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 Bowl.

I'm Frank Murphy.

This is the academic tournament with high schools from all over the viewing area, competing for the Frank Miller Memorial Trophy and a cash prize that we'll describe at halftime.

This is our 40th year of competition and we have made it to the semifinals.

This is the round of the philosophical for both these teams.

Had to win four times to get here today.

And we welcome Hardin Valley Academy of West Knoxville and Dobyns-Bennett High School of Kingsport, who has certainly earned the privilege of being here today.

And we're delighted and proud of all of you.

Let's say hi to the players first from Hardin Valley, beginning with Samir Nathawat.

Samir, welcome back.

Tell us about yourself, what you've been doing.

I went to India this past summer.

Yeah, Yeah, it was part of northern India.

It was like a 15 hour plane ride from New York to Delhi.

That was pretty long.

Oh, wow.

I don't know that much about the geography of India.

So what did you do while you were there?

What did you see?

I mean, we visited like a couple of places, like some of the palaces and some of the cities outstanding.

Right.

I'm glad you enjoyed that.

Let's say hi to 12th graders, Zack Gerber.

Welcome back, Zack.

What's new with yourself?

I'm an Eagle Scout, and my Eagle Scout project was recognized as the number one project in my district.

That's fantastic.

I know you've told me before what it was, but What?

What?

What is it?

I built an outdoor side of the Stations of the Cross and with various prayer shrines.

That's fantastic.

All right, Lovely.

Good to hear that.

Team captain for Hardin Valley is 12th grader David Hart.

So, like last time, David, you were very good about delegating your teammates.

Same thing.

You'll delegate them by name and bonuses or of course, you can answer them.

What's new with yourself?

Since last year, I compete against having spent a lot, so we set up a rivalry between HVA and DB.

We played them in science and also soccer.

So yeah.

And they're good, right?

Yeah, pretty good.

Oh.

Oh, who's better?

You know, we also welcome 11th grader Brock Canatser.

Brock, welcome back.

Good to see you again.

Tell us more about you.

Oh, I enjoy bowling and I had my highest game ever over this past weekend.

Well, that's fantastic.

I know all you can do is get get higher still, right?

That's right.

Or did you pack the max out of you?

I have not proposed the 300.

Okay, Well, you'll get there someday.

Good.

I'm glad to hear that.

Let's say hi to the alternates and coach for Hardin Valley Academy.

We've got Julian Lee, Zainab Haasan, Gary Park and coach Nancy Bush, who teaches science, and Nick de LaSantos, who teaches history to the hawks of Hardin Valley.

Taking on, obviously, an experienced squad, a lot of familiar faces on the Dobyns-Bennett side.

Welcome back, you guys.

Let's say hi first to Adam Kerchal.

Adam, how are you?

Tell us more about you.

I am good and you can see it now, but I have flamingos on my shirt.

Oh.

So what made that your choice today?

Uh, clean.

Well, the last time they were getting on me about not wearing a black shirt and it's the only black shirt I have.

Well, all right, well, good for you.

I'm glad that worked out.

Speaking of the the black and white combination, we've got Michael Fanning, who is decked out for the game today.

We're in that psychological warfare outfit, Michael, a junior this year.

Tell us more about you.

Recently, I started taking an interest in directing, directing theater music.

Television?

What theater?

wow, that's fantastic.

I Let's say also to team captain for DB is Sachin Poobahla Singam Sachin Welcome back.

As you're aware, you answer the bonuses or defer by name to one of your teammates.

What's new with you?

Well, I'm DB STEM tutor, and I'm proud of Adam for wearing a black shirt.

This We all are.

Because it means he's listening.

DB STEM to I know what stem is, but so who are the students that you would tutor talking about freshmen, talking about what?

All grades and various topics of all the STEM subjects.

Which do you prefer?

A biology and chemistry.

Excellent.

All right.

Glad to hear that.

And we're also joined by junior Claire Lee.

Welcome back, Claire.

Good to see you.

Tell us about yourself.

I'm part of Science Olympiad and I'm also a STEM tutor.

