Thank you for watching Tennessee Scholar's Bowl.

I'm Frank Murphy.

This is the high school academic tournament with teams from all over the region competing for the Frank Miller Memorial Trophy and a cash prize.

This is a third round game.

A smart, 16 round game between Happy Valley High School of Elizabethton and Rowan County High School of Kingston, Tennessee.

We're delighted to have both these squads here.

They had to win their way to get here.

So let's get started by meeting the players from Happy Valley, beginning with Junior Wells High.

ELO.

Welcome back.

Tell us about yourself.

As you said, I'm a junior, and in my spare time, I dance classical ballet.

juniors don't have a lot of spare time.

You're very right.

But in what little spare time I have, I will say that every ballerina I've met over the years seems to be able to manage her time and, you know, is very disciplined.

So I guess that is good.

And ultimately in your studies.

Yes.

Yeah.

It's it's kind of the skill that comes with the training.

So you're very right.

Okay.

Good.

All right.

Let's say hi to Tyler Bailey who's a junior this year.

Hey, Tyler.

Welcome back.

Tell us about you.

Well, I'm a state champion in track and field, and I love nuts.

Oh, you like the Mets, too?

Oh, fantastic.

What was your event and track and field?

Pole vault.

Wow.

All right.

I think you told me that before, and I tried to picture how hard it must be to do that.

How long does it take to learn how to pole vault?

It depends on how good you are at it.

Like, you can pick it up quick or you can take you a year.

Do they start with a smaller pole or do you start that?

You go.

You go right for the full height at the very beginning.

Well, you start with the small pole and the whole lower top.

All right.

So there is a way to actually be a beginner at pole vault.

Now let's say I had a Nick Bailey who is a senior this year.

Nick, you're going to answer bonuses or defer by name to a teammate.

What about you?

I'm in the Tennessee National Guard and I love the Mets.

The New York Mets.

This is fantastic.

What an amazing coincidence.

Because, you know, I don't know if you remember this, but I grew up as a Mets fan.

My dad just took me to the games at Shea Stadium back in the olden days.

What is it about the Mets that you love?

Everything.

Absolutely everything.

Sure.

All right.

But let's say right now to the actual Mets fan is still should Jones that you put everybody up to saying they like the Mets?

Yes.

Why?

It's funny.

It's funny.

What else do you like to do?

Well, I do speech and debate, and, you know, I love the Mets.

You do love them.

And what do you like about them?

Oh, you know, for instance, Golden doors.

Pretty good.

All right, there you go.

So you got actual, data to back up your claim?

I do.

Let's say hi to the alternates and coaches for Happy Valley High School.

It's Hayden Decker, Blake Gillen, Scarlet Sparks and coaches Alex Payne, who is the dean of students.

Shannon Lawson, who teaches English, and Kayla Hodge, who teaches history.

Taking on a very good squad from Roane County High School in Kingston, Tennessee.

Let's say hi first to senior James Ashcraft.

Hey, James, welcome back.

Tell us about yourself.

Yeah, I played tuba in my, the band and, I'm a Braves hand Braves fan, so that's that's really the Mets.

One of the Mets biggest rivals, would you say?

And what is it you love about the Braves?

I mean, I've always liked them.

And, you know, I love Marcell Ozuna.

Can you play any Braves, fan type songs on the tuba?

No, I don't really.

I mean, I probably could learn it, but I'm saying, you mean to combine their your two loves of the tuba and the Braves, I think might be fun.

Let's say hi to junior Lucas Hines.

Hey, Lucas.

Welcome back.

Tell us about you.

Yeah.

I participated in math competitions last year.

I made it to the Usmle.

I'm noticing a theme, though, by the way, on your on your buttons.

Let's see if, if that plays out all the way across.

All the way across the room.

County.

Team.

We've got senior Ethan O show.

Who is team captain.

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

What button are you wearing?

I'm wearing a frank button with a plaid tie.

All right.

And, what about yourself?

What do you like to do?

I'm the band captain, and I like playing tennis.

Was it your idea to go with the buttons here?

No.

Surprisingly.

Whose idea was it?

It was my mom's, actually.

Oh, Lucas's mom's idea.

Okay.

Very fun.

And we've also got Maddox Scarborough, who is a junior.

Welcome, Maddox.

