
Quiz Bowl 2017 - 6A Russellville vs. Benton
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipTHIS YEAR'S THIRD-PLACE FINALIST IS GREENWOOD AND THE FOURTH PLACE FINALISTS IS NOW WE INTRODUCE FOR RUSSELLVILLE AND BENTON.FIRST, FROM RUSSELLVILLE, WE HAVE JEREMY COLLINS.
THE CAPTAIN IS PHILIP, PACKAGE.
TYLER, TRACY.
AND REGAN, FREEMAN.
THE ALTERNATES ARE KRISH SAW BROOKE.
OLIVIA DRAUGHON, BRANT COLLINS, COLLIN DAVIS, HAILEY SMITH, NIHAL ANWAR, YOSHIO YAMASHITA AND JACOB POIRIER, THEIR COACH IS PAUL GRAY.
AND THERE ASSISTANT COACH IS BRANDON COOPER AND JOHNNY BARHAM.
[APPLAUSE] LET'S HEAR IT FOR RUSSELLVILLE.
>> NOW OVER TO BENTON QUINTIN WELLS, THEIR CAPTAIN IS AUSTIN DORMAN MATT HOWARD, SARAH SPAKES, THEIR ALTERNATES ARE HENRI BETHEL RYLIE DAVIS,, SYDNEE EHORN, THEIR COACH IS BRYAN WEST AND ASSISTANT COACH, LISA MORROW.
LET'S HEAR IT FOR BENTON!
[APPLAUSE] THOSE ARE THE 6A FINALISTS AND I WISH BOTH TEAMS THE BEST OF LUCK.
NOW LET'S PLAY.
STEVE!
WE ARE GLAD TO WELCOME YOU TO THE SIX A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP FOR 2017 QUIZ BOWL.
A LOT OF TEAMS WOULD LIKE TO BE HERE TODAY BUT THESE ARE THE TWO THAT HAVE EARNED THE RIGHT TO PLAY FOR THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP SO GOOD LUCK TO RUSSELLVILLE AND BENTON.WE ARE VERY EXCITED FOR YOU.
WE BEGIN EVERY GAME WITH 20 TOSSUP QUESTIONS WITH 10 POINTS EACH SO WE DO THAT FOR YOU.
HERE'S THE FIRST ONE.
ARE YOU READY?
HERE WE GO.
THIS ARTIST OF SIMPLE BUT REALISTIC SCENES OF RURAL LIFE BEGAN PAINTING IN HER SEVENTIES, WHEN ARTHRITIS MADE IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR HER TO CONTINUE >> GRANDMA MOSES.
>> GOOD.
THAT IS RIGHT.
>> IN WHAT NOVEL ARE OCEANIA, EURASIA, AND EASTASIA >> 1984.
>> RIGHT.
WE WILL DO MATH COMPUTATION.
20 SECONDS ON THE CLOCK.
WE WILL ASK YOU TO ANSWER THIS MATH.
>> WES AND LUKE JUST FINISHED A LANDSCAPING PROJECT THAT TOOK NINE HOURS TO COMPLETE.
IF LUKE COULD DO IT ALONE IN TWELVE HOURS, HOW LONG WOULD IT TAKE WES WORKING ALONE?
[BUZZER] 36 HOURS.
>> JEREMY.
>>.
>> YOU DON'T WANT HIM TO DO YOUR YARD.
QUESTION NUMBER FOUR NAME THE STOIC PHILOSOPHER AND EMPEROR OF ROME WHOSE MEDITATIONS, A PHILOSOPHICAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY, IS A CLASSIC WORK OF PERSONAL WRITING AND A REMARKABLE EXPOSITION ON STOICISM.
>> AUSTIN.
>> YOU KNOW?>> NO.
[BUZZER] >> IT WAS MARCUS AURELIUS.
>> QUESTION NUMBER FIVE, BY WHAT NAME IS A NEGATIVELY CHARGED ION >> ANION THAT IS RIGHT.
QUESTION NUMBER SIX, WHAT PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING PLAY BY THORNTON WILDER TAKES PLACE IN WHAT IS DESCRIBED THE YPICAL NEW ENGLAND TOWN .
>> OUR TOWN LET'S DO MATH COMPUTATION AGAIN.
>> THE COORDINATES OF LINE AB ARE A (4, -6) AND B (2, -8).
FIND THE COORDINATE THAT IS THE MIDPOINT OF LINE AB.
(3, -7) .
>> JEREMY?
>> GOOD JOB, JEREMY.
I DON'T THANK YOU'RE GUESSING.
WE WILL CLEAR THAT.
