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♪♪ Alabama Scholars Bowl!

Where high school students from all over the state compete for scholarship money.

These are dedicated students who work hard everyday to do their best academically.

Questions in science, technology engineering, math and history.

Keep track and see how well you do up against the best high school students in Alabama.

Now here's your host, Mike Royer - Hello, once again everyone and welcome to the Alabama scholars bowl, My name is Mike Oroyer and we're so glad you've joined us for our program Once again, statewide on Alabama public television.

We welcome to our studios some of the best and brightest high school students from all around the state of Alabama.

And we hope and hear from you that you're enjoying this program.

And we're glad you're watching.

Once again today, we will be welcoming to the studio today.

The students from Thompson high school students.

It's good to see you all today.

And not far away from Thompson Pelham high school, and welcome to Thompson high school as well.

You'll meet our individual players coming up in just a few minutes about midway through the program.

They'll tell you a little bit about themselves, but what we'll really find out in the next few minutes is how well prepared they are for some really tough questions on a variety of subjects, and students as you know, we begin with 20 toss up questions, If your team answers the question correctly, you get a bonus question, That's just for your team.

Everybody ready?

Are you sure?

All right, let's get started then.

Question number one.

Here we go.

What country which runs operation sovereign borders to stop asylum seekers has been led since 2018 by prime minister, Scott Morrison.

And the answer from Andrew.

- Australia, Australia is the right answer.

Well done.

Here's your bonus question.

The prime Meridian passes through the Royal observatory in which borough of London, which represents the G and the acronym GMT?

- Greenwich.

- Greenwich is the right answer Greenwich mean time, that's right.

Toss up for everyone.

Boston Corbett shot white man who yelled at six separate tyrannies and jumped through the balcony And it's caught it's calmer, Connor, I'm sorry Connor.

I'll get it right Every time, - John Wilkes booth - John Wilkes booth is the right answer.

And here's your bonus question?

Pelham.

What river which joins the Parana river near the town of Corian Taze shares its name with a landlocked south American country.

And you come up with an answer?

- Bolivia.

- The answer is the Paraguay river Paraguay river.

You were in the right train of thought.

Toss up for every one.

What author who wrote about an invisible worm in his poem, The sick rose was an English romantic who described a predator, burning bright in the tiger?

and Ethan.

- Alexander Pope.

- That's incorrect.

Do you have an answer Pelham?

I read the entire question, Anyone?

we'll move on.

Then the answer is William Blake, William Blake.

In optics and images inverted If it has a negative value of what quantity denoted M that indicates how much it grows as in a namesake glass?

and take a shot at an Andrew [Andrew] slope?

- No that's incorrect.

Pelham got an answer?

Want to take a shot?

The answer is magnification, magnification.

What metal mind at the Potosi in Bolivia was supposedly found in a mountain range that is the origin of the names that Rio de Plata and Argentina.

And what's your answer?

Connor.

- Silver.

- Silver is the right answer.

And here's your bonus question.

Pelham, the 2005 novel Zuora which acts as an origin story for its title hero was written by what a claimed Chilean author of the house of the spirits?

No answer?

Isabel Allende is the answer.

You'll know it next time.

What American designed the popular forest plantation the rotunda at the university of Virginia and a personal residence called and it's Connor.

- Thomas Jefferson?

- Thomas Jefferson monticello That's right.

Your bonus question, just for you.

British astronomer Cecilia Payne showed that that nearly all of the massive stars consist of what two elements?

- Hydrogen and helium?

- That's right, exactly right.

Exactly right Well done question for everyone.

What short story about a costly mistake by Mattel gazell was written in French by G de Maupassant and is named after a piece of jewelry, and buzzy I'm looking at where are you?

I couldn't see your light Alisa.

Go ahead.

- Oh, the necklace?

- the necklace is correct.

Well done your bonus question for you.

Thompson high school, What head of the mountain faction was called the incorruptible and led the committee of public safety during the French revolutions reign of terror?

- Ruth's peer?

- That's the right answer.

Well done.

question number 8 of 20.

What movie franchise whose protagonists fights toe cutter defeats Lord Humengus and complete, and competes in the Thunder dome includes a film subtitled furry road, fury road, and buzzing in, is Andrew - mad Max?

- mad max is right.

Your bonus question.

After Clifford is paralyzed by a world war one injury, his wife Connie has an affair with gamekeeper Oliver Millers in what novel by D H Lawrence?

- The plantation.

- The jets have kind of a clever answer that's wrong, but nevertheless, lady Chatterley's lover is what we were looking for for the answer.

And here we go for a question for everyone.

Once again, what state who's governor called for an investigation into ERCOT, E R C O T. After a 2021, winter storm is governed by Greg Abbott in his home.

And it's Andrew!

- Texas?

- state of Texas is right.

