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 our 40th season of the academic tournament with high schools from all over the viewing area, competing for the Frank Miller Memorial Trophy and a cash prize that will describe it.

Halftime.

We've got 64 teams in the tournament, and today's first round game is between Knoxville Catholic High School and one of the teams from Oliver Springs High School.

We're delighted that Oliver Springs put multiple teams into the tournament.

Thank you all for the support.

Let's say hi to the Hawaiian shirt clad from Knoxville Catholic High School, beginning with Alvaro.

Pint.

Alvaro.

Hi.

Welcome.

Tell us about yourself.

My name is Alvaro.

I'm a sophomore at Knoxville Catholic.

I'm the president of the Spanish Club and I'm a Boy Scout and a Boy Scout, hoping to make it all the way to Eagle.

How long does it take?

It kind of depends on how willing I am to get it.

Okay, so it's all on you, but you're fairly close or no?

Yes, sir.

I'm good.

Glad to hear that.

Nate Hinden is a junior at Knoxville Catholic.

Welcome, Nate.

Tell us about yourself.

I'm Nate, and I'm the president of the front of the Sun Club at my school.

What does the fun in the Sun City wear?

Hawaiian shirts.

But what else is the fun in the Sun Club?

Do this kind of do much fun outdoor stuff like pickleball.

Oh, okay.

Let's say hi to team Captain James Long, who is a senior at Knox Catholic.

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

What else do you do?

I'm the president of Catholics Mock Trial Team, and I'm also on the golf team on mock trial.

Do you have a preference to be prosecution?

Defense Judge, what's your.

So I am an attorney for both sides usually.

So we end up having and doing a little bit on both prosecution and defense.

So if you had to choose your next one, you could be either or.

Which would it be?

Say, probably prosecution.

Okay, Interesting.

Fantastic.

And we've also got Thomas Murphy.

No relation is a junior this year.

Thomas, I tell us about yourself.

I am the co-president of the Orchestra Club, a Catholic, and I'm on the swim team.

What do you play right now?

We are working through some Christmas music and hope to tackle the Bach Double Concerto.

The Bach Double Concerto.

That's fantastic.

And what's your best event?

Swimming after?

I would have to say, at the 100 free.

Okay, good.

We've also got an alternate and coaches for Knoxville Catholic.

Let's say hi to Alexander Duncan, Walter and Kelly Kirsch, Doctor Kelly Curtis, the chemistry professor, and Mr. John Laforest, who teaches biology at Knoxville Catholic, taking on a squad from Oliver Springs High School.

Let's say hi first to Anna All Anna Hi.

Welcome to tell us about you.

I am an honor club member and for H and I am the Vice President of my class officers.

Oh, that's outstanding.

And you're in ninth grade, so we've got a little ways to go still.

But you've already started off with leadership roles.

Any aspirations for down the road, or is it too soon to tell?

I'm probably going to do public speaking, most likely.

Good.

All right.

Well, you've come to the right place for that.

Let's say hi to Brian Stratton in ninth grade.

Brian, tell us about yourself.

I'm a freshman at all Four Springs and I'm the sergeant at arms for the.

Yeah, Okay, Class officer So and next year, the president, your sergeant at arms.

Seen that same thing or.

No, she's.

Yeah, we're the same class.

Okay, well, good.

Any future aspirations for you?

I'm thinking about trying to become an athlete.

Well, it's hard, but good luck with that.

Team Captain is 11th grader Walker Booth.

So, Walker, he'll answer bonuses or defer.

Tell us about you.

Yes, sir.

My name is Walker, of course, And I play soccer at the school.

That's the first time I've heard anyone ever run soccer with Walker?

Yes, sir.

I guess there's a first for everything, but it was actually quite the process getting the team this year.

We haven't had a team since before COVID and me and a couple of my friends, you know, we got a lot of people together and organized the team, got to coach and everything and the seasons are starting to roll.

So you might not know this, but Brian wants to be an athlete.

He wants to be an athlete.

He just I just heard it on TV.

Must be true.

I did ask him if he wanted to play.

Okay, let's say hi also to Wyatt Ziegler in 10th grade.

Hi, Wyatt.

Welcome.

Have you been here before?

I have, Yeah, I thought so.

