Welcome to PBS39's Scholastic Scrimmage.

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This is the beginning of the second round.

I'm your host, David Graf.

This year, Scholastic 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 let's begin today's match that features Palmerton vs Stroudsburg.

Our first match of the second round will begin with the following toss-up.

What scientist coined the names Alpha Decay and Beta Decay and oversaw an experiment showing the existence of the nucleus using sheets of gold foil?

Stroudsburg.

- Rutherford - That's correct.

Ernest Rutherford.

For your bonus, in 1969 what Central American country invaded its much larger neighbor, Honduras, after riots during a World Cup qualifier began the soccer war?

- We can't confer.

- Oh, shoot.

- Stroudsburg.

- Guatemala.

- Say it again.

- Guatemala.

- That's incorrect.

The correct answer is El Salvador.

Next, toss-up.

What man who planned the Cape to Cairo Railway founded the Diamond Company De Beers and created a namesake scholarship for study at Oxford University?

It's Cecil Rhodes, maybe one day one of you will be competing for one of his scholarships.

Next toss-up, what artist who depicted a warship's last voyage in the Fighting Temeraire showed a train crossing Maidenhead bridge in rain, steam and speed?

Correct answer is, JMW Turner.

Next toss-up, in November 2020, what country accused terrorists of assassinating Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, a nuclear scientist, in a drone strike near its capital of Tehran?

Palmerton.

- Iran?

- That is correct.

For your bonus.

What team, which was upset by the Atlanta Hawks in the first round of the 2021 NBA playoffs, is coached by Tom Thibodeau?

They're finally back winning, it's the New York Knicks/ Next toss-up.

What Empire's army inflicted hundreds of casualties on British Calvary at the 1854 charge of the light brigade, but ultimately lost the Crimean War?

Stroudsburg.

- Russia.

That's correct.

The Russian Empire.

For your bonus, what country's external territories include the uninhabited Ashmore and Cartier Islands, the Cocos Island, Norfolk Island and Christmas Island?

- British Empire.

- That's incorrect, it's Australia.

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

What is a student's mean average score on a series of four tests on which the student scored 60, 60, 70 and 90?

- Palmerton.

- 70.

- That's correct.

For your bonus, India's COVID 19 efforts have hampered the fight against what endemic bacterial illness whose symptoms include night sweats, fever and weight loss?

- Cholera?

- Incorrect.

Close, like you're in the right range.

It's tuberculosis or TB.

Next, toss-up, what author of the essays The Rebel and the Myth of Sisyphus wrote about Marceau, who shoots an Arab on the beach in his novel The Stranger?

The correct answer is Albert Camus.

Next toss-up, what senator who wrote op eds in 2021 opposing the For the People Act and abolishing the filibuster is a conservative Democrat?

Palmerton.

- Joe Manchin.

- That's correct.

He's in the news a lot today as well.

Your bonus, after forcing the last Merovingian king Childerek the third into a monastery, what mayor of the palace and father of Charlemagne became king of the Franks?

The correct answer is Pepin the Short.

Next toss-up, what organisms which are connected by tissue, are affected by bleaching, accelerated by climate change and live in reefs?

Palmerton - Coral.

- That's correct.

For your bonus, what 19th century French author denounced anti-Semitism in his political writings and depicted lower class life in his novels such as Nana and Germinal?

Emile Zola is the correct answer.

Next, toss-up, what territory governed from a city once called Frobisher Bay and now Iqaluit is the northernmost and most recently created territory in Canada?

Palmerton.

- Nunavut.

- That's correct.

Your bonus is in math, pencil and paper ready.

If three fourths x equals 225, what is the value of one tenth x?

- 30.

- That's correct.

Next, toss-up what woman who cut oxide strips while founding a city and killed herself on a funeral pyre was a mythical queen of Carthage who loved Aeneas?

The correct answer is Dido.

Next toss-up, what poet who wrote about a house that seemed a swelling of the ground and a carriage that contained immortality in Because I Could Not Stop For Death?

Palmerton.

- Emily Dickinson.

- That's correct.

- For your bonus, what British poet described World War One soldiers who are bent double while marching through sludge in his poem, Dulce et Decorum est?

Wilfred Owen is the answer we're looking for.

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

In our pre-match coin toss, it was determined that Palmerton would get to pick from the first two topics of chemistry by the numbers or musical notation.

- Musical notation.

- Musical notation, all right, so Stroudsburg, that will leave you with chemistry by the numbers.

Palmerton, musical notation.

Answer the following about musical notation.

A pair of numbers indicating the length of a measure.

You can just say it, guys.

- Meter.

- Incorrect.

Markings, such as andante that indicate the speed.

- Tempo.

