McDonald's.

- [Regina] Correct.

WEN known for its square burger.

(buzzer beeps) Owen.

- Wendy's.

- [Regina] Correct.

SBUX, a chain of coffee houses.

(buzzer beeps) Owen.

- Starbucks.

- Correct.

DPZ which once had a 30 minutes or free delivery.

(buzzer beeps) Owen.

- Domino's.

- [Regina] Correct.

CMG which offered plant-based chorizo in 2022.

(buzzer beeps) Owen - Chipotle - [Regina] Correct.

DNUT, a North Carolina based donut chain.

(buzzer beeps) Owen.

- Dunking Donuts.

- Krispy Kreme.

JACK, a West Coast Burger chain that also sells tacos.

(buzzer beeps) - Jack in the Box.

- [Regina] Is correct.

CAKE which offers 35 flavors of its namesake dessert.

(buzzer beeps) - Baskin Robbins - [Regina] Cheesecake Factory.

CBRL whose southern themed locations are paired with gift shops.

(buzzer beeps) - Cracker Barrel.

- Correct.

PBPB a sandwich chain based in Chicago (buzzer beeps) - Pass - Potbelly.

Moving over to our team from Milton.

The category is sci-fi ships.

Given the name of a vessel from science fiction, name the science fiction franchise in which it appears.

The Death Star.

(buzzer beeps) Thomas.

- Star Wars.

- [Regina] Correct.

The TARDIS.

(buzzer beeps) Xavier.

- Dr. Who.

- Correct.

The Bird-of-Prey piloted by Klingons.

(buzzer beeps) Xavier - Star Trek.

- [Regina] Correct.

UNSC Pillar of Autumn, a vessel used by master chief.

(buzzer beeps) - Halo.

- [Regina] Correct.

Serenity.

- Pass - [Regina] Firefly.

The Planet Express Courier Ship.

- Pass.

- [Regina] Futurama.

The Heart of Gold, which was stolen by Zaphod Beeblebrox.

- Pass.

- Pass.

- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

Nostromo, in a film starring Sigourney Weaver.

(buzzer beeps) Nicholas.

- Alien.

- [Regina] Correct.

SSV Normandy.

- Pass.

- Pass.

- [Regina] Mass Effect.

The Pegasus, a ship destroyed by robot Cylons.

- Pass - Battlestar Galactica.

That's the end of our lightning round.

So let's take a look at our score.

We have Milton with 130 points, and Montgomery with 185 points.

We'll now begin the last segment of the game with this toss up question.

What TV show whose theme song describes humble folks without temptation living in Colorado is a comedy central cartoon (buzzer beeps) named for...?

Levi.

- Friends.

- Friends is incorrect.

I'll complete the question and rebound to Montgomery.

Comedy central cartoon name for Cartman's hometown?

(buzzer beeps) Samuel.

- South Park.

- South Park is correct answer for your rebound points.

Toss up.

What story in which Madame Safronie pays $20 on Christmas Eve for hair allowing Della to buy a watch chain for her husband?

(buzzer beeps) Samuel.

- Gift of the Magi.

- Gift of the Magi is correct answer, and your bonus.

What 1648 piece ended the 30 years war in Central Europe, and helped originate the concept of geopolitical sovereignty?

(buzzer beeps) - Treaty of Versailles.

- Versailles is incorrect.

It is Westphalia.

Toss up.

What technique that has HPLC and thin layer types has a mobile phase moving through a stationary phase and is used to separate mixtures?

(timer beeps) That is chromatography.

Toss up.

What man who resigned as Assistant Secretary of the Navy in 1898, to lead the Rough Riders assumed the...?

(buzzer beeps) Nicholas, Milton.

- Theodore Roosevelt.

- Roosevelt's correct answer, Nicholas.

And your bonus.

What poet describes a "Wee, sleeket, cowran, tim'rous beastie" in his 1785 poem "To a Mouse"?

- Mark Twain.

- Mark Twain is incorrect.

It is Robert Burns.

Toss up.

What novel in which immersive sensory movies called Feelies are enjoyed by Lenina Crowne but not by John the Savage, was written by...?

(buzzer beeps) Owen, Montgomery.

- Brave New World.

- Brave New World's correct answer, and your bonus.

What plural noun appears in both the title of a 1775 play featuring Mrs. Malaprop, and a Doris Kearns Goodwin book about Abraham Lincoln's cabinet?

(students murmur) (timer) - It is "The Rivals".

Toss up.

What physicist names the time before which the laws of physics breakdown and a constant equal to about 6.6 times 10 to the negative 30?

(buzzer beeps) Xavier, Milton.

- Planck.

- Planck is correct answer.

And your bonus.

Brewster's angle appears equals the inverse tangent of a ratio of two values of what quantity that describes how much light bends when entering a medium?

- Five.

- Five is incorrect.

It is the index of refraction.

Toss up.

What country whose namesake capital territory governs Jervis Bay is home to the state of Queensland and has its capital (buzzer beeps) southwest...?

Owen, Montgomery.

- Australia.

- Australia's correct answer.

And your bonus.

What author wrote about a child of scorn who cursed the commonplace and eyed a khaki suit with loathing in his poem, "Miniver Cheevy"?

- Frost - Is incorrect.

It is Robinson.

Toss up.

What document whose first item concerns the meaning of repentance was allegedly nailed to a Wittenberg church door in 17...?

(buzzer beeps) Owen, Montgomery.

- 95 Theses.

- 95 Theses is correct and your bonus, (timer beeps) Montgomery.

In 1470, what deposed English king was briefly restored to the throne after the Earl of Warwick's rebellion forced Edward IV to flee to the Netherlands?

- Edward (students laugh) - Edward V. - Is incorrect.

It is Henry VI.

And that is the end of the game.

Our final score is Milton 150 points and Montgomery 235 points.

Congratulations Montgomery.

You'll be moving on and we'll see you next time with another round of Scholastic Scrimmage.

I'm your host Regina Myers and thanks for watching.

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