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.

This is the academic tournament with high schools from all over the viewing area, competing in our 40th season on the air for the Frank Miller memorial Trophy and a cash prize that will describe at halftime.

We are in the third round, the round of the Smart 16, and that means that both teams today had to win twice to get here.

Let's say hi to the players from J Frank White Academy and L & N STEM Academy.

It's an academy duel.

And last year's champion, of course, is the J Frank White Academy, hoping to make it on to the candidates.

And then ultimately the philosophical four and so on and so on.

But not if L & N STEM has anything to say about it.

Let's say hi to the players from J Frank White Academy in Harrogate, Tennessee.

Welcome back.

Van Nickerson.

He's a junior this year.

Hey, Van, what's new?

Nothing's really new, but I was wondering if I could pay you $10 for that tie around your neck.

I No, because I just bought this tie and it cost well more than that.

And even even with the discount coupon.

What about $30?

Let's talk later, I think.

Yeah, I think we got it for less than 30.

Let's say I also to Troy Ellison, who's a junior.

What about you, Troy?

I still play the piano and I was going to offer you money, but I don't think I can go as high as, what do you say, 30, $30.

$30?

Yeah.

Yeah.

No, it's barely worth the list.

Price was $30.

With the coupon, we got it down to 15.

Oh, So, all right, let's say hi to Shashi Verma, who is a senior.

What about you, Shashi?

Your team captains.

You also have to answer bonuses on behalf of the squad or defer by name to a teammate.

Yeah.

So I've been saving and saving and saving, and I think I could put down 50 for that tie.

This tie?

Yes.

So I'm not emotionally attached to this tie.

I just bought it yesterday because I needed a couple more to get to the end of the season.

So, yeah, I might make the deal.

I don't know.

Let's see, I kind of have like show goes, let's say also to a senior named Steven Rae.

Steven, welcome back.

Good to have you.

Tell us about yourself still playing basketball we're our first game is coming up and I think if I had to offer you something for that, I'd offer you 40 and a nice firm handshake.

Well, I don't know.

The thing about that is Shashi's giving me more money, but no handshake.

A firm handshake.

to close the deal.

Let's say hi to the coaches for J. Frank White Academy, starting with William Kobus, who is the team coach.

He's also a substitute teacher for all grades.

And then Anthony Hensley, who's the middle school and high school biology teacher at J. Frank White Academy, taking on a team from downtown Knoxville, Tennessee.

It's the L & N STEM Academy.

First up is ninth grader Dominic Palaia.

Hey, Dominic, welcome back.

Congratulations on winning so far to get here in your first season.

Tell us about you.

I like coding.

Coding?

Yeah.

And what do you do with it?

Coding at school.

And remind me your robotics or what else?

Yeah, robotics.

And I'm also in Science Olympia, Science Olympiad.

But Scholars Bowl is better?

Scholars Bowl is better?

Yeah.

Yes.

I don't care if you lie to me.

I don't.

But it doesn't bother me that at this point Cameron Marshall is in 11th grade.

Tell us about you, Cameron.

Well, I run cross-country and I recently represented Russia in model U.N. How'd you do?

Didn't get anything passed.

People don't like Russia, but somebody has to take the part.

I mean, right?

Otherwise you can't have model U.N., You can't have the debate unless somebody takes the side that nobody wants.

All right.

Well, good Congratulations to you.

Team captain is 12th grader Jared Miller.

Welcome back, Jared, How about yourself?

What's new?

I am also in Science Olympiad.

And of course, Scholars Bowl is better than the Science Olympiad.

Right?

And I like to play chess.

Okay, well, good.

And I don't mind the buttering up at this point in the game.

You know, we haven't gotten to the actual questions yet, so that's fun.

And you do well in chess.

You compete.

I'm not very good, but I like to play.

Okay.

I just for fun.

We've also got an 11th grader, Jordan Lyons.

Welcome, Jordan.

Tell us about you.

I really like reading.

