
Hardin Valley Academy vs Webb School of Knoxville
Season 40 Episode 57 | 28m 54sVideo has Closed Captions
Hardin Valley Academy vs Webb School of Knoxville
It's Hardin Valley Academy versus Webb School of Knoxville in this quarter final game of Scholars’ Bowl. Watch to find out which team advances one step closer to the championship round. Scholars' Bowl is an original series produced by East Tennessee PBS featuring students from Tennessee and surrounding states testing their academic skills by competing in single-elimination round trivia matches.
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Hardin Valley Academy vs Webb School of Knoxville
Season 40 Episode 57 | 28m 54sVideo has Closed Captions
It's Hardin Valley Academy versus Webb School of Knoxville in this quarter final game of Scholars’ Bowl. Watch to find out which team advances one step closer to the championship round. Scholars' Bowl is an original series produced by East Tennessee PBS featuring students from Tennessee and surrounding states testing their academic skills by competing in single-elimination round trivia matches.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipWelcome 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.
This is the academic tournament with high schools from all over the viewing area competing for the Frank Miller Memorial Trophy and a cash prize that will describe at halftime.
We are that much closer to the trophy.
We are now in the round of the educated eight, the fourth round of our tournament, meaning both these teams had to win three times to get here.
And it looks like it's a battle of West Knox County or maybe as Penny called it, the Battle of Pellissippi.
As our two teams from that region, have made it this far.
Let's say hi to the players from Hardin Valley Academy and Webb School of Knoxville, starting with Harden Valley and 11th grader Brock Canatser.
Hi, Brock.
Welcome back.
Tell us about yourself.
Hello.
Recently, I've been getting a lot better at volleyball because I joined the Boys Volleyball club.
That'll do it.
You know, practice, practice, practice.
Right.
And do you specialize in a certain area?
I usually make the tall kids, the ones who have to spank.
What?
What do you do?
Oh, everything.
Oh, yeah, I can do everything right now.
That sounds like fun.
Getting better.
Glad to hear that.
12th graders, Zack Gerber joins us again.
Welcome back, Zack.
So this is your final season on Scholars Bowl.
You try to win your way as far as you can.
Tell us more about you Last school year, I'm in second place in the top 80 y c math competition for calculus.
One is most of us would not know what that means.
Off the top of your head of top of our head.
So Tennessee, something math competition pass.
Yeah because I know right there's no I can't give you any points for naming that correctly.
Let's say hi to 12th grader David Hart who is kind of the or you yin to his yang or the?
The the messenger to his message.
Okay having had the year as team captain you will defer by name to a teammate or answer bonuses yourself.
What else is new with you?
In the past two years I competed.
I only lost two times.
Oh, really?
Yes.
It's a little bit less impressive when it's a single elimination tournament.
Yeah, but still.
We're happy to have you.
Yes, right.
Because you've been on teams with Benji and his brother.
They've done well for over the years.
Fantastic.
The Nikos brothers.
Right.
Good to see you.
Let's say hi to 10th grader Zainab Hassan.
welcome back, Zainab.
Tell us about yourself.
I actually had a math competition in Mu Alpha Theta this morning.
No kidding.
And that's the Honor Society for Math.
How'd you do?
I think I did well.
Oh, you don't know yet.
Okay, well, actually, you wouldn't mention it if you think you did poorly.
I'm sure you would just let that slide.
Well, good.
We're happy to have you here again.
Let's say hi to the alternates and coach for Hardin Valley, starting with Samir Nathawat, and Julien Lee, Ryan Moon and coach Nancy Bush, who teaches science at HVA to the Hawks taking on that leave the Spartans.
Is that what you're called over there?
And Webb School on the other side of Pellissippi from Hardin Valley.
Let's say hi first to Sam Kowalski, who's a freshman.
Congratulations, Sam.
As a freshman to make it this far into the tournament around of the educated.
Tell us more about you.
I'm Sam, and my favorite teacher at Webb, is Miss Wheeler.
She's an English teacher and she's new this year.
Very good.
All right.
I'm glad to hear that.
Hope she watches today's episode.
Let's say hi to James overall, who is a junior.
What about you, James?
My favorite teachers are Doctor Larry, who teaches physics and Ms.. Fields, our coach.
We have to say, Ms.. Fields I mean, I'm sure Sam would like to amend his answer at this point.
