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, I'm Frank Murphy.

This is the academic tournament with 64 teams from all over the viewing area competing for the Frank Miller Memorial Trophy and a cash prize that you'll hear about at halftime.

and we're delighted to welcome Morristown West and Happy Valley High School.

some of the schools that have put multiple teams into our tournament.

Let's say hi to the players first from Morristown West, beginning with Winnie Lin in 11th grade.

Hi, Winni.

Tell us more about yourself.

I'm Winni Lynn, and I like photography and sightseeing.

Oh, all right.

So where do you sightsee?

There's so many places in and around East Tennessee, but I'm sure you've probably traveled East Tennessee specifically or anywhere.

When you say if you say sightseeing, if you were to show me the best picture on your Instagram, it would be you in front of what?

I guess that's a stumper.

All right.

Well, maybe you'll get Instagram when you're older.

Let's say hi to Kelly Reed, who's in 11th grade.

Hey, Kelly, tell us about yourself.

Hi, I'm Kelly Reed.

And I'm a cheerleader and I like to read what genre of books do you prefer?

Mostly nonfiction.

Oh, really?

Well, that's helpful in the show.

I think today team captain is Dalton Diaz.

So, Dalton, you're going to answer bonuses on behalf of the squad, or you can defer by name to one of your teammates.

Tell us more about yourself.

11th grade plus what of.

I like to collect vinyls and I'm into watches, vinyls and watches like which of my like specific brand of watch that you like?

Uh, honestly, it's just whatever I think looks coolest.

Okay.

I guess more about the vinyl, too.

What's, what are some of your favorite genres of music?

Um, I don't really have like a favorite genre.

It's just more like, if it sounds good, then I then I'll probably buy it.

That's the best way to pick music, I think.

All right.

Let's say also to 10th grader Zeke Swearingen.

Hey, Zeke, welcome.

Pose about yourself.

My name is Zeke Swearengen.

And I like well, I'm into coding and I like to sing.

Oh, what's your voice part?

Alto.

Tenor.

Oh, fantastic.

Good.

There's always a demand for that.

That voice part by the basis, but not enough tenors.

Great.

Happy to have you here.

Let's say hi to the alternates and coaches for Morristown West.

We've got Tyler Rhines and Marvin Mendez Velasquez, Kayla Epenoire and Matte Fuentes Hernandez joined by coaches Kelsey Gibson, who teaches 11th and 10th English, and Shannon Collins, who's 10th and 12th English in AP Literature.

Happy to have you here from Morristown West, taken on a team from Happy Valley High School up in upper northeast Tennessee, a school that hasn't been on our show for many, many years.

We're happy that you're back.

Let's sing.

Hi.

First to Mackenzie screens in 10th grade.

Hi, Mackenzie.

What about you?

I like to play volleyball and I also like to read.

What's your favorite genre of books?

I like fantasy.

Yeah.

So you and Carly will probably not be sharing any titles.

I'm guessing she's into nonfiction.

Good.

All right, Well, nice to have you here.

Thank you, Grace.

Holly Field is in 11th grade.

What about you, Grace?

I like to read and play golf.

Everyone asks you why your arm is in a cast.

Yeah, I had surgery last week on my.

Oh, good.

Well, I hope you're recovering.

Well.

We'll follow your progress, maybe on the show.

We've also got with us Tyler Bailey, who as captain of this squad, will answer bonuses or defer by name to a teammate.

What?

You're in school, are you, Tyler?

I'm in 10th.

And what else about you?

I play football and I do robotics.

What position on the team?

Wide receiver, linebacker.

That's what that's about.

You play both ways on that.

That's great.

All right.

Well, good.

We're happy to have you here, along with ninth grader Aubrey Golden.

Hi, Aubrey.

Welcome.

Tell us about you.

I'm a competitive gymnast of 11 years and I play volleyball.

Wow.

What's your best event in gymnastics, floor or vault?

Excellent.

Those are very tough.

