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 Scholars Bowl.

I'm Frank Murphy.

This is the academic tournament with high schools from all over the viewing area, competing in our 40th season for the Frank Miller Memorial Trophy and a cash prize that we hear about at halftime.

This is the round of the educated eight.

It is our fourth round.

Meaning each of these teams had to win three times to get here today.

So we got J Frank White Academy of Harrogate, Tennessee, last year's champion.

Seeing if they can make it back to the philosophical 4, we'll find out at the end of this game if they do or not.

Let's ahead of the players, beginning with Junior Van Nickerson.

Welcome back.

Vann Tell us about yourself.

Well, you know, I was thinking about when I was young and I decided that my favorite nursery rhyme poem, whatever you want to call it, is headed to the role of the cat in the fiddle.

Really?

Okay.

I remember that one from I didn't realize they steal teaching that to the kids nowadays.

Yeah, it's great.

I love it.

There's a cat that jumped over a moon at some point, right?

Yeah.

I don't think that'll come up in today's game, but if it does, you know, who knows?

You'll be prepared.

Let's say hi.

Also to Troy Ellison, who's a junior.

What about you, Troy?

I steal play the piano, and my favorite bedtime story has to be the cat in the hat.

Cat in the hat Thing one and thing too.

Are you more on the goldfish side of goldfish?

Okay, very good.

Let's say hi to Shashi Verma, who is a senior this year.

Shashi, you'll answer bonuses or defer by name to one of your teammates.

What else to do?

So when I was a little boy, I have very fond memories of reading the dystopian novel 1984, right before bed.

So, you know, very warm, very warm memories, Comforting.

Comforting.

Well, very good.

Let's say hi to your teammate, who's a senior also, Stephen Rae.

Welcome, Stephen.

What about yourself?

I got to say, you know, my teammates have got me thinking.

I think my favorite bedtime story was the Gruffalo, the Gruffalo.

What are the other three?

What is the Gruffalo?

It's about a mouse that goes through a forest and he finds ways to like, avoid, you know, animals of predator, okay?

And he goes around saying that he's going to, you know, eat with the gruffalo and then you know, he's making it up as he goes or something.

Takes it to you, make it.

Yeah.

And then he goes and actually meets the gruffalo and walks back through the forest and all the predators realize, oh, he was right.

Oh, yes.

All right.

I'm glad to hear about that.

I'll look that up for my family.

Let's say hi to the coaches for J. Frank White Academy.

We've got William Kobus, who is the coach and also a substitute teacher for all grades, and Anthony Hensley, who's the middle and high school biology teacher at J. Frank White in Harrogate, taking on the team from Johnson City, Tennessee, one of the three squads that Science Hill High School put into the tournament.

And we do appreciate that level of support.

The fact that you got so many students at Science Hill interested in playing college ball, we're delighted.

First up is Arushi Raj in 12th grade.

Arushi Welcome back.

So this is your final year on scholarship.

Well, tell us about yourself.

My hot take is that King Henry?

The second was actually the son of King Stephen.

Hot take.

It was.

I mean, I think at this point, isn't it a little cooler?

Maybe A little.

I mean, they're both dead.

Is there at least be a room temperature take, wouldn't it?

No.

History never dies.

I take I take it as I like the way she stands up for yourself.

You're on the debate team, right?

No.

Oh, you should be.

Let's say hi to Amanda Knowy who is in 12th grade.

What about yourself, Amanda?

I am on the debate team.

And also I think that Taylor Swift should be president, actually.

And if she's old enough yet, we can change the rules for her.

I mean, she's got enough money, right?

She can afford to run.

Very good.

Team captain is Owen Hoover's own.

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

What about yourself?

My hot take is that Science Hill pioneered the goofy, unserious introduction.

Everyone who's come after us has been copycats.

Well, I mean, I've only been I've this is only my eighth season, so I can't speak to the past.

But you certainly have distinguished yourselves among all teams for the goofy introductions.

Shivan Jain, another 12th graders.

So it's all seniors on the dais right now.

What about you?