Sam, and say, Ms.. Fields No.
Okay.
Well, I give him a chance.
I can't say I didn't give him a chance.
Well done.
Yes.
Let's team captain.
He is Penny Willoughby.
So, Penny, last time you were here, you'll answer bonuses or defer by name to a teammate.
What's new with you?
Well, my name is Penny, and my favorite teacher at Webb is Mr. Doherty, who teaches chemistry.
Oh, really?
Okay, well, good.
A lot of smart folks on this squad because of those teachers.
And we also have Jackson White, who's a junior this year.
What about you, Jackson?
My favorite teachers are Mr. Brown, Ms. Rockliff And Ms. Fields Miss.
Mr. and Mrs. Curtis?
Nope.
Well, Ms..
Feels got one mention when speaking of let's say hi to the alternates and coach for Webb School of Knoxville.
Henry Shamir, Alex Callanan and the aforementioned coach Jenny Fields, who teaches Latin.
We are also very delighted to have a special guest visiting us for today's episode.
Someone who is involved in the academy system in Knox County.
That's Wendy Clayton, a partner engagement officer at the Knox Education Foundation.
Thank you very much for visiting with us, Wendy.
We're glad you're here.
All right, players, as I mentioned, you've all won three times to get into this fourth round on Scholars Bowl.
You know how it goes.
Tossups worth ten bonuses worth up to 20.
Get your fingers on the buzzer for this educated eight round game of Tennessee Scholars Bowl 2024.
Toss up in foreign language.
What is the English translation of the Spanish phrase?
Hasta manana, Zach.
See you tomorrow.
that's right and a foreign language bonus translate requiescot empache from latin to english.
recipes.
Yeah I'm struggling that they're going to put that on my tombstone.
I can't get it right toss up now in chemistry which elements electron configuration is helium 2s2 2p- Zach oxygen.
Yeah, 2p4 is where I was going with that oxygen is right chemistry is a bonus.
What type of chemical bond is formed when electrons are completely transferred from one element to another?
Ionic bond.
Yes.
We also want to take an electrovalent, but ionic is the best answer.
20 points.
Toss up in health.
The bite from what insect causes human African trypanosomiasis commonly called sleeping sickness.
James Mosquito know also called sleeping sickness.
Zach?
The kissing bug.
No, it's the Tsetse fly.
It's called HAT is the disease toss up now in music which musical includes the songs Heaven on their Minds and I don't know how to love him.
Zac Jesus Christ Superstar.
Correct.
In the music bonus, Peter Tchaikovsky was the composer of three well-known ballets, name two.
All these last night, The Nutcracker and Sleeping Beauty.
I thought, Jesus Christ Superstar.
Yeah, I've heard Zachary The Nutcracker and Sleeping Beauty with Swan Lake being the third 20 points toss up now in geography.
Bhutan is part of what ancient network of trade routes connecting the East, Zach, the Silk Road.
And West, and the geography bonus on the screen for Hardin Valley.
Take a look.
The delta shown here covers over 150 miles of Mediterranean coastline and is the mouth of what river that flows south to North Nile.
The Nile River is right for 20.
Toss up now in literature in the novel Fahrenheit 451.
How many times can the Phenix be reborn from the ashes?
Zach Infinitely many.
Yes, and a literature bonus.
What book begins with, quote Mr. or Mrs. Dursley of number four Privet Drive.
We're proud to say they were perfectly normal.
Thank you very much.
Sorcerers, Philosiphers is British.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone is correct.
What is the title of the British version?
First, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.
Those are both right for 20 plus up now in geology, which precious Gem is named after, The color of seawater is the blue green member.
Zach Sapphire is a blue green member of the Barrel family, James Aquamarine and the March birthstone and a bonus for Webb.
Two parts during which geologic period did the first fish appear?
Age, geological period.
And sir, before the Ice Age, that's the Cambrian period.
During which geological period did modern humans develop?
Paleolithic period?
That's the Quaternary period.
And no points on that toss up now, in geometry.
The area of a triangle is 70 square inches.
Give the length of the altitude to a ten inch base in this triangle.
Sam .
14?
Yeah, 14 inches.
Make sure I called on you all the way.
Geometry is your bonus.
A line segment has a midpoint located at four two and an end point at negative four five.
Name both X and Y coordinates of the other end point.
I think I got it is the five negative answer depart Sam positive 12 negative one.
