(collegiate music) ♪ Go - 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 one, three or $5,000.

Tonight's match features Western Wayne versus Valley View.

Representing Western Wayne are Emily Brophy, Kylie Mering, Alex Chapman, Evan Pierce, their alternate is Bernie Radel and their advisor is Ryan Ander.

Representing Valley View are Isabella Parise, Jack McLaughlin, Molly Murphy, Della Noon, their alternate is Ethan Similesky and their advisor is Cindy Cerminaro.

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.

What type of cell, which is regulated by the FOXP3 gene has a cytotoxic and helper varieties and IS a white blood cell that develops.

(buzzer) Alex, Western Wayne.

- T-cell.

- T, Alex is the correct answer and your bonus.

What port on the Red Sea is the second most populous city in Saudi Arabia?

(buzzer) - Jeddah?

- Jeddah is a correct answer, Alex, for your bonus points.

Toss-up.

What Empire lost Anatolia after the battle of Manzikert and was governed by the Khamnist dynasty and by Justinian the Great from Constantinople?

(buzzer) Della, Valley View.

- The Ottoman Empire?

- [Regina] Is incorrect.

Rebound to Western Wayne.

(buzzer) Evan?

- Byzantine Empire?

- Byzantine is correct answer for your rebound points.

Toss up.

What quantity, which is measured using the Cattell Culture Fair Test and the Stanford-Binet test has a median of 100 and quantifies mental ability?

(buzzer) Jack Valley View.

- The IQ test?

- IQ, Jack's correct answer and your bonus, Valley View.

Homolytic cleavage forms what type of chemical species that are especially reactive because they have unpaired electrons?

(buzzer) Della.

The correct answer is free radicals.

Toss up.

What Northeastern state in which Democrat Sarah Gideon lost a 2020 Senate election.

(buzzer) Alex, Western Wayne.

- Maine?

- Maine.

Alex's correct answer and your bonus.

Which artistic movement included the female painters Eva Gonzalez, Marie Bracquemond, Berthe Morisot and Mary Cassat?

(buzzer) - Surrealism?

- Surrealism is incorrect, it is Impressionism.

Toss up.

What country, which is home to the Rif Mountains, also contains the western terminus of the Atlas Mountains which are found south of Casablanca?

(buzzer) Alex, Western Wayne.

- Morocco?

- Morocco, Alex is correct answer and your bonus.

Characters named Snowball and Napoleon represent Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin in what allegory of the Russian Revolution written by George Orwell?

(buzzer) - "Animal Farm".

- "Animal Farm", Emily, is correct answer for your bonus points.

Toss up.

What painter of "Netherlandish Proverbs", nicknamed for his paintings of peasants was a Flemish artist who painted landscape with the "Fall of Icarus"?

(ding) That would be Pieter Bruegel.

Toss up.

What molecule, whose concentration can be measured in Dobson units, is depleted by chlorofluorocarbons and is composed of three oxygen atoms?

(buzzer) Alex, Western Wayne.

- Ozone?

- Ozone, Alex is correct answer and your bonus.

The three kingdoms period followed which Chinese dynasty founded by Liu Bang that was overthrown by the Yellow Turbine Rebellion.

(buzzer) Alex.

- The Ming dynasty?

- Ming is incorrect, it is Han.

Toss up.

What British author rewrote six fairy tales in his 1982 book, "Revolting Rhymes" and described golden tickets in "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"?

(buzzer) Emily.

- Ronald Dahl?

- Correct answer for your toss-up points and your bonus Western Wayne.

What quantity, which equals the cross product of displacement and force is the rotational analog of force and is symbolized tau.

(buzzer) Alex.

- Torque?

- Torque is correct answer for your bonus points.

That sound you heard signals the end of this first quarter and it's now time to move over to our Lightning Round.

(electrical sound) Let's update our score.

Western Wayne has 75 and Valley View has 10.

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.

Valley View has won the coin toss and will pick first.

Your categories are V in science and opera.

- V in science.

- V in science.

The timer will start after I read the first question.

Identify these terms from science that start with the letter V. A space completely devoid of matter.

(buzzer) Molly.

- Void?

- [Regina] Vacuum.

In math, a placeholder for an unknown value such as X.

(buzzer) Della.

- Variable.

- [Regina] Correct.

Electrons in an atom's outer shell.

Della.

- Valence.

- [Regina] Correct.

Density equals mass divided by this quantity.

(buzzer) - Volume?

- [Regina] Correct.

Organelle that stores waste.

(buzzer) Della.

- Vacuole.

- Correct.

Element with atomic symbol V. (buzzer) Jack.

- Vanadium> - [Regina] Vanadium's correct.

Body parts such as an organ that has lost its function.

- Pass.

