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

The game call 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.

I'm Frank Murphy.

This is season number 40 of the academic tournament with high schools from all over the area competing for the Frank Miller Memorial Trophy and a cash prize that you'll hear about coming up at halftime.

This is a first round game between Farragut High School and Rockwood High School.

Let's get started by meeting the players from Farragut, beginning with Sophie Lu and 11th graders.

Sophie, Hi.

Tell us about yourself.

Hi, I'm Sophie Lu.

I'm a huge fan of Taylor Swift, and a fun fact about me is I'm trilingual.

Oh, and are you also now a recent fan of the NFL?

I watch C-SPAN automatically assigned to you.

Okay, that's great.

Let's say hi to Roche and Ramanan, who is in ninth grade.

Roche.

And tell us something about yourself.

Hi, I'm Roche and Ramadan and I've been to 40 countries.

Oh, my gosh.

Well, let's see how many of those come up on the game.

We'll expect you to answer.

Well, on the on geography, what's the most unusual of the people in this room today, the one that we are least likely to have visited me.

Morocco.

That's a good one.

Yeah, that's a very good one.

All right.

I think of that as the old black and white movies and that kind of thing.

Let's say hi to team captain who's in 12th grade.

Leo Davis.

So, Leo, you've been here before, and you'll remember that you'll answer bonuses on behalf of the squad.

Or you can defer by name to a teammate.

Tell us more about you.

Hi, I'm Leo.

I'm learning French and I'm a fan of history.

Well, good in history and geography and nflx are all covered so far.

And we've also got Tom Williamson, who's in 12th grade.

Tom, you've been here before to tell us about yourself.

Hi, I'm Tom Williamson.

I sneezed seven times this month.

So far, I've counted.

Wow.

So is it a month?

You reset every month, your number sneezes or is it?

You just add together the daily sneeze, right?

Yeah.

Starting in October, huh?

I think it might be a good idea for you to start a daily sneeze podcast where you could.

We could keep track and follow along with your progress.

I love that.

let's say hi to the alternates and coaches for Farragut High School, beginning with Federica madigan, Aubrey Conger, Evan Conger, Alex Yan, and they're joined by coach Christopher Hampton, who teaches social studies.

good luck to the admirals of Farragut taking on hashtag girl squad from Rockwood High School.

That's what it says on the back of their shirts.

Let's say hi.

First to 11th grader Chloe SPRADLING.

Chloe, hi.

Tell us about you.

Hi, I'm Chloe SPRADLING.

I'm the vice president of My Hopes a chapter, and I'm a bass clarinet player.

Is that the hardest instrument, or did you pick it?

Because it was easy.

It was easy.

Oh, well, good.

All right.

Happy to have you here.

Let's I had also 2/11 grader Molly Leonard.

What about you, Molly?

Hi, I'm Molly.

I am in the Rockwood High School Beta Club.

I am an officer and my best friend is Grace O'Connor.

Oh, I hope we get to meet Grace someday.

Let's say hi to 11th grader Grace O'Connor.

Oh, what do you know, Grace?

Your team captains, You'll answer bonuses or defer.

Tell us about you.

Hi, I'm Grace O'Connor.

I'm the an officer for our Beta Club.

And my best friend is Molly Leonard.

Well, good.

I'm glad that works out, because how embarrassing would it be right now if you picked somebody else?

Embarrassing?

Yeah.

All right.

And we're rounding out the team with 10th grader Madison Schabas.

Madison, tell us about you.

Hi, I'm Madison Schabas.

I play flute in the marching band, and I like my Chemical Romance.

Oh, now, is flute the hardest instrument or is is it easier than bass clarinet?

It's very easy.

Oh, come on.

I think I took lessons when I was your age.

I found them to be absolutely impossible.

All right, so I think you're just teasing me because you're all so smart.

Anyway, let's say hi to the alternates and coaches for Rockwood High School, beginning with Caitlin McAnally and Kaylee, Kelly, Avery, Miles and Ireland.

Minnick joined by coaches Rebecca Anderson, who teaches chemistry, and Bobby Clements, who teaches English.

All right, Congratulations and thanks for being here, Rockwood.

We look forward to this first round game.

You all know how we play with toss ups worth ten and bonuses worth up to 20.

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

First category is art.

What is the level line in an art work where water or land seem to end and the sky begins?

Leo Horizon is right and an art bonus for Farragut.

Two parts named two of the three secondary colors green oak, orange and green.

Correct.

