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Hello and welcome to the second match of the third round of the 51st season of Scholastic Scrimmage.

I'm your host, David Graff.

Today's final 18 matchup is between Parkland High School, who in the first two matches of the season amassed 845 points, and Southern Lehigh High School, who scored 595 points over their first two matches.

The match will be composed of two halves, with Lightning Round midway through each half, and halftime will pass.

The students can introduce themselves.

We'll get to know them a little bit better.

As a reminder, Scholastic Scrimmage requires rapid recall, specific factual information, and is not necessarily indicative of academic training.

And now let's begin.

Buzzers.

Ready.

Here's our first tossup question.

What theory?

Whose namesake effects cause Gold's color predicts time dilation when close to the speed of quite suddenly high.

Theory of relativity.

The theory of relativity is correct, and it predicts time dilation when close to the speed of light.

For your bonus, a constant, denoted k sub e appears in what law for the force between two charged particles, which is named for the same person as the AC unit of charge.

The Coulomb Coulomb law is correct.

Next tossup question what Greek god whose arrows spread a plague during the Trojan War?

Go ahead.

Parkland.

Apollo.

Apollo was correct for your bonus or is correct for your bonus.

Published in 1773, the poem to His Excellency General Washington was written by what woman?

What is the Wheatley?

Phillis Wheatley is correct.

Next tossup question.

What animal in Alice in Wonderland gives directions to the Mad Hatter's tea party before vanishing, leaving behind a grin and from suddenly.

Cheshire Cat Cheshire Cat is correct for your bonus.

What surname is shared by two men named John, one of whom was Barack Obama's speechwriter, while the other directed Iron Man and created The Mandalorian.

Favreau.

Bavaro is correct.

Is the surname.

Next tossup question what war in which the Battle of Tarleton helped Edward the Fourth seize the throne, involved the houses of Lancaster and York declared parkland.

The War of the roses.

War of the roses is correct for your bonus.

What adjective describes fluids at a temperature and pressure beyond the point below which its separate liquid and gas states can exist?

Supercritical, supercritical, supercritical fluids is correct.

Next toss up question.

The Declaration of Geneva is a modern revision of what text originally written in Greek that says do no harm and is go ahead, part of the Hippocratic Oath.

The Hippocratic Oath is correct.

And as we say here, it's an oath taken by doctors.

For your bonus, the Dry Tortugas for a portion of what?

Chain of islands south of Miami.

The keys.

The Florida Keys is correct.

Next tossup question.

What island with the largest Hindu population in the Caribbean is the origin of calypso music, and forms a nation led from the port of Spain with gold parkland.

Trinidad and Tobago.

Yes.

We'll take a treat.

That is correct.

Because you said Tobago before I said Tobago in the clue.

Yes, Trinidad and Tobago is correct for your bonus.

Walter Ruther was the longtime president of what labor union that represents manufacturing employees from firms like Ford and General Motors, UAW, UAW or United Auto Workers is correct.

Next tossup question what director depicted an alien nicknamed Jean jacket and a murderous chimp, Gordy in his film?

Nope and good Southern Lehigh.

Jordan Peele Jordan Peele is correct, and he also directed the thrillers US and Get Out for your bonus in September 2025.

What woman who holds the title Princess of Wales conducted joint events with Melania Trump during Trump's visit to the United Kingdom.

Catherine Catherine is correct.

Next tossup question what movement whose second wave began around the publishing of Betty Friedan's book about it?

Go ahead.

Parkland feminism.

That is correct.

Your bonuses in math.

Pencil and paper.

Ready?

What must be the average speed in miles per hour of a car that traveled 36 miles in 45 minutes.

Go ahead 48 miles an hour.

48mph is correct.

All right, on to the next toss up question.

In what state did David Farragut yell, damn the torpedoes!

Full speed ahead!

While attacking the Confederate Navy at Mobile Bay, South Park, Alabama.

Alabama is correct, and he was south of Montgomery for your bonus.

