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 Scholar's Bowl.

Hi there.

I'm Frank Murphy.

This is the academic tournament with teams from all over the viewing area competing for the Frank Miller Memorial Trophy and a cash prize that you'll hear about coming up at halftime celebrating our 40th season on the air.

We're delighted that you're watching this second round game, this threshold of 32 round game between Farragut High School and Knoxville Central High School.

Both teams had to win their way to get here.

Let's say hi to the players from Farragut, beginning with 11th graders Sophie Lou Hyde.

Sophie, tell us about yourself.

I'm Sophie Lu.

Fun fact about me.

I'm a huge Star Wars fanatic and I'm also a huge swifty.

Oh, wow.

Could you imagine if Taylor Swift were a Star Wars character, who would she be and why?

That's like a I think she'd be Mannequin Skywalker.

Okay, There's no points for this question.

I was just I just thought I'd make up like a, you know, a pageant type question.

Yeah.

All right.

And again, let's say hi to Russian Ramanan, who is in ninth grade Russian.

Welcome back to the show.

Tell us about yourself.

Hello, I'm Russian, Roman, and I enjoy watching dance moms.

Dance moms.

Really?

Dance moms?

Yes.

That's an intense level of stage memory, isn't it?

Have you ever done dance yourself?

No, while you still can.

Just about took that time, team captain is Leo Davis, who's in 12th grade like before.

Leo, you're going to answer the bonus questions or defer to a teammate by name.

Tell us about you.

What you been up to?

I'm learning Chinese and I'm a fan of the single Good You Die Out.

Where do you learn that?

At school or on like an app or how Chinese?

I learned some of it in school and then I also study on that.

Oh, I didn't realize that there was something you could do at Farragut.

That's fantastic.

All right.

Thanks for telling us.

And then the team is rounded out by senior 12th grader Tom Williamson.

Tom, welcome back to the show.

You were here last year and obviously you won the earlier game.

Tell us about you.

Hi, I'm Tom Williamson.

I overslept a full hour this morning and it helped you because you seem to answer a lot of questions last time we saw you.

Yeah, I feel pretty sharp, actually.

Good Sleep is very important.

Very good for the health.

Let's say hi to the alternates and coach for Farragut High School, beginning with Federica madigan and Aubrey Conger, also Evan Conger and Alex Yan, joined by coach Christopher Hampton, who teaches social studies to the admirals at Farragut, taking on the Bobcats of Central.

Let's say hi first to Julia Bolden, a junior.

Julia Hi, welcome to the show.

Tell us about you.

I'm part of the National Honor Society and the National Honor Society.

is this is studio art where you're actually creating art yourself a little more art history or both.

Mostly just creating art ourselves.

Fantastic.

And what's your favorite medium?

I like pencil.

Oh, All right.

Well, we've got some you can take home in the desk area because you need an extra pencil.

Let's say hi to Oliver Dattilo, a senior.

Oliver, you do real well.

Last time you were here.

Tell us about yourself.

Uh, I'm a carver, and I run cross-country for Central High School.

So what do you think about, like, regular commercial caves that, you know, normal pigeons would go to, you know, like beautiful Cherokee Caverns and Karnes.

Or maybe you go down to what is it, the lost.

See, places like that never been to the lost.

See, I would highly recommend Mammoth Cave.

It's a very beautiful system in Kentucky.

Oh, good.

Thank you for that.

Appreciate it.

Team captain is Jessica Pung.

And you're going to answer bonuses on behalf of the squad or defer by name to a teammate like you did before.

Tell us about you, Jessica.

I'm also a member of National Honor Society and I'm one of Centrals drum captains.

Very nice.

Let's say hi also to Kylie MacMahon, who is a senior.

Kylie, tell us something about yourself.

I'm a really big just I really like music a lot and I'm also part of Central's yearbook staff.

that's something that speaks to me because I did school newspaper in high school and a little bit of yearbook.

What's the hardest part?

For me personally, it's probably like getting out there and like interviewing people because we run hours like an actual publication.

Excellent.

Less than like an actual like a photo book.

Yeah.

No, You write a story about each person.

It's just really hard, like talking to people and finding the right people to write about.

But you find a lot of interesting stories about people that you wouldn't know otherwise.

Well, that is great.

I'm glad that your yearbook differentiates itself that way.

That's nice.

Thank you for telling us.

Let's say hi to the alternates and coach for Central, starting with Dax Bolden, who might be related to Julia, Quill Miller and Deegan Honhorst.

who is joined by coach Cindy Blanchard, teaching math at Central.

All right.

You've all been here before.

You've won their last game to get here.

