Hello and welcome to the 11th match of the first round of the 49th season of Scholastic Scrimmage.

I'm your host, David Graf.

Today's match between Saucon Valley and Wilson 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 it's not necessarily indicative of academic training.

And now let's begin with the match.

We have our first toss up question - buzzers ready.

What man who was the first person ever to resign from the Soviet Politburo defeated Nikolai Ryzhkov in 1991, in Russia's first presidential election?

Saucon Valley.

- Boris Yeltsin.

- Boris Yeltsin is the correct answer.

For your bonus, what general led the punitive expedition against Pancho Villa and the American exploratory force in World War I - Expeditionary Force, excuse me, in World War I?

- I'm not sure... - Woodrow Wilson.

- That's incorrect, John J Pershing is the correct answer.

Next toss up question.

What man stated that a certain line segment sweeps out equal areas in equal times and that orbits are elliptical?

- Wilson.

- Kepler.

- Kepler is correct, and that was in his laws of planetary motion.

For your bonus, the Vaal is a majority tributary of what colorfully named river that formed parts of the border between Namibia and South Africa?

The Orange River is the correct answer.

Next toss up question.

What prehistoric period whose late portion names a civilization collapse of the 12th century BC occurred...?

Saucon Valley.

- The Bronze Age collapse.

- The Bronze Age is correct, and it occurred between the Stone Age and Iron Age.

For your bonus, Ukraine has accused Russia of planning what alliteratively named attacks in which a country blames another nation for an act that they commit?

That alliterative attack is a false flag.

Next toss up question.

What city which contains the glassmaking island of Murano, is home to the Rialto Bridge and the Bridge...?

- Venice.

- Wilson.

- Go ahead.

- Venice.

- Venice is correct - and it contains many canals, was the end of the question.

For your bonus, what American author published the 1856 collection The Piazza Tales, which includes a novella about a slave revolt entitled Benito Cereno.

- Frederick Douglass.

- Incorrect.

Herman Melville is the correct answer.

Next toss up question.

In what state was architect Rex Heuermann arrested in 2023?

- Saucon Valley.

- New York.

- New York is correct, and he was linked to the death of four women.

For your bonus, what Chinese politician whose three principles were nationalism, democracy and livelihood was the co founder and first leader of the Kuomintang?

Let your captain know, Ryan, and he'll give me the answer.

- Sun Yat-sen. - Sun Yat-sen is correct - and on our pre-match coin toss coin, he was the portrait on the side of the 10NT$ coin.

The next toss up question is in mathematics.

Pencil and paper ready.

What is the arithmetic mean of the four numbers 13, -3, 6 and 8, given...?

- 6 - Saucon Valley.

6 is correct.

You don't even need the given, then.

For your bonus, Don Henley is a founding member of what rock band behind such titles as Take It Easy, Desperado and Hotel California?

- The Eagles.

- The Eagles is correct.

Next toss up question.

What country, which was the location of prison S-21 was the site of the killing fields of Pol Pot during the reign of the...?

Saucon Valley.

- Cambodia.

- That is correct.

It was during the reign of the Khmer Rouge.

For your bonus, what Schuyler quantity, which equals the square root of the bulk modulus over density, is found in the denominator of the formula for the mock number?

- Errors of sense.

- That's incorrect, it's the speed of sound, is the correct answer.

Next toss up question.

What philosophical concept, the subjects of Plato's Theaetetus, has been defined as justice... justified true belief, and is studied in the field of epistemology?

Knowledge is the correct answer.

Next toss up question.

What author of the play The Skin of Our Teeth depicted small town American life in Grover's Corners, New Hampshire, in his play, Our Town?

Thornton Wilder is the correct answer.

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

What is the combined weight in pounds of three identical bricks if five such bricks have a total weight of 20 pounds?

- Wilson.

- 60.

- Wilson.

- 60.

- That is incorrect.

There's still some time for Saucon Valley.

- 12.

- 12 is correct, Alexander.

For your bonus, the rusting of iron is an example of what kind of reaction in which a species loses electrons?

- Oxidation - That was... That's OK.

It's a bonus.

You are correct, Lincoln.

It is oxidation.

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

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

Your topics you can pick from are primes or A in US geography.

- Geography.

- A in US geography, please.

- Saucon Valley, your topic is A in US geography.

Give these geological answers that begin with the letter A.

State known as the Cotton State.

- Alabama.

- Correct.

Alaska's most populous city.

- Anchorage.

- Correct.

Mountain range whose sub ranges include the Blue Ridge Mountains.

- Appalachian.

- Correct.

Texas City that hosts the South by Southwest Festival.

- Austin.

- Correct.

Utah National Park whose delicate landform appears on state license plates.

- Arch.

- More...

Anything else?

- Arches.

- Arches is correct.

River that flows through Tulsa and Wichita, - Arkansas.

