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Hello once again, everyone, and welcome to the Alabama Scholar's Bowl.

I'm Mike Royer.

We're so glad you're joining us for another program here on Alabama Public Television.

Some of the best and brightest students from Alabama come and compete on our program every week.

As you well know by now, we're glad you're back with us and glad to have you in the studio today.

The teams from Arab High School.

Good to see you, gentlemen.

And from Alma Bryant High School down in mobile.

Welcome to the studios here in Montgomery.

We're glad you're back with us as well.

Two teams that have participated on our program before.

The executive producer of our program is Mike Owsley.

Sharon Daly, Kate Wilson, Nick Frederick and Ed Harris are the folks who do the heavy lifting behind the scenes to make sure we stay on track and do the scoring and everything that goes in to our program.

We appreciate them and all the folks from Alabama Public Television who are so gracious to welcome us into their studio every year.

I believe those are the housekeeping chores.

As you all know, we begin with 20 questions.

If your team answers the question correctly, your team gets a bonus.

Everybody ready?

Let's get our buttons in hand and get started.

Then with question number one, what medal is combined with KTM in some rechargeable batteries is found with iron in your core and buzzing in is Stanley Nickel Nikolas the right answer?

Here's a bonus question for you Alma Bryant, the starter like God Pan was a resident of what region in the Peloponnese whose name became a byword for pristine wilderness.

Do you have an answer?

Anybody?

Okay, Arcadia is what we were looking for.

You'll know that next time.

Toss up for everybody.

In what country was general one Josie Zuniga arrested on live television after a failed June 2224 coup against President Luis in La Paz.

What country is that?

William?

Bolivia.

Bolivia is the right answer.

Yes.

La Paz Bolivia is the capital to one of the capitals.

Here's your bonus question.

Torque is the rotational analog of what quantity?

Which equals the rate of change of momentum or on average, impulse over time.

What are we looking for there?

For forces?

The right answer.

Good job.

Toss up everyone.

What author of institutes of the Christian Religion preached the doctrine of predestination?

What would you do in Geneva?

Josh Calvin is the right answer.

Your bonus Arab baseball stars Stan Musial and Albert Pujols both starred, started their careers with what MLB team that now plays in Busch Stadium.

What team is that?

Louisville Cardinals?

Oh, it's the Saint Louis Cardinals.

Saint Louis Cardinals is what we want to toss up.

Question for everyone.

What novel in which Father Maple gives a sermon about Jonah features the Harpooner and its Gavin Moby Dick Moby Dick is right.

Your bonus.

The Regency era describes the latter part, the later part of the reign of what British king who suffered from a debilitating mental illness beginning in the 1780s.

George the third.

George the third is right.

Well done.

William.

Toss up everybody.

What superheroes team.

Original lineup included Warren Worthington, the third who is known as Angel, as well as Marvel Girl, whose real name is Jean gray.

What team is that?

Eli?

The X-Men.

The X-Men is right.

Your bonus era.

What type of food, which in Dutch is called Red Apple, is eaten by five peasants sitting around a table in a painting by Vincent van Gogh?

The potato.

Potato is the right answer.

Good job everybody.

What?

Russian scientists correctly predicted the properties of gallium years before, and it's Eli.

Asimov.

That's incorrect.

I'll finish the question for you on the brain, properties of gallium years before its discovery, and is credited with creating the periodic table.

Who is that?

Yes.

Gandalf Mendeleev is correct.

That's right.

Good job.

Bonus for you in mathematics, what property of a set is simply a measure of its size.

And for a finite set is just the number of elements.

What's that called?

A cardinal cardinal number.

Judges?

No.

Okay.

The answer is cardinality.

Cardinality.

You're on the right track.

Next question for you.

In what country was Ishmael Hania, a leader of Hamas assassinated in 2024?

James Palestine.

That's incorrect.

I'll finish it for you.

Alma Bryant while attending its president.

Masood pares, a Key Yun's inauguration in Tehran.

What country is that, William?

Iran is correct bonus for you.

What group?

