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Scholar's Bowl, where 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 high school students in Alabama.

Now here's your host, Mike Royer.

Hello everyone I'm Mike Royer.

Welcome into the Alabama Scholars Bowl.

You want to see something cool.

I know they have kind of a close up shot of me, but look at this cool trophy.

Our executive producer, Mike, as they want me to show you this because he's paid for it out of his own pocket.

So it's a big deal to Mike.

Mike is our executive producer, our judges for the Alabama Scholar's Bowl are Sharon Dailey, Nick Frederick, and Josh rusty.

All of them do such a great job.

We appreciate all the support and we appreciate the students being in the studio.

Once again.

You guys ready to play this game?

Put the buzzers in your hand.

We'll get started.

We have 20 questions.

If your team answers the question correctly, as you know, you get a bonus question just for your team.

Here we go.

Question number one a professor at this university's business school, Francesca Gino, was put on leave for falsifying data in her research.

Plagiarism accusations were lost.

And the buzz in is Emma Harvard.

Harvard University is right.

Bonus for you.

What state's official state dog is the Catahoula Leopard Dog, which was named for Catahoula Parish, Louisiana.

Louisiana is right.

Parish gave it away, didn't it?

Next question for everybody.

This word describes the ruler of the minds of all people and the hills of the Himalayas.

This anthem later contains the phrase victory, victory, victory to the Gianna buzzing and Ava Gianna in a manner that's correct.

Well done bonus for your team.

West point substances in this state of matter can be described as a single quantum state, and the first of its type synthesized was a few nano kelvins in temperature.

What state of matter named for Indian and German condensate sig in Bose-Einstein condensate.

Thank you.

Done.

Correct.

Next question.

Both teams.

This country home to the largest population of everybody Muslims, has the Hajar mountain.

Sean Indonesia.

That's incorrect.

I'll finish it for you.

Alma Bryant has the.

How's your mountains line?

It's lining its northern coastline and its own ex.

Glades.

Marta and Masada.

East of the Strait of Hormuz is the Gulf name for what country?

Governed from Muscat.

And the country is what William Oman is.

Right bonus for you.

This man, Tom Kitt and Amanda Green created Bring It On the musical The Chilly Domini Hurricane character of Carla appears in the musical In the Heights, a work by what composer of hamlet, Miranda Miranda is correct.

Well done everybody.

This composer included variations on the Shaker hymn Simple Gifts Sean Copeland Aaron Copeland is right.

Bonus for you, West Point.

This head coach won the 2005 BCS National Championship with USC, which was vacated after the NCAA sanctions.

What longtime Seattle Seahawks coach was hired by the Las Vegas Raiders in January of 2025.

Pete Carroll, Pete Carroll is right.

Abraham.

Well done.

And here is a question for both teams in a poem indirectly titled for this Borough, the sections Paul Hatton's Daughter and a poem were written by Hart Crane.

Walt Whitman wrote about crossing the ferry.

Emma, Brooklyn Brooklyn is right.

Your bonus.

This memoir was written by a member of the indie pop band Japanese Breakfast named this memoir, in which Michelle Zauner confesses that ever since her mom died, she performed the title action in the title Asian Supermarket crying in H. Mark.

That's correct.

Good job, number six.

On the way to 20 people defending this country use Fort Saint Elmo during an invasion by the Suleiman the Magnificent.

Name.

This Mediterranean island country which has defended in its William.

No.

That's incorrect.

I'll finish it for U.S.

point Island country, which was defended from an Ottoman siege by the night's hospitality and Sean Malta Maltese.

Right.

Bonus for you.

A bridge across this river measures 364.4 smoot, which is a unit of measurement created during a frat pledge at MIT.

What river in eastern Massachusetts separates Cambridge from Boston?

Unlike Connecticut, maybe.

I don't know anybody know Connecticut?

It's the Charles River, Charles River.

Next question everybody.

How many squares of any size can be found in a 4x4 grid?

Emma 16.

No.