IN PHARMACOLOGY, WHAT NAME IS GIVEN TO SUBSTANCES WHICH INTERFERE WITH THE ACTION OF THE BETA RECEPTORS AND ARE USED >> ACE INHIBITORS?
[BUZZER] >> BETA BLOCKERS.
>> THAT IS CORRECT.
NUMBER NINE.
THESE 3 WARS TOOK PLACE BETWEEN ANCIENT CARTHAGE.
>>THE PUNIC WORDS .
>> THAT IS RIGHT.
>> WHAT ANCIENT CHINESE BOOK OF DIVINATION AND A SOURCE OF CONFUCIAN >> I CHING THAT IS CORRECT.
>> QUESTION 11.
THE AUTHOR OF THIS NOVEL BASED IT ON THE ADVENTURES OF SCOTTISH SAILOR ALEXANDER SELKIRK.
NAME THIS NOVEL IN WHICH THE TITLE CHARACTER RUNS AWAY TO SEA >> MATT?
>> ROBINSON CRUSOE THAT IS CORRECT.
>> CELEBRATORY MATH.
MATH COMPUTATION.
>> KYLE WAS ASKED TO HANG FIVE PIECES OF STUDENT ARTWORK IN A ROW ON THE WALL.
IN HOW MANY DIFFERENT WAYS COULD KYLE ARRANGE THE PIECES?ALL RIGHT HERE IT GOES.
[BUZZER] >> 120.
>> WHAT DISEASE IS THE RESULT OF THE INFLAMMATION OF THE SACS THAT TO REDUCE FRICTION BETWEEN THE JOINTS?
>> ARTHRITIS?
>> BURSITIS.
>> IN BIOLOGY, WHAT PRINCIPLE SUGGESTS THAT A LIVING ORGANISM MUST ORIGINATE FROM A PARENT ORGANISM SIMILAR TO ITSELF?
>>.
[BUZZER] BIOGENESIS MATT?
>> NO.
I LEARNED THIS WATCHING STAR TREK.QUESTION 15.
WHAT MUSICIAN COMPOSED THE SOUNDTRACKS FOR THE MOVIES MEN IN BLACK, BATMAN AND >> DANNY ELFMAN?
>> THAT IS RIGHT.
>> FLAUT IN STATISTICS, WHAT TERM IS USED TO DETERMINE THE LEVEL OF ACCURACY OF THE RESULTS OF A SURVEY?
>> MARGIN OF ERROR.
>> THAT IS RIGHT.
WHAT LEADER OF THE GREAT AWAKENING EMPLOYED THE REACHING OF TERROR ?
>> EDWARDS.
>> JONATHAN EDWARDS GOOD JOB.
>> QUESTION 18, WHAT NAME IS GIVEN TO THE ELECTRODE FROM WHICH A CONVENTIONAL CURRENT LEAVES A POLARIZED ELECTRICAL DEVICE?
[BUZZER] >> ANODE?
NUMBER CATHODE .
>> YES.
>> A HUGE BRONZE STATUE OF A WINGED HORSE OF KOREAN LEGEND SITS ATOP A HIGH PEDESTAL DOMINATING THE SKYLINE OF THIS CAPITAL CITY, SYMBOLIZING THE ECONOMIC PROGRESS MADE AFTER THE END OF THE KOREAN WAR.
IDENTIFY THIS CITY, THE CAPITAL OF NORTH KOREA.
>> NICELY PRONOUNCED AS WELL.
>> WHAT WOMAN ON THE AGE OF 17 HE RAN THE BOSTON MARATHON ON APRIL 17?
>> REGAN?
SWITZER.
>> VERY GOOD.
>> WE HAVE NO CHALLENGES IT'S 100/80, BENTON.
WE HAVE A VERY EXCITING GAME-WINNING CLOSE GAME.WE KNEW IT WOULD BE.
DO WE HAVE ANY SUBSTITUTION?
WE WILL SO WE WILL TAKE A SHORT BREAK.
[MUSIC] TWO GREAT TRADITIONS AND QUIZ BOWL.
MEETING HERE FOR THIS CHAMPIONSHIP.
DURING THE BREAK, HENRY CAME IN FOR THE TEAM, HENRY, GOOD TO SEE YOU.
WE ARE GLAD TO HAVE YOU.THIS IS OUR BONUS ROUND.
TEAMS, IF YOU GET A TOSSUP QUESTION CORRECT WE WILL GO TO THE CAPTAINS, PHILIP FOR RUSSELLVILLE AND AUSTIN FOR BENTONVILLE FOR A FIVE POINT BONUS.
