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Hello and welcome to the seventh match of the second round of the 50 season of Scholastic Scrimmage.

I'm your host, David Graff.

Today's match is between Lehighton Area High School and Saucon Valley High School.

It's about to be composed of two halves with a lightning round midway through each half.

At halftime, we'll post, the 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 is not necessarily indicative of academic training.

And now let's begin with our first tossup question.

Buzzers.

Ready.

Here it is.

What name is a surname of the composer of White Christmas, and the name of the most populous city in the European Union, which is also Germany's capital, Saucon Valley.

Berlin.

Berlin is correct.

And we're talking about Berlin, the city and Irving Berlin, the composer.

For your bonus.

What diagrams often used to detect chromosomal abnormalities or photographs of a person's chromosomes, arranged by number.

Karyotype.

Carrier stereotypes is correct.

Next tossup question.

What structures whose basilar membrane separates its Scalia media from Scalia?

Tympani contains the organ of Corti and is a spiral shaped auditory organ.

Heighten the cochlea.

The cochlea is correct.

For your bonus, the Dalek Archipelago is part of what country?

In the Horn of Africa whose capital is Asmara?

Somalia.

That is incorrect.

The correct African country, Eritrea.

Next tossup question.

What poet who included a dedication to I. Anthem in the romantic travel narrative child Harold's pilgrimage was a mad, bad and dangerous English lord for Saucon Valley.

Alfred, Lord Tennyson.

That is incorrect.

Over to or over to Lehighton.

Lord Byron is a correct answer.

Next toss up.

What cause?

Championed by Francis Willard and the WC2 had supporters known as dry prohibition.

Say it again.

Prohibition.

Prohibition is correct, and its supporters were known as drys.

And they want to eliminate saloons and ban the sale of alcohol.

For your bonus, many senior leaders of Hamas live in what country?

That has been in a yearslong diplomatic conflict with Saudi Arabia.

Yeah, Iran.

That is incorrect.

Qatar is a correct answer.

Next toss up question.

What battle, which took place at the site suggested by Hippias, was a victory for the Athenian general.

No.

To die in 490 BC that now names a long.

Silicon Valley.

Marathon.

Marathon is correct, and it now names a long race for your bonus.

The Confucian tenet of shi out, which stresses respect and duty towards one's ancestors, is often translated as what two word English phrase?

Filial piety.

Filial piety is correct.

Next toss up question in what evolutionary phenomenon which has both a malaria and beaten sea inform?

Does one's species appearance come to resemble another species?

Appearance?

Mimicry or mimicry is a correct answer.

Next toss up question.

What city were Gustav Mahler and Leonard Bernstein conducted?

Its Philharmonic is home to the Juilliard School as well as the Lincoln Center.

Saucon Valley.

New York.

New York, or New York City is correct for your bonus.

The ratio of the speed of light measured in a vacuum and in a medium give the mediums index of what phenomenon described by Snell's law of refraction.

Refraction.

Refraction is correct.

Next tossup question.

What author of the anti-communist novel we, we, the Living championed her philosophy of Objectivism in the novels The Fountainhead and Stanley.

Round and round is correct, and her other novel was Atlas Shrugged.

For your bonus.

In 2020, a sewage treatment plant in Danbury, Connecticut, was jokingly named after what British American comedian who hosts the HBO series Last Week Tonight.

It's a bonus you can just let your captain know.

John Oliver John Oliver is correct.

Next toss up question.

What man's body was burned in the Chancellery garden in April 1945, after he and his wife, Eva Braun, Saucon Valley.

Adolf Hitler.

Adolf Hitler is correct.

And it was after he and Eva Braun killed themselves as the Nazi state collapsed.

For your bonus in German versus Georgia, the Supreme Court imposed a de facto moratorium on what practice?

Which it permitted again four years later in Greg versus Georgia.

Interracial marriage.

That is incorrect.

