Welcome once again to the high school battle of the brain at the Scholars Bowl.

The game that calls for academic knowledge.

Let's meet our team.

History is the category players.

Get your fingers on the buzzer for Tennessee Scholars Bowl 2024.

Thank you for watching.

Tennessee Scholars Ball.

I'm Frank Murphy.

This is our fortieth year of competition with high schools from all over the viewing area and I mean all over the viewing area, competing for the Frank Miller Memorial Trophy and a cash prize that we hear about coming up at halftime.

We've got 64 teams in the tournament and two of them are Corbin High School from Corbin, Kentucky and Greeneville High School from Greeneville, Tennessee.

As you can tell by the distinctive E in the middle of their name.

Let's say hi first to the players from Corbin, starting with Jasper Blankenship, who's a sophomore high.

Jasper, welcome.

Tell us about yourself.

Uh, I do.

Chess club.

Yeah.

Which is which side is better?

The black side.

The white side.

Do you like to start or go second by?

It's better that that's the one that goes first.

Yeah.

watched that show about chess.

That's about as much as I know about it.

That was on Netflix.

Do you know what I'm talking about?

Uh, Queen's Gambit.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Let's say hi to Sam Elliott, who is a junior.

Hey, Sam, tell us about yourself.

What do you like to do?

Well, I'm in a bunch of clubs on the wrestling team.

Yeah, they're pretty busy.

Do you ever get the two confused and accidentally start wrestling at the Rotary Club or.

Yes, actually, it's a real problem.

Well, you seem confident and willing to accept it head on.

And much like your wrestling opponents, I have been the subject of a Rotary Club rule change.

Yes.

Glad to hear it.

Team captain for Corbin is Will Taylor, who's also a junior.

So Will.

That means you're going to answer the bonus questions for the squad.

Or you can defer by name to one of your teammates.

When it comes time for a bonus, Tell us about yourself.

Well, I'm a member of the Technology Student Association.

Yeah.

And what is a typical meeting or activity that TSA would do?

Well, it's different depending on what group.

But last year, a group of me and my friends recruited our on board game and then they judged against other board games.

Oh, that sounds fun.

I'm glad to hear that.

And you're learning, obviously, while you do it.

That's terrific.

We also have Junior Hudson Co on the squad.

Hey, Hudson, how about you?

What do you like to do?

I was on the Technology Student Association with Will as well last spring.

Yeah, and I've been on the Corbin archery team for, uh, since the fourth grade.

How many schools have archery teams?

Uh, I'm not sure or I haven't been with Corbin since fourth grade, but I've done archery since fourth grade.

Oh, wow, That's cool.

I mean, is that something you would do as a sport, or do you do it for hunting or both?

Just on the sports team at the school.

Nice ceremony.

I remember there was some U.S. Olympian, many years ago, 20 or 30 years ago, who won medals for archery.

And it was a big deal at the at the time.

That's cool.

Nice to see you.

Let's say hi to the alternates and coaches for Corbin High School and is Korina Morales is our alternate and our coaches are Chris Kinzel, who teaches social studies and film, and Darren Higgins who teaches math taking on a squad from Greenville High School.

And Greenville is one of the schools that put multiple teams into the tournament this year.

So welcome to this Greenville squad and let's say hi first to 10th grader Peyton Bergquist.

Hey, Peyton, how are you?

I'm good.

I do chorus and theater.

That's nice.

Of course, you got that huge, beautiful theater right next door.

If you get a chance to perform.

And then I Songer Performing Arts Center.

And what's your vocal part and what are some plays you've done?

I'm a soprano and I've only been in one play because you're only in 10th grade, right?

Yes.

Okay.

And what play was it?

I was called the letter.

Right.

All right.

Well, happy to have you here.

And I hope we'll see you again next year.

With more plays under your belt.

You can tell us about 10th grader Hudson.

Fillers is here, too.

Can tell us about you Hudson High running cross-country and track cross-country in the fall and then track in the spring.

Yeah Which is better than getting out in around or having to see things in cross-country better.

Yeah, because the track is the same.

Same thing, same old, same.

I mean, some people love NASCAR, so for the same reason, it's.

But you always turn left in running track, same as in driving.

You do.

Okay.

Good to know that team captain is John Gilbert in 10th grade.

So, John, you're going to answer the bonuses or defer by name to a teammate.

What do you like to do?

I played trombone for the band and I bowl.

And at the same time, though.

But that would be amazing.

It would be amazing if you threw the ball and then made a sound effect.