And you've managed to escape injuries?

I've only had one serious injury.

Oh, wow.

Really good.

All right, well, good.

Keep up the good work.

Keep up your training.

Let's say hi to the alternates and coaches for Happy Valley.

First up is Haden Decker and then Nicole Williams, joined by Alex Payne, who is the dean of students, Shannon Lawson, who is the library instructor, and also English and Language Arts.

And Kayla Hodge, who teaches history and geography at Happy Valley.

And Elizabethtown, Tennessee.

Carter County, Welcome.

Good to have you guys represented against the Hamlin County folks from Morristown West.

You've all seen the show.

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

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

First category for everyone is religion.

The Cedar Plate is the centerpiece of what Jewish holiday feast.

Zeke Passover is right for ten and a religion bonus.

Now, what is the name of the structure under which a bride and groom stand during a Jewish wedding?

Um, a synagogue.

Well, they put up a hopper like an archway, a hoop, a standard.

No points on the bonus toss up in government.

What is the return of a fugitive from another state back to the state where he or she allegedly committed the crime?

Zeke Deportation.

Now that you can steal Happy Valley.

Well, we can check on that, but but I was looking for extradition because I was talking about within the United States, from one state to the other, toss up in foreign language.

What is the Spanish word for KISS Dalton?

Uh, mersad, not the one I'm looking for.

Happy Valley.

I was looking for just basso.

toss up for all players in biology?

A cows stomach has how many compartments?

Tyler?

Five.

And make sure I've called on.

It's not five, though.

Gives Morristown a chance to steal Zeke three.

No, he's in between those two.

It's four.

So no points on the toss up.

Toss it for everyone in literature.

Which musical instrument did Jack steal from the Beanstalk?

A giant Tyler Harp.

Yeah, is right.

Get your bonus.

Now, Listen carefully.

When a South Carolina convicted murderer spoke at his sentencing in 2023, he excused his dishonesty by uttering, Oh, what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive.

What author of Ivanhoe first wrote those words in his poem Marmion?

Yes, sir.

No, sir.

That is Sir Walter Scott.

All right, toss up for everybody in miscellaneous category.

Which department store has its name attached to the Thanksgiving Day parade in New York?

Macy, I've got to call on you first, but yeah, you got to just in there.

That's your warning.

So Macy's is right and that miscellaneous get you a visual bonus.

Take a look at the screens, please.

Morristown West.

What is the term for the long, slender part of a neuron, as illustrated here that transmits electrical signals to other cells?

The neurotransmitter I was looking for the axon part of the neuron, the part that was highlighted on screen.

No points there.

Toss up for when in economics, in a normal supply and demand curve.

If demand for good X increases, what happens to the price of good X?

Tyler increases.

Yeah, it does.

In an economics bonus for Happy Valley, what government agency that was created under the Banking Act of 1933 is known by the initials FDIC C. So what those four letters represent answer different.

McKinsey You seem surprised.

She was no.

You ran out of time, though.

You have to go.

Once the buzzer sounds, you got to say something.

It's the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

That's it for everybody in vocabulary.

What eight letter word beginning with M means to soak or based food in a liquid to flavor or tenderize.

Mackenzie Marinate is right and vocabulary Bonus for Happy Valley.

What is the past tense of the verb cleanse?

Cleanse for clean or cleansed?

How about the past tense of the verb?

Bring right Rod is right gets you ten points on the bonus toss up in geology.

Igneous rocks began deep inside the earth.

As what?

Don't bother.

Not it.

You can steel tile magma.

Magma is the answer in a geology bonus.

What is the geologic classification of quartzite?

Answer No answer.

That's the metamorphic.

How about the geologic classification of shale?

Answer First igneous.

Now that one is sedimentary, no points on the bonus.

Back to concepts in math computation.

What is four raised to the fourth power?

256 and points on the toss up back to tossups for everyone in art.

what is the most striking and unusual feature of the statue?

Venus de Milo.

