
Quiz Bowl 2017 - 4A Highland vs. Huntsville
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ONLY 14 MAKE IT TO THE FINALS.
WHICH WILL BE CHAMPION?
WELCOME TO THE ARKANSAS GOVERNOR'S QUIZ BOWL WITH YOUR HOST, VICKI NEWTON.
>> HELLO!
FOR MONTHS TEAMS FROM ALL OVER THE STATE HAVE BEEN PREPARING AND COMPETING WITH THE GOAL OF BEING HERE IN THE AETN STUDIOS TODAY.
ONLY 14 TEAMS MADE IT, COMPETING IN SEVEN FINAL MATCHES IN SEVEN DIVISIONS.
WELCOME TO QUIZ BOWL 2017!!!
I'M YOUR HOST VICKIE NEWTON I'M SO EXCITED TO BE HERE WITH YOU.
GLAD YOU ARE WITH US.
OUR QUIZ BOWL BROADCAST WILL BE DIVIDED INTO TWO PARTS.
THIS MORNING WE'LL SEE THE TOP TWO FINALISTS FROM THE 4A, 5A, 3A, AND 6A DIVISIONS.
WE THEN WILL HAVE A 90-MINUTE BREAK, AND AT 1:30 THIS AFTERNOON WE HAVE THE 1A, 2A, AND 7A DIVISIONS.
DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS YOU'RE GOING TO WITNESS A PROGRAM THAT IS EDUCATIONAL, ENTERTAINING AND ALWAYS EXCITING BECAUSE THE TEAMS TODAY GO HEAD TO HEAD FOR THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.
BEFORE THE MATCH STARTED, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE YOU TO ONE OF THE PEOPLEWHO MAKE THIS LIVE SHOW POSSIBLE BY PROVIDING STUDIO AND BROADCAST SERVICES FOR THE MATCHES .
COURTNEY WHO IS THE EXECUTIVE PRODUCER HERE AT ATN.
TELL US ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN QUIZ BOWL AND AETN?
>> ATN JOIN HANDS WITH QUIZ BOWL AND THE VERY EARLY DAYS OF QUIZ BOWL BROADCAST HISTORY BACK AND 1985.
32 YEARS WE HAVE BEEN HONORED TO PROVIDE STUDIO SPACE AND BROADCAST SERVICES TO THIS INCREDIBLE EVENT.
>> IT IS A INCREDIBLETRADITION .
AETN EMPHASIZES EDUCATION.
IT'S A GREAT DEAL OFEMPHASIS ON IT .
WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THAT TYPE OF COMPONENT IN THE OVERALL MISSION?
>> AETN IS DEEPLY COMMITTED TO EDUCATION.
WE MANY PEOPLE THINK THAT AETN IS JUST A NETWORK BUT WE ARE SO MUCH MORE THAN THAT.
YES, WE TELL ARKANSASSTORIES IN WAYS THAT NO ONE ELSE CAN .
WE CREATE ALL KINDS OF DISCUSSIONS ACROSS THE STATE.
WE REVEAL HISTORY AND CULTURE AND ART.
AT THE HEART OF WHAT WEDO , EVENTS LIKE QUIZ BOWL ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO US HERE.
WE ARE HONORED TO SUPPORT THE STUDENTS.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO, THROUGH THE ARKANSAS PORTABLE ONLINE IS OFFER SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT TO TEACHERS ALL ACROSS THE STATE.
IT'S VERY POPULAR.
WE OFFER 611 COURSES TO OVER 36,000 TEACHERS ON EVERY CORNER OF THE STATE.
IT IS A HUGEIMPACT ON STUDENTS HERE THAT WILL BE FELT FOR GENERATIONS .
>> MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE.
THERE YOU HAVE IT.
COURTNEY PLEDGER, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE WITH US TODAY.
NEXT, I'D LIKE TO BRING IN BILL DAVIS.
BILL IS OUR COMMENTATOR FOR THE QUIZ BOWL COMPETITION.
BILL WHAT CAN WE EXPECT FROM THESE TEAMS TODAY?
YOU HAVE ABOUT 15 OR SO?>> YES, MAY BE.
I WANT TO COMPLIMENT YOU ON THE FACT THAT YOU USE THE WORD EXCITEMENT BECAUSE CAN YOU FEEL IT QUESTION MARK THE TENSIONS POINT ONE OF THE TEAMS THAT WE WILL SEE RIGHT OFF THE BAT IS THE FIRST TIME HERE.
WE WILL SEE IF THEY ADAPT TO THE ENVIRONMENT.
WE KNOW THEY ARE SMART.
THEY WOULD NOT BE HERE IF THEY WEREN'T.WE KNOW THEY ARE AGGRESSIVE.
WE KNOW ALL OF THAT.
WILL THEY BE ABLE TO ADAPT TO THIS GET THE NERVES UNDER CONTROL.
THEY GO UP AGAINST A VERY GOOD TEAM.
>> Vickie: THEY SURE ARE.
>> TODAY, WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR IS THREE TEAMS THAT ARE TRYING TO REPEAT THEIR CHAMPIONSHIPS.
WE ARELOOKING AT THREE TEAMS WHO ARE TRYING TO GET THE CHAMPIONSHIP .
THOSE SIX WERE HERE LAST YEAR AND THREE MADE IT IN THREE CAME UP SHORT .WE ARE ALSO LOOKING AT FOUR BRAND-NEW TEAMS.
HIGHLAND IS THE FIRST ONE THAT WE CALL ROOKIE TEAMS.
>> Vickie: THE PRESSURE IS READY ON.
>> Bill: IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO DO.
VERY DIFFICULT TO WIN TWO YEARS IN A ROW.
