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.

Hi, I'm Frank Murphy.

This is the academic tournament with teams from all over the viewing area competing for the Frank Miller Memorial Trophy and a cash prize that you'll hear about at halftime, our 40th year of competition.

And we are now closer to the Frank Miller Trophy with the round of the Smart 16.

This is our third round.

Both these teams had to win twice to get here today.

I'll point out that Murrysville High School has put multiple teams into the tournament.

We appreciate that level of support from Marvel.

So let's start by saying hi to this squad from Maryville, 12th grader Alex, Valerie.

Alex, welcome back.

Good to see you again.

What's new?

Not much offense and I can play three instruments while fencing not not the same time because that would be a trick.

I think I've seen that in a movie once.

What what are the instruments So base bass guitar, which is basically the normal, like upright bass, but just sideways.

And I'm a professional triangle player.

Well, you've gotten paid for your triangle skills.

How do you get paid to play triangle?

You got to know the right people.

I'm impressed.

All right.

Patrick Hue is with us.

Welcome back, Patrick.

Good to see you again.

12th grade this year.

What else?

I play trombone for the Knoxville Symphony Youth Orchestra.

You get paid or do you actually get paid?

Actually I pay to be in it.

Okay.

So that you're a full on amateur on that still.

But I bet you some day.

All right I'll try.

All right.

Good.

And everything else going all right?

Yeah.

Every night.

Team captain is Mohib Ahmed.

So Mohib, good to see you again.

You're going to answer bonuses or defer by name to one of your teammates.

I see you're in 12th grade, too.

Is all seniors this year six new with you?

Well, just an update.

I can't play tennis and I also can't touch my shoes.

Really?

Yeah.

Is this an old thing that's going back for a few years?

Because I remember somebody else was the In the Tie Shoes club.

Well, for me, it's the first but to four.

You forgotten how I never knew how.

Okay.

Thank you for that editorial, this segment of the program.

Let's say hi to Coston Autrey, who is in 12th grade.

Welcome back, costume.

What's new with you?

Well, I have a self-professed world record and shoe time Now, seriously, I'm guessing that you've only competed against Mohib as well.

I'd say it's a very limited pool.

And whenever youre lookign at shoe tying competitors.

Have Well done.

Let's say hi to the alternates and coach for Maryville high school, starting with Lydia Odoi, Anna Elam, Eva Oldham and Eva Cash, joined by coach Dr. Corey DeHart to teach us physics and astronomy at Maryville taking on a good squat from Knoxville Catholic High School.

We're in the Hawaiian shirts as is the tradition.

Let's say hi first to Alvaro Pint.

Alvaro, welcome back.

Good to see you.

What's new with you?

Youre sophomore.

And what else?

I'm a Boy Scout, and I also fence your fence.

Have you ever fenced against Alex over here?

No.

Would you like to?

Because we can find something around here.

You know, you might have to use, you know, some whatever cardboard tubes we have in the garbage, but I'd love to see that.

I mean, do that have time?

Let's say hi to Nate Hinden, who's a junior.

What about you, Nate?

Nothing too much as new.

Just haven't had any new fun in the Sun meetings.

No, because it's the wrong time of year for that, of course.

What are your plans for when it does come?

Time for fun in the sun in the spring.

Ive got big ideas.

Big ideas.

This year I need one thing.

And volleyball tournament.

Okay.

Be good tennis.

Let's say hi to team Captain James Long.

You're a senior so youll answer bonuses or defer as captain.

What else is new with you, James?

So we just wrapped up the golf season at my high school, so I'm officially done playing golf in high school, but I'm still playing the saxophone in my school's band.

But now I have a question as team captain, do you guys bring your own Hawaiian shirts from home or are you issued them by Dr. Kearse?

So this time I think we all brought our own Hawaiian shirts.

Last time we had, we had to scavenge together some.

Okay, I heard that Dr. Kearse keeps them and is available and some kind of ready to go Kit.

