Thank you for watching Tennessee Scholar's Bowl I'm Frank Murphy.

This is our 41st season of the high school academic tournament, 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, a smart 16 round game between Halls and Temple Baptist Academy of Powell and let's say hi to those players first, beginning with Emily Dixon.

Hey, you're Emily, you're a junior this year.

Tell us about yourself.

Yes.

I'm on the varsity girls volleyball team and basketball team.

Are you any good?

I like to think somewhat.

And what's so much fun about that for you?

Which do you prefer?

Maybe.

I probably prefer volleyball, but I like both, so.

Oh, good.

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

Sophomore Micah Vixella is back.

Micah.

Welcome back.

Good to see you again.

Tell us about you.

Well, I'm of Asian descent, and I love Shiba Inus.

What's that?

Shiba.

Shiba inu?

What does that mean?

It's a dog breed.

If you're familiar with the cryptocurrency Dogecoin, that is the dog that's featured on it.

I did not know that.

Well, we should write a question about that.

That's an excellent.

Yes.

I had no idea.

Thank you very much.

Team captain is junior Parker.

Kelly.

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

What about you?

What's new with you?

I play on the, soccer team, and I like to watch football.

Are you any good?

No.

I mean at watching football.

I'm good watching football.

Yeah.

And, you're talking about college pro, college and NFL.

Yeah.

Oh, nice.

All right.

Do you go to games in person?

Yeah.

I've been to a Tennessee Volunteers game.

Nice.

Good.

We also got freshman E.J.

more.

Zach with us.

E.J., welcome.

Tell us about yourself.

Hi.

My name is E.J.

Marzouk, and my favorite NFL team is the Minnesota Vikings.

Really?

Why is that?

Well, my grandpa's from Minnesota, so he passed it down to my dad.

So my dad passed down to me.

So it's kind of a generational thing.

Well, that happened to me too.

At least two probably, maybe more Minnesota Vikings who live here in Knoxville.

Yes, sir.

And a judge, Tim Irwin and, Harrison Smith.

It's a. Yeah.

Have you ever met him?

My mom actually works with the judge sometimes, so that's pretty cool.

That's another good reason to cheer for the Vikings.

And in case it helps your mom at work, that's fantastic.

Let's say hi to the alternates and coaches for Temple Baptist.

We've got Kenyon Padgett, Micah Moreland, and Evan Cook.

And that's actually Principal Dan Webber who is here today in place of Coach Jessica Sexton.

So we appreciate that level of support from temple taking on a squad from Halls High School.

Let's say hi first to Levi Dooley who's in 11th grade.

What about you Eli.

Tell us about yourself.

My favorite Greek column is ionic.

So really.

Okay.

And, you know, you have to think about the difference for a second.

I have to picture it now.

Yeah.

Let's see anything else with you?

I mean, no, that's my first spend a lot of time on that one, I love it.

Let's say hi to 12th grader Amanda Lane.

Hi, Amanda.

Welcome.

Tell us about yourself.

Hi.

My favorite kind of curriculum is, composite.

Really?

Okay, that's that one you have to show me.

I can only think of three of the composite is in between Ionic and Corinthian.

So it's a little fancier than I am, but not as fancy.

All right, now I I think I've got a picture of that.

Sophia Elkins is team captain.

So, Sophia, you're going to answer bonuses or defer?

I know my favorite is historic, all right, because less is more.

And I like the simplicity of a Doric column.

All right, I like that.

Don't forget to answer bonuses, or defer to a teammate.

Right.

There's only one left for Joe Adkins who's in 11th grade.

Let's see if he takes it.

Might as well.

My favorite great column is Corinthian, with the leaves and everything because it's so beautiful.

All right.

Tastic.

Well, thank you guys.

I appreciate the coordinated effort.

Let's say hi to the alternates and coach for Halls High School.

We've got Olivia Price, Sarah Brown, Ella Wolfe, Ty Davis and Morgan Humphries, joined by coach Tim Reeves, who teaches European history, obviously about columns and geography to the gang.

And also a very, very nice all right players, you all had to win your way multiple times to get here.

You know how it works.

Toss ups worth ten bonuses worth 20.

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

This smart 16 round game of Tennessee Scholar's Bowl 2025 toss up in vocabulary.

What is the 11 letter word beginning with ESP that refers to someone who spends money freely and in an irresponsible way.

So spendthrift is right.

Vocabulary.

Bonus noun the phrase chicken out, which is a familiar way to say lose one's nerve, is an example of what 13 letter word beginning with C carries.

Okay, cowardice, cowardice.

It's an example of a colloquialism.

Now spell colloquialism.

Answer.

Defer to Amanda.

C o q u I a I s m. Well, there's an extra o there in the middle.

Let's see.

Follow.

And then what you said.

So, no points on the bonus toss up.

Now, in geography, what line divides the Earth into the eastern and western hemispheres at mica Prime meridian, a zero degrees longitude is correct.

And the geography bonus named four of the seven countries between Mexico and Colombia that make up Central America.

Answer.

