- Welcome to PBS, 39 Scholastic Scrimmage.

Scholastic Scrimmage is brought to you by the members of PBS39 and by... - PPL is proud to support educational pr educational programming on PBS39 and by ththird roundf PBS39.te of the 47th season of Scholastic Scrimmage.

I'm your host, David Graf.

This year's Scrimmage will look a bit different due to 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 today's matchup that features Pen Argyl Area High School vs. Parkland.

The match will feature two halves with a lightning round mid-way through each half.

At half-time we'll get to know the students 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.

We'll start with our first toss-up.

What compound used to make Rayon is a polymer made up of beta linked glucose subunits and is the main constituent of the cell wall of plants?

Pen Argyl.

- Cellulose.

- That's correct.

For your bonus: What inventor lends his name to the crank powered machine gun that he developed in 1861 and that was first used in the American Civil War?

- Gatling?

- Gatling is correct, Richard Gatling, the correct answer.

Next toss-up.

What city in Boeotia, which according to legend was founded by Cadmus, was once ruled by King Laius, who was murdered by his son, Oedipus?

Pen Argyl.

- Thebes.

- That's correct.

For your bonus, what term refers to any pair of molecules that have the same molecular formulas, but different three dimensional arrangements of their atoms.

Different three dimensional arrangements of atoms.

- Ions?

- Incorrect - isomers is the correct answer.

Next toss-up.

What man who died at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis when he was shot by James Earl Ray in 1968 earlier delivered the I Have...

Pen Argyl.

- Martin Luther King Jr. - That is correct.

Earlier had delivered the I Have A Dream speech.

For your bonus, what French artist of the Romantic period painted The Massacre at Chios and The Women of Algiers?

Eugene Delacroix is the correct answer.

Next toss-up: in what country did assailants allegedly shout "DEA operation" during a July 20th 2001 assassination of its President Jovenel Moise in Port au Prince?

Parkland.

- Haiti?

- That is correct.

For your bonus, in 2021, what defensive end for the Las Vegas Raiders became the first active NFL player to come out as gay?

- Crosby?

- That is incorrect, Carl Nassib is the correct answer.

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

What integer is equal to one half of one third of 18?

Parkland - 3?

- That is correct.

For your bonus: What Florida congressman, who was first elected to the House of Representatives in 2016, is a subject of a 2021 sex trafficking investigation?

- Rubio?

- Incorrect, Matt Gaetz is the correct answer.

Next toss-up: what four-letter word identifies orders issued by a court, specific examples of which include those of mandamus certiorari and horbeus... habeas corpus?

Parkland.

- A writ.

- That is correct, those are all writs.

For your bonus, what statistical property is the difference between the largest and smallest values in a data set?

- Range.

- That is also correct.

Next toss-up, what author, who wrote about a man named Milkman Dead in Song of Solomon wrote about a former slave haunted by a ghost of her daughter in Beloved?

Parkland.

- Toni Morrison.

- That's correct.

For your bonus, what Norse God who once hung himself from Yggdrasil for nine days to learn the secrets of the runes... - Odin?

- That is correct.

Next toss-up, what man who was asked by Joseph Welch if he had no decency was a senator from Wisconsin, who in the 1950s led an anti-communist...?

Parkland?

- Joseph McCarthy.

- That is correct.

For your bonus, Lina Khan chairs what commission, which includes the Consumer Federal Protection Bureau, or the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and enforces antitrust laws?

- Federal Trade Commission.

- That's correct, the Federal Trade Commission or FTC.

Next toss up, what compound whose loss causes the disease vitiligo protects the body from ultraviolet... Parkland.

- Albino.

- That is incorrect.

I'll continue for Pen Argyl.

From ultraviolet light, and is the primary pigment in the skin?

Go ahead.

- Melanin.

- That is correct.

For your bonus, what political ideology whose so-called "sewer" variety was popular in Milwaukee in the early 1900s was supported by Congressman Victor Berger?

- Socialism?

- That is correct.