Capital punishment is the correct answer.

Next, toss up what event, which is served by the temporary black Rock City Municipal Airport is an annual music and arts festival in the Nevada desert.

I'm going to take a wager.

None of us in this room have attended it.

It's the Burning Man festival.

And with that, we've reached the first lightning round and a pre-match coin toss.

It was determined that Lee Highton.

You'll get to pick between the following topics.

Central American countries or movie villains?

Do Central American countries.

You want to go?

I don't know.

Quickly, Lehigh, if you want, I care.

Central American countries.

Central American countries it is.

We heighten your lightning round topic is Central American countries name these Central American countries.

Answers may repeat has a Spanish name meaning rich coast.

Costa Rica.

Correct.

Home to a 51 mile long canal that links to oceans.

Panama, Panama.

Panama is correct.

Lead from Managua.

Anybody can say it.

If you know what.

Nicaragua.

Nicaragua is correct.

Only Central American country without a Caribbean coastline.

Let's get lead from Belmopan.

Its official language is English.

Belize.

Correct.

Shares the Darien Gap with Colombia.

Panama.

And.

Correct.

Largest Central American country by size.

Twice led by Daniel Ortega.

Honduras.

Incorrect.

Lead from Tegucigalpa.

Is skip.

Most populous Central American country, home to the Mayan ruins at call.

Under is.

Incorrect.

Lacks a Pacific coastline.

Leads.

Belize is correct.

Nice job on Central American countries.

Saucon valley.

Your topic is movie villains.

Given a year of release and a villain named the film.

1961 Cruella de Vil.

The 101 Dalmatians.

Correct?

1975.

A killer shark that eats Quint.

Jaws.

Correct.

1992 Jafar Aladdin.

Correct.

1952 man, an unnamed hunter.

The Fox in the hound.

That is incorrect.

1999 Agent Smith, a computer program Terminator.

That may be correct.

1987 Gordon Gekko, a corporate raider.

Raiders of the Lost Ark.

That is incorrect.

1960.

Norman Bates.

Psycho.

That is correct.

1985 Biff Tannen, A bully.

Back to the future.

That is correct.

2001 Lord Farquaad.

Shrek.

That is correct.

1993 Oogie Boogie.

Nightmare Before Christmas.

That is correct.

All right.

We continue on with the following toss up question.

It's in math, so pencil and paper ready?

There are two answers required.

What are the two solutions.

Both integers of the equation three x squared minus four equals 44.

Go ahead.

Talking about negative and positive four.

Negative and positive four is correct.

Your bonus is also in math.

So keep the pencil and paper out.

What is the surface area of a cube whose faces each have a perimeter of eight?

24.

24 is correct.

Next toss up question.

What sport which has Kieren and Madison races at a team pursuit event, is contested in a velodrome by riders of two wheeled.

Silicon Valley.

Biking.

Could you be more specific?

Bike racing judges?

Yeah.

Bike or bicycle racing is correct.

We're also looking for track cycling also acceptable.

And there's actually a world famous velodrome right near us in Trexler Town.

For your bonus on Rio de la Lautrec on Rio de Toulouse-Lautrec set many of his paintings at what?

Parisian cabaret whose roof features a windmill?

No.

No.

I think you better believe that's incorrect.

The Moulin Rouge is the correct answer.

Next tossup question.

What German depicted the Onion Cellar Jazz Club in a novel about a boy who decides to stop growing at age three.

Oskar Maser Oskar Maser, titled The Tin Drum.

Günter Grass is the correct answer.

Next tossup question what devices whose namesake constant k multiplies displacement squared in an Saucon Valley spring, a spring or springs is correct.

For your bonus, what story in which singer Rainford falls off a yacht and is hunted by an insane Cossack general on a remote island, is by Richard Connell.

Most dangerous game.

The most dangerous game is correct.

Next tossup question what first name was shared by Abraham Lincoln's first vice president and a family general who crossed the Alps with elephants to attack Saucon Valley?