Yeah, Try that for me, will you?

Maybe put it on Instagram or something?

And let's say hi also to Shiloh Wang in 10th grade.

What about you, Shiloh?

What do you like to do?

I've been a violinist for ten years.

Have you had a chance to perform at the theater next door yet?

No.

Maybe someday.

I bet.

Right.

Or what do you do then?

Um, I usually just, like, play concerts around town, I've done, like, state level competitions outstanding.

Well, I'm glad to hear that.

That's fantastic.

Let's say hi to the alternates and coach for Greenville.

First we've got Jayce Goodwin and then Adam Hensley, joined by coach Samuel Hyde, who is the yearbook and testing coordinator at Greeneville High School.

Players, you all know how we play tossups worth ten bonuses worth up to 20?

Get your fingers on the buzzer for this first round game of Tennessee's Scholars Bowl 2024.

First toss up is in the category of health.

What part of the body can benefit from a monocle?

Will.

Eye is right.

Health bonus for Corbin.

What separates the left and right airways of the nasal cavity dividing the two nostrils?

I defer to Sam Roto-Rooter now that is called septum.

And your nose.

toss up in foreign language.

What is the French word for good day?

You see Beauty in the Beast where they say bonjour.

That's a good day concept for all players in history.

What anti-apartheid activist and world leader Sam Nelson Mandela.

Yeah, has an autobiography, Long Walk to Freedom and a history bonus for Corbin.

After Islamic State terrorists destroyed much of Palmira in 2015, efforts to renovate the World Heritage site have been slowed by an earthquake in 2023 and remaining ISIS landmines.

In which country that borders Iraq.

Is Palmyra located?

Syria?

That's right.

20 points Toss up now in music.

What is a Waltz time signature Sam 4/4 time, not it.

You can steal Greenville, John 3/4.

Yeah.

Trombone player says three four and he's right.

Music bonus now who composed Fur Elise but Beethoven is right for 20 toss up now in economics what is the total monetary or market value of all the finished goods and services produced within a country's borders in a specific time period?

Sam GROSS Domestic Product is right and economics bonus.

Now, what entrepreneur started her own production company and the television network 0wni refer to Sam Oprah Winfrey, you know, the Oprah Winfrey Network.

Here's the second part.

What is the name of her production company W in o w in And it's actually Harpo, which is Oprah spelled backwards tossup in physics.

What is the process in which light atoms combine to form heavier atoms, giving off excess energy in the process?

Well, atomic collision now you can steal Greeneville Fusion is what I was describing tossup in literature, which Dr. Seuss book is known for the quote, A person's a person no matter how small Peyton Horton hears a who is right and a literature Bonus for Greeneville.

After Queen Elizabeth's death, over a thousand toys were left in London and Windsor as a tribute.

The toys were likenesses of what character from Peru, wearing a blue duffel coat and a red hat, who also appeared in a video having tea and marmalade sandwiches with the queen for her platinum jubilee.

Paddington?

Yeah.

Paddington Bear, 20 points toss up for all players in math.

What is one fourth of ten Cube Do Hudson?

Was it 25?

No, not it.

You can steal Hudson 250 if to Hudson's.

I guess we do know 250 is right and a math visual now for Corbin.

Take a look at the screens please.

In a 30, 60, 90 triangle, the leg opposite the 60 degree angle has a length of nine gives the length of the shorter leg and the hypotenuse in simplified radical form.

I defer to Hudson.

I'm not sure.

Nothing.

Okay.

Yeah.

It would be for the leg three times the square root of three for the hypotenuse.

Six times the square root of three.

Okay.

To answer for all players in architecture.

What?

Brick building in Nashville that was originally built as a church was home to the Grand Ole Opry from 1943 to 1974 and still hosts concerts and performances today.

Sam Stair building, not it.

You can steel Greeneville.

That is the famous Ryman Auditorium toss up for everyone in history.

What was the name of North America's first permanent English colony founded Sam Jamestown in 1607?

History Bonus for Corbin.

What was the first representative legislative body to meet in America that met in Jamestown, Virginia, on July 30th, 1619?

I defer to Sam House of Burgesses, correct 20 points, tossup in technology, in a computer.

What do the letters C p you represent?

Jasper Central Processing unit.

Correct.

And the technology bonus for Corbin.

In 2022, a self steering ship completed the world's first trans oceanic voyage of an ultra large vessel It set off from the Gulf of Mexico, crossed the Pacific and sailed to South Korea.

Which canal did it use?

