Thank you for watching Tennessee Scholar's Bowl.

I'm Frank Murphy.

This is the high school academic tournament.

In its 41st season with teams from all over the region competing for the Frank Miller Memorial Trophy and a cash prize.

Today we have a third round game.

We were in the round of the smart 16, and it's Harding Valley Academy from West Knox County versus South Greene High School from Greenville, Tennessee.

We're delighted that all these players are here.

They had to win twice to get this far into the competition.

So let's see how we're doing by saying hi to the players from HVA, starting with Ryan Moon who's in 12th grade this year.

Ryan, welcome back.

Tell us about yourself.

Hello.

One fun fact about me is that my Hogwarts house is Ravenclaw rave.

I wouldn't have picked that.

I thought everybody was Gryffindor because of Harry Potter.

I didn't know you're a Ravenclaw, Apparently I which one is that?

That's the.

It's the.

Honestly, I have no idea.

Oh, okay.

And I've seen all the movies.

I just I just can't name a Ravenclaw off the top of my head.

All right, let's say hi to Brock.

Can answer.

Hey, Brock.

Welcome back.

Tell us about you.

Hello.

I my Hogwarts house actually is Gryffindor.

Oh, okay.

So can you name one of the other ones that he just said?

Ravenclaw.

Yeah.

I mean, the students from that one.

No, they're from the movies.

Yeah, sure.

I think your name is like Luna.

Okay.

All right.

Good.

So close.

That's funny, because Ryan's last name is moon.

Oh.

Interesting one, not modern Italian.

Very well done.

And you're in 12th grade this year.

Okay?

Yes, sir.

It's a great, team captain, is Zeno Hudson.

Zeno.

Welcome back.

Good to see you wearing your Scholar's Bowl shirt again.

Appreciate that.

A different one, actually, than last time you were here.

And you're an 11th grade team captain.

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

What about yourself?

Hi.

I'm actually also a raven cloth.

Oh, okay.

So what does that mean?

Raven cloth, like, supposed to be the intelligent.

Oh, okay.

Well, that's.

I'm glad we had.

I now know that.

Well, fantastic.

We're delighted to have you.

And also we have 11th grader Zoe Christy.

Welcome.

So you got the giggles this morning.

What, what's going on with you?

Not much.

I do have to say, though.

I am a Slytherin.

Oh, now, that one's the green.

One that the bad guys I'll go to.

Right.

I don't I agree with that characterization, but, I mean, yeah, in the movie where all the bad guys come from Slytherin house.

Yeah, but I'm not a bad guy, so I don't know what to tell you.

All right, let's say hi to the alternate and coaches for Hardin Valley Academy.

We've got some of your not the want.

Joined by coaches.

Nicholas dela Santos, who teaches social studies, and Nancy Bush, who teaches science to the Hawks at HVA, taken on a squad from South Greene High School.

We're delighted to have you guys back to let's say hi to sophomore Gavin Dyer.

Gavin, hi.

Tell us about yourself.

I like to play sports with my friends and family and.

Yeah.

What kind of sports do you play?

Baseball.

Football.

Some, mostly basketball, but I'm down to beat anybody in anything.

Well, great.

Do you play against any of these guys on the squad here?

Occasionally.

Good.

Okay, let's say hi to James Blankenship, who is a senior.

What about you, James?

Man, I'm here to have fun.

Good.

All times.

I'm a sucker for nostalgia recently.

Oh, okay.

Now, for me, nostalgia is probably quite a bit older than nostalgia for you.

I'm dying to know what is historic for someone who's a senior in high school.

I've been rewatching some old movies, including, like, Jurassic Park.

Even rewatched Harry Potter not too long ago.

Oh, so the 90s, basically.

Okay, the 90s and early 2000.

Yeah, fantastic.

Let's say hi to team captain Benji Morgan and Benji as team captain.

You'll answer bonuses or defer.

What about yourself?

It's been spent on my Sunday's sermon, and the kids met in church.

Oh.

That's great, that's great.

Is that something you might pursue after school, too?

After after high school and college?

Maybe not as a career, but I'll probably continue to help in some kind of volunteer way.

Yeah.

That's fantastic, I love it.

And that's up in, near near your high school or where abouts?

The church meets in my high school, actually.

Oh, no kidding.