With purple being the third.

And what is the complimentary color of green red or purple?

Orange.

Purple.

Red.

Orange.

It's a red is the complimentary.

So you get ten points on the bonus percent for all players in geography.

Which mountain system stretches from Alabama to Newfoundland, Canada?

Russian Appalachian Mountains.

Appalachian Mountains is right and geography bonus Name the capital city for the following states.

I'll give you two.

First, Wyoming.

Answer Wyoming.

Cheyenne, Wyoming.

How about West Virginia?

Yeah.

Oh, I don't know.

These capitals answer.

West Virginia.

That is a w, I guess.

Charleston is the capital.

I guess.

We stumped the world traveler with us.

Geography.

That's winning toss up in literature for all players.

The hare in the tortoise and the fox and the crow are fables by which famous writer Tom Izzo is writing for ten literature as a bonus.

Who wrote The Vampire Chronicles, which include the novels The Vampire, Almond Blood and Gold and Interview with the Vampire.

No, I know what you mean.

Hemingway.

That's a valid guess.

And Rice is the answer.

No points on the bonus concept for all players in chemistry.

What name is given to the solid form of carbon dioxide, Tom?

Dry ice is what we call that.

And our visual bonus for Farragut.

Take a look at the screens, please.

What element with an atomic number of one is represented on the periodic table with this symbol?

Hydrogen.

Hydrogen?

Well, that's a first round game.

We're going kind of easy on that one.

20 points on the bonus toss up in math computation for all players.

What is the sum of one half, one third and one fourth broken?

13 over 12th is right.

We also would have accepted one in 1/12 obviously.

And get your math bonus now for Farragut.

Two parts given the numbers ten, 20, 30 and 50, find the mean of the data set to 3033.

Okay, 30.

Now the mean is only 27.5, but now find the median of that same data set.

2525 is right.

Ten points on the bonus toss up.

Now in sports in which sport is the ball always in possession of the team on defense while the team on offense can score without touching the ball So think football not football rock would it just steal Chloe baseball.

It is baseball.

And a sports bonus for Rockwood.

How many Major League baseball teams are in the National League?

Answer 50.

Now it's 15.

But here's one tough one.

What former National League team switched to the American League in 2013.

Answer Canadians.

It was Well, you guys were what, five when this when that happened.

Houston Astros is the answer.

No points toss up in government.

What is the term for trying to get someone to do wrong by offering him or her special favors?

Some bribery or money is right.

Bonus in government for Farragut.

What is the term for the constitutional division of power between the US state governments and the national government?

Federalism.

Federalism is right for 20 points.

Toss up now in English for all players, both a present participle and a gerund end with which three Russian i n g letters is right.

English is your bonus fair?

I get two parts.

Is the verb active or passive in the following sentence?

The war on terror is being fought daily.

Passive.

Passive.

Correct.

Is the verb active or passive in the sentence.

The marathon runners worked diligently, passive Active.

Passive work Active is ranked for 20 points.

Tossup in astronomy.

What is the six letter scientific term for a shooting star?

Tom Meteor.

Yes, and astronomy bonus for Farragut, unlike the other planets in our solar system.

First question is Venus spins in which direction on its axis?

Backwards.

Twist Clockwise.

Yes.

Second part Venus is the second brightest natural object in the night sky.

After what?

The sun on the night sky over night sky.

The moon.

The moon.

Is it 20 on the bonus toss up for all players in economics, which fruit is used to produce the most common cider?

Leo Apple.

Yes.

And an economics bonus.

Candidates for the 2024 elections are seeking the endorsement of what Federation of 60 Labor Unions, representing 12.5 million workers in the United States.

I defer to John Auto Workers Union.

No, it's the AFL-CIO, which is the umbrella union for American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations.

Toss up role players in music.

On what continent is the Sydney Opera House located?

Molly Australia is right for ten and a visual bonus for Rockwood.

Take a look at the screens, please.

Two part question What early type of musical instrument shown here is similar to a piano, but with strings that are plucked instead of being hit?

Harp No, it's a harpsichord because it's a keyboard instruments based on a harp, but you can still get points if you tell me that the harpsichord was often used in what dominant style of Western classical music, composed from about 1600 to 1750?

I don't know.

Answer Gracey, defer to Chloe.

Baroque.

Baroque is right.

Ten points on the bonus toss up in history for everyone who invented the movable type printing press.

Leo Gutenberg.

Yes, and a history bonus.

