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Hello and welcome to the ninth match of the 50th season of this classic scrimmage.

I'm your host, David Graff.

Today's match is between Bangor Area High School, who took second place in the tournament in 1994, and Whitehall High School, who were runners up in scrimmage in 2007.

The match will be composed of two halves, with white and brown midway through each half at half time.

The passes teams can introduce themselves and we'll get to know them a little bit better.

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

And now let's begin.

Buzzers.

Ready.

Here's our first toss up question.

What metal is combined with cadmium in some rechargeable batteries is found.

Whitehall.

Lithium.

That is incorrect.

I'll continue for Bangor.

Found with iron in the Earth's core.

And it's still used in namesake Bangor.

Nicole.

Nicole is correct.

It's still used in namesake coins.

For your bonus, the solder like God Pan was a resident of what region of Peloponnese whose name became a byword for pristine wilderness.

Just like Eden.

That is incorrect.

Arcadia is the correct answer.

Next toss up.

In what country was General Juan Jose Zuniga arrested on live TV after a failed 2024 coup against President Luis RC in La Paz.

Whitehall.

Bolivia.

Bolivia is correct for your bonus.

Torque is the rotational analog.

Of what quantity?

Which equals the rate of change of momentum or on average impulse over time.

Force.

Force is correct.

Next toss up question.

What author of institutes of the Christian Religion preached the doctrine of predestination while working in Geneva during the Protestant Reformation.

Whitehall.

Calvin.

John Calvin is correct.

For your bonus, baseball stars Sam Musial and Albert Pujols both started their careers with what Major League Baseball team that now plays in Busch Stadium.

This.

Astros.

The Astros.

That is incorrect.

Busch Stadium was your tip for Budweiser in Saint Louis.

Missouri is where the team is.

Next toss up question.

What novel in which Father Maple gives a sermon about Jonah features the Harpooner Fay, Fethullah and the cannibal Queequeg and his.

By weight call Moby Dick.

That is correct.

It's by Herman Melville.

For your bonus, the Regency era describes the latter part of what reign?

Of what?

British king who suffered from a debilitating mental illness beginning in the 1780s.

George the third.

Georgia third is correct, and it is believed he suffered from bipolar disorder.

Next tossup question what religion?

Whose main branches are the Digambar and the septum bora?

Follow the teachings of your banker.

Buddhism.

That is incorrect.

I'll continue on for Whitehall.

Follow the teachings of Tir Kasra and emphasize ahimsa or nonviolence.

Whitehall.

Jainism.

Jainism is correct.

For your bonus, what type of food, which in Dutch is called red apple, is eaten by five peasants sitting around a table in a painting by Vincent van Gogh.

Potatoes.

Potatoes.

Potatoes is correct.

And that's for the potato eaters.

Next toss up question.

What Russian scientist correctly predicted the properties of gallium.

Whitehall.

Mendeleev.

Mendeleev is correct.

And he's also credited with creating our modern periodic table.

For your bonus in mathematics, what property of a set is simply a measure of its size, and for a finite set is just the number of elements.

Cardinality.

Cardinality is correct.

Next toss up question.

In what country was Ishmael Hadiya, the leader of Hamas, assassinated?

Whitehall.

Palestine.

That is incorrect.

I'll continue for Bangor.

Assassinated in 2024 while attending is President Mahmoud Pesky.

Carnies inauguration.

Bangor.

Lebanon.

That's also incorrect.

It was.

He was attending the inauguration in Tehran.

The country is Iran.

Next toss up question.

What author wrote about Jenkin, a former clerk who becomes the fifth husband of the wife of Bath in a story collection titled Whitehall, Chaucer?

That is correct.

His collection was titled The Canterbury Tales.

For your bonus in April 2024.

California implemented a law requiring that all workers in what specific industry make at least $20 an hour.

Pass for fast food.

The fast food industry is correct.

Next toss up question what curves, pieces of which are used to approximate integrals in Simpson's rule, have a centricity of one and or Whitehall.