ALL RIGHT HERE'S THE FIRST TOSSUP QUESTION FOR A CHANCE AT THE BONUS.
WHAT WRITER'S AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL NOVEL ENTITLED THE DHARMA BUMS CONTAINS A NUMBER OFCHARACTERS .
>> REGAN?
>> KEROUAC.
>> GOOD JOB.
>> EARNING YOU A BONUS CALLED THE TAJ MAHAL.
ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS WELL-KNOWN MAUSOLEUM.
TO WHAT CITY WOULD YOUTRAVEL TO SEE THE TAJ MAHAL?
.
>>.
>> ANSWER PLEASE?
>> NO.
>> WHAT TYPE OF STONE IS THE HOT TAJ MAHAL MARBLE CONSTRUCTED?
>>.
>> YES.
>> VERSES FROM WHAT BOOK OF SCRIPTURE ARE CARVED IN THE STONE THROUGHOUT THE STRUCTURE?
>> HINDU?
>> VEGAS?
>> WHAT IS THE TERM FOR THE FOUR TOWERS THAT SURROUND THE TAJ MAHAL?
>> ONION?
>> THOSE ARE CALLED MINARETS JERRMY GAWTHROP?
LOCATED IN OGLALA.
THE KORAN IS THE BOOK OF SCRIPTURE.
>> YOU HAVE FIVE POINTS IN YOUR 15 POINTS ON THE DEAL.
IT'S A GOOD THING.
ALL RIGHT.
TOSSUP FOR BOTH SCHOOLS.
HERE WE GO.
WHAT MAN, THE FIRST SECRETARY OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF THE SOVIET UNION AND PREMIER FROM 1958 1964 PURSUED A POLICY OF PEACEFUL COEXISTENCE WITH THE CAPITALIST WEST?
>> KHRUSHCHEV.
YES THAT IS THE RIGHT ANSWER.
PHILIP, YOUR ANSWER HAS GOTTEN YOU ANSWER CALLED UNUSUAL MODES OF DEATH.
IDENTIFY THE INDIVIDUAL WHOSE DEATH IS DESCRIBED AS THESE QUESTIONS.
QUESTION NUMBER ONE.
A RUSSIAN WHO WAS STABBED, POISONED, SHOT,BEATEN AND DROWNED IN 1960 ?
>> RASPUTIN.
>> YES.
ATHENIAN PHILOSOPHER WHO DRANK HEMLOCK IN 399 B.C.
>> SOCRATES.
>> YES.
>> ARCHBISHOP WHO DIED OF MULTIPLE SWORD WOUNDS INHIS OWN CATHEDRAL IN 1170 .
>>.
>> NO.
>> FRENCHMAN WHO WAS STABBED TO DEATH WHILE SOAKING IN HIS TUB IN 1793 MARAT.
>> YES.
THE ARCHBISHOP WAS THOMAS A BECKET.
>> ALL RIGHT.
WE HAVE TWO BONUSES TO GO.
LET'S SEE IF WE CAN GET IT WITH THIS TOSSUP QUESTION.
IN BOTANY, WHAT NAME IS GIVEN TO A FLOWERING PLANT THAT HAS TWO LEAFY PARTS WITHIN THE HC QUESTION MARK.
>> DICOTYLEDON YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
DIECUT WOULD'VE BEEN FINE BUT YOU WANT TO BE FANCY.
PHILIP, YOU EARNED A BONUS CALLED WALTERS.
IDENTIFY THE FOLLOWING LAST NAMES OF THESE WALTERS FROM A SHORT DESCRIPTION.
QUESTION ONE.
FOUNDER OF COLONYAT ROANOKE ISLAND .
>> RALEIGH.
>> FORMER CBS NEWS ANCHOR.
>> STANDRIDGE?
>> NO.
ARMY DOCTOR KNOWN FOR HIS DISCOVERY OF THE CAUSE OF YELLOW FEVER?
O'BRIEN?
>> AUTHOR OF IVANHOE?
SCOTT.
>> RIGHT.
THE FORMER CBS NEWS ANCHOR WAS CRONKITE.
THE ARMY DOCTOR HAS A HOSPITAL NAMED AFTER HIM, WALTER REED.
THE BIG HOSPITAL IN WASHINGTON D.C.. ALL RIGHT.
ONE BONUSREMAINING.
HERE IS THE TOSSUP TO GET IT .
THIS PHRYGIAN (FRIJ EE UN) KING OF GREEK MYTHOLOGY WAS PUNISHED BECAUSE HE KILLED HISSON AND SERVED HIM TO THE GODS AS FOOD.
