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's Scholars Bowl.

I'm frank Murphy.

This is the academic tournament with teams 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 in our tournament.

And today's game is Seymour High School versus Maryville High School.

And both of these schools have put multiple teams into the tournament.

We appreciate that level of support from both schools.

Let's say hi first to the Eagles of Seymour, beginning with Dhruv Patel, who is a senior.

What about you, Drew?

Tell us more.

I like to go hiking with Ty and I like to go play golf.

Where do you hike with Ty?

Anywhere specific.

The house mountain.

That's a great one.

All right.

Eli Henderson is a senior.

Tell us more about yourself, Eli.

So I also play golf with Dhruv and then I go hiking with Ty sometimes.

I know there's a bunch of bunch of great golf courses in our area.

Do you have any particular favorites or ones that are just the easiest to access?

I got to go.

Severe golf club, so it's pretty easy.

That's the one over near the wilderness of the Smokies and the water park, right?

Yep.

Oh, good.

Okay.

Team captain for Seymour is Timothy Morris, who is a senior.

You're going to answer bonuses on behalf of the squad or defer to a teammate by name.

Tell us about you.

Well, I like to go hiking the time.

And also, I'm going to be graduating early from high school and I'm going to be attending Utah in January.

That is outstanding.

And if you thought about taking a golfer, you obviously don't have time.

I don't think I know my schedule is a little over.

On what subject you're looking to study at U.T..

I'm interested in physics.

And let's see if physics is interested in you.

Next up is Ty Collie, who is a senior.

Tell us about you, Ty.

I like to go hiking with myself, and I like to read because.

So you ditch the other two?

Yeah.

When they're playing golf, you just go hike without them.

Can't believe you bring a book on the hike.

Yeah.

What kind of stuff do you like to read?

Fiction, mostly.

All right, let's say hi to the coach for Seymour High School.

That is Kristy Williams, who teaches marketing, taking on a good squad from Maryville High School.

Let's say hi, first to 11th grader John Hubbard.

John, welcome back to the show.

Tell us about yourself.

So I play the bass guitar.

Oh, really?

Like Paul McCartney.

Yes.

Okay.

Okay.

And that.

Are you in a band or in what context?

I'm just sort of solo.

I just like to play the instrument.

I'd like to join a band, but.

All right, Well, yeah, get good at it and then join a band.

That's just fantastic.

Let's say hi.

Also to 10th grader Matthew Natali.

Welcome back, Matthew.

What about yourself?

I played trombone in in the marching band, and I'm also in the school's Mu Alpha Theta Club.

And that's the Math Honor Society.

Yes.

Do you need a bass guitar in your band?

You know, you in trombone and bass.

Maybe you can put something together.

Maybe.

I think it would sound terrible, but you can try.

I can't imagine those two sounds together.

Let's say hi to team Captain Iroin Carson Sennheiser.

So, Erin, welcome back.

You know that you'll answer bonuses or defer by name to one of the other guys.

What about yourself?

I am on the board of Spanish Honor Society.

And my favorite bird is the belted Kingfisher.

Now, how often do you get to see this kingfisher?

Never.

Where where do they live?

In North America.

Okay, well, that narrows it down.

Let's say hi.

There's no points for that answer.

I just was curious if I wanted to go see a kingfisher.

Where would I look?

Let's say hi to Thomas Tisdale, who's in 12th grade.

What about you, Thomas?

I'm trying to learn Italian in less than two months.

And my favorite movie is The Godfather.

Now I see the relation there because then you understand part of what they're saying in The Godfather.

But what's the deadline?

The two month deadline for Italian?

I don't I don't know.

Whenever I whenever I feel like finishing Italian.

Okay.

You said within two months.

Yeah.

Okay.

I thought maybe you were going somewhere where you speak Italian and you mentioned the pressure was on.

I just want to challenge myself to be the best I can.

Well, all right, well, deadline pressure works for me.

Certainly.

That's good.

Let's say hi to the alternates and coach from Travel High School, starting with Lauren Turner and Elwin Kisner, Lara Robbins and Skyler Lawson, joined by coach Dr. Cory DeHart, who teaches physics and astronomy at Marvel.

