- Welcome to PBS39's Scholastic's Scrimmage.

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season of Scholastic Scrimmage.

I'm your host, David Graf.

This year, Scrimmage will look a 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'm socially distanced from the teams on set.

And now on with today's match that features Pen Argyl versus Jim Thorpe.

The match will feature two halves, with a lightning round halfway through each half.

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

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

And now let's begin, buzzers ready, with our first toss-up.

What country, which runs Operation Sovereign Borders to stop asylum seekers, has been led since 2018 by Prime Minister Scott Morrison from Canberra?

- Australia.

- That's correct.

For your bonus, the Prime Meridian passes through the Royal Observatory, in which borough of London which represents the G in the acronym GMT?

- Greenwich.

- That's correct.

Next toss-up.

Boston Corbett shot what man who yelled "Sic semper tyrannis"...?

- Pen Argyl.

- John Wilkes Booth.

- That is correct.

And for your bonus, what River, which joins the Parana River near the town of Corrientes, shares its name with a landlocked South American country?

- Paraguay.

- That's also correct.

Next toss-up.

What author who wrote about an invisible woman in his poem The Sick Rose was an English romantic who described a predator burning bright in The Tyger?

The correct answer is William Blake.

Onto our next toss-up.

In optics, an image is inverted If it has a negative value for what quantity, denoted M, that indicates how much it grows and has a namesake glass?

- Pen Argyl.

- Magnification.

- That's correct.

For your bonus, what long-running conflict ended by the Good Friday Agreement of 1998 was fought over whether Northern Ireland should be part of Britain or Ireland?

- Catholic Protestant War.

- That's incorrect.

The Troubles is the correct answer we were looking for.

Next toss-up.

What metal mined in Bolivia was supposedly found in a mountain range that has the origin of the name Rio de Plata and Argentina?

- Jim Thorpe.

- Platinum.

- That's incorrect.

Pen Argyl, still a little bit of time.

You were close with your precious metal answer, but instead of platinum, we were looking for silver, is the correct answer.

Next toss-up.

What American designed the Poplar Forest plantation, the rotunda at the University of Virginia...?

- Jim Thorpe.

- Thomas Jefferson.

- That's correct.

And for your bonus, British astronomer Cecilia Payne showed that nearly all of the mass of stars consists of what two elements?

- Hydrogen and helium.

- That's correct.

Next toss-up.

What short story about a costly mistake by Mathilde was written in French by Guy de Maupassant, and its named after a piece of jewelry?

- Jim Thorpe.

- The Necklace.

- That's correct.

For your bonus, what head of the Mountain faction was called the Incorruptible and led the Committee of Public Safety during the French Revolution's reign of terror?

- Robespierre.

That's correct.

Next toss-up.

What movie franchise whose protagonist fights Toecutter, defeats Lord Humongous and competes in the Thunderdome includes a film subtitled Fury Road?

- Pen Argyl.

- Mad Max.

- That's correct.

For your bonus, after Clifford is paralyzed by a World War One injury, his wife Connie has an affair with gameskeeper Oliver Mellors in what novel by DH Lawrence?

The correct answer is Lady Chatterley's Lover.

Next toss-up.

What state whose governor called for an investigation into ERCOT after a 2021 winter storm is governed by Greg Abbott and is home to Ted Cruz?

Pen Argyl.

- Texas.

- That's correct.

For your bonus, bio diesel fuels are examples of what molecules formed by reacting a carboxylic acid with an alcohol?

- Hydrocarbon.

- Incorrect.

Esters is the correct answer.

Next toss-up.

What quantity is constant for a Newtonian fluid, zero for a super fluid, very high for molasses and represents a fluid's resistance to flow?

Jim Thorpe.

- Viscosity?

- That's correct.

For your bonus, what city whose Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum is housed in a former Khmer Rouge prison and is the capital of Cambodia?

Phnom Penh is the correct answer.

Next toss-up.

What country whose chancellor, Kurt Schuschnigg, resigned in 1938 was annexed...?

Jim Thorpe.

- Austria.

- That's correct.

And for your bonus, A Treatise of Human Nature is by what Scottish empiricist philosopher who formulated the problem of induction?

David Hume is the correct answer.

Next toss-up.

What imaginary creatures include Segoy in the Earthsea novels, Norbert in the Harry Potter series and Smaug...?

Jim Thorpe.

- Dragons.

- That's correct.

For your bonus, in January 2021, the Biden administration announced that it would speed up plans to place what woman on the $20 bill, replacing Andrew Jackson?

- Harriet Tubman.

- That is also correct.

Next toss-up.

