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

I'm your host Regina Meyers.

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 Riverside versus Dunmore.

Representing Riverside, are Michael Rhodes, Gary Rosinski Jen Janelle and Sasha Katzista.

Their alternate is Sarah Wolf and Connor Monahan.

Their advisor is Ronald Guys.

Representing Dunmore, are Jacqueline Bitter, Zach Inan, Cal Toludo, Katie Lewis and their alternate is Mara Mahalchick, their advisor William O'Malley.

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 toss-up question.

Correct answers to these questions are 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 will be given the toss-up points but will not receive a bonus question.

Let's get started with our first toss-up question.

The triple alpha process produces nuclei of what element whose allotropes include the fullerene and graphite and whose atomic number is six Michael Riverside?

- Carbon?

- Carbon.

Michael's correct answer and your bonus Riverside.

In 1911, the Supreme Court held that what company founded by John D Rockefeller was an unreasonable monopoly that violated the Sherman Antitrust Act.

(buzz-in) Sasha?

- Standard Oil?

- Standard oil is a correct answer.

Toss up: What man coined the term Banana Republic depicted a bratty kidnapped boy in the ransom of Red Chief and used a twisted ending in the gift of the Magi?

(timer beeps) That would be O Henry.

Here's our next toss up.

What quantity which appears on the Y axis of the phase diagram for water has a standard value of about 101 kilo pascals or one atmosphere?

Michael Riverside?

- Pressure?

- Pressure.

Michael's correct answer and your bonus.

The book "Call Us What We Carry" is by what author who read her poem, The Hill We Climb at Joe Biden's inauguration.

(buzz in) Go ahead.

- Amanda Gorman?

- Amanda Gorman is a correct answer for your bonus points, Riverside.

Toss up: What arena that host The Westminster Club Dog Show is near Penn Station is the home of the New York Knicks and is abbreviated-- Michael Riverside?

- Madison Square Garden?

- Is a correct answer Michael and your bonus Riverside.

What adjective meaning suave or sophisticated comes from a French phrase, literally meaning of good family or of good nature?

(timer beeps) - That is debonair.

Toss up: What Explorer who popularized the term New World was immortalized by the Mapmaker Martin Waldseem üller who used his first name to refer to America.

Jen Riverside?

- Amerigo Vespucci?

Vespucci is a correct answer and your bonus, Riverside.

Knock to loosen clouds form in what layer of Earth's atmosphere located directly above the stratosphere?

(buzz-in) - Troposphere.

- I'm sorry?

- Troposphere?

- Is incorrect.

It is the Mesosphere.

Toss up: What composer of the Wanderer Fantasy and the trout quintet only fully orchestrated two movements of his eighth symphony, The Unfinished?

(buzz-in) - Mozart?

- Mozart is incorrect.

Rebound to Riverside?

Anyone?

Jen?

- Beethoven?

- Is incorrect.

It is Schubert.

Toss up: What 2020 presidential candidate about whom Mitch McConnell said, "Nevertheless she persisted" is a Democratic senator from Massachusetts, (buzz-in) Zach Dunmore?

- Hillary Clinton?

- Hillary Clinton is incorrect.

Rebound to Riverside?

No one?

The correct answer is Elizabeth Ann Warren.

Toss up: What man who was succeeded as king by Numa Pompilius was a son of Rhea Silvia, the twin brother of Remus and the founder of the Italian capital.

(buzz-in) - Sasha?

- Romulus?

- Romulus is a correct answer and your bonus Riverside: Pencil, paper ready: If rotated and reflected boards are considered the same.

How many different first moves exist for X in tic-tac toe?

(buzz-in) - Sasha?

- 36?

- 36 is incorrect.

It is three.

That sound you heard signals the end of the first quarter and is now time for the lightning round.

(lightning strike) Let's update our score first.

We have Riverside with 60 and Dunmore with zero.

In the segment, each team will have an opportunity to answer as many of the 10 rapid questions as often as they can in one minute.

Riverside has won the coin toss and will pick your first categories.

They are Romeo and Juliet or US Lakes.

- Lakes.

- US lakes.

Time will begin when I read the first question.

US Lakes: In what state are the following lakes?

Lake Pontchartrain.

(buzz-in) - Michael?

- New York?

- Louisiana.

Lake Itasca, the headwater of the Mississippi River.

Jen?

- North Dakota?

- Minnesota.

Lake Okeechobee... Michael?

- Minnesota?

- Florida.

Lake Placid.

Near the site of the 1980 Winter Olympics.

