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Lehigh Valley Reilly Children's Hospital.

Now here's your host, David Graf.

Hello and welcome to Scholastic Scrimmage.

I'm your host, David Graf.

We're down to the final four teams in the 49th season of Scrimmage.

This first match to decide who makes it to the final will be between Nazareth and Northwestern Lehigh.

The match will be composed of two halves with a lightning round midway through each half.

At halftime, we'll pause so the students can introduce themselves and we'll get to know them a little bit better.

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.

Here's our first toss-up question.

What husband of the harpist Joanna Newsom starred in the 2016 movie Pop Star, is part of The Lonely Island and played Jake Peralta in Brooklyn 99?

Northwestern.

- Andy Samberg.

- Andy Samberg is correct.

For your bonus, what Rudyard Kipling novel about an Irish orphan in British India popularized the term "great game" for colonial maneuvering between Britain and Russia?

- The Jungle Book.

- That's incorrect.

It's one of his lesser known novels, the novel is Kim.

Next toss-up question.

What office to which Donald Trump considered elevating Jeffrey Clark was led by Bill Barr and is now... Northwestern.

- Attorney General.

- Attorney General is correct, and it's now occupied by the former judge Merrick Garland.

For your bonus, what American general known as Stormin Norman led coalition forces during the 1991 Gulf War?

- Smith.

- Incorrect.

Norman Schwarzkopf is the correct answer.

Next toss-up question.

What word denotes two storms that destroyed Mongol fleets sent to invade... Northwestern.

- Kamikaze?

- Kamikaze is correct.

They were sent to invade Japan as well as Japanese pilots who flew suicide attacks during World War II.

Kamikaze is correct.

For your bonus, what landlocked Asian country, which is nicknamed the land of eternal blue sky, has the lowest population density of any sovereign nation?

- Mongolia.

- Mongolia is correct.

Next toss-up question.

What baseball team which drafted Jackson Holliday first overall in 2022 is led by catcher Adley Rutschman and plays at Camden Yards... Northwestern.

- Baltimore Orioles.

- The Baltimore Orioles is correct.

They play at Camden Yards in Maryland.

For your bonus, what term in the Roman Catholic calendar refers to the time not devoted to a special celebration, such as the time between Easter and Advent?

- Ordinary time.

- Ordinary time is correct.

Next toss-up question.

What quantity whose three-month average can be assessed using A1C is reduced by insulin and is high for patients... Northwestern.

- Blood sugar.

- Blood sugar or blood sugar level is correct, and it's high for patients with uncontrolled diabetes.

For your bonus, what taxonomic class of mollusks that was once called univalves, meaning single shelled, includes snails and slugs?

That's univalves meaning single shelled.

- We've got nothing.

- Gastropods is the correct answer.

Next toss-up question.

What novel, narrated largely by Nellie Dean, depicts how Hindley Earnshaw torments a foundling named Heathcliff and was written by Emily Bronte?

Northwestern.

- Wuthering Heights.

- Wuthering Heights is correct.

For your bonus, what company faced a January 2023 Senate hearing in part over its handling of sales of Taylor Swift's Eras tour?

- Ticketmaster.

- Ticketmaster, the company everybody loves to hate is correct.

What are those fees for?

We'll never know.

Next toss-up question.

What type of clef, which is middle...

Which middle C lies on the staff's middle line, is used by violists and... Nazareth.

- Alto clef.

- The alto clef is correct, and it's a namesake vocal type between soprano and tenor.

For your bonus, Nazareth.

What US State is home to the fictional Cahulawassee River in the novel Deliverance and the Tara Plantation in the novel Gone With the Wind?

- Georgia.

- Georgia is correct.

Next toss-up question.

What activist was arrested after defying orders from James Blake in December 1955 to yield a seat on Montgomery, Alabama Bus... Northwestern.

- Rosa Parks.

- Rosa Parks is correct.

To yield a seat to a white man.

Your bonus is in mathematics.

Pencil and paper ready.

What sum results from adding together every even number from 10 to 20 inclusive, given that there are six values to add?

