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

I'm your host, Glenn Holland.

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

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

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

Time for our first tossup.

Buzzers ready, here we go.

[intriguing music] A fresnel rhomb is an example of what optical device, a triangular one of which Isaac Newton used to split white light into its... [bell dinging] Tidioute, Ayden.

Prism.

That is correct.

Here's your bonus.

What city, whose Museum of Fine Arts holds dozens of John Singleton Copley works, was the site of a 1990 theft at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum?

Do any of you know?

I think it's London.

London.

No, Boston.

Toss up.

What 2021 film, in which characters wear stillsuits to reclaim water, was directed by Denis... [bell dinging] Tidioute, Darrion.

"Dune."

That is correct.

Here's your bonus.

In 2023, Joe Biden nominated California attorney Julie Su to what cabinet position, in which she would replace Marty Walsh?

I don't know.

Oh, I don't know.

It's the Secretary of Labor.

Toss up.

What politician, nicknamed the "Milk Snatcher," led the Conservative Party throughout the 1980s and served as Britain's first female prime minister?

[bell dinging] Maplewood, Rachel.

Margaret Thatcher.

That is correct.

Here is your bonus.

What Pacific island nation was occupied by the Spanish, starting with a 1565 landing in Cebu, years after it was named after a Spanish king?

[team speaking quietly] [discordant piano music] That was the Philippines, now named after Philip of Spain.

Toss up.

Connecting the centers of the faces of a cube forms what Platonic solid's triangular faces, which look like two pyramids joined at the base?

[discordant piano music] That is an octahedron.

Toss up.

What city whose Concertgebouw was built in the 1800s, is home to the Rijksmuseum and the Anne Frank House and is the capital of the Netherlands?

[bell dinging] Tidioute, Owen.

Amsterdam.

Correct, here's your bonus.

What song, whose title fact is revealed to be, "she was made up by a dude," is a 2022 hit criticizing beauty standards by the singer Jax?

[students chattering] No, don't know.

The song is Victoria's Secret.

Toss up.

What author, who included the essay "My Dungeon Shook" in the book "The Fire Next Time," depicted teenager John Grimes in "Go Tell It On The Mountain?"

[discordant piano music] That was James Baldwin.

Toss up.

What kingdom's parasites cause a circular rash in a ringworm, itching and flaking between the toes in athlete's foot, and a variety of yeast infections?

[bell dinging] Fungi.

Tidioute, Mike.

Fungi.

That is correct.

Your bonus.

What materials, whose classes include thermotropic and lyotropic, have distinct phases often used in television displays?

[discordant piano music] That is liquid crystals.

Toss up What head of a 1728 expedition to the Kamchatka was a Danish explorer whose Great Northern Expedition for Russia found his namesake strait off Alaska?

[bell dinging] Maplewood, Jack.

It was Bering.

That's correct.

Vitus Jonassen Bering.

Your bonus.

What musician who directed the 2021 documentary "Summer of Soul" is the drummer for The Roots?

[discordant piano music] That is Questlove.

Toss up.

What company which conspiracy theorists claimed was owned by Smartmatic, settled a 2021 lawsuit with Fox News and makes voting machines?

[discordant piano music] That's Dominion Voting Systems.

Toss up.

What river, whose largest tributary is the Tennessee River is formed by the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers near Pittsburgh?

[bell dinging] The Ohio River.

That is correct.

Here's your bonus.

Pencil and paper ready.

What is the base-10 or decimal equivalent of the base-2 or binary number 11111, given that is five 1's in all?

I don't even know what to do.

We don't know.

The answer to that is 31.

Five 1's in binary, 31 in decimal.

Toss up.

What type of image, which is produced by a plain mirror, forms in a location where rays cannot be projected onto a screen as opposed to real images?

[discordant piano music] The type of image is virtual images.

[alarm sounding] And now that is time for our lightning round.

[upbeat music] [electricity buzzing] Tidioute, you you have the first choice on which subject to respond to.

The two choices are scientific equations and American painters.

What do you think?

I don't...

The science one.

Scientific equations.

Yes.

Answer the following about scientific equations.

Scientist who proposed E equals m c squared.

Albert Einstein.

Correct.

Objects for which Johann Kepler found three laws of motion.

[exciting music] Pass.

Namesake of a law about, and a unit of, resistance.

Ohm's.

Correct.

Law governing restoring forces on springs.

Pass.

Chemistry law written PV equals nRT.

Pass.

Solutions measured by the Henderson-Hasselbalch equation that resists pH changes.

Bases.

No, I'm afraid that's buffers.

Principle guaranteeing non-zero values for uncertainty.

Pass.

Resistance to fluid deformation, denoted eta, governed by Stokes' law.

Viscosity.

I'm sorry.