WE WILL HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF PLAYERS.
I WILL MENTION AS WE GO THROUGH THE DAY.
I SAW A SOPHOMORE LAST YEAR THAT WAS VERY IMPRESSIVE.
I SAW A YOUNG LADY THAT WAS A JUNIOR .
VERY IMPRESSIVE.
WE WILL WATCH THOSE TODAY .
I WOULD HATE TO FACE THEM THIS YEAR.
THEY CAME UP JUST A LITTLE BIT SHORT LAST YEAR AND I WOULD TELLYOU , THEY WOULD BEHUNGRY !
>> Vickie: THEY WANTED VERY BADLY.
I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO SPENDING AN EXCITING DAY HERE WITH YOU SO STAY WITH US.
I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCETHE MORNING JUDGES , SCORED KEEPER AND TIMEKEEPER.
OUR JUDGES ARE, DEBBIE ADAMS, HEAD JUDGE, HOPE PIERCE, AND DEWANDA KIRKLAND.
THE ALL TOURNAMENT TEAM AND MVP JUDGES ARE CAROLYN SHRY AND DEANNA SKAGGS.
OUR GAME SCOREKEEPER IS SANDRA ELLIOTT.
THE TIMEKEEPER THIS MORNING IS AMANDA McMAHAN.
TO STAY INFORMED ABOUT QUIZ BOWL AND TO WATCH MATCHES FROM THE PAST, PLEASE VISIT.
WWW.ARQUIZBOWL.org.
BEFORE WE BEGIN OUR 1ST MATCH FOR THE 4A CHAMPIONSHIP, WE'D LIKE TO HONOR OUR 3RD AND 4TH PLACE RUNNERS UP.
IN 3RD PLACE WE HAVE SUBIACO ACADEMY AND IN 4TH WE HAVE GRAVETTE.
NOW WE'RE READY TO INTRODUCE THE TEAMS FOR OUR 4A CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH BETWEEN HIGHLAND HIGH SCHOOL AND HUNTSVILLE HIGH.
FIRST FROM HIGHLAND HIGH SCHOOL WE HAVE TRISTIAN WILES THEIR CAPTAIN, HARRISON BRUNER CONNOR JOHNSON AND NATHAN VAN AALSBURG THEIR ALTERNATES ARE ALEX JONES : WESTLEY McCOOL SHELDON WIGHT COLE EHEART ANDREW MILLER TREVOR PATRICK MEGAN LAPLAUNT AND ANNA SANDERS THEIR COACH IS TERESA FLYNN THEIR ASSISTANT COACH IS LINDA SMITH.
LET'S HEAR IT FOR HIGHLAND HIGH SCHOOL!!
[APPLAUSE] AND NOW TO HUNTSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL.
KATHERINE HAHN, THEIR CAPTAIN MADDIE TVRZ, BRIAN RODEN, NATHANIEL BRYAN, A THEIR ALTERNATES ARE MEGAN ALEXANDER, JESSIE REED, REBEKAH YOUNG, CADE VINES, WESLEY ELLIS, ABBY BRYAN, DEVIN MIDDLETON,AND MARK MEYTHALER THEIR COACH IS TYLER TVRZ AND THEIR ASSISTANT COACH IS CHANDRA DENISON.
LETS HEAR IT FOR HUNTSVILLE HIGH!
[APPLAUSE] WE ARE ALL SET FOR THE FIRST MATCH.
I WOULD LIKE TO WITH WISH BOTH TEAMS THE BESTOF LUCK AND NOW I TURN THINGS OVER TO THE QUIZ MASTER , STEVE PATTERSON.
STEVE, TAKE IT AWAY!
>> THANK YOU, VICKI.
WELCOME TO THE QUIZ BOWL FAMILY.
WE ARE GLAD TO HAVE YOU.
WELCOME TO THE STUDIO AUDIENCE AND THE AUDIENCE AT HOME.
YOU WILL SEE SOME GREAT MATCHES TODAY.
AS WE GO THROUGH THE SEVEN CLASSIFICATION CHAMPIONSHIPS.
WE DREW FOR THOSE ORDERS AND THAT'S WHY THEY SEEM TO BE A LITTLE OUT OF ORDER TODAY.
FOR A HIS FIRST AND WE GO FROM THERE.
CONGRATULATIONS HIGHLANDAND HUNTSVILLE ON TOP OF THE EIGHT .
WE ARE READY TO SEE WHO WILL BE THE RUNNER-UP AND WHO WILL BE THE 4a CHAMPION.
ARE YOU READY?
PUT YOUR HANDS ON YOUR BUZZERS.
YOU FOLKS AT HOME GET READY.
HERE'S THE FIRST TOSSUP QUESTION.
WHAT MASSIVE COMMEMORATIVE NO MONUMENT DID NAPOLEON THE FIRST COMMISSION TO CELEBRATE THE MILITARY ACHIEVEMENTS CHRISTIAN?
THE ART TRIUMPH?
>> YES.
QUESTION NUMBER TWO.
THIS IS DEFINED AS THE LOSS IN WEIGHT AN OBJECT SEEMS TO UNDERGO WHEN PLACED IN A LIQUID, STILL BRIAN?
>> NO.
IDENTIFY THE BASIC LAW OF HYDROSTATIC'S.
>> THE LOBBY LINDSAY'S BUOYANCY.
>> IDENTIFY THIS BASIC LAW OF HYDROSTATICS THIS FRENCH NOBEL PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR WAS BORN IN ALGERIA.
>> CAMUS CORRECT.
>> WE WILL CELEBRATE WITH SOME MATH COMPUTATION.
