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Where high school students from all over the state compete for scholarship money.

These are dedicated students who work hard everyday to do their best academically.

Questions in science, technology engineering, math and history.

Keep track and see how well you do up against the best high school students in Alabama.

Now here's your host, Mike Royer - Hello everybody.

And welcome once again to the Alabama Scholars Bowl.

My name is Mike Royer and it's my privilege to host this program every week here on Alabama Public Television.

We bring into the studio, the smartest and brightest and best young people from area High Schools statewide, and they answer tough questions about a variety of subjects, winners move on to another round, and that's how the show goes.

And we enjoy doing it.

We hope you enjoy the program.

And we thank you for having us in your home.

Judges for the program today are Christopher Arthur and Kate Wilson.

And in the studio today, we have two High School teams with us from Austin High School in Decatur.

The gentlemen from that High School, glad to have you with us.

And from Hoover High School, they send their team to join us once again this year.

And it's good to see you all.

You'll meet them individually a little bit later on in the program, but the program is pretty simple.

We start with 20 questions and as you know students, if you and your team answers the question correctly, you get a bonus question.

Everybody ready?

Buzzers in hand.

Here we go.

Question number one.

What band, which honored Andy Kaufman in the song "Man on the Moon," is led by Michael Stipe and released "Everybody Hurts" and "Losing My Religion"?

(buzzer sounding) And buzzing in.

- REM - [Mike] REM is correct, good job, T.J..

Here's your bonus question for your team?

What river that shares its name with a country governed from Niamey is the longest river in West Africa.

Do you have an answer?

- Molly?

- The name of the river is the Niger or Niger is a secondary pronunciation.

Question for everybody.

Emeralds contain aluminum, chromium, and what metal, the lightest alkaline earth metal, which is used in- (buzzer sounding) And buzzing is Christopher.

- Beryllium.

- [Mike] That is correct.

That's the right answer.

Here's a bonus question for your team, Hoover.

What two word Latin phrase is used in economic writing to mean that other variables besides the ones being discussed are held equal.

(students murmuring) - Deus vitae?

- No, it's ceteris paribus.

Question for both teams.

What countries signed the Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty with the United States in 19- (buzzer sounding) And it's Camille, Kapil, I'm sorry.

- Colombia?

- [Mike] And that's incorrect.

I'll finish it for you Austin, in 1903, establishing a zone surrounding a canal, connecting the Atlantic and Pacific.

(buzzer sounding) And what's your answer?

- Panama?

- Panama is the right, that is correct.

And here's your bonus question, Austin.

The first American author to win the Nobel prize in literature was what novelist who wrote "Main Street".

Do we have an answer?

- JK Rowling.

- It's a Sinclair Lewis, is the right answer.

Here's the question for everyone.

What Australian state contains a rain forest called the Tarkine, and was once called Van Diemen's Land- (buzzer sounding) And Kapil?

- Tasmanian?

- [Mike] That's right, Tasmanian is right, bonus question for you.

Pencil and paper ready.

If a student has three test scores of 80, 80, and 85, what score does he need on a fourth test to have a mean average of 85?

(students murmuring) - 95?

- 95 is correct, that's right.

Question for everyone now, what video game series, in which The Happy Home Academy judges houses and players pay Bells to Tom Nook, (buzzer sounding) includes the 2020- Christopher?

- Animal Crossing?

- [Mike] Animal Crossing is right.

Your bonus, the 2020 Pulitzer prize for local reporting went to the staff of what city's newspaper, "The Sun", for work on this city's mayor Catherine Pugh?

- Miami, but- - No that's "The Harold".

- San Francisco?

- San Francisco?

- Baltimore is the one we were looking for.

Berenger sees a rhinoceros run through the town square in a work by in a work by what Romanian-born- (buzzer sounding) Kapil?

- Ionesco?

- [Mike] Ionesco is correct.

That's the right answer.

Here's your bonus.

The Canadian $1 coin is nicknamed after what bird, which is depicted on the state quarter of Minnesota?

(students murmuring) - Maybe, a goose maybe?

- Goose?

- You know, goose has always a safe answer, but it's wrong.

Loon, is the answer we were looking for on that.

Pretty obscure question here and now everybody now, in 1640, what country's Philippine Dynasty ended with the accession of the House of Braganza's- (buzzer sounding) And Kapil?

- Portugal?

- [Mike] Portugal is right, your bonus, according to the Gay-Lussac's law, what quantity increases proportionally with a gas's temperature, assuming volume is kept constant?

