- Hello, and welcome to the first match of the first round of the 49th season of Scholastic Scrimmage.

I'm your host, David Graf.

Today's match between Bangor and Catasauqua will be composed of two halves, with a Lightning Round midway through each half.

At halftime, we'll pause to get to know the students a little bit better, and they'll also get to introduce themselves.

As a reminder, Scholastic Scrimmage requires rapid recall of specific factual information, and it's not necessarily indicative of academic training.

And now, let's begin with our first toss up question.

What ruler who led the attacking army at the siege of Vienna was a sultan who expanded the Ottoman Empire, and is known today as the Magnificent?

Catasauqua.

- Suleman?

- Solomon is correct.

For your bonus, what American doctor's name is given to the technique using abdominal thrusts to relieve airway obstruction in choking?

- Heimlich.

- Henry Heimlich is correct.

And our next toss up question, what author depicted a prodigy who dates 19 girls of the same name in An Abundance of Katharines, and wrote the YA a tearjerker, The Fault in Our Stars?

Catasauqua?

- John Green.

- John Green is correct.

For your bonus, what woman married Menelaus, and was kidnapped before the Trojan War?

Menelaus, excuse me.

Married Menelaus, and was kidnapped before the Trojan War.

Correct answer was Helen.

Helen of Troy.

Next toss up, what movie, in which the giant baby Boh escapes from Yubaba, depicts Chihiro's adventures in a bathhouse for Kami and was directed by Hayao Miyazaki?

Catasauqua.

- Spirited Away.

- Spirited Away is correct.

For your bonus, what Spanish artist's The Charge of the Mamelukes, is sometimes titled for the day before the event depicted in his painting, the 3rd of May, 1808?

Francisco Goya is the correct answer.

Next toss up question, what painter who used his wife, Saskia, as a model painted Syndics of the Drapers' Guild and showed the men from the Frans Banninck Cocq in The Night Watch?

The artist we're looking for is Rembrandt.

Next toss up, what transition metal, which is used in most white paints, as well as in hip replacements and the bodies of airplanes... Catasauqua?

- Titanium.

Titanium is correct.

And a certain fruit-based computer company, if you know who we're talking about, has been hyping that a lot as it's being used in their phones, and also has the atomic symbol Ti, was the end of that question.

For your bonus, according to the UN, as of August 1st, 2023, what country is the world's most populous?

- India?

- India is correct.

Next toss up question, what general, who was defeated at the Battle of Zama by Scipio Africans at the end of the Second Punic War, used elephants to cross the Alps?

Catasauqua?

- Hammurabi?

All right, you're out of time.

Bangor, over to you.

I did complete the question.

Go ahead, Matthew.

- Hannibal.

- Hannibal is correct.

For your bonus, Samuel Parris organisms, such as salmon and agave cactus, perform what behavior once in their lifetime?

- Reproduction.

- Reproduction is correct.

Next toss up question, what economic concept, which has frictional, cyclical, and structural types, also denotes the status of people who are seeking, but cannot find work?

Bangor.

- Unemployment.

- Unemployment is correct.

For your bonus, in 2022, what video game developer behind Fortnite was fined $520 million... - Epic Games.

Epic Games.

- Epic Games is correct.

They were fined for collecting personal information for children under the age of 13.

Next toss up question, what scientists wrote the 2022 book, Starry Messenger, presented the 2020 series Cosmos: Possible Worlds... Bangor?

- Neil deGrasse Tyson.

- Neil deGrasse Tyson is correct.

For your bonus, Herbert suffers a fatal workplace accident after Mr. White uses the cursed title object to wish for £200 in what short story by W.W. Jacobs?

- Monkey's Paw?

- The Monkey's Paw is correct.

The next toss up question, which man who captained Queen Anne's Revenge may have had the real name Edward Teach, was a pirate whose nickname referenced his facial hair?

Catasauqua?

- Blackbeard.

- Blackbeard is correct.

For your bonus, what leader, whose father served as the first prime minister of her country, declared a period known as the Emergency when she held absolute power?

No answer?

Indira Gandhi is the correct answer.

Next toss up, what type of object, which includes one created in 1840 known as the Penny Black, is collected by philatelists and is used to pay for postage?

Bangor?

- Stamps?

- Stamps is correct.

For your bonus, in 1952, David Tudor sat at a piano and closed its lid while premiering what John Cage piece?

- Moonlight.

- Incorrect.

4'33" is the correct answer, the one piece I think on piano we can all play.

Next toss up, what event, whose leader was appointed at Mount Horeb by a burning bush, occurs after plagues enabled the Israelites, under Moses, to leave Egypt?

Bangor?

- The Exodus.

- Exodus is correct.