Parabolas.

Parabolas is correct and exemplified by graphs of quadratics.

Your bonuses in math.

Pencil and paper ready?

How many different trios can be made by selecting exactly one of six guitarists, one of eight bassists and one of three drummers.

144.

144.

144 trios is correct.

Next, toss up what country music label Big Hit Records released the 2023 songs like Crazy and seven or what countries?

It's not country.

Sorry.

What country's music label, Big Hit Records, released the 2023 songs like Crazy and seven whose lead performers Jimin and Jungkook.

Bangor, South.

Korea.

That is correct.

Those performers are both in beats for your bonus.

The League of Nations condemned Italy's 1935 invasion of what country, which caused the temporary exile of its American dynasty Emperor.

Ethiopia.

Ethiopia is correct.

And with that, we've reached the first lightning round and a pre-match coin toss was.

Determine the banker.

You'll select first between non-English lit or French arts.

You don't know or aren't French?

French.

Arts.

French Arts.

It is banker.

Your topic is French Arts.

Name the French creator of these works of visual art and music.

The paintings luncheon on the Grass and Olympia.

Edouard Manet.

Correct.

The sweet Carnival of the animals.

David.

Incorrect.

The painting, the card players and Mont Saint Victoire.

Passing the orchestra.

Work.

Symphonie fantastique.

Monet.

Incorrect.

The painting.

The dance class and the sculpture Little Dancer aged 14.

Verdun.

Incorrect.

The painting A Sunday Afternoon on the Isle of La Grande Jatte.

Pass the orchestral work Bolero and an orchestral arrangement of pictures at an exhibition.

Pass the Paintings in Arcadia.

Ego or ego and a dance to the Music of Time.

Pass the painting.

A burial at Dawn on David.

Incorrect.

The opera Carmen.

Pass.

George Bazaar was the answer to the last one.

Now we go over to Whitehall.

Whitehall?

Your topic is non English Lit.

Given a literary works, English title and original language.

Name the author.

Spanish, Don.

Quixote.

Cervantes is.

Correct.

French.

The three musketeers.

Tomorrow.

Correct.

Dan O Norwegian A doll's House.

Absinthe.

Correct.

German.

The metamorphosis and the Costa.

Correct.

Spanish.

100 Years of Solitude.

Marquez.

Correct.

Japanese.

The Tale of Genji.

Murasaki.

Correct.

Russian.

The cherry Orchard and Uncle Vanya.

Chekhov.

Correct.

Greek.

The last temptation of Christ.

Horatio.

Incorrect.

Persian.

Poems called or.

Poems collected as a Rubaiyat.

Correct.

Japanese.

The wind up bird chronicle.

Way.

Incorrect.

Haruki Murakami was the answer to that last one.

And we continue on with the following.

Toss up question.

What revolutionary who was killed four months after his rival George Dunton in Thermidor iron in the Thermidor in reaction led the Reign of Terror in France.

Whitehall.

Robespierre.

Maximilien Robespierre is correct.

For your bonus, the satirical poems Mack, Fleet Know and Absalom aka Telefono were written by what author who in 1668 became England's first poet laureate.

Milton.

That's incorrect.

John Dryden is the correct answer.

Next toss up question.

What island intended by the Gulf of Korea?

Or excuse me, what island?

Indented by the Gulf of Perea is the southernmost of the West Indies, is off the coast of Venezuela and forms a republic with Tobago.

Whitehall.

Trinidad.

Trinidad is correct.

For your bonus, what painting?

Which shows a pensive old man holding his son's corpse on a piece of floating wood in the ocean is by Theodore Zarek.

The raft of the Medusa.

The raft of the Medusa is correct.

Next toss up question.

What home country of modern architect Inigo Jones contains Gothic style religious buildings, such as the Salisbury Cathedral and Westminster Abbey.

Bangor.

The United Kingdom.

Great Britain or the United Kingdom is correct.

