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 Scholars Bowl.

I'm Frank Murphy, our 40th year of competition in this academic tournament with high schools from all over the area, competing for the Frank Miller Memorial Trophy and a cash prize that will describe at halftime.

This first round game is between Grace Christian Academy and Knox Central High School.

Let's say hi first to the players from Grace Christian, beginning with someone named Christian.

Christian Vella.

Hi.

Tell us about yourself.

You're a junior and what else?

I'm an Eagle Scout and I play basketball for Grace.

Now, Eagle Scout is quite an accomplishment, but you have to do a special project to earn the Eagle badge.

What did you have to do or what did you choose to do?

I built a food shelter to put out like a calm store for homeless people that people could drop by on and drop off cans of vegetables and fruit that they could pick from.

And it's good.

I hope people can open her in there, too, right?

Yes, sir.

Okay, good.

Let's say hi to Daniel Vaught.

It was also a junior Daniel.

What about yourself?

I played bass drum in the marching band and is that the hardest instrument?

I wouldn't say so.

There's a couple harder ones.

And what else do you like when you're marching around?

What is some of the highlights of your marching band career?

I would say when we got to go out and play on the field, that's probably my favorite.

At your school or elsewhere?

Yes, at our school.

Great team.

Captain for Grace Christian is Kate Mullins, another junior.

Kate, you're going to answer bonus questions on behalf of the squad, or you can defer by name to one of your teammates.

When that happens, tell us about you.

I play softball and I started a STEM club at my school.

Oh, that's cool.

And how has that gotten along the STEM club?

Are any of your teammates in it?

Oh, yeah.

Actually, a lot of people here are.

Oh, good.

Okay.

And what's your favorite part of starting a new club?

The excitement of finding stuff to do and activities for the group.

Okay, good.

I hope you've got some good activities coming up you can tell us about.

And let's say hi now to sophomore Lauren Thornton.

Hi, Lauren.

What about you?

I'm also part of the STEM club and the debate team.

And I played one of the children of the banks in Mary Poppins.

Was it typecasting?

I don't think so.

Which child of the.

I was Michael, actually.

Oh, okay.

So you did a pants rule.

That's interesting, because there's two kids, right?

Yes.

Lovely.

All right.

Well, I hope you'll pursue that again.

Maybe being more musicals you can tell us about in the future.

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

Let's start with Addie Anders, Emma Silcox, Jackson Jarnagan, Trinity Yanchik and coach Beth Anderson, who teaches us and European history at Grace Christian Academy.

Taking on the Bobcats of Central High School.

Say hi.

First to DAX Bolden, a sophomore.

Hi, DAX.

Tell us about you.

I'm on the ceramics club and I know if most if not all of the countries.

Well, that'll come up.

I mean, not the ceramics part so much, but you know.

But what's something you make ceramic li.

I made an Easter Island, Ted.

Not too long.

Oh, that's cool.

And is that a word?

Ceramic?

Lee?

I just thought of it.

I don't think so.

All right.

I thought maybe if I added l l I could turn it into something.

Let's say hi to Oliver Dattilo, who is a senior at Central.

What about you?

Oliver Carver and I run cross country.

Where are the good caves?

I'm not allowed to tell you.

The cavers get really mad if you do.

Really?

And you said cave or not spelunking.

What's the difference?

Uh, cavers, kind of.

The people who It implies a little bit more of a professional.

Are you able to combine running cross-country with caving, or does it really mess up your time in the race?

It's a little bit harder to get through the caves.

Okay.

And you really risk broken ankles.

Oh, my gosh.

Yeah, because it's so dark down there.

All right.

Let's say hi to team captain Jessica Young, who is a senior.

Jessica, you're going to answer bonuses or defer?

What about yourself?

I'm a member of National Honor Society, and I'm also one of the drum captains in the marching band.

Oh, wow.

That's an important role, right?

Yeah.

So you get to tell everybody else what to do.

Yeah.

All right.

Do you take that responsibility lightly or do you like Boston people around 5050?

It depends on how they are.

Cause I notice you're also captain of the Scholars Bowl team so you also get to boss them around here, too.

Yeah.

Okay.

All right, Jessica, we'll look forward to hearing from you.

And also, we've got senior Kaylee McMahan.

Kaylee, welcome to the show.

Tell us about yourself.

I'm on the yearbook staff at Central, and I'm also just a really big music fan.

Any specific genres that we should know about?

