- Hello, welcome to the ninth match of the first round of the 49th season of Scholastic Scrimmage.

I'm your host, David Graf.

Today's match between Parkland and Salisbury will be composed of two halves with a lightning round midway through each half.

At halftime, we'll pause so students can introduce themselves, and we'll ask them a question to 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, buzzers ready.

Here's our first toss-up question.

What realm of Norse mythology, created using the eyebrows of the jotnar Ymir, is connected to Asgard by the Bifrost Bridge?

Parkland.

- Midgard?

- That is correct, and its home of humans.

For your bonus, Laurie Strode has a final showdown with what supernatural - or with the supernatural killer Michael Myers in a 2022 entry to what horror film series?

- Halloween.

- Halloween is correct and, in my opinion, the best horror film series.

Next toss-up question, what author depicted a Babylonian thinker in his book Zadig, and satirized mathematician Gottfried Leibniz as the optimistic Dr. Pangloss in Candide?

Parkland.

- Voltaire.

- Voltaire is correct.

For your bonus, members of the Moravian Church are modern-day followers of what Czech religious reformer who was burned at the stake in 1415?

- Calvin?

- There's incorrect, Jan Hus is the correct answer.

And the current seat of the Moravian church is right here in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

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

What is the quotient of nine factorial divided by seven factorial, given nine factorial equals nine times eight times... Parkland, go ahead.

- 72.

- That is correct.

Seven, and then so forth, all the way down to one.

You are correct.

For your bonus, the world's lowest freshwater body of water is what Israeli sea, where Jesus is said to have walked on water?

- The Dead Sea.

- That is incorrect.

The Sea of Galilee is the correct answer.

Next toss-up question, what theorist, whose ideas were a major basis of Jacques Lucan's writings, analyzed Irma in the Interpretation of Dreams and founded psychoanalysis?

Parkland.

- Freud.

- Which one?

Or will we take that, judges?

Oh, we'll take it.

Freud.

And we're looking specifically for Sigmund Freud.

You're correct.

For your bonus, what Italian author wrote about novice monk Adso of Melk, who helped William of Baskerville find a murderer in the 1980 novel The Name of the Rose?

- Pass.

Umberto Eco is the correct answer.

Next toss-up question, what man, whose colitis forced him to resign as head of the LDP in 2020, was assassinated after being the longest-serving Japanese Prime... Parkland.

- Shinzo Abe.

-Shinzo Abe is correct.

I was actually watching NHK, their national broadcaster, when it happened.

It was quite shocking when it actually, when the crime was committed.

For your bonus, in 1959, African-American pinch hitter Pumpsie Green debuted against the White Sox, making what team the last team in Major League Baseball to integrate?

- Red Sox.

- The Boston Red Sox is correct.

Next, toss-up question, what European president, who twice vetoed the UK's entry into the EEC, established the Fifth Republic, and commanded Free France during World War Two?

Parkland.

- De Gaulle.

- Charles de Gaulle is correct.

For your bonus, what Plain State was represented in the Senate by Tom Daschle and by the 1972 Democratic nominee for president, George McGovern?

- Maryland?

- That is incorrect.

The Plains state we were looking for is South Dakota.

Next toss-up question, what bone, which has a tube porosity to which the patellar ligament attaches, forms a hinge joint with the femur and is commonly called the shin bone?

Salisbury.

- The tibia.

- The tibia is correct.

For your bonus, what English thinker who proposed the panopticon, a prison whose inmates are always in view of the guards, is considered the founder of Utilitarianism?

Quickly.

The answer is Jeremy Bentham.

Next toss-up question, what country, which contains the largest portion of both the Carpathian Mountains and the Delta of the Danube River, is also home to Transylvania?

Parkland.

- Romania.

Romania is correct.

For your bonus, what 1877 novel by Anna Sewell is narrated by the title horse, whose many owners include Farmer Gray, Squire Gordon, and the London cab driver Jerry?

- Black Stallion.

- Close, Black Beauty is the correct answer.