I had -12 positive eight on that.
No points there.
Toss up now in miscellaneous in what city is the Air Force Academy located?
Penny, Colorado Springs, Colorado and a miscellaneous bonus for Webb.
In what city and state is Brown University located?
It's in Rhode Island.
Providence.
Providence, Rhode Island.
Those are both right 20 plus F in U.S. history, which U.S. president coined to the name United Nations.
Zach FDR.
Yes.
And a history bonus in which state was the battle of Little Bighorn fort think that's on Mississippi.
I think it no it's either Montana ourself and you think all of these my to answer Montana right what did the Lakota and other plains Indians call that battle?
Battle of tears yes.
I defer to Brock.
The battle of tears.
They called it the Battle of the greasy grass because it was such a mess.
Toss up now in science.
What is the science that deals with the study, design and application of machines to perform repetitive Zach?
Robotics or dangerous tasks and a visual bonus for Hardin Valley?
Take a look, please.
What scientific principle explains why objects in a fluid experience, a buoyant force equal to the weight of the displaced fluid?
by Archimedes?
I don't know.
It's not Bernoulli's principle.
We could guess it.
Buoyancy.
No, it's called Archimedes principle, which describes what we're talking about there.
Toss up now in art, what is the common color name for or Zack Gold?
The Heraldry Color of Generosity Art Bonus.
Now, in 2023, scientists discovered that the material used by African metal Smiths to sculpt thousands of artworks between the 16th and 19th centuries was before being melted down by the artists in Benin, made into rings and bracelets used as currency during the slave trade and made from what metal alloy, traditionally consisting of copper and tin that had been mined in Germany.
Bronze, I think so.
The bronze of wrestling is bronze.
I think it's bronze.
Bronze Bronzes.
Bronze?
Is right for 20.
Toss up now, in sports, which horse race is the first in the battle?
Jackson?
The Kentucky Derby for the Triple Crown sports bonus.
In what sport did Shaun White win?
Three Olympic gold medals.
Snowboarding.
Snowboarding was right for ten.
And what sport did Katie Ledecky win seven Olympic gold medals and 21 world championships.
Swimming is right for 20 there.
Toss up now in economics, what is Taiwan's biggest exports?
Zach?
Gold.
No chance to steal Penny's team at Webb.
Jackson?
Fish?
Electronics are the biggest export from Taiwan.
Toss up in English.
What six letter word beginning with T-H is a synonym for exhilarate.
Zach?
Thrilling.
No, chance to steal James?
Thrill.
Yeah.
I need six letters on that.
Thrill is the right answer.
English is your bonus.
What is the past simple for the verb bite.
The itty bitty bit?
Yes.
What is the past participle for the verb bite have bitten.
Have bitten.
I'll take that toss up Now in biology, what is the name for a group of platypuses?
Jackson.
Troop.
Now that you can steal Hardin Valley.
Zach?
A splash.
It's close.
They call it a paddle.
A paddle of platypuses.
Toss up in pre-calculus.
What is the value of the secant function of 60 degrees?
Sam?
Two.
Right.
And a pre-calculus bonus In which two quadrants would you find the solutions to the equation?
Tangent x equals negative three.
Got it.
Three, four.
No, two and four.
Two and four.
Right for 20 points.
Toss up in religion.
the Book of Genesis, who received instructions from the Lord to build a ship that would save him, Zach.
Noah.
And his family and so on.
Religion Bonus Now in the Bible, who is the wife of Jacob and the mother of his two youngest sons, Joseph and Benjamin?
Rachel.
Rachel.
Correct for 20.
Toss up now in geography.
Shenandoah National Park is in what state?
Penny West Virginia.
No chance to steal Zach.
Virginia.
Regular Virginia.
And a geography bonus in what state is Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming.
Wyoming.
And in which state is Yosemite National Park, California.
Also right for 20.
Toss up now in literature which long eared character in Zach?
Rabbit.
The house at Pooh corner and so on.
Literature Bonus What novel published in 1908 and set in late 19th century Prince Edward Island, Canada is a sentimental but charming coming of age story about a spirited and unconventional, orphaned girl who finds a home with elderly siblings.
I defer to Zainab.
Anne of Green Gables.
Yes.
And its follow up question what Netflix series that ran for three seasons was a reimagining of Anne of Green Gables.
Anthony, our friends Zainab and Anthony.