Gary?

- Utah?

- I'm sorry?

- Utah?

- No, New York.

Great Salt Lake... Michael?

- Utah.

- Utah's correct.

Franklin D Roosevelt Lake formed by the Grand Coulee Dam.

- Tennessee?

- Is incorrect.

Washington.

Lake of the Ozarks.

- Minnesota?

- [Host] Missouri.

Lake Yosemite...Michael?

- California?

- [Host] Correct.

Lake Cumberland near this state's border with Tennessee...Michael?

- North Carolina?

- [Host] Kentucky.

Grand Lake O' the Cherokees.

(timer beeps) That would be Oklahoma.

Moving over to the Dunmore team with Romeo and Juliet.

Answer the following about what William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet: Romeo's family caught in a feud with the Capulets.

No answer?

- Pass.

- [Host] Italian city where it is set.

No answer?

Verona.

Friar who aids Romeo and Juliet.

Lawrence.

Hot tempered man Romeo kills to avenge Mercutio.

(buzz-in) - Tybalt - [Host] Tybalt correct.

Rude gesture Sampson makes in the opening scene.

- Pass.

- [Host] Bites his thumb.

Ruler whose arrival ends the opening brawl.

- Pass.

- Escalus.

Girl whom Romeo is lovesick for in Act one.

- It's not Juliet.

It's not Juliet, it's someone else.

- [Host] No one?

- Pass.

- [Host] Rosalyn.

City where Romeo resides after his exile.

(timer beeps) That would be Mantua.

That sound means we've reached the end of this lightning round so we'll begin our second quarter.

What town whose Redoubt No.

10 was taken by Alexander Hamilton's troops is where French and American armies drove Charles Cornwallis to surrender.

(buzz-in) Sasha Riverside?

- South Carolina?

- South Carolina is incorrect.

Rebound's to Dunmore.

No one?

The correct answer is Yorktown.

What Landmark which is supposedly protected by a group of captive ravens was once used as a prison and is now home to the British crown jewels?

(buzz-in) Jen Riverside?

- Tower of London?

- Is correct answer, Jen.

And your bonus Riverside: Tekken was an ancient Egyptian term for what tall pointed structures exemplified by Cleopatra's needles and the Washington Monument?

(buzz-in) - Obelisk?

- Obelisk is correct answer for your bonus points.

Toss up: what specialized cells have nodes of Ranvier at (indistinct)?

(buzz-in) - Neurons?

- [Host] Neurons.

Jen is correct answer and your bonus Riverside.

What country's men's basketball team won Euro Basket 2017 qualified for their first Olympics in 2020 and features NBA star Luka Doni?

- Serbia?

- Serbia is incorrect.

It is Slovenia.

Toss-up: what four letter word which in French can mean expensive or dear, is the stage name of the singer of If I Could Turn-?

Katie Dunmore?

- Cher - Cher's correct answer Katie.

and your bonus Dunmore: What city on the Chena River is named for Theodore Roosevelt's vice president and is the second most populous city in Alaska?

(timer beeps) That would be Fairbanks.

Toss up: what monarch who took power by deposing her husband Peter III in 1762 relied on lovers such as Gregory Potemkin while ruling as Empress of Russia?

Michael Riverside?

- Anastasia?

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Dunmore... no one?

The correct answer is Katherine the Great.

Toss up: What author who had a long relationship with the feminist Simone de Beauvoir wrote, "Hell is Other People" in the French existentialist play, No Exit?

(timer beeps) Sartre.

Toss up: What city where the international fountain was designed for the Century 21 expedition contains the Museum of Pop culture and the Space Needle?

(buzz-in) Michael Riverside?

- Toronto?

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Dunmore.

Anyone?

- Seattle - Seattle's correct answer for your bonus points, Dunmore.

Pencil paper ready.

What is the length of the longest cord of a circle whose radius is six given the longest chord must be the circle's diameter.

(buzz-in) - 12?

- 12 Katie's correct answer and your bonus Dunmore.

The most covered pop song ever is often said to be what track from the Beatles album Help!

which describes how love was such an easy game to play.

(timer beeps) No answer?

The correct answer is Yesterday.

That sound that you heard signals the end of this quarter.

I'll update this score.

We have Riverside with 95 and Dunmore with 35.

Let's take a minute and get to know our students a little better and we'll begin with Riverside, why don't you tell our viewing audience a little bit about yourself and what you do, you know, in and out of school?

Michael?

- I just, I like to play basketball, just hang out with my friends.