Next toss-up question, members of what profession, such as Marie Alsip, Carlo Maria Giulini, and Leonardo Stokowski often use a thin baton as a lead... Parkland.

- Conductor.

- That is correct.

They use the thin baton as a lead in an orchestra.

For your bonus, rusting is what type of process prevented by galvanization, in which refined metal is degraded to a more stable oxide?

- Oxidation.

- Oxidation, or corrosion is correct.

And with that, we have reached the first Lightning Round.

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

Parkland you can pick between Artists' Tools or Former Country Names.

- Former Country Names.

- Former Country Names?

OK. Parkland, your topic is Former Country Names.

What modern-day country was formerly known as Persia?

- Iran.

- Correct.

- Salon.

- Tanzania.

- Incorrect.

Rhodesia.

- Zimbabwe.

- Correct.

Abyssinia.

- Ethiopia.

- Correct.

Formosa.

- Taiwan.

- Correct.

British Honduras.

- Belize.

- Correct.

Gold Coast, in Western Africa?

- Ghana.

- Correct, on Ghana.

I did hear Ghana first.

East Pakistan.

- Bangladesh.

- Correct.

Upper Volta.

- Czech Republic.

- Incorrect.

Kampuchea, while it was ruled by Pol Pot.

- Cambodia.

- That is correct.

Nice job on that, the only one that you guys didn't get was Volta, would have been Burkina Faso.

That's the correct answer.

Okay, over to Salisbury.

Here's the time to make up some points.

You have Artists' Tools.

Name these things that are used by visual artists.

A flat board for mixing pigments.

- Palette.

- Correct.

Spitting device that pottery can be thrown on.

- Wheel.

- Wheel, or potter's wheel is correct.

A sculptural copy made using a mold.

If you don't know, you can pass.

- Pass.

- Cloth put on a studio floor to catch splatter or debris.

- Drop cloth.

- Correct.

Oven for firing ceramic.

- Kiln.

- Correct.

Plain fabric that most oil paintings are made on.

- Canvas.

- Correct.

Flat metal tool that is hammered to chip away at a sculpture.

- Chisel.

- Correct.

Fast-drying paint made partially of egg yolk.

No consulting, these should just be quick answers.

- Pass.

- Impermeable gloss dobbed on to finished ceramics.

- Glaze.

- Correct.

Dim workspace for developing photographs.

- Darkroom.

- That is correct.

Just if you were wondering on that one, it's tempera is the paint used mixing egg yolk.

Okay, we'll continue on with the following toss-up question.

What agency, whose COINTELPRO initiative targeted Civil Rights groups under the director J. Edgar Hoover is the main... Parkland?

- FBI.

- The FBI is correct.

It is the main federal law enforcement agency in the United States.

For your bonus, The Bringers of War and The Mystic are subtitles of movements in what suite by Gustav Holt?

- The Planets.

- The Planets is correct.

Next toss-up question, the brightest events in the universe are bursts... Salisbury.

- Supernova.

That is incorrect.

I'll continue for Parkland.

...named for what form of radiation emitted by excited nuclei?

Parkland.

- Gamma radiation.

- Gamma rays, or radiation is correct.

And it has an even higher energy than an X-ray.

For your bonus, what 17th-century poem by Andrew Marvell urges the title woman to accept a lover's embrace because the time's winged chariot is hurrying near?

- Wedding day?

- That's incorrect.

"To His Coy Mistress" is the correct poem.

Next toss-up question, what 1937 novel, whose character included a man known as Teacake and residents of Eatonville, named Jane Crawford, is by Zora Neale Hurston?

The correct answer is Their Eyes Were Watching God.

Next toss-up question, what conflict, described as The Splendid Little War by John Hayes, ended with U.S. control of the Philippines?

Parkland.

- Spanish-American War.

- The Spanish-American War is correct.

And it began after the sinking of The Maine.

For your bonus, what Italian word, often used to mean a climax, is used in music to mean a gradual increase in loudness?

- Crescendo.

- Crescendo is correct.