Okay, let's add a sophomore, Aiden Hawke.

And Aiden.

You're going to.

I guess you're right.

You're the younger one on the team, right?

What about yourself?

I'm in Boy Scouts.

Yeah.

And how far have you made it so far in Boy Scouts?

So far more tenderfoot.

I joined a few years ago.

Okay, well, that's as far as I made it to.

So I'm sure you'll do better than me, because all you have to do is make it one more level and you'll beat me.

Okay, fantastic.

Let's say hi to the alternates and coaches for South Green High School.

We've got Noah Case, Trevor Greg, Nate Carter, Brenna Wilhite, and coaches Madison Barclay, who teaches English three, and Sean Jones, who teaches US history.

We're also delighted to have a very special guest with us in studio today.

Jillian to Chico is an undergraduate admissions counselor at Lincoln Memorial University.

We're very thankful to LMU for their continued support of Scholar's Bowl this season.

All right, players, you all know how it works.

You have to win twice to get here.

We've got toss ups worth ten.

Bonus is worth 20.

Get your fingers on the buzzer for this third round game.

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

What is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar observed by Muslims worldwide?

Zainab and then, yeah, as a month of fasting, prayer, reflection and community religion bonus for Hidden Valley.

What is the last book of the New Testament of the Bible?

Nations portrayed as Abby.

Revelations.

It's singular and I will bring you on the a revelation.

Who is believed to have written the book of revelation.

John.

Different.

Ryan.

John is correct.

Ten points on the bonus tossup.

Now, in literature in which Edgar Allan Poe story does an old man's oddly clouded eye lead to murder?

Benjy, the Tell-Tale heart is right, and a bonus in literature.

What American novel begins as follows.

The Cold past reluctantly from the Earth and the retiring fogs revealed an army stretched out on the hills, resting.

Answer.

That's from the Red Badge of Courage.

But you can get points for telling me who wrote it.

That was Stephen Crane.

No points on the bonus tossup for all players in math.

How many hours are there from 9 p.m. to 10 a.m.?

Benjy, 13 is correct.

And a visual bonus.

Now for South Green.

Take a look at the screens.

Given that y varies inversely to x, if y equals 16, when x equals five, find x when y equals eight.

So.

D. 13.

Now in that case x equals ten plus it.

Now in physics what 11 letter word beginning with e refers to a state in which opposing forces or influence are balanced.

Benjy equilibrium is right.

Physics is your bonus.

What phenomenon scatters a light beam by suspended particles in a gas or liquid?

Refraction.

We're looking for the Tyndall effect.

They're toss up now in U.S. history during Theodore Roosevelt's administration in 1907, which state became the 46th admitted to the Union?

Zoe, South Dakota not it.

You can steal South Green.

In North Dakota, how was Oklahoma plus open vocabulary.

Finish this phrase.

The pen is mightier than the Zoe sword, right?

And a vocabulary bonus.

A Khrushchev verbal list is someone skilled at creating or solving what, like word puzzles?

What?

Yeah, crossword puzzles is correct for 20 points.

Tossup.

Now in astronomy on December 14th, 1972, Gene Cernan became the last Apollo astronaut to do what?

Zoe walk on the moon is right.

And then astronomy bonus League no set, which was built by Japanese researchers, flown to the International Space Station on a space mission and deployed into Earth's orbit in 2024, is the world's first satellite made of what renewable substance?

It's a renewable substance with some kind of carbon.

Yeah, that's what I was going to.

Answer carbon.

It's made out of wood.

Toss up in biology.

Even though they are not reptiles.

What amphibians are sometimes called spring lizards in the southern Appalachians, broke frogs?

No.

You can steal South green.

Angie.

Salamanders is right in a biology bonus, sea cucumbers are Aquino germs from the same phylum of marine animals.

That includes sea urchins and what creature?

That is illustrated as a cartoon character named Patrick.

Starfish is right.

Starfish or sea star.

20 points plus up in government.

Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution changed the date of assuming the office?

Zoe 20th right from of president from March 4th to January 20th and a government bonus now which jurisdictions citizens were able to vote in presidential elections after the passage of the 23rd amendment.

D.C. District of Columbia is right for 20 tossup and miscellaneous.

What is the smallest country in the world?

James.

Andorra.

On it.

You can steal Zoe.