Next toss-up.

What actress played Adelaide Wilson and her doppelganger in Us, pirate Maz Kanata in the Star Wars franchise and War Dog spy Nakia in Black Panther?

Parkland.

- Lupita Nyong'o.

- That is correct.

Lupita Nyong'o.

For your bonus, the chromosphere lies just above what visible surface of the Sun, whose name derives in part from the ancient Greek for light?

- Corona?

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

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

In a pre-match coin toss, it was determined that Parkland will get the first pick between Sherlock Holmes or Capitals On Rivers.

- We'll choose Capitals On Rivers.

- OK, so Pen Argyl, you'll be left with Sherlock Holmes.

Parkland, Capitals On Rivers.

Name the rivers on which these world capitals lie.

Khartoum.

- Pass - Kinshasa and Brazzaville.

- Pass.

- London.

- Er, Thames.

- Correct.

Rome.

And anyone can say it.

- Tiber?

- Correct.

Buenos Aires.

- Pass.

- Vienna.

- Rhine?

- Incorrect.

Hanoi.

- Red.

- Correct.

Baghdad.

- Pass.

- Lisbon.

- Pass.

- And Kiev.

- Volga.

- Incorrect.

- Pen Argyl, for your lightning round, you have Sherlock Holmes.

Answer the following about Sherlock Holmes.

The author who created Holmes.

- Doyle.

- Correct.

The doctor who narrates Sherlock's adventures.

- Watson.

- Correct.

The street where Holmes lives at 221B.

- Pass.

- The criminal mastermind often called Sherlock's arch-nemesis.

- Moriarty.

- Correct.

Sherlock's hyper intelligent brother.

- Pass.

- Animal that terrorizes the Baskervilles.

- Hound.

- Correct.

Scotland Yard inspector who often consults Holmes.

- Pass.

- Sherlock's landlady.

- Pass.

- Woman who outwits Holmes in A Scandal In Bohemia.

- Pass.

The first novel in which Holmes appears.

It has a colorful name.

- The Scarlet Letter.

- Incorrect.

close on that, it's A Study in Scarlet.

And that concludes the lightning round.

- Those were hard.

- All right, we'll continue on with the match with the following toss-up.

What kingdom, whose armies often use buffalo horn encirclement tactics and wielded iklwa spears was... - Parkland.

- Zulu.

That is correct.

For your bonus: in 2020, Jules Rivera took over what long running, ecologically focused comic strip, whose title character is a wildlife photojournalist?

- Wild Kratts?

- Incorrect.

Mark Trail, although Wild Kratts is a favorite of my daughter, but that's TV show, this is comic strip.

Next toss-up.

What symbol, one of which is found in the key signatures of E Minor and G Major, resembles a pound sign and raises... - Parkland.

- Sharp.

- That is correct.

Raises a pitch by a half step.

For your bonus, what composer used an English horn to represent the Swan, Tuonela, and wrote a tone poem about his country called Finlandia?

- Sibelius.

- Jean Sebelius is correct.

Next toss-up.

What mountain, whose base town of Chamonix hosted the first Winter Olympics, is the highest point of France and has a name meaning White Mountain?

Portland.

- Mont Blanc.

- That is correct.

For your bonus, what postmodernist author of the novel Underworld wrote about a professor of Hitler Studies in White Noise?

Don DeLillo is the correct answer.

Next toss-up, what author described haughty socialite Blanche Ingram, who is invited to visit Thornfield Hall by Mr Rochester, in her 1847 novel Jane Eyre?

Parkland.

- Charlotte Bronte.

- That is correct.

For your bonus, the Big Bend Tunnel of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad is the setting of a ballad about what folk hero, a steel driver who competes with a steam drill?

- John Henry.

- John Henry is the correct answer.

Next toss-up.

What British author of De Cive wrote about the form and the power of commonwealth and called life in the state of nature "brutish" in his book Leviathan?

Parkland.

- Locke.

- Incorrect.