For your bonus, what author wrote about an epidemic that devastates the French-Algerian city of Oran in his 1947 novel, The Plague?

- Incorrect.

Albert Camus is the correct answer.

Next toss up, what Hapsburg Monarch, who was the subject of Charles VI's 1713 pragmatic sanction, waged the war of Austrian succession to secure her rule?

If you haven't been to AP European history yet, it shows you would know it's Maria Teresa, is the correct answer.

Next toss up, what simple machine, used once in an Atwood machine, and multiple times in a block and tackle... Bangor?

- Pulley?

- That is correct.

It consists of a rope wrapped around a wheel on an axis.

For your bonus, what former Canadian Prime Minister, who served nearly continuously from 1968 to 1984, was born in Outremont, Quebec?

-Greenwood?

- Incorrect.

Pierre Trudeau is the correct answer.

Next toss up, what animals, some of whom host the Pevensies when they enter Narnia, are the mascots for Oregon State University... Catasauqua?

- Ducks.

- Incorrect, I'll continue the question for Bangor.

...And are rodent... Bangor?

- Beavers.

- Beavers is correct.

They are rodents that build dams.

Thinking of the Oregon Ducks, close, but the rival of OSU there.

For your bonus, what religious denomination, founded by Mary Baker Eddy, operates reading rooms and a namesake newspaper whose title ends in Monitor?

- Presbyterianism.

- Incorrect, Christian Science is the correct answer.

And with that, we have reached the first Lightning Round.

In a pre-match coin toss, it was determined that Bangor will pick first from the following subjects Plastics, or Famous Romans?

- Plastics.

- Bangor, for your Lightning Round, you have Plastics.

Answer the following about plastics.

Compounds made from monomers that include most plastics.

- Polymers.

- Correct.

Underground resource used to make plastics.

- Oil.

- Correct.

Process of melting down plastics for re-use.

- Recycling.

- Correct.

- Property held by plastics that can break down naturally.

- Elasticity.

- Incorrect.

Plastics, abbreviated "PS", used in foam cups?

- Styrofoam.

- Incorrect.

Machines that deposit layers of melted plastic based on a computer model.

- 3D printers?

- That is correct.

Durable plastic used in namesake white plumbing pipes.

- PVC.

- That is correct.

Process that makes soda fizzy, requiring thicker plastic bottles.

- Carbonation?

- That is correct.

Plastic used in shopping bags, abbreviated "PE".

- Pass.

- Estrogen mimicking plastic known by its three-letter abbreviation.

That last one would have been BPA, which most water bottles now advertise that they're BPA-free.

So that means cat Catasauqua, we get to see how often you think about the Roman Empire.

Your topic is Famous Romans.

Catasauqua, Famous Romans.

Name these people from the Roman Republic or Empire.

Ruler fatally stabbed on the Ides of March.

- Caesar.

- Correct.

Namesake of the first two of the first of two walls on the Scottish border.

- Hadrian.

- Correct.

- The First Emperor.

- Augustus.

- Correct.

The legendary first king of Rome.

- Romulus.

- Correct.

The author of the epic The Aeneid.

- Pass.

The insane third emperor who almost made his horse a council.

- Nero.

- Incorrect.

The last Julio-Claudian, who sang during the Great Fire of Rome.

- Nero.

- Correct.

A stoic philosopher and the last of five good emperors.

- Marcus Aurelius.

- That is correct.

The gladiator who led a massive slave revolt in 73 B.C.

- Pass.

- The creator of the Tetrarchy, who ordered the last great Christian persecution.

- Constantine.

- Incorrect.

The last one was Diocletian, is the correct answer.

And we now continue on with the following toss up question, what play, in which Mitch plays poker in the French Quarter with Stanley Kowalski and briefly dates Blanche Dubois, is by Tennessee Williams?

A Streetcar Named Desire is the play.

Next toss up, what structures, surrounded by guard cells and mostly found on leaves, allows gas exchange in plants and is named... Bangor.

- Stomata.

- Stomata is correct.

It's named after the Greek word for mouth.

For your bonus, what British explorer, who died on the quest while en route to Antarctica, captained The Endurance in 1915 and had earlier traveled with Robert Scott?

- Perry?

- Incorrect.

Ernest Shackleton is the correct answer.

Next toss up, what country, which embraced democracy in the Carnation Revolution after Estado Novo regime of Antonio Salazar was the colonizer of Brazil?

Catasauqua.

- Portugal.

- Portugal is correct.

For your bonus, what particle, which imparts mass via its namesake mechanism, was discovered in 2012 at CERN and is sometimes nicknamed the God particle?

- Higgs-Boson.

- Higgs-Boson is correct.

Next toss up, what national capital on the Spray River, has suburbs such as Potsdam, was once home... Catasauqua.

- Munich.

