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.

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

We are in the third round, the round of the Smart 16.

Both these teams had to win twice to get here today.

Harden Valley Academy and Greeneville High School.

We welcome both of them.

And let's get right to meeting our players beginning with Brock Canatser Brock welcome back.

Congratulations on making it this far in the tournament.

Tell us about yourself.

11th grade this year.

What else?

I'm in my school's most recent model you in meeting the resolution that I supported passed Well that's outstanding.

Was it a good one?

I mean, like let's you know, what was it?

It was okay.

I think I supported continuing global support of fossil fuels.

Okay.

So that's interesting.

Very interesting.

We'll be talking more about that another time.

Let's say hi.

Also to 12th grader, Zach Gerber.

Hey, Zach, welcome back.

What about you?

I have been playing the piano since I was four years old.

This is where I have to say you must be exhausted.

Yes, I remember that comment.

I say it to everyone.

Oh, yeah.

Dozens and dozens of students a year, but go ahead.

So playing the piano?

Yeah.

During which time I've earned four gold medals.

Whoa, That's good.

Let's say hi to David Hartt, who is a team captain.

David, you're in 12th grade, so you're going to answer bonuses on behalf of the team, or you can defer by name to one of your talented teammates.

What have you been up to over the summer?

I work as a camp counselor on rainy days when there's nothing else to do we throw on episodes of Scholars Bowl for the kids.

so they go to naps nap time.

We like to cause it.

As soon as I'm buzzes in and see if I get the answer, which is rare.

they old enough?

How old?

What age range are they?

Range from kindergarten to fifth grade.

So some of them know it and then don't start them young.

That is fantastic.

All right.

Well, that points to you I mean, imaginary points, because I don't have any points to get out just yet.

Let's say hi to Zainab Hassan.

Zainab, welcome back.

Always good to see you.

Tell us about yourself.

Hi.

I really like to read Sherlock Holmes.

Yes, Fantastic.

Now, do you prefer any of the video movies or TV adaptations as well?

Like some are better than others?

I think.

I think I just prefer the books or books.

Nice, sir.

I remember reading those that once upon a time.

Excellent.

Glad to hear it.

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

First up is Samir Nathawat, and Julian Lee and Ryan Moon joined by coaches Nancy Bush, who teaches science.

And I guess just heard today I thought Nick might be here, but glad to have our teams from Hardin Valley, some experienced players here.

You made it pretty high in the tournament in years past, taking on a team from Greenville High School who also won twice to be here today.

We're delighted to see you guys again, starting with 12th grader Skyler Zo.

welcome back.

What have you been up to?

I still play violin.

You must be exhausted.

What?

What's your favorite composers?

Genre, etc..

I like Paganini and stuff.

Paganini?

Right.

I don't think anyone's mentioned him yet.

To me.

That's good.

I'm glad to hear that.

And let's say hi to Emma Waddel, who is in 12th grade as well.

Emma, welcome.

What about you?

Hi, I'm my class president and I play tennis and I think I've asked you before how you got elected president, but remind me, I was like, did sophomore year just by my class.

Okay.

And then when special campaign did you say free lunch for all or what was that?

What was that got you elected?

No, just have a good school day.

Okay, I'll take that.

All right.

And no winning smile.

Let's say hi to Angus Harrell, who is in 11th grade.

Angus, tell us about you as team captain.

You'll answer bonuses or defer by name to a teammate.

Hi.

I have five siblings, four sisters, one brother.

Did any of them compete on Scholars Bowl or might they in the future?

My two older sisters did, and they do okay.

Well, not as good as you that when I was a kid to me.

But maybe they helped you prepare in some way.

Yeah.

All right.

Good, good.

Glad to hear it.

Let's say hi to Trey Bailey, who is in ninth grade.

Trey, welcome.

What about yourself?

Hi.

I competed in the title a 2023 cross-country state championship where I placed 27th.

That's really good in the whole state class.

