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It's Quiz Bowl 2024.
Right now we have the three, a state championship featuring the Mountain View Yellowjackets and Adkins Red Devils.
Let's meet the teams.
My name is Trent Wickham on a senior.
I'm the captain, and I'm 18 today.
And I'm not happy about it.
I'm junior Austin McDonald.
Don't call me old McDonald.
That's my father.
I'm a sophomore, ordained and.
And.
Hello, my name is Devon Lunar.
I'm a senior, and, it's Trent's birthday today, and I am happy about it.
Hello, my name is Sahara Goodwin.
I'm a sophomore.
my favorite color is green and go jackets.
Hi.
I'm jebusite.
I'm a sophomore, and this is bigger than the NBA finals.
Hello.
My name is Mya.
Savannah.
I'm a freshman and look at this really cool giraffe I drew.
Hi, my name is Piper Mitchell.
I'm a freshman.
Look, mom, I'm on TV.
Hi, I'm James nicholson.
I'm a freshman, and I really like milk.
Hi.
My name is Oliver.
Never.
And I love sharks.
Hi.
My name is Cole.
I'm a freshman, and, where are we right now?
Hello there.
I'm Ashton Brock.
I'm a sophomore from Out View, and now I'm not General Kenobi.
Assistant coach Dillon, right center field.
And I can't believe we're back again.
Head coach Allen Bishop.
And win or lose, I love these guys.
Hi.
My name is Craig Coyne.
I'm a senior at Atkins High School, and this is the most fun I've had since my last quiz bowl tournament.
My name is Kevin Walford.
I'm a sophomore at Atkins High School and this for all the beast back in A-town.
I'm Tracy Scroggins, I'm a freshman in high school and I'm going to take a nap after this.
Hi, I'm Graham Scroggins, I'm a junior in high school and I have not had enough coffee for this.
Hi, I'm Hannah Barton, and I'm a junior at Atkins High School, and I have $0.13 in my bank account.
My name is David Henderson.
I coach for Atkins High School, and I'm excited for you to see their Red Devil pride.
Well, we have four rounds of questions before we find out which of those teams will be taking home the three.
A quiz bowl state championship.
Let's get started with round one.
A 20 question Toss-Up round.
To do that, let's turn it over to our quiz master for the match, Steve Patterson.
Well thank you Christina, and we are excited to see the three a finalist in the 2024 Quiz Bowl.
And it came down to two great teams, Atkins and Mountain View.
And so it's good to see both of you and play today.
All right y'all ready?
All right, hands on our buzzers.
And here's our first toss up.
He was born in Poland in 1886 to a father who was an active Zionist.
He began Zionist campaigns of his own and was expelled from Palestine in 1914 by the Turks, who then controlled it.
Named this man who in 1948 would proclaim Israel as an independent state.
As the first Prime Minister.
Craig Ben-Gurion.
Ben-Gurion is absolutely right.
All right.
Question two.
This French painter and sculptor, along with Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso, helped define the plastic arts and new methods of painting and sculpting.
Name this dataset and Cubist artist of such works.
Craig Brock.
No.
Such work says 16 miles of string, 50 is cc of Paris air and a nude descending is staircase number two.
I, Trent Eakins.
No, it's Marcel Duchamp.
All right.
He entered medical school and focused on surgery.
During his surgical studies, he emulated his professors attention to details and surgical studies.
he also emulated his professor's attention to details and diagnostic deduction.
As an author, he is Craig Arthur Conan Doyle.
You're right.
This study was based on five primary and many other secondary measurements that were tied to skill contour errors.
Pardon me?
Skull contours.
All right.
It investigated the size and shape of the skull as a predictor of intelligence.
trend.
Phrenology.
Yes.
All right.
Question five.
Like many technology intercoms, he was founded in Stanford University by American David Farlow and Taiwan Taiwan born Jerry Yang and co-created Jerry and David's Guide to the World Wide Web and put up such things as Chang's golf scores and favorite websites.
Name?
this internet search engine and email server that came from, this web page.
