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of Scholastic Scrimmage.

I'm your host, David Graf.

This year's Scrimmage will look a 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, which features Northampton vs. Northern Lehigh.

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

At half-time, 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 and is not necessarily indicative of academic training.

And now let's begin.

Buzzers ready and on to our first toss-up.

What man, who created matrix mechanisms with Pascual Jordan and Max Born, found a limit on measuring position and momentum in his uncertainty principle?

That's created matrix mechanics.

The correct answer is Werner Heisenberg.

Next toss-up.

What painting in which a nymph is held by the flying winged god Zephyr is by Sandro Botticelli and shows a nude love goddess on a scallop shell?

The Birth Of Venus.

Next toss-up.

What lawman allied with his brothers, Virgil and Morgan, along with Doc Holliday to win an 1881 shoot-out at Tombstone, Arizona's OK Corral?

Wyatt Earp is the answer we're looking for.

On to the next toss-up.

What character who takes a job as a window washer in a 1947 book is captured in Africa by the Man in the Yellow Hat and is a curious monkey?

Northampton.

- George.

- That's right.

Now we got things going.

And on to your bonus.

A 1980 sequel to Judy Blume's Tale Of A Fourth Grade Nothing centers on Peter Hatcher's younger brother Farley, who has what food based nickname?

- Peanut?

- Incorrect, the correct answer is Fudge or Superfudge.

Next toss-up.

What paired glands that produce aldosterone and cortisol are located just above the kidneys and produce a namesake fight or flight hormone?

Northampton.

- The adrenal glands.

- That's correct.

And for your bonus, the phrase water breaking refers to the rupture during childbirth of what fluid-filled sac that surrounds a baby?

- The placenta?

- That is... That is incorrect, it's amniotic sac that we're looking for.

Next toss-up.

What monarch remains... What monarch's remains were identified in 1994 using DNA from a body buried underneath a road in Yekaterinburg, Russia, where he was buried...?

Northampton.

- Nicholas II.

- That is correct.

He was buried there in 1918.

For your bonus, what man who was president of South Africa until 2018 was sentenced to prison for contempt of court in 2021?

Jacob Zuma is the correct answer.

On to our next toss-up.

What character who says he wants to live off the fat of the land kills Curly's wife and is killed by George in John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men?

Northern Lehigh?

- Lenny?

- That's correct, Lenny Smalls.

For your bonus, in what city, led by Richard J. Daley, did violence between police and protesters break out during the 1968 Democratic National Convention?

The correct answer is Chicago.

Next toss-up.

What moon, which Juno flew by in June of 2021, is the only known moon to possess a magnetic field and is the largest of the Galilean moons of Jupiter?

Northern Lehigh.

- Io?

- Incorrect.

Still a little time for Northampton.

Go ahead.

- Titan?

- That is incorrect.

It's Ganymede, is the name of the moon we're looking for.

Next toss-up.

Mach's Principle concerns what property of matter that gives rise to Newton's first law, which is the tendency of matter in motion to stay in motion?

Northampton.

- Inertia?

- That's correct.

For your bonus, quartzite is formed from mezospheres of what sedimentary rock whose varieties include arkos and arenite?

Sorry, it's the metamorphosis of what sedimentary rock?

Correct answer was sandstone.

Next toss-up.

What main target of the Brighton Hotel bombing led Britain into the Falklands War, was nicknamed the Iron Lady and was... Northampton.

- Margaret Thatcher.

- That's correct.

For your bonus, what architectural term refers to a long series of columns joined at the top, such as the curved row of columns lining St Peter's Square?

- Arches?

- Incorrect.

Colonnades is the answer we were looking for.

Next toss-up.

What country, which is east of the Gulf of Mannar, is largely inhabited by the Sinhalese people and lies off the coast of Southeast India?

Northampton.

- Sri Lanka?

- That's correct.

For your bonus, what Greek hero who married Medea led the Argonauts on their quest for the Golden Fleece?

- Jason?

- That's correct.

Next toss-up is in math, pencil and paper ready.

What is the price of a suit that normally sells for $200 if there is currently a 40% off sale?

Northern Lehigh?

- 120?

- That's correct.

For your bonus, what Greek letter is often used to symbolize angular frequency and the SI unit of electrical resistance?

- Theta?

- Incorrect, omega is the correct answer.

Next toss-up.

What nation, which includes the Tivoli Gardens, was home to the author Hans Christian Andersen and philosopher... Northampton.

- Denmark.

- That's correct.

