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Hello and welcome to the first match of the second round of the 50 season of Scholastic Scrimmage.

I'm your host, David Graff.

Today's match is between Stroudsburg area High School for one scrimmage three times over the last 50 seasons at Freedom High School, who have won the tournament twice.

Now, I know what you're thinking.

Wait a minute.

We didn't see these two schools in the first round.

Well, that's because the teams that both Stroudsburg and Freedom were set to face in the first round had to forfeit their matches, and the brackets were already set, so they go on to the second round.

Now, as a reminder for Scholastic scrimmage, the match will be composed of two halves with a lightning round midway through each half and half time will pass.

The students can introduce themselves and we'll get to know them a little bit better.

Scholastic scrimmage requires rapid recall specific factual information as not necessarily indicative of academic training.

And now let's begin with our first toss up question.

Buzzers.

Ready.

What state?

Where Congressman Ruben Gallego ran in 2024 to replace former Democratic Senator Kirsten Cinema.

Is a southwest swing state.

Stroudsburg.

Arizona.

Arizona is correct for your bonus.

Cape Angelo, which contains the northernmost point on mainland Africa, is found in what country?

Morocco.

That is incorrect.

Tunisia is the correct answer.

The next toss up question is in math.

So pencil and paper ready?

How many minutes will a round trip take?

If the first leg takes 15 minutes and the last leg takes one fifth less time?

Freedom.

40 minutes.

That is incorrect.

Over.

Stroudsburg.

Go ahead.

28 minutes.

Until.

That is also incorrect.

It's 27 minutes.

So I think you probably as soon as it came out of your mouth.

Is that correct?

27 minutes.

The correct answer.

Okay, on to the next tossup question.

What surname is shared by a California governor recalled in 20?

In 2003, an actress known for her eyes named Betty and the president of the Confederacy Freedom League.

That's incorrect.

Over to Stroudsburg.

No conferring, but it's a freebie.

Now for you.

Go ahead.

Charles Berg.

Robert.

That is also incorrect.

Davis.

Both gray Davis, Betty Davis and Jefferson Davis.

On to the next toss up question.

What Kingdom used both, though both regiments to trigger a series of population displacements called the infarction under King's Dingaan, Castillo and Shaka.

That kingdom is the Zulu Kingdom.

Next toss up question.

What book?

Whose sequel, White Bird contains the story of the bully Julian, was written by RJ Palacio about Auggie, a boy with a facial.

Stroudsburg.

Wonder is Correct is written about a boy with a facial difference.

For your bonus, the Bridle course comes from what Richard Wagner opera named after a night of the Holy Grail.

Arthur.

Incorrect.

Lohengrin is a correct answer.

Next toss up question.

What scientists names a statement about fermions.

That means that at most, two electrons can be in the same orbital.

Called his exclusion principle.

Free.

Go ahead.

Freedom.

Pauli.

Pauli is correct.

Wolfgang Pauli is a correct answer for your bonus.

What ten letter adjective describes novels written in the form of letters, such as Samuel Richardson's Clarissa?

The correct answer is an epistolary.

Next toss up question.

What royal house descended from Electra?

Sophia, due to the Act of Settlement, preceded Saxe-Coburg Gotha and produced four monarchs named George.

Freedom.

Windsor.

That is incorrect.

Over to Stroudsburg.

What would you do?

Go ahead.

Tudor.

That is also incorrect.

The House of Hanover is a correct answer.

Next tossup question.

What novel in which Pete, Georgie and Dem speak a futuristic slang called NAD sat was written by Anthony Burgess about the ultraviolent teen Alex.

The novel is also made into a movie by Stanley Kubrick.

A Clockwork Orange.

Next toss up question what molecule, which can be added using Wilkinson's catalyst, is added to Orkneys and alkenes to reduce them to our alkaline aids, and is the lightest gas.

Stroudsburg.

Helium.

That's incorrect.

Over to freedom.

Hydrogen.

Say it again.

Hydrogen.

Hydrogen is correct.

For your bonus, a plain, unadorned capital is typical.

Of what?

Order of column in ancient Greek architecture.

Which is simpler than the Ionic and Corinthian.

Again.

That's incorrect.

The Doric order is the correct answer.

Next tossup question.

In July 2024, what party lost 234 seats, including that of former leader Liz Truss, in a landslide defeat to cure Starmers Labor Party in Britain?

Stroudsburg.

Reform UK.

That is incorrect.

I'll finish the question for freedom to Keir Starmers Labor Party in Britain.

Go ahead.

