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 competition with high schools from all over the viewing area, competing for the Frank Miller Memorial Trophy and a cash prize that will describe at halftime our 40th year of competition here.

And we're delighted that you're watching.

This is a third round game, a smart 16 round game between Maryville High School and Hall's High school.

I'll point out that Maryville did put multiple teams into the tournament this year.

We appreciate the support from everybody at the Maryville School System.

Now, both these teams had to win twice to get here today and they're hoping to win a third time to advance to a round of the educated eight.

Let's say hi to the players from one of Maryville's teams.

That's 11th grader John Humbert.

John, welcome back.

Tell us about you.

Hi, Frank.

So I'm in the Maryville Spanish Honor Society.

Wow, that's good.

So you can speak Spanish better than obviously me and probably most people here.

Well, I don't want to be conceited, but yes, I guess.

Yeah.

I mean, I'm well aware that's one of my weaknesses, but I appreciate your pointing that out.

Let's say hi also to 10th grader Matthew Natali, who's back this year.

Hi, Matthew.

Hello.

I'm in my school's Mu Alpha Theta Club and I'm also in Science Bowl.

And for those of us who need a reminder, that's the honors Math Society.

Yes.

And Science Bowl, which we've determined on your multiple repeat visits is not as good as scholar's bowl.

No, it is not.

All right.

Yeah, he knows what to say.

Unlike John, team captain is Arowyn Kasenheiser, who's in 12th grade.

Hey, Arowyn, welcome back.

Good to see what's new.

Hi.

I am the captain of the Science Bowl team and I also play six instruments.

Or in this case, Science Bowl is better than Scholar's Bowl now, right?

I cannot say anything.

It's like, who's your favorite sibling?

Who's your favorite child?

Or whos your favorite pet?

All those things.

What are the instruments that you play?

Oh, gosh, it's piano, guitar, ukulele, flute, violin and mandolin.

But the secret is I only play four of them.

Wow.

All right, so maybe we'll find out someday.

What the other two that you play poorly.

Ah, let's say hi to you.

12th grader Thomas Tisdale.

Welcome back, Thomas.

What's new with you?

I play soccer for my high school team and I play zero instruments.

Oh, wow.

Well, your foot.

Your foot is your instrument.

Yeah.

You sing through your foot, which just sounds odd, but.

Okay, let's say have the alternates and coach for Maryville High School, starting with Lauren Turner, Elwyn Kisner, Skyler Lawson, and coach Dr. Cory Dehart.

Who teaches physics and astronomy at Marvel, taking on a team from Hall's high school.

The Red Devils are back, having won their way here.

First up is 11th grader Amanda Lane.

Welcome, Amanda, tell us about yourself.

Hi.

I am on the house high marching band and I am also in the swim team for my school.

All right.

So two questions then, quickly.

Your best event and your best instrument.

Uh, best event, probably the 100 backstroke.

And my best instrument is French horn.

let's say hi.

Also to Ethan Huber, who's in 12th grade.

Ethan, welcome back.

Tell us about you.

I'm a tenor II in the Halls High Madrigals, and I'm the number one on our tennis team.

Wow.

Has there been a recent shuffle of order?

Have or have you held on to number one for a while?

Ive held on to number one for three years now.

Three years?

That's impressive for a good let's say I had a team captain, and that is a Benjamin Atkins.

So, Benjamin, you're going to answer bonuses on behalf of the team or defer by name.

What's new with you?

I am the tenor section leader in madrigals.

So I'm Ethan's boss.

Oh, good, You're good.

And in my free time, I like to design 3D print and launch model rockets.

Okay.

And next to you is your brother, Joe Nicholas Atkins, who's in 10th grade.

Joe Nicholas, are you also a madrigal?

Yeah, I'm a tenor one.

He's my boss now.

having a flashback to maybe the last time you were here, because I've been telling this story nonstop for the past couple of weeks.

I said, Oh, we had some madrigals on the game, and wouldn't you know, it?

They got a question about the 12 days of Christmas.

Had.

Is that you guys right?

Yeah.

Okay.

Our teacher was not very happy.

Well, welcome back.

Let's say hi to be alternate for the high school.

That's Ty Davis.

And he's joined by coach Tim Reeves, who teaches history and geography.

