(upbeat music) - 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 the 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 features Wallenpaupack, versus Western Wayne.

Playing for Wallenpaupack, are Emma Mahone, and Abby Lopez.

Their alternates are Molly Dickerman, Kaipuma Stelleck, Nick Hyosung, Anastasia Ayapolo, and Ella Wessenack.

Their advisor is Ryan Nenan.

Representing Western Wayne are Rachel Toman and Ryan Benton.

Their alternates are Luke Urian, Evan Pierce, and Jenna Kwiatkowski.

Their advisor is Ryan Ander.

Well, let's get started, Wallenpaupack has won the coin toss, and will receive the first question, which is, what man, who with Fred Archer, developed the zone system, created moon rise, Hernandez, New Mexico, and other black and white American west photographs?

- No answer.

- Okay, rebound to Western Wayne.

- No answer.

- Okay, that man was Ansel Adams.

Western Wayne, here's your first question.

What branch of chemistry, which uses stopped flow instruments to make quick measurements, deals with the orders and speeds of chemical reactions?

(timer beeps) Okay, rebound now to Wallenpaupack.

- Inorganic chemistry.

- Is incorrect, we're looking for chemical kinetics.

Wallenpaupack, here's your next question.

Which dynasty whose Northern period was ended by the Qin dynasty was overthrown, after they lost the Battle of Yamen, to cause the Yuan dynasty?

- The Ming dynasty.

- Is incorrect, rebound to Western Wayne.

- The Han dynasty?

- Nope, we're looking for the Song dynasty.

Western Wayne, here's your next question.

What country, which includes the city with the most murders per capita, is home to Los Zetas and drug cartels named for Juarez and Tijuana?

- Mexico City.

- Is incorrect, rebound to Wallenpaupack.

- Columbia.

- Is incorrect, we're looking for the country of Mexico, not Mexico city.

Wallenpaupack, here's your next question.

What molecule often used in dry ice baths at negative 78 degrees Celsius, is the simplest ketone, is also called propanone, and is used in nail polish remover?

- Acetone.

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

What pseudonym did Benjamin Franklin use to publish his annual Almanac?

- Richards.

- Be more specific.

- George Richards?

- No, we're looking for Poor Richard, Poor Richard, Western Wayne, here's your next question.

What TV character, who's the son of Mickey McFinnegan, and who often fights Ernie the Giant Chicken, is the husband of Lois on the cartoon Family Guy?

- Peter Griffin.

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

In what epic poem compiled by Elias L önnrot, is the hero Lemmenkainen revived after his mother rakes his body out of a river into Anella?

- No answer.

- Okay, that's the Kalevala.

Let's move back over to Wallenpaupack.

What 2021 event that caused deaths from New Jersey to Louisiana was a hurricane that made landfall 16 years to the day after Katrina hit Louisiana?

- Hurricane Henry.

- Is incorrect, rebound to Western Wayne.

- Hurricane Isaac?

- Is incorrect, we're looking for hurricane Ida.

Western Wayne, here's your next question.

What fluid cools rapidly to form Scoria may take the form of úAúa or pahoehoe, and may be ejected with pyroclass, such as ash, by an erupting volcano?

- Magma.

- Is incorrect, rebound to Wallenpaupack.

- Lava.

- Lava is correct, for your rebound points, Wallenpaupack, great job.

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

And it's now time for the lightning round.

(electricity crackles) 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.

Wallenpaupack has won the coin toss and will pick first, your categories are astronomy by numbers, or romantic composers.

- Astronomy by numbers.

- Astronomy by the numbers it is.

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

Give these numbers from astronomy and space exploration, giant planets in the solar system.

- Four.

- Yes, moons of Mars.

- Three.

- Two.

Manned missions that landed on earth's moon.

- Six.

- Yes, Galilean moons.

- 12.

- Four.

In billions of years, and within 10% the age of the universe.

- 16.

- 13.8.

LaGrange points in a two body system.

- Two.

- Five.

Rounded to the nearest integer, light years to Proxima Centauri.

- 78.

- Four.

Dwarf planets, closer to the sun, than Neptune.

(timer beeps) That was one, and that planet is Ceres.

Okay, Wallenpaupack, great job in the lightning round, Western Wayne, we're going to come over to you.

