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Hello and welcome to the third season of "Scholastic Scrimmage" [upbeat music] here on WQLN PBS.

I'm your host, Glenn Holland.

The match will have two halves with the lightning round midway through each half.

We'll get to know the students a little better at halftime.

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

Time for our first toss up, buzzers ready.

Here we go.

[intriguing music] What country, whose border with Saudi Arabia was closed from 2017 to 2021 is home to Al Jazeera and hosted the 2022 FIFA... [bell dinging] Titusville, JD.

Qatar.

That is correct, here's your bonus.

What President ran for re-election on the slogan, "He kept us out of war," despite ordering US occupations of Haiti and the Dominican Republic?

Teddy Roosevelt.

No, that was Woodrow Wilson.

Toss up.

What force, which is independent of contact area according to Amonton's first law, is reduced by lubricants and opposes relative motion?

[bell dinging] Cathedral, James.

Friction.

Correct, here's your bonus.

What capital of China's Shaanxi province, and one of the country's four great ancient capitals is home to the Terracotta Army?

Which do you guess?

[discordant piano music] That city is Xi'an.

Toss up.

What play, in which the practice of "bunburying" is explained to Jack Worthing by his friend Algernon Moncrieff, is an 1895 comedy by Oscar Wilde?

[discordant piano music] That plays is "The Importance of Being Earnest."

Toss up.

Which member of the Quraysh tribe received revelations at Mount Hira from the Angel Jibril which were eventually compiled into the Qur'an?

[bell dinging] Titusville, JD.

Mohammed.

That is correct, here's your bonus.

In November, 2022, what country signed an agreement negotiated by the African Union to end a civil war against the Tigrayan People's Liberation Front?

Ethiopia.

That is correct.

Tossup.

What food, whose white variety is the second most common source of sugar, is used in a soup known as borscht that has a characteristic red color?

[bell dinging] Titusville, Aden.

Beat.

That is correct, here's your bonus.

What 2022 film starring Rooney Mara and Claire Foy depicts an extended debate between the female members of a Mennonite colony?

Oh, I don't.

[discordant piano music] The film is called "Women Talking," which is also its synopsis.

Here's your tossup.

What university, whose literary group The Inklings included J.R.R.

Tolkien, names an "English dictionary" called the O... [bell dinging] Cathedral, James.

Oxford.

That is correct, University of Oxford.

Here's your bonus.

Catriona is the sequel to what novel by Robert Louis Stevenson in which teenager David Balfour reclaims his inheritance after being abducted?

[bell dinging] Kidnapped.

That's correct.

Here's your tossup.

What note names the dominant note in the key of C major, also names the major key with one sharp, and is the note a whole tone below natural A?

[bell dinging] Cathedral, James.

G. That is correct.

Here is your bonus.

What phylum includes the regenerative hydrozoan genus Hydra, as well as sea anemones and jellyfish?

[discordant piano music] That is cnidaria, is the phylum.

Toss up.

What team won the 2023 President's Trophy with a second NHL regular season before being upset in round one of the Stanley Cup at home in Boston?

[bell dinging] Titusville, Aden.

The Boston Bruins.

That is correct, here is your bonus.

The missing flight 8 2 8 reappears more than half a decade after takeoff on what supernatural TV drama, whose title can refer to a list of passengers?

What's it called [indistinct]?

No, no, it's called a... Manifest.

Yes.

That is correct.

Toss up.

What country, which is the homeland of the Merina people, is governed from Antananarivo and is a large island off the south... [bell dinging] Titusville, Aden.

Madagascar.

Correct, your bonus.

The 1972 photo "The Terror of War," shows a screaming girl burned by what incendiary chemical widely used by the U.S. in bombing of Vietnam's jungles?

[bell dinging] Napalm.

That is correct.

Toss up.

Penicillin... [alarm sounding] And that means it's time for our first lightning round.

[upbeat music] [electricity buzzing] Titusville has first choice of topics.

These are your choices, person of the year and sports teams.

Sports teams.

Alright.

Given one or more teams, name the sport.

New York Yankees.

[bell dinging] Baseball.

Correct, you are not to ring in.

Oh, alright.

Cleveland Browns.

Football.

Seattle Sounders.

Hockey.

No, that's Soccer.

Carolina Hurricanes.

Hockey.

Team Penske.

Basketball.

No, that's auto racing.

The "All Blacks" team from New Zealand.

Rugby.

Correct.

Minnesota Lynx.

Women's basketball.

Correct.

Samsung Khan.

Soccer.

No, that's eSports in South Korea.

Calgary Roughnecks and Philadelphia Wings.

Canadian football.

No, that's lacrosse.