We're also delighted to have Principal Spencer along with us from Hall's High School.

We have another very special guest we're also delighted to see again this year, let's say hi to Knox County commissioner at large Kim Frazier, who is on seat 11 at the commission.

And we're very happy to see you again this year.

Kim, thank you for your support of Scholars' Bowl.

All right, players, you know how it works.

You got tossups worth ten bonuses worth up to 20.

Get your fingers on the buzzer for this third round game of Tennessee Scholars Bowl 20, 24.

Plus, a for all players in chemistry in what technique is a known solution added drop wise to an unknown solution Arowyn.

Titration to complete its concentration and a chemistry bonus.

What ingredient in many morning beverages has the chemical formula C8 H10 N4 02?

Caffeine.

Is right for 20. up for all players in math solve for x and the proportion 60 over 80 equals nine over x Arowyn?

12.

Is right in the math bonus.

What is the percent of decrease from 175 to 105?

I can do that with 75 over 6021.

So what is it, 66.7?

I defer to Thomas 66.7%.

It's only 40%.

So it's all right.

No points on the bonus toss up for running religion.

What relation is David to Solomon in the Bible?

Thomas Son, not it.

You can steal Halls.

Ethan?

Grandfather.

No in that order it would be father would be the answer.

David is Solomon's father.

Toss up for all players in geography.

Which hotspot in the United States has more active geisers than the rest of the world?

John Yellowstone National Park is right.

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

I know you're anxious.

Nat is right and you get a visual bonus now for Maryville.

The delta on the Gulf of Mexico shown here is the mouth of which U.S. river system, Mississippi.

Mississippi is right for 20.

Toss up now in English, spell the word rain in the sentence-Arowyn?

R E I G N. No i in a sentence, I asked them to rein in their enthusiasm.

Chance to steal Halls.

the rain like on a horse R A I N. Toss up for all in science.

What is the term for a hurricane that occurs in the tropical waters of the western Pacific?

Benjamin Typhoon is right for ten sciences.

Your bonus name four of the seven steps in the hydrologic cycle.

Evaporation, condensation, precipitation and step four.

Well, the first three are certainly correct.

You get 15 points for that.

It's evaporation, condensation, sublimation, precipitation, transpiration, runoff and infiltration, 15 points for Halls.

Toss up in history.

What ancient empire included the cities Tacal, Coba copan John the Olemex?

No and Usmal.

Chance to steal Halls.

north Joe Nicholas Incan?

No, the Maya empire.

I was describing toss up in music which one of Santas helpers has a shiny nose?

Joe Nicholas.

Rudolf?

Rudolph is right.

And a bonus now for Hall's in the category of music.

What is the country of origin for the group Abba?

Swedes is Sweden is right and another bonus for Halls What is the country of origin for the group?

B.T.S.?

South Korea South Korea.

Also right 20 on the bonus.

Toss up now in government.

What holiday in May was originally known as Decoration Day.

Matthew Memorial Day is correct and a bonus in government from Marvel named two of the four chief justices of the US Supreme Court who were chosen from the associate justices Perch and I don't know any others asked to say Marshall, Roberts and Marshall.

I can give you ten points for Roberts.

The others are going back in history Edward White, Harlan Stone and William Rehnquist, and then Chief John Roberts.

Ten points tossup up in mythology.

What was the Roman equivalent of the mythological Greek goddess Athena John?

Diana No chance to steal Amanda Minerva is right.

And a mythology bonus for Halls.

The head of a marble statue that was found on an ancient shipwreck in 2022 is believed to be the missing part of a statue recovered in 1900, of which mythological figure who had to complete 12 heroic labors to be absolved of guilt and to become immortal.

Hercules is running for 20 toss up in astronomy.

Which planet in our solar system takes longer to turn on its axis than it takes to orbit the sun?

John.

Mercury?

Not it you can steal Halls.

Joe Nicholas?

Neptune.

No, Venus is the planet.

Toss up now in pre-calculus, which trigonometric function is the reciprocal of the cosine?

Thomas Secant.

Yes, and a pre-calc bonus for Maryville.

In the function y equals x squared minus four x plus three.

What is the range of the function over or over to?

Do you plug do it to divide two to infinity?

Well, the answer I'm looking for is y is greater or equal to negative.

One is the range.