Trent.
Yahoo!
Yes.
This story is set in England about.
And, Arthur Moore, Arthur, Morfydd and Gruber that had a culture with their own language, poetry and mythology, and a couple of characters based on the author's World War Two experiences.
Named this debut novel by Richard Adams.
Trent.
The hobbit, the Hobbit.
No.
That focuses on the daily lives of a group of rabbits.
Hannah.
Peter rabbit.
No.
Watership down, Watership down.
Math.
Computation for number seven.
Sarah is flying a plane at 12,000ft above ground level.
When she looks down at a 60 degree angle and she spots an airport, how far away in feet is the airport from her ground position?
Austin.
6000 times.
The square root of three feet.
No.
that time was called the Craig.
correct answer was 4000.
And the root of three feet.
All right.
I could have accepted a few other things, but none of them were the one you gave me.
Lightning can create this inorganic molecule in the atmosphere that was discovered in 1865.
Craig.
Nitrates?
No.
It is an accident that has many consumer and industrial applications.
But can also damage the respiratory systems of mammals.
Name this allotropes of oxygen.
That is, a pale blue gas, has a pungent smell and has a chemical symbol of oh three.
Trent.
Ozone.
Yes.
Question number nine is her father was Lord Edmund Howard.
Her cousin was Anne Boleyn, and she was briefly England's queen from 1540 to 1541.
She was accused of having an affair with the king's adviser and her distant cousin, Thomas Culpeper.
Name.
The fifth wife of King Henry the Eighth, who was sometimes referred to as his rose without a thorn, and was beheaded for adultery.
Trent.
Catherine.
Parr.
No.
Craig.
Catherine of Arran.
Shaw.
Catherine Howard is the name that I needed.
Maurice Ravel was a student of this composer.
This Frenchman was a musical prodigy who loved Schumann, List and Wagner, and made his musical debut at the age of ten.
Wagner and, Pardon me.
Name this French composer of works including The Dying Swan, Carnival of Animals, Danse Macabre, and Samson and Delilah.
No answer.
Schubert.
No, Craig.
You see?
No.
It's, Saul.
First song.
He was a Spanish Dominican friar who was tacitly empowered by the Holy Office to quote, uphold Catholic religious orthodoxy.
To accomplish this, he and authorize torture and death for crimes such as heresy, apostasy, sorcery, sodomy, polygamy, and blasphemy.
Name this man who was the first Grand Inquisitor of the Spanish Inquisition.
That was, Thomas Torquemada.
Torquemada.
He was born John Griffith Chaney and was part of the radical literary group called The Crowd.
his books were often inspired by his own life, like gold mining in the Yukon and his contributions to founding the conservation movement.
Name this American author of The Pearls of Parlay to build a fire.
Trent.
London.
Yes.
This man called them apocryphal and, and excluded books such as Baruch, wisdom, Judith, and both Maccabees from the Bible.
In the fourth century.
This man translated the old and the New Testaments from Hebrew and Greek into Latin.
Craig.
Jerome.
Yes.
All right.
We're going to question 14.
And that is a math computation.
All right.
If five raised to the power of parentheses, three x.
Minus three close parentheses equals 125.
What is the value of x. Craig two.
Yes.
This is this is a stack of planar surfaces moved by geological stresses.
These permanent deformations in rock strata were caused by placing, caused by differing types of processes, depended upon whether they were sedimentary, metamorphic, or igneous.
These this common, geologic process that has side cleans, antique cleans, and mono cleans built the wash at all and Appalachian Appalachian Mountains.
Trent.
Erosion.
No.
Craig.
Rock formation.
no.
They're called folds or folding.
All right.
This treaty was signed, on April 10th of 1998.
In Christian religion and featured issues of sovereignty, governance and discrimination, and many others.
It was brokered by President Bill Clinton between the British government and various factions in Northern Ireland.
Name this agreement that approved by voters in two referendums and ended most of the violence of the troubles.
That is the Friday or Belfast Agreement.
Name this type of poetry which was widely used in the 20th century poems.
