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(upbeat marching band music) ♪ Go ♪ (upbeat marching band 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 $1,000, $3,000, or $5,000."

Tonight's match features Weatherly versus Lewisburg.

Representing Weatherly are Aiden Foley, Willem Grant, Ben Cropp, and Abigail Bender.

Their alternates are Linda Hauser and Rebecca Caldwell, and their advisor is Shane Moran.

Representing Lewisburg are Canyon Swartzentruber, Ben Regovin, Zach Tims, and Hope Koshuba.

Their alternates are Ian Kavanaugh and Justin Nolt, and their advisor is Mike Krieger.

"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 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'll be given the toss-up points but will not receive a bonus question."

Well let's get the game started with this toss-up question.

"What art movement, for which Tristan Tzara wrote a manifesto, chose its name by stabbing a dictionary and was an anti-art movement of Marcel Duchamp?"

(buzzer beeping) Hope, Lewisburg.

- Dadaism?

- Is correct, and here comes your bonus now.

"Popes Callixtus III and Alexander VI belonged to what prominent Italian family?"

- Oh, the Medicis?

- Is incorrect.

They were the Borgias.

All right, here comes our next toss-up question.

"What element, which is named after two emission lines that are sky blue, is the heaviest alkali metal with a stable isotope and has atomic symbol CS?"

(buzzer ringing) Zach, Lewisburg.

- Caesium?

- Is correct.

And your bonus question now.

"Contributors to the avant-garde theatrical review, "Oh!

Calcutta!," included what Irish author who wrote the play, "Endgame," and the novel, "Malone Dies?"

(buzzer ringing) - Joseph Faust?

- No, this was Samuel Beckett.

Okay, let's go on to another toss-up.

"What politician, whose book, "No Going Back," describes her shooting her own dog, went from governor of South Dakota to Secretary of Homeland Security?"

(bell ringing) That is Kristi Noem.

All right, let's go to another toss-up.

"What ancient Greek examined the wars between barbarians and Greeks in his fifth century BC histories, which led-" Zach, Lewisburg.

- Herodotus?

- Is correct.

And here comes your bonus.

"In a children's book by Andrew Clements, the teacher, Mrs.

Granger, opposes the use of what title word which Nick Allen invents to replace the word pen?"

(buzzer ringing) - Crayon.

- No, we're looking for a frindle.

Frindle.

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

"What is the heart rate and beats per minute of a person who feels their heartbeat exactly 13 times in 6 seconds?"

(buzzer ringing) Zach, Lewisburg.

- 130.

- Is correct, and your bonus question.

"A comet crash is believed to have killed off what relative of the Asian elephant named after its fur-covered skin?"

(buzzer ringing) - The woolly mammoth?

- Is correct for your bonus points, Lewisburg, as we turn now to our next toss-up question.

"What Hanna Barbera cartoon's characters included a puppy named Tyke, a mean dog named Spike, and the title characters, a fighting cat and mouse?"

(buzzer ringing) Abigail, Weatherly.

- "Tom and Jerry?"

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus question.

"What British rockstar, born Reginald Dwight, sang, 'Candle in the Wind 1997,' to mourn the death of Princess Diana?"

(buzzer ringing) - Elton John?

- Is correct for your bonus points, Weatherly.

Let's go to another toss-up question.

"What god, who fought the serpent Apep every night and was combined at different times with both-" Zach, Lewisburg.

- Ra.

- Is correct.

And here's your bonus now.

"24 ford makers, or Tirthankaras, are venerated in what Indian religion that preaches ahimsa, or universal non-violence?"

Hope.

- Sikhism?

- No, Jainism.

Okay, let's go to another toss-up.

"What organelle releases cytochrome C to promote apoptosis, names a form of maternally-inherited DNA, and is the powerhouse of the cell?"

Hope, Lewisburg.

- Mitochondria?

- Is correct, and here's your bonus.

"Nunavut's capital, Iqaluit, once called Frobisher Bay, is on what largest island in Canada?"