Nicaragua, Guatemala and Ecuador.

Two of those are correct.

so you get ten points for those.

It's Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Panama, Costa Rica, Guatemala and Nicaragua.

Ten points.

Toss up.

Now, in physics, what is the term in the process of rainbow formation for the splitting of white light into its constituent mica, refraction into its constituent colors due to different wavelengths being refracted at slightly different angles.

Chance to steal hulls.

Levi presumption.

Well, dispersion is the term I was describing in more detail.

Toss up an algebra what is three fourths raised to the negative two power?

Amanda 16 over nine is right.

Algebra is your bonus.

Give it the factors of 16 y squared -169.

UConn is 13.

I defer to Amanda.

For y plus 13 and for y -13.

Those are both right for 20 plus up.

Now in art, what is the term for the person who poses for an artist?

A subject need more than that.

Chen.

Steel halls.

Amanda subject model.

The person has to take the action of modeling.

So yeah, I have to take that as opposed to a still life.

visual arts bonus.

Now for Hall's take a look at the screens, please.

Who is the director shown here, whose psycho was seen as a major departure from his previous film, North by Northwest.

Although both films, along with Rear Window, are considered to be among his best work.

Alfred Hitchcock Alfred Hitchcock is right for 20 tossup in literature.

What is the title of Reginald Rose's 1954 television script about the jury of a homicide trial that was later adapted?

12 Angry Men, I'm Called on You Yet?

It was later adapted for a film and for the stage.

Michael 12 Angry Men is the answer and the literature bonus.

Now, who wrote the novels?

Death on the Nile, the ABC Murders and The Murder of Roger Ackroyd.

Stephen King, that was Agatha Christie.

No points on the bonus tossup in US history.

Who was Helen Keller's teacher?

Micah and Frank Norwich.

You can steal horse.

Sophia Smith Sutton it was.

And Sullivan.

No points.

Toss up in biology, what is the name for a group of platypuses?

Sophia Platt pie.

Not it.

You can steal temple.

A group of platypus or a group of platypuses.

It's called a paddle.

A paddle of platypuses.

Toss up in astronomy.

What is the brightest star seen in the night sky?

In the northern mica?

What is Joe Polaris now?

Sirius is where we're going with that.

The brightest star in the night sky in the northern hemisphere.

No points there.

Toss up in religion by number of chapters and total number of verses.

What book with 150 chapters is the longest?

Meadow Psalms in the Bible and a religion bonus in the book of Exodus.

What is the bread like substance that God provided the Israelites in the wilderness?

Manna is right for 20.

Toss up in spelling a word meaning not moving is stationary.

Spell stationary Micah state I o and a r y is correct and a spelling bonus for temple ventriloquism is the art of producing vocal sounds that appear to come from another source spell ventriloquism.

Yes, it.

Answer v e n t r I l I q u I s Except there's an o between the l in the cutes.

Ventriloquism.

So no points on the bonus toss up.

In economics, what is the term for a tax on imported goods like a tariff?

Correct economics.

Bonus.

What country's currency is the ruble?

Russia.

Correct for ten.

What country's currency is the rupiah?

India.

That one is actually Indonesia.

Rupee.

This is rupiah.

Indonesia.

Toss up in geology.

What classification of rock is limestone like sedimentary and correct geology.

Bonus.

The peak of Mount Chimborazo is the farthest point from Earth's center due to its location along the planet's equatorial bulge.

In what country?

I'm not sure.

Africa.

That one is Ecuador.

No points there.

Toss up in math.

Add the numbers three and nine square the result, and then divide by six.

What is the final result?

Egypt 24 is right.

Math bonus.

Now for temple.

A store has a sale discount of 30% off an item priced at $60 at checkout.

Another 20% is discounted.

What is the items final price before sales tax?

2530 answer $36.

It's $33.60.

No points there.

Toss up now in music, who was the 19th century Polish composer renowned for virtuosic Joe Chopin piano compositions?

Music bonus.

Which singer songwriter became the first solo artist to reach the UK top 10 in 6 separate decades thanks to his 2021 hit Cold Heart that interpolated lyrics from Rocketman and featured Dua Lipa as guest vocalist.

Elton John go Elton John is right for 20 points.

Toss up in English what is the tense of the verb?

In the following sentence?

I will have worn 60 different future.

Let me read it.

For the rest of them.

I will have worn 60 different ties by the end of this season.

Chance to steal has.

Amanda past its future.

Perfect.

I will have worn toss up now in history, Tenochtitlan was the capital of which empire?

Levi.

The Aztec empire.

Right.

And a world history bonus.

Who was the fifth century BCE Chinese sage and social philosopher who deeply influenced East Asia over 20 centuries by emphasizing personal and governmental morality?

Confucius is right for 20 plus up in science.

The University of Tennessee became famous for pioneering research on human decomposition when Doctor William Bass Levi The Body Farm Correct.

science Bonus, who published his influential Systema nature in 1735, classifying the natural world into three kingdoms animal, vegetable and mineral, and included humans within the animal kingdom.

Darwin time Darwin.

