Alabama Scholars Bowl is made possible by the Holley Family Foundation, established to honor the legacy of Brigadier General Everett Holley and his parents, Evelyn and Fred Holley.

Champions of servant Leadership.

Syntax investing in others.

Alabama Scholars Bowl, where junior high school students from all over the state compete for scholarship money.

Questions in science, technology, engineering, math and History.

Keep track and see how well you do up against the best junior high school students in Alabama.

Now here's your host, Mike Royer.

Hello, everyone, and welcome to the Alabama Scholars Bowl.

My name is Mike Royer.

We hope you're a regular viewer of our program every week here on Alabama Public Television.

And in our program, we welcome the best and brightest students from all around the state in competition pretty much year round.

And during this season of the Scholars Bowl, we have middle school and junior high students competing for scholarship money and and for the prestige of being really smart on television.

And all of them are.

We welcome into our studio today the students from West Point Middle School and also advent Episcopal School from Birmingham.

And we're glad all of you are here.

Look forward to you participate in our program today.

Our program, of course, originates here from Alabama Public Television.

We want to thank everyone who makes it possible.

Wayne Reid and his staff just do a wonderful job, a very welcoming group of folks who welcome us here every year that we're here.

Sharon Dailey, Claudette Smith, Kate Wilson, Christopher Arthur with Esca and educators in Alabama.

For a long time, the brains of this operation, and Mike Ousley and I are not the brains of the operation, but Mike is our executive producer and makes the show possible as well.

Students, are you ready to go?

All right.

These are magical glasses that give me the correct answer to all of the questions, so I'll put them on.

And here we go.

Remember, if you answer correctly, your team gets a bonus question.

Question number one, what crescent shaped trench just east of Guam has a depth estimated to be 36,000 feet at its southern Abraham Mariana Trench.

The Mariana Trench is correct.

At West Point.

I have a bonus question for you.

What author featured the characters?

Chin Get Gook and Daddy Bumper in the series?

The leather Stocking Tales of Henry Sagan.

Henry, No, it was James Fenimore Cooper.

James Fenimore Cooper.

Question for both teams.

Now, what foreword message was sent in 1844 from Washington, DC to Baltimore, Maryland, using an invention developed by Samuel Morris.

What was the Ford Word messaging?

Well, yes, Call God.

Robert.

What have God wrought is correct.

Well done.

Bonus question again for you, West Point.

What Nationalist Party leader pursued the enemy in the long march and fled to Taiwan after losing the Chinese civil war?

Who was that leader be?

I don't know.

Do you have an answer?

Mao?

It's Shen Kai shek is the answer we were looking for.

There again, everyone.

What?

Cereal was first sold in 1928 and was accompanied by the radio jingle.

Snap, crackle, pop.

Yes, Cole.

Rice Krispies.

Rice Krispies is correct, and I can vouch for that.

Here's your bonus question.

What black cartoon character was introduced by Charles Schulz following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr and joined the Peanuts gang in July of 1969.

What was that character's name?

What is it?

my God.

Trash to be Snoopy?

No, it was Franklin.

Franklin was that character.

Now, you remember toss up everybody.

What Russian czar abdicated his throne during the February revolution of 1917?

And buzzing in is Abraham need a bit more, Nicholas?

The second.

Nicholas The second is the right answer.

Now, here's your bonus again.

What mountain?

The highest point in Turkey is pictured on a mirror on Armenia's coat of arms with Noah's Ark.

What mountain is that?

No, look, Kilimanjaro.

It's Mt.

Airy at Mt.

Airy.

That is where the ark ended up.

Next question.

Both teams.

What event officially began on January 24th, 1848, when James Marshall found something while building a sawmill on Sutter Creek.

What was it?

Coal.

The gold rush of 19 1949.

Judges.

Yeah, that's incorrect.

Anybody else got an answer?

What are we talking about, Nigel?

The gold rush of 1849 judges.

Yes, We'll accept that.

The perfect answer the educators we're looking for was the California Gold rush.

But the gold rush gives you credit for that.

And I've got a bonus question for you.

Advent Episcopal.

Here's this is for you.

Spanning over 130,000 miles and aptly located in the Coral Sea, What is the largest coral formation in the world?

What's it called?

The Great Barrier Reef?

