Welcome once again to the high school battle of the brain at the Scholars Bowl.

The game that calls for academic knowledge.

Let's meet our team.

History is the category players.

Get your fingers on the buzzer for Tennessee Scholars Bowl 2024.

Thank you for watching Tennessee Scholars Bowl.

I'm Frank Murphy.

This is the academic competition with high schools from all over the viewing area, competing for the Frank Miller Memorial Trophy and a cash prize that will describe at halftime.

We are in the second round, the threshold of 32.

And today's match pits Science Hill High School of Johnson City against L & N STEM Academy of Downtown Knoxville, Tennessee.

All of these players obviously won their way here with some pretty high scores, too.

So let's see how this game plays out and which of these two teams will advance to the Smart 16.

Let's say hi first to the players, the Hilltoppers from Science Hill beginning with ninth grader Sean Bushell.

Shawn, welcome.

Tell us about you.

Hi, Sean Bushel and my favorite Frank Murphy tie is his wedding tie.

Oh, that is a good one.

The yellow and blue.

Beautiful.

All right, let's say hi to Lily McCallister, who's in ninth grade.

How about you?

I'm actually a sophomore.

Oh, sorry.

Hi.

My name is Lily McAllister, and my favorite, Frank Murphy tie is this firework tie.

That was a nice one to the blue with the red and white on it.

I like that one.

That's nice.

Danny, Lou is in 12th.

How do you know the names of my ties?

I tell ya, he asked me over time and I blurted out, Danny, Lou is in 12th grade.

What about you, Danny?

Uh, my.

My name is Danny Lou.

I mean, I'm a 12th grader and my favorite Frank Murphy tie is your Gryffindor tie.

Oh, yes.

The one that's not really Gryffindor is the right colors.

And Scott, those other things on it.

It's our colors.

Oh, right.

That's why I didn't wear it today.

I want to.

My wife Googled your school colors and we did not.

That did not put you in our lineup.

Let's say hi to Elena PINSKY.

Hi, Elena.

Tell us about yourself.

I see you're in ninth grade.

What else?

Yes, I took tap dancing lesson lessons for about six years.

You must be dance.

And my favorite, Frank Murphy tie is the one that you're wearing right now.

Well, she got about 34 years ago from the store that your sister worked at.

Yes, she worked on that.

It was, I think about Park Avenue in New York City.

It was fancy and she sent me a couple of two ties, this one and one that I wore a few weeks ago.

All right.

Well, thank you very much, Eleanor.

I'll tell my sister that you said hi.

Let's say hi to the coaches from Science Hill.

We've got Michael Fabiano, who teaches world history, and Ben Davenport, who teaches history at Science Hill High School, it on the squad from L & N STEM Academy.

I guess I didn't ask, what is your school mascot I see you've got was a griffin there on the shirt is that where is the griffin So very good.

Okay let's take hi first to sophomore Harshita Nagar Harshita.

Welcome back.

Good to see you.

Tell us more about you.

I'm also a health science leader at our school for the club Is it health science?

Health science, Yes.

So okay.

What are some of the activities you do there?

It's similar to Hosa, it's similar to Hosa.

We have guest speakers come in and we just like we hosted a blood drive recently, so that's outstanding.

Great.

Glad to hear about that.

Nice community service there.

We've also got Cameron Marshall, who's a junior.

Welcome back, Cameron, What about you?

My name is Cameron Marshall and I do not know my favorite Frank Murphy tie because I just met him today.

Well, you know what?

You as you binge watch past episodes and you find one you can email, I think it was the email address scholars at East Tennessee pbs.org and that way Ernie will find out and let's say hi to Jared Miller, who is in senior year, right?

Yeah.

What about you, Jared?

I really like to read.

Read what?

Currently, I'm reading the storm light Archives by Brandon Sanderson.

Is that that's fiction, I assume, right?

Yeah.

Okay.

They give you a break from all the the science and technology and the engineering and the math and all the other things.

Okay, good.

That's good luck in the game today.

Your team captain, as is Dani on the other side, she'll answer bonuses or defer by name to a teammate such as Dominic Malaya.

Dominic, welcome back.

What about yourself?

Hi.

I'm part of the Science Olympiad team in the robotics team.

And you're just a freshman, too, right?

So you'll be here for many more years to come, We expect.

Good will.

Happy to have you all back.