- Baffin Island.

- Is correct for your bonus points, Lewisburg.

And 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.

Weatherly has won the coin toss and will pick first.

Your categories are molecules or American painters.

- Molecules?

- Molecules it is, and your time begins when I finish reading the first question.

"Given a compound, give the number of hydrogen atoms in a molecule of that compound.

Answers will repeat, and zero is a possible answer."

Water.

(buzzer ringing) - Two.

- [Paul] Yes.

Sodium hydroxide.

(buzzer ringing) - One.

- [Paul] Yes.

Ozone.

(buzzer ringing) - Three.

- [Paul] Zero.

Ammonia.

(buzzer ringing) - Three.

- [Paul] Yes.

Hydrogen peroxide.

(buzzer ringing) - Two.

- [Paul] Yes.

Methane.

(buzzer ringing) - Zero.

- [Paul] Four.

A Teflon molecule with 10 carbon atoms.

(buzzer ringing) - Pass.

- Zero.

Glucose.

(buzzer ringing) - Six.

- [Paul] 12.

Sodium bicarbonate.

(buzzer ringing) - Pass.

- [Paul] One.

Phosphoric acid.

(buzzer ringing) - Four.

- Three.

All right Weatherly, that's going to do it for your portion of the first Lightning Round.

Lewisburg, it's over to you.

Your remaining category will be American painters.

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

"Name the American artists who painted these works.

'American Gothic.'"

- Wood?

- [Paul] Yes, "Nighthawks."

- Hopper?

- [Paul] Yes.

"Breezing Up (A Fair Wind)."

- Whistler?

- [Paul] Homer.

"The Gross Clinic."

- Pass.

- [Paul] Eakins.

"Portrait of Madam X."

- John Singer Sargent?

- [Paul] Yes.

"Nocturne in Black and Gold - The Falling Rocket."

- Pass.

- [Paul] Whistler.

"Drowning Girl."

- Pass.

- Lichtenstein.

"The Titans Goblet."

- Thomas Cole?

- Yes.

The Athenaeum Portrait of George Washington.

You can pass.

- Pass.

- Pass.

- [Paul] That's Stuart.

"Cold Morning on the Range."

- Wyeth?

- Remington.

All right, Lewisburg, very impressive.

You know your American painters.

After that, we currently have Lewisburg in the lead over Weatherly, 90 to 35, as we go ahead and begin the second quarter with this toss-up question.

"Which sport, played by the pro doubles pairing of Anna Leigh Waters and Ben Johns, is a paddle sport-" Canyon, Lewisburg.

- Pickleball.

- Is correct.

And your bonus now.

"What type of front can form around mature low pressure areas and appears on a weather map as a purple line with alternating triangles and semicircles?"

- Cold front?

- No, these are occluded fronts.

Occluded fronts.

Here's our next toss-up question.

"What network included the Zarafshan-Karakum Corridor, was partly trailblazed by Xinxiang, and transported spices, jade, and fabric west from China?"

Hope, Lewisburg.

- The Silk Road?

- Is correct, and your bonus now.

"What playwright used reverse chronology to explore an affair and betrayal and wrote about hitman Gus and Ben in his play, 'The Dumb Waiter?'"

(buzzer ringing) - Joseph Faust?

- No, this was Harold Pinter.

Okay, here comes our next toss-up question.

"What scientist names both a paradox about the scarcity of aliens and half integer-" Zach, Lewisburg.

- Fermi.

- Fermi is correct, and here comes your bonus.

"What city's 1893 World's Fair, for which Daniel Burnham designed the White City, featured the original Ferris wheel?"

Hope.

- London?

- Nope, this was Chicago.

Let's go to another toss-up.

"What author wrote, 'The falcon cannot hear the falconer,' and described a beast that slouches towards Bethlehem to be born in his poem, 'The Second Coming?'"

(buzzer ringing) Zach, Lewisburg.