Shiven I think my heartache is that white chocolate is the best of the chocolate.

No.

And you, Frank Murphy, are too scared to admit it.

Oh, I have tasted it.

And it is a waste of my calories.

If I'm going to eat that much sugar and fat, I'm going to spend it on something I prefer.

What's your favorite?

Chocolate.

Dark chocolate.

All the way?

Absolutely.

Yeah, It's good.

I think it supposed to be good for even allegedly.

We'll find out.

Let's say hi to the alternates and coaches for Science Hill.

First up is Sam Haley.

Salena Wheeler, Arush Joshi, Molly Wilson, and Ben Davenport is the coach, one of the coaches and Michael Laviano is economics and world history.

And there they go with the I've learned it's a caterpillar chrysalis butterfly cheer of some kind is what I was told.

So that looks makes sense to me.

And you guys are I mean, not only have you taken the goofy team player introductions, you've taken it to the alternates.

So that's the next level for everyone else to emulate next season on Scholars Bowl.

All right, players, you had to win, what, three times to get here.

So let's see if you can make it four.

Get your fingers on the buzzer for this fourth round game, this educated eight round game of Tennessee Scholars Bowl 2024.

Tossup for all players in the category of government.

The US Constitution has.

How many amendments?

Shashi?

26.

No, you can steal a receipt.

27.

Is it?

And a government bonus at the end of the Declaration of Independence, signers mutually pledged three things named Two of them their lives, their fortunes are different to a rishi, their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor.

I can only take your first two answers, even though all three were correct, but that is 20 points toss up now in sports, which country won the most medals in karate during the Tokyo Olympics in Japan in 2021?

And a bonus in sports prior to what famous car race are the drivers polled on whether their milk preferences hold 2% or skim?

Indy 500?

Correct.

In which whole milk drinker won the 21 Eriksson won the 2023 Indy 500 is Josef Newgarden ten points on the bonus toss up in algebra solve for X in the equation.

The quantity three x plus six over six equals negative three.

Negative eight is right.

Algebra is your bonus solve for h in the equation.

Six h minus two equals two minus h uh 44 over five for four years or seven for H equals four over seven.

That's right.

20 points.

Toss up now in literature, who is the American coauthor of Mastering the Art of French Cooking and host of the TV show?

It inspired the French chef Julia Child is right in the literature.

Bonus What 1943 Work of Historical Fiction by Esther Forbes is set in Boston at the outbreak of the American Revolution and follows the adventures of a silversmith apprentice.

diner hot iron in the morning.

It's called.

I used to work on a radio station named that.

It's called Johnny Tremain.

Toss up now for all players in science, what kind of light is the portion of the electromagnetic spectrum with visible light?

Yeah, with wavelengths between four and 700.

Science is your bonus in which geologic era did flying reptiles appear irresistibly?

Yes.

Mesozoic.

No one is Jurassic.

No points toss up now for all players in geography.

Colonial Williamsburg is a living history museum.

Located in what state?

Virginia.

Yes, and a bonus now in geography for Science Hill look at the screens, please, everyone.

What is the largest estuary in the United States shown here that is separated from the Atlantic Ocean by the Delmarva Peninsula, Chesapeake Bay?

And what capital city is located on the Chesapeake Bay at the mouth of the Seven River Annapolis.

That was Annapolis is right.

Annapolis, Maryland.

20 points on that.

toss up now in music which classic rock bands album titled Escape includes the songs Open Arms, Who's Crying Now and Don't Stop Believin.

Shashi, It's not just Chance to steal Amanda.

Journey.

Is right, and a music bonus now for Science Hill, which band's 2004 album American Idiot is the basis for a Broadway musical of the same name Green Day is right for 20 toss up in art.

Cave art found in Indonesia depicting human animal hybrid Owen?

Chaimera?

Figures are called camera art bonus.

Now, in 2022, protesters in London's National Gallery threw soup at glass, protecting a Van Gogh painting of which yellow flowers, sunflowers is right for 20.

Toss up now, in foreign language, what is the Spanish word for Tuesday?