Freedom.

The Conservative Party.

The Conservative Party or Tories is correct for your bonus.

In what country did Patriarch Nixon's 1653 reforms caused a major schism, which resulted in a movement of so-called Old Believers?

Russia.

Russia is correct.

And with that, we move on to our first lightning round in a pre-match coin toss.

It was determined that Stroudsburg will get to pick between the following topics.

Stroudsburg.

You could select between the three BS of classical music or women in sports.

Women in sports.

Women in sports.

It is Strasburg.

Your first lightning round topic is women in sports.

Name the primary sport played by these women.

Simone Biles.

Gym gymnasts.

Correct.

Naomi.

Osaka.

Tennis.

Correct.

Katie Ledecky.

Swimming.

Correct.

Sha'carri.

Richardson.

Track and field.

Correct.

Angel.

Reese.

Basketball.

Correct.

Trinity.

Rodman.

Soccer.

Correct.

Kerry.

Walsh.

Jennings.

Swimming.

Incorrect.

Chloe.

Kim.

Snowboarding.

Correct.

Marie.

Phillips.

Poulin.

Pass.

Nelly.

Korda.

Pass.

Nelly Korda was a R is a golfer.

Right over.

To freedom.

Your topic is three BS of classical music.

Given a statement, state whether it applies to Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, or none of the above.

His Ninth Symphony ends with a setting of ode to Joy.

Beethoven.

Correct.

Was born in England.

France.

Incorrect.

Wrote more than 200 cantatas.

Bach.

Correct.

Composed a German Requiem.

Proms.

Correct.

Fidelio was his only opera.

None of them.

Incorrect.

Is considered a composer of the Baroque period.

Beethoven.

Incorrect.

Died before age 40.

Bach.

Incorrect.

Was a close friend of Robert and Clara Schumann.

Brahms.

Correct.

His oratorios, based on the life of Christ, include.

Saint Matthew's Passion.

Beethoven.

Incorrect.

A movement from a string quartet became his Adagio for, and that one was Adagio for strings, which was none of the above.

That was by Samuel Barber.

Okay.

We'll continue on with the following tossup question.

What landmark, which is formed by the on the I in top way in the Canyon National Park, is named for an American aviator and is the world's tallest waterfall.

Stroudsburg.

Victoria falls.

That is incorrect.

Over to freedom.

Go ahead.

Freedom.

Earhart falls.

That is also incorrect.

It's Angel falls, named for Jimmy Angel.

Next toss up question.

What title character who walks to Stonehenge with her husband, Angel Clare, in an 1891 novel by Thomas Hardy, is descended from the noble d'Urbervilles.

Tester Barfield is the correct answer.

Next tossup question.

What former secretary for E d Nixon sparked a widespread boycott in 1955, in Montgomery, Alabama, after she refused to give up her seat on a bus.

Freedom.

Rosa Parks.

That is correct.

She refused to give up her seat on a bus for bonus.

In 1865.

Henry Wirz was executed for his role in running what kind of facility?

Near Andersonville, Georgia, where almost 13,000 people died.

In Armory.

That is incorrect.

A prisoner of war camp is a correct answer.

Next toss up question.

What philosopher who described the possibility of being misled by a demon in his Meditations on First Philosophy and also said, I think, therefore I am.

Schlossberg Marcus Aurelius.

That's incorrect.

Over to freedom.

Go ahead.

Freedom.

Socrates.

That's also incorrect.

René Descartes was a philosopher looking for.

The.

Next tossup question.

What circuit element, whose strength is measured in ferrets, can be increased by inserting a dielectric, and is used to store charge on its plates.

The correct answer is a capacitor.

Next toss up question.

What black pianist notes.

So that's how I ended up at Juilliard.

In a 2023 documentary, American Symphony, for which he wrote the song.

It never went away.

Jon Batiste is the correct answer.

And with that, we've reached halftime.

We have a close match underway.

Stroudsburg currently trails freedom with a score of 35 to 45, and now will take a moment for the students to introduce themselves with their first and last name, their grade level.

And the answer to the following question.

What is your favorite innovation of the last 50 years?

Stroudsburg.

Savannah.

Go ahead.

My name is Savannah Morgan, and I'm in 11th grade.

And I think my third invention is like the Kindle.

Like an e-reader can read books.

Okay.

Hello, I'm Jacob Pachter, I'm in 10th grade, and my favorite innovation is probably YouTube.

I love YouTube.

Okay.

My name is Peter Lieber.

I'm in 12th grade, and my favorite innovation is probably wireless earbuds.