That's right, Clark.

Well done.

Toss up question both teams now what abolitionist who was the only black person invited, and Clark Frederick Douglass.

Frederick Douglass is right.

Quick answer and correct answer.

Bonus for you, Advent.

What French mathematician for whom the rectangular coordinate system is named, pioneered analytic geometry.

Who was that different?

Descartes.

Descartes is correct.

I want to pronounce it the way you started to too.

With the ESP.

It's Descartes.

Exactly.

Well done, Ronan.

And now we move on to the next toss up.

Question number seven of 20 What state?

Where the first shot of the Civil War was fired at Fort Sumter.

Clark, South Carolina.

South Carolina is right.

Here's your bonus in a 2021 movie.

What NBA great leads the tune squad in the game of basketball.

LeBron James.

LeBron James is right.

And you don't have to buzz in on the bonus answer, but that's fine.

You got it right.

And good points for your team.

Next toss up question.

Both teams now what European mountain range.

Whose highest point is Mount Elbrus stretches from the Black Sea and it's Abraham Alps and.

that's incorrect.

I'll finish the question for you.

Edmund stretches from the Black Sea to the Caspian Sea.

Do you know what mountain range that is?

And yes, Ronin Caucasus.

The Caucasus is correct.

Well done.

Bonus question now for you.

What four letter word follows Bible, Sun, corn and rust to describe certain areas of the United States, Bible, sun, corn and rust.

And the answer judges know, okay, the correct answer is belt.

Just the word belt.

All right.

Next question.

Both teams what SCC team led by Kelly Ringo Sherburne Yes, and it's Aber Georgia Bulldogs.

The Georgia Bulldogs.

You're fan your Georgia fan.

Okay.

But you knew it.

Bonus question what type of weapon that has a prominent role in the song of Roland and the Lady of the Lake was pulled from a stone by King Arthur Sword.

Sword is the right answer.

10th question What book by Upton Sinclair Expose the meatpacking industry and Buzzing in the Jungle.

The Jungle is the right answer.

Bonus What hairstyle popular in the 1950s and featuring slicked back hair was made famous by Elvis Presley and James Dean and resembled the rear end of a waterfowl.

What's it called?

Grease.

I know it's called a duck tail.

A duck tail is the answer we wanted next for everybody.

What specific Bristlecone Pine tree in California's White Mountains is thought to be over 4850 years old and shares its name with the oldest man in the Bible.

Yes.

Call Moses.

No, that's incorrect.

Anyone I even want to jump in and try methods.

The LA Methuselah is the answer we're looking for.

Next.

Gilgamesh and Enkidu travel to a forest of these trees to kill its guardian.

What type of tree?

A symbol of strength and longevity is centered on Lebanon's flag.

What's the answer?

Ronen?

Cedarwood.

Cedar is the right answer.

Good job.

Your bonus question, Edwin.

What author was born in India, educated in England and served as an imperial policeman in Burma before writing his essay Shooting an Elephant and the novel 1984. Who is the author?

Thoreau George Orwell wrote that one and many others.

Next question Both teams Which U.S. state has a unique camera legislature whose members are officially nonpartisan?

And it is Abraham.

Nebraska.

Nebraska is right.

State capital is Lincoln.

Your bonus question In 1963, in what church located in Birmingham, Alabama, were four girls killed by a bomb planted by a white supremacist church?

Selma church?

Nope.

It's the 16th Street Baptist Church in downtown Birmingham.

Next toss up what protagonist of The Hunchback of Notre Dame was born into a tribe of Romani people but was abandoned as an infant on the steps of the cathedral because of his monstrous appearance.

What is that character's name?

And yes, Thatcher.

Hugo.

Nope, that's incorrect.

I've been to you have an answer question.

Moto is the answer we wanted there.

We have five more questions in this round.

What northern Italian city located on the Arno River contains Graffiti Gallery and the Point Ponte Vecchio and is considered to be the birthplace of the Renaissance.

What city is that?

Abraham Florence.

Florence is right.

Here's your bonus.

What?

Popular red fruit is botanically classified as a berry and has said Marzano plum, grape and cherry varieties.

What?

What?

You didn't answer Apple?

It's a tomato.

Tomato is the answer we wanted.

What brutal bone disease?