Hannibal.

Hannibal is correct, and we're talking about both Hannibal Hamlin and Hannibal Barca or Barca.

For a bonus, New York City Councilman Youssef Salam was a member of what group of teens who were falsely accused of assaulting a woman in 1989.

Central Park Central Park.

Five, in Central Park five is correct.

Next tossup question.

What Italian city whose baptistery hosts the gates of Paradise and whose Accademia houses Michelangelo's David, is home to the Uffizi Gallery.

Saucon Valley.

Florence.

Florence is correct for your bonus.

The astronomer Fred Whipple popularized the terminology of a comet's nucleus being a dirty example of what object.

A rock.

The is incorrect.

You'd be a snowball and compared it to a snowball.

Next toss up question.

What company co-founded by Gordon Moore introduced the 808 chip in 1972, is a major competitor of AMD and produces microprocessors.

Socket Valley.

Nvidia.

That is incorrect.

Overly heightened.

I'll finish.

The question is microprocessors and CPUs?

Go ahead.

IBM.

There's also incorrect.

It's the Intel Corporation.

And with that, we've reached halftime.

Spokane Valley currently leads with a score of 200 to 40.

And now let's take a moment for students to introduce themselves with their first name, last name, grade level, and the answer to the following question, which they didn't hear ahead of time because I want your gut reaction.

What is the appropriate age for a school age student to get a smart or internet connected phone?

The height and stuff.

We start with you.

Go ahead.

Seth Smith, senior and 14.

Okay.

Liam Burns, senior and 12.

Natalie Blair, senior, 12.

Adam Danner, sophomore, 13.

All right.

And over to Saucon Valley, Stepanakert.

Who's in 11th grade 11.

Okay.

Alex Murawski, junior, 12.

Chris Hoyt, senior, 15.

Ryan Parkside, sophomore, 16.

All right, so as people that have watched prior episodes know, this is a current debate in the household.

So I like Chris's answer.

15 we're going to keep it as late as possible as we can go.

Okay.

We'll continue with the second half of the match with the following up question.

In what war did the Conqueror sink General Belgrano in a defeat of Leopold Galtieri junta which attacked British controlled islands in 1982?

Saucon Valley.

The Falklands War.

The Falkland Wars is correct for your bonus.

The end Oak Creek Lake Echo or ESL call, which is founded nearly a mile, which is found nearly a mile above sea level, is in what Central Asian country whose capital is Bishkek.

Kyrgyzstan.

Kyrgyzstan is correct.

I don't.

Next toss up question what modern day country where the Coffin Texts and the book of the dead were assembled is the is home to Naguib Mahfouz, who wrote the Cairo Trilogy.

Saucon Valley.

Egypt.

Egypt is correct for your bonus.

What guard made four three pointers in the fourth quarter to seal a victory in the men's basketball gold medal game at the 2020 for Summer Olympics?

Steph Curry Steph Curry is correct.

The next toss up is in math pencil and paper.

Ready?

How many seconds are there in 15 minutes?

Given the each minute.

Soccer Valley.

900.

900 is correct.

You don't even need to give in.

Which I don't know why I brought it, but there's 60s in a minute for a bonus.

Our solar system is in an arm of the Milky Way.

Named for what constellation?

Whose stars include Rigel or what?

Were you all right.

Orion.

Orion is correct.

Next tossup question.

What river?

Whose tributaries include the Madeira, merges with the Rio Negro at the rubber center of canals, and is the longest river in South America.

Saucon Valley.

The Amazon.

The Amazon River is correct for your bonus.

What governor of New York lost the disputed 1876 presidential election to Rutherford B Hayes for running as a Democrat.

Santa Ana.

That's incorrect.

Samuel J. Tilden is the correct answer.

Next tossup question.

What class of people who fought the government and the Satsuma Rebellion followed a moral code known as bushido.