Viscosity.

That is correct.

[discordant piano music] And now we move to the lightning round, questions for Maplewood, American painters.

Name the American painters of these paintings.

American Gothic.

Pass.

Nighthawks.

Pass.

Arrangement in Gray and Black number one, featuring his mother.

Pass.

Campbell's soup cans.

Andy Warhol.

Correct.

Christina's World.

Pass.

The Gross Clinic and The Agnew Clinic.

Pass.

The Anthenaeum Portrait, an unfinished work featuring George Washington.

Pass.

Black Iris and Cow's Skull: Red, White and Blue.

Pass.

Number 11, 1952, also known as Blue Poles.

Pass.

I Saw the Figure 5 in Gold.

Pass.

American Gothic.

Nighthawks.

[discordant piano music] That's Edward Hopper.

American Gothic is Grant Wood.

So now we go back to our regular line of questioning and begin with another toss up, so have your buzzers ready.

What Germanic people who founded an African kingdom under Gaiseric led a 455 sack of Rome, after which their name became a word for damaging property?

[intriguing music] [bell dinging] Tidioute, Owen.

No, Maplewood?

[bell dinging] Maplewood, Jack.

The Berbers.

No, it's Vandals.

Toss up.

What team starred Randy Johnson and Curt Schilling when it won the 2001 World Series over the Yankees and now plays at Chase Field in Phoenix?

[discordant piano music] That's the Arizona Diamondbacks.

Toss up.

What compounds, which can be reduced by Lindlar's catalyst, include acetylene or C2H2, and are hydrocarbons containing a carbon-carbon triple bond?

[bell dinging] Maplewood, Jack.

Alcohols.

No, Tidioute?

[discordant piano music] It's alkynes.

Toss up.

In what board game do people try to form "bingos," which grant a 50 point bonus, and put power tiles like the Q and Z on triple word score squares?

[bell dinging] Maplewood, Rachel.

Scrabble.

That is correct.

Here's your bonus.

What character from "To Kill a Mockingbird," who spends summers in Maycomb with his aunt is fascinated by Boo Radley and was based on Truman Capote?

We're not sure.

Character is Dill Harris.

Toss up.

What composer of a Scottish Symphony was inspired to write Fingal's cave by his trips to Scotland and wrote an overture to "A Midsummer Night's Dream?"

[discordant piano music] That's Felix Mendelssohn.

Toss up.

What author, whose story "Big Two-Hearted River" features his recurring character Nick Adams, wrote about Jake Barnes in "The Sun Also Rises?"

[discordant piano music] That is Earnest Hemmingway.

Toss up.

What city, whose Nazi occupiers governed from the Hotel Majestic, celebrated its August, 1944 handover to the Allies by ringing bells at Notre Dame?

[bell dinging] Tidioute, Owen.

Paris.

Correct.

Here's your bonus.

From 1975 to 2017 the largest class of US aircraft carriers was named after what Admiral who led the US Pacific fleet in World War II?

Nimitz.

Nimitz, correct, Chester William Nimitz.

Here's your toss up.

What 11 letter term can refer to aerobic or anaerobic processes that store energy from breaking down glucose in ATP, or to the act of breathing?

[bell dinging] Maplewood, Rachel.

Respiration.

Correct, here's your bonus.

American minimalist composer John Adams worked with Director Peter Sellars on an opera about what US president's trip to China?

[discordant piano music] That was Richard Nixon.

Toss up.

What Apostle was martyred in Ethiopia, hosted a dinner for Jesus at his house, was once a tax collector, and is the namesake of the first gospel?

[bell dinging] Tidioute, Owen.

Mark.

No, Maplewood?

[bell dinging] Jack.

Matthew.

That is correct, here's your bonus.

What lake, which intermittently receives the waters of Lake Managua, is the largest lake in Central America?

[students chattering] [discordant piano music] That is Lake Nicaragua.

Toss up.

What country, whose persecution of the Rohingya people spawned the world's largest refugee camp, was led by Aung San Suu Kyi until a 2021 coup?

[discordant piano music] [alarm sounding] That is the end of that round and the answer is Myanmar.

So now it is halftime.

The score is Maplewood with 50 points and Tidioute with 90.

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

[upbeat music] My name is Jack.

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

My name is Rachel, I'm a junior at Maplewood High School and my favorite subject is anatomy and physiology.

My name is Jillian, I'm a junior at Maplewood High School and my favorite subject is also anatomy and physiology.

Hi, my name is Avery.

I'm a junior at Maplewood High School and my favorite subject is chemistry.

Hi, my name is Darrion.

I'm an 11th grader at Tidioute Community Charter School and my favorite subject is English.

I'm Ayden.

I'm in 12th grade and my favorite subject is history.