Which infiltrated a secret society called the Molly Maguires, was the leading anti-labor detective agency in the 19th century.

What was it called?

Or what is the name?

Pinkerton.

Pinkerton is the right answer.

Good job.

Toss up for both teams.

What author wrote about yet Jenkin in a former clerk who becomes the fifth husband of the wife of Bath in a story collection titled And Coming to You Eli, Chaucer, Chaucer is right.

Your bonus.

In April of 2024, California implemented a law requiring that all workers in what specific industry make at least $20 an hour.

Agriculture.

Need an answer?

Fast food fast food is the right answer.

Well done.

Toss up for both teams what curves, pieces of which are used to approximate integrals in Simpson's rule, have except East centricity and are exemplified by the graphs of quadratics.

What's the answer?

I'm looking for, Stanley.

Parabola.

Parabola is right.

Your bonus.

Grab your pencil and paper here.

How many different trios can be made by selecting exactly one of six guitarist.

One of eight bassist, and one of three drummers.

I'll give you a few seconds.

You need an answer.

144 144 is the right answer.

Good job.

Toss up for everybody.

What country's music label Big Hit Records release the 2023 songs like Crazy and seven, whose lead performers Jimin and Jungkook are in the band?

Gavin.

Yeah.

No.

That's incorrect.

And I read it all.

Do you have an answer?

Arab do you?

Well, but I read it all.

Josh, South Korea is right.

The right answer.

Your bonus question Arab.

The League of Nations condemned Italy's 1935 invasion of what country?

Which caused the temporary exile of its Salma Sol la Mort Nick dynasty emperor.

What?

Ethiopia is right.

Next question for everybody.

What revolutionary who was killed four months after his rival George Dalton in the thermae Dorian reaction led to the Reign of Terror in France.

And what do you have, James?

Robespierre?

Rose Pierre is the right answer.

Maximilian.

Rose.

Pierre.

Bonus question.

The satirical poems select No and Epsilon and You, Kit Tafel, were written by what author who in 1668 became England's first poet laureate.

Got anything, Lord Byron, it's Dryden.

Joseph.

John Dryden is what we wanted.

Moving on for everyone.

What island?

Indented by the Gulf of Paria is the southernmost of the West Indies, is off the coast of Venezuela and forms a republic with Tobago.

And what is it, James?

Trinidad?

Trinidad is right.

Here's a bonus.

What painting?

Which shows a pensive old man holding his son's corpse on a piece of floating wood in the ocean is by Teodoro Zelikow.

Got a shot at it.

Old man in the sea.

It's a pretty good shot, but the wrong one.

The answer is the Raft of Medusa.

You'll know next time.

Next question.

What home country of early modern architect Indigo Jones contains Gothic style religious buildings.

And Josh Germany.

No.

That's incorrect.

I'm going to finish it for you.

Alma mater.

Alma.

Brian.

Alma mater.

Style.

Let's see.

Jones contains Gothic style religious buildings such as Salisbury Cathedral and Westminster Abbey.

What is the country?

United Kingdom, United Kingdom or Great Britain is right.

Pencil and paper for you.

For your bonus question, Brian.

If a pair of standard six sided dice are rolled, what is the probability that the sum of the two dice is exactly 11?

Five seconds.

If you can do it.

No, it's to a 36 to 18.

Answer, please.

One in, one out of 18.

That's correct.

Next question for everyone.

What novel?

Whose protagonist banters with Lady Narborough and woos actress Sybil Vane, describes and I'm looking Eli, the legends of Sleepy Hollow.

Nope.

I'll finish it here.

Actress Sybil Vane describes ugly changes undergone by the title painting The Picture of Dorian Gray.

Picture of Dorian Gray is correct, Morgan.

Good job.

Bonus for your team.

In 1939, what Soviet foreign minister agreed to divide Poland through a non-aggression pact signed by his Nazi counterpart, counterpart Joachim von Ribbentrop.

Do you have anything?

The answer is Molotov.

Molotov.

He had a cocktail named after him.

Two pencil and paper for everybody.

For this question, what number of degrees is equivalent to two thirds pi radians?