- Longfellow?

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Weatherly.

(bell ringing) That was William Butler Yeats.

Okay, let's go to another toss-up.

"After what 1861 battle did spectators flee back to Washington DC-" Zach, Lewisburg.

- The First Battle of Bull Run.

- Is correct, and your bonus question.

"In what Eugene O'Neill play do patrons at a bar await the return of Hickey, a beloved salesman who arrives utterly changed and cynical?"

Hope.

- "Death of a Salesman?"

- Nope, this was "The Iceman Cometh."

Let's go to another toss-up.

"What structure, whose Western extent reached Jiayu Pass, grew out of structures joined under the Qin dynasty and is a 13,000 mile-" - Great Wall?

- Ben, Lewisburg.

- Great Wall.

- Is correct, and your bonus now.

"Cystine and methionine are the only proteinogenic amino acids that contain what element?"

(buzzer ringing) Canyon.

- Phosphorus?

- No, that answer is sulfur.

All right guys, let's go to another toss-up.

"What structure is modeled by the Liquid Drop Model, is stable for magic numbers, was found by Earnest Rutherford, and consists of protons and neutrons?"

(buzzer ringing) Zach, Lewisburg.

- A buckyball?

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Weatherly.

(bell ringing) That answer is nucleus.

Okay, here's another toss-up question.

"What play in which Betty Parris is found dancing in the woods with Tituba ends just before John Proctor's-" Ben, Weatherly.

- "The Crucible?"

- Is correct, and your bonus now.

"The Empress Dowager Cixi presided over a period of reforms known as the Tongzhi Restoration under what Chinese dynasty that lost the Opium Wars?"

(bell ringing) That is the Qing dynasty.

All right, 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 Weatherly.

And Aiden, I'll come to you first.

Simply just tell us what you like to do for fun.

- I like to listen to a lot of music.

Play music, make music, listen to music.

- [Paul] Awesome, thank you, Aiden.

Willem.

- I like playing video games.

- [Paul] Thanks, Willem.

Ben.

- I like to play my instruments and read.

- [Paul] Thanks, Ben.

Abigail.

- I like to play sports and play music.

- Thank you, Abigail.

And good luck to you the rest of the way, Weatherly.

Lewisburg, it's over to you.

And Canyon, I'll come to you.

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

- I enjoy playing tennis.

- [Paul] Thank you, Canyon.

Ben.

- I enjoy going down to the roller skating rink, where I rollerblade and practice tricks.

- [Paul] All right, thanks, Ben.

Zach.

- I enjoy reading good books and playing chess.

- [Paul] All right, thank you, Zach.

And Hope.

- I like to sleep.

- (chuckles) Who doesn't?

All right Lewisburg, nice to meet you.

And good luck to you the rest of the way.

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

"Emile Cottin attempted to assassinate what politician nicknamed, 'The Tiger,' who served as Prime Minister of France during the end of World War I?"

(buzzer ringing) Abigail, Weatherly.

- Degal?

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Lewisburg.

(buzzer ringing) Hope.

- Clemens?

- You are so close.

We're looking for Georges Clemenceau.

All right, let's go to another toss-up.

"What company, whose center is Philadelphia's second tallest building, announced it will spin off MSNBC and provides Xfinity internet plans?"

(buzzer ringing) Ben, Lewisburg.

- Comcast?

- Is correct.

And your bonus now.

"What most luminous events, known as GRBs, may be triggered by stars forming black holes?"

- Gamma ray bursts.

- Is correct for your bonus points, Lewisburg.

Let's turn to another toss-up.

"What poet, who claimed that she prized love more than minds of gold in a poem addressed to her dear and loving husband, was a Puritan woman?"

(bell ringing) That is Anne Bradstreet.

Here's our next toss-up.

"What country's descamisados gather in front of the Casa Rosada in the Plata-" Ben, Lewisburg.

- Argentina.

Argentina.

- Is correct, and here comes your bonus question.