And Jared stole my chess idea.

You were going to mention that you like playing chess.

Have you played against Jared now?

Did you know that he liked chess?

Yes.

Okay.

Well, then maybe you can work out the match together.

It takes two to tango, and we play chess, right?

Probably.

All right.

There you go.

Let's say hi to the alternate and coach for L & N STEM Academy.

That's Harshita Nagar.

And she's joined by coach Glenn Arnold, who teaches chemistry.

All right.

Players had to win twice to get here.

You're hoping to win a third time.

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

Let's get ready for this third round game this smart 16 round game of Tennessee Scholars Bowl 2024.

First toss up is in the category of music whose first documented composition a minuet and trio in G Major was composed when he was just five years old.

Shashi?

Mozart.

Is right and music Bonus.

What is the musical term beginning with T that instructs all singers in a choral piece to sing?

On that note.

Lo Tratando That's Tutti, which is basically Italian for all.

What is the musical term beginning with t that tells the musician not to play in a movement or section of a larger work?

Chachando?

Tthat's tacit to toss up for everyone in economics.

Any sparkling wine labeled champagne must come from what country?

Jared France is correct.

Economics is your bonus.

What is depicted on the back of a $100 bill?

Get a piece of the capital.

Answer Capital?

No, it's Independence Hall, but you can get points for telling me what city that's located in Philadelphia.

Philadelphia, right.

For ten toss up now in literature in Les Miserables, what is the name of the inspector who pursues Shashi Javier.

Javert.

Yeah, And now on to a bonus.

which Hemingway book features the running of the bulls.

It's The Sun Also Rises.

The sun.

The sun also rises.

Correct for 10.

Which city is famous- was it?

Pamplona.

For the running of the bulls Pamplona 20 in the bonus geology toss up in addition to igneous and sedimentary, what is the other metamorphic rock type of rock geology bonus for J. Frank White.

Look at the screens, please.

During the winter of 1807 and 1808, Mountain man John Colter became the first known person of European descent to enter the region, which later became Yellowstone National Park and to see the mountain range shown here, which is now in what, National Park ten miles south of Yellowstone.

The U.S., Yosemite.

Now that's Grand Teton National Park.

And the highest peak in that Teton Range is called Grand Teton.

Toss up now in pre-calculus, what is the absolute value of the complex expression?

12 plus five I Jared?

13.

Is right pre calc bonus.

What is the product of the cosecant of angle alpha times tangent of angle alpha?

Answer?

Secant alpha.

Yeah.

Secant alpha or one over cosine alpha.

Both are correct.

So take that for 20 points.

Tossup in religion.

Which gospel writer is thought to be Also the author of the Acts of the Apostles, Jared?

Luke.

Correct and a religion bonus in the Old Testament.

What eldest son of King Saul was a close friend of David?

I should know this.

Answer?

John.

I need Jonathan.

So you were half there, but I can't give it to you.

Tossup in geography.

Which state has a longer coastline than the other 49 Shashi?

Alaska.

Combined and a geography bonus.

Two parts in which state is Fort Bliss located?

What place Fort Bliss is that?

The one in Colorado is is along the answer.

Colorado.

That was in Texas.

In which state is Fort Drum located?

I can't pretend to know.

Florida.

Maybe it's Florida.

That one's in New York.

Toss up for all players in vocabulary.

What five letter word beginning with G is a synonym of speculate.

Jared?

Guess.

No you have to tell me the answer.

I can't know.

Who's asking who.

Guess is correct.

Vocabulary is your bonus.

What commonly used Latin phrase translates to through my own fault?

Mia Culpa?

Correct for ten what commonly used French phrase translates to have a good trip?

Bon Voyage?

Those are both right 20 in the bonus toss up in chemistry, methane phial is added to what normally odorless mixture of methane and ethane to provide its characteristic pungent Jared?

Natural gas.

Smell and chemistry bonus.