Whose name means porous bones causes weakened bones via decreased bone mass and strength and is often associated with aging.

What is that called?

I'm looking.

And there it is.

Clark.

Osteoporosis.

That is exactly right.

Well done, Bones.

Question for you, Edwin, what is the scientific name of the constellation known as the Great Bear?

Orion?

No, that's incorrect.

What would be your second guess?

Ursa major is the right answer we wanted.

That's all right.

Next question, everyone.

What movie studio produced major hits in 1939 with The Wizard of Oz and Gone with the Wind had major stars such as Clark Gable, Greta Garbo, Joan Crawford and Spencer Tracy under contract and had a roaring lion as its mascot.

Abraham Universal Note That's incorrect it up.

Nigel Lionsgate No, it's Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

MGM Is that movie studio next?

What city situated on the Chesapeake Bay at the mouth of the Seven River is the smallest state capital in area and is home to the US.

Clark Richmond.

Nope.

I'll finish this for you.

West Point and is home to the U.S.

Naval Academy.

What city is that about?

Annapolis.

Annapolis is correct.

Here's your bonus.

What is the medical term for the condition where the force of blood pushing through artery walls is consistently too high, resulting in the heart having to work harder to pump blood?

What's that called?

High blood pressure.

Can you be a little more specific with the term high blood sugar?

Yeah, it's actually hypertension is what we wanted there.

This is the last question of this part of the round.

In what year did the following events occur?

Elvis Presley was discharged from the US Army.

Gary Powers spy plane was shot down by a Soviet missile.

The Civil Rights Act was signed by President Eisenhower.

And the presidential debates between Yes Abraham 1960 1960 is right.

The Lincoln or the Nixon Kennedy debate was that year as well.

Bonus question.

Last one In what national park is the world's largest log structure?

The Old Faithful Inn located?

What park is that?

Yellowstone.

Yellowstone is right.

Put your buttons down.

Relax.

We're going to tell you about our lightning round.

And you at home know that the team that is trailing at this point will pick first of four different categories.

And our friends from Advent Episcopal is trailing slightly here at the midpoint of our program.

So you'll choose first from these four categories crime fighters of fiction, Wars and disasters, scientific and technical terms and occupations.

We will ask you to choose in a moment.

First, we're going to ask all of our players, our students, to introduce themselves.

Tell us just a little bit about themselves.

And Clark, would you begin for us, please?

I'm Clark Snyder, an eighth grader.

I have an Episcopal school, and my favorite sport is basketball.

I got a module here and I got it.

I'm in eighth grade.

I grew up in a preschool school.

My sport is baseball.

All righty.

I'm Cameron Bledsoe.

I'm in eighth grade.

I go to Advent Episcopal School and I play soccer and volleyball.

Very good.

Hello, my name is Ronan Hughes.

I'm in the fifth grade at Advent Episcopal School, and my favorite sport is soccer or the seventh and eighth graders treating you okay to be nice to you?

Okay.

That's something we always check on.

All right, good.

Let's meet the students from West Point.

I'm called Chamblee.

I'm in seventh grade at West Point Middle School.

And my and when I grow up, I wan My name is Abbiamo.

On the seventh grade at West Point Middle School.

And I got first place at the Coleman County Math competition.

I'm calling here and I'm in seventh grade at West Point Middle School and I do math team.

I am Thatcher Armstrong.

I'm in seventh grade at West Point Middle School and I'm on that team.

Very good.

One of the pleasures of doing this program is meeting the students from all of the schools around our state.

We're glad all of you are here today.

You're all playing well.

I know folks are proud of you.

So let's come over to Advent and folks, which one of those four categories would you like to try?

Clark Warren Disasters, war and disasters.

Very good.

The 60 seconds will start when I begin to ask the first question.

You're going to identify the following about wars and disasters.

Ready?

Here we go.

Carthaginian General, who crossed the Alps to invade Italy.

HANNIBAL That's right.

Napoleon was defeated in this battle in 1815.

Waterloo That's right term for the Nazi annihilation of 6 million Jews.

Genocide.

No, that's incorrect.

It's Holocaust.

The longest war in history.

100 years War.

That's right.

First city destroyed by an atomic bomb.

Hiroshima.

That's right.

Volcano that buried the city of Pompeii.

