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- Hello and welcome to the third match of the third round of the 48th season of Scholastic Scrimmage.
I'm your host, David Graf.
Today's match between Northwestern Lehigh and Northampton will be composed of two halves with a lightning round midway through each half.
At half-time, we'll pause to get to know the students a little bit better.
As a reminder, Scholastic Scrimmage requires rapid recall of specific factual information and is not necessarily indicative of academic training.
And now let's begin.
Buzzers ready.
Here's our first toss-up.
What author described how Thomas Auld sent him to work for Edward Covey in an 1845 narrative of his life which advocated for abolitionism?
Northampton.
- Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- That is incorrect.
Still a little bit of time for Northwestern, but no conferring.
Northwestern.
- Their Eyes Were Watching God.
Incorrect.
Frederick Douglass.
We were looking for the author on that question.
Next toss-up, what chemist who with Gustav Kirchhoff discovered cesium and rubidium developed a way of generating a continuous flame using his namesake burner?
Northwestern.
- Bunsen.
- Robert Bunsen is correct.
For your bonus, in 2021, Damon Galgut's novel The Promise won what literary prize awarded annually to a novel written in English?
- Pulitzer Prize.
- Incorrect.
The Booker Prize is the correct answer.
Next toss-up, what Pennsylvania politician, whose relationship with William R King fueled rumors that he was gay, was elected in 1856 as the 15th US president?
Northwestern.
- Buchanan.
- James Buchanan is correct.
For your bonus, what Asian river's namesake valley was home to the ancient cities of Harappa and Mohenjo-daro?
- The Indus river.
- The Indus river is correct.
Next toss-up question, what senior pastor of the Ebenezer Baptist Church defeated Herschel Walker...?
Northwestern.
- Warnock.
- Raphael Warnock is correct.
He defeated Herschel Walker in the 2022 election.
For your bonus, what word refers to a line that a graph gets infinitely close to but might not actually reach, such as the x axis for the graph...?
This is a bonus for Northwestern and I'll continue for them.
For the graph of y equals one over x?
- Asymptote.
- That is correct.
Next toss-up, what river, whose official source is the Tomasee, flows past Arnhem, empties into the North Sea near Rotterdam and runs throughout western Germany?
Northwestern.
- The Rhine.
- The Rhine river is correct.
For your bonus, what author of the Gothic detective story VV or Plots And Counterplots also wrote the 1886 novel Jo's Boys?
- Agatha Christie.
- Incorrect.
Louisa May Alcott is the correct answer.
Next toss-up, what simple machine is subject to a statement given in on the equilibrium of planes by Archimedes which involves distances to the fulcrum?
Northampton.
- A lever.
- A lever is correct.
For your bonus, what Greek king's children included Electra, Orestes and Iphigeneia?
- Agamemnon.
- Agamemnon is the correct answer.
Next toss-up, what city that named a 1530 creed by Philipp Melanchton and a 1555 treaty declaring cuius regio, eius religio principle is in Bavaria?
Northampton.
- Munich.
- Incorrect.
Northwestern.
- Augsburg.
- Augsburg is correct.
For your bonus, what country's 1926 to 1929 rebellion, known as the Cristero War, was a response to the anti clerical decrees of President Plutarco Calles?
- Haiti.
- Incorrect.
Mexico is the correct answer.
Next toss-up, what city, once comprised of several islands along the Konkan coast, is the capital of the Maharashtra state and produces India's Bollywood films?
That's the capital of Maharashtra state.
Mumbai is the correct answer.
Next toss-up, what class of rocks includes aphanitic textured examples like andesite and glassy examples such as pumice and obsidian...?
Northwestern.
- Igneous.
- That is correct.
And forms from magma or lava.
For your bonus, what state's Republican Party called homosexuality an abnormal lifestyle choice in its 2022 platform and rebuked John Cornyn over gun reform support?
- Texas.
- Texas is correct.
Next toss-up, what man, the only Welsh Prime Minister in British history, represented Britain at the Paris Peace Conference and signed the Treaty of Versailles?
Northwestern.
- Chamberlain.
- That is incorrect.
Northampton, a little bit of time.
The only Welsh Prime Minister was David Lloyd George.
On to the next toss-up.
What 1913 play, in which a woman shouts not bloody likely after being asked if she will walk, involves a bet to pass Eliza Doolittle off as a duchess?
Northwestern.
- My Fair Lady.
- That is incorrect.
Northampton.
Pygmalion is the correct answer.
And with that, we have reached the first lightning round.
Northwestern, you'll get to pick between the following topics: battles and wars or Tom Brady.
- Quickly, Tim.
- Battles and wars.
Battles and wars, So, Northampton.
we'll see how much you know about Tom Brady.
Northwestern, battles and wars.