And you've got a button on to.

Tell us about yourself.

I do, it's the, pink tie.

Oh, nice.

Okay.

So I play trumpet in the marching band, and, you know, I'm a Cubs fan, so.

Oh, another rival of the Mets.

Yeah.

Okay, so.

Well, it's a no no.

Got the Mets fans on the one side, and then every other National League team pretty much represented on the other side.

Nice.

Okay.

Let's say out of the alternates and coach for Roane County High School, we've got Bradley Carter, John Davis Emerson, wash. Walsham, Bailey Wright and coach Ellen Warman, who teaches Spanish one, two, three and senior transition at Roane County.

And I will point out that Duncan County was nice enough to give me a button with my green tie.

So thank you for that.

All right, players, you'll have to win your way here.

You know how it works.

Toss ups worth ten bonus is worth 20 to get your fingers on the buzzer for this third round game.

This smart 16 round game of Tennessee Scholar's Bowl 2025 plus up for all players in vocabulary.

What word is used to describe one half of the world's surface?

Lucas atmosphere?

Right.

And a vocabulary bonus.

Topaz is to yellow as amethyst is to what purple is right for 20 plus up in geography.

How many counties are in Tennessee?

Maddox 98.

Not it.

You can steal Happy Valley.

Alicia 106 95 counties in Tennessee toss up in biology what order of mammals includes gophers, mice, rats, squirrels, porcupine, sonic rodents?

Yeah, beavers and chipmunks.

And a biology bonus.

What is the term for the offspring of a beaver?

Which is the same as the term for a baby fox?

Pups.

That one is kit.

What is the term for the offspring of a seal?

Which is the same as the term for a baby sloth?

Pup.

That's right.

For ten points, toss up in geometry, an angle inscribed in a semicircle is.

What kind of angle?

Lucas.

Oh, right angle.

Right.

And a geometry bonus.

Now two parts.

If two angles of a triangle have measures of 46 and 27, what is the measurement of the third angle?

One or something different?

Lucas 107.

Correct.

What type of triangle is this?

Figure, when classified by angle, measures the fair Lucas obtuse.

Also right 20 points.

Tossup in music.

During which musical period was the piano invented?

Lucas.

Brooke.

Now that you can steal Happy Valley Ella.

Classical.

Correct.

And a music bonus.

What is the trademarked name for the computer software program that enables the correction of off key vocal performances?

Auto tune right for ten.

What is the musical term defined as the degree of happiness or lowness in sound according to the frequency of vibration of the sound waves producing them?

Pitch also right 20 points toss up in foreign language.

What is the English translation of the French phrase RPA?

Foot.

What is it on foot?

And make sure I calling you all the way though.

And foreign language bonus.

Now what is the Spanish translation of?

Where is the beach?

Sunday's stop.

Defer to Ella.

Donde esta la la?

I mean, I screwed that up.

It's done.

De esta la playa.

So I don't think I can give that to you.

I don't know what a plug it is, but I'm sure it's beautiful.

Toss up for all players in history.

Who is the woman whose refusal to give up her seat on a Montgomery city bus?

Lucas.

Was on December.

Tyler.

Rosa parks.

Yeah.

LED to her becoming the first lady of civil rights and a visual bonus for Happy Valley.

Take a look at the screens in 2020 for the US Board of Geographic Names.

Approved the request of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians to rename the highest point in Tennessee shown here to what Cherokee name that trans And, sir, the Mulberry Place.

That's cozy.

What was its former name?

Answer.

The highest point in Tennessee.

That's called Clemens Dome.

No points on the bonus tossup in chemistry.

What is the atomic number of the element?

Tennessee Maddox, is not it?

You can steal Nick.

118.

No, it's 117.

Toss up.

Now in government, how many votes are needed to end a filibuster in the US Senate?

Nick?

Two thirds.

No, that's not it.

You can steal Lucas.

Oh, I will 67.

No, it's 60 Toss up in religion.

What is the annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca?

So, the Hajj?

Yeah, that is a mandatory religious duty.

Religion bonus.

Now, which Shinto deity?

Who is the celestial sun goddess from whom the Japanese imperial family claims descent, was tricked by use of a mirror to come out of a cave in which she had hidden herself.

No answer, that is Amaterasu Tosa for all players in literature.