>> REGAN ?
TANTALUS GET TO THE FINAL BONUS CALLED BUDDHISM.
HERE'S THE FIRST QUESTION.
FUNDAMENTAL ASSUMPTION WHICH IS THE NAME FOR REBIRTH OR CYCLE OF LIFE?
REINCARNATION?
>> REPEATING OF PHRASES OR WORDS TO HELP ONE CONCENTRATE AND ACHIEVE FOCUS MEDITATION?
>> NO.
I DO LIKE THE HANDSYMBOLS .
>> QUESTION THREE.
THE BELIEF THAT WE SUFFER AT PRESENT BECAUSE OF PAST HARMFUL OR SPITEFUL ACTIONS KARMA.
>> THAT IS RIGHT.
>> THE ESSENTIAL QUALITY OR CHARACTER AS OF THE COSMOS OVER ONE'S TRUE NATURE.
DHARMA.
>> THAT IS RIGHT.
>> THE TWO THAT YOU MISSED IS THE CYCLE OF LIFE CALLED SAMSARA AND A MANTRA IS SOMETHING YOU REPEAT.YOU AT 20 POINTS OUT OF THE AND BROUGHT US TO THE END OF ROUND TWO.
THE SCORE IS RUSSELLVILLE 180 AND BENTON 80.
STILL A CLOSE GAME.
BENTON, YOU CAN MAKE UP A LOT OF GROUND HERE IN THE LIGHTNING ROUND.
IT'S THE THIRD ROUND.
YOU GET TO PICK THE FIRST CATEGORY.
AUSTIN, LET ME READ THESE TWO UN COACHES YOU CAN COME AND CONFER WITH YOUR TEAM.
CATEGORY NUMBER ONE.
MUSEUMS AND CITIES.
WHEN GIVEN THE NAME OF A WELL-KNOWN MUSEUM IDENTIFY THE CITY IN WHICH IS LOCATED.
YOU MIGHT CHOOSE CATEGORY TWO, BURGERS HISTORY.
IDENTIFY THE FOLLOWING GROUPS OR PEOPLE'S FROM BRITISH HISTORY.
THE THIRD CATEGORY IS ASSASSINATIONS AND THE TEMPS.
WHEN GIVEN AN ASSASSINATION OR WOULD BE ASSASSINATION AND THE YEAR, NAME THE US PRESIDENT WHO WAS THE TARGET.
TEAMS, ONE MINUTE TO MAKE YOUR DECISION.
>> Vickie: THESE ARE TOUGH CATEGORIES.
>> YES, THEY ARE.
WE NOTICE THE SCORE IS A LITTLE BIT WIDE BUT LET ME CAUTION YOU ABOUT SOMETHING.
BENTON HAS GOT A VERY STRONG PROGRAM.
VERY WELL COACHED.
THEIR DEPTH OF KNOWLEDGE IS GOOD SO I WOULD ASSUME THAT THIS WILL GET TO BE MUCH MORE TIGHT.
HARRISON RIGHT NOW IS INTHE DRIVER SEAT .
IF THEY PICK 1/62 TIME THEY CAN GET SEVEN, EIGHT OR NINE IT WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT FOR BENTON TO CATCH THEM.
BUT, IF BENTON RUNS THIS ROUND WE WILL SEE WHAT WILL HAPPEN.
IT'S HUNDRED 20 POINTS.
WE HAVE SEEN 2/62 ROUNDS RUN.
I WILL NOT BESURPRISED IF WE DON'T SEE IT HAPPEN THE REST OF THE DAY.
THOSE ARE DIFFICULT .
IT'S DIFFICULT TO DO.
>> I WAS REALLY IMPRESSED EARLIER WITH THE PRONUNCIATION OF THE CAPITALS.
>> THE ASIANCAPITALS .
>> I WAS JUST AMAZED.
>> VERY WELL DONE.
THESE CATEGORIES WILL BE TOUGH.
ALL THREE OF THESE.
>> IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT THEY CHOOSE.
>> IT ALWAYS IS.
I GUESS WRONG.
>> 10 QUESTIONS IN 60 SECONDS.
IF YOU GET ALL 10 AN EXTRA 20 POINTS.
IT'S WORTH IT.
>> THEN THERE IS 200 POINTS OUT THERE WE HAVE SEEN WHAT HOUSEHOLD WOULD DID.
THEY WERE BEHIND AND THEY CAUGHT THEM.
>> IT'S NOT OVER.
>> IT'S NOT OVER AT ALL.
>> I THINK THE GAME WILL TIGHTEN UP.