Springfield Lasers and Chicago Smash.

Arena football.

No, that's tennis.

And that's it.

[discordant piano music] And that's the end of that lightning round for you.

We go on to Cathedral Preps, topic, person of the year.

Given a year and description, name the "Person of the year" as chosen by Time Magazine.

1963, gave the "I Have a Dream" speech.

Martin Luther King Jr.

Correct.

2019, Swedish environmental activist.

Greta Thunberg.

Correct.

1927, made the first solo transatlantic flight.

Pass.

1930, Indian man who led the Salt March.

Gandhi.

Correct.

2001, mayor of New York City on 9/11.

Pass.

1981, Polish man who founded the union Solidarity.

Pope John Paul II.

No, it's Lech Walesa.

1998, independent counsel who investigated Bill Clinton.

Pass.

1936, woman whose relationship with Edward VIII caused a scandal.

Pass.

1995, Speaker of the House who co-wrote the "Contract with America."

[discordant piano music] That was Newt Gingrich.

The woman who had the relationship with Edward VIII was Wallis Simpson, later became the Duchess of Windsor.

Alright, we are back to regular play then.

Our next toss up.

[intriguing music] How much simple interest will a $200 investment earn in three years if the interest rate is 6% per year?

[bell dinging] Titusville, Preston.

$36.

Correct, here is your bonus.

The hippogriff Buckbeak is sentenced to death for attacking what Hogwarts student, whose father Lucius is a powerful Death Eater?

Draco Malfoy.

Yes, that is correct.

Toss up.

In what country did disputes over migration policy in July, 2023 cause the fall of Mark Rutte's government in the Tweede Kamer parliament in the Hague?

[bell dinging] Aden.

The Netherlands.

That is correct, here is your bonus.

What large-scale events led to decreased power production that ended the missions of NASA's Mars probe Opportunity in 2018 and InSight in 2022?

What?

Solar flares.

[discordant piano music] I'm sorry.

Solar flares.

No, it was dust storms, it's dusty on Mars.

Toss up.

What author of the 1952 play "The Mousetrap" wrote about a snowbound train aboard which is Detective Hercule Poirot... [bell dinging] Cathedral, James.

Agatha Christie.

Correct, here's your bonus.

The Visconti and the Sforzas both served as dukes of what city in Lombardi?

The answer is Milan.

Toss up.

What quantity, which equals moment of inertia times angular acceleration is defined as "radius cross force" [bell dinging] Torque.

Titusville, Preston.

Torque.

That is correct, here's your bonus.

What body of water partly fills a caldera that formed when Mount Mazama collapsed about 8,000 years ago in Oregon?

Crater lake.

That is correct.

[students laughing] Should be Caldera Lake.

Toss up.

What city of the meeting of the Klang and Gombak rivers is home to the Istna Negara palace, where Abdullah of Pahang reigns as king of Malaysia?

[bell dinging] Titusville, Aden.

Kuala Lumpur.

Correct, here's your bonus.

John Polidori's short story "The Vampyre" was inspired by what poet, who died during the Greek War of Independence before finishing his epic Don Juan?

Homer.

No, that was Lord Byron.

Toss up.

What city, whose cathedral has a dome designed by Filippo Brunelleschi is home to the Uffizi Gallery as well as Michelangelo's... [bell dinging] Cathedral, Michael.

Florence.

I'm sorry.

Florence, the city.

Correct, here is your bonus.

What Middle Eastern nation was invaded by Israel in 1982, prompting a Syrian occupation that lasted until the 2005 assassination of Rafik Hariri?

[students chattering] Kuwait.

No, that was Lebanon.

Toss up.

What novel that depicts McWatt's suicide in a plane crash is set on Pianosa, centers on Bombardier John Yossarian, and is by Joseph Heller.

[discordant piano music] That novel is Catch 22.

Toss up.

What radio waves, found at the peak of a namesake background radiation field left over from the Big Bang, is used in namesake ovens to heat food?

[bell dinging] Cathedral Prep, James.

Microwave.

That is correct, here's your bonus.

What two digit number worn by Jackie Robinson is the answer to "life, the universe and everything" in the "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy?"

42.

Correct.

[alarm sounding] And that is the end of our first half.

The score is Cathedral Prep with 110 points and Titusville with 180.

Let's take a moment to get to know our contestants a little bit better.

[upbeat music] Hi, I'm Michael.

I'm in 12th grade at Cathedral Prep and my favorite subject is environmental science.

Hi, my name is James.

I'm in 11th grade at Cathedral Prep and my favorite subject is calculus.

Hi, my name's Julia.

I'm in 11th grade at Cathedral Prep and my favorite subject is English.