That's the famous statue that has no arms they broke off.

Plus, if everyone in U.S. history who was the only U.S. president to remain a lifelong bachelor, Zeke John Tyler, not him you can steal now.

Happy Valley, that is James Buchanan.

Toss up for everyone in mythology, in ancient Greek mythology, who was able to sprout two heads every time one was cut off.

Zeke the So now you got to say it right away when you ring in.

Tyler Yeah, Hydra, make sure of call on you all the way to And the mythology bonus now for Happy Valley, which mythological Greek goddess of the soul was the wife of Eros and was often represented with butterfly wings.

Greek goddess answer Demetrius or something like that.

Psyche is the Greek version of that.

We're looking for no points on the bonus.

Back to toss ups in chemistry, enthalpy of fusion Is the heat required to do what a very fancy way of saying melt a solid.

So no points on the toss up.

Next concept is in geometry, which quadrilateral has exactly one pair of parallel sides Winni So now you got to say it right away.

How about Mackenzie Trapezoid?

Trapezoid is right.

It gets you a visual bonus.

Take a look at the screens, please.

Happy Valley.

If it takes Victor 90 minutes to travel 120 miles.

What is his rate?

In miles per hour?

One answer, Tyler.

Deferred.

Aubry one mile per hour.

Now he's going 80, 80 miles an hour.

They're not that for everybody in music.

What American singer songwriter nicknamed The Boss is known for hits like Born in the U.S.A., Hungry Heart and Dancing in the Dark.

Zeke Bruce Springsteen is right for ten and a music bonus.

Now, what musical term tells the musician to gradually play faster, different answer of no answer.

That is accelerant, though.

What musical term tells the musician to gradually play slower or center?

And that is retardant though, so no points on that toss up in geography, Daisy Town and Oakmont Historic District are in which National park?

The Smoky Mountains.

Yeah, Great Smoky Mountains.

National Park is the official name will take that geography as your bonus Motown which Tennessee City is nicknamed Jewel of the Cumberland Knoxville.

That one is Clarksville.

How about which Tennessee City is nicknamed Music City?

Nashville, Right.

For ten on the bonus toss up now in literature, what American children's book author and illustrator created the very hungry Caterpillar.

McKenzie Eric Carpenter, not him.

You can steal Morristown.

You probably see it in your mind.

It's Eric Carle as a very similar no points tossup in science.

What type of mirror can take hundreds of light rays and focus them on a single point?

Zeke A prison, Not it.

You can steal Happy Valley.

That is a concave mirror toss up in economics.

Which online retailer has created more U.S. jobs in the last decade than Amazon.

Yeah, Amazon.

Is it in an economics bonus now to comply with Swiss laws when Toblerone production moves to Slovakia at the end of 2023, their chocolate bar and labels will no longer show the image of which famous Mountain Peak, which is on the border of Switzerland and Italy, the Swiss Alps.

Well, it is part of the Swiss Alps.

But the peak that they had as the Matterhorn no points their place up in games, which board game features chants and community chest cards.

Tyler Monopoly.

Yes.

And a bonus in games.

Now how many triple words score spaces are on a Scrabble game board?

Six.

No, it's eight.

No points.

Toss up in government.

Who presided over the Constitutional Convention?

Zeke Gordon Washington.

Yes, and a two part government bonus for Morristown.

How long is a US Senator's term?

Two years.

Two years?

That is six years for senator.

What position does the Vice President hold in the legislative branch?

Answer Dalton, Uh, Legislator With the President.

No, he becomes he or she in this case becomes president of the Senate.

That's the end of our first half.

It's pretty close game between Morristown West and Happy Valley.

One of these two teams will advance to the threshold of 32.

We'll find out who it is coming up after the break.

On Tennessee's Calories 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.

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You're watching Tennessee Scholars Ball.

Hi, I'm Frank Murphy, back from halftime in a very close first round game between Morristown West High School and Happy Valley High School.