Aren't we all one your way here?

You know how we play.

This is a second round game.

We've got tossups where ten bonuses worth up to 20 players.

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

First toss up in the category of geology.

Vintage facts are rocks that have been weathered by what type of erosion, John Water not it.

You can steak Seymour.

Timothy.

Chemical.

No wind event might be a hint in the name there no points toss up in pre-calculus.

What is the angle measure in pi radians in quadrant two with sine of one over two Thomas 150 degrees.

Not it.

You can still Seymour Eli?

Three over two.

No, in pi radians we're looking for five pi over six.

No points on that one toss up Now in games.

How many points are on a backgammon board?

Arowyn?

52.

Not that you can steal Seymour.

Eli, 64 or 24 is the answer.

No points on that toss up in economics.

Numismatics is the study or collection of what?

Arowyn?

Coins.

No you can steal Seymour.

Timothy?

Dollars.

No, it's bigger than coins.

It's all currency, not just coins, although coin collectors certainly are.

Numismatic statistics toss up in foreign language.

What is the literal translation of the name of the archipelago at the southern tip of South America known as Tierra del Fuego?

Arowyn?

Land of Fire.

Is right and a foreign language bonus.

What is the Spanish word for?

Listen to us.

escuchanos?

escuchanos?

Yeah, I think so.

That sounds what I'm listening for.

points Toss up in Health.

What is the descriptive term for a disease or condition that is present at birth but not hereditary?

John Congenital, Yes.

And a health bonus for Marable.

The Black Death wreaked havoc across Europe, Asia and North Africa in the 1300s.

What was the name of the plague?

And bubonic plague is right for ten.

And how is it mainly spread?

We Please, please, please.

On rats.

Yeah.

I think I used to be in a band called Fleas on Rats.

That's right.

For 20 points toss out for all players in art.

What type of oil is the main ingredient in artists?

Oil paint Eli?

Crude oil?

No.

Chance to steal Maryville, Arowyn?

Vegetable oil.

It's specifically linseed oil from players in music.

What is the vertical line that divides a staff into Matthew A bar?

Yeah.

A bar line or measure line divides it into measures.

Take a look at screens for a visual, please.

In the game of horseshoes, what is the term for the situation shown here for ten points, bringing a ringer that is called a leaner, but you can still get points if you tell me how many points is a leaner worth?

Zero.

I know, but it's like, no, it's worth something extra three now.

It's only worth one point in the official rules.

So note House rules may vary, but no points on that toss up now in US history, which American is credited with inventing bifocal lenses?

Eli Benjamin Franklin is right.

History Bonus for Seymour, who said I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death.

Sir Patrick Henry.

Patrick Henry is right.

20 points toss up now in literature in the Iliad who kills Hector John Achilles.

Yes.

And a literature bonus, which Irish author wrote The Chronicles of Narnia C.S.

Lewis, and which Irish author wrote Dracula Stoker.

Bram Stoker, Stoker, Stoker.

Those are both write for 20 plus up now in chemistry.

What term refers to the process of heating a compound to a high temperature without melting under restricted supply of ambient oxygen?

Timothy Sublimation No, but now gives you time to steal Maryville.

If you ring in.

Arowyn?

Berimation?

that is called CALCINATION.

No points on that.

Toss up for everyone in math computation.

What is the decimal value of 1.2 squared subtracted from one squared?

Thomas .04 Not it.

You can steal Seymour.

.004 Now it would be -0.44 because you take one and subtract 1.44 from it, you get -0.44 toss up.

Now in religion, what is the name of the group of over 100 bishops and archbishops of the Roman Catholic Church?

Matthew Cardinals who advise the Pope and elect new pope's chance to steal Seymour Eli clergy.

Now they are cardinals but usually but it's called the College of Cardinals is the name of the group, not the individuals toss up in government.

What is the form of government starting with a that is derived from the Greek word for rule?

Matthew, what does it autocracy know?

the Greek word for rule of the best in which power is held by the nobility.

Chance to steal, Ty?

Aristocracy.

Is right and a government bonus for Seymour in 2022 the death of 22 year old Mussa Amini.

While in custody ignited protests in Iran.