- 90.

- 90 is the correct answer.

Next toss-up question is also in math.

Pencil and paper ready for both teams.

What is the area of a square whose perimeter is 36?

Nazareth.

- 81.

- 81 is correct.

And you didn't even need the given that.

For your bonus, in 2023, what country's government banned Maria Corina Machado from holding public office, preventing her from challenging President Nicolas Maduro?

- Venezuela.

- Venezuela is correct.

And with that, we have reached the first lightning round.

In a pre-match coin toss it was determined that Nazareth will get to pick between the following topics.

Art museums or Michael Jordan.

- Michael Jordan.

- Michael Jordan it is.

Nazareth.

Michael Jordan.

Answer the following about the basketball legend Michael Jordan.

Midwestern team in which he won six NBA titles.

- Chicago Bulls.

- Correct.

College in Chapel Hill he attended.

- University of North Carolina.

- That is correct.

Sport he briefly played for the Birmingham Barons.

- Baseball.

- Correct.

Jersey number he primarily wore.

- 3.

- Incorrect.

1996 film, which he starred alongside Bugs Bunny.

- Space Jam.

- That is correct.

Center nicknamed the Dream, who was taken ahead of him in the 1984 draft.

- Pass.

- Team he signed with in 2001.

- Pass.

- His coach during all six of his championship seasons.

- Pass.

- NBA franchise that he now partially owns.

- Pass.

- Team he beat in the 1991 NBA Finals to win his first title.

- Lakers.

- That is correct.

It's a good guess in the 80s and 90s, generally, if you're going to guess a championship winning team, the Lakers is a good place to go.

And now over to Northwestern Lehigh, your topic is Art Museums.

Name the city home to these art museums.

The Louvre.

- Paris.

- Correct.

The Tate Modern and the British Museum.

- London.

- Correct.

Smithsonian American Art Museum.

- Washington, D.C. - Correct.

MoMA and the Met.

- New York.

- Correct.

Hermitage founded by Catherine the Great.

- Moscow.

- Incorrect.

Museo Reina Sofia and the Prado.

- Madrid.

- Correct.

The Rijksmuseum and the Van Gogh Museum.

- Berlin.

- Amsterdam.

- Incorrect.

Uffizi.

- Milan.

- Incorrect.

LACMA and the Getty Center.

- Barcelona.

- Incorrect.

Museum of Fine Arts and the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.

- Rome.

- Incorrect.

That last one was Boston.

And just so we know on that other one, while you said... Somebody said Amsterdam.

But first we heard Berlin, unfortunately, so we couldn't accept that.

But Amsterdam would have been the correct answer for the Rijksmuseum.

We continue on with the match with the following toss-up question.

Which river flows into and out of Lake Constance, passes through Strasbourg and Cologne and empties into the North Sea in the Netherlands?

Nazareth.

- The Rhine.

- The Rhine River is correct.

For your bonus, what public service broadcaster in the United Kingdom operates TV channels that air long running TV shows such as Top Gear and Doctor Who?

- BBC.

- The BBC is correct or the British Broadcasting Corporation.

Next toss-up question.

What philosopher whose book The Concept of Anxiety addresses the feeling of angst, wrote Either/Or and spent much of his life in Copenhagen?

Well, it's good news both teams don't have to read about anxiety or worry about anything.

It's Soren Kierkegaard is the correct answer.

Next toss-up question.

What compound, whose concentration is plotted on the Keeling Curve, is dissolved in water to make carbonic acid and has the molecular formula CO2?

Northwestern.

- Carbon dioxide.

- Carbon dioxide is correct.

For your bonus, in the South African play The Island, prisoners rehearse what Sophocles tragedy in which the title daughter of Oedipus buries her brother Polynices?

- Antigone.

- Antigone is correct.

Next toss-up question.

What painter organized the Festival of the Supreme Being during the French Revolution after creating the neoclassical work The Oath of the Horatii?

Northwestern.

- David.

- David is correct.

Jacques-Louis David is the correct answer.