And let's welcome back.

We're happy to have you tell us about yourself or even up to.

I dabble in woodworking for now and then.

Yeah.

What have you made?

I make primarily pens.

Oh, cool.

All right, Well, glad to hear about that.

We've also got a coach for Oliver Springs to say hi to Eva Robbins, and we're happy to have Eva with us today.

We're also very happy to have a special guest, Dr. Anthony Wise, president of Pellissippi Community College, joins us.

He is, of course, our sponsor here on Scholars Bowl.

And we're always delighted when Dr.

Wise stops by to observe one of our matches.

So look forward to seeing you again at the end of the season for the check presentations.

Dr.

Wise Well, players, you all know how we play with toss ups worth ten and bonuses worth up to 20.

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

First, toss up in the category of geography.

What city known as the Eternal City, was built on the banks of the Tiber River?

James Rome is right.

Geography is upon us.

In 2022, a Moai statue was returned to the Pacific island where it was carved.

It had been removed in 1870.

From what World Heritage Site?

Easter Island.

Yes.

Or Rapanui.

Now, Easter Island is a special territory of which country that housed the Moai in a museum in its capital city, Chile.

That's right.

20 on the bonus toss up.

Now in architecture, what type of bridge is the Golden Gate Bridge?

Alvaro Suspension is right.

Architecture.

Here's your bonus.

What Modern Art Museum on the National Mall in Washington, DC, is located in a unique cylindrical building with a sculpture garden.

The Smithsonian.

Well, it is one of the Smithsonian museums, but I specifically needed the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden.

Toss up in health.

What is the term for a drug such as alcohol that lowers the functional activity of the nervous system?

And health bonus for Catholic, Which part of the vertebrate brain is continuous posterior with the spinal cord and contains the centers controlling involuntary vital functions.

The brainstem, you know, specifically the medulla oblongata.

You can still get points by spelling medulla MVD you l A That's right.

for 10. toss up now in literature.

Who wrote the Cask of Amontillado?

Thomas Edgar Allan Poe.

Right.

410 Literature bonus.

Which Pulitzer Prize winner wrote The woods are lovely, dark and deep.

But I have promises to keep and miles to go before I sleep.

Robert Frost is correct.

Now, what is the exact title of the poem I quoted a short stop in the woods on a winter evening.

Well, that's ballpark, but it's not exact.

It's called stopping by Woods on a snowy evening.

Ten points on that toss up now for all players in math computation.

But these numbers in at least two greatest order, nine over four, seven over three square root of five net square root of five non force and seven over three.

Those are right and ten points.

Now a visual bonus for Catholic.

Take a look at the screens please evaluate the final result when the square root of 289 is added to the cube root of 729 and then six squared is subtracted from the result.

-12 missed it by two.

Negative ten is the answer.

Toss up in government.

What two word term is given to the unwritten custom of the American government to allow the President to withhold information?

James Executive privilege is right for ten Government is your bonus.

How long is the initial term of a Tennessee Supreme Court justice?

Six years.

Now that's eight.

What is the term for a U.S. Supreme Court justice?

Lifelong.

That's right.

Ten points on the bonus toss up in games.

Which board game uses pawns?

Anna is right for ten and a games bonus for Oliver Springs named the four suits and a standard deck of playing cards.

Diamonds are spades, Diamond sports clubs, Spades out of four to run.

Diamonds, hearts, clubs, spades.

All for right for 20 points.

Toss up now in technology.

Google meet is comparable to video meetings in what Microsoft program James, Teams teams is right.

technology is your bonus.

Which government agency developed artificial limbs?

Scratch resistant lenses, insulin pumps, ear thermometers and invisible braces for teeth at I defer to Thomas NSA.

No, it was actually NASA not the National Security Agency.

I don't know why they need invisible braces in space, but that's who did it.

Toss up in foreign language.

Translate.

Thank you very much.

Into French, James.

Merci beaucoup.

Yeah, And a foreign language bonus.

Now, what is the English translation of the phrase?

The end of the Ropa.

I defer to our clothing store.

Correct.

Now, what is the Spanish word for belt for James to answer?

Defer.

I defer to other.

I guess the Spanish club doesn't need center runs, but that's what we're looking for.

