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

The game call 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, our 40th year of academic competition with high schools from all over the viewing area, competing for the Frank Miller Memorial Trophy and a cash prize that you'll hear about coming up at halftime.

Today's first round game is between West Ridge High School of Oakville and Science Hill High School of Johnson City, both in northeast Tennessee, where we've got a lot of viewers and a lot of schools participating.

We're happy that you guys are here both Science Hill and West Routes have put multiple teams into the tournament, so that might be why you recognize the name of the school, but are seeing new faces.

If you're just tuning in, let's say hi to the players from West Ridge, starting with Hope Green, who's a senior this year.

Hi, Hope.

How are you?

Good.

How are you?

I'm doing fine.

I'm a student ambassador at Western High School, and I'm also in the Kingsport Mayor's Youth Council.

Now, as student ambassador, what exactly do members I am representing of the student body at the school?

So I give tourists, new prospective students or I interact with local community leaders.

Oh, I love it.

That sounds fantastic.

Thank you for telling me.

Andrew Dunham is a junior this year.

What about you, Andrew, on a member of the chess club and I'm also in the marching band.

What do you play?

I'll play trumpet.

I didn't get to play.

Let's say I had a team Captain Reed house.

So, Reed, you're the one who will answer bonuses on behalf of the team or defer by name to one of your teammates.

And you've been here before last season.

Do you remember?

What's up?

Tell us what you've been up to while I was this year's homecoming king.

Congratulations.

And I'm also a student ambassador with hope.

Oh, good.

And you're no trouble getting the crowd on their own.

Hopefully not.

I mean, how big is the crown that you get to wear as homecoming king?

I mean, it was it was good enough.

Good enough us to put my hand.

Okay.

I just want to make sure.

And we've also got Caitlin Shoemaker, who's a junior this year.

Welcome, Caitlin.

What about you?

Um, I am in the marching band and I play tennis.

Oh, I didn't know they played tennis in the marching band.

No, I thought you played instruments in the marching band.

We do.

What instrument?

You play Alto sax.

Oh, that's good.

Fantastic.

Let's say hi to the coaches for Westbridge High School.

First up is Jerry St Clair, who teaches chemistry, and Ruth Leonard, who teaches physics to the gray Wolves at Westridge, taking on the Hilltoppers from Science Hill.

First up is ninth grader Sean Bushel.

Hey, Sean, welcome.

Tell us about you.

I'm part of the of course, the scholars.

Good.

Thank you for mentioning that.

First, no one ever does.

You get points.

Well, the points for me for that and my favorite show is 2012 Dancing with the Knoxville Stars.

Oh, wow.

I wonder if that was something that rings a bell to me.

I can't quite figure out why that sounds so very, very painfully familiar.

I think was the year I was in it.

Oh, good, good.

Let's say hi to Lily McAlister, who's in ninth grade.

What about you, Lily?

I'm.

And I go to science, so obviously I'm a part of the scholarship team and the school's criminal justice club.

And my favorite one of my favorite PBS shows is up close.

Really?

Oh, When it was hosted by Mrs. Aldrich or by Chris Williams.

And, oh, the one since I've taken it over.

Well, that's even better.

Wow.

All right.

Well, thank you, Lily.

Let's say hi to team captain Danny Loo, who's a senior and an experienced scholars ball player with some newbies on the team.

What about you, Danny?

I've been doing great.

I've been making a lot of music recently and instrument my voice.

Oh, singing.

Oh, good and handsome instrument.

Absolutely.

Yeah.

And my favorite show is the Cinderella show in 2013 and 2015 where a certain someone played an ugly stepsister.

Was it the awkward civic ballet production?

Because I also saw that.

Yeah, it was.

I was from the perspective of being looking out toward the audience, as I recall.

Yeah.

And that was the ugly stepsister you've ever seen in your life.

Let's say hi to Elena, PSG.

Hi, Elena.

