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Scholastic Scrimmage Ep. 2 Palmerton HS vs Dieruff HS
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Palmerton HS vs Dieruff HS
Palmerton HS vs Dieruff HS in the 47th Season of Scholastic Scrimmage; hosted by David Graf.
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Scholastic Scrimmage Ep. 2 Palmerton HS vs Dieruff HS
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- Hello and welcome to the 47th season of Scholastic Scrimmage.
I'm your host, David Graf.
This year's Scrimmage will look a little bit different due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
PBS39 is following all CDC guidelines, and that includes pregame temperature checks, students wearing masks during the competition and I'm socially distanced from the teams on set.
And now for today's match, we will feature Palmerton vs Dieruff.
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, specific factual information, and it's not necessarily indicative of academic training.
And now let's begin.
Buzzers ready and on to our first toss-up.
What author created a talking wolf named Maugrim, who helps the White Witch to fight against the godlike lion Aslan in The Chronicles of Narnia?
Dieruff.
- C.S.
Lewis?
- That is correct.
And for your bonus, contestants try to identify songs in the Bid A Note and Golden Medley rounds of what game show, which Fox revealed in 2021 with Jane Krakowski as host?
- The Voice.
- Incorrect, it's the old show they brought back, Name That Tune.
Next toss-up, what quantity, whose first time derivative is the jerk, equals force over mass by Newton's second law and is the rate of change of velocity?
Palmerton.
- Acceleration.
- That's correct.
And for your bonus, what long-time leader of the Teamsters union, who may have been killed by the mafia, disappeared in Detroit in 1975?
- Jimmy Hoffa.
- That's correct.
Next toss-up.
What man, who resigned as the First Lord of Admiralty after the Gallipoli campaign, succeeded Neville Chamberlain in 1940 as UK's Prime Minister?
Dieruff.
- Winston Churchill.
- That is correct.
And for your bonus, a young mother named Nora Helmer realizes that she has duties to herself and decides to leave her husband, Torvald, in what 1879 play by Henrik Ibsen?
A Doll's House is the correct answer.
Next toss-up.
What artist, who showed a beam of light illuminating a tax collector's face in The Calling Of Saint Matthew was an Italian master of chiaroscuro?
Caravaggio is the correct artist.
Next toss-up.
What poet, who described a sleeket, cowran, tim'rous beastie in the opening line of To A Mouse, is often glorified as the national poet of Scotland?
Robert Burns is the correct answer.
Next toss-up.
What planet had its orbit predicted by John Couch Adams and Urbain Le Verrier, is orbited by the moon Triton and is the farthest planet from the sun?
Palmerton.
- Saturn.
- That is incorrect.
Dieruff?
There's a little bit of time left.
- Uranus.
- Incorrect, it's Neptune.
Next toss-up.
What treaty, which was replaced by the USMCA, may have led to growth in mackelodeon or, excuse me, maquiladora factories and lowered trade barriers with Canada and Mexico?
Palmerton.
- NAFTA.
- That's correct.
And for your bonus, what Argentine mountain, which lies near the country's border with Chile, is the tallest mountain in South America?
Mount Aconcagua is the correct answer.
Next toss-up.
What American author, who wrote about Lily Bart's death in The House Of Mirth, wrote about a sledding accident in her novella Ethan Frome?
Edith Wharton is the correct answer.
What man, who told stories while in a Genovese prison that resulted in a book called Il Milione, was a Venetian explorer who visited Asia?
You've played the namesake game in a pool, Marco Polo.
All right, next one.
What musical, in which the butcher Lazar Wolf unsuccessfully tries to marry Tzeitel, centers on milkmaid Tevye's life in a Russian Jewish town?
Fiddler on the Roof.
Which Greek mathematician, the first to accurately calculate the circumference of the Earth, devised a sieve used to find prime numbers?
Dieruff.
- Archimedes.
- That is incorrect.
Palmerton.
The correct answer is Eratosthenes.
And now we're on to our first lightning round.
After a pre-match coin toss, it was determined that Dieruff will get to pick from the following topics of holy books or colorful history.
Quickly, captain.
- We'll do colorful history.
- OK, so that means holy books will be for Palmerton.
Dieruff, in colorful history, answer the following about people, places or things known by colorful names.
Pandemic that may have killed half of Europe.
- Black plague.
- That's correct.
Holy Roman Emperor with a nickname meaning red beard.
- Frederick Barbarossa.
- That's correct.
Sensationalist press exemplified by the New York World.
- Pass.
- Floral emblem of the House of York.
- White Rose.
- That's correct.
The military of communist Russia.
- Spetsnaz.
- Incorrect.