For what crime was she arrested by Iran's morality police?

I defer to tie.

She wasn't wearing proper religious attire.

Can you be more specific?

Burka Now, she was there specifically.

It was her headscarf that she was not wearing properly.

I don't think I can take it because it's a very specific answer.

Toss up in vocabulary.

What is the study of secret codes and ciphers?

Timothy Cryptology and a vocabulary bonus.

What four letter word that ends in X means a medium sized wildcat with a short tail lynx.

And what four letter word that ends in X means a mineral variety of agate and precious stone moss Onyx.

Both right for 20 points.

Toss up in science.

What is the term for cone bearing trees?

Timothy?

Coniferous?

Yeah, or conifers is how we say.

But I'll take that science bonus.

What branch of science is the study of the behavior of matter at extremely low temperatures, condensed matter.

That's called cryogenics.

What branch of science is the study of how plants and animals pass on characteristics to their offspring?

Genetics?

That's right.

Ten points on the bonus toss up.

Now in geography, In which state is the eastern band of Cherokee Indians based Matthew North Carolina and geography bonus from arrival Microgreens and baby greens are being grown in underground greenhouses on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, which is mostly located in what state?

Oklahoma.

That's in South Dakota, which Native American tribe resides on the Pine Ridge Reservation.

I defer to Matthew, the Sioux tribe.

No, it's the Ogala Lakota Nation.

So no points on the bonus toss up.

Now in sports, who is the current commissioner of the national basketball John?

Adam Silver.

Association.

Sports bonus for Maryville.

Which NBA team holds the record for the most consecutive NBA championships with eight from 1959 to 1966.

I defer to Thomas.

The Boston Celtics.

Is right for 20 points toss up now in history.

Which Explorer is credited as the first European to reach Alaska?

Arowyn.

Drake.

Not him.

You can steal Seymour.

Timothy.

John.

No, it's Captain James Cook.

Toss up everybody in mythology.

What is the type of mythical creature found in the folklore of multiple European cultures?

That is the form of the spirit often described as metaphysical, supernatural or preternatural, similar to Tinkerbell, John.

A Fairy?

And mythology bonus now from Maryville in Greek mythology.

Who was the emissary and messenger of the gods and was often presented as the son of Zeus?

Hermes.

Hermes is right and Maya pass up for all players in biology.

There's a cat, a camel, a chicken or a crocodile.

All have the longest lifespan of the four John?

Crocodile.

Is right Biology bonus What is the name for tropical plants with non branching trunks topped by a group of leaf fronds with seeds that are highly toxic and have a fossil dating back to the early Permian period.

Palms.

No, those are cycads Passive role players in geometry.

The middle segment of a triangle measures 25.5 inches.

How long is the triangle side that runs parallel to it?

Arowyn?

51.

Is right and a bonus now on the screens.

Take a look.

Please give the arithmetic mean and the geometric mean of four and 916 plus 81 over to someone.

Do that answer I defer.

I'll just say it.

6.5 and 48.

And what is 6.5?

Refer to 6.5 as arithmetic and 48 is geometric.

I'll give you points for that.

Arithmetic mean the geometric mean is actually only six, so you get ten points on the bonus toss up.

Now in miscellaneous in Tennessee, which group of motorcyclists are required to wear helmets?

Matthew None of them not.

You can still see more Eli underage.

Now it's all of them.

The opposite of none of them toss up in economics.

What is the name for the amount individuals are allowed to subtract for themselves and their dependents before paying their income tax Arowyn.

Deductible.

Not that you can steal Seymour.

No, for yourself, you claim an exemption for yourself and your family members, not a deduction.

That's something else pass up in English.

he was as brave as a lion is an example of what type?

Arowyn.

Simile of figure of speech English bonus.

Now what sentence part answers to whom or for whom?

Preposition Now I was looking for indirect object on that tossup in astronomy.

What specific instrument conclusively prove the existence of black holes?

Eli?

telescope?

No, I needed more than that as the half runs out so we don't get to move on.

And about the Hubble telescope was the specific proof of black holes.

Right now we are at halftime in this second round game on Scholars Bowl.

One of these teams advances to the round of the Smart 16.