Your bonus question.

Bio diesel fuels are examples of what molecules formed by reacting carboxyl, carboxylic acid with an alcohol that forms namesake polymers used in close?

- Ethanol?

- Judges.

No that's incorrect.

The right answer is esters ESTER or an add an S halfway through our questions.

Here's number 10.

What quantity is constant for a Newtonian fluid, zero for a super fluid, very high for molasses and represents a fluids, Andrew!

- Viscosity?

- viscosity is correct.

Bonus question.

What city whose tools slang genocide museum is housed in a former Kamir Rouge prison in the capital of Cambodia?

- Roam ken?

- They all accept that.

Yes, we had trouble pronouncing it in the seventies to noam ken is the right answer question for everyone.

What country who's chancellor Kurt Schussneg resigned in 1938 was annex by Nazi Germany?

Ethen - Austria?

- That's correct Right Answer your bonus question Now Thompson, a treatise of human nature is by what Scottish empiricist philosopher who formulated the problem of induction?

- Adam Smith.

- No David Hume is the right answer, Moving on for everyone.

What imaginary creatures include sogoy in the earth sea novels, Norbert in the Harry Potter series, And it is right here Connor!

- Dragons?

- dragons is right.

Here's your bonus question?

Pelham, in January, 2021, the Biden administration announced it would speed up plans to place what woman on the $20 bill instead of Andrew Jackson?

... That's correct.

That's right.

Everyone question.

Why did economist choose wife rose worked with him on the book Capitalism and freedom opposed Keynesian as a leader of pro market Chicago school?

and buzzying is Andrew?

- Friedman.

- That's right.

Milton Friedman is right.

Your bonus question.

What 2021 song in which Olivia Rodrigo asks So when you're going to tell her that we did that two is named after a two French phrase.

Do you know the answer?

- I don't know Music.

- Dejavio.

- De javia is the right answer.

What data structure is often used to represent syntactic structure consists of a graph with no cycles has a root and has nodes that may branch?

and Andrew!

- An array?

- Incorrect.

Pelham, do you have an answer for that?

No answer?

The, the word branch should have given it away.

The answer was trees.

Trees.

What policy launched by executive order 9066 was fought by Fred chorus, Matsu and led certain west coast residents to be held in camps.

Andrew!

- Oh ah In terms of Japanese?

- That's correct.

That's the right answer.

And here's another bonus question for you.

Thompson.

What term in typology means a closed curve that without cutting can not be untangled into a simple loop, such as the simple tree foil?

- Circle.

- You came up with something you did.

It's not right, but you came up with it.

The right answer is not knots.

Everyone.

What river who's tributaries include the pond array empties into the Pacific ocean informs much of the border between Oregon and and Washington and Andrew!

- Snake?

Nope.

- That's incorrect.

You have the answer Pelham?

Anyone?

- The Washington river?

- it's the Columbia river is the right answer for that.

Next question.

What element which has the highest tensile strength and melting point of any metal was once called Wolfram and reflected Connor?

- Tungsten.

- Tungsten is right.

Well done.

Jesus is this is your bonus question.

Jesus is human and divine selves were totally separate according to what sect condemned as heresy at Cal sedan in 431 that's spread throughout Asia?

No answer?

- the Huguenots.

- No, that's incorrect.

I don't know if it's just me but the bonus questions are hard today.

Nestorianism is the right answer.

Two more toss up questions.

What artists painted animals skulls against desert backdrops in many detailed and closeup images, And it's Connor!

- Georgia O'Keeffe?

- Georgia O'Keeffe is right.

That's correct.

Bonus question.

Skeletal muscles are striated, because they have what functional units made up of organized actin and myosin filaments?

- Nerves?

- No, that's incorrect.

It is the sarcomere Cormiers after this, let's look up the guy that did these bonus questions.

You want to, what novel in which an electric eyed snake is used to pump the stomach of guy Manteca and Connor?

- Fahrenheit 451.

- That's right.

Your bonus question.

What Russian composer wrote a Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini as well as the famous prelude in C sharp minor?

You need an answer - Chomsky?

- No, it is a Rachmaninoff Rachmaninoff.

This is the final question.

Now for this round what soccer player who joined youvintos IN 2018 and it's Connor?

- Ronaldo?

Ronaldo is right.

And you get the last bonus question of the round.

In 2021 software tycoon jet John McAfee was found dead in what country where he was arrested on tax evasion charges?

- In the united kingdom?

- It was in Spain where that happened, Lay your buzzers down.

We're going to get ready for the lightning round.

As you all know, there are four categories for the lightning round.

The team that is trailing at this point, Pelham you're slightly behind right now.

You'll go first.

You'll select one category and we'll play that category.

Then we'll come over to you.