If uranium 238 releases one alpha particle, via radioactive decay, what is the atomic mass of the remaining product?

234.

Is correct for 20 points.

Toss up in health.

What is the series of involuntary muscle contractions?

Shashi?

Peristalsis.

T hat moves food along and a health bonus for GE Frank White In 2023, travelers were warned of the health risks from wildfire smoke and thousands of people were evacuated from the Greek island of Corfu, located in which see that is actually a bay of the Mediterranean Sea?

Ionian or the Aegean.

Aegean Sea.

No, it's the Ionian Sea.

Toss up in arts.

What Netflix series that is set in the 1980s follows the adventures Troy?

Stranger Things.

Of it characters like Dustin Steven, 11 and an arts bonus for J Frank White.

Character actor Stanley Tucci is married to the sister of which actress who has played Mary Poppins and appeared in a Quiet place.

And The Devil Wears Prada.

Emily Blunt.

Emily Blunt.

Write for ten a Quiet Place was directed by and also starred which actor who is Emily Blunt's husband?

John Krasinski.

Yeah, that's right for 20.

Toss up now in history, the Treaty of Paris of 1890, Shashi?

Spanish-American War.

Ended what war?

And a visual bonus for you.

Take a look at the screens, please.

What communist leaders shown here seized power in 1959 and claimed to have survived over 600 assassination attempts during his 49 year rule of Cuba.

Fidel Castro is right for 20 toss up in foreign language.

What is the Spanish word for salad?

Jared Sonata and a foreign language bonus.

Now for L & N. What is the English translation for the Spanish question?

Donde esta la classa de Inglés?

English classes?

Where is English class?

Correct for 20.

Toss up in astronomy aboard Which spacecraft was the first living creature?

A dog named -Shashi.

Colombia.

A dog named Laika sent into space?

That was on Sputnik two.

Toss up now in geometry, two vertical angles have measures of four x minus five and two x plus eight.

What is the measure of either angle?

Jared Six and a half.

Not it.

You can steal J. Frank White.

You can't look at each other and make sure you don't as too late.

You're looking at each other's papers.

I can't give it to you.

It's 21 degrees on that toss up now in games.

What arcade game features Jumpman climbing platforms.

Shashi Pacman Jared?

Donkey Kong.

Yeah, to rescue Pauline from a giant ape and a games bonus for L&N.

Sonic the Hedgehog was released in 1991 for a 16 bit Sega console known by what name in North America Genesis is right for 20.

Toss up in government.

What kind of bill packages together several measures or diverse Shashi?

Omnibus.

subjects into a single and a government bonus.

The ICC is an intergovernmental organization with jurisdiction to prosecute individuals for war crimes.

What do the letters ICC stand for and where is the ICC located and what's in Brussels?

No.

Defer to Troy International Criminal Court.

Brussels, Belgium.

Well, you'll get ten for International Criminal Court.

It's in The Hague in the Netherlands.

So ten points there.

Toss up in English.

What 11 letter word beginning with E means having knowledge or skill in a particular field gained over a period of time or Jordan enlightenment or to be an old hand at something a chance to steal Van?

Now I needed experienced because I was asked to another version of it.

Yeah, toss up now in biology, even though they are not reptiles.

What amphibians are sometimes called Shashi frogs spring lizards in the southern Jared?

Salamanders.

In the southern Appalachians and a bonus for L&N.

What is the common name of the amber Stoma mexicana, a salamander named after the Aztec god of Fire and lightning.

That is a popular, exotic pet?

Answer?

Quetzal Salamander.

Now I enjoy the axolotl questions, so now you can get ten points for spelling axolotl.

A x o t o t a l. No.

There's an L in the middle.

It's a A X O L O T L. Axolotl.

Toss up in history whose 37 year reign was characterized by Russia's transformation.

Shashi?

Ivan the Terrible.

Yeah, and a history bonus.