Which of the Bronte sisters wrote Jane Eyre?

Ella Emily Barrett, you can steal your own.

Lucas.

Anna.

No, it's Charlotte Bronte.

Toss up in economics.

What crop failure caused the Irish famine?

Maddox.

Potatoes.

Yes.

Economics.

Bonus.

What fashion doll was launched at the New York Toy Fair on March 9th, 1959, making her almost 66 years old.

Barbie Barbie is right for ten.

What company manufactures Barbie?

Mattel?

Mattel also right 20 points tossup in physics, what is the nine letter word beginning with R?

That means prolonged sound caused by vibration or reflection.

Lucas of a vibrance.

Not it.

You can steal Happy Valley Alicia.

Resonance is the nine letter word and a physics bonus for each V. If the volume of an enclosed gas at constant pressure is increased by a factor of three, the pressure on the gas must be changed by a factor of what value?

Three.

Three.

That's one third going the other way.

Toss up in math.

What is the least common multiple of six, eight and ten?

Lucas.

Any knowledge you can steal Happy Valley Tyler to know it's 120 plus up for all players in sports.

In what sport do teams compete for the Stanley Cup?

Maddox Hockey and sports bonus.

In what sport is the Ryder Cup awarded?

Horse racing.

Yeah.

Horse racing.

That's golf.

How often is the Ryder Cup played?

Once.

It's a once every three years.

Once every three years.

It's only every two years.

So no points on that plus app in English.

What figure of speech is used to make comparisons by describing one thing in terms of another, but without using the words Lucas a metaphor.

Yeah, like our as English bonus.

What is the term for a noun or pronoun that renames or identifies another noun or pronoun?

A positive a positive is correct for 20 plus up in government.

What is the legal term for the process of withholding wages to satisfy a debt such as child Lucas a garnishment not just child support.

Government bonus name two of the three things mutually pledged with a firm reliance on the protection of divine providence by the signers at the end of the Declaration of Independence, is it life?

Liberty?

No, no, no, it's their life.

There's something they're holding.

I've been wholly honor, life and holy honor.

I might be able to take that its lives in sacred honor and fortunes.

I think the other one Yeah.

I would take that toss up for all players in health.

What is the name of the muscular wall that divides the heart lengthwise?

L.A.

Sorry, I ran out of time.

Just.

You'll run.

Lucas.

The heart membrane.

It's called a septum.

It's like in your nose.

Toss up.

Role players in music.

The name of which Swedish pop supergroup is an acronym of the first letters ABBA, each member's name and a music bonus.

Now, what was the name of the record producer, musician and songwriter who produced Michael Jackson's Thriller album and the charity single We Are the World, who died at age 91, in November 2024.

Michael Jackson well, it was Quincy Jones, so no points there.

Plus several players in algebra name the vertex coordinates of the parabola.

Why equals x squared minus two x plus five.

Lucas one comma four is right and a visual bonus.

Take a look at the screens around County.

The ratio of the measures of the three angles in a triangle is two to 5 to 8.

Find the measure of the smallest and largest of the angles.

The fair to Lucas.

The smallest, is 24.

The largest is 96.

Those are both ranked for 20 points.

Plus, after all, players in foreign language.

What is the term for the range of accents and other symbols which indicate that the sound of a letter is modified during pronunciation?

Lucas a diacritical, yes, and a foreign language.

Bonus.

What is the English translation of the French phrase just sweet, holy, just sweet.

So they, So that's why I am the song I watch.

But I am the sun.

It just means I'm sorry.

Toss up in mythology.

In Greek mythology, what was the name of the river of forgetfulness?

The river life?

Yes.

And a mythology bonus for Harvey, who was the author of the book Mythology Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes that was published in 1942 and is still found in many high school reading lists.

Norman Rockwell, that was Edith Hamilton toss up in geography what is the world's longest above water mountain range?

Elisha Appalachia nodded.

You can still Lucas the Himalayas?

No.

The Andes mountains toss up in science what meteorological phenomenon formed by electrostatic discharges strikes 8 million times lightning a day worldwide science bonus what type of scientist study stars, planets, moons and galaxies?

As Total astronomer write for 20 tossup now in literature, which Shakespearean play is the shortest as well as bloodiest?

Lucas.

Macbeth.

Yes.