My name is Owen.

I'm a senior at Tidioute Community Charter School and my favorite subject is AP Euro.

My name is Michael.

I'm an 11th grader at Tidioute Community Charter School and my favorite subject is history.

And now we're back for the second half.

Toss up question.

[intriguing music] What painting technique used to paint "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte" by Georges Seurat involves many small points of color?

[discordant piano music] That is pointillism.

Toss up.

What novel, whose protagonist works for the merchant Kamaswami before becoming an enlightened ferryman was written by Hermann Hesse about Buddhism?

[discordant piano music] That is Siddhartha.

Toss up.

What God, who was tricked into swallowing... Who was tricked into swallowing the Omphalos stone by his wife Rhea, was overthrown along with his fellow titans by his youngest son, Zeus.

[bell dinging] Tidioute, Darrion.

Kronos.

That is correct, Kronos.

Here's your bonus.

The 2023 failure of Silicon Valley Bank followed what type of event in which many depositors seek to withdraw their money simultaneously?

[students chattering] We don't know.

That is called a bank run or a run on the bank.

So, toss up.

What logarithmic scale was devised by a professor at Caltech in 1935 for use in California, and assigns magnitudes up to 9.5 to measure earthquakes?

[bell dinging] Maplewood, Jack.

Richter.

That's right, the Richter magnitude scale.

Here's your bonus.

What playwright who depicted Regina withholding her husband's medication and watching him die in "The Little Foxes," also wrote "The Children's Hour?"

Shakespeare.

GLENN: I'm sorry.

Shakespeare.

No, that was Lillian Hellman, close.

Toss up.

What country's government killed the Mirabal sisters and carried out the Parsley Massacre under Rafael Trujillo, who derided its neighbor Haiti?

[bell dinging] Maplewood, Jack.

The Dominican Republic.

That is correct, here's your bonus.

In which modern US state was the short-lived Republic of Fredonia created in 1826 by settlers rebelling against Mexican rule?

[students chattering] Texas?

That is correct, toss up.

What object, the intended destination of an Oceangate submersible that was destroyed in June, 2023 was... [bell dinging] Tidioute, Darrion.

Submarine.

No, let me continue.

For Maplewood.

What object, the intended destination of an Oceangate submersible that was destroyed in June, 2023 was sunk on its first voyage in 1912 by an iceberg?

[bell dinging] The Titanic.

Rachel.

The Titanic.

That's correct.

A bonus, paper and pencil ready.

What is the sum of the sine of 60 degrees plus the cosine of 30 degrees, both of which have the same value?

[discordant piano music] The answer is the square root of three.

Toss up.

What objects can be "square rigged," have types such as spinnakers and jibs, and are typically attached to the masts of boats to propel them using wind?

[bell dinging] Tidioute, Ayden.

Sails.

That is correct, here's your bonus.

Sandor Marai's 1942 novel "Embers" was written in what Eastern European language which was also used by the Nobel Prize winner Imre Kertesz?

I'm sure he's German.

Is he an Eastern European?

Yeah.

[students chattering] Polish maybe?

Polish, I think.

Polish.

[discordant piano music] No, Hungarian.

Toss up.

In 1957, what state's National Guard was federalized by Dwight Eisenhower to help nine black students integrate Central High School in Little Rock?

[bell dinging] Maplewood, Jack.

Arkansas.

That is correct, here's your bonus.

What term refers to conditions often triggered by damage to Broca's area or Wernicke's area that result in an inability to understand or produce speech?

Speech impediment.

No, I'm afraid it's aphasia.

This is specific term we were looking for.

Toss up.

What character who has had five marriages describes a knight's discovery that women desire sovereignty in one of Jeffrey Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales?"

[bell dinging] The wife of Bath.

Tidioute, Mike.

The wife of Bath.

That is correct, here's your bonus.

In 1861, Tsar Nicholas, excuse me, Tsar Alexander II issued an Emancipation Manifesto for the gradual freeing of what class of people?

The bourgeoisie?

No, the serfs.

The peasants, land workers.

[alarm sounding] Very good.

Now, it is time for our lightning round.

[upbeat music] [electricity buzzing] Last time Tidioute, I believe, had first choice.

So this time Maplewood has first choice.

Your two topics are animal adjectives and Sweden.

[students chattering] Animal adjectives.

Okay, so this is your lightning round on animal adjectives.

[exciting music] Name the animal referenced by these adjectives.

For example, for canine we're looking for dog.

Bovine.

Pass.

Avian.

Bird.

Correct, ursine.

Pass.

Equine.

Horse.

Yes.

Porcine.

Pass.

Vulpine.

Pass.

Aquiline.

Fish.

No, that's eagle.

Cervine.

Pass.

Cygnine.

Pass.