Now, in 2022, Ukraine accused Russian soldiers of looting Ukrainian museums and stealing thousands of artifacts, including a crown of gold and precious stones that belonged to what fifth century King, who ruled the Hunik empire.

Attila the Hun.

Is right 20.

Toss up now in music.

What classic rock song begins?

Tommy used to work on the docks.

Union's- Jared?

Halfway there, Livin on a prayer.

No, unions been on strike.

He's down on his luck.

Chance to steal.

J Frank White.

Van?

Living on a Prayer.

Is right.

Yeah.

I have to take the first answer and Livin On a prayer is correct.

And a music bonus for Jay Frank White in the 1957 Merry Melodies cartoon.

What's opera Doc?

Known for the song Kill the Rabbit, which two characters to parody Wagner's operas.

Fudge.

Elmer Fudge?

No, it's like another character.

The Bugs Bunny.

Yeah.

You get ten for Bugs Bunny, but Elmer Fudd.

Toss up for all players in geography.

Khartoum is the capital of what country?

Shashi.

Ethiopia.

In northeast Africa can still eliminate Jared?

Sudan.

Is right and a geography bonus.

Name two of the three deserts on the African continent Namib and Sahara and Kalahari.

Sahara and Namib are both right, with Kalahari being the third tossup in literature.

What Children's Book by E.B.

White is about one small mouse.

Shashi?

Um- Stall.

On a very big adventure, chance to steal L&N.

Cameron.

Stuart Little.

Yeah, make sure I've told you all the way.

But that is correct.

Ten points at the end of the half in this extremely close game between the Academy's J Frank White, last year's champion against L&N STEM Academy, one of these two teams will advance to the round of the educated eight.

Let's find out who it is coming up after the break.

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 Scholars' Bowl.

I'm Frank Murphy, back from halftime in an extremely close match between L&N STEM Academy and J Frank White Academy.

right now, L&N has a lead.

And we'll see which of these two teams holds on to win and advances to the round of the educated eight.

This is a third round, smart 16 round game.

L&N has brought their alternate into the game.

Let's say hi to 10th grader Harshita Nagar.

Harshita, welcome back.

Good to see you again.

Tell us about yourself.

Hey, I'm on the swim team for my school.

Did I ask you about this the last time you were here?

Like your best event, Maybe your best swimming event.

No, you didn't, actually.

Oh, my best is probably freestyle, which is the fastest of all.

The strokes.

Makes total sense.

Exactly.

What.

What distance are you?

Short.

Long distance.

Short, mostly.

Okay, good.

All right.

Nice to have you here.

Meanwhile, everyone else is back, so let's get to two players.

Fingers on the buzzer for Tennessee Scholars Bowl 2024.

Toss up for everyone in technology.

In the phrase Super Mario RPG.

What did the letters Jared role playing game RPG represent and the technology bonus what eight letter word beginning with s means to install software such as an app onto an iPhone obtained from a third party source rather than an official retailer.

Answer.

Soft load it.

Well, it's sideload so I can't give it to you.

Toss up now in algebra.

What are the complex routes of the equation?

X squared equals -64.

Jared.

8i and negative 8i.

Correct algebra is your bonus.

Simplify the square root of 243.

Nine square root three.

Is right 20 points Toss up Now in art, what type of art that became popular in the 1920s and thirties is characterized by geometric shapes, smooth lines.

Shashi.

Art deco.

And streamlined forms and an art bonus for J. Frank White.

What French artist with a large following on social media teaches oil painting for beginners using the 19th century Italian art method in a YouTube video with 3.5 million views when working on the beat, it's possible faster, say Barbara's Barbara.

It's a Florent Farges.

No points on that toss up in economics, What Knoxville, based rapidly growing women's fashion brand with more than 120 boutiques across the US selling boho chic clothing and accessories, is moving its headquarters from Maryville to the former- Van?

Lululemon?

No, to the former Discovery campus in West Knoxville.

Chance to steal L&N.

Cameron Belk.

It's called Altered State Toss up for all players in spelling, cadaverous means Shashi?