WE DO MATH, WE GIVE THEM 20 SECONDS TO WORK THE MATH PROBLEM.
HERE IT IS.
SIMPLIFY THE SQUARE ROOT OF 72 MINUS THE SQUARE ROOT OF 50.
>> HUNTSVILLE BRIAN?
SQUARE ROOT OF 2.
>> THAT IS RIGHT.
QUESTION NUMBER FIVE.
NAME THE AMERICAN COMPOSER FAMOUS FOR HIS MUSICAL COMEDIES AND POPULAR SONGS WHOSE BEST KNOWN WORKS INCLUDE PORGY AND BESS AND RHAPSODY IN BLUE.
>> CATHERINE GEORGE GERSHWIN.
>>.
>> THAT IS CORRECT.
>> QUESTION NUMBER SIX.
NAME THE PAKISTANI WOMAN WHO, IN 1988, BECAME THE FIRST FEMALE LEADER NAME THE PAKISTANI WOMAN WHO, IN 1988, BECAME THEFIRST FEMALE LEADER OF A MUSLIM NATION IN MODERN HISTORY.
OF A MUSLIMNATION .
>> CATHERINE?
>> MAYOR ?
NUMBER INMODERN HISTORY .
>> IT IS BENAZIR BHUTTO.
I AM SURE EVERYONE AT HOME HAD THAT ALREADY.
>> Steve: QUESTION NUMBER SEVEN.
WHAT TERM REFERS TO THE MOST RECENT GEOLOGICAL ERA, CHARACTERIZED BY THE DEVELOPMENT AND INCREASE OF MAMMALS?
CENOZOIC.
>>.
>> THAT IS RIGHT.
>> WE WILL DO ANOTHER MATH COMPUTATION.
A COMMITTEE OF FOUR INDIVIDUALS IS SELECTED AT RANDOM FROM A GROUP OF SIX MEN AND FOUR WOMEN.
HOW MANY DIFFERENT COMMITTEES CAN BE FORMED IF COMPOSED OF TWO MEN AND TWO WOMEN?
[BUZZER] >> Steve: TRISTAN?
360?
>> HUNTSVILLE, DO HAVE AN ANSWER?
>> CATHERINE?
YOU ARE CLOSER.
IT IS90 .
THAT'S A LOT OF COMMITTEE FOLKS RIGHT THERE.
WHAT IS QUESTION NUMBER NINE.
WHAT AUTHOR WROTE THE TENANT OF WILDFELL HALL UNDER THE PEN NAME ACTON BELL?
CATHERINE?
SYLVIA?
>> Steve: NO.
HIGHLAND?
TRISTAN?
TED HUGHES?
>> NO IT WAS ANNE BRONTE.
QUESTION NUMBER 10.
HALFWAY THROUGH THE FIRST ROUND.
WHAT TERM REFERS TO AN UNREASONABLE FEAR OR HATRED OF FOREIGNERS OR STRANGERS OR OF THAT WHICH IS FOREIGN OR STRANGE?
MATTIE?
XENOPHOBIA.
>> YES.
>> A NUMBER 11.
IDENTIFY THE NORWEGIAN ANTHROPOLOGIST WHO DEMONSTRATED THAT THE POLYNESIANS COULD ORIGINALLY HAVE BEEN MIGRANTS FROM SOUTH AMERICA, BY SAILING FROM PERU TO THE PACIFIC ISLANDS ABOARD THE KON-TIKI, A RAFT MADE OF BALSA WOOD.
[BUZZER] CARTER?
>> NO.
NO, IT WAS THOR HEYERDAHL QUESTION NUMBER 12.
NAME THE 16TH AND 17TH CENTURY SCOTTISH MATHEMATICIAN AND THEOLOGICAL WRITER WHO ORIGINATED THE CONCEPT OF LOGARITHMS AS A MATHEMATICAL DEVICE TO AID IN CALCULATIONS.
>> JOHN NAPIER YES AMONG THIS WELSH POET'S BEST-KNOWN POEMS ARE"FERN HILL" AND "DO NOT GO GENTLE .
>> DYLAN THOMAS YES.
NUMBER 14, SIR FRANCIS DRAKE EXPLORED THE SOUTHERNMOST ISLANDS OF SOUTH AMERICA BEFORE HEADING NORTH ALONG THE CONTINENT'S PACIFIC COAST ABOARD WHAT VESSEL, ORIGINALLY NAMED THE PELICAN?
THE GOLDEN HIND.
>> YES NUMBER 15.
WHAT NAME IS GIVEN TO THE OFFICIAL OF A MOSQUE WHO CALLS FAITHFUL MUSLIMS TO PRAYER.
>> Steve: NO.
THAT'S NOT WHAT I HAVE.
FIVE TIMES A DAY FROM THE MINARET?
NATHANIEL?
>> NO, IT IS THE MUEZZIN.
NUMBER 16, IDENTIFY THE NOBEL PRIZE-WINNING GERMAN PHYSICIST WHO CONTRIBUTED TO QUANTUM MECHANICS AND FORMULATED THE UNCERTAINTY PRINCIPLE.
[BUZZER] WERNER HEISENBERG YES.
>> WHAT FAMOUS MUSICIAN WAS SHOT AND KILLED BY MARK DAVID CHAPMAN AS HE WASCOMING OUT OF NEW YORK CITY'S DAKOTA APARTMENT BUILDING ON DECEMBER 8, 1980?
JOHN LENNON .
>> YES.
A MATH COMPUTATION.
>> ALL RIGHT.
A + B EQUALS 100.
A AND B ARE PRIME NUMBERS.
WHAT IS THE LARGEST POSSIBLE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A AND B?