That's correct.

it's a great game between Happy Valley and Roane County.

Very exciting game.

One of these two teams will advance to the educated eight.

Find out who it's going to be coming up after the break.

Tennessee Scholar's Bowl 2025.

You're watching Tennessee Scholar's Bowl I'm Frank Murphy back from halftime in this third round game, this smart 16 round game between Happy Valley High School of Elizabethton and Roane County High School of Kingston, Tennessee.

It's a pretty close game.

Only 70 points separate are two teams, and they've both kept their starting lineups in, so that means they want to get right back to it I'm assuming.

So players fingers on the buzzer for Tennessee Scholar's Bowl 2025 toss up for all players in art, which former ingredient in pewter and some paints is no longer included due to poisoning?

Elisha led.

That's right.

And a visual bonus for Happy Valley.

Take a look at the screens, please.

Who was the artist shown here whose best known works include the silkscreen paintings Campbell's Soup Cans and Marilyn Diptych?

Defer to L.A. Andy Warhol is right for 20 points.

Toss up in U.S. history what documents served as the United States first constitution?

medics, the Articles of Confederation from March 1781 until 1789, and a U.S. history bonus.

What retired Army general served as National Security Advisor, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and became the first African American Secretary of State in 2001.

It was, I don't know, I guess, Colin in more, Fell of what sounds like you said it right there as they called time on.

Yeah.

Colin.

Colin Powell is right.

Toss up in biology.

What is the term for the area of the body supported by the ribs and the spine and contains the vital organs, including the heart and lungs.

Ella.

Chest.

Not it.

You can still run county.

The biological term is the thorax.

Toss up in sports.

What is the simplified form of baseball for children that uses a flexible tube?

Elisha T ball and a movable base, and a sports bonus for Happy Valley?

In 2024, researchers studied a special Mud used by professional baseball teams to remove the sheen from baseballs and found that the mud's coarse particles enhance what force that resists the motion of one object against another.

Friction.

Friction is right for ten.

The so-called magic mud is collected alongside a tributary of the Delaware River.

In what state?

That is home to Washington Crossing State Park.

In Vermont, it's new Jersey.

Ten points on the bonus toss up in miscellaneous.

What is the three letter literary term for a play on words, a pun, right, and a miscellaneous bonus?

What is the geometric shape of the traffic signs for yield?

Octagon.

That's a triangle.

What is the geometric shape of the traffic signs for stop Octagon?

That one's right for ten tossup.

Now in spelling genealogy is an account of the descent l, g, e and e a l o g is the right spelling and a bonus now in spelling for Happy Valley.

Spell agnostic, meaning a person who claims neither faith nor disbelief in God.

Defer to ela a g n o s t I c. Also write 20 in the bonus toss up in government.

Which federal agency is the regulator that can penalize networks for indecency?

Shown Maddox FCC on television programs and a government bonus for wrong.

How long is the initial term of a Tennessee Supreme Court justice?

In years, maybe an ten years, that's eight years.

What is the term for a U.S. Supreme Court justice?

My life is right for ten on the bonus tossup in geology, what is the term for an enclosure or basin located in the course of a canal or river, with gates at each end within which the water level may be buried to raise or lower?

Ethan Dam, raise or lower boats.

Chance to steal Happy Valley Tyler Levy those are called locks, a lock system tossup in math.

What is 610 divided by 2/10?

Lucas 3050.

Yes.

And a math bonus for Ron.

What is the percent of increase from 120 to 144?

Toni, defer to Lucas 20%.

Correct.

What is the percentage decrease from 175 to 105?

For the fair to Lucas, 30%.

But that one is 40%.

Ten points on the bonus toss up in architecture.

What type of bridge is the Golden Gate Bridge?

Matic's suspension is right.

And a visual bonus for round.

Look at the screens, please.

Which New York City art deco skyscraper shown here was the tallest building in the world for the 11 months after its completion in 1930.

The Chrysler Building is right for 20.

Toss up now in vocabulary.

What seven letter word beginning with T is used to mean oppressive rule by absolute authority.

Lucas.

Tyranny.

Yes.

And vocabulary bonus.

What?

Ten letter word starting with C means of or like a corpse must be noted.

Can you see?

Answer the first category.