Name two of the three allied leaders who represented their countries at the Yalta Conference in February 1945.

Stalin.

Roosevelt.

Stalin.

A right.

Churchill is the third 20 points pass up in foreign language for everybody.

What is the main language spoken in Egypt?

Leo Arabic, yes.

And a foreign language bonus for Farragut.

In what languages was the Old Testament of the Bible?

Originally written in Hebrew.

That's part in more Latin and Hebrew in Aramaic.

So you get ten points on the bonus toss up for everybody in health.

What organ of the body is enclosed in a sack called the pericardium?

Rush The heart, yes.

And a health bonus.

Now identify the means of preventing disease by these two descriptions.

First, the chemicals used to kill microbes upon contact, thus deterring the spread of disease and antibiotics.

Antibiotics, Antibiotics.

In that case, we're looking for disinfectant chemicals.

How about this one?

What is the easiest and least expensive method to slow the spread of germs and disease?

Sterilization and sterilization.

Maybe that's what you're going for when you're washing your hands, but no course on the bonus.

I told you as a first round game.

Come on, toss up now for everybody in algebra.

Solve the equation.

Three x -12 equals 33.

Tom x equals 15 is right.

Algebra Bonus for Farragut name the axis of symmetry for the graph of the quadratic equation.

Y equals negative two x squared plus eight x minus six negative two.

Defer to Sophie.

Two two is the right answer.

X equals to 20 points on the bonus toss up in games for everybody.

What video game?

Live streaming service was introduced in 2011 as a spinoff of Molly Twitch is right and it's now a subsidiary of Amazon Games.

Bonus for Rockwood.

In 2022, the FTC fined Epic Games $520 million over allegations that the company violated the children's Online Privacy Protection Act and tricked millions of players into making unintentional purchases in which game that combines looting, crafting shootouts and chaos.

Fortnite write for 20 points Toss up in U.S. History.

What is the name of the series of laws passed after the Boston Tea Party written Intolerable Acts?

That's right for ten points and a bonus in U.S. history who surrendered his army of some 8000 British soldiers to General George Washington, giving up any chance of the British winning the Revolutionary War.

And Wallace is right.

And where did the surrender take place?

Yorktown, both right.

20 points.

Toss up now in vocabulary.

If a magazine is published by monthly, how many issues in a year?

Leo Six is right.

410.

Vocabulary Bonus two parts.

What is the unit of measurement for nautical miles per hour knots?

Yes.

What word is used to describe an aircraft's speed compared with the speed of sound in air?

Mark Also, right.

That's 20 points tossup up in physics.

The ohm, the standard unit of electrical resistance is represented.

Tom Omega is right.

And a physics bonus.

What simple machine is represented on a playground slide differ duration over.

Suppose lover?

No, it's an incline plane lever was the second part of that question.

We didn't get to that.

So that is a ten on the toss up.

None on the bonus.

Looks like Farragut is trying to run up the score against the ladies of Rockville.

Let's see how they react in our second half of play.

Stick around for more exciting first round 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.

You're watching Tennessee Scholars Bowl 2024.

I'm Frank Murphy, back from halftime in this first round game between Farragut High School and Rockwood High School.

Right now, Farragut is running up the score, but Rockwood has brought in some alternates, as has Farragut, So anything can happen in our second half of play.

Let's start by meeting the alternates for Farragut.

Beginning with Alex and Alex here, Junior, Tell us more about yourself.

Hi, I'm Alex.

I play Pokemon Sleep and today my Snorlax got 1.7 million Drowsy Power.

That means nothing to me.

But I know that the folks at home will email and ask about it too.

And Let's say hi to Evan Conger, a freshman at Farragut.

What about you, Evan?

Tell us about your hobbies.

Um, I play the French horn.

And is that the hardest instrument on?

It's like, I mean, how does it compare to, let's say, the flute and bass?

Clarinet is definitely harder than the flute.

Okay.

All right.

And on the Rockwood side, let's say hi first to Caitlin McAnally.

Caitlin, tell us about you.

Hi, I'm Caitlin.

I play softball and I actually just learn to tie my shoes this morning.

What?

What is it with scholars ball kids and shooting tying Last season we had someone who couldn't tie a shoe the entire entire season.

Well, I guess I need to help him.

Okay.

Yeah, absolutely.

You've got it nailed.

And you're a junior at Rockwood, as is Kaylee Kelly.

Kaylee, tell us something about yourself.

Um, my favorite color is red, and I love animals.

