Thank you for watching Tennessee Scholar's Bowl.

I'm Frank Murphy.

This is the academic tournament in its 41st year with high schools from all over the area competing for the Frank Miller Memorial Trophy and a cash prize.

This is a first round game between L & N Stem Academy and West Ridge High School in Blountville Tennessee.

both these schools have multiple teams in the competition.

So that might explain why you've seen these names in your program.

Got a couple of times.

Let's get started by meeting the players from Ellen Stem Academy beginning with 11th grader Chloe Kemper.

Hi, Chloe.

Welcome.

Tell us about yourself.

Hi.

My name is Chloe Keppler, and I'm in model U.N., and I'm a Griffin guide.

Okay.

Griffin is the mascot, right?

Yes.

So it's not a Griffin door.

You're right.

It's the Griffin guy who takes people through the Griffin door.

Yeah, but what, what does a Griffin guide do?

We give tours of the school, and we go to all of the middle schools and tell them about the school.

Oh, outstanding.

And so were you.

One.

I guess you all probably came from different parts of the county to go to.

Ellen.

Yes.

Where did you come from, Gibbs?

Nice.

All right.

Well, welcome.

We're happy to have you.

And Blake Bishop is an 11th grader.

This is your first time on Scholar's Bowl, if I recall correctly.

And tell us about your hobbies and interests, etc..

I sing in choirs with Ellen, and I came from Halls Middle School.

What?

Voice part in choir.

Bass.

And that's the best one, right?

Yes.

Of course.

What kind of stuff do you sing?

I my wife is also a choral singer, so I might even possibly recognize one of the composers.

You tell me.

Oh, gosh.

I don't know any of the composers, but we sing a lot of old, Latin and Spanish pieces.

Yeah, that's what she sings, too.

Yeah.

Okay.

Team captain for L & N is Jordan Lyons.

You're a 12th grader this year, Jordan.

So you're going to answer bonuses or defer by name to one of your teammates.

Tell us about you.

I enjoy playing chess and reading books a lot.

Yeah.

That helps you in this game.

I'm guessing it does.

What does your aura of books, fantasy a lot.

And occasionally science fiction.

Okay.

Is there what's the big difference?

So a lot is lumped together.

A lot of the time, science fiction is futuristic stuff that's like, kind of magical thing.

Whereas fantasy is just magic in the old, old days.

Okay.

Yeah.

All right.

Here, let's say hi to Charles Roberts, another new player.

We're happy to have you.

Charles.

You're in 11th grade.

What else is new with you?

Well, I am now a lifeguard at my local YMCA, and I like to play video games on the weekend.

I hope you get some good money as a lifeguard.

Good for you.

All right, let's say hi to the alternates and coach for Ellen Stem Academy, starting with Dominic Elia Tane Elangovan Maddie Everett and Glen Arnold is the coach taking on a squad of Wolves from West Ridge up in Sullivan County.

Hi, everybody.

Let's say hi first to senior Caitlin Shoemaker.

What about you, Caitlin?

What do you do?

Well, I'm a section leader in my section of the marching band.

What is your section?

Alto sax.

Oh, that's the best instrument.

Okay.

And I'm also a student ambassador.

And is that similar to what a Griffin guy would be?

So you take tours or give tours?

We give tours of the school.

We run graduation.

Not anything they need us to do.

Now, when I asked you about your musical instrument and being the best one, Harrison started shaking his head automatically.

So let's say hi to junior Harrison Hounshell Harrison.

What happened?

What did I say that made you shake your head?

You just.

You just total.

I hope.

Help me out on it.

Please go ahead.

The, I'm Harrison.

I play the the best, instrument in the band.

The bass clarinet.

Objectively.

Yeah.

So how large is a bass clarinet?

It's like when I was in sixth grade, it was almost as big as me.

It's like it was much larger than a regular clarinet.

Okay, team captain this year is Andrew Dunham, a senior?

Welcome back.

Andrew, since last year we had you here.

Tell us about you.

I enjoy playing chess, and we got a guy over here.

Yes, I'm playing him.

You're playing against.

Yeah.

And I play the best instrument in band.

I play the trumpet.

I'm actually better than Jacob at the trumpet.

Yes.

Well, good, I would, and probably better than Harrison at the, is is.

I mean, as good as he is a bass clarinet, right?

Harrison.

I disagree strongly that I do like debate club over anybody on debate.

Some of y'all otta be.

Let's say hi to Jacob Hyland, who's a senior who plays the best instrument.

You play the best instrument?

