Scholastic Scrimmage: NW Lehigh HS vs Moravian Academy

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I'm your host, David Graf.

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

At halftime, 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, it's not necessarily indicative of academic training.

And now let's begin.

Buzzers ready?

Here's our first toss-up.

What theory, which predicts length, contradiction and time dilation, was formulated by Albert Einstein in 1905, ten years before a general counterpart... Moravian.

- Special relativity.

- That is correct.

The Theory of Special Relativity.

For your bonus, what left wing politician served as Franklin Roosevelt's second vice president and ran as the Progressive Party nominee for president in 1948?

- Dewey?

- That is incorrect.

Henry Wallace is the correct answer.

Next toss-up.

What woman who was forced to marry Toussaint Charbonneau showed the Bozeman Pass to the Corps of Discovery as a guide for Lewis and Clark?

Moravian.

- Sacagawea.

- Sacagawea is correct.

For your bonus, in September 2022, a coalition led by what far right female politician won Italy's parliamentary elections?

- Five Star Movement.

- Incorrect.

Giorgia Meloni is the correct answer.

Next toss-up.

What film whose frame story involves fortune teller Professor Marvel and nasty Miss Gulch stars Judy Garland as a girl... Moravian.

- The Wizard of Oz.

- That is correct.

..as a girl who sings Over The Rainbow?

For your bonus, the so called four books of Chinese thought include the text that compiles sayings by Confucius and his followers... ..includes what text that compiles sayings by Confucius and his followers?

- Honorifics.

- Incorrect.

The Analects is the correct answer.

Next toss-up.

What building constructed over the former lake of the Domes Aurea features three tiers of superposed columns and was Rome's largest amphitheater?

Moravia.

- The Colosseum?

- That is correct, yes.

We'll take Colosseum, or the Flavian Amphitheater was also acceptable.

For your bonus, what peptide hormone produced by alpha cells in the pancreas opposes the effect of insulin, causing blood sugar levels to rise?

Tell the captain.

- Beta hormone.

- incorrect.

Glucagon is the correct answer.

The next toss-up is in math.

Pencil and paper ready?

What integer equals 28% of 50 and also equals 50% of 28?

Moravian.

- 14.

- 14 is correct.

For your bonus, what Central Asian country has been led by the dictators Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow and Saparmyrat Nyyazow?

- Turkmenistan.

- Turkmenistan is correct.

Next toss-up.

What city whose Cardinal Zen was arrested in 2021 under the 2020 national security law is, like Macau, a Special Administrative Region... Moravian.

- Hong Kong.

- That is correct.

It's a Special Administrative Region of China.

For your bonus, what Arabic term refers to one of 114 chapters of the Koran such as The Cow, and Al-Fatiha, or The Opening?

- Book.

- Incorrect.

Surah is the correct answer.

Next toss-up.

What author described a boy pursued by a supernatural being in The Erl-King, and wrote about the demon Mephistopheles... ..Mephistopheles...in the 1808 German play Faust?

Moravia.

- Goethe.

- Goethe is the correct answer.

For your bonus, what sea that is north of Iran and east of Azerbaijan is the world's largest inland body of water?

- The Caspian Sea.

- The Caspian Sea is correct.

Next toss-up question.

The Battle of Flamborough Head - what captain commanded Bonhomme Richard and said, "I have not yet begun to fight," during the Revolutionary... Moravian.

- John Paul Jones.

- John Paul Jones is correct.

For your bonus, what programming language often used for statistics and data analysis contains ggplot2 in its Tidyverse set of packages and has a one-letter name?

- R. - R is correct.

Next toss-up.

What singer includes the songs Keep Driving and Music For A Sushi Restaurant... Northwestern.

- Harry Styles.

- That is correct.

Harry Styles.

Got a tongue twister.

Music For A Sushi Restaurant on his 2022 album titled Harry's House.

You are correct.

For your bonus, in 1919, what American born conservative became the first woman to be seated in the British House of Commons as a Member of Parliament?

- Rankin?

- That is incorrect.

Nancy Astor is the correct answer.

And with that, we have reached the first lightning round.

In a pre-match coin toss, it was determined that Moravian will get to pick between the following topics.

History of electromagnetism or Greek mythological monster slayers.

- Greek mythological monsters.

- All right.

My daughter also loves Greek mythology, so she was excited when we tested this one out last night.

Northwestern, you'll be left with the history of electromagnetism.

But first, Moravian - Greek mythological monster slayers.

Which mythological figure killed the Nemean lion and the Lernaean Hydra?

- Hercules.

- Correct.

The Minotaur.

- Theseus.

- Correct.

Medusa.

- Perseus.

- Correct.

The Chimera.

- Bellerophon.

- Correct.

The Sphinx, who threw herself off the wall of Thebes after this man answered her riddle.

