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 64 teams from all over the viewing area competing for the Frank Miller Memorial Trophy and a cash prize that will describe that halftime, our 40th season of Scholars Bowl.

And in today's first round game, we've got one of the teams from Scott County High School taking on their cross County rivals from Oneida High School.

Both schools, of course, located within Scott County and the Scott County High is actually in Huntsville, Tennessee.

Let's see how those players first, beginning with a couple of familiar faces from past seasons, including Connor Yancey from 12th grade now.

Hi, Conner.

Welcome back to the show.

Tell us about you.

I have the red buzzer.

The red buzzer.

I've never actually sat over there.

Are they different colors?

Oh, you got the red one.

Well, that's one of your team colors, so good luck with that.

Let's say hi to ninth grader who's obviously here for the first time.

Joslin, Floyd, Joslin, welcome to the show.

How are you?

I'm doing well.

How are you?

Very well.

Tell us something about yourself.

I play the flute as a Scott.

High, Marching Highlander.

Oh, outstanding.

All right, well, we're happy to have you here.

And also team captain for this squad is Brylan Oreck in 11th grade.

We recognize you from the past two.

Brylan So as captain, you're going to answer bonuses on behalf of the squad, or you can defer by name to one of your teammates on bonuses, what have you been up to since we saw you last year in Tennessee, all of Tennessee, the whole state of just specifically, the Titans?

Vols Yeah.

All right.

We'll glad to hear that.

And Cameron Parker is back with us again.

12th grade this year.

How are you, Cameron Watson doing good.

How are you?

I'm very well, thanks.

What's going on?

I just closed my cross-country season.

Okay.

And then I always wonder about the people who live on cross-country.

Do they remember to come back?

Because it seems like you could just be a Forrest Gump and keep going and going and going.

It's crossed the mind.

Let's say hi to the coach for Scott County High School.

That is Dr. Cindy Jeffers, and she's the RTI coordinator at Scott and obviously has had several successful teams with Scott over the years, taking on a players from Oneida High School.

Let's say hi first to Michaelan Stanley, who's a junior this year, Michaelan and welcome.

What about you?

Tell us about yourself.

Um, well, I take vocal lessons with my amazing teacher, Jessica, and I've been playing the guitar for three years.

Are you interested in opera theater?

Oh, yeah.

I love learning Italian for opera.

Oh, really?

And what's your teacher's name?

Jessica.

Jessica Rash.

Outstanding.

All right, well, I've got a lot of opera singer friends.

I'm glad to hear about that.

Oh, they're very loud.

I love them.

Yeah.

Let's see if you can be as loud on the show today and maybe use that knowledge.

Let's say hi to senior Tina Kaylor.

Tina, welcome.

Happy to have you.

Tell us about you.

My name is Tina.

I am a board member of Stands Why I so I Coalition for the Foster Care Committee.

I enjoy poetry, writing and all things creative music art.

If you were to name one or two favorite poets who've really you'd go to if you know one of those desert island things, you can take one book of poetry with you.

Who is it going to be a temporary classic?

I really am into spoken word, more spoken word poetry.

Yeah, sure.

I'm not really like that, you know, I'm like a certain poet, like a poetry slam type competition.

Those are fascinating to team captain for.

Onoda is junior Philip Thompson.

So Philip, with your shockingly orange on either team colors, we're happy to have you here.

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'm a jazz clarinetist and I'm also an Eagle Scout.

Oh, I love it when we have Eagle Scouts on the show because I get to ask the same exact question, but it's always a different answer.

What was your service project to become an Eagle Scout?

I built a labyrinth prayer garden at my church.

Oh, Is it an elaborate labyrinth?

Yes.

Oh, that's great.

I'm glad to hear about that.

We're also joined by Alexa Mooring, and I imagine a bunch of Amazon echo devices just went off.

If they're near the TV.

Alexa, tell us about yourself.

I Like art solid Lets say hi to the coach for Oneida High School.

That is Miranda Jones, who teaches government and economics.

You've all seen the show.

You've all many of you been here before.

You know how we play toss ups worth ten and bonuses worth up to 20 players.

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

Toss up for all players in the category of science.

What U.S. inventor was the first to patent the incandescent electric lamp?

Brylan Edison.

Yes, and a science bonus.

Now, what branch of medicine is concerned with the uses, effects and modes of the action of drugs?

And isn't it cleaner?

Pharmaceutical science was the specific name for it that we needed.

Here was pharmacology.

How about this?

Which branch of physics is concerned with the properties of sound?

the frequent frequency that is called acoustics.

Toss it for all players in sports, which former UT football player who wore number 92 is the only NFL player Brylan wears.

You want to have his number officially retired by two different NFL franchises?

No asterisk like Peytons got.

bonus.