The Vatican City Vatican City is the right answer.

And a visual bonus.

Now What is the name that was coined by a Puerto Rican comedian of the blood sucking creature in Latin American folklore, illustrated here, that was first reported after eight sheep were killed in 1995.

Yeah, maybe defer to Zoe a chip a copra is right for 20 tossup now in foreign language.

What is the English translation of the Spanish phrase chaos?

Sociedade sprog.

What is the city?

Correct.

In a foreign language?

Bonus.

What is the Spanish phrase for credit card rhetoric?

Critical C deferred.

Brook Tarjeta de Crédito is correct for 20 points.

Tossup now in algebra, what is 27 raised to the two thirds power?

Ryan nine.

Right.

And an algebra bonus.

What are the two?

Is solutions of the equation absolute value of four x minus eight equals 24.

Answer page and -8.8 is right.

But negative four is the other one ten points on the bonus tossup.

Now in chemistry what is the simplest carbon containing molecule with one carbon atom and four hydrogen atoms?

Brian.

Methane.

Yes I'm in chemistry bonus now for Hardin Valley.

If uranium 238 releases one alpha particle via radioactive decay, what is the atomic mass of the remaining product?

I think it's 90.

Do you think it's 96?

Okay with defer to Brock 96.

Now you only take away for it's 234.

Toss up.

Now in geography, what is the capital of the Republic of Austria?

Zeno.

Vienna.

Yes, I'm in geography.

Bonus.

What is the largest country in Africa by area in Algeria?

Algeria.

Right for ten.

What is the largest country in North America?

By area?

Yeah.

Different.

Zoe, Canada is correct.

20 points on the bonus tossup.

Now in architecture, what is the term for an architectural illustration depicting a building's exterior baroque blueprint?

Now that you can steal South Green.

Dingy plan that depicting the exterior.

It's called the elevation tossup in spelling to accentuate means to stress or emphasize spell Saint of Assisi e and t u a t is correct.

Now a spelling bonus two parts spelled Taurus as in the constellation and zodiac sign.

It's this s. Yeah, yeah.

What's your answer to?

You are U.S. correct now spell Taurus as in a donut shaped object, but t o r I.

Yes, that's that's right.

Answer to rock t stories.

Oh, it's just torus.

Ten points on the bonus plus up now in history, what was the first capital of the unified kingdom of Upper and Lower Egypt?

Zoe Memphis is right.

History bonus.

Now in 2024, archeologists using aerial lidar or light detection and ranging equipment in the Mexican state of Campeche have found thousands of never before seen structures belonging to what civilization that lived there from of about 1000 BC to 1500 A.D.. That's one of those.

Plans B lower the Aztecs.

It was the Maya.

No points on the bonus tossup now in health.

What colorless liquid, abbreviated as CSF cushions and protects the brain and spinal cord.

Benjie.

Cerebrospinal fluid is right.

Health is your bonus.

The surgery to repair a torn ulnar collateral ligament inside the elbow by replacing it with a tendon from elsewhere in the body is named after what Major League Baseball pitcher who played for 13 seasons before having a surgery, and another 13 seasons after the successful surgery.

Deferred a Kevin.

Tommy John is correct 20 points.

Tossup.

In economics, the sale of spinach greens soared 33%.

So by because of my eating habits.

Economics bonus.

If $500 is deposited into a savings account that pays a fixed interest rate of 2% compounded annually, how long would it take for the money to double in value?

50 years.

How much?

50 years.

Now it's only 36 years.

That's a lot of math to have to do in one second.

So that is the end of our first half of play.

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

Right now Hardin Valley's got a lead, but Seth Green has a chance to catch up.

More action coming up after the break on 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 March 16th round game between Hardin Valley Academy of West Knox County and South Green High School of Greenville, Tennessee.

Hardin Valley is running up a bit of a lead, but anything can happen in our second half of play.

South green has brought multiple alternates into the game as they try to catch up, but so has Hardin Valley.

They've got wow, they're one alternate with us and say hi once again to Samir, not the one.

Samir, welcome back to the show.

Good to see you again.

Going up to hey, Frank.

So I, I wanted to let you know that my Hogwarts house is also Ravenclaw.

Okay.

And so what does that mean?

Luna Lovegood is the only one that we were able to come up with during the first half.

Who's the Ravenclaw that I might remember?