[BUZZER] >> 78?
>> Steve: NO.
HUNTSVILLE?
BRIAN?
96.
>> THAT WAS SO CLOSE.
IT IS 94.
GOOD JOB, TEAMS.
QUESTION 19.
IN EASTERN CHRISTIAN TRADITION, THIS WORD REFERS TO A REPRESENTATION OF SACRED PEOPLE OR EVENTS IN PAINTING, >> ICON.
>> Steve: YOU ARE RIGHT.
THE LAST QUESTION OF THE FIRST ROUND.
THIS GREAT ANCIENT CITY STATE ON THE NORTH COAST OF AFRICA IS NOW THE SITE OF A RESIDENTIAL SUBURB OF THE CAPITAL OF TUNISIA.
>> CARTHAGE.
>> Steve: CARTHAGE IS THE RIGHT ANSWER.
WE ARE AT THE END OF ROUND ONE IN THE SCORE IS HEISMAN 90 AND HUNTSVILLE 50.
ALL RIGHT.
COACHES, DO WE HAVE ANY CHALLENGES?
NO CHALLENGES HERE?
ALL RIGHT.
HOW ABOUT SUBSTITUTIONS?WE WILL HAVE SUBSTITUTIONS.
TEAMS ARE ALLOWED TO SUBSTITUTE DURING THE IN BETWEEN ROUND SO WE WILL DO THAT AT THIS TIME.
[MUSIC] BEFORE IF YOU ARE JUST NOW JOINING US WERE IN THE MIDST OF AN EXCITING GAME FOR THE 4-H STATE QUIZ BOWL.
WE HAVE ACHANGE MADE AT THE HUNTSVILLE TEAM.
MEGAN CAME IN.
GOOD TO HEAR YOU .
AT THE HIGHLAND WE HAVE A CLUE DURING THE BREAK AS TRISTAN IS NOW THE CAPTAIN OF THE TEAM AND HARRISON IF YOU WILL JUST JIGGLE YOUR NAMEPLATE WE CAN SEE IT.WE ARE READY FOR THE SECOND ROUND.
THE REASON TRISTON AND MADDIE ARE IMPORTANT AS IF THE TEAM GET IT'S THEIR TOP TOSSUP QUESTION RIGHT THEY CAN CONFER ON A 20 POINT BONUS QUESTION.
IT'S PRETTY EXCITING FOR THE TEAMS I KNOW THEY ARE READY FOR THAT.
FIRST, ANSWER THE TOSSUP QUESTION RIGHT.
HERE'S THE FIRST TOSSUP.
IN THE GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES, WHAT NAME IS GIVEN TO THAT WHICH IS CONCERNED WITH ALL ASPECTS OF VOLCANIC PHENOMENA?
GEOTHERMAL.
>> NO.
TRISTON?
VOLCANIC.
>> Steve: I NEEDED VOLCANOLOGY.
NO HARM DONE THERE.
QUESTION NUMBER 22.
THE STANDING ROCK SIOUX TRIBE IS PROTESTING AGAINST WHAT CURRENT CONSTRUCTION PROJECT?
>> HARRISON?
DAKOTA ACCESS PIPELINE.
>>.
>> Steve: YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
YOU EARNED YOUR TEAM A BONUS.
THAT BONUS IS GOING TO BE CALLED MATH RULES.
YOU ARE ALLOWED TO CONFER ON THIS.
WHEN YOU KNOW THE ANSWERS, GIVE THEM TO TRISTON INTEREST IN, GIVE THEM TO US AND WE APPRECIATE IT.
IDENTIFY THE FOLLOWING MATHEMATIC RULES FROM A GREEK DEFINITION.
THE THEOREM THAT DEFINES THE METHOD FOR TAKING THEDERIVATIVE OF A COMPOSITE FUNCTION .
>> THE QUOTIENT RULE?
>> NO.
A METHOD FOR SOLVING A SYSTEM OF LINEAR EQUATIONS WHICH USES DETERMINANTS OF MATRICES.
>> SUBSTITUTION?
NUMBER RULE THAT USES DERIVATIVES TO HELP COMPUTE LIMITS WITH INDETERMINATE FORMS L'HOSPITAL'S.
>> RULE.
THANK YOU.
I DID NOT WANT TO SAY THAT MY RIGHT MYSELF.
>> THE METHOD OF FINDING A DERIVATIVE OF A FUNCTION THAT IS THE QUOTIENT OF TWO OTHER FUNCTIONS FOR WHICH DERIVATIVES EXISTQUOTIENT RULE .
>> THAT IS RIGHT.
IT'S THE CHAIN RULE.
NOW WE KNOW IT, DON'T WE.
THE SECOND ONE IS KRAMER'S RULE.
THE SYSTEM OF LINEAR EQUATIONS.
ALL RIGHT.
GOOD JOB.
YOU HAD TWO OF THE 5.8 QUESTIONS SO WE SEE THE QUESTION IS WORTH 20 POINTS FOR THE TEAM.
HERE'S ANOTHER TOSSUP FOR BOTH SCHOOLS.
HERE WE GO.
THIS WRITER WAS BORN IN NEW ALBANY, MISSISSIPPI.
NAME THIS PULITZER PRIZEWINNING AUTHOR WHOSEWORKS .
>> FAULKNER .
>> YOU ANTICIPATED THE MISSISSIPPI FRIEND FROM THE SOUTH AND ON YOUR TEAM A BONUS CALLED PENNSYLVANIA.
WE WILL GO FROM MISSISSIPPI TO PENNSYLVANIA IN ONE QUESTION.
HERE WE GO.
WHAT MAJOR CANDY COMPANY HAS BEEN LOCATED HERE SINCE 1894?