In January 1853, what Democratic president elect was traveling on a train through Massachusetts that derailed, killing his only living child?

For.

Buchanan.

Incorrect.

Franklin Pierce is the correct answer.

The next tossup questions in math.

Pencil and paper.

Ready.

What must be the value of x?

If an angle measured two x degrees is supplementary to an angle measuring three x degrees?

Go ahead.

Parkland and work 36 degrees.

36 degrees is correct for your bonus.

In 2025, Owen Cooper became the youngest male actor to win a Primetime Emmy after playing accused killer Jamie in what four episode British drama adolescence.

Adolescence is correct.

And with that, we've reached the first lightning round in a pre-match coin toss.

It was determined at parkland.

We'll get to pick between the following topics.

20th century years ending in five or the German language years.

Roughly the German language.

The German language.

It is parkland.

Your first lightning round topic is the German language.

Answer the following about the German language.

Second most populous German speaking country after Germany.

Austria.

Correct German word for German.

Deutsch.

Correct greeting meaning good day.

Guten tag.

Correct accent mark consisting of two dots.

That correct color indicated by the word wars.

Black.

Correct Jewish language chiefly derived from German.

Yiddish.

Correct capital letter that resembles the German letter.

Asset S or asset S. That's incorrect.

English translation of the question word Vo.

Where correct grammatical gender indicated by the article Das Neuter.

Correct.

Until the 1990s, the only African country with German as its official language.

Namib, Namibia Namibia is correct.

So let's talk about before the match.

You have German offered in your high school.

That was going to be an easier topic.

All right.

Southern Lehigh, your topic is 20th century years ending in five.

Give the 20th century year ending in five, such as 1915 or 1975, in which these events occurred.

First clue Japan surrenders, ending World War two, 1945.

Correct.

Two separate assassins try to kill President Gerald Ford as the first Russian Revolution begins.

1925 being correct, Lyndon Johnson is sworn in for a full term as president.

1965 incorrect.

Rosa Parks is arrested for refusing to give up her bus.

1950 55 well, that was right.

Did you say the right one?

It was 19.

Okay, D is correct.

1965 is correct.

Sorry, I thought I heard 55.

Rosa Parks is arrested for tickets for bus 55.

Correct.

Adolf Hitler rearming Germany, 1935.

Correct.

O.J.

Simpson is found not guilty.

1995 correct.

The Lusitania is sunk by German U-boat.

1915 correct.

Microsoft releases the first edition of windows OS 1985.

Correct.

The Scopes Monkey Trial is held 1945.

That is incorrect.

1925 is correct, one that.

Onto the next tossup question.

What artistic medium was used by Imogene Cunningham and other group F 64 members, such as Ansel Adams, who used it to add parkland photography?

Photography is correct for your bonus.

What title character unties cobbles not and races Mars Bar Thompson after coming to the town of Two Mills in a young adult novel by Jerry Spinelli.

Smith.

Incorrect.

Maniac Magee is a correct answer.

Next tossup question.

What poem which describes a yelling rising from 5000 throats, is by Ernest Thayer and is about a baseball player from Mudville who strikes suddenly hard.

Casey at the back.

Casey of the bat is correct for your bonus.

What Soviet era composer of 15 symphonies whose work was denounced in 1948, composed the symphony number 13.

Bobby Air.

Tchaikovsky.

Incorrect.

Dmitri Shostakovich is a correct answer.

Next toss up question.

What country borders the exclave of, say, Utah and Melilla has disputed claims over southern Morocco?

Morocco is correct and has a disputed claim over.

Do you have no Western Sahara?

Oh, just.

Just for fun, I was asking for your bonus.

What term starting with V refers to a lipid bilayer that fuzes with the membrane to release its contents in exocytosis.

Vesicle.

That is correct.

Next tossup question.

What leader encouraged criticism in his hundred flowers move.

Go ahead Ken the Mao Zedong Mao Zedong is correct for your bonus.

