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- Hello, and welcome to the opening match of the 47th season of Scholastic Scrimmage.

I'm your host, David Graf.

This year, Scrimmage will look a little bit different due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

PBS39 is following all CDC guidelines.

That includes pregame temperature checks, students wearing masks during the competition, and I am socially distanced from the teams on set.

And now, here's today's match that features Freedom vs. Stroudsburg.

The match will feature two halves with a lightning round mid-way through each half.

At halftime, we'll pause to get to know the students a little bit better.

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.

Buzzers ready, and onto our first toss up.

What animal names the main tributary of the Great Salt Lake, as well as a great lake in Canada, and has a Kodiak population of its grizzly subspecies?

- Stroudsburg.

- Heron?

- Incorrect.

Freedom?

- Bear.

- Yes, bear is correct.

And for your bonus, a helium nucleus is produced by what lowest energy type of radioactive decay that reduces an atom's atomic number by two?

You guys can confer and let your captain know the answer.

- Alpha decay?

- That's correct.

Onto the next toss up.

What president who names a corollary to the Monroe Doctrine and who launched the Great White Fleet Fort on San Juan Hill with his Rough... - Teddy Roosevelt.

- Stroudsburg?

- Teddy Roosevelt?

- That's correct.

And for your bonus, in 1857, what Frenchmen published an acclaimed translation of the stories of Edgar Allan Poe, as well as a book of his own poetry titled Les Fleurs du mal?

- Who is...?

We don't know.

- It's Charles Baudelaire.

Next toss up.

What state function, whose change is a reversible process equal to the heat flow divided by temperature is a measure of randomness or disorder?

- Freedom.

- Entropy?

- That's correct.

And for your bonus, what term refers to a feature of a box plot, as well as features of kittens enjoyed by the singer in "My Favorite Things"?

- Whisker?

- That is also correct.

Next toss up.

Tadej Pogacar's victory in the time trial in Chansey helped him to a 2021 repeat win in what sporting event that ends on the Champs-Elysees in Paris?

- The Tour de France?

- Stroudsburg?

- Cycling.

- He said, wait for me to reference you, it is the Tour de France.

You're correct.

But from now on, let me reference the school first.

You are correct with Tour de France.

All right.

And for your bonus, the second P in the drug treatment known as Prep refers to what technique whose goal is to prevent disease?

In this case, HIV infection?

- Preparation?

- No, it's... - To the captain.

- Preparation?

- That's incorrect, it's prophylaxis.

Next toss up.

What novel, in which Jorge de Burgos is confronted by William of Baskerville after murders occurred in a medieval monastery, was written by Umberto Eco?

The novel is The Name of the Rose.

Next toss up.

What molecule, whose product is about 15 times greater in aerobic respiration than in anaerobic respiration, is the cell's energy currency?

- Stroudsburg?

- ATP.

- That is correct.

And for your bonus, the Acadians resettled from Canada to what U.S. state?

- Louisiana - Bonus?

Go ahead, Stroudsburg captain.

- Louisiana.

- That is correct.

That's all right, we're a little jumping the gun there, but that's fine.

That's fine.

All right.

Next, toss up.

What battle, whose objectives included Bloody Lane and the Dunker Church, was the deadliest single day of the U.S. Civil War, and was fought in Maryland?

This is a toss up for everybody.

- Antietam.

- That is correct, the Battle of Antietam.

And for your bonus.

Pencil and paper ready.

What is the value of ten factoral divided by seven factoral?

The answer is 720.

Next toss up.

What author of a novel about ancient Carthage, titled Chilombo, wrote about a provincial French doctor with an unfaithful wife, in Madame Bovary?

- The answer is Gustave Flaubert.

Next toss up, which British composer of "Egdon Heath" and the "St. Paul Suite" included a movement subtitled "The Bringer of War" in his seventh movement, The Planets?

Gustav Holst is the correct answer.