Toss up now in arts for everyone.

What is the name of the forgetful fish in Finding Nemo?

Thomas Dory And a visual bonus for Maryville on that.

Take a look at screens, please.

Which artists created Christina's World?

Shown here?

An iconic American painting set in a stark landscape of coastal Maine.

Because I thought I don't have to know that famous Casat?

That is Andrew Wyeth.

Toss up everyone now in economics.

What is the currency of Japan?

John The yen is right.

And then economics bonus.

This picture is on the front of a US $10 bill.

Hamilton, Hamilton and what is pictured on the back of a $10 bill.

Treasury.

Treasury.

Yeah.

U.S. Treasury building.

Is it 20 points toss up now in foreign language, what is the German word for the number three?

Arowyn?

Dry?

Yes.

And a foreign language bonus.

What is the English translation of the French question?

Quelle heure est-il ?

Do you have you have the goods, Do you have money?

Well, literally is it's what hour is it?

So what time is it?

Toss up for everyone in biology, when one species moves to an unfamiliar location and takes over what kind of species Joe Nicholas?

Invasive.

Has it become?

And a biology bonus for Halls, the name of which poisonous plan poison ivy.

It's belladonna.

Toss up now in literature, one of Shakespeare's plays is titled Two Gentlemen of which City?

Thomas Venice.

Now you can steal Hall's.

Two gentlemen of Verona.

The buzzer already sounded a toss up in sports.

What does it mean for golfers to have a coveted green jacket?

Thomas They won the Masters.

Is it?

And a sports bonus.

What is the team name for the athletic program at Western Carolina University?

Oh, that's the catamarans.

I defer to Thomas.

The Academy.

Correct.

What is the team name for the athletic program at Grambling State University?

Tigers.

I defer to Thomas.

The Tigers both are right for 20 plus up now in geography, what is the capital of Lebanon, Matthew?

Tripoli?

Not it you can steal Halls.

That's Beirut toss up now in spelling something that is extremely funny is called hilarious Spell- Arowyn?

H I L A R I O U S. I s right for ten and a spelling bonus for Maryville.

Spell the 12 letter word beginning with a that is a person whom one knows but who is not a particularly close friend to.

Is that right?

Yeah.

Your first thing A C Q U A I N T A N C E. Is the right spelling for acquaintance 20 points tossup in health.

Which of the following four words does not belong with the others: Ulna, triceps, biceps, deltoid.

Arowyn?

Ulna?

Right and a health bonus Now which came first the discovery of insulin or X-rays?

Excellent, excellent x rays.

Correct.

Which came first?

Novocain or acetaminophen?

Novacain?

Right.

20 points toss up now in algebra.

What is the fifth term of the sequence defined by six minus four x?

If the first term is two, the buzzer sounded.

The fifth term would be -14.

Toss up.

Now in miscellaneous, what is the name of the main character in Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas?

Joe Nicholas?

Jack Skellington.

Is correct.

Miscellaneous bonus for Halls, also known as The Christmas Star.

What flower was named for the United States First Ambassador to Mexico?

Chrysanthemum.

Now the guy's name was pointed and the flower is the poinsettia toss up.

Now in government, what is the power of a governor or president to forgive a person convicted of a crime?

Ethan Pardon?

Yes.

bonus now in government named four of the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council, U.S., Russia, the U.S., Russia, UK and France.

All of those are correct, with China being the fifth 20 points toss up now in English, spell the word their as in the sentence.

What is their school mascot?

Joe Nicholas.

T H E I R. Correct.

And now the Spelling and English word for Halls.

Spell the word effect in a sentence.

Listening to beautiful music has a good effect on my mood.

Yes.

E F F E C T. Is right because we're using it as a noun there.

Also, for all players in health, how many bones are in a human foot?

Matthew Ten.

Not it.

You can still hall's.

Ethan eight.

Now it's 26 bones in the human foot, and that is the end of our first half.

Either team can still win, although Marvel's trying to run up the score and build themselves a bit of a cushion, Hall's is going to let that happen.

We'll find out which of these teams advances to the educated eight after the break.

And 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 this round of the Smart 16 between Maryville High School and Hall's High school.

This is a third round game in our tournament.

Both teams are keeping the starting lineups intact.

Maryville trying to hold on to their lead.

