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(whistle blowing) (upbeat music) - 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 1, 3, or $5000.

Tonight's match features Montgomery versus St.

John Neumann.

Representing Montgomery are Nova Bartlett, Josh Kanobel, Audrey Cook, and Mason Beck Barton.

Their alternate is Lily Gingerie and their advisor is Miss Kelly Curts.

Representing St.

John Neumann are Breanna Bower, Alexa Clayball, Kallie Johnson, and Harrison Carnakam.

Their alternates are Breanna Nixon and Savannah Smith and their advisor is Tara Tomkey.

"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 5 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 force described by the Einstein Field Equations of General Relativity gives an acceleration of 9.8 meters per second squared on earth's surface?

(bell dinging) Harrison, St.

John Neumann.

- Gravity.

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

Jenny Lake is a popular tourist attraction in what National Park in Northwestern Wyoming which is named for a mountain?

(bell dinging) That is the Grand Teton National Park.

All right, here's our next toss-up.

In what 1929 event which took place in a garage in Lincoln Park were members of Bugs Moran's gang killed on Al Capone's orders on a February holiday?

Josh, Montgomery.

- Valentine's Day Massacre?

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

During World War II, what occupied country's Nazi collaborationist government was headed by Vidkun Quisling?

(bell dinging) Mason.

- France?

- Nope, that is Norway.

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

What black actress who played the title abolitionist in the 2019 film "Harriet" sang Defying Gravity as Elphaba... Nova, Montgomery.

- Cynthia Erivo.

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

What stage of mitosis has a B phase in which spindle poles move apart after its A phase in which the spindle poles chromosome pairs apart?

(bell dinging) - Anaphase?

- Anaphase is correct for your bonus points, Montgomery.

Let's go to our next toss-up.

What quantity is the square root of a sphere's surface area over pi, is the length of the longest cord of a sphere, and is twice a sphere's radius?

(bell dinging) Josh, Montgomery.

- What is diameter?

- Diameter is correct and here's your bonus question.

What poem which imagines the slow growth of a vegetable love and the approach of time's winged chariot was written in the 1600s by Andrew Marvell?

(bell dinging) That was, "To His Coy Mistress."

Okay, here's our next toss-up.

Musical instruments from what country include the tanpura, the vina, and the 18 to 21 string sitar which was popularized by Ravi Shankar?

(bell dinging) Breanna, St.

John Neumann.

- India.

- Is correct, and here's your bonus.

What man became the only US President ever sworn in by a woman when local district judge Sarah T. Hughes swore him in aboard Air Force One in 1963?

(bell dinging) That was Lyndon Baines Johnson.

Okay, here's our next toss-up.

What war sparked by the murder of John Sassamon pitted New England Colonists against the Wampanoag and other native people led by a namesake chief?

(bell dinging) Josh, Montgomery.

- French and Indian War?

- Is incorrect, rebound to St.

John Neumann.

(bell dinging) - War of 1812?

- Nope, this was King Phillip's War.

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.

St.

John Neumann has won the coin toss and will pick first.

Your categories are military machines or NBA duos.

- Sure.

NBA duos.

- NBA duos it is and your time begins when I finish reading the first question.

Given two players, name the team they play together during the 2024, 2025 season.

LeBron James and Austin Reeves.

(bell dinging) - The Lakers?

- [Paul] Yes.

Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown.

- The Cel, the Celtics.

- [Paul] Yes, Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray.

Don't know you can pass.

- Pass.

- [Paul] The Denver Nuggets.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Jalen Williams.

- Pass.

- [Paul] Oklahoma City Thunder.

Steph Curry and Draymond Green.

(bell dinging) - The Warriors.

- [Paul] Yes.

Damian Lillard and Giannis Antetokounmpo.

- Pass.

- Milwaukee Bucks.

Malik Beasley and Cade Cunningham.

- Pass.

- [Paul] Detroit Pistons.

Victor Wembanyama and Stephon Castle.

(bell dinging) - The Pacers?

- [Paul] San Antonio Spurs.

Pascal Siakam and Andrew Nembhard.

(bell dinging) - Pass.

- [Paul] Indiana Pacers.

Collin Sexton and Lauri Markkanen.

(bell dinging) - Pass.

- That was Utah Jazz.

All right, that's going to do it for your portion of the lightning round St.