Your remaining category will be romantic composers.

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

Name these romantic era composers, given the work and the nationality.

Symphonie Fantastique, French.

- Gounod?

- Berlioz.

The Nutcracker, Russian.

- Tchaikovsky.

- Yes.

Revolutionary Etude, Polish.

- Pass.

- Chopin.

Reformation Symphony, German.

- Bach?

- Schumann.

Pictures at an Exhibition, Russian.

- Pass.

- Mussorgsky.

Carnival of the Animals, French.

- Pass.

- Saint-Sa ëns.

Má vlast which includes the The Moldau, Czech.

- Pass.

- Smetana.

The Hebrides, German.

(timer beeps) - Pass.

- That was Felix Mendelssohn.

And that's going to do it for the lightning round and after that we currently have Wallenpaupack in the lead over Western Wayne, 40 to 20.

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 Wallenpaupack.

And Emma, I'm gonna come to you first.

Tell me what your favorite film is and why.

- That's kinda hard.

Maybe Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.

And I just like how it plays, where he goes, like evilness, but not evilness and how he has to react to that.

- All right, thank you, Emma, very much.

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

- My favorite film is Finding Nemo.

I find that animation to be really impressive and the soundtrack is very calming.

- All right, thank you Wallenpaupack, and good luck, the rest of the way.

Let's come over to Western Wayne and Rachel, I'm going to come to you first.

Tell me what your favorite film is and why.

- I like the Truman Show because, I like Jim Carrey as an actor, and it makes me laugh and makes me have powerful emotions.

- All right, thank you, Rachel.

And Ryan, what is your favorite film and tell us why.

- I'm gonna have to go with Billy Madison.

It's just a feel good movie, you know, it makes me laugh.

- Lots of laughs in Billy Madison, absolutely.

Good luck, the rest of the way, Western Wayne.

It was nice to meet all of you.

I will now go ahead and begin the second quarter with this question that goes to Western Wayne.

What novel in which Mrs. Danvers works as the housekeeper at Manderly is a 1938 Gothic romance by Daphne du Maurier that is named for a dead woman?

- This is Denver?

- Is incorrect, rebound to Wallenpaupack.

- Lenore?

- No, we're looking for Rebecca.

Okay, Wallenpaupack here comes your next question.

What neurotransmitter produced by interchromatin cells in the gut regulates mood and, and sleep, and is targeted by Zoloft, Celexa and other SSRIs.

- Serotonin.

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

What composer based a violin piece on George Meredith's The Lark Ascending and adapted a tudor hymn in Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis?

- Beethoven.

- No, we're looking for Ralph Vaughan Williams.

Western Wayne here comes your next question.

What company whose namesake product was invented in Atlanta in 1886 by John Pemberton and used to contain cocaine is a long time rival of Pepsi?

- Coca-Cola.

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

What Nobel prize winning US author wrote about the psychological harm caused by racist beauty standards in her 1970 debut novel, The Bluest Eye.

- Toni Morrison.

- Is correct, for your bonus points, Western Wayne, let's move back to Wallenpaupack now.

What national park, which includes Rattlesnake Springs, and a limestone chamber called the Big Room, is in the Guadalupe mountains in New Mexico?

- Yosemite?

- Is incorrect, rebound to Western Wayne.

- Ben Horn?

- No, we're looking for the Carlsbad Caverns National Park.

Western Wayne here comes your next question.

What object was represented by the father of Phaethon, a brother of Eos who drove a chariot across the sky every day and was named, Helios?

- An arrow?

- Is incorrect, rebound to Wallenpaupack.

- Apollo.

- Nope, we're looking for the object, which was the sun.

Let's move back a over to Wallenpaupack now.

What novel, which describes careless people who smashed up things is narrated by Yale graduate Nick Caraway, and is by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

- The Great Gatsby.

- Is correct, and heres your bonus question.

The Inspector General was a political satire by what Russian playwright, who also wrote the novel Dead Souls, and the story The Overcoat?

- No answer.

- Okay, that's Nikolai Gogol.

Western Wayne, here comes your next question.

What trace element found in IV contrast dye for CT scans, is essential to thyroxine production, and is commonly added to salt to prevent goiters?

- Iodine?

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

The Northern Triangle consists of Guatemala, Honduras and what other nation?