You know how we play with toss ups worth ten bonuses worth up to 20 players?

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

First toss up is in the category of history.

Who was the first governor of the state of Tennessee?

Oliver Andrew Jackson.

Now you can steal Farragut.

Roshan, John Sevier Yes.

John Sevier is right.

And a bonus now in history for Farragut, who was president of the United States when the movie It's A Wonderful Life premiered on December 20, 1946.

Was that maybe 46?

Truman?

Truman is right.

Second half of the question who was president of the United States when the movie A Christmas Story was released on November 18, 1983?

Reagan Reagan is right 20 on the bonus concept for all players now in religion.

Who was the first pope of the Roman Catholic Church?

Leo Virgil Not it.

You can steal Central Oliver John Not it either, no, it was Saint Peter the part.

That's why they got Saint Peter's Basilica.

They named it after was passed up for all players in technology.

Which company developed the PlayStation video game console?

Tom Sony is right.

Technology bonus for Farragut.

YouTube was founded by three former PayPal employees in 2005 and purchased for $1.65 billion.

By what company can 2006 Google?

Google is ranked for 20 points toss up now in foreign language.

One of the drink sizes at Starbucks is Venti, which is the Italian word for what Oliver Large Not it.

You can steal Farragut Roshan 20, 20 as 20 ounce drink is right foreign language bonus for Farragut first what is the French word for welcome Oh this is for the first was you.

Yes.

You defer to Sophie.

Right?

And now what is the German word for?

Welcome dinner with Common?

Yes, that's right.

20 on the bonus plus up now in art for all players, what is a strong woven cloth traditionally used by artists as a surface on which to paint Tom Canvas is right Arts bonus Now Algeria, Kuwait, Lebanon, the Philippines and Vietnam banned what 2023 movie starring Margot Robbie.

This is for Leo to answer for Barbie Yes is right.

I know Sophie wanted to ring in so far and say Taylor Swift let's see geography toss up for everybody.

What is the only US state that begins with the letter H?

Probably Hawaii is correct.

And the geography bonus now for Central, what are the four state capitals that begin with the letter H Honolulu Easily answer Honolulu.

That's one answer for the rest.

Well, you get five points for Honolulu.

You missed Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

Hartford, Connecticut, and Helena, Montana.

So 5% for all players in sports.

Former Vols quarterback Tee Martin is currently the quarterbacks coach for what NFL team brushing the titans not it you can steal central Jessica cowboys he got moved to the Baltimore Ravens and then got a promotion from wide receiver up to quarterbacks coach there toss up for all players in health what happens to a person when the diaphragm has muscle spasms?

Oliver Hiccups is what that is and a health bonus on the screen.

Take a look, please.

A DNA molecule has two linked strands resembling a twisted ladder that is commonly known by what term?

Double helix.

Double helix.

Right.

For 20% for everyone in literature.

Who was the author of the narrative poem, The Road Not Taken.

Robert Frost.

Robert Frost makes an appearance on the show and literature bonus for Central What New England City and State serve as the setting for Nathaniel Hawthorne's The House of Seven Gables, Austin, Boston.

I know it's outside there in Salem, Massachusetts, so no points on the bonus toss up again for all players in algebra.

What is the y intercept of the line?

Two x minus three Y equals 12 in coordinate form the Russian zero comma, negative four.

That's right.

For ten points in an algebra bonus.

Now for Farragut what value for C will make a trinomial square in the expression x squared -26 x plus c 13 square between grades 169 169 is right 20 points Toss up for everybody in government.

How many justices are on the Tennessee Leo nine Tennessee Supreme Court A chance to steal Central Jessica 12 It's only five so no points there.

Toss up for liberty in music.

Which band reunited in 1994 to make the album Hell Freezes Over?

Oliver Nirvana.

That would be a feat, but no, in The Beatles.

No, The Eagles reunited and did that.

Let's toss up now for everybody in physics.

Galileo discovered that the trajectories of projectiles are in what shape?

Tom Parabola.

Yes, and a physics bonus.

If the volume of an enclosed gas at constant pressure is increased by a factor of three.

The pressure on the gas must be changed by a factor of what value one third, one third is correct.

20 points toss up in English for everyone.

What punctuation symbol is used to express ratios time, Tom colon or chapter and verse of a Bible and a bonus for Farragut in English two parts.

What part of speech is the word fast in these two sentences?

First, Leo was driving so fast that he lost control of the car adjective, adjective No, it's a adverb.

It was an adverb because it modifies driving.

How about this one?

Their family planned a fast while trying to lose weight.

Noun.

Noun, that's right.