Oh, he does All right.

Always prepared.

Very good.

Let's add a Thomas Murphy.

No relation.

You're a junior, Tom.

I have to say that.

Right.

What's new with you?

I don't even know you.

I play the.

But I played the violin for six years.

You must be exhausted.

I'm trying to make sure I don't ever miss an opportunity for that joke.

I think I've said it 34 times this year, and I would consider myself an avid biology.

Enjoy.

Yeah.

Yeah.

What's your favorite thing?

That's.

I guess everything's biological.

I mean, you could literally call a hamburger or biological if you stretch the definition.

As of right now, cellular communication and mitosis.

All right, well, good.

Let's see how that plays out in the game for you.

Let's say hi to the aforementioned coaches for Knoxville Catholic High School Doctor Kelly Kirsh, who teaches chemistry, and Mr. John Laforest, who teaches biology.

And I'm probably is inspired.

Thomas to say that fantastic answer right there.

Are you just second up?

Is that all it is?

Is there a test coming up or something that we don't know about?

Talk It does.

Tomorrow.

We also have a very special guest with us in the studio today.

We are delighted to welcome Knox County Commissioner At-Large, Kim Frazier.

She's got seat 11 on the commission.

And we're happy to have you again with us for this episode and we appreciate your continued support of Scholars Bowl.

All right, Players, you had to win twice to get here.

You know how it works.

Tossups worth ten bonuses worth up to 20.

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

Toss up for all players in the category of architecture.

What is a platform projecting from the wall of a building supported by columns or console brackets and enclosed Nate Balcony Yeah, with a balustrade and a balcony is right bonus now in architecture for Knoxville Catholic What Palace and Fortress complex located in Granada Andalusia Spain is one of the most famous monuments of Islamic architecture and one of the best preserved palaces in the historic Islamic world.

The Alhambra is correct for 20 points.

Toss up now in government, Nebraska has a one house only legislature.

Patrick Unicameral is what it is called, and a government bonus for Marvel.

How old must someone be to serve in the United States Senate?

31 year.

30 Answer 30 is correct.

How old must someone be to serve as a Supreme Court justice?

There's no time.

Yeah, there is no limit.

That's also right.

20 toss up now in literature.

What war is the setting for the Book Thief Coston.

World War II.

Correct and literature bonus What series of books includes the characters in Fedora, tonks and peeves.

Peeves?

Oh, is it?

It's Harper Lee's to answer Kill a mockingbird.

That's part of the Harry Potter series, who wrote the Ramona Quimby series of children's books?

J.K. Rowling.

J.K. Rowling.

The Beverly Cleary.

All guys on this team.

How are you going to know that toss up in chemistry for all players?

The catalytic process known as Haber Bosch converts into and H2 into what Patrick Ammonia agriculturally important chemical is right and a chemistry bonus for Maryville.

Which element has the symbol Sg and atomic number 106.

I defer to Coston.

Seaborgium.

Is correct for 20 toss up now in Algebra.

Solve for a in the equation 40 = 5 - 2a.

Patrick?

32 over.

No, not it.

Chance to steal Catholic.

You can't look at each other on tossups I'll remind you know the answer is -17.5%.

Now in sports, what racket sport is played by hitting a shuttlecock across a net Coston?

Badmitten.

Is right.

Sports is your bonus.

What?

Men's basketball team was the last to have an undefeated season and win the NCAA national championship with a 32 and zero record.

Duke.

Duke of Villanova would have one go with Duke.

I'm not sure I go.

I just guess Duke University.

Now you have to go all the way back to 75, 76 and the Indiana Hoosiers for that toss up now in history.

Who was the Aztec leader who grew the empire to its greatest size and was killed during the initial.

Alex Montezuma Yeah, initial stages of conquest and a visual bonus.

Now for Maryville.

Look at screens, please.

The Luxor temple shown here was built in approximately 1400 B.C.

in what ancient Egyptian city?

