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

At halftime, we'll pause so we can, the students can introduce themselves and we'll get to know them a little bit better.

Now, 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, buzzers ready, with our first question.

The triple alpha process produces nuclei of what element, whose allotropes include the fullerenes and graphites and whose atomic number is six?

Stroudsburg - Carbon.

- That is correct.

For your bonus, in 1911, the Supreme Court held that what company founded by John D Rockefeller was an unreasonable monopoly that violated the Sherman Antitrust Act?

- Answer, Standard Oil.

- That is correct.

The Standard Oil Company.

Next tossup, what man coined the term "banana republic", depicted a bratty kidnapped boy in The Ransom of Red Chief and used a twist ending in The Gift of the Magi?

- And no conferring on tossups.

No conferring on tossups.

The correct answer is O Henry.

Next tossup.

What institutions that were targeted in Viking raids on Enola and Lindisfarne faced a dissolution by Henry VIII and ousted many Catholic monks?

Liberty.

- Monasteries.

- That is correct.

For your bonus, what adjective, meaning suave or sophisticated, comes from a French phrase, literally meaning of good family or of good nature?

- Affable.

- Incorrect.

The correct answer is debonair.

Next tossup.

What quantity which appears on the Y axis of a phase diagram for water has a standard value of about 101 kilopascals or one atmosphere?

That quantity is pressure.

Next tossup, what arena that has hosted the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show is above Penn Station, is home to the New York Knicks and is abbreviated MSG?

Stroudsburg.

- Madison Square Garden.

- That is correct.

For your bonus, the London Conference of 1832 confirmed what country's independence from the Ottoman Empire under the new king?

- Answer, Greece.

- That is also correct.

Next tossup.

What explorer who popularized the term "New World" was immortalized by mapmaker Martin Van...?

Liberty.

- Amerigo Vespucci.

- That's correct.

Amerigo Vespucci is correct.

His name was used to refer to America.

For your bonus.

Noctilucent clouds form in what layer of the Earth's atmosphere, located directly above the stratosphere?

- The mesosphere.

- That is correct.

Next tossup.

What composer of The Wanderer Fantasy and the Trout Quintet only fully orchestrated two movements of his eighth Symphony, The Unfinished?

Liberty.

- Beethoven.

- That is incorrect.

Stroudsburg, still a little time.

And as a reminder, after the first team answers incorrectly, this is a freebie if anyone wants to take a shot.

- Mozart.

- Incorrect.

Schubert is the correct answer.

Next tossup.

What 2020 presidential candidate, about whom Mitch McConnell said, "Nevertheless, she persisted," is a Democratic senator from Massachusetts?

Stroudsburg.

- Elizabeth Warren.

- That is correct.

For your bonus, what man gave the speech advocating for total war as part of his role in the Nazis... As part of his role as Nazis' Propaganda Minister?

- Goebbels.

- That is correct.

Next tossup.

What man who was succeeded as king by Numa Pompilius was the son of Rhea Silva, the twin brother of Remus and the founder...?

Stroudsburg.

- Romulus.

- That's correct.

And the founder of the Italian capital.

For your bonus, it's in math.

Pencil and paper ready.

If rotated and reflected boards are considered the same, how many different first moves exist for x in tic tac toe?

- One.

- Incorrect.

It's three moves.

It would be either the center, corner or the middle of the center, for the three moves you can make.

Next tossup, what town, whose redoubt number ten was taken by Alexander Hamilton's troops, is where French and American armies drove Charles Cornwallis to surrender?

Stroudsburg.

- Yorktown.

- That is correct.

And for your bonus, the dashing Frank Churchill visits the town of Highbury in what Jane Austen novel named for a headstrong young woman?

- Beloved?

- Incorrect.

Emma is the correct answer.

Next tossup.

What landmark, who is supposedly protected by a group of captive ravens, was once used as a...?

Liberty.

- Tower of London.

- That's correct.

Was used as a prison and is now home to the British crown jewels.

For your bonus, Tekhen was an ancient Egyptian term for what tall, pointed structures exemplified by Cleopatra's Needles and the Washington Monument?

- Obelisks.

- That is correct.

With that, we've reached our first lightning round, in a pre-match coin toss it was determined that Liberty will get to select first between the following topics of Romeo and Juliet or US Lakes.

Quickly, Liberty.

- Romeo and Juliet, please.

- Romeo and Juliet.

So that means, Stroudsburg, you'll have US lakes.

All right, Liberty.

Your lightning round.

Romeo and Juliet.

Answer the following about William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.

Romeo's family, caught in a feud with the Capulets.

- Montagues.

- Correct.

Italian city where it is set.

- Verona.

- Correct.

Friar who aids Romeo and Juliet.

- Pass.

- Hot-tempered man Romeo kills to avenge Mercutio.

