(upbeat music continues) - Welcome to the 18th 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 1, 3, or $5,000.
Tonight's match features Hughesville versus Milton.
Representing Hughesville are Liam Turnbow, Jonah McGinley, Kaycee Sondheimer, and Quinn Draper.
Their alternates are Keegan Smith and Reese Kirk, and their advisor is Tara Holdren.
Representing Milton are Nathan Fink, Thomas McCaffery.
Violet Bell, and Xavier Godown.
Their alternate is Pierce Hoffer and their advisors are David O'Brien and Lee Yohey.
"Scholastic Scrimmage" is a game of rapid recall of factual information, so 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'll be given the toss-up points, but will not receive a bonus question.
Well, let's get started with this toss-up.
What fictional group, whose members include Baby John and Action, sings "Gee Officer Krupke" and are the white rivals of the Sharks in "West Side Story."
(buzzer rings) Xavier, Milton.
- The Jets.
- Is correct.
And here's your bonus question.
During what uprising in 17th century Virginia did rebels opposed to Governor William Barkley issue the Declaration of the People and burned Jamestown?
(buzzer rings) Okay, that was Bacon's Rebellion, which I'm told was very tasty.
Here's your next toss-up question.
What part of the human upper extremity is known as the pollex, has two phalanges, and has a saddle-shaped joint that allows it to be opposable.
- The thumb.
- Jonah, Hughesville - The thumb - Is correct.
And here's your bonus question.
In all this Aldous Huxley's dystopian novel "Brave New World," what 20th century industrialist is venerated for philosophical teachings such as: "History is bunk"?
- Carnegie or... Carnegie or who's the other one?
- [Liam] I don't know, just go with that.
- It's Carnegie or the- - You're running outta time.
- Carnegie.
- No, we're looking for Henry Ford.
Henry Ford.
Here's your next toss-up question.
What playwright wrote about Septimus tutoring Thomasina in "Arcadia" and about two characters from "Hamlet" in "Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead"?
(buzzer rings) Jonah, Hughesville.
- O'Neil.
- Is incorrect.
Rebound to Milton (buzzer rings) - William Shakespeare.
- No, we're looking for Tom Stoppard.
That was a tough one.
Here comes your next toss-up question.
What city is home to the Arima Onsen hot springs, was devastated by the 1995 Great Hanshin earthquake, and is the source of a prized Japanese beef?
(buzzer rings) Jonah, Hughesville.
- Wagyu.
- Is incorrect.
Rebound to Milton.
(buzzer rings) Okay, we're looking for Kobe.
Kobe.
Here's your next tossup question.
What man fired CEO Parag Agrawal and shared a picture of himself carrying a sink in October 2022?
(buzzer rings) Xavier, Milton.
- Elon Musk.
- Is correct.
And here's your bonus question.
What alliterative nickname arose for the 47-ton German M-Gerat howitzer artillery guns that were used at the battles of Liege and Verdun?
(buzzer rings) - Big Bertha.
- Is correct, for your bonus points, Milton.
Great job.
Here comes your next toss-up question.
What show, whose season four soundtrack opens with "Separate Ways," and includes Kate Bush's- (buzzer rings) Liam, Hughesville.
- "Stranger Things."
- Is correct.
And here's your bonus question now.
What singer, whose solo albums include "Doo-Wops & Hooligans" joined Rapper Anderson Paak to form the super-duo Silk Sonic?
(buzzer rings) - Bruno Mars - Is correct, for your bonus points, Hughesville.
And we come to our next toss-up question.
What region, which extends from Woods Hole in the southwest to Provincetown, is to the north of Martha's Vineyard and is a Cape in Massachusetts?
(buzzer rings) Xavier, Milton.
- Cape Cod.
- Is correct.
And here's your bonus question now.
The optimal reaction for fusion reactors requires what unstable isotope of hydrogen that has two neutrons?
(team indistinctly whispering) (buzzer rings) (buzzer rings) Okay, we're looking for tritium.
And that sound that you heard signals the end of the first quarter.
And it's now time for the lightning round.
(electricity buzzing) 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.
Milton has won the coin toss and will pick first.
Your categories are A in Literature or Age of Discovery.
- Age of Discovery.
(buzzer rings) - We'll do Age of Discovery.
- Age of Discovery it is.
And your time begins after I finish reading the first question.