I THINK HARRISON SHOULD FEEL COMFORTABLE RIGHT NOW.
I THINK THE GAME WILL TIGHTEN UP AND BENTON COULD PULL IT OUT.
>> RIGHT BEHIND US THERE IS ACTIVITY BECAUSE THE ALTERNATES ARE PULLING OUT THE BOOK IN THE EVENT OF A CHALLENGE.
>> THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.
A LOT OF THE STUDENTS THAT WE DON'T SEE ON THE CAMERA PLAY A MAJOR PART IN CATCHING SOMETHING THAT MIGHT HAVE DUAL ANSWERS IN ONE ANSWER GIVEN BUT ANOTHER IN SEVERAL THINGS THEY PLAY A PART IN EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T SEE IT.
>> THEY ARE GETTING READY.
LET'S GO BACK TO STEVE FOR THE LIGHTNING ROUND.
>> Steve: HAPPY TO WELCOME YOU BACK TO A VERY EXCITING SIX A CHAMPIONSHIP GAME BETWEEN RUSSELL AND BENTON.
THEY FIND THEMSELVES BEHIND GOING INTO THE THIRD ROUND SO THEY GET THE FIRST CHOICE OF OUR LIGHTNING ROUND CATEGORY.
AUSTIN AND HIS TEAM CHOSE THE CATEGORY OF MUSEUMS AND CITIES.
PHILIP AND THE REST OF THE TEAM CHOSE THE CATEGORY OF ASSASSINATIONS AND ATTEMPTS.
RUSSELLVILLE, SIT THERE AND LISTEN TO BENTON AND BE READY FOR ANY BOUNCE BACKS THEY MIGHT GIVE YOU.
AUSTIN, I WILL GET ANSWERS FROM YOU AND YOU ARE READY TO GIVE ME AN ANSWER, LOOK AT ME AND SPEAK CLEARLY.
HERE WE GO.
MUSEUMS AND CITIES.IDENTIFY THE CITY IN WHICH IT IS LOCATED.
HERE WE GO.
THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART LEX NEW YORK CITY.
>> YES.
>> THE LOUVRE.
>> PARIS.
>> PITTI PALACE.
>> LONDON.
>> NO.
>> THE PRADO MADRID, SPAIN RIJKSMUSEUM.
>> BERLIN?
>> NO.
SOLOMON R. GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM.
>> NEW YORK CITY.
>> YES.
TATE MODERN MUSEUM.
>> CHICAGO?
>> MUSEE D'ORSAY.
>> PARIS.
>> HERMITAGE MUSEUM NASHVILLE.
>> NO.
>> UFFIZI GALLERY THE TIME HAS RUN OUT.
>> WE WILL NOT PASS THAT LAST ONE OVER BECAUSE IT WAS AFTER THE BUZZER BUT PHILIP THEY DID A GOOD JOB.
ONE, TWO, 345 OF THEM RIGHT.
>> THAT MEANS WE HAVE FOR TWO PASSOVER TO YOU.
THIS IS SIMPLY ASKING YOU TO NAME THE CITY IN WHICH THESE MUSEUMS ARE LOCATED.
THE FIRST ONE IS PIT THE PALACE.
>> PITTSBURGH.
>> NO.
THE SECOND IS THE.
>> MUSEUM.
>> MUNICH.
>> NO.
TATE MODERN MUSEUM.
>> LOS ANGELES?
>> ST. PETERSBURG.
>> VERY GOOD.
>> THE GALLERY WHICH WE DIDN'T GET TO IS FLORENCE ITALY.
THE PITY PALACE WAS ALSO FLORENCE, ITALY.
THE.
>> MUSEUM IS IN AMSTERDAM.
THE TATE MODERN MUSEUM OR THE TATE GALLERY IS IN LONDON, ENGLAND.
IT IS NOW YOUR TURN, PHILIP, TO DO AS WELL OR BETTER THAN BENTON DID.
AUSTIN, IT IS YOUR TERM TO BE BACK READY FOR ANY BOUNCE BACKS.
FASCINATIONS AND ATTEMPTS WHEN GIVEN AN ASSASSIN OR WOULD BE ASSASSIN AND THE YEAR.
NAME THE US PRESIDENT WHO WAS THE TARGET.
READY, PHILIP ?
>> HERE WE GO.
JOHN SCHRANK, 1912?
WILSON?
>> TAFT.
>> CHARLES GUITEAU, 1881.
>> GARFIELD YES.
>> SARAH JANE MOORE, 1975 FORD.
>> RICHARD LAWRENCE, 1835.
>> JACKSON.
>> YES.