It is not written in a regular rhythmical pattern or meter.
Craig.
Blank verse.
No, Trent.
Free verse.
Free verse is what we need.
All right.
Question 18.
In music, it is sometimes called a bridge or a brake, or can be a piece of music composed to be inserted between sections or acts of a work.
This music term that is played or sung between the movements of a larger composition.
James Cadenza.
No.
Answer at once.
We need an interlude.
Interlude.
This medical condition has four stages, beginning with the promontory and ending with the post drum.
Why?
In some people it may be caused from the amino acids.
tier of mine.
In fermented products such as beer and aged cheese.
Name this painful and sometimes reoccurring syphilitic condition from which many people suffer, that is known in medical jargon as, Emma can, continue, migraines.
Oh.
I'm going to have to throw that out because migraines was the correct answer.
all right, next question.
some math computation.
A standard DVD has a diameter of 12cm.
It has a middle area that cannot hold data with a diameter of 4.5cm to the nearest whole number of pi.
What is the area in square centimeters of a DVD used to store data?
All right.
time was called before, and we could get a buzz in there.
the correct answer was 31 pi centimeters squared.
All right, now I'm going to fix that one that I messed up.
This book of a this book is a story of a sharecropper's four children in North Carolina.
The father of the children dies, leaving them as orphans.
And they spend their time trying to make a living and keep from being discovered so they won't be separated.
What is the name of this 1969 book by Veera and Bill Cleaver, named for a blossom Ming flower type?
Trent.
The orphan master's son.
No.
Atkins.
Craig.
The apple orchard.
No.
It's where the lilies bloom.
where the lilies bloom.
All right, so that's the, end of round one.
And so we're going to go back to Christine, while we check for challenges and substitutions.
No challenges.
Sounds good.
Thank you so much.
Another close match that we have going on, so be sure to stay with us.
We're going to cut away briefly to do a bit of quiz bowl housekeeping.
Don't go anywhere.
We'll be right back after this.
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Today can be a new beginning.
Bright things ahead, darling.
Brightness and joy.
That's genuinely classic.
I just want to be right here in this moment.
As you use that kind of a high bar.
I'm just getting started.
Television will never be the same again.
Magnificent.
We are back.
Looks like there were no challenges for that first round.
So there are only ten points between these two teams in this match.
So let's go back over to the quizmaster for round two.
Well thank you Justine.
We did bring in Sahara to the game.
So it's good to have her.
And if you have your hands on your buzzers, we're ready for round two.
Round two.
Here we go.
All right.
Question 21.
Born in India, his parents abandoned him at a foster home in England when he was six.
And he detailed those years in his story.
Baa baa baa Black Sheep.
Many of his stories, novels and poems glorified and praised British imperialism.
Name this author of, White Man's Burden.
true.
Kipling.
Yes.
And you've earned your team a bonus.
Called elementary Arkansas.
Given a fact about Arkansas, you probably should have learned in elementary school, provide what is being asked for.
The state motto in Latin.
Just defer.
Defer to Austin E pluribus unum.
No.
Official beverage milk.
Yes.
state flower.
Is it the apple blossom?
Apple blossom.
Apple blossom?
Apple blossom.
Yes.
Good job.
State bird number two.
Mockingbird.
Mockingbird.
Yes.
And the only one you missed.
you gave the national, motto, the correct answer for Arkansas's regnant populace.
All right.
We got, one bonus out of the way, and now we've got, three more to go.
Here we go.
He was made a marquee in Italy in 1929 for his accomplishments.
He got his first wireless telegraphy, telegraphy patent in England in 1896.
Named this man who won the Nobel Prize for physics and was recognized as the inventor of the wireless radio in Craig Marconi.
Yes.
And Craig, you've earned your team.
bonus.
Called the less than usual modes hardness, scale.
All right.
Given a mineral not listed as a benchmark for each number, provide the most number for that mineral.
All right.
Magnetite.
For no boron.
One, no graphite.
Three.
No.
And succumb.
Seven.