"In Rudyard Kipling's, 'The Jungle Book,' what wise black panther advises the man-cub Mowgli to use fire as a weapon against the tiger, Shere Khan?"

(buzzer ringing) - Pass.

- Okay, that is Bagheera.

Bagheera.

Here's our next toss-up.

"In September, 2025, what agency's former head, Susan Monarez, claims she was fired for refusing to preemptively support altered vaccine recommendations?"

Hope, Lewisburg.

- The CDC?

- Is correct, and your bonus now.

"What vice president, who popularized the term positive good to describe slavery, led South Carolina in opposing a tariff in The Nullification Crisis?"

(buzzer ringing) - Dan Quayle?

- No, this was John C. Calhoun.

All right, let's go to another toss-up.

"What organization, founded in 1865 in Pulaski, Tennessee, installed Nathan Bedford Forrest as its first grant?"

Zach, Lewisburg.

- The KKK.

- Is correct.

And your bonus question now.

"Medieval myths about Prester John's kingdom inspired the novel, "Baudolino," written by what Italian author of the medieval mystery, 'The Name of the Rose?'"

(buzzer ringing) - Dan Quayle.

- No, that's- Umberto Eco is what we were looking for, but points for style.

Let's go on now to another toss-up question.

"What Jurassic dinosaur, whose four tail spikes were dubbed the thagomizer by Gary Larson, had two rows of upright kite-shaped plates on its back?"

Zach, Lewisburg.

- Triceratops?

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Weatherly, Abigail.

- Stegosaurus?

- Is correct for your rebound points, Weatherly, as we go now to our next toss-up.

"What city is home to the Crocker Art Museum, was built around Sutter's Fort, is home to the NBA's Kings, and is the capital of California?"

Hope, Lewisburg.

- Sac.

Sacramento?

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

"The Sapporo Snow Festival is held annually on what island, the northernmost of Japan's-" - Hokkaido.

- Is correct for your bonus points, Lewisburg.

And that sound that you heard signals the end of the third quarter and another Lightning Round.

This time, Lewisburg will pick first.

Your categories are three O words or philosophers.

(buzzer ringing) - Philosophers.

- Philosophers it is.

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

"Given the title of a work or an idea they formulated, name these philosophers.

'The Republic,' which describes the allegory of the cave."

- Plato.

- [Paul] Yes.

"I think, therefore I am."

- Descartes?

- [Paul] Yes.

"God is dead."

- Nietzsche?

- Yes.

The social contract.

(buzzer ringing) - Rousseau.

- Yes.

"It is much safer to be feared than loved as a prince."

- Machiavelli.

- [Paul] Yes.

The tabula rasa, or blank slate, of human consciousness.

- John Locke.

- [Paul] Yes.

The categorical imperative.

- Pass.

- Immanuel Kant.

Nicomachean Ethics.

- Pass.

- [Paul] Aristotle.

"This is the best of all possible worlds and it's the Odyssey."

(buzzer ringing) - Pass.

- [Paul] Leibniz.

The trolley problem.

- Pass.

- That is Dan Quayle.

No, no, no, Philippa Foot.

Philippa Foot.

All right, that's going to do it for your portion of the Lightning Round, Lewisburg.

Weatherly, it's over to you.

And your remaining category will be three O words.

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

"Give these words that contain the letter O exactly three times."

Seasonal winds that bring heavy rains to India.

(buzzer ringing) - Pass.

- [Paul] Monsoon.

Slang term for someone who loves to read that includes an animal.

(buzzer ringing) - Bookworm.

- [Paul] Yes.

A small wedge used to hold open an entrance.

(buzzer ringing) - Doorstop?

- [Paul] Yes.

English means of the Spanish word manana.

(buzzer ringing) - Tomorrow?

- [Paul] Yes.

Daily prediction based on one Zodiac sign.

(buzzer ringing) - Horoscope?

- [Paul] Yes.

Loud, mostly single color member of the parrot family.