I like to read a little bit and I'm just involved with obviously Scholastic Club and I'm also in student council but a lot of my time's taken up by basketball.

- So you're very busy?

- Yes.

- Gary, how about you?

- I'm a member of our school's soccer and football team and I also play piano and act in our school's drama club.

- Another busy student.

Jen?

- I'm president of drama club, sad club.

I'm part of Chorus and I'm on the girls varsity golf team.

- Welcome and Sasha.

- I participate in Sad Clubs, classical obviously and I love reading and learning about history.

- I can tell.

Great talking with you Riverside.

Let's move over to our team from Dunmore.

Jacqueline, why don't you begin?

- I'm a member of the band and president of the Music Guild.

I was also members of Track and Drama Club.

- Welcome.

Zach?

- I'm a member of the all boys soccer team on estates and I'm a member of the track team too.

- Congratulations.

- [Zach] Thank you.

- Cal, how about you?

- I'm a member of the varsity football team and basketball teams and I'm also on student council.

- Okay.

Katie?

- I'm a member of the basketball team, softball team and our cheer squad.

- Well, welcome Dunmore.

It was great talking to both teams.

We'll now begin the second half of the game with this toss-up question: What empire once led by wuss car and its capital is at Cusco and was dissolved after Ottawa Pel was killed by the Conquistador Francisco Pazaro in Peru?

(buzz-in) Jen Riverside?

- Inca?

- [Host] Incas, correct answer Jen.

And your bonus: what class of drugs which ibuprofen is an example, helps to reduce fever and inflammation and is commonly known by a five letter acronym?

(buzz-in) Sasha?

- Opioid?

- Opioid is incorrect.

It is NSAID.

Toss up: what TV show on which Mattea Roach, Amy Schneider and Matt Armadillo have been super champions has been posted by fellow super champion Ken Jennings?

(buzz-in) - Mike?

- Jeopardy?

- [Host] Jeopardy's correct answer, Michael from Riverside and your bonus: Cigars made from seaweed are employed by what Captain of the submarine Nautilus in Jules Vernes novel, "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" (buzz-in) - Captain Nemo?

- Nemo's correct answer for your bonus points.

Riverside, Toss up: what country is home to the port of Guayaquil is the northernmost of two South American countries not bordering Brazil and is governed from Keto?

(buzz-in) Michael Riverside?

- Ecuador?

- Ecuador's correct answer and your bonus Riverside: What constitutional amendment which was demanded by protestors called the Silent Sentinels was ratified in 1920 and gave women the right to vote?

(buzz-in) Sasha?

- 19th Amendment?

- 19th is a correct answer for your bonus points.

Toss up: What novel in which an operation on the clubfoot of Ipolite is botched by Charles, describes the title Women's Affairs and is by Gustave Flaubert?

(buzz-in) Sasha Riverside?

- Madame Bovary?

- [Host] Madame Bovary's correct answer and your bonus Riverside: What six letter word from the Greek for tactile describes feedback detected by touch such as vibrations of a cell phone when its screen is pressed?

(buzz-in) Sasha?

- Response?

- Response is incorrect it is haptic.

Toss up, pencil paper ready.

If the logarithm of X equals 3, what is the logarithm of the quantity X raised to the fifth power?

(buzz-in) Michael Riverside?

- 243?

- 243 is incorrect rebound to Dunmore?

No one?

(buzz-in) Jacqueline?

- 15?

- 15 is a correct answer for your rebound points.

Toss up: Anna Pavlovas signature dance portrayed a dying one of what animal into which Odette is transformed into a Tchaikovsky ballet named for their lake?

(buzz-in) Jen Riverside?

- Swan?

- Swan's a correct answer and your bonus Riverside: Which former British King served as governor of The Bahamas after abdicating to Mary Wallace Simpson?

(buzz-in) Sasha?

- Edward?

- [Host] Can you be more specific?

- Second?

- [Host] Is incorrect.

It is Edward the 8th.

You were really close.

Let's update our score.

We have Riverside with 155 points and Dunmore with 45 points.

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

(lightning sound) This time Dunmore will pick first.

Your categories are grams or ram?

RAM - Grams.

- Grams.

Okay.

The timer will start after I read the first question.

Give these words that end with the consecutive letters.

G r a m. Image made of defracted light.

(buzz-in) - Pictogram?

- [Host] Incorrect, hologram.

Photo sharing service owned by Facebook?

(buzz-in) - Instagram.

- Correct.

What word made by rearranging the letters of another word.

- Pass.

- [Host] Anagram.