- Incorrect.

I'll continue the question for Bangor.

...Once home to Checkpoint Charlie and contains the Reichstag building?

- Bangor.

- Berlin.

- Berlin is correct.

For your bonus, Nathaniel Hawthorne's story The Celestial Road was based on what 1678 allegory by John Bunyan, in which Christian journeys to the Celestial City?

- Pass.

- Pass?

The Pilgrim's Progress is the correct answer.

Next toss up, what former crime, for which Connecticut exonerated 45 people in May 2023, was most infamously the subject of 1692 trials in Salem... Bangor.

- Witchcraft.

- That is correct.

And, believe it or not, the legislature voted 33-1, so someone didn't want to absolve anyone of witchcraft, which is a little bizarre in this day and age.

And for your bonus, what last name was shared by Edmund, the first attorney general,, and Asa Philip, a Civil Rights leader who organized the March on Washington?

- Smith.

- That is incorrect.

Randolph is the correct answer.

And with that, we've reached our first halftime of the season, Bangor currently leads Catasauqua 145-110.

And now, let's take a moment for each student to introduce themselves with their name, grade level, and the answer to the following question.

If you could visit any country in the world, where would it be?

Shane, Bangor, we start with you.

- Um, yes, I would visit Ireland.

And do first, last name, and grade level, as well, too.

- Oh, sorry.

Shane Campbell, and I'm in ninth grade.

And yours would be Ireland?

Yeah.

- Cool pick.

All right, Evan?

- My name is Evan Volk, I'm in 10th grade, and if I could visit any country in the world, I would visit Switzerland again.

- Cool.

- My name is Matthew Vidal.

I'm in 11th grade, and I would visit China.

- All right.

- My name's Cohen de la Cruz.

And if I were to visit any country, I would visit Japan.

All right.

And on to Catasauqua, Lennon?

- My name is Lennon Murray, and I would visit Belgium.

- Okay.

- My name is Zelma Gagarin.

I'm in 10th grade.

I would love to visit Germany.

- Okay.

- My name is Kevin McGowan.

I'm also in 10th grade, and I would like to visit England.

- All right, and Ethan?

- My name is Ethan Armbruster, and I'm in 12th grade.

And if I could visit any country in the world, it would be Norway.

- All right.

Very cool.

So, Evan, you like Switzerland, I love Zurich.

It's one of my favorite places.

Where were you in Switzerland?

- Zermatt.

- Oh, okay... - It's like right next to the Matterhorn.

You can see it, like, from the ground.

- Very cool.

I recommend if you get to go back, check out Zurich.

It's a really, really cool city.

All right, we'll continue on with the second half of our match up.

On with the following toss up, what author of Up from Slavery, who encouraged radical conciliation in his Atlanta compromise, led Tuskegee University and rivaled W.E.B.

Dubois?

- Catasauqua, you were before the buzzer.

- Booker Washington?

- We'll accept that.

Or do we need the full name?

Booker, yeah, Booker T. Washington, or Washington is correct.

For your bonus, what mass number of the most common isotope of nitrogen is also the number of electrons in a filled F subshell?

- Seven.

- Oh, go ahead and just tell the captain.

- Seven.

- Incorrect.

14 is the correct answer.

On to the next toss up, what opera, whose title character sings that love is a rebellious bird, features is Escamillo the Toreador, and was written by Georges Bizet?

Carmen is the opera.

Next toss up, what substances whose electron density can be measured using a Langmuir probe, are made up of ionized gas and are called the fourth state of matter?

Catasauqua.

- Plasma.

- Plasma is correct.

For your bonus, the cities of Kingston and Toronto are on the shores of what Great Lake, which receives the Niagara River?

- Lake Ontario.

-Lake Ontario is correct.

Next toss up question, what language used to write the poem The Drunken Boat and the book The Flowers of Evil was spoken by poets Arthur Rimbaud and Charles Baudelaire?

Catasauqua?

- French.

- The French language is correct.

For your bonus, Edwards' syndrome is a fatal example of what type of genetic condition that occurs when an extra copy of a chromosome is present?

- Down's syndrome.

- Incorrect.

Trisomy is the correct answer.

And with that, we have reached our second Lightning Round.

Catasauqua, you'll get to pick between the following topics, Homophones or T in the initials.

- Homophones.

- Homophones, okay.

Catasauqua, your topic is Homophone.

Given two definitions, name these homophones, meaning words that are pronounced the same, but spelled differently.

And you only have to say the word once.

A flying vehicle or two-dimensional surface.

- Plane.

- Correct.

Lacking strength, or seven days.

- Week.

- Correct.

Denim pants or hereditary material.

- Jeans.

- Correct.

A center of operations or a low-stringed instrument.

- Bass.