Only ten points separate them at this point.

We'll see which of these two teams advances to the threshold of 32 after we first say hi to the alternates from Happy Valley.

First up is junior Nicole Williams.

Hey, Nicole, tell us about you.

What do you do?

I like to do creative writing and read.

And what is your favorite genre of stories and books?

Science fiction All right.

And also, we're joined by freshman Hayden Decker.

Hayden, tell us about you.

Do Vex Robotics this fall speech and debate.

Oh, cool.

And what is the robotics project lately?

What have you guys been working on?

Working on a robot for the newest game called Over Under.

Yeah.

Is this one of the ones that might get you into the first robotics championship?

Should you pursue that or is that not?

This is just art for your own sake?

Kind of.

Okay, Well, great.

Well, I guess we're having a debate now about robotics.

All right.

Meanwhile, Morristown is keeping their starters in the game, so let's get right back to it.

Fingers on the buzzer for Tennessee Scholar's Bowl 2024.

Next toss up is in the category of grammar.

What is the term for a noun that establishes the meaning of a pronoun that follows it in a sentence like adjective?

No, you can steal Happy Valley.

That would be the antecedent because it comes before sunset for everybody in health.

What does cancer do when it metastasizes?

What does it do?

No, I can't take that answer.

And still Morristown Kelley multiplies Technically, we're talking about where it's spreading to other parts of the body.

Whereas if it were to just multiply, it could stay in the same part of the body.

So metastasizes is spread.

Toss it for all players in algebra name the parabola vertex of the equation Y equals the quantity of x minus two squared minus five.

No, he missed at the vertex on that is two and negative five plus up in architecture.

What is the term for an Asian tiered tower with multiple eaves often used as a shrine and is a pagoda concept for everyone in US history who is credited with making the first American flag in 1776.

Mackenzie Betsy Ross.

Yeah, at the request of George Washington, that gets you a visual bonus.

Happy Valley.

Look at the screens, please.

Who was the Portuguese explorer shown here?

Who was best known for becoming the first European to reach India by sea?

Answer No.

Answer That is Vasco da Gama pass up for everybody in foreign language.

What is the French word for the morning wake up call, especially for military soldiers and not a chance to steal Happy Valley.

You put one extra letter in there that changed the meaning from reveille to revelry.

So revelry is in reveille.

You're not the same.

I swear I couldn't take it.

hate to be Alex Trebek on you, but I had to be particular there because you gave me a different word.

Toss up for all players in physics, which scientist wrote a Brief History in Time.

That was Stephen Hawking pass up now in astronomy.

What color are the hottest stars they can read?

No, you can steal Happy Valley, Tyler Blue.

Yeah, and it gets you in astronomy bonus.

Now, in 2023, astronomers were baffled by a dying two faced white dwarf star with each side composed of one of what two elements that are listed First on the periodic table.

Answer Hydrogen, helium.

Elizabeth Right.

You get 20 points pass up.

Now, in music, how many strings are on a violin?

Zeke Eight.

Not it.

You can steal Happy Valley.

Mackenzie No, only four strings on a violin toss up.

Now, in geography, what body of water is located at the lowest known elevation at nearly 1300 feet below sea level.

Marianas Trench?

Not it.

You can steal Happy Valley.

I'm talking about the Dead Sea.

Is the body of water at the lowest elevation.

Spelling is your toss up now a writer privilege exclusively accorded to individuals is their prerogative.

Spell prerogative.

Mackenzie P E R R O G A T I V E That's not it.

You can still Morristown.

Zeke P E R O G A T I V E that would have been in it.

But their prerogative is one of those trick words that actually starts with PR e It's prerogative, but it's pronounced the other way.

No points tossup in biology.

What is the term for an animal such as a lizard replacing its lost tail?

Zig molting.

Now that you can steal Happy Valley, the process would be regeneration of the tail toss up and pre-calc.

Solve this equation for x the cube root of quantity x minus five equals three times up and nobody got it.

