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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.

Welcome to the Alabama Scholars Bowl.

My name is Mike Royer.

It's my privilege to host this program.

A program where we bring some of the best and brightest students from all around the state to compete against one another with some great questions.

And we just enjoy being around the students.

This series of programs involves middle school and junior high students from around the state.

Today we welcome back into the studio in the semifinal rounds, Arab Junior High School and the students from Rainbow Middle School in the Gadsden area.

It's good to have you all back in the studio.

We'll look forward to today's competition.

We want to thank the folks from Alabama Public Television for their hospitality.

In doing our program.

And, the folks from Alaska, who organizes programs like this on TV and off TV as well.

In preparation, Sharon Daley, Claudette Smith, Kate Wilson and the president of Asca is Christopher Arthur.

Thanks to all of them.

Mike Owsley is our executive producer.

What do you say students ready to go give it a shot.

Your first 20 questions are questions that if you answer correctly, you get a bonus question.

You all know that.

Let's get started.

What bird of prey has 19 species in the United States, including the great horned screech and barn Jonas owl.

Owl is correct bonus for Europe.

In what small air sacs does the exchange of oxygen take place in the lungs?

Different area of your life?

That is correct.

You're right.

Toss up everybody.

What federal holiday that had its beginning after the Civil War was originally called decoration Day, is celebrated the last Monday in May and honors military personnel who died.

And it is Josh Memorial Day.

Memorial day is correct bonus for you.

Which of the contiguous United States has a town that is only accessible from Canada because of its location north of Lake of the woods?

What state is that?

Minnesota.

Minnesota is correct.

Well done.

Toss up everybody.

What artist who died in 1890 due to a self-inflicted gunshot wound painted sunflowers and works.

And I'm looking Josh van Gogh.

Vincent van Gogh is correct.

Another bonus for you.

What U.S mail service operated from April 1860 until October 1861 and was put out of commission by the Telegraph.

For Josh the Pony Express.

Yes, the Pony Express is right, everybody.

What author wrote the lyrics to the Johnny Cash song A Boy Named Sue, but is more famous and it's Josh Shel Silverstein.

That's right, that's right.

I can do that whole song for you.

If we have time later, I may do that for you.

Bonus.

What element was identified in 1958 at Berkeley and was named for the inventor of dynamite.

Looking for an element?

Nobelium.

No answer.

Nobelium.

Nobelium is what we wanted.

What?

President signed the order to create NASA in 1958 after serving.

And it is Josh Eisenhower.

Eisenhower is correct.

Bonus for you.

Thomas Newcomen designed the first commercially successful version of what type of engine in the early 1700s and sparked the Industrial Revolution.

Combustion?

No.

That's incorrect.

It's steam engines.

While we were looking for their both teams, in what city was George Washington inaugurated as the first president of the Rus?

New York City.

New York City is right.

Bonus!

Now for you, rainbow middle.

What name is given to the junction between two neurons where the axon and dendrite meet?

Synapse.

Synapse?

That's correct.

Well done.

Toss up sports question what NFL team that was recently purchased by a group including Magic Johnson and Josh Harris plays Landon, the Los Angeles Lakers.

No, that's not right.

I'll finish this for you a wrap and Josh Harris plays its home games at Fedex Field in Northern Virginia.

Josh the commanders they're good enough.

Judges Washington commanders yes that's right.

Your bonus question.

What colossal marble statue stands over 17ft tall, is located in Florence, Italy, and was sculpted by Michelangelo.

David.

David is right.

Good.

Next.

What?

American architect designed eight buildings that have been designated.

And it is.

Will Wright.

Frank Lloyd Wright is correct.

Bonus for you.

What Jamaican track star and eight time Olympic gold medalist is considered the greatest sprinter of all time.

Bolt Hussein Bolt is right.

Both teams.

What British author was the creator of the children's novel Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and James Bond?

Yes.

Johnson, Eli.

No, Johnson is wrong.

You guys want to take a shot at it?

Rainbow.

Yes.

Daniel Smith.

No, it was Ian Fleming.

Ian Fleming is the answer we needed.

