Welcome to PBS39's Scholastic Scrimmage.

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I'm your host, David Graf.

This year's Scrimmage will be a bit different due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

PBS39 is following all CDC guidelines.

That includes pre-game temperature checks, students wearing masks during the competition, and I'm socially distanced from the teams on set.

And now on to today's matchup that features Stroudsburg High School vs Moravian Academy.

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

At half-time we will pause to get to know the students a little better.

Now, as a reminder, Scholastic Scrimmage requires rapid recall, specific factual information.

It's not necessarily indicative of academic training.

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

What instrument whose invention is credited to Bartolomeo Cristofori?

Moravian.

- The piano.

- That is correct.

Your toss-up is in math.

Pencil and paper ready.

Your bonus is in math.

Pencil and paper ready.

What is the area of a right triangle whose hypotenuse has a length of five and whose longer leg has a length of four?

- Go ahead!

- Six.

That is correct.

Next toss-up.

What city, whose Port Vell is at the terminus of its La Rambla thoroughfare, is the capital of Catalonia and the second most populous... - Moravian.

- Barcelona.

That's correct.

I got to visit there a month and a half ago.

For your bonus, four generations of the Sulzberger family have led what American newspaper that uses the slogan "all the news that's fit to print."

- The Sun?

I don't know.

The Sun.

- That's incorrect.

It's the New York Times.

Next toss-up.

What character cries, "Will these hands never be clean?"

and, "Out, damned spot!"

while sleepwalking?

Moravian.

- Lady Macbeth.

- That is correct.

After convincing to kill King Duncan, And on for your bonus.

In the 1860s and 70s violence occurred in Australia's Lambing Flats and Blackguard Gully gold fields between miners and those of what ethnicity?

- Aborigines?

- That's incorrect.

It's Chinese.

Next toss-up.

What program, largely replaced by the Mutual Security Act, was named for Harry Truman's secretary of state and gave aid to Europe after... Moravian.

-The Marshall Plan.

- That's correct.

Gave aid to Europe after World War II.

For your bonus, the title character of the children's book The Little Prince once lived with a vain rose on what type of celestial object that was designated B 612?

- An asteroid.

- That is also correct.

Next toss-up.

What substance, the main sculptural material of Dale Chihuly has a Murano type from Venice and is inflated and formed into sculptures by blowing?

Moravian.

- Glass.

- That is correct.

For your bonus, what German physicist's namesake law of quantum mechanics says it's impossible to simultaneously know a particle's precise momentum and position.

- Heisenberg.

- That is correct.

Next toss-up.

What unit of information is equal to two nibbles, has 256 possible values and is occasionally called an octet because it consists... Moravian.

- A byte.

- That is correct, byte.

It consists of eight bits.

For your bonus, Lucknow and Allahabad are in what most populous Indian state, which is also the most populous subdivision of any country in the world?

- Uttarakhand or Uttar Pradesh.

Uttar Pradesh.

- Uttar Pradesh is correct.

Next toss-up.

What activist who in a 2019 speech told world leaders, "How dare you?"

Moravian.

- Greta Thunberg?

- That is correct.

For your bonus, what triptych by Hieronymus Bosch depicts a three man and other bizarre, monstrous beings in its right panel?

- The Garden of Earthly Delights.

- That is also correct.

Next toss-up.

What man who sent George Lusk part of a human kidney with his "from hell" letter killed five women in the London region of Whitechapel?

Moravian.

- Jack the Ripper.

- That is correct.

For your bonus, in April, 2021 school teacher Pedro Castillo won what South American country's presidential election, defeating Keiko Fujimori?

Moravian.

- Peru?

Peru.

- That is correct.

Next toss-up.

What compound, also known as methyltheobromine, is the world's most commonly used stimulant and is added to soda, as well as found in some tea... Moravian.

- Caffeine.

- That is correct.

For your bonus, what novelist wrote about the death of Gary Gilmore in his Pulitzer Prize-winning book The Executioner's Song?

- Mailer.

- That's correct.

Norman Mailer's the correct answer.

Next toss-up.

What woman who has an illegitimate daughter named Pearl is forced to wear... Moravian.

- Hester Prynne.

- Hester Prynne is correct.

For your bonus, due to extreme droughts, what reservoir formed by the Hoover Dam reached historically low water levels in 2021?

- Lake Mead.

- That is correct.

I got to see it ten years ago, and it was already low.