Mount Vesuvius.

That's right.

Commanding general of the Union Army who accepted Lee's surrender at Appomattox.

US, You, Ulysses s Grant.

That's right.

Airship that caught fire and was destroyed while landing in New Jersey in 1937.

Hindenburg.

That's right.

William the Conqueror defeated Harold, the second of England at this battle.

Hastings That's right.

Power plant in the Soviet Union, where a nuclear accident occurred in 1986.

Chernobyl?

That's correct.

You guys got nine out of ten with time to spare.

Well done.

Now we'll come over to West Point.

And gentlemen, you're going to choose two of the remaining categories and played them both back to back.

What would you like to do?

Criminals and literature and occupations, Crime fighters of fiction and occupations.

Let's do crime fighters of fiction first.

You'll have 60 seconds when we begin.

And you're going to name the detective or other crime fighter from the given clue.

Ready to go.

Here we go.

This character created by Ian Fleming use the alias of seven, James Bond.

That's right.

A hooded in Cape Crime fighter from Gotham City.

Batman, Sherlock Holmes, faithful friend and confidant Watson, fictional fictional detective in Dashiell Hammett's The Maltese Falcon.

Skip teenage amateur sleuth introduced in The Secret of the Old Clock Skip elderly spinster created by Agatha Christie, who solves crimes by using common sense Skip boy detective known for his intelligence, whose father is the police chief in the seaside town of I Deville.

Skip, Belgian detective who solved the murder on the Orient Express.

SMITH That's incorrect.

Teenage brothers in novels written under the pseudonym Franklyn W Dixon, Skip and Detective, who made his first appearance in Edgar Allan Poe's short story.

The Murders in the Rue Morgue.

Time is up.

That was hard.

I kind of expected that category to be a little easier, didn't you?

We wouldn't have chosen it otherwise.

But that's the way it goes sometimes.

Next, you guys will.

I'll bet you'll do better with occupations in these 60 seconds.

You're going to get the job title for each of the following.

I'll tell you what they do.

You tell me their title.

Here we go.

Weather forecaster meteorologists.

Right.

Orchestra leader.

Composer.

What?

No, that's incorrect.

Bullfighter skill map maker.

Cardiologist.

Yeah, it's cartographer.

Skin specialist.

Dermatologist.

That's right.

Doctor who treats cancer patients.

Skip person who stuffs in mounts the skins of animals for display taxidermists.

Taxidermist That's right.

Person who composes the sequence of steps for a dance choreographer.

That's right.

Doctor specializing in children and their diseases.

Pediatrician.

That's right.

And a person who is an expert on birds or bird Geologist That's incorrect.

You've got a little time left.

We skipped.

What?

A bullfighter is the mastodon.

That's a matador.

You're thinking right, Doctor who treats cancer patients is a wait.

Radiologist Time is up.

Oncologist was the answer we needed for that.

All right, You guys did all right with that one.

And Advent Episcopal, We've come back to you and you get the one that's left over.

It's called scientific and technical terms.

In 60 seconds, you're going to identify each of the following scientific and technical terms from the definition given reading molten material that flows from a volcano is lava.

The study of projectiles in motion.

Skip pivot point on a lever.

Skip a map line connecting places of equal atmospheric pressure.

Equator No, that's an ISO bar, a unit of electrical resistance named after a German German physicist Skip an apparatus to separate to liquids by high speed rotation centrifuge.

That's correct.

A mineral formation hanging from the roof of a cavern, though.

Stalactites.

That's right.

An instrument for measuring distance above the ground.

Skip a scale of mineral hardness from 1 to 10.

Skip the splitting of an atomic nucleus.

Skip came back to the study of projectiles in motion Skip and five point pivot point on a lever.

You're out of time.

Ballistics.

Is that an object in motion?

They measure a bullet, for example, is one of the items.

All right.

The lightning round is history and in the rearview mirror.

And for some of us, that's good news.

We have 20 more questions.

Yes, plenty of more questions.

More than 20, but each one worth 20 points.

So if you are trailing a bit as you are advanced, you have plenty of time to catch up.

No bonus questions here.

Just answer and let's keep moving.

All right, here we go.

What canyon that runs along the border of Oregon and Idaho exceed the depth of the Grand Canyon by plunging nearly 8000 feet in some places and is the deepest river gorge in North America.