Pen Argyl, there's still some time.

Thomas Hobbes is the correct answer.

Next toss-up.

Relative momentum of a hanging wall and a foot wall occurs at what cracks in the Earth's crust, a transformation type of which is named for San Andreas?

Pen Argyl.

- Fault line.

- That is correct.

For your bonus, what law implies that for reaction mixtures at equilibrium, there's a constant ratio between the concentrations of reactants and products?

It is the law of mass action.

And with that, we've reached half-time, we have an excellent match under way.

Parkland leads Pen Argyl 170 points to 105.

Prior to the match, to aid in social distancing, we asked the students to introduce themselves individually and let us know their favorite musical artist.

Let's meet the contestants from Pen Argyl and Parkland.

- Hi, my name is Liam.

I'm a senior at Pen Argyl High School and my favorite band is Radiohead.

- Hello, my name is John.

I'm a sophomore in Pen Argyl High School.

My favorite band is Arctic Monkeys.

- Hi, my name is Kayla.

I'm a senior at Pen Argyl High School and my favorite band is Queen.

- Hi, my name is Avery.

I'm a senior at Pen Argyl High School and my favorite musical artist is Eminem.

- Hello, my name is Thomas.

I'm a sophomore at Parkland High School and my favorite music group is the New York Philharmonic.

- Hi, my name is Alex and I'm a senior at Parkland High School and my favorite band is BTS.

- Hi, my name is Joseph.

I'm a sophomore at Parkland High School and my favorite band is also BTS.

- Hello, my name is Shravan.

I'm a junior at Parkland High School, and my favorite music group is also BTS.

- And we're back.

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

What militant organization led by Ismail Haniyeh developed Qassam rockets, is a rival of Fatah and has a de facto control over the Gaza Strip?

Parkland.

- Palestine.

- That is incorrect.

Pen Argyl, there's still some time.

- Israel?

- Incorrect.

Hamas is the correct answer.

Next toss-up.

Which man who passed the Catholic Relief Act as prime minister allied with Gephardt von Bleeker to defeat Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo?

Parkland.

- Duke of Wellington.

- That is correct.

Yes, it's Arthur Wellesley, the first Duke of Wellington.

For your bonus, what ancient epic in dyactic hexameter consists of 24 books and includes a catalog of ships mentioning the vessel of the Mycenaeans and the Medemians?

Excuse me, it's the Myrmidons, the last one.

- Jason and the Argonauts.

- That's incorrect.

It's the Iliad is the correct answer.

Next toss-up.

What city lies on the Taedong River, contains the Juche tower that is yet unfinished and a yet unfinished pyramid shaped hotel called the Ryugyong?

Parkland?

- Pyongyang.

- That is correct.

The capital of North Korea.

Pyongyang.

For your bonus, what woman claimed the English throne for nine days between the reigns of Edward VI and Mary I?

- Mary Jane?

That is incorrect, it's Lady Jane Grey is the correct answer.

Next toss-up.

What novel, in which Miss Maudie and a cooked named Calpurnia influenced... Parkland.

- To Kill A Mockingbird?

- That is correct.

For your bonus, hearing or feeling odd noises is one symptom of a syndrome that has affected American and Canadian embassy staff since 2016 and is named for what world capital?

Tell your captain, please.

- Havana.

- That's correct.

Next toss-up.

What number is the atomic number of nitrogen and the number...

Pen Argyl.

- 7.

- That is correct.

For your bonus, what fibrous structural protein that makes up much of the outer layer of animal skin is also found in feathers and scales and makes horns hard?

- Keratin?

- Keratin's correct.

Next toss-up.

What brother of Mongke ordered two failed invasions of Japan, was the first ruler of the Yuan Dynasty and was the... Parkland.

- Kublai Khan.

- That's correct.

He was the grandson of Genghis Khan.

For your bonus, what Canadian born architect designed the Guggenheim Bilbao and the Walt Disney Concert Hall?

You were in before the buzzer.

- Borglum?