Let's say hi to the alternates and coaches for Elena and STEM Academy.

First up is Jordan Lyons and Chloe Carver and coach Glenn Arnold, who teaches chemistry at the L.A.

STEM Academy, the Griffins.

I finally have learned that very nice right there on the logo players.

You've all won your way here.

You know how we play with triceps worth ten bonuses worth up to 20.

Get your fingers on the buzzer for this second round game of Tennessee's Scholars Bowl 2024.

Toss up in the category of art.

What artist hosted the PBS television program The Joy of Painting and is recognized Sean Bob Ross is right by his abundant hair and happy trees.

Art Bonus Now for Science Hill.

What is the last name of the French painter who painted Olympia and the railway?

Answer Michelangelo.

No, thats Manet.

Let's try the last name of the French painter famous for water lilies.

Oh, I, sir.

Defer to Eleanor Renoir.

That's Monet.

It's the old Manet-Monet question Toss up for all players in geography.

What is the capital of Louisiana, Jared?

New Orleans.

Not it.

You can steal Science Hill.

that's Baton Rouge.

Toss up now in literature.

What Poem by Rudyard Kipling contains the famous line A man Better Than I.

That poem is Gunga Din.

Toss up in algebra.

What is the slope of the line connecting the points negative four, six and negative one, two Jarred negative four thirds is correct in an algebra bonus.

Now what is the sum of I raised to the fifth power added to I raised to the ninth power to know about doing two things.

2i.

That's right for 20 points toss up now in chemistry goiters have become less common because of the addition of a small amount of iodine to what mineral used to flavor food Jared?

Salt.

Yes is right.

Chemistry bonus.

Now take a look at the screens, please.

Who was the American chemist, inventor and leader of organic chemistry at DuPont, shown here Who is credited with the invention of nylon and Sir DJT Hicks.

That is a Wallace Carruthers.

Toss up now in music, Bohemian Rhapsody appeared on which Queen album then ended it for a Marx Brothers movie, A Night at the Opera.

Toss up now in government, what is the term for government spending that exceeds government income?

Jared.

Deficit?

Yeah, deficit spending is what we're looking for.

And you got that government bonus.

Now, which cabinet level Department of the federal government oversees the government?

National Mortgage Association, Treasury and Treasury.

Treasury.

And that one is Housing and Urban Development.

Here's another one.

Which Cabinet level?

Department of the federal government oversees the Office of Head Start, Education, Education, Education, Education.

That one is Health and Human Services.

Toss up now in foreign language, what is the German translation for?

Good morning.

How Harshida?

Guten Morgen.

Yes is right in a foreign language bonus for L & N. What is the German word for the day after tomorrow?

I don't dance.

Yes, sir.

No sir.

That's one of my favorites is Uber Morgan.

Toss up now in sports, what is the annual championship game for the National Football League Sean?

Super Bowl.

Right.

And a sports bonus for Science Hill, one of the professional mushers who entered the so-called Last Great Race in 2023 was a Karns High School graduate named Jennifer Labar, who unfortunately scratched from the race on day three due to a hand injury.

What is the name of that annual race that runs each march from Anchorage to Nome?

Answer No answer.

That's the Iditarod, Toss up now in health, what is the term for a sudden increase in the birthrate, as happened in the U.S. and Britain Jared?

Baby boom?

Yeah, and after World War Two and in the sixties, health is your bonus histology, also known as microscopic anatomy, Is the branch of biology concerned with the composition and structure of what cells?

Cancer cells.

Yeah, it's tissues and cells.

We can take that second one ideology is the study of the structure and function of what bonds.

Right.

There are 20 points toss up now in religion.

What is the foresighted spinning top played during the Jewish Jared Dreidel holiday of Hanukkah religion bonus, which Shinto deity who is the celestial Sun goddess from whom the Japanese imperial family claims descent was tricked by the use of a mirror to come out of a cave in which she had hidden herself.

I thought that was answer, honey, that is Amaterasu.

Toss up now in world history.

Who was the eighth and final leader of the Soviet Union who helped end Cameron, who helped end the Cold War, won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1990 and died in August 2022.

Chance for Science Hill to steal right at the buzzer.

Danny.

Stalin?

Thats Gorbachev toss up now in vocabulary.

What eight letter noun starting with M means wearisome uniformity or lack of variety tedious Jared Monotony is right and vocabulary bonus what nine letter word starting with any means very wicked or evil.