- Tybalt.

- That is correct.

Rude gesture Sampson makes in the open... - Bite my thumb at thee.

- That is correct.

Ruler whose arrival ends the opening brawl.

- Pass.

- Girl whom Romeo is lovesick for in Act One.

- Rosaline.

- Correct.

City where Romeo resides after his exile.

- Venice.

- Incorrect.

The Capulets' foolish, illiterate servant.

- Pass.

- Nobleman to whom Juliet is betrothed.

- Pass.

- That last one, that was Count Paris.

Stroudsburg.

You have US lakes.

In what state are the following lakes?

Lake Pontchartrain.

- Louisiana.

- Correct.

Lake Itasca, the headwater of the Mississippi River.

- Minnesota.

- That is correct.

Lake Okeechobee.

- Florida.

- That is correct.

Lake Placid, near the site of the 1980 Winter Olympics.

- New York.

- That is correct.

The Great Salt Lake.

- Utah.

- Correct.

Franklin D Roosevelt Lake, formed by the Grand Coulee Dam.

- Pass.

- Lake of the Ozarks.

- Missouri.

- That is correct.

Lake Yosemite.

- California.

- That is correct.

Lake Cumberland, near the state's border with Tennessee.

- Pass.

Grand Lake o' the Cherokees.

- North Carolina.

- Incorrect.

That last one was Oklahoma.

All right, with that, we'll move on with the rest of our match with this following tossup.

What specialized cells have Nodes of Ranvier at spots along their axions and transmit action potentials in the human nervous system?

Stroudsburg.

- Nerve cells.

- Incorrect.

Liberty?

- T-cells.

- I was going to say T-cells.

- Go ahead, buzz in.

That's not right either.

It's neurons is the correct answer.

Next tossup.

What four-letter word, which in French can mean expensive or dear, is a stage name of a singer of ...?

- Posh.

- Stroudsburg.

- Posh - Incorrect.

I'll continue the question for Liberty.

The stage name of the singer of If I Could Turn Back Time and Believe?

Liberty.

- Cher.

- That is correct.

For your bonus, what city on the Chena River is named for Theodore Roosevelt's vice president and is the second most populous city of Alaska?

- Anchorage.

- Incorrect.

Fairbanks is the correct answer.

Next tossup.

What monarch, who took power by deposing her husband, Peter III...?

Liberty.

- Catherine the Great.

- That is correct.

For your bonus, what 18th-century British author wrote about a man whose nose is damaged by Dr Slop in the comic novel Tristram Shandy?

- Dickens.

- Incorrect.

Laurence Sterne is the correct answer.

Next tossup, what author, who had a long relationship with the feminist Simone de Beauvoir, wrote, "hell is other people" in the French existentialist play No Exit?

Correct answer is Jean-Paul Sartre.

Next tossup.

What city, where the international fountain was designed for the Century 21 exposition, contains the Museum of Pop Culture and the Space Needle?

Liberty.

- Olympia, Washington.

- Incorrect.

Stroudsburg?

- Seattle.

- That is correct.

And for your bonus, the original kamikaze were storms that destroyed fleets sent to invade Japan by what empire that controlled China?

- The Mongols.

- That is correct.

The Mongol Empire.

The next tossup is in math.

Pencil and paper ready.

What is the length of the longest cord of a circle whose radius is six?

Liberty.

- 12.

- That is correct.

For your bonus, the most covered pop song ever is often said to be what track from The Beatles' album Help, which describes how love is such an easy game to play?

I would have had no idea this is considered the most covered.

It's Yesterday.

Next tossup - what empire, once led by Huascar, had its capital at Cusco and was dissolved after...?

Stroudsburg.

- The Inca.

- That is correct.

For your bonus, what class of drugs, of which ibuprofen is an example, helps to reduce fever and inflammation and is commonly known by a five-letter acronym?

- Painkillers.

- Incorrect.

It's an NSAID or a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug.

Next tossup - what TV show on which Mattea Roach, Amy Schneider and Matt Amodio have been super champions...?

Liberty.

- Jeopardy.

- That's correct.

It has been hosted by fellow super champion Ken Jennings.

For your bonus, cigars made from seaweed are enjoyed by what captain of the submarine Nautilus in Jules Verne's novel, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea?

- Nemo.

- Captain Nemo is correct.

Next tossup.

What country is home to the port of Guayaquil, is the northernmost of two South American countries not bordering Brazil, and is governed from Quito?

Stroudsburg.

- Ecuador.

- That is correct.

For your bonus, what constitutional amendment, which was demanded by protesters called the Silent Sentinels, was ratified in 1920 and gave women the right to vote?

- 20th.

- Incorrect.

It's the 19th Amendment.

An excellent match underway between Stroudsburg and Liberty, now we'll get to know the students a little bit better.

