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Hello, everyone.

And welcome once again to the Alabama Scholars Bowl here on Alabama Public Television.

I'm Mike Royer.

It's my privilege to host this program every week.

Thanks for watching.

We've got some of the best and brightest students from all around Alabama competing for, scholarship money and, here in the studios in Montgomery.

And we enjoy having them in the studios.

Today we have the players from Hewitt Trussville, just outside of Birmingham and beautiful Trussville, Alabama, and from Madison up in North Alabama.

Bob Jones High School, gentlemen, it's good to see you.

Good to have all of you in the studio.

At the midpoint of our program, we'll ask all of the students to introduce themselves and tell us a little bit about themselves, the people who really do the hard work to make this program work.

Our our executive producer, Mike Ousley, our team of judges and timers, our Sharon Daily, Kate Wilson, Nick Frederick and and Harris.

Thanks to them for giving of their time and being here today.

You all know how we do this, right?

I'm going to ask you some questions.

If your team gets it right, you get a bonus question.

Let's get started.

Buzzers in hand for me.

Here we go.

What quantity is the cross product of displacement in force names.

A type of wrench is the rotational analog of force and buzzing in his jack.

Torque is the right answer.

Here's a bonus for you, Hewitt Trussville in June of 2020, for what U.S.

Surgeon General wrote a guest essay in The New York Times advocating for health warning labels on social media apps.

For you, it's actually Vivek Murthy for Vivek Murthy.

Next question for everyone.

What creature who was captured and brought to your this as the last of Hercules laborers was a multi-headed Jack.

Nemean lion?

No.

That's incorrect.

I'll finish it for you.

Bob Jones was the last of Hercules labors, was a multi-headed dog, and guarded the Greek, the Kerberos.

That is correct, Stephen.

Well done.

Here's your bonus question.

What division in the rings of Saturn separates the A ring and B ring, and is named after a 17th century Italian astronomer.

Yeah, a Leo, it's Cassini.

Cassini is the one we wanted for that.

Moving on.

Question for everyone.

What prosecutor in the scopes monkey trial called William Jennings Bryan?

William Jennings Bryan is the right answer bonus for you.

What author wrote about a judge named Lord Haygood who questions Mr.

Envy at the trial of faithful in the allegory titled The Pilgrim's Progress?

Bunyan.

That's right.

John Bunyan is the right answer.

Tossup, everybody.

What region which lies on the western end of the Kerch Bridge is home to the Russian naval base Crimea.

Judges?

Yes.

Crimean Peninsula is the answer.

Bonus.

And you'll want to use your pencil and paper for this.

What is the length of either diagonal of a rectangle whose area is 108, and whose shorter side has a length of nine?

To give you about 10s, give us a number 15 the neat 10s.

That's exactly right.

Well done.

Tossup, everyone.

What poetic form described as heroic when rhyming and in iambic pentameter is found at the end of a Shakespearean sonnet.

Lewis.

Doublet c again.

Doublet.

No.

That's incorrect.

I'll finish it for you.

Hewitt.

And at the end of Shakespearean sonnets, it has two lines.

What's it called?

Sydney.

Couplet is the right answer.

Here's your bonus.

The Analects contain the saint of which thinker who stressed the importance of respecting one's parents by teaching filial piety.

Confucius.

That's right.

Jack.

Good job.

Toss up question for both teams.

What project overseen by General Leslie Groves culminated Manhattan Project.

That's right.

Manhattan Project is correct.

Well done.

Stephen, here's your bonus.

Enfield claims there is something downright detestable about the appearance of what evil character who is created by Robert Louis Stevenson, Mr.

Doctor Jekyll and Mr.. Mr..

Okay.

Mr.. Hyde, Mr.. Hyde is the right answer.

Mr.. Edward Hyde good job.

And here's the toss up again.

What artist showed a woman thinking I'd rather sink than call Brad in drowning Girl and used an Anna, but to pick a title for his comic book inspired Wham!

