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.

Hi, I'm Frank Murphy, our 40th year of competition with high schools from all over the viewing area, competing for the Frank Miller Memorial Trophy and a cash prize that you'll hear about coming up at halftime.

This is a first round game that 64 teams in the tournament and these high schools have each put two teams in our round of 64.

Let's say hi to the players from Jefferson County and Webb School of Knoxville, beginning with Laurel House freshman at Jefferson County High School.

Hi, Laura.

Welcome.

Happy to have you here.

Hi.

It's good to be here.

Tell us something about yourself.

I'm on the mock trial team at the school.

Yeah.

Jefferson.

Yeah.

So Oh, good.

And do you prefer to be the mock defendant?

The mock attorney, The plaintiff, the.

Which would say, Do you like to be on?

Well, we just started, so I've only played attorneys so far, but I have a witness role in the extra.

Oh, well, I hope you do very well.

And let's say also to Elaine Zang, a freshman.

Elaine Zang is a sophomore.

Hi, Elaine.

Tell us about yourself.

Well, I'm a part of the school's Mahaffey Theater.

That's the math fraternity, the Honor Society.

Right.

So you must love math.

You must think about math all the time.

Uh, maybe not in my dreams.

Okay.

Team captain is Isabella broadwater.

So, Isabella, you're going to answer bonuses on behalf of the team or defer by name to one of your teammates.

Tell us about yourself.

I see that you're a sophomore.

What else?

I'm also in mock trial, and I'm also a part of a Patriot Culture alliance.

answer the same question I gave Laurel about mock trial.

Which side of the trial do you want to be on?

Is it, know?

Defense?

Is it prosecution?

Is it what?

Uh, last case, I plead as an expert witness.

And this case I have a role as an attorney, so I don't really prefer I mean, if you were to go into law, I mean, some people are they always want to be on the side of the defense, and some people always want to be on the side of the prosecution.

Prosecution.

Okay, good.

I'm glad to hear that.

Let's say also to freshman Matthew Byrd.

Hi, Matthew.

Welcome.

Happy to have you here as a freshman.

First time here, I'm assuming.

Tell us about yourself.

I play the bass drum in marching band.

Yeah.

And I'm on the swim team, too now.

I've been on swim teams.

My son's been on swim teams.

Is there an event or a stroke that you prefer or the one that they make you do because you're the only one who will?

No, not really.

Okay.

We've had kids who are forced to swim.

The 500 because nobody else has the stamina.

So I wonder if you're one of them.

No.

All right, let's say hi to the alternate and coach for Jefferson County High School.

That is Grace Roberts.

And she's joined by Coach Ray Pedigo, who's back against you to do science and math at Jefferson County High School.

And we're delighted that you're here taking on a team from Webb School of Knoxville with some experienced players also.

But we start with the freshman Sam Kowalski.

Obviously, first time here.

Sam, welcome.

Telling us about you.

So I swim here.

I also swim year round and I got top five at the middle school chess tournament last year.

Oh, that's outstanding.

We'll make it back to the swimming for just a second.

Favorite event, favorite stroke.

I'm one of those kids.

Is forces from the 500, but at least they put numbers in the water so you get some idea of how you're doing.

That is convenient.

Yes.

They don't make you keep track.

How many laps is that?

Like 25, 20, 20?

Only 20.

Okay, that's not bad.

Let's say hi to James.

Overall, who's a junior.

What about you, James?

I'm the co-lead for my robotics team, and I recently earned my third degree, third degree of taekwondo.

Oh, outstanding.

It's right.

I guess you told us about that last year.

That's fantastic.

Congratulations.

Have you had to beat up Sam or anybody else on the team yet?

Not yet.

Okay.

But they know that that's coming If they mess up.

Good.

Well, the captain for Webb's team is Penny Willoughby.

So, Penny, you're going to answer bonuses or defer?

Tell us about you.

I'm fluent in Mandarin.

I also in Oakridge.

What led you to Mandarin?