So our division, but still something that as you as you get older, obviously you can get better at and even get, you know, higher up in the rankings.

That's fantastic.

I loved when I was third overall in the freshman, if you just count this.

So hopefully.

And let's say hi to the alternates and coaches for Greeneville High School.

First up is Adam Hensley and then Jack Lambie and coaches Samuel Hyde, who does yearbook and testing coordinator, and Kim Francis, who is the U.S. history and psychology teacher at Greenville High School.

We're excited that you all are here.

We're also very excited to have a special guest with us today.

Let's welcome Wendy Clayton, who is the partner engagement officer at the Knox Education Foundation.

we're happy to have you here observing our fine students as they try to advance to the round of the educated eight.

As what happens today, one of you goes home, one of you moves on.

We'll find out who it's going to be coming up.

And I don't know.

Listen, listen.

What's a ten and a half to ten and a half would be 21 minutes of play.

Right?

Let's get to it, everybody.

Fingers on the buzzer for Tennessee Scholars Bowl 2024.

Toss up in the category of games.

The name of what board game implies that a player regrets sending their opponent back to the start Trey?

Sorry.

Yeah, that's the right answer.

Also.

And in blocking their progress games is your bonus for Greenville.

What smartphone game that featured a yellow bird flying between columns of green pipes reached a sudden spike in popularity in early 2014, causing the game's own creator to remove the game from app stores a few months later, citing its addictive nature.

Flappy Bird is right 20 points.

Toss up for everyone in geography.

In which state is the Apalachicola Natural?

Zach Florida National Forest is in Florida.

Geography bonus for Hardin Valley In which state is Devil's Tower National Monument?

Wyoming.

Wyoming.

Correct.

In which state is the Flight 93 National Memorial?

Only Pennsylvania.

It has to be.

Pennsylvania is right 20 points.

Toss up now in English.

What four letter word beginning with W is a synonym for decrease.

Emma Wayne is right and an English bonus.

What is the past?

Simple of the verb where as into where clothes worn wore?

Yes.

What is the past participle for the verb wear Worn worn also right 20 points.

Toss up in health, which ancient Greek philosopher and scientist Zach Hippocrates No is considered the founder of comparative anatomy a chance to steal Greeneville Trey?

Aristotle.

Is right for ten and a health bonus.

Now which branch of medicine deals with tumors and cancers?

Oncology is ranked for 20 toss up and pre-calculus, namely parabola.

Vertex coordinates for the equation Y equals the quantity of two x plus three squared plus five times up on that.

And I'm nobody wrong in it's -1.5 and five.

Toss it for everyone in architecture.

What is the common term for a timber truss bridge with a roof decking and siding to protect it from the weather?

Zach A farm bridge now that you can steal Greenville Emma covered bridge is what they call that and a visual bonus for Greenville Take a look at the screens please the bridge on the river Kwai is a fictional epic war film and novel loosely based on the true story of World War Two.

British prisoners of war in a Japanese prison camp forced to build the bridge shown here as part of the Siam Burma Railway.

In what country?

Thailand.

Thailand is right for 20 points plus up now in U.S. history, what states nickname refers to settlers who stick to their plains on land?

Zach, Oklahoma before the official opening date and they were Sooners and that's ten points in a bonus now in US history which U.S. battleship named after the 48th state still remains on the ocean floor after being sunk during the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 and is now a US memorial and the resting place to hundreds of sailors.

The USS Arizona.

Correct for 20.

Toss up in literature in Lord of the Flies, which characters glasses Zach Piggie are smashed and a literature bonus.

What is the full title of the book by Howard Pyle about a legendary outlaw who steals from the rich and gives to the poor.

I defer to Zachary The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood is the full title.

Where do Robin and his band of Merry Men live I defer to Zainab.

In a Sherwood Forest?

Correct.

For 20 points in the bonus toss up in geology, which U.S. President earned millions as a mining engineer before Zach Hoover entering politics Geology bonus in 1784, who described what may have been the first connection between volcanoes and global climate.