- Pressure.

- Pressure.

- Pressure, yeah.

- Pressure is right.

What state that is home to the, this is everyone's question.

What state that is home to the Coast Guard Academy, which is in New London (buzzer sounding) And buzzing in, I'm looking, I don't see who buzzed in, it's Kapil again.

- Connecticut?

- [Mike] Connecticut is right.

(buzzer sounding) And a test buzzer.

Here's your bonus question, Hoover.

Two answers required, which two countries settled their border in 1237 when Henry III and Alexander II, signed the treaty of York.

- Probably like- - England?

- I would think England and Scotland.

- That makes sense, England and Scotland, yeah.

- Is it unanimous?

It's correct.

Thank you.

Here's everybody's question, pencil and paper ready, what is the length of each side of a square whose perimeter is numerically equal to its area?

(buzzer sounding) What do you have Sarah?

- Four?

- [Mike] Four is right, that's correct.

Your bonus question.

The ancient region of Colchis, was primarily found in what modern day nation in the Caucasus Mountains, whose capital is Tbilisi?

- Georgia?

- Georgia is the right answer.

Question for everyone.

Number 10 of 20.

In 2019, what NFL team included single season reception record setter, Michael Thomas- (buzzer sounding) And buzzing in is Josh.

- New Orleans Saints?

- The New Orleans Saints is the team.

That's right.

Here's your bonus question, Austin.

The oligochaetes which include earthworms, are an order within what phylum of segmented worms that also includes leeches?

- Nematodes.

- No, the answer is Annelida, did I pronounce that right?

Anybody know?

Oh, I got a couple nods.

We'll go on and just forget whether I did it right or not.

Next question.

What country led by Muhammadu Buhari is, along with Angola, (buzzer sounding) And it's Kipel?

- Is it Nigeria?

- [Mike] Nigeria is the right answer.

Your bonus question, active fighting in which conflict was ended by an armistice signed in the village of Panmunjom in 1953, leading to the creation of the DMZ?

- Korean War.

- Korean War?

- Korean War is correct.

What US architect who designed the John F. Kennedy presidential library, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame- (buzzer sounding) Kapil?

- I. M. Pei?

- [Mike] I. M. Pei is the right person.

Your bonus, in May, 2021, what country was the site of a high-altitude race in which 21 runners died of hypothermia in Gansu?

- China?

- That is right.

Next question everybody and pencil and paper needed here.

If a circle has a circumference of eight, what is the measure of a central angle, that is subtended by an arc whose length is two?

(buzzer sounding) Yes Kapil?

- A 90?

- [Mike] 90 degrees is correct.

A 1905 Max Weber book describes the Protestant ethic's characterized by private ownership and free markets?

(buzzer sounding) - Say again?

- Capitalism?

- Capitalism is correct T.J.. Good job.

Here's your bonus question, Austin.

- [Hoover Students] Didn't we have a bonus?

- You probably should have had a bonus.

Did I skip it?

Yes.

Did I read?

No, let's do this.

Here's your bonus.

And then you were correct on the next answer.

And we'll give you your bonus after that.

Hoover your bonus on the previous question, in the old Testament, which son of Jesse succeeded Saul as king of Israel?

(students murmuring) - I guess, I'm not even- - Joseph?

- King David is the right answer for that.

- [Mike] That is right, now here's your bonus.

If a Seesaw is not moving and is in rotational equilibrium, then its center of mass must lie above what point with a seven letter name?

Anybody got an answer?

Might be overthinking it.

The fulcrum, is the answer we were looking for.

Now, question for both teams, what party that included Lord Melbourne merged with the Peelites and Radicals to form the Liberal Party, and was a longtime rival of the Tories?

(buzzer sounding) Kapil?

- Wigs?

- [Mike] Wig party is correct, your bonus, what Nez Perce leader declared, to Nelson Miles in 1877?

- Chief Joseph?

- That's right, question for both teams, we have four more left.

What type of structure which consists of a unit cell extended over a three dimensional, lattice is a type of highly- (buzzer sounding) Christopher?

- Crystal?

- [Mike] Crystal is right.

Your bonus.

The orphan Homer Wells grows up under the mentorship of Dr. Wilbur Larch in "The Cider House Rules" a novel by what author of "A Prayer for Owen Meany"?

- Irving?

- Irving is correct.

Three more questions in this round.