Shashi?

Venus.

Not that you can steal?

Amanda?

Martez?

Yes, and a foreign language bonus.

Two parts.

What is the German phrase for goodbye?

We didn't answer.

Defer to Amanda.

No answer.

That is of Peterson.

What is the Japanese word for Goodbye?

I Sayonara is right.

Ten on the bonus toss up in chemistry.

What is the chemical symbol of magnesium Shashi emoji?

Correct.

And a bonus.

Now, what is the electron configuration in exponential form of magnesium?

Yeah, I got it.

I got 1s2, 2s2, 2p6, 3s2 is correct.

20 points toss up now in history.

Which U.S. president whose nickname was old, rough and ready was chatty.

Polk was the 12th president Zachary Taylor.

All right.

That's your warning.

Yeah, it is.

Zachary Taylor And a history bonus.

Now, which president ran with the slogan?

Tippecanoe and Tyler, too.

William Henry.

William Henry Harris.

And in what election year did Wendell Willkie use the slogan Roosevelt for President?

1944.

Defer to Aarushi.

Election of 1940?

Yes, that's right.

20 on the bonus toss up now in religion, Joseph was envied by his brothers.

Because of what clothing item?

Shashi?

coat jacket.

Need more.

Colored coat.

Yeah, I would take that coat of many colors and a religion bonus.

Now, Pharaoh freed the Israelites.

After which plague of Egypt finally broke his resistance.

That the first one Death first firstborn.

Is it 20 points.

toss up for all players in English.

What avian item completes the idiom as light as a blank?

Amanda Feather and an English bonus for science.

He'll spell the word effect in the sentence.

Good steady habits will affect your grades in school Here.

Know that's a fact, right?

This is being used as a verb there.

That's 20 points toss up in geology, which precious gem is the birthstone for February.

Josh Opal that it you can steal Ruby Amethyst is correct.

And a geology bonus named two of the top three income producing products mined in Tennessee Limestone, coal and limestone are both right, with zinc being the third it for all players in government which independent agency of the executive branch of the US government regularly uses zone improvement plan codes.

Shiven?

Department of the Interior.

No chance to steal Department of Housing and Urban Development.

There is the United States Postal Service known for its zip codes, toss up for all players in miscellaneous.

What is the National Flower of Japan, which they gifted to the U.S. in 1912?

Arushi Cherry Blossom Yes and miscellaneous bonus.

What is the smallest country in the world?

Okay.

Vatican City, correct For 20 toss up in economics.

Kansas is called the breadbasket of the U.S. because it is one of the top Shashi diamond mines.

One of the top producers of what crop to steal.

Science Hill.

Shiven?

wheat and an economics bonus now for science.

All that's right.

In 2023, Austria's chancellor fought to enshrine in the country's constitution the use of which form of payment that he called elementary as a means of payment, cash.

Paper money.

No, I needed cash in general because it would include coins.

I can't give it to you.

Toss up now in English.

Correct.

The grammar in this sentence.

I did not see you because you was concealed.

You were concealed.

Correct.

And an English bonus.

What are the last two abstract nouns in the Pledge of Allegiance?

Liberty and justice.

Liberty and justice.

Those are both right for 20 toss up in health.

What colorless liquid surrounds the brain and spinal cord, cerebral fluid and fills the spaces in between them.

Chance to steal Science Hill Aarushi?

Cerebrospinal fluid.

Yeah, I needed that.

More specific answer and a health bonus.

Now, what is the 11 letter word that starts with A and is the term for passing a catheter with a balloon into an artery and then expanding the balloon to eliminate narrow areas in the coronary arteries like evolution.

And it's called angioplasty.

Plus, up in geography, what watershed runs north and south through the peaks of the Rocky Mountains in Colorado River?

Not it.

You can steal J. Frank White, Columbia River.

That is a continental divide toss up for all players in the arts.

What musical includes the songs.

Soon it's going to rain and try to remember Atlanta, Cabaret, Norwich and steal J. Frank White, Shashi.