For your bonus, from 1120 to 1918, the Wittelsbach dynasty ruled what German region and kingdom whose kings governed from Munich and built the Novastein Castle?

Neuschavestein Castle, excuse me.

- Bavaria.

- Bavaria is correct.

Next toss-up question.

What country entered Confederation in 1867, selected John MacDonald as its first prime minister... Northwestern.

- Canada.

- Canada is correct and they created the horseback mounted police force the Mounties.

For your bonus, the first program written by people learning how to code is often a simple program that displays what two word phrase on the screen?

- Hello world.

- Hello world is correct.

Next toss-up question.

What region, which is the origin of the Cherono winds... of the Sirocco winds, excuse me, lies immediately north of Sahel and is a large desert spanning across north... Northwestern.

- The Sahara Desert.

- The Sahara Desert is correct.

It spans across North Africa.

For your bonus, in the Book of Samuel, what soldier was killed by place... Or what soldier was killed by being placed on the front lines after David saw his wife Bathsheba... after David saw his wife Bathsheba bathing?

- Uriah.

- Yeah, Uriah is the correct answer.

Next toss-up question.

In what story which ends with the Latin phrase "in pace requiescat" does Montresor bury Fortunato?

Northwestern.

- Cask of Amontillado.

- The Cask of Amontillado is correct.

He buries him alive after promising a taste from a rare wine.

For your bonus, what adjective describing excessively harsh punishment is derived from the name of a Greek king whose code of law prescribes death for many crimes?

- Draconian.

- Draconian is correct.

And with that we've reached half time.

Currently, Northwestern leads Nazareth with a score of 235 to 85.

And now we'll take a moment to have the students introduce themselves with their first and last name, their grade level and the answer to the following question - what future career or trade interests you?

We'll start off with Nazareth.

Alana, go ahead.

- Alana Gould, sophomore, law.

- Excellent.

- Patrick Okolo, junior, pilot.

- OK. - Veeren Sheka, junior, neuroscience.

- Marcel Coustos, sophomore, engineering.

- All right.

Now into Northwestern Lehigh.

Jesse, go ahead.

- Jesse Kinsman, senior, and I'm interested in being an author.

- Hello, I'm Tim Bernard.

I'm a senior and I'm interested in engineering.

- Than Smolinski, senior, and I'm interested in law.

- I'm Shannon Green and I'm interested in pre-med.

- Excellent.

We have a lot of people interested in law in the group.

That's a great, great field to go into.

So we all know I work, serve as a creative director as well as host of Scholastic Scrimmage but one of the career paths I thought about following was to be an ophthalmologist.

The human eye always interests me, so I thought it'd be a cool field to go into.

All right.

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

What zodiac constellation between Virgo and Cancer includes the... Northwestern.

- Libra?

- That's incorrect.

I'll continue for Nazareth, ..the asterism known as the Sickle and the alpha star Regulus and depicts the Nemean lion.

Oh, no conferring.

Should we let them go?

Because they did... Well, time's up anyway.

Unfortunately they did confer.

So because of the conferring, we won't give you a shot at that.

But it would have been Leo for Leo the lion.

Next toss-up question.

Catherine Eddowes was the victim... Was one of the victims in Whitechapel of what supposed author of the From Hell letter, a 19th century British serial killer?

Nazareth.

- Jack the Ripper.

- Jack the Ripper is correct.

For your bonus, in 1916, what western state elected Jeanine Rankin, who became the first woman to serve in the US House of Representatives?

That's Jeannette Rankin.

- Utah.

- Incorrect.

It was the state of Montana.

Next toss-up question.

What author wrote about Shadow Moon's travels with the deity Odin in American Gods and depicted... Nazareth.

- Neil Gaiman.

- Neil Gaiman is correct.

For your bonus, what German born composer of the music for the royal fireworks wrote Water Music after King George I requested a concert on the River Thames?

- Mozart.

- That's incorrect.

George Frideric Handel is the correct answer.

Next toss-up question.

