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Hello and welcome to the eighth match of the 51st season of Scholastic Scrimmage.

I'm your host, David Graff.

Today's match is between Emmaus High School and Bethlehem Catholic High School.

The match will be composed of two halves with a lightning round midway through each half.

At half time, full passage, students 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.

Now let's begin.

Buzzers.

Ready?

Here's our first toss up question.

What geologic period saw massive oxygenation of the Earth's oceans, as well as a massive proliferation of multicellular life during its namesake explosion.

Go ahead, Bethlehem Catholic.

The Cambrian explosion.

The Cambrian explosion, or Cambrian period is correct.

For your bonus, in 2006, African American author Tarana Burke founded What Movement, encouraging survivors of sexual harassment and rape to share their experiences.

MeToo.

The MeToo movement is correct.

Next tossup question.

What novel, which includes legends about the sun, the sun god birth and the trickster El Aurora, was written by Richard Adams about Hazel and other rabbits.

Watership down is the correct answer.

Next tossup question.

What politician who took office in 2023 by succeeding Kevin McCarthy, represents the fourth District of Louisiana and is speaker of the House.

Current speaker of the House is Mike Johnson.

Next toss up question is in mathematics.

Pencil on paper.

Ready?

What is the smallest positive integer with three distinct prime factors?

Given that it must be a product of the three smallest primes?

Go ahead and mess.

3030 is correct.

For your bonus, what South American countries authors included one who wrote about radio employees and Aunt Julia and the script writer Mario Vargas.

Joshua.

In Peru was.

Brazil.

That is incorrect.

Peru is the correct answer.

I think I heard someone maybe say Peru, but it wasn't the official answer.

So next awesome question.

What show in which Jonah Vogel Bohm tries to denounce Vought International is a Prime Video series portraying corrupt superheroes.

You may ask the boys.

The boys is correct, and one of the corrupt superheroes is Homelander.

For bonus, what Swiss born man outlined five points of architecture and pioneered international style with a concrete machine for living called Villa Savoy.

Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Incorrect.

Le Corbusier is the correct answer.

Next toss up question.

What opera in which Gounod voce poco fa is sung by Bartolo Ward?

Rossini.

Rosina is a Rossini opera featuring Figaro, who gives Bartolo a shave.

Go ahead, miss the Barber of Seville.

The Barber of Seville is correct for your bonus.

In Imperial China, what castrated men were employed in administrative roles in the government.

Unix Unix Unix is correct.

Next tossup question.

What seat of Duval County is the largest city by area in the contiguous United States?

Is the most populous city in Florida and is home to the National Football League's Jaguars.

Mass.

Jacksonville.

Jacksonville is correct.

For bonus, what type of RNA which has a special cap at one end, is produced by transcription of DNA.

Messenger RNA.

Messenger RNA is correct.

Next tossup question.

What process which can occur in specular fashion at smooth surfaces, is the change in direction of light caused by shiny objects like mirrored glass refraction?

That is incorrect.

It's over to Bethlehem Catholic, so no conferring, but it's a freebie.

Reflection.

Buzzer and if you know it, go ahead.

Reflection.

Reflection is correct.

For your bonus, Little Wayne's 2025 song The Days features what musician who sang on songs like With or Without You.

And is the lead singer of U2.

It's a good question for your parents or guardians.

Bono.

It's a correct answer.

Next toss up question.

What author portrayed the fictional nation of Le Soccer in her novel Villette, and wrote about a governess who works for Mr.

Rochester in Jane Eyre.

You may ask?

Charlotte Bronte.

Charlotte Bronte is correct.

For your bonus, Yaoundé is a capital of what Central African country that borders Lake Chad.

Cameroon?

Cameroon.

Cameroon is correct.

The excuse made a pretty contentious presidential election.

For the first lightning round in a pre-match coin toss.

It was determined that Imus would get to pick between the following topics home countries or the Royal Sea.

The royal countries would be ten countries.

Yeah.

What countries?

I guess.

Quickly, miss, home countries.

Home countries.

It is.

It may is your first lightning round topic is home countries give these countries these athletes represent in international competitions.

It may not be their home birthplace.

Track and field.

Usain Bolt of Jamaica.

Correct.

Basketball's Diana Taurasi.

Pass hockey Sidney Crosby.

Australia.

Australia.

Incorrect.

Tennis is Rafa Nadal.

Argentina.

Incorrect.

Soccer's Lionel Messi.

Argentina.

Argentina.

Golf's Lydia Ko.

The.

Pass.

Soccer's Neymar.

Sorry.

Brazil.