- That is correct.

State with public university campuses in Tucson and Tempe.

- Arizona.

- Correct.

Most populous city of New Mexico.

- Albuquerque.

- Correct.

Island chain whose Attu and Kiska were occupied by the Japanese in World War II.

- Aleutian.

- Correct.

City home to the US Naval Academy.

- Annapolis.

- Annapolis is correct.

All right, Saucon Valley, you know your As in US geography.

Wilson, that leaves you with primes.

Primes.

Answer the following about prime numbers.

The only even prime.

- 2.

- 2 is correct.

No need to buzz in.

Class of integers past 1 that are not prime.

- Pass.

- Greek mathematician whose theorem says that there are infinitely many primes.

- Archimedes.

- That is incorrect.

Theorem that integers past 1 can be factored into primes.

- Pass.

- Smallest three digit prime.

- 101.

- That is correct.

Unproven hypothesis about the distribution of primes, a Millennium Prize problem.

- Pass.

- Name for primes that differ by two.

- Pass.

- Type of prime that that's one less than a power of two.

All right, and with that, we are out of time.

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

What case, in which William Jennings Bryan was asked about biblical morality by Clarence Darrow, saw a Tennessee man convicted of teaching evolution?

Saucon Valley.

- Scopes Monkey Trial.

- The Scopes Monkey Trial is correct.

For your bonus, what former president who took office after Zachary Taylor died ran as the Know Nothing candidate in the election of 1856?

- Buchanan.

- That is incorrect.

Millard Fillmore is the correct answer.

Next toss up.

What particles which were discovered via deep inelastic scattering form baryons and have flavors including charm...?

- Saucon Valley.

- Quarks.

- Quarks are correct.

The other flavors include strange, up and down.

For your bonus, alfalfa and apples are examples of what types of plant defined as one that can live for three or more years?

- Perennials.

- Perennial is correct.

Next toss up question.

What island lies west of Sulawesi and north of the Java Sea, is divided between the three countries of...?

- Borneo.

- Borneo is correct, and it's between Brunei, Malaysia and Indonesia.

For your bonus, what English artist showed a recently married couple in Mr and Mrs Andrews and painted a child dressed in an entitled color, The Blue Boy?

- Samuel Beckett.

- That's incorrect.

Thomas Gainsborough is the correct answer.

Next toss up question.

What center who lost the 1993 Stanley Cup finals while leading the Los Angeles Kings is the NHL's all time leader in both assists and goals?

Saucon Valley.

- Gretzky.

- Wayne Gretzky is correct.

For your bonus, in 2015, the Department of the Interior changed the name of Mount McKinley, giving it the name from an Athabaskan word meaning the tall one?

- Denali.

- Denali is correct.

Next toss up question that we'll move on to.

What state was governed by segregationist Orval Faubus when, in 1957, nine students attempted to integrate...?

- Saucon Valley.

- Arkansas.

- Arkansas is correct, and they attempted to integrate its Central High School in Little Rock.

For your bonus, what name is shared by two Roman senators, the elder of whom repeatedly said, "Carthago..." - Uh, Cato?

- Cato is correct.

I didn't even have to finish the rest of the question.

Yes, Ryan, from now on, remember, tell your captain - and also, Saucon, remember too, I know we're excited, but let's stay settled during the toss up questions and confer during bonuses.

On to next toss up question.

What seven letter adjective denotes reproductive processes such as parthenogenesis and budding, which creates identical offspring with only one parent?

- Saucon Valley.

- Asexual.

- Asexual is correct, and for your bonus, what word can name any gemstone other than rubies that is made from corundum, such as the birthstone for September?

- Sapphire.

- Sapphire is correct, and they come in many colors outside of just the known color of blue.

And with that, we have reached halftime.

Saucon Valley currently leads with a score of 235 to Wilson's 25 - and now we'll get to know the students a little bit better.

They're going to introduce themselves with their first and last name, their grade level, and they'll answer the question, If you could visit any country in the world, where would it be?

Saucon Valley.

Ryan, we start with you.

Go ahead.

- What was the question?

- So it's first and last name, grade level and any country in the world you could visit.

- Hello, my name is Ryan Wang, I'm a junior, and if I could visit any country in the world, - I would visit Japan.

- OK. - Hi, I'm Alex.

If I could visit any country in the world, I would visit Kyrgyzstan, and I'm a sophomore.

- OK. - My name is Lincoln Alicea, I am a senior, and I would visit Italy.

- And Paul.

- Hi, I'm Paul Mihalistas.

I'm a junior, and if I have to go to a country, I'll pick Germany.

- All right.

Very cool.

Wilson.

Jenni, on to you.

- Hi, I'm Jenni.

I'm a senior and I would visit Iceland.

- OK. - I'm Chase, I'm a senior as well, and I'd probably visit Greece.