- Oedipus.

- Correct.

The Calydonian boar, after it was wounded by Atalanta.

- Meleager.

- That is correct.

The serpent Python.

- Apollo.

- Correct.

Kampe, the Drakaina guard guarding... ..excuse me, Tartarus.

- Pass.

- Drakaina guarding Tartarus.

- Pass.

- The many eyed giant Argus...Panoptes.

- Hermes.

- That is correct.

Talos, a bronze automation on Crete.

- Pass.

- The last one was Medea.

Northwestern, you have the history of electromagnetism.

Name these pioneers in the field.

Founding father who invented lightning rods.

- Ben Franklin.

- Correct.

Italian or whom the SI unit of potential is named.

- Ohm.

- Incorrect.

German whose law relates voltage to current?

- Ohm.

- Correct.

Frenchman who names the SI unit of current.

- Ampere.

- Correct.

Englishman who discovered electromagnetic induction.

- Feynman.

- Incorrect.

Frenchman who names the SI unit of charge.

- Joule.

- Incorrect.

Serbian American designer of AC Motors.

- Tesla.

- Correct.

Scottish physicist whose equations unified electricity and magnetism.

- Feynman.

- Incorrect.

Italian who discovered bioelectricity in frogs.

- Pass.

Danish man who showed that currents create magnetic fields.

- Feynman.

- Hans Christian Orsted was correct for that last one.

OK, we continue on with the match with the following toss-up question.

What type of photosynthesis uses PEP carboxylase before the Calvin cycle to synthesize sugars in plants?

Moravian.

- Dark.

- That is incorrect.

Northwestern, there's still some time, but no conferring.

Go ahead.

- Spontaneous photosynthesis.

- Incorrect.

C4 is the correct answer.

Next toss-up.

What state which is home to the Fossil Butte and Devil's Tower National Monuments... Moravian Academy.

- Wyoming.

- That is correct.

It's also the least populous state in the union.

For your bonus, what law states that entropy of a perfect crystal reaches its minimum value of zero when the temperature is absolute zero?

- The law of freezing point.

- That is incorrect.

It's the third law of thermodynamics is the correct answer.

Next toss-up question.

Which holiday which honors the defeat of Charles de Lorencez at the 1862 Battle of Puebla, has become an American... Moravian.

- Cinco de Mayo.

- That is correct.

It's become an American celebration of Mexican culture.

And for your bonus, in 2022, Yvon Chouinard the founder of what outdoor clothing retailer, donated his ownership of the company to a trust to fight climate change?

- Patagonia.

- Patagonia is correct.

Next toss-up question.

What nine letter term for the Greek for falling off provides the scientific name for baby teeth as well as trees that shed leaves in... Northwestern.

- Deciduous.

- That is correct.

For your bonus, what term of using acid to clean metal surfaces also names a technique preserving vegetables in brine or a vinegar solution?

- Pickling.

- Pickling is also correct.

Next toss-up question.

In what sport whose women's event was won by Eve Muirhead's team at Beijing in 2022 do players guide stones through a target... Northwestern.

- Curling?

- That is correct.

They guide stones to a target on ice using brooms.

For your bonus, what word can refer to a genre of Cuban songs, a Spanish dance in 3/4 time, or a 1928 piece dominated by the ostinato motif?

- Tango.

- Incorrect.

Bolero is the correct answer.

Next toss-up question.

Glass electrodes are most often used to measure what quantity, stabilized by buffers that measures a solution's acidity... Moravian.

- PH.

- That is correct.

And is seven for pure water was the end of that clue.

For your bonus, in what phase change used with some dyes does a substance move directly from a solid to a gas?

- Sublimation.

- Sublimation is correct.

Next toss-up question.

What battle ended after Operation Uranus called Frederick Paulus to surrender... Moravian.

- Stalingrad.

- That is correct.

And for your bonus, Mark Felt was a real identity of what anonymous high ranking source who fed information to the Washington Post during the Watergate scandal?

- Stone.

- No, his codename was Deep Throat.

Next question... for our next toss-up.

What politician who John Boehner called Lucifer in the flesh went to Cancun during a 2021... Haydon, Northwestern.

- Ted Cruz.

- That is correct.

He went to Cancun during a 2021 power crisis in his state of Texas.

For your bonus, what author described a yellow fog that rubs its back upon the window panes in a 1915 poem that also asks, "Do I dare to eat a peach?"

- Robert Frost.

- That is incorrect.

TS Eliot is the correct answer.

Next toss-up question.

What compound produced by archaea in the guts of termites and cows is a greenhouse gas... Northwestern.

- Methane.

-That is correct.

And it's about 30 times more potent than CO2.

Your bonus is in math.

Pencil and paper ready?

What is the least common multiple of the two numbers 12 and 31, given that 31 is a prime number?