Visual depiction of ground motion during an earthquake.

- Pass.

- Seismogram.

X-ray used to test for breast cancer.

(buzz-in) - Mammogram, oh.

- [Host] Jacqueline?

- Mammogram.

- [Host] Mammogram is correct.

Five pointed star often used in pagan religions.

(buzz-in) - Pentagram?

- Pentagram's correct.

Representation of the distribution of single variable similar to a bar graph?

- Histogram?

- [Host] Correct.

Brief witty statement.

- Pass.

- [Host] Symbol that represents a word such as a Chinese character.

- Pass - [Host] Logogram.

Personality scheme or test with nine different types?

Enneagram.

We move over to our team from Riverside.

The category is Ram RAM.

Give these people places or things that start with the letters RAM: Holy month of the Islamic calendar.

(buzz-in) - Sasha?

- Ramadan?

- [Host] Correct.

Defensive boundary of a castle referenced in the Star Spangled Banner.

(buzz-in) Gary?

- Rampart?

- Correct.

New York Punk Rock band of "I wanna be sedated".

(buzz-in) - Rambles?

- I'm sorry?

- Rambles?

- Rambles is incorrect.

Ramones.

Farrow known as Ozymandias in Greek who fought-?

Michael?

- Ramseys?

- Correct.

Long metal device used to load muskets or cannons?

- Pass.

- [Host] Ramrod.

Sanskrit epic about a prince of (indistinct).

- Pass - [Host] Ramina.

Japanese noodle soup flavored with Miso or soy sauce?

- Ramen?

- [Host] Ramen's correct.

US Air Force Base in southwestern Germany.

- Pass.

- Ramsin.

De facto capital of the Palestinian National Authority.

- Pass - [Host] Ramala.

In a class scattering of photons by matter.

Ramen.

Toss up: What youngest living member of the Baseball Hall of Fame was the only man inducted by the BBWAA vote in 2022 and is a former Red Sox DH known as Big Poppy?

(buzz-in) Gary Riverside.

- David Ortiz.

- Ortiz is a correct answer, Riverside.

And your bonus: What philosopher equated God and nature in a work written in geometrical order and posthumously published in 1677, The Ethics?

(buzz-in) - Aristotle?

- Is incorrect.

It is Spinoza.

Toss up: What materials whose high temperature variety is exemplified by YBCO expel their magnetic fields in the Meisner effect and have zero resistance?

(buzz-in) Jen Riverside?

- Gases?

- Incorrect.

Rebound to Dunmore... anyone?

- Plasma?

- Plasma is incorrect.

It is superconductor.

Toss up: what objects, one of which is scheduled to be redirected by a NASA probe in 2022 lie largely in a belt located between Mars and Jupiter?

(buzz-in) Cal, Dunmore?

- Asteroid?

- Asteroid Cal's correct answer and your bonus, Dunmore: What physics law states that the force between two stationary charges is proportional to the product of the charges divided by the distance squared?

(buzz-in) - Coulomb's law?

- Coulomb is correct answer for your bonus points.

Toss up: what protagonist has lunch with Lexicographer Simi at the Ministry of Truth and writes down with Big Brother in his diary in George Orwell's 1984?

(timer beeps) Winston Smith.

Toss up: What psychologist linked moments of fulfillment called peak experiences to self-actualization which he placed at the top of his?

Sasha Riverside?

- Maslow?

- Maslow's correct answer and your bonus Riverside: In 1976 Missouri rescinded an 1838 extermination order targeting members of what religion, many of whom were forced to immigrate to Nauvoo, Illinois?

(buzz-in) Sasha?

- Animism?

- Is incorrect.

It is Latter Day Saints.

Toss up: What numbers can be plotted on an (indistinct) diagram can be written as a distance and angle in polar form and have both real and imaginary parts?

(buzz-in) Jen Riverside?

- Square roots?

- [Host] Square root is incorrect.

Rebound to Dunmore?

No one?

The correct answer is complex.

Toss up: what ancient civilization whose major cities included Biblis and Tyre was a sea power of the East Mediterranean that developed a written alphabet.

(buzz-in) Jen Riverside?

- The Phoenicians?

- Phoenicians, correct answer and your bonus Riverside: What chair of the select committee investigating the January 6th attack on Congress is the only Democrat in Mississippi's congressional delegation.

(timer beeps) That is Thompson and that is the end of the game.

Our current score is 205 for Riverside and Dunmore with 80.

We'll see you next time with another round of Scholastic Scrimmage.

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

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