Next toss up.

What band, which was led by the oft-dueling brothers, Liam and Noel Gallagher sang, "Maybe..." Stroudsburg?

- Oasis.

- That's correct.

And for your bonus, a diagnosis of terminal cancer is hidden from what patriarch of the Polit family in Tennessee Williams' play Cat On A Hot Tin Roof?

The correct answer is Big Daddy Polit.

Next toss up, what amendment, the subject of Katz vs.

US, applies when there is reasonable expectation of privacy and prohibits unreasonable search and seizure?

Stroudsburg.

- The Fourth Amendment.

- That is correct.

And for your bonus, what works of chorus and orchestra, such as Johann Sebastian Bach "Wachet auf", takes the name from the Italian for "to sing".

- Cantata?

- That's correct.

Onto the next toss up.

What compound, which can be formed by reacting menthol with carbon monoxide, or by oxidative fermentation of ethanol, is found in vinegar?

- The correct answer is acetic acid.

Next toss up, what literary form, which opens with a renga, traditionally has a kigo, or season word, and was mastered by Basho has 17 syllables, and a five... - Freedom.

- Haiku.

- Freedom?

- Haiku.

- That's correct.

For your bonus, in 1838, what religion's members were targeted by an extermination order from Missouri Governor Lilburn Boggs, telling them to leave the state or die?

- The correct answer is the Mormon Church.

Next toss up, in what state were activists registered voters during the Freedom Summer in 1964, was Emmett Till killed in the Delta, and Medgar Evers... Stroudsburg?

- Alabama.

- That's incorrect.

I'll finish for Freedom.

..and Medgar Evers shot in Jackson?

This is a toss up, so just buzz in if you know it.

You can't confer.

- South Carolina.

- That's also incorrect.

The correct answer was Mississippi.

Looks like Captain Colin, you knew it then once you went beyond.

Yeah.

All right.

Next toss up.

What sea, which borders the Absheron Peninsula, receives the Ural and Volga rivers, is east of Azerbaijan, west of Kazakhstan, and north of Iran?

Stroudsburg?

- The Black Sea.

- That's incorrect.

Freedom, still a little bit of time.

- The Red Sea.

- That's incorrect.

- The correct answer is the Caspian Sea.

Next toss up, what trigonometric function appears in the Pythagorean identity with a secant, has an increasing graft except for isotopes, and equals sign over cosine?

Freedom.

- Tangent.

- That's correct.

The tangent function.

For your bonus, what Minnesota native served as vice president under Lyndon Johnson and lost the 1968 presidential election to Richard Nixon?

The correct answer is Hubert Humphrey.

Onto the next toss up.

What poet, who depicted a conscientious objector in "i sing of Olaf", wrote poems like "anyone lived in a pretty how town" using unusual capitalization?

You guys will know it when I say it, it's a lowercase E, lowercase E, Cummings.

e.e.

Cummings.

Next toss up, what given name of Chicago Bears Hall of Fame running back Sayers and surname of Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz can also refer to a strong wind?

- Stroudsburg?

- Gale force?

- Gale.

Gale.

That's correct.

for your bonus.

What novel by Thomas Hardy depicts the life of Michael Henchard, who sells his own wife and daughter to another man before attaining the title office?

The correct answer is The Mayor of Casterbridge.

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

In a pregame coin toss, it was determined that Freedom would be selecting.

Freedom, you get to select between the first two topics of Information Technology Acronyms or Long-Serving Senators.

- We'll take the first one.

- OK. Information Technology Acronyms.

So that means Stroudsburg will have Long-Serving Senators.

Now the other team, even though you may know the answers, please remain quiet.

I'll be referring just to Freedom during these.

Anyone from Freedom's team can shout out the answer.

If too much time elapses, and you want to move on, say "pass."

If not, I'll hold on the question.

We have Information Technology Acronyms.

Give the word represented by the first initial in these IT acronyms and initialisms.