I was thinking about it.

Cho Chang was also, All right, that's one more.

Fair enough.

Okay.

Thank you very much for that.

That tip in, I needed that, on the other side, we've got three alternates from South Green.

Let's say hi first to 10th grader Brenna Willhite.

Hey, Brenna.

Welcome back.

Tell us about you.

I guess a lot about me is I really like to bake and hang out with my friends.

And what's the best thing to bake?

Banana bread?

You're right.

Now, I've made it all my life.

I say I made banana bread, except for replacing the bananas with figs.

It becomes fig bread, and it's fantastic.

I recommend that highly.

Let's say hi to Trevor.

Greg, who is in 10th grade.

What about you, Trevor?

What do you like?

I take care of my niece on the weekends, and it just makes my week sometimes.

Really?

How old is she?

He's one and a half.

Oh, my gosh.

So you're.

That's fantastic.

And how much time do get to spend with her?

Every, hours, hours a day?

Almost every weekend.

About all day.

That's fantastic.

Well, it's great that you're able to support your family and your brother and or sister who has the baby.

That's great.

Let's say hi also to Noah Case, who is in 10th grade.

What about you, Noah?

I enjoy running.

I do, cross-country and track.

For South Green.

Did I ask you this last time about your best events?

I believe you did.

All right, but I don't remember them, so please tell me again.

I do the 800m, which is, one of my favorites.

And then I do the, four by 800 relay, as well as the, 4x4 hundred.

Outstanding.

All right, well, we're glad to have you here.

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

With your fingers on the buzzer for Tennessee scholar's Bowl, 2025.

Toss up in foreign language.

What is the Italian word for milk that is used in English when ordering an espresso with milk?

Benjie.

Latte is right.

And a foreign language.

Bonus.

What two word phrase that literally translates to lost bread is used to order French toast in French.

Answer.

Lost bread is pant peel.

Do Toss up.

Now, in geometry, what is the sum of degrees of the exterior angles of a dodecahedron?

Benji 360.

Right.

geometry.

Bonus if a circle's circumference is 28 pi.

What is the area of that same circle in terms of pi?

Answer 196.

Pi is right.

20 points.

Tossup.

In geology, which precious gem is the birthstone for September?

Benjy.

Ruby.

Not it.

You can steal Harden Valley.

Samir.

Diamond.

Sapphire.

Is it no points.

Tossup in government.

Which branch of the U.S. government can deny the president the use of executive privilege?

Zoe.

The executive branch.

Not it.

You can steal South Green.

Angie.

Judicial is right.

Government bonus.

which for U.S. presidents served their entire term without a vice president.

Answer.

Andrew Johnson, Martin Van Buren, John Quincy Adams, and, George Bush.

You get five points for Andrew Johnson.

The others are John Tyler, Millard Fillmore, and Chester, a Arthur Sports tossup, which is the only NFL team to win the Super Bowl after having gone undefeated in the regular season and playoffs.

Some ERA Miami Dolphins yes, right in 1972 and now name as your bonus, namely two NBA franchises based in Florida.

Miami Heat defer to Samir, Miami Heat and Orlando Magic both right for 20 points.

Toss up now in English, what is the term for verbs that do not follow the normal patterns for tense and past?

Zoe irregular verbs participle.

Right.

And now an English bonus.

Take a look at the screen.

Harden Valley using either accept or accept.

Spell the word that correctly fills the blank in the sentence shown here.

The Civic Coliseum does not.

Blank cash empty.

Do you spell it or you might as well.

Sure defer to Brock.

Accept is right 20 points tossup in chemistry and iron with a charge of negative one that contains ten electrons.

Has what atomic number?

Benjy 12.

Not it.

You can steal Harden Valley Xanadu nine.

Right.

And a chemistry bonus.

In 2024, the U.S. Air Force announced it is seeking novel approaches to generate power at its bases, including the electrolysis of water to separate the molecules and use which element as a green fuel.

Yeah, oxygen.

Maybe hydrogen is right for 20 points.

Tossup in science.

In which layer of atmosphere are the jet streams located?

Benjy thermosphere not it.

You can steal our valley.

Dana troposphere.

Right.

And a science bonus.

What temperature in Fahrenheit is equal to -five degrees Celsius?

Okay, I think it's 20.