Hi, my name is Calvin.

I'm a junior at Cathedral Prep and my favorite subject is English.

I'm Charlotte.

I'm in 10th grade at Titusville High School and my favorite subject is biology.

Hi, I'm Aden.

I go to Titusville High School.

I am a junior and my favorite class is physics.

Hi, my name is Preston.

I go to Titusville Senior High School.

I'm a senior and my favorite subject is physics.

My name is JD.

I'm a senior at Titusville High School and my favorite subject is government and economics.

And we are back with the second half.

Here's your first tossup.

What African Empire was established after the Battle of Kirina by Sundiata, had leader kings called mansas and hosted the trading post of Timbuktu?

[bell dinging] Titusville, Aden.

The Mali Empire.

That is correct, here's your bonus.

The city across the border from El Paso is named after what first indigenous president of Mexico, who regained power from Emperor Maximilian in 1867?

Ciudad Juarez.

That's correct.

The city of Juarez.

Toss up.

What book series which is planned to end with its seventh novel "A Dream of Spring," is largely set in Westeros and is by George R.R.

Martin?

[bell dinging] "A song of ice and fire."

That is correct, Titusville, JD.

Here's your bonus.

Platinum can be used in what general class of medicine used to treat cancer, which can cause hair loss, fatigue, and other negative side effects?

[bell dinging] [students chattering] That was a bonus.

STUDENT: I got it, I got excited there.

Chemotherapy.

That is correct.

Toss up.

What conic sections are used to approximate integrals in Simpson's rule, always have an eccentricity of one, and are the graphs of quadratic functions?

[bell dinging] Cathedral, James.

Hyperbolas.

I'm sorry.

Parabolas.

That is correct, here's your bonus.

What year of the Chinese zodiac began in January, 2023, succeeding the year of the tiger?

The year of the dragon.

No, it was the year of the rabbit.

Toss up.

Which battle, fought shortly after the Battle of Stamford Bridge, was depicted in the Bayeux tapestry and saw Harold Godwinson lose to William I?

[bell dinging] Titusville, Aden.

Battle of Hastings.

That is correct, here is your bonus.

Edmond Dantes is imprisoned after agreeing to carry a letter from the exiled Napoleon in what novel by Alexandre Dumas?

Messiah.

No, the Edmund Dantes was "The count of Monte Cristo."

Toss up.

What English composer of The Dream of Gerontius included a "Nimrod" movement in his Enigma Variations and wrote the Pomp and Circumstance marches?

[discordant piano music] That was Edward Elgar.

Toss up.

What region, which is home to Banks Island in the city of Inuvik, is where the Mackenzie River flows from the Great Slave Lake near Yellowknife?

[discordant piano music] That region is the Northwest Territories.

Toss up.

What woman, who wrote that "presidents are not kings" in a 2019 ruling involving Don McGahn succeeded Stephen Breyer as a justice on the Supreme Court?

[bell dinging] Titusville, JD.

Amy Coney Barrett.

No, Cathedral Prep.

Judge Jackson.

That is correct, Ketanji Brown Jackson.

Here's your bonus.

From the original statement "If p, then q," what 14 letter name is given to the logically equivalent statement, "If not q, then not p?"

[discordant piano music] It is contrapositive.

Toss up.

What man who renamed his vessel from the Pelican to the Golden Hind, completed history's second ever circumnavigation while sailing for Elizabeth I?

[bell dinging] Titusville, Aden.

James Cook.

No, Cathedral Prep.

Cortez.

No, that is Sir Francis Drake.

Toss up, pencil and paper ready.

How many cents will be given in change if a $10 bill is used to buy three pies that each cost $3 and 10 cents?

[bell dinging] Cathedral Prep, Cal.

400 cents.

No, Titusville.

70, do we need to ring in?

70 cents is correct, yes.

Here is your bonus.

What lengthy novel by David Foster Wallace is partly set at the fictional Enfield Tennis academy in Massachusetts?

No answer.

No, that novel is "Infinite Jest."

[alarm sounding] And now we move on to our second lightning round.

[upbeat music] [electricity buzzing] And this time Cathedral Prep has choice of topics.

Your choices are starts with ART or currencies of the world.

[students chattering] Currencies.

Alright.

Given a country, name its basic unit of currency.

Canada.

Canadian dollar.

Correct.

United Kingdom.

Pounds.

Correct.

Japan.

Yen.

Correct.

China.

Yuan.

Correct.

Iraq.

Pass.

Austria.

Euro.

Correct.

Switzerland.

Euro.

No, that is the Swiss Franc.

Russia.

Ruble.

Correct.

Albania.

Pass.

Bangladesh.

Pass.