>> HERSHEY/S YES.
MOST EARLY SETTLERS TO PENNSYLVANIA BELONGED TO WHICH RELIGIOUS GROUP?
>> QUAKERS NAME THE LINE THAT ENDEDTHE BORDER DISPUTE WITH MARYLAND .
>> Steve: >> NO.
58 PARABLE.
>> NAME THE NUCLEAR PLANT AT WHICH THERE WAS A MAJOR ACCIDENT IN 1979.
>> I WAS ALIVE THEN BUT NONE OF YOU ALL WERE.
IT WAS CALLED THREE MILE ISLAND .
THE LINE WAS THE MASON-DIXON LINE.
WE HAVE TWO BONUSES TO GO.
LET'S SEE IF WE CAN GET IT WITH THIS TOSSUP QUESTION.
THIS SCOTTISH MISSIONARY AND EXPLORER DAVID LIVINGSTONE.
>> Steve: ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
YOUR BONUS IS CALLED PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN SLOGANS.
NAME THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE THAT IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE FOLLOWING SLOGAN.
IPPECANOE AND TYLERTOO .
>> HARRISON.
>> HE KEPT US OUT OF WAR.
>> WILSON.
>> IT TURNED OUT TO BE A LIE.
YES.
>> RETURN TO NORMALCY.
>> TRUMAN?
>> LIKE IKE EISENHOWER.
>> THE ONE THAT RETURNED TO WARREN G. HARDING NORMALCY WAS.
YOU GOT THREE OUT OF THE FOUR.
THAT IS A GREAT JOB.
THOSE ARE WORTH FIVE POINTS EACH.
NOW, HERE IS ANOTHER TOSSUP FOR BOTH SCHOOLS.
ARE WE READY?
WHAT BRANCH OF MEDICAL SCIENCE DEALS WITH TUMORS?
>> MATTIE?
THAT IS ALL RIGHT.
THAT INCLUDES THE ORIGIN, DEVELOPMENT, DIAGNOSIS, AND TREATMENT OF MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS?
ONCOLOGY TRISTON?
>>.
>> Steve: THAT IS RIGHT.
YOU HAVE EARNED THE FINAL BONUS FOR YOUR TEAM CALLED NUMERICAL LIP.
IT SAYS TO IDENTIFY THE AUTHORS OF THE FOLLOWING WORKS OF LITERATURE, THE TITLES OF WHICH CONTAIN NUMBERS 1.
HE THREE SISTERS CHEKHOV .
>> Steve: YES.
>> ONE DAY IN THE LIFE OF IVAN DENISOVICH NO, THE CRYING OF LOT 49.
>> NO.
EVEN AGAINST THEBES .
>> AESCHYLUS.
>> Steve: RIGHT.
ONE DAY IN THE LIFE IS ALEKSANDR SOLZHENITSYN THOMAS PYNCHON AND THE CRYING OF LOT 49 WAS.
DID YOU DO WELL ON THE CATEGORY AND YOU HAD ROUND TWO.
WITH ALL THE BONUSES, WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE LIGHTNING ROUND.
ALLOW ME TO READ THE LIGHTNING ROUND CATEGORIES TO YOU.
I COULD TELL BY THE SCORE WITH HUNTSVILLE WITH 95 AND JUST SLIGHTLY BEHIND, HUNTSVILLE SO YOU PICK FIRST FROM THE THREE CATEGORIES.
HERE THERE ARE.
CATEGORY ONE IS CALLED AMERICAN POETS.
NAME THE AMERICAN POET WHO PENNED THE FOLLOWING WORKS.
CATEGORY TWO IS CALLED VICE PRESIDENTS.
IDENTIFY THE PRESIDENT UNDER WHOM THE FOLLOWING MEN SERVED AS VICE PRESIDENT.
FINALLY, COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES.
IDENTIFY THE CITY AND STATE IN WHICH THE FOLLOWING COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES ARE LOCATED.
TEAMS, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE TO MAKE YOUR DECISIONS.
THOSE ARE SOME GREAT CATEGORIES.
60 SECONDS.>> IN THIS ROUND WHAT YOU WILL SEE AS THEY HAVE 60 SECONDS TO ANSWER 10 QUESTIONS.
WE WENT ALL OF LAST YEAR AND NOT ONE TEAM RAN 1/62.
IN THE INSTANCE THAT THEY RUN IT, NOT ONLY DO THEY GET 10 POINTS FOR EACH ONE BUT IF THEY GET ALL 10, THEY GET 20 POINTS FOR A BONUS.
I JUST LISTEN TO THOSE THREE CATEGORIES.
I FEEL LIKE THERE ARE TWO OF THEM TO EITHER OF THOSE TEAMS COULD RUN.
POSSIBLY, ALL THREE .
>> COLLEGES COULD, YES.
YOU STOP AND THINK WE TALK ABOUT STUDENTS WHO ARE GOING TO COLLEGE.
AND, THE ONE ON THE VICE PRESIDENTS BECAUSE YOU ALWAYS STUDY PRESIDENTS, VICE PRESIDENTS.
I'VE HAD STUDENTS WHO COULD DO THAT.
THE ONE ON POETS THERE ARE SOME UP THERE THAT ARE PRETTY GOOD INLITERATURE .
>> Vickie: VERY GOOD.
>> Bill: I AM THINKING, MAYBE THEY WILL DO THAT BUT WATCH THIS AND ASIC EAST 62ND ROUND YOU WILL PROBABLY HAVE ONE OR TWO THAT WILL BE OUT FLYERS.
YOU HAVE TO REALLY KNOW THE FIELD VERY WELL.