The L in LCD, a state of matter.

- Pass.

- Liquid is the correct answer.

R in RAM.

- Random?

- That's correct.

L in LED.

If you know it, anyone can say it.

- Light?

- That's correct.

The eye I in IP, as in IP address.

- Internet.

- That's correct.

The V in VPN.

- Virtual.

- That's correct.

- The U in USB.

- Universal.

- That's correct.

The P in PDF.

A type of document file.

- Photo?

- Incorrect.

The H in HDMI.

- Hyperlink?

- That's incorrect.

The L in LAN.

- Pass.

- The S in SIM, as in a SIM card.

All right.

Very good on that round.

And now, that means we go over to Stroudsburg.

Stroudsburg, you have Long-Serving Senators.

Name the state represented by these senators who served for at least 25 years.

Joe Biden.

- Delaware.

- That's correct.

And you don't have to buzz in.

Ted Kennedy?

- Massachusetts.

- That's correct.

Daniel Inouye, a Japanese-American.

- Hawaii.

- That's correct.

Daniel Feinstein.

- Dianne Feinstein, excuse me.

- California.

- That's correct.

Current Senate Minority Leader, Mitch McConnell.

- Kentucky.

- That's correct.

John McCain.

- Arizona.

- Correct.

Strom Thurmond, who ran for president as a Dixiecrat.

- Alabama.

- Incorrect.

Chuck Grassley.

- Iowa.

- That's correct.

Orrin Hatch, who was succeeded by Mitt Romney.

- Utah.

- Correct.

Robert Byrd - Alabama?

- That is incorrect, but nice round, Stroudsburg.

Got many of the senators there on the list.

All right.

And now back on to the toss up questions.

Your next tossup is in math, pencil and paper ready.

What landmark created on a site known as Six Grandfathers to the Lakota, was designed by Guzton Borglum, and depicts the faces...?

- Mount Rushmore.

That is correct, Stroudsburg.

And for your bonus, Grey rares are among the enemies in what 2021 survival game by Iron Gate Studio that is set in the Norse afterlife?

- Ragnarok?

- Incorrect.

Valheim is the correct answer.

As you can tell from my pronunciation, I have not played that game.

- Me neither.

All right, on to the next toss up.

What rebellion, which Empress Dowager Cixi supported, starting in 1900, began as an effort by Society of Fists to reduce Western influence in China?

- Strasbourg.

- The Boxer Rebellion.

- That is correct.

And for your bonus, Girolamo Savonarola led what bonfire of vanities in what city five years after the death of his former lord, Lorenzo the Magnificent?

- Madrid?

- That's incorrect.

Florence is the correct city.

And with that, we have reached Halftime.

Now, prior to the match, to aid in social distancing, we asked the students to introduce themselves individually on video.

So, now let's meet the contestants from Freedom and Stroudsburg.

- My name is Arun Chigani.

I'm from Freedom High School, and I'm in 11th grade.

- My name is Shay Shaw.

I'm from Freedom High School, and I'm in 12th grade.

- My name is John Coulter.

I'm from Freedom High School, and I'm in 11th grade.

- My name is Kayla Schenkel.

I'm from Freedom High School, and I'm in 11th grade.

- My name is Harkirat Chauhan.

I go to Stroudsburg High School, and I'm in 11th grade.

- My name is Colin Hoffman.

I go to Stroudsburg High School, and I'm in 11th grade.

- My name is Chris Hu, I go to Stroudsburg High School, and I'm in 11th grade.

My name is Allison Yoto.

I go to Stroudsburg High School, and I'm in 12th grade.

- Welcome back, we'll begin the second half with this toss up.

What novel, in which Boxer repeats the phrase "Napoleon is always"...?

Stroudsburg?

- Animal Farm?

- That's correct.

And for your bonus, French Dahomey was the colonial name of what narrow country east of Togo, west of Nigeria, whose capital is Porto-Novo?