Really?

And the same question then of all the STEM subjects you prefer.

I like tutoring, chemistry and math.

Nice.

Okay, well, those go well together, obviously, as you're aware.

Let's say hi to the alternates and coach for Dobyns-Bennett.

We've got Allison Fields and Aisha Kothari, joined by coach Joanna Nash, who teaches world history to the fine folks at Dobbins.

Bennett, you've had to win four times to get here today.

You certainly should know how we play by now, with ten steps worth, ten bonuses worth up to 20 players.

Get your fingers on the buzzer for this philosophical four round game of Tennessee Scholars Bowl 2024.

First toss up is in the category of science.

What element makes up 78%?

Zach Nitrogen of our atmosphere, biomass and a science bonus.

Salamanders are ecto thermic, which means they are what?

Cold blooded.

Cold blooded.

Correct.

Now spell exothermic ct0ther and i c. I defer to Zachary.

ect0thermic is right 20 on the bonus toss up Now in English, what does the idiom stick your neck out mean?

Sachin to take a risk exactly.

And a English bonus.

Now for DB.

Two parts.

What is the past?

Simple for the verb throw?

Threw.

Threw.

Correct.

What is the past participle for the verb throw?

Thrown.

Both right.

20 points.

Toss up in literature.

What is the title of the musical theater adaptation of Michael The Crucible of Pygmalion?

A Chance to steal Zach My Fair Lady.

Correct.

And the literature bonus now for Hardin Valley 2023 marked the 400th anniversary of the publication of the First Folio, which is regarded by many as the most important book in the history of English literature, because it contains 36 of William Shakespeare's comedies, histories and tragedies, including which two comedies that have the word night in their titles Midsummer Night's Dream and Something Night, A midsummer Night's Dream, A Midsummer Night's Dream and Night The Day It Is.

That sounds very Shakespearean.

Ten points for a midsummer Night's Dream.

12th Night is the 12 months after Christmas.

Is the other one toss up now in music in the key of G major, what is the interval between A and C Sharp Zach Major 3rd.

Stall.

cant give it to you.

Chance to steal Michael third.

Now it's He was right but he didn't get out in time Major third is what I needed.

So neither of you get the points toss up for all players in geography Which states nickname is the first state?

Zach Delaware.

Correct.

Visual bonus now for Hardin Valley.

Look at the screens, please.

The view shown here is from Cadillac Mountain, which during winter months is the site of the earliest sunrise in the contiguous 48 states and is located in which state.

MM Oh probably means man Correct.

For ten.

Cadillac Mountain is located on Mount Desert Island Within what National Park?

Acacia Acadia.

Acadia.

Acadia National Park.

That's right.

20 points toss up.

Now in astronomy, the atmosphere in Mars is mostly composed of what compound that has the formula CO2 Claire?, carbon dioxide.

Correct.

And an astronomy bonus.

Two parts which constellation that resembles the letter W represents a vain queen or the lady in the chair.

Different atom.

Cassiopeia for ten.

Which constellation represents a winged horse?

Pegasus also right 20 on the bonus toss up.

Now in vocabulary.

What nine letter noun beginning with O means exclusion from a society or group by general Claire?

Omission.

No by general Consent, just steal.

Hardin Valley, Brock?

Opposition.

It would be ostracism Toss up for all players in math computation.

Convert the base five number 1 to 3 into base ten David 38 Correct.

And a math bonus for Hardin Valley.

Subtract the quantity 15 x minus seven Y from the quantity two x plus four y.

That's within my -13 next possible.

Yeah, -13 x plus 11 Y.

That's right.

20 points toss up now in art in the 1820s, which Spanish artist painted Saturn devouring his son?

Zack?

Salvador Dali.

Not that you can steal Dobyns-Bennett Claire?

Rivera.

That was Goya back in the 1820s.

Francisco Goya Toss up in government.

What are the taxes placed on the production, transportation sale or consumption?

Sachin?

Tariffs?

No of goods or services.

Just steal.

Hardin Valley.

Zach Sales Tax.