What economist whose wife Rose worked with him on the book Capitalism and Freedom opposed Keynesianism as a leader of the pro-market Chicago school?

The correct answer is the economist Milton Friedman.

With that, we've reached our first lightning round.

In a prematch coin toss, it was determined that Jim Thorpe would pick between the first two topics.

Jim Thorpe, you can pick between units of measurement or African capitals.

- Units of measurement.

- Units of measurement?

OK, that means, Pen Argyl, you'll have African capitals.

Jim Thorpe, your topic is units of measurement.

Now for these questions, we're looking for the unit and not the abbreviation.

What unit of measure equals exactly 2.54 centimeters?

- Inch.

- Correct.

3,600 seconds.

- Hour.

- Correct.

42 gallons of petroleum.

- A barrel.

- Correct.

A Newton times a meter.

- Joule.

- Correct.

The distance from the Earth to the sun.

- Atomic unit.

- Incorrect.

One coulomb per second.

- Pass.

- One tenth of a nanometer.

- Micrometer.

- Incorrect.

A depth of six feet.

- Pass.

1/640th of a square mile.

- An acre.

- Correct.

One degree Celsius.

- A Kelvin?

- Correct!

Nice job, Jim Thorpe, on that Lightning Round.

Pen Argyl, that leaves you with African capitals.

Give the name of these capitals of African countries.

Egypt.

- Cairo.

- Correct.

Kenya.

- Nairobi.

- Correct.

Senegal.

- Pass.

- Nigeria.

- Lagos.

- Incorrect.

Libya.

- Pass.

- Morocco.

- Pass.

- Sudan.

- Pass.

- Ghana.

- Pass.

- Namibia.

- Pass.

- Burkina Faso.

- All right, that's the end of your lightning round.

And we know what to brush up on geography wise for our next rounds.

All right.

We'll move on with the match, with the next toss-up.

What data structure is often used to represent syntactic structure, consists of a graph with no cycles, has a root and has nodes that may branch?

- Jim Thorpe.

- A tree.

- That's correct.

And for your bonus, what geometric term names the 18th century British trade system that sent sugar to New England, rum to Africa and enslaved people to the Caribbean?

- Triangle trade.

- That's correct.

Next toss-up.

What policy launched by Executive Order 9066 was fought by Fred Korematsu and led certain West Coast residents to be held in camps during World War...?

- Japanese internment.

- That is correct, the internment of Japanese Americans.

For your bonus, what term in topology means a closed curve that, without cutting, cannot be untangled into a simple loop, such as the simple trefoil?

- Mobius strip.

- That's incorrect.

Knots is the correct answer we were looking for.

Next toss-up.

What River, whose tributaries include the Pend Oreille, empties into the Pacific Ocean and forms much of the border of Oregon and Washington?

Pen Argyl.

- Columbia.

- That's correct, the Columbia River.

For your bonus, the novel's Sons and A House Divided complete a trilogy by Pearl S Buck that began with what novel about the Chinese farmer Wang Lung?

The correct answer is The Good Earth.

Next toss-up.

What element, which has the highest tensile strength and the highest melting point of any metal, was once called Wolfram, as reflected in its atomic symbol, W?

Jim Thorpe.

- Tungsten.

- That's correct.

And for your bonus, according to what sect do Jesus's human and divine selves are totally separate, a belief that was condemned as heresy by Chalcedon in 451 that spread throughout Asia?

- Trinity.

- That's incorrect.

Nestorianism is the correct answer.

Next toss-up.

What artist painted animal skulls against desert backdrops and many detailed and close up images of flowers after she moved to New Mexico?

- Georgia O'Keeffe.

- That's correct.

And for your bonus, skeletal muscles are striated because they have what functional units made up of organized actin and myosin filaments?

- Tendons?

- That's incorrect.

Sarcomeres is the correct answer.

Next toss-up.

What novel in which an electric eyed snake is used to pump the stomach of Guy Montague's wife depicts firemen who burn books?

Pen Argyl.

- Fahrenheit 451.

- That's correct.

For your bonus, what Russian composer wrote a Rhapsody on the Theme of Paganini as well as a famous Prelude in C Sharp Minor?

- Mozart?

- That's incorrect.

Sergei Rachmaninoff is the correct answer.

And with that, we've reached halftime.

We have a great match underway.

Jim Thorpe leads with 175 points to Pen Argyl's 120.

Now, 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 Pen Argyl and Jim Thorpe.

- Hello, I'm James.

I'm a junior at the Jim Thorpe Area High School.

- Hi, my name is Andrew.

I'm a junior at Jim Thorpe Area High School.

- Hi, my name is Sophia and I'm a junior at Jim Thorpe Area High School.