Answer the following about European naval exploration in the 15th, 16th, and 17th centuries.
Initial captain of the first voyage to circumnavigate the globe.
(buzzer rings) - Ferdinand Magellan.
- Yes.
South African Cape, reached by Bartolomeu Diaz.
- Cape of Good Hope.
- Yes Portuguese Prince known as the navigator.
- Prince Henry.
- Yes.
Magnetic-orienting device essential to ocean exploration.
- A compass.
- Yes.
First European to reach India by sea.
(buzzer rings) - Vasco Da Gama.
- Yes.
A main triangular sail hung at a 45-degree angle.
(buzzer rings) - Pass.
- That's lateen.
- Modern-day country explored by John Cabot.
(buzzer rings) - Canada.
- Yes.
Mythical water feature that Juan Ponce de Leone supposedly sought.
- Fountain of Youth.
- Yes.
Columbus' Nina and Pinta were this type of speedy ship?
(buzzer rings) - Caravel.
- Yes.
Italian mapmaker and namesake of America.
(buzzer rings) - Amerigo Vespucci - Is correct.
- Wow, Milton, great job on the lightning round.
We're gonna come over to Hughesville now.
And your remaining category will be A in Literature.
And again, your time begins after I finish reading the first question.
Name the authors of these English language works whose titles start with the letter A.
"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland."
- Louis Carroll.
- Yes.
"Animal Farm."
- George Orwell.
- Yes.
"Adventures of Huckleberry Finn."
- Charles Darwin.
- Mark Twain.
- No, Mark Twain.
- [Paul] "As I Lay Dying" and "Absalom, Absalom!"
(buzzer beeps) - Walt Whitman.
- [Paul] William Faulkner.
"Anthem" and "Atlas Shrugged."
- Ayn Rand.
- Yes.
"The Age of Innocence."
- Pass.
- Edith Wharton.
"The Awakening."
- Pass again.
- [Paul] Kate Chopin.
"Ann of Green Gables" - Pass.
- [Paul] It's L. M. Montgomery.
"Angela's Ashes."
- Pass.
- Frank McCourt.
"The Ambassadors."
- Pass.
- That's Henry James.
And that's going to do it for the lightning round.
And after that, we currently have Milton in the lead over Hughesville, 80 to 40.
And we're now going to move into the second quarter with this toss-up question.
What president authorized Operation Ajax to overthrow Iran's Prime Minister, created NASA to kick off- (buzzer rings) Quinn, Hughesville.
- George W. Bush - Is incorrect.
I'll finish the question and rebound to Milton.
Created NASA to kick off the space race in 1958 and was nicknamed Ike.
Xavier.
- Dwight D. Eisenhower.
- Is correct for your rebound points, Milton.
Great job.
And here comes your next toss-up question.
What quantity, whose vapor type appears in Raoult's law is inversely proportional to a gases volume and could be measured in Pascals or atmospheres?
(buzzer rings) Liam, Hughesville.
- Pressure.
- Is correct.
And here's your bonus question.
What volcano, which erupted in December 2022 for the first time since 1984, makes up much of the Big Island of Hawaii?
(buzzer rings) - Mana Loa.
- Is correct, for your bonus points.
Great job, Hughesville.
Let's move on to our next toss-up question.
In 2022, Dina Boluarte became what South American country's first female president after Pedro Castillo was impeached and detained in its capital Lima?
- Peru.
- Jonah, Hughesville.
- Peru.
- Is correct.
- My bad.
I got excited.
- Here's your bonus question now.
The AES and RSA algorithms perform what task which encodes a message so that only those with a certain key can read it.
- [Kaycee] Well, you can say it.
(indistinct whispering) - Encrypting.
- Is correct, for your bonus points.
Let's go to our next toss-up question.
What Roman politician was the target of Cicero's "Philippics" and lost the battle of Actium to Octavian after which he- (buzzer rings) Jonah, Hughesville.
- Mark Antony.
- Is correct.
And here's your bonus question.
What work by Art Spiegelman about the Holocaust was the first graphic novel to win a Pulitzer Prize?
- [Jonah] Do you guys have any clue?
- "Boy in Striped Pajamas."
(buzzer rings) "The Boy in Striped Pajamas"?
- Nope, we're looking for "Mouse," "Mouse."
Here's your next toss-up question.