Welcome.

And you've got a sister who's in the competition, as I recall, But you're a freshman, so tell us about you.

I'm in sciences, book club and school as well.

Oh, God, of course.

We love it when you mentioned Scout because you've probably enjoyed my favorite movie is the 2009 Fish B, starring Frank Murphy as Frank.

Really?

I heard he dies first in the film.

Not to spoil anything.

Falls off a boat, gets eaten by a giant catfish.

So now you don't need to watch it because I've just told you everything you need to know through the end.

Don't ever look it up.

All right, let's see.

I think coach is.

What is that?

What would you look it up on?

On the line, Would you?

Do you read my Wikipedia, didn't you?

Maybe.

Okay, let's say either.

The coaches from Science Hill.

First up is Michael Liano, who teaches world history, and Ben Davenport, who teaches non world history to the kids at Science Hill.

All right.

You've all obviously seen the show before, some of you more than others, maybe, But we'll find out how that plays out.

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

Plus, up in the category of biology.

At what stage in mitosis to the chromatids separate from each other and are pulled toward opposite ends of the cell.

Elena Metaphase Not now.

You can still Westridge read prophase It's Anna phase concept now in literature, which Shakespearean play is the shortest as well as the bloodiest.

Read Macbeth correct for $10 year bonus now which 16th century poet and playwrights most famous work was the tragical history of Doctor Faustus?

No Answer.

Christopher Marlowe.

Marlowe was one of the most famous playwrights of what era?

Shakespearean while Elizabethan he was.

They were contemporaries, so no points on the bonus toss up now in religion, in what country did Buddhism originate?

Danny India Correct for ten religion bonus In 2023, Afghanistan banned women from working for NGO geos because some had not properly worn their headscarves.

What words do the letters NGO represent?

Danny No.

Guess Nongovernmental organization toss up in music.

What great composer musician is also known as the March King Andrew John Philip Sousa.

You've probably played a few of his, I'm guessing.

And a music bonus now for Westridge, who composed the German opera The Flying Dutchman.

STRAUSS Now that one is Wagner, and Wagner Richard Wagner composed during which musical period?

Classical.

Well, he was romantic, know.

Points on that.

Plus up now in economics, what is the unit of currency used in Australia and New Zealand?

Read dollar Right and an economics bonus which auto manufacturer makes the atlas in the Jetta?

Mercedes s Volkswagen, which manufacturer owns the mini Cooper line of cars Ford and that's the Bavarian motor works better known as BMW.

Plus up now in technology what photo sharing app notifies users at random times each day to share hope.

Be real unfiltered snapshots during a two minute window.

Be real.

Is it technology?

Which technology is used to store and process data on remote servers accessed over the internet?

RAM It's cloud computing.

does it Now in foreign language, what is the Spanish word for street L.A.?

Guy Yeah, yeah.

And a foreign language bonus.

What prayer is sung in Latin with the words of a maria el Mary, Hail Mary, Correct.

And in Spanish prayers and hymns.

What words are used to say?

The Lord O deals Elsinore.

Elsinore, That's right.

20 points plus up now in math computation.

Evaluate four factorial plus three factorial.

Denny, 30 is right.

And a math bonus on the screen, please.

Science.

He'll take a look.

What is the base ten value of the base?

Two number 10101 Answer one.

It's 21 toss up.

Now, in sports, when a surfer hangs ten on a wave, what does the ten Laina refer to his toes or her toes?

Sports Bonus In which city is the Sugar Bowl played?

Straight Answer Kansas.

That's in New Orleans.

In which city is the Fiesta Bowl played Phenix.

Well, it's actually in Tempe, Arizona.

No points there.

Toss up in US history.

Which state was added to the Union as the 46th state in 1907 while Theodore Roosevelt was president?

Danny Hawaii.

No chance.

Still, Westridge, Reid, Oregon.

And it's Oklahoma.

No points on that one.