That's incorrect.

Sean five.

No, 30 is the right answer.

We'll go over it with homework later.

Next question.

In the presence of this functional group, a silver mirror appears on the talons test.

This is Sean.

Aldehyde.

Aldehyde is right.

Your bonus.

The NBA team traded Josh Guinea for Alex Caruso in the off season of the 2025 NBA season, and drafted Chet Holmgren in the 2022 NBA draft.

Thunder good enough judges yes, Oklahoma City Thunder moving on in this country, soldiers loyal to one Jose Zuniga occupied Plaza Mario in an attempted coup.

What plural national country is currently led by Louis RSA, who served in the cabinet of one of its previous presidents, Ivo Moralez.

What country?

Anybody?

Emma Spain?

No thank a shot.

Shot?

Nope.

It's Bolivia next.

What is the largest possible number of negative real roots of the following polynomial x to the sixth plus three x to the fifth plus two x to the fourth.

Minus x cubed minus six x squared plus two x plus two.

You have ten minutes to come up with your answer.

I'm kidding.

What?

You got him?

Oh that's incorrect.

Do you have an answer for me, Mr.

Sean?

Three for four is the right answer.

Next question.

It's at its end.

This novel's protagonist feels the Milky Way down.

Snow, country singing snow country, snow country is right.

Ava bonus for you.

This body's prosecutor, Karim Ahmad Khan, issued an arrest warrant for Mohammad Defe despite him being dead.

What body does the Hague Invasion Act authorize?

The president to use force against to protect American soldiers?

Okay, you can say National Guard.

No, it's the International Criminal Court.

But I made the same face Ava made when I heard this question the first time.

Next, these values can be analyzed through the Stoffer and Fisher methods.

And these values are manipulated in data dredging in a namesake type of hacking name.

These values, denoted by a letter which are used to reject William, know that's incorrect, which are used to reject the null hypothesis.

Do you have an answer?

Yes, John.

Like statistics?

No, it's p values o p values.

Next question.

Moving on.

The signals of this phenomenon were initially thought to be due to bird droppings by Penzias and Wilson.

Its discoverers.

2.7 Kelvin Sean Kimber.

Yes, cosmic microwave background.

Well done.

Your bonus in this country.

Michael Collins was assassinated for signing a treaty that established a free state.

What country was led by J. Men David LaRue and his party Fianna Fail, after separating from the UK in 1921?

Yes.

Is it South Africa?

South Africa?

Ireland is the answer.

We wanted that number 14 on the way to 20, the first studio album released by this band following the death of their bassist Cliff Burton, was and It's Emma.

Metallica.

Metallica is correct.

Well then bonus question for you in Brian, a building in this country partially designed by Joseph Maria usual is often called the Stone quarry.

The architect of that building also created a mosaic salamander in Park Gould.

The Alhambra is in what home country of Antonio Gaudi?

Turkey.

Spain?

Spain is the answer.

Next, this musical ensemble added Charli D'Amelio in 2024, after Francois and May kiss in this jukebox musical, they sing I Kissed a Girl.

What musical follows a character who does not kill herself after the death?

It's Emma.

Juliet and Juliet.

That's correct.

The rest of the question was death of Romeo and Juliet.

But, incorrect.

She said Juliet, and my answer says Juliet.

And so.

And was critical.

Sorry about that, Emma.

My bad.

I didn't know the difference.

Here.

We go for the next question.

These structures, attached to their namesake hill hillock and are covered with a myelin sheath at the synapse.

And it's shone neutrons.

No finishing it for you.

Alma Bryant at this snaps dendrites receive information from what long conducting part of a neuron.

Emma Axon Exxon is right bonus on a U.S.

quarter representing this state, one can find Perry's victory, a monument representing a naval battle during the War of 1812.

What U.S.

state has the nickname of Buckeye State?

Ohio.

Ohio's right.

The Buckeyes moving on for everybody.

This molecule cleaves a double bond in its namesake lysis light.