I play trumpet in marching band, and I'm actually better than Andrew.

So where's.

Oh, Andrew's right there.

Of course you're better.

Hey, what kind of trumpet competitions is there?

Is there even such a thing?

Well, we do the individual band competitions that we do as a school.

We don't actually go around and do just trumpet stuff, but we do have a trumpet ensemble in my school.

Okay, well, I think you could have it at school one day.

Just bring your trumpets and have a competition in the halls.

Just hope you like it.

You've heard of Dance Off right?

Yeah.

You can have a trumpet off.

Oh, I would go to school that day.

Person will not go to school today.

Let's say hi to the alternate and coach for Westridge.

That is, Matthew Carpenter, joined by coach Jerry Sinclair who teaches chemistry at Westridge.

Thank you so much for being here, everybody.

And we'll get right to it.

You know how we play Tossups worth ten bonuses worth 20.

Hit your fingers on the buzzer for this first round game of Tennessee Scholar's Bowl, 2025.

Tossup for all players in the category of art.

What is the term for a hue or mixture of pure colors to which only black is added?

Andrew.

A shade is right and an art bonus.

Now, what award is given to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children?

Published in the United States during the preceding year?

Last year, I'm not sure.

It's like the patch right on the book, I think.

So you know, this.

Answer.

No, it's that's the Caldecott Medal.

Sometimes you see that on the book cover tossup for all players in English, other than an exclamation point or question mark.

What is use Jordan comma and before quotation marks is right and an English bonus for Ellen.

Correct the following sentence if necessary.

Me and my sister went to our favorite pizza place, Manchester.

I, my sister and I To the rest of the pizza place.

Yeah.

Toss up for all players in geometry and angle with a value of five x minus ten is a right angle.

What is the value of x?

Jordan 20.

Correct in the geometry bonus for linen.

What is the name of the theorem relating the three side lengths of a right triangle?

Pythagorean theorem.

And what are the signs that form the right angle called Andy?

Legs.

Legs is right 20 points on the bonus tossup.

Now, in biology, which semi-aquatic rodent is known for its wood chewing abilities and the construction of Jacob Beavers lodges and dams, and a biology bonus in animal husbandry.

What is the term for a female rabbit?

I have no clue.

Pair.

That's a doe.

What is the term for a male rabbit?

That might be hair.

Okay.

Hair?

No, that's a buck.

toss up for all players in foreign language.

What six letter French word beginning with C is a term for an overused phrase or opinion that betrays a lack cliche of original thought.

Is right foreign language bonus.

Now what is the Japanese expression for?

Thank you very much.

Ari, gotta.

Well, I needed the very much part also, which makes Domo arigato.

What is the Spanish expression for it?

Thank you very much.

Muchos gracias.

Muchas gracias is right.

For ten points, plus it for all players in literature.

What was the pen name of Samuel Clemens?

Andrew.

Mark Twain is right for ten.

And a visual bonus, please take a look at the screens during winter months.

The sight of the earliest sunrise in the contiguous 48 states shown here is located in which national park just would it be?

It.

Yellowstone?

Yes, let's say it.

Let's say Yellowstone.

That is Acadia National Park in Maine.

toss that for all players in sports.

What team won six NBA championships in the 1990s?

Harrison, the Golden Lakers now that you can steal land like rockets.

Those were the Chicago Bulls back in the Michael Jordan heyday.

Toss up in geology.

What is the common color of a sapphire?

Caitlin blue is right and geology bonus.

Now what very hard granular crystalline igneous rock consisting mainly of quartz, mica and feldspar is often used as a building stone.

Do you think it could be?

It could be.

Yeah.

Okay, okay.

Let's say that granite is correct for 20 points.

Tossup.

Now in government, what is the term for fair treatment through the normal judicial system, especially as a citizen's entitlement?

Like natural rights not you can steal Westridge.

An illegal system.

They call that due process.

Tossup in music.

Which one of the Beatles wrote the songs help and I Am a Walrus and was killed by an obsessed fan, Harrison John Lennon in New York City, a music bonus for Westridge.

Which music superstar had hits in the 80s and 90s, such as I Want to Dance With Somebody and How Will I know?

And a cover version of Dolly Parton's I Will Always Love You.

To.

Yeah, I'll defer to Jacob John Mellencamp.

Well, that was Whitney Houston, but you can still get points if you tell me.

From 1992 to 2007, Whitney Houston was married to which former member of New Edition who had a solo hit with My Prerogative.

Does anybody know?