- 372.

- 372 is correct.

And with that, we've reached halftime in our Final Four match-up.

Northwestern currently follows Moravian Academy 90 points to 205.

And now let's get to know the students better.

We'll have you say your name once again and answer the following question - what movie do you think you've watched most in your lifetime?

Haydon, Northwestern, we'll start with you.

Hi, I'm Haydon.

I'm a 12th grader from Northwestern, and the movie I've probably watched the most is probably a Christmas movie like Frosty or Rudolph or something like that.

- All right, Jesse?

- I'm Jesse.

I'm a junior at Northwestern Lehigh.

And the movie I've probably watched most is Jurassic Park.

- Hello, I'm Tim.

I'm an 11th grader at Northwestern Lehigh.

And the movie that I've watched the most would probably either be Star Wars or Pirates Of The Caribbean.

- Hi, I'm Elijah, a 12th grader at Northwestern Lehigh.

And the movie I'd say I watched the most has to be Wall-E. - All right.

And Moravian Academy.

Tyler, over to you.

- Hello.

My name is Tyler.

The movie that I've watched the most is National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation.

- That's an excellent movie.

I watched that over this holiday vacation.

- I am Nathaniel, and the movie I've watched the most is the original Rankin-Bass production of Rudolph.

- OK. - Hi, I'm Okezue and I think the movie I've watched the most is like Black Panther or something of that nature.

- Very cool.

Hi, I'm Ellie.

The movie I've watched the most is Pride And Prejudice with Keira Knightley.

- Excellent.

Now, I believe in the other match, I said probably as an adult the one I've watched most is Casino Royale, the James Bond movie.

But thinking back to a lot of your answers and being a kid, the movie that I absolutely loved was a Disney movie called The Rocketeer, which is a live action movie.

It's kind of gotten lost in the Disney mythology of characters, but look it up sometime.

It's an interesting movie.

And now we'll continue on with the second half of the match with the following toss-up question.

What man whom Joseph Welch asked if he had no sense of decency was a Wisconsin... Moravian Academy.

- McCarthy.

- Joe McCarthy is correct.

He was a Wisconsin senator who ran the 1950s investigation into communist infiltration.

For your bonus, the aria Un Bel Di is sung in what Giacomo Puccini opera in which Cho-Cho-San devoutly awaits the return of American naval officer Pinkerton?

- Madame Butterfly.

- Madame Butterfly is correct.

Next toss-up question.

What composer of the jazz standards Grooving High and Salt Peanuts was known for playing with puffed out cheeks on a trumpet with a bent bell?

This is the first one that stumped our contestants.

It's Dizzy Gillespie.

On to the next toss-up.

What region in which orbital resonance cleared the Kirkwood gaps lies about 2 to 4 AU from the sun between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter... Northwestern.

- The asteroid belt.

- That is correct.

And it would be between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.

For your bonus, what businessman and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate co-founded the centrist Forward Party in 2022?

- Andrew Yang.

- Andrew Yang is correct.

Next toss-up.

What beings in Greek mythology who included Hyperion and... Moravian Academy.

- Titans.

- Titans is correct.

I don't have to go on with the rest of the question there For your bonus, Anacapa, Santa Cruz and Catalina are islands in what archipelago off the coast of southern California?

- The Santa Catalinas.

- incorrect.

The Channel Islands, and Catalina Island is really beautiful if you ever visit.

World famous hotel there on the island, Next toss-up.

What literary work which describes the drought of March being ended by April rain and which portrays many pilgrims was written by Geoffrey Chaucer?

Moravian.

- Canterbury Tales.

- Canterbury Tales is correct.

For your bonus, Henry Morgan, a 17th century British privateer who plundered Spanish colonies in the Caribbean operated out of Port Royal in what island country?

- Trinidad and Tobago.

- Incorrect.

Jamaica is the correct answer.

The next toss-up is in math.

Pencil and paper ready.

What is the first term of a geometric sequence whose second term is 12 and whose third term is 24?

Northwestern.

- Six.

- Six is correct.

And for your bonus, what playwright whose plays were presented at Ireland's Abbey Theatre, wrote the 1920s plays Juno And The Paycock, The Shadow Of A Gunman and the Plough And The Stars?

- Tennessee Williams.

- Incorrect.

Sean O'Casey is the correct answer.

Next toss-up question.

The film Leave In Real Life depicts what man who attacked... ..at the Hollywood Bowl in 2022... ..who was attacked at the Hollywood Bowl in 2022 and whose special The Closer included transphobic jokes?

Moravian Academy.

- Ricky Gervais.

- Incorrect.

Northwestern, there's still some time.

Go ahead.

- Dave Chappelle.

- Dave Chappelle is correct.