What husband of the golden haired Sif is the enemy of the... Nazareth?

- Thor.

- Thor is correct.

For your bonus, Ncuti Gatwa and Simu Liu and John Cena each played variations of what character in a 2023 film directed by Greta Gerwig?

- Barbie.

- I'm sorry, that's incorrect.

The correct answer is Ken Carson.

We're looking for the character, not the movie.

And just in case anyone is wondering, he does have a middle name.

It's officially Kenneth Sean Carson is the name of Ken in Barbie lore.

The next toss-up is in mathematics, pencil and paper ready.

How many zeros are in the number 90 billion given that a... Northwestern.

- 10.

- 10 is correct, the given then is that a single million has six zeros.

For your bonus question, what structure with a two word name includes the subscapularis muscle, lets shoulders move in all directions and is often torn by pitchers?

- The rotator cuff.

- The rotator cuff is correct.

On to the next toss-up question.

What company's Mobis division introduced the e-Corner or crab drive system hoping to recoup sales after it and Kia became targets of widespread theft?

Northwestern?

- Wal-Mart.

- That is incorrect.

Over to Nazareth.

There's still some time.

No conferring, though, but it's toss-up.

Go ahead, Nazareth.

- Hyundai.

- Hyundai is correct.

And both Hyundai and Kia fell victim to the Kia Boys phenomenon.

For your bonus, what prince, who led the English army at the Battle of Poitiers, was the eldest son of Edward III and the father of Richard II?

- Prince Henry.

- That is incorrect.

Edward, the Black Prince is the correct answer.

What duo who told the title woman "You're breaking my heart" in Cecilia had several songs featured in the film... Northwestern.

- Simon and Garfunkel.

- Simon and Garfunkel is correct, and they had several songs featured from the film The Graduate, including Mrs Robinson.

For your bonus, what French sculptor used bronze to depict six figures with nooses around their necks in his The Burghers Of Calais?

- Rodin.

- Rodin is the correct answer.

Great guess on that one.

Next toss-up question.

What senator, who was asked by Army lawyer Joseph Welch if he had no sense of decency during his investigations... Nazareth.

- McCarthy.

- McCarthy is correct, and that was during his investigation into communist infiltration in the United States in the 1950s.

For your bonus, the radiation intensity emitted by what ideal emitters is related to the fourth power of temperature by the Stefan-Boltzmann law?

- Nuclei.

- That is incorrect.

Those ideal emitters are black bodies.

And we are on to the second lightning round.

Northwestern Lehigh, you'll get to pick between the following topics.

Planetary names or RH?

- We'll take planetary names.

- Planetary names it is.

Northwestern Lehigh, your topic is planetary names.

Give these things that share their name with or include the name of a planet.

Some planets will repeat.

Chief Roman God.

- Jupiter.

- Correct.

Carnivorous plant whose leaves trap snap shut.

- Venus flytrap.

- Correct.

WNBA team from Phoenix, Arizona.

- Suns.

- That is incorrect.

Character who freezes Mr Krabs in the SpongeBob SquarePants movie.

- Neptune.

- That is correct.

Train song that asks, Do you sail across the sun?

And did you fall from a shooting star?

- Jupiter.

- Correct.

Sega video game console.

- Genesis?

- Incorrect.

Magician in Gustav Holtz's The Planets.

- Saturn.

- Incorrect.

Candy bar featuring caramel, nougat and milk chocolate.

- Mars.

- Correct.

Continent containing Rohan and Mordor.

Earth?

Will we take...?

They're asking for the planet and this isn't a planet.

Yeah, we'll give it to you guys.

It's Earth or Middle Earth.

Statue attributed... And with that, we have run out of time.

Nazareth, your topic is RH.

Give these answers that begin with the consecutive letters RH.

Quadrilateral with four equal... - Rhombus.

- Correct.

Greek city where the Colossus was located.

- Rhodes.

- Correct.

Odd toed ungulate that is often killed for its horn.

- Rhino.

- Correct.

Sour vegetable used in pies.

- Rhubarb.

- Correct.