(buzzer ringing) - Pass.

- [Paul] Cockatoo.

Chinese tea prepared by oxidizing leaves.

(buzzer ringing) - Pass.

- [Paul] That's oolong.

Highly ornate, late Baroque artistic style.

(buzzer ringing) - Pass.

- [Paul] Rococo.

A doctor specialized in cancer treatment.

(buzzer ringing) - Oncologist?

- [Paul] Yes.

Alternative name for 10 to the 100th power.

That was Google.

All right, that's going to do it for the Lightning Round.

And after that, we have Lewisburg in the lead over Weatherly, 230 to 80, as we go ahead now and begin the final quarter of the game with this toss-up question.

"What leader conquered the Khwarazmian Empire and the Ching dynasty, was served by the generals-" Zach, Lewisburg.

- Genghis Khan.

- Is correct, and your bonus question.

"What composer depicted a boy meeting the three Magi in the first opera written for television, the Christmas-themed, "Amahl and the Night Visitors?"

(buzzer ringing) Canyon.

- Tchaikovsky?

- Nope, this was Gian Carlo Menotti.

Let's go to our next toss-up.

"What series, whose second book was subtitled 'Mission Unpluckable,' was written by Aaron Blabey about well-meaning, but scary creatures, such as Mr.

Wolf?"

(bell ringing) This was "The Bad Guys."

Okay, here comes our next toss-up.

"The stratum basale is the deepest layer of what tissue which contains keratinocytes and is the outermost layer of the skin lying above-" Hope, Lewisburg.

- Pass.

- Okay, I'll finish the question and rebound to Weatherly.

"Above the dermis?"

(buzzer ringing) Ben.

- The epidermis?

Epidermis?

- Is correct for your rebound points, Weatherly, as we turn now to our next toss-up.

"What name is shared by a country with its capital at Conakry and by a gulf that borders Togo and Cameroon on the western coast of Africa?"

(buzzer ringing) Ben, Lewisburg.

- Benin?

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Weatherly.

(buzzer ringing) Abigail.

- Kenya?

- No, this is Guinea.

Let's go to another toss-up.

"What musical, whose first act features a dream about Fruma Sarah, Lazar Wolf's dead wife, centers on Tevye's Jewish family in rural Russia?"

(buzzer ringing) Canyon, Lewisburg.

- "Anastasia."

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Weatherly.

(buzzer ringing) Abigail.

- "Rigoletto?"

- No, this is "Fiddler on the Roof."

All right guys, let's go to another toss-up.

"What novel, whose protagonist dreams of peasants beating a horse, centers on the murder of a pawn broker by Raskolnikov and-" (buzzer ringing) Hope, Lewisburg.

- "Crime and Punishment?"

- Is correct, and your bonus now.

"To strengthen a claim to the throne in 1384, Jadwiga was crowned as king rather than queen of what country formerly ruled by the Piast dynasty?"

(buzzer ringing) Zach.

- Poland?

- Poland is correct for your bonus points, Lewisburg, as we go on to our next toss-up.

"What city is the headquarters of Deutsche Telecom, was Ludwig Van Beethoven's birthplace, and-" Abigail, Weatherly.

- Germany.

- Is incorrect.

I will finish the question and rebound to Lewisburg.

"And prior to reunification was the capital of-" - Berlin?

- Nope, that is Bonn.

Bonn.

All right, let's go to another toss-up.

"What king authored the book, "Demonology," was the first English ruler from the house of Stuart, and in 1603 became king of both Scotland and England?"

Hope, Lewisburg.

- James I/VI.

- Is correct, and here comes your bonus question.

"In October, 2025, Donald Trump gave George Santos what type of clemency, a reduction in sentence that does not affect the underlying conviction?"

(buzzer ringing) Ben.

- Pardon.

- No, this was commutation.

And that's the end of the game.

And our winner tonight is Lewisburg over Weatherly, 265 to 90.

Congratulations, Lewisburg.

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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