Any specific kinds of mammals, amphibians, reptiles, birds, animals.

All the above.

Great answer.

Okay, let's get back to the game.

Players.

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

Toss up for all players in mythology.

Oceana's was a titan, a mythical God that ruled over the freshwater of Earth and preceded what Olympian water God that ruled over the ocean.

Tom site is right in a mythology bonus for Farragut, the Catholic charitable organization Caritas receives 15% of its annual budget to help the homeless and others in need with a donation of over 1 million per year that the City of Rome collects.

From what landmark featuring a statue of the mythical Titan Oceana's, the Sistine Chapel.

It's called the Trevi Fountain.

You're not going to find Oceana's in the Sistine Chapel, but no points on the bonus toss up in religion.

What is the title of the spiritual leader of a Jewish synagogue or temple?

Chloe A rabbi, Yes.

And a bonus in religion for Rockwood.

Two parts.

Which book of the Bible contains the story of Moses and the Israelites leaving slavery in Egypt to find the Promised Land for grace to answer or defer Exodus.

Exodus is right.

Second half.

Which book of the Bible contains the story of Abraham being asked to sacrifice his son Isaac?

Exodus.

Now that's in Genesis ten points on the bonus toss up for everyone in government.

What event is used as the basis for reapportionment in the U.S. House of Representatives every ten years?

Alex The Census Is it government bonus for Farragut?

What are four of the five largest cities in the United States by population?

According to the 2020 census?

NYC, NYC, Chicago, Boston?

Probably L.A. means answer.

Leo New York City.

Atlanta.

Chicago.

Boston.

I'll give you points for New York and Chicago.

So that's ten points.

But you missed Los Angeles, Houston and Philadelphia.

So it's New York, L.A., Chicago, Houston, Philadelphia.

In that order.

Ten on the bonus toss up.

Now in literature, what type of poem has only three lines of five?

Tom Haiku Five, seven, five is haiku literature Bonus for Farragut.

Name four of the five basic elements of a short story.

What's the theory Theme setting?

Same answer to Leo Theme plot, character setting.

Those are all correct.

Conflict is the fifth 20 points on the bonus toss up for everyone in geology.

What type of rocks form from molten magma?

Leo Igneous, yes, and a visual bonus for Farragut in the category of geology at 20,310 feet tall.

What mountain shown here has the highest peak in the United States?

Olympia I defer to Evan.

Denali is the right answer for 20 points.

Toss up for all players in geometry perimeter is to a rectangle as what characteristic is to a circle.

Alex Circumference.

Yes, and a geometry bonus for Farragut in a right triangle with hypotenuse of ten and a leg of five.

What is the measure of both acute angles?

It's just 90, right?

Or, you know.

Oh 40 oh oh wait, it's 1630.

And sir, defer to Alex.

1630 degrees to 60 and 30 degrees, right?

Yes.

So 30, 60, 90 triangle that's 20 points toss up in miscellaneous.

What Southeastern Conference School in Tennessee is included in Green's guides of the Hidden Ivies.

Tom Vanderbilt is right and a miscellaneous bonus for Farragut.

What are the two oldest universities in the United States?

It's hardly Harvard and Harvard and Yale.

I'll give you ten for Harvard, but William and Mary is the other one.

Ten points on the bonus toss up for everyone in economics.

Illegal commerce in rationed or banned goods is called what, Tom?

Contraband.

No, you can steal Rockwood.

No, it's the illegal commerce is the black market.

They're dealing in contraband.

But the actual process of doing it is black market toss up for everyone in spelling.

A liaison is defined as communication between people or groups working together.

Spell Liaison Alex Cole I assume, is right.

410 Spelling bonus for Farragut Spell each of these homophones I'll as in the aisle of a theater or grocery store so is simply a I so e direct aisle as in a small island in a body of water i i nicely for 20 points toss up for everybody in biology which rodent can cut down a 100 foot tree.

Yo beaver.

Yes.

And two part biology bonus.

What is the term for a baby goat kid?

Yes.

What is the term for a baby horse?

Colt?

Yeah, we would have taken Colt or foal on that 20 on the bonus toss up in government.

Which branch of the US military fights smuggling, protects ships and rescues victims of sea disasters.

Tom Coastguard Yes, and a government bonus for sharing it.

In a July 2023 open letter to the nation's librarians, which former president wrote, quote, If America a nation built on freedom of expression, allows certain voices and ideas to be silenced, why should other countries go out of their way to protect them?