It's nefarious correct in a spell nefarious and e f a r i U.S. is right 20 points Toss up now for all players in math.

How many prime numbers are between 20 and 40?

Jared.

Right.

And a visual bonus for L & N look at the screens please in a game of chance what is the total probability in reduced fraction form of ruling a six or ten with two balanced dice?

Answer 5/18 No, it's eight over 36, which reduces to two over nine.

No points on that toss up.

Now in geology, what does a mass of igneous rock typically lens shaped that has been intruded between rock strata causing uplift in the shape of a dome?

That's the definition of a lack of lift.

Toss up in games.

What is the classic game of strategic navel combat that involves two players?

Jared Battleship Yeah, that's it.

And a bonus in games as well.

With over 155 million units sold.

What home video game console is the highest selling in history and was the original platform for games such as Final Fantasy X, God of War, Metal Gear, Solid three and Shadow of the Colossus is to PS2 or three.

That's two.

PlayStation two is right 20 points toss up now in U.S. history.

Who is the first U.S. president to have been born a U.S. citizen?

Jared Monroe.

Now you can steal Science Hill.

that is Martin Van Buren, time ran out on you.

Toss up in literature, what type of literary work is the ancient writing Beowulf.

Elena?

An epic.

Yeah, and a literature bonus.

Now, two parts.

First, what is George Orwell's real name?

And Sir George Orwell.

Now it's Eric Arthur Blair.

So Eric Blair.

And what is the name of the main character and narrator in Orwell's 1984, which.

Winston You give me more on that.

Winston Scott Well, it's Winston Smith, toss up.

Now in health, which body part is inflamed when someone has encephalitis?

Tonic A brain, Yes.

And a health bonus for L & N. due to a change in federal law, the temporary extra SNAP benefits issued due to COVID 19 ended in March 2023.

What are the SNAP benefits?

It's an acronym I don't answer insurance.

It's the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, which most people refer to just as food stamps.

Toss up Now in chemistry, what elements Latin name is are gentlemen Jared Silver Yes, and a chemistry bonus.

Residents in Kingsport, Tennessee, were alarmed in July 2022 when plumes of purple vapor were seen rising from an Eastman Chemical facility.

The company said a power outage caused the release of which chemical element with the symbol AI and atomic number 53.

Iodine.

Is right 20 points.

The guys at Science Hill are nodding like you remember that day.

Let's do a toss up in arts.

The American version of what?

Short form comedy improv series that began as a British radio show has aired on the CW for over ten years.

Harshida?

To the office, no chance to steal Science Hill.

It's called Whose Line Is It Anyway?

Plus, up now in economics, what does a basic type of financial product that allows you to deposit your money and typically earn a modest amount of interest?

Jared.

CD.

No chance to steal.

So until it's a very basic account savings account, toss up in foreign language, what is the English translation of the French word pan pay?

And Jared.

Bread.

Is right, and that is the end of the first half.

So we don't get to move on with that.

Right now it looks like L & N are trying to run up a lead against a very good science Hill team by buzzing in faster.

We'll see what happens in our second half of play on Tennessee Scholars Bowl 2024.

The 40th season of Tennessee Scholars Bowl is a single elimination tournament featuring 64 high school academic teams.

The championship team.

And this year, Scholars Bowl receives the Frank Miller Memorial Trophy.

The scorekeeper timekeeper and judges for this year's Scholars Bowl are Chandler Vincent, Rebecca Longmire, Stephen Hensley, Cathy Coley, Ernie Roberts, Cathy Waddell, Jerry Doherty.

Thank you.

Also to the East Tennessee PBS staff and volunteers who make this educational program possible to enter your high school in next year's Tennessee Scholars Bowl.

Or for more information on this year's tournament, please write to the address shown on your screen.

You're watching Tennessee Scholars Bowl 2024.

I'm Frank Murphy, back from halftime.

In this second round game, this threshold of 32 round game between Science Hill High School of Johnson City and L & N STEM Academy of Knoxville.

Right now, the faster on the buzzer team has been and bringing up more points.

But anything can happen in our second half of play since Hill keeping the starters in.

But L & N has brought both their alternates into the game.

Let's say hi first to Chloe Kemper, who's a sophomore.

Welcome, Chloe.

Good to see you again.

Tell us about yourself.