Yes.
All right.
The ones you missed, magnetite was 5 or 6. boron was nine, and, graphite was 1 or 2.
All right, we got two left.
Let's see if we can get it with this math computation.
What is the value of the fraction 324 over eight divided by the fraction three over 256.
Craig 10,496 over three.
No answer.
Austin.
The time went off.
I'm afraid.
Did you have 3456?
No.
You.
Austin, you always say yes on those kinds of questions.
That's exactly what I had.
Well, we're going to give math another try.
with this question.
For a given function, f of x equals 75 x plus 25.
That quantity over x squared.
What is the limit of f of x.
You want me to have the last words?
it says as x as x approaches positive infinity.
All right.
Austin, as x approaches positive infinity.
No.
So what I have.
Craig.
Undefined.
No, I have zero zero.
All right.
No harm, no foul on those questions.
Answer bonus questions.
This can mean exodus or migration.
In the Arabic etymology of the word, it means the severing of ties of kinship or association.
to cut off from family association.
Name this flight of Muhammad from Mecca, my Mecca to Medina, that occurred in 622 C.E.. Craig Hodge.
No.
Austin Raj no.
Actually neither.
The combination of those two.
correct answer would be Hijra or his, All right.
She fought for the rights of immigrants and minorities and played a significant role in the design and passing of the title to title nine legislation.
She was a Japanese-American woman and was elected to Congress in 1964.
Name this first Asian American woman elected to Congress.
Trent.
Lazarus.
Oh.
Craig.
No.
Her name is Patsy mink.
In mine.
Okay.
All right.
It is actually a fast growing type of grass that has many positive environmental qualities.
It is a type of grass used in many coastal areas for its nitrogen filtering in water flood barrier and protection from soil erosion.
Name this plant that is known for its fast growing properties that might be used for Trent bamboo.
Yes.
All right.
Let's see what your bonus category is going to be.
All right.
It's going to be a hum of grass.
Hum McGrath's hum of graphs are words that are spelled the same but have different meanings.
Given two descriptions provide the word the hum of grass.
If the hum of a graph has alternate pronunciations, either will be acceptable.
All right, number one, to put together or a type of farm implement.
Combine.
Combine.
Yes, a measure of time or a very small amount of something minor a minute.
Yes.
boat parking place are moving quietly without gaining notice.
And no.
And to be satisfied or, are types of information in a medium.
Content?
Yes.
And the one you missed was slip.
Slip boats are housed in slips.
All right.
We have one, bonus to go and three questions to get there.
So let's see if we can do it.
She is a Theban, a princess, and a character in several Greek tragedies.
Her name can be translated as against to birth.
Craig and Tiffany.
You're right.
And you've picked up the last bonus, which is African American population of NFL cities.
Using data from the 2020 census provide four of the top cities with a national football League team that have the highest percentage of African-American population.
Of the total city's population.
All right.
They do not have to be in any specific order, Craig, but you only have 20s to start.
Craig answers.
Atlanta.
Charlotte.
New Orleans and Buffalo.
I have that they got two, right?
Yes.
Okay.
You got New Orleans and Atlanta right where we are when you did either Detroit, Baltimore, Cleveland, Washington DC or Cincinnati for the other team, but you got two out of it.
So that's good.
Plus, of course you have finished up the round for us.
so do we have any challenges from our coaches?
None over here.
None over here.
All right.
We're going to go back to Christina.
And.
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Welcome back to state quiz bowl Championships.
We are gearing up for the Lightning Round, which means the teams need to choose their category.
So for that, we're going to send it over to the quizmaster.
Thank you.
Christina.
And, Atkins is a little bit behind, Mountain View going into this round and, very exciting game here in the third.
Yeah.
Here are your three categories.
And Atkins, you'll choose first, British authors of literature and poetry.
Given a work of literature or poetry by a British author, name the author.
All right.
You might choose the second category, famous first of American Women.
Identify the American women who were the first to do the following.
Or you might choose number three bones of the human body.
Given a description of a bone.
facts are superlative.