Dutch royal house that includes England's William III.
- Pass.
- Island given an appealing name by Erik the Red.
- Greenland.
- Correct.
Ship used for Francis Drake's circumnavigation.
- Pass.
- Serbia's nationalist groups whose ranks include Gavrilo Princip.
- Pass.
- US third party that advocated paper currency.
- Green Party.
- That is incorrect.
And now, Palmerton, you get holy books.
What religion generates these scriptures?
Give the broad name of the religion, not a specific denomination.
So, for example, Christianity is fine, you don't have to say Methodism.
The Koran.
- Islam.
- Correct The Torah.
- Judaism.
- Correct.
Avesta.
- Buddha.
- Incorrect.
Granth Sahib.
- Hindu.
- Incorrect.
Diamond and Lotus Sutras.
- Hindu.
- Incorrect.
The Rigveda.
- Buddhism.
- Incorrect.
Kojiki.
- Buddhism.
Kebra Negast and the Holy Piby.
- Pass.
- A text whose line means the book of the way and its power.
- Christianity.
- Incorrect.
Agamas, which are attributed to the tirthankara.
- Buddhism.
- That is incorrect.
That was a rough round there for that, but see how we do and fare in the second round.
All right, now on with our next toss-up question.
Which Greek mathematician, the first to accurately calculate...
Excuse me, we already did that one.
We'll move on to the next toss-up.
All right, with the end of that lightning round, we'll move on to our next toss-up.
What state, whose House of Representatives expelled Mike Niermann in 2021, is governed by Kate Brown and includes the liberal city of Portland?
Palmerton.
- Oregon.
- That's correct.
And for your bonus, during the Iraq War, US officials used what word paired with awe to describe their strategy of using overwhelming force to demoralize the enemy?
- Military awe.
- Incorrect.
It was shock, shock and awe.
Next toss-up.
Bishop Pierre Cauchon condemned what French commander, who broke the siege of Orleans but was burned at the stake, in part for dressing like a man?
Palmerton.
- Joan of Arc.
- That's correct.
The precision of gyroscopes is explained by the conversation of what quantity?
Yeah, the conversation of what quantity equal to the cross product of position and linear momentum?
- Force.
- Angular momentum is the answer we're looking for.
Next toss-up.
Foliated rocks such as gneiss, schist and slate are layered examples of what class of rock?
Palmerton.
- Sedimentary.
- Incorrect.
I'll finish for Dieruff.
Created by exposure to heat and pressure over time.
- Igneous.
- That is incorrect.
Metamorphic is the answer that we're looking for.
Next toss-up.
What country, whose city of Arusha lies near the Olduvai Gorge, controls the island of Zanzibar, which lies near its economic center of Dar es Salaam?
Palmerton.
- Tanzania.
- That's correct.
And for your bonus, what African country's Tigray region is the site of a war which has spilled over into its Amhara region?
- Ethiopia.
- That is also correct.
On to our next toss-up.
What SEC school became the first for which a female football player scored a point?
Palmerton.
- Vanderbilt.
- That's correct.
Do you know who it was, for nerd cred?
- Sarah Fuller.
- That is correct.
No bonus on that, but just the extra clout there on that one.
For your bonus, at what naval battle in 31 B.C.
did the forces of Octavian defeat Antony and Cleopatra?
- Naval Battle of Sicily.
- Incorrect.
It's the battle of Actium.
Next toss-up.
What man, the only person to be governor of two US states, won the Battle of San Jacinto while leading the Republic of Texas?
Palmerton.
- Stephen Austin.
That is incorrect.
Dieruff, a little bit of time left.
Go ahead.
- Jackson.
- That is also incorrect.
Sam Houston.
He was also the Governor of Tennessee.
Next toss-up.
What river, which flows southeast from the confluence of the Gallatin, Madison and Jefferson Rivers in Montana, joins the Mississippi near St Louis?
- Missouri River.
- That is correct.
For your bonus question, in 1995, the FDA approved a vaccine against what childhood disease which in adults can reactivate as shingles?
Palmerton.
Your captain?
- Chickenpox?
- That's correct.
All right, and with that, we have reached halftime.
We have a great match going on.
Palmerton has 105 points and Dieruff has 55 points.
Prior to the match, to aid in social distancing, we asked the students to introduce themselves individually on video.
Let's meet the contestants from Palmerton and Dieruff.
- My name is Yousef.
I go to Louis E Dieruff High School and I'm a senior.
- Hi, my name is Cayden.
I'm 14 and I am a freshman at Louis E Dieruff High School.
- Hi, my name is Eile.
I go to Louis E Dieruff and I am a senior there as well.