Ten points on the bonus.

Tossup up in economics.

Which animal is the symbol of a rising stock market?

Tom Bull.

Yes.

And an economics bonus in Chile's Atacama Desert, a huge pile of what type of unsold merchandise from various retailers, including Sheehan, can be seen in satellite images, cloves, garlic, cloves, clothes is right.

I think the clue there is.

SHEEHAN Right?

Yeah, it's clothing.

Is it 20 points tossup for all players in geography.

What is the capital of Iowa?

Russian.

Des Moines.

Yes, Des Moines.

Is it.

And a geography bonus on the screens.

Take a look, everybody.

The Grand Canyon shown here is located in which state is correct for ten and it 1,904 square miles.

Grand Canyon National Park is actually larger than what state?

Rhode Island.

Yeah, we're the smallest state, obviously.

Yeah, Rhode Island is right.

20 points.

Toss up in architecture.

What is the stone at the top of an arch to hold stones in place called Oliver Cornerstone.

Not it.

You can steel Farragut Tom ballast now at the top of an arch.

It's a keystone.

Astronomy toss up for all players.

What celestial bodies were known in ancient times as hairy stars.

Oliver Comets is right.

Astronomy bonus for Central.

Who was the first person to go to outer space and orbit the earth?

Something or in theory, something?

Answer I defer to Kelly.

Yuri Gagarin.

Yeah, Yuri Gagarin is his name, and that's 20 points plus up for everybody in spelling a supplement to a will is a cortisol spell.

Cortisol.

Tom C, a UTC.

Well, that's not it.

You can steal central and that's the buzzer.

It's kind of still a c odd i c i l I guess some people might say codicil, but I've heard it.

Castle toss it for everyone in pre-calculus.

What is the value of the secant function of 60 degrees?

C 68 So just Tom Boots three over two.

No you're not it.

You can steal central.

Jessica one over three.

Now the secant is two.

Toss up for everybody in history who was Lord protector of England from 1653 to 1658 after the defeat of King Charles, the first Raleigh, not him.

You can steal central Oliver Charles the second.

No, some guy named Oliver, as in Cromwell.

No points there.

Toss up in miscellaneous Zino the Bear is the mascot for which Smoky Mountain City?

Russian.

Gatlinburg.

Correct.

Four, ten and a bonus in Tennessee.

Things.

First, what is the Tennessee state flower?

Iris?

Frankfort, Tenn. What is the Tennessee State fruit?

Oh, fruit.

Mango.

Oh, I can tell you.

Not from Granger County.

It's a tomato.

All right, Toss up in chemistry.

Which element has the symbol?

XY Top xenon.

Is it chemistry?

Bonus sulfur is atomic, number is 16.

What is the electron configuration of sulfur in exponential form to two S to tunes P four or six to yes to three.

P four.

Okay to further ocean one as to two S to 2p6 3 to $0.03 four.

That is absolutely correct.

For 20 points percent for all players in mythology, which day of the week is named for the Norse god?

Odin Oliver.

Wednesday.

Right.

Bonus Which day is name for Frigga the Norse goddess of marital love and the hearth.

Friday, Friday.

Have a yes.

They're absolutely right.

And that is the end of the first half between Central and Farragut.

Which of these two teams will go on to the threshold of 32?

We'll find out after ten and a half more minutes of play coming up after the break on Ten 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.

You're watching Tennessee Scholars Bowl.

I'm Frank Murphy, back from halftime in the second round game.

This threshold, a 32 round game between Farragut High School and Knox Central High School.

We've got a lead for Farragut team right now, but Knox Central can do anything in the second half of play.

Maybe they'll catch up.

We'll see.

And they've also both brought alternates into the game.

Let's say hi first to Alex Young.

Alex, you've been here before, your junior.

Tell us about yourself.

My glasses are really dirty and I haven't seen them in a while.

What do you do to clean them?

Wipes.

all right.

I was trying to see if I could get any kind of reaction out of you, Alex, but you're stone faced over there.

Let's say hi to Federica, man again, who's in Junior.

Federica, welcome to the show.

Happy to have you.

Tell us about you.

My name is Federica Mangan and I love listening to music.

What kind?

Forties.

Fifties.

No kidding.

I love that kind of music.

Delighted to hear that.

Thanks very much.

And say hi to the audience on the other side from Knox Central High School, beginning with DAX Bolden.

I think your sister was here earlier.

Is that right?

Yes.

Now, you're a sophomore, so she's older.

Yes.

And tell us about you.

I'm on the ceramics team and I enjoy geography a little bit.

I'm well, I love geography, too, but what is team ceramics?