Suez Now, if it started in Gulf of Mexico, went to the Pacific, it went through the Panama Canal.

Does for everyone in vocabulary.

If a magazine is published semi monthly, how many issues a year would be produced?

Sam Well, not it.

You can still.

Hudson 24, right?

It's twice a month.

A vocabulary bonus.

Now name these words beginning with the letter K First a six letter word meaning destiny or fate?

Answer That is kismet.

Kismet.

How about a five letter word?

Meaning aclaim or praise?

Take answer that is kudos, kudos.

No points tossed for everyone in geography.

What is the longest line of latitude on the earth?

Well, primarily, not it.

You can steal Greeneville.

Peyton Equator.

Yeah, the equator is it.

And a visual bonus now for Greenville.

Take a look at the screens, please.

Which country is highlighted on the map of South America shown here?

Bolivia.

That's right.

For 20 points.

Tossup in religion.

What is the process in which the Catholic Church officially recognizes a deceased person as being a saint?

Sam Canonization.

Correct.

And a religion bonus for Corbin convinced that carbon dating done by the British Museum in 1988 was flawed, filmmaker David Rolfe offered the museum $1 million.

If they can replicate what many believe to be the burial cloth of Jesus.

In April 2022, Ralph said If a medieval con man could do it, the museum must be able to do it as well.

By what name is the burial cloth known as the Shroud of Saint Mary?

Shroud is right, but no, I can't give it to you.

It's the Shroud of Turin, which is the place in Italy where it is kept.

Toss up for all players in government.

From which country did the United States purchase?

Alaska.

Sam Russia.

Right.

And a government bonus.

What are the for officer ranks between first Lieutenant and Brigadier general in the US Army?

I defer to Sam.

Lieutenant Colonel.

Colonel.

Sergeant Corporal.

I'll give you points for Lieutenant Colonel and colonel.

But actually it would be captain then Major, then Lieutenant colonel than colonel.

But you did get two of those.

So that's ten points toss up in biology in the Linnaean classification system.

Canis Familiarize is what animal?

Jasper Dog.

Yep.

And a bonus.

Now, what type of animal has breeds called Hereford and Texas Longhorn sheep.

Now, those are cows.

What type of animal has breeds called Abyssinian and American Shorthair Cat That's right.

points on the bonus toss up in English.

What literary device is the repetition of the same sound at the start of a series?

A literary of words, right.

And English?

Bonus for Greenville.

Name four of the five properties of verbs.

Transitivity is answer.

I need to tense mood, voice number and person.

I need four of those toss up in sports.

What is the name for the athletic teams at the University of Texas?

Sam Aggies know you can steal Greeneville John Longhorns Yeah is right A&M is Aggies Sports bonus for Greenville The University of Tennessee 2023 football season tickets sold out in May but why has a chair of honor in Section ZZ 12 been kept empty at all games since 2018?

That chair is symbolically reserved for P.O.W.

and MIA, prisoner of war, missing in action Soldiers plus up for everyone in art.

What informal work is created when an artist absentmindedly draws a simple shape continuously or informally Will doodle.

Yeah.

Sketches, objects and art bonus For Corbin, What type of book is made up of comics which include fiction, nonfictio picture book?

A graphic novel is what I was going for.

No Points toss up in world History.

Sir Arthur Wellesley, the Duke of Wellington is best remembered for his victory.

Over whom?

Sam Napoleon.

Yeah, and a world history bonus now for Corbin Queen Elizabeth, the second lay in state for four days in Westminster Hall, which two prime ministers also lay in state in Westminster Hall, Churchill and Thatcher.

I'll give you a Churchill.

That's correct.

The other one was William Gladstone, who my sister named her parakeet after for some reason.

So ten points toss up in science.

What is the zone that develops when the edge of a cold air mass and the edge of a warm air mass meet?

Well, yep.

And a science bonus.

Now, an Australian recycling company is recovering zinc and manganese from alkaline batteries and turning them into fertilizer for crops.

First question what is the chemical symbol for zinc?

Tin Xian Yeah, xian and zinc helps plants produce what pigment that gives them their green color and helps them create their own food through photosynthesis or blast.

No, chlorophyl is subjective and chloroplast is part of the actual plant.

That is the end of the first half.

And we'll see which of these two teams is able to advance to our threshold of 32.

Anything can happen in our second half of play.

Stick around for more action on Tennessee Scholars Bowl 2024.

The 40th season of Tennessee Scholars Bowl is a single elimination tournament featuring 64 high school academic teams.