That's cadaverous, but you can get ten points for spelling cadaverous C add a v e r o u s is right for ten tossup in history.

Who was the famous Indian nonviolent protester and leader Nick Gandhi?

Yeah, portrayed by Ben Kingsley in a film history.

Bonus for V Julius Caesar was stabbed to death in what year?

3680.

It was 44 B.C., but on what day of the year?

15th.

March 15th.

Yeah, that's right, the Ides of March.

Ten points tossup in astronomy, which moon is the largest in our solar system and is in orbit, a Titan in orbit around the largest planet and still roam.

That's Ganymede plus up in technology.

What is the name of the first computer language for business?

Elation.

Java knowledge and steel rod Lucas COBOL.

Yes, and a technology bonus.

Thousands of people gathered in Dublin on Halloween 2020 for expecting to see a parade that had never actually been scheduled, but was erroneously promoted by a website that uses artificial intelligence to generate content to improve its SEO, which is the abbreviation for what?

Search engine optimization.

Defer to Lucas search engine optimization is right for 20 tossup now in foreign language.

What is the French word for house?

Maddox.

Mason.

Yes, and a foreign language bonus.

What is the English translation of the French question?

Be on.

Could.

Which, How old are you?

That means how much does it cost?

No points on the bonus tossup in literature whose death is lamented by Walt Whitman in his poems?

O Captain Abraham Lincoln.

Yeah.

And when the lilacs last in the door yard bloomed in a literature bonus.

Now, after his death in 1824, the memoirs of which English Baron, who wrote the poems Don Juan and She Walks in Beauty, were burned by his friends to prevent publication.

Defer to L.A.. Lord Byron is right for 20 tossup in economics.

What American mobile payment system that was founded in 2009 and owned by PayPal since 2013, Alicia Bitcoin is aimed at friends and family who wish to split bills, change, still run.

Lucas Square that is Venmo toss up in health.

Which Swiss psychiatrist developed the inkblot test?

Carl Young now that you can still run.

That's Rorschach Hermann Rorschach toss up in math 76 is 40% of what number?

Luke is 190.

Yes, and a math bonus.

Now, at a blood drive, 18 people had type B blood, which was 15% of the donors.

What was the total number of donors the year to Lucas?

6120.

Toss up for all players in English.

What is the term for a word that connects two independent clauses?

Lucas coordinating conjunction, and an English bonus.

What four letter word completes the following antonym analogy prompt is to tardy as early is to what?

Yes.

Yeah.

Late as right for 20 tossup in music in the G major scale, what is the interval between A and C sharp.

Lucas major third right.

And a music bonus.

Which baroque composer wrote the Four Seasons Vivaldi and who composed for Elise Beethoven also write 20 plus up in science.

What seven letter word beginning with a is the term for a surgical examination of a human corpse to determine autopsy.

The cause a manner of death.

Science is your bonus.

What is the representation of the maximum quantity of water held in the soil against the force of gravity?

Retention.

It's called field capacity.

Toss up in geography.

What river flows southwest for 337 miles in Virginia and Tennessee, and is dammed by both Norris Dam, the clinch River and Melton Hill Dam.

Geography.

Bonus.

In which state is Biscayne Bay of Florida?

Defer to Maddox, Florida, right for ten.

In which state is Lake Winnipesaukee?

No.

Yes, yes and yes.

Minnesota.

That is New Hampshire that's out for all players in astronomy.

What is the science concerning the physical properties of the universe, such as light, chemical makeup, gravitational forces?

Lucas physics in more, just still Happy Valley?

Hello.

Astrophysics and astronomy bonus.

In 2024, a sun grazing comet's final moments were recorded by the European Space Agency NASA as a comet approached the point in its orbit nearest the sun, which is known, by what, ten letter term beginning with P, her chief.

Defer to Alaska perigee.

No.

It is perihelion at the closest to the sun.

I think it would have helped you at the end.

But a good effort by Happy Valley.

Great game, you guys.

It's always a pleasure to have you guys here.

Sorry you can't stick around longer because Roane County has pulled ahead to win.

It was close to the halftime.

We were worried about maybe going into a tiebreaker round, but Roane County has pulled on to now advance to the educated.

Hey, congratulations you guys.

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

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My name is Frank Murphy.

Thank you for watching.

Tennessee Scholar's Bowl 2025.