Um, I like K Pop alot.

Yeah, and some I like.

Also, like, just instrumental stuff, you know?

Yeah.

We'll see if any B.T.S questions happen to come up on the show.

But you and Jessica were both here last year, right?

So we welcome you back.

Let's say hi to the alternates and coach for Central High School, starting with Julia Bolden and Quil Miller.

Also, we've got Dagon Honhorst, and coach Cindy Blanchard, who teaches math at Central.

All right, players, you have all seen the show before.

You know how the game is played.

Tossups worth ten, bonuses worth up to 20.

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

First question is in the category of health, what part of the human body is affected by myopia, Oliver?

The liver, not the liver.

You can still now Grace Christian.

The kidney, not the kidney.

Opium might be the key in their eye.

Is that illness on the vocabulary toss up for all players?

What is the plural of calf High calves is right.

Vocabulary Bonus for central two parts.

What does the seven letter word for the wreckage of a ship or its cargo found floating on or washed up by the sea Shipwrecks shipwreck.

And that's called flotsam.

Try this one.

What is the six letter word for material or goods that have been thrown overboard from a ship and washed ashore in Jetsam?

Yeah, that's right.

Because once floats and the other is jettisoned, so just some ten points toss up for everyone in geometry which property of equality is illustrated by?

If X equals y and Y equals z, then x equals z. Christian transitive is right Geometry bonus.

The width of a rectangle is twice its length and the area is 72.

What is the length of the rectangle?

So answer Kate.

Different question.

No.

Answer six is the length on that.

All right, toss up for everybody in music.

Name the spaces on the treble clef staff.

Jessica f a c e is right for ten and a music bonus for central to parts.

How many strings are on a ukulele or an ukulele for four?

Right.

How many keys or holes does a piccolo have?

Ten.

It's 13, and I'm sure you can confirm that when you're bossing around the marching band leader ten points on the bonus toss up in history.

During which war did Congress authorize the Medal of Honor as the highest military award?

Jessica, what were two?

Not it.

You can still see a Christian border won.

The Civil War goes way back, tossup for all players in biology.

What is the biological class that includes ticks, scorpions and spiders?

Oliver Arachnoid I think we can take that.

It's arachnida or arachnids gives you a bonus.

Now on the screen Knock Central.

What feature shown here on the screen is unique to marsupials to help them care for their young pouch pouches.

Yes, that's right.

20 on the bonus toss up in literature, what is the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry?

Lauren Iambic.

Now I need something else.

Not Oliver Rhyme scheme.

No, it's just the meter.

Iambic pentameter is very specific type of meter, but just meters all we need it there.

No points starts if everyone in geology what metal is found in bauxite?

Oliver Aluminum is right for ten.

Geology is your bonus.

A huge phosphate deposit discovered in Norway in 2023 also contains titanium and other minerals, including what chemical element with the symbol the Canadian I refer to Oliver Vanadium is right 20 points on that bonus tossup for everyone in art.

What water soluble synthetic paint allows an artist to combine the techniques of oil and watercolor paintings.

Kylie Carwash And it you can steal.

GK That water solid synthetic paint is called acrylic.

No points there.

Toss up in government.

What is the term for fair treatment through the normal judicial system, especially as citizens entitlement?

Oliver Right now that you can steal.

GK That's called due process.

No points tossed out for everybody in astronomy.

What entities have gravitational fields so strong that even light cannot escape?

Oliver Black Hole is right and an astronomy bonus for Central, which was the first planet discovered on the basis of theoretical calculations.

First part step attempted Neptune is right for ten, which was the first planet discovered with the aid of a telescope.

Mercury.

Mercury.

Actually, it was Uranus.

So that's ten points on the bonus toss up in mythology.

Who led the crew of the Argo in search of the Golden Christian, Jason, Jason and the Argonauts Golden Fleece Mythology Bonus Who was the Roman ruler of the gods in mythology?

Jupiter.

Jupiter is right.

Who was Jupiter's wife?

Venus.

This now, that was Juno.

Ten points on the bonus.

Plus, if everyone in algebra solved the equation, 12 minus four x equals 40. negative seven x equals negative seven plus up.

Now for all players in chemistry, what is the general name for any atom that has more electrons than protons?

Lawrence Ion is right and you get a visual bonus for Grace Christian, take a look at the screens, please.

Bromine is a liquid at room temperature and has a bleach like odor.

We're asking you basically to fill in this part of the periodic table.