Franklin I refer to Zach Franklin, Yes.

And Franklin.

Benjamin Franklin observed weather changes that were believed to be caused by volcanic activity with lava erupting through a crack in the ground rather than at a single point.

What is the term for this crack like?

Crack army crack fissure, Yes, is right.

20 of the bonus toss up for when an art In what country was the Venus de Milo originally?

Zach Greece originally sculpted and arts is your bonus What show that holds the record for the longest running play in Broadway history closed in April 20, 23, after 35 years and almost 14,000 performances of the tale of a disfigured genius who secretly pines for a young soprano in the opera, Phantom of the Opera is ran for 20 toss up for everyone in religion.

What four letter word refers to money.

Given his presence, Typically, the children trade ties during the Jewish Festival of Hanukkah chance to steal Harden Valley.

Zach gift now it's gelt G E L T. Toss up now in government who may call a special session of Congress?

Trey?

Speaker of the House no chance to steal Zach the president yes and a government bonus for Hudson Valley named four of the six states that gained one or more congressional seats after the 2020 census.

Texas North Carolina, North Carolina and Georgia refer to me after Zach, North Carolina, Florida, Texas and I ran out of time there.

But you did get 15 points Texas, Colorado, Florida, Montana, North Carolina, Oregon.

Toss up for all players in foreign language.

What is the English translation of the Spanish phrase K as is the C you Zach, Is this your city?

Chance to Steal Greenville.

Emma See you later.

Now it's supposed to be what is this city?

Toss up for all players in astronomy.

What space object is an average of Zach The Moon.

238,855 miles away.

Astronomy bonus A taikonaut is an astronaut.

From what country?

China.

China After China is right for 20 toss up now in math computation, what is the monetary value of ten quarters plus ten dimes plus ten nickels?

Trey?

$4 is right and a visual bonus on the screen for Greenville.

Take a look.

How much simple interest can you earn by investing $4,000 at 15% for six months?

Answer but 5000.

It's only $300.

Toss up now for all players in music from which Broadway musical is the song Defying Gravity?

Zach?

Wicked.

Is it music Bonus Now what Broadway musical includes the characters Mimi Marquez, Roger Davis and Marc Cohen.

Rent, Rent, Yes.

What Broadway musical includes the characters Max Bialystock and Leo Bloom, The Producers.

After Zachary The Producers is also right.

20 of the bonus toss up now in geography.

In what state is Natchez Trace State Park?

Zach?

Tennessee and a geography bonus.

In which state did the Civil War battle of Shiloh Hills, Kern, Tennessee and in which date to the Civil War siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi, Mississippi, both right for 20 plus up now in mythology, who was the only mythological god in the classical pantheon to share the same name in both Greek and Roman traditions?

Zack Apollo is right.

Anthology Bonus What two word phrase is used to describe the wall of the winged ram Persomalis which is a symbol of authority and kingship in Greek mythology.

Golden Fleece presumably confirms that the Golden Fleece is Ryan for 20 toss up now in science when measuring temperature, what word is now commonly used instead of centigrade?

Zach Celsius is right.

Science Bonus.

What is the international metric unit of force required to give a one kilogram mass an acceleration of one meter per second squared?

Newton Yes.

What is the unit of energy required to raise the temperature of one gram of water, one degree Celsius calorie also, Right.

20.

Toss up in chemistry.

What is the oxidation state for phosphorus in phosphorus acid h3p03 Emma Yes, No, chance to steel Hardin Valley.

David Plus three plus three is right.

Chemistry bonus in 2022, a new analysis of a 4000 year old toolkit that was found near Stonehenge in 1801 indicates it was used by a skilled craftsperson to hammer sheets of what chemical element with the atomic number 79 pulled, I think, or plates of gold or platinum.

I think it's gold is right for 20 toss up and miscellaneous What recent fad toy consists of a ball bearing in the center of a multi lobed flat structure.

Zach a fidget spinner.