The only central American country, without a Caribbean coastline.

(timer beeps) Okay, that country is El Salvador.

And after one half of play, we currently have, Wallenpaupack in the lead over Western Wayne by 15 points, a very close game, 60 to 45.

We wanna say thank you to Emma, and to Abby from Wallenpaupack.

And thank you to Rachel and to Ryan from Western Wayne, you are both spectacular.

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

Playing for Wallenpaupack in the second half are Tyler Loughberg and Molly Dickerman.

Representing Western Wayne are Finn Krachinski, and Jenny Guadano.

And our first question in the third quarter, goes to Wallenpaupack, and that question is, what specific length of time describes an ache in a Roseanne Cash song, a period in Tibet, in a Brad Pitt movie, and an itch in a Maryland Monroe film?

- Seven years.

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

What objects, which were heated until they cracked and were used for divination, contained the earliest evidence of Chinese writing?

- Clay tablets.

- No, good guess though.

We're looking for Oracle bones.

Western Wayne, here's your first question of the second half.

What author wrote about an uninsured orphanage in his play, Ghosts, and depicted the breakdown of Torvald and Nora Helmer's marriage in A Doll's House?

- Pass.

- Okay, we're gonna rebound to Wallenpaupack.

- No answer.

- Okay, that author is Henrick Ibson.

All right, Wallenpaupack here comes your next question.

The work done by a gas equals the change in volume times, what quantity that doesn't change along isobars and which is measured in pascals and PSI.

- Pressure.

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

Calhoun in Harvest Time and Sugaring Off are works by what American folk artist, who started painting at an advanced age?

- Andy Warhol.

- No, that answer is Grandma Moses.

Points for style, though.

Western Wayne here comes your next question.

What czar, who was targeted by Conradi Bulavin's Don Cossack rebellion, disbanded the Streltsy corps, as part of his campaign to Western Russia?

- Nicholas, the first?

- I'm sorry?

- Nicholas?

- Is incorrect, rebound to Wallenpaupack.

- Nicholas, the second?

- Nope, we're looking for Peter the Great.

Wallenpaupack, here is your next question.

Petco Park is home to what MLB team that in 2021, featured manager, Jace Tingler and players, Manny Machado and Eric Hosmer and is based in San Diego?

- No answer.

- Okay, rebound outta Western Wayne.

- Astros?

- No, we're looking for the Andy Warhols no, I'm sorry, the San Diego Padres, the San Diego Padres.

Western Wayne, here's your next question.

What book, which includes Jesus' farewell discourse and opens in the beginning was the word is the last gospel following Matthew, Mark and Luke.

- John.

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

The God Dionysus journeys to the underworld in what comedy by Aristophanes, which is named after animals that make the noise brekekekeks koaks koaks?

(timer beeps) That was the frogs.

Wallenpaupack, here's your next question.

What country, which has the world's largest reserves of copper, shares Tierra Del Fugo with Argentina, and has its capital that's Santiago.

- Chili.

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

What musical in which Mrs. Lovett makes the worst pies in London is titled for a Demon Barber of Fleet Street.

- No answer.

- Okay, that's Sweeney Todd.

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

(electricity crackles) This time Western Wayne will pick first.

Your categories are words with two meanings or Joe Biden's inauguration.

- Words with two meanings.

- Words with two meanings, it is.

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

Given a pair of meanings, give the one word that applies to both.

Financial institution or river's edge.

- Banks.

- Yes, long-legged bird or lifting device.

- Crane.

- Yes, autumn were to drop down.

- Fall.

- Yes, fruit preserves or traffic snarl.

- Jam.

- Yes, dog sound or outside of a tree.

- Bark.

- Yes, measuring device or political leader.

- Ruler.

- Yes, scam or piece of tennis equipment.

- [Both] Racket?

- Yes, assemble a tent or throw a baseball.

- Pitch.

- Yes, evident or list of ship passengers.

- Crew.

- Manifest.

See through or very steep.

- Pass.

- Okay, that answer is sheer.

Great job in the lightning round, Western Wayne, we're gonna come over now to Wallenpaupack, and Wallenpaupack, your remaining category will be Joe Biden's inauguration.

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

Answer the following about Joe Biden's inauguration, his predecessor who did not attend.