Given that 180 degrees is equal to and buzzing in is given 120 degrees, 120 is right.

Bonus.

In what state did Wesley Bell win a 2024 primary against Congresswoman Cori Bush, a member of the squad who had criticized Israel's war in Gaza?

What state is that?

The school in Geneva students would be residents of New York.

You know, it's Missouri.

Missouri is what we wanted there.

Moving on, what country whose past presidents include former soccer player George Weah, has its capital at Monrovia and as you name is James Liberia.

Liberia is right.

Your bonus.

Richard Strauss is also also sprach.

Zarathustra is an example of what kind of orchestral piece written to evoke a literary work.

Anything out?

They're called tone poems.

Tone poems.

Everybody.

What second vice president of Glover Glover, Grover Cleveland shares his name with his grandson, an Illinois governor who lost two elections to Dwight.

The Eisenhower, who was a James Dewey?

Nope.

That's incorrect.

Alma Bryant, do you have an answer?

Adlai Stevenson Adlai Stevenson lost twice to Eisenhower.

Three more questions here.

What painting name for the style of top window of Dibble House depicts a couple whose husband Gavin.

American Gothic is correct.

Bonus for you.

What billionaire who has pushed for higher taxes on billionaires is the CEO of the holding company Berkshire Hathaway, and is called the Oracle of Omaha?

Who is that?

Warren Buffett?

Warren Buffett is correct.

What most both teams.

What most commonly used noun in the English language, also names a magazine that in 2023 selected Taylor Swift as its year.

Gavin time.

Time is right bonus.

What Dominican American author wrote about a boy from new Jersey who loves fantasy novels in his 2007 book, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao.

The of horas.

Say it again.

No, that's incorrect.

William.

It's, Junot Diaz.

Junot Diaz is the author.

Last question.

In this part of our competition, caste topography is most commonly formed by dissolving what sedimentary rock which makes up chalk and consists of the minerals organized and calcite.

What do you have, James?

Limestone.

Limestone is right.

You get the last bonus question.

What fibrous mineral was once widely used as insulation but has been phased out?

It has been linked to cancers such as mesothelioma.

Asbestos.

Asbestos is right.

Lay your buttons down and relax a bit if you can, and I will tell you first of all what our categories are for our liking.

Round the trailing team, in this case a rabbit trailing slightly at the midpoint.

You will choose first of our four categories.

the categories are non-English lit, French Arts to words and Australia.

Those are the categories.

Think about that.

Talk about it amongst yourselves if you like.

And at this point in the program, we'd like to know a bit more about the participants in the Alabama Scholar's Bowl.

And we'll ask each one to tell us their name and maybe their favorite subjects and interests back at their school.

Eli, would you begin for us, please?

Hello.

My name is Eli Moe, and I'm a member of Track Quiz, quiz Bowl and robotics.

I'm James Beard, I'm a sophomore at Irap, and I play football and tennis.

I'm Logan Wooten, I'm a junior at area High School, and I'm on the track team and I do quiz bowl.

I'm Joshua Guinea, I'm a knot grader at a high school, and I'm on the cross country and track team.

Very good.

My name is Stanley Robertson and I enjoy being a member of Scholar's Bowl Robotics as well as our national placed archery team.

I'm Gavin Winn, I'm a freshman at Alma High School, and my favorite song is banana man by Tell.

My name is William Johnson.

I'm a sophomore, Alma Bryant, and my favorite subjects geography.

My name is Morgan Parker.

I'm a senior at Alma Bryant High School and my favorite subjects, American History.

Very good.

We're glad to have all of you in the studio.

You're all doing very well.

We're proud of all of you.

As I know, your teachers and family are back in your hometowns.

So let's, begin with, the first lightning Round.

Josh, what would you guys like to try?

Australia.

Australia.

Very good.

You know what this is about.

You're going to answer the questions about Australia.

Exactly.

60s.

When I begin, let's see how we do.

It's capital city Canberra.

Massive coral system off the northeast coast.

Great Barrier Reef seven letter term for the arid region that covers its interior.