What are its atomic number and symbol B in the center air?

That's right.

410.

What about the atomic number?

3333 What was it's 35, ten points on that toss up for everyone in economics, What is the common name for an alloy of mostly purified iron combined with about 2% or less of carbon?

Oliver Carbon Steel Yes, that's correct.

economics is your bonus.

The author of The Wealth of Nations is known as the father of economics.

What was his name?

Jessica.

To answer or defer, I defer to all of her.

Adam Smith Yes, that's correct.

toss up for everyone in health, what name is given to an inactive substance given in place of a drug in medical research by physicians?

Christian Placebo is right for ten.

Health is your bonus.

Over 55 nutrients have been discovered and divided into six major groups, two of them being water and vitamins.

What are the other four groups?

Carbohydrates and lipids, Proteins, minerals and four dawn carbohydrates, lipids, proteins and minerals.

I think we'll take that.

We had fats, but lipids and fats are the same thing.

So it's 20 points on the bonus plus up in foreign language, what is the term that means a strange feeling that I have been here before.

Oliver Déja vu.

That is the term for the strange feeling that we've been here before.

And a foreign language bonus for Central translate.

Thank you into first French mercy.

Yes, Now translate.

Thank you into German.

I do know that is Dunker as in Dunker.

Shane, toss up for everybody in miscellaneous in the 2023 Q.

S World University rankings, which US university was named number one for the 12th year in a row.

Christian Harvard, not it.

You can still Oliver Yale It was MIT toss up for everybody in religion, which religion teaches principles of Zen?

Oliver Buddhism is right for ten and a religion bonus for Central.

John Calvin was a leader in the Protestant Reformation.

First question is what were his followers called in France?

Not so, I think Calvinists.

Now there were Huguenots in France.

How about in England?

Or they called their Calvinist Puritans.

that's no points on the bonus toss up for everyone in geography of the 50 state capitals, which one comes first?

In alphabetical order?

Oliver Annapolis.

Not it.

You can steal Grace Christian Now there's one before Annapolis.

It's Albany, New York.

No points there.

Toss up for everyone in physics.

What does a Hertz Z measure?

Oliver Frequency.

That's right.

Physics is your bonus.

Two parts.

What great theoretical physicist was offered the presidency of Israel in 1952.

Einstein.

Albert Einstein is right.

And Einstein is best known for discovering what general to think.

I defer to all of you, General relativity.

Yeah, the theory of relativity that we're looking for 20 points there.

Toss up for everyone in vocabulary.

What term refers to a word formed from the initial letters of parts of other words, for example, laser or scuba?

Oliver Acronym is right vocabulary Bonus Complete the following well-known similes or cliches.

The first one is like a lamb to the blank slaughter.

Yes.

Next one is like water off a duck's back.

Duck's back.

That's right.

20 points.

Toss up everybody in pre-calculus.

Solve this equation for x.

The cube root of quantity x minus five equals three.

Nobody got that.

32 is the answer we're looking for.

They're on freak out.

All right, Here's a toss up for all players in history.

Who was the first European to reach India by C, Christian Magellan?

Not him.

You can steal Jessica Marco Polo.

No.

Vasco da Gama.

Is that as time runs out in the first half, Looks like Central's got a lead over Grace Christian.

We still have a whole half a play where anything can happen.

We'll come out ahead and advance to the threshold of 30 to find out after the break on 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.

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 Ball.

I'm Frank Murphy, just back from halftime in this first round game between Grace Christian Academy and Knox Central High School.

Looks like Central has run up the score a little bit.

We've got some experienced players on their team taking on a squad from Grace Christian, and we haven't had a team from GCA in a few years.

We're delighted that you guys are here, but anything can happen in our second half of play, especially when alternates are added into the mix.

Let's say hi to Jackson Jernigan from Grace Christian with Great Are you?

Jackson?

I'm a junior.

And tell us more about yourself, your hobbies and whatnot.

Uh, I'm on the tennis team and I'm a tenor to an ensemble.

Oh, cool.

That's so how much singing do you get to do at Grace Christian?

Well, we practice every single morning at 7:00, so.

Oh, man, that's brutal.

Your voice is hardly warmed up at that point, I would think.

Yeah, Or maybe you're take advantage of being young.

That's very good.

All right.

let's say hi to the alternates on the central side of the dais, starting with Dig in Hot horse to dig in.

Hi.

Tell us about yourself.