- Donald Trump.

- Yes, it was held outside this building.

- The US capital.

- Yes.

A photo of this Vermont Senator wearing mittens went viral.

- Bernie Sanders.

- Yes, Chief Justice who swore Biden in.

- John Roberts?

- Yes, it occurred on this date.

- January 16th.

- January 20th, poet who read, The Hill We Climb.

- No answer.

- Amanda Gorman.

Forest Gump star who hosted the post inauguration special celebrating America.

- Gary Sinise.

- Tom Hanks.

House majority whipped from South Carolina who attended it?

- No answer.

- Jim Clyburn.

Pop star who sang the National Anthem.

(timer beeps) That was lady Gaga.

And after that, we currently have a very close game, as close as it gets, Western Wayne in the lead, over Wallenpaupack now, 135 to 130.

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 with Wallenpaupack again.

And Tyler, if you wouldn't mind telling us who your favorite musician is and why.

- My favorite musician is Billy Joel, because you can get any kind of music out of him.

- Excellent, thank you, Tyler, and Molly, who is your favorite musician?

And tell us why.

- John Philip Sousa, because I like his marches.

- Ah, the March King, very good, good luck the rest of the way, Wallenpaupack.

Western Wayne, it's over to you, Finn, If you wouldn't mind telling us who your favorite musician is and why.

- I would say Paul McCartney, because I think he's really epic at face.

- He's got some good stuff out there, excellent.

Thank you, Finn, and Jenny, who is your favorite musician and why?

- I'd choose James Donnelly cause he's the sweetest.

- Okay, excellent, thank you, Western Wayne and good luck to you, the rest of the way, it was very nice to meet all of you.

We'll now begin the last segment of the game with this question that goes to Western Wayne.

What war ended by the treaty of Portsmouth began with Russia being attacked at Port Arthur by an island empire that wanted control of Manchuria?

- The Ukranian wars.

- Is incorrect, rebound to Wallenpaupack.

- The Great Northern war.

- No, the answer we're looking for was Russo Japanese war.

Wallenpaupack, here comes your next question.

What kind of sentence, such as, I love learning, and I love games has multiple independent clauses, but no dependent ones, so it isn't complex?

- Run on.

- No, rebound to Western Wayne.

- Compound.

- Compound is correct for your rebound points, Western Wayne.

And here comes your next question.

What woman who wore a dress designed by Aurora James with "tax the rich" on it to the 2021 Met Gala, represents New York's 14th district in Congress.

- Cortez.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Wallenpaupack.

- [Teacher] QT says you can't prompt.

- No answer.

- Okay, that answer you are half correct, but you didn't have the whole name, Western Wayne.

It was Alexandria Ocasio Cortez.

Let's move over to Wallenpaupack, now.

What region, which was annexed by Rome after Vercingetorix was defeated, was conquered by Julius Caesa, and is largely in present day France?

- Carthage.

- Is incorrect, rebound to Western Wayne.

- France.

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

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

If a fair coin is flipped three times, what is the probability that it shows heads all three times?

- One sixth?

- Is incorrect, rebound to Wallenpaupack.

- One eighth?

- Is correct for your rebound points, Wallenpaupack.

And here comes your next question.

What philosopher wrote about the Myth of Er, which describes the rebirth of souls, as well as the allegory of the cave, in his dialogue, the Republic?

- Diogenes.

- Is incorrect, rebound to Western Wayne.

- Aristotle?

- Nope, the answer was Plato.

Western Wayne, here's your next question.

What husband of Charlotte of Mecklenberg Streits became king of Hanover at the Congress of Vienna and ruled from 1760 to 1820 as the British king?

- Louis, the 14th.

- Is incorrect, rebound to Wallenpaupack.

- George the Third.

- Is correct, for your rebound points Wallenpaupack.

And here comes your next question.

What novel in which Judge Irwin is blackmailed by Jack Burden at the direction of Governor Willie Stark was written by Robert Penwarren?

(timer beeps) No answer, we're going to rebound to Western Wayne.

And this is for the game.

(timer beeps) We are looking for All the King's Men.

And that's the end of the game, and our winner tonight is Wallenpaupack over Western Wayne, 150 to 145.

Congratulations, Wallenpaupack, you are 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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