I'm half-Chinese.

Oh, fantastic.

So that's something you can speak with family members and you, in addition to just learn, do they teach that at Webb?

Yes, they do.

Okay.

So I think there's like one public school where they teach it.

And I met one of those kids last week and now here you are.

Fantastic.

All right.

And then Jackson White and Junior, tell us about you.

Jackson I'm an Eagle Scout and I'm passionate about burritos.

Oh, well, I'm more interested in the Eagle Scout project that you did, but maybe later you can tell us more about your burritos.

What's what was your project?

I renovated a dock at Star Writing Academy.

Oh, that's the therapeutic horse riding Academy, sir.

Do they have Fritos there?

I wish you could.

You could make them.

You could have it.

You can make that happen, Jackson.

As I'm saying, let's say hi to the alternates and coach for Webb School.

It's Henry Shamir and Alex Callanan, joined by coach Jenny Fields, who teaches Latin at Webb.

We're delighted to have all you back as well.

All right, players, you've seen the show before.

You know how we play.

We've got tossups worth ten bonuses worth up to 20.

Get your fingers on the buzzer for this first round game of Tennessee's Scholars Bowl 2024.

First category is science.

A kilogram is nearly equal to the mass of how many cubic centimeters of water jetsam?

1000, 1000 cubic centimeters of science bonus.

Now, for Webb, what two macroscopic collections of atoms exist in a liquid state at room temperature like mercury, mercury and bromine.

Those are both right.

20 points on the bonus toss up for everyone in literature, which Shakespearean character speaks the words to be or not to be.

James Hamlet is right for the literature bonus.

Now, which Shakespearean play includes a character dressed like a donkey and a king and queen of the fairies.

Midsummer Night's Dream is Right for Ten, which character suggests that the audience consider whether the entire play has been a dream bottom.

No, sorry, you said bottom first.

And the answer was Puck.

So James trying to get you to give that ten points.

They're toss up for everyone in algebra.

What is the value of four raised to the negative two power?

Sam one over 16 is right.

Algebra is your bonus.

What is the graph of the equation?

X squared over 25 plus y squared over 16 equals one ellipse.

That's the right answer for 20 points.

Toss up for one In art.

What are the light values of color called penny pastels?

You can steal Jefferson County.

The light values are tints.

All right.

A For all players in geography, what is the capital of Puerto Rico?

It's Jackson, San Juan.

Yeah, it is.

And it Visual bonus.

Now take a look at the screens, please.

Which country is highlighted on the map?

Shown here?

And Doris is right for 20 points.

Toss it for everybody in astronomy.

Which planet in our solar system has the most extremes in temperature variations?

Isabella Mercury is right for ten.

Astronomy is your bonus.

What is the estimated distance from the earth to the sun?

When are you?

Well, I needed it in miles or kilometers, 93 million miles.

Or 150 million kilometers.

But you might want to challenge that question later, because that could be an acceptable answer.

Passive role players in vocabulary.

The recently coined term crew diver refers to people who eat a diet of what long meat not it.

You can steal James art raw raw items.

Yeah, raw food, mostly vegetables usually, but raw food not cooked.

Vocabulary Bonus for web.

What nine letter word starting with a means similar in a way that invites comparison like answer defer to sam allegorical I was looking for analogous but you can still get points by spelling analogous defer to Sam a and al0go use analogous.

That's right.

You do get ten on the bonus toss up.

Now for all players in music.

What is the professional name of Sean Corey Carter, a rapper, record producer and founder of the talent and entertainment agency Roc Nation.

Maybe you've heard of a guy named Jay-Z.

That's who that is.

Toss it for all players in religion.

The Bible mentions five kings, including the King of Judea when Jesus was born, who all share what name Penny Solomon.

You can steal Jericho.

Matthew Harold?

No, not Harold, but Herod.

So I can't give it to you.

No points toss up in economics.

What is the term for an employer closing down their business during a labor dispute?

Plural strike.