That's also right.
20 toss up now in astronomy, which Zodiac Constellation.
That is one of the prominent features of the summer skies in the Northern Hemisphere, has a name that is Latin for Archer James Orion No chance to steal Hardin Valley.
Zach Aries Sagittarius is the Archer, Orion is the hunter.
Toss up in foreign language.
What is the Spanish word for the number?
Zach Siete.
What number is that?
Seven.
That's what I was going to ask.
I don't know how you ended up, but sure, you guessed right.
Lucky number seven two Foreign language bonus.
What is the Spanish translation of more coffee, please?
Mustafi, por favor and a favor Brok Mustafi por favor.
Which is correct.
And I keep putting questions like that into the game, waiting for someone to finally bring me some coffee.
It still hasn't happened.
Toss up now in Arts, which actor provides the voice for Woody in the Toy Story films?
Jackson?
Tom Hanks.
Is correct and an arts bonus now.
Which two actors won the Academy Award for best actor in consecutive years, one in 1937 and 38, the other in 1993 and 94.
Charlie Chaplin knew two answers.
Charlie Chaplin.
Tom Cruise and Tom Cruise.
Well, it's Spencer Tracy was the first one.
And then Tom Hanks was the other one.
So no points on the bonus.
Toss up now in government, what branch can deny the US president the use of legislative, the use of executive privilege, chance to steal Webb, Jackson, Judicial right and a government bonus who considered a career as a concert pianist before eventually becoming a professor of political science at Stanford and then the national security adviser in 2001 and the Secretary of State in 2005.
OPPENHEIMER Now, that is Condoleezza Rice.
Some describing that as the end of the first half.
It's closer than the score looks because Harden Valley's trying to pull it away.
But Webb is not letting go.
We'll see which of these teams will advance to the philosophical for 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 Scholars Bowl.
I'm Frank Murphy, back from halftime in this educated eight round game, this fourth round game with Webb School of Knoxville and Hardin Valley Academy.
And one of these teams will advance to our Philosophical four.
If you're keeping score at home, you'll notice that we've added 20 points to Webb.
They successfully challenged a question during halftime.
It was the one about a line segment and the midpoint, and they're right, we had misread it, so I'll put that one in the file.
For future reference, let's also say hi to our alternates.
We've got Ryan Moon, who is a junior.
Tell us something about you, Ryan.
Hello.
I like making music.
Yeah, so is Hardin Valley an opportunity to do that.
Tell us more.
Um not well, I'm not in any music programs at school, but I like making music using, like, software on the computer.
Oh, fascinating.
Okay, that's a definitely cutting edge stuff.
I'm glad to hear about that.
Meanwhile, on the other side, Webb school has an alternative.
Well, let's say hi to senior Henry Shamir.
Welcome back, Henry.
Tell us something about yourself.
Thank you.
My favorite teacher is Miss Hilazime.
Yeah, so still no Miss Fields.
We have one.
You got one vote.
Is that okay?
So I'm just one.
Make sure I'm sure I'm clear on this, But what is that?
Your Ms. teach.
Chemistry.
Very good.
All right, well, let's get back to it and find out who's going to advance on Scholars Bowl 2024.
Toss up for all players in spelling.
Genealogy is an account Zach.
G E N E A L O G Y.
Is the spelling of genealogy now a spelling bonus for Hardin Valley?
The practice of claiming to have moral standards or beliefs to which one's own behavior does not conform is hypocrisy spell hypocrisy?
Yeah.
I defer to Zach.
H Y P O C R I S Y.
That's right for 20.
Toss up now in science.
What is the term for the act of aquatic animals laying eggs?
Zach Spawning.
Yes, I'm a science bonus.
What law states that under equal conditions of temperature and pressure equal volumes of all gases contain equal numbers of molecules.
Avogadro is that we have a gas.
Tesla Avogadro Avogadro's law is right for 20.
Toss up in math computation.
What is 12.5% of 96?
Zach 12 and a visual bonus for Hardin Valley.
Look at the screens please.
Two numbers add up to 91.
Number is three more than twice the other number give both numbers 20 divide by three.
Answer.
29 and 53.
29 is right.
So I'll give you half credit.
You get ten points for that.
But 61 would be the number that adds up to 90.
Toss up now in games, what is the device included with some board games that looks like a miniature Zach?
Dice?