Yeah.

With made of metal or plastic and so on.

Miscellaneous bonus for Hardin Valley.

A student will need to fill out the FAFSA in order to qualify for federal financial aid for college or graduate school.

What does FAFSA stand for?

I offer Zachary the free application for Federal Student Aid.

All of that is correct.

For 20 points toss up in history.

What was Paul Revere's occupation?

Zack Silversmith is right.

History is your bonus name.

The US President, whose Secret Service codename was Rawhide Reagan.

I presented Reagan, Yes, in the US President, whose Secret Service codename was Renegade.

Is that Joe Biden?

No, I know it's outtake.

I think it's JFK or something like that.

JFK No.

It was Barack Obama ten points on the bonus toss up in vocabulary.

What seven letter word means an idea or theory on which a statement or action is based.

But David, stall pass.

But if the letter S is added, it means a building in surrounding land chance to steal Greenville.

The word is premise or and then you add as it becomes premises toss up in biology what order of mammals includes gophers, mice, rats, squirrels.

Zach Rodencia is right biology Bonus Three of the phyla within the animal kingdom are the arthropods, the coordates and the acinoderms.

To which phylum does starfish belong?

Acinoderms I defer to Zachary Echinoderms is right too.

Which phylum does a cockroach belong?

Arthropod is ranked for 20 plus up in algebra.

What is the next number in the arithmetic sequence?

35, 28, 21 Zach 14 is right in an algebra bonus.

Now, if a six foot male casts a nine foot shadow, how tall is a flagpole that is casting a 27 foot shadow?

18, 18, 18 feet is right for 20 points.

Toss up now in government.

What is the right to use the land of another for special- Zach?

Easement.

Purpose is An easement and the bonus now is actually we don't have time for the bonus right now.

We will save that for later.

And right now looks like Zach and Harden Valley trying to run up a lead, all of them participating against an excellent Greenville squad who just has to get a little faster on the buzzer because you obviously know a lot of these answers.

We'll find out what happens next.

Which team advances to the round of the educated eight.

Yeah.

Coming up after the break, 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 Scholar's Bowl.

I'm Frank Murphy, back from halftime in this third round game, this smart 16 round game between Hardin Valley Academy and Greenville High School.

Hardin Valley brought two alternates into the game, let's say hi first to junior Julian Lee.

Julian, welcome.

Tell us about yourself, what you like to do.

I'm one of the cellist for the Knoxville Symphony.

Knoxville Symphony Orchestra.

Okay, excellent.

I'm glad to hear that.

Nice to have you here.

Let's say also to Samir Nathawat who is a junior.

Summer, Welcome how about yourself.

I coached golf for the first tee of Greater Knoxville.

I hope you coach golf.

Yeah.

Nice.

Well, that's fantastic.

Love to hear about that.

All right, everybody, right now, you know that Hardin Valley's got the lead and we have tossups where ten bonuses worth up to 20.

Let's continue the second half of Tennessee's Scholars Bowl 2024, toss up for all players in foreign language.

Translate the Spanish word sombrero into Zach Hat French Chance to Steal Greenville.

Trey Bray.

Now that is a type of hat but shapho is the more accurate translation toss up for all players in technology change 12 into a binary number.

Zach 1100 is correct and a technology bonus for Hardin Valley.

Which company created the first integrated circuit and is also creator of many types of calculators.

Texas Instruments are very similar.

Texas Instruments is right 20 points percent for all players in arts.

What classic black and white science fiction TV series hosted by Rod Serling Trey?

The Twilight Zone.

Yeah, and that's been remade with Jordan Peele.

Get your visual bonus.

Greenville, take a look at screens, please.

What is the name of the fictional Flying Monster shown here that first appeared in the 1961 film and often appeared as a recurring character in the Godzilla franchise.

Mothra is right for 20 points Toss up now in geography.

What circle of Stones in England is 97 Stonehenge, feet in diameter, and a geography bonus.

What body of water?