(buzzer) - [Regina] Della.

- Vestibular structure?

- [Regina] Say it again.

- Vestibular structure.

- [Regina] Is incorrect.

It is vestigial.

Measure of a fluid's resistance to flow.

(buzzer) Della.

- Viscosity.

- [Regina] Correct.

Essential amino acid one letter abbreviation V. (buzzer) - Vitamin?

- Valine.

Process of widening blood vessels.

(buzzer) The correct answer is vasodilation.

Moving over to Western Wayne.

The category is operas.

Answer the following about operas.

Composer of "Don Giovanni" and "The Magic Flute".

(buzzer) Evan.

- Mozart.

- [Regina] Correct.

US city home to the Metropolitan Opera.

(buzzer) Alex.

- New York?

- [Regina] Correct.

George Bizet title gypsy who loves a bullfighter.

(buzzer) Alex.

- Pass.

- [Regina] "Carmen".

Language of Giuseppe Verde's "La Traviata".

(buzzer) Evan.

- Italian?

- [Regina] Correct.

German composer of the "Ring Cycle" and "Lohengrin".

(buzzer) - Pass.

- Wagner.

Maria Callas' voice type, which is higher than alto.

(buzzer) - Soprano.

- [Regina] Correct.

Gioachino Rossini opera whose title character shoots an apple off his son's head.

(buzzer) Evan.

- Seville?

- Tell.

Orchestral piece that often begins an opera.

(buzzer) Evan.

- Prelude?

- [Regina] Overture.

Summary of "Porgy and Bess" creators George and Ira.

(ding) That's the end of the Lightning Round.

Let's move over to our second quarter.

We'll start with a toss up.

What theologian, who equated knowledge of self and knowledge of God in his "Institutes of the Christian Religion", was a Protestant reformer in Geneva?

(buzzer) Evan.

- Luther?

- Incorrect, rebound to Valley View.

No one?

The correct answer is Calvin.

What primary color, which is opposite cyan on modern color wheel, once used pigments extracted from cinnabar and has shades including scarlet?

(buzzer) Jack, Valley View.

- Red?

- Red's correct answer and your bonus Valley View.

What two word English name is given to Israel's air defense system deployed in 2011 that intercepts incoming artillery shells and rockets?

(buzzer) Della?

- Pass.

- The correct answer is iron dome.

Toss up.

What material made from beta keratin has high tensile strength and is produced by spinnerets and is used.

(buzzer) - Carbon fiber?

- [Regina] I'm sorry.

- Carbon fiber.

- Carbon fiber is incorrect, I'll complete the question and rebound to Valley View.

Produced by spinnerets and is used for ballooning and catching prey by spiders.

Anyone?

(buzzer) - Collagen?

- Is incorrect.

It is spider silk.

Toss up.

What act which was declared a federal hate crime in a March 2022 law is an extra judicial attack, such as what happened in 1955 to Emmett Till?

(buzzer) Alex, Western Wayne.

- Lynching?

- Lynching, Alex is correct answer and your bonus.

In the Jason Bourne franchise, Bourne suffers from what psychological condition that has retrograde and antegrade types?

(buzzer) - Amnesia?

- Amnesia, Kylie is a correct answer for your bonus points.

Toss up.

What president, under whom the Departments of Energy and Education were formed, gave up the German peanut farm after defeating Gerald Ford in 19?

(buzzer) Alex, Western Wayne.

- Lyndon Johnson?

- Is incorrect.

I'll complete the question.

Rebound to Valley View.

In 1976.

No one?

That would be President Jimmy Carter.

Toss up.

What philosopher, whose books include "Untimely Meditations" and "The Gay Science", who wrote about the Ubermensch or Superman in "Thus Spoke Zarathustra"?

(buzzer) Evan.

- Nietzsche?

- Is correct answer, Evan and your bonus points.

The so-called classical tests of what theory include explaining the perihelion procession of Mercury and observing light bending around the sun?

(buzzer) Evan.

- Quantum theory?

- Quantum theory is incorrect.

It is general relativity.

Toss Up.

In 2022, what man, who made Chris Pincher Deputy Chief Whip despite misconduct charges was forced by his cabinet to resign as Britain's Prime Minister?

(buzzer) Alex Western Wayne.

- Boris Johnson?

- Correct answer and your bonus, Western Wayne.

Two answers are required for this question.

What two United States states share the longest border, much of it along the Red River?

(buzzer) Alex.

- Texas and Oklahoma?

- Texas and Oklahoma's correct answer for your bonus points, Western Wayne.

(ding) That sound signals the end of this quarter.

So let's update our current score.

We have Western Wayne with 135 points and Valley View with 50 points.

We're gonna take a little break and get to know our students a little better, so we'll begin with Western Wayne.