Is about human bones.
Provide what is being described.
So Christina, they have their topics and I'm going to send it back to you while they decide what they want.
Sounds good.
Thank you.
We have our quiz bowl expert Bill Davis back with us.
And so they've got the categories and they have how long to choose which one and what kind of strategy goes into this one minute okay.
And when they choose they're probably going to make the decision based on what they know.
Occasionally it'll be what the other team knows and you'll try to block it.
But these three categories, this is only a 25 point game.
Yeah.
This 62nd round a lot of times determines the match, even though it has the smallest number of points.
We've already seen two teams in the same match.
Run it.
That means they get ten questions right, ten points apiece.
Plus they get a bonus of 20.
So it's possible for Atkinson to come back and really put the pressure on Mountain.
Now.
Depends on what they pick.
They'll get to pick first.
When they pick, there's one on women's first.
That's general knowledge.
People are going to know about that.
the bones, that's another one.
They're going to have study.
That depends on just how tricky they get with those questions.
At the end, I'm going to say one of these teams might could run this.
Well, it was very exciting to see both teams run it in our last match.
So I believe that the teams have picked their categories.
So we are going to head back over to the quiz master to see what they chose.
All right.
welcome back.
And our teams during the break chose their categories.
Atkins got to pick first and they chose bones of the human body.
And then, Mountainview chose of the last of the other two.
They chose British authors of literature and poetry.
Okay, so y'all ready?
And you've made no substitutions because they're all right there.
Okay, well, good luck.
Ready, Craig?
Okay.
Given a description of a bone, facts or superlatives about human bones provide what is being described.
Normal number of ribs.
16.
No smallest bones of body located here.
Here?
Yes.
Largest joint of bones in the body.
Pelvis.
No.
Strongest bone.
Femur.
Yes.
Strong.
Shortest bone in the body.
Yeah.
Carpus.
No.
Latin name for an ankle bone.
Kallenius.
no primary mineral bones are made of calcium.
Yes.
Digital bones of fingers and toes.
Flanges.
Yes.
Kneecap.
Bone.
Patella.
Yes.
Collarbone.
Clavicle.
Yes.
All right.
Very good.
you only had three, I believe.
Just.
I'm all right.
12044 that you missed and are going to pass over to Trent.
Trent, are you ready?
You?
None.
Do you understand the category?
All right, here we go.
Normal number of ribs?
Eight.
No.
largest joint of bones in the body.
It's got to be on hip joint.
No, shortest bone in the body.
It's got to be one.
You know, points like this figure.
Answer.
Phalanges.
No.
Yeah.
And finally, the name of the ankle bone.
It's it's confusing.
Okay.
Achilles heel.
No, the normal, bill of number of ribs is 12.
Okay.
And, the largest joint of bones in the body is the knee.
And the shortest bone in the body is the coccyx.
And the Latin name for ankle bone is stapes or stirrup.
All right.
Now we're going to go to Mountain View and Mountain View.
Y'all be ready over here at you chose British authors of literature and poetry, given a work of literature or poetry by a British author.
Name that author ready the once and future King.
Masters.
No.
The Canterbury tales.
Chaucer.
Yes.
Ulysses.
Joyce.
Yes.
Songs of innocence and experience.
Blake.
Yes.
Bleak House.
Dickens.
Yes.
The Golden notebook.
Tart.
No.
Ode on the Nightingale.
Keats.
Yes.
Aussie man, there's Shelley, Percy.
Yes.
the moon and Sixpence.
Oh, tart.
No, old lings on him.
Star and starling under ten.
So that will not pass over.
Craig, they have left.
three here that I see.
so let's do those.
who is the author of the Once and Future King?
Smith.
No.
And, the golden notebook.
Rowling.
No.
And the moon and sixpence.
Mary Shelley no, that one's, w w Somerset Maugham.
And, the Once and Future King was T.H.
white, and the golden notebook was Doris Lessing.
all right, so that finishes us up in that round.
Do we have any challenges then?
Here.
None there.
