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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 $5,000.

Tonight's match features Wyoming Area versus Hazleton.

Representing Wyoming Area are Jaxon Pollard, Mario Belza, Kayden Dructor, and Brady Kearns.

Their alternates are Del Maloney and Emma Kratz, and their advisor is Molly Kearns.

Representing Hazleton are Kyden Kowalick, Ava Badamo, Antonio Potence, and Mateo Feola.

Their alternates are Michael Corelli and Tommy Albane, and their advisors are Rafael Billet and Dennis Buchman.

"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.

Let's go ahead and get started with this toss-up question in Social Science.

The Hindu Kush mountain range dominates this country.

Its official languages are Pashto and Dari.

The Blue Mosque, a perfect example of Islamic architecture, is famous for its blue tiles and fancy calligraphy.

Name this country which was invaded by the Soviet Union in the 1970s- (buzzer beeps) Brady, Wyoming Area.

- Afghanistan?

- Is correct, and here comes your bonus question.

This verse drama by T.S.

Eliot was produced and published in 1935.

It tells of the killing of Thomas Beckett in 1170 by the King's Knights.

What is its name?

- I know he has a book called "Waste Land."

- "Waste Land"?

- Is incorrect.

We're looking for "Murder in the Cathedral."

"Murder in the Cathedral."

Well, here's your next toss-up in Art.

This term that begins with the first letter of the alphabet applies to decorating with flowing lines.

The leafy scrolling decorations on Moorish and Islamic buildings would be one example.

Identify this technique which first appeared in the Islamic form in 1000 AD.

(timer beeps) Okay, we're looking for arabesque.

Arabesque.

Let's go to a toss-up now in Science.

Formed by the hardening of molten rock, it's classified as volcanic, intrusive, or plutonic depending on how it was formed.

Name this type of rock.

(buzzer beeps) Kayden, Wyoming Area.

- Igneous?

- Is correct, and here comes your bonus now.

It inflicts punishment either upon a certain named individual or an entire specified group without the benefit of a trial in court.

Name this type of bill that Congress and state legislatures are forbidden to pass.

- Cruel and unusual?

- No, we're looking for a bill of attainder.

Bill of attainder.

Let's move on to a toss-up in Astronomy now.

They define the outer limits of our solar system.

They're composed primarily of icy planetesimals.

Identify these clouds named for a modern Dutch astronomer.

(buzzer beeps) Brady, Wyoming Area.

- Kepler?

- [Paul] Is incorrect, rebound to Hazleton.

(buzzer beeps) Mateo.

- Cirrus?

- No, the Oort clouds.

Oort clouds.

Well, here's your next toss up, this one in Art.

This Venetian painter was a pioneer in the use of oil paints.

Albrecht Durer, a famous German painter, once said that Giovanni is very old, but he's still one of the best painters of all times.

What is the last name of this elderly Renaissance painter whose famous works include "Coronation of the Virgin," "Madonna of the Meadow," and "Pieta" in early work?

(buzzer beeps) Mateo, Hazleton.

- Pass.

- All right.

Well, rebound to Wyoming Area.

(buzzer beeps) Brady.

- Raphael?

- No, we're looking for Giovanni Bellini.

Giovanni Bellini.

Well, here's your next toss-up, this one in Literature.

This 19th century American author's first prose work, "Outre-Mer: A Pilgrimage Beyond the Sea," was followed in 1839 by the semi-autobiographical romance "Hyperion."

He was the first American to translate Dante Alighieri's "Divine Comedy" and was one of the New England Fireside Poets.

Name this famous poet who wrote many long poems, the most famous of which were "Paul Revere's Ride," "The Song of Hiawatha," and "Evangeline."

(buzzer beeps) Brady, Wyoming Area.

- Hemingway?

- Is incorrect, rebound to Hazleton.

(timer blaring) That answer was Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

Well, here's your next toss-up question in Social Science.

The first European settlement in what is now Alabama was established in 1702.

Name this fort located on the Mobile River that stands on the site of the first established settlement that served as the second capital of French Louisiana.

(buzzer beeps) Brady, Wyoming Area.

- New Orleans?

- Is incorrect, rebound to Hazleton.