Next toss-up question, what quantity, which is as low as possible at a maximum eutectic metric point is depressed in a solution and is zero degrees Celsius for pure water?

Parkland.

- Freezing point.

- Freezing point is correct.

For your bonus, what 19th-century author wrote about a woman who implores Confederate troops to "spare your country's flag" in his poem, Barbara Fritchie?

- Grain?

- Crane.

- Crane?

- Crane is incorrect.

It's John Greenleaf Whittier, is the correct answer.

Next toss-up question, what river, whose upper section is called the Jinsha, or Gold Sand's River, flows past Wuhan and is the longest river in China and all of Asia?

Parkland.

- The Yangtze.

- The Yangtze is correct.

For your bonus, the conservation of what quantity, often denoted by capital l, can be illustrated using the example of a spinning skater.

- Angular momentum?

- Say it again.

- Angular momentum.

- Angular momentum is correct.

Next toss-up question, what singer, whose name follows Big T shirt in the lyrics of a namesake Armani White song, has a brother named... - Billie Eilish.

- That is correct.

And her brother's name is?

- I don't know.

- Billie Eilish is correct.

For your bonus, before a 2018 correction, the name of what New York City Bridge was often spelled with one Z fewer than its historical namesake?

- We'll pass this one.

- That would be the Verrazano Narrows Bridge, for Giovanni da Verrazzano.

So they had omitted one of the Zs out of his name.

And with that, we've reached halftime.

Currently, Parkland leads Salisbury 235-45 points.

Now, we'll take a minute for each student to introduce themselves with their first and last name, their grade level, and the answer to the following question, if you could visit any country in the world, where would it be?

Joseph, with Parkland, we'll start with you.

I'm Joseph Peng, I'm a 12th grader from Parkland High School, and I'd definitely visit Egypt.

- Hello, I'm Alexander Saccone from Parkland High School.

I'm in 12th grade, and I would choose to visit Brazil.

- Cool.

- I'm Thomas Gilchrist.

I'm from Parkland High School.

I'm a senior, and if I had to pick any country to visit, I'd probably go with Italy, because of the UNESCO heritage sites.

- Very cool.

I've been Italy a couple of times, and it's a beautiful country.

- I'm Max Chavermack, I'm in 11th grade.

If I could visit any country in the world, I'd used to visit Israel.

- Okay.

Onto Salisbury.

Riley, go ahead.

- I'm Riley, I'm in 10th grade, and I would visit Germany.

- Okay.

- I'm Claire Nichols, I'm in 11th grade, and I'd like to go to Seychelles.

- Say that again.

- Seychelles.

- Oh, the Seychelles Islands.

Yeah, that seems like a great destination.

- My name is Cameron Dubinsky, I'm an 11th grader, and I'd like to go to Norway.

- Cool.

- My name is Soledad Laos.

I'm from Salisbury High School.

I'm in 10th grade, and I'd like to go to Italy.

Thank you, and we'll continue with the second half of the match with the following toss-up question, what state is home to Haverford College, was represented in... Parkland?

- Pennsylvania.

- That is correct, and it's governed from Harrisburg.

If we didn't get that one, we'd be in trouble, right?

For your bonus, what grand republic that no longer exists was established under an 1812 Constitution of Cucuta, and contained modern-day Panama, Ecuador and Venezuela?

- Gran Republic of Colombia?

- The Gran Republic of Colombia is correct.

Next toss-up question, what country's longtime dictator who wrote the Green Book and overthrew King Idris I before being killed during the Arab Spring was Moammar Gadhafi?

Parkland.

- Libya.

- Libya is correct.

That was a very roundabout way to get to that, but yes, Libya, Moammar Gadhafi was the dictator of that country.

For your bonus, what show that streams on Amazon Prime video is set in Cousins Beach, stars Lola Tung as Belly, and is named after a young adult novel by Jenny Han?

- Crazy Rich Asians.

- That is incorrect.

It is The Summer I Turned Pretty.

Next toss-up question, what English scientist names the total charge on a mole of electrons, the Law of Electromagnetic Induction, and a cage... Parkland.