Hi, my name is Chloe Kepler, and I'm in 4H and DECA Marketing Club.

Oh, nice.

Let's say hi to a junior named Jordan Lyons.

Welcome back, Jordan.

It's good to see you again.

Tell us what you've been up to.

I spend a lot of time swimming, but I can't really do that anymore because it's cold.

Well, it is, Yeah.

We don't swim during the winter unless you've got an indoor pool, which is a tough thing to find.

Do you have a do you swim competitively like for.

That's just a hobby.

Okay.

I mean you don't have a particular event or stroke that you're better.

No, just getting out there and enjoying.

Nice.

I'm glad to hear that.

Well, I mean.

Well, we are ready to get back to it.

Everybody get your fingers on the buzzer as we resume this second round game of Tennessee Scholar's Bowl.

Toss up for everyone in pre-calculus.

Find the exact value of the expression tangent 135 degrees plus cotangent 45 degrees.

Jared.

Two.

No you can steal Science Hill.

Danny?

One.

No, it's zero.

Take negative one and one.

Add them together to get zero.

Toss up in science to the nearest 10th of a pound.

How many pounds are in a kilogram?

Jared 2.2.

That's right.

Science bonus.

Now, former UK Prime minister Boris Johnson wanted to bring back imperial measurements to Mark Queen Elizabeth's 2022 platinum Jubilee, named two of the three countries that use imperial measurements rather than metric on a daily basis.

Myanmar, United States and Myanmar.

That's right.

Liberia is the third 20 points there.

Toss up in music when a dot is placed after a note or rest.

How is the time value?

Jared Increases by half of the notes.

Value?

Yeah, that's right.

And a music bonus.

Now, what alumnus of Gibbs High School appeared as a contestant on season six of The Voice and has become a superstar with albums including If I Know Me and One Thing at a Time, I defer to Chloe Morgan Wallen.

That's right.

For 20 points toss up now in U.S. history.

Who was president when Walt Disney World opened in 1971?

Cameron Richard Nixon is right and a visual bonus.

Take a look at the screens, please, L & N. Who was the man shown here who became the most visible mobster in America from 1925 through 1929 as he worked with local media and friendly politicians to cultivate an image of a businessman concerned with the welfare of his fellow Chicagoans.

Al Capone, as right for 20 Toss up now in spelling a toboggan is a type of sled- Jared.

T O B A G G A N. That's not it.

You can steal Science Hill.

Spell toboggan, but you can't look at each other's papers.

Unfortunately, that disqualifies the question.

Toss up.

Now in chemistry, which culture invented fireworks?

Ellena.

China.

Correct.

And a chemistry bonus.

Now research is being done on how to kill feral pigs, which caused $2.5 billion in damages yearly.

What inorganic compound with the formula and A and O to that is also used as a preservative in bacon is being used to poison the pigs.

Answer Sodium nitrate.

It's sodium nitrate, I can't give it to you.

But it seems ironic to me that that's how the killing of pigs.

Toss up in health.

What is the term for an inflammation of the protective membranes covering the brain and spinal cord?

Ellena?

Meningitis, yes.

And a health bonus.

142 Afghan children died in the first three months of 2022 due to a contagious virus.

That what vaccine with the initials MMR can prevent measles and more anymore in this cerebellum.

One of the MMR vaccine is measles, mumps and rubella MMR, but the children didn't have measles toss up in miscellaneous, which phobia is a fear of corpses.

Jared Necro Phobia.

Correct.

In a miscellaneous bonus, In which state is Duke University located in North Carolina?

North Carolina Rank 410 In which state is Villanova University located West Virginia.

No, that's on the main line outside Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Toss up now in geography.

What is the largest city in the Canadian province of Quebec?

Closely Ontario.

No, you can steal Science Hill Elena Montreal correct for ten and a geography bonus.

Two parts in which time zone is Las Vegas, Nevada?

For Daniel, answer or defer?

Answer Pacific.

Correct.

In which time zone is Indianapolis, Indiana Central.

Central.

Central.

No, it's actually still in Eastern time.

So ten points on the bonus toss up.

Now in vocabulary, what seven letter word, starting with P means a hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases.

Jared Panacea Correct vocabulary bonus Now what nine letter adjective beginning with M means extremely small, but as a noun it means a lowercase letter skill, I guess.

Right?

Minuscule is correct for ten Now spell minuscule.

M I N U S C U L E. That's correct.