(timer blaring) We are looking for Fort Louis de la Mobile.

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 12 rapid fire questions as they can in one minute.

Hazleton has won the coin toss and will pick first.

Your categories are Botany or Theater.

(team members whispering indistinctly) - Theater.

- Okay, Theater it is, and time begins when I finish reading the first question.

Name the musical in which the following lead characters appeared.

Eva Peron.

(buzzer beeps) - "Evita."

- [Paul] Yes.

Maria von Trapp.

(buzzer beeps) - "Sound of Music."

- [Paul] Yes.

Fanny Brice.

(buzzer beeps) - "Funny Girl."

- [Paul] Yes.

Anna Leonowens.

Anna Leonowens.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- [Paul] "The King and I."

Quasimodo.

(buzzer beeps) - "Hunchback of Notre Dame"?

- Yes.

Lady Bracknell.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- [Paul] "Importance of Being Earnest."

Prospero.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- [Paul] "Tempest."

Mama Rose.

(buzzer beeps) - "Gypsy."

- Yes.

Willy Loman.

(buzzer beeps) - "Showboat"?

- [Paul] "Death of a Salesman."

Grizabella.

(buzzer beeps) - "Cats."

- Yes.

Tracy Turnblad.

(buzzer beeps) - "Hairspray."

- Yes.

Blanche DuBois.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- That's "A Streetcar Named Desire."

Okay, Hazleton, that's gonna wrap it up for your portion of the lightning round.

Wyoming Area, we're gonna come over to you, and your remaining category will be Botany, and once again, your time begins when I finish reading the first question.

Identify these botany terms.

The branch of botany that deals with crop production and soil management.

(buzzer beeps) - Agriculture?

- [Paul] Agronomy.

The stem of a leaf.

(buzzer beeps) - Phloem?

- [Paul] Petiole.

Plant tissue that carries water and minerals from the roots to the rest the plant.

(buzzer beeps) - Xylem.

- Yes.

The growth of a plant or its roots toward water.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- [Paul] Hydrotropism.

A creeping underground stem that grows shoots on the top and roots on the bottom.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- That's rhizome.

The collective group of sepals.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- [Paul] Calyx.

The leaf of a fern.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- [Paul] Frond.

The female reproductive organ in a flower.

(buzzer beeps) - Pistil?

- Yes.

The evaporation of water from the leaf of a plant.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- [Paul] Transpiration.

Pores in the leaves of plants that control the passage of gases into and out of the plant.

(timer blaring) Okay, we're not gonna get to that.

That was stoma.

And that's going to do it for the lightning round, and we have a tight game here.

Hazleton in the lead over Wyoming Area by just five points, 35 to 30.

And we're now going to go ahead and move into the second quarter with this toss-up question, and it's a Sports question.

This US track star was paralyzed from polio during her childhood and wore a leg brace until she regained the ability to walk at age 12.

Four years later, she made her Olympic debut by winning a bronze medal in the 4 by 100 relay and then went on to capture more Olympic medals in track and field.

Name this athlete who said, "The feeling of accomplishment welled up inside me, three Olympic gold medals.

I knew that was something that nobody could ever take away from me, ever."

(timer blaring) That was Wilma Rudolph.

Wilma Rudolph.

Well, your next toss-up is a Math toss-up.

They don't exist in our standard real number system, but they do exist in other number systems such as the hyperreal number system, and the surreal number system.

These numbers are quantities that approach but never reach zero.

What are these minute numbers that are a basic part of calculus called?

(buzzer beeps) - Limits?

- Mario, Wyoming Area.

- Limits?

- [Paul] Is incorrect, rebound to Hazleton.

(buzzer beeps) Mateo.

- Asymptotes?

- No, looking for infinitesimals.

(timer blaring) Infinitesimals.

Let's go on to another toss-up.

This one, a Literature toss-up.

This author from Natchez, Mississippi has written a series of seven books, beginning with the book, "The Quiet Game" about Penn Cage, a fictional prosecutor who became a writer.

Name this author who's especially well-known for his book "Natchez Burning."

(buzzer beeps) Brady, Wyoming Area.

- Harper Lee?