Your bonuses in math.

Pencil and paper.

Ready.

If a pair of standard six sided dice are rolled.

What is the probability that the sum of the two dice is exactly 11?

One over 18.

One over 18 or 1 in 18 is correct.

Next toss up.

Question.

What novel?

Whose protagonist banters with Lady Navarro and woos actress Sybil Vane, describes ugly changes undergone by the title painting.

The correct answer is The Picture of Dorian Gray.

Next toss was in mathematics, pencil on paper.

Ready?

What number of degrees is equivalent to two thirds Pi radians.

Bangor.

120.

120 degrees is correct.

For your bonus.

In what state did Wesley Bell win a 2024 primary against Congresswoman Cori Bush, a member of the squad who has criticized Israel's war in Gaza?

Florida.

That is incorrect.

Missouri is the correct state.

Next tossup question.

What country whose past presidents include former soccer player George Weah, has its capital at Monrovia.

Whitehall.

Liberia.

That is correct.

Was founded by former freed American slaves.

For your bonus record, Strauss's also Sprach Czar to Truth is an example of what type of orchestral piece written to evoke a literary work.

On Bob Anton Bartok.

A tone poem.

A tone poem is correct.

And with that, we've reached half time.

We have an excellent match underway.

Whitehall currently leads with a score of 205 to Bangor's 55.

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

What is your favorite innovation from the last 50 years?

So that would be from 1975 on.

Evan, for Bangor, you're in the hot seat.

Go ahead.

All right.

My name is Evan Volk.

I'm in 11th grade.

And honestly, it's got to be the internet so much as possible now.

Okay, so Evan got internet first, so no one else can say internet is good.

Michael.

Go ahead.

Sorry.

Michael's in 10th grade.

My favorite innovation will probably be the iPhone.

Okay.

Matthew Vidal, 12th grade.

And my favorite innovation of the past, 50 years will probably be the computer.

All right.

Cool.

On.

My name is Cohen Bilhoes.

And my favorite innovation would probably be computer.

All right, over to Veeam.

Whitehall.

Go ahead.

My name is Vihaan.

I'm a junior.

And my favorite innovation is artificial intelligence.

Okay.

I'm Neve.

I'm a senior at Whitehall.

And I'll say my favorite innovation is the stronger computer chips.

All right.

My name's Logan at Whitehall.

My favorite innovation probably has to be online chess bots.

Oh, okay.

Niko.

My name is, Nico Kresge.

I'm in 11th grade, and my favorite innovation would probably have to be, minesweeper.

Say that again.

Minesweeper?

Oh.

My sweeper.

Okay.

All right.

The popular windows based game.

I think it's still for free.

Right on windows.

Just including.

It's free, like, on a lot of places.

Different places?

Yeah, you get it?

All right.

Excellent.

We'll continue the second half of the match with the following toss up question.

What second vice president of Grover Cleveland shares his name with his grandson, an Illinois governor who lost two elections to Dwight banker.

Dewey.

That's incorrect.

I'll continue for Whitehall, who lost two elections to Dwight Eisenhower.

Go ahead.

Whitehall.

Stevenson.

Adlai Stevenson is correct for your bonus.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi was a retainer of what?

Daimyo who was assassinated in the Hanno Incident in 1582.

Oda.

Yeah.

We'll accept either either part of that.

So Oda Nobunaga is the correct answer?

You are correct.

Next toss up.

What?

Painting by Grant wood, named for the style of window on the top.

Whitehall.

American Gothic.

That is correct.

And it was, known for that.

The Dibble House is what's featured behind the painting for your bonus.

What billionaire who has pushed for higher taxes on billionaires is the CEO of holdings company Berkshire Hathaway and is called the Oracle of Omaha.

Warren Buffett Warren Buffett is correct.

Next toss up question what most commonly used noun in the English language also names a magazine that in 2023.

Bangor time.

Time is correct, and they named Taylor Swift their person of the year in 2023 for your bonus.