It's around like 25, 23, 23 is right 20 points.

Tossup in geography.

How many states border Missouri?

Zoe eight is right.

Now if your bonus list four of the states that border Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee.

Nebraska.

Kansas.

Iowa.

Kansas.

Answer.

Defer today.

Tennessee.

Arkansas.

Missouri.

Iowa.

Nebraska.

Well, I can only take your first four answers.

And you gave me Missouri as bordering itself, so I can't, can't accept that.

But you do get 15 points there for Arkansas, Iowa, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Illinois, Kansas, Nebraska and Tennessee are the eight tossup for all players in religion.

What religious movement of the 1500s led to Protestantism?

Protestant Reformation, yes, and a religion bonus.

Upon Japan's surrender at the end of World War two, Allied powers believed a constitutional form of government could not be put into place as long as the Japanese people considered the emperor to be the ultimate authority in what national religion.

Zen Buddhism, that is, Shintoism, which emperor was forced to renounce his divine status?

Answer.

Feudalism.

That was Hirohito.

No points on the bonus tossup in vocabulary.

What nine letter word beginning with T is a synonym for garrulous.

That's talkative.

Toss up in precalculus.

Finish the Trig identity.

One plus tangent squared equals.

Zeno.

Cosecant squared.

Not it.

You can steal South Greene.

the answer is second squared.

Toss up in biology.

What is the name for a group of porcupines?

Zoe a spine, not it.

You can steal South green.

A prickle of porcupines toss up in history.

Who succeeded Lenin as the leader of the Soviet Union in 1924?

Zoe Stalin, right, and a world history bonus who invented the vulcanization process that made possible the commercial use of rubber?

Oh.

Yeah.

Louis Pasteur, that's Charles Goodyear.

No points on the bonus tossup in art.

Which museum houses the Mona Lisa and Venus de Milo?

Benji live is right, among other treasures.

Visual bonus take a look at the screens.

Which French sculptor designed the statue, originally known as Liberty Enlightening the World, seen here.

Answer Louis Eiffel.

That was Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, who wrote The New Colossus, a sonnet which is mounted on a bronze plaque inside, the pedestal is lower level and begins with the line give me your tired, your poor.

That was written by Emma Lazarus.

Toss up now in spelling.

Spell the word reconnaissance, which is a military Benjie Rico and I see not at a military observation of a region reconnaissance gen still Hardin Valley.

General Rico Nagisa Anki is correct for ten and a spelling bonus spell approximation meaning close but not exact.

And you can do that.

It's x I right?

I think you do.

Yes.

No.

Yes.

Approximated n. That's right 20 points.

Tossup in technology, what term is used to describe individual with a presence on social media who use their platform to effect Zoe.

Influencer group opinions and behavior technology bonus for Hardin Valley during the 2023 actors strike, Keira Knightley said she was concerned about the rise in artificial intelligence and believed she needed to take steps to protect and possibly copyright.

What likeness?

Oh yeah, a face, her voice, maybe, like they said, face it specifically her face because of details.

Her face is right for 20 tossup in astronomy, which constellation?

That is one of the prominent features of the summer skies in the northern hemisphere has a name that is Latin for archer.

Zoe.

Orion.

That it you can steal Seth Green.

The archer is Sagittarius.

Plus in U.S. history, which of the 13 colonies refused to send a delegate to the Constitutional Convention?

Zoe, Georgia.

No.

You can steal South Beach.

Benji, South Carolina.

That was Rhode Island.

Toss up in foreign language.

What is the English translation of the French word aujourd'hui?

That means today, toss up in literature three films based on which book by Mario Puzo tell the story of the Corleone organized crime family.

I think the buzzer ended the game, but it was The Godfather in case, you didn't know.

All right, well, Hardin Valley has held on to win South Green.

What a delight to have you guys here.

We haven't had you on them, before on the show, for the season.

Right.

Relative newcomers, we look forward to having your underclassmen on the show for many years in the future.

So congratulations to you guys for making it this far into the tournament.

Meanwhile, Hardin Valley, some familiar territory for you guys to advance now to the round of the Educated eight and try to fight your way back to the championship game again this year.

So good luck to you in that we of course appreciate your watching every day and never missing an episode.

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My name is Frank Murphy.

Thank you for watching Tennessee Scholar's Bowl 2025.