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Here's your host, David Graf.

Hello and welcome to the fourth match of the second round of the 49th season of Scholastic Scrimmage.

I'm your host, David Graf.

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

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

Scholastic Scrimmage requires rapid recall, specific factual information.

It is not necessarily indicative of academic training.

And now let's begin, buzzers ready.

Here's our first toss-up.

What person who was the subject of Elegies, When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd and O captain!

My Captain... - Whitehall.

- Abraham Lincoln.

That is correct.

And he was assassinated in 1865.

For your bonus, in US elections, what is the term for a system in which locals gather to discuss and vote on candidates as exemplified by Iowa's nominating process?

Caucus.

A caucus is correct.

Next toss-up question.

What battle, which includes clashes at Freemans Farm and Bemis Heights is in Upstate New York in 1777?

- Whitehall.

- Saratoga.

The Battle of Saratoga is correct, and it motivated France to enter the Revolutionary War.

For your bonus, in 2022, Barry Sharpless won his second Nobel Prize in what field whose first Nobel Prize winner was Jacobus van't Hoff?

- Chemistry?

- Chemistry is correct.

The next toss-up is in math.

Pencil and paper ready.

What is the difference that results from evaluating the expression one half minus two ninths?

Whitehall.

- 5/18.

- 5/18 is correct.

For your bonus... A riot occurred at a performance of what author's play The Plough and the Stars, which is part of his Dublin trilogy, along with Juno and Peacock?

James Joyce.

That's incorrect.

Sean O'Casey is the correct answer.

Next toss-up question.

What African American director known for being a regular at New York Knicks Games depicted a hot day in Bedford-Stuyvesant in Do The Right Thing.

- Freedom.

- Spike Lee.

Spike Lee is correct.

And for your bonus, what man led the US Food Administration during World War I and defeated Democrat Al Smith to win the 1928 presidential election?

- Herbert Hoover.

- Herbert Hoover is correct.

Next toss-up question.

What man who conducted Beethoven's Ninth Symphony in 1989 at the Berlin Wall is played by Bradley Cooper in the film Maestro and wrote West Side Story?

Leonard Bernstein is the correct answer.

Next toss-up question.

What process which the measles install experiment showed is semi conservative involves unwinding and copying a double helix shaped molecule?

- Whitehall.

- DNA transcription.

Unfortunately, that is incorrect.

Over to Freedom.

It would be DNA replication, DNA synthesis, synthesis or DNA duplication.

All acceptable answers.

Next toss-up question.

What senator was the only Republican to vote to convict Donald Trump in his first impeachment, is from Utah and lost... Whitehall.

- Mitt Romney.

- That is correct.

And he lost the 2012 presidential election.

For your bonus.

What island in the Lake Huron, which almost entirely banned cars, shares its name with a strait between Michigan's upper and lower peninsula?

No answer.

Mackinac Island is the correct answer.

Next toss-up question.

What leader who along with Andrew Demarais won the Battle of Stirling Bridge, was executed in 1305 after leading the Scottish against England?

- Whitehall.

- Robert Bruce.

That's incorrect.

Over to Freedom.

William Wallace is the correct answer.

Next toss-up question.

What phenomena exhibited by ozone and benzene in which delocalized electrons stabilize a molecule is represented by multiple Lewis Dots structures?

- Whitehall.

- Bonding.

That is incorrect.

Over to Freedom.

- Freedom.

- Covalent bonding.

That's incorrect.

Resonance is the correct answer.

Next toss-up question.

What country in which Alberto Nunez Feijoo led the opposition People's Party has been governed since 2018 by the PSOE under Premier Pedro Sanchez?

- Freedom.

- The Philippines.

That's incorrect.

Whitehall.

- Go ahead.

- Brazil.

Also incorrect.

Spain is a correct answer.

Next toss-up question.

What Asian nation has been led by the People's Action Party since its 1963 expulsion from Malaysia and lies at the tip of the... - Freedom.

- Singapore.

Singapore is correct and it lies at the tip of the Malay Peninsula.

For your bonus, what adjective which names a branch of math that studies logic and graph theory also denotes variables that are not continuous?

Statistics.

Incorrect, discrete math is the correct answer.

And with that, we have reached the first lightning round - in a pre-match coin toss, Freedom chose to pick first between the following topics, polynomials or historical black Americans.

- Polynomials.

- Polynomials.

Answer the following about polynomials.

Output of a polynomial at a root.

Pass.

Maximum number of roots of aquatic.

- Four.

- Correct.

Quantity equal to B squared minus 4AC for quadratics.

Anybody can just say, no conferring.

- Differential.

- That is incorrect.

French namesake of a rule of signs for roots.

Once again, just say it if you know it.