That was the capital of Upper Egypt during the New Kingdom.

Memphis, Memphis and Memphis.

Memphis.

Now it's Thebes, which is now part of the modern city of Luxor.

Toss up now in vocabulary, what six letter word, beginning with J is a word to characterize someone with good humored cheerfulness, Coston?

Jovial.

And conviviality, and a vocabulary bonus for Maryville.

What is an 11 letter word beginning with a that means the act of gaining a skill or gaining possession of something.

Gain possession it, acquire, acquire.

That's all of in I defer to cost in acquiring well, the noun form would be acquisition.

You still get ten points for spelling acquisition costs.

I may defer to you.

Just make sure you get it right.

I defer to Coston.

a c q u a s i t i o n. now it's an I in the middle, not in a a c q u i s i t i o n. No points on the bonus.

Toss up for all players in geology, blackboard chalk and many brands of chewable antacid Coston?

Limestone.

Contain calcium carbonate which is mined from limestone and a geology bonus.

Now for Maryville.

The exterior of the east and west buildings of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, are clad in what distinctive material known by three words that identify our state, its color and the common term for the crystalline limestone in our area.

Tennessee Pink marble.

Those three are correct, and that's 20 points toss up in biology.

What is the term for a person who studies birds?

Mohib.

Ornithologist.

Correct and a biology bonus.

in 2023, the remains of the Russian leader of the Wagner mercenary fighters killed in a plane crash were identified through what kind of testing?

DNA testing.

DNA testing is right 20 points.

Toss up now in music.

Who was the Italian composer of some of the world's most frequently performed operas of women?

James Vivaldi.

No, chance to steal Mohib?

Verdi.

No, La Boem, Tosca, Madam Butterfly and Turendo are all Puccini operas.

Toss up now in geography, in which state does the Rio Grande River begin?

Nay, Texas.

No chance to steal Costa Colorado is correct in geography bonus.

Name four of the five U.S. states that border the Gulf of Mexico.

Gulf of Mexico.

Florida, Louisiana.

Florida, Louisiana.

Texas.

Texas does Georgia, where like Alabama, Alabama, Alabama reaches this Louisiana answer Louisiana, Florida, Texas and Alabama.

All of those are correct, with Mississippi being the fifth 20 points toss up now in foreign language, what is the Spanish word for January?

Mohib?

An error?

Yes.

And a foreign language bonus.

What is the English translation of the Spanish phrase El Partido de Football?

The game of football.

Game of football.

Surely the game of football?

Or the soccer game?

The football game?

Yeah.

20 points.

Toss up in health.

Where is the frontalalis muscle on the human body?

Coston?

The forehead.

Yes.

And a health bonus.

Now which lobe of the brain controls thought, problem solving, intellect and abstract thinking until I defer to Coston.

Frontal lobe.

Correct.

Which lobe of the brain controls vision?

Typical occipital lobe.

That's right for 20.

Toss up now in geometry, how many diagonals are in a convex octagon, Nate?

Six.

Now that you can steal Mohib.

9?

No, 20 diagonals toss up in art.

What is a printmaking process in which lines are cut into a metal plate made of copper or zinc in order to hold the ink?

Coston?

Ink Well.

Not that you can steal Catholic James Engraving.

Correct.

And a visual bonus now for Catholic which famous Dutch painting shown here was created by Vilhelm Hammersley and depicts an interior scene with a solitary, Contemplative woman seen from behind woman at piano that is actually part of the title is its fully called Interior, with a woman at a piano.

So I can't quite give it to you.

It's a title toss up now in US history.

Thomas Jonathan Jackson was given the nickname at the first Battle of Bull Run.

What is it?

Mohib.

Stonewall Jackson.

Correct.

And a history bonus.

In 1901, the youngest US president was sworn in when his predecessor died from an anarchist bullet who was the youngest president.

No one.

Theodore Roosevelt.

Yes.

Theodore Roosevelt.