- Hi, I'm Alexandra and I'm a senior at Jim Thorpe High School.

- Hi, my name is Liam and I'm a senior at Pen Argyl High School.

- Hi, my name is Avery and I'm a senior at Pen Argyl High School.

- Hi, my name is Kayla and I'm a senior at Pen Argyl High School.

- My name is John and I'm a sophomore at Pen Argyl High School.

- Welcome back.

We'll start the second half of the match with this toss-up.

What soccer player who joined Juventus in 2018 after a decade with Real...

Pen Argyl.

- Cristiano Ronaldo.

- That's correct.

And for your bonus, in 2021, software tycoon John McAfee was found dead in what country, where he was arrested on tax evasion charges?

- Mexico.

- Incorrect.

The correct answer is Spain, although I do believe he spent some time in Mexico at some point.

Next toss-up.

what country's People Defence Force was founded in 2021 to oppose the Tatmadaw, which took power in a coup in which Aung San Suu Kyi was arrested?

The correct answer is Burma or Myanmar.

Next toss-up.

What author wrote about John the carpenter whose wife Alison cheats on him in The Miller's Tale, which is his second of his Canterbury Tales?

- Pen Argyl.

- Chaucer.

- That's correct.

For your bonus, the Atlanta Braves lost the 1992 World Series to what team based in Canada?

- Blue Jays.

- That's also correct.

Next toss-up.

Which water soluble vitamin essential for human nonepinephrine and collagen synthesis is also called ascorbic acid and is found in citrus fruits?

- Vitamin C?

- That's correct.

For your bonus, Tiger of the Snows is an autobiography of what Sherpa who reached the summit of Mount Everest with Edmund Hillary in May 1953?

It's a good read, and it's by Tenzing Norgay.

Next, toss-up.

What River, whose delta is near the Port of Le Havre, surrounds the Ile de la Cite and flows under the Pont Neuf and Pont Notre Dame in Paris?

Jim Thorpe.

- The Seine.

- That's correct.

For your bonus, scenes from The Passion of Christ adorn the frame of what object that hangs on a wall between the man and the woman in Jan van Eyck's Arnolfini Portrait?

- Crucifix.

- Incorrect.

it's a mirror.

Next toss-up.

What author who wrote about an IRS regional office in The Pale King, included almost 400 end notes in his lengthy novel Infinite Jest?

Just wait till you have to read that in college.

It's David Foster Wallace.

Next toss-up.

What mineral, whose fused and shock types is a piezoelectric crystalline material that defines seven on the Mohs scale and is made of silicon dioxide?

Quartz is the correct answer.

Next toss-up.

What opera, whose character includes the assassin Sparafucile, includes La donna e mobile and is the tale of a hunchbacked jester by Giuseppe Verdi?

Rigoletto is the correct answer.

What Roman emperor who committed suicide was the last Julio-Claudian Emperor... Jim Thorpe.

- Nero.

- That is correct.

And for your bonus, what last battleship commissioned by the US was the site of the Japanese surrender at the end of World War II?

- USS Pennsylvania.

- That's incorrect.

The USS Missouri is the correct answer.

Next toss-up.

What man who proposed that electrons can absorb or emit photons to move between circular orbits within an atom was a Nobel laureate born in Denmark?

Niels Bohr is the correct answer.

Onto our next toss-up.

What city, part of which can be accessed via the Damascus Gate, contains a Jewish Quarter in its old city, which is home to the Western Wall?

- Jerusalem.

- That's correct.

And for your bonus, in the King James Bible, what three English language words open the book of Genesis?

- "In the beginning."

- That is also correct.

Next toss-up.

The Cumeian Sybil used a honey cake to pacify what creature captured in Hercules' 12th labor who guarded the underworld with its three heads?

- Cerberus.

- That's correct.

For your bonus, block chain technology can verify the authenticity of what objects that prove ownership of digital assets such as art or sports memorabilia?

- Crypto currencies.

- That's incorrect, it's NFTs, or non fungible tokens.

Next toss-up.

In what country in 1953 did the CIA and MI6 help overthrow Mohammed Mosaddegh's government and restore the rule of Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, the Shah?

- Pen Argyl.

- Iran?

- That's correct.

And for your bonus, what Democratic governor of Illinois lost the 1952 and 1956 presidential elections to Dwight Eisenhower?

- Stevenson.

- That's correct.

Adlai Stevenson is the correct answer.

And with that, we move on to our final Lightning Round.

Pen Argyl, you will get to choose between TV occupations or a "Grand" round, with grand in quotes.

- TV.

- TV occupations.

That means, Jim Thorpe, you'll be left with a "grand" round.