Now in sports for Scott, what is the team name for the athletic program at the University of Washington Huskies?

And what is the team name for the athletic program at the University of Miami Hurricanes?

Both of those are ranked 20 poin What is the commonly used Latin phrase that means solid ground?

Connor Terra firma, right.

And a foreign language bonus.

What is the French phrase for complete freedom to do something that literally translates to blank document?

It's something gard answer ala carta Well, you're on the right track because Carter would be the document and Blanche So carte blanche is the blank document, plus up for one in geometry.

The area of an isosceles right triangle is 98 square feet.

What is the length of one leg?

Nobody got that in time.

14 feet is the length of one leg toss up in U.S. history.

Which famous American said Tranquility Base here, the Eagle has landed right in Franklin.

Not it.

You can still on either it it's Neil Armstrong when he landed on the moon toss up in physics.

What force acts on an object perpendicular to the surface?

Counter friction.

No chance to steal Oneida.

Tina Gravity.

Now, normal force is the type that has the perpendicular force.

Toss up now in architecture.

What is the nickname for the great bell of the Great clock of Westminster?

At the north end of the Palace of Westminster in London, England?

Michaelan Big Ben, Big Ben is it and architecture now as your bonus on ITER what New York City skyscraper previously called Freedom Tower, is the tallest building in the United States.

The first Empire State Building.

Now taller than that is the One World Trade Center toss up now in mythology, what legendary monster is depicted as the large, hideous man like being that lives under a bridge in the children's story.

The three Billy goats Gruff Connor, A troll is right and you get a visual bonus.

Now in mythology, take a look at the screens, please.

Scott County, who was the mythological king who cheated death twice and was sentenced by Hades to perform the futile task illustrated here, A Disney Corner office is right for 20 points.

Toss up now in economics.

What is the term for a tax on imported goods?

Cameron Tariff.

Yes, and an economics bonus.

India's highest value banknotes were withdrawn from circulation in 2023.

What is the name of India's currency?

Ruby No, I can't take that.

It's rupee with a P in the middle.

A ruby would be a gem, obviously, and have a different meaning.

Toss up in geography in what US City is the 1962 World's Fair Space Needle located in Brylan, Seattle is right and a geography bonus in which state is Fort Belvoir located in South Carolina and that's in Virginia, near D.C..

In which state is Fort Knox located?

For now, that one's in Kentucky.

No points there.

Toss up now in health, what feature of the face might have a deviated nose, septum and health is your bonus.

What are the fibrous connective tissues that attach muscle to bone sinew?

And doesn't that corner you know, I'm looking for tendons there.

What are the fibrous connective tissues that attach bone to bone to make that ligament?

That's right.

Ten points toss up in art.

In the famous photograph of the flag raising at Iwo Jima, how many men are shown participating?

I'll make sure I've called on you all the way.

That's your warning.

No chance to steal.

Scott County Camera six six is right.

Gets an arc bonus two parts.

First, who painted the scream a dozen is awesome.

Edward Munch.

Yeah.

Edvard Munch.

You'll take that.

And the scream is displayed in the National Museum.

In what city?

Philadelphia.

Now Oslo, Norway is where it is.

Toss up now in vocabulary.

What is the sudden movement of ice, snow and other debris down?

Jocelyne Avalanche, a mountain side and a vocabulary bonus.

What?

Five letter word beginning with a means, a proverb or short statement expressing a general truth?

No answer.

Well, this job has helped me so much with crossword puzzles.

That's an adage.

Add plus up in algebra solve for x.

If x squared equals 121 over 169 and give both solutions.

Nobody rang in and in town the buzzer sounded counter.

So right.

The two solutions were 11 over 13 and -11 over 13 toss up for all players in geography.

What color is most frequently used on bright red national flags and now a flag bonus?

Take a look at the screens, please.

When the Olympic flag shown here was first displayed in 1914, what was the significance of the colors of the five rings and the white background?

Is it is it going to colors or anything?

Me Answer.

Brown The sports was the sports.

No, those were the colors of all the national flags in existence at the time when the flag was came out in 1914.

Toss up in technology.

Google Docs is compatible with document files from what Microsoft program.

Cameron Word Yes word to you too.

And technology is your bonus.

Who won the 1952 presidential election, which was the first time a computer predicted the outcome next time after Truman and Sir Truman Eisenhower.

What was the name of the computer that correctly predicted that outcome?

No answer.

That is the UNIVAC UNIVAC toss now in music.

Which of the Beatles wrote the song Here Comes the Sun?

Brolin Paul McCartney.

Got it.

You can steal an item.

McCallum John Lennon.

Not him either.

George Harrison wrote Here comes the sun toss up now in literature.

At what time did Poe's Raven gently wrap on the chamber door?