Right.

410. Who is his assassinated predecessor?

McKinley.

McKinley.

Also.

Right 20 Toss up in English.

What five letter word beginning with G is a synonym for emaciated?

Coston?

Gaunt.

Correct.

And an English bonus.

What is The past simple for the verb freeze?

Froze or just froze?

Correct.

What is the past participle for the verb freeze Frozen first because frozen also right?

20 points plus up in science.

What is oncology?

It's Mohib?

The study of shells.

Correct.

In a science bonus.

Now what is the mnemonic acronym that represents the six most important chemical elements whose covalent combinations make up that most of the biological molecules on earth?

Chomps.

Spell it?

C, h, o, n, p, s. 20 points on that toss up in economics, what is the currency of Brazil Coston?

Reals?

Yes, and an economics bonus.

Now, in 2023, some senators proposed raising the federal minimum wage to $11 per hour.

From what, current hourly wage if it wasn't for 725 678, 25 7777 25 725 yeah.

Per hour.

Is it a toss up now in religion?

According to the teachings of which church Adam and Eve lived in.

Adam on the Ammon, a site in Davis County, Missouri, after being James the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints, after being driven from Eden and a religion bonus for Catholic.

Hagiography.

Hagiography is the writing and critical study of the lives of people known as what?

Monks?

Those are saints.

Toss up now in government.

Which congressional officer is in the presidential line- Coston?

The Speaker of the House.

No, which congressional officer is third in the presidential line of succession?

James President Pro tempore of the US Senate after the vice president Speaker is right now a bonus for Catholic in government.

What four states allowed women to vote before 1900.

Wyoming and Wyoming, Idaho, North and South Dakota, Wyoming and Idaho are both right.

So get ten points on those.

But you missed Colorado and Utah.

Toss up for all players in literature who the main antagonist in Treasure Island, Coston?

Captain Jackpot.

Not that you can steal at the buzzer.

Nobody got that.

It's long John Silver on that one.

That is the end of the first half Maryville trying to run up a score so they can advance the round of the educated eight.

We'll see what Catholic has to say about it in our second half of play.

Coming up 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.

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You're watching Tennessee Scholars Bowl.

I'm Frank Murphy, back from halftime in this third round game between Maryville High School and Knoxville Catholic High School, the winner advances to the round of the educated eight.

Right now, Maryvilles got a lead, but they've also, for competitive reasons, brought a substitute into the game.

Let's say hi to one of their alternates, 11th grader Ava Cash.

This is your first appearance on scholarship ball, is that right?

Yep.

Nice to have you here.

Tell us something about yourself.

I enjoy painting in my free time.

Yeah, and then they said they were bringing you on because you are the resident French expert for the team.

Is that right?

Oh, good luck.

I don't know if there's any more French questions, but I'll see if that comes up in the game or not.

We're happy to have you.

Meanwhile, Catholic has the starting line up still, so let's get right back to it and send one of you to the educated eight on Tennessee Scholars Bowl 2024.

Toss up now in chemistry.

What isotope of hydrogen has one proton and one neutron and appears- Mohib?

Protean.

in heavy water?

Not it.

You can steal Nate?

Uh H dash two.

No im looking for deuterium on that toss up.

Now in pre-calculus, name two of the x intercepts of the graph y equals x cubed minus nine x, Patrick nine and zero.

No chance of steal Catholic James x equals three and x equals negative three.

Those are two of them.

And the zero being the third.

John gives you a pre-calculus bonus.

Now a right triangle has signs of nine, 12 and 15 meters.

What is the cosine ratio as a fraction for the smallest angle total of 1512 over 15.

And that's correct.

For 20 points.

toss up.

In miscellaneous, a blue liquid called bar beside is normally found in what type of establishment?

Nate Barbershops.

Yeah.

Or hair salons.

Exactly.

And miscellaneous bonus.

Now, who was the legendary gambler who died holding aces and eights, which became known as the dead man's hand.