What Dominican author wrote about a boy from new Jersey who loves fantasy novels?

In his 2007 book The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wilde.

Jorge Luis, Luis Borges.

That's incorrect.

Junot Diaz is the correct answer.

Next toss up question.

Cast.

Topography is most commonly formed by dissolving what sedimentary rock which makes up chalk and consists of minerals aragonite and calcite.

Whitehall.

Quickly!

What are you.

I'm so right over to Bangor.

I am done with the question, but it's a freebie, so no conferring.

Go ahead.

Limestone.

Limestone is correct.

Just watch a no conferring in future when it goes back over.

The.

Next bonus.

What fibrous mineral was once widely used as insulation has been phased out, as has been linked to cancer such as mesothelioma?

Asbestos.

Asbestos is correct.

Next toss up question what grandfather of era who, according to Genesis chapter four, was exiled to the land of Nod, was cursed by God after killing his brother Abel Whitehall.

Cain.

Cain is correct for your bonus.

What 1803 court case concerned the Jefferson administration's refusal to recognize midnight judges and established the principle of judicial review.

Marbury versus Madison.

Marbury versus Madison is correct.

Next, toss up.

What leader who collaborated with a southern neighbor on Kaesong Industrial Park was referred to as Dear Leader, and in 2011 led North Korea.

Go ahead.

Bangor.

Kim Jong IL.

Kim Jong IL is correct for your bonus.

What?

Seven volume novel, whose narrator recalls early memories while drinking tea and eating a madeleine, was written by French author Marcel Proust.

Probably that's incorrect.

In Search of Lost Time is a correct answer.

The next tossup is in math.

Pencil on paper.

Ready?

Giving your answer as an integer and as a proper fraction.

What mixed number is equal to the fraction 33 divided by seven?

Go ahead.

Bangor foreign five, seven four.

And five seven is correct for your bonus.

What industrial process name for a German chemist reaction?

Nitrogen.

Or you could just let your captain know if you know it for you.

If I could read the rest harbor, let your captain.

Know.

Just some type of Bosch to harbor Bosch process.

Bosch process is correct.

It's all right.

Michael was just excited you got that bonus.

He was on it.

The Harvard Bosch process is correct.

Okay, next tossup question.

What poet who is called deep browed in a John Keats sonnet, praised translator George Chapman was supposedly a blind bard who wrote the Odyssey.

Whitehall, Homer, Homer is correct.

And for your bonus, in 2012, James Cameron piloted aircraft to reach what point in the Mariana Trench, the deepest known point of Earth's seabed.

Challenger challenger deep.

Challenger deep is correct.

And with that, we have reached the second Lightning round Whitehall.

You'll get to pick from the following topics.

We have tall words or Australia.

What do you think?

Okay, that's okay.

We'll take Australia.

Australia.

It is Whitehall.

Your topic is Australia.

Answer the following about Australia.

It's capital city.

Canberra.

Correct.

Massive coral system off its northeast coast.

Great Barrier Reef.

Correct.

Seven letter term for the arid region that covers its interior.

Outback.

Correct.

Its most populous city, home to an iconic opera house.

Sydney.

Correct.

Island home to small animals called It's Devils.

Tasmania.

Correct asterism depicted on its flag.

The cross.

More specific.

English cross.

That's incorrect.

Its king, who resides in London.

Charles be more specific.

Third.

That's correct.

Its most densely populated state, which contains Melbourne, Queensland.

Incorrect.

Unofficial anthem about a man who drowns in a billabong.

Matilda.

Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing.

Matilda is correct.

Red sandstone monolith once called Ayers Rock.

Uluru.

The lure is correct.

Bangor.

Your topic is two words.

Give these words the end with the consecutive letters T a.

We will provide the number of letters, so pay attention to that number of letters.

Second letter of the Greek alphabet four letters beta.

Correct.

Afternoon nap six letters.

Siesta.

Siesta is correct and anyone can say it.

Broad sweeping view five letters.

