(whistle blowing) (upbeat music) ♪ Go ♪ (upbeat music) - Welcome to the 2023 Scholastic Scrimmage Pennsylvania State Championship.

I'm your host, Paul Lazar.

This match will feature the winning Scholastic Scrimmage teams from three PBS stations in Pennsylvania.

The three schools and their stations are Moravian Academy, representing WLVT in the Greater Lehigh Valley.

Mercyhurst Preparatory School, representing WQLN in Erie, Pennsylvania.

And Berwick area representing WVIA, in the Wilkes-Barre Scranton area.

Representing Moravian Academy are Tyler Shankweiler, Nathaniel Schmidt is your captain, Charlene Lou, Ellie Capobianco, and their advisor is Kevin Ferdinand.

Representing Mercyhurst Preparatory School is Jack Glennon.

Finn Chambers is their captain.

Sophia Karg, Anwen Carlson, and their alternates are Olivia Costco and Alexis Yoculan.

Their advisors are Bryan Lewis and Kathy Sahlmann.

Representing Berwick is Christopher Stolla, Jack Kendran, Emma Chakowski, Josephine Morgan is her captain.

Their alternates are Eric Schweitzer and Elizabeth Gunther, and their advisor is Todd Gunther.

Scholastic Scrimmage is a game of rapid recall of factual information.

With three schools competing, the match will look a bit different.

Every question will be a toss up question and there will be no bonus questions.

On the screen, you'll see the first five students to buzz in.

The student who buzzes in first will have an opportunity to answer the toss up question first.

If they answer incorrectly, the student who buzzed in second will have a chance to answer the same question.

Well, let's get started with our first toss up question.

What law, whose integral yields the definition of impulse, states that force is the time derivative of momentum, or equivalently, that F equals MA?

Tyler, Moravian Academy.

- Newton's second law of motion.

- Is correct and we're going to move on now to our next toss up question.

And get those pencils and papers ready.

On what day of the week will January 27th fall, if January 1st was a Thursday?

Finn, Mercyhurst.

- Wednesday.

- Is incorrect.

We're going to rebound to Jack from Berwick.

- Friday.

- Is incorrect.

We're looking for Tuesday.

Tuesday.

Here's your next question.

What author wrote about the Sleer, an ancient creature that traps the man, Jack, for eternity in a novel about Nobody Owens, "The Graveyard Book?"

Emma, Berwick.

- Neil Gaiman.

- Is correct for your points.

Very good.

Let's move on now to your next toss up question.

What two-word term is used to refer to Doug Emhoff, who's married to Vice-President Kamala Harris?

Finn, Mercyhurst.

- First gentleman.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Tyler from Moravian.

- Second gentleman.

- Is correct for those rebound points.

Very good.

Here's your next question.

What founder of the computer company NeXT, who from 1986 to 2006, effectively owned Pixar, was along with Steve Wozniak, a co-founder?

Nathaniel, Moravian Academy.

- Steve Jobs.

- Is correct.

Very good.

Here's your next question.

What dynasty ruled Russia from the end of the Time of Troubles until its overthrow in the 1917 Russian Revolution?

Nathaniel, Moravian.

- The Romanovs.

- Is correct.

Excellent.

And now here's your next toss up question.

What capital city whose Itaewon district was the site of a deadly Halloween stampede in 2022 is about?

Jack, Mercyhurst.

- Seoul.

- Is correct.

Very good.

Your next question.

- Good job, Jack.

- In 1668, John Dryden became the first writer bestowed with what honorary title in England, which from 1850 - Finn, Mercyhurst.

- Sir.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Jack of Berwick.

- Lord.

- No, we were looking for poet laureate.

Poet laureate.

Here's your next question.

What painter of Catching the Thanksgiving Turkey and Apple Butter Making was an American folk painter who was nicknamed for her advanced - Finn, Mercyhurst.

- Wood.

- Is incorrect.

We'll finish the question and rebound to Berwick.

Her advanced age.

- Whistler?

- Is incorrect.

We were looking for Grandma Moses.

Here's your next question.

The Sporades and Cyclades are island groups in what sea that lies between Greece and Turkey?