- [Paul] Is incorrect, rebound to Hazleton.

(timer blaring) We're looking for Greg Iles.

Our next toss-up is an Astronomy toss-up.

There's about 1 per 100 observed stars.

They're sometimes referred to as failed stars because they do not have enough mass for their cores to burn nuclear fuel and thus radiate starlight.

Name these heavenly bodies that are smaller and cooler than our sun but have a complex planet-like outer atmosphere and maybe many times larger than the planet Jupiter.

(buzzer beeps) Mateo, Hazleton.

- Asteroid?

- [Paul] Is incorrect, rebound to Wyoming Area.

(buzzer beeps) - Supernovas.

- Kayden.

- I'm sorry?

- Supernovas.

- No, we're looking for brown dwarves.

Brown dwarves.

For our next toss-up is a Literature toss-up.

Found in 1995, the manuscript for the novella "Lost Laysen" was published in 1996.

Name the author of this work written in 1916, which she wrote about 20 years before winning the 1937 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction that introduced us to Scarlett O'Hara.

(buzzer beeps) Brady, Wyoming Area.

- Atson?

- [Paul] No, rebound to Hazleton.

(timer blaring) We're looking for Margaret Mitchell.

Margaret Mitchell.

Here's your next toss up in Social Science.

Jane Wyman's acting career began when she was only 16 years old.

During her career, she received an Academy Award, three Golden Globe Awards, and was nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards.

She frequently played the role of the leading lady.

Which American president's wife was actress Jane Wyman- (buzzer beeps) Mateo, Hazleton.

- Ronald Reagan.

- Is correct, and here comes your bonus now.

His painting "Mahoning" is characteristic of his stark black and white works.

Name this abstract expressionist painter from New York who was strongly associated with the Abstract Expressionist movement of the 1940s and '50s.

(buzzer beeps) Mateo.

- Andy Warhol.

- No, looking for Franz Kline.

Franz Kline.

(timer blaring) And 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 Wyoming Area, and Jaxon, I'll come to you first.

Just tell me what you'd like to do for fun.

- I like to play video games.

- [Paul] Excellent.

Thanks for being here, Jaxon.

Mario.

- I like to golf and play ping pong.

- [Paul] Excellent.

Kayden.

- I like to paint and read books.

- [Paul] Okay, and Brady.

- I like to ski and run.

- All right.

Thanks for being here, Wyoming Area.

Coming over to Hazleton, Kyden, tell me what you like to do for fun.

- I like to play soccer.

- [Paul] Okay, thank you.

Ava.

- I like to read and hang out with my friends.

- [Paul] Excellent.

Antonio.

- I like to play the electric guitar.

- [Paul] Cool.

Mateo.

- I like to play tennis and stay involved in my FBLA chapter.

- That's excellent.

It was very nice to meet all of you.

And we're now going to go ahead and begin the third quarter with this toss-up question.

He was born in Missouri.

What famous American author wrote the short stories "What Stumped the Bluejays" and "The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg"?

(buzzer beeps) Brady, Wyoming Area.

- Twain?

- Is correct, and here comes your bonus question.

He experimented with measuring the density of the Earth.

The University of Cambridge named a laboratory for him.

Identify this English scientist who's probably best known for his discovery of hydrogen in 1766.

(buzzer beeps) - Dalton.

No, we're looking for Henry Cavendish.

Henry Cavendish.

Our next toss-up is a Dance question.

This person considers which dance steps and movements are appropriate for a particular ballet or musical.

They then work to instruct the dancers- (buzzer beeps) Mateo, Hazleton.

- Choreographer?

- Is correct, and here comes your bonus question.

The Treaty of Versailles was the most important treaty of World War I because it ended the war between Germany and most of the Allied forces.

Who was the president of the United States when the Treaty of Versailles was signed?

(buzzer beeps) - Woodrow Wilson?

- Is correct for your bonus point, Hazleton, great job, as we move on to a toss-up now in Literature.

What Irish playwright and author of "The Picture of Dorian Gray" spoke these last words- (buzzer beeps) Kayden, Wyoming Area.

- Oscar Wilde.

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

What type of neurons in the peripheral nervous system are responsible for conveying sensory information to the brain, primarily from the sense organs like the skin?