Next.

Which president's daughter was the inspiration for the 1969 Neil Diamond song Sweet Caroline?

He had been assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald in 1963.

And Josh John F Kennedy.

John F Kennedy, correct bonus what collection of stories featuring the animals Shere Khan and Baloo were written by Rudyard Kipling.

Jungle Book Jungle Book is right number 11 of 20 questions.

What general?

Who was the chief of staff during World War two and Secretary of State from 1948 until 1949?

Josh Marshall George C Marshall is right.

Bonus what current NBA star first gained notoriety by leading Davidson to the elite 8 in 2008, but has gained more fame as a four time world champion, as point guard and with Klay Thompson, a splash brother for the Golden State Warriors.

Who is that Stephen Curry?

Steph Curry is correct.

Both teams toss up question what organization is currently located in New York City is led by a secretary general and has a Security Council composed of five Rus the United Nations.

That's right.

Your bonus question.

What bone is the larger, stronger and anterior bone of the lower leg?

Is it tequila?

Tubular.

No.

That's incorrect.

Close.

No.

Cigar.

Tibia.

Tibia is what we needed.

Toss up everybody.

What?

Two Italian anarchist were convicted in 1921 for the killing of a shoe company paymaster in Massachusetts.

Ringing a bell with anybody?

Yes.

Will Capone in Moran?

Nope.

The answer is Sacco and Vanzetti.

Those are the two.

Toss up question, everyone.

One.

Siberian, Sumatran and Bengal are types of what?

Large.

Jonas.

Tiger.

Tiger is right.

Bonus.

What lawyer who defended Tom Robinson in To Kill a mockingbird did not want his children?

Scout and Jim to attend the trial?

Atticus Finch Atticus Finch is right, everybody.

What items were described as being silver in the original script, but were changed to a brilliant red hue and I don't see much good rust dirty shoes.

Yes, yes.

Dorothy's red slippers.

Bonus question for you, and you might want to use your paper and pencil for this.

Calculate the price of 1 pound of apples.

If a 3 pound bag is $3.57.

Yeah, $1.19.

$1 in $0.19.

Done.

Quickly and well done.

Good job.

Toss up everyone.

What city?

The oldest in Georgia and the state capital, from 1754 to 1786, was the final destination of Sherman's March.

Rus.

Savannah.

Savannah was the final destination in what series of books by Hugh Lofting about a man who could talk to animals.

Would you find the parrot?

Polynesia, Mr. Peabody series of books.

The Chronicles of Narnia it's Doctor Dolittle is what we wanted.

Doctor Doolittle, everybody.

What hormone did the duo of Banting and Best extract from healthy dogs and inject into diabetic dogs?

What was it?

Insulin.

Insulin is right.

Bonus.

What device converts chemical energy into electrical energy and comes in sizes such as C, A, and D?

Battery.

Battery is right.

What former first lady was appointed as a delegate to the United Nations General Assembly?

Will Roosevelt Eleanor Roosevelt is correct.

Your bonus.

Which amendment to the United States Constitution provides protection from unreasonable searches and seizure of property by the government?

Which one is it?

The fourth amendment?

The fourth is correct.

Two more questions here.

What South American country?

The first to declare its independence from Spain in 1811, has its capital and largest city at Caracas.

And Josh, Venezuela.

Venezuela is correct.

Here is your bonus.

What is the common name for the plant that has a chemical called net eight electron, that triggers a euphoric response in the brains of susceptible cats?

It's a plant.

Plant?

You want me to say it?

There you go.

Catnip.

Catnip is right, Eli.

Well done.

Last question for this portion of our round.

What kind of dinosaur?

Whose name means speedy thief stalks two children in a kitchen dress.

Velociraptor.

That's correct.

And the last bonus question.

What crime?

Carrying a punishment of a fine and or imprisonment for not more than five years is the act of deliberately lying under oath.

What's that called?

Perjury.

It is perjury.

Lay your pins down, everybody, and relax.

We're now to that part of the program midway, where we're going to do a couple of things.

First, we're going to tell our viewers at home and you as well, the four categories for our Lightning round, the team that is trailing at the midpoint of the program.