Between March and May 1871, a radical socialist government known as the commune ruled what city in the aftermath of a national defeat to Prussia?

Yes.

Warsaw.

Incorrect.

Paris is a correct answer.

Next tossup question.

What composer who conducted the Boston Pops Orchestra in the 1980s wrote multiple Olympic fanfares and quite suddenly.

Hi, John Williams.

John Williams is correct.

And he also wrote the Imperial March for Star Wars for your bonus.

What American realist painter depicted a boxing match in Taking the Count, and a lecture about a bone surgery in the Gross clinic?

Topper.

Incorrect.

Thomas Eakins is incorrect.

Answer next tossup question.

The alligator pair is another name for what?

Fruit?

Go ahead.

Parkland.

Avocado and avocado is correct and has bacon and horse varieties for your bonus.

What 1963 novel by Kurt Vonnegut is partially set on the fictional island of San Lorenzo and features a religion known as Boko.

Non-Islamic cats in the cradle.

We, we know.

Yes.

Yeah.

Yes.

No.

Unfortunately, we can't take it.

Cat's cradle is the correct answer.

Next tossup question.

What author described a place where the flying fishes play in his poem Mandalay, and portray the tiger Cher Khan in his collection The Jungle Book, for quote, Rudyard Kipling.

Roger Kipling is correct for your bonus.

Diopters are used to measure one over what distance, which is the distance from a lens to the point where the lens causes parallel rays to converge.

Refraction point that is incorrect.

Focal length is a correct answer.

And with that, we have reached half time.

Let's take a moment for the students to introduce themselves with their first name, last name, grade level and the answer to the following question.

What is your go to breakfast before a scholastic scrimmage match?

Parkland can go ahead.

Ken Jeong, 11th grade, an energy drink.

All right.

Tipu Hamid, 11th grade protein bar shake.

Okay.

Sample in Bo, 12th grade waffles with peanut butter.

All right.

Eric, you're at 10th grade.

Just a granola bar, usually.

Okay.

Over to Southern Lehigh.

Go ahead.

A vodka, a 12th grade granola bar.

Okay.

Matilda Snider, 12th grade, protein bar and espresso.

Colby, 10th grade.

Whatever a cat dragged in.

All right.

Patrick, Jim, you got 12th grade, scrambled eggs, beans, bagel with jelly and blueberries and orange juice.

Oh, right.

Well, Patrick's got the full meal going on there.

Let's see.

I usually go two eggs fried on and everything.

Bagel with, like, cheese or bacon if I'm feeling extra adventurous, but usually not enough time to make bacon.

All right, we'll continue on the second half of the match with the following up question what philosopher who reminded Crito to repay a rooster to a sleepless refuse to escape his death sentence and instead Falkland?

Socrates.

That is correct.

And he drank poison hemlock instead.

For your bonus, in August 2025, what country closed its embassy in Tehran after accusing Iran's government of organizing anti-Semitic attacks for Israel?

That is incorrect.

Australia is the correct answer.

Next toss up question what medal whose sulfate salt is sold as Epsom salts is found at the center.

Go ahead.

Can magnesium?

Magnesium is correct and it has the atomic symbol MG for your bonus.

What?

12th century a Sultan of Egypt retook Jerusalem from the Crusaders and became the respected rival of Richard the Lionheart.

It.

King tut incorrect that Sultan is Sultan is the correct answer.

Next tossup question.

What man who commissioned over 2500 libraries and wrote the Gospel of Wealth, pioneered vertical integration to build.

Go ahead, parkland Carnegie.

Andrew Carnegie is correct, and he built his namesake steel company for your bonus.

What kind of thin, wispy, high altitude clouds are indicated by the abbreviation Cy and are composed Cirrus clouds is correct.

They're composed of ice crystals.

Next tossup question in what country does Amena faint and fracture her collarbone in the novel Palace Walk?

And it was the first novel in Naguib Mahfouz Cairo trilogy.