Since CFCs have thinned out a layer of this molecule.

Shawn.

Ozone ozone is right bonus for you a book on this philosophical field by John Dewey refers to humans as the live creature, and his title for it as experience.

What kind of philosophy concerns beauty and art shrinks?

I don't know, I don't think so.

Transcendentalism, esthetics, esthetics is the answer.

Few more questions.

The ballet's final chord spells out D, E, A, D as the chosen one dances herself.

Emma.

Rite of spring.

Rite of spring is good bonus to snakes entwined around this distaff.

While he was healing, Glaucus, the father of Hagar, was killed by lightning bolts from Zeus for resurrecting people.

Name this son of Apollo, the Greek god of medicine.

Hermes.

No Asclepius is the answer to more questions.

Name this site on the edge of the Malian Gulf, where if a fire violates, revealed a secret goat path to the immortals who then cross through, and for 300 men under King Leonidas in The Namesake for 80 BC.

Yes, William miracle?

Nope.

You guys have an answer?

I write it all.

Yes.

John Thermopylae.

That's correct.

Let it go.

Bonus for you.

What is the grammatical term for a verb that functions as a noun, typically ending in ING g and is in the sentence?

Reading allows me to relax before basketball games go on.

Jerry.

Gerund.

That is correct.

Well done.

Good job Brady on the bonus question.

Last question of this round.

This object that is the subject of book 18 of the Iliad depicts the constellations the Earth, the sun, the moon, and the city of war and the city of Peace.

What object is made by hit fighters alongside a set of armor to protect Hector's killer?

What is that shield?

Even the shield from shield of Achilles.

Heel of Achilles is right.

And here's your bonus.

This man renames his horse Roxanne.

Roxanne and Josh the good and his neighbor Dulcinea Del to Bosso before arriving at an inn he thinks is a castle Sancho Panza, Don Quixote it I'm sorry, Don Quixote.

Don Quixote is right.

Thank you.

I didn't hear you at first.

Well done.

Lay your buttons down.

Relax.

We're going to do our always fun lightning round.

Brought to you by our friends at the Alabama Community College System.

I've already told the students.

I tell you at home, our four categories are Supreme Court cases, Asian Capital's Robert Frost and Bob's.

I can't wait to see what Bob's is all about.

Alma Bryant is slightly trailing at this point, so you guys will choose first one category.

Then, we'll go over to West Point.

You'll choose to play them both.

We'll come back here for the last one before we do the lightning round.

We'd like to meet all of our students and have them, introduce themselves and tell you just a bit about themselves.

Would you begin?

Abraham.

Hi.

My name is Alamo.

I'm a freshman at West Point High School, and my favorite teacher is Miss Smith.

My name is Ava Pruitt.

I'm a sophomore at West Point and I play softball.

My name is, Sean Harbison.

I'm a senior at West Point, and I'd just like to thank Mr.

Henry for being a coach.

My name is Boyd in Austin.

I am a senior at West Point High School, and my favorite subject is math.

Very good.

West point, you've been in the studio several years in a row.

Is glad to have you back with us.

Now let's meet the students from Down Mobile Way from Alma Bryant High School.

And, Morgan, would you begin?

My name is Morgan Howell.

I'm a junior, Alma Bryant High School, and I play flute, and I'm learning oboe.

My name is William Johnson.

I'm a junior at Alma Bryant, and my favorite subject is geography.

My name is Emma Johnson.

I am a junior at Alma Wright High School, and my favorite book is Infinite Jest.

My name is Colton Murphree, a freshman from Altamont High School.

And my favorite subject is science.

Very good.

Glad to have you all in here.

You're all playing well, doing a good job.

I'm a Bryant.

Have you had a chance to decide which category you'd like to attempt?

Imma.

Asian capitals.

Asian capitals?

You're going to have 60s given an Asian capital name the country that it's the capital of Beijing, Tokyo, New Delhi, Seoul, South Korea, Kabul, Afghanistan.

Beirut, Lebanon.

Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Doha, Qatar.

Delhi.

Let's get Dushanbe, Turkmenistan.

That's, incorrect.

Dilly dilly.

You have plenty of time.

We're not.

See again.

It's East Timor.

East Timor for that.

What you did well, but that was challenging, to say the least.

But good job.

Now we go over to the team from West Point.

Choose two and tell me which ones you want.

We'll do Robert Frost and court cases and start with Frost.

Very good.

Robert Frost and then Supreme Court cases name these things concerning American poet Robert Frost.

60s capital of Massachusetts, which is one of the Frost collections entitled of North of Boston, has which partially title of Frost poem, titled for one which is not taken.

Rhode president assassinated in 1963, at whose inauguration Frost read the gift outright JFK that's right.

Title setting of a Frost poem, in which the speaker repeats the line and miles to go before I sleep.

Stopping by the wood on a snow evening.

That's right.

Substance paired with fire in an ice.

Ice is right thing, which is nature's first green in a Frost poem that says nothing with this quality can stay a type of tree which titles a Frost poem or birch tree play whose line out brief candle inspired the title of Frost out, out past type of structure, good ones of which make good neighbors time period which a speaker in a Frost poem has been one acquainted with.

Night.

That's right.

You skipped play whose Line out, out.

Brief candle inspired the title of what did you Say?

Macbeth.

You don't think he got it in time?

Really?

Oh, man.

I was going to try to argue for you, but that did not work.

It never does.

Now we're going to the Supreme Court cases, right, Sean?

Yeah.

60s you're going to name the Supreme Court case that it that did each of the following overturned a prior case to declare segregation unconstitutional.

Brown v board late legalized abortion, but was later overturned.

Roe v Wade v Jackson established the power of judicial review.

I beg of you, Madison.

That's right.

Declared that people under arrest must read be read constitutional right to the Arizona.

That's right.

Legalized gay marriage in 2015.

Lovings v Virginia.

No.

That's overfilled.

Allowed corporations to donate to political campaigns without limits.

I don't know.

SuperPACs declared that students First Amendment rights do not stop at the schoolhouse gates.

Pass declared that any public school prayer is unconstitutional.

Pass created the principle of one person, one vote in congressional districts.

Pass and struck down the legality of race based affirmative action quotas.

I don't know.

Lovings.

All right, that is, bakey.

You skipped allowed corporations to donate to political.

Time is up.

That was Citizens United First Amendment rights was tinker and declared the public school prayers and constitution.

Was Engel versus the towel?

All right.

That leaves us with the one I've been waiting for.

And Alma Bryant, I know you're excited about it.

Bob's identified the last name of the man named Bob, who did each of the following one a Nobel Prize in Literature for songs such as The Times They are Changing.

Dylan lost the 1996 presidential election to Bill Clinton, who was the main antagonist of To Kill a mockingbird.

You, yes, pioneered reggae music.

Marley resigned from the Senate in 2024 after being convicted of corruption.

Skip hosted the Joy of painting on PBS, was better known as Mr.

Incredible in a Pixar movie.

Skip hosted the Oscars 17 times and went on over 50 tours with the USO.

Return to being Disney CEO after stepping down in 2020, yes, set a long standing long jump world record at the 68 Olympics.

You skipped resigning from the Senate in 2004.

Smith, Mendez skipped was better known as Mr.

Incredible in the Pixar movie Smith.

Parr hosted the Oscars 17 times.

Is Bob Hope.

Bob Hope.

Old people like me knew that one for sure.

We have 5.5 minutes left.

We're going to do questions only know bonus.

Each one's worth 20 points.

If you're trailing a bit here, you can catch up.

In Homeric literature, this DVD is described as rosy fingered and frequently flings her golden robe to begin New Day's What lover of tetanus was the Greek god of dawn?

Emma Demeter?

Nope.

Got an answer.

Was going Artemis?

Nope.

EOS or Aurora, the oxide of this element is crystallized as the mineral corundum, and the Bayer process extracts it from aluminum.