That is the highest navigable lake in the world.

Experienced low water levels due to a drought in 2023.

Lesson I don't know how to say.

I don't know.

And precisely blessed No Lake Ithaca.

I defer to Zach.

Lake Titicaca is correct for 20 points toss up.

Now in sports, who is the only Tennessee high school student who went on to win?

Steve Spurrier, the Heisman Trophy from Science Hill.

By the way, sports bonus now in 2023.

Nepal marked the 70th anniversary of the conquest of Mt.

Everest by honoring which Tibetan ethnic group whose name has become synonymous with almost any mountaineering guide, prepares after senior Sherpas is correct for 20 Toss Up now in history, who was the eighth and final leader of the Soviet Union who helped end the Cold War?

Trey?

Gorbachev Yeah, and won the Nobel Peace Prize History Bonus for Greeneville.

In 1856, Queen Victoria awarded the first Victoria Cross for valor.

Two men who fought in which military conflict that Russia lost to an alliance of the Ottoman Empire, France, the United Kingdom and Piedmont.

Sardinia, the first Russian-Ukrainian war, first Russia and Ukraine war.

The Crimean War.

Is that one toss up now in spelling to accentuate means distress.

Zak, A, c, c, e, n, t, u, a, t, e is correct and a spelling bonus for Hardin Valley spell proceed meaning to go ahead.

I think it's E.D.

Pro c, pr0cde.

That's not it.

It's a pro c d spelled precede meaning to go before preseason if you're there, then you want this p r e c e d Correct.

Toss up for all players in geometry in terms of pi, what is the surface area of a sphere with radius three Skyler?

4 pi no chance to steal Zach?

at 36 pi is right and it gets you a visual bonus.

Take a look at the screens, please.

What physics principle often associated with Sir Isaac Newton states that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction in law.

I defer to Julian.

Newton's third law is right for 20 points.

Third law of motion toss up in music.

What material makes up the bars of the glockenspiel?

Zach Steel and a music bonus.

Now, which recording artist who was born and raised in Minneapolis, released his first album in 1978, which listed him as the musician behind all the vocals and 27 instruments, including bongos, congas, finger cymbals, handclaps and others.

It's not Bruce Springsteen.

I don't know.

I think it might just get Adams.

I don't know that I'm going to get it from Adams.

Now the clue is Minneapolis.

Their prince is the singer passed up for all players in government.

What is the type of federal laws such as the Sherman Act making combinations Zach?

Antitrust in restraint of trade, illegal government bonus.

The powers of the US government in times of military action are determined by which two documents or powers act in the Constitution.

I defer to Zach, the War Powers Act and the Constitution both any more on the War Powers Act 1972 now is 1973, but we can give you the Constitution ten points on that toss up in literature.

John Milton wrote What epic poem in blank verse Zach?

Paradise Lost in 1667 and a literature bonus Sense and Sensibility was published two years prior to which author's subsequent novel that would make her famous.

I think maybe Pride and Prejudice.

Yes, that's a guess.

But which which author Emily Jaina note was Austen.

I defer to Zachy.

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen?

Well, no.

I asked which author So Jane Austen would have been the answer which of her novels was published?

Two years after Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice.

Pride and Prejudice is right here.

Salvage ten on the bonus toss up Now in chemistry.

What is the simplest carbon containing molecule with one carbon atom and four hydrogen atoms?

Zach Methane and a chemistry bonus.

What element has symbol t i Titanium?

Yeah, as I said, I've heard.

Julien Titanium, Yes.

What element has the symbol F?

I defer to Sameer.

Sameer Fluorine is also right 20 points tossup.

Now in sports, the Kentucky Wildcats of the SEC play their home games.

And what city?

Zach Louiville.

Not it you can steal Trey.

Lexington Kentucky correct I'm a sports bonus for Greenville which college Bowl game is played in New Orleans, Louisiana Sugar Bowl Sugar Bowl.

Correct.

Which College Bowl game is played in Pasadena, California?