Jesus Christ Superstar.

It's The Fantasticks.

Some high schools still putting that on nowadays.

Toss up for everyone in geometry.

The ratio of to radii of a circle are 3 to 5.

What is the ratio of their areas?

9 to 25 correct.

And a two part geometry bonus if two angles of a triangle have measures of 56 and 27, what is the measurement of the third angle of a triangle?

Okay, so let's say 83, it's 97.

97 is correct.

And when classified by angle measures, what type of triangle is the figure just described?

Obtuse.

That's right.

20 on the bonus toss up.

Now, in foreign language, what is the French word for book Shashi liberal, not just steel?

Arushi Libra.

No, it's Libra with a v in the middle.

Toss up now in astronomy, in which year did Soviet cosmonaut Valentina TERESHKOVA Shashi, 1973, become the first woman to travel to space in steal Science Hill?

Arushi 1955.

In 1963, toss up for all players in games.

What arcade game features a hopping amphibian attempting to cross Owen?

Crossy Road.

attempting to cross traffic Stephen Frogger, right and a games bonus first released in Japan in late 2004.

What was the name of Sony's first handheld game console?

PSP Right.

PlayStation Portable, PSP Toss up in government.

What was the name of the scandal that took its name from a hotel and burglary?

Amanda Watergate and the Nixon administration.

Government Bonus.

Now, in November 2022, Congress held its first hearing about establishing a non-voting delegate seat in the US House of Representatives, for which Native American tribe, as promised in the Treaty of New Dakota but never fulfilled in 1835.

The Navajo that is the Cherokee Nation.

it is a pretty exciting game between Science Hill and J. Frank White Academy.

Which of these two teams will prevail?

Anything can happen in our second half a place.

Stick around and find out.

Tennessee 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.

We are just back from halftime in this fourth round game, this educated eight round game between J. Frank White Academy and Science Hill High School, J. Frank White in Harrogate, Science Hill in Johnson City.

Both these teams trying to advance to the round of the philosophical four and it's pretty close game.

Anything can happen obviously in our second half play even though hundred and ten points separate them, that's a lead that can be easily blown or easily overcome depending on which side of the dais you're sitting on.

So all right, it looks like both teams are given the starting lineups.

Right.

And let's get back to it, everybody.

Fingers on the buzzer for Tennessee Scholars Bowl 2024.

First toss up is in the category of history, which former KGB agent was appointed Putin to be president of Russia?

And a visual bonus for J. Frank White.

Take a look at the screens.

Which ancient city shown here is famous for its rock cut architecture and has a name that means rock in Greek.

Pop, rock.

Okay.

Like taro.

Answer Terryville.

That's Petra.

What modern day country is Petra located?

Petra In Greece.

There was one.

It's probably like Turkey.

I feel like the answer.

Turkey.

It's in Jordan.

Look, no points.

They're a toss up in literature.

Which Russian playwright wrote Three sisters a drama.

Shashi Chekhov.

That follows the lives of them.

And a literature bonus.

Now, which children's book begins?

Once upon a time there were four little rabbits, and their names were Flopsy, Mopsy, and Cottontail and the title character, The Adventures of Peter Rabbit.

And it's the tale of Peter Rabbit.

But you can steal get points by telling me who wrote the tale of Beatrix Potter and other children's books is ten points on the bonus toss up in biology.

What is the period in the life cycle of a plant or animal during which normal dormancy, normal functions are slowed in a biology bonus?

What is the taxonomy phylum for modern humans?

Oh, no, no, no, no, no.

Phylum is answer Chordata.

Yeah.

And what is the taxonomy class for modern humans?

Class?

Is it Homo sapiens primates?

Answer primates.

That's mammalian.

Ten points on that toss up.

Now in U.S. history, what insurrection against an excise tax took place?

Shashi?

The Whiskey Rebellion.

During Washington's administration and a history bonus.

In 1861, Jefferson Davis resigned from what job to later become president of the Confederacy.

The governor, Secretary of State.

He may have been secretary as Secretary of state at that time.