>> COLLAZO AND TORRESOLA 1950.
>> HARRY S. TRUMAN 1901.
>> YES.
>> McKINLEY.
>> YES SAM BYCK.
>> 1974 NIXON RAYMOND LEE HARVEY, 1979.
>> CARTER?
>> GIUSEPPE ZANGARA, 1933 FDR?
>> YES.
WE HAD ONE TO GO.
WE DID NOT GET TO IT BECAUSE THE TIME RAN OUT.
>> THE JUDGES HAVE THAT I HAVE EIGHT RIGHT.>> 80 POINTS.
GOOD.
THE VERY FIRST ONE WAS JOHN SCHRANK 1912.
>> THE ONE WE DID NOT GET TO WAS LEE HARVEY OSWALD AND OF COURSE THAT WAS JOHN F. KENNEDY.
THAT TAKES US OUT OF ROUND THREE.
UNLESS WE HAVE ANY CHALLENGES?
NO CHALLENGES.
ALL RIGHT.
AT THE END OF THE THIRD ROUND, RUSSELLVILLE WILL LEAD THE GAME WITH A SCORE OF 270 AND BENTON WITH 130I NEED TO ASK, DO WE HAVE ANY SUBSTITUTIONS TO MAKE # .
>> WE WILL MAKE A SUB.
WE WILL MAKE A SHORT BREAK ALWAYS SUBSTITUTE PLAYERS.
BISMARCK.
[MUSIC] >> THE QUIZ BOWL CHAMPIONSHIP BETWEEN RUSSELL AND BENTON.
IT'S BEEN AN EXCITING GAME SO FAR.
THE LAST ROUND WILL BE WITH 20 TOSSUP QUESTIONS REMAINING.
10 POINTS EACH.
200 POINTS UP FOR GRABS.
WE ARE WISHING BOTH TEAMS WELL IN THE FOURTH AND FINAL ROUND.
WE HAVE HAD SOME CHANGES FOR BENTON.RILEY IS IN.
GOOD TO HAVE YOU.
SARAH, BACK WITH US.
GOOD TO HAVE YOU IN THE GAME >> HERE WE GO WITH THE FIRST TOSSUP IN THE FINAL ROUND.
SUBTITLES OR THE FOX.
AND WHAT BEN JOHNSON PLAY.
>> VON GONE?
>> I'M SORRY?>> A WEALTHY THE NATION WITHOUT ERRORS DEVISING A SCHEME TO BECOME WEALTHIER BY PLAYING ON PEOPLE'S GREED?
>> THE ALCHEMIST?
VOLPONE.
>> ALMOST HAD IT.
>> NUMBER 32, IDENTIFY THE MEMPHIS STREET WHICH EMERGED AS A MAGNET FOR DISTINGUISHED AFRICAN AMERICAN >> BEALE STREET I WISH WE WERE THERE RIGHT NOW ENJOYING SOME BARBECUE.
>> NAME THE AMERICANSCIENTIST AWARDED THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR CHEMISTRY IN 1934 FOR HIS DISCOVERY OF THE HEAVY FORM OF HYDROGEN .>> UREY YES.
>> GOOD JOB.
>> WHAT ITALIAN COMPOSER OF THE LATE RENAISSANCE IS BEST KNOWN FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW GENRE, THE OPERA, WITH THE COMPOSITION OF ORFEO?
[BUZZER] >> NO.
>> GOOD CHENEY?
>> IT WAS CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI.
>> IN CHEMISTRY, WHAT TERM REFERS TO ONE OF TWO OR MORE COMPOUNDS, RADICALS, OR IONS THAT CONTAIN THE SAME NUMBEROF ATOMS OF THE SAME ELEMENTS BUT DIFFER >> .
[BUZZER] >> ISOTOPES.
>> I NEEDED ISOMER.
WHAT JOHN KNOWLES NOVEL RECALLS THE EXPERIENCES.
>> THAT IS A GOOD ANSWER.
>> A SEPARATE PIECE.
>> IDENTIFY THE MAN WHO BECAME THE CENTER OF A NATIONAL CONTROVERSY DURING THE TRUMAN ADMINISTRATION OVER ACCUSATIONS OF HAVING GIVEN GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS TO A COMMUNIST SPY IN THE 1930'S.
[BUZZER] OPPENHEIMER.
>> NO.
>> McCARTHY?
>> NO IT WAS ALGER HISS.
>> THIS CITY'S NOTORIOUS ENT CITY JAIL IS SOON TO BE SHUT DOWN AFTER BEING CREATED TWENTY-FOUR YEARS AGO BY MARICOPA COUNTY SHERIFF JOE ARPAIO IDENTIFY THIS ARIZONA CITY, THE LARGEST STATE CAPITAL IN AREA >> REAGAN?