Outback.

That's right.

It's most populous city, home to an iconic opera house.

And that's right island home to small animals called it's devils.

Tasmania asterism depicted on its flag.

It's the constellation Southern Cross.

Southern cross is right, Josh.

It's King who resides in London.

Charles Charles.

One more, a little more.

Charles the third.

The third is right.

It it's most densely populated state, which contains Melbourne.

Yeah.

Queensland.

No, it's a Victoria unofficial anthem about a man who drowns in a billabong pass red sandstone monolith once called Ayers Rock.

That's correct.

The one You skipped is the unofficial anthem about a man who drowns in a billabong.

Time is up.

Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda if that ever comes up again in your life, call me.

We.

I want to know about it.

Let's come over to Alma Bryant, and we're going to ask you, if you would, to choose two categories and play them both.

Stanley, what would you like we're going to do to words and non-English literature.

Very good.

Let's start with two words.

You're going to give these words that end with the consecutive letters to.

At the end of those words will provide the number of letters 60s here we go.

Second letter of the Greek alphabet four letters beta, afternoon nap, six letters pass.

Broad sweeping view five letters past largest blood vessel in humans.

Five letters anywhere.

That's right.

Someone whose job is making coffee.

Seven letters.

Genre of Gilbert and Sullivan's they Mikado, eight letters pass deep red.

Purple color.

Seven letters.

Magenta.

That's right.

Three part achievement.

Eight letters pass.

Musical symbol meaning to hold a note.

Seven letters for Marta.

That's right.

Fabric made from silk.

Used in many prom dresses.

Seven letters pass.

Do you know the answer to that?

That's right.

Three part achievement.

Eight letters.

Three part chief, three part achievement and genre of Gilbert and Sullivan's The Mikado.

Eight letters.

Time is up.

That's operetta.

And the three chart achievement is a trifecta.

Pull off a trifecta was the other one you selected.

Non-English lit.

Very good in 60s.

Given a literary works, English title and original language, you name the author 60s.

Here we go.

Spanish, Don Quixote.

That's right.

French.

The Three Musketeers, Dumont, then oh, Norwegian a dollhouse.

Ibsen, German, the Metamorphosis and the trial.

Kafka.

That's right.

Spanish.

100 Years of Solitude.

That's right.

Japanese.

The Tale of Genji, lady more Saki, that's right, Russian, The Cherry Orchard and Uncle Vanya, Cherry Orchard.

Just to check off Chekhov is right.

Greek.

The last temptation of Christ.

Peasant Persian poems collected as the Rubaiyat.

Khayyam.

That's right.

Japanese.

The wind up bird chronicle.

The wind up bird chronicle.

Pest.

All right.

You passed on Greek.

The temptation of Christ.

The last temptation of Christ.

I don't know for sure.

And did I think they passed on seven The Cherry Orchard and Uncle Vanya, we got you got that one.

The Japanese, The Tale of Genji.

We got that one too.

I got him two.

I think number.

Let's give him time to do ten if they wanted to take a shot.

Japanese.

The wind up bird chronicle.

I say obit.

Okay.

It was, Murakami.

Is that the last one there?

He did pretty well with that.

And that was a challenging one.

Does that leave us French art's French arches?

The last one that comes back to your Arab.

I know you're excited about this category.

You're going to name the French creators of these works of visual art and music.

60s.

Here we go.

The paintings luncheon on the Grass and Olympia Manet.

That's right.

The sweet Carnival of the animals.

But six days.

That's right.

The paintings, the card players and Mont Saint Victoire.

That's the orchestral work.

Symphonie fantastique fantastique.

Raffi Rossini.

No, that's Berlioz, the painting.

The dance class in the sculpture little Dancer, aged 14.

Pass the painting.

A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of Lagrange Jatte.

Seurat.

Serrat is correct.

The orchestral work Bolero and an orchestral arrangement of pictures.

That's right, the paintings ET in Arcadia ego and A dance to the Music of Time.

They got pass at the painting A burial, A burial at or Non bass.

The opera Carmen.