WE WILL TALK LATER IN THE PROGRAM BUT THEY ALSO HAVE THE ABILITY TO SEE ANYTHING THEY MISS THAT GOES TO THE OTHER TEAM.
IF THEY PASS, THAT GOES TO THE OTHER TEAM.
IF THEY GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO PICK UP SOME POINTS.
IF THEY STOLE STALL, THEY KILL EVERYTHING AFTER THAT.
MACY TEAMS IN THE FUTURE, PROBABLY NOT THESE TWO.
THESE ARE DOING VERY WELL.
>> THEY WILL GET INTO AN AREA AND REALIZE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE ARE INTO AND THEY WILL STALL .
>> WE SEE THAT AND OTHER COMPETITIVE EVENTS.
RUN OUT THE CLOCK.
THERE ARE SOME PARALLELS.
>> A LOT.
YOU WILL NOTICE TO THAT THERE IS STUDENTS WHO ARE OUT ON THE END THAT WILL KEEP TABS ON THE TIME.
THEY WILL TELL THE CAPTAIN, OKAY.
LET'S GO BACK TO STEVE.
>> Steve: WELCOME BACK.
IT'S TIME FOR THE LIGHTNING ROUND AND THE TEAMS ARE PRESENTED WITH THREE CATEGORIES.
HUNTSVILLE, YOU GOT TO PICK FIRST.
HUNTSVILLE CHOSE VICE PRESIDENTS.
THAT'S A GREAT CATEGORY.
HIGHLAND GOT TO PICK FROM THE OTHER TWO AND TRISTON, YOUR TEAM PICK AMERICAN POETS, CORRECT?VERY GOOD.
>> WE DID MAKE A SUBSTITUTION DURING THE BREAK.
BRIAN CAME IN TO HELP HUNTSVILLE OUT.
BRIAN, WE EXPECT GREAT THINGS FROM YOU SO HERE WE GO.
WE HAVE ONE MINUTE ON THE CLOCK MATTIE AND YOU CAN FOR AND WHEN YOU ARE READY SPEAK VERY LOUDLY BECAUSE IT'S HARD FOR ME TO HEAR OVER HERE.
THERE WE GO.
READY TO START.
IDENTIFY THE PRESIDENTS UNDER WHOM THE FOLLOWING MEN SERVED AS VICE PRESIDENT.
LEVI P.MORTON .
>> BENJAMIN HARRISON.
>> YES.
>> HUBERT HUMPHREY LYNDON B. JOHNSON WALTER MONDALE.
>> JIMMY CARTER.
>> WILLIAM WHEELER.
>> RUTHERFORD B. HAYES.
>> THOMAS HENDRICKS.
>> GROVER CLEVELAND.
>> GEORGE MDOT DALLAS.
>> POLK.
>> GEORGE CLINTON MADISON.
>> RICHARD MDOT JOHNSON VAN BUREN.
>> JOHN C. BRECKENRIDGE YES.
>> BUCHANAN HENRY WALLACE.
>> FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT.
>> YES.
YOU'VE GOTTEN EVERY SINGLE ONE RIGHT [APPLAUSE] >> Steve: NOW, WHAT THE VIEWERS MIGHT NOT KNOW IS THAT WE HAVE A TEAM THAT'S ABLE TO GET THEM ALL CORRECT AND AROUND AND THEY GET A BONUS OF 20 MORE POINTS.
GREAT JOB.
THAT'S WONDERFUL.
OBVIOUSLY, THE SCHOOLS ARE DOING A GREAT JOB TEACHING OUR YOUNG PEOPLE HERE IN ARKANSAS.
HIGHLAND INTEREST IN.
YOU HAVE THE CHANCE TO THE SAME THING WITH THE AMERICAN POETS.
WE WILL PUT ANOTHER MINUTE ON THE CLOCK.
WHEN YOU'RE READY TO GIVE AN ANSWER, LOOK AT ME AND SPEAK CLEARLY.
THE DESCRIPTORS SAYS NAME THE AMERICAN POET WHO PENNED THE FOLLOWING WORKS ARE YOU READY?
>> ICHARD CORY .
>> NO.
HE BELLS .
>> POE.
>> YES.
HE NEGRO SPEAKS OF RIVES HUGHES.
>> YES.
>> HE RED WHEELBARROW WILLIAMS.
>> YES.
OG .
>>.
>> SANDBURG YES.
ONCORD HYMN .
>> PASS.
>> LD IRONSIDES HOLMES.
>> Steve: YES.
EATH OF THE HIRED MAN ROBERT FROST >> YES.
>> ONG OF RISE MYSELF THEY CAN SEND.
>> KNOW.>> WALT WHITMAN YES.
>> I THINK SEVEN RIGHT.
>> 70 POINTS FOR HIGHLAND.
GREAT JOB THERE.
YOU CAN MAKE UP SOME GROUND HERE TO BUY ANSWERING THE BOUNCE BACK.
THESE ARE ALL AMERICAN POETS.
THE FIRST ONE IS RICHARD CORY.
>> McKAY.
>> THE NEXT ONE IS CONCORDE HIM.
>> AND THE LAST ONE IS STILL I RISE.
MAYA ANGELO.
>> TWO OF THE THREE THAT WERE AVAILABLE.
THE ONE NEITHER ONE KNEW WAS EDWARD ARLINGTON ROBINSON.
>> GREAT JOB, TEAMS.
GREAT JOB FOR A LIGHTNING ROUND.
AT THE END, HUNTSVILLE HAS TAKEN THE LEAD AT 235/200.
A VERY CLOSE GAME GOING INTO THE FINAL ROUND.