John Neumann.

Now, Montgomery we're coming over to you and your remaining category will be military machines and once again your time begins when I finish reading the first question.

What country used these vehicles?

HMS Victory once commanded by Horatio Nelson?

You can pass.

- Pass.

- [Paul] United Kingdom.

Panzer IV tanks and Messerschmitt 109 Fighters.

(bell dinging) - Russia?

- [Paul] Germany.

The Vasa now on display in Stockholm.

(bell dinging) - Sweden.

- [Paul] Yes, the Vittorio Veneto ordered by Benito Mussolini's government.

(bell dinging) - Italy.

- [Paul] Yes.

KV2 and T34 Tanks that helped stop Operation Barbarossa.

(bell dinging) - The US.

- [Paul] The Soviet Union.

Kate Dive Bombers and A6M0 Fighters.

(bell dinging) - Pass.

- That's Japan.

The frigates Chesapeake and Constellation.

(bell dinging) - The US.

- [Paul] Yes, S35 and Char B1 Tanks.

(bell dinging) - Pass.

- France.

Toyota Trucks in a 1987 war against Libya.

That was the country of Chad.

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

John Neumann, 50 to 35.

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

What objects who's study is called nephology can be formed from silver iodide condensation nuclei or seeds and have nimbus and cirrus forms?

(bell dinging) Audrey, Montgomery.

- Clouds.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

In computer science what adjective describes a machine that emulates programs like a real machine but is hosted by another system?

(students mumbling) (bell dinging) - Mason?

- Host.

- Nope, this was virtual machine.

Let's move onto our next toss-up.

What poem who's narrator meets Francesca Da Rimini and others condemned for lust depicts Virgil and Dante's journey through the nine circles of hell?

Mason, Montgomery.

- "Dante's Inferno"?

- Is correct and here comes your bonus question.

The 1410s Council of Constants resolved what conflict within Catholicism which originated from claims that Pope Urban VI was improperly elected?

(bell dinging) Nova.

- Protestant Reformation.

- No, this was the Great Western Schism.

Let's move onto our next toss-up.

What President for whom Mark Hanna ran a front porch campaign won two races against William Jennings Bryan before his assassination in 1901?

(bell dinging) Nova, Montgomery.

- John F. Kennedy?

- Is incorrect, rebound to St.

John Neumann.

(bell dinging) That president was William McKinley.

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

What family of scientists names the element with atomic number 96 as well as a unit of radioactivity and includes Nobel winners Pierre and Marie?

(bell dinging) Harrison, St.

John Neumann.

- Marie Curie?

- Is correct and here comes your bonus question.

What Canadian author wrote about an imaginative red headed orphan who's mistakenly sent to the Cuthbert farm in her 1908 novel "Anne of Green Gables"?

(bell dinging) That answer was right in front of you.

It was L.M.

Montgomery.

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

Excessive bail are the first two words of what amendment to the US Constitution which also forbids extreme fines... Nova, Montgomery.

- The eighth amendment.

- Eighth is correct and here's your bonus.

The powerful magnets in electric car motors contain what lanthanide metal with atomic symbol ND?

(students whispering) (bell dinging) Nova.

- Neodymium?

- Is correct for your bonus points, Montgomery.

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

What country where 2025 power outages sparked protests that drove Christian Ntsay from office in Antananarivo is an island off Africa's east coast?

(bell dinging) Nova, Montgomery.

- Madagascar.

- Is correct and your bonus question now.

What 1930 tariff sponsored by two Republican politicians raised US import duties and sparked trade retaliation that worsened the Great Depression?

(bell dinging) (bell dinging) That is the Smoot Hawley Tariff Act.

Well, 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 Montgomery and Nova I will come to you first.

Tell us what you like to do for fun when you're not in class.

- I like to sleep a lot.

- [Paul] Okay, thanks Nova.

Josh?

- I like to play football.

About to go for a District Championship here this week.

- Awesome, good luck to you.

Thanks, Josh.

Audrey?

- I listen to a lot of music and I also volunteer at this horse farm which is for mentally and physically disabled people.

- [Paul] Oh that's wonderful.

Thank you, Audrey.

Mason.

- I read a lot and I like to study cinematography.

- All right, thank you very much, Montgomery and good luck the rest of the way.

St.