TV occupations, Pen Argyl.

Give TV characters and their occupations named on the show where they first appeared.

Physicist Sheldon Cooper.

- Big Bang Theory.

- Correct.

Teacher turned drug lord Walter White.

- Breaking Bad.

- Correct.

Government Office Director Ron Swanson who was Leslie Knope's boss.

- Parks and Recreation.

- Correct.

Dunder Mifflin Regional Manager Michael Scott.

- The Office.

- Correct.

Former police officer Rick Grimes.

- The Walking Dead.

- Correct.

Engineer Montgomery Scott.

- Pass.

Fourth grade teacher Herbert Garrison.

- Pass.

- Law professor Annalise Keating.

- Pass.

- Sam Malone, a Boston bartender.

- Cheers.

- Correct.

Substitute teacher Dorothy Zbornak.

- Or "Zoo-ber-nak."

- Pass.

- All right.

That's the end of that.

So we had some old shows and some new shows mixed in on that one.

Jim Thorpe, onto your round.

It's a "grand" round, so grand will be in each answer.

Give these phrases and titles that contain the word "grand".

Deep crevasse in Arizona.

- Grand Canyon.

- Correct.

Home run with the bases loaded.

- Grand slam.

- Correct.

Historic music venue in Nashville.

- Blues House.

- Incorrect.

Manhattan transit hub at 42nd Street and Park Ave. - Grand Central Station.

- Correct.

Video game series sometimes set in San Andreas.

- Grand Theft Auto.

- Correct.

Group of citizens that determine probable cause for indictments.

- Grand jury.

- Correct.

Home city of Gerald Ford's Presidential Museum.

- Pass.

- Caribbean island governed from the city of Georgetown.

- Pass.

- Wes Anderson film set in the fictional country of Zubrowka.

- Pass.

- Two-word term used in the official name of Luxembourg.

- Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

- That's correct.

Grand Duchy.

All right.

We'll conclude the game with our final quarter here with this toss-up question.

What begins whose liberation is supported in a book by Peter Singer are impacted by speciesism and have their ethical treatment promoted by PETA?

What beings?

- Jim Thorpe.

- Animals.

- That's correct.

For your bonus, what 2019 Remedy Entertainment video game involves Jesse Faden cleansing the Oldest House of the Hiss after becoming the director of the FBC?

- The video game is entitled Control.

Your next toss-up is in math.

Pencil and paper ready.

Answers must be given as a percentage.

The number 36 represents what percentage of 90?

Pen Argyl.

- 40%?

- That's correct.

For your bonus, what term can describe the uppermost layer of a forest or a cloth covering suspended above a bed?

- Canopy?

- That's also correct.

Next toss-up.

What man who led the American Railway Union during the Pullman strike ran for president from his jail cell in 1920?

- Eugene Debs.

- That's correct.

For your bonus, the opening line of the novel The Adventures of Augie March states that its narrator, an American, was born in what city?

- Chicago.

- That's correct.

For your next toss-up, what Christian denomination believes that 144,000 people will be anointed, publishes the Watchtower and is known for their door to door preaching?

- Jehovah's Witnesses.

- Jehovah's Witnesses is correct.

Your bonus is in math.

Pencil and paper ready.

What is the circumference of a circle that is inscribed with a larger square whose sides each have a length of four?

Anybody have any guesses, even though time's up?

- 4 pi.

- That was correct, but unfortunately not in time.

Next toss-up.

What actor's title role include the Courier Johnny Mnemonic, Ted Logan in Bill and Ted Face the Music and a revenge-seeking hitman in John Wick?

- Keanu Reeves.

- That's correct.

For your bonus, Johnny gives the advice "Stay gold" to what teenage delinquent who narrates SE Hinton's novel The Outsiders?

- Ponyboy.

- That's also correct.

Next toss-up.

What taxonomic rank, which Carl Woese based on the studies of RNA, is divided into archaea, bacteria, eucarya and lies above the level of kingdoms?

Pen Argyl.

- Domain.

- That's correct.

For your bonus, what king, who enacted the Law of the Splintered Paddle to protect civilians during war, finished uniting the Hawaiian Islands in 1810?

And with that, the game is over.

The correct answer to that question was Kamehameha.

Excellent game between two really great teams.

Unfortunately, someone had to lose, and it was Jim Thorpe with a score of 275 points to Pen Argyl's 340.

Jim Thorpe, thank you so much.

Have a great rest of the school year.

Pen Argyl, we will see you in the next round.

And thank you for tuning in.

We'll see you next week, when Stoudsburg faces off against Palmerton in the beginning of the second round of this year's tournament of Scholastic Scrimmage.

Thank you.