- Incorrect, Frank Gehry is the correct answer.

Next toss-up.

What province, whose most populous cities are Summerside and Charlottetown, is Canada's smallest province, and it's often abbreviated... - Pen Argyl.

- Prince Edward Island.

That's correct.

P.E.I, Prince Edward Island.

For your bonus, what two-word name denotes the period of dirt storms and arid conditions that impacted the lower Midwest during the Great Depression?

- Dust bowl.

- That is correct.

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

What expression in simplified radical form is equivalent to the square root of 350, given that 350 equals 25 times 14?

Parkland.

Parkland down on the end.

- 5 root 14.

That is correct.

For your bonus, a warning that a laurel wreath withers quicker than a rose appears in what AE Housman poem whose title refers to what type of person dying young?

- A soldier.

- Good guess, but he was talking about an athlete.

Next toss-up.

On what Mediterranean island where Linear A was unearthed by Arthur Evans was the Palace of Knossos built by the Minoan civilization?

Pen Argyl.

- Crete.

- That is correct.

For your bonus, a book by anthropologist Margaret Mead is titled For Coming of Age In what island group?

Coming Of Age In Samoa.

Next toss-up.

What artist who made an eight hour long film of the Empire State Building used silk screening to create the Marilyn diptych and Campbell's soup cans?

Pen Argyl.

- Andy Warhol.

- That's correct.

Pennsylvania native Andy Warhol.

For your bonus, the forces of what religious order were defeated by Russian soldiers under Alexander Nevsky at the 1242 Battle On The Ice near modern day Estonia?

1242, Battle On The Ice.

- Vikings.

- Incorrect, it's the Teutonic Knights is the correct answer.

Next toss-up.

A 1971 novel by John Gardner is named after what creature, who is descended from Cain and invades the Mead Hall of... - Grendel.

- That is correct.

In the epic poem Beowulf.

For your bonus, what city that forms a metropolitan region with Council Bluffs is the most populous city in Nebraska?

- Omaha.

- That is correct.

Next toss-up.

What state, whose Proposition 22 in 2020 exempted Uber and Lyft workers from certain labor policies, held a recall election for governor... - Pen Argyl.

- California.

That is correct.

They held a recall for Gavin Newsom.

For your bonus, what man who wrote Drink To Me Only With Thine Eyes described Epicure Mammon's search for the Philosopher's Stone in The Alchemist?

- Plato.

- Incorrect, it's Ben Jonson.

And with that, we've reached our second Lightning Round.

Pen Argyl, You get to pick between City of Light or the Aloha State.

- City of Light, please.

OK, that means Parkland, you'll be left with the Aloha State.

Pen Argyl, City of Light.

Answer the following about Paris.

Major river flowing through Paris.

- Rhine.

- Incorrect.

Paris subway system.

- Pass.

Palace near Paris, to which Louis XIV moved his court.

- Versailles.

- Correct.

Airborne vehicle pioneered by the Montgolfier brothers in Paris.

- Airplane.

- Incorrect.

Cathedral that caught fire in April 2019.

- Notre Dame.

- Correct.

Arch at the west end of the Champs-Elysees.

- Pass.

- Paris-born sculptor of the Thinker.

- Pass.

- Cabaret where the modern day can-can developed.

- Pass.

- Paris based organization that declares World Heritage Sites.

- UNICEF.

- Incorrect.

Impressionist painter of Paris Street; Rainy Day.

- Rembrandt.

- Incorrect.

And with that, we go over to Parkland.

Parkland, your topic is the Aloha State.

Answer the following about Hawaii.

Its capital.

- Honolulu.

- Correct.

Site of the naval base attacked by Japan on December 7th... - Pearl Harbor.

- Correct.

Hawaii's most populous island.

- Hawaii.

- Incorrect.

Hawaiian-born author of The Audacity of Hope.

Pass.

Four-letter word for a traditional Hawaiian party and feast.

- Luau.

- Correct.

World's largest fruit and vegetable company founded in Hawaii.