John Neumann, it's over to you and Breanna, I'll come to you first.

Tell me what you like to do for fun when you're not in class.

- I enjoy art and different art forms.

- [Paul] Okay thank you very much.

Alexa.

- I play basketball and practice guitar.

- [Paul] Thank you.

Kallie.

- I play basketball and like to take pictures of my friends.

- [Paul] Thank you, and Harrison.

- I enjoy world building.

- All right, thank you very much St.

John Neumann and good luck to you the rest of the way.

It's very nice to meet all of you and now we'll go ahead and begin the third quarter with this toss-up question.

What king who fathered Diphobos and 49 other sons including Hector and Paris was married to Hecuba and ruled Troy during the Trojan War?

(bell dinging) Harrison, St.

John Neumann.

- Artaxerxes?

- Is incorrect, rebound to Montgomery.

(bell dinging) Mason.

- King Troy?

- Nope, this was Priam.

Okay, let's go onto our next toss-up.

What type of star who's branch is left in a helium flash will the sun become in five billion years by developing a huge radius and a namesake color?

(bell dinging) Breanna, St.

John Neumann.

- Red Giant.

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

"The Sick Rose" is one of the somber poems from a 1794 collection by William Blake that was titled "Songs of Innocence" and of what contrasting concept?

(bell dinging) That is experience.

Okay, here's our next toss-up.

What ruler who is succeeded by his vizier Eye may have had a club foot, was buried at a sit known as KV62, and was a boy Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt?

(bell dinging) Mason, Montgomery.

- King Tut.

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

What mathematician's little theorem states that for any integer A and any prime number P, A to the P is congruent to A machalo P?

(students whispering) (bell dinging) Audrey.

- Smith.

- Nope, that's Pierre De Fermat.

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

What title character is duped by two men who claim to produce cloth that cannot be seen by fools causing this ruler to publicly parade in the nude?

(bell dinging) That was the Emperor, or The Emperor's New Clothes.

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

What NFL team which is coached by the youngest Superbowl winning head coach, Sean McVay is quarterbacked by Matt Stafford and based... Josh, Montgomery.

- Rams.

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

In what short story by John Updike does Sammy quit his job at the title grocery store after an encounter with three girls in bathing suits?

(bell dinging) Josh.

- The Sandlot.

- Nope, this is A & P. Okay, let's go on to our next toss-up question.

What explorer who on La Noche Triste Day was expelled from Tenochtitlan led the expedition that caused the fall of the Aztecs in present day Mexico?

(bell dinging) Nova, Montgomery.

- Cortes?

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

What was the home dutchie of the 12th century noblewoman Eleanor who married both Louis VII of France and Henry II of England?

(bell dinging) - Versailles?

- [Paul] Nova.

I'm sorry?

- Versailles?

- Nope, this was Aquatane.

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

What tissue usually contains tracheids and vessel elements made up of dead cells and transport water and nutrients up from the roots unlike Phloem?

(bell dinging) (bell dinging) That is Xylem.

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

This time Montgomery will pick first.

Your categories are Penguins or Psychology Experiments.

(students whispering) (bell dinging) - Psychology Experiments.

- Psychology Experiments it is and your time begins when I finish reading the first question.

Answer the following about psychological experiments.

California school that hosted a prison experiment.

You can pass.

- Pass.

- [Paul] Stanford.

K9 animals Ivan Pavlov conditioned to salivate.

(bell dinging) - Dogs.

- Dogs.

- [Paul] Yes.

Civil rights leader who's assassination inspired the Blue Eyes Brown Eyes experiment.

(bell dinging) - MLK.

- [Paul] Yes, he studied obedience at Yale in 1961.

(bell dinging) - Pass.

- [Paul] Stanley Milgram.

Fluffy desert offered to patient children by Volter Mishum?

(bell dinging) - Pavlova?

- [Paul] Marshmallows.

Developer of a conditioning box for rats.

(bell dinging) - Pass.

- B.F.

Skinner.

Concept Solomon Ash studied in a peer pressure experiment?

(bell dinging) - Pass.

- [Paul] That's conformity.

Toy beat up by children in an Albert Bandura study.

(bell dinging) - Doll?

- [Paul] Yes, baby who was made to fear a white rat by John Watson?

(bell dinging) - Pass.

- Ran out of time there.