Correct.

Tennis is Roger Federer and anyone can say it if you know it.

Switzerland.

Switzerland.

It's Switzerland.

Switzerland is correct.

Soccer's Erling Haaland.

England.

Netherlands.

Incorrect.

Boxing's Eamonn Kalief.

Algeria.

That's correct.

Bethlehem.

Catholic.

Your topic is the royal Sea.

Give these rulers, whose regnal names in English begin with the letter C and be specific.

Crowned Britain's king in May 2023.

Charles the Third.

Correct.

First Roman emperor to convert to Christianity 17.

Which one?

Constantine.

Second.

Incorrect.

First wife of Henry the eighth.

First King of the Franks.

Crowned Emperor in 800.

Charlemagne.

Correct.

Holy Roman Emperor, who oversaw the 1512 Diet of Worms.

Constantine the Second.

Incorrect.

First King of the Unified Franks.

Baptized in 508.

Past Empress of Russia from 1762 to 1796.

Catherine, which one?

The great correct English king executed in 1649.

Charles.

Which one?

Second.

Incorrect.

Roman Emperor.

Succeeded by Nero.

As Queen of France and wife of Henry the Second.

That would have been Catherine, didn't she?

All right, so after speaking to the judges.

You responsive Constantine?

We're okay.

We'll take Constantine.

So you will receive the points for that correct answer.

Okay.

We'll continue on with the following toss up question.

What river, which is crossed by Alexander the Third bridge and pointing off, empties into the English Channel at Lahav and flows past Paris.

It has the sign.

The Sanderson River is correct.

Your bonuses in math.

Pencil and paper.

Ready?

In terms of X, what is the perimeter of a rectangle whose width equals x plus two and whose height equals x minus three?

Pork minus two for x minus two for x minus two is correct.

Next toss up question.

In ancient Rome, what process could have a person a cup molester or take the form of terminado de beasts with lions, or have a person crucified?

We're talking about their various processes of execution.

Next toss up question.

What seven letter adjective for silent mutations with no effect on an organism's functions?

Also describe solutions that are neither acidic nor be it mass.

Neutral.

Neutral is correct.

For your bonus, what South American country may have lost two thirds of its population in the disastrous 1860s war of the Triple Alliance.

Paraguay.

Paraguay is correct.

Don't care about home.

Catholic.

We're excited.

Did you know Paraguay is going to be the next toss up question?

What author who wrote about a phenomena that sits looking over Harbor and city in his poem fog, depicted the city of Big Shoulders in Chicago.

Carl Sandburg is the correct answer.

Next tossup question what president who refused to visit victims of the Great Mississippi Flood took office in 1923, after Warren Harding died and was called Silent Cal Thomas Coolidge.

Calvin Coolidge is correct for your bonus.

Casting on and binding off are terms for starting and stopping.

What form of textile making done by hand with a pair of needles.

Knitting.

Knitting is correct.

Next toss up question.

What organ, whose first transplant was done by Thomas Stars in 1963, helps detoxify the blood and is affected by hepatitis and cirrhosis.

It may.

Liver.

Liver is correct.

For your bonus, what name is shared by a river that runs through Seoul in South Korea and by the world's largest ethnic group, which predominates in mainland China?

Han Han is also correct.

Next tossup question what island?

Whose largest settlement at Hanga ROA is home to the Rapanui people.

And is it?

Go ahead, Miss Easter Island.

Easter Island is correct.

It's home to many large stone statues.

For your bonus, what group of silicate minerals includes figure clays and clays, and is the most abundant group of minerals in the Earth's crust.

Quartz.

Incorrect.

Feldspars is the correct answer.

And with that, we have reached half time.

We'll let the students introduce themselves with their first name, last name, grade level, and the answer to the following question.

What is your favorite book?

Or could be poem or short story that you had to read?

You were assigned in school and had to read it and you ended up liking it.

We'll start with Thomas.

Go ahead.

My name is Ian Holm.

I'm an 11th grade, and in high school, I would say Lord of the flies.

Okay.

My name is Madeline Stilwell.

I'm in 12th grade, and, Bonilla and third grade.

It's about a vampire bunny.

And onto our captain.

My name is Mina.

Priya.

Mathieu.

I'm in 11th grade, and my favorite book that I've read, I would say, is Of Mice and Men.

Okay.

My name is Justin Chan.

I'm in 11th grade, and my favorite assigned book was ninth.

Okay.

And over to Bethlehem Catholic.

My name is Ryker Santiago.

I'm an 11th grade and my favorite book that I've ever read that I was assigned was halls.