What you didn't see 2023 was the letter answer.

Obama is right.

20 points toss up now in architecture for everyone.

What mansion in the mountains of North Carolina was built for George Washington, Vanderbilt and was designed by Richard Morris Hunt Was it Biltmore?

Yes.

Is right.

Architecture is your bonus.

What is the name of Andrew Jackson's home in Tennessee?

The Hermitage?

And what style of architecture was used to design the Hermitage?

Roman A Greek revival, ten points on the bonus toss out for everybody in geography in which world capital is Westminster Abbey located?

Leo London is right.

A visual geography bonus for Farragut.

Take a look at the screens, please.

What countries national flag features this symbol?

Canada.

Yeah, it's a maple leaf.

It's 20 points.

Toss up everybody in foreign language.

What is the French word for the act of performers returning to the stage to present or repeat?

Caitlin Encore is right.

One more number and then a foreign language bonus for Rockwood.

Translate the motto of the Marine Corps from Latin, Semper Fidelis.

Answer Bracing Never give up.

Well, it is always faithful.

Try this one.

The motto of the Space Force Semper Supra Answer Fly high.

How close?

Always above.

No points on the bonus.

Toss up in chemistry.

What ingredient is added to Stillwater to make seltzer or soda water?

Alex Carbon dioxide is right.

Chemistry bonus for Farragut.

Which element has the symbol and Antony's manganese.

Yes.

And which element has the symbol?

C o cobalt.

Cobalt also Right.

20 on the bonus toss up for everybody in pre-calculus.

If a quadratic equation has only one rational root, what is its discriminant value is Alex zero is correct.

Pre calc bonus for Farragut.

What is the value of the tangent of 135 degrees in the unit circle?

-1 to -1.

Negative one.

That's right.

20 points.

Toss up for everybody in art.

What is the name of the oven used to dry and bake clay sculptures or ceramics?

Alex Kiln Is it art bonus Now name the three primary colors all or nothing.

Red, yellow, blue.

Also right.

20 points.

Toss up for everybody in world history.

What kind of social system requires serfs to work in exchange for security, clothing, feudalism and or provisions?

Yep.

And a world history bonus for Rockwood.

What Iraqi politician served as the fifth president of Iraq from 1979 to 2003?

Answer Crazy deferred to Caylee.

Fidel Castro.

That was Saddam Hussein.

You can still get points if you tell me what war was waged from 1990 and 1991 because Iraq invaded Kuwait under Hussein.

Answer Now that's you ran out of time there.

That's the Gulf War.

No points on the bonus toss up for everybody in vocabulary.

What would be thrown down in issuing a challenge to fight Leo Glove, love or gantlet?

Yes, and a vocabulary bonus.

What is a 12 letter word beginning with E?

That is the antonym of understatement.

Exaggeration.

Exaggeration.

That is right now spell exaggeration.

Yes, I defer to Tom e x age 80 Eoin Breck 20 points on that bonus.

Toss it for everybody in astronomy.

What is the name of the North Star?

Tom Polaris?

Correct.

Astronomy bonus.

The solstices occur in which months and Bernie and you know the year at June, we know June and January, June and December.

So ten points on the bonus toss up in religion.

Buddhists believe in a place of perfect peace and blessedness called Alex, Nirvana called Alex.

I mean, yes, your it is right and a religion bonus.

Now tensions between Iraq and Sweden escalated in 2023 when an Iraqi national in Stockholm set fire to a copy of what holy book as is for the first time the Koran.

Yeah, the Koran is right.

20 points on the bonus.

And as time runs out, we don't have time for the next question.

Will save that for another day.

Well, congratulations to Farragut.

It looks like you're practicing a bit over the offseason.

And Rockwood, we love having you here and hope that we'll have you back again next year so you can reuse those beautiful shirts, but be sure to hashtag us and socialize.

So you're posing outside for social media.

We appreciate you guys being here and wish you all the best of luck.

Meanwhile, Farragut, congratulations.

You now advance to the threshold of 32.

You will play again on Scholars Bowl.

We hope that you'll keep track of all the episodes and keep watching for their progress throughout the course of this 6364 team tournament, right?

Yeah.

Make sure I get that right.

It's a big it's a big load this year.

We're happy to have you all here.

You can binge watch past episodes, as our students apparently do on the PBS app.

And we do thank you very much for watching Tennessee Scholars Bowl.

I'm Frank Murphy, and we'll see you again next time.