>> PHOENIX.
>> GOOD.
>> ONLY TEN OF THIS PROLIFIC AMERICAN WRITER'S 1800 POEMS WERE KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED DURING HER LIFETIME.
IDENTIFY THIS RECLUSIVE POET .
[BUZZER] >> DICKINSON.
>> RIGHT.
>> THIS AMERICAN ORGANIZATION WORKS MAINLY TO PROVIDE LAWYERS AND LEGAL ADVICE FOR INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS IN LOCAL, STATE, AND FEDERAL COURTS.
IDENTIFY THIS GROUP, DEVOTED TO DEFENDING THE RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS OF PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES.
[BUZZER] PHILIP?
>> CITIZENS UNITED?
>> MATT?
>> ACLU RIGHT.
THE AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION.
>> WE HAVE HAD A TIMEOUT CALLED BY BENTON.
WE WILL TAKE 1/32 TIMEOUT.
[MUSIC] [MUSIC] [MUSIC] WELCOME BACK.
A LOT CAN HAPPEN.
WE'VE SEEN IT HAPPEN DURING THE TIMEOUT WHERE BOTH OF THE TEAMS SUBSTITUTE IN THE GAME AND IT'S A WHOLE NEW GROUP FROM HERE.
HAILEY, COLIN, CHRIS AND OVER HERE WE HAVE QUENTIN BACK IN THE GAME IN SYDNEY BACK IN THE GAME WITH HENRY BACK IN THE GAME.
SORRY, HENRY.
DID NOT MEAN TO IGNORE YOU.
GOOD TO HAVE YOU ALL BACK TO PLAY THE LAST 10 QUESTIONS.
IT'S THE END TIME FOR THE NOT MATH COMPUTATION QUESTION.
20 SECONDS ON THE CLOCK.WE ASK YOU TO ANSWER THIS MATH.
WHAT IS THE DIAMETER OF THE CIRCLE WHOSE AREA IS 49 PARTY?
>> MATT?
SEVEN?
>> CHRIS?
14?
>> YES.
>> WHAT NAME IS GIVEN TO THE ART OF CUTTING, POLISHING AND ENGRAVING PRECIOUS STONES?
>> LAPIDARY.
>> FROM THE GREEK MEANING UNKNOWABLE, WHAT SO-CALLED DOCTRINE SUGGESTS THAT HUMANS CANNOT KNOW OF THE EXISTENCE OF ANYTHING EYOND THE PHENOMENA OF THEIR OWN EXPERIENCE?
?
CHRIS?
EXISTENTIALISM?
MATERIALISM?
IT IS AGNOSTICISM.
HERE IS NUMBER 44.
WHAT LITERARY DEVICE CAN BE DEFINED AS THE RESOLUTION OF THE ISSUE OF A COMPLICATED PLOT IN FICTION?
[BUZZER] GRANT?
SOLUTION.
>> NO.
BENTON?
RESOLUTION?
>> IT IS DENOUEMENT.
NUMBER 45, THIS GERMAN PHILOSOPHER AND MATHEMATICIAN INVENTED THE MATHEMATICAL PROCESSES OF DIFFERENTIATION AND INTEGRATION, GREATLY EXPANDING THE FIELD OF CALCULUS.
NAME THIS MAN WHO ALSO ESTABLISHED THE FOUNDATIONS OF.
>> LEIBNIZ IN CHEMISTRY, WHAT IS DEFINED AS THE NUMBER EQUAL TO MOLES OF MATT?
>> IN MY RIGHT THERE?
I AM SORRY.
THAT IS INCORRECT.
>> CHRIS?
MOLALITY GOOD JOB, CHRIS.
THIS SWISS PHYSICIST.
>> PSYCHIATRIST AND FOUNDER WHO PROPOSED AND DEVELOPS THE CONCEPT OF THE EXTROVERTED AND INTROVERTED PERSONALITIES WHO CREATED CLINTON?
>> CARL JUNG THAT IS RIGHT.
>> THE HBO SERIES, GAME OF THRONES IS ADAPTED FROM WHAT ARTHUR'S NOVEL NOVELS?
>> MARTIN MATH COMPUTATION.
>> COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING TRIPLE.
9, 40, AND BLANK.
41 CHRIS?
>> RIGHT.
>> QUESTION 50, THE AMERICANS HAD CRACKED THE JAPANESE CODE AND SUNK FOUR OF EIGHT JAPANESE >> MIDWAY IS THE RIGHT ANSWER.