Now these are excise taxes, which is little broader than tariffs, which are more specific toss up now in chemistry, which liquid also known as oil of vitriol, has the formula H2S04 and can be Zach?

sulfuric acid.

Yeah, it can be recycled in a car.

Battery chemistry bonus now for Hardin Valley if Americun 241 has atomic number 95 and releases one alpha particle via radioactive decay, what is the atomic number of the remaining product from 96?

I think alpha as hydrogen.

Right.

And I presume 96.

Now you'd reduce it by to the other direction 93.

Now, in foreign language, what is the English translation for the Latin phrase prima facie Sachin in the first glance, yeah.

At first sight is it?

And foreign language bonus for Dobyns-Bennett Which term derived from Greek for exercise designates an austere, simple way of life in which a person can reach a higher spiritual state by rigorous self-discipline and self denial.

STOKES Stoicism Well, that is asceticism that I'm describing toss up now for all players in health, the hereditary blood disorder.

Japan Isotopes is Sachin a sickle cell disease.

Yeah, that's what that is.

And a health bonus.

Now, in 2022, a town in Vermont discovered that the water superintendent had been for ten years secretly lowering the amount of what added mineral in the local water supply for fluorine.

All right.

No, let's take your first answer.

Fluoride is what it is like for your teeth.

No points on the bonus toss up in games.

What popular game on the Price Is Right involves dropping a disc down a slanted pegboard plinko.

Yeah.

So you can win money and then a games bonus now for D.B.

in 2001, a rule change in regulation table tennis matches shortened games to what Winning score?

You can tell it 11 is right 20 points.

Toss up now for all players in world history.

How many wives did Michael six King Henry V eight have?

And you get a visual bonus for D be on the screens.

Take a look what Soviet and Russian politician shown here served as the last leader of the Soviet Union and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

Gorbachev is right for 20 toss up in geology.

What is the color of sulfur?

Zach Yellow, correct.

And a geology bonus for Hardin Valley, Tennessee.

Pink marble from Knoxville was used to carve patience and fortitude.

The two lions outside the Beaux-Arts structure on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, that is the flagship location of what institution?

The New York Stock Exchange.

And that's the New York Public Library.

But you can still get points if you tell me which New York mayor after whom an airport is named gave patience and fortitude their names during the Great Depression.

LaGuardia, Yes, right.

For ten points toss up in literature, which war is the setting for the red badge of Courage, the Civil War.

Correct.

And the literature bonus, which animals were, quote, more equal than others?

According to George Orwell's literary work, Animal Farm against Pig pigs, things, pigs back.

Yes.

And in Animal Farm, what was the name of the pig who led the rebellion?

It's a major and maybe major.

Major?

His name was Napoleon.

Not a lot of subtlety in that allegory.

Tossup in geometry, an exterior angle of a regular polygon measures 30 degrees.

What is the name of the polygon?

Claire?

Dodecagon.

Is right and a geometry bonus in a right triangle.

One leg measures six inches and its hypotenuse measures ten inches.

What is the area of the triangle?

Eight.

Right.

So now looking at 25 to 24 inches squared, 24 inches squared is right for 20 points.

Toss up.

Now in sports, at what official age can a horse run three in a Kentucky Derby?

And a sports bonus.

What is the name of the football team at the University of Southern California?

Trojans?

Yeah, the Trojans.

And what is the team name for women's sports at the University of Southern California for women?

Maybe lady trojans?

Lady Trojans.

Well, they go by the women of Troy, ten points on the bonus toss up in geography.

Which countries capital is Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

And geography bonus.

What part of Egypt has shores on the Mediterranean Sea?

The Gulf of Suez and the Gulf of Aqaba are their offerings at Sinai Peninsula, correct?

20 points.

Toss up in Biology.

What Members of the Phylum periphery are one of the world's simplest multicellular organisms.

Zach Sponge.

Yeah, and have bodies full of pores now.

No biology bonus named four of the 14 parts of an animal cell just refer to me a cytoplasm nucleus.

Yeah.