C A D A V E R O U S. Is correct.

Spelling is your bonus to revive someone from unconsciousness or apparent death is to resuscitate Spell.

Resuscitate.

It's r e s u s c i t a t e. Resuscitate.

R E S U S C I T A T E. Is correct 20 points.

Toss up for everyone in chemistry.

What is the common name for h2c03 Jared?

Stall.

Chance to steal J Frank White.

Shashi?

Epsom salt.

That is carbonic acid toss up now for all players in biology, Chinook, Coho, chum, sockeye and pink are five species of what ray finned fish found in North American Shashi?

Stingray?

Found in North American waters.

Jared?

Dolphin?

No those are salmon types of salmon toss up Now in sports, when keeping score in baseball, what letter represents a Shashi?

K. Strikeout.

And a sports bonus.

Which Major League Baseball team has a name that refers to evading trolleys in the streets of Brooklyn, New York, in the early 20th century?

Dodgers?

Yeah, L.A. Dodgers is in And now here's a toss up.

with the slogan I am a man.

What labor action became Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Final- Shashi?

The Civil Unions Act.

No, Final Cause in 1968.

Chance to steal L&N.

Jared?

Equal opportunity employment.

That was the Memphis sanitation strike you know points on that toss up for all players in miscellaneous.

What toy that caught on as a fad in the 1950s and is still sold today consists of a plastic ring that is twirled around Jared Slinky?

Twirled around the waist limbs or neck Shashi?

Hula hoop.

Is right You get a visual bonus.

Take a look at the screens, please.

What is the name of the element with the chemical symbol No and atomic number 102 as shown here?

Nobelium Nobelium.

Is right for ten.

The element is named in honor of Alfred Nobel, whose most famous invention is- Dynamite.

Yeah, toss up for all players in foreign language.

What is the German word for the color Black Shashi?

Necro.

Now that you can steal L&N.

Its schwarz.

Toss up in physics.

A figure skater who tucks in his or her- Shashi?

Inertia?

no tucks in his or her arms during a spin will begin turning faster.

due to the conservation of what form of momentum?

Jared?

Angular momentum.

Rotational momentum is In that case, toss up now for all players in geography.

In which state is Hot Springs National Park, Colorado.

No chance to steal, Jared, Wyoming.

That's an Arkansas Hot Springs toss up.

Now in vocabulary, what six letter word beginning with Z means a fervent and even militant proponent of something.

Jordan?

Zealot.

Is right in a vocab bonus.

What nine letter word beginning with P means recurring again and again, or a type of plant lasting for three seasons or more.

Perennial is right for 20 on the bonus toss up for all players in math computation.

As a fraction what is two and one half squared?

Shashi?

25 over 4.

Is right and a math bonus on the screen for J Frank White.

The ratio of the measures of the three angles in a triangle is 4 : 5 : 6.

Find the measure of the smallest and largest of the angles 30, 60, 90, 36, 39, 48 and 72.

Is what I got.

Answer.

48 and 72.

Those are both right, 20 points.

Toss up now in science.

What is the term for a material containing hydrocarbons such as- Shashi?

Fluorocarbon.

Such as coal, oil or natural gas that is formed naturally?

Jordan Fossil fuel.

Yes, is where I was going with that.

And a bonus in science for L&N.

What is the term for the region where the geological process occurs at convergent boundaries of tectonic plates where one plate moves under another and is forced to sink due to gravity into the earth's mantle?

Type of crust?

What kind of effort to merge my theory Subversion zone.

No, it is the subduction zone.

Close, but not it .

Toss up in government.

What is a universal pardon for people who have broken the law?

Shashi?

Amnesty.

Is right.

Government is your bonus.

NATO suggested that the leaks in the Nord Stream pipelines under the Baltic Sea in 2022 were caused by sabotage.

The pipelines run between which two countries?

Norway.

Between Norway.

In between Russia.

In Germany?

No.