I can't imagine where it's at right now.

Next toss-up.

What country, once led by Ahmed Ben Bella, signed the Evian Accords and is a North African country?

Moravian.

- Algeria.

- That is correct.

For your bonus, the back and forth shaking that dogs use to dry themselves approximates what type of motion abbreviated SHM?

- Simple harmonic motion.

- That is correct.

And with that, we've reached our first lightning round.

In a pre-match coin toss, it was determined that Moravian will get to pick between the following topics of British monarchs or national monuments.

- We'll take British monarchs, please.

- OK. Stroudsburg, that will leave you with national monuments.

Moravian, your topic is British monarchs.

During the reign of which English or British monarch did these events occur, and you must include the number in the name.

The Battle of Agincourt.

- Go ahead.

- Henry V. That's correct.

And you guys can just say it out loud.

The loss of the American colonies.

- George III.

- That's correct.

The collection of the Domesday Book.

- William the Conqueror.

- That's correct.

The ministries of Benjamin Disraeli and William Gladstone.

- Victoria.

- Correct.

The signing of the Magna Carta.

John Lackland.

That is... - John I.

- That is correct.

The failure of the Gunpowder Plot.

- James I.

- That's correct.

The defeat of the Spanish Armada.

- Elizabeth I.

- That's correct.

The end of World War II.

- George V. - That's incorrect.

The formation of the Rump Parliament.

- Charles the II.

- That's incorrect.

- The execution of Anne Boleyn.

- Henry VIII.

- That is correct.

Eric is really into his British monarchs!

Nice job.

Stroudsburg, you have national monuments.

In which US state are these national monuments found?

Devils Tower.

- Illinois.

- Incorrect.

Sunset Crater and the Sonoran Desert.

- New Mexico.

- Incorrect.

Castle Clinton, which is in Battery Park.

- New York.

- Correct.

Giant Sequoia.

- California.

- Correct.

Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home.

- Virginia.

- Incorrect.

Craters of the Moon, which is in the Snake River Plain.

- Nevada.

- Incorrect.

Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad.

- Alabama.

- Incorrect.

Jewel Cave, which is in the Black Hills.

- South Dakota.

- That's correct.

Little Bighorn Battlefield.

- Pass.

Admiralty Island.

- North Carolina.

- Incorrect.

All right, and that's the end of that lightning round.

We'll resume the match with the following toss-up.

What device whose simple type has a period independent of the mass of the bob is an oscillator... Moravian.

- Pendulum.

- That is correct.

Consisting of a weight swinging from a pivot.

For your bonus, one of the three jewels of Buddhism is what concept which in Hinduism refers to the way of proper living and is often symbolized by a wheel?

Dharma?

- Dharma.

- That is correct.

Next toss-up.

What politician who defeated Loretta Sanchez in a 2016 Senate election once served as a prosecutor in California and... - Moravian.

- Kamala Harris.

- That's correct.

And Is the current vice-president.

For your bonus, what is the preferred weapon of the twins Apollo and Artemis?

It's a bonus, you can tell your captain.

- It's a bow?

- A bow.

- That is correct.

Bow, or bow and arrow.

Next toss-up.

What economist used a pin factory to illustrate the divisions of labor in a 1776... Moravian.

- Adam Smith.

- That's correct.

Entitled The Wealth of Nations.

For your bonus, Checkpoint Charlie was part of what structure that Walter Ulbricht ordered built in 1961 to stop the brain drain from his country?

- The Berlin Wall.

- That's correct.

And he could have perhaps just allowed people freedom and then people would want to stay.

Next toss-up.

What desert is south of the Altai Mountains, is formed by a rain shadow of the Tibetan Plateau... Moravian.

- Gobi Desert.

- That's correct.

For your bonus, the city of Tartu is home to the oldest university in what country, which is south of the Gulf of Finland and whose capital is Tallinn?

- Estonia.

- Estonia.

- That's correct.

Next toss-up.

What Cabinet Department, which administers the Even Start program and Title 1 funding, is led by Miguel Cardona, who was... Moravian.

- Department of Education.

- That's correct.

For your bonus, what element found in the same group as silver on the periodic table is one of two metals found in brass?

- Copper.

- That's correct.

Next toss-up.

What name was shared by a king nicknamed Rufus and by a man who beat Harald Godwinson at the Battle of Hastings?

Moravian.

- William?

- That's correct.