Finn, Mercyhurst.

- The Aegean.

- Is correct and here's your next question.

What first organic compound found in the interstellar medium has molecular formula CH2O, is the simplest aldehyde?

Jack, Mercyhurst.

- Ethyl aldehyde.

- Is incorrect.

We're gonna rebound to Emma from Berwick.

- Glycine.

- Nope, we were looking for formaldehyde.

Formaldehyde was that answer.

Here's your next question.

A girl named Pebbles was a member of the title family on what animated TV show which - Josephine, Berwick.

- The Flintstones.

- Is correct for your points.

Very good.

Here's your next question.

Supporters of the Plan of Ayutla overthrew what one-legged 11-time president of Mexico who was captured - Finn, Mercyhurst.

- Diez.

- Is incorrect.

We're gonna rebound to Nathaniel from Moravian.

- Santa Anna.

- Is correct for those rebound points.

Very good.

Your next question is what European country, which has been continuously allied to Britain since 1386, was ruled by the house - Christopher, Berwick.

- Portugal.

- Is correct.

Very good.

Coming up on five minutes left in the round.

What African city was founded as Anfa, is the most populous in the Maghreb region, is north of Marrakesh and has a name - Emma, Berwick.

- Casablanca.

- Is correct for your points.

Excellent.

Here's your next question.

A character from Richard Sheridan's play, "The Rivals", lends her name to what accidental substitution of similar words, such as pineapple for pinnacle?

Nathaniel, Moravian.

- Malaprop.

- Is correct.

And here's the next question.

What poet of the verse novel Eugene Onegin wrote about a statue of the Tsar Peter the Great that comes to life in his poem "The Bronze Horseman?"

Nathaniel, Moravian.

- Chekhov.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Josephine in Berwick.

- Yates.

- Nope, we are looking for Alexander Pushkin.

Here's your next question.

What type of device that measures the heat of a chemical reaction has a bomb form that is often approximated with a styrofoam cup?

Finn, Mercyhurst.

- Thermometer.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Tyler from Moravian.

- Calorimeter.

- Is correct for the rebound points.

Here's your next question.

What group of early 19th century English textile workers who smashed machinery, now lend their name to those who dislike - Nathaniel, Moravian.

- Luddites.

- Is correct for your points.

Here's your next question.

What man whose namesake company supplied 1,000 Texas rangers with a weapon he invented created the Peacemaker and an early version - Tyler, Moravian.

- Colt.

- Is correct.

Very good.

Here's your next question.

What elegy for Abraham Lincoln by Walt Whitman describes a time - Finn, Mercyhurst.

- "O Captain!

My Captain!"

- Is incorrect.

I will finish the question and rebound to Berwick.

Describes a time when the great star early drooped in the western sky in the night.

- No answer.

- Okay, that's "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd".

Here's your next question.

The Saint Clair River is the main outflow of what Great Lake which contains Saginaw Bay and is connected by the Straits of Mackinac to Lake Michigan?

Finn, Mercyhurst.

- Huron.

- Is correct.

Very good.

Here's your next question.

What 18th century philosopher who wrote the Discourse on Inequality discussed the ideal education in his book Emile?

Josephine, Berwick.

- Locke.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Tyler at Moravian.

- Arminius.

- Nope, we're looking for Jean-Jacques Rousseau.

All right.

Two minutes left in the round.

What character, who describes the ferry's midwife in his Queen Mab speech, proclaims a plague of both your houses - And Emma, Berwick.

- Mercutio.

- Is correct for your points.

Excellent.

Your next question is thrombocytopenia is the state of having abnormally low levels of which small blood cells that activate to form blood clots.

Emma, Berwick.

- Platelets.

- Platelets is correct.

Excellent job.

Your next question now.

What test, which includes 200 multiple choice questions on topics such as torts and rules of evidence is taken by lawyers?

Finn, Mercyhurst.

- The bar.

- Is correct.

Excellent jobs.

Here's your next question.

What Amendment to the US constitution allows for the election of US senators by direct popular vote?

Finn, Mercyhurst.

- The 16th.

- Is incorrect.

We're going to rebound to Nathaniel from Moravian.

- The 11th.