And they.

Rabbi, you are leading now, rainbow.

You're barely, trailing by a bit right now.

So you will choose first of the four categories.

And the categories are colorful words and phrases art, tricky math, nursery rhyme characters.

Those are the four categories we'll ask rainbow to choose in a moment.

But first, let's ask all of the students to take a moment to introduce themselves to the viewers at home.

Eli, would you begin, please?

hi, my name is Elmo, and I have a 3D printed slug as my lucky charm.

Hi, my name is Ava Case.

I've played guitar for a year since December, and my favorite Metallica albums is And Justice for all.

My name is Julius I, Kobe and I enjoy doing football and wrestling.

My name is Get In.

In the future I'd like to be a naval aviator.

My name is Wilma Guan and I am a Greenville Middle Beer Helper.

My name is Lin and Jordan.

I would like to be an anesthesiologist.

My name is Daniel Sims.

Yeah, I'm from Rainbow City and I would.

Yeah.

And and in sixth and seventh grades, I won the school spelling bee.

Good for you.

And you're a good player, Daniel.

You've done a good job, Russ.

And I'm Russ McGloin, and I'm at Raymond Middle School, and I play trombone in our band.

Very good.

What kind of guitar do you play?

Eva?

Electric.

I play an acoustic in an electric.

Nice.

I'm getting my third electric in August.

Wow, not that guitar, but good boy.

These days you have to save up, though.

They're not cheap, are they?

All right.

You ready for the lightning round?

Better question.

Or rainbow?

Are you ready for the lightning round?

Which of the four that I've told you about would you like to do?

Well, so we're going to do the tricky math.

Tricky math?

Very good.

You're going to solve these simple but tricky math problems.

Can you?

There's no such thing as a simple math problem to me.

But maybe it will be to you.

You have 60s once we begin and we begin now, what is eight divided by one half?

16?

16?

That's right.

What is one third divided by one?

Third?

One?

Yes.

What is the perimeter of a room?

Nine feet by 11ft.

99.

No.

It's 40.

How much is two squared plus five squared?

29.

29.

That's right.

What number is three?

Less than half of 50.

22.

22.

That's right.

How many nickels are there in $2.50.

50.

50.

That's right.

What is the square root of 169 1313.

Right.

How many months are in two and one fourth years?

2013 yeah.

That's right.

Seven.

If A plus b equals 73 and B is 16, what is a.

5757.

That's right.

If you're traveling at 50 miles an hour, how long will it take you to go 425 miles.

time is up.

Did you have it?

Almost.

Daniel?

Yeah.

Eight and a half is what you came up with.

I'll bet.

You all right.

We're going to come back to you now.

Arab.

And you can choose two of the three remaining categories.

Ava, you want to tell us what you want to do?

It's okay.

I got colorful world, colorful words and phrases and nursery rhymes and nursery rhymes.

All right, let's go to colorful words and phrases.

The time will start when I start asking you questions.

60s.

You're going to give a synonym containing a color for each of the following.

Ready?

Bubonic plague.

Black plague.

British soldier of the past.

The foam of a wave.

Walkout.

Plaza in Moscow.

Red square.

Architect's plans for a relief organization.

Greenpeace.

No.

Red cross, a novice, especially in the American West.

Pass fib or small untruth?

White lie.

That's right.

Illegal sale of goods.

All black market on black market.

Yes.

Well-born person.

Oh, that's okay.

You also passed un, novice, especially in the American West.

You got plenty of time.

A novice, especially in the American West.

Blue boy.

Nope.

Greenhorn is the answer to that one.

And a well-born person.

The good man blueblood is the answer to that is time expires.

All right.

Good job with that.

We're going to nursery rhyme characters.

Next is that right Ava.

You're going to identify these nursery rhyme characters.

It's that simple.

Let's see how simple it is.

60s.

She was frightened by a spider.

Little Bo peep, little Bo peep.

No, little Miss Muffet, he fell asleep in the haystack.

And the cows got in the corn.

You little blue boy.

It's like a little boy.

Blue.