Pass.

Function made by dividing one polynomial by another.

Pass.

Term for the largest exponent of the variable in a polynomial.

No conferring.

Just say it if you know it.

Pass.

Repeated root of x squared plus 4x plus four.

Pass.

The only real route of x to the fifth minus 243.

That answer would be three.

Polynomials is a tough topic.

Whitehall, you have for your topic historical black Americans.

Name these black Americans.

Gave the I have a dream speech.

Martin Luther King.

- Which one?

- Junior.

Correct.

Refused to move seats on a Montgomery bus on December 1st.

- Rosa Parks.

- Correct.

Gave the ballot or bullet speech.

- Malcolm X.

- Correct.

NAACP co-founder who wrote The Souls of Black Folk.

Du Bois.

Correct.

Gave the Ain't I a Woman speech.

- Sojourner Truth.

- That is correct.

National Rainbow Coalition founder who ran for president in 1988.

No conferring, say it if you know it.

NAACP Field Secretary murdered in Mississippi in 1963.

Medgar Evers.

Correct.

Educator who co names an HBCU with Alfred Cookman.

Pass.

Almanac composer who surveyed Washington, D.C. in 1791.

- Banneker.

- Correct.

Six-year-old girl who desegregated a New Orleans school in 1960.

Pass.

That last one was Ruby Bridges.

We'll continue on with the following toss-up question.

What novel in which writer F Alexander plays classical music to punish Alex for an act of ultraviolence... - Whitehall.

- A Clockwork Orange.

That is correct.

And also made into a movie by Stanley Kubrick.

For your bonus, what term taken from the first part of the German word for Lightning War refers to the German bombarding campaign against England during World War II... - Blitzkrieg.

- The blitz or actually... We have to reject that.

They want the blitz as a correct answer.

They specified that we can't accept blitzkrieg.

Next toss-up question.

What politician who upon his 2022 election endorsed the Uluru Statement From the Heart is the current Labor Party Prime Minister of Australia?

Anthony Albanese is the correct answer.

Next toss-up question.

What Ocean whose only US Naval Facility lies on the island of Diego Garcia includes the Arabian Sea and the island nation of Sri Lanka?

- Whitehall.

- The Indian Ocean.

The Indian Ocean is correct.

And for your bonus.

What musician from Minnesota who briefly changed his stage name to an unpronounceable love symbol sang the songs Raspberry Beret and Purple Rain?

- Prince.

- Prince is correct.

Next toss-up question.

What type of biome whose name comes from the Finnish for treeless plain is characterized by permafrost and extremely low... - Whitehall.

- Tundra?

That is correct, and extremely low temperatures.

For your bonus, what law named for a French chemist states that at a constant volume, the pressure of a gas is directly proportional to its temperature?

- Pascal.

- That's incorrect.

Next toss-up question.

What author of the pastoral poem La Lero sought to justify the ways of God to man by portraying Adam's expulsion from Eden in the epic Paradise Lost?

- Whitehall.

- Milton.

John Milton is correct.

For your bonus, what English woman's 2020 novel The Mirror and the Light concluded a trilogy about 16th century courtier Thomas Cromwell, which began with Wolf Hall?

- Rowling.

- Incorrect.

Hilary Mantel is the correct answer.

Next toss-up question.

What man shown in the Lansdowne portrait that was saved by slave Paul Jennings during the war of 1812 is also seen in a portrait used on the $1 bill?

- Whitehall.

- George Washington.

George Washington is correct.

For your bonus, what geometric diagram is often used to show the order of key signatures as sharps and flats are added to C major and is named after an interval?

No answer.

The correct answer would be the circle of fifths.

The next toss-up is in math, pencil and paper ready.

How many hours are needed to fill a three foot by four foot by five foot rectangular prism if water is added at three cubic feet per hour?

- Freedom.

- 20 hours.

20 hours is correct.

For your bonus, what US territory formed by a namesake 1787 ordinance prohibited slavery and was eventually converted into the states like Ohio and Wisconsin?

- Kansas.

- Incorrect.

Originally, those states were part of the Northwest Territory.

And with that we've reached half-time.

Whitehall currently leads Freedom and now the students introduce themselves with their first, last name, grade level, and the answer to the following question.

Let us know about a favorite hobby or collection that you have.

So Freedom.

Matt, over to you.

My name is Matthew Heineman.

I'm in 11th grade and my favorite hobby is golf.

- Excellent.

- My name is Joseph.

I'm in 12th grade and my favorite hobby is basketball.

I'm Brady.

I'm in 11th grade, and my favorite hobby is playing the drums.

I'm Daniela.

I'm in 11th grade, and my favorite hobby is softball.

Excellent.