For your bonus, what disputed territory is controlled by the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, is home to the city of Laayoune and lies southwest of Morocco?

- Western Sahara.

- Western Sahara is correct.

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

In this lightning round, Northwestern.

you'll get to pick from the following topics.

Sports venues or world currencies.

- We will take sports venues.

- Sports venues, OK. Moravian Academy, world currencies.

Northwestern, your topic is sports venues.

Given a sports stadium or arena, name the city in which it is located.

Madison Square Garden.

- New York City.

- Correct.

Wrigley Field.

- Chicago.

- Correct.

Centre Court where the Wimbledon tennis tournament is held.

- London.

- Correct.

Caesars Superdome.

(TWO SPEAK AT ONCE) What do we hear?

I heard the incorrect answer first.

The correct was in New Orleans.

That does not count.

Coors Field.

- Denver.

- Correct.

Chase Center, home of the Warriors.

- San Francisco.

- Correct.

Arrowhead Stadium.

- Kansas City.

- That is correct.

Rodgers Center, previously known as the Skydome.

- Toronto.

- Correct.

MLS's Lower.com field and a college football stadium known as the Horseshoe.

- Columbus.

- Correct.

PPG Paints Arena, which replaced the Igloo.

- Pittsburgh.

- That is correct.

Nice job there.

We have a sports fan on our hands.

And now let's see how much Moravian Academy knows about world currencies.

World currencies is your topic.

Identify the official currencies of these countries.

Note that the euro is not an answer in this category.

The United Kingdom.

- Pound.

- Correct.

Japan.

- Yen.

- Correct.

Brazil.

- Pesos.

- Incorrect.

Switzerland.

- Mark.

- incorrect.

India.

- Rupee - Correct.

Turkey.

- Dinar.

- Incorrect, China.

- Pass - South Africa.

- Pound.

- Incorrect, South Korea.

- Pass.

- Poland.

- Mark.

-Incorrect.

The zloty was the answer for Poland.

Poland is one of the seven EU member nations that still use their own currency.

OK. We'll continue on with the final quarter of the match with the following toss-up question.

In what present day country where Jan Hus preached early reformationist... Moravian.

- Czech Republic?

- That is correct.

For your bonus, what man who used the pseudonym Raymond Sneyd was seen fleeing from the Lorraine Motel on April 4th, 1968, after shooting Martin Luther King Jr?

- Smith.

- Incorrect.

James Earl Ray is the correct answer.

Next toss-up question.

What term, the D in the insurance agency FDIC, may refer to a payment made by... Northwestern.

- Debit.

- That is incorrect.

I'll continue for Moravian.

..by renters for security against damage and is the opposite of withdrawal?

Moravian.

- Deposit.

- That is correct.

For your bonus, what social science has a four field approach that trains students in archaeology, linguistics and its physical and cultural branches?

- Anthropology.

- Anthropology is correct.

Next toss-up question.

What animals which Seymour says can be trapped in a hole on a Florida beach partly titles a JD Salinger short story set on a perfect day for them?

Haydon.

- Manatees.

- Incorrect.

Moravian, a little bit of time, but no conferring.

Go ahead, Moravian.

- Coconut crabs.

- Incorrect.

Bananafish is the correct answer.

A perfect day for bananafish.

Next toss-up question.

Magnetars are examples of what dense bodies that are about... Moravian.

- Neutron stars.

- That is correct.

And for your bonus, plutonium belongs to what set of elements with partially filled 5f subshells that lies at the bottom of the periodic table?

- Actinides.

- Actinides is the correct answer.

All right.

On to our next toss-up.

What body of water that flows south of Punta Arenas separates Tierra del Fuego from... Moravian.

- Strait of Magellan?

- That is correct.

..from mainland South America and is named after a Portuguese explorer?

For your bonus, what British author who died in 2022 depicted the court of King Henry VIII in her Booker Prize winning novel, Bring Up The Bodies and Wolf Hall?

- Smith.

- Incorrect.

Hilary Mantel is the correct answer.

Next toss-up question.

What book in which gossip app creator Simon has detention with Bronwyn in a mystery by Karen M McManus about students, not all of whom are honest?

This is a blind spot for me as well.

The book's name is One Of Us Is Lying.

Next toss-up.

What man who was married to fellow artist Lee Krasner used... Moravian Academy.

- Jackson Pollock.

- That is correct.

For your bonus, what prime minister, the author of Talk With Bruno and The Cardinal's Mistress, was shot alongside his mistress, Clara Petacci, in Giulino in 1945?

- Atlee.

- Incorrect.

Benito Mussolini is the correct answer.

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

Northwestern Lehigh, with 170 points, unfortunately, it's the end of the line.

Good luck with the rest of your school year.

Moravian Academy, congratulations.

We'll see you in our final next week against Stroudsburg High School.