DO WE HAVE ANY CHALLENGES, COACHES?
WHAT ABOUT SUBSTITUTIONS?
ALL RIGHT WE WILL CALL A TIMEOUT.
EVERY TEAM IS ALLOWED A TIMEOUT AND HUNTSVILLE WILL TAKE 1/32 TIMEOUT.
[MUSIC] >> Steve: WELCOME BACK TO A VERY CLOSE CHAMPIONSHIP.
TWO GREAT SCHOOLS ARE COMPETING.
AT THE BREAK WE HAVE 235/200.
THAT'S JUST A FEW QUESTIONS DIFFERENCE.
IT WILL BE EXCITING AS WE HAVE 20QUESTIONS REMAINING .
200 POINTS UP FOR GRABS.IT WILL BE AN EXCITING FINISH.
GOOD LUCK TO BOTH SCHOOLS.
ALL RIGHT.
WE BEGIN THE FINAL ROUND.
JUDGES, ARE WE READY?
HERE WE GO.
WHAT TERM REFERS TO A HUMOROUS OR SATIRICAL IMITATION OF A PIECE OF LITERATURE OR MUSIC, FOR WHICH WEIRD AL YANKOVIC (YANK UH VIK) IS WELL KNOWN?
QUESTION 31, PARODY NATHANIEL?
YES.
>> IF THE RADIAN MEASURE OF AN ANGLE IS PI OVER 4, WHAT IS ITS DEGREE MEASURE?
>> CATHERINE?
>> 45 DEGREES.
THERE WAS.
WHAT SCOTTISH PHYSICIANAND CAMAS IS NOTED FOR ITS PIONEERING WORK ON CARBON DIOXIDE AND HEAT ?
>> CATHERINE?
PRIESTLY?>> Steve: NO.
HIGHLAND?
IT IS JOSEPH BLACK.
MATTIE YOU DISAPPOINTED ME.
YOU DID NOT BUZZ IN.
QUESTION 34?
IDENTIFY THE AMERICAN SHOWMAN WHO OPENED HIS AMERICAN MUSEUM IN NEW YORK CITY IN WHICH HE EXHIBITED TOM THUMB AND THE ORIGINAL SIAMESE TWINS.
NATHAN?
BARNUM.
>> Steve: YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
IDENTIFY THE COMPOSER OF FINLANDIA.
>> NAME THE FUTURE US PRESIDENT WHOSE EFFORTS TO SAVE HIS CREW MADE HIM A WAR HERO WHILE SERVING AS THE COMMANDER TORPEDO BOAT PT-109.
OF THE.
>> EISENHOWER?
NUMBER HUNTSVILLE?
TEDDY ROOSEVELT?
IT WAS JOHN F. KENNEDY.
THE ONLY BOOK MY BROTHER EVER READ IN HIGH SCHOOL SO I KNOW THE ANSWER.
QUESTION 37.
WHAT NAME IS GIVEN TO AN ELEMENT OF A DATA SET THAT DISTINCTLY STANDS OUT FROM THE REST OF THE DATA?
HARRISON?
OUTLIER THAT IS RIGHT.
>> THE JAW OF THE HUMAN BODY IS COMPRISED OF A PAIR OF BONES THAT FORM AN FRAMEWORK FOR THE MOUTH.
WHAT NAME ISGIVEN .
>> MATTIE?
MANDIBLE.
>> THAT IS RIGHT.
YOU CHOSE THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
QUESTION 39.MEANING IR WEAPON, WHAT NAME WAS GIVEN TO THE GERMAN AIR FORCE >> TRISTON?
LUFTWAFFE YES.
>> FROM THE FOOT HEALING, WHAT BRANCH OF MEDICINE IS >> PODIATRY.
>> PODIATRY IS RIGHT.
>> THE NEXT IS A MATH COMPUTATION PUTTING 20 SECONDS ON THE CLOCK.
WE WILL ASK YOU TO ANSWER THIS MATH COMPUTATION PROBLEM.
RACHEL IS PUTTING 6 TOOLS INTO A TOOLBOX, ONE AT A TIME.
IN HOW MANY DIFFERENT ORDERS COULD SHE ARRANGE THEM?
>> HARRISON?
720.
>> NICE, HARRISON.
QUESTION NUMBER 42.
WHAT LARGE SHALLOW PORTION OF THE NORTHERN INDIAN OCEAN LIES BETWEEN?
>> BAY OF BENGAL YOU ALL ARE NOT EVEN LETTING ME GET HALFWAY THROUGH THE QUESTIONS.
>> TWO GOOD TEAMS.
AND WHAT EDGAR ALLAN POE SHORT STORY DOES .
>> DOES MONTRESOR CHAIN THE UNLUCKY FORTUNATO IN A SMALL CHAMBER AND, BRICK BY BRICK, WALL HIM IN?
[BUZZER] THE CASK OF AMONTILLADO.
>> YES.
WHAT NAME WAS GIVEN TO MEMBERS OF THE RADICAL CLUB FOUNDED DURING THE FRENCH REVOLUTION AND LED BY ROBESPIERRE, WHO INSTITUTED THE REIGN OF TERROR?
>> TRISTON?
THE ORGANIZATION?
[BUZZER] >> KNOW IT WAS JACOBINS.
MATH COMPUTATION.
20 SECONDS.
MATH COMPUTATION.
LIST ALL OF THE PRIME FACTORS OF THE NUMBER 57.
[BUZZER] 3 AND 19.
>> THAT IS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.
ACCORDING TO NORSE MYTHOLOGY, WHO (OR WHAT) WERE FREKI AND >> ODIN'S WOLVES CORRECT.
GOOD JOB, THE NATHANIEL.