What artist painted a crumbling pillar inside a torso in "The Broken Column" and included hummingbirds and a self-portrait inspired by her Mexican roots?
(buzzer rings) Liam, Hughesville.
- Maya Angelo.
- Is incorrect.
Rebound to Milton.
(buzzer rings) Okay, we're looking for Frida Kahlo.
Frida Kahlo.
Here's your next toss-up question.
What novel, whose protagonist works at the Liberty Paint Factory and lives in Harlem, features an unnamed Black narrator and is by Ralph Ellison?
(buzzer rings) Okay, we're looking for "The Invisible Man," or "Invisible Man."
Here's your next toss-up question.
What denomination, the main target of the Know Nothing movement, had no adherents elected president until 1960 when John F. Kennedy won the office?
(buzzer rings) Xavier, Milton.
- Roman Catholic.
Is correct.
And here's your bonus question.
What three-word term whose first word begins with S denotes the splitting up of responsibilities within a government into branches?
(buzzer rings) - Separations of the powers - Is correct, for your bonus points.
Great job, Milton.
Here's your next toss-up question.
What substances formed by the homolysis of CFCs contribute to the breakdown of atmospheric ozone and- Quinn, Hughesville.
- Chloroflouro- (buzzer rings) - Is incorrect.
I'll finish the question and rebound to Milton.
And contain one or more unpaired electrons.
(buzzer rings) - Chlorofluorocarbon.
- Is incorrect.
We're looking for radicals or free radicals.
And that sound that you heard signals the end of the first half.
And now we're 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 Hughesville.
And, Liam, I'm going to come to you first.
Tell us what your favorite subject is in school and why.
- Ooh, probably this year it's gonna be physics because I've always been interested in how and why the physical world works.
And it's very nice to start learning about the deeper meanings of what would be normal, everyday occasions.
- What is normal?
Right?
- Yeah, exactly.
- It's different to everybody.
Jonah, what is your favorite subject?
- I don't really have one mostly because I just don't like school, but- - [Paul] I don't think you're alone there, Jonah.
- Yeah.
If I had to choose one, it'd probably be math, but that's just because it's easy and I'm lazy.
- Well, math is my natural enemy in the wild, so...
Okay, well, good luck the rest of the way, Jonah.
- Kaycee.
- Mine is biology.
I just, I like to know how the world works, and it's nice to feel a connection to that.
- Absolutely.
Good luck the rest of the way.
- Thank you.
- And Quinn?
- I would say mathematics because of the numbers.
- Okay, all right.
You're also a math fan.
All right, good deal.
Hopefully we'll see some math questions down the road.
Good luck the rest of the way, guys.
Milton.
Nathan, I wanna come over to you.
What is your favorite subject in school and why?
- For the past couple years, I have to say woodworking, just where it's a nice, fun, hands-on class.
And once you're done you have something physical you can take home and admire your hard work - As long as you don't lose a finger.
- Mm-mm.
- Right.
All right.
Thank you.
(laughs) Thomas.
- Well, as much as I don't like it, I'd have to say math because I need it for college and it's a good, it's good.
It's good.
- All right.
Thank you.
Thomas.
Violet.
- I would have to say probably either any government or history class because they're very thought provoking and interesting, and it's just cool to know about everything that has happened.
- Yeah, a lot to learn about history.
- Sure is.
- And Xavier.
- I would also have to say history because I just like to know why everything in the world that's happening is the way it is, and history gives you a really good context of it.
- Absolutely, it does.
Well, good luck the rest of the way.
It was very nice to meet all of you.
And we'll now begin the third quarter with this toss-up question.
What book, which contains a list of costs totaling over $28 and a chapter titled "Economy," depicts the life in the woods of Henry David Thoreau?
Xavier, Milton.
- "Walden."
- Is correct.
And here's your bonus question.
What author noted, "They also serve who only stand and wait," in his sonnet "When I Consider How My Light is Spent" about his blindness?
(buzzer rings) That was a tough one.
That was John Milton.
Here's your next toss-up question.
What country's politics were controlled from 1929 to 2000 by the PRI until the election of Vicente Fox with support from Jalisco and Baja California?
Xavier, Milton.
- Mexico.
- Is correct.
And your bonus question: What law which can be derived from Fermat's principle of least time relates the sides of the angles of incidence and refraction.
(buzzer rings) Okay, that was Snell's law, Snell's law.
Teams, here's your next toss-up question.