- That's sensory.

(Kayden whispers indistinctly) (buzzer beeps) - Sensory neurons.

- No, we're looking for afferent.

Afferent.

Our next toss-up is a Social Science toss-up.

What type of amendment is best described as a provision that is tacked onto a bill that's being considered by the legislature so that there's a better chance that the bill will pass?

(timer blaring) That was rider.

Okay, our next toss-up is a Literature toss-up.

In the O. Henry's short story "The Last Leaf," a young girl named Johnsy believe she'll die when the final leaf drops from an ivy plant outside her window.

An artist saves her by painting what proves to be his final masterpiece.

What was it?

(timer blaring) Okay, that was an ivy leaf on the wall.

Well, our next toss-up is a Science toss-up.

They have more energy than any wave on the electromagnetic spectrum.

They're produced by the hottest, most energetic objects in our universe.

Identify the shortest waves on electromagnetic spectrum.

(buzzer beeps) Mateo, Hazleton.

- Ultraviolet light?

- [Paul] Is incorrect, rebound to Wyoming Area.

(buzzer beeps) - Microwaves.

- Mario.

- Microwaves.

- No, gamma rays.

Gamma rays.

Let's move on now to a toss up in Dance.

What is the name of Von Rothbart's daughter who appeared at the Prince's birthday party disguised as the Swan Princess in the ballet "Swan Lake"?

(timer blaring) That answer was Odile.

Odile.

Here's our next toss up in Literature.

This eight-letter noun that rhymes with community begins with the letter I and means exemption or freedom- (buzzer beeps) Brady, Wyoming Area.

- Immunity?

- [Paul] Is incorrect.

Rebound to Hazleton after I finish the question.

Begins with the letter I and means exemption or freedom from punishment, harm, or loss.

Name it.

(timer blaring) You are very close.

Impunity.

Impunity.

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

This time, Wyoming Area will pick first.

Your categories are Literature or American History.

- American (speaks faintly).

- American History.

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

Let's try some History trivia here.

Identify these people, places, or things that have become part of our country's history.

The Alabama institute that Booker T. Washington established for- (buzzer beeps) - Brady.

- Tuskegee.

- [Paul] Yes.

The oldest European settled city in the US.

(buzzer beeps) - Jamestown?

- [Paul] St. Augustine.

The first city to serve as the capital of the US.

(buzzer beeps) - New York City?

- Yes.

The treaty that ended the Revolutionary War.

(buzzer beeps) - Treaty of Paris?

- Yes.

The man who assassinated President Lincoln.

(buzzer beeps) - John Wilkes Booth.

- Yes.

The space shuttle that exploded and killed all seven astronauts over Texas- (buzzer beeps) - Challenger?

- [Paul] Columbia.

The only US president who also became a Supreme Court Justice.

(buzzer beeps) - Taft?

- Yes.

The national flower of the US.

(buzzer beeps) - Magnolia?

- [Paul] Rose.

The name of the first permanent English settlement in America.

(buzzer beeps) - Is that Jamestown?

- [Paul] That's Jamestown.

The Native American woman who guided Meriwether Lewis and William Clark across America.

(buzzer beeps) - Sacagawea?

- Yes.

The US state in which the battles of Bull Run, Chancellorsville and- (buzzer beeps) - Virginia?

- Is correct.

The- (timer blaring) Oh, we're not gonna get to that last one.

Still though, great job in the lightning round, Wyoming Area.

We're gonna move things over now to Hazleton, and your remaining category will be Literature.

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

Name the author of these literary works often taught in the 12th grade.

"The Glass Castle."

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- [Paul] Jeannette Walls.

"Eat, Pray, Love."

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- [Paul] Elizabeth Gilbert.

"Hamlet."

(buzzer beeps) - Shakespeare.

- Yes.

"Dracula."

(buzzer beeps) - Mary Shelley?

- [Paul] Bram Stoker.

"The Fault in Our Stars."

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- John Green.

"One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest."

- [Antonio] Pass.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- Ken Kesey.

"The Picture of Dorian Gray."

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- [Paul] Oscar Wilde.

"Oedipus Rex."