By Louis Warhol.

That's incorrect.

You guys have an answer here.

Roy Lichtenstein is what we needed there.

Moving on.

What man who, after planting a vineyard and getting drunk, is ridiculed by his son, Steven.

Noah.

Noah is right.

Bonus.

What comic whose stand up specials include Baby Cobra and Hard Knock Wife played a vengeful businesswoman, Amy Lao, in the Netflix miniseries Beef Up.

Choy no is Ali Wong.

Ali Wong is the right answer.

Toss up everyone what African country which controls the Akosombo Dam at the southern end of Lake Volta, once called the Gold Coast, is governed from.

And it's Alex Ghani's riding.

Bonus question the island of Sirte was formed between 1963 and 1967 by the explosion of a volcano off the coast of what island country?

Iceland.

Iceland is right, everybody.

What group of mammals whose only extant member is North America?

In North America is the Virginia possum keeping their young in pouches, an increasing marsupial marsupial is correct.

Bonus.

What phenomenon called spooky action at a distance by Albert Einstein occurs when the quantum states of two particles are linked.

What's that called?

Collision.

Something.

Collision.

It's entanglement.

Entanglement.

Next.

What law overrode the Missouri Compromise line?

And is the exact same again Kansas-Nebraska act.

That's correct.

Bonus for you, a novel by Hugh Lofting, is named for what?

Physician who learns to speak with animals and encounters a two headed beast called the push me.

Pull you?

Who is that?

Just the guy with the James.

I forgot his name.

Do you have anything?

No.

That's all right, doctor Doolittle.

Yeah.

Doctor John Doolittle you knew that?

Yeah.

What novel?

Who?

This is everyone.

What novel?

Whose chapters follow the lives of titled nobleman's descendants in an 11th century tale by Han era author Lady Marston.

And it is Gavin the Tale of Genji.

That is right.

Exactly.

Your bonus question, Hubert.

What French puppet government collaborated with Nazi Germany between 1940 and 1944?

What was it called?

Vichy France.

Vichy is correct.

That's right.

Well done.

Toss up for everyone.

What kind of function has its execution terminate when it reaches a base case?

And before that, they repeatedly call itself with different arguments.

A loop?

No.

That's incorrect.

You guys have an answer.

It's a recursive recursive function.

Let's move on in 2024, what woman with a PhD in energy engineering, who is a member of the Morena party, became the first female president elect of Mexico.

Luis Ortega?

No.

That's incorrect.

You got a name?

First female president of Mexico is Claudia Sheinbaum.

Claudia Sheinbaum.

Next.

What author described a geopolitical great game in the novel Kim and wrote about Bagheera, a panther who helps raise Mowgli and looking Louis Kipling.

That's Rudyard Kipling.

Exactly.

Bonus for you.

A metropolitan area, North Texas consists of Dallas Fort Worth and one other city, which is home to Globe Life Field, an AT&T stadium.

Yeah, Arlington.

Arlington, Texas is right.

For more questions in this part of our round, what office whose holder resides at three Sutton Place in Manhattan, has been held by Kofi Annan and Ben Day and Stephen, mayor of New York.

That's incorrect.

I'll finish it for you.

Q it Kofi Annan and Ban Ki Ki moon and is the chief officer of the United Nations.

Oh, I got do you know that often, Prime Minister?

No, it's secretary general secretary general of the United Nations.

Here we go again.

What country?

Whose monarchy used the secret police called Savak.

And it's Stevens I. Iran.

Iran.

Iran is correct.

Bonus for you in May of 2020.

For what?

Supreme Court justice blamed his wife for flying an upside down U.S. flag at his home in 2021.

Oh, defer.

Alito.

Yep.

Alito is right.

Here's your bonus.

Oh, no, that was your boss.

Two more questions.

Three more questions.

Pencil and paper.

Everybody.

What fraction is the reciprocal of the mixed number?

Three and three quarters found by flipping.