Iraq.

Pass.

Albania.

Pass.

Bangladesh.

Euro.

No, that is the Taka.

[discordant piano music] Iraq is the Dinar and Albania is the Lek.

Titusville, your lightning round starts with ART.

Give these answers that begin with the consecutive letters, A R T. Green vegetable with an edible heart.

Artichoke.

Correct.

Greek goddess of the hunt.

Artemis.

Artemis.

Correct.

Phylum of invertebrates such as beatles.

Arthropods.

Correct.

New Yorker who became president after James Garfield was assassinated.

Pass.

Type of blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart.

Arteries.

Sorry.

Arteries.

Correct.

Term for an object unearthed by an archeologist.

Artifact.

Artifact.

Correct.

Nickname of a thief named Jack Dawkins, who mentors Oliver Twist.

Pass.

Class of weapons that includes cannons and mortars.

Artillery Correct.

Medical condition in which joints become stiff or swollen.

Arthritis.

Correct.

Eight letter synonym for trick or deception.

Pass.

New Yorker who became president after James Garfield was assassinated.

Arthur.

Correct.

Nickname of a thief named... [discordant piano music] That Jack Dawkins and Oliver Twist was the artful dodger.

And an eight letter synonym for trick or deception is artifice.

We return now to our regular play with another tossup.

Buzzers ready.

What body part is found inside a loaf of bread in a story by Nikolai Gogol, and is very prominent on the face of swordsman Cyrano de Bergerac?

[bell dinging] Cathedral, James.

Nose.

I'm sorry.

Nose.

That is correct.

Here's your bonus, pencil and paper ready.

How many edges does the complete graph K5 contain, given it can be drawn as a pentagram inside a pentagon?

25.

No, 10.

Toss up.

What president, who won two terms by defeating Horatio Seymour and Horace Greeley, succeeded Andrew Johnson in 1869 after serving as a Union general?

[bell dinging] Cathedral, James.

Ulysses S. Grant.

That is correct, here's your bonus.

What senator, who promised in 2016 not to seek a third term narrowly defeated Mandela Barnes to win re-election in Wisconsin in 2022?

John.

[discordant piano music] Sorry.

John.

No, that's Senator Ron Johnson.

Toss up.

The air humans breathe lies in what lowest layer of the atmosphere, the region where most weather occurs and the one beneath the stratosphere?

[bell dinging] Titusville, JD.

Sorry, lithosphere.

I'm sorry.

Lithosphere.

No, Cathedral Prep.

Thermosphere.

[discordant piano music] It's the Troposphere.

Toss up.

What two letters are the ship prefix for a merchant steamship, denote the infielder between second and third base, and name a Nazi paramilitary group?

[bell dinging] Titusville, JD.

SS.

Correct, here's your bonus.

The Roman Empire reached its greatest extent under what emperor, whose victory in the Dacian war is recorded on his namesake column in Rome?

Augustus.

No, that is Emperor Trajan.

It is the Trajan column or Trajan's column, I should say.

Toss up.

What holiday, during which adherents go to the Ne'ilah service and say the Kol Nidre prayer, involves Jewish people seeking forgiveness of sins?

[discordant piano music] That day is Yom Kippur, the day of atonement.

Toss up.

What US singer-songwriter, who won Grammys for his album "Time Out of Mind" sang... [bell dinging] Cathedral Prep, James.

Bob Dylan.

Correct, here's your bonus.

What NFL player, who in 2022 threw, caught, and ran for touchdowns in a single game, was traded to the San Francisco 49ers in 2022?

Jonas.

[discordant piano music] That's Christian McCaffrey.

Toss up.

In what event, in which Marsha P. Johnson threw a shot glass, did patrons at a New York bar resist police and help launch the gay rights movement?

[bell dinging] Titusville, JD.

Stonewall riots.

That is correct, here's your bonus.

In 1981, Marcus Sarjeant fired six blank revolver shots at what woman while she rode a horse down the mall for the annual Trooping the Color ceremony?

Jane Smith.

No, it was Queen Elizabeth II.

Toss up.

What element is bonded to carbon in Teflon, has the highest... [bell dinging] Cathedral Prep, James.

Fluorine.

Correct, here's your bonus.

What American physicist, who pioneered QED or quantum electrodynamics, names a type of diagram that depicts interactions between particles?

Richard Feynman.

Correct.

[alarm sounding] And that is the end of our competition.

[upbeat music] Cathedral Prep, your score is 230.

Great job during the matchup.

Good luck with the rest of your academic year.

Congratulations to Titusville with a score of 320.

You will be moving on.

I'm Glenn Holland.

Please join us again for the rest of our competition.

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