Mitochondria membrane after Zachary the cytoplasm, the nucleus, the mitochondria and the Golgi apparatus.

Yeah.

They're all on that list of 14 which is available on Google toss up now in spelling a word meaning a movement or series of moves requiring skill and care is a maneuver spelled Zach M a an EU VR is right for ten spelling opponents now spell the eight letter word begins with E that describes someone who moves out of a country to live in a different country.

And there's only 1memigra anti reacting.

I spell the word that is opposite of immigrants.

That begins with i and I am went to for you.

Okay.

I defer to Zach.

I m m i g r a n t. That's right.

20 on that bonus.

Toss up now in religion in 2022, protesters in India opposed a new government dress code for educational institutions that prohibited what head covering worn Sachin?

Hijab.

Yeah, for modesty by Muslim women and a religion bonus for DB at the request of one parent, the school board in Davis County, Utah, voted to remove.

But after national outcry, they reversed their decision to remove one of the translations of what religious text from some elementary and middle school libraries by the Bible.

Correct for ten when other parent requested school board, consider removing what religious text and its followers believe contained writings of ancient prophets who lived on the American continent from 600 B.C.

to 41 A.D..

The Mormon Bible?

is the Book of Mormon.

But I.

The judges will take that.

Yes.

That's 20 points for you at the end of the first half, one of these teams goes on to our final game.

This is the round of the philosophical for Hardin Valley versus Dobyns-Bennett.

The action continues after the break.

Tennessee's 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.

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I'm Frank Murphy.

We are back from halftime in this philosophical four round game between Hardin Valley Academy and Dobyns-Bennett High School.

Very close game with only 70 points separating.

And that's a lead that can change easily during the course of our second half.

Looks like Hardin Valley has brought in in their alternate Zainab Hassan.

Welcome back, Zainab.

Good to see you again.

You're a sophomore this year.

What else have you been doing?

Hi.

I like baking for fun.

And remind me if you like desserts or are we talking about savory dishes?

What's an example of something that desserts like cake decorating?

Oh, fantastic.

All right.

Yeah.

You maybe get on TV someday because we have all of this competition shows, and that'll be fun.

I'd love to hear more about that sometime.

All right.

Meanwhile, Dobyns-Bennett is keeping the starting line in, so I'll get back to it and send one of you two teams to the round of the.

I don't have a name for our last two rounds.

Youll have to come up with a name for that one, so you guys can work on that for our last two.

But this is the semi.

Somebody going on to the finals on Tennessee Scholars Bowl 2024.

Toss up for all players in music.

What type of chord is it?

Triad with a major third from The root and perfect fifth Zach Major Yeah.

What type of chord is a major chord?

Fifth to the root and a music bonus now.

who was the final act at the Woodstock Music and Art Fair in 1969?

Is it the Beatles or Elvis?

It's the Beatles.

It was a rock.

The Beatles.

It was Jimi Hendrix.

Tell me in what Northwest US city was Jimi Hendrix born Northwest Seattle, maybe.

Yeah, yeah, Seattle is right.

410 Toss up in history, what?

1935 New Deal legislation?

Zach The Social Security Act established a system of old age benefits and a history bonus.

Two parts In which state do the Seminole wars take place?

Florida break for ten.

In which state did the battle of Tippecanoe take place?

Ohio.

Oh, I think so.

I defer to Brock, Ohio.

It's actually Indiana.

Ten points on that toss up.

Now in health, what is the term for the commonly used device used to measure blood pressure?

Sachin?

Blood cuff Now that you can steal Hardin Valley a stethoscope now it's hard to say.

It's fake moment.

Ometer is what it's called toss up in foreign language.

What is the French word for yellow?

Zach Emery Not that you can steal Dobyns Bennett Claire Amar No, it's actually jaun.

Jaun.

Jaun.

Toss up for all players in math computation.

What is negative three fourths minus negative two thirds?

Claire Negative one twelfths is correct.

And a visual bonus for DB on the screens, please.

What is the measure?

In degrees of each interior and exterior angle of a convex regular hexagon?