During what war were these battles fought?
Anzac.
- World War II.
- Incorrect.
- Chancellorsville.
- Civil War.
- Correct.
- First battle of the Marine.
- World War I.
- That is correct.
Cowpens.
- Mexican-American War.
- Incorrect.
Marston Moor.
- Black Hawk.
- Incorrect.
Leyte Gulf.
- World War II.
- Correct.
Bosworth Field.
- American Revolutionary.
- Incorrect.
- Lake Erie.
- War of 1812.
- Correct.
- The Yellow Sea in 1904.
- Russo-Japanese War.
- That is correct.
Inchon.
- Korean War.
- That is correct.
Nice job on that lightning round.
Northampton, that leaves you with Tom Brady.
Answer the following about Tom Brady.
He primarily plays this football position, that attempts passes.
- Quarterback.
- Correct.
Currently plays for this Florida based NFL team.
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
- Correct.
- His NFL jersey number.
- 12.
- Correct.
- His wife, a Brazilian model.
- Gisele Bundchen.
- Correct.
The Big Ten University he played for.
- Michigan?
- That is correct.
He was selected in this round of the NFL draft with the 199th pick.
- Pass.
- Started his NFL career with this team, which he left in 2020.
- New England Patriots.
- That is correct.
Upset this team in Super Bowl XXXVI to win his first Super Bowl.
- Pass.
- He lost twice in the Super Bowl to this NFC East team.
- The Giants.
- That is correct.
Titans coach, a linebacker who caught eight receptions for Brady.
- Pass.
- That last one was Mike Vrabel.
And we'll continue the match with the following toss-up question, what quantity, which is a variable's second central moment, is the average of squared differences from the mean and equals standard deviation squared?
Northwestern.
- Least Squares Regression Line.
- That is incorrect.
Northampton, there's still some time.
Variance is the correct answer.
Next toss-up, what month, during which the Lyrid meteor shower takes place, is when the US celebrates Arbor Day and is the first month of the year with 30 days?
Northwestern.
- April?
- That is correct.
It's the first month with 30 days.
For your bonus, Dr Nicolaes Tulp cut open an arm to reveal its musculature to an intrigued audience in what 1632 painting by Rembrandt?
- The Operation.
- Incorrect.
The Anatomy Lesson is the correct answer.
Next toss-up, what ancient author of the Brothers poem and the Ode to Aphrodite is noted for her lyrical poetry and lived on the Greek island of Lesbos?
Northampton.
- Sappho.
- That is correct.
For your bonus, at the start of William Blake's poem The Tiger, what alliterative two word phrase immediately follows the opening words tiger tiger?
- No response.
- Burning bright is the correct answer.
Next toss-up, what lake, which has the Pigeon river and the Nipigon river among its tributaries, is the northernmost, westernmost and largest of the Great Lakes?
Northwestern.
- Lake Superior.
- Lake Superior is correct.
For your bonus, a concept in international relations called Thucydides' Trap predicts an inevitable war between the US and what emerging power?
- China.
- That is also correct.
Next toss-up, what type of EM radiation detected by the Spitzer Space Telescope has frequencies just below those of visible light and is used...?
Northwestern.
- Infrared?
- That is correct.
And it's used in thermal imaging.
For your bonus, rimshots are played on what specific type of drum?
Go ahead and let your captain know if you know.
- Snare drums.
- A snare drum is correct.
Next toss-up, what Olympic event, which was won in 2021 by Peres Jepchirchir and Eliud Kipchoge, both representing Kenya, is a road race that spans 26.2 miles?
Northwestern.
- Marathon.
- The marathon is correct.
Your bonus is in math.
Pencil and paper ready.
What is the value of the constant k if the vector two comma five is parallel to the vector four comma k?
- Ten.
- Ten is correct.
Next toss-up, what author of the allegory A Tale of a Tub wrote about highly intelligent horses called Houyhnhnms in his satirical 1726 novel Gulliver's Travels?
Northwestern.
- Mark Twain.
- That is incorrect.
Northwestern?
I guess you know you're kicking yourself.
The correct answer is Jonathan Swift.
The next toss-up is in math.
Pencil and paper ready.
What is the length of a rectangle whose width is three and whose perimeter is 16?
Northwestern.
- Five.
- That is correct.
For your bonus, the magic wands used by Harry Potter and by Voldemort are both made with feathers from what phoenix?
Go ahead.
You can let your captain know.
- Phoenix.
- Say it again.
- A phoenix.
- That is incorrect.
It's a faithful pet of Albus Dumbledore we were looking for.
So it's false.
And with that, we've reached half-time.
Northwestern Lehigh currently leads with a score of 180 to Northampton's 50.