Now that you can steal web, you know the when the business owner reacts to the strike by causing a lockout, pass up.

In health, how many muscles are attached to the eye to control?

That's movement.

Isabella three at it you can steal web penny five No six muscles for the I toss up in mythology which mythological Greek God was allotted the Kingdom of the sea, but was also James Poseidon.

Yeah.

God of horses and earthquakes mythology Bonus Now in 2022, the FBI's art crime team returned to Italy, a 2000 year old mosaic of a winged monster with snakes in place of hanger mythology, said those who gazed into her eyes would turn to stone.

What was the name of the monster?

Medusa is right for 20 toss up in geometry.

The diagonals of a rhombus are 12 and 16.

What is the area of the rhombus now?

They call time on you.

It would be 96 square units Toss up.

Now in sports, what is the bowling term for all ten pins being knocked down with the Jackson strike?

Yeah, with the first roll on a frame is a strike.

sports bonus now for web what variety of pool uses one black, one white, seven striped and seven solid balls with each player being assigned either solids or stripes.

After the break.

People know that's no because it's per person, he said.

Being his is able to ignore.

I think it might be able answer eight ball.

Eight ball is correct.

Named after the black people.

Toss it for all players in world history.

Which landlocked European country remained neutral in both Penny, Switzerland, World War One and two and gives you a visual bonus.

Take a look at the screens, please.

What event is depicted in this iconic photograph of soldiers raising the US flag on Mount Suribachi for James Iwo Jima or the Battle of Iwo Jima?

Yeah.

And in which war did that battle take place?

World War Two pennies in World War Two.

Technically, you have to defer the question.

So you got it.

Both halves 20 points.

Toss up in chemistry.

What Halogen commonly found in household bleach is also used in swimming pool disinfectants.

Sam Chlorine is right.

Yeah.

I got a couple of swimmers on the pool.

You know that smell?

bonus.

Now for Web in chemistry.

One group of farmers in France are expecting record levels of production thanks to a series of blistering heat waves in 2022.

Which product do they farm?

That is a mineral composed primarily of the chemical compound and ACL salt.

Salt?

Yeah, sea salt specifically, but will take salt twice up in foreign language.

The Spanish word cabello translates to what animal penny horse in English is a horse Now foreign language bonus for web.

How do you say goodbye in Japanese?

Sayonara.

Right.

And how do you say thank you in Japanese?

Arigato.

Both Right For 20, toss up.

Now, in technology, which technology is used to transmit data over long distances using pulses of light.

Penny Sorry.

Nope.

That gives Jefferson County a chance to steal Laurel Morse code.

Now we're talking about fiber optics.

Toss up in miscellaneous.

For whom is the Knoxville Airport named Jackson McGee.

TYSON Yeah.

Charles McGee.

Tyson is him.

Miscellaneous Bonus.

Now what are the call letters of the noncommercial student radio station on the University of Tennessee Knoxville campus that broadcasts at 90.3 FM w.t K That's right.

420 Toss up.

Now in geography, what is the capital of Nicaragua?

That is Managua, Nicaragua.

Toss up in geology.

What is the most common color of a sapphire?

And lean blue is right.

Geology Bonus Now the island Republic of Nauru plans to mine the seabed for minerals, including copper, cobalt, nickel.

And what chemical element with the atomic number 12 oh, answer sodium.

Now, you ran out of time too.

You got to answer when the buzzer hits, you got to shout at your answer.

Magnesium was the correct answer.

Tossup in English.

How many items are depicted by the idiom?

A baker's dozen.

James 13 is right.

And the English bonus for Webb?

Correct the sentence if needed.

Neither my sister nor my mother drive a stick shift car drives dry.

Neither my sister or nor my mother drives a stick shift car.

Yeah, you change drive two drives.

That's right.

For 20 toss up now in pre-calculus, what is the base?

Five logarithm of 625, Sam Four.

That's right.

And a pre-calculus bonus for Webb.

Finish the trig identity.

One plus tangent squared equals higher side.