Halls trying to catch up not that far behind.

So let's get right back to it.

Fingers on the buzzer for Tennessee Scholars Bowl 2024.

Toss up for all players in art.

What famous painting by Salvador Dali features melting clocks?

Joe Nicholas?

Melting clocks.

Not it.

You can still Maryville.

Thomas The persistence of memory is the title and art bonus.

Now the deputy director of the British Museum proposed a partnership with Greece that could see the Elgin Marbles returned to Athens after more than 200 years, which year old temple did the figures originally decorate?

Parthenon is right for 20% for all players in chemistry.

If an atom contains 11 protons and 12 neutrons, what is its atomic number?

Thomas 23.

Now you can steel Hall's Ethan 11 is right and a visual bonus now for Hall's take a look at the screens please.

Elemental phosphorus exists in what two major forms, I guess.

Gas, liquid and gas.

Now it's white phosphorus and red phosphorus.

No points on the bonus.

Back to toss ups in geography.

Into which river does the Tennessee River flow?

Benjamin, Mississippi.

Not it you can still nephew Ohio is right geography bonus in which state is the Arizona memorial Hawaii correct In which state is the general grant National Memorial.

I defer to Matthew Oh Ohio Now he's buried at this in New York City, New York.

Toss up now in foreign language.

What is the French word for July A John who'll, you know, chant steal Halls Juillet.

A toss up in technology.

What is the primary piece of circuitry in a computer into which the other components are connected?

Thomas Motherboard To create a cohesive whole and a technology bonus for Marvel.

What does a generic term used to refer to applications, scripts and programs that run on a device code apps?

Well, I was looking for applications, As I mentioned in the question, I'm looking for the more generic word software pass up now in music.

Who composed the cantata, Carmina Burana?

Erwin Tchaikovsky.

No Chance to steal Hall's Joe Nicholas Mozart.

Now that is Carl Orff.

You guys are probably end up singing that one of these days pops up now in US history.

The Battle of Cold Harbor in 1864 was part of General Grant's campaign to capture which city that was the, Joe Nicholas?

Vicksburg, the Confederate capital chance to steal Thomas Richmond.

And a history bonus.

Now, who was U.S. president when Beethoven premiered his ninth Symphony on May 7, 1824?

Sigmund Jake, you know, that was James Monroe, who was U.S. president when the movie Back to the Future premiered on July 3, 1985.

REAGAN Yeah, they even mentioned him in the movie.

I think that for everyone in math computation give the reduced fraction form of 0.7272 repeating.

Arowyn?

Seven over nine?

Not it that you can steal Halls nobody got it in time it's 8/11.

Toss up now in literature of the eight people who hid with Anne Frank in Amsterdam who was the sole Arowyn?

Her father?

Otto is her father.

Yeah.

Literature is your bonus.

Who wrote the novel?

It, which features a clown as the main villain.

It's is Stephen King.

Correct.

What was the name of the clown?

Pennywise Answer?

Pennywise.

That's right.

20 on the bonus.

Toss up now in science, what is the term for the parts of a machine that hold or guide moving parts to reduce friction and wear?

John Servo No, let me finish the question for the other team.

What is the term for the parts of a machine that hold or guide moving parts to reduce friction and where to allow Benjamin Bearings Yes is right and a visual bonus now in math for Hall's Take a look at the screens, please.

Two angles are complementary.

One angle is 24 degrees less than the other angle.

Find both angle measures.

No, you didn't get that in time it would be 57 and 33 degrees.

Toss up now in geography with over 12 million people, which is India's most populated city.

John Nicholas?

Nope, Matthew.

Mumbai is right in the geography bonus.

In August 2023, Russia's Northern Fleet conducted Navy exercises aimed at preventing the passage of unauthorized and foreign ships in what sea that is part of the Arctic Ocean, located off the northern coasts of Norway and Russia.

Arctic Baltic Sea, Baltic is answer Baltic, and that is the Barents Sea toss up now in games, how many dots are there in total on a standard six sided die?

Nobody got that in time.

21 dots toss up in government.

Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution abolished slavery?

Matthew 13 is right.

Government is your bonus.

To whom did President Richard Nixon tender his resignation?

Yeah.

Answer Ford.

No, it was to Secretary of State Henry Kissinger.