- Is incorrect.

The answer was the 17th Amendment.

The 17th Amendment.

Your next question.

What singer claimed that "one taught me patience and one taught me pain" on a 2019 - Jack, Berwick.

- Ariana Grande.

- Is correct for your points.

Great job.

Here's your next question.

Jean-Honoré Fragonard's painting "The Swing", is an example of what highly decorative late Baroque art?

Nathaniel, Moravian.

- Rococo.

- Is correct for your points.

Here's your next question.

What prototype based programming language is used with the libraries' React and JQuery, makes client side web apps and uses the extension dot - Finn, Mercyhurst.

- HTML.

- Is incorrect.

And I'll finish the question and well that's gonna be the end of the round because that answer was a Java script.

Java script.

That sound you heard signals the end of the first half and it's now time for the lightning round.

(electricity buzzing) In this segment, each team will have an opportunity to answer as many of the 10 rapid-fire questions as they can in one minute.

Mercyhurst is currently in third place and will choose a category first.

Your categories are science books, literary first lines, or Imps.

- We'll take literary first lines.

- Literary first lines, it is.

And your time begins after I finish reading the first question.

Given the opening line of a literary work, name the author who wrote it.

And some lines have been shortened for brevity.

"Call me Ishmael."

- Melville.

- Yes.

"Mrs. Dalloway said she would buy the flowers herself."

- Bronte.

- "Wolf.

It was a bright cold day in April and the clocks were striking 13."

- Orwell.

- Yes.

"It was a pleasure to burn."

- Bradbury.

- Yes.

"All this happened, more or less."

- Tolkien?

- No, Vonnegut.

"It was a queer, sultry summer.

The summer they electrocuted the Rosenbergs."

- I have no idea.

Pass.

- That's Sylvia Plath.

"All happy families are alike."

- Pass.

- Tolstoy.

"'Where's Papa going with that ax?'

said Fern to her mother."

- Fern is from Charlotte's Web.

White.

- Is correct.

And that's going to do it for your portion of the lightning round.

Great job, Mercyhurst.

We're going to move on now to Berwick.

And your remaining categories are going to be science books or Imps.

- We'll take Imps, please.

- Okay, Imps it is.

And again, your time begins after I finish reading the first question.

Give these words that begin with the letters, I, M, P. The meeting of two colliding objects.

- Income tax.

- Impact.

- Yes.

To hint or suggest indirectly.

- Imply.

Imply.

- Imply.

- Yes.

An insurmountable obstacle, as in a debate.

- Impossible.

- Impossible.

- Impossible.

- Impossible.

- No, impasse.

A fraudulent person who passes themselves off as someone else.

- Imposter.

- Imposter.

- Imposter.

- Yes.

Italian term for a prolific theater or opera producer.

- Impresario.

- Impresario.

- Is correct.

To skewer something, as with a pole or spear.

- Impale.

- Impale.

- Is correct.

The formal process of charging a politician with misconduct.

- Impeach.

- Impeach.

- Yes.

To invent something spur of the moment, as an actor might.

- Improvise.

- Improvise.

- Yes.

The grammatical mood used for commands.

- Imperative.

- Imperative.

- Yes.

And that's going to do it for your portion of the lightning round, Berwick.

Great job.

And now we're going to turn to Moravian.

And your remaining category is going to be science books.

And again, your time begins after I finish reading the first question.

Name the authors of these books about science.

On the Origin of Species, which discusses evolution.

- Darwin.

- Yes.

The ancient Greek geometry text, The Elements.

- Euclid.

- Yes.

Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems, which defended heliocentrism.

- Oh, Copernicus.

- Copernicus.

- Galileo.

The 1980 book, Cosmos.

- Pass.

- Carl Sagan.

Gorillas in the Mist.

- Goodall.

- Goodall.

- Dian Fossey.

Silent Spring.

- Pass.

- Rachel Carson.

Astrophysics for People in a Hurry.

- Tyson.

- Tyson.

- Yes.

The Selfish Gene.

- Dawkins.

- He is correct.

Gaia, A New Look at Life on Earth.

Ran outta time there.

That was James Lovelock.

And that's the end of the lightning round.