What country which contains the Olmec site of La Venta in its state of Tabasco, (buzzer sounding) also includes- Kapil?

- Mexico?

- [Mike] Mexico is right, bonus question for you, Hoover.

What name is shared by a port city in Ontario, that is home to the Canadian football hall of fame and capital of Bermuda?

(students murmuring) - Georgetown.

- Yeah that sounds right.

- Georgetown?

- Final answer?

Hamilton is the right answer.

Two more questions.

What novel in which Jody Starks becomes the mayor of of Eatonville, Florida, (buzzer sounding) centers on a woman- Kapil?

- "Their Eyes Were Watching God"?

- [Mike] That's correct, your bonus, What adjective names the set of punitive laws, including the Quartering Act and Boston Port Act, passed by Parliament following the Boston Tea Party?

- Intolerable Act?

- That's correct.

What disease can be caused by destruction of beta cells- (buzzer sounding) Kapil?

- Alzheimer's?

- [Mike] No, that's not correct.

I'll finish the question for you, Austin.

Destruction of beta cells in the islets of Langerhans, is marked by high blood glucose, and is managed with insulin?

(buzzer sounding) Joel?

Anybody?

- Diabetes?

- [Mike] Diabetes is right, here is your bonus question.

Walter and Louis Alvarez proposed that an asteroid caused the extinction of dinosaurs after discovering a clay layer rich in what dense metal?

- Titanium?

- No it's Iridium.

Iridium is the answer we wanted.

This is the final question in this part of the program.

What instrument is featured in a B minor concerto by Antonin Dvorák and an E minor concerto by Edward Elgar, and has a name meaning "little big viol"?

(buzzer sounding) - And it's Kapil.

- Viola.

- [Mike] No, that's incorrect.

Austin, do you have an answer?

Another one?

Nothing?

Cello is the answer we were looking for.

Lay your buzzers down.

Take a breath, relax a little bit.

I'm going to now tell you the four categories for lightning rounds, the team that is trailing will select first.

The other team will select second and play both of your selections and then go back to the other team.

So Austin, you're trailing slightly at this point, I'm going to tell you all four, jot them down, think about them and you'll choose after we meet each player.

The categories for our lightning round today, Charles Darwin, US Islands, sports trophies, and super the last category is super.

Think about that.

We'll ask you in a few moments, which one you want to play.

And as you do that, Austin, let's start with T.J. and go down the line.

Tell us your name and a little bit about yourself.

- Hi, I am T.J., I'm a sophomore at Austin High School and this is my first year doing scholar's bowl.

- [Mike] Very good.

- Hi, I'm Joshua.

I'm in the 11th grade and I plan to go into biomedicine.

- Hi, I'm D.J., I'm a senior at Austin and I'm in the marching band, play snare drum.

- HI, my name's Joel.

I'm also a senior at Austin.

I'm head drum major for the Austin marching band.

- Very good.

We're glad to have you guys with us today.

You're doing a good job and Hoover High School.

Let's start at the end there and tell us a little bit about yourself.

- Hi, I'm Aiden.

I'm a sophomore at Hoover High and I like milkshakes.

- Hello, my name is Kapil Nathan.

I'm a senior at Hoover High School and I also like milkshakes.

My name is Sarah Zinn.

I'm a senior.

I do not like milkshakes.

- [Mike] Ah.

So it's two to one so far.

- I'm Chris, a senior at Hoover High.

I also disliked milkshakes.

- Ah, it's a draw.

So we won't be, some of you may stop on the way home for milkshakes.

All right, Austin High School.

Has your team selected the category you'd like to play first?

Which one?

- Sports trophies.

- Sports Trophies.

Let's go over to that and see how you do with sports trophies.

The sport in which these trophies are awarded.

Note answers may be repeated and we're looking for sports, not leagues.

Okay?

Here we go.

You have a minute from when I asked the question, Stanley Cup?

- Hockey.

- [Mike] Heisman Trophy?

- Football.

- [Mike] The Green Jacket, given at Augusta- - Golf.

- [Mike] Gold Glove Award?

- Baseball.

- [Mike] The CONCACAF Gold Cup?

- Soccer.

- [Mike] Soccer is correct.

The Grey Cup?

- Pass, pass.

- [Mike] Larry O'Brien Trophy?

- Oh, baseball.

- [Mike] That's incorrect.

Davis Cup?

- Pass.

- [Mike] The Commissioner's Trophy and the Warren C. Giles Trophy?

- Hockey.