And Whitehall.

James, over to you.

My name is James.

I'm a senior and my favorite hobby is playing tennis.

I'm Neiv.

I'm in 11th grade.

My favorite hobby is watching soccer.

I'm Pri.

I'm a senior.

My favorite hobby is playing in our marching band.

I'm Kyla.

I'm a senior and my favorite hobby is crocheting.

Very cool.

So, Neiv, soccer fan.

Last week I was in Milan and I saw the Champions League match between AC Milan and PSG.

Oh, wow.

It is amazing.

The atmosphere and the Rossoneri, as they call the fans, are absolutely incredible, unlike anything I've ever seen before.

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

What state, which contains the eastern portion of Treasure Valley, is home to the city of Coeur d'Alene in its panhandle and is governed from Boise.

- Whitehall.

- Idaho.

Idaho is correct.

For your bonus.

A book of sketches by Leo Tolstoy is named for what Black Sea port that was besieged for 11 months during the Crimean War?

Odessa.

That's incorrect.

Next toss-up question.

Holders of what National Executive Post included a man killed during the years of lead, by the lead brigades, Aldo Moro, as well as Silvio Berlusconi?

It was a very awkward question.

They're basically asking for what are prime ministers of Italy or who were prime ministers of Italy at some point?

Next, toss-up question.

What singer who claims Gravity is holding me back and in this world it's just us... Whitehall.

- Harry Styles.

- Harry Styles is correct.

And he also recorded Watermelon Sugar.

For your bonus.

What Monarch oversaw a loss for his country in the Livonian War after 25 years of fighting and was the first to use the title Tsar of all of Russia?

- Peter.

- That is incorrect.

Ivan the Terrible.

Actually the first tsar of all of Russia.

Next toss-up question.

What systems whose rotation curves gave early evidence of dark matter may have a central bar of stars and include Andromeda and the Milky Way?

- Whitehall.

- Galaxies?

I'm sorry.

We need you to be more specific.

- What type?

- Spiral galaxies.

Spiral galaxies is correct.

For your bonus, the only heart value, or the only heart valve with two leaflets is what valve that resembles a bishop's hat?

- The aorta.

- Incorrect.

It's the mitral valve like the bishop's miter, his headpiece that he wears.

Next toss-up question.

What character owns a Yankees cap that turns her invisible, traveled with Luke... - Freedom.

- Annabeth.

Annabeth Chase is correct, and she dates Percy Jackson.

For your bonus.

The silver Cypriot, known in Swahili as Daga and the invasive Nile perch, make up the majority of fish caught in what largest lake in Africa?

Karp.

Incorrect.

We're looking for the lake.

It would be Lake Victoria.

It's the largest lake in Africa.

Next toss-up question.

What genus is known to have contained the species erectus and sapiens?

- Whitehall.

- Homo.

Homo is correct.

I'm sure I butchered many of those.

That was not my strong suit, but we got through it.

For your bonus.

In 2023, what Asian country began to abolish an unusual age counting system in which a two-day-old baby could conceivably be considered two years old?

- South Korea.

- South Korea is correct.

And the system was a way that if a child was born on January 31st, it could be two years old the next day on January 1st.

Part of their aging convention.

I know, even with the explanation I was not quite getting it.

Next toss-up question.

What materials in which holes can be created via doping with impurities include silicon and have connectivity between insulators and conductors?

- Whitehall.

- Semiconductors.

Semiconductors is correct.

For your bonus, Vincent Van Gogh used a chrome pigment in a series of paintings of vases containing what plants intended as decoration for the yellow house.

- Sunflowers.

- Sunflowers is correct.

Next toss-up question.

What sculpture discovered in 1820 near the island in the Aegean Sea is believed to depict a goddess of love and is missing both of its arms?

I could tell a few of you see it in your head, but can't quite get it out.

It's Venus de Milo.

It's the correct answer.

Next toss-up question.

What Auckland native joined an expedition led by John Hunt on which he and Tenzing Norgay became the first people to reach the top of Mount Everest?

- Whitehall.

- Hillary?

That is correct.

Sir Edmund Hillary is the correct answer.

For your bonus.

What millennia spanning culture whose city states included Urdu, developed cuneiform and is the oldest recorded Mesopotamian civilization?

- Sumer.

- Sumer is correct.

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

Whitehall, you'll get to pick between the following topics.

NBA Playoffs or atoms?

- NBA Playoffs.

- NBA Playoffs.

Whitehall, your topic is NBA Playoffs.

Answer the following about the 2023 NBA playoffs.

Mile High City, whose Nuggets won?

- Denver.

- Correct.

Nuggets Center nicknamed the Joker.

- Nikola Jokic.

- That is correct.