He was a U.S. senator.

For which state was Jefferson Davis?

The Senate was Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee.

No, Mississippi.

Toss up now for all players in music.

When they recorded their first album, the band Chicago went by a longer name.

Which is it, Shashi, The men's band of Chicago.

Now that you can steal see and sell, that is the Chicago Transit Authority.

Toss up in pre-calculus.

What is the sign of 90 degrees times zero?

The sign of 180 degrees is in fact zero and a pre-calculus bonus.

A right triangle has sides of nine, 12 and 15 meters.

What is the tangent ratio of the smallest angle of the triangle?

Oh, tangent.

So opposite over adjacent to it.

P nine over 15.

Yeah.

Three or four from the answer nine over 12.

Yeah.

points tossup in spelling.

The general meaning for the word holocaust is complete.

Owen?

H O L O C A U S T. Is right and the spelling is your bonus.

A chiropractor is skilled at relieving back and neck pain.

First spell chiropractor.

C H I R O P R A C T O R. Is right for ten and now spell relieving R E L I E V I N G. 20 on the bonus.

Those are both right toss up in science.

What does the Kelvin scale measure?

Temperature and a visual bonus for J. Frank White.

Look at the screens, please.

Which law of thermodynamics is illustrated here showing that heat energy naturally flows from areas of higher temperature to lower temperature?

The first law now is the second law of thermodynamics passed up.

Now in economics, any onion labeled Vidalia must come from what US state?

Shashi?

California.

Not it chance to steal Science Hill.

Oh, in Illinois it was Vandalia comes from Georgia pops up in religion.

What was God's sign to Noah at the end of the flood that he would never Owen?

Rainbow destroyed the earth again and a religion bonus for Science Hill in the Book of Judges who was called by the Lord to help free the Israelites from the Philistines and had long hair that gave him strength as a sign of his covenant with the Lord, Seems his absence.

Sampson is right for ten, who had Samson's hair shaved while he slept in order to make him weak so that the Philistines could attack and capture him.

Time Delilah is right.

20 points on the bonus toss up now in geography.

Mount Mitchell, the highest U.S. peak North Carolina, east of the Mississippi, is in North Carolina.

Geography is your bonus.

in 2022.

And arson fire irreparably damaged several of the giant stone carved moai heads on Easter Island, which is the special territory of which country?

you started.

Kingdom and an island it's off the coast of Ireland is Easter Island.

Ireland Now that is off the coast of Chile.

They Toss up now in vocabulary what six letter word beginning with B is a synonym of effervescent Owen?

Bright.

Not that you can chance to steal J Frank White that is bubbly Toss up for all players in chemistry.

What is the process that is used to separate components of a liquid distealation by their boiling points is distealation and chemistry is a bonus.

Which element's electron configuration is neon 3 to $0.03 five.

Okay, so neon is neon plus it is 15, sir.

Sulfur, It's chlorine toss up now in history.

Which leader first referred to the USSR and its satellites as the Iron Curtain?

Shashi Ronald Reagan.

Not him.

You can steal Amanda Churchill Right.

And a world history bonus.

Three of Cleopatra's children, including a pair of twins, were fathered by which Roman General Thank them.

Answer?

Mark Antony.

And who was the father of Cleopatra's first child?

Caesar.

Caesar?

Yeah.

Personally, I think Julius Caesar is right.

20 points there.

Toss up now in sports.

What material?

Beginning with the letter L is widely used Lycra to make cycling gear sports bonus, which Major League outfielder finished with a lifetime average of 3.67 and tops all hitters in total hits runs Ty Cobb.

And for which team did he play for 22 years Produces baseball Answer Dodgers Detroit Tigers ten points on the bonus toss up in algebra.

What is the length of the major axis of the ellipse with equation X squared over 25 plus Shiven?

five plus Y ten?

No, it's going to be 16 is where we were going with it when we heard the rest of the equation.

But we'll have to save that for another day.

Tossup in Literature.

What is the title of Reginald Rose's television script about the jury of a homicide trial?