Okay, I don't know.

No answer.

That's Bobbi Brown in a reality show and everything.

Toss up in spelling.

Spell the word miscellaneous.

Jacob in this c e le in e o u s is correct and you get a spelling bonus.

Now a strange something functioning in a subsidiary capacity is an auxiliary spell auxiliary.

Do you have okay.

I defer to Jacob a u x I Larry.

Now there's only one l in the middle, so I can't give it to you.

I l I r y no points on the bonus toss up.

Now, for all players in math, a recipe calls for three and one half cups of milk.

If the recipe is cut in half.

How much milk is needed?

Harrison two and one fourth.

Not it.

You can steal Helen in Charles 1.75.

Yes, and a visual bonus.

Now take a look at the screen.

Give the prime factorization of 1000.

Answer times one ran at a time.

On that it would be two cubed times five cubed.

Toss up.

Now in health, what is the name for the lower jawbone?

Gordon.

Mandible is right.

Health is your bonus.

Blood pressure test results are given in two numbers.

First question what is the medical term for the higher number?

In.

MG HG that is systolic.

What is the medical term for the lower number?

Dialog stick.

Now it's diastolic.

Sounds like the first one.

No points on that toss up for everyone in world history.

In what present day country did the Battle of Waterloo take place on June 18th?

Jordan, Belgium, 1815 and history bonus name two of the three Allied leaders who represented their countries at the Yalta Conference in February 1945 FDR, Stalin and Churchill.

FDR and Stalin are both right, with Churchill being the third 20 points.

Tossup.

In miscellaneous, when a person treats a minor problem like a major one, they're set to be making a mountain a molehill out of a molehill is right a miscellaneous bonus.

Now, in what city and state is the Coast Guard Academy located?

Oh four.

Tallahassee, Florida is in New London, Connecticut.

No points there.

Toss up in vocabulary what human features have arches, glowing fingerprints, loops, whorls, etc.

and a vocabulary bonus for Ellen.

What nine letter word starting with a means similar in a way that invites comparison.

Associated.

Well, it's analogous, but you can still get ten points if you spell analogous.

Answer and allergy ous.

Except that it's an O in the middle, not an A, so no points on that toss up.

In biology, what type of flowering plant completes its life cycle within one year like annual?

Yes, and a biology bonus.

According to a study released in 2024 by Michigan State University scientists.

What is the single largest factor contributing to a decline in total butterfly abundance and species diversity in the Midwest?

Climate change?

No, it's actually pesticides.

Pesticides toss up for all players in chemistry.

What element has the highest electronegativity?

Andrew.

Fluorine is right.

And the chemistry bonus named two of the three coinage metals in group 11 on the periodic table.

Nickel.

I don't know, nickel and nickel.

What's another one?

Copper answer copper and nickel.

I'll give you ten for copper.

But when I narrow down that specifically, it has to be copper, gold and silver.

It's ten points.

Toss up.

In geography, Beirut is the capital of what Middle Eastern country?

Jacob?

Lebanon is right.

And a geography bonus.

Which mountain range is the longest unbroken chain of mountains in the African continent, separating the Mediterranean and Atlantic coastlines from the Sahara Desert stretchin I defer to Harrison.

I don't know actually it was the Atlas Mountains.

As time runs out, that is the end of the first half.

In this first round game between Ellen Stem Academy and West Ridge High School, which of these two teams will advance to the threshold of 32?

We'll find out after the break.

On Tennessee's Scholar's Bowl 2025.

You're watching Tennessee Scholar's Bowl.

I'm Frank Murphy, back from halftime.

In this first round game between Ellen Stem Academy and West Ridge High School of Blunt Ville, Tennessee.

It's a pretty close game with only 50 points separating our two teams.

Both have brought alternates into the game, and we'll see which one is going to win and advance to the threshold of 32.

Let's say hi first to sophomore Tony Elangovan tonight.

Welcome.

How about you tell us about yourself?

I play soccer, and I also row for our school.

And one of your other teams, they had a rower.

Remind me of where the Ellen and Stem Academy goes in the water.

We are on the Tennessee River, right near, not too far from school, then.

Exactly.

Oh, good.

All right.

We're happy to have you here.

We also have Dominic Pelayo, who I believe played last year on scholarship.

Welcome back.

Dominic, tell us about yourself.

You're a sophomore this year.

I like to code.

Code?

Yeah.

Now, code websites.

Code robots.

Code everything.

Code what?

Coding apps.

Like I made, an app to help our scholars ball team practice trivia.