Uh, I play tennis for Central High School, and I'm a junior, and I do student government.

Excellent.

And no singles.

Doubles of both.

We have a fairly small boys team, so you kind of have to do a bit of both.

Yeah.

All right.

And I'm glad you enjoy that and hope you do well on the show.

Let's say hi also to Quil Miller, who's back with us.

Hi, Will.

Tell us about you.

Uh, I'm a junior at Central High School, and I really like horror movies, and I'm on the National Honor Society.

I don't know if I would have guessed the horror movie part, but let's put it thi I think it's the lipstick that that makes it look so perfect.

All right.

Very nice.

Good luck.

You know, obviously, you'll answer the questions like everybody else and wish you well in this first round game of Tennessee Scholar's Bowl.

Get your fingers on the buzzer, players for this toss up in the category of technology in computer science.

What did the initials A.I.

represent?

Christian Artificial Intelligence is right.

And technology bonus for GCA.

Two parts.

First, what is the name of Amazon's voice?

A.I.

Alexa.

Correct.

What is the name of Apple's voice?

A.I.

Siri.

I wonder how many people at home just had their Alexa's and Siri's activated.

Those are right for 20 points.

Toss up for all players in music.

Which percussion instrument is made of one or two circular plates to be struck with a drumstick or to be struck together.

Jack cymbals is right.

And a visual bonus now for GCA in the category of music, the distinctive sound from what instrument shown here has become the standard tuning pitch for orchestral performances.

Piccolo Piccolo That's an oboe.

That's the first sound you hear at a symphony before they start the show.

Plus up everybody in grammar in active voice, what part of the sentence receives the action of the verb?

Oliver The subject and not it.

You can feel GCA during I don't know if they'll let you have that because you blurted out without ringing in.

So I can't give anybody the points on that direct object.

Would have been the right answer though.

But you have to ring in and wait to be called a toss up for all players in chemistry.

What substance produces hydrogen ions in water solutions?

Oliver has a yes and a chemistry bonus for Central.

Although steps taken since 1986 have reduced exposures, certain pipes that carry drinking water from the main water source to homes may contain which element with the symbol p B but is right and the symbol for lead comes from what Latin word plumber.

I defer to Oliver Plumber.

Well, plumber also is derived from that word, but it's technically it's plum bomb, which is where they get all the, you know, lead pipes and plumbers and whatnot.

I'll give you ten on the bonus toss up in games.

How many red squares are on a red and black checkerboard?

Lauren 32 is correct.

Games bonus for Grace Christian which two pieces are moved in a chess castling maneuver?

The Rock and the King Both.

Right.

That's 20 points toss up now in government.

What is the standard six letter term for a tax on imports?

Christian tariff Yes, for ten government bonus.

What international organization provides secure access to global databases containing police information on criminals in crime, operational and forensic support, analytical services and training to 195 member countries through National Crime Committee.

They are the international police and they go by the name Interpol, toss up everybody in biology.

What physical feature makes the manatee helpless on land?

Jessica Lack of back legs.

That's correct.

Biology Bonus Two parts.

First, how many pairs of legs do insects have?

Three pairs.

Three pairs, Right.

And two, which insect body segment are the legs attached?

Thorax.

Thorax.

Both.

Right.

That's 20 on the bonus four central toss up for everyone in foreign language, English is one of two official languages of Ireland.

What's the other?

Oliver Gaelic is right for ten foreign language bonus.

Now, what is the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet that looks like a trident and indicates the wave function in quantum mechanics and it's lowercase form.

No answer.

Theta No, it's psi.

PCI psi plus for everyone.

Now in math computation, what is the sum of the square root of 289 added to the square root of 49. for 17 plus seven is 20 for no points.

They're tossup in religion.

What city do Jews, Christians and Muslims consider holy Oliver Jerusalem is right and a bonus in religion for central name.

Four of the five books of the Pentateuch, which is the first five books of the Old Testament before Genesis.

Exodus Leviticus Numbers is right.

I think if you'd missed it, the great Christian kids would have yelled it out.

That's that.

With Deuteronomy being the one, you didn't get but 20 points up for everyone in geography, which of the Great Lakes of North America is the largest?

Loren, Michigan Not it You can steal Jessica, Ontario No, it's Lake Superior, which the name kind of implies that there's something special about it, so no points there.

Toss up for everyone in chemistry.

What is the element with the symbol?

K k potassium is right.

Chemistry bonus.