X equals 32 Toss up in sports to the nearest mile.

How long is a marathon?

Tyler 26.

Yeah, I will take that and get you a visual bonus.

Happy Valley.

Take a look at the screens, please.

In music notation, what is the symbol shown here or decimal direct and what does it indicate?

Extreme allowed both, right.

20 points Toss up now in US history, who was nicknamed Young Hickory of the Granite Hills, Zeke Andrew Jackson and was the 14th president of the United States.

Chance to steal Happy Valley that was Franklin Pierce had that longer nickname Young Hickory of the Granite Hills.

You got to add on that last part toss up.

Now in literature, Merlin serves the same function in the legend of King Arthur as what character in The Lord of the Rings.

I Gandalf What is it?

Gandalf.

a literature bonus.

What city is the setting for George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion?

Barcelona, that is London.

What is the name of that story's main female character, Emily?

Eliza Doolittle.

No points there.

Same story is My Fair Lady.

Plus up in chemistry.

What is the term for solids that form during a chemical reaction?

Mackenzie So now steel more stem that is are called precipitates precipitates toss up in religion.

What is the collection of prayer beads separated into decades that are used by Catholics?

Mackenzie Rosemary No chance to steal Morristown.

Dalton Rosary Yeah.

Rosary is it?

And a religion bonus in a tradition dating back for hundreds of years.

King Charles The third was anointed during his coronation with oil from the fruit of the trees located on what ridge where Jesus ascended to heaven.

Answer the no answer.

It is called the Mount of Olives.

No point toss up in art.

What is the term for a picture painted in two panels and hinged like a book at the buzzer?

Tyler Odom canvas.

Not it.

You can still not Morristown.

That's a diptych.

And if you have three panels, it's a triptych and so on.

Plus up in history, which Mexican general and his army were defeated at San Jacinto on April 21, 1836, giving Texas its independence.

Zeke, Santa ana is right.

History is your bonus.

Why was New Year's Day celebrated on January 1st for the first time in 45 B.C.?

A change calendar?

Yeah.

Can you be more specific in the Gregorian calendar?

That was later, but this was the Julian calendar.

Julius Caesar put that into effect and then they stabbed him the next year.

Toss up in vocabulary.

What nine letter word beginning with D means to disrespect, insult or destroy something sacred.

Dismember, not it you can steal Happy Valley desecrate Tyler, I can't.

You know, you were right.

But I can't take it because you said desecrate before I called on you.

It would have been right.

The toss it for everybody in health, the color pink and the month of October are dedicated to Cancer I didn't calling you yet either, Zeke.

Either are dedicated to the awareness of what disease Mackenzie Breast cancer is.

Ryan It gets you a bonus now in health what have you injured?

If you've hurt your scapula head slash school now that is specifically your shoulder blade, what have you injured?

If you have hurt your patella hip now that's your kneecap.

No points on the bone is toss up in math computation.

What is 5/9 of 63 now?

I heard the buzzer first.

35 was the answer there.

Nobody got it in time.

Toss up in music.

Who wrote the lyrics to The Star-Spangled Banner?

Francis Scott Key.

Yes, that's right.

Ten points.

And music bonus now what major key signature when written for piano has four flats.

No answer.

That is A-flat Major.

And let's see if we have time for a geography question.

And no, we don't.

We'll let the the half run out because the points were not necessary.

Well, Morristown West, good game, but looks like Happy Valley has held on to win Morristown.

We do appreciate your being here.

We look forward to seeing your players again next year on scholarship ball.

Thanks so much for your participation each and every year.

Good job.

Meanwhile, Happy Valley, your teams back for the first time in eons, it seems like.

And now you've won and advanced to the threshold of 32.

You will play again on Scholars Bowl.

You can keep track of Happy Valley.

In fact, they've got multiple teams in the tournament and all our teams by never missing an episode.

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My name is Frank Murphy and this is Tennessee Scholars Bowl 2024.