For your bonus, the tilde-shaped Copan building is in what most populous city in the western hemisphere?

- Sao Paulo?

- That's correct.

And with that, we've reached our first lightning round.

In a pre-match toss-up, it was determined that Northern Lehigh would get to pick first between the topics of colorful kids' books or biblical art.

- Uh, kids' books.

- All right.

Northern Lehigh selects kids' books.

Northern Lehigh, colorful kids' books.

Name these young adult and children's books with colors in their titles.

Dr Seuss book with just 50 unique words.

- One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish... - Incorrect.

Chronicles of Narnia book named for a place to sit.

- Pass.

Scott O'Dell novel about a stranded Native American girl.

- Pass.

- First book in the His Dark Materials series.

- The Golden Compass.

- That is correct.

Anna Sewell novel about a horse.

- Black Beauty.

- That's correct.

Wilson Rawls novel featuring Old Dan and Little Ann.

- Pass.

- Brian Jacques novel Introducing an abbey of mice.

- Pass.

- Book about a writing implement by Crockett Johnson.

- Grendel?

- Incorrect.

Fantasy novel in which Mare Barrow has electrokinetic powers.

All right, that was a tough round there for colorful kids' books.

A lot of them were more modern books, though, compared to, you know, many of the old traditional books.

So Northampton, that leaves you with biblical art.

Answer the following about art inspired by the Bible.

Painter of the Last Supper.

- Raphael.

- Incorrect.

The Sistine Chapel ceiling depicts the creation of this man.

- Adam.

- That's correct.

Ring of light often painted around a saint's head.

- Halo.

- That's correct.

Italian-derived term for a depiction of the Virgin Mary.

- Madonna?

- Correct.

Floral name for a huge round stained glass window in a Gothic cathedral.

- Rose window.

- That's correct.

Gospel author often represented by a winged lion.

- Mark.

- Correct.

Woman whose beheading of Holofernes was a common renaissance subject.

- Pass.

- Greek-derived term for the destruction of Byzantine religious images.

- Pass.

- Italian sculptor of a 1499 marble pieta.

- Michelangelo?

- Correct.

Practice of finely illustrating biblical texts.

- Pass.

- All right.

That's the end of the lightning round.

For answers to the Lightning Round questions, make sure to check out PBS39's social media feeds.

And now we'll continue with our first round with the following toss-up question.

What empire, which in 1829 ceded land to Russia in the Treaty of Adrianople, employed soldiers called Janissaries and was succeeded in 1922 by Turkey?

Northern Lehigh.

- Russia?

- Incorrect.

Northampton?

- The Ottoman Empire.

- That is correct.

And your bonus, Northampton.

What 19th century novel's characters include young Evangeline St. Clare and the brutal Simon...

Excuse me, Simon Legree?

Uncle Tom's Cabin is the answer we're looking for.

All right, onto our next toss-up.

What scientist with a namesake tuning fork diagram lends his name to a law about recessional velocity of galaxies and to a space telescope.

Northampton.

- Hubble.

- That's correct.

Edwin Hubble.

For your bonus, Sam Rayburn was the longest serving holder of what federal office, which Newt Gingrich assumed after the 1994 midterm elections?

- Speaker of the House.

- That's correct.

Next toss-up.

What grandmother of a boy named Drew investigates the disappearance of Katie Bailey and was played by Kate Winslet on the HBO series set in Easttown?

It was a good series, nobody watched it?

There was even a scene here in Bethlehem.

It's Mare Sheehan was the name of the character.

Next toss-up.

What war, which was sparked by incidents like the Chesapeake Leonard affair and complaints of impressment led to the British burning of Washington?

Northampton.

- The War of 1812.

- That's correct.

Your bonus is in math, pencil and paper ready.

What is the base ten equivalent of the base seven number 111?

- 21?

- Incorrect, it's 57 is the correct answer.

Next toss-up.

What city was the capital of the Ptolemaic kingdom, was the site of a lighthouse known as its Pharos and is named after a great conqueror of Macedonia?

Northampton.

- Alexandria.

- That is correct.

For your bonus, what musical feature whose Italian name means played on a harp is a broken chord in which notes are played in sequence either up or down.

- A scale.

Go ahead and tell your captain.

This is your bonus.

- Scale?

- Incorrect.

It's arpeggio.

we have a great game under way.

Northampton has 200 points and Northern Lehigh has 30.

So for half-time to aid in social distancing, we ask the students to introduce themselves and then also tell us what they spent their time in quarantine working on.

- I'm Caitlin, a senior at Northampton, and during quarantine I played tennis.