Is it going to be?

Find out after the break.

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 Ball.

I'm Frank Murphy, back from halftime.

In this second round game, this threshold of 32 round game between Seymour High School and Maryville High School.

Maryville got a bit of a lead, but it's not insurmountable.

Anything can happen in our second half of play, one of these two teams will advance to the Smart 16.

Let's find out who it's going to be.

The starting lineups are still in the game, so we'll get right back to it.

Players with their fingers on the buzzers for Tennessee Scholars ball 2024.

Toss up for all players in chemistry.

What is the process of applying a coating of zinc to metals such as iron and steel to prevent rusting?

Timothy Electrolysis Now that you can steal Maryville John Stainless steel?

That is called galvanization.

Toss up for everyone in art whose most famous paintings include convergence and number five 1948 Eli?

Monet.

Not it chance to steal Thomas.

Andy Warhol.

No Jackson Pollock is that guy.

Abstract Impressionist concept for everyone in government.

How many representatives serve in the Tennessee General Assembly?

Eli.

100.

Now you can steel Maryville, Thomas.

135?

No, it's 99.

In that toss up in spelling, Colonel is a military rank spell.

Colonel Timothy.

C O L O N E L. Is right.

And you get a visual bonus.

Take a look at the screens, please.

What is the U.S. Military award shown here that was originally established by George Washington in 1782 and redesigned in 1932?

Purple Heart is right for ten.

Who receives the award?

Injured veterans.

I don't think I can take that because it's those wounded or killed in action, which would mean they're not veterans.

And you left out the folks who are killed.

So it's specifically active military who are wounded or killed, passed up in physics on average.

How many minutes and seconds does it take for light to travel from the sun to the earth?

John, 7 minutes, 30 seconds, are not it?

You can still see more.

Timothy 8 minutes, 30 seconds.

Now.

I needed somewhere in the range of 8 minutes, 19 or 8 minutes, 20 seconds.

So no points on that.

Toss up in algebra, what is negative two thirds raised to the negative two power as a fraction.

Timothy would that be 9/4?

It is.

And an algebra bonus y equals X squared minus four x plus three.

What are the two values for x when y equals zero, it's got to be net negative four in one.

No, in that case x equals three and x equals one plus up for everyone in sports.

What part of the backboard does an air ball touch?

Thomas None of it is right.

And a sports bonus.

Take a look at the screens please.

What North Carolina school Use the Blue Devil logo shown here from 1966 to 1971.

I'd defer to Thomas.

Duke.

Is it for 20 points Toss up now in geography.

Which U.S. state borders both the Atlantic Ocean and the Great Lakes Eli.

Michigan.

Not it you can steal Thomas New York is right in our geography bonus for Maryville.

What is the capital of New York now?

Albany Albany right.

What is the capital of New Jersey and Trenton.

Trenton also, right.

20 points toss up now in literature.

What novel did Alice Walker write about?

A black Southern Arowyn.

The Color Purple.

Is right.

And literature bonus for Maryville.

What novel involves a killer shark unleashing chaos on a beach community off Cape Cod, in which a local sheriff, a marine biologist and an old seafarer hunted the beast to save the village Jaws.

And who wrote the novel?

Stephen King.

Well, I'll give you points for Jaws.

Peter Benchley is the author.

Ten points on the bonus toss up in geology.

What activity forms Drumlins, Espers and Hanging Valleys.

John Erosion.

Now that you can still see more?

Timothy Earthquakes, it's the movement of glaciers specifically that's up now in biology.

What does a naturally occurring protein molecule that speeds up chemical reactions in all plants?

John An enzyme in animals is an enzyme in a biology bonus.

In 2023, scientists revived microscopic roundworms, which were found in organic matter that had been frozen for 46,000 years in the permafrost of what vast Russian province encompassing most of northern Asia.

I still stop.

Same answer Siberia.

Right for toe toss up.

Now in music, what is the word for a closing phrase or harmonic sequence that ends a self-contained musical, Arowyn?

What is it?

Coda?

Self-contained musical passage.

That's not it.

Chance to steal Seymour.

I was looking for Cadence on that toss up.

Now in U.S. history, which U.S. president survived two assassination attempts by women?