We're going to start with Ryan in Stroudsburg, make our way down the line.

Ryan, tell us first and last name, grade level and what is the app you can't live without on your phone?

- I'm Ryan.

I'm a senior an the app I can't live without is YouTube.

- OK. - I'm Harkirat.

I'm in grade 12.

And the app that I can't live without is Gmail.

- Excellent.

I'm Colin Hoffman.

I'm in grade 12 and the app I can't live without is Spotify.

- OK. - I'm Wyatt Christian.

I'm in grade 11 ands the app I can't live without is YouTube.

- Excellent.

And now Liberty.

- I'm Michelle.

I'm in grade 12 and the app I can't live without is Amazon Music.

- I'm Christian Harris.

I'm in grade 12.

The app I couldn't see myself living without is my Reminders app.

- My name is Rowan Walters.

I am in the 11th grade and the app that I could not live without is Instagram.

- My name is Emma.

I am in grade 12 and the app I can't live without is Reddit.

- Oh, OK.

Very good.

So, Rowan, I'm in the same boat as you.

I'm a visual director by trade.

So Instagram is the app I can't live without.

And with that, we will now start the second half of the match with the following tossup.

What novel, in which an operation on a clubfoot is botched by Charles, describes the title woman's affair and is by Gustave Flaubert?

Madame Bovary is the correct answer.

The next tossup is in math.

Pencil and paper ready.

If the logarithm of x equals three, what is the logarithm of the quantity x raised to the fifth power?

Liberty - 15.

- That is correct.

For your bonus, in what book of the Bible does the villain Haman attempt to kill all the Jews in Persia?

- The Book of Revelation - Incorrect.

The correct answer is the Book of Esther.

Next tossup.

Anna Pavlova's signature dance portrays a dying one of what animal?

Liberty.

- Swan.

- That is correct.

For your bonus, which former British king served as governor of the Bahamas after abdicating to marry Wallis Simpson?

- King Edward VII.

- Incorrect.

It's Edward VIII.

Next tossup.

What youngest living member of the Baseball Hall of Fame was the only man inducted by the BBWAA vote in 2022 and is a former Red Sox designated hitter known as Big Papi?

Stroudsburg.

- David Ortiz.

- That is correct.

For your bonus, what philosopher equated God and nature in a work written in geometrical order and posthumously published The Ethics in 1677?

- Darwin.

- Baruch Spinoza is the correct answer.

Next tossup, what materials, whose high temperature variety is exemplified by YBCO, expel their magnetic fields in the Meissner effect and have zero resistance?

Superconductors is the correct answer.

Next tossup.

What objects, of which was redirected by a NASA probe in 2022, lie largely in a belt located between Mars...?

Stroudsburg.

- Asteroids.

- That is correct.

Between Mars and Jupiter.

And that just happened a few weeks ago.

We had to update the question.

For your bonus, what physics law states that the force between two stationary charges is proportional to the product of the charges divided by the distance squared?

- Carson Craig.

- Incorrect.

Coulomb's Law is the correct answer.

Next tossup.

What protagonist has lunch with the lexicographer from the Ministry of Truth and writes down...?

Liberty.

- 1984.

- Incorrect.

I'll continue the question for Stroudsburg.

- Winston.

- Can I have his full name?

- She said correct.

- We'll accept it?

That's correct.

On to the bonus.

What noun refers to favoritism based on family ties and comes...?

- It's a bonus and it's nepotism.

- That is correct.

It is nepotism.

Next tossup.

What psychologist linked moments of fulfillment, called peak experiences, to self actualization, which he placed at the top of his hierarchy of needs?

Stroudsburg.

- Mose.

- Incorrect.

Liberty?

- Maslow.

Abraham Maslow is the correct answer.

For your bonus, in 1976, Missouri rescinded an 1838 extermination order targeting members of what religion, many of whom were forced to emigrate to Nauvoo, Illinois?

- Catholicism.

- Incorrect.

The Latter Day Saints.

Next tossup.

What numbers can be plotted on an Argand diagram, can be written as a distance and angle in polar form...?

Liberty.

- Complex numbers.

- That's right.

And have both real and imaginary parts.

And for your bonus, freezing point depression is an example of what class of properties whose strength depends only on the number of particles in a solution?

- An intensive property.

- Incorrect its colligative properties.

And now we're onto our second lightning round.

This means, Stroudsburg, you get to pick between the following topics.

Grams or Ram.

- What do you want?

- Quickly, Stroudsburg.

- Ram.

- Ram.

So, Liberty, that means you'll have Grams.

Stroudsburg, Ram.

Give these people, places or things that start with the letters RAM.

Holy month of the Islamic calendar.

- Ramadan.

- Correct.