That was later Owen?

12 Angry Men.

Adapted for the film and stage literature bonus.

Which book?

And The Lord of the Rings trilogy begins when Mr. Bilbo Baggins of Back End announced that he would be shortly celebrating his 71st birthday.

Most Unexpected Journey takes the unexpected and unexpected journey that is the Fellowship of the Ring.

Who was the author of the trilogy?

Doc Jay Origin?

Tolkien.

Yeah, J.R.R.

Tolkien is right toss up now in physics.

What is the term for a rod that helps a wheel rotate Owen?

Axle.

And a physics bonus, a billiard ball knocking into another ball and transferring all of its kinetic energy is an example of what type of collision, plastic, plastic elastic is correct for 20 toss up.

Now in geography, what countries capital is Cairo, Egypt and a geography bonus.

What is the southernmost capital in the Americas?

Santiago, Chile has the stupid island Santiago.

That's a Montevideo, Uruguay.

What is the southernmost capital in the world?

Is it of South Africa?

Answer Shark No, no, that is Wellington, New Zealand does that for all players in architecture.

What style of architecture that included gargoyles, vaulted ceilings, Gothic and architecture Bonus The Sagrada Familia and the Casa Mila, both located in Spain, are excellent examples of Catalan modernism architecture and were designed by which architect?

You don't know what to say.

No answer yet another question.

No answer.

That is Antoni Gaudi.

Toss up in mythology.

What was the Roman equivalent of the mythological Greek god?

Aries, Van?

Mars.

Right.

And mythology bonus.

In 2022, a 600 year old Roman mosaic was discovered in Syria that depicted what Roman sea gods surrounded by mystesisism.

Simpson.

What roadmap to Euro and what Roman hero who slayed the Amazon Queen?

Hippolyta Oh, yeah.

Jason That's Hercules.

You get ten points, your Neptune toss up.

Now in foreign language, what is the English translation of the Spanish phrase?

Donde esta me maleta?

Where's my suitcase?

My letter is suitcase and a foreign language bonus.

What is the Spanish phrase for credit card?

Just say no answer.

No.

Takeda de Crédito Tossup in health.

What field of medicine deals with the use of medicines to prevent pain during surgery or pain medicine?

And the total anesthesiology.

Is right.

Health is your bonus.

What insect is the carrier for the West Nile and Zika viruses?

Mosquito Mosquito.

And what insect is the carrier for?

Rocky Mountain?

Spotted fever.

Okay, so tick.

Both right.

20 points.

Toss up in vocabulary.

What five letter word beginning with F is a synonym of species Shashi fetus chance to steal Science Hill.

Owen?

Phylum?

a species is false.

Something that is false.

Toss up in religion.

What religion?

Native to Japan has shrines with entrances Shashi Shintoism migratory gates and a religion bonus.

Now in 2022, Afghan Supreme Leader ordered judges to fully enforce aspects while time is up.

Oh wow.

Both teams scoring over 400 points.

Yet Science Hill I guess, lives to torment me another day with your player introductions and you took down last year's champion to do it.

What a fantastic team from J. Frank White Academy.

We love having you guys here.

Thank you so much for being here.

Shashi, this is your senior year, so goodbye forever.

I'll never see you again.

But the rest.

But the rest of you, right?

You and Steven, too.

Goodbye, Steven.

But the rest of you will.

I'm sure you'll build up a great team as you pour two into the tournament this year.

Right.

And you get a lot of experience.

And we look forward to seeing J. Frank White for many, many years to come.

Meanwhile, Science Hill, one of the three teams that Science Hill put in with the all senior squad, you will play again.

You now are in our round of the Philosophical 4.

Oh wow so good luck competing against three other fantastic teams.

It is going to be a brutal Philosophical 4 this year and a very hard final two as well.

Don't miss any of our games.

Make sure you set your DVR so you see every single episode.

Check your local listings.

And as our players love to do binge watch past seasons online using the PBS app.

My name is Frank Murphy.

Thank you for watching.

Tennessee's Scholars Bowl 2024.