Thompson you'll choose two categories, play them both, and then you get stuck with what's left of the four categories after they go Before we do that, let's meet our players.

We're proud of our students and so happy they're able to be with us here on the Alabama scholars bowl.

Andrew, if you'd begin just tell us a bit about yourself.

- I'm Andrew Wilson.

I'm a senior at Thompson high school, and please play go wheshy suit is masterpiece flowers, sun and rain.

- [Ethan] All right.

My name is Ethan.

I'm a senior at Thompson high school and I'm a member of the model UN club.

- [Iris] My name is Iris Hurwitz.

I'm a junior at Thompson high school and I'm thesbian of R I'm a treasurer of art thespian society.

- [Alyssa] My name's Alyssa Abbott.

I'm a junior at Thompson, and this year I'm the junior editor of the yearbook.

- Very good.

Before we come up to this side, let me give the categories I meant to do that before you even began.

Let me give them to so write them down if you like, and then we'll meet our players from Pelham.

The categories that we'll play in the lightning round are units of measurement, African capitals, TV occupations, and a grand round, a grand round.

Those are the four categories.

All right?

everybody jot those down real quick.

And then we'll continue meeting our players and let's come over to Aidyn, and tell us a bit about yourself.

- [Aidyn] My name is Aidyn.

I'm a freshman at Pelham high school and I am in the marching band.

- [Clea] My name is clay Collins.

I'm a freshman at Pelham high school and I'm a long jumper.

- [Conner] My name is Connor McDonald.

I'm a sophomore at Pelham high school, and I take part in many activities at Pelham, including being on the soccer team.

- [Austin] Hello, I'm Austin Wallace.

I'm a senior at Pelham high school and I love airplanes.

- Very good.

You're going to fly one.

one day maybe?

- Yes sir hopefully.

- I hope you do.

I hope you do.

have you guys decided which of the four categories you get to play first?

- Yeah.

Yeah.

- You want to do TV occupations?

All right.

The clock will start When I asked you the first question you have one minute given TV characters and their occupations named the show on which they first appeared.

Here we go.

Physicists Sheldon Cooper.

- Big bang theory.

- Teacher turned drug Lord Walter White?

- Brick and banned.

- government office director Ron Swanson, who is Leslie notes Boss?

- Hubson rick.

- Dundder mufllin regional manager Michael Scott?

- The office.

- former police officer Rick Grimes.

- The rookie.

- Incorrect, engineer Montgomery Scott.

- Skip.

- Fourth grade teacher Herbert Garrison.

- Skip.

Law Professor Annalise Keating.

- ...Murder - That's right.

Sam Malone a Boston bartender?

- Cheers.

- And substitute teacher Dorothy Zu bore neck.

What did we skip?

Judges?

engineers.

Montgomery Scott fourth-grade teacher Herbert Garrison Either one of those?

Garrison time is up.

Garrison is south park and engineer.

Montgomery.

Scott is in star Trek.

All right, Thompson.

You've had plenty of time to think about the two that you want to choose and play at this portion of our round.

What will it be?

- African capitals and grand rounds.

- Alrighty.

Let's start with African capitals.

Then as you know, the clock starts When I ask you the first question, give the capital of these African countries.

Egypt?

- Cairo.

- Kenya?

- Nairobi.

- Senegal?

- Skip.

- Nigeria?

- Lagos.

- That is incorrect.

Libya?

- Tripoli.

- That's right.

Morocco?

- Marrakesh.

- That's incorrect.

Sudan?

- Darfur.

- That's incorrect.

Ghana?

- Skip.

- Namibia?

- A Wintok.

- That's correct.

Burkina Faso.

- Skip.

- I would too.

Um let's see you skipped Libya no you got, did you get Libya?

- So yeah.

- Senegal?

- I think it starts with a w ah.

- You should notify them then any and any others?

We skip also eight, very quickly.

Eight Ghana - Cultivar.

- Yeah.

It's ACRA acro.

All right.

Let's let's put that category in our rear view mirror What do you say?

and move on to I think your second choice was grand round Is that right?

- Sounded interesting haha.

- All right.

We'll see if it is, a one minute to answer these questions give these phrases and titles that contain the word Grand.

Deep crevasse in Arizona?

- grand canyon.

- Home run with the bases loaded?

- grand slam.

- Historic music venue in Nashville?

- Grand stadium.

- That's incorrect.

Manhattan transit hub at 42nd street and park avenue?

- Granster.

- Video game series sometimes set in cen Andreas?

- Oh Grands of thota.

- Group of citizens that determines probable cause for indictments?

- Grand jury.

- Home city of Gerald Ford's presidential museum?

- Skip.

- Caribbean island governed from the city of Georgetown?

- Grand island - That's incorrect.

west Anderson's film set in the fictional country of zoo Broker?

- Skip.

- Two word term used in the official name of Luxembourg?