WHAT US NUCLEAR PHYSICIST AND DIRECTOR OF THE LOS ALAMOS LABORATORY >> HYMAN?
>> NO.
PRODUCE THE FIRST ATOMIC BOMB OPPOSED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE HYDROGEN BOMB.
>> IT WAS ROBERT OPPENHEIMER.
ALL RIGHT.
QUESTION 48.
WHAT ARTHUR MILLER PLAY, SET IN 1692 DURING THE SALEM WITCH TRIALS >> THE CRUCIBLE.
>> Steve: IDENTIFY THE ENDOCRINE GLAND LOCATED IN THE ANTERIOR PART OF THE LOWER NECK BELOW THE LARYNX.
>> THYROID.
CATHERINE, GOOD JOB.
WHAT MAN, SON OF KING HENRY II, WAS FORCED TO SIGN THE MAGNA CARTA TRISTON?
KING JOHN.
>>.
>> GOOD JOB.
FINAL IN THIS MATCH.
CONGRATULATIONS TO HUNTSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL.
HIGHLAND WILL BE THE FIRST RUNNER-UP IN HIGHLAND YOU ARE THE 2017 4a CHAMPION.
[APPLAUSE] >> Vickie: CONGRATULATIONS TO HUNTSVILLE.
GREAT GAME.THE IMPORTANCE OF THE 62ND ROUND IN HIGHLAND DID A WONDERFUL JOB.
YOU COULD PLAY THESE TWO TEAMS AGAIN AND YOU COULD NOT PREDICT WHO WOULD WIN.
WE THOUGHT THAT ONE OF THEM WOULD RUN THE 62ND ROUND.
VICE PRESIDENTS.
THAT'S A TOPIC THAT YOU WILL HAVE STUDIED.
PRESIDENTS, VICE PRESIDENTS AND SOME OF THE SECRETARIES AND THINGS .
THEY REALLYDID WELL .
SOME OF THOSE WERE VERY DIFFICULT.
>> THAT IS OBVIOUS.
SOME OF THEM WERE LIKE OBSCURE PRESIDENTS.
THEY DID AN EXCELLENT JOB.
THAT'S WHERE THEY WON THE GAME.
>> YOU ARE RIGHT.
HIGHLAND DID NOT GIVE UP.
THEY PLAYED TO THE VERY END EVEN WHEN THEY REALIZE, THEY STAYED IN IT.
THAT SAYS A LOT FOR CHARACTER.
I WOULD EXPECT THIS TEAM TO COME BACK.
>> Vickie: IT'S THE FIRST TIME.
>> Bill: FIRST TIME HERE.
THEY DID A WONDERFUL JOB.
>> Vickie: THEY DID WELL.
THE CHAMPION IS HUNTSVILLE.
LET'S GO BACK FOR THE AWARDING OF THE CHAMPION TROPHY.
>> Steve: CONGRATULATIONS ON A GREAT TOURNAMENT.
YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME.
IT WAS WONDERFUL TO WATCH HOW YOU GO BACK AND FORTH.
WE HAVE SOME SCHOLARSHIP MONEY TO GIVE YOU.
STARTING OFF WITH HIGHLAND, CONGRATULATIONS.
WE WANT TO GIVE YOU $1500 FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE STATE LEGISLATURE.
CONGRATULATIONS.
ALSO, ON BEHALF OF THE AWARD FOR SECOND PLACE.
[APPLAUSE] GOOD JOB.WE HAVE SEEN THESE CHARACTERS BEFORE.
CONGRATULATIONS TO HUNTSVILLE ON A WONDERFUL SEASON.
YOU GUYS HAD A REALLY STRONG THIRD AND FOURTH QUARTER.
YOU WILL WALK OUT WITH $3000 FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE.
CONGRATULATIONS.
[APPLAUSE] YOUR STATE TROPHY.
[APPLAUSE] NOW, I WANT TO AWARD THE MVP.
THIS FELLOW OVER HERE WITH HIS HANDS ALREADY FULL.
TRISTON WILES.
[APPLAUSE] AND NOW FOR THE TOURNAMENT TEAM.
CAROLYN?
>> I ALSO WANT TO ANNOUNCE THAT THIS TIME IN ADDITION TO THE MVP I ALMOST FORGOT TO GIVE TRISTON HIS CHECK AND HE MIGHT WANT THAT.
WE HAVE A HIGH POINT PLAYER.
THAT IS SOMEONE WHO EXCEEDS HIS AVERAGE WHICH WAS AROUND 16 POINTS A GAME WHICHIS A LOT .
IT WAS A YOUNG MAN FROM THE ACADEMY AT THE STATE.
AXLE.
HE HAD A 16.71 AVERAGE.
THE ADDITIONAL ALL TOURNAMENT PLAYERS FOR THIS GROUP ARE READ OF HAMBURG, TREVOR PAULSON OF HARRISBURG AND ERIC PARKER FROM ARKADELPHIA AND BILLY COOK.
NELSON GRAVES FROM POTTSVILLE, ZACHARY PROCTOR OF BROOKLYN.
CATHERINE HAWN OVER HEREFROM HUNTSVILLE.
ALSO , MADISON FROM HUNTSVILLE.
ANDREW SHIELDS FROM EAST AND LUCAS TURNER.
A GREAT GROUP OF FOR A ALL TOURNAMENT PLAYERS.
CONGRATULATIONS.
IT'S A GREAT JOB NOW.
NOW, LET'S TAKE A SHORT TRIVIA BREAK FOR THE VIEWERS AT HOME OR WE GET SET UP FOR THE NEXT MATCH.
WE WANT TO GET YOU INVOLVED.
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