Is that where everybody puts their same hand on the clay at the same time?

I'm rather you know, we have we have a chair and everything.

Here we are a relay, a ceramics relay where, you know, you know, we just we meet in one of the art classrooms and we just like, do ceramics and make whatever we want, basically.

That sounds great.

We also are joined again by Quil Miller, who's a junior high.

Quil, welcome back.

Tell us more about you and your shocking lipstick.

Oh, I really like horror movies and rock music, and I am on the yearbook staff at Central.

What kind of music?

Rock music.

I mean, specifically something specific like eighties rock.

Oh, not classic rock.

Very good.

All right.

Well, let's get back to the game of dirty.

Get your fingers on the buzzer as we resume this second round game of Tennessee's scholar's bowl, 20 24% for all players in geology.

Obsidian is formed by what type of geologic event?

Oliver Volcanic eruption, Correct.

And geology bonus for central people in Hawaii were urged to cut back on activities when Mauna Loa erupted in 2022 to avoid inhaling volcanic gases, including what chemical compound?

With the formula CO2, silicon dioxide.

I refer to Oliver Silico dioxide.

Now that's just sulfur dioxide as the sulfur, and then O2 is dioxide.

No points on the bonus toss up in government.

Which amendment to the US Constitution states a person cannot be forced to testify against themselves.

Alex The Fifth.

Yes is right.

And don't take the Fifth on this answer.

We'll see what you came up with for your government.

Bonus.

Which amendment to the US Constitution establishes procedures for an orderly transition of presidential power?

The 21st 31st 21st.

Now that's the 25th Amendment.

No points there.

Toss up for all players in art.

What do we call the art of creating music, comedy or drama spontaneously?

Alex Improvising, Yes, that's right.

I love improvisation And an arts bonus.

Now for Farragut.

What singer and actress who has one of the most followed people worldwide on Instagram, began her career as a child on Barney and Friends and went on to star in movies and TV series, including Wizards of Waverly Place and Only Murders in the Building.

Taylor Swift.

Now, that's I mean, she's she's big, but believe it or not, Selena Gomez, of this moment, has more Instagram followers.

So Selena Gomez is the answer.

No points tossup up in biology.

How many pairs of chromosomes are in the nucleus of each cell?

Tom 46.

Know in the human body.

Oliver 32 Now 23 pairs of chromosomes.

You gave me the total number and is asking for pairs toss up now in literature.

This alone, to thine own self be true, is a famous quote from which Shakespearean play Tom Hamlet Is it literature bonus in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, which character is a kinsman to the prince and a close friend of Romeo Mercutio?

Berkshire is right.

Which character is Juliet's cousin who was killed to Romeo Tibble?

That's right.

20 points.

Tossup in geometry.

What is the two word expression that describes a pair of adjacent supplementary angles?

Yeah, supplements that you can steal central if you think about it, they'll even things out.

They're called a linear pair.

All right, Toss up in geography, which large Midwest city is also known as the Windy City.

Leo Chicago is right.

Geography Bonus What U.S. city is nicknamed the Motor City.

Yes.

Detroit.

Yes.

And what U.S. city is named the gateway to the West is Indianapolis.

Maybe know so answer Saint Paul.

Now it's Saint Louis where they have the Gateway Arch.

All right.

Ten points.

Toss up in religion.

What does the title Buddha mean?

Oliver Enlightened one is right for ten Religion bonus.

Justin Welby tweeted, quote, It was the honor of a lifetime.

And among its saddest moments to preach at the state funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth.

The second What is Justin Welby title High Priest in the Anglican Church?

Well, that might be what the job description would be on LinkedIn, but the title is Archbishop of Canterbury.

No points there.

Plus up for all players in science who discovered the law of universal gravitation.

Tom Newton.

Newton is right.

In a visual bonus.

Take a look at the screens, please.

In science, what species shown here is the only living relative of the giraffe and zebra.

Oh, it's an old copy.

Okay.

AP All right.

No points on the bonus.

Toss up in foreign language.

What common Latin phrase means something for something, Oliver Quid pro quo.

Exactly right.

And a foreign language bonus for central.

What alphabet is used for?

Russian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Ukrainian and some other Slavic languages.

So Cyrillic is right for 20 points.

Toss up for ruin in music.

What famous country singer was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2022?

Jessica Dolly Parton, right.

And owns attractions in Pigeon Forge.

Dolly, Is she a bonus question now on Dolly Parton's cover version of Let It Be?

The piano and drums were played by which two musicians who were also on the original 1970 recording of the song I Prefer to Quill, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr.

Those are both right.