Past largest blood vessel in humans.

Five letters.

To.

Correct someone whose job is making coffee seven letters.

Barista.

Correct genre of Gilbert and Sullivan's The Mikado eight letters.

Pass deep red purple color seven letters.

Magenta.

Magenta is correct.

Three part achievement.

Eight letters.

Trifecta.

Correct.

Musical symbol meaning to hold the note.

Seven letters.

Pass.

Fabric made of silk.

Used in many prom dresses.

Seven letters.

Pass.

Taffeta was last.

Heard of it.

And now we start the final quarter of the match with the following toss up question.

What southern state where Fannie Lou Hamer founded its Freedom Democratic Party, is where 14 year old Emmett Till was lynched.

Whitehall, Mississippi.

Mississippi is correct.

He was lynched in its Delta region.

For your bonus, what major award show gives an award for Best Film Cast rather than Best Picture award, and is voted on by members of a performers union.

At the Cannes Film Festival.

That is incorrect.

Its the Screen Actors Guild Award or SAG Awards.

Next toss up question what wind instrument is called the ottavino in Italian music?

Because its shorter length means it is pitched an octave higher than the flute.

White hall.

Piccolo.

Piccolo is correct for your bonus.

Microwave ovens heat the outside layers of food by radiation, but the heat travels to the inside of the food.

By what other form of heat transfer.

Convection.

That is incorrect conduction is the correct answer.

Next, toss up what title character kills the tyrant glacier?

In a Friedrich Schiller play set in Switzerland, where this archer shoots banker.

William.

Tell, that is correct.

Where the archer shoots an apple off his son's head for your bonus.

What 1494 treaty established in Meridian 370 leagues West.

Have taught us?

Yes, the.

Treaty of Tordesillas.

That is correct.

On to the next tossup question.

What general who after living corridor in 1942, promised I shall return.

MacArthur.

MacArthur is correct, and you shall return.

He said it to the people of the Philippines for your bonus in July 2024.

Wildfires devastated the town of Jasper, in what Canadian province?

Also home to Banff National Park.

US.

Saskatchewan.

That is incorrect.

Alberta is the correct answer.

Next toss up.

What kind of cell whose shape is altered in sickle cell disease contains blood cell.

Red blood cells is correct for your bonus.

What city?

The capital of the Wind Province is the most populous city in Pakistan.

Just guess.

Islamabad.

There's incorrect.

Karachi is the correct answer.

Next tossup.

What state?

Whose election board was denounced by Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, is represented by Senators Jon Ossoff and Whitehall, Georgia, as correct.

It's also represented by Raphael Warnock for your bonus.

What English Renaissance playwright wrote about the exploits of the con man, subtle in his comedy The Alchemist.

Ben Jonson.

Ben Jonson is correct.

Next, toss up act two of what musical features the song No Way to Stop It, and reprises of So Long, farewell, Climb Every Mountain, and My Favorite Things.

White Hall.

The Sound of.

Music, The Sound of Music is correct for your bonus.

The 1915 sinking of What Passenger Ship by a German U-boat influenced the United States decision to enter World War One.

The Lusitania.

Your RMS Lusitania is correct.

Next, toss up in humans.

What body part has 26 bones, including the tailless Canis in its hind region, may have a fallen arch and lies below Bangor.

Foot.

The foot or feet is correct.

It lies below the ankle for your bonus.

What river, which empties into Lake Winnipeg in Manitoba, forms most of the border between North Dakota and Minnesota.

The Missouri River.

That is incorrect.

The Red River, a red river of the North, is the correct answer.

Next tossup.

What country?

And with that, we have reached the end of the match.

Bangor, Maine A valiant effort to come back there in the end, but unfortunately was not quite enough.

Good luck with the rest of your school year.

Whitehall.

Congratulations!

With 375 points you are on to the second round.

I thank you for watching.

We'll see you next week.

When Jim Thorpe Area High School faces off against Nazareth Area High School.

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