It's equivalent in prop and it's Louis 15 for 15 is right.

Your bonus players explore the fallen kingdom of Hallownest in what 2017 Team Cherry video game, in which players fight enemies using a sword like nail Hollow Knight.

That's right.

Toss up everyone.

What city is the home to?

Black Diamond National Library is connected to Velma, Sweden by the Aura Sunbridge and is the capital of Denmark.

Copenhagen.

That's right.

Bonus.

What leader of the 1952 Free Officers coup against King Farouk nationalized the Suez Canal and was succeeded as Egyptian president by Anwar Sadat?

Nasser Nasser is right.

Last question in this portion.

What commander of the Emin Pasha Relief expedition arrived in Uganda in 1871, completing his highly publicized search for the lost David Livingston, who is the commander?

Yes.

Jack Huston?

Nope.

That's incorrect.

You guys have an answer.

Henry Stanley is the right answer.

All right, lay your buttons down.

Let's, relax a little bit.

I'm going to tell you, first of all, what the four categories are for our lightning round.

The team that is trailing at this point.

Hewitt, you're a little bit behind now.

You'll choose first and play one category, then Bob Jones, you'll play two that you'll choose, and then whatever's left comes back to you all as we think about that, before we choose and play the lightning round, let's meet our players.

We'll begin with the folks from Good Trussville and Gavin, would you begin?

Right, I'm Gavin, I'm currently a junior at Hugh Trustful, and I enjoy playing the baritone saxophone and alto saxophone in the band.

I'm Marshall, I'm currently a sophomore, and I play the tuba in band.

My name is Jack.

I'm currently a senior at HHS, and my favorite movie is La La Land.

I'm Sydney, I'm currently a senior, and my favorite class is AP physics, and I'm a senior at Bob Jones.

And, I write sci fi inside.

My name is Louis Johnson, I'm a sophomore Bob Jones, and my favorite sport is soccer.

My name is Alex Miller.

Annapolis.

I'm a junior at Bob Jones and I'm a second degree black belt.

Nice to see you all.

Good to hear from you all.

And we're glad that you're at our studio today.

So you folks from Hewitt Trussville, have you chosen one of the four categories?

Jack, what would you like to do?

We'd like to take John.

John, you're intrigued just by the title, sir.

You'll you'll have 60s.

When I begin asking the questions, you're going to name these people who had or were commonly known by the given name.

John.

You kind of knew that was going to be right.

Second president of the United States John Adams, tycoon who founded Standard Oil, author of Grapes of Wrath.

Steinbeck, husband of Yoko Ono John Lennon, American folk hero and steel driving man.

Bunyan, Henry.

What's your answer?

Henry Wright, Canadian comic actor in Home Alone and Uncle Buck.

Past first U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice.

Incorrect.

It's John Jay March, composer of the Stars and Stripes Forever.

That's right, author of The World According to Garp and A prayer for Owen Meany.

Let's get author knowledge just author, entomologist and artist of the Birds of America.

Pass.

Very good.

Go back to Canadian actor in Home Alone and Uncle Buck.

At 10s you also have, author of The World According to Garp and A prayer for Owen Meany.

Smith, John Smith.

All right, time's up.

That was John Irving, and John Candy played those other two movies.

I bet you've seen those movies.

All right, we've come over to you, Bob Jones, and leading at the midday midway point of our program, you get to choose two.

Lewis, what do you guys want to do?

Battles and highest points.

Very good.

Let's do battles first.

60s.

From the time we begin asking the questions, I'm going to you're going to name the century in which these battles were fought ready midway during World War Two.

20th, 20th.

That's right.

Saratoga during the American Revolution.

18th.

That's right.

Gettysburg during the Civil War.

19.

Fallujah during the Iraq War in 20th, 20th and 21st.

What's your answer?

21st.

21st is right, Hastings, of victory for William the Conqueror.

1230 13th.