Toss up in science.

Name the branch of Earth science that is concerned with the Earth's water.

Caitlin Marine Biology.

You can still science here.

Hydrology is that particular science toss up now in vocabulary what ten letter word beginning with O means all knowing Danny omnipotent or not, you can still Westbridge read omniscient is right and a vocabulary bonus.

Now what is the word for a female fox?

Answer No answer.

That's a vixen.

What is the term for a male duck?

Mallard Now that's a Drake.

Mallard is a species blossom for all players.

Now in geography, which South American country has its legal capital at Supreme and seat of government at La Paz, Bolivia.

Right.

And a geography bonus for Westridge.

In 2022, a record number of people fleeing Venezuela risked their lives to cross the Darian Gap, the only land bridge connecting South and North America.

Which two countries does the Darian Gap straddle?

Panama and Colombia are both right.

20 points for all players in art.

What is the resulting color when mixing red and yellow?

Denny Orange, correct.

And a visual bonus.

Take a look at the screens, please.

Who is this post-impressionist artist shown here who painted scores of self-portraits?

Many of them in exactly this pose, recording his appearance and self image as well as his progress as a painter.

Van Gogh.

Van Gogh.

That's Paul Cézanne, who apparently loved a good selfie toss up Now in history during World War Two, what computer scientist played a crucial role in cracking intercepted coded messages that enabled the allies?

Andrew Alan Turing Yeah, to defeat the Axis.

And a bonus now for Westridge in world history, who is considered a hero in England.

But a pirate in Spain had a privateers license from Queen Elizabeth the first and was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe.

No answer.

Oh, by coincidence, that's another Drake.

Sir Francis Drake turns up now in geology, Diatomaceous earth is made a fossilized, photosynthetic single celled organisms called what?

Pebbles Now that you can still see until the buzzer.

Danny Artists?

No, it's the clues.

There is the beginning of diatomaceous.

It's diatoms that are in there toss up now in literature.

What short story written by Washington Irving is set in the Catskill Mountains and tells of a villager who falls asleep for 20 years at Hope Sleeping Beauty.

No chance.

Still, until that is Rip Van Winkle.

That's it for all players in algebra.

Solve for X in the equation.

Seven minus four X equals x minus eight.

Andrew negative one third now that you can steal sign.

So.

Lily five.

Now three is the answer.

Plus up in music, who popularized The Whip and Nina dances?

Danny Cilento Yes, and a music bonus.

Now what is the meaning of the mezzo forte dynamic marking in music?

Partially loud.

Yeah, medium level.

Take that.

What is the meaning of the fortissimo dynamic marking in music?

Very loud also right?

20 points plus up in government.

The Brady Bill, enacted in 1993 and named after former White House press secretary James Brady is concerned with what issue gun control correct and a government bonus.

Now what is the term for a symbol or words legally registered or established by use as representing a company or product trading trademark for ten?

Which automobile company has a RAM for their trademarked logo?

Dodge also right 20 points plus up Now in chemistry, what term refers to the number of molecules or ions attached to a central metal atom?

Drop atomic number, not it?

You can still see until Danny cation.

Now that is the coordination number toss up now in spelling spell the word miscellaneous.

Read them scalen0s.

That's not it.

You can still say until Danny and I as c e l l a and e0us is right, and it gets you another spelling for your bonus spell appetit.

As in hungry for food.

A p. P. E. T i. T e is correct.

20 points toss up now in history Who was President when the U.S. made the Gadsden Purchase in 1853, securing present day Arizona and New Mexico.

Reid Polk not him.

You can still sign until that was the buzzer first that was Franklin Pierce toss up.

Now in games in what playground game does a color announce?

A color that signals players to move forward?

Red bud Light.

Green light.

Yeah, that's it.

Another that signals them to stop and a games bonus for Westridge what lawn game from Italy is played with eight large balls and one smaller target ball called a Paulino as players try to land their ball closer to the target than their opponent, bocce is correct for 20 points.