Rose Bowl.

Rose Bowl.

Both right for 20 toss up in U.S. history.

Who was the first to become U.S. president due to the death of the president?

Emma Andrew Johnson, not him.

You can steal Hardin Valley.

Zack tyler.

Yeah.

John tyler.

And when William Henry Harrison died.

History bonus for Hardin Valley.

The city of Oak Ridge was created to house what aspect of the Manhattan Project uranium enrichment.

Yes.

And in its role in World War two earned Oak Ridge.

What nickname?

Secret City.

The Secret City Does the school very close to Oak Ridge.

Yeah.

Toss up for all players in vocabulary.

What?

Seven letter word beginning with Q is a religious group called Society of Friends.

Emma Quaker.

Yes, and a vocabulary bonus.

Central Park Times Square in the Empire State Building in New York City are all on what island in Staten Island de Manhattan?

He did correct himself on that.

Manhattan Island is right, spell Manhattan in Tree is happening in Manhattan and we just happen m a h t t e n No, it's Manhattan man.

H t to am.

I'll have to check and see if they can, you know, take that Manhattan answer.

I just started to say Staten Island, but we'll see what they say.

Tossup in geology.

The Hawaiian islands were formed by a hotspot on which of the Earth's plates Trey?

Pacific.

Yes.

And geology bonus.

What is the term for icicle type formations in caves created by slowly dripping water and mineral deposits?

If you say it clearly.

MIT's slag.

No, no, no, that's not it.

It's stalactite.

What is the term for Mounds or tapering columns formed of calcium salts rising from the floor of a cave?

Stalagmite?

Yeah.

C for ceiling G four ground is how you remember that concept for all players in algebra for the line having the equation three x minus y equals five.

What is the y intercept in coordinate form?

David zero five No chance to steal.

Emma zero negative five is right and a pre-calculus bonus for Greenville.

What name is given to the point at which a function's second derivative changes from positive to negative or negative to positive?

Oh I defer to Emma.

Inflection point is right for 20 points plus up for all players now in religion, the holy month of Ramadan commemorates the month when what was revealed to the Prophet Muhammad.

Zach the Koran.

Yes and a religion bonus.

What religious movement abbreviated as U. U ism, draws inspiration and guidance from the six sources.

Personal experience prophetic utterances world religions, Jewish and Christian teachings, humanistic teachings and spiritual teachings.

The only thing of the high or that gives and I'm leaning towards the high.

Yeah, I guess for high.

I'm going to defer to you.

I defer to Zach Behi.

No the U.U.

stands for a Unitarian Universalism.

Toss it for all players now in geography.

What line divides the earth into the eastern and western hemispheres at- Zach?

The prime meridian.

At zero degrees longitude is right.

Geography is your bonus.

Which country claims political ownership of the Canary Islands?

Spain.

Spain.

Correct.

Which country claims political ownership of Christmas Island?

Australia?

Yeah.

Australia.

Also correct.

For 20 plus.

Up now in literature, which American poets most notable work is Harlem, which starts with the line What happens?

Zach Langston Hughes What happens to a dream Deferred literature is your bonus.

Which poet wrote, quote, Under a spreading chestnut tree, the village Smithy stands on Longfellow Direct, which American poet wrote, I am the grass.

I cover all Sandburg also correct for 20 points on the bonus toss for all players in biology.

But we'll save that for another day.

It looks like I'm assuming I didn't look at the score, but I'm assuming Hardin Valley held on to the lead.

Yeah, but Greenville, you doubled your points since last we spoke.

So very good on that.

Congratulations.

We appreciate you being here.

It's always a joy to have you, especially with so many underclassmen on the team.

That means we can look forward to seeing you again for years to come.

Right?

Okay, good.

And meanwhile, heartfelt valley.

Congratulations.

You advance to the round of the educated eight place you've been before and you're familiar.

Maybe you'll make it all the way to the philosophical four and the championship game.

We'll find out.

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