- Monaco?

- Incorrect, it's Benin.

Next toss up, Oland Island is off the coast of what country whose city of Malmo is linked by the Oresund Bridge to Denmark, and whose capital is Stockholm?

Stroudsburg?

- Sweden.

- That's correct.

For your bonus, Antioch, Aleppo, and Samarkand are key cities along what trade network that linked the Near East and the Far East?

- Silk Road.

- That is correct.

Onto the next toss up.

In 597, a man named Augustine became the first person to hold what position later held by Thomas Becket as the leader of the Church of England?

- Freedom?

- The Pope.

- Incorrect.

Stroudsburg?

A little bit of time left.

- We can't discuss it.

- Oh... - Yeah, can't confer on this.

All right, so out on that one.

For our viewers at home, it's the Archbishop of Canterbury.

Next toss up.

In what country have indigenous Mapuche people taken part in protests against the administration of Sebastian Pinera, in the capital city of Santiago?

- Stroudsburg?

- Chile?

- That is correct.

And for your bonus, what Iranian military general who commanded the Revolutionary Guard's Quds Force was killed in a U.S. drone strike in 2020?

And go over to the captain.

- Soleimani.

- Soleimani is correct.

Next toss up, what man who wrote about Gilbert Osmond's unhappy marriage to Isabel Archer in The Portrait of a Lady wrote the ghost story, The Turn of the Screw?

That man is Henry James.

Onto the next toss up.

What mathematician, the namesake of the popular spiral R equals theta, supposedly realized the principle of buoyancy and subsequently shouted, "Eureka!"

- Archimedes?

- Stroudsburg?

- Archimedes.

- That's correct.

And for your bonus, the ruins of an observatory called El Charcol and the step pyramid El Castillo are found in what Mayan site on the Yucatan Peninsula?

- Tinok Teklam?

- Chichen Itza is correct.

I think I heard somebody there in the group had the right answer.

All right, next toss up.

What man, who co-created the Giving Pledge with Warren Buffett, announced his divorce from Melinda French in 2021 and is the co-founder...?

Freedom.

- Bill Gates.

- That's correct.

And for your bonus, in protein structures, coiled arrows are often used to denote what protein motive, which is one of the two most common, along with beta-pleated sheets.

The correct answer is Alpha Helix.

All right, with that, we're on to the next Lightning Round.

For this Lightning Round, Stroudsburg, you get to pick between Super Bowl LV or Misleading Names?

- All right, Super Bowl LV.

That means Freedom, you'll then have Misleading Names.

So this is only for Stroudsburg.

Shout it out as soon as you know.

Super Bowl LV, answer the following questions about Super Bowl LV.

It was played in Tampa in this state?

- Florida.

- Correct.

This Buccaneers quarterback was...?

- Tom Brady.

- Correct.

The 2018 MVP led the team...?

- Patrick Mahomes.

- That's correct.

This musician sang "Can't Feel My Face" at halftime?

- The Weeknd.

- Correct.

This Chiefs tight end had...?

- Travis Kelce.

- Correct.

This NFL commissioner was in attendance.

- Roger Goodell.

- Correct.

This former Steeler caught a touchdown for Tampa Bay.

- Le'Veon Bell.

- Incorrect.

Tampa Bay reached the game by upsetting this team in the NFC Championship game?

- You said the answer, you said Tennessee.

- Tampa Bay reached the game by upsetting this team in the NFC Championship game?

- Um, the... - Pass.

- This man became the oldest head coach to win a Super Bowl.

Incorrect.

This kicker scored all the Chiefs' points.

- Harrison Butker.

- That is correct.

- He's on my fantasy team.

- Nice job, Colin.

Can see we have a sports fan there in the crowd.

All right, now on to Freedom.

Freedom, Misleading Names is your topic.

Answer the following about things with misleading names.