Toss up at the end of the half.

We'll save this question for half to end this very exciting game between Westridge and Science Hill, two evenly matched squads, which of them will advance to the threshold of 32?

We'll find out after the break.

Gun 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 Ball.

I'm Frank Murphy, back from halftime in this first round game between West Ridge High School and Science Hill High School.

Both of these schools pretty evenly matched.

And the score shows it.

Anything can happen in our second half of play.

We'll see which of them advances to the threshold of 32 and which one, unfortunately, will have to go home.

All right, players, let's get right back to it.

Fingers on the buzzer for Tennessee Scholars Bowl, 22, 24% for all players in the category of geography.

What is the name of the body of water that separates Spain from Africa?

Danny.

Mediterranean Sea.

Not it.

You can still read.

Strait of Gibraltar is correct in a geography bonus now which two countries share.

Victoria falls along the Zambezi River.

Venezuela and Colombia.

Well, it's Zambia and Zimbabwe in Africa.

Toss up now in health.

Which vitamin found in leafy green vegetables is required for clotting of blood red iron.

Now you can steal science, health, and that is vitamin K. Nobody got that pass up in foreign language.

What is the French word for garden that is shot down like lesion in toss up in geometry, the area of a circle is 81 pi.

What is its circumference?

Danny.

18 Pi is right.

And a geometry bonus now.

What is the sum of the interior angles of a nonagon?

1260.

That's right.

For 20 points.

Toss up now in music.

What song?

Title from the musical?

A Chorus Line is a single word and a number.

Uh, let's see.

Hope six.

Not it.

You can still Science Hill, Sean One is right and a music bonus now for Science Hill two parts which Broadway musical includes the songs Practically Perfect and Chim Chim Jerry Springer.

I defer to Sean and Mary Poppins correct for ten.

Which Broadway musical includes the songs Circle of Life.

And I Just Can't Wait to Be King.

Lion King is Right.

20 points on the bonus toss up for all players in science.

What unit of energy is equal to the amount of heat required to raise £1 of water, one degree Fahrenheit?

At pressure read calorie at a pressure of one atmosphere chance to seal science Hill Time is up now and British thermal unit BTU is what we're looking for tossup in history which Spanish conquistador is most known for conquering Peru and is Pizarro tossup in vocabulary?

What eight letter word beginning with s means optimistic or positive, especially in a difficult situation, and can also reference a blood red color as in heraldry hope scarlet not it.

You can still sign until sanguine passive for in astronomy.

How often does a full moon appear for it to be called a blue moon?

Danny Four days now that you can still West Ridge hope every three months.

Now a blue moon happens twice in one month plus up four one in art.

What is the word for the Japanese art of flower arrangement?

Danae Bonds.

I know that you can steal Westridge.

It is ikebana does it for when in physics, what simple machine consists of two inclined planes back to back.

Danny around not a ramp, just steel.

Westridge That's a wedge.

The ramp is once incline plane two of them back to back would make a wedge percent for all players in literature.

What is the practice of using someone else's work as your own?

Danny, plagiarism is right and you get a visual bonus.

Take a look at the screens, please.

Which bone in the lower leg is often referred to as the shin bone and is one of the two long bones that make up the lower leg alongside the fibula tibia, tibia, tibia.

Right?

I think so.

The tibia tibia is right for 20 points.

Toss up now in math computation, simplify and evaluate 25 times the sum of 4.1 and 3.9.

Danny 200 is right and a math bonus for Science Hill.

What are the next two numbers in the sequence for 12, eight, 16, 12, 20?

Danny 16 and 24.

Elizabeth Ryan for 20 points.

Toss up everyone in miscellaneous.

The concept of tilting at windmills, which means attacking imaginary evils, comes from what literary classic Danny Harry Potter.

Not it.

You can still Westridge It is Don Quixote.