Toss up in history which United States presidents?

Our inauguration was the first to be broadcast live on the Internet.

James George W Bush, not it.

You can steal Oliver Springs, Bryant, Jimmy Carter.

Bill Clinton is the game pass up now in economics.

What is a systemic and official examination of business finance activities of an organization?

Thomas audit right and an economics bonus.

Now at the beginning of the 18th century, which nation was the most powerful in Europe with the largest economy and population?

England.

Now back then it was France plus a for all players in art.

What word derived from the Japanese words meaning two fold refers to the art of money and make sure I've called on you all the way.

But it is origami and you get a visual bonus.

Now what is the title of the 19th century Japanese painting shown here that depicts three boats moving through a storm tossed sea and is considered to be one of the most, if not the most famous artworks in Japanese history.

Yes, yes.

Home of Say Star starring.

I have no idea.

That is the great wave off Kanagawa.

Tell several players in geology what is the name of the seismic fault that goes through San Francisco and San Andreas?

Yes, and the geology bonus two parts.

What does a paleontologist study?

This is for Walker to answer.

Defer finds fossils correct Now spell paleontologist.

It's B answer P A L E N T O L O G I S T. Now, you missed an extra vowel in there.

It's P A L E O N T O L O G I S T So ten points on that plastic.

Now, in vocabulary, what is the superlative of the adjective good ever best and a vocabulary bonus.

What 11 letter word beginning with C means a person with expert knowledge or discriminating taste connoisseur correct for ten a spell connoisseur C O N N O S S I E U R Well, you put the eye in the wrong spot and it's C O N N O I S S E U R ten points on the bonus toss up in geometry.

A trapezoid has a height of 12 an area of 120.

What is the sum of its two bases?

Ten No chance to steal Oliver Springs and make sure I've called on you that you're out of warnings.

Now.

Bryan 132 No, The sum of those two bases of ten turns out to be 20 toss up now in history.

Who was the first czar of Russia?

James Ivan the Terrible.

Yeah.

History bonus in 1940.

What prevented the German Luftwaffe from flying missions over the English Channel against the Allied troops evacuating Dunkirk?

I defer to Thomas.

A storm?

No, I needed something more specifically.

Fog.

Dunkirk is part of what country?

France.

Also.

That is right.

Ten points plus up now in miscellaneous.

How many years is one Olympiad, Bryan, 1 million.

Not it you can steal Catholic James 4 is right and a miscellaneous bonus What is the name of the editorially independent student newspaper serving the UT Knoxville campus post The Beacon.

Yeah, I think we can take that.

Is the Daily Beacon, probably known as the Beacon Trust up now in chemistry.

What element has the highest electronegativity fallen?

Yeah, and a chemistry bonus.

What is the chemical formula?

First for ammonia?

NH three And what is the chemical formula for the table?

Salts Substitute potassium chloride ratio is right points on the bonus toss up in spelling the crime of fraudulently appropriating property entrusted to one's care and converting it to one's own use.

James Embezzlement.

Yeah, but you have to.

No chance for Oliver Springs to steal spell embezzlement.

Anna b e, c d, e and b l e t it's embezzlement.

E M B E Z Z L E M E N T. No points on that.

Toss up religion.

Toss up.

Which group of religious followers did Bloody Mary Tudor persecute because she feared they would revolt?

Bryan The Protestants is right for ten as the first half ends and Oliver Springs putting some points on the board.

But will they catch up to Knoxville Catholic?

Find out after the break.

One of these teams advances to the threshold of 32 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.

I'm Frank Murphy back from halftime.

And a first round game between Knoxville Catholic High School and Oliver Springs High School.

Oliver Springs, one of the schools that put multiple teams into the tournament.

But Knoxville Catholic High School has a bit of a lead and also has brought their alternate into the game.

Let's say hi to sophomore Alex Denkewalter.

Alex, welcome to the show.

Tell us about yourself.

I'm Alexander Denkewalter.

I'm a sophomore at Knoxville Catholic.

And, you know, I just love Scholar's ball so much.

It's terrific that I have no time for anything else.

I'm so glad to hear that.

Finally, someone has been honest about their their dedication to the program.

I appreciate hearing that from you.

And by honest, I mean this honesty.