Egypt Egypt is correct for your bonus.

What state's 2025 congressional delegation includes Nick Begich the third, as its only House member, and Lisa murkowski as one of its senators.

Alaska Alaska is correct.

Next toss up question what process has a magnetic confinement type that may use a plasma in a donut shaped Pokémon?

Go ahead.

Parker fusion Nuclear fusion is correct for your bonus.

Darren Chris won a Tony for playing Oliver.

A helper bought model three in what South Korean show that in 2025 won the Tony Award for Best Musical.

K-pop demon hunters.

That is incorrect.

It's maybe happy ending is the correct answer.

Next, toss a question in what city was Tom Bradley mayor when riots broke out in 1991 after the acquittal of police who beat Rodney quite suddenly?

High Los Angeles Los Angeles is correct, and he beat Rodney King in the San Fernando Valley for your bonus abnormal gait is a positive predictor for some forms of what abnormal decline in mental function whose most common form is Alzheimer's disease.

Dementia.

Dementia is correct.

Next toss up question what author who used interviews as the basis for his autobiography of Malcolm X, fictionalized his ancestor Kunta Kinte in his novel roots?

Boy, parkland, though that's incorrect.

Over to Southern Lehigh.

It's a freebie, but no conferring.

You can say pass.

You want me to move on?

Pass?

Yeah.

We'll pass.

It is.

Alex Haley is the author.

Okay, onto next tossup question.

What operation which can be represented by a colon, an obelisk or a forward slanting solidus is indicated by the horizontal line in a fraction.

Southern Lehigh Division Division is correct for your bonus.

Landmark 81 is a skyscraper in what most populous city of Vietnam, which was formerly known as Saigon.

Ho Chi Minh city, Ho Chi Minh City, ho Chi Minh City is correct.

Next tossup question.

What meeting during which Arianism was condemned did Constantine summon leaders to the Christian Church?

In A.D.

325 and produce a namesake creed?

He summoned the mall to the First Council of Nicaea.

Next tossup question.

What novel in which Indian widow Huda marries Reform Club member Phileas Fogg, was written by Jules Verne about a trip across the earth.

Great parkland around the world in 80 days.

Around the world in 80 days is correct for your bonus in hamlet.

What tedious old fool who is mistakenly stabbed to death behind an heiress is the father of liberties and Ophelia.

Claudius.

Say that again.

Claudius.

Claudius is incorrect.

It's Polonius.

This incorrect answer.

Next toss up question.

What nonstandard oxidation state of each oxygen atom in a hydrogen peroxide molecule is also, the negative oxidation state.

Go southern Lehigh minus one minus one is correct for your bonus.

What Pacific island country, whose main exports include bottled water and fish, is governed from Suva, Fiji.

Fiji is correct.

Next tossup question what painting depicted on a postcard on which Marcel Duchamp drew a mustache, shows a woman with an enigmatic smile and is suddenly the Mona Lisa?

Of course we talk about the Mona Lisa.

It's by Leonardo da Vinci for your bonus, what is the name, either full or abbreviated, of the discontinuity that separates the crust from the upper mantle, such.

That's Moho discontinuity.

All right.

And we are on to our second lightning round, Southern Lehigh.

You'll get to pick between the following topics Poland or New Hampshire.

Two places on Earth.

What do we know about her new Hampshire?

New Hampshire it is Southern Lehigh.

For your second lightning round topic, you have New Hampshire.

Answer the following about the state of New Hampshire, its capital, Concord.

Correct.

State along its eastern border.

Maine.

Correct.

French speaking Canadian province on its northern border are correct.

Toronto a major League Baseball team whose affiliated Jason City Blue Jays.

That is correct.

Ivy League College in Hanover Dartmouth, correct.

Igneous rock referenced in the state's nickname mountain.

Incorrect.

Colorfully named mountains containing the Presidential Range.

Green mountains incorrect.

Its most populous city.