Miniature hourglass and keeps the player from taking too long on their turn.
A chance to steal Webb.
Penny?
A timer.
Yes.
And a games bonus.
Now, in the 1972 World Chess Championship in Reykjavik, Iceland, which is known as the match of the century.
And has inspired movies And a musical defending champion, Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union was defeated by what American Grand Master?
Got him to.
Defer to Sam.
Bobby Fischer.
Is right for 20 points Toss up now in history.
The capital of ancient Rome's Britannia is the current day location of the capital of which England which country?
England and a history bonus.
What was the fortified region that overlooked ancient Athens Acropolis?
I find it.
Zachary The Acropolis right for ten.
What was the most famous of the temples overlooking the Parthenon.
I defer to Zach.
The Parthenon both right for 20 total plus up now in literature in the Shakespeare play, Who tells Julius Caesar to beware the Ides of March?
Zach.
A soothsayer.
And a literature bonus in Hamlet, which two characters escort Hamlet on the voyage to England?
Yeah, yeah.
Rosencrantz And- I'll defer to Zach.
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.
Is right for ten.
What was the name of a dead court jester whose skull is exhumed in Act Five, Scene One?
I don't know.
The character I know was Horatio.
I don't know.
Yeah, I do know Horatio.
It's Yorick.
As in.
Alas, poor Yorick.
Toss up now in chemistry, an iron with a charge of negative one that contains ten electrons.
Has what?
Zach?
Nine.
Atomic number is nine and a chemistry bonus.
Name four of the seven diatomic molecules hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, fluorine, Fermi i. I like h and enough answers that hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, fluorine.
Yeah.
Those are all four correct.
With chlorine, bromine and iodine being the other 3.
20 points.
Toss up in government.
What do the letters in NASA stand for?
Zach.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Is right for ten government as your bonus, in 2023 school libraries were converted into what they're calling hubs of differentiated learning in what Texas City that was named for a man who taught in a one room schoolhouse in Maryville, Tennessee in the early 1800s.
I Austin.
My only guess not though, is that Austin Houston.
Sam Houston.
Toss up now in music.
What artists songs include You Belong With Me and Zac Taylor Swift Anti-Hero Music Bonus.
What is the term for one of the most basic patterns in drumming and percussion, consisting of two single strokes, followed by a double stroke, for example.
Right, left, right, right.
I don't know.
I don't know.
A jingle or strum.
Just something marching to.
I don't usually get a lot of drummers on the show.
I don't have any today.
That's called a paradiddle.
Toss up for everyone in geography.
What is the administrative capital of the Netherlands?
Zach Amsterdam.
No chance to steal.
Sam The Hague.
Yes.
And a geography bonus for Webb.
In 1993, Velvet Divorce, Czechoslovakia split into which two independent states, Republican Czech Republic and Slovakia both correct for 20 toss up now in foreign language.
In 2022, the British Museum celebrated 200 years since the deciphering of Egyptian hieroglyphs, using which black penny, the Rosetta Stone granite slab and a visual bonus.
Now take a look at the screens, please.
Speaking of the Rosetta Stone shown here, it played a pivotal role in deciphering ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs because the same text is inscribed in hieroglyphs, Egyptian demotic and what other language Greek is right for 20 points.
Toss up in health, What artery brings blood from the celiac artery to the liver.
Zach?
The Hepatic.
And health bonus.
Now two parts which human gland secretes cortisol, adrenal gland, adrenal gland.
I defer to Ryan.
Adrenal gland or adrenal cortex.
And now which human gland secretes melatonin?
Pineal way back in the brain?
Yeah.
Pineal gland.
Yeah.
Pineal is what I heard.
And that's right.
20 points.
Dress up in algebra.
What is the vertex of the equation, Y equals absolute value of quantity X plus six minus five?
Zainab negative six, negative five.
Correct.
And an algebra bonus for you.
Solve for X in the equation.
3x -14 = -2x + 6.
5x is equal to 4.
X equals four.
That's right for 20 points.
Toss up now in sports, how many points are given to a football team that sacks the opposing teams quarterback?
Zach.
Two.
In the end zone is two points sports is your bonus what is the frequency of the Kentucky Derby.
Yeah.
Yea yea.
Yea.
Yea.
Yearly.
Once a year.
What is the frequency of the Ryder Cup?
Biennial?
It's a biennial competition.
BI annual, I guess.