Busy, busy is correct.

Back to a painting, a aerial of it or non.

Time is up.

That is Courbet.

And let's see, Poussin is the other one.

Arcadia ego.

All right, let's put all of that in the rearview mirror and move forward to our speed round.

We have just about four minutes left to answer as many questions as we can.

No bonus questions, just the 20 point questions.

Here we go.

What paternal grandfather of er, odd, who, according to Genesis four, was exiled to the land of Nod, was cursed by God after killing his brother Abel.

Josh.

That's right.

What?

1803 court case concerned the Jefferson administration's refusal to recognize midnight judges and establish the principle of judicial review?

Anyone?

Yes.

Logan.

Marbury v, that's correct.

What leader who collaborated with a southern neighbor on Kaesong Industrial Park was referred to as a Dear Leader, and until 20 2011, led North Korea.

Who is that?

Gavin?

No.

That's incorrect.

You guys have an answer.

Iran.

You, Josh, Kim Jong IL?

Yes, that is correct.

That's the right answer.

What?

Seven volume novel.

Whose?

Narrator.

Narrator recalls early memories while drinking tea and eating mandoline was written by French author Marcel Proust.

Yes, James.

The press note.

Alma Bryant, you have a shot at that.

In search of lost time is what we wanted.

Pencil and paper for a quick math question, giving your answer as an integer and a proper fraction.

What mix number is equal to the fraction 33 divided by seven?

Yes.

Stanley four and five.

Seven.

That's correct.

What industrial process name for a German chemist reacts?

Nitrogen and hydrogen and Stanley Haber.

Haber is right.

What poet who was called deep browed in a John Keats sonnet praising Trent's letter?

George Chapman was supposedly a blind bard who wrote the Odyssey.

That's, Eli Homer.

Homer's right.

In 2012, James Cameron piloted a craft to reach what point in the Mariana Trench, the deepest known point in deep challenger deep is correct.

Good job.

William.

What southern state where Fannie Lou Hamer founded its Freedom Democratic Party.

Morgan.

Mississippi is right.

What major award show gives an award for the best cast of a film rather than Best Picture award, and is voted on by members of the performers union.

What major awards show is that?

Anybody?

Yes.

Josh.

Emmys?

Nope.

William.

Say again after awards?

No.

The, SAG Awards.

Yeah.

Yes.

We'll take that screen Actors Guild is the first choice, but that's acceptable.

What wind instrument is called the ottavino in Italian?

Because music.

Italian music because its shorter length means it is pitched an octave higher than the flute.

What is that, Stanley?

Piccolo.

Piccolo is right.

Microwave ovens heat the outside of food by radiation, but the heat travels to the inside of the food by one other form, and it's James conduction.

Second conduction.

Conduction is right.

Next, what title character kills the tyrant Gessler in a Friedrich Schiller play set in Switzerland, where this, William Tell.

William Tell is right.

Good job.

Eli, what 1494 treaty established for Meridian 370 leagues west of Cape Verde as a mark James Treaty of Tortoise?

Treaty of Windsor?

No.

That's incorrect.

You guys have an answer?

In demarcation between lands assigned to Portugal and Spain.

Does that help?

Stanley of Tordesillas?

That's correct.

That's the right answer.

What general?

Who, after leaving Corregidor in 14, in 1942, promised I shall return.

Josh, Arthur MacArthur is right.

In July of 2024, wildfires devastated the town of Jasper in what Canadian province, also home to Banff National Park.

William, Northwest Territories.

Nope.

That's incorrect.

You guys have an answer?

Yes.

James British Columbia nope.

It is.

Alberta.

Put your pins down.

We're flat out of time.

You all played well.

A very close round.

And congratulations to both teams.

Alma Bryant, you come out on top in this particular one.

This was so close I had no idea who won til they just told me.

Congratulations Arab.

You played well today.

Good job and thank you so much for watching our program.

It's called the Alabama Scholar's Bowl.

My name is Mike Roy and we thank you for watching.

Be sure and support these students back in your hometown.

And thanks again for watching.

Have a great day.