- I'm Caroline.

I'm a senior at Northampton, and during quarantine I worked on training my new puppy.

- I'm Emily, a junior at Northampton, and during quarantine I read a lot of books.

- Hi, I'm Sara.

I'm a junior at Northampton, and during quarantine I made jewelry.

- Hi, I'm Owen.

I'm a senior at Northern Lehigh and over quarantine I worked on my painting and songwriting skills.

- Hi, I'm Cydney.

I'm a senior at Northern Lehigh, and during quarantine I wrote songs and composition pieces.

- Hi, I'm Caelin.

I'm a senior at Northern Lehigh, and during quarantine, I spent time with my family.

- Hi, I'm Alivia.

I'm from Northern Lehigh High School and over quarantine I started working out.

- And welcome back to the second half.

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

What man who had four sons with his wife, Elisheba, collected jewelry to build the Golden Calf and often acted as spokesperson for his brother Moses?

The correct answer is Aaron.

Next toss-up.

What superhero who was created by William Moulton Marston wears a pair of bracelets of submission and is portrayed in films by Gal Godot?

Northampton.

- Wonder Woman.

- That's correct.

For your bonus, what avian term is used when a golfer plays a hole in one stroke under par?

Go ahead and tell your captain.

- Birdie.

- That is also correct.

Next toss-up.

What type of element whose first member is scandium sits between the S and P blocks and contains metals with partially filled d orbitals?

They're the transition metals.

Next toss-up.

What European city, whose harbor was made off limits to cruise ships in 2021, is slowly sinking into its namesake lagoon and lies off northern Italy?

Northampton.

- Venice.

- That's correct.

For your bonus, what stabilizing phenomena which occurs through movement of electrons can be represented by multiple Lewis structures for a compound?

The correct answer is resonance.

Next toss-up.

What novel whose title character plays croquet with flamingos as mallets requests of the... At the request of the Queen of Hearts was written by Lewis Carroll?

Northern Lehigh.

- Alice In Wonderland.

- That's correct.

For your bonus, in April 2021, what Caribbean island, the namesake of a country along with the Grenadines, was the site of an eruption of La Soufriere volcano?

- Haiti?

- Incorrect.

St Vincent is the correct answer.

Next toss-up.

What country, owns the islands of Tortuga, was once led by the dictator Papa Doc Duvalier and shares Hispaniola with the Dominican Republic?

Northampton.

- Haiti.

- That's correct.

For your bonus, there are two answers required.

The 1991 Paris peace agreements formally ended a war between which two Southeast Asian communist countries that began in 1978?

- Cambodia and Vietnam.

- That's correct.

Next toss-up.

What small country in which Mount Titano's three peaks each reach... are each topped by medieval towers is in the Apennine mountains and surrounded by Italy?

Northampton?

- San Marino.

- That's correct.

For your bonus, what arteries which are affected in ischemic heart disease arise from the aorta and supply blood to the heart?

It's the coronary arteries.

Next toss-up.

Bela Bartok wrote six works in what instrumental genre, which include Franz Schubert's Death and the Maiden and is for two violins, viola and cello?

People frequently have them at weddings, it's a string quartet.

Next toss-up is in math, pencil and paper ready.

What integer is equal to the quotient of the square root of 250, divided by the square root of ten?

Northampton?

- Five?

- That's correct.

For your bonus, what opera in which the title politician attends a performance... Or what opera in which the title politician attends a performance of The Red Detachment of Women at the invitation of Mao Zedong's wife is by John Adams?

- Madame Butterfly?

- Incorrect, it's Nixon in China.

Next toss-up.

People learning how to code traditionally start by learning to write a simple program that outputs what two-word phrase?

Nobody's had a coding class yet?

It's "hello, world".

And we're on to our second lightning round.

Northern... Or we have Northampton.

For the second lightning round, Northampton will get to choose between eponyms or religious holy days.

- What is eponyms?

- I don't know.

- Quickly, Northampton.

- We'll do the religion one.

- OK, religious holy days.

So that means Northern Lehigh, you'll be left with eponyms.

Northampton, religious holy days.

What holy day or period is marked by a month of daytime fasting in Islam?

- Ramadan?

- Correct.

Restrictions on forms of work on one day a week in Judaism.

- Pass.

- Throwing colored powder to honor Krishna in Hinduism.

- Holi.

- Correct.

Celebrating the resurrection of Jesus in Christianity.

- Easter.

- Correct.

A five day festival of lights in late fall in Hinduism... - Diwali.