Emily, let's start with you.

Why don't you tell our viewing audience a little bit about yourself, you know, what you like to do in school and maybe even out of school?

- Out of school, I like to hang out with my friends a lot.

- [Regina] Okay.

- Yeah.

- [Regina] Any extracurricular activities?

- I do stage crew for the musical.

- Okay.

Kylie?

- I'm in FBLA, FCCLA, Spanish Club and NHS.

- [Regina] That's a lot.

- [Kylie] It is.

It's a lot to handle.

- Alex.

- In school I do FBLA, soccer and track and out of school, I like to bike, hunt and ski.

- Thank you, Alex.

Evan?

- I do a lot of competitive math and I also play, I like conduct for our band, play the instruments.

- Nice.

What instrument?

- Bari Sax.

It's like a big saxophone.

- Okay, nice.

Let's move over to our team from Valley View.

Isabella, let's start with you.

- In school I do Bio Club, Leo Club and SADD club.

Outside of school I'm a dancer and I also have a baking business where I make custom sugar cookies.

- Ooh, one of my favorites.

Jack.

- In school I'm president of student council, mock trial and Spanish club and outside of school I volunteer on political campaigns.

- Okay.

Molly?

- In school I'm president of the Bio Club and Math Honor Society and I also like to play basketball.

- And Della.

- In school, I'm part of the Bio Club, Spanish Club and I do cross country and swimming and outside of school, I like to bake.

- Okay, great to meet all of you.

Let's get started with another toss up, pencil paper ready.

What is the sum of the fractions 1/10th plus 1/11th?

(buzzer) Jack Valley View.

- 21 100 tenths?

- Is the correct answer and your bonus, Valley View.

The Conway Cabal tried to replace George Washington as head of the Continental Army, with what other American commander, who won the battle of Saratoga?

(buzzer) Della.

- General Lee?

- General Lee is incorrect.

It is Horatio Gates.

Toss up.

What film who's making is the subject of the TV series, "The Offer" features the line, "I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse", said by Vito Corleone?

(buzzer) Evan.

- "The Godfather"?

- "The Godfather", Evan, is correct answer and your bonus, Western Wayne.

An oscillating crystal of what mineral is used to accurately keep time?

(buzzer) Evan?

- Quartz?

- Quartz, Evan is the correct answer for your bonus points.

Toss up.

What colony, where Pied-Noir settled, I'm sorry, where Pied-Noirs settled became independent after the 1962 Evian Accords and was France's largest North African possession?

(buzzer) Alex, Western Wayne.

- Algeria?

- Algeria's correct answer and your bonus, Western Wayne.

A magician brings the title puppet to life in "Petrushka", a ballet by what Russian composer of "The Firebird"?

(buzzer) Evan.

- Tchaikovsky?

- Tchaikovsky is incorrect.

It is Stravinsky.

Toss up.

What objects have a planetary type formed by dying stars and a dark type rich in light?

(buzzer) Jack, Valley View.

- Supernovas?

- Supernova's incorrect, I'll complete the question and rebound to Western Wayne.

A dark type rich in light absorbing dust and are clouds of interstellar gas.

No one?

(buzzer) Evan?

- Nebulas?

- Nebula's the correct answer for your rebound points.

Toss up.

What sea borders are Port of Rasht receives the waters of the Volga River and borders five countries including Azerbaijan, Iran and Russia?

(buzzer) Alex.

- Caspian Sea?

- Caspian, Alex, is correct answer and your bonus, Western Wayne.

The regions around 30 degrees latitude are named after what animals whose wild members in the American West are called Mustangs?

(buzzer) Alex.

- Horses?

- Horses is the correct answer for your bonus points.

Toss up.

What man who popularized the idea of the African American double consciousness in "The Souls of Black Folk" was a co-founder of the NAACP?

(buzzer) Alex, Western Wayne.

- Booker T Washington?

- Is incorrect, rebound to Valley View.

No one?

The correct answer is Du Bois.

Toss up.

John Keminy and Thomas Kurtz developed what programming language in which may contain lines like "Go to 10" and is named for its general simplicity.

(buzzer) Alex or Evan.

- Python.

- Python is incorrect.

Rebound to Valley View.

(buzzer) Della.

- [Della] C Plus?

- Is incorrect.

It is Basic.

Toss up.

In what play is the rude mechanicals' production of the Pyramus and Thisbe viewed by Theseus and Hippolyta before its characters are blessed by Puck?

(buzzer) That would be "Midsummer Night's Dream".

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

(electrical noise) - This time Western Wayne will pick first.

Your categories are river cities or lines.

- River cities, please.

- River cities, it is.

Time begins when I finish reading the first question.

River cities, which national capital sits on these rivers?