- Oh, grand dodgy.

- That's correct.

We go back to, thank you Judges, home city of Gerald Ford's presidential museum?

- Grand rapids.

- That's correct.

And nine, is west Anderson's film set in the fictional country, Time is up it's grand Budapest hotel, and if you haven't seen it, you need to see it.

It really good.

- I haven't seen it, I heard it's really good.

- All right.

We're coming back to you now, Pelham you as we indicated earlier, played the last one.

And so that makes it your choice.

And this is units of measurement, units of measurement.

You have one minute to answer these questions.

What unit of measurement equals?

Here we go.

Exactly 2.5 four centimeters?

- one inch.

- That's right.

3,600 seconds?

- Skip.

- 42 gallons of petroleum?

- One barrel.

- Tried a Newton times a meter?

- Skip.

- The distance from the earth to the sun?

- One astronomical unit one.

- One collum per second?

- Skip.

- One 10th of a nanometer?

- A kilo meter.

- That's incorrect, a depth of six feet?

- Skip.

- one 640th of a square mile?

- Square foot.

- One degree Celsius?

- Skip.

- All right.

We can go back to number two which is quickly Mike, 3 3600 seconds?

- 10 minutes.

- All right.

That's time is up and a 3,600 seconds is one hour.

All right.

That wraps up our lightning round.

Aren't you glad?

do you know what we do now?

I think you do.

We continue now with as many questions as we can fit in for the rest of the time remaining.

We have about four and a half minutes left to go as we continue on no bonus question, 20 points each for these questions, Here we go.

What countries people's defense force was founded in 2021 to oppose the Tot model, which took power in a coup in which on son SU was arrested, Andrew!

- Island - That's incorrect.

Do You know Pelham?

- Myanmar.

- That's right.

Burma or Myanmar either one accepted.

Pencil and paper ready for a math question.

What is the surface area of a cube whose volume is 27 given that the length of each edge must be the cube root of 27?

- Buzzing in is Connor.

- Three?

- That's incorrect.

Do you have an answer Thompson?

needed quickly if you do.

- Nine?

- No, the answer is 54 54, and the good news is I don't have to tell you how we arrived at that next question.

What author wrote about John the carpenter who's wife Alison cheats on him in the Miller's tale which is the second of his Canterbury tale, and buzzing in is Conner.

- Geoffrey Chaucer.

- That is correct.

The Atlanta Braves lost the 1992 world series to what team based in Canada?

Connor - the blue Jays.

- That's correct.

Toronto blue Jays.

which water soluble vitamin essential for human Nora pena Fern, Got it?

And collagen, collagen sin, Sin synthesis is also called whose sorbic acid and is found in citrus fruits?

and Andrew!

- vitamin C. - That's correct.

Tiger of the snows is an autobiography of what Sherpa who reached the summit of Mount Everest with Edmond Hilary in may of 1953?

Anyone?

Tensing is the answer.

What river whose Delta is near the port of LAHOV surrounds the El doula ct and flows under the point Nort and point Notre Dom in Paris?

And the answer comes from Alyssa.

- Racine.

- That is the right answer.

Well done.

Scenes from the passion of Christ adorn, the frame of what object that hangs on a wall between the man and woman in gen Ben Ikes are no finny portrait?

And you have a shot at Ethan!

- [Ethan] A mirror?

- A mirror is correct.

What author who wrote about an IRS regional office in Peoria in the pale king included almost 400 in notes in his lengthy novel called infinite jest?

Anyone?

what do you think Andrew's got?

- Scott?

- No, it's Wallace is the name.

What quantity which can sometimes be calculated using the parallel axis theorem is the rotational analog of mass?

and Andrew!

- Inertia?

- Is that good enough judges?

You need more information.

- Rotational inertia.

- That's correct.

Rotational inertia, or moment of inertia.

What Mineral with fused and shocked types is a PE Azo electric Crystalyn?

- zinc.

- I apologize I'm going to go back and finish that question, there was more on the other page starting over for everybody.

What No, no It was me.

What mineral with fused and shock types is a pay Azo electric crystal and material that defines seven on the most scale and is made of silicone dioxide?

- Tropaz?

- No, Do you guys have an answer?

- Quartz?

- Quartz is right.

Look at me going back to read it again, and you got it.

Well done.

The height Ash bury district is located in what us city whose other neighborhoods include nob hill, the mission, and Castro?

- Miami?

- Nope.

Quick answer.

We're about out of time.

Do you guys know it?

- Houston?

- It's San Francisco.

And I've cut us way short on time.

You guys all played well.

And our winning team today, I believe is Thompson high school.

Well done, but Pelham, you played well too.

So thanks for being here.

Good game everybody.

That's going to do it for our program today.

We'll see you next time on the Alabama scholars bowl.