- Correct.

To expire, or to color.

- Pass.

Financial gains or a visionary.

- Profit.

- Correct.

A public gathering or the cost for travel.

- Convention.

- Incorrect.

Motionless or paper for writing.

- Stoic.

- Incorrect.

Grain used for food or something that occurs repeatedly.

- Pass.

- A key in geography, or a small grommet.

- Atlas.

- Incorrect.

That last one is an islet.

Bangor, your topic will be T in Initials.

Give me the word that the letter T stands for in these three-letter initialisms.

NYT, a newspaper.

- Times.

- Correct.

ATM, a machine that dispenses cash.

- Transaction.

- Incorrect.

TCU, a university in Fort Worth.

-Texas.

- Correct.

EMT, a profession of first responders.

- Pass.

- TLD, the final part of a website's domain name, such as dotcom.

- Pass.

- TNG, a TV series in the Star Trek franchise.

- The?

- Correct.

STI or STD, a category of disease.

- Transmission.

- Say it again?

- Transmission.

Transmission, transmitted, that's correct.

TSA, an agency of the Department of Homeland Security.

- Transport?

- Do we accept that?

We need a little bit longer, a little bit more.

- Transportation?

- That is correct.

CBT, a psychological treat... And that is it.

For CBT, it was therapy, for cognitive behavioral therapy.

All right, and we will continue on into the final quarter of our match with the following toss up question.

What disease, whose avian form caused the culling of large numbers... Catasauqua?

- Flu.

- That is correct.

It's avian influenza, or bird flu is also acceptable.

For your bonus, what surname is shared by a female bounty hunter in One For The Money, Las Vegas Aces superstar Kelsey, and a professor in the board game Clue?

- Plum.

- Plum is correct.

Next toss up question, what desert contains the very large telescope in Paranal Observatory, is the world's driest non-polar desert, and lies primarily in northern Chile?

Catasauqua.

- The Andes?

There's incorrect.

Bangor, there's still time to answer, but no conferring.

You did buzz in before the buzzer, so go ahead.

- Patagonian?

- Incorrect, it's the Atacama Desert, is the correct answer.

Next toss up, what effect, which is negligible at the equator, causes currents and wind... Bangor?

- The Coriolis effect.

- That is correct.

It causes currents and wind to be deflected sideways.

For your bonus, the narrowest portion of the English Channel is what strait, which is named after an English city known for its white cliffs?

- Dover Strait.

- The Strait of Dover is correct.

Next, toss up in what battle in which Redoubt Number Ten fell to Alexander Hamilton, did US troops capture Lord Cornwallis and effectively end the Revolutionary... Catasauqua.

- Yorktown.

- The Battle of Yorktown is correct.

They ended the Revolutionary War.

For your bonus, what musical, the longest-running Broadway show of all time, played its final performance on April 16, 2023?

- Phantom of the Opera.

- The Phantom of the Opera is correct.

Next toss up, The Orchard Keeper is the first novel by what author who died in June 2023, and who wrote about killer Anton Chigurh in his No Country for Old Men?

Cormac McCarthy is the correct answer, and you might remember that it was a great movie, too, also done by the Coen brothers No Country for Old Men.

Next up, what composer of Le Tombeau de Couperin repeated a long snare drum ostinato, while more and more instruments enter playing the main theme in Bolero?

Maurice Ravel is the correct answer.

Next toss up, what man, who ordered an attack on rival Bugs Moran's North Siders in the St Valentine's Day massacre was the Chicago mobster... Catasauqua?

- Capone.

- That's right.

Al Capone was nicknamed "Scarface".

For your bonus, what economic agreement took effect in 1992, was criticized by Ross Perot, who said it'd create a giant sucking sound of jobs leaving the United States?

- North American Free Trade Agreement, NAFTA.

- That is correct.

And we continue with the next toss up question.

What TV show, whose theme song describes clouds being swept away by a sunny day, is named for an urban location, home to Bert, Ernie, and Big Bird?

Bangor?

- Sesame Street.

- That is correct.

Your bonus is in Math.

Pencil and paper ready.

What is the unit's digit of the integer that equals the product of two raised to the 10th power, times five, raised to the eighth power?

Unfortunately, the buzzer went off before.

Just for the sake of it, your answer?

- It's five.

- That's incorrect.

It was zero.

On to our next toss up question.

What non-SI unit has a name first used by Claude Shannon... And with that, that is the end of the match.

A great first match to start our season.

Catasauqua, congratulations, with 230 points, you are moving on to the next round.

Bangor, with 200 points, didn't quite make it, but great match, and good luck with the rest of your school year.

Congratulations, Catasauqua, we will see you in the second round.

And thank you for tuning in.

We'll see you next week when Nazareth faces off against Durham.