What kind of celebrations include the Iranian Nowruz, the Vietnamese Tet, and Chinese festival- (buzzer rings) Jonah, Hughesville.
- New Year's celebrations.
- Is correct.
And here's your bonus question now.
In May 2023, what Major League Baseball franchise announced a new stadium agreement that allows the team to move to Las Vegas by 2025?
- Let's see.
Name a baseball team.
- The Rockies.
- The Rockies.
- No, you're kind of geographically close, but we're looking for the Oakland A's, the Oakland Athletics.
(team chattering) All right, here comes your next toss-up question.
What six-letter term describes saturated hydrocarbons that have the maximum possible number of attached hydrogen atoms, such as methane- (buzzer rings) Jonah, Hughesville - Fatty - Is incorrect.
I will finish the question and rebound to Milton.
Or propane.
(buzzer rings) Okay, we're looking for alkane.
Alkane.
Here's your next toss-up question.
What title character thwarts the plans of his employer Count Almaiva in a Wolfgung Amadeus Mozart comic opera about his marriage to Susanna?
(buzzer rings) Xavier, Milton.
- "The Magic Flute."
- Is incorrect.
Rebound to Hughesville - "Aida."
- No, we're looking for "Figaro."
"Figaro."
Here comes your next toss-up.
What poet wrote about a man guttering, choking, drowning with froth- (buzzer rings) Violet, Milton.
- Edgar Alan Poe.
- Is incorrect.
I will finish the question and rebound to Hughesville.
Froth-corrupted lungs from a gas attack in his anti-war poem "Dulce et Decorum est."
(buzzer rings) - Walt Whitman.
- No, we were looking for a Wilfred Owen.
Wilfred Owen.
Here comes your next toss-up.
What business, which is the world's largest music publisher, makes Bravia-branded televisions, Xperia phones, and the PlayStation console?
Xavier, Milton.
- Sony.
- Is correct.
And your bonus question: What weather phenomenon rubs its back upon the window panes in a love song by T. S. Elliot and comes on little cat feet in a Carl Sandberg poem?
(buzzer rings) - Snow.
- No, we were looking for fog, but still great guess.
And that sound that you heard signals the end of the third quarter and a another lightning round.
(electricity buzzing) This time Hughesville will pick first.
Your categories are Judges on "The Voice" or M. - M. - M. - M. - We'll do M. - All right, M it is.
And your time begins after I finish reading the first question.
Answer the following about the letter M. Decimal value of Roman numeral M. - Million - Thousand.
Code in which M is represented by two dashes.
(buzzer rings) - Morse code.
- Yes.
Author who created James Bond and Bond's boss M. (buzzer rings) - Pass.
- Ian Fleming.
Quantity denoted M in E equals mc squared.
- Mass.
- Yes.
French scientist who cataloged 110 astronomical objects with numbers beginning M. - Pass - Messier.
American department store whose stock symbol is M. - Macy's.
- Yes.
Amount of solute per liter of solution abbreviated?
- Molarity.
- Yes.
Avant-garde composer of "4'33"" who wrote a book titled "M".
- Pass.
- John Cage.
German car maker that produced the M Class - Mercedes.
- Yes.
Amino acid abbreviated M or Met?
- Miacin.
(buzzer rings) - No, we're looking for methionine.
But still, Hughesville, incredible job on the lightning round.
We're gonna come over to you now, Milton.
And your remaining category will be Judges on "The Voice."
And again, your time begins after I finish reading the first question.
Name these current or former judges on the TV show "The Voice."
Country music singer married to Gwen Stefani.
(buzzer rings) - Pass.
- Blake Shelton.
Singer of "Seven Rings" and "Thank U, Next."
(buzzer rings) - Ariana Grande.
- Yes.
Lead vocalist of Maroon 5.
(buzzer rings) - Adam Levine.
- Yes.
Cuban-born singer of "Havana" and "Senorita."
- Selena Gomez.
- [Paul] Camila Cabello.
Singer of "All of Me" about his wife Chrissy Tiegen.
- John Legend.
- Yes.
- R and B singer of "Fallin'" and "Girl on Fire."
(buzzer rings) - Pass.
- Alicia Keys.
Third member of a band that includes his older brothers Kevin and Joe.
(buzzer rings) - Pass.
- Nick Jonas.
Colombian singer of "Hips Don't Lie" and Whenever, Wherever."