Pass, passenger rail service whose down Easterner line runs through New Hampshire.

Amtrak.

Correct.

Playwright who set our town in New Hampshire?

Oh are to pass.

That is Thornton Wilder.

Okay, parkland, your topic is Poland.

Answer the following about Poland.

It's capital city, Warsaw.

The correct Polish born winner of two Nobel Prizes for her work on radioactive theory.

Correct.

Primary color below white on Poland's red.

Correct.

16th century Polish astronomer who advocated heliocentrism.

Galileo.

Incorrect Polish priest who became pope in 1978.

John Paul, be more specific.

The second correct seed that abuts Poland's northern coast.

A Baltic.

Correct composer of the raindrop prelude.

Chopin.

Correct currency of Poland.

Zloty.

Correct.

Vast mountain range whose sub ranges in Poland include the Tatras?

No, no.

Past president of Poland from 2015, Donald Tusk.

That's incorrect.

It's the other guy.

That's their prime minister.

The president is Duda oh two.

During that period.

It's good.

All right.

We'll continue on the match of the following tossup question in 2023, what Major League Baseball player signed a then record $700 million contract after winning two MVP awards for his prowess as both a hitter and a pitcher?

Suddenly Shohei Ohtani Shohei Ohtani is correct for your bonus.

What rhyming two word term denotes the migration of Americans of European ancestry out of urban areas after World War Two, often due to desegregation.

Zionism.

That's incorrect.

White flight is the answer we're looking for.

Okay, next.

Awesome question.

In summer 2025, what companies switch to Coca Cola products in its cafes?

Go ahead again Costco.

We've been Costco fan.

Can you do that right away?

Okay, for your bonus, the Rosetta Stone and the Elgin Marbles are currently held in what museum?

Located in the Bloomsbury district, the British Museum The British Museum is correct.

Next toss up question what class of animals contain the orders of schemata and test?

Nunez, who studied with amphibians in herpetology and reptiles reptiles, is correct and contains crocodiles and snakes.

For your bonus.

Cindy Birdsong replaced Florence Ballard as a member.

What group whose recordings of stop in the Name of Love featured lead singer Supremes?

The Supremes is correct.

Next tossup question what name is shared by a band fronted by Steve Lukather that released the song Africa and go ahead.

Suddenly Toto Toto is correct.

It's also the name of the dog owned by Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz.

Your bonuses in math.

Pencil on paper.

Ready?

How many fluid ounces are in seven pints?

Given that in 1201 12 112 is correct.

Next tossup question in 2025, what tech company was barred from making exclusive contracts for products like Gemini?

And go ahead suddenly Google.

Google is correct for your bonus.

Preschools called a Leo.

Teach what Astro Astro needs an ink language that has a glottal stop called Akina.

Oh.

It's Austronesian language.

Filipino.

That's incorrect.

Hawaiian language is correct.

Answer.

Next tossup question.

What country controls the Kinmen and Penghu Island?

Go ahead.

Taiwan.

Taiwan is correct.

It's governed from Taipei for your bonus.

What early Baroque composer's works include the arrow point, set a spree, Spirito in his 1607 opera Orfeo.

Verdi got a buzz in Italy.

Oh, yeah.

Sorry.

His bonus, Monteverdi is actually the correct answer.

Next toss up question what process?

Assisted by heat shock proteins.

Go ahead.

Protein folding.

Protein folding is correct.

It's been compared to origami for your bonus.

What?

Emperor ruled from exile after Italy invaded Ethiopia in the 1930s, then returned until he was deposed in a 1974 coup.

Ramsey method.

Incorrect.

Highly.

Selassie is a correct answer.

Next toss up question.

What a force OOP!

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

Well.

Was a really great match between two great teams.

Unfortunately it's often Lehigh not enough today.

Good luck with the rest of your school year.

Congratulations parkland, you're on to the Final Four and thank you for watching.

We'll see you next week when it bears high school faces Saucon Valley High School.

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