What's it called, anyone?

It is called Hell's Canyon.

What type of animals are the marble statues named Patience and Fortitude, which stand at the entrance to the New York Public Library.

What are those animals?

And yes, ronin lions.

Lions is correct.

What section of Seoul Korea is sometimes called the Beverly Hills of it's country.

And again, ronin them.

That is right as well, which you president from 1901 to 1909.

Roosevelt, Teddy Roosevelt.

Teddy Roosevelt is correct.

Next, what cereal with marshmallows shaped like shooting stars.

Lucky Charms.

Lucky Charms is right.

Abraham, What nickname was given to British sailors because they were given citrus fruit to prevent scurvy?

What were they called?

Anyone?

Yes, that.

That's your dog Sailors.

Now they were called limey limes.

What mythical figure gives his name to the calcaneus tendon, which is the band of tissue that connects calf muscles at the back of the lower leg.

Achilles.

Achilles is right.

Well done, Ronan in C.S.

Lewis is Chronicles of Narnia.

What name is given to the animal who is described as the king of beasts and who parallels Jesus as the Lion of Judah in Christian theology?

What's that name?

Yes, that's your Mustafa.

Please note That's incorrect.

Anyone else?

Aslan.

Aslan That pronounced right.

Aslan.

Okay, because I saw the movie next.

What MLB team hasn't had a winning season since 2015 despite having superstars like Angels.

Say again, please.

Angels.

Angels.

That's right.

The Los Angeles Angels.

What name is shared by Farmer Hogarth's Pig, who wants to work as a sheep dog and Paul Bunyan's Blue Ox.

What's the name?

Paul Bunyan.

Zach's name was Babe.

What state is home to the EOE?

Lenny Palace.

The only royal palace on US soil and the residence.

Abraham Hawaii.

Hawaii is correct.

What?

English explorer who disappeared while searching for a Northwest Passage to Japan and China has a river, a bay and a strait named after him.

Hudson.

Henry Hudson is correct.

What?

Historical Philadelphia building, which served as the first capital of the United States and the meeting place of the second Continental Congress is portrayed on the back of the $100 bill.

What is that building?

Yes.

Stature.

Philadelphia Courthouse.

No.

Anyone else?

Independence Hall is what we wanted.

What author from Monroeville, Alabama, had her second novel, Go Set a Watchman, published in 2015 as a sequel to her Pulitzer Prize winning novel, To Kill a mockingbird.

And it is looking clerk Harper Lee Harper Lee is right.

In what U.S. state can you get revitalized at?

The vortexes in Sedona crossed the London Bridge in Lake Havasu City and stand on the corner in Winslow before visiting the Grand Canyon, Arizona.

That is right.

Two answers required here.

What two presidents, both signers of the Declaration of Independence, died on July 4th, 1826.

Abraham, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson.

That's correct.

Joseph walked a total of 12 miles.

He walked three quarters of a mile every day.

How many days did it take him to walk?

The 12 miles was in his column.

You said 48.

That's incorrect.

Edwin, do you have an answer?

Take a shot.

The answer is 16.

What?

Ohio State transfer quarterback led LSU Joe Burrow.

Yes, that's right.

Boy, you're quick on that one.

Next, what city?

The birthplace of Walt Disney is home to Navy Pier.

The Loop, the Bean and the Chicago.

Chicago is right, Abraham, what, 630 foot tall monument designed by Eero Saarinen as a monument to the westward expansion of the United States is the tallest arch in the world.

Saint Louis Arch.

Saint Louis Arch is right.

Last question What American revolutionary leader was one of the founders of Vermont but is better known as the leader of the Green Mountain Boys in their capture of Fort Ticonderoga?

Yes.

Abrams.

Smith.

Nope.

Evan Anybody tell Ethan Allen?

Probably no.

His furniture.

All right.

That's all the time we have.

You can lay your buttons down.

Well done.

Well played.

A lot of good answers, a lot of tough questions today.

And winning today, I believe, is West Point slightly.

Is that right?

West Point, You do come out on top, Evan, you played very well as well.

So thank you.

And thank you for watching our program.

It's the Alabama Scholars Ball.

I'm Mike Royer.

We'll see you next time.