20 points.

You seem surprised.

Yeah.

Starr She can get anybody.

She wants to work with her if she wants to.

Beatles She gets two Beatles notes up in US history for all players.

In 1986, the third Monday in January was first observed as a federal holiday in honor of what historical figure Jessica martin Luther King Jr is correct.

In a visual bonus for Central, take a look at the screens, please.

Which president shown here became the youngest president elected at the time?

Ulysses s Grant is right.

And what was Grant's actual first name?

Try George.

George.

It's actually Hiram and Silver.

They.

They went with the US.

Grant.

The Yes doesn't stand for anything, by the way.

I might have to use that on a future show.

Toss up for all players in art.

What term is used to describe a hue that has a high level of intensity?

Alex Saturated yes.

And art bonus.

Now, which of the founders of the impressionist movement known for the luncheon of the Boating Party and two sisters on the terrace, suffered from rheumatoid arthritis starting in 1892.

It continued to paint for the last 20 years of his life.

Name Monet, that is Renoir.

So no points on the bonus concept for everyone in health.

What is the condition in which the temperature of the human body is below normal due to cold?

Oliver Hypothermia.

Is it health bonus?

Give the specific name of vitamin B3 niacin.

Yes.

Give the specific name of vitamin B seven.

No answer.

That is biotin.

So you get ten on a bonus toss up in vocabulary cardiologist is to heart as neurologist is to Oliver brain right and a vocabulary bonus spell the comparative and superlative forms of the adjective dry answer dryer d r y e r and dries d r y e as t. Now y changes to an eye in both of those.

So that's incorrect.

No points toss up in math computation 90 is what percent of 200?

Alex 45 right.

Math bonus.

Alex's average on four tests was 85.

What was Alex's score on the fourth test?

If the first three scores were 81, 89 and 79?

75 since 19 90.

91 is the answer.

Missed it by just a little bit.

So no points there.

Toss up in and I know you did better on your test than that.

Alex, I just have a second on you.

Toss up in world history who was born, Princess Sophie of Anholt and was Empress of Russia from 1760 to Leo, 1762 until 1796.

Chance to steal Central Oliver Queen Alexandra.

Now, Catherine the Great is who I'm describing toss up for everybody in sports, which sport is called the sport of kings?

Oliver Chess not it you can steal Farragut Tom Golf course racing is the sport of kings.

No points toss up in chemistry.

What is the process used to extract a gas from a liquid or a solid?

Oliver Evaporation.

Not that you can steal.

Farragut Tom Distillation, Correct.

And the chemistry bonus.

What are the four lightest gases?

Two hydrogen, hydrogen and helium.

And you're a hydrogen, sir.

I defer to Alex.

Hydrogen, helium, nitrogen and oxygen.

All four.

Correct.

For 20 points.

Toss up now in English.

Give the comparative form of the adjective handsome Alex.

Handsomer.

Not it.

You can steal Central Jessica more handsome, that is what we call it.

And it's ten points in an English bonus for Central Name the two classes of nouns proper and common.

I think proper and common.

When we get into classes of nouns, we're going for abstract and concrete.

No points.

They're passed up in science.

What is the better known term for -273.15?

Alex Absolute zero degrees Celsius is absolute zero or zero Kelvin We would have taken both.

Very good.

Gets a bonus in science In a 2023 study, scientists said they measured a world record of solar irradiance on the Altiplano high plateau in Chile that is comparable to the solar radiation.

On what planet?

That is 28% closer than earth to the sun.

The Venus, I mean Venus.

Yeah, that's right.

20 points toss up for everybody in government.

What is the name of the daily account that publishes the proceedings of both the US Senate and House of Representatives?

Oliver at POTUS Not it.

You can steal Farragut Congressional Journal.

Leo blurted it out so I can't take that.

Unfortunately, if to ring in and be called on toss up for one in miscellaneous, which we won't get to as the time runs out and Farragut has held on to the lead.

First of all, Central, what a great tournament you've had with some big a big win and now, well, a close loss, I guess.

And we appreciate you guys being here, especially the underclassmen.

We look forward to seeing you again next season on Scholarship Bowl and to all your seniors.

Congratulations and Godspeed.

Meanwhile, Farragut, congratulations.

You now advance to the smart 16.

Your third game will be coming up.

And of course, you can watch every time that we're on.

Keep track of all of our teams.

Maybe DVR the episode so you don't miss any of them.

We appreciate you also binge watching past seasons on the PBS app, as our students do when they're preparing for the show.

Thank you so much for watching.

I'm Frank Murphy and this is Tennessee Scholars Bowl 2024.