That's right.

Her lamb followed her to school, little Bo Peep.

No, that's Mary.

He fell down a hill and broke his crown.

Yeah.

Jack?

Yes.

He put a feather in his cap and called it macaroni doodle.

That's right.

The farmer's wife cut off their tails.

The rats.

The rats.

Three blind mice.

His wife could eat no lean meat.

Jack.

Sorry.

Pass.

Okay, he said on a wall and had a great fall to Dumpty.

That's right.

These animals lost their mittens and got no supper.

Oh, cats in the cradle.

No three little kittens.

Fur covered was bare.

And she had no bone for her dog.

No clue.

Time is up.

Old Mother Hubbard and his wife could eat no meat.

That was Jack sprat.

He could eat no fat.

I won't do the whole thing for you.

But that's it.

We come back to you, Rainbow Middle School, and you get to do art.

In 60s, you're going to identify the following art terms, works and artists.

Okay, 60s, here we go.

A frame that supports a painting in canvas.

No, it's easel.

Better known name of a painter and a Mary Robertson pastel artist known for illustrations in Birds of America.

Wood Audubon.

Beautiful writing, usually with a brush and ink.

Calligraphy.

That's right.

Then oval board on which an artist mixes his colors.

palette?

Yes.

A sculpture of three Confederate figures appears on the face of this mountain in Georgia.

Bald mountain?

No, it's Stone mountain artist best known for his covers for the Saturday Evening Post.

Norman Rockwood.

No.

It's Norman Rockwell, Indian chief, who is the subject of the unfinished, unfinished.

Go ahead.

in the black Crazy Horse fringe artist who spent the last years of his life painting into heat.

Time is up.

Let's go again.

And we passed on.

And Marie Robertson was grandma Moses.

That's who.

That one's all right.

That last one was kind of challenging, but both teams did a good job with all of our lightning round questions.

We have seven minutes left in our program.

We'll do as many questions as we can.

If you're traveling at this point, each one of these questions worth 20 points so you can do some catching up.

Here we go.

What elected officials, including Dan Quayle, al Gore, Dick Cheney and, yes, Vice President.

that's the right answer.

what metal is responsible for Mars red color and is the most abundant element?

Russ iron oxide?

No, no.

and its most abundant element in the Earth's inner and outer cores.

Do you have an answer?

Say, tire iron is the right answer?

Yes.

Which of Shakespeare's plays is the longest and ends with the deaths of, liberties?

Claudius.

Gertrude in the title.

Prince George.

Hamlet.

Hamlet is right.

What?

Civil War nurse known as the Angel of the battlefield.

Josh.

Clara Barton.

Clara Barton is the right answer.

In what state is Lake Itasca the source of the Mrs. Josh?

Minnesota.

That's right.

What animated Disney movie, whose fearless heroine is voiced by Kristen Bell, is loosely based Russ Frozen.

That's right.

What quarterback?

Winner of two NFL MVP awards.

Has led his Kansas City Chiefs to three.

Patrick Mahomes, Patrick Mahomes is right.

Landon.

What country is home to the car companies Citroen and Peugeot, as well as Charles de Gaulle Airport.

What country and Josh France?

France is right on.

Which of the Hawaiian Islands was Lahaina a major center during the whaling era?

Russ Maui.

Maui is correct.

In which national park, popularized by articles written by John Muir, is home to three Groves, Josh.

Yosemite.

Yosemite is correct.

What cartoon character converted his doghouse into a British Sopwith Camel?

Russ Snoopy is right.

In what book by Doctor Seuss does the title villain ascend the mount?

Crumpet.

Job Jonas, the Grinch.

You need more?

Yes.

No matter who.

Russ.

How the Grinch Stole Christmas, right?

What actress who played the lead role in The Princess Bride in Ella Enchanted has the same name is William Shakespeare's wife.

Where is it?

Eli?

Anne Hathaway?

That's correct.

What?

Lunar Moray became the first location on another celestial body to be visited by humans when Neil Armstrong and the.

And where are you, Russ?

The sea of tranquility.

That is correct.

I can't see your light.