Maybe give me the interior one first six times 1831 120 is interior x 120 interior 60 x both of those are correct 20 points toss up for players in arts which performing arts venue that has a Spanish Moorish style interior is home to the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra's Masterworks concerts.

Michael Tennessee Theater correct for ten and an arts bonus for DB, which performing arts venue that is located on the eastern bank of the Potomac River in Washington, D.C., was named in 1964 as a memorial to the 35th President J. John F Kennedy.

Well, he's the person they named it after, but it's called the Kennedy Center, as in the Kennedy Center Honors Toss up for all players in economics.

Which state is the largest producer of corn in the U.S.?

Zach, Illinois.

Now that you can steal Sachin an Iowa.

Correct In an economics bonus, what is the currency of Afghanistan?

It's a room filled with the answer no.

It's called the Afghani.

What was Afghanistan's currency prior to 1923, when they introduced the Afghani through the rupee?

Correct.

For ten points.

Toss up in physics.

What is the term for a wheel with teeth that meshes with another tooth part gear to transmit torque in a physics bonus?

What phenomenon scatters a light beam by suspended particles in a gas or liquid artifact?

Go slow, just wait for interaction.

Ill defer to Zachary.

The Tyndall Effect.

Correct for 20 points.

Tossup in literature in which Shakespeare play does Duke Orsino love Olivia Zach 12th Night once he got in and all the other parts of that love triangle in the literature bonus.

Now name the epic poem that tells the biblical tale of the fall of mankind.

When Adam and Eve were tempted by Satan to eat the forbidden fruit from the Tree of Knowledge, and God banished them from the Garden of Eden forever.

Paradise lost its way into four other types.

I defer to Zach.

Paradise Lost, Correct for ten, who was the author of Paradise Lost, who in 1665 sold the copyright for £10?

Yeah, just waiting for them.

Yeah.

Okay.

I'll go ahead and defer to Brock.

Milton.

Yes.

John Milton.

20 points total on that bonus toss up in history during Washington's administration.

Which country controlled- Zach?

Spain?

More than half the area that became the US.

And a history bonus now the coronation of King Charles.

The third was a ceremony that for the first time included the active participation of faiths other than the Church of England.

What were four of the five other faiths represented?

Catholicism, Judaism, perhaps Islam and maybe Hinduism.

All right.

I'll let you take ovee.

I defer to Zachary.

Catholisicm, Islam, Hinduism and Judaism.

I'll give you 15 points for the last three.

It was in that particular ceremony.

It was Judaism, Hindu, Sikh, Muslim and Buddhism.

So you get three, right.

That's 15 points toss up in sports.

In what sport do competitors fire a shotgun at a clay Zach Trap shooting pigeon launched from a house and a sports bonus for HVA.

What does the team nickname for the sports programs at the University of Memphis?

The Tigers or the Tigers are for Zeta Tigers is right.

What is the team nickname for the sports programs at Middle Tennessee State University?

The Blue Raiders?

Blue Raiders.

And I want to sum it, Blue Raiders.

That's right.

20 in the bonus toss up.

Now in geography, which state's nickname is the Old Dominion State?

Zach?

Virginia.

Yes.

And a geography bonus named two of the three states that an airplane flying due south from Billings, Montana, to Mexico would fly over, not counting Montana itself.

I think it's Wyoming and Colorado.

Or is it Utah?

Where does it end?

I think it's probably yeah, Wyoming and Colorado is the best one.

Sure.

It's it's either that or Wyoming and Colorado are both right.

And New Mexico is the third toss up now for all players in math.

Which capital Greek letter symbolizes the summation of a series?

Michael?

Sigma?

Right.

math bonus on the screen, please.

What is the name of the formula shown here that relates complex exponentials to trigonometric functions?

Where e is the base of the natural logarithm?

I is the imaginary unit.

Phi is a real number and cosine and sine are trigonometric functions.

Euler's.

Yeah, Euler's formula is right for 20 toss up in vocabulary.

What 11 letter word, beginning with P is a synonym of tenacity.