- Hi, I'm Hans, I'm a senior, I'd visit Germany.

- I'm Sophia Bandi, I'm a junior and I would visit France.

- Very cool - and I think it was Lincoln said Italy, so, as of taping, timing wise, next week I get to go to Milan for work.

So, it's a cool city.

It's the fastest moving Italian city out of all the Italian cities.

OK. We continue on with the second half of the match with the following toss up question.

What body chaired in August 2023 by Linda Thomas-Greenfield is tasked with preserving international peace and has five permanent members with...?

Saucon Valley.

- The Security Council.

- The United Nations Security Council is correct, and those five permanent members each have a veto.

For your bonus, what English poet wrote, "I hope to see my pilot face to face in crossing the bar," which he wanted to be the last piece in all collections of his poems?

- Samuel Beckett.

- That's incorrect.

It's Alfred, Lord Tennyson is the correct answer.

Next toss up question.

What novel, which the wealthy child Amir witnesses the assault...?

Saucon Valley.

- The Kite Runner.

- The Kite Runner is correct.

For your bonus, what Midwestern city where anarchists like August Spies arrested...was arrested after an 1886 bombing during a labor protest in Haymarket Square in this city's West Side?

- Chicago.

- Chicago is correct.

Next toss up question.

What state, which is the setting of the movies 50 First Dates and The...?

Wilson.

- Hawaii.

- Hawaii is correct - and it was also used as a setting in The Descendants, was the other part of the clue.

For your bonus, eskolaite is a rare ore of what transition metal highly resistant to tarnishing whose name refers to its brightly colored compounds?

- Neon.

- Neon is incorrect.

Chromium is the correct answer.

Next toss up question.

What senator who left a woman to drown during the Chappaquiddick incident represented Massachusetts and was the brother of a former president?

- Samuel Adams.

That is incorrect.

Over to Wilson.

No conferring, but there's still some time.

Go ahead, Wilson.

- Kennedy.

- Unfortunately, we can't take that.

It's - we need specifically that it was Ted Kennedy, brother of JFK.

Next toss up question.

What photographer whose wartime assistant was Alexander Gardner took over 10,000 photos capturing the reality of Civil War...?

Saucon Valley.

- Brady.

- Brady is correct, and he was capturing Civil War battlefields.

For your bonus, Porto, a city along the Douro River, is known for its wine trade, is the second most populous city in what European country?

- Portugal.

- Portugal is correct.

Next toss up question.

What organelles which contain membrane bound structures called thylakoids where light dependency... Saucon Valley.

- Chloroplasts.

- Chloroplasts is correct, and it is the site of photosynthesis.

For your bonus, in 1879, Britain fought in the Battle of Isandlwana against what African empire?

You can let me finish the question, but if you know, go ahead and tell your captain.

- Zulu.

- Zulu.

- The Zulu Empire is correct.

It's OK. Ryan's, quick on the buzzer.

I know we want to make sure we get in on time.

OK, everyone settle.

Next toss up question.

What author was interpreted by a person from Porlock while writing a poem about a pleasure dome built in Xanadu by the title Emperor Kubla Khan.

Excuse me.

He was interrupted by a person from Porlock.

Little error here on the card.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge is the correct answer.

Next toss up question.

What name is shared by a king known as Bluetooth, a Norse king who lost the battle of Stamford Bridge, and the Anglo-Saxon king who died at Hastings?

- Andrada.

- Saucon Valley?

- Say it again?

- Andrada.

- That is incorr... That is incorrect.

Over to Wilson.

Go ahead.

- Edward.

- That is also incorrect.

It's Harald, or we would have needed Harald Hardrada for the correct answer.

Next toss up question.

What sitcom in which Dr Leo Spaceman gave dubious medical care to Tracy Jordan and NBC's sketch comedy writer Liz Lemon was created by Tina Fey?

It might be a little before everybody's time here on stage.

It's the sitcom 30 Rock.

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

Wilson, here's a chance to make up some points, and here are your topics you can select from.

Best selling albums since the year 2000, or vowels.

- All right, Wilson, you have best selling albums since the year 2000.

Name the singer or band whose albums include 21, which opens with Rolling in the Deep.

- Adele.

- Correct.

The Marshall Mathers LP, which contains The Real Slim Shady.

- Eminem.

- Correct.

American Idiot, which has songs by Billie Joe Armstrong.

- Green Day.

- Correct.

The greatest hits album 1, which contains Hey Jude.

- Beatles.

- That is correct.

- Oops, I Did It Again, the follow up... - Britney Spears.

- That is correct.

A Rush of Blood to the Head and X&Y.

- Pass.

- Doo-Wops & Hooligans, which contains Just The Way You Are.

- Bruno Mars.

- That is correct.

Back To Black, which contains Rehab.