All right, players, let's get back to it.

Fingers on the buzzer for Tennessee Scholars Bowl 2024.

Plus up for all players in geography and what Tennessee City is Sun Studio, where Elvis Presley, B.B.

King, James, Memphis and others recorded.

And a geography bonus for Catholic in what state is Fort Detrick located in Wisconsin?

That's in Maryland.

In which state is Fort Leavenworth located in North Carolina.

That one's in Kansas.

All right.

Toss up for everybody in sports.

How much does a regulation NCAA football weigh, James?

£4, Not it.

You can steal Oliver Springs.

Bryan 2 pounds.

No, it's either 14 to 15 ounces, basically 14 and a half ounces.

Toss up now in astronomy, when a full moon occurs twice in the same month.

What is the moon?

What is it?

Blue moon.

That's your warning to make sure I've called on you.

Before you answer.

Blue Moon is right.

Astronomy is your bonus.

What are the four smallest planets in our solar system?

Mercury, Venus, Mars and Earth?

Those four are correct.

20 points Toss up now in mythology.

Which countries mythological gods live in the Kunlun Mountains?

Anna, Athens.

No, chance to steal Knoxville Catholic.

You have to ring in, if you know it.

Thomas India.

Now the Kunlun mountains is China.

Toss up now in algebra.

What type of polynomial is three x squared plus four x plus six?

Nate Quadratic.

Yeah, that's right.

And an algebra bonus.

Now what is the slope of the line with the equation for x plus two Y equals zero.

Negative two.

That's correct.

20 points.

Toss up now in government.

Who was U.S. president on January two, 1890 when it was Sanger?

James Grover Cleveland?

No.

When Alice Sanger became the first woman to join the White House staff.

James Steele.

Oliver Springs.

Brian William McKinley.

Benjamin Harrison on January two, 1890.

Plus a for everyone in arts, what 1994 Quentin Tarantino movie with a cast including Walker Pulp Fiction?

Yeah, that's where I was headed with that going to list the cast Arts is your bonus.

What television show featured an eccentric yet compassionate extraterrestrial time traveler, solving problems and battling injustice in various time periods.

Answer Quantum Leap.

Well, it's does to sound like that, doesn't it?

That's a British show called Doctor Who.

What was the name of his time traveling device down there?

It does look like it, but it's called a TARDIS.

TARDIS, which stands for Time in relative Dimensions in Space.

Toss that for all players in science.

Which class organic compounds have names ending in Noel Thomas Sugar?

No, you can steal Oliver Springs.

Bryan Plants.

Those are alcohols that have that ending pass up in literature.

What is the title of Ernest Lawrence Thayer's poem that includes There Is No Joy in Mudville.

Mighty Casey has struck out.

Bryan Casey at Bat.

Not exactly.

And still Casey at the Bat.

And since is that exact title of the poem, we have to go with that.

No points toss up in geography.

The Erie Canal runs from Lake Erie to what?

River and Mississippi.

No chance to steal traffic.

Alex St Lawrence.

Now that's the Hudson River in New York.

Toss up in U.S. history.

Which Ohio farm girl shot a cigarette from the mouth of Kaiser Wilhelm around 1887 James, Annie Oakley is right and a bonus in history.

Two parts.

Who was the lead counsel for the defense in the Scopes Monkey Trial?

Clarence Darrow.

Correct.

Who was the lead counsel for the prosecution in the Scopes Monkey Trial?

William Jennings Bryan.

Those are both right for 20.

Tossup for all players in biology, what carnivorous black and white mammal is in the genus Orcinus Anna Orca Whale that's right.

A killer whale, is it?

And a science bonus.

Now take a look at the screens, please.

Oliver Springs, who is the Nobel laureate in physics shown here, who while conducting experiments on cosmic rays, accidentally invented the first particle detector by noticing odd readings in his equipment, leading to groundbreaking research in particle physics.

OPPENHEIMER That's Carl Anderson points on that one.

Toss it for one of music.

Which one of the Beatles was killed by an obsessed fan?

James John Lennon in New York City.

Music Bonus Now two parts who sang the 1988 hit song My Prerogative.

Bobby Brown.

And that's correct.

And to which music star was Bobby Brown married from 1992 to 27.