Oh, I love it.

All right.

You have to ring in and everything like that.

Oh.

That's nice.

Excellent.

Well, I hope you watch past episodes, too.

And if you put my picture on there, let me know.

I want to see it.

Also, we're joined by Matty Everett who's a freshman this year.

Matty, welcome.

Tell us about yourself.

I really like to do robotics and I'm sure your school is quite good at robotics.

Yes.

What's your position in robotics?

Is it building coding?

It's the building.

The mechanical side of the mechanical side.

Do you think it might go on to mechanical engineering someday?

Yes, likely.

Oh, good.

All right.

Well, you got a great start for that.

On the other side, we've got an alternate for Westbridge High School.

Let's say hi to Senior Matthew Carpenter.

Welcome, Matthew.

Tell us about yourself.

I think I'm the only one on my team that does not play in the band.

Wow.

And how did you escape?

I just didn't sign up freshman year, but I still really like music.

What's your favorite type of music?

Mostly metal.

Black Sabbath is probably my favorite.

Do the guys in the band ever play metal for you?

I don't think so.

On the college level, they totally will.

But, maybe not yet.

At the high school level.

Okay, okay.

We're happy to have you here.

All right, let's get back to it.

Everybody, with your fingers on the buzzer for Tennessee Scholar's Bowl 2025.

Pass up in the category of arts.

What word for an actor or actress comes from the name of a Greek dramatist named Thespis?

Jacob.

Thespian is right.

Arts bonus.

Now what?

Full length play, based on a 1985 movie that was itself based on a game, was the most performed Nonmusical play in U.S. high schools during the 2022 2023 school year.

Jumanji.

So it was a game.

So probably yeah, it's probably Jumanji.

Jumanji, actually, there's a theatrical version of clue.

Try this one.

What musical, based on cartoons that appeared in The New Yorker, was the most performed musical in high schools during that same time period?

No cartoon.

Oh.

Got no answer.

Peanuts.

That was the Addams Family.

But another good guess on that toss up.

Now, in foreign language, the German word marzipan, which was probably derived from Persian or Arabic, refers to a paste ground from which nut?

Dominican almonds.

Yes.

And a foreign language bonus for Ellen.

What French phrase that means stroke of state is used in English to mean the overthrow of a government?

Yeah, Kurita is right.

For 20 points plus up in algebra, what is the degree of a quadratic equation, Andrew?

Two.

Yes, and an algebra.

Bonus two parts.

First, simplify the cube root of 54.

Answer 12.

That's three times the cube root of two.

Try simplifying the square root of 200.

Ten on the square root of two.

Yeah.

That's right.

For ten points.

Toss up.

Now in physics, what is the process in which light atoms combine to form heavier atoms, giving off excess energy in the process?

Jacob.

Nuclear fusion.

Fusion is it and a physics bonus.

Who was the French mathematician, physicist and philosopher who developed the modern theory of probability?

Can there's anybody else that I don't know?

I defer to Jacob Francis Bacon.

That was Blaise Pascal.

No points on the bonus tossup.

In economics, a monopoly means an absence of what?

Harrison.

Competition.

Correct.

An economics bonus now named the Four Seasons of a diamond carbon CS carat carbon, crystal, crystal, and what else could carat carbon crystal and cut.

Well, you get points for carat and cut.

The other two are clarity and color.

Ten points on that toss up in technology.

In a photo editing application, what tool is used to trim the outside edges of a digital image?

Andrew Snip, Norwich you can still own an Bateson crop is what the generic word for that is, and a technology bonus for Ellen.

Which government agency developed artificial limbs, scratch resistant lenses, insulin pumps, ear thermometers and invisible braces for teeth?

military that's actually NASA.

No points on that toss up in mythology, which mythological Roman messenger of the gods wore a winged Harrison Mercury hat and a mythology bonus in a friendship loan.

Greece and Sicily exchanged ancient artifacts, including one that is a marble fragment of a statue of what mythological Olympian goddess of the hunt, the moon and chastity, who was the twin sister of Apollo.

Artemis, correct for 20, Toss up in religion.

What Texas landmark was originally part of the Catholic Mission San Antonio de Valero, Andrew.

The Alamo, right, and a religion bonus.

In 2024, Pope Francis presided over an outdoor mass attended by nearly half the population of what small country that became independent from Indonesia in 2002 and is 97% Catholic.

I think it could be Singapore, Singapore, Brunei.

I'm gonna say some answer.

Singapore.

It's actually East Timor.

No points on that toss up.