Thames.

(buzzer) Alex.

- London.

- [Regina] Correct.

Dnieper.

(buzzer) Alex.

- Rome?

- [Regina] Kiev.

Tiber.

(buzzer) - Rome.

- [Regina] Correct.

Potomac.

(buzzer) Alex.

- Washington DC.

Correct.

Seine.

(buzzer) Alex.

- Paris.

- Correct.

River Liffey.

You can pass.

(buzzer) - Pass.

- [Regina] Dublin.

Han.

(buzzer) - Beijing.

- [Regina] Seoul.

Either of the, I'm sorry, either of two on the Niger.

(buzzer) - Abuja?

- [Regina] Bamako.

Vltava.

You can pass.

- Pass.

- Prague.

Tigris.

(buzzer) Baghdad.

Moving over to the team from Valley View.

Your category is lines.

Answer the following about lines.

Number of lines in a typical Haiku.

(buzzer) Jack.

- Three.

- [Regina] Correct.

Mathematician whose fifth postulate deals with parallel lines.

(buzzer) - Einstein?

- Euclid.

British word for a line in which people wait.

(buzzer) - Queue?

- [Regina] Correct, Isabella.

Sport whose Mendoza line is a statistical one.

You can pass.

- Pass.

- Baseball.

These lines include the San Andreas one.

(buzzer) - Faults?

- Fault, correct.

In football, standard number of offensive linemen on the field at one time.

(buzzer) - 13?

- [Regina] Five.

Longitude line that preceded our fight over the Oregon territory.

(buzzer) - 13th?

- I'm sorry?

- 13th?

- [Regina] 54.

Host of "Whose Line Is It Anyway" and "The Price is Right".

You can pass.

- Pass.

- Drew Carey.

Lines above or below a musical staff.

(buzzer) That would be a ledger.

Toss up.

What building, which was completed in 1800 and was designed by James Hoban, is depicted on the $20 bill and is at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

(buzzer) Alex.

Western Wayne.

- White House.

- The White House, Alex's correct answer and your bonus, Western Wayne.

The Palazzo Pitti was the main residence of what Florentine banking family that included Lorenzo the Magnificent and several Grand Dukes of Tuscany?

(buzzer) That is Medici.

Toss up.

What term that describes a piece played in response to applause, typically at the end of a concert, is derived?

(buzzer) Jack, Valley View.

- Encore?

- Encore, Jack's correct answer and your bonus Valley View.

Stereo Madness and Club Step are levels in what 2013 musical platform game in which a square character avoids spikes?

(buzzer) Della?

- Geometry Dash.

- Geometry Dash is the correct answer, Della, for your bonus points.

Toss up in mathematics, pencil and paper ready.

What is the square root of negative 121 given that the square root of negative one is by definition the imaginary number I?

(buzzer) Evan, Western Wayne.

- 11I?

- 11I, Evan is correct answer and your bonus, pencil paper ready.

Two answers are required.

The quantity four x squared minus 25 can be factored into what two binomials with integer coefficients?

(buzzer) Alex.

- Two x plus five, two x minus five.

- Is correct answer for your bonus points.

Toss up.

What act, whose pre-clearance requirements were ended by Shelby County versus Holder bans literacy tests and other forms of discrimination in suffrage?

(buzzer) Jack, Valley View.

- The Voting Rights Act?

- Voting Rights Act, Jack's correct answer and your bonus Valley View.

William Wordsworth helped to create what poetic era that lasted from roughly 1800 to 1850 and emphasized nature, emotion, beauty and the sublime?

- Pass.

- That would be the romantic era.

Toss up.

What author whose novel "Oil" was adapted into the film, "There Will Be Blood", depicted Lithuanian immigrant Jurgis Rudkus in his novel "The Jungle"?

(buzzer) Alex.

Western Wayne.

- Upton Sinclair?

- Upton Sinclair's correct answer and your bonus.

What current member of Joe Biden's cabinet was unsuccessfully nominated to the Supreme Court by Barack Obama?

(buzzer) Alex.

- Merrick Garland?

- Merrick Garland's correct answer for your bonus points.

Toss up.

What producer of the 2021 film "Candyman" who directed the horror films "Us" and "Get Out" starred in a sketch comedy show?

(buzzer) Jack, Valley View.

- Jordan Peele?

- Peele's correct answer, Jack and your bonus, Valley View.

What adjective describes a factor that divides evenly into an integer N and is strictly less than N, such as two with respect to 12?

(buzzer) - Multiple?

- Multiple is incorrect.

It is proper factor.

That sound means we've reached the end of this match.

So let's take a look at our final score.

We have Valley View with 110 and Western Wayne with 245.

Congratulations Western Wayne, 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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