Whitney Houston is right for 20 points total toss up for everyone in algebra.

If the square root of the quantity X plus four equals ten, what is the value of x?

James 96 Correct.

Algebra Bonus Simplify negative three x times the quantity two x minus four.

James negative six x squared plus 12 x is right and get your 20 points plus I for one in foreign language.

What is the English translation of the German word?

Wunderbar.

James Wonderful is correct and it gets you a foreign language bonus.

Take a look at the screens please.

What French word is used to describe an edible terrestrial snail prepared for use as food is shown here and usually served in the shell with a source of melted butter and garlic.

Escargot is right for 20% in economics.

In what city is the headquarters of General Motors?

Walker Detroit is right.

Economics bonus for Oliver Springs Two parts Which brand of shoes is recognizable by the woosh?

Nike Correct.

Which brand of shoes is recognizable by the three Stripe logo that represents a mountain pointing outwards toward challenges and goals.

People need to overcome these ideas.

That's right.

For 20 on the bonus tossup in religion, which festival in Hinduism symbolizes the spiritual victory of light over dark, good, over evil and knowledge over ignorance?

Thomas Diwali is right.

Religion Bonus.

Now, in 2014, Barack Obama invited Tibet's exiled spiritual leader to the White House.

Although the Chinese government warned that the meeting could damage US-China relations.

Who is Tibet's exiled spiritual leader?

The Dalai Lama.

Right.

For 20 toss up in physics, the equation F equals M A describes which of Newton's laws need.

Second Yeah, second law of motion is it?

And physics bonus Now for Catholic, what is the subfield of physics that describes the physical behavior of particles, including atoms, electrons, photons and almost everything in the molecular and sub molecular realm.

Quantum physics.

Well, it's quantum mechanics, so I don't think I can give that to you because it's just like there is a difference between the two.

Toss up in vocabulary finished the nature expression.

What doesn't kill you makes you walker stronger and a vocabulary bonus for Oliver Springs.

What nine letter word starting with O means very unpleasant or rude, highly objectionable or offensive?

Obscene.

It's obnoxious.

What seven letter words starting with O means foreboding or foreshadowing evil or harm.

Oh, it's a simple answer.

Ominous is right.

Ten points on the bonus toss up now in chemistry, when the coal based fuel coke burns, what dangerous gas is produced?

Ana nitrous oxide.

Now you can steal Catholic.

Don't look at each other though, James.

I can't give it you now.

Looks like a carbon monoxide would have been the answer.

Toss up now in history, which Greek physician is known as the father of medicine?

Hippocrates.

I think he's trying to pronounce it.

It we say hypocrisies.

Yeah.

And we're not going to dig in pronunciation on that history bonus.

Now, who was the 70 year old former Milwaukee schoolteacher elected as the first female prime minister of Israel in 1969?

I defer to Thomas Siri Marvel No, that's her name was Golda meir, plus a for one in art.

In addition to being an environmentalist with which art form is Ansel Adams associated Walker Abstract.

Not it.

You can still Catholic answer James Postmodernism.

No, he's a famous photographer toss up for all players in science.

The speed of sound through water is constant at how many feet per second?

Brian Ten, not eight.

You can steal Catholic Nate 140 800 feet per second, plus up for pro players in literature.

The Pequod began its fateful journey from Nantucket on Christmas day in search of which specific sea creature Rael and not it stands still Catholic.

James the great whale.

No specific creature is Moby Dick because it's a literature question.

Toss up now in math.

What is the shape of the graph of a quadratic equation?

Jaywalking slope.

Not it.

You can still make parabola is right math bonus A rectangular solid has a length of eight inches, a whiff of six inches and a height of three inches.

What is its total volume?

144 Yeah.

144 cubic inches is it gets a few more points right there at the end so you can run up the score and it goes to everyone to school.

Meanwhile, Oliver Springs is a very young squad.

Right.

And it means we're going to see you many more years to come on Scholars Bowl, so keep watching those old episodes and practice ringing the buzzer when you have your sessions against your other teammates.

We appreciate you being here.

Oliver Springs, thank you so much.

Meanwhile, Knoxville Catholic, you're the team that's going to advance to the threshold of 32 make it on to the next round.

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