A light year is a unit not of time, but of this quantity?

- Distance.

- That's correct.

Koalas aren't bears.

They're part of this class whose members have pouches.

- Primate.

- Incorrect.

Peanuts aren't nuts.

They're this type of plant.

- Legume?

- Correct.

The Battle of Bunker Hill was mostly fought on this other hill.

- Pass, pass, pass.

- Most tin foil is now made of this other element.

- Aluminum.

- Correct.

Starfish aren't fish.

They belong to this phylum.

- Crustacean?

- Incorrect.

London's Isle of Dogs is really one of these.

- Pass.

- Chinese checkers originated in this European country.

- Pass.

- This type of cord, used in violin strings, is usually made from sheep or goat?

- Wool?

- Incorrect.

Arabic numerals were devised in this non-Arab country.

- Pass.

- All right, end of that Lightning Round.

And now, onto the final quarter of the game.

We'll continue on with this toss up.

What quantity multiplies velocity to given mechanical power equals -KX...?

Stroudsburg?

- Mass.

Incorrect.

I'll finish for Freedom.

...equals -KX for an ideal spring, according to Hooke's law, and is measured in Newtons?

Freedom, no conferring on toss ups.

We're just going to move on with this next toss up.

What event, during which Soapy Smith was killed and Skagway and Dawson City became boomtowns, drew thousands of prospectors to the Yukon in 18...?

Stroudsburg.

- The Gold Rush.

Are we good with that?

Yeah, a little bit more, give me a little bit more on that.

- California Gold Rush of 1849?

- Incorrect.

On to Freedom.

It's the Klondike, or Yukon Gold Rush, is what we're looking for.

Next toss up, what archipelago contains the Lafonia Peninsula and the city of Stanley, gave rise to an 1890 to war in the South Atlantic between Britain and Argentina?

- The Falkland Islands.

- That's correct.

And for your bonus, Kristen Bell voices a pseudonymous blogger who reveals secrets about privileged teens on what HBO Max show, a reboot of a CW series?

- She's the detective, right?

- The correct answer is Gossip Girl.

Somebody over there was whispering it.

All right, next toss up.

What poet, who wrote "A thing of beauty is a joy forever," in Ednymion, stated, "Beauty is truth.

Truth, beauty," in his 1819 ode to a Grecian urn?

- The correct answer is John Keats.

Next toss up, what plant parts which can be tuberous, tend to be covered in namesake hairs, take up nutrients and water and grow...?

Stroudsburg.

- Phylum?

- Incorrect.

I'll finish the question.

...And grow downward.

- Roots?

- That's correct.

For your bonus, Minamoto Yorimoto was the first of what military dictators who were de facto rulers of Japan for over 650 years until the 1868 Meiji Restoration?

- Shogunin?

- That's correct, the Shoguns.

Next toss up, what Monarch, who was succeeded by Louis XIII, ended the French War of Religion by issuing the Edict of Nantes and was the first Bourbon king of France?

Stroudsburg?

- Henry of Navarre?

- That is correct.

Henry IV, or Henry of Navarre.

For your bonus, what author wrote books in which Dr. Haledjian solves two-minute mysteries, and created a teen sleuth from Idaville called Encyclopedia Brown?

- President Joe Biden.

- That is incorrect.

It's Donald J. Sobol.

Next toss up.

What seafood from animals in the genus Homarus, can be served thermidor, or in roll sandwiches, and, unlike a crab...?

And that is the end of the match.

Just to finish out, and, unlike a crab, has most of the meat in its tail?

It would have been a lobster.

And that is the conclusion of our game.

We had an excellent match here.

Stroudsburg is our winner, with a score of 300.

Freedom, 155.

Freedom, thank you very much for your time here, enjoy the rest of your school year.

Stroudsburg, we will see you in the next round.

And thank you for tuning in.

We'll see you next week when Palmerton faces off against Dieruff.

Great job, everybody.