Now what is the common name of ferric oxide?

It's salt and it's called Iron rust.

How about this?

What is the common name of ethylene glycol oil used in car radiators?

Oil, That's antifreeze.

Oh, points there.

Turns out for everyone in literature.

What mythical lumberjack supposedly carved out the Grand Oliver?

Yeah.

Paul Bunyan.

They called stall on you.

What mythical lumberjack supposedly carved out the Grand Canyon with his ax and still grace Christian Jackson.

Paul Bunyan.

Yeah.

He gave that one to you in a literature bonus.

Now what?

Knoxville Catholic High School alumnus who died in 2023 wrote No Country for Old Men, all the pretty horses and won the Pulitzer Prize for the Road.

No answer.

That is Cormac McCarthy.

You might see some tributes to him downtown.

When you go downtown to Knoxville, toss up everybody in technology on a computer keyboard.

What letter is between S and F?

Jessica A Not it.

You can steal Grace Christian d D right after essay when you're typing technology Bonus now for Grace Christian.

Several authors are suing GPT and Meta, claiming that their books were used without permission to train artificial intelligence systems, which would be an infringement of their what copyright copyright is right 20 points tossed out for all players in sports.

What is the standard height of a tennis net?

Lauren Three feet.

Three feet.

Is it sports as your bonus?

Now identify the sport associated with each of these two terms.

First line drive baseball.

Yes.

Next wicket.

Okay.

Cricket.

Yeah, Cricket or croquet.

But we'll take that 20 points toss up for every one in history.

Poland regained its independence at the end of what version or one at the end of World War One.

And a history bonus Now which 64,000 year old weapon helped Homo sapiens conquer the planet before being overtaken by guns.

Sword, A bow and arrow is the early weapon we're talking about there.

No points on the bonus toss up in health.

What is the part of the tooth that is above the gum and covered with enamel?

Christian Brown Yes.

And a health bonus.

What field of medicine deals with children's diseases?

Pediatrics is right.

20 points.

Toss up now in spelling for all players.

A simultaneous discharge of many firearms is called a fuselage and spell fuselage, sometimes pronounced fusillade.

Oliver F UCL A.D.. Now that you can steal Grace at the buzzer Christian page, you s l me know Oliver almost had it, but he missed the double L In the middle it's fusillade no points on that toss up.

Next one is in algebra.

What is the value of the expression three x If 15 x equals 55?

Christian 165 and I didn't.

You can steal central now.

11 is what we're looking for.

There moving on to architecture.

In which city is the Willis Tower, formerly known as the Sears Tower?

Laurence Chicago is right.

Architecture bonus, which damn is on the French Broad River in Dandridge near severe evil Norris Norris And that's Douglas Dam.

Over that way, no points on the bonus toss up for all players in geography in which state is Carlsbad Caverns located?

Oliver New Mexico is right in a visual bonus now for Central.

Take a look at the screens, please.

New York state shown here Borders which two Great Lakes area and Ontario.

Those are both right for 20 points toss up for all players in geology.

What is the natural hardest occurring substance on the MOSE Oliver Diamond scale is a diamond.

Geology is your bonus.

Which gem, which is the birthstone for March, is a pale blue too.

Light green variety of barrel.

The color can be changed by heat and it has a hardness of seven and a half to eight.

Sapphire I know Aquamarine is that no points there.

Toss up in miscellaneous for all players who invented and patented the first practical telephone data center.

Graham Bell Yeah, make sure I've called on you, but yes, right.

And miscellaneous bonus for Central name four of the six categories of Nobel Prizes, Peace, Chemistry, Physics, Peace.

Chemistry.

Cancer.

Peace.

Chemistry.

Physics.

Political.

I will take peace, chemistry and physics for 15 points.

Economics, literature and medicine are the other three.

Not that you needed the points as time ran out.

It looks like we had a great comeback from Grace Christian in the second half, but not enough to come back to lead that Central ran up in the first half.

First of all, Grace Christian, thank you for being back on the show after years and you're all underclassmen, right?

So study up and we hope to see you next year on Scholars Bowl.

Meanwhile, Central, congratulations.

You'll advance now to the threshold of 32.

You'll play again and we'll see you on the show again.

And we do hope that you continue watching and keep track of all of our episodes.

Set your DVR hours or you can binge watch past seasons as our players do on the PBS app.

My name is Frank Murphy.

Thank you for watching.

Tennessee's Scholars Bowl 2020 for.