Brylan Midnight is right and a literature bonus.

Now, who are the two close friends who each wrote about fantasy worlds?

One created Middle Earth and the other created Narnia.

And doesn't that corner C.S.

Lewis and J.R.R.

Tolkien?

Two guys who love their initials, Those are both write for 20 points.

Toss up now in miscellaneous.

In the fourth millennium BCE, the invention of what device marked the beginning of agricultural civilization.

Jocelyn Plow is right and miscellaneous bonus too.

According to the Economist's annual index, what city in Austria is the world's most livable for 2023?

Based on health care, education, cultural and infrastructure.

Austria, City of Vienna, Austria.

No points tossup in U.S. history.

Who was the woman whose refusal to give up her seat?

Tina Rosa Parks on a montgomery City bus is right.

And U.S. history bonus for an item.

When Douglas Dam was under construction in 1941, downtown Dandridge was scheduled to be flooded.

Instead, a levee was built because of the intervention of citizens, civic leaders in which first Lady Eleanor Roosevelt is right for 20 points.

Toss up now in biology.

What type of ecosystem is characterized by poorly drained mineral soils and waterlogged ground?

Joslyn Marsh Yeah, or Swamp would have taken either and a biology bonus of the world's five oceans, which is the largest pacific of the and geologically which is the youngest ocean arctic in was it in the Atlantic Ocean toss up now in religion who is the king of the gods in Hinduism?

Tina Buddha, not him.

You can steal Scott County that is Indra I Indra.

As we end the first half of play, looks like Scott County is trying to run up the score a little bit.

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

The winner advances to the threshold of 32.

Stick around and find out who that's going to be coming up after the break.

On Tennessee Scholars Bowl 20, 24.

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 Scholar's Bowl.

I'm Frank Murphy, back from halftime in this first round game between Scott County High School and their Cross County rivals Oneida High School.

Scott County is running up a lead, but will Oneida rally in the second half?

We're about to find out.

Starting lineups are still in the game.

Players fingers on the buzzer for this game of Tennessee Scholars Bowl 2024.

Toss up for everyone in spelling.

A buffet is a food spread.

Brylan B U F F E T is how you spell that and spelling bonus.

Now, broccoli is a green vegetable and a good source of calcium spell broccoli.

I believe it's to be r0ccolr.

That's right.

20 points.

Toss it for everyone in geometry.

What is the perimeter of a square with an area of 169 by 13?

Now you can steal or neither.

Each side would be 13, but there's four sides.

So 52 would be the perimeter toss up.

Now in government, what is the term for a court order that forbids or halts a certain action?

Tina Restrain.

Now you can steal.

Scott.

That's an injunction.

No points toss up.

Now in art, using a single block of marble, the two other sculptors had started to use but rejected who was hired in 1501 to complete a statue.

Joslyn Michelangelo of David and Art Bonus.

Now the reign of which leader from 336 B.C.

to 323 B.C.

is taken as the separation of the classical from the Hellenistic periods of ancient Greek art to be three.

Alexander the Great is ranked for 20 points toss up now in chemistry, which element gets its symbol from its Latin name?

Palumbo.

Jocelyn led is right now a visual bonus in chemistry.

Look at the screens, please.

What is the chemical symbol for tin?

A silvery colored metal that is soft enough to cut with little effort, as in.

And what is its atomic number as a 36?

It's 50, but you get ten points for the symbol correctly.

Toss up now in foreign language.

Translate the Spanish question into English key and sub.

Philip, how are you doing now You're in steel.

Scott Brown What's up?

who knows what the answer could be because the answer is who knows?

Toss up in geology, which fault line runs along the borders of West Tennessee, Arkansas and Missouri?

That is the New Madrid fault pass up in economics.

Who invented the modern steam engine in 1775?

What?

Yes, and an economics bonus.

James, what is the guy what is a 12 letter term?

That means the action of gradually writing off the initial cost of an asset or paying off a debt over time.

Finance financing.

The equivalent or term I'm looking for is Amortization toss up in health.

What is the object placed in a blood vessel to open a closed blood vessel to keep it open afterwards?

Joslin Stent is right.

Health bonus What blood vessel carries blood from the heart.

It makes a king shaped curve.

BROWN Aruba, That's the aorta.

What blood vessel supplies blood to the thigh and leg in a cover, right?

Sounds right, doesn't it?

Connor vena cava.

The femoral artery is the one that supplies blood to the leg.

Pass up in miscellaneous.

Which letter of the alphabet is not used to spell any of the names of the 50 United States right now that you can steal another Tina Q Q is right.

Miscellaneous bonus for Oneida What is the geometric shape of the traffic signs for yield triangle?

Correct.

What does the geometric shape of the traffic signs for stop octagon also, right?