And was also known as the Conqueror.

For your bonus, after 1492, groups known as the Moriscos and the Marranos were created when minorities took what action in order to avoid expulsion from Spain?

- Conversion?

- Yeah.

Conversion.

- We accept that.

Conversion to Roman Catholicism.

Correct.

Next toss-up.

What artist who sang "I'll wait my armored fate with a smile" on Good Days and was featured on Doja Cat's Kiss Me More... - Scissor.

- Moravian?

- Yeah.

Scissor.

- That's correct.

For your bonus, what subgenre of plainsong is a type of unaccompanied Christian liturgical chant named after a medieval pope?

- Gregorian chant.

- Gregorian chants.

- That is also correct.

Next toss-up is in math.

Pencil and paper ready.

What number of radians is equal to 150 degrees, given that 80 degrees is equal to... Moravian.

- Five pi over six.

- That is correct.

Equal to pi radians.

Five pi over six is correct.

For your bonus, in August 2021 what executive producer of Jeopardy was named as the show's new host, but soon stepped down due to past offensive comments?

- Oh, was it Richard something?

- Not sure.

- Correct answer is Mike Richards.

Jeopardy producers, call me.

All right.

Next toss-up.

What character who decides to "light out for the territory" in his novel, in which he travels with a slave named Jim, is the best friend of... Stroudsburg.

- Huckleberry Finn.

- That is correct.

And for your bonus, what pioneer of gonzo journalism also wrote the novel Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas?

- Carson Craig.

- That's incorrect.

It's Hunter S. Thompson.

Novel's great, movie's great, starring Johnny Depp, Next toss-up.

What Roman Emperor, the third of the so-called five good emperors, was succeeded by Antoninus Pius and has built a namesake defensive wall in Britain?

Moravian.

- Hadrian.

- That's correct.

Hadrian is the correct answer.

For your bonus, what human sense is weakened by hyposmia, a condition common in Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease, and is also an early indicator of Covid-19 infection?

- Smell?

- Hyposmia.

- Smell?

- That is correct.

Next toss-up.

What god worshipped in the form of the bull Mnevis was at various times merged with Horakhty, Atum and Amun in his role... - Ra.

- Moravian.

- Ra.

- That is correct.

For your bonus, a horizontal wedge resembling a greater-than sign is what kind of musical articulation mark, which tells the player to place more emphasis on a note?

- An accent.

- That's correct.

The accent mark is correct.

Prior to the match, in order to aid with social distancing, we asked the students to introduce themselves and tell us who their favorite musical artist was.

So now we'll meet the students.

- I'm Yiyi.

I'm a senior at Moravian Academy, and my favorite musical artist is Taylor Swift.

- Hi, I'm Samit Mohapatra.

I'm a senior at Moravian Academy, and my favorite artist is Logic.

- Hi, I'm Divik Verma.

I'm a senior at Moravian Academy, and my favorite musical artist is Kanye West.

- I'm Eric Jackson.

I'm a senior at Moravian Academy, and my favorite musical artist is Taylor Swift.

- Hello, I'm Colin Hofmann.

I'm a junior at Stroudsburg High School, and my favorite musical artist is Carson Craig.

- Hi, I'm Harkirat.

I go to Stroudsburg High School.

I'm a junior.

My favorite musical artist is also Carson Craig.

- Hi, my name is Chris.

I go to Stroudsburg High School, I'm a junior, and like the others, my favorite musical artist is Carson Craig.

- Hi, I'm Ryan.

I'm a junior at Stroudsburg High School and my favorite artist is also Carson Craig.

- Welcome back.

We'll continue with the second half of the game with the following toss-up question.

What poet, who declared they also serve who only stand and wait in his On His Blindness, described Pandemonium, a city ruled by Satan... Moravian.

- Milton.

- That's correct.

City ruled by Satan in Paradise Lost.

For your bonus, in 2000, federal agents returned five-year-old Elian Gonzalez to what country after they took custody of him from his relatives in Miami.

- Cuba.

- That is correct.

Next toss-up.

What type of reaction that occurs in the anode of an electrolytic cell... - Moravian.

- Oxidation.

- That is correct.

For your bonus, what author of the plays The Jew Of Malta and Dr Faustus was stabbed to death in 1593?

- Marlowe.

- Christopher Marlowe is correct.

Next toss-up.

Wat Greek letter, which names a luxury Swiss watch brand, has a name... Moravian.