The championship team.

And this year, Scholars Bowl receives the Frank Miller Memorial Trophy.

The scorekeeper timekeeper and judges for this year's Scholars Bowl are Chandler Vincent, Rebecca Longmire, Stephen Hensley, Cathy Coley, Ernie Roberts, Cathy Waddell, Jerry Doherty.

Thank you.

Also to the East Tennessee PBS staff and volunteers who make this educational program possible to enter your high school in next year's Tennessee Scholars Bowl.

Or for more information on this year's tournament, please write to the address shown on your screen.

This is Tennessee Scholars Ball just back from halftime.

Hi, I'm Frank Murphy.

A first round game between Corbin High School of Corbin, Kentucky, and Greeneville High School from, I believe, GREENE County, Tennessee, if I'm not mistaken.

Right.

got our starting lineup still in the game, so no delay.

We'll get right back to it.

Players fingers on the buzzer for Tennessee Scholars Bowl 2024 toss up for all players in foreign language.

What capital letter in the Greek alphabet is in the form of a triangle.

And Peyton Delta.

Yes.

And a foreign language bonus for Greenville.

What French expression is often used in English to mean let the people do as they choose, particularly in the form of a doctrine opposing governmental influence in economic affairs.

Answer Refer to Paine piece de resistance.

Now laissez faire is the term no points toss up in pre-calculus.

What is the cosine of 180 degrees percent negative one is right and a free cup bonus.

Now for Corbin, what numerical method of determining the definite integral of a function involves finding the average of the left and right Raymond sums, resulting in a certain non rectangular shape for each interval.

The standard deviation I was describing the definition of the trapezoidal rule.

There answer for everybody in music which kind of music was composed mainly between 1617 50.

John Classical at it you can steel.

Corbin.

Sam Brock Yep.

And a bonus in music for you, which Baroque composer wrote The Four Seasons Vivaldi as right for 20 points plus up now in geography, what is the name of the largest lake in Utah?

Well, Salt Lake.

Not it, I need more Shilo Salt Lake City.

No, the Great Salt Lake is the technical name of it, so no points on that toss up.

Now in chemistry, what is the scale that represents acid and base values?

Sam The scale, that's right.

And a visual bonus.

Now for Corbin.

Look at the screens, please.

Radon.

The immediate decay product of radium is an odorless, colorless, radioactive gas that is one of the noble gases in Group 18 on the periodic table.

Fill in this blank here by telling us radon symbol and its atomic number.

All right, now how about the number 18?

Now it's R N and 86.

No points on the bonus.

Back to tossups for everyone in spelling the word ricochet means to rebound one or more times off a surface.

Spell ricochet.

Will, R I C H O C H. That's not.

It gives you a chance to steal Greeneville, Shiloh, R I C O C H E T is correct for ten and get your spelling bonus for Greeneville to annihilate is to completely destroy spell annihilate A N N I H I L A T E that's it for 20 toss up in health.

What are the two oval shaped lymph nodes in the back of the mouth and on top of the throat in humans.

Well tonsil yes.

And a health bonus for young siblings, including an 11 month old, survived in the Amazon jungle for 40 days after a plane crash in 2023, in which country that has coastlines on both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

Colombia.

Colombia is right for 20 plus up in miscellaneous.

When a person treats a minor problem like a major one, they're said to be making a mountain out of a what?

Well, mole hill yes.

And miscellaneous bonus.

How many stars are on the European Union flag?

18.

Only 12.

So no points on that toss up in U.S. history.

Which civil war, General with no political experience, served as president of the United States?

Jasper Brandt Yeah, for eight years as Ulysses s Grant history bonus for Corbin to pass a Congressional naming commission plans to rename nine military bases that were named for Confederate leaders, including Fort Pickett in Virginia.

During what battle did General George Pickett's charge take place?

Gettysburg, is it?

And what state did that battle take place?

Pennsylvania.

That's both right.

20 toss up in geology to form a fossil, an organism has to be buried by, what, soon after death cuts in mud?

Not exactly.

And still, Corbin will sediment?

Yes, that's what he needed.

And geology bonus According to the Moz scale.

Which gemstone is harder?

Sapphire or opal?

sapphire correct for ten.

How about Topaz or turquoise?

Topaz also right toe toss up for everybody in literature in which adventure novel is Edmond Dantes, the title character Sam Gulliver's Travels.

Not it.

You can steal Greenville.

That is the Count of Monte Cristo, plus up for everybody in algebra in the equation.