Corvine.

Pass.

Bovine.

Pass.

[discordant piano music] Tidioute, your lightning round topic is Sweden.

Answer the following about Sweden and Swedes.

Sweden's capital.

Stockholm.

Correct.

Its flag is a yellow cross on a field of this primary color.

Blue.

Blue.

Blue.

Correct.

Swedish furniture company founded by... Ikea.

Ingvar Kamprad.

Ikea.

Correct.

Country connected by the Oresund Bridge to Malmo.

Denmark.

Correct.

Swedish "father of modern taxonomy."

Pass.

Namesake of a unit equal to 10 to the negative 10 meters.

Pass.

Swedish King who died in 1632 at the Battle of Lutzen.

Carlos.

That was Gustavus Adolphus.

Director of "The Seventh Seal" and "Wild Strawberries."

[students chattering] Pass.

Swedish currency.

You can say, I think.

Kroner.

Krona, right.

Playwright of "Miss Julie" and "The Dance of Death."

[discordant piano music] That's August Strindberg.

And that means we return to our regular competition with a toss up.

And you'll need your pencil and paper for this one.

What is the greatest common factor of 48 and 60, given it can be found by computing each number's prime factorization?

[bell dinging] Maplewood, Jack.

240.

No, Tidioute?

We don't know.

[discordant piano music] The answer is 12.

Toss up.

What character, whose followers include Mammon and Moloch rules over pandemonium and turns into a snake to tempt Eve in the epic "Paradise Lost."

[bell dinging] Tidioute, Darrion.

Satan.

Correct.

Here's your bonus question.

What Russian child prodigy and composer of 15 symphonies had his fifth symphony described as a Soviet artist's response to fair criticism?

[students chattering] Tchaikovsky.

That was Dmitri Shostakovich.

Toss up.

Which man who designed Doha's Museum of Islamic Art designed the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and a glass pyramid for Paris's Louvre museum?

[discordant piano music] That is I. M. Pei.

Toss up.

In 2010, Svante Paabo published the first genome of what Paleolithic group named for a German valley, which interbred with modern humans?

[bell dinging] Maplewood, Jack.

The Bavarians.

No, Tidioute?

Neanderthals.

That is correct.

Your bonus question.

What man was killed by the Lord Mayor of London, William Walworth, in 1381 while leading the Peasant's Revolt?

I got nothing.

We don't know.

That was Wat Tyler.

Toss up.

What state was represented by a senator nicknamed "Fighting Bob," Robert La Follette, and a man who led Red Scare Investigations, Joseph McCarthy?

[discordant piano music] That's state is Wisconsin.

Toss up.

What novel in which general Woundwort is defeated by Bigwig, Hazel and other members of the title warren, was written by Richard Adams about rabbits?

[discordant piano music] The answer is "Watership Down."

Toss up.

What sitcom that ended in 2023 was set in the suburb of Jenkintown and was narrated by Patton Oswalt as Adam, the youngest child of the family?

The family's name is the title, sorry.

[discordant piano music] That's "The Goldbergs."

Toss up.

What man, who became vice president after tying in the Electoral College with Thomas Jefferson, won in 1804 duel by killing Alexander Hamilton?

[bell dinging] Maplewood, Avery.

Aaron Burr.

Correct, here's your bonus.

Discovered by Carl Anderson in 1932, what antiparticle of the electron has the same mass and spin as an electron but the opposite charge?

Positron.

I'm sorry.

Positron.

That's correct.

Toss up.

What element combines with oxygen in magnetite and with sulfur in pyrite, forms reddish oxides on the surface of Mars and has the atomic symbol, Fe?

[bell dinging] Tidioute, Ayden.

Iron.

Correct, here's your bonus.

What type of poem whose 19 lines usually include five tercets and a quatrain is exemplified by Dylan Thomas' "Do not go gentle into that good night?"

[discordant piano music] A type of poem is a villanelle.

Toss up.

What son of Gordios was given the ears of a donkey, after earlier finding himself unable to eat or drink because everything he touched turned to gold?

[bell dinging] Tidioute, Darrion.

Midas.

That is correct.

Here's your bonus.

What US president promised to defend West Germany against communism in his Ich bin ein Berliner speech?

JFK, JFK.

JFK.

That's correct, John Fitzgerald Kennedy.

Toss up.

What author described Colonel Brandon's exposure of John Willoughby's misdeeds to Elanor and Marianne Dashwood in the novel "Sense and Sensibility?"

[discordant piano music] That author was Jane Austen.

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

[upbeat music] Maplewood, your score is 125.

Great job during the match and good luck with the rest of your academic year.

Congratulations to Tidioute with a score of 210.

You will be moving on.

I'm Glenn Holland.

Please join us again for the rest of our competition.

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