- Faraday.

- Michael Faraday is correct, and a cage that blocks electric fields.

For your bonus, what work, which is by Leonore...

Which work, in which Leonore disguises herself to save her husband, Florestan, from prison is the only opera by Ludwig van Beethoven?

- Fidelio.

- Fidelio is correct.

Next toss-up question, what company, whose CEO, Shou Zi Chew, testified to Congress in March, had his platform... Parkland?

- TikTok.

- TikTok is correct, and for whatever reason, Montana decided to ban it was the rest of the question.

Next, toss-up question, or excuse me, your bonus question, Parkland, what epic poem, whose title character is exiled on request of Kaikeyi, features the seventh avatar of Vishnu defeating Ravana and rescuing Sita?

- I don't know, just go with it.

- What's the...Mahabharata?

That's incorrect.

It's Ramayana, is the correct answer.

Next toss-up question, what first female member of the Royal Statistical Society rose to prominence during the Crimean War, during which she served as a nurse...?

Parkland.

- Nightingale.

- Florence Nightingale is correct.

She served as a nurse to soldiers.

For your, bonus question, British politician Kwasi Kwarteng was the first Black person to hold what position which is responsible for the United Kingdom's fiscal and monetary policy?

It's a bonus, you can tell your Captain.

- A Chancellor of the... ...Exchequer?

- Chancellor of the Exchequer is correct.

Chancellor of the Exchequer.

Next toss-up question, what actor, who won an Oscar for King Richard, was subsequently... Parkland?

- Will Smith.

- That's correct.

We can stop talking about Will Smith now and move on to your bonus.

What French-American mathematician is the namesake of a self-similar set and, in 1975, coined the term fractal?

- Yeah, yeah.

Mandelbrot?

- Mandelbrot is correct.

Benoit Mandelbrot is the correct answer.

Next toss-up question, what country produced a novel about an outlaw and 108 spirits titled Water Margin and also... - Parkland.

- China.

- China is correct.

For your bonus, in what year, on November 11th, at 11 am., did the armistice that ended fighting in World War One take effect?

- 1918.

- 1918 is correct.

Next toss-up question, what country breached the Mannerheim line in the winter war against Finland and defeated a Nazi army in the eastern front battle of... Salisbury?

- The Soviet Union?

- That is correct.

It was the Eastern front battle of Stalingrad.

For your bonus, what island was the birthplace of the author Seamus Heaney, whose poem Digging describes cutting through soggy peat to plant potatoes?

- The Isle of Man?

- That is incorrect.

Ireland is the correct answer.

Next toss-up question, Alex English spent a decade with what NBA team... Parkland.

- Denver Nuggets.

- That is correct.

And we would go on to say that they then drafted a Serbian center who was last year's MVP.

Onto your bonus question, what term describes pairs of substances, such as oil and water, that do not mix to form homogeneous solutions?

- Hydrophobic.

- That is incorrect.

Insoluble is the correct answer.

Sorry about that.

Insoluble would be the correct answer.

And with that, we have reached the second Lightning Round.

Salisbury, you get to pick between the following topics, Also In A Deck of Cards, and F In Initials.

- Okay.

Deck of Cards.

- Okay.

You'll take Deck of Cards.

Parkland.

Parkland team, quiet for this, for this Lightning Round for Salisbury.

Salisbury, your topic is Also In A Deck of Cards.

Name these things that share their name with playing cards.

Villain played in movies by Jared Leto... - Joker.

- That's correct.

2020 song title used separately by Sam Smith and Megan Thee Stallion.

- Pass.

- Literary character who says, "Off with their heads".

- Queen of Hearts.

- Correct.

Surname of man named Rodney, who was beaten by the LAPD in 1991.

- King.

- Correct.

Number of Russian composers in the mighty handful.

- Five.

- Correct.

Tennis serve not touched by an opponent.

- Ace.

- Correct.

Outlet for plugging in a phone.

- Pass.

- Number of samurai in Akira Kurosawa's film.

- Nine.

- Incorrect.