- Shakira.
- Yes.
Producer of the musical "A Strange Loop" who achieved EGOT status in 2022.
(buzzer rings) - Pass.
- That's Jennifer Hudson.
Country Pop singer- (buzzer rings) Well, we're not going to get to that last question and it will forever be known as a mystery.
And after that lightning round, we have a very good game, Milton in the lead over Hughesville, 155 to 115.
And we're now going to begin the last quarter of the game with this toss-up question.
And get those pencils and papers ready.
What is the length of each long side of a rectangle whose short sides each measure 10 and whose perimeter is 44?
(buzzer rings) Jonah, Hughesville.
- 12.
- Is correct.
And here's your bonus question.
Calabria lies at the eastern end of what strait that separates Sicily from the Italian mainland?
- Do it.
(buzzer rings).
- The Italian Strait.
(group laughing) - No, we're looking for the Strait of Messina, not to be confused with the country singer.
Here's your next toss-up question.
What hero who was awarded the hide of a Calydonian boar by Meleager lost a race to Hippomenes?
Jonah, Hughesville.
- Atlanta.
- Is correct.
And your bonus question: As of 2022, women such as Wilma Mankiller and Anna May Wong can be seen on what objects issued by the US government?
- Stamps.
- Sure.
- Stamps - Is incorrect.
We're looking for quarters, quarters.
Here's your next toss-up question.
During what war did a secret study leaked by Daniel Ellsberg, known as the Pentagon Papers, trace- Jonah, Hughesville.
- The Vietnam War - Is correct And your bonus question now.
What man became the youngest ever presidential nominee of a major party after giving his "Cross of Gold" speech in 1896.
(buzzer rings) - Let's go with Johnson.
- No, we're looking for William Jennings Bryan.
William Jennings Bryan.
Here's your next toss-up.
Close game here.
Poems in what form, many of which appear in "Narrow Road to the Deep North" have lines of five, seven, and five syllables?
Jonah, Hughesville.
- Haikus.
- Is correct.
And here's your bonus question.
What name is sometimes given to 2/2 time, which can be denoted by a C?
- Cut time.
- Is correct, for your bonus points.
Great job, Hughesville.
Here's your next toss-up.
In what film, whose protagonist runs a savings bank in Bedford Falls, does an angel show George Bailey how things would be if he'd never been born?
(buzzer rings) - Quinn, Hughesville.
- "A Christmas Carol" - Is incorrect.
Rebound to Milton.
(buzzer rings) Okay, we're looking for "It's a Wonderful Life."
"It's a Wonderful Life."
Here's your next toss-up question.
What animal, the largest reptile in North America, is an apex predator native to the entire Gulf Coast and shares an order with crocodiles?
Quinn, Hughesville.
- The American alligator.
- Is correct.
And your bonus question now.
What playwright created backstabbing real estate salesman Dave Moss, Shelly Levine, and Ricky Roma in his 1983 play "Glengarry Glen Ross"?
- We could always say O'Neill or- - Okay, go.
- Yeah.
(buzzer rings) - O'Neill.
- Nope.
We're looking for David Mamet.
Here's your next toss-up questions.
30 seconds left in the game.
What alleged member of Khlyst sect tried to Tsarevich Alexei's hemophilia before being shot in 1916?
Xavier, Milton.
- Rasputin.
- Is correct.
And your bonus question: In the 12th century, what city of about 1 million people was capital of the Khmer Empire and a namesake temple complex or Wat?
(buzzer rings) - Angkor.
- Is correct, for your bonus points.
Here's your next toss-up question.
What creature, which is supposedly depicted in the so-called surgeon's photograph taken in 1934, is said to live in a lake by the Scottish Highlanders.
Kaycee, Hughesville.
- Loch Ness Monster.
- I'm sorry.
- The Loch Ness Monster - Is correct.
And your bonus question: In October 2022, Nury Martinez resigned as a member of what city's city council after a recording leak of her making racist remarks.
- Sadie Sink.
- No, we're looking for a Los Angeles, California.
And that is the end of a very exciting game.
And our winner tonight, come-from-behind victory, is Hughesville over Milton, 180 to 170.
Congratulations, Hughesville, you're gonna be moving on.
And we're going to see you hopefully next time for another match of Scholastic Scrimmage.
I'm Paul Lazar.
Thanks for watching.
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