>> THAT IS THE LAST QUESTION OF THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.
AT THE END OF THE GAME [APPLAUSE] WELL, WELL-DESERVED APPLAUSE FOR MOST OF THE SCHOOLS TODAY.
BENTON WITH 210 FOR THE STATE RUNNER-UP IN 6:00 A.M. RUSSELLVILLE WITH 330.
YOU ARE THE STATE SIX A STATE CHAMPION.
CONGRATULATIONS [APPLAUSE] .
CONGRATULATIONS TO RUSSELLVILLE.
>> THEY GOT TO BE TANGLED UP.
THAT MEANS TWO YEARS IN A ROLE FOR RUSSELLVILLE.
THEY ARE REALLY CREATING A GREAT PROGRAM THERE AND THEY HAVE DONE THIS FOR A FEW YEARS NOW.
IT IS OUTSTANDING.
THE KNOWLEDGE THAT THEY EXHIBITED HERE WAS JUST OUTSTANDING.
>> TWO YEARS IN A ROW.
IT'S QUITE A FEAT.
>> THAT IS TWO TEAMS THAT WE'VE HAD TODAY, HOSS HALL MANAGED TO GET BACK TO BACK CHAMPIONSHIPS AND NOW RUSSELLVILLE.
NORFOLK WILL BE THE ONLY ONE THIS AFTERNOON I WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT .IT'S REALLY AMAZING.
IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT TO DO.
>> IT IS.
HOW MUCH PRESSURE YOU THINK THEY FEEL?
>> I DID NOT RECOGNIZE A LOT OF PRESSURE ON RUSSELLVILLE.
IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF PRESSURE YOU SEE IN THEM.
CONGRATULATIONS TO RUSSELLVILLE.
LET'S GO BACK TO THE SET AND AWARDING OF THE TROPHY WITH DEBBIE ADAMS AND KELLY HOPE.
GOOD JOB IN A GREAT RUN.>> [APPLAUSE] I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT THE SIX A TROPHY.
[APPLAUSE] RUSSELLVILLE, CONGRATULATIONS ON A GREAT RUN.
YOU HAD A WONDERFUL TEAM.
IT'S GREAT TO WATCH YOU GUYS.
$3000 FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE.
CONGRATULATIONS.
PRESENTING YOURS IS YOUR TROPHY .
[CHEERING] THE MVP IS OVER HERE.
HE HAS HIS HANDS FULLALREADY.
MATT HOWARD , HE'S PUSH THIS OUT WITH A 9.6 AVERAGE.
HE WAS HIDING BACK HERE, ACTUALLY.
THERE WE GO, MATT.
CONGRATULATIONS.
>> THANK YOU [APPLAUSE] NOW, FOR THE 68 ALL TOURNAMENT TEAM MEMBERS.
ONCE AGAIN, HERE IS CAROLYN.
>> Carolyn: WE HAD ANOTHER PERSONAL ESTATE TEAM THAT WAS SO CLOSE TO MATT AND SCORES.
IT WAS GOING IN AND HE STAYS CLOSE TO HIM AT THE END.
THAT'S BECAUSE MATT WOUND UP STILL BEING ABOUT 3/10 OF A POINT BELOW THE GREENWOOD STUDENT, JACKSON MITCHELL'S.
JACKSON WILL BE THE HIGH POINT PLAYER AND MATT IS THE MVP.
PHILIP BACK HERE WHO MIGHT BE OVER THERE NOW FROM RUSSELLVILLE.
PHILIP IS FROM THE ALL TOURNAMENT TEAM AND REAGAN FREEMAN ON THE ALTERNATE TEAM FROM RUSSELLVILLE.
ALSO, JEREMY COLLINS FROM RUSSELLVILLE ON THE ALL TOURNAMENT TEAM.
AUSTIN DORMAN HEAR FROM BENTON ON THE ALL TOURNAMENT TEAM.
TYLER MARIANNE FROM GREENWOOD.
SIMON PDC ARC FROM MOUNTAIN HOME MADE IT SO FAR.
WE HAVE A GREAT BUNCH OF SICK SAY ALL TOURNAMENT PLAYERS.
CONGRATULATIONS.
>> THANK YOU, CAROLYN.
CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN TO EVERYONE.
WE WILL TAKE THE BREAK.
REMEMBER, THREE MORE EXCITING MATCHES THIS AFTERNOON.
STARTING AT 1:30 P.M. WITH THE 1A, 2A, AND 7A SO DON'T GO AWAY!
WE WILL SEE LATER.
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