Okay.

My name is Peter Vallance.

I'm in 12th grade, and my favorite book would have to be Animal Farm.

Okay.

My name is Brady Jones.

I'm in 11th grade, and the favorite book that I've read is The Outsiders.

Okay.

My name is Joseph Meyer.

I'm in 11th grade, and my favorite book that I read was The Odyssey.

All right, so if you've been keeping track at home, it seems that one of the most popular books that's been said so far is The Outsiders, followed pretty closely behind by Animal Farm.

So we'll see how the end of the first round ends up with those answers.

Okay, we'll continue on the second half of the match with the following toss up question.

What two characters who face the evil penguin feathers McGraw in the short The Wrong Trousers are a British man and his dog made using claymation.

I get your face, Joseph.

That was a sidewinder for question.

We're asking for Wallace and Gromit.

Next tossup question.

What African country was controlled by against you?

Highly mariam's Communist hunter during the Derg.

After the 1974 overthrow of Emperor Haile Selassie.

Camus.

Ethiopia.

Ethiopia is correct for bonus man or for your bonus.

Businessman David McCormack defeated incumbent Senator Bob Casey in what states 2024 U.S.

Senate election.

Pennsylvania Pennsylvania is correct.

Of course, these questions are not used just in Pennsylvania.

So for some harder than than others.

Next toss up question in 2024, what former mayor of to lobbying succeeded fellow Morena party member Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador to become the first female president of Mexico?

Claudia Sheinbaum is the current president of Mexico.

Next toss up question what large molecules which can be generated through step growth or chain growth mechanisms, are formed from small units called moment.

Go ahead.

And mass polymers.

Polymers is correct.

And they're formed from small units called monomers for bonus.

In what 1741 sermon delivered in Einfeld, Connecticut, to Jonathan Edwards describe humanity as hanging by a slender thread over hellfire.

We took the first the first Great Awakening.

That is incorrect.

That sermon is known as sinners in the hands of an angry God.

Next toss up question what patriarch who was almost killed during the Akita, was the husband of Rebecca and was a miraculous child of Abraham, who nearly sacrificed him.

Bethlehem Catholic.

Isaac.

Isaac is correct for your bonus.

Greek historian Strabo wrote that trousers were invented.

By what sorceress from caucus, who married Jason, the leader of the Argonauts.

Cersei's incorrect Medea is a correct answer.

Next, toss up.

What quantity, whose relationship with GDP is described in Odin's law has cyclical and seasonal forms and measures.

The share of labor without a job.

Bentham Catholic was first, right.

Unemployment.

Unemployment is correct for your bonus.

In what country did citizens register with ad hoc?

The world's largest digital identity system.

United Kingdom.

That is incorrect.

Looks like a mess.

Do it.

Do you want to say it out loud for nerd credit only?

India.

India is the correct country.

Next tossup question.

What company in which 2025 recalled many cars with its Vc-Turbo engines owns the Infiniti brand and makes the rogue Pathfinder.

Go ahead and ask.

Nissan.

Nissan is correct, and they make the rogue, Pathfinder and Ultimate versions of Nissan cars.

For your bonus, it's in mass.

A pencil and paper ready?

What is the area of wallpaper that is needed to cover the walls and ceilings, but not the floor of a room that is seven by seven by seven?

Cube.

245 245 is correct.

Next tossup question.

What government which was established after the 1600 Battle of Seki?

Gaara was a shogunate that ruled Japan until the mid-19th century.

Go ahead and miss the Tokugawa shogunate.

The Tokugawa shogunate is correct.

For your bonus, what comic playwright from ancient Greece described the aerial city of cuckoo land in the birds of cloud cuckoo land in the birds.

South sea and Aristophanes Aristophanes is correct.

Okay, next tossup question.

Richard Hauptmann was convicted of kidnaping the infant son.

Of what?

Man who flew in 1927, the Spirit of Saint Louis?

Yes.

Charles Lindbergh.

That is correct.

He flew from New York to Paris.

For your bonus.

Joseph the second was the son of what?

18th century empress.

The only woman to rule the Hapsburg dominions.

Emma.

Incorrect.

Maria Teresa is the correct answer.

And with that, we have a second lightning round.

Bethlehem Catholic, you get to pick between the following topics.

Eight in science or Colorado.

Eight in science.

Eight in science.

It is Bethlehem Catholic.

Your second lightning round topic is eight.

In science.

Answer the following about the number eight in science.

Power of two.

The equals eight.

Three.

Yes.

Planet whose demotion left the solar system with eight.

Pluto.