- Correct.

Large symbol at the start of a staff specifying the staff's pitches.

And anyone can call it out.

- Pass.

- Symbol to raise a note a half step.

- Sharp.

- Correct.

Symbol extending a note's duration by 50%.

- Dot.

- Correct.

Line above or below the staff.

- Pass.

- A less than sign or crescendo means to do this.

- Slow down.

- Incorrect.

- Italian name for a symbol indicating that a note is held.

- Sign?

- Say it again.

- I keep forgetting it.

- I can't say it again, but just... - Sign.

- Incorrect.

Orchestral group most often found at the bottom of a score.

And with that, your time is up.

OK, so Stroudsburg.. That leaves you with chemistry by the numbers.

And remember, anybody on the team could just say the answer right into the microphone.

Chemistry by the numbers.

Give these numbers from chemistry.

Total number of atoms in one water molecule.

- Three.

- Correct.

In degrees, Celsius, the boiling point of water.

- 100?

Hundred, - Correct.

The exponent in Avagadro's constant or one mole of particles.

.0831?

- Incorrect.

Rounded to the nearest Kelvin, the freezing point of water.

- 273.5.

- That's correct.

Two atoms, joined by a triple bond, shared this many electrons.

- Two.

- Incorrect.

Maximum number of electrons in one orbital?

- Eight.

- Incorrect.

Within two, the total number of known chemical elements.

- 225.

- Incorrect.

Total number of quantum numbers in electron an atom has.

- Pass.

- The atomic number of boron.

- 25.

- Incorrect.

- Number of atoms of carbon in a buckyball.

- That's a good question.

- All right.

That was a rough round there, especially if you guys haven't had chemistry yet.

A tough round to get through.

All right.

We'll continue on with our next toss-up.

It's in math, pencil and paper ready.

What is the largest integer that is both a multiple of nine and less than 500 given that its digits must have a sum of 18?

495 is the correct answer we were looking for.

Was anybody close?

- I was getting there.

- Getting there?

All right.

Next, toss-up, what New York governor who lost the 1944 presidential race to Franklin Roosevelt was wrongly... Stroudsburg.

- Dewey.

That's correct.

Thomas Dewey.

In June, 2020 protesters declared an autonomous zone named for what neighborhood in Seattle?

The zone was named Capitol Hill.

Next, toss-up, what author invented a cipher called the Code of Claw for her Underland Chronicles and created the dystopian Panem in her series The Hunger Games?

Stroudsburg.

Collins.

That's correct.

Suzanne Collins.

For your bonus, what AD 313 proclamation by Lascivious and Constantine the first formalized toleration of Christianity throughout the Roman Empire?

- The Ten Commandments.

- That's incorrect.

It's the Edict of Milan.

The correct answer we're looking for.

Next, toss-up.

What country whose Tadawul stock exchange had an initial 2019 IPO for the oil company Aramco is the world's second largest oil exporter in lead... Stroudsburg.

- Saudi Arabia.

- That's correct.

Was led by King Salman, was the end of that question.

Your bonus.

What island in the US Virgin Islands is home to Charlotte Amalie, its capital?

It's a great place to vacation, St. Thomas, was the answer we're looking for.

Next toss-up.

What president who created the Interstate Commerce Commission defeated Benjamin Harrison... Palmerton.

- Dwight Eisenhower.

- Incorrect.

I'll finish for Stroudsburg.

In 1892, to win his second nonconsecutive term.

Stroudsburg.

- Cleveland.

That's correct.

Grover Cleveland.

Your bonus, Schwann cells are found in what division of the nervous system that includes everything except the brain and spinal cord.

- Dendrites.

- That's incorrect.

It's the peripheral nervous system.

match underway, Palmerton, 95, Stroudsburg, 85 and now prior to the match to be in accordance with social distancing, we asked the students to tell us how they spent some of their time in quarantine.

- Hi, I'm Harkirat Chauhan.

I go to Stroudsburg High School and during quarantine I made my plans.

- Hello, I'm Colin Hoffman.

I'm a student at Stroudsburg High School and during quarantine I learned yoga.

- I'm Matthew.

I'm an 11th grader at Stroudsburg.

During the course during quarantine, I listened to and practiced music.

- Hi, my name is Chris Hu, and I go to Stroudsburg High School.

During quarantine, I worked on some philanthropy and activism projects.

- Hi, I'm Tyler Hager.

I go to Palmerton Area High School and during quarantine I golfed.

- Hi, I'm Kyle Savlon.

I'm a senior at Palmerton and during quarantine I golfed.

- Hi, my name is Chris Wachoviak.

I'm a senior at Palmerton and during quarantine I went hiking, read and face timed my friends.