Toss up In economics.

The majority of funding for public schools in the US comes from what category of taxes?

Read Property tax.

Yes.

And an economics bonus known as the father of modern economics, Adam Smith advocated the principles of laissez faire economics.

In what book?

And sir you know answer that is the wealth of nations tossup up in health.

What is the term for an inherited protein found on the surface of red blood cells and used to indicate whether the blood of two different people is compatible when mixed red blood type, not it.

You can still say until Danny Antigen.

Now it's the RH factor which is a part of your blood type, but specifically toss up for all players in government.

Which president holds the record for the most Supreme Court nominations, with 14 of which 12 were confirmed?

Caitlin John Quincy Adams, Not him.

You can still sign until well, he had a lot of seats to fill because his name was George Washington.

Up in English.

What five letter word beginning with S is a synonym for diaphanous.

That's a fancy way of saying sheer kind of translucent, but specifically sheer tossup in literature.

Who wrote the books Treasure Island and Kidnaped?

That's Robert Louis Stevenson, Tossup in religion, who is the third son to Adam and Eve.

Andrew Seth is right and a religion bonus now which of the disciples betrayed Jesus to the high priest for 30 pieces of silver?

Judas is right for 20 points.

Toss up for all players in geography.

What Florida City, due to the presence of the US Navy and US Army, remained in union hands and became the headquarters of the Gulf blockade of the Confederacy during the Civil War.

Hope Tallahassee.

No, you can steel science.

Hill Sean Tampa Bay.

Now I said the other end.

It's Key West toss up now in biology.

What is a copperhead snake able to sense by using receptors between its eyes and nostrils to find nearby prey in total darkness?

Caitlin Heat.

Heat is right and it gets you a visual bonus for Westridge.

Take a look at the screens, please.

In international road signage, does a blue sign with a white H represent?

Hospital is right 20 points toss up in literature.

What well-known Shakespeare character speaks the lines, but soft What light through yonder window breaks is it the east hope Hamlet Now you can still sound so Lily Romeo.

Yes, I'm a literature bonus now in what play is an audience addressed as friends, Romans, countrymen.

Julius Caesar.

Julius Caesar Brecht.

What character in Julius Caesar delivers that speech to market?

Mark Antony Correct.

20 points plus up now in geometry, the acute angles of a right triangle are in the ratio 3 to 2.

What is the measure of the larger angle?

Read 60.

Now you can still say until In that ratio, the larger angle is 54 degrees plus up.

Now in music, the modern version of what instrument has 47 strings and seven pedals which raise or lower hope or organ.

No, which raise or lower each.

Really?

What?

Harp?

concert harp is right in the music bonus for Science Hill What is the main difference between the instrumentation of a group of musicians called a Wind Symphony and that of a classical symphony orchestra?

What's the difference?

Just answer.

One has strings and the other has strings and wind instruments.

Now, I can't take that because one does not have strings.

So yeah, the orchestra would have strings, and the wind symphony does not toss up now in US history, which former U.S.

Senator and Secretary of war had citizenship revoked and then restored 89 years after his death.

That is Jefferson Davis toss up in astronomy.

What space object is an average of 238,855 miles away?

Read the sun about it.

You can still science hell.

Well, no, it was the moon.

Is that close?

But science still didn't need the points, as it turns out, in a very, very close and very exciting game between Westridge and Science Hill.

First of all, West Ridge, Gray Wolves.

Thank you for being here.

We enjoyed having you.

And I heard you talking at halftime.

I want to make sure your underclassmen participate next year, right As I hope and read, the upperclassmen are like, Oh, thank goodness we're done.

Our are relieved for the others too will be back, I'm sure.

Meanwhile, Science Hill congratulations like some of the other teams from your school, you'll advance now to the threshold of 32.

You will play again.

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My name is Frank Murphy.

Thank you for watching Tennessee Scholars Bowl 2020 for.