Which founding father, who is known as the father of the Constitution, served as the fourth president?

Josh Madison James Madison, with a mythological creature helped Bellerophon defeat the monster Chimera.

Pegasus.

This is correct.

What type of wide brimmed hat comes from the Spanish word for shadow?

Sombrero.

Sombrero is correct.

What type of promotions did Alabama Senator Tommy Tuberville hold up throughout 2023 because of health care issues?

Anybody?

Well, doctors.

No, that's not correct.

Anybody else?

Military promotions is what he was holding up.

Next question.

What American actor is famous for his deep, authoritative voice, which he used for impressive roles such as Darth Vader and it's Josh James, Earl Jones.

James Earl Jones has that voice in what novel by George Orwell?

Does old major sing the song Beast of England, Animal Farm say again, Animal farm.

That's right.

What is the term for a volcano that hasn't erupted in many years?

Jonas?

Dormant.

Dormant is right.

The foothills of what mountain range lie in Kathmandu Valley of Nepal runs the Himalayas.

That's right.

Which vice president who served under Franklin Pierce was the only one from Alabama.

And the only one.

William Rufus King.

That's right.

What is the name of the Survey of England and Wales that was done in 1086 for William the Conqueror?

The Domesday Book?

That's right.

What punctuation mark is used in chess notation?

After a good move, Russ.

Exclamation point.

That's correct.

What Scottish missionary, abolitionist and physician explored Africa and charted several bodies of water, completely losing contact with the outside world for six years before being found on the shore of Lake Tanganyika by Henry Stanley.

Doctor Livingstone that's correct, Doctor Livingstone.

That's correct.

A triangle has an area of 48in.

If the height is 12in, what does the base of the triangle equal?

Eight.

Joan.

Eight is right.

Jonas.

What famous pilot?

The first female to fly solo.

Josh Earhart.

Amelia Earhart.

What fort?

Located in Baltimore Harbor.

And Josh McHenry.

Fort McHenry is correct.

Next, what 1939 Pulitzer Prize winning novel written by John Steinbeck, features the Joad family.

Eli, The Grapes of Wrath the Grapes of Wrath is correct.

Which presidential candidate used the campaign slogan Tippecanoe and Tyler to and its will?

Polk?

No.

That's incorrect.

Tyler two in the election of 1840.

Do you have it?

Abraham?

John Tyler.

Nope.

It was William Henry Harrison.

What is the name of the large and well-preserved tires tire a saurus rex.

Tyrannosaurus rex it has discovered.

Sue.

Sue is right.

What?

Physicist invented a reliable mercury thermometer in 1714 and has the temperature scale used in weather reports.

Jonas.

Kelvin.

Nope.

That's incorrect.

I'll finish the question for you.

Used in weather reports in the United States today.

Named after him.

Russ.

Fahrenheit.

Right.

Daniel.

Fahrenheit.

What?

Space shuttle?

The first to orbit the Earth.

Disintegrated as it.

Russ.

Sputnik.

No.

I'll finish the question for a ride.

Disintegrated as it reentered the atmosphere following its 28th mission in 2003, killing all seven astronauts.

Columbia Columbia is correct.

About a minute left.

What breed of pony?

Less than 42in tall at the shoulder.

Jonas, Shetland.

Shetland is right.

Last question.

What outspoken US women's national team star, who is married to former WNBA star Sue bird, announced that in 2023.

Megan Rapinoe Megan Rapinoe is the right answer.

Lay down your pins.

That was a competitive and very close match.

Arab, you come out on top.

But it's very, very close.

We'll be interested to see the final results in the scores from this particular round.

You all played so well.

Congratulations to you.

We're proud of you.

And I know your schools, your parents and your sponsors and coaches are as well.

We enjoyed having you in the studio.

We've got a couple more.

So another semifinal round and then, championship that will be awarding later on as we close out.

Let me show you this cool trophy.

Is this a cool trophy or what?

The winner of our competition will get that, and we hope you'll be watching for that.

I'm Mike Royer.

We appreciate you watching the Alabama Scholars Bowl.

Have a great day and we'll see you next time.