- I'm Jacob Williams and I go to Louis E Dieruff High School and I am in the ninth grade.
- Hi, my name is Kyle.
I go Palmerton Area High School and I'm a senior.
- Hi, I'm Tyler.
I go to Palmerton Area High School and I'm in 11th grade.
- Hi, my name is Chris.
I go to the Palmerton Area High School and I'm a senior.
- Hello, my name is Levi.
I go to Palmerton Area High School and I'm in ninth grade.
- And we're back.
We're going to start the second half with this next toss-up question.
What SI unit is used to measure luminosity?
It equals one joule per second, is the SI unit of power and is commonly used to rate light bulbs.
Palmerton.
- Watt.
- That is correct.
For your bonus, during the Holocaust, Viktor Frankl and Elie Wiesel survived being held in what large Nazi concentration camp?
- Auschwitz?
- That's correct.
Onto the next toss-up.
What device, which was invented by Percy Spencer, uses a cavity magnetron to excite water molecules, generate radiation, used to then heat food?
Dieruff.
- Microwave.
- That's correct.
A microwave oven.
And for your bonus, a book about the conversion processes titled Religious Afflictions was written by what preacher, who gave the sermon Sinners In The Hands Of An Angry God?
- Kanye West.
- That is incorrect.
It's Jonathan Edwards.
Next toss-up.
What country under Francisco Solano Lopez lost much of its population to the war of the Triple Alliance against Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay?
Dieruff.
- Venezuela.
- That's incorrect.
Palmerton.
- Bolivia.
- That's also incorrect.
It's Paraguay.
Next toss-up.
What actor sings Being Alive in a restaurant as theater director Charlie Barber in Marriage Story and plays Kylo Ren in the Star Wars films?
Palmerton.
- Adam Driver.
- That's correct.
For your bonus, coffee cups are commonly used as a simple version of what laboratory device that measures the heat released by a process?
It's a calorimeter.
That's the correct answer.
Next toss-up.
What musician, whose namesake orchestra performed a landmark 1938 jazz concert at Carnegie Hall, was a clarinetist known as the King of Swing?
The correct answer is Benny Goodman.
What author wrote of a man who starves himself to entertain others in the story A Hunger Artist and also about Gregor becoming a bug in The Metamorphosis?
One of my favorite shorter stories.
The author is Franz Kafka.
Next toss-up is in math.
Pencil and paper ready.
What is the least common multiple of the two numbers 6 and 15?
Palmerton.
- 60.
- That's incorrect.
Dieruff.
- 30.
- That is correct.
For your bonus, Ahmad Baba was a scholar in what African city, where the University of Sankore was established in the 14th century under Mansa Musa?
- Timbuktu.
- That is correct.
Next toss-up.
What writing system, who uses cartouches, led to its deciphering by Jean Champollion, was, like... - Hieroglyphics.
- Egyptian hieroglyphics is correct, Dieruff.
And for your bonus, in September 2020, a newspaper in what city put out an editorial apologizing for its history of racism, including coverage of the Rodney King riots?
- Montgomery.
- That is incorrect.
It was Los Angeles.
The L.A. Times is the newspaper that put out the apology.
Next toss-up.
What thinker, who was declared an outlaw by Charles V following the Deity of Worms, criticized...or following the Diet of Worms, criticized the sale of indulgences in his...?
Palmerton.
- Martin Luther.
- That is correct.
Martin Luther.
For your bonus, Pomes Penyeach and Chamber Music are poetry collections by what Irish author, whose last novel was named after the ballad Finnegan's Wake?
The correct answer is James Joyce.
Next toss-up is in math.
Pencil and paper ready.
Expressed as a fraction, what is the quotient of the mixed number five and one half divided by the mixed number eight and one half?
Dieruff.
- 22 over 34.
- That is incorrect.
A little bit of time, Palmerton.
- 11 over 17.
- That is correct.
And keep the pencil and paper out for your bonus.
What is the area of a trapezoid whose parallel bases have lengths of 10 and 14 respectively and whose height is 3?
Correct answer.
Anybody have it, even though time's up?
36 is the correct answer.
Next toss-up.
What poem, in which defeated rebels endure a burning lake before building the City of Pandemonium in Hell, is a John Milton epic that describes Eden?
The correct answer is Paradise Lost.
And with that, we're on to our final lightning round of the show.
OK, for this lightning round, Palmerton, you get to pick between the following topics, three consecutive vowels or wizards.
- Three consecutive vowels.
- Three consecutive vowels.
That means, Dieruff, you'll be left with wizards.
OK, Palmerton, three consecutive vowels.