- Hello, my name is Levi Schull.

I'm in ninth grade.

I got to Palmerton area high school and one thing I did during quarantine was go outside.

- Welcome back.

We'll begin the second half of the competition with the following toss-up.

What member of the Shakya clan meditated under a Bodhi tree before achieving enlightenment, thus founding a religion... Stroudsburg.

- Buddha.

- That's correct.

For your bonus, what country's 1918 Parliament Act was also called the Qualification of Women Act because it allowed women over 21 to stand for election?

- Britain.

- That's correct.

The United Kingdom.

Next toss-up, what metallic element, whose alloys are known as amalgams, was used in Evangelista Torricelli's barometer and at room temperature is a liquid?

Palmerton - Mercury.

- That's correct.

- Next, or for your bonus, what pop rock band whose 2020 album Women in Music Part Three contains the song The Steps and consists of three sisters named Este, Alana and Danielle?

- Haim.

- That's also correct.

Next, toss-up.

What band?

Excuse me, what brand which released the Vaporfly in 2017... - Nike.

- Stroudsburg?

- Nike?

- That is correct.

For your bonus, what suite by Camille Saint-Saens appropriately includes sections named Tortoises and The Elephant?

What suite by Camille Saint-Saens appropriately includes sections named Tortoises and The Elephant?

- Animals.

- Close.

It's the carnival of the animals, is the correct answer.

Next toss-up, what author who wrote about a wind that blew out of a cloud and killed the title character in his poem, Annabel Lee, also wrote The Raven?

Stroudsburg.

- Edgar Allan Poe.

- Incorrect person rang in, so we're just going to give him the negative points.

We'll move on to the next toss-up question.

All right.

What battle, whose landmarks include Devil's Den, Cemetery Hill... Palmerton.

- Battle of Gettysburg?

That is correct.

And for your bonus, what hypothetical substance may take the form of WIMPs or weakly interacting massive particles?

- Electrons.

- That is incorrect, the correct answer is dark matter.

Next, toss-up.

What key signature used for Ludwig van Beethoven's Fifth Symphony is a minor key with three flats?

I know people majoring in music here, we got the C minor.

The correct answer we're looking for.

Next, toss-up.

What island birthplace of the ancient stoic philosopher Zeno of Citium contains a capital city named Nicosia and is in the eastern... Palmerton.

- Cyprus.

- That's correct.

And for your bonus, what show whose title marketing executive leaves Chicago to take a job at Savoir, is a Netflix series starring Lily Collins that is set in France?

- Emily in Paris.

- That's correct.

Next, toss-up.

What type of hormone that is produced by the adrenal cortex has intercellular receptors and includes estrogen and other derivatives of cholesterol?

The correct answer is steroids.

Next, toss-up, what author of the 1983 tragedy Salome wrote about Jack Worthing's and Algernon Moncrief's use of the same alias in The Importance of Being Earnest?

Oscar Wilde is the correct answer.

Next toss-up, what explorer who traveled with Alonso de Ojeda on an expedition where he named Venezuela after Venice also inspired the name America?

Stroudsburg.

Vespucci?

That's correct.

Amerigo Vespucci.

For your bonus, what woman who served as governor of Michigan until 2011 is the current secretary of energy?

Jennifer Granholm is the correct answer.

Next toss-up, what North Carolina University, which was attended by Kyrie Irving and Zion Williamson... Palmerton.

- Duke University.

- That is correct.

Coached by Mike Krzyzewski.

For your bonus, what 2021 film starring Chris Rock is the ninth of the Saw franchise and subtitled From the Book of Saw?

- Halloween.

- Incorrect, the correct answer is Spiral - From The Book of Saw.

Next toss-up.

What figure converses on a mountaintop with Moses and Elijah during his transfiguration in Luke Chapter nine verse 32?

Palmerton.

- A burning bush.

- Incorrect.

I'll finish for Stroudsburg.

Which mentions his recent ministry in Jerusalem?

Elijah.

- Incorrect, the correct answer is Jesus Christ.

Next toss-up, basin and range topography is produced by what type of plate motion that created the Red Sea and results in rift valleys and sea floor spreading?

Palmerton.

- Subduction.

- Incorrect, there's still a little bit of time for Stroudsburg.

- Convection.

- Incorrect, as well.

Divergent plate motion is the correct answer we're looking for.

Next, toss-up.

What river on which the Taqba Dam forms Lake Assad upstream from Raqqa, the former capital of the Islamic State, is southwest of the Tigris, is southwest of the Tigris River?

- Euphrates.

- That is correct.

For your bonus.

What novel whose chapter Vanished Into The Clouds was left blank to indicate the death of the protagonist and was written during Japan's Heian period?