Okay.
So we're going to take a short break and, allow these teams to make any subs they want to make.
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State baseball and softball championships are live on Arkansas PBS sports is that one is lifted to left and it is gone.
Sends this into centerfield.
It's a walk off for the Warriors for a state championship, for a complete schedule and all the ways to watch it, go to my R PBS.org slash sports.
Today can be a new beginning.
Right?
Things ahead, darling.
Brightness and joy.
That's genuinely classy.
I just want to be right here in this moment as you use that kind of a high bar.
I'm just getting started.
Television will never be the same again.
Magnificent.
Welcome back to the state quiz bowl Championships.
This has been our closest match so far for the day, and we are now ready for the final round.
So let's send it back over to the quizmaster.
All right.
Thank you Christina.
And we do have an exciting game going.
And we have Sahara into the game and Jay into the game.
so good to have you all in for this final round.
very close game.
So we'll see what happens here in this last 20 questions 200 points available.
All right.
Y'all ready.
Well we're ready to be in the round four.
Round four.
Now we're going to start with a science computation question.
And the acid is a weak acid with a disassociation constant of 2.5 times ten to the minus six.
If a solution is a 1.00 molar of this acid, what is some molarity in scientific notation of H plus ions in the solution?
I incurring 7.5 times ten to the negative eight.
No.
I'm Austin.
You're always right behind that time, brother.
the correct answer is 5.0 times ten to the minus four.
All right, here's our next toss up.
This fictional character of Spanish literature was said to be a libertine, someone with a moral character who rejects standard social and sexual restraints.
He was also the title character of an unfinished satiric poem by Lord Byron, Trent, Don Juan.
Yes.
It occurred in 1968 during the height of fighting in the Vietnam War.
U.S. soldiers were on a search and destroy mission in Viet Cong territory known as the Pink Ville.
Craig, My Lai massacre.
You're right.
Protons, electrons, and neutrons have electric charges, which is a basic property of matter.
When an atom loses electrons, it becomes positively charged.
What is the name?
Craig Island.
Yes.
Math computation when selling a home.
math brings a 3% commission to the sales office from the sale.
He gets to keep 80% of that as his payment for completing the sale.
If math sells a $240,000 house, how much commission in dollars does he get to keep?
Craig 5760.
Yes.
He studied, sold music and is considered to be one of the founders of what would become ethnomusicology.
He studied at the Budapest Academy of Music and collected Slovak, Romania and commonly called then Gypsy music.
Name.
This Hungarian composer of ballets including Wooden Prince and the Miraculous Mandarin, and the opera Bluebeard's Castle.
James Bartok.
Bartok is correct.
All right.
This type of army units, soldiers have had names such as.
Ma'am.
Look, Dragoon.
Trent Light Cavalry.
Infantry judges.
Yes.
All right.
He is considered one of the greatest of the English poets.
And his works were cited by those fermenting revolution in the Americas and France during the 18th century.
Named this century 17th century poet who wanted to abolish the church of England and wrote works including the city's UN Shakespeare.
Trent Swift no.
Craig Spencer, John Milton.
Right.
Let's do math.
Computation.
If students in Walter's class have the grades of 56, 65, 72, 75, 95, 99, 84, 88, 92, 75, and 46, what is the median grade in this class?
Craig 79.5.
No.
Time for art.
The correct answer was 8484.
All right.
This biology term comes from the Greek word for cavity.
It is a fluid filled cavity formed by a layer of embryonic cells.
In animals who have three layers of cells, what forms the main body cavity, in which organs are suspended.
Trent.
Paschal, no.
Craig or Isaac?
No.
It is, Salem.
Question number 41.
This country's name is actually reflected in the Italian name for a colorful sea.
Tigrinya is the most spoken of non-official languages here.
Name this country that was formed in 1993 after a brutal civil war where you're, where Ethiopia lost all of its coastline in forming this country.
Craig.
Eritrea?
Yes.
He studied hard in France with, Robert Aubry, beginning in 1906, but rejected the experimental nature of art going on there.