My name is Mason Ulmer.

I'm in 10th grade and my favorite innovation is TikTok.

All right.

And on to Matt at Freedom.

Go ahead.

I'm Matt Hyneman.

I'm in 12th grade, and my favorite innovation is the car.

Okay.

I'm very content.

I'm in 12th grade, and my favorite innovation is passenger airlines.

Okay.

I'm Daniella Gazelle.

I'm in 12th grade, and my favorite innovation is probably the microwave.

All right.

And I'm.

Hugo.

I'm in 12th grade.

And my favorite innovation is probably like a gel pen.

Oh.

Very good.

Yeah.

Very good.

So, Peter, I travel a lot for work.

So earbuds.

But noise canceling earbuds, I think are an innovation.

It's amazing how much more comfortable makes a flight.

All right.

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

What novel, whose protagonist is from Jeffrey in The Gambia, is subtitled The Saga of an American Family, is about Kunta Kinte and is by Alex Haley.

The correct answer is roots.

Next toss up question.

What state?

Which is home to Block Island Sound and most of Narragansett Bay is known as the Ocean State and is governed from Providence.

Freedom, Rhode Island.

Rhode Island is correct.

And for your bonus, a trill is a special case of what musical effect denoted by heavy bars, that is, a rapid alternation between two notes.

The correct answer is a tremolo.

Next toss up question.

In what election did the first third party campaign of Texas billionaire Ross Perot help Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton defeat George H. W Bush, Stroudsburg.

1996.

That is incorrect.

Over to freedom.

Freedom.

1994.

That is also incorrect.

1992 is the correct answer.

Next toss up question.

What planet, which was hit in 1994 by pieces of the comet Shoemaker-Levy nine, has four Galilean moons, including Callisto, Europa and Ganymede.

Freedom.

Saturn.

That is incorrect.

Over.

Stroudsburg.

Go ahead.

Mars.

That is also incorrect.

Jupiter is the correct answer.

On to our next toss up question.

What country in which Great Britain fought the Cold War was home to Nobel laureate winning author al Gore.

Freedom.

Iceland.

Iceland is correct.

And it's governed from Reykjavik, for a bonus.

What pro-slavery merchant from South Carolina was the namesake of a yellow flag depicting a snake and the phrase don't tread on me.

Foster Moreau.

That's incorrect.

Christopher Gadsden is the correct answer.

Next tossup question.

What battle in which a charge by the 20th marine by the 20th Maine under Joshua Chamberlain defeated.

Little Round Top or excuse me, defended a little round top.

Circle.

Go ahead.

Freedom!

Gettysburg.

Gettysburg is correct.

And it ended in July 1863.

For your bonus, in 2024, the IOC banned Russia and Belarus from sending teams of athletes with physical limitations to what competition in Paris?

The Olympics.

That is incorrect.

The Paralympics is the correct answer.

We ask you, their teams that had athletes with physical limitations.

The next tossup is in math, pencil on paper, ready.

What is the measure of an angle whose supplement measures 65 degrees?

Given that supplementary angles add up to 100, Stroudsburg.

115 degrees.

115 degrees is correct.

For your bonus, what title is traditionally granted to a male heir apparent to the British throne?

Prince.

You need to be a little more specific.

The full title.

Prince of England is incorrect.

Prince of Wales is the correct answer.

William is now the Prince of Wales.

Next toss up question.

What Dutch artist depicted a kitchen servant in The Milkmaid and a woman in a blue and yellow turban in his oil painting, girl with a Pearl.

Freedom.

Vermeer.

John Vermeer is correct for your bonus.

What kind of wave?

Which has fixed nodes and anti nodes, and which can arise on a rope fixed at both ends, appears to oscillate in place.

Sine wave.

That is incorrect.

A standing wave is a correct answer.

Next toss up question.

What body of water is fed by the Selangor River lies near the city of Irkutsk and is a lake in eastern Siberia that is the deepest in the world.

Freedom Lake by call.

Lake by Carl is correct for your bonus.

In Little Shop of Horrors, Seymour named his strange and interesting new plant after what woman?

His coworker who sings somewhere, somewhere.

That's green.

Betty.

He names a plant Audrey.

Next tossup question.

What faction which toppled Alexander Kerensky government rivaled the Mensheviks and seized power.

Freedom.

The Bolsheviks.

The Bolsheviks is correct.

They seized power in the October Revolution.

Under.

Vladimir Lenin.

For your bonus.

What monarch?