And we currently have a great game going so far.

We have right now, Berwick in the lead with 150.

We have Moravian Academy at 140 and Mercyhurst at 80.

Still plenty of time to catch up.

And now we're going to move into the second half of the game with this toss up question.

What multi-word term describes the phenomenon in which human activities make an urban area significantly warmer than the rural areas around it?

Emma, Berwick.

- I was... - Sorry.

We're gonna have to rebound now to Finn from Mercyhurst.

- City heating.

- Is incorrect.

We're looking for heat island.

What country is home to the Cliff Palace, a dwelling first carved by the Anasazi in Mesa Verde National Park and the - Emma, Berwick.

- United States.

- Is correct.

Here's your next question.

Lester Joseph Gillis was a 1930s bank robber, better known by what nickname referencing his unusually youthful appearance?

Jack, Berwick.

- Billy the Kid.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Tyler from Moravian.

- Kit Carson.

- Nope.

We're looking for Baby Face Nelson.

Baby Face Nelson.

Here's your next question.

What Italian sculptor who showed reclining figures of the Earth and sea in his golden salt cellar sculpted a bronze Perseus with the Head of Medusa?

Josephine, Berwick.

- Bernini.

- Is incorrect.

We're going to rebound to Ellie from Moravian.

- Michelangelo.

- No, the answer was Benvenuto Cellini.

Here's your next question.

What region whose devolved parliament is in Holyrood lends its name to a national party led by Nicola Sturgeon?

Finn, Mercyhurst.

- Scotland.

- Is correct.

Great job.

Here comes your next question.

What Saint reputedly ate and revived a bull sent by the pagan chief Crom, drove out all the snakes, and used the shamrock to explain - Finn.

- Patrick.

- Is correct.

Very, very good.

Here comes your next question.

A theory named for what mathematical constructs has its origins in Leonhard Euler's An Analysis of the Bridges of Königsberg problem?

Emma, Berwick.

- Graph theory.

- Is correct.

Great job.

Here's your next question.

What author who wrote about Gilbert Markham's love for Helen Graham in "The Tenant of Wildfell Hall," was the sister of authors Charlotte and Emily?

Jack, Berwick.

Okay, we're running out of time there.

We're gonna rebound to Nathaniel from Moravian.

- Emma Bronte.

- Is incorrect.

We're looking for Anne Bronte.

Anne Bronte.

Here's your next question.

In 1953, what Middle Eastern country's prime minister, Mohammad Mosaddegh, was overthrown in a coup backed by the CIA and Britain's MI6?

Finn, Mercyhurst.

- Iran.

- Is correct.

Very good.

Here comes your next question.

What NHL team, whose fans throw octopi onto the ice at home playoff games has a wheel on its logo?

Jack, Berwick - Kraken.

- Is incorrect.

I'll finish the question and rebound to Anwen from Mercyhurst.

And plays at Little Caesar's Arena in Michigan.

- Krakens.

- Is incorrect.

We're looking for the Detroit Red Wings.

The Red Wings.

Here comes your next question.

In professional orchestras, what is the term for the musician, traditionally the first chair violin, who is second in authority?

Ellie, Moravian.

- Concert master.

- Is correct.

Wonderful job.

Here comes your next question.

In August 2022, a judge ordered what company to rehire the Memphis Seven, a group of - Finn, Mercyhurst.

- Starbucks.

- Is correct.

Here's your next toss-up question.

A 2022 Royal Society paper concluded that the Chinese population of what mammals, related to manatees, had become functionally extinct?

Emma, Berwick - Elephants.

- Is incorrect.

We're going to rebound to Finn for Mercyhurst.

- Cows.

- No, we are looking for dugongs.

Dugongs.

Here's your next question, and get those pencils and papers ready.

If a teacher requires 10 minutes to grade a single essay, how many hours will she need to grade 24 essays?

Emma, Berwick.

- Five.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Finn for Mercyhurst.

- Four.

- Four is correct for your rebound points.

Okay students, here comes your next question.

What author depicted Frank Shabata murdering the lovers Marie and Emil in a novel in which Alexandra Bergson inherits a farm in Nebraska, O Pioneers?