20 points Toss up now in literature, which Knoxville born author won a posthumous Pulitzer Prize in 1958.

Josh Brolin, Alan Gratz for his novel A Death in the Family.

I think Alan's still alive.

I at a friend's a literacy benefit.

James Agee is the author.

Tossup Now in Math.

What is 15% of 120 counter 20.

No chance still on either Time's up on that.

15% of 120 is only 18 toss up in world history.

During the Fourth Crusade, which Orthodox city was pillaged by the crusading armies.

Brylan Rome, not it you can steal Oneida was a city known at that time as Constantinople.

Toss up in astronomy.

What is the name of the single point of light that we see as the North Star?

That is actually a triple star system or three stars orbiting a common center of mass counter players is right in astronomy.

Bonus Now two parts.

What is the name for the Northern Lights, doesn't it?

Camera.

Aurora Borealis.

Correct.

What is the name for these southern lights?

Goodness, no answer.

That is the Aurora Australis toss up now in music.

For what holiday occasion is the tune Auld Lang Syne traditionally sung?

Jocelyn Christmas, Not it.

You can steal Oneida.

I know they sing it and it's a Wonderful Life.

But for New Year's Eve and New Year's Day is the traditional use for that toss up in vocabulary.

What five letter word beginning with G is a stew.

That is Louisiana's official Philip Gumbo State Cuisine Vocabulary Bonus.

Now spell the seven letter word that begins with s. That means the action or process of fastening or closing something securely, stapling and stapling.

It's safe to serve spelling anyway, but try spelling.

It's homonym.

That means the surface above your head when indoors.

And sir?

Well, I think you can look up on your own how to spell ceiling and ceiling.

But those were the two homonyms we were talking about toss up now in history in which African country is the Swan High Dam?

Brylan Egypt is right.

History Bonus Marie Antoinette's secret apartment was reopened to the public in 2023 as part of what, Palace's 400th anniversary.

Lucky Buckingham.

Now she was at Versailles, a toss up in geography, which states highest elevation is the lowest of all the state's highest elevations.

Joslyn, Louisiana.

Not it.

You can steal Oneida, you can't talk to each other or look at each other on a toss up.

Sorry about that.

Florida actually has the lowest, highest elevation, tossup up in chemistry, which alkaline earth metal has the largest atomic radius, Conner, France, You know, not it.

You can steal Oneida at the buzzer.

Tina uranium No it radium is it no points toss up in games in what tabletop game made for 2 to 4 players does each player try to collect as many marbles as possible using the mouth Connor, Angry, hungry hippos have an animal by pressing a lever and games bonus.

Now what Nintendo game franchise features intergalactic bounty hunter Samus Eren taking on missions against space pirates, parasitic alien species and rogue A.I.

while collecting power ups like the Ice beam and Morph Ball.

Metroid Oh Get my son sent me that questions.

I'm glad you knew it.

To cross up in foreign language.

Polish, Russian and Czech are examples of which language group Connor Slavic right and a foreign language bonus.

What is the French word for bakery that sells everyday items like bread and croissants?

Like something that's a bit larger?

Oh, what is the French word for a pastry shop with which is more specialized than a bakery, you know, as it is.

Yes, that is a particularly for pastries.

Plus up now in math, simplify three divided by the square root of three, one third.

Now that you can steal another Philip one know, the simplified answer in that case is square root of for everyone in economics whose face is on a US 50 cent coin.

Philip Kennedy Yes, and an economics bonus now for an idea.

Maya Angelou, Dr. Sally Ride, Wilma mankiller, Nina or Terrell Warren and Anna May Wong were honored in 2022 when the US Mint placed their pictures where on quarters is correct, a union shield is on the reverse of which U.S. coin.

Second, have the question a nickel.

Now it's on the back of a penny with the Lincoln, of course, being on the obverse toss up in science in which month is the vernal equinox?

Philip December.

No, you can steal Scott Cameron November.

Now that's in March.

Vernal means spring, spring equinox, toss up in religion.

What are the next four words in this quote from some 23, which are also used as a lyric in Gangsta's Paradise?

As I walk through the valley of Cameron, the shadow of death is right and in religion.

Now name two of the seven sacraments of Catholicism.

Well, not that you needed the points anyway as time runs out, but it was baptism, confirmation, Eucharist, reconciliation, anointing of the sick, Holy orders of matrimony.

Well, congratulations, Scott County, but also thank you to Oneida High School.

And I know you've got a lot going on up there, too, so I'm sure you can maybe beat Scott County.

In other sports or study hard.

And I hope to see you all again next year on scholarship.

Well, thank you for being here, Scott.

Congratulations.

You've got multiple teams in the tournament and this one shall advance to the round of the threshold of 32.

We'll see you again on Scholars Bowl real soon.

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