- [Mike] That's incorrect as well.

Last one.

Harley J. Earl Trophy, and previously known as the Sprint Cup.

- Oh, racing?

- [Mike] That's correct.

We'll go back to number six, I believe the Grey Cup?

- Tennis.

- [Mike] No, that's incorrect.

Judges did I, did they pass on any others?

- [Judge] Eight.

- [Mike] Number eight with, now we're out of time.

The Davis cup is for tennis, Davis cups for tennis.

All right Hoover, you're going to choose two categories.

Play them both right now.

Which one would you like to start with?

- US Islands.

- [Mike] US Islands, and what are you going to do next?

- Darwin.

- [Mike] Darwin.

So we'll do US Islands first and then Darwin.

All right.

And what you're going to do in one minute is given one or more island, name the state.

Ready?

Here we go.

Attu and Kiska.

- Alaska.

- [Mike] Padre Island?

- Texas.

- [Mike] Catalina Island?

- California.

- [Mike] Martha's Vineyard?

- Massachusetts.

- [Mike] Isle Royale?

- Michigan.

- [Mike] San Juan Island?

Which is in the Strait of Juan de Fuca.

- Washington.

- [Mike] Dry Tortugas?

- Florida.

- [Mike] Mount Desert Island?

- It's in Maine.

- [Mike] Hilton Head Island?

- South Carolina.

- [Mike] Moloka'i?

- Hawaii.

- And I think that's it.

Did we skip any?

We did not.

Well done on that.

And now we're going to go to Darwin, correct?

Answer the following about Charles Darwin.

One minute, here we go.

He claimed this natural process drives evolution.

- Natural Selection.

- [Mike] Ship on which he sailed the world.

- Beagle.

- [Mike] He wrote a book on these ecosystems made of coral.

- Reefs?

- [Mike] He wrote a book on the origin of blank.

- Species.

- [Mike] Darwin's finches live on this archipelagos.

- Galápagos - [Mike] He studied these crustaceans, that attached to ships halls.

- Barnacles.

- [Mike] Darwin's critics cited this Frenchman's theory of acquired characteristics.

- Skip.

- [Mike] In 1858, he co-wrote an article on evolution with his, this man, - Spencer.

- [Mike] No that's incorrect.

Word completing the title of a book on human evolution.

The blank of man.

- Virgin.

- [Mike] No last one, man called Darwin's bulldog for his support of Darwin.

I'm sorry?

- Huxley.

- [Mike] Huxley is right.

You passed on- - [Judge] Seven.

- [Mike] Darwin's critics cited this Frenchman's theory, was Lamarck.

All right, we come back to you Austin High School team, and you get stuck with Super the category called Super.

And what you're going to do in the one minute we have, is give these words that begin with the prefix, super.

Related to unexplained phenomena, such as ghost.

- Supernatural, - [Mike] Supernatural, that's right.

The explosion of a massive star.

- Supernova.

- [Mike] Concept paired with "man" in the George Bernard Shaw play title.

- Pass.

- [Mike] A building's resident janitor or school district administrator.

- Superintendent.

- [Mike] Aspect of the Freudian psyche shaped by societal rules.

- Pass.

- [Mike] 11 letter adjective describing a person or object as shallow.

- Superficial.

- [Mike] That's right.

There were 716 of these at the 2016 Democratic National Convention.

- Super fans?

- [Mike] Next, a material with no electrical resistance.

- Pass.

- [Mike] An unscientific belief, especially concerning luck.

- Superstition.

- [Mike] That's right.

67 votes in the Senate.

- Super majority.

- [Mike] That's correct.

We're out of time.

Concept paired with man in George Bernard Shaw playwright was Superman.

That's what he wrote.

Alright, good job, both teams on the lightning round.

Everybody knows what we do now, right?

Until our time has gone, which is five minutes and seven seconds from now.

We will go through questions that are worth 20 points each, makes a big difference.

No bonus questions.

Answer them as soon as you know them, here we go.

What poet who wrote, "I do not hope to turn again" in "Ash Wednesday," depicted women (buzzer sounding) talking to Michelangelo- - Elliot?

- [Mike] That is correct, T.S.

Eliot.

What 1890 law named for the brother of a union general- (buzzer sounding) And again?

- Sherman Antitrust Act.

- [Mike] That's right.

What company which acquired Warner Media in 2018 includes most of the "Baby Bells," is headquartered in Dallas, and is the world's largest telecom?

(buzzer sounding) - Univision.