It was the 11th Gaugamela, a victory for Alexander the Great is our first, DC designed six sixth century BC close but fourth marathon, a victory for Athens 21st B.C., 2085 for, trying to pass, tour a victory for Charles Martel over Muslim forces and third team for 12, 13, eight Catalonian planes.

A loss for Attila the Hun delivered on March 13th at 12 10th fifth.

Two, two times up.

That's hard.

That was a pretty hard category.

I don't I would not have done as well as you did.

Was the next choice.

Highest point, is that right?

What mountain is the highest point in these countries?

What mount is the highest point in these countries?

60s.

Here we go.

Japan.

Fuji.

That's right.

Greece.

Olympus.

Olympus.

The US.

Denali.

Denali.

That's right.

Nepal.

Everest.

That's right.

Tanzania.

Kilimanjaro.

That's right.

Canada in Logan.

That's right.

France with a name meaning white mountain.

Long.

Mel Blanc.

That's right.

Australia.

Carnarvon, for your answer.

No.

That's incorrect.

Pakistan.

Also the second tallest mountain in the world.

That's right.

And New Zealand, named after a British explorer.

Good for cook.

That's right, that's right.

Did you skip on one?

Did you pass?

No, we just got it wrong.

All right.

Very good one in Australia.

Yeah.

The George's, Mount Kosciuszko.

Or pronounce something like that.

All right.

We come back to you all and you're excited about Ohio, your experts on Ohio.

We're going to find out.

Do you have 60s to answer the following about Ohio?

Here we go.

It's capital Columbus.

Columbus.

That's right.

Great Lake on its North shore.

Oh Michigan I think it's a big Michigan should feel superior.

It's Erie NBA player who became its all time scoring.

That's right Akron based tire manufacturer and blimp operator Goodyear.

That's right Ohio born president who took office through the compromise of 1877.

This is Garfield, Garfield, Rutherford Hayes state tree that nicknames Ohio State sports teams.

Buckeye.

Buckeye.

That's right.

U.S.

Senator from Ohio who was the first American to orbit the Earth.

Yes.

University, where the National Guard killed four students in 1970.

Toledo and Toledo.

It's current.

That's incorrect.

It's current governor.

Vance DeWine.

City on the mommy River that names a war of the 1830s.

Time is up.

That was Toledo.

You all did well.

And those and those were tough categories.

We have 7.5 minutes left, and in those 7.5 minutes I'm going to ask you questions nonstop.

No bonus questions.

You answer and move on.

Ready?

What elements atoms from the cross links created in vulcanization.

The bridges formed by cysteine residues in proteins, and a yellowish solid.

And Lewis sulfur is right.

What British archeologist told Lord Carnarvon he saw wonderful things after uncovering the first steering and its Marshall, Howard.

No.

Carter's right.

Howard Carter's who were looking for what author whose attributed works are cataloged in the Perry Index, was supposedly a slave who created The Lion and the mouse and other fables.

This up itself is correct.

Lewis next, Horace Giddens has a heart attack, but his scheming wife Regina does nothing to help him.

In The Little Foxes, a play by what American author?

Yes.

Lewis Herring.

No, you guys have a shot.

Lillian Hellman is who we wanted.

What team?

Whose player include Jalen Suggs and 20.

And it's Lewis.

That's right.

Orlando Magic, thorium and neptunium belong to what set of radioactive elements that lie below Lewis.

Actinides.

Actinides is correct pencil and paper for this next question, what is the x intercept or root of the line whose equation is y equals four x minus six.

Given it occurs 1.5.

That's good.

That's the right answer.

Well done.

What artist whose namesake prize was awarded to Veronica Ryan in 2022 for her work in contemporary British art, painted rain, steam and speed.

Which that's incorrect.

Anybody else got to answer?

So yeah, it's Turner was the name we wanted.

In what state did ranked choice votes reallocated from Nick Begich help Democrat Mary Pelton to win a 2022 special election against Sarah Palin?

What state was that, Stephen?