- Omega.

- That is correct.

And we're going to ask what the smaller O name.

That's what we were going to compare it t. - Oh, I do not know.

- It is omicron.

- Oh!

- Small O. Omega is the big O.

Your toss-up is in math.

Pencil and paper ready.

Two answers are required.

What are both possible values of b if the polynomial x squared plus b x plus 49 is a perfect square?

- 14 negative.

14?

Right?

14 and negative 14.

- That is correct.

Next toss-up.

What NFL team, which drafted Chuck Foreman during its 1970s run of four Super Bowl losses, is an NFC... Stroudsburg.

- The Bills?

- That is incorrect.

I'll complete the question for Moravian.

..is an NFC North team led by quarterback Kirk Cousins?

Moravian.

- Minnesota Vikings.

- That is correct.

For your bonus, a 2004 book by political scientist Thomas Frank asks what's the matter with what plain state now governed by Democrat Laura Kelly?

- Quick.

Something.

- Kansas.

- That is correct.

What Is The Matter With Kansas?

I've never been, so I have no idea.

Next toss-up.

What poet who wrote, "Willow of crystal, "a poplar of water," was inspired to write the poem Sun Stone by the Aztec calendar... Moravian.

- Octavio Paz.

- That's correct.

And had a name meaning peace.

For your bonus, what man introduced the New Nationalism platform while running for president with the Progressive or Bull Moose Party in 1912?

- Teddy Roosevelt.

- That is correct.

Next toss-up.

Magnetars are examples of what compact objects that can be produced by supernova and which are named for... Stroudsburg.

- Neutron stars.

- That's correct.

They're named for uncharged subatomic particles.

Your bonus, what word from the Greek for crescent names the curved surface of a liquid in a narrow tube?

- Meniscus.

- That's correct.

Next toss-up.

What general that led the Western Task Force into Casablanca in Operation Torch slapped shellshocked soldiers... Moravian.

- Patton.

- That's correct.

George S Patton.

He was called Old Blood And Guts.

On for your bonus - what southeastern Asian country which traces its roots to the kingdom of Lan Xang is governed from Vientiane?

- Laos.

- That's correct.

Next toss-up.

What color names the primary tributary of the Colorado River, a mountain range in Vermont and a bay... Moravian.

- Green?

- That's correct.

For your bonus, what social media service funded by Rebekah Mercer had its web hosting services cancelled in January 2001 and has a largely far-right user base?

- Parler.

- That is correct.

Next toss-up.

What novel that contrasts Williamson Prep with the Garden Heights neighborhood is by Angie Thomas and portrays Star's reaction... - Moravian.

- The Hate You Give.

- That is correct.

For your bonus, in a tragedy written by Aeschylus, Polyneices is part of a group of how many warriors who battles against Thebes?

- Seven.

- That is correct.

Next toss-up.

What film in which Larry the cameraman and Rita are co-workers of the protagonist stars Bill Murray as a man who repeatedly relives February... Go ahead!

- Groundhog Day.

- That's correct.

For your bonus, which English king, who defeated William Wallace at the Battle of Falkirk.

was known as the Hammer of the Scots?

- Edward II.

- That's incorrect.

It's Edward I.

And with that, we reached our second lightning round.

Stroudsburg, you get to pick between the topics of chess or Catholic mass.

- We're going to go with chess.

- You're going with - chess.

Moravian, that leaves you with Catholic mass.

Stroudsburg, your topic is chess.

Give these terms from chess.

Piece that can only move diagonally - Bishop.

- Correct.

Position in which a player's king is in check and cannot escape, ending the game.

- Checkmate.

- Correct.

Situation in which a player who is not in check cannot legally move.

- Stalemate.

- Correct.

Color traditionally given the first move.

- White.

- Correct.

Move to protect the king, which can be done king side or queen side.

- Castle.

- Correct.

Converting a pawn in the last row to another piece.

- Promotion.

- Correct.

Move in which a piece attacks two pieces simultaneously.

- Fork.

- Correct.

Rating system named for its Hungarian inventor.

- Elo?

- Say it louder.

- That's correct.

Variant faster than rapid chess, but slower than... - Bullet.

Blitz.

- Incorrect.

I heard bullet first.

Special pawn move with a French name.

- En passant.

- That is correct.

Nice job, Stroudsburg, on that bonus round there.

Moravian Academy, that leaves you with Catholic masses.