Autoimmune form of arthritis.

- Rheumatoid.

- Correct.

Art of persuasion taught by... - Rhetoric.

- Correct.

1924 piece by George Gershwin for piano and jazz bands.

- Pass.

- River that flows through Lyon.

Say it again?

- Rhine.

- That is incorrect.

Plant stem that sends out shoots and roots from nodes.

- Pass.

- Figure from the Welsh myth married to Pwyll or a Fleetwood Mac song?

- Pass.

- Rhiannon is the last one.

On to the next toss-up question.

What poet, who wrote "How do you like your blue eyed boy, Mr Death?"

in a poem about Buffalo Bill is known for his unconventional capitalization?

Northwestern.

- e.e.

cummings.

- e.e.

cummings is correct.

For your bonus, E.H. Shepard illustrated Now We Are Six, a poetry collection by what man whose son Christopher Robin inspired stories about the bear Winnie the Pooh?

- Milne.

- A.A. Milne is correct.

Next toss-up question.

What country whose northernmost department of Peten is home to the ruins of Tikal is bordered by Mexico to the north and Honduras... Nazareth.

- Guatemala.

- Guatemala is correct and Honduras is to their southeast.

For your bonus, what mythological woman sometimes named Nimue or Vivienne gave the sword Excalibur to King Arthur?

- Gwendolyn.

- That is incorrect.

It's the Lady of the Lake.

Next toss-up question.

What organelle has a folded inter membrane where oxidative phosphorylation takes place, carries out the Krebs cycle and makes most of a cell's ATP... Northwestern.

- Mitochondria.

- Mitochondrian is correct.

For your bonus, in August 2023, dozens of people died when the Hazara Express train derailed en route to what country's city of Rawalpindi?

- Japan.

- Incorrect.

Pakistan is the correct answer.

Next toss-up question.

What substance was distributed in the Cura Annonae, often imported from Egypt through Ostia and made into a staple Roman food paired with circuses?

Northwestern.

- Bread.

- Yes, that is correct.

Grain, wheat or bread were all acceptable answers for that.

For your bonus, what author wrote about a college student's date with Lane Coutell in his first part of his 1961 book Franny and Zooey?

- Smith.

- Incorrect.

J.D.

Salinger, also known for the novel Catcher in the Rye.

Next toss-up question.

What man whose autobiography Peeling the Onion describes his time in the SS wrote about a boy who stops growing, Oskar Malzerath, in the Tin Drum?

Gunter Grass is the correct answer.

Next toss-up question.

What element whose spectral line includes the Balmer series has a radius roughly equal to the BAU radius and includes one proton... Nazareth.

- Hydrogen?

- That's correct.

Includes one proton and one electron.

For your bonus, what capital letter is used to denote the SI unit of Inductance as well as being the usual symbol for enthalpy?

- H. - H is correct.

Next toss-up question.

Up to ten of what item were given away to subscribers in trademark red envelopes following the September 2023 shutdown of Netflix's original business?

Northwestern.

- DVDs.

- That's right.

They gave away DVDs.

Get rid of their leftover stock.

For your bonus, the Uros people lived on floating islands made of reeds in what largest lake in South America?

- Lake Titicaca.

- Lake Titicaca is correct.

Next toss-up question.

In what battle where John Pitcairn and Joseph Warren died did the British capture Charlestown Peninsula in 1775 after fighting on Breed's Hill?

Nazareth.

- The Battle of Bunker Hill.

The battle of Bunker Hill is correct.

For your bonus, what ally of Mao Zedong attended the Bandung conference and was the first premier of the People's Republic of China?

- No answer.

- Zhou Enlai is the correct answer.

Next toss-up question... And with that we have reached the end of the match.

Excellent match.

Nazareth, you came back there at the end, you were getting close, but unfortunately not quite enough.

Thank you very much and good luck with the rest of the year.

Northwestern Lehigh, congratulations.

You are on to the final.

And thank you for tuning in.

We'll see you next week for our second Final Four match-up between Parkland and Moravian Academy.