China's, Germany, Russia and Germany.

Those are both right.

20 points.

Toss up in music.

The song Once Upon a Dream, which was covered by Lana Del Rey.

Jared Sleeping Beauty.

Yeah.

Is from that movie Sleeping Beauty.

Follow up question now for Ellen.

In what now?

Retired opera singer who lives in Knoxville is known for providing the voice of Princess Aurora in Disney's 1959 animated film Sleeping Beauty?

Answer.

Glenn Arnold.

That is the very beautiful Mary Casta.

Toss up for all players in history.

Which president ordered rigorous enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 and as former president, ran and lost as a candidate of the No Nothing party in 18- Shashi?

Millard Fillmore.

56 and a history bonus.

Now, the Republican Party was founded in 1854 by anti-slavery activists who opposed the spread of slavery into the Western territories.

They were mainly free sailors and former members of what political party?

The Whigs.

The Whigs don't know that we don't have enough of.

The Whigs.

That's right for 20.

Toss up now in literature.

Who wrote the novel The Grapes of Wrath?

Shashi?

John Steinbeck.

Is right and literature is your bonus.

Name the author who created the literary character Ichabod Crane, Washington.

We keep running the clock and don't know we don't have them.

Washington Irving.

Correct for 10.

Name the author who created the literary character Silas Marner.

T.S.

Eliot.

No, that is George Eliot.

Different Eliot.

Toss up in astronomy.

What 13 letter word beginning with SC is the scientific term that explains what causes stars to twinkle.

Shashi?

Scintillation.

Is right and an astronomy bonus.

The fundamental law of stellar physics holds that a star's brightness is proportional to which two characteristics of the star?

Heat index hold it all Temperature contract density.

It is it is.

Temperature and size.

Those are both right for 20.

Toss up in geometry.

The perimeter of a square is 52.

What is its- Shashi?

169.

Area and a two part geometry bonus in geometry.

What is the term for statements that must be proven?

Proof.

Proofs?

I'm needing theorems on that.

You can get points for spelling theorem.

Theorems?

Singular.

T H E O R E M S. Is it for ten.

Toss up in sports.

Which countrys 2022 Winter Olympic team won the most- Shashi?

Norway.

Gold medal sports bonus.

What sport that originated in the Basque region of Spain involves bouncing a ball off a walled in space by accelerate it to high speeds with a handheld Whicker scoop called a Cessna.

Oh, got it.

Yeah.

Answer Jhala.

Yeah.

Was pronounced high lie, but its spelled the way you said it.

Yes.

You can work on your Spanish pronunciation.

Tossup in geography.

In what European capital city is the Trevi Fountain Shashi?

Rome.

Right and a geography bonus named four of the nine countries that enclose the Baltic Sea.

Latvia, Latvia, Lithuania, Lithuania, Finland, Finland, Estonia, Estonia.

The first choice I'm going to ever defer to Troy, Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, Finland.

Those are all correct and 20 points.

Toss up now in foreign language, what is the English translation of the French phrase?

Quelle est cette ville?

Shashi?

Robert Frost.

Chance to steal L&N.

I was trying to say, what is this city but it looks like you are doing the clock game a little bit there to keep L&N from scoring points on you.

So congratulations.

J Frank White an experienced Squad taking on a bunch of new players from L&N STEM Academy who we've had been absolutely delighted to have you on the show.

Congratulations, Jared.

You're a senior.

But the rest of the underclassmen, I'm sure we'll see you again well into the tournament next year.

Thank you very much for being here.

Congratulations.

Meanwhile, J Frank White Academy, the defending champions from last year.

You'll move on now to the round of the educated eight.

You get to play again and maybe make it even further.

We'll find out as the games progress.

Don't miss any of our progress by keeping track of all the episodes.

Set your DVR, check the local listings and make sure to watch past seasons online using the PBS app.

My name is Frank Murphy.

Thank you for watching Tennessee Scholars Bowl 2024.