- AC/DC.

- That is incorrect.

Let Go, which contains the pop punk song Sk8er Boi.

- Avril Lavigne.

- That is correct.

Fallen, which contains Bring Me to Life.

- Pass.

- That is Evanescence, and you guys did a pretty good job - the only other one that you guys missed there was Back to Black, which contains Rehab was Amy Winehouse.

All right, Saucon Valley, vowels.

Give these vowels - and note that some answers may repeat.

Letter that begins Canada's national anthem.

- O.

- Correct.

Vowel that ends most Spanish feminine nouns.

- A.

- Correct.

Transcendental number that is approximately 2.718.

- E. - That is... Say it again.

- E. - That is correct.

Prefix meaning descendant found at the beginning of many Irish surnames.

- O.

- Correct.

Largest vowel on Snellen charts used by eye doctors.

- E. - Correct.

Universal donor blood type.

- O.

- Correct.

Major scale whose key signature has four sharps.

- E. - Correct.

Represents current in Ohm's Law.

- O.

- Incorrect.

Burmese honorific that precedes Thant in the name of the US...of the UN Secretary General.

- A.

- That is incorrect.

Vowel in the Welsh words cwm and crwth that is a consonant in English.

- W. - W is correct.

All right.

We'll conclude the final quarter of this match with the following toss up question.

What painting whose setting is a road in Eichenberg depicts a tumultuous orange sky behind an agonized figure covering his ear?

- Saucon Valley.

- The Scream.

That is correct and it is by Edvard Munch.

For your bonus, it's in math, pencil and paper ready.

What is the discriminant of the quadratic polynomial 2x squared - 5x + 3 found by evaluating B squared minus 4ac?

You can...

It's bonus, so let your captain know.

- 1.

- 1 is correct.

Next toss up question/.

What process which heats then rapidly cools a liquid to kill bacteria is named...?

- Pasteurization.

- That is correct, and it's named for its French inventor.

For your bonus, what Whig politician who rose to power after the South Sea Bubble burst is generally considered to have been Britain's first prime minister?

Robert Walpole is the correct answer.

Next toss up question.

What military leader who had a scandalous affair with Lady Hamilton was commanding the HMS Victory in 1805 when he died at the Battle of Trafalgar?

Saucon Valley.

- Uh... - Right away.

- Admiral Nelson.

- That is correct.

It would be Lord Horatio Nelson, is the correct answer.

For your bonus, what performers, one of whom names a Giuseppe Verdi opera, was originally medieval composers and singers of lyric poetry, especially of courtly love?

- Anyone know a Verdi opera?

- La Traviata.

- La Traviatas.

- That's incorrect.

It would be troubadours, that's the correct answer.

Next toss up question.

What character whose bounty is as boundless as the sea is courted by Paris, has a cousin named Tybalt and...?

- Juliet - Saucon Valley.

- Juliet.

- Juliet is correct - and is a star crossed lover with Romeo, is the end of the question.

For your bonus, in July 2023, Michigan filed forgery charges against 16 people who falsely claimed to have served in what role on December 14th, 2020?

- People who count votes for the election.

- Unfortunately, that's incorrect, but you were on the right track - It's presidential electors.

Next toss up question.

What beings described in the Theogony as divine craftsmen who forged Zeus's lightning bolts...?

- Dwarves.

- Say that again?

- Dwarves.

- That is incorrect.

I'll finish the question for Wilson.

..who forged Zeus's thunderbolts include Polyphemus, and were notable...?

- Wilson.

- Cyclops.

Is correct - and they're notable for having only one eye.

For your bonus, in the Harry Potter series, Hufflepuff's Cup and Ravenclaw's Diadem were examples of what magical objects that each held a fragment of Voldemort's soul?

- Horcrux is correct.

Next toss up question.

What state which in 2019 launched an antidrug campaign called "Meth.

We're on it" is governed by mask mandate opposed Kristi Noem from Pierre?

Saucon Valley.

- South Dakota.

- South Dakota is correct.

For your bonus, what comic book character who became Batman's partner in the 2018 Damned storyline is an exorcist from Liverpool who is played on TV by Matt Ryan.

- John Constantine.

- Constantine.

- John Constantine is correct.

Next toss up question.

What force, which is generated by a difference in pressure on the two sides of an airfoil, opposes the weight of an airplane to keep it in the air?

Saucon Valley.

- Lift.

- Lift is correct.

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

Wilson, you just ran up against a really strong foe who hopefully will make it far in the tournament.

Wilson, you have 85 points, Saucon Valley with 400 and, I believe, 5 points, there, you are, the winners.

Congratulations.

We'll see you in the next round.

Wilson, like I said, tough opponents to run up against.

Good luck with the rest of your school year.

Thank you for tuning in.

We'll see you next week when Northern Lehigh faces off against William Allen.