Explain that to me.
Once every two years.
I defer to Zach.
It's once every two years.
Yeah, every other year.
I just want to make sure we're on the same page there.
Toss up for one in economics.
What is the official currency in Lebanon?
Zack Peso.
Steal.
Henry.
U.S. Dollar?
Well, they do use that doing toward that but still official as gives the Lebanese pound.
Toss up now in vocabulary what nine letter word beginning with F means courage in pain or adversity.
Zack fortitude and a vocabulary bonus Now for Hardin Valley.
What is a nine letter word imported from French that begins with C H and means a female singer, especially one performing in a nightclub.
Defer to Zach.
Chanteuse.
And now spell chanteuse.
c, h a and t e u as e. Yeah.
Yes, C H A N T E U S E. Is right 20 points tossup in physics.
Who published the first study of magnetism in 1600?
Zach?
Newton.
Not him.
You can steal Webb.
Penny?
Galileo.
That's William Gilbert toss up in chemistry in 1904, which English physicist Zack Thomson proposed the plum pudding model and a chemistry bonus.
Now, nearby water treatment facilities were shut down when a rail bridge collapsed in 2023, plunging a train into the Yellowstone River that was carrying asphalt.
And which chemical element with the atomic number 16.
Yeah, that makes sense.
Sulfur is right for 20 toss up in art.
Chicago's Millennium Park is the location of cloud David.
The Bean?
Yeah.
A large mirrored sculpture called the Bean.
And an art bonus for you.
the apotheosis of Washington.
A fresco depicting George Washington rising to the heavens in glory is located in what?
Building?
National Archives.
Perhaps something the museum.
The National Archives Building.
It's in the US capital, but you can get points if you tell me specifically where in the Capitol Rotunda is the apotheosis of Washington?
Rotunda.
Rotunda?
Yeah, we'll take that.
It's technically in the eye of the rotunda when you look straight up.
So you yeah.
To get a ten on the bonus toss up in history who uttered the famous words to the British when asked to surrender?
Zach?
John Paul Jones.
I have not yet begun to fight in a history bonus.
Aretha Franklin, Pat Summitt, Justin Timberlake, and Morgan Freeman were all born in what state?
Isn't that Tennessee?
Good.
Aretha Franklin.
Tennessee.
I refer to Ryan, Tennessee for 20 points.
Toss up now in literature.
Which of Shakespeare's title characters orders the murder of his two nephews?
Zach Richard the third and a literature Bonus.
What poem by Alfred Lord Tennyson commemorates the heroism of a brigade of British soldiers at the Battle of Balaclava in 1854 in the Crimean War, and includes all in the Valley of Death, rode the 600?
I defer to Zainab.
Charge of the Light Brigade.
Yes.
And who were the British fighting against?
The French.
They were the Russians.
That means the Russians.
They always fight the French.
It's the Russians.
I think the Russians is right 20 total on the bonus toss up in biology.
What is the vascular tissue in plants that carries food downward from the leaves?
Zach.
Floam.
To the roots and a biology bonus.
Name the type of fruit from the following variety.
Pink lady Apple.
Apple.
Correct.
Name the type of fruit from the variety daju.
Pear.
Pear.
Also right 20 toss up in math express the fraction eight over five as a percent.
David 1.6 No chnace to steal Henry.
160% is right and a math bonus now.
Name the property that states A plus B equals B plus.
A commutative.
Commutative.
Is right for ten points as we end.
We didn't have time for the last of that.
But Hardin Valley did run up the score a bit more against that very, very talented Webb team.
Thank you so much, guys, for being here.
Now, Henry is the only upperclassman, so that means the rest of you will see you again next year.
I'm assuming especially we got freshmen, we got juniors, we got sophomores.
Hey, everybody represented here.
Thank you so much for being here.
Thank you to Webb for your consistent support of putting two teams into the tournament.
It means a lot to us.
Meanwhile, Hardin Valley, who also put two teams into the tournament, is sending one of them to the round of the philosophical four.
some familiar territory, and especially for David.
You said you've been there a few times.
Well, congratulations continue to lead your team on as you'll play again on Scholars Bowl.
Find out who by watching every single episode setting your DVR, don't miss it on your PBS affiliate or you can check your listings or watch past seasons online using the PBS app.
My name is Frank Murphy.
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Tennessee Scholars Bowl 2024.
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