Defensive boundary of a castle referenced in The Star-Spangled Banner.

- Rampart.

- Correct.

New York punk rock band of I Want to be Sedated.

- Pass.

- Pharaoh known as Ozymandias in Greek, who fought the Hittites at Kadesh.

- Ramesses.

- Which one?

- Ramesses II.

- Correct.

Long metal device used to load muskets or cannons.

- Ramming rod?

- That's correct.

Sanskrit epic about Prince Ayodhya.

- Ramayan.

- That is correct.

Japanese noodle soup flavored with miso... - Ramen.

- Correct.

US Air Force Base in southwestern Germany.

- Ramstein.

- That's correct.

De facto capital of the Palestinian National Authority.

- Ram.

- Incorrect.

- Inelastic scattering of photons by matter.

- Rambunction.

- Incorrect.

But nice try.

Liberty, your topic is Grams.

Give these words that end with the consecutive letters GRAM.

Image made of diffracted light.

- Pass.

- Photo sharing service owned by Meta.

- Instagram.

- Correct.

Word made by rearranging the letters... - Anagram.

- Correct.

Visual depiction of ground motion during an earthquake.

- Seismogram.

- Correct.

X-ray used to test for breast cancer.

- Mammogram.

- Correct.

Five-pointed star often used... - Pentagram.

- Correct.

Representation of the distribution of a single variable, similar to a bar graph.

- Histogram.

- Correct.

A brief, witty statement.

- Pass.

- A symbol that represents a word such as a Chinese character.

- Pictogram.

- Incorrect.

Personality scheme or test with nine different types.

- Enneagram.

- That is correct.

And now we'll start the final quarter of the match with the following tossup question.

What ancient civilization, whose major cities include Byblos and Tyre, was a sea power of the East Mediterranean and developed...?

Stroudsburg.

- The Phoenicians.

- That is correct.

And they developed the written alphabet.

For your bonus, what chair of the Select Committee investigating the January 6th attacks on Congress is the only Democrat from Mississippi's Congressional delegation?

- Jamie Raskin.

- Incorrect.

Bennie Thompson is the correct answer.

Next, tossup, what Canadian province, which was the most recent to join Canada, changed its name...?

Stroudsburg.

- Nunavut.

- That is incorrect.

I'll continue for Liberty.

Changed its name in 2001 to include its mainland peninsular portion of Labrador.

- Newfoundland and Labrador.

- That is correct.

Newfoundland and Labrador.

For your bonus, what lake, the largest by volume in Africa, is found in Africa's Great Rift Valley between Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of Congo?

- Lake Victoria?

- Nope.

Lake Tanganyika is the correct answer.

Next tossup - a black hole surface area is proportional to what thermodynamic quantity that never decreases in an isolated system and is a measure of disorder?

Stroudsburg.

- Entropy.

- That is correct.

For your bonus, the SRY gene is found on what chromosome that is characteristically present in all humans whose sex is heterogametic?

- Answer, Y?

- The Y chromosome is correct.

Next tossup - what author, whose first book of poetry was 1923's Tulips and Chimneys, wrote, I Sing of Olaf, Glad and Big, and flouted the rules of capitalization?

Liberty.

- e e cummings.

- That is correct.

And for your bonus, in what state did the failure of the South Fork Dam on the Little Conemaugh River in 1889 lead to over 2,000 deaths in the Johnstown Flood?

- Texas.

- Incorrect.

The state of Pennsylvania.

Next tossup, what president, whose secretary Orville Babcock was tied to the whiskey ring scandal, earlier commanded...?

Stroudsburg.

- Grant.

- That's correct.

Ulysses S Grant.

He commanded all the Union forces in the Civil War.

And for your bonus, what author of the commencement address, This Is Water, wrote about the Enfield Tennis Academy in his lengthy 1996 novel Infinite Jest?

Nobody?

David Foster Wallace.

- David Wallace.

- No.

David Foster Wallace, though, and I actually had a competition with one of my producers.

We tried to see who could finish it first.

He beat me by a few days, it is a lengthy book.

Next tossup - what compound produced by molds contain a beta-lactam ring and is an antibiotic discovered accidentally by Alexander Fleming?

Liberty.

- Penicillin.

- That is correct.

For your bonus, it'll be math, pencil and paper ready.

What is the product of the quantity 2 raised to the third power times the quantity 2 raised to the negative fourth power?

Liberty.

- One half.

- That's correct.

One half or 0.5.

Next tossup.

What archipelago, whose fifth largest island suffered from a volcanic eruption in September 2021, lies west of Morocco and is owned by Spain.

They've won the match with a score of 245 to Liberty's 210.

Thank you for joining us, and good luck with the rest of your school year, Liberty, Stroudsburg, we'll see you in the next round.

And thank you for tuning in.

We'll see you next week.