Give these words that contain three consecutive vowels.
The opposite of loud.
- Quiet.
- Correct.
Gorgeous, like the Blue Danube.
- Beautiful.
- Correct.
Goodbye in French.
- Adieu.
- Correct.
The field of studying history through excavation.
- Archaeology.
- Correct.
An adjective for an object that emits dangerous energetic particles.
- Radiation.
- Incorrect.
A word whose sound imitates the act it defines.
- Onomatopoeia.
- That is correct.
A blue green mineral or its color.
- Aquamarine.
- Incorrect.
A dark outline against a lighter background.
- Silhouette.
- That's correct.
The collective works of an artist.
- Portfolio.
- Incorrect.
A joyous song of tribute.
- Praise.
- That is incorrect.
There was some tough ones in there.
All right, Dieruff .
That leaves you with wizards.
Wizards.
Answer the following about wizards.
Wizard known as the gray in the Lord of the Rings series.
- Gandalf.
- Correct.
Author of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
- Pass.
- Half giant character who says you're a wizard, Harry.
- Hagrid.
- Correct.
City that is home to the NBA's Wizards.
- Pass.
- Town where Thomas Edison was known as a wizard.
- Pass.
- Organization whose grand wizards have included David Duke.
- The KKK.
- Yes, correct.
Actor who played Alex Russo in Wizards of Waverly Place.
- Justin...
Pass.
- Early computer engineer known as The Wizard of Woz.
- Steve Wozniak.
- Correct.
Rock band that sang Pinball Wizard.
- Pass.
- It was a tough one there for both teams.
We're now going to conclude the game, beginning with this final quarter, with the next toss-up.
The acronym Ocean and the Big Five model describes factors of what concept which may be assigned to a type such as INTJ and the Myers-Briggs Test?
Palmerton.
- Personality.
- That's correct.
For your bonus, Arthur Waley's Monkey is an English translation of the 16th century novel Journey to the West, originally written in what language?
- German.
- Say it again.
- German.
- That's incorrect.
It was originally written in Chinese, specifically Mandarin Chinese.
Next toss-up.
What composer, whose Four Ballades were inspired by Adam Mickiewicz, also wrote the Revolutionary Etude to commemorate an uprising in his native Warsaw?
Palmerton.
- I...
Pass - OK. Dieruff?
- Chief Keith.
- No, Chopin.
Next toss-up.
What body of water contains the resort island of Kish, is connected to the Gulf of Oman by the Strait of Hormuz and separates Saudi Arabia from Iran?
Dieruff.
- Mediterranean Sea.
- That is incorrect.
Palmerton.
- Persian Gulf.
- That is correct.
The Persian Gulf.
For your bonus, nanoparticles can be used to move molecules across what alliterative named region that protects parts of the central nervous system?
- Quantum realm.
- Incorrect.
It's the blood brain barrier.
Next toss-up.
What disaster, caused by a faulty O-ring, led to the death of teacher Christa McAuliffe and six other astronauts?
Palmerton.
- The Challenger disaster.
- That is correct.
For your bonus, St Paul's Cathedral was designed by what architect, who rebuilt many of London's churches after the Great Fire of 1666?
The correct answer is Christopher Wren.
Next toss-up.
What Republican, who broke the 1919 Boston police strike as Governor of Massachusetts, assumed the presidency after the death of William Harding?
Palmerton.
- Calvin Coolidge.
- That's correct.
For your bonus, Mariana marries Angelo, who abuses the power and is exposed by Isabella and the disguise of the Duke, in what Shakespearean play, the only one set in Vienna?
- The Merchant Of Venice?
- That's incorrect.
Measure For Measure is the correct answer.
Next toss-up.
What type of weapon, wielded ambexderily... or am...bexderilously... so with both hands by Arjuna and was used by Odysseus to prove his identity, was also the signature weapon of Robin Hood?
Dieruff.
- Longbow.
- Uh, yeah, we'll accept that.
Bow, with bow and arrows.
For your bonus, in 2020, Harvey Alter, Michael Houghton and Charles Rice won a Nobel Prize for work on what virus spread by blood that causes disease of the liver?
- Malaria.
- Hepatitis C is the correct answer.
Next toss-up.
What quantity, which is directly proportional to both membrane potentials and to the volume of a gas, can be measured in Kelvins or degrees Celsius?
And the correct answer was temperature.
And with that, that is the end of the game.
Palmerton scores 235 to Dieruff's 125.
Dieruff, thank you very much for joining us, and good luck with the rest of your school year.
Palmerton, congratulations, you're moving on to the next round.
And thank you for tuning in.
We'll see you next week.
Have a good night.
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