That was Little Albert.

All right, Montgomery that's gonna do it for your portion of the lightning round.

St.

John Neumann, we're coming over to you.

Your remaining category will be penguins and once again your time begins when I finish reading the first question.

Answer the following about penguins.

Continent where "March of the Penguins" was filmed.

(bell dinging) - Antarctica.

- [Paul] Yes, Archipelago and Ecuador are home to northern hemisphere's only penguin species.

(bell dinging) - Emperor?

- [Paul] Galapagos.

Mid Atlantic city home to the NHL's Penguins?

(bell dinging) - Uh, Pittsburgh?

- [Paul] Yes.

2005 animated film that introduced penguins, Kowalski and Skipper?

(bell dinging) - "Happy Feet"?

- [Paul] "Madagascar."

Tallest penguin species.

(bell dinging) - Oh, Emperor?

- [Paul] Yes.

1980s comic strip that featured Opus, the Penguin.

(bell dinging) - Pass.

- That's "Bloom County."

Real first name of "Batman" villain, The Penguin who's last name is Cobblepot?

(bell dinging) - Pass.

- [Paul] Oswald.

Man who adopts penguins in a children's book by Richard and Florence Atwater?

(bell dinging) - Mr.

Hopper's?

- [Paul] I'm sorry?

- Mr.

Hopper's?

- Is incorrect, Mr.

Popper.

2006 animated film about... Well we won't get to that.

That one was "Happy Feet."

All right, St.

John Neumann, that's gonna do it for your portion of the lightning round and after that we currently have Montgomery in the lead over St.

John Neumann, 140 to 70.

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

What novel in which a woman named Rose of Sharon breast feeds a dying man depicts the western journey of the Joad family and is by John Steinbeck?

(bell dinging) Nova, Montgomery.

- "East of Eden"?

- Is incorrect, rebound to St.

John Neumann.

(bell dinging) That is, "The Grapes of Wrath."

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

What country who's City of Cox's Bazar is home to many Rohingya refugees gained independence from Pakistan in 1971 and has it's capital at Dhaka?

(bell dinging) That country is Bangladesh.

All right, here's our next toss-up question.

What liberal was Prime Minister of Canada from 1968 to 1979 and again from 1980 to 1984 but died long before his son became Prime Minister in 2015?

(bell dinging) Audrey, Montgomery.

- Smith.

- Is incorrect, rebound to St.

John Neumann.

(bell dinging) Harrison?

- Trudeau?

- [Paul] Be more specific.

- Justin Trudeau?

- No, that liberal Prime Minister was Pierre Trudeau.

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

What TV show who's 2023 season was subtitled Delicate and feature Kim Kardashian... Nova, Montgomery.

- "American Horror Story."

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

The 2025 BBC documentary "The Dark Side of Paradise" sparked backlash in what country where a strict lese majaste laws restrict criticism of King Rama X?

(bell dinging) Nova.

- India?

- No, this was Thailand.

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

What Bible character is shown in the first free standing nude male sculpture since antiquity in which Donatello depicted him after slaying Goliath?

(bell dinging) Nova, Montgomery.

- David.

- Is correct, and your bonus now.

The Murid War saw the conquest of Chechnya and Dagestan, two regions in what mountain range where Georgia and Armenia are located?

(bell dinging) Nova.

- Himalayas?

- No, this, the Caucasus Mountains is what we were looking for.

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

What title type of bird is asked to teach me half the gladness that thy brain must know and is called a blithe spirit in a poem by Percy Shelley?

(bell dinging) Mason, Montgomery.

- Crow?

- Is incorrect, rebound to St.

John Neumann.

(bell dinging) - The Raven?

- Nope, this is skylark.

Skylark.

All right, let's go to our next toss-up and get out your pencils and papers.

What is the area in square inches of a rectangular computer monitor with a height of 20 inches and a width of 37 inches?

(bell dinging) Josh, Montgomery.

- 740.

- Is correct, and here comes your bonus question now.

In Mahayana Buddhism what is the term for a being who vows to attain buddhahood but postpones it to help others reach enlightenment?

(students whispering) (bell dinging) - Ley person?

- Nope this is Bodhisattva.

And that's the end of the game and our winner tonight is Montgomery over St.

John Neumann, 170 to 70.

Congratulations Montgomery, 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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