Nursery rhyme character who stole the tarts and took them clean away.

- Jack.

- Incorrect.

Tolstoy, excuse me, Tchaikovsky opera based on the work of Alexander Pushkin?

That would be The Queen of Spades.

We move over to Parkland.

Parkland, F in Initials.

For what word does the letter F stand for in these abbreviations?

NFL, a sports league.

- Football.

- Correct.

UFO, a spaceship.

- Flying.

- Correct.

FCC, a government agency.

- Federal.

- Correct.

JFK, the 35th President.

- Fitzgerald.

- Correct.

- SPF, a classification of sunscreen.

- Uh, fluorine?

- That is incorrect.

FDA, a government agency.

- Food.

- That is correct.

AFV, a class of military equipment.

- Force.

- Incorrect.

FAQ, a list of questions.

- Frequently.

- Correct.

BFG, a character created by... - Friendly.

- That's correct.

RAF, a British military branch.

- Force.

- That is correct.

We move on to the final quarter of this match with the following toss-up question.

What animals, sometimes called Chelonians, have a shell made of bone or cartilage, and includes species such as the leatherback and... Parkland?

- Turtle.

- That is correct, and Terrapins would've been the other species.

For your bonus, in 1843, Daniel McNaughton tried to assassinate what British Prime Minister, whose first name inspired a nickname for British police officers, Bobbies?

- Waffle.

- That's incorrect.

Robert Peel is the correct answer.

Next toss-up question, what man, who lost the rights to his book If I Did It to the Goldman family... Parkland.

- O.J.

Simpson.

- O.J.

Simpson is correct, and he was a former football player for the Buffalo Bills.

For your bonus, Tok Pisin is one of over 800 languages spoken on what country whose capital is Port Moresby?

- Papua New Guinea.

- Papua New Guinea is correct.

Next toss-up question, what Shakespearean comedy depicts Sir John Falstaff's inept attempts to seduce Mistress Ford and Page, and the comedy's title happily married woman?

Parkland.

- Cordelia?

- That is incorrect.

The correct answer... Oh, still time for Salisbury.

It's a freebie.

It is The Merry Wives of Windsor.

Next toss-up question, what man who appointed Alex Padilla to the Senate survived Larry Elder's attempt in 2021...?

Parkland.

- Gavin Newsom.

That is correct.

He survived a recall attempt in California.

For your bonus, what Greek god was having an affair with Aphrodite when they were caught in a net by her husband... - Eros.

- Eros is correct.

Don't you have to finish the bonus question there for you.

Next toss-up question, what material follows lost in the name of a technique for casting bronze statues, and is used to depict celebrities at the museum, Madame Tussauds... Salisbury.

- Wax.

- Wax is correct, and it's used at Madame Tussaud's Wax Museums.

For your bonus, in the 2023 case, Allen versus Milligan, the Supreme Court upheld Section two of what 1965 law requiring Alabama to redraw its congressional district map?

- The Civil Rights Act?

- That is incorrect.

It is the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

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

If the logarithm of x equals two, what is the value of the logarithm of the cube of x, given that x equals 100?

Parkland.

- Six.

- Six is correct.

And keep the pencil and paper ready, because your bonus is also in math.

If 20% of alleles for a gene are recessive, what percentage of the population should be homozygous recessive?

- 4%.

- 4% is correct.

Next toss-up question, what four-letter name of the protagonist of The Call of the Wild is also... Salisbury?

- Buck.

- Buck is correct, and it's also the word for an adult antelope.

For your bonus, what South African country lost almost 70% of its population in the war of the Triple Alliance against Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay?

And with that, we've reached full time, do you have an answer for that one?

- South Africa.

- That's incorrect.

Paraguay is a correct answer.

And with that, we've reached the end of the match.

Congratulations to Parkland with the highest score so far of the first round, 470 points.

You're on to the second round.

Salisbury, thank you for joining us.

Good luck with the rest of your school year.

And thank you for tuning in, we'll see you next week when Marian Catholic faces off against Jim Thorpe.