Matthew Andrew Jackson.

Now you can still see more time.

Gerald Ford is right in a history bonus, which Medal of Honor recipient and famous pilot was the first to fly across the North American continent in less than 24 hours in 1922 and led the bombing of Tokyo in 1942 John.

Well, it was James James Doolittle, which I would have needed.

So Doolittle would have been the answer tossed up in foreign language.

What is a deep fried ball or patty shaped fritter in Thomas Falafel?

Yeah, in Middle Eastern culture and cuisine.

Now a foreign language bonus for Maryville.

What Latin phrase is used in English to say something is done to a sickening degree and not to you ad nauseum is right.

20 points plus up now in science.

what law states that pressure increases of the volume of gas decreases, Arowyn?

Boils.

Yes.

And the science bonus.

What is the 11 letter plural word that is the science or practice of traveling through the air things kinematics?

Answer Aeronautics is right for ten now spell aeronautics for ten more a Someone checked off?

Yeah.

A E R O N A U T I C S. Correct 20 points total on the bonus toss up Now in algebra, give the slope of the line represented by the equation x minus three y equals 2.

Thomas.

One third is it algebra bonus.

Now what prevents the set of points to four negative three, five and two seven from being a function, same values, same exercise, do the same exercise.

There's two set back, maximize up to four and two seven of the same x value.

That's correct.

20 points plus up now in architecture, what are structures that are built to cross or span physical obstacles without blocking?

John A bridge, Yeah, a movement toss up in architecture, a 75 mile long mirrored skyscraper that will house 5 million people is planned for the Saudi Arabia desert on the coast of which body of water that is surrounded.

This is for erosion to answer for, surrounded by Egypt, Sudan, Yemen and Saudi Arabia and the south of the Sinai Peninsula Point, the Red Sea and south of Sinai.

Insurgency.

Answer The Red Sea is right, 20 points plus up now in geography.

What city is considered the de facto capital of the European Union by Brussels and geography Bonus for Seymour.

Name four of the African countries that the equator runs through Guinea.

I defer to Eli, Equatorial Guinea, Chad, Sudan and Congo.

I'll give you five points for Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

But Gabon, Kenya, Sao Tomé and Principe, Somalia and Uganda are the others.

So five on that toss up in vocabulary, a singer breathes from the diaphragm Spell diaphragm Irwin d i a p h r a g is right and a vocabulary bonus from arrival.

What nine letter word beginning with AB means a person, animal or plant that has been in a country or region from earliest times.

They they answered absinthe.

They know it's Aborigine, but you can still get points for spelling.

Aborigine does the end of line answer I defer to Matthew a, b b a r I g i n I e. No it's a b o r i g i n e for Aborigine.

Toss up now in health which blood vessels penetrate the tissue and allow the exchange between the blood and interstitial.

Timothy?

Capillaries.

Fluid is right and a health bonus.

Which part of the body is affected by colitis in the colon.

Right.

For 20 toss up.

Now in miscellaneous, what is the name of the day celebrated in the U.S. on the last Friday in April to promote the planting of trees.

John.

Arbor Day.

Is right Miscellaneous bonus for Maryville.

which member of the Royal Family founded the Earthshot Awards to reward solutions to improve the environment.

To answer Princess Diana now that is her son, Prince William.

No points on the bonus toss up now in religion, What is the name of Japan's traditional animistic Lets see, John?

Shinto.

Religion is Shinto and what is the Jewish festival that celebrates the harvest and commemorates the period from which the Jews wandered in the wilderness?

No, you said Hanukkah.

I can't take it.

I was getting to it.

Description of the Succoth.

So no points on the bonus.

But you didn't need them anywhere.

You pulled away to keep ahead.

Meanwhile, Seymour, what a great game we had with you.

Appreciate you being here for two shows and your other team is still in the competition, so maybe we'll see them at some point.

Meanwhile, Maryville congratulations.

You now advance to the round of the Smart 16. Who knows who you might play next.

At some point you may end up playing Maryville again.

We had a few of those last year with three teams in the tournament.

Well, congratulations again, Seymour.

Appreciate you guys.

Thanks so much for watching.

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