- The Glass Shard.

- Incorrect, the correct answer is the Tale of Genji.

And with that, we've reached the lightning round in the second half Stroudsburg, you'll be able to pick from silent first letters or repeated sounds.

- Silent first letters.

- Silent first letters.

That means Palmerton, you'll be left with repeated sounds.

Stroudsburg, silent first letters.

Give these words whose first letters are silent.

Joint between the arm and the hand.

- Pass.

- Title of the address used to show respect, such as Doctor or Reverend.

- Pass.

- Pre-historic flying reptile, whose name means winged finger.

- Pterodactyl.

- Correct.

To chew persistently, perhaps to the bone.

- Gnaw.

- Correct.

A person who benefits from another person's will.

- Pass.

- Pattern, acronym or other trick used to remember something.

- Mnemonic.

- Correct.

One of seven deadly sins meaning significant anger.

- Wrath.

- Correct.

Golden mascot of Las Vegas's NHL team.

- Knights.

- Correct.

Insane, as in the title of an Alfred Hitchcock film.

- Psycho.

- Correct small humanoid ornament statue often placed in a garden.

- Gnome.

- Correct.

Nice, Stroudsburg.

You got to recover there on that last few ones in that topic.

That leaves Palmerton with repeated sounds.

Give these words... Settle, Stroudsburg.

Ready?

Palmerton, repeated sounds.

Give these words or names that consist of the same syllable or word twice.

Dress worn by a ballerina.

- Tutu.

- Correct.

Excited whispers or unusual sounds heard during a heartbeat.

- Murmur.

- Correct.

- Small confections coated in chocolate.

- Pass.

- Response to a ship's captain indicating agreement.

- Aye-aye.

- Correct.

Extinct flightless bird native to... - Dodo.

- Correct.

Prison north of New York City.

- Pass.

- Real name of the title character in the opera Madame Butterfly.

- Pass.

- French Polynesian island, whose cities include Vaitape.

- Pass.

- 1950s Uprising in British controlled Kenya.

- Pass.

- Type of dolphin fish, whose name is Hawaiian for very strong.

- Pass.

- All right.

And with that, we end the second lightning round.

Guys had it there a little late.

All right, so we will now begin the end, the final quarter of the match with the following toss-up.

What man crowned in 1520 who captured Belgrade and Rhodes and won the battle of Monarchs was an Ottoman sultan called the Lawgiver and the magnificent?

- Suleiman.

- That is correct, Palmerton.

For your bonus, what artists of Old Battersea Bridge, the falling rocket and other nocturnes painted arrangement in gray and black number one, a portrait of his mother?

- Grant.

- That's incorrect.

James Whistler is the correct answer.

Next, toss-up.

What operation can be done by substitution or by parts, can be defined by summing the areas of rectangles and is the inverse of differentiation?

Integration is the correct answer.

Next, toss-up.

What game show who's 2021 revival was hosted by Sara Haines featured Mark Labbett and Ken Jennings among the trivia... Stroudsburg.

- The Chase.

- That is correct.

Your bonus is in math, pencil and paper ready.

If three fourths of X equals 15, then what is the value of 20% of X?

- Four.

That's correct.

Next, toss-up.

What country's far right National Rally Party, formerly called the National... Stroudsburg?

- France?

That is correct.

For your toss-up, an oenophile is someone who appreciates what type of beverage, such as those produced in California's Napa Valley region?

- Wine.

That is correct.

Next toss-up, in what town home to Minister Samuel Paris did the accusations made by Tituba lead to the executions of... - Salem.

- That is correct.

And for your bonus, a spy network called the Culper Ring helped capture Major John Andre, who collaborated with what general in the Continental Army?

- Benedict Arnold.

- That is also correct.

Next, toss-up.

What phenomenon, which has a metallic form caused by a sea of electrons, involves the sharing of electrons between atoms in its covalent form?

Chemical bonding is the correct answer.

Next toss-up, the baobab tree is native to what country, which was formerly called Malagasy Republic and is a large island off southeast coast of Africa?

Stroudsburg.

- Madagascar - That is also correct.

For your bonus.

What Palace, which contains the Court of Lions, gives its name to a set of tales by Washington Ervin and is an Islamic structure in Grenada?

- Alhambra.

- That is correct.

Yes, we'll accept.

Yeah, that is correct.

Next toss-up, what author described the fictional South American country of Costa... And with that, our time is up.

That was an excellent match between two really great teams.

Really great way to start the second round.

The winner is Stroudsburg with 260 points to Palmerton's 215.

Thank you very much for joining us.

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

Stroudsburg, welcome to the next round.

Thank you, everybody.