20 of the bonus toss up Now in math computation, subtract six cubed from four squared.

Jared -200 is correct.

In a math bonus sequentially, list the next four prime numbers greater than 40.

Yes, sir.

41, 43, 47, 53.

All of those are correct.

You get 20 points.

Toss up in astronomy.

What process makes the stars shine?

Because the gas inside them is jarred Fusion so hot, nuclear fusion, astronomy bonus.

What is the term for a pair of stars that are close together, orbit each other and are held captive by each other's gravity?

Binary system.

Yeah.

Binary star double star.

Yes.

Now in toss up for all players in art, what is the resulting color when mixing red and blue?

Danny Purple.

Right.

And an art visual.

Look at the screens, please.

What is the name of the statue shown here, which is the tallest in Africa and sits atop one of the Twin Hills outside Dakar, Senegal, overlooking the Atlantic Ocean.

Any clue?

Idea.

Okay.

The Black Panther, that is the African Renaissance Monument.

Toss up for everyone in government.

What general name is given to people who are already in office and sometimes running for reelection?

Cameron Incumbent.

Is it in a government bonus now.

After the US left Afghanistan, the Taliban reneged on a promise that girls would be permitted to go to school beyond which grade?

Fifth.

No, it was sixth grade.

Toss up in foreign language.

What is the French word for street Chloe Room?

Yes, and a foreign language bonus.

Give the English translation for coup de gras come up in answer Head of Greece.

Well, it's the means.

The final blow or the finishing stroke.

Try this.

Give the English translation for faux pas.

It's a public mistake to see something like the public mistake.

I think we can take that.

An embarrassing social error, which would certainly be a public mistake.

Yes, I'll give it ten toss up in US history which US president had Both of his vice presidents die in office.

Cameron James Monroe.

No, you can still say until James Madison does it.

Now in biology, what type of flowering plant completes its lifecycle within one year?

Chloe?

Annual.

That's right.

And a biology bonus.

Two parts.

What is the meaning of the biology prefix?

Ecto.

Ecto two is an outside.

Outside?

Yeah, the outer.

What is the meaning of the biology prefix macro and micro Large.

Large also right.

20 points plus up in sports, which is the only breed of horse named after a US state.

Chloe?

Tennessee walking horse is right and a sports bonus.

Now what two countries hosted the women's FIFA World Cup in 2023, Spain and Portugal in Qatar and Yemen.

No, it was Australia and New Zealand.

You can still get points by telling me two of the three countries that will host the men's FIFA World Cup in 2026 are the United States and Canada are both right, with Mexico being the third points on that.

Toss up in economics, what is the job title of the person who serves the customers at a bank counter?

Elena Teller Yes, and an economics bonus.

According to a 1970s advertising jingle, a kid will eat the middle of what first and save the chocolate cookie outside four last Oreo Oreo for ten, then second half.

What product to cover.

Cuts and scrapes have a jingle in the 1970s with a child singing I'm stuck on blank because blank is stuck on me adding Band-Aids.

That's right.

20 points toss up now in English.

What six letter word beginning with H is the antonym of dawdle hit Jared No chance steal Science Hill.

Hasten Toss up for everyone in geometry and inscribed angle measures 65 degrees What is the measure of it's intercepted Jared 130 arc Yeah and in geometry bonus what is the area of a right triangle with hypotenuse 20 feet and leg 12 feet 96.

Yeah, 96 square feet is right for 20 points.

Toss up for everyone in technology on a Windows computer.

What is the function of the keyboard shortcut control C Danny Copy is right.

Technology Bonus Which computer programing language is widely used?

Widely used for creating websites and web applications?

Java Well, even more widely than that is the basic HTML hypertext markup language.

So I can't give you that.

You do get a few points there toward the end of the game.

Not enough, however, to overcome the lead that L & N STEM Academy ran up.

First of all, Science Hill, thank you for the fun we had today, making fun of my ties and making fun of my Wikipedia entries that was that was a riot.

Meanwhile, L & N we'll see you again on Scholar's Bowl.

You now advanced to the Smart 16, and we look forward to seeing your players again.

Of course, you can keep track of them and all of our players by never missing an episode.

Setting your DVR, checking our local listings or binge watching past seasons online using the PBS app.

My name is Frank Murphy.

Thank you for watching.

Tennessee's Scholars Bowl 2020 for.