What did President Gerald Ford grant to Richard Nixon a month after his resignation?

It's just the last year Pacific.

It might be.

I could put the notorious with partner.

Pardon.

Yeah.

Full pardon.

Is it points on the bonus toss up now in vocabulary.

What nine letter word beginning with T is a synonym for garrulous?

Joe Nicholas?

Tenacious?

Not that you can steal Thomas.

Tantalizing.

No none of you are talkative on that question as the answer toss up now in biology.

What is the carbohydrate material in insect exoskeletons?

John?

Chitin.

Yes.

And a biology bonus.

Little diamond born in the Knoxville Zoo in 1978 was the first of what species to be born in the Western Hemisphere.

This article, I mean, that's here.

I mean, it's Patrick.

Okay.

Red panda, actually an African elephant.

No points on the bonus toss up in geometry.

A right triangle has hypotenuse 17 and a leg of eight.

What is the length of the other leg?

Arowyn?

15.

Correct.

And the geometry bonus for Maryville.

What is the midpoint in fraction form between negative four and positive seven on the number line one down 1 to 3 over 2.

13 over two.

Not 13 over two, but it would have been three over two.

Like you were whispering just a the second ago, one and a half.

No points on that toss up in art.

What famous painting by Gustav Klimt is a symbol of eternal love, John.

The creation of Venus that you can steal Halls.

That's called the kiss toss up in U.S. history.

what was the first and last name of the person after whom America was named Benjamin Amerigo Vespucci Correct.

In the history bonus Two parts.

Who was the command module pilot for the historic Apollo 11 mission in July 1969?

Michael Collins Correct.

Which Apollo 11 astronaut was the first man to set foot on the moon?

Neil Armstrong Also right.

20 points.

Toss up in literature.

In what year was the first Harry Potter novel published?

John 1991.

Not it you can steal Halls.

Joe Nicholas 1997.

Correct.

And a literature bonus in a visit from Saint Nicholas.

Saint Nick's cheeks were like, What was this roses?

Correct.

His mouth was compared to what?

A cookie?

No a bow.

His mouth was drawn up in a bow.

Toss up in astronomy, which moon is the largest in our solar system, and orbits John Titan and orbits the largest planet.

Chance to steal, Halls.

Benjamin Ganymede is right in an astronomy bonus.

Now with what missions is Nasser promising to land the first woman and first person of color on the moon using innovative technologies to explore more of the lunar surface than ever before.

Artemis is right for 20.

Toss up now in history, who was the famous nonviolent leader of the country of India and subject John Nicholas Mahatma Gandhi of a 1982 film and a world history bonus in 2022, who became the first wartime leader since Churchill to address the US Congress.

Zelenskyy.

Correct.

And he pleaded for more U.S. support and presented to Congress what gift that had been signed by frontline soldiers, an American American flag that was a Ukraine battle flag.

Ten points on the bonus toss up in music, which Rolling Stone song begins with I was born in a cross-fire Hurricane.

Joe Nicholas.

Thunder.

Not that you can steal.

Thomas.

Lightning.

Jumpin Jack Flash Toss Up in Geography.

Vasco Nunez de Boer discovered which body of water?

Joe Nicholas.

The Pacific Ocean.

Correct geography bonus the Robert Frost Stone House Museum, where he wrote stopping by Woods on a snowy evening and other works, is located in the town of Shaftsbury in what New England State, Connecticut.

That's in Vermont.

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

Arowyn?

Sweets.

Yeah, Candy, we'll take that.

And a foreign language bonus.

Now, what is the English translation of the French question?

Quand à lieu la fête?

What time is it?

Do you have any candles?

It's actually when is the party?

Because now that the show is over, we can we can move on and congratulate Halls on an excellent season this year for the Red Devils, making it all the way to the Smart 16 and almost to the educated eight.

But we look forward to seeing your underclassmen on the show again next year and keep spreading the word about Scholars Bowl at Halls.

Meanwhile, Maryville, one of the multiple teams that Maryville put into the tournament, you now advance to the round of educated eight and we'll see who you're going to play by watching every episode, never missing one, setting your DVRs, checking your local listings, or binge watching past seasons online, using the PBS app.

My name is Frank Murphy.

Thank you for watching.

Tennessee Scholars Bowl 2024.