And with that, we'll get to know the students a little bit better by having them say their first and last name, and let us know your favorite TV series of all time.
Northwestern.
Haydn, we start with you.
- Hi, I'm Haydn King, 12th grade.
And my favorite TV series is probably Friends.
- All right!
- My name is Elijah Kinzel, grade 12.
And my favorite TV series is Brooklyn Nine-Nine.
- I'm Tim Bernard.
I'm in 11th grade, and I'd say my favorite TV series is either The Simpsons or The Goldbergs.
- I'm Jesse Kinsman.
I'm in 11th grade, and my favorite TV series is SpongeBob.
- OK, and Northampton.
Reece, go ahead.
- My name is Reece McGarry.
I'm a junior at Northampton, and my favorite TV series is British Top Gear.
- OK!
I'm a fan of Top Gear as well.
Go ahead, Emily.
- I'm Emily Weiland.
I'm in 12th grade, and my favorite TV series is Criminal Minds.
- I'm Megan Smith.
I'm a 12th grader, and my favorite TV series is either Grey's Anatomy or Criminal Minds.
- I'm Kathryn Esser.
I'm a junior, and my favorite TV series is The Golden Girls.
- All right.
So, Reese, while I'm a big fan of Top Gear, my all time favorite TV series is The X Files.
To me, that's just my runaway favorite.
Nothing else compares to it.
And now we'll continue on with the second half of the match with the following toss-up question, what explorer, who discovered the Commander Islands, died during his second Kamchatka expedition and names a strait that separates...?
Northwestern.
- Magellan - That is incorrect.
And names a strait that separates Alaska from Russia?
Northwestern.
- Bering.
- Vitus Bering is correct.
For your bonus, what phrase did Niccolo Machiavelli coin to refer to the emperors who headed the Roman Empire at its greatest extent, including Trajan and Hadrian?
- No response.
- The correct answer is the Five Good Emperors.
Next toss-up, what band's album A Night at the Opera includes...?
Northampton.
- Queen.
- That is correct.
Includes a song about a poor boy and it continues on and on for Bohemian Rhapsody?
For your bonus, what quantity, whose inclusive form is increased by kin selection, is zero for mules and measures an organism's ability to pass on its genes?
- No response.
- Fitness is the correct answer.
Next toss-up, what class of viruses that include T4 and lambda infect bacteria and are named...?
Northwestern.
- Bacteriophage.
- Bacteriophages is correct.
For your bonus, what William Shakespeare comedy, in which Ferdinand breaks a vow to swear off women after meeting a French princess, has two apostrophes in its title?
- Midsummer Night's Dream.
- Incorrect.
Love's Labour's Lost is the correct answer.
Next toss-up, what agreement which excluded the proposed Tallmadge amendment set a border along 36 degrees 30 minutes parallel and admitted Maine and a namesake slave state?
Northwestern.
- The Missouri Compromise.
- The Missouri compromise is correct.
For your bonus, in what 1961 invasion did counter-revolutionaries, backed by the CIA, fail to topple Fidel Castro's...?
You just go ahead and let your captain now.
- The Bay of Pigs invasion.
- The Bay of Pigs invasion is correct.
Next toss-up, what world capital, where heavy rains in August 2022 flooded the Han river and its affluent Gangnam district, is the capital of South Korea?
Northwestern.
- Seoul.
- Seoul is correct.
And for your bonus, what author who wrote the screenplay of the 2021 movie West Side Story depicted the AIDS crisis in his two part play Angels in America?
- Ken Burns.
- Incorrect.
Tony Kushner is the correct answer.
Next toss-up, what body of water whose northern termini includes the Strait of Jubal provides the name origin for Eritrea and lies east of Sudan and Egypt?
Northwestern.
- The Red Sea.
- The Red Sea is correct.
For your bonus, a 2022 study found that what charged particle likely contains a charm-anticharm quark pair in addition to its two up quarks and one down quark?
- Neutrinos.
- Incorrect.
The proton is the correct answer.
Next toss-up, what period, whose third Sunday is Gaudete Sunday, is...?
Go ahead, Northampton.
- Advent.
- Advent is correct.
And for your bonus, in the 19th century, what imperialist country competed with Russia for influence in Afghanistan and Central Asia during the Great Game?
- Britain?
- Say it again.
- Britain.
- That is correct.
The United Kingdom or Britain is correct.
Next toss-up, what poet who read On The Pulse Of Morning at Bill Clinton's inauguration began her seven part autobiography with I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings?
Northampton.
- Maya Angelou.
- That is correct.
For your bonus, in August 2022, what Indian born author of the novel The Satanic Verses was stabbed by Islamic militant Hadi Matar at an event in New York?
- No response.
- The correct answer is Salman Rushdie.
And with that we have reached our second lightning round.