You get aluminum?

Yes.

Thank you.

This language was used to write the most novel by the author of spiritual couplets.

Another author in this language described a jug of wine, a loaf of bread, and vow never again.

Persian.

Yes, Persian is acceptable.

So is Farsi.

Next, this surname is shared by the English woman who wrote the 2004 novel Jonathan Strange and Mr.

Nurul, and an author who created a computer named Hal 9000.

What's the surname of sci fi author Arthur C, who wrote 2001 Coke?

That is right.

Clarke is right, Grady.

Good job.

Next question.

An artist from this country who painted metal.

Bob and the laughing Cavalier is named Franz Im a Spain.

Nope.

Finishing this for you, West point.

An artist from this country depicted a militia company in the Nightwatch.

What country was home to Rembrandt?

Sean?

The Netherlands.

The Netherlands is right.

This figure travels with her mother in law, Naomi, to glean the fields with her in Bethlehem.

What?

Moabite.

Ava.

Ruth.

Ruth is right.

During which year did solidarity form a coalition government in Poland?

A Romanian regiment executed deposed President Nicolae I. Just.

Just you.

And the opening of the Berlin Wall was announced.

What do you mean?

Emma?

1991.

Incorrect.

Got two years on 1980.

It's 1989.

An author with three three minutes left.

An author from this country described a civil war that caused the Smales to flee with their servant.

July.

What country was home to need and Africa?

South Africa is right.

This piece's sections were named for friends pictured within, including Dora, Bella and Augustus Yeager, who inspired its Nimrod movement.

Name this piece with a hidden Sean Storm in John.

No.

That's incorrect.

Name this piece with a hidden theme by Edgar Elgar.

Elgar.

Do you have an answer?

Pomp and circumstance?

Nope.

That's incorrect.

The Alouette dynasty holds power in this country, which was previously ruled by Allah Al Mohammad and Al Moravian dynasties.

William, Saudi Arabia, no name this country home to the Berbers in its cities such as Fez and Rabbi Sean.

Morocco Morocco is right.

This author wrote a poem about a girl who's dragging all her petticoats that inspired the title of The Catcher in the Rye.

This author notes in a poem that the best laid schemes of mice and men often go awry.

Name this Scottish poet and it's Emma Burns.

Robert Burns is correct.

Two minutes left.

The traditional colors of three political parties in this country inspired the name of traffic light coalition, the Greens, the FDP and the SPD, our political parties in what European country formerly led by.

And it is Emma England.

Incorrect.

LED by the Christian Democratic Union under Angela merkel from Germany.

Germany is right protest emerged in this country after its president, William Ruto, proposed tax hikes to pay off debt in this country.

Ugandan runner Rebecca Cheptegei was set on fire by her partner conspiracy theorists claim Barack Obama was born in what African country?

Kenya.

Kenya is right.

This figure exchanged armor with Glaucus after finding out their ancestor did hosted each other.

What son of Tydeus maimed Rhys and Aphrodite during his Arista of.

Hector.

Incorrect.

Do you want to take a shot at Oedipus?

It's Diomedes.

1 or 2 more questions.

What is the grammatical term for a noun or noun phrase that follows another noun to redeem, or further describe it as in my basketball team always David triple played Emma adverb.

Nope.

Our favorite fast food place after games.

What's it called?

You have an answer?

Yes.

No.

You'll accept that?

Yes.

We'll accept that last, in this body of water, the Spratly and partial islands are disputed due to shore in the South China Sea.

That's correct.

That's all the time we've got.

Wow, that was interesting.

You all answered a lot of questions.

I have no idea who won this competition, which means it's probably pretty close.

Usually is.

We thank you all for playing.

And, too close to call at this point.

When we announced down the road, did West Point win West Point, you came out on top in a very close match.

We thank you for watching our program, and we invite you to join us again for the Alabama Scholar's Bowl next time here on Alabama Public Television.

I'm Mike Royer.

Have a great day everybody.