- [Mike] That's incorrect.

Austin, do you have an answer?

- NBC?

- [Mike] No, it's AT&T.

Next, electrolysis is an example of what class of reactions in which a compound is broken down into two or more smaller compounds- (buzzer sounding) - Decomposition.

- [Mike] Decomposition is right.

What beings, who included the three brothers who forged Zeus's thunderbolts and Polyphemus, who ate much of Odysseus's- (buzzer sounding) - Cyclops.

- [Mike] Cyclops is right.

What 20th century Romanian sculptor made abstract representations- (buzzer sounding) - Brâncusi?

- [Mike] Brâncusi is, that is correct, right?

Okay, next question.

What poem, in which a spirit from "the land of mist and snow" avenges the death of an albatross, was written- (buzzer sounding) Sarah?

- Rhyme of the ancient Mariner.

- [Mike] That's correct.

What eight-word question is followed by the claim "thou art more lovely and more temperate" (buzzer sounding) Kapil?

- How many ways do I love thee?

- [Mike] That is incorrect.

Finishing it for you, Austin.

Thou art, more lovely and more temperate in William Shakespeare's sonnet, number 18.

- Warm summer's day?

- [Mike] It is Shall I compare thee to a summer's day.

Right track, not quite the right answer.

Next, what city where Nathan Hale was hanged for espionage (buzzer sounding) Kapil?

- New York city.

- [Mike] That is correct.

Ernst Chladni is considered the father of what branch of physics that deals with the propagation of mechanical waves, especially sound waves?

Anyone?

(buzzer sounding) Take a shot.

- Aerodynamics?

- [Mike] It's a acoustics, but never be afraid to take a shot.

What type of triangle has exactly one axis of symmetry and has a name meaning same legs- (buzzer sounding) D.J.?

- Isosceles.

- [Mike] Isosceles is correct.

What was the regnal name of the 10th-century Holy Roman Emperor who won the Battle of Lechfeld- (buzzer sounding) - And Kapil?

- Otto.

- [Mike] Otto is right.

What book in which Merriman helped seventh son of a seventh son, William Stanton become Seeker for the Light is the namesake of a "Sequence" by Susan Cooper?

The answer is The Dark is Rising.

The giantess Th ökk refused to weep for what husband of the goddess Nanna, who was slain by a sprig of mistletoe, thrown by his blind- (buzzer sounding) And Kapil?

- Baldr.

- [Mike] Baldr is right.

What man denounced his predecessor's "cult of personality"- (buzzer sounding) Kapil?

- Khrushchev.

- [Mike] Khrushchev is right.

The songs "Let's Stay Together" and "What's Love Got To Do With It" appear on the album Private Dancer by what singer, who was abused- (buzzer sounding) And it's Sarah.

- Tina Turner?

- [Mike] Tina Turner is right.

What compound, which contains porphyrin-like ring- (buzzer sounding) Christopher.

- Hemoglobin.

- [Mike] No, that's incorrect.

I'll finish it for you, Austin, ring coordinated to magnesium absorbs light energy in photosystem II in plants and is a green pigment?

(buzzer sounding) Whathca got Joel?

- Chloroplast.

- I'm sorry?

- Chlorophyll?

- Chlorophyll is the right answer.

You don't accept that?

- [Judge] First answer only.

- [Mike] First answer only.

Sorry about that.

Your second answer was right, just for the record.

In 1965 what Asian city-state led by Lee Kuan Yew- (buzzer sounding) Kapil?

- Singapore.

- [Mike] That's right.

What city is home to St. Stephen's Basilica, was formed by the 1873 merger of two cities- (buzzer sounding) Kapil?

- Budapest - [Mike] Budapest is right.

Let's get one more in, What composer of the difcult piano piece Gaspard de la nuit also wrote Boléro?

(buzzer sounding) And it's Kapil.

- Ravel.

- [Mike] Ravel is right.

Lay down your buzzers, take a breath and relax.

Well done everybody.

Pretty fast around.

We got a lot of questions in, but our time is gone.

And Hoover is come out on top for this particular round.

Congratulations to you.

Austin, you played well.

We're proud of you and glad that you were here today.

And we hope to see you again.

That's going to do it for this edition of the Alabama Scholars Bowl.

We hope you've enjoyed our program and we hope you'll just kind of make it an appointment to join us every week statewide here on Alabama Public Television.

My name is Mike Royer and we thank you so much for having us in your home.

So long.