Three x plus six equals three.

What is the value of X?

Peyton.

One half, Not it.

You can steal.

Will, negative one is right in an algebra bonus for Corbin.

Name the line in slope intercept form with slope of three passing through the point 9 6 I refer to Hudson y equals three x plus three.

No, it's the y equals three x -21.

No points on the bonus.

Back to tossups for everyone in Arts, which 1939 film ends with the line There's no place like home.

Will, Wizard of Oz is right in the visual bonus for Corbin.

Look at the screens, please.

This fertility idol in what movie was directly copied from a well-known Aztec style statue in the Dumbarton Oaks Museum Collection?

Indiana Jones.

Well, he was in the movie, but the title of that film is Raiders of the Lost Ark.

No points on the bonus toss up in government.

What word is used to mean the temporary release of an accused person awaiting trial Sometimes on what?

Sam Bond not sometimes on condition that a sum of money to be lodged to guarantee their appearance in court.

Peyton Bail.

Bail is the word government bonus.

When President Joe Biden had a medical procedure under anesthetic in 2021, Kamala Harris became the first woman to wield U.S. presidential power.

Which amendment provides for this transfer of power?

Answer John 12 No.

The 25th Amendment takes up in biology for everyone.

Name the substances that are made by the body to fight diseases.

Well, antibodies, yes.

And biology bonus seizures of illegally harvested sea cucumbers have become increasingly common in the waters between India and what island nation nicknamed the teardrop of India.

Sri Lanka?

Yes, 20 points.

Sri Lanka.

Toss up for everybody in vocabulary.

What is the word that is used as a noun?

Meaning an Eskimo dog?

While being used as an adjective means robust and strong patent husk.

Not it.

You can steal Corbin.

Sam Husky.

Husky.

Yeah.

You got the E on the end there.

Vocabulary bonus for Corbin.

Finish the following phrases that have the word work in them.

First one is many hands make the work go faster.

Light work would have been it.

How about this?

Idle hands are the Devil's Tools workshop.

I was that there's many variations on that, but I needed the versions that had work in it.

Toss up in foreign language.

When detectives refer to a criminals M.O., they're using the abbreviation for what?

Latin phrase?

Sam Modus operandi is right.

Foreign Language Bonus for Corbin.

Researchers believe that many critical commodities and rare earth elements can be extracted by the waste generated by Montana's existing mines.

Translate Montana's motto Oro e Plata, which reflects their mining history.

Miners get it done in gold and silver is oro e Plata toss that for everybody.

Now in religion, what is the better known name of the poor fellow soldiers of Christ whose last Sam Jesuits and whose last grand master was burned at the stake?

John Steele, Greenville.

John Disciples.

The Knights Templar.

Going back a few years, toss up for all players in geography.

What is the capital and largest city of the Netherlands?

Sam Amsterdam is right for ten.

Geography is your bonus.

What are the four largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea?

I refer to Sam Cyprus, Sardinia and Sicily.

Actually, size wise, I'll give you Cyprus and Sicily and Sardinia.

But Corsica edges out Crete.

Size wise, I think Crete maybe come in, comes in fifth, 15 points there.

Toss up now in astronomy, which comet did a fly by during the Battle of Hastings in 1066?

Sam Halley's Comet.

Yeah.

And in astronomy bonus, a cosmonaut is an astronaut.

From what country?

Soviet Union.

Yeah.

And or Russia?

Yes.

And a Minot is an astronaut.

From what country?

Ukraine.

That's India.

They've now got astronauts.

Does that for all players in mythology.

Who was the mythological Roman goddess of wisdom, justice, law and victory?

Well, Minerva is right.

Mythology bonus.

Which day of the week was named after the mythological Roman God of agriculture?

This is for Will to answer a defer Thursday.

No, it's Saturday, named after Saturn.

Not that you needed the points as the game ends.

Are Scholars Bowl match between Corbin and Greenville.

Congratulations to Corbin for pulling away to win to advance to our Threshhold of 32, Greeneville.

What a joy to have you here and good luck to your other squad as well who are still competing in the tournament.

We hope to see you against all underclassmen here.

Right.

So you get a little playing time and come back next year all the wiser.

Thanks for being here.

You can, of course, keep track of all of our teams, see what happens to Corbin in their next round by watching every episode of Scholars Bowl.

Set your DVR or you can binge watch past season's online using the PBS app.

My name is Frank Murphy, and this is Tennessee Scholars Bowl 2024.