Brad James.

Kenny Rogers.

Wild Bill Hickok in what Old West Town was Wild Bill shot and killed Don Stewart.

There's Tombstone now.

It was Deadwood, South Dakota.

No points on a bonus toss up.

Now in geography, how many states border Missouri?

James?

Nine, not eight.

You can steal Coston.

Seven.

No, Eight is the answer.

Tossup in spelling espresso is made by forcing very hot, Nate?

E S P R E S S O.

Is the spelling for espresso and a bonus.

Now in spelling for Catholic, a cappuccino is a classic espresso drink spell cappuccino.

There's two is it uses C A P P U C C I N O.

Is correct for 20 points.

Toss up for all players in science.

What is the freezing point of water on the Fahrenheit scale.

Coston?

32 degrees.

Is correct and a visual bonus.

For more of a look at the screens, please.

What principle states that is impossible to simultaneously know a particle's exact position and momentum with absolute certainty.

Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle is right for 20.

Toss up now in religion vesak, V E S A K, is the day when South East Asian countries commemorate the birth, enlightenment and death of- Mohib?

Buddha.

What figure and religion Bonus for Maryville.

in 2023, France banned pupils and state run schools from wearing abayas, which are loose fitting, full length robes worn by some women of what religion Muslim is.

Not necessarily Islam is right for 20 toss up and music, the name of which Swedish pop supergroup is an acronym Mohib?

ABBA.

Of the first letters of their name and a music bonus for Maryville.

In 1979, ABBA donated 50% of the royalties from their hit song Chick Accreta to what agency of the United Nations in recognition of the International Year of the Child, United Nations, World Health, UNICEF and UNICEF is right at 20 points.

Toss up now in U.S. history.

Who was the English Quaker leader who oversaw the founding of James William Penn, Pennsylvania and a U.S. history bonus in 1902, who became the first woman pictured on a U.S. postage stamp as her Susan B Anthony.

That's Martha Washington.

What was the cost of the Martha Washington stamp in 1902?

$0.02.

Well, it must've been for some special mail because they charged $0.08 for her toss up.

Now, in mythology, which mythological Greek god was a messenger who wore winged sandals.

Coston?

Hermes.

Is right and a mythology bonus for Maryville.

What tire companies logo includes the winged foot of Hermes or Mercury in the middle of the company's name.

Good, good, good, good, good.

That's goodyear.

Goodyear is right for 20 toss up in astronomy.

The planet Mars was named after the mythological Roman god of Patrick?

War.

Yes, in astronomy bonus.

Which planets in our solar system are called the gas giants because they are mostly composed of hydrogen and helium.

Jupiter, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.

Well, I can only take the first two answers, but those are I happen to do the correct answers.

Math Competition Toss up for every one.

Evaluate x squared plus 3xy.

If x equals negative four and Y equals negative three.

Coston?

-20.

No.

Chance to steal Catholic.

Nate?

48.

No.

52.

I'm asking you to add 16 to 36 to make 52.

No points on that toss up.

Now in arts, what actor is the voice of Lightning McQueen in the animated Mohib?

Owen Wilson.

Feature Cars and now your arts bonus for Maryville.

Name two of the five Marx Brothers.

Oh, I don't know.

It's not those.

It's like the Marx, like the circus guys.

No clue.

I don't know.

John.

Jonathan, Sir.

Gummo Marx.

John Marx.

John Marx.

John Marx.

No its Chico, Harpo, Groucho, Gummo, Zeppo.

They performed at the Bijou once upon a time.

Really toss up for all players in economics.

What is is Kurzecstans biggest exports?

James Oil.

Now that you can steal Maryville.

Mohib?

Wool.

No, gold is their biggest toss up in foreign language.

What is the Spanish word for book?

Mohib?

Libro.

correct In a foreign language bonus?

What is the national language of Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo?

Swahili for Swahili is right for 20 toss up for all players in health.