Who owned the horse Bucephalus, who died shortly after a 326 B.C.

battle of Hydra, of high topaz.

Alexander, be a little more specific.

Alexander the Great Alexander the Great is correct.

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

Freedom!

You'll get to pick between the following topics.

Three letter surnames or three consonants.

Difficult to get consonant.

Surnames.

Surnames.

It is freedom.

Your topic is three letter surnames.

Name these people whose surnames in English or three letters.

Long boxer who fought the rumble in the jungle against George Foreman.

Correct.

Educator known as the science Guy.

Bill.

Nein nein nein, nein.

Unfortunately, said Bill, first, we can't take that.

Comedian Keegan Michael, who worked with.

That's correct.

Widow of Beatles songwriter John Lennon.

Ono.

Correct.

Architect of the Louvre pyramid.

Past former Prime Minister of Japan.

Assassinated in 2020.

Bob.

Correct.

First Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.

Lee.

Incorrect.

Actress who played Monica Geller on Friends.

Mexican writer who won the 1990 Nobel Prize in Literature.

Path.

Founder of the Quakers.

Pen.

Incorrect.

That surname is false for George Fox.

Stroudsburg.

Your topic is three consonants.

Give these sets of initials like JFK for John F Kennedy, composed of three consonants.

Nickname of the president from 1933 to 1945.

FDR.

Correct.

Fast food company founded by Colonel Sanders.

KFC.

Correct.

Adobe format that preserves file formatting.

PNG.

Incorrect.

UK national broadcaster.

BBC.

Correct.

Navigation system based on your.

Ship's.

Correct nickname for Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince.

Pass.

Music notation meaning extremely quiet.

Correct.

Official initialism for East Germany.

EGR.

That is incorrect.

Salt of glutamic acid.

Used as a food additive.

MSU.

I heard pass unfortunately first, but MSU was was correct.

We can't give it to you.

An organization for which Kenesaw Mountain Landis was a commissioner.

Pass.

That would be Major league Baseball.

MLB.

That's correct.

Answer.

Now.

We'll continue with the final court of the match with the following toss up question.

What quantity?

Which for carbon 14 is roughly 5730 years, equals the amount of time.

Stroudsburg.

Half life.

Half life is correct.

And it takes for 50% of radioactive sample to decay its half life.

You are correct.

For your bonus in June 2024, what state mandated that all schools teach the Bible, even as its Supreme Court blocked approval of a religious public charter school?

Florida.

That is incorrect.

Oklahoma is the correct answer.

Next tossup question.

What woodwind represents the grandfather in Peter in the Wolf plays a high solo to open the Rite of Spring and has a larger contra variant.

Stroudsburg.

Bassoon.

The bassoon is correct for your bonus.

Fat and connective tissue are found in what deepest layer of the skin, whose name literally means beneath the skin epidermis.

That's incorrect.

Subcutaneous is a correct answer.

Next tossup question.

What King who joined in Kiss and Radha mathis, as one of the judges of the dead, was married to Pacific, who mated with a bull in his realm of Crete.

It would be Minos, and their offspring was the Minotaur.

Next tossup question.

What law?

Which Theodore Roosevelt deployed against the Northern Securities Company, was an 1890 antitrust act, named for a union general's brother.

Go ahead.

And Carlsberg Clayton Antitrust Act.

That is incorrect.

Over the freedom.

It would be the Sherman Antitrust Act is the correct answer.

Next toss up question.

What letter?

That can denote the coefficient of friction, the population mean or the metric prefix?

Freedom.

Mu.

Mu is correct.

Your bonuses in math.

Pencil and paper.

Ready?

What is the measure of each external angle of a regular convex 15 sided polygon?

24 degrees.

24 degrees is correct.

Next tossup question.

What band whose song Lux a Turner appears on its free time?

Metallica.

Metallica is correct and had hits with Master of Puppets and Enter Sandman for bonus.

What young man spends the first four books of the Odyssey searching for news of his father, Odysseus?

Perseus.

Incorrect.

Telemachus is the correct answer.

Next tossup question.

What author wrote the novel A House divided, which has a sequel to her novel about Owen's marriage to farmer Wang Long, titled The Good Earth.

Peter Buck is the correct answer.

Next toss up question.

What feature?

The subject of George Mallory's quip because it's there, was first submitted in 1953.

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

Congratulations to freedom with 160 points.

You are on to the second round.

Stroudsburg 18 points.

Not quite enough.

Good luck with the rest of your school year.

And we will see you next week.

For the second match of the second round between Moravian Academy and Catskill High School.

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