Sachin an perseverance now that you can still Hardin Valley say perspicacity Now the 11 that a version that we're looking for is persistence.

Toss it for everyone in pre-calculus.

Condense the expression two, log X plus log Y plus log Z. Michael two log ten, add two log base ten x, y, z.

Now that you can still Hardin Valley.

Brock?

Log x squared times y squared.

No, it's log X squared, y z.

So on that one, no points on that toss up.

Now in religion, in the gospels of Matthew, Mark and John, Jesus walked on what body of water?

Zach Yeah, the Sea Galilee.

Yeah.

And a religion bonus What Mongolian religion originating in Eurasian steppes was practiced by Genghis Khan and has a chief deity known as the Sky.

God, is it, I don't know, friendly mountains or China.

So maybe just like this weight India for sure.

I don't know.

I curcumin.

Thats called Tangarism.

tossup for all players now in history.

The Federalist Papers written during 1787 and 1788 were a series of essays.

David the constitution.

Yeah to rally support for that and a bonus in history for Hardin Valley which two presidents died in the White House one in Harrison Yeah.

William Henry Harrison and Zachary Taylor.

Make sense.

That's Wayne.

Yeah.

Just defer because it's your name out of here.

Zachary.

William Henry Harrison and Zachary Taylor.

As are both right for 20.

Toss up for all players in astronomy, what is a massive and extremely remote celestial object emitting exceptionally large amounts of energy that may contain a black hole, may contain massive black holes, and represent a stage in the evolution of some galaxies.

Chance to steal DB Adam Quasar Yes, and astronomy bonus.

The Earth's rotation axis is presently pointing almost exactly at Polaris, But in the year 3000 B.C., which star was the North Star heard Adam Dubin Yes.

And the precession of the Earth's rotation axis means that about 13,000 years from now, which star will be the North Star, the second North Star, it's called Vega.

Ten points on a bonus toss up in foreign language.

What is the Spanish word for Thursday?

Zach?

Bernice James.

Michael Cuevas.

Yes.

And a foreign language bonus for DB.

What is the English translation of the French question, où est ma valise?

That's where is my suitcase?

Oh.

Maybe she's got it.

I've been looking for it.

Toss up in music.

In a major scale the interval between the first and second note is what Major second correct music is your bonus.

In 2023, a harpist from Ireland set a world record for the highest altitude harp performance by playing at the Summit of What Mountain that is the tallest freestanding mountain in the world.

Not Everest, but Everest.

No, it's Kilimanjaro because it's freestanding toss up in miscellaneous.

What was the first toy to be advertised on television with an ad aimed at children that showed consumers?

Claire?

Barbie?

Using their own root vegetables as part of the toy heart.

Chance to steal Hardin Valley.

Brock?

a Chia Pet.

No, Mr.

Potato Head.

Toss up now in government, what was the name of South Africa's harsh institutionalized system?

Sachin an apartheid, Yes.

And government bonus.

Tennessee's attorney general joined a multistate effort to urge President Joe Biden to classify fentanyl as what term that is used to describe nuclear, radiological, chemical, biological or other devices intended to harm a large number of people?

Carcinogen?

It's a weapon of mass destruction.

No points in the bonus toss up in chemistry.

What class of organic chemicals are similar to alcohols, but- Zach?

Carbohydrates?

No.

But with sulfur replacing oxygen chance to steal DB.

Claire?

Uh.

No ran out of time there.

It's a phials is what it was.

But I don't think those ten points would've helped you, although you had an excellent performance.

DB And we always love having you on the show.

looks like he got abused by Hardin Valley, so congratulations.

Hardin Valley.

But first I'll say goodbye to DB and look forward to seeing your underclassmen next year.

Sachin this is a senior year for you?

Well, I want to say how much we've enjoyed having you on the show over the years.

You've been one of the more polite and professional contestants we've ever had and I appreciate you.

Meanwhile, Hardin Valley, Congrats.

You're back to the championship game.

You'll get to play again for the Frank Miller Memorial Trophy.

And it's going to be another great day for you and I look forward to seeing you again on Scholars Bowl.

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