I got cosine.

Now secant squared is the rest of that one plus it.

Now in architecture, what is the term for a window that protrudes from the external wall?

Penny Dormer External wall of a building that's not a chance to steal.

Jefferson County.

I was describing a bay Windows definition toss up in history which Native American woman served as a guide for Lewis, Penny, Sacagawea, Lewis and Clark.

History is your bonus.

Who was born in Arizona, became a leader of the Apaches and later took part in the inaugural procession of President Teddy Roosevelt.

Geronimo is right for 20% for all players in spelling.

A doctor uses a stethoscope to hear many bodily functions.

Sam steth0s copd.

Stethoscope is right and a spelling bonus aberrant spell as in deviating from the ordinary aberrant pending the answer I defer.

I don't assume a B you are E.A.. No, it's a b e r R.A. at the end of the half.

Anyway, so we'll be back with more exciting action coming up.

We'll see if Jefferson County can catch up a little bit and start ringing the buzzer faster.

Or will Webb be able to hang on to their lead?

We'll know after the break.

On 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.

Hi, I'm Frank Murphy, back from halftime in this first round game between Jefferson County High School and Webb School of Knoxville.

Both of these schools have put multiple teams into the tournament.

Now, before the break in the first half.

Isabella correctly told us that the distance from the earth to the sun is one astronomical unit and that we're looking for miles.

But she's also right.

So the challenge, the point at halftime and now I've been awarded 20 points added to the total for Jefferson County, bringing their total to 40 against Webb's 390.

And we also are bringing some alternates into the game in addition to bring in some more points.

Let's say hi to Grace Roberts, a sophomore at Jeff Co. Grace, tell us about yourself.

I go to Jefferson County High School and I'm also part of the mock trial and swim team.

Well, all right.

I'm going to ask the same question as everybody else.

You can either answer your favorite swimming event or do you?

Which role do you prefer in mock trial?

I prefer the attorney role while you're in the water.

I mean, wait, no, that's the swimming attorney.

Okay.

Mock trial.

Let's say hi to the alternates for Webb on the other side.

First up is Henry Shamir.

You're a senior this year.

Henry, we've seen you here before.

Tell us about yourself.

I'm currently doing nuclear research.

Oh, wow.

Where abouts?

I'm working with a mentor who's currently in Texas.

Okay.

I thought maybe webinar a nuclear lab now that we didn't know about.

That's great.

Fantastic.

Congratulations on that.

And we also welcome back sophomore Alex Callanan, who stepped into the shoes of his big brother who was on the show for many years.

And I know you're a strong player, too.

Alex, tell us about yourself.

I am currently the lead cat person on our honor school's robotics team.

Oh, fantastic.

Now, since last year, has it gotten any differently?

Technology's always evolving.

What?

What's new?

The programs haven't gone very different.

I've had to do more because last year my brother was that person, so I've had to fill in for him mostly.

Oh, good.

All right.

Well, I'm glad.

I'm glad you're still you're still working hard at that.

Very nice.

All right, players, let's get back to the game.

Fingers on the buzzer for Tennessee Scholars Bowl 2024.

Plus, up in biology.

What is the name for a dried plum?

Any prune is right.

A visual bonus now in biology for web.

Look at screens, please.

What specialized structures are responsible for gas exchange in plants as shown here in a cross-section of a leaf on stomata?

That's right.

For 20 toss up in government, What is the term?

Meaning the refusal to obey laws that are regarded as unjust, often petty civil disobedience, accompanied by demonstrations that are peaceful is right and government bonus now which U.S. agency?

But the primary purpose of enforcing the law against market manipulation filed complaints against the founder of cryptocurrency, leading to his indictment on criminal charges, including wire fraud.

FTC.

No, it's the SCC, which is the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Toss up for everybody in music.

What is the name of the barber in the Barber of Seville?

Penny Sweeney Todd, Not him.

You can still Jeff Count, although that would be an interesting.

He's also a barber.

It's Figaro.

Figaro.