Nathaniel, Moravian.

- Cather.

- Is correct.

Great job.

And here comes your next question.

What river that empties into Long Island Sound flows between Vermont and New Hampshire?

Nathaniel, Moravian.

- The Connecticut.

- Is correct.

Very good.

Here's your next toss up.

What man claimed that he was enduring a high-tech lynching during the Anita Hill scandal which almost derailed his Supreme Court appointment?

Finn, Mercyhurst.

- Clarence Thomas.

- Is correct.

Here's your next toss up.

What quantity equals one half kx squared for a spring, or mgh?

Christopher, Berwick.

- Kinetic energy.

- Is incorrect.

I will finish the question and rebound to Mercyhurst.

For an object near Earth's surface and is determined by a system's configuration rather than its motion.

- Potential energy.

- Is correct for your rebound points.

Very good.

Here's your next question.

What shape is the namesake of a class of galaxies that have no spiral arms and is held by Kepler's first law?

Emma, Berwick.

- Irregular.

- Is incorrect.

I'll finish the question and rebound to Finn at Mercyhurst.

And is held by Kepler's first law to be the shape of planetary orbits.

- Elliptical.

- Is correct for your rebound points.

Great job.

Here's your next question.

What NFL team, which in October 2022, fired head coach Matt Rhule after a one in four start - Nathaniel, Moravian.

- The Panthers.

- Is correct.

The Carolina Panthers.

Great job.

Coming up on just three minutes left in the game.

What structure, whose foundation stone lies above the Well of Souls, is just north of the Al-Aqsa Mosque and is an Islamic - Finn, Mercyhurst.

- The Church of the Holy Sepulcher.

- Is incorrect.

We're going to rebound to Josephine after I finish.

Is an Islamic shrine in Jerusalem.

- The Kaaba.

- Is correct.

Very good.

Here comes your next question.

What Germanic people who killed the Roman emperors, Decius and Valens in battle, sacked Rome in AD 410 under Alaric?

Finn, Mercyhurst.

- The Vandals.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Nathaniel, Moravian.

- The Goths.

- Goths is correct for your rebound points.

Great job.

Here's your next question now.

What woman who was secretly engaged to Henry Percy for a time in 1523, bore Elizabeth I, and was later beheaded as the second wife - Finn, Mercyhurst.

- Anne.

- Okay, we're gonna rebound now to Josephine from Berwick.

- Anne Boleyn.

- Is correct for your rebound points.

All right, here comes your next tossup question.

In November, 2022, Sam Bankman-Fried resigned as CEO of what cryptocurrency exchange, which has filed - Christopher, Berwick.

- FTX.

- Is correct.

Here comes your next toss up.

What index, which first crossed 30,000 in 2020, is an industrial average of the - Tyler, Moravian.

- Nasdaq.

- Is incorrect.

I'll finish the question and rebound to Finn of Mercyhurst.

- The Dow Jones.

- Is correct.

Here comes your next question.

What 18th century German portrayed a fraternal rivalry in his play, "The Robbers", and helped to inspire a musical work by writing the poem Ode to Joy?

Tyler, Moravian.

- Schrodinger.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Emma from Berwick.

- I heard it.

I was gonna say Beethoven, but that's not right.

I don't think, Beethoven.

- We're looking for a Friedrich Schiller.

Friedrich Schiller.

Here's your next question.

30 seconds left.

What story, in which Ivan is killed by a knife tied to a tree, is a Richard Connell story in which General Zaroff attempts to hunt and kill Rainsford?

Finn, Mercyhurst.

- The Most Dangerous Game.

- Is correct.

Here's your next toss up question.

What small island that is part of French Guiana is a former penal colony whose prisoners include Alfred Dreyfus?

Finn, Mercyhurst.

- San Domingo.

- Is incorrect.

Rebound to Emma from Berwick.

And we ran out of time there, unfortunately.

That was Devil's Island.

And that's the end of the game.

And our score is Berwick with 200.

We have Moravian Academy with 190.

And Mercyhurst with 180.

Meaning Berwick, you are this year's Scholastic Scrimmage state champion!

I'm your host Paul Lazar, and thank you for watching.

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