Correct.

Unit equal to eight bits.

Blank.

Byte.

Correct.

Eight carbon compound that names a gasoline rating system.

Octane.

Correct element with atomic number eight.

Skip sequence that begins 112358.

Fibonacci.

Correct.

A religion that inspired the Eightfold Way for classifying particles in the scope scale, of which 35 knots is an eight.

Let's give phylum that contains the eight limbed octopus.

Skip mineral that defines eight on the original Moz scale.

Cat minerals.

Topaz.

Okay, mass.

Your topic is Colorado.

Answer the following about Colorado.

Its capital, nicknamed the Mile High City.

Denver.

Correct.

Time zone for all of Colorado.

Mountain.

Mountain.

Correct.

Sports team that won the 2022 Stanley Cup.

Skip.

Fictional TV town, home to Stan Marsh and Kyle Park.

Correct.

Precious metal found in 1878 at Leadville.

Gold.

Incorrect.

Animal mascot for the University of Colorado, Boulder.

Husky.

Incorrect.

Your Colorado became a state, leading to its nickname, the Centennial State.

1900.

Yeah.

Incorrect.

City.

Home to the Air Force Academy.

Denver.

Incorrect.

National Park containing hundreds of cliff dwellings.

Colorado.

Rockies.

Incorrect.

Western Colorado City where the Colorado and Gunnison rivers meet.

Ohio.

That is incorrect.

Grand junction is the correct answer.

Okay, onto our next tossup question.

What battle during which the Sixth Army was trapped by Operation Uranus was, in 1952, siege of a Soviet industrial city, now called.

Go ahead.

Bethlehem.

Catholic.

Stalingrad.

The Battle of Stalingrad is correct.

And it's all called Volgograd.

For your bonus, what playwright wrote a work charting and conflicting dreams of Lena, Walter, Bruce and Beneath, who are all members of the younger family?

Of.

That's Lorraine Hansberry, and we're talking about the play Erasing the Sun.

Next tossup question.

In what country?

Home to the authors of The Silent Cry and Kafka on the shore is the A Japan.

And may I ask, go ahead.

Japan.

That is correct.

For your bonus, in 1936, what British king abdicated in favor of his brother George the Sixth so that he could marry a divorcee.

Edward the fifth.

Edward the fifth.

Wrong, Edward.

Edward the eighth, when abdicated, clearing the way for the current lineage that is now on the British throne.

Next tossup question.

What artist of a triple self-portrait painted the For Freedom series, as well as hundreds of magazine covers for the Saturday Evening Post.

As prints are popular in doctor's offices.

Norman Rockwell.

Next toss up question.

What man whose joke memoir instrument sold at auction in February 2025 for $11 million, is an Italian luthra who made prized violins.

Chris.

Stradivarius.

Stradivarius is correct for your bonus.

Watermark is the largest island.

In what island chain south of the Bering Sea.

Sea.

The Polynesian islands.

Incorrect.

The Aleutian Islands is the correct answer.

Next tossup question.

What medal, which is purified in the bond process, was used alongside cadmium in early rechargeable batteries and names a coin.

Go ahead, Bethlehem Catholic.

Nicole.

Nicole is correct.

And it's a coin worth $0.05 for your bonus.

In 2024, Utah Adopt adopted a new state flag centered on a hexagon containing one of what structure which appears in the state's nickname.

Square.

Incorrect.

A beehive is in the center of their flag.

Next toss up question.

What object which gets pushed around by the beetle god Capri was represented with a disk and carried across the sky on a park in Egyptian myth.

Go ahead and ask the sun.

The sun is correct.

For your bonus, a group of 20th century composers known as the six lived and worked in what European country?

Also home to Erik Satie.

In Italy.

That's incorrect.

France is the correct answer.

Next tossup question.

What activist whose Atlanta Compromise speech in 1895 endorsed reluctant accommodation with Jim Crow, was the first leader of the Tuskegee Institute.

First, George Washington Carver.

That's incorrect.

Over to Bethlehem Catholic.

Booker T Washington.

The next toss up question is in math.

Pencil and paper.

Ready?

How many trees are in a 25 acre apple orchard?

If there is an average of 60 apple trees per acre, And that is time.

Anybody who's super fast with math at home would know.

The answer is there's 1500 apple trees.

Bethlehem Catholic.

Thank you for joining us today.

Unfortunately, it wasn't quite enough.

Good luck with the rest of your school year and congratulations, you are on to the second round.

And thank you for watching.

We'll see you next week when Stroudsburg Area High School faces off against Nazareth Area High School.

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