- Correct.

Living in a semi enclosed booth for eight days in Judaism.

- Pass.

- The application of burnt palm fronds to the forehead in Christianity.

- Ash Wednesday.

- Correct.

Remembering Ibrahim's willingness to perform a sacrifice in Islam.

- Pass.

- Eight days of spinning the dreidel... - Hanukah.

- Correct.

Remembering the martyrdom of Ali in Shia Islam.

- Pass.

All right, with that bonus round over, we will now move on to Northern Lehigh.

Lehigh, you have eponyms.

Give these terms derived from the names of actual historical people.

Any food served between two bread slices.

- Sandwich.

- Correct.

Protest involving refusal to purchase goods.

- Boycott.

- Correct.

Raised bump writing system for the blind.

- Braille.

- Correct.

Diagram whose circles show logical relationships through overlaps.

- Venn diagram.

- Correct.

Knitted sweater with a buttoned front.

- Cardigan.

- Correct.

Abdominal thrust intended to save a choking person's life.

- Heimlich.

- Correct.

Vehicle that smooths an ice rink's surface.

- Zamboni.

- Correct.

The full name of a fanciful, comically complex machine for completing a simple task.

- A Rube Goldberg machine.

- That's correct.

Extremely severe and strict, especially for laws or punishments.

- Pass.

- Psychological inkblot test.

- Rorschach.

- That's correct.

Nice show, Northern Lehigh, in that round.

And with that lightning round over, we'll continue with the final quarter of today's episode with the following toss-up.

What Roman Emperor imprisoned his daughter Julia, had a wife named Livia, who was the mother of his successor, Tiberius, who was the first emperor?

Northampton.

- Augustus.

- That's correct.

Augustus Caesar.

For your bonus, what two-word name designates the group of countries during World War I, including Germany and Austria-Hungary, that opposed the Allies?

- Axis powers?

- Incorrect, it is the central powers.

The correct answer we're looking for.

Next toss-up.

Owen, you ready for this one?

Good to go.

What ritual which takes place on specific dates, unlike the similar Umrah, involves stoning the devil and circling the Kaaba seven times in Mecca?

It's the Hajj.

Next toss-up.

What drug, first known as beta-lactam, was isolated from mold in a petri dish by Alexander... Northampton.

- Penicillin?

- That's correct.

Your bonus is in math.

Have your pencil and paper ready.

How many yards are in 90 inches?

The correct answer is two and a half yards, anybody get close to 2.5 yards?

Right, next toss-up.

In what state did the sister of Paraguay's First Lady die in 2021 after damage to a garage may have led to a condominium's collapse near Miami?

Northern Lehigh.

- Florida.

- That's correct.

For your bonus, what woman, who is Facebook's chief operating officer, wrote about how women can succeed in the workplace in her book Lean In?

Give us something.

Take a guess.

- Pamela?

- Incorrect.

Sheryl Sandberg is the answer we're looking for.

Next toss-up.

What president, whose death inspired the Pendleton Civil Services Reform Act, was elected in 1880 but later assassinated by Charles Guiteau?

Northampton?

- McKinley.

- Incorrect.

Northern Lehigh?

James Garfield is the correct answer.

Next toss-up.

What novel in which O'Brien tortures a prisoner using rats in room... Northampton.

- 1984.

- That is correct.

And for your bonus, what mathematical structures consist of vertices connected by edges that may be direct or undirected.

May be directed or undirected.

Graphs is the correct answer we're looking for.

Next toss-up.

What adjective precedes reciprocity in the name of a theorem proved by Carl Gauss and in general means a polynomial whose degree is 2?

Quadratic is the correct answer.

On to our next toss-up.

What country which won the first two world baseball classics is home to the NPB League, whose teams include the Hanshin Tigers and Yomiuri Giants?

Northern Lehigh.

- Japan.

- That's correct.

For your bonus, Celie is abused by her father, Alphonso, in the novel by Alice Walker, which won the Pulitzer Prize..

In what novel by Alice Walker, which won the Pulitzer Prize... And with that, it's the end of the game, anybody happen to know Pulitzer Prize in 1983?

- No.

- The book is The Color Purple.

And with that, our match has ended.

Northampton wins with a score of 355 to Northern Lehigh's 150.

Northern Lehigh, thank you so much for joining us.

Have a great rest of the school year.

Northampton, congratulations.

You're on to the third round.

And thank you for tuning in.

Please make sure to stop by next week when Whitehall faces off against Bethlehem Catholic.

Thank you.