What is the location of the inominate bone in humans?

Coston?

The nose.

Now it you can steal Catholic Thomas here, no, that unnamed bone is in the pelvis.

Toss up now in geography.

The ports of Kanazawa, Akita and Vladivostok, Patrick, Japan are all on what body of water chance to steal Catholic.

James.

The Bering Strait?

No, no.

The Sea of Japan is the answer.

Toss up in games, what popular playground game has players toss a small object called a lager into number triangles or a pattern of rectangles?

Coston?

Frisbee golf?

Not it outlined on the ground and then jump through the spaces to retrieve Thomas.

Hopscotch is right and a games bonus for Catholic.

What is a dice game made by Milton Bradley with the objective of the game to score points by rolling five dice up to three times per term to make certain combinations?

Yahtzee.

Correct.

For ten, What is the highest Yahtzee score attainable under standard rules?

Three It's going to be multiple six right?

Take answer 500, it's 1575 points.

Toss up for all players in geometry, point B is between points A and C, If AB equals 14 and AC equals 33, what is the length of Patrick 19 B C is 19 and you get a visual bonus.

Now for Maryville.

Take a look at the screens, please.

Two chords intersect inside a circle.

One chord is divided into four and six units.

Name two possible integer combinations that the second chord could be divided into other than four and six, even three.

And then like two and 12, two.

What happens in 12 eight?

And do I think it wants to combinations eight and three and two and 12?

Yeah, those are it with one and 24 being the other combination 20 points toss up now in US history.

What state was organized between 1784 and 1788 with a constitution and governor but never allowed to actually become Coston?

State of Franklin.

A state and a U.S. history bonus which two presidents received their law degrees from Harvard.

Obama What was one?

President Lincoln Talk of a German answer.

Obama And Theodore Roosevelt.

I'll give you ten for Obama, but Rutherford B Hayes is the other one.

Toss up for everyone in literature.

In what fictional work is Newspeak the official language Mohib?

1984?

Correct In the literature bonus, an unattractive child who grows up to become a successful and very handsome person is reminiscent of what Danish fairy tale looks like.

The Douglas Swan, the Ugly Duckling.

Correct for ten.

What Danish poet and author wrote The Ugly Duckling once because she was Hans Christian Andersen is right 20 on the bonus tossup in science in which layer of the atmosphere is the ozone layer.

Coston?

Stratosphere.

Correct.

In a science bonus, what is the representation of the maximum quantity of water held in the soil against the force of gravity?

So retention and retention.

So retention of soil retention, it's called field capacity.

Toss up for everyone in music.

What eight letter word beginning with L refers to the text of an opera or vocal work James libretto.

Correct and a music bonus.

What is the major key for an instrument like a piano when the key signature has five sharps?

I defer to Thomas B Major.

Correct for 20 points.

Toss up in history.

Who was president of the U.S. when Apollo 11 landed on the moon?

James Richard Nixon in the history bonus a felt by corn head that was auctioned in 2021 once belonged to what man who died at age 51 in exile on the island of Saint Helena.

Napoleon Bonaparte.

Correct.

For 20 points.

Tossup in vocabulary.

What eight letter word beginning with R is a synonym for Germain.

Mohib?

Rudimentary?

Not it.

You can steal Catholic.

James relevant is right and a vocabulary bonus.

What is a hemed square of thin fabric which can be carried in the pocket or handbag for personal hygiene purposes, such as wiping one's face or hands?

Hankerchief.

And spell.

Well, yes, you got ten for every handkerchief.

I didn't get a chance to ask you to spell handkerchief, but the show is over.

Catholic.

You made a run there at the end, but not enough to overcome an excellent squad from Maryville High School who will advance now to the round of the educated eight.

So congratulations to all of you Catholic.

Thanks for being here.

You did great this year, making it to the Smart 16 and we look forward to seeing all your underclassmen again next year on the show.

We appreciate your support.

Maryville, great job.

We'll see you again.

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