Saucon Valley.

Okay.

Go ahead.

Samurais.

Samurai is correct.

And they were warrior class in Japan.

For a bonus.

What?

Mary, old gentleman fences, stolen handkerchiefs and leads a criminal gang that includes the Artful Dodger in Charles Dickens novel Oliver Twist.

So I just guessed.

Guess Tweed.

That's incorrect.

Mr. Fagan is a correct answer.

Next tossup question.

What creature whose severed arm is hung from the rafters in the hall of Grendel.

Talk about Grendel is correct.

It's the first monster slain.

Slain by Beowulf.

For a bonus.

What?

CNN anchor collaborated with Dana Bash to co-host state of the Union, and they also then moderated the first 2024 presidential debate.

Is Uncle Michael Che Michael Che?

That's incorrect.

Jake Tapper was the co-host with Dana Bash.

Next, toss up.

What mathematical operation can be calculated with the chain rule gives Saucon Valley derivative.

That is correct.

That's one of the we'll take that or differentiation is also a correct answer for your bonus.

The princess or Theia was kidnaped by what Greek god of the north wind Boys?

Boreas.

Boreas is correct.

Next tossup question.

What artist who showed Zephyrus a abducting chorus in his Primavera painted the title goddess standing in a scallop shell in The Birth of Venus.

Secondly, Michelangelo.

That is incorrect.

Overly heightened.

It's a freebie now, but no confer.

Sandro Botticelli is the correct answer.

Next toss up question.

During what battle at which Johan Rall was killed, the commanders, like Nathaniel Greene, crossed the Delaware to defeat Parsons in Trunk Sally.

Battle of.

Trenton.

The Battle of Trenton is correct, and he defeated them in new Jersey.

Your bonuses in math.

Pencil on paper.

Ready?

What is the largest number that is both less than 500 and a perfect square, given that 25 squared equals 625.

No portrait.

You're.

476.

That is incorrect.

484 is the correct answer.

Next toss up question.

What character who is marked with the phrase mea plus T donates apples, branches and her stump to a selfish boy?

In a picture book by Shel Silver Lehigh, The Giving Tree.

The Giving Tree is Correct is by Shel Silverstein.

For your bonus.

Baroque composer Dietrich Birks Du Desh was a master of what instrument for which J.S.

Bach wrote the Toccata and Fugue in D minor.

I think so.

The harpsichord.

That's incorrect.

The organ is the correct answer.

And with that, we've reached the second lightning round Saucon Valley.

You'll get to pick between the following topics.

Shades of red or rabbits.

Shades of red.

Shades of red.

It is Saucon Valley.

Your second lightning round topic is shades of red.

Identify these things whose names are or contain shades of red, clay or concrete blocks used to build walls.

Bricks.

Bricks is correct.

Fruit grown in an orchard in an Anton Chekhov play.

Apples.

Incorrect bird that names a baseball team in Saint Louis Cardinals.

Correct.

Novel whose title object is worn by Hester Prynne.

Scarlet.

But a little bit more.

Scarlet letter.

The Scarlet Letter is correct.

Nickname of teams at the University of Alabama.

Right.

Right.

Right.

That's incorrect.

I heard Red tied first.

It's incorrect.

First name of Kate Winslet's character in Titanic rose.

Correct.

Food described as roasting in the Christmas song.

Chestnuts.

That's correct.

French territory governed from Dijon.

Cote d'Ivoire.

That's incorrect.

Or of Mercury that names a volcanic island in the Pokemon universe.

Cinnabar.

That's correct.

Programing language with an on rails framework.

And that last one was Ruby.

Ruby on rails.

We heighten.

Your topic is rabbits.

Answer the following about rabbits.

Cartoon rabbit pursued by Elmer Fudd.

Bugs Bunny.

Bugs Bunny is correct.

Children's book by Marjorie Williams about a toy that wants to become real.