- Pass.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- [Paul] Sophocles.

"1984."

(buzzer beeps) - George Orwell?

- Yes.

"Me Talk Pretty One Day."

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- [Paul] David Sedaris.

"Hard Times."

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- [Paul] Charles Dickens.

"The Great Gatsby."

(buzzer beeps) - F. Scott Fitzgerald.

- Is correct.

And that's going to do it for the lightning round.

And after that, a very close game, Wyoming Area in the lead over Hazleton, 90 to 75.

And we're now going to go ahead and begin the last segment of the game with this toss-up question in Math.

When figuring the area of a parallelogram, you can choose any side as the base as long as you use the what that is perpendicular to that side?

(buzzer beeps) Mateo, Hazleton.

- Height.

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

The largest species of algae is known scientifically as Macrocystis pyrifera.

Despite its appearance, it isn't a plant but a heterokont.

What is the common name for this type of algae?

(buzzer beeps) - Moss?

- No, we're looking for giant kelp or bladder kelp.

Our next toss-up is a Driver's ED toss-up.

The measurement of the amount of alcohol in a person's system based on a test of breath, blood, urine, or other bodily substance is known as what?

(buzzer beeps) Mateo, Hazleton.

- Breathalyzer?

- Is incorrect, (buzzer beeps) rebound to Wyoming Area.

Brady.

- Blood Alcohol Content?

- Is correct, and we'll take that for your rebound points, Wyoming Area.

Great job.

Our next toss up is a Literature toss-up.

What novel by William Golding contains the passage, "The boy with the fair hair lowered himself down the last few feet of rocks"- (buzzer beeps) Mateo, Hazleton.

- "Rapunzel"?

- Is incorrect.

I'll finish the question and rebound to Wyoming Area.

"And began to pick his way toward the lagoon."

(timer blaring) That was "Lord of the Flies."

"Lord of the Flies."

Here's your next toss-up in Science.

There are hardy trees that can withstand temps as low as negative 40 degrees Celsius.

This tree is unique to its species in that it has double the usual number of chromosomes.

Name the tree that is known scientifically as the Ulmus americana.

(buzzer beeps) Brady, Wyoming Area.

- Redwoods.

- [Paul] Is incorrect, rebound to Hazleton.

(buzzer beeps) - Sequoia.

- No, we're just simply looking for the elm tree.

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

It's a potpourri.

What Canadian province that borders both parts of Montana and North Dakota grows more wheat than any of the US states- (buzzer beeps) Brady, Wyoming Area.

- Saskatchewan?

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

"A Game of Thrones" was the first novel in "The Song of Ice and Fire" series of fantasy novels by this American author.

He also wrote "Tales of Dunk and Egg."

Name this American author who's written novels, short stories, and screenplays.

- I don't know.

- Kayden, seems like you know.

- I don't.

I guess I can't remember.

(buzzer beeps) - Herbert?

- No, George R.R.

Martin.

Well, here's your next toss up in Physics.

Since the letter M is used to represent mass, it could not be used to represent momentum.

Instead, the symbol for momentum- (buzzer beeps) Mario, Wyoming Area.

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

There are some powers such as collecting taxes and borrowing and spending money that have been granted to both the state governments and the federal government.

What two were term refers to these shared powers?

(Kayden whispering indistinctly) (buzzer beeps) - Shared powers?

- We're looking for concurrent powers.

Concurrent powers.

Well, here's your next toss-up in Television.

He first appeared on "X Factor" in 2010.

After failing to make it through as a solo artist, the judges teamed him up with four other young male singers to create the highly successful boy band One Direction.

(buzzer beeps) Brady, Wyoming Area.

- Liam Payne.

- Is incorrect.

I'll finish the question and rebound it to Hazleton.

When the band broke up, this Irish singer and songwriter continue to produce two albums and several singles, such as "Slow Hands," "Heaven," and "Nice to Meet You."

(buzzer beeps) - Niall Horan.

- Is correct for your rebound points, Hazleton.

And that's going to do it for the game, and our winner tonight is Wyoming Area over Hazleton, 120 to 95.

Congratulations, Wyoming Area, 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.

Thank you for watching.

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