Florida team that lost in the Finals.

- Miami Heat.

- Correct.

Category in which Anthony Davis led the playoffs with 3.1 per game - Blocks.

- That is correct.

Warriors point guard who scored 50 points.

- Curry - That is correct.

Celtics forward who scored 51 points.

- Jayson Tatum.

- Correct.

Greek freak injury - Giannis Antetokounmpo.

- That is correct.

Phoenix Guard who led playoffs... - Devin Booker.

- That is correct.

Team with LeBron James that... - Lakers.

- Correct.

Team with Mikal Bridges who swept the 76ers in the first round.

- The Nets.

- The Nets is correct.

James knows basketball.

Could barely get some of those questions out of my mouth before he knew the answer, but great job.

So Freedom, maybe a little less fun of a topic.

We have atoms for you.

Give the first name of these people with the surname Adams.

It can be spelled with either one or two D's.

There are Adams as their surname.

The second president.

- John.

- Correct.

Photographer of Monolith, the face of Half Dome in Yosemite National Park.

- Ansel.

- Ansel is correct.

Mayor of New York City.

Elected in 2022.

Author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

- John.

- Incorrect.

Daughter of Gomez and Morticia played on Netflix by Jenna Ortega.

- Wednesday.

- Correct.

Activist and co founder of Whole House.

Pass.

Actress who starred in Enchanted and Arrival.

Creator of the comic strip Dilbert.

Wife of David Beckham, who's in the Spice Girls.

I don't know.

- Pass.

- Author of Watership Down.

That was Richard Adams.

And I also didn't know that David Beckham's wife is Victoria Beckham and her maiden name was Victoria Adams.

We'll continue on with the following toss-up question.

What river empties into the English Channel near Le Havre and is spanned by the Pont-Neuf Bridge in Paris?

- Freedom.

- The Sienne.

Correct.

For your bonus.

A 1963 children's book by Peggy Parish introduced what title housekeeper who often created chaos by taking instructions too literally?

No answer.

Amelia Bedelia is the correct answer.

Next toss-up question.

What author wrote about a coal miner's strike in Germinal, an 1885 French novel and defended soldier Alfred Dreyfus in his open letter, J'accuse?

- Whitehall.

- Zola.

Emile Zola is correct.

For your bonus, the maximum static friction equals the coefficient of friction times the magnitude of what force which acts perpendicularly to a surface?

Gravity.

Actually, that is incorrect.

It's normal force is the correct answer.

Next toss-up question.

What term can refer to an organism such as a mosquito that spreads disease or to a quantity such as velocity with both... Whitehall.

- Vector - Vector is correct.

And it has both magnitude and direction.

For your bonus, what Trojan Prince was abducted by Zeus from Mount Ida and taken to Olympus to serve as the cup bearer to the gods?

- Paris.

- Incorrect.

Ganymede is the correct answer.

Next toss-up.

What agreement which begins with the phrase "in the name of God, amen" was signed on a ship in 1620 before settlers landed at Plymouth Colony?

The Mayflower Compact.

The Mayflower Compact is correct.

And for your bonus, cities on what island, which include the world's most populous, include Sarang and Jakarta?

Borneo.

Incorrect.

That island is Java.

Next toss-up question.

What work commissioned by band leader Paul Whiteman opens with a clarinet glissando and is a blending of jazz and classical music by George Gershwin?

Whitehall.

Rhapsody in Blue.

Rhapsody in Blue is correct.

And for your bonus, an iron core improves the efficiency of what devices whose step up and step down types change the voltage between two AC circuits?

Capacitors.

Incorrect, transformers is the correct answer.

Next toss-up question, what building where the Pope often leads the way of the cross on Good Friday is an amphitheater where gladiators fought in ancient... Whitehall.

- The Coliseum.

- The Coliseum is correct.

And it's located in Rome.

For your bonus, the Emperor Qin Shi Huang adhered to what philosophical system, which emphasized strict punishment and centralized authority?

Legalism.

Legalism is correct.

Next toss-up question.

What empire in which Leo the third banned the veneration of icons in the eighth century was Greek speaking and was ruled from Constantinople?

- Whitehall.

- The Byzantine.

The Byzantine Empire is correct.

And for your bonus, what six-letter word follows Kimberly in the title of a Tony Award winning musical and refers to a body position with the hands on the hips?

No answer.

Akimbo is the correct answer.

Next toss-up question.

What derivative of purine can be removed from foods using supercritical carbon dioxide, promotes wakefulness and is found in tea and coffee?

- Whitehall.

- Caffeine.

That is correct.

And it also makes your host run and get up every morning.

For your bonus, in July 2023... And with that, the game is over.

Freedom, the end of the road.

But good luck.