Figaro is the barber toss up in economics.

Which major Automaker has a luxury division called Lexus.

Laurel Ford.

No, you can steal Webb.

Sam.

Nissan.

No, those are from Toyota.

That's up for everyone in science.

What is the term for an idea that proposes a tentative explanation about penny, hypothesis about a phenomenon and science bonus?

Now, what type of scientist studies the solar system and stars?

Astronomer is right.

What type of scientist studies the structure and composition of the earth and other planets?

Geology geologists also write 20 plus up now in literature.

Which Queen was the lover of Lancelot?

Laurel.

Yeah, Yeah.

Make sure I've called on you all the way That you do.

Get a warning so Queen Guinevere will give it to you.

And a literature bonus.

Now, for Isabella to answer a defer two parts.

Which Irish author wrote Ulysses?

Yes, sir.

That's James Joyce.

You can still get points if you tell me which book by James Joyce is titled After the People of his Hometown, which is the capital of the Republic of Ireland, answer the people of Wesleyan.

No.

The Dubliners was the name of the book Up for all players in math computation.

Three fourths minus four fifths equals what fraction, Sam?

One over 20.

Yes.

And a math visual.

Now take a look at screens.

Please convert the repeating decimal point five, four, five, four and so on to a simplified fraction over 11.

Six over 11.

That's right.

For 20 points.

Does it for everyone in arts, what is the term for a person who can speak or utter sounds so that they seem to come from somewhere else?

Sam Ventriloquist as a puppet and an arts bonus for Webb, who is the most commercially successful film director of all time with blockbusters like Jaws and E.T.

The Extra-Terrestrial?

Steven Spielberg That's right.

For 20 plus up in geography, Glacier National Park is located in which state?

It's Penny, Alaska.

Got it.

You can steal Jefferson County, Isabella, Washington.

Now it's in Montana, and it's beautiful.

You should go there.

Plus, up in physics and Ampere is the sci unit.

For what Henry Current.

Yeah.

Electrical current and physics bonus.

What physics quantity is defined as the measure of how much force causes an object to rotate.

Torque is right and by what units is torque measured Newtons anymore?

Newtons per second squared.

Well, it's Newton meters is the term we're looking for.

I don't think I can give it to you.

I will give you ten, though, on the bonus toss up in foreign language.

What number is represented by the Roman numeral c. X. L. I. V. Psalm 144 is correct in a foreign language bonus what food is known in French as pom detail potato.

That's right.

Apple of the earth toss up for everyone in religion.

What term is used to describe a person who accepts and closely follows the traditional beliefs and customs of a religion plural adherent?

Not it.

You can still penny a follower.

Now Orthodox is the type of adherents we're talking about someone who's follows it more closely.

Games is the category.

What Nintendo game developed in 1992 has many versions, including Double Dash and Super Circuit.

Alex, Super Mario Kart.

Yeah, and characters like Bowser and Yoshi Games is your bonus.

$144 million in humanitarian aid for Ukraine was raised in the fifth week of the Russian invasion by users of what online game that's mostly popular mode is battle royale Fortnite That's right for 20 toss up in U.S. history.

What is the name of the plane that dropped the first atomic bomb?

Henry The Enola Gay is right History bonus Now, which U.S. president removed General MacArthur from command in 1951 after he threatened to bomb China?

TRUMAN And who succeeded Truman as president in 1953?

Eisenhower.

Elizabeth Right.

For 20 plus.

Up now in health, what are the two oval shaped lymph nodes at the back of the mouth and the top of the throat in humans?

Alex The Nope, just still Jefferson County.

Isabella Yes.

And a health bonus for Jeffco.

What term refers to a bundle of fibers composed of neurons that connect body parts with the central nervous system?

Nerves.

Nerves, Yes, that's right.

For 20 points plus up in vocabulary, What is the study of the origin and development of words?

Sam Etymology and a vocabulary bonus.

Now for web.

What figure of speech combines opposite or contradictory ideas?