Now in science, on which scale does water have a boiling point of 100 degrees?

Andrew Celsius Yeah.

Celsius is right.

And now your miscellaneous bonus.

What popular Japanese dessert shown here is made from glutinous rice that is pounded into a paste and molded into various shapes.

punching data.

I defer to Harrison plenty.

It's called mochi, actually, so no points on that.

Toss that for all players in U.S. history.

What state's nickname refers to settlers who stick to their claims on land before the official opening date, and were called Sooners?

Dominate.

What's Oklahoma and make sure you're calling all the way Let's take a bonus now.

In U.S. history, who was the only U.S. president born in Georgia or Jordan?

To answer a defer?

Answer Woodrow Wilson, that's Jimmy Carter, who was the only US president born in Arkansas.

Obama declined to answer.

Bill Clinton, correct ten points on the bonus tossup for all players in games.

What physical skill game marketed by Hasbro has players take turns removing one block at a time from a tower.

Dominic Jenga yeah, placing it on top games bonus for Elon.

What is an evasion tape trick?

Taking card game for four players who try to avoid picking up tricks with hearts or the queen of spades.

I think it's called hearts.

It's like God hearts is right.

20 points tossup in English, both a present participle and a gerund.

And with which three Andrew.

English letters.

English.

Bonus.

Which of the four verbs in the following sentence are irregular?

Our athletes ran, swam, jumped, fought road bikes, and played team sports.

Jumped phones between sets in which one answered.

They're all undefeated.

Matthew.

Ran.

Swam.

Fought road.

That's correct.

The ones that ended Ed are not irregular.

Toss up in math.

What is 120 divided by 50?

Andrew two and 2/5.

I had to add 4/10 the same thing.

Math bonus.

Now multiply and simplify 3/5 times 5/8 times 8/5.

Answer 120/40.

Now that would be 3/5.

Try this simplify three fourths divided by 6/8.

I think it's point answer one correct for ten points.

Toss up in chemistry.

In 1894, Sir William Ramsay and Baron Reilly discovered which gas with the atomic number 18 Andrew Argon.

Correct chemistry bonus.

What is the formula for phosphorous acid?

Be useful for us as it is sulfur.

Be.

I'll have no clue.

Let's first catch phosphorus.

Answer page four.

It's H3PO3.

No points.

Tossup and government.

The length of a U.S. senators term is how many times as long as that of a member.

Three.

What's a three?

government is your bonus.

How many votes are in the Electoral College?

Positive.

538.

Write for ten.

How many votes?

Mr. candidate have to win the presidency?

7270 also right, 20 points.

Toss up in culture.

What?

Nile Valley civilization believed in an elaborate afterlife.

Jordan.

Egypt.

Yeah, that's right.

For ten and a visual bonus, take a look at the screens, please.

When anthropologist Grover Krantz died in 2002, his body was shipped to what famous research facility where his remains were skeletonized and then sent to the Smithsonian Institution, where in 2009, they were put on display alongside the bones of his Irish Wolfhound, as shown here.

To Smithsonian.

Smithsonian?

Well, no, actually, they sent his dead body to Knoxville and put him at the body farm.

No points on the bonus tossup in spelling.

A percussion instrument that has loose Dominic that has loose jingles called XLS and attached to a handle, and sometimes also has a stretched skin, is a tambourine consisting of West Westridge to spell tambourine, but you can't look at each other.

Unfortunately, it is a tossup question, so you can't confer on that tossup for all players in literature.

What is the final item revealed in Pandora's Box?

Jordan help write and literature bonus!

Despite a post on Wizarding world.com that the event would no longer take place, several Harry Potter fans went to King's Cross railway station in London on September 1st, 2024 and booed at 11 a.m. when there was no public address announcement for what fictional train Horse Express.

Defer to Madison, Hogwarts Express and the second half of the question.

I don't think we have time for that because the game is over, So you managed to pull out a win there, Ellen.

Well, the rest of it was about platform nine and three quarters, so I'm sure you would've known that anyway.

Probably, West Ridge, what a good game.

And, a lot of fun we had with you.

And you can debate now amongst yourselves who has the best musical instrument.

And we appreciate all you guys being here.

And we look forward to seeing the other West Ridge team in the tournament as well.

Thanks a lot for playing.

Meanwhile, L & N Stem Academy, you also have two teams in the tournament and this one will advance to the threshold of 32.

We look forward to seeing you again on Scholar's Bowl.

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Thank you for watching Tennessee's Scholar's Bowl 2025.