- Dole.

- Correct.

First European explorer to reach Hawaii.

- Cook.

- Correct.

Diced raw fish, whose name means to slice in Hawaiian.

- Ahi-ahi?

- Incorrect.

Hawaiian word for thank you.

- Pass.

- Current governor of Hawaii.

- Pass.

- All right, that was a tough lightning round for both teams.

And now we'll continue the match with this following toss-up.

What color, which is part of the name of idealized objects that are perfect emitters of electromagnetic radiation... Parkland.

- Black.

- That is correct.

For your bonus, what powerful Roman office that was filled by members of the plebeian class could veto the actions of counsels and check the power of the Senate?

- Tribune.

- That is correct.

Tribunes.

Next toss-up.

What book whose manuscript was given to the author's father Otto by Miep Gies is the first hand account of a Dutch teenager hiding from the Nazis?

Parkland.

- Diary of Anne Frank.

- That is correct.

For your bonus, what physicist lends his name to a set of four equations, including Faraday's law of induction?

- Maxwell.

- That's correct, James Clerk Maxwell.

Next toss-up.

What indigenous group, which includes Stand Watie, signed the Treaty of Echota and used a language written with a syllablatory developed by the Sequoyah?

Developed by Sequoyah?

The Cherokees.

Next toss-up.

What alloy with a corrosion resistant variety that includes at least 11% of...chromium is made in the Bessemer... Parkland.

- Stainless steel?

- Er, yeah, stainless steel or steel, we'll take that.

It was made right next to us for many years at the Steel, at Bethlehem Steel.

For your bonus, the Christmas Carol What Child Is This?

is set to the tune of what English folk song that is sometimes attributed to Henry VII?

- Greensleeves.

That is correct.

Next toss-up.

What two-word name is shared by the band behind Darts Of Pleasure and Take Me Out...

Pen Argyl.

- Franz Ferdinand.

- That's correct.

Next bonus for Pen Argyl.

What TV presenter hosts namesake grocery games on Food Network, which also airs this man's show Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives.

- Guy Fieri.

- Guy Fieri is the correct answer.

Next toss-up.

What group, which recorded Hotter, Sweeter and Cooler remixes of their 2021 English language hit Butter is the K-pop...

Pen Argyl.

- BTS.

- That is correct.

Parkland!

I mean, come on.

I got nervous for you as I started to read this question.

All right, Pen Argyl, for your bonus.

HeLa was the first cell line to possess what trait meaning that cells can divide an infinite number of times due to the action of telomerase?

- Mitosis.

- That is incorrect.

It's biological immortality is the correct answer.

Next toss-up.

What quantity, which is equal to the time derived of work, is the amount of energy transferred... Parkland.

- Power.

- That is correct.

It's a unit of time and is measured in watts.

For your bonus, which Chilean poet included the line "In you, everything sank" in his collection 20 Love Poems And A Song?

- Neruda.

- Pablo Neruda is correct.

Next toss-up.

What river contains the Ordos Loop, is known locally as the Huang He, and is named for the colorful deposits of silt it receives...

Pen Argyl.

- The Yellow River.

- That is correct, from northern China.

For the bonus, what waterfall on the Auyan-tepui is the world's tallest uninterrupted waterfall?

- Angel Falls.

- That is correct.

Next toss-up.

What future president was jailed on Robben Island after the Rivonia trial and led the ANC in 1994 in its first all-racial elections in South Africa?

Pen Argyl.

- Nelson Mandela.

- That is correct.

Your bonus is in math, pencil and paper ready.

What is the base 2 logarithm... And with that, we've reached the end of the match.

Excellent match between two really great teams.

Unfortunately, Pen Argyl, at 275 points, your time is done in the tournament.

Good luck with the rest of your school year.

Parkland, congratulations - with 355 points, you move on to the fourth round.

And thank you for tuning in.

We'll see you next week when we conclude the third round where Emmaus faces off against Northwestern Lehigh.

Thank you.