Skip term for common rabbits with a white underside.

White tail.

That's incorrect.

Name for a network of burrows where rabbits live.

Forget author who depicted the White Rabbit in Alice in Wonderland.

Skin place where rabbits make rice cakes in Japanese myth.

Skip.

Author of the book The Tale of Peter Rabbit.

Skipped taxonomic order that includes rabbits and hares.

Genus.

Incorrect.

Author of the novel rabbit.

Run.

Skip.

Lucky rabbit created by Walt Disney for Mickey Mouse, it was Oswald the Lucky Rabbit.

You unfortunately didn't make the cut over.

Over.

Mickey Mouse.

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

What city?

Formerly home to the House of Wisdom library during.

Psychedelic.

City of Baghdad is correct and is the capital of Iraq.

For your bonus, what was the last name of the British author Christina, whose 1862 poem Goblin Market was illustrated by her brother, the artist Dante Gabriel.

Lincoln Smith.

That's incorrect.

Rossetti.

Is there common last name?

Next tossup question.

What crime?

Which must have two witnesses to the same act, according to article three of the US Constitution, involves the betrayal of one's country.

The high.

Treason.

Treason is correct.

For your bonus, what Danish explorer who took George Steller on the Great Northern Expedition while sailing from Russia, named a body of water west of Alaska.

Bearing Bering is correct.

And we're talking about the Bering Strait.

Is the body of water.

Next tossup question.

What geological period?

Which was preceded by the Acton period, began about 540 million years ago and is the namesake of an explosion of new animals.

Saucon Valley.

Cambrian.

Cambrian is correct for your bonus.

Diamondhead and Waikiki Beach or on what?

Hawaiian Island, which is also home to the City of Honolulu.

What?

Oh my God, yeah.

You can.

Oahu.

Oahu is correct.

Next toss up question.

What band whose 1970s hits include Walk This Way and Dream On Aerosmith.

It's talk about Aerosmith.

Aerosmith is correct.

And for your bonus, what Law of thermodynamics states that a perfect crystal at absolute zero has zero enthalpy?

Their third law.

Third law?

The third law of thermodynamics is correct.

Next tossup question what structure whose alter came from Scotland and not Wales?

Per a 2024 analysis, aligns with the sun at summer solstice.

Silicon Valley quickly.

Saucon Valley.

All right.

I'm going to give it over to Lehighton.

I'll finish the question.

And is a British Megaliths site.

You can't confer.

Go ahead.

Adam, you buzz in because I heard you say it.

Stonehenge.

Stonehenge is correct.

Just make sure.

No conferring on when you get to go over.

On the other, toss up for your bonus.

What colonial American frontiersman blazed the wilderness road to spur settlement across the Cumberland Gap in modern day Kentucky?

Lewis.

Incorrect.

Daniel Boone is the correct answer.

Next tossup question.

What philosophy?

Whose name was popularized by Ivan Trigon?

Yes.

Fathers and sons, says that life may lack meaning.

It has a name, partially meaning nothing.

I talk reveille.

Nihilism.

Nihilism is correct for your bonus, and a failing sells provisions during the 30 years War.

In Mother Courage and Her Children in 1941 play by what German proponent of epic theater, Wagner.

That is incorrect.

It's Brecht is the correct answer.

Next toss up question what compounds whose polycyclic aromatic types include anthracis or excuse me, Anthropocene or organic compounds that contain only the elements with atomic numbers one and six.

Go ahead.

Heighten hydrocarbons.

Hydrocarbons is correct.

And for your bonus, a Dungeons and Dragons class of nature worshipers is named for what Celtic priests first described in the writings of Julius Caesar.

Druids.

Druids is correct.

And with that, we have reached the end of the match.

Congratulations to Saucon Valley with 400 points.

You're on to the third round.

We.

Haydn, good luck with the rest of your school year.

I thank you for watching.

We'll see you next week with last year's finalists.

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