Northampton, you will get to pick between the following topics, Alabama or people named Henry.
- People named Henry.
People named Henry.
So, Northwestern, get ready, think about everything you know about Alabama.
Northampton, your topic is people named Henry.
Give the surname of these people with the first name Henry.
Secretary of State under Richard Nixon.
- Pass.
- Pioneer of assembly line production and publisher.
- Ford.
- Say it again.
- Ford.
- Correct.
Author of Civil Disobedience.
- Thoreau.
- Correct.
American author of Washington Square and The Ambassadors.
- Pass.
- The first Secretary of War.
- Pass.
American poet of Paul Revere's Ride.
- Pass.
- Kentucky Senator who developed the American system.
- Pass.
- English explorer of Canada who commanded the Half Moon.
- Pass.
- British composer of the operas Dido and Aeneas.
- Pass.
- 20th century British sculptor whose works include Large Reclining Figure.
- Pass.
- Henry Moore was the last one.
Northwestern Lehigh, your topic is Alabama.
Answer the following about Alabama.
Its capital.
- Montgomery.
- Correct.
Blind and deaf woman born there whom Anne Sullivan taught.
- Helen Keller.
- Correct.
1960 novel by Harper Lee set there.
- To Kill A Mockingbird.
- Correct.
Civil rights leader who wrote Letter From Birmingham Jail.
- Martin Luther King.
- Martin Luther King.
- Correct.
Educational institution whose first president was Booker T Washington.
- Auburn.
- Incorrect.
Alabama's largest bay, an inlet of the Gulf of Mexico.
- Pass.
- Roman god of fire depicted in a large Birmingham statue.
- Vulcan.
- Correct.
Governor who declared segregation forever in 1963.
- Wallace.
- Correct.
City home to the US Space and Rocket Center.
- Mobile.
- Incorrect.
Former college football coach who is one of its senators.
- Tuberville.
- Tommy Tuberville is correct.
And we'll continue on with the final quarter of the match with the following toss-up question, what actor, whom Jimmy Kimmel has apologized many times for running out of time for, plays the title character in the Bourne trilogy and The Martian?
Northwestern.
- Matt Damon.
- That is correct.
He is always out of time for Matt Damon.
For your bonus, what suburb of Chicago, which in 2021 became the first US city to approve reparations for its black residents, is home to Northwestern University?
- Evanston.
- Evanston in Illinois is correct.
Next toss-up, what constellation, that names the crew module for the Artemis program, contains the stars Alnitak and Beetlejuice and is named for a mythical hunter?
Northwestern.
- Orion.
- Orion is correct.
For your bonus, what French physicist who coined the term gyroscope used a namesake pendulum to demonstrate the Earth's rotation?
- Kepler.
- Incorrect.
Leon Foucault is the correct answer.
Next toss-up, in what country in 1977 was activist Steve Biko of the Black Consciousness Movement beaten to death in police custody while working against apartheid?
Northwestern.
- South Africa?
- That is correct.
For your bonus, in 2021, Cincinnati, Houston and Central Florida announced that they would join what athletic conference in 2023 that currently includes Iowa State and Kansas?
- Big 12.
- That is correct.
Next toss-up, what architect of the Casa Batllo and Parque Guell was a native of Catalonia who designed the as yet unfinished Sagrada Familia basilica in Barcelona?
Antoni Gaudi is the correct answer.
Next toss-up, what fifth period element whose hexafluoroplatinate was the first known compound of a noble gas lies above radon and has the atomic...?
Northwestern.
- Xenon.
- That is correct.
It has the atomic symbol Xe.
For your bonus, what poet wrote, Forgive me, they were delicious, in a poem opening, I have eaten the plums that were in the icebox, titled This Is Just To Say?
- Robert Frost.
- Incorrect.
William Carlos Williams is the correct answer.
Next toss-up, what country's ruling Liberal Democratic Party severed ties with the Unification Church after the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe?
Northwestern.
- Japan.
- That is correct.
Shinzo Abe was the former Prime Minister who was assassinated.
For your bonus, what city on the Red River of the North forms a metropolitan area with Moorhead, Minnesota, and is the most populous city in North Dakota?
- Fargo.
- Fargo is correct.
Next toss-up, what composer set poems by Wilfred Owen in his War Requiem and showcased each section of instruments in his The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra?
Northwestern.
- Benjamin Britten.
- That is correct.
In The Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra.
For your bonus, each human hand and foot... And with that, time is up.
Congratulations to Northwestern Lehigh.
You are on to the Final Four with 350 points.
Northampton, unfortunately, it's the end of the road.
Good luck with the rest of your school year.
And thank you for tuning in.
We'll see you next week for the fourth and final match in the third round, Parkland versus Moravian Academy.