Give these answers related to Catholic masses.

Original language of the Roman Rite?

- Latin.

- Correct.

Musical setting of the mass for the dead.

- Pass.

Consecrated bread consumed during mass.

- Eucharist.

- Correct.

Small statue of Jesus on the cross carried in processions before mass.

- Pass.

- Midnight mass often ends the eve of this holy day in December.

- Christmas.

- Correct.

Structure at the front of the church, where the gospel book is placed.

- Altar.

- Correct.

Substance used to sprinkle the congregation during Asperges - Holy water.

- That's correct.

Portion of the mass whose name means Lamb of God.

- Agnes Dei.

- That is correct.

Book with the prayers and responses used during a mass.

- Book of Common Prayer.

- Incorrect.

1545 council where the Tridentine Mass was codified.

- Trent.

- That is correct.

The Council of Trent.

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

What phenomenon for which a hook echo on a Doppler radar is a warning sign is measured on the Fujita scale... Moravian.

- Tornadoes.

- That's correct.

For your bonus, phagocytosis and pinocytosis are forms of what process in which a cell uses a vesicle to surround and ingest material outside of the cell.

- Endocytosis.

- That is correct On to your next toss-up.

What alliance supported by the English in the Beaver Wars comprised the Cayuga, Seneca... Moravian.

- Iroquois.

- That is correct.

The Iroquois Confederacy.

It's a correct answer.

For your bonus, what naval administrator wrote about his affair with the housemaid Deborah Willett and described the Great Fire of London in his 17th century diary?

- Thomas?

- Incorrect.

Samuel Pepys is the correct answer.

Next toss-up.

What artist who showed Nicolaes Tulp displaying the muscles of the arm during an... Moravian.

- Rembrandt.

- That is correct.

For your bonus, in 2020 singer Hachalu Hundessa, a member of the ethnic Oromo group, was murdered in what country, sparking widespread protests?

- Greece?

- Ethiopia is the correct answer.

Next toss-up.

What character from the New Testament is revered by Mandaeans, eats locusts and wild honey had his... Stroudsburg.

- John the Baptist.

- That is correct.

And his severed head was put on a platter.

Quite a life to live there.

For the bonus, a binary operation has what property, if moving the parentheses is an expression using the operation does not change the result?

- Carson Craig.

- That is incorrect.

Associative property is the correct answer.

Next toss-up.

What organ which is removed in a cholecystectomy, is a small organ in the digestive system... Stroudsburg.

- The appendix.

- That is incorrect.

In the digestive system that is stimulated by CCK and stores and releases bile.

Moravian.

- The gall bladder.

- That is correct.

For your bonus, before taking the throne himself, Hirohito ruled as regent for what Japanese emperor, his father, who was thought by many to be mentally feeble?

- Meiji.

- Taisho.

Meiji came in afterward in the restoration.

Next bonus.

Or next toss-up, excuse me.

What last name is shared by Clyde Barrows' partner in crime Bonnie, a jazz saxophonist who was nicknamed Bird, and Spider-Man's alter ego Peter?

Stroudsburg.

- Parker.

- That's correct.

For your bonus, what 1999 TV show starred Linda Cardellini as high school mathlete Lindsay Weir, who befriends slackers played by James Franco and Seth Rogen?

- Lizzie McGuire.

- It's incorrect.

It's a great show.

Freaks And Geeks, A lot of them went on to very big things.

Next toss-up.

In which country did September 30th Movement lead to the overthrow of the Sukarno and the rise... Moravian.

- The Philippines?

- That is incorrect.

I'll continue for Stroudsburg.

And the rise of the Suharto... Stroudsburg.

- Indonesia.

- That is correct.

For your bonus, emphysema is a variant of what smoking-associated lung condition known by an acronym whose symptoms include shortness of breath and a wet cough?

- Whooping cough.

- COPD is the correct answer.

Next toss-up.

What fundamental force is the weakest at subatomic scale... - Gravity.

- That is correct.

And that concludes our match.

Moravian, excellent job.

Your score is 755, which is the highest of this season.

Stroudsburg has 165.

Stroudsburg, you came against a pretty mighty force.

Good luck with the rest of your school year.

I'm sure Moravians are going on to good things in this tournament.

Moravian Academy, congratulations.

You're on to the next round.

And thank you for tuning in.

Join us next week when Northampton takes on Bethlehem Catholic.

Thank you.