He was originally trained as an illustrator and turned to painting and advertising art in the 19 tens.
Name.
This really started us to work, such as a Room in Brooklyn and House by the railroad, but is most well known for his Ashcan works Automat and Nighthawks.
Trent Hopper yes.
Identify the University of Iowa player who was recently the overall number.
Kellen Caitlin Clark.
Yes, she was the daughter of William the 10th and inherited huge amounts of land in France.
Upon her father's death, she married Louis, the seventh of France, and had great influence over his decisions.
Craig.
Eleanor of Aquitaine.
You're right.
Question 45 German name maker.
Pardon me?
German game maker.
Mimi A games features Althea in this backdrop of black comedy.
The red Mali ship in this 2023 game is reassembled by a pirate who had a sword in her head.
Name.
This game that features Afia and her crew of pirates with magical powers.
Trent.
Sea of stars.
No.
Craig.
Blackbeard.
Oh, it is Shadow Gambit.
The cursed crew.
All right.
This substance cycles from the interior to the outside of the atmosphere of one of Saturn's moons, where it is broken apart.
It exists in the world in the form of solid ice vapor and liquid rain on the moon.
Titan named this Group 14 hybrid, which is the main component of natural gas with chemical formula C4.
Craig.
Methane.
Yes.
Math computation.
Solve for x. X squared plus six x equals 16.
You're solving for x. Craig x equals negative eight.
And x equals two.
You're right.
timeout has been called.
teams are allowed a 30 minute a 32nd timeout each.
So we'll take just a short break while they meet, Christina Bell.
Yes.
Definitely.
30s not 30 minutes.
However, fill us in on you said this is a good timeout.
Why do you say this is a good timeout?
Mountain view as led the whole game.
Atkins has just took the lead and they've got a 15 point lead.
Mountain views coach is going to go up there and say look we just lack a few questions left.
We can win this or we can lose it.
You have got to stay.
Concentrate.
And it's anybody's game right now really.
This has just stayed in it just little at a time.
Nipped away at the lead.
And now they're in the lead.
First time by far the closest match that we've had very evenly matched teams here.
Yes.
Yes they are.
And that's why these next few questions 3 or 4 questions are going to determine who wins this state championships on the left.
It's so intense and so exciting.
So let's go back over.
Now that the timeout is complete.
All right.
Thank you.
Christina.
we do have three questions left.
And, you cannot advertise since we have a five in the score.
so let's see how we do.
she grew up on an Omaha Indian Reservation in Nebraska in the 1860s, wanting indigenous Americans to receive medical care, she earned her medical degree and advocated for separate lands for her.
People named this medical doctor who also fought for temperance, land rights, and the treatment of tuberculosis in her people.
Trent mankiller.
No.
Craig.
Walker.
No.
It is, the flesh and, some beast sometimes is known as the coat.
This author was once a soldier and was sold into slavery while serving in Algiers.
After he attained freedom, he was initially unsuccessful as a writer.
Over two decades later, he would write one of the most famous books of all time that featured tilting chivalry, windmills, Trent, Don Quixote, oh my God, no, and Sancho Panza.
Panza.
Name this author of Don Quixote, Miguel de Cervantes.
You're right.
All right.
Question 50.
It is also known as, of ferrule.
And it is an accident of vitamins that protects cells from damage and degeneration and is common in foods like canola oil, almonds, meats and dairy.
Name this vitamin important division and reproduction, as well as the health of your blood of brain and skin.
Trent Iron no.
Craig K no, it's E vitamin E. And so we were looking for.
And so that ends a very exciting, match for the three state championship.
We'll go back to Christina and Bill.
Wow.
Everybody in here was just reacting with an incredible response.
Bill Davis, come on back over here.
Because, that is quite the matchup.
And the closest one that we've had.
And boy so exciting for one team and so disappointing for the other.
And you definitely want to put this in the category of an upset.
Atkins this their first time here came in here with a little bit cold at first.
Had to do some adjustments but they hung in there.
They stayed in there.