Alaska.

Alaska is right.

What if NFL player, who is a rookie in 2021, broke Chad Johnson's franchise record for receiving yards in a season when he plays Lewis and Ross Saint Brown?

Say again, I'm in Ross Saint Brown.

No.

That's incorrect.

He plays for the Cincinnati Bengals.

That help you guys chase that?

That's right.

Ja'Marr Chase.

What kingdom was led by the medieval pierced dynasty, ended its golden age by unifying with Lithuania and included this Poland.

I didn't I didn't hear you ringing.

I'm sorry.

Poland is the right answer.

What organization?

Whose leaders like Walter Ruther, were assaulted in the battle of the overpass, represents workers at companies like Ford and GM.

Industrial auto workers.

Second, industrial workers.

That's incorrect.

That the answer?

United Auto workers.

That is the right answer.

Yes.

What a litera tively named space is home to the Resolute Desk, has an exit to the Rose garden and is in the west wing of the white House Oval Office.

That's right.

Gavin, I'm not hearing, so I'm going to have to look for you a little bit better.

What?

Derivative of nicotine, known by a four letter abbreviation when found in reduced form, gives up electrons in the electron transport chain.

Lewis nADPh.

That's right.

Next.

What induction gland affected by Addison's disease produces eldest own cortisol and f a nephron, the last of which and looking Marshall pituitary.

That's incorrect.

The last of which is also named for these glands.

Adrenal gland.

Adrenal is correct with here moving on with 3.5 minutes left, what country contains the historic regions of nudged and jazz?

Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia is right.

What TV show use the back porch as the solution to the final bonus round before Ryan Seacrest replaced this game shows Louis Jeopardy!

That's incorrect.

Longtime host, where are you?

Who rang in the day by ringing over there.

Do you have an answer?

I thought I did finish to replace the game show's longtime host, Pat Sajak.

Now, what to do?

Wheel of fortune is right.

I knew we'd get there eventually.

A controversy over the coating of Enfield rifle bullets was a cause of an 1857 rebellion named Sepoy Rebellion next year.

That's right.

What man who led the hunters of the Alps against Austria also commanded the expedition of the thousand and led redshirts during the Italian unification.

Giuseppe Garibaldi.

That's right.

Lionel Churches and Paul Hindemith were both virtuosos.

On what?

String instrument noted as noted on an alto clef.

Lewis cello.

That's incorrect.

Jack.

Viola.

Viola is right.

What city?

Whose Gastown neighborhood is near Stanley Park, hosted the 2010 Winter Olympics and is the most populous city in the British Columbia?

Vancouver.

Vancouver is right.

Stephen, the unidentified murderer known as the Zodiac Killer, was primarily active in the 1960s.

In what state?

California.

California is right.

What African-American author of Giovanni's Room wrote about John Grimes and his extremely religious stepfather in a novel, Go Tell It on the mountain?

Yes, Lewis.

You.

He's got an answer.

You guys have one bond with James Baldwin is what we wanted.

The Boxer Rebellion was supported by which Empress Dowager sissy?

It's spelled Cixi.

It is spelled Cixi.

When you answer, write and spell it, I think we give you extra point points for that.

A couple more questions.

What actress played acrobat and Wheeler in the 2017 musical film The Great Assassin?

Do.

That's right.

What architect designed the church of Saint Martin on Ludgate Hill near one of his Baroque designs?

Saint Paul's Cathedral.

Who's the architect?

Yes, Louis.

Oh, sir Christopher.

Oh my gosh, you got it.

No.

That's right boy, you're close.

Anybody?

Marshall, you want to take a shot?

Christopher Wren, Christopher wren.

Congratulations.

You all played very well, Bob Jones here, judges, they come out on top.

Okay.

Bob Jones, you came out on top pretty close round.

You guys played well.

I'm glad you're all.

We're here today.

We're glad you were here to watch our program.

And we'll see you next time on the Alabama Scholar's Bowl.