For example, Sweet sorrow.

Oxymoron, Yes.

Now spell oxymoron two for Sam 0xymoro an oxymoron brick 20 points Tosser for everyone in geometry.

How many lines are determined by four points connecting two points at a time, No.

Three of which are linear.

The penny four.

Now you can steal Jefferson County.

That is six lines I was describing toss up in music.

What is the term for a group of pitches played in rhythm?

Isabella Melody Yes, and the music bonus What Opera by Giuseppe Verdi is based on Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor and is named for its main character, Nathan, and is Falstaff.

And it is hilarious.

By the way, I hope you could see it someday.

Toss up in government.

What is the more common term for the permanent residence card, which is evidence of an immigrant's penny Green card status and government bonus?

Two parts.

What department is the U.S.

Citizenship and Immigration Service under Homeland and security?

Yeah.

And under which Cabinet level department does the immigration courts fall?

General Judicial.

The Justice Department would be the executive department toss up in biology, which animal defense itself with a sec full of ink.

Sam Octopus.

Yeah.

Octopus and squid both do biology bonus for web three male and five female cheetahs were released into India's Kuno National Park after being flown on a chartered jet departing from Windhoek, the capital of what African country you Namibia Namibia is right for 20 plus up in literature.

The Last of the Mohicans takes place in 1757, during which war?

Sam French An Indian.

Yeah.

We also what it take seven years war on that and the literature bonus for Webb What American novel begins as follows The cold past reluctantly from the Earth the retiring fogs revealed an army stretched out on the hills, resting called the Wild.

That's the red badge of courage.

No points on the bonus toss up in geography, on which Great Lake is Toronto located?

Sam, Ontario.

Yes.

And the geography bonus.

What body of water on the border between Peru and Bolivia?

That is the highest navigable lake in the world.

Experienced low water levels due to a drought in 2023 Amazon River.

Now that is Lake Titicaca, which is favored of the Animaniacs, I believe tossup in art, in which painting method are the pigments suspended in a water based solution?

Sam Watercolor Yes, and an art bonus.

Now, which painter from Provence, France, was an impressionist and post-Impressionist who influenced the Cubism technique with his representation of three dimensional form Yasha Picasso.

And that is seasonal all season plus up in world history.

Which Mongol leader forged an empire.

Sam Khan Yeah, and a world history bonus.

Which country in the Caribbean was thrown into chaos when its president was assassinated in 2021?

Cuba?

I don't know.

Cuba and Haiti had that problem.

Is still having problems.

Tossup in math change 125% to a mixed number in lowest terms.

Elaine, one on one fourth.

Yes.

And a math bonus.

A rectangle is nine feet by eight feet.

Its area is three times the area of a second rectangle that is six feet in length.

What is the width of the second rectangle or.

Yeah, four feet is right for 20 points.

Toss up Now in art, what is the art of producing decorative handwriting or lettering with a pen or brush?

Alex Murphy Yes, and a bonus in art, a large version of a famous work by an Italian contemporary artist was destroyed by fire shortly after being installed in Naples in 2023.

It consisted of a pile of rags next to a statue of what mythological goddess of love, beauty and fertility, Aphrodite.

And while the Roman version of it would have been Venus, So I can't give it to you like you needed the points at the end of the game.

But we're delighted that both of your teams did well on the show.

Thank you very much, Jefferson County.

We'll look forward to seeing your other team on the game.

Meanwhile, you're all underclassmen, right?

That means you can all be here next year, right?

All right.

Well, let's make a date of it and hope to see you again Next year.

Thank you.

Jefferson County.

Meanwhile, Webb, you will move on to the threshold of 32.

You'll play again.

We'll look forward to having you.

And you can keep track of all of our teams by watching all of our shows setting your DVR so you don't miss a single episode or as our players clearly do.

And I think I heard them do it in the parking lot.

Binge Watch Past Seasons online using the PBS app.

My name is Frank Murphy and this is Tennessee's Scholars Bowl 2024.