Mountain view will be back.
I'm certain again Atkins may be back to these are wonderful game.
Absolutely absolutely great.
And we are going to wrap up after this.
But first let's take a quick break.
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oh, and welcome back.
I'm here with Carolyn and Melinda and friends with Arkansas Governors Quiz Bowl Association, and we've got some awards to give out.
So let's get started.
We would like to present as the state runner up in three AA to Mountain View High School.
Round of applause as you guys did fantastic.
And the big check gets to go to them as well.
Congratulations you guys.
That was an intense match.
And then to Adkins High School we would like to present your state trophy.
There you are a round of applause you guys.
Wow.
You get a banner and the check as well.
One more round of applause for both teams.
That was the craziest match we've had today.
And a few more from from you over here from Carolyn.
Here we go.
Yeah.
And the third and third and fourth place in this division are Harding, Fayetteville.
Hazel and a rehearsal.
Fayetteville and Harding, two different fields.
Now for the, MVP.
We've got over here from Matt and Craig Holland.
Congrats.
And again, additional, all tournament players are Trent welcome from Mountain View Ken.
Congratulations as well.
Right.
Also Emily Jones from Dover, Katie Clinton from center, Boyd and Andrew Jones from Episcopal Collegiate.
That is our all tournament team.
Wonderful.
One more round of applause for everybody.
We have coaches and teacher of the year two.
And we also want to announce coaches and teacher of the year as well for, for and friends of Quiz Bowl.
So who has that.
Do you have that.
Okay.
So can we go ahead and have them come join us.
Come on up.
We're ready for you.
So that really was one of the most intense intense matchups.
So we do talk about there's always a winner and a second place and there is some disappointment there.
But man you guys won an incredible match.
You guys all brought it today that's for sure.
So this is friends of the Arkansas Governor's Quiz Bowl Association.
Is that right?
Hello.
Hello.
Hi I'm Paul Gray.
I'm president of the Friends of Quiz Bowl Association or, Friends of Quiz Bowl.
And we, have a scholarship that we give every year.
This year we had the most, submissions we'd ever had and the highest quality.
So it was really tough.
but our two winners, our first one is, Jamar Rueda from Dequan High School.
Round of applause, and we've got a check for you on the left.
and, her coach said she was the glue that held the team together and that she found her confidence.
Playing quiz bowl.
So great stuff.
our other winner is Becca Hartman from Sacred Heart.
Round of applause.
And, Becca, I've seen her play several times this year moderating the tournaments around the state.
She's a really, good player.
And, she said she also kind of found her.
This was kind of.
Her jam was quiz bowl.
So, so congratulations to our two, scholarship winners.
Absolutely.
One more round of applause.
Congratulations.
We also give, coach of the year awards.
and so they're nominated by their peers.
And then we have a panel at Friends of Quiz Bowl who, we choose these and our junior high coach of the year.
this person, has been coaching for 15 years.
she is someone who gave up a tutoring job.
A paying job, to to continue to coach her team.
And, you know, in her spare time, as many teachers, you know, you have, but our junior high coach of the year, I've seen her team play, this year at region.
And you talk about a really good team, but I really polite team.
I'd like to award, Adrianne Carey junior high coach of the year.
Yeah.
Come on up and get your award.
Congratulations.
Yeah.
One more round of applause.
Congratulations.
Thank our senior high coach of the year.
We won't have to go far.
this guy has made five trips in a row to the state championship game four state championship chips.
today came up a little bit short.
but he's built a program there at Mountain View.
They burst on the scenes about six, seven years ago.
And, they made a statement that we're here to stay.
So our coach of the year is a good friend of mine, Alan Bishop.
Round of applause.
I loved how excited your students got for you when they announced that.
So that says a lot about you, coach.
Well, congratulations to all of you and to the players and participate as well.
Thank you all for being here.
You don't go anywhere.
Up next we have these seven a state championship with Rogers Heritage War Eagles and Little Rock Central Tigers.
That's coming up in just a few minutes right here live on Arkansas PBS.
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