Yeah, that was Linnaeus back in 1735.

Toss up.

In geography.

The ports of Kanazawa, Akita and Vladivostok are all on what body of water up the cold sea.

Now that you can steal hulls, Levi.

The Black Sea that's there on the Sea of Japan.

Toss up in foreign language.

What is the Roman numeral for 224?

A cc x x It's almost got it.

It's cc x IV.

Can't give it to you.

Toss up in sports what is considered the greatest cycling event in the world.

So tour de France, right.

And the sports bonus.

What is the team name for the athletic program at the University of Pennsylvania?

Do the coal miners.

Those are the Quakers.

And you don't have time for the rest of the question.

So, no points on the bonus.

Halls is trying to beat Temple Baptist.

One of these two teams will advance to the round of the Educated eight, and we'll find out who is going to be coming up after the break.

Tennessee's 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 Temple Baptist Academy of Powell and Hall's high school.

Right now, halls has a lead, but anything can happen in our second half of play.

It's not an insurmountable lead, and we'll see what happens when Temple Baptist brings their alternate into the game.

The other Micah, let's say hi to freshman Micah Moreland.

So we got two.

Micah's over there.

Well, what about you, Micah?

Tell us about yourself.

I'm on the soccer team.

Any good?

I don't really know.

You enjoy it, though.

I do.

And what else do you do?

I play violin.

Really?

or do you play classical or do you play jazz?

I mean, you can play anything on violin.

Really?

Anything?

Yeah, yeah.

All right.

Well, good.

I don't you pursue that.

That's the only a freshman.

So you got a lot of time ahead of you yet.

All right, let's get back to it.

Everybody.

Fingers on the buzzer for Tennessee scholar's Bowl 2025 pops up for all players in government.

What type of federal laws such as the Sherman Act prohibit, quote, combinations in restraint of trade?

Micah.

Antitrust laws is correct.

And a government bonus on the 36th ballot of the 1801 contingent election in the House of Representatives, Thomas Jefferson finally won the presidency, over which former New York Senator who had been nominated as Jefferson's running mate.

Aaron Burr is right for 20 points.

Tossup now in health, which ancient Greek philosopher and scientist is considered the founder of comparative mica?

Hippocrates, Incorrect.

founder of comparative anatomy.

A chance to steal horse.

Levi.

Galen.

That one is Aristotle.

Toss up now in geometry, if a rectangles perimeter is 54 and its length is 14, what is its width?

Micah nine.

No.

You can steal hulls.

The buzzer already sound.

13 is the answer.

I can't give it to you.

Toss up in art.

What type of oil is the main ingredient in artists?

Oil paint?

Levi linseed is right.

And an art bonus.

Now, what is the last name of the French painter who painted Olympia and the railway?

Oh, he answer Monet.

That one is Manet.

What is the last name of the French painter famous for water lilies?

Monet.

Monet?

That one is Monet.

Ten points tossup in literature who is mourned as the lost love.

And Edgar Allan Poe's poem The Raven.

Lenore, right, and a literature bonus.

What novel includes the characters King Louis, Bagheera and Mowgli?

The Jungle Book is right for ten.

Who wrote it?

Kipling deferred it like a Richard Kipling.

Yeah, Rudyard is right.

I will take that 20 points tossup in U.S. history.

What practice did 19th century abolitionists seek to abolish?

Slavery is right.

And a visual arts bonus.

Take a look at the screens, please.

What advocate shown here gave one of the most famous women's rights and abolitionist speeches of all time at the Women's Rights Convention in Ohio in 1851.

Sojourner truth write for ten.

What was her famous speech called?

I defer to Levi.

I am a woman.

No, it's ain't I. Oh, wow.

That's important.

Ten points on the bonus toss up in chemistry.

What is the chemical formula for calcium carbonate?

The main ingredient in some chewable antacids.

Miche K Clowe.

For now, you can steal hulls.

Joe CAC for its CAC oh three no points.

Their tossup in economics.

Which online retailer has created more U.S. jobs in the last decade than any other?

Levi Amazon right.

economics bonus now, thanks to the end of a two year drought in Spain resulting in a stronger harvest, record high prices are expected to drop as supplies rise of what common ingredient in Mediterranean cuisine that is also used to fry foods as a salad dressing and in religious rituals, oil, olive oil, olive oil.

Right for 20.

Toss up now in miscellaneous.

What is Tennessee's state beverage?

Mica milk.

Correct.

And a miscellaneous bonus.

What is the Tennessee state tree to defend America?

Tulip poplar.

Correct.

What is Tennessee's state commercial fish?

I don't know.

A coin that one is the channel catfish.

Ten points on the bonus tossup in foreign language.

What is the Spanish word for 11?

Joe Unsay.

Yes, and a foreign language.

Bonus.

What is the English translation for the Spanish question?

Donde esta la class?

The English where is the English?

Where is the English class is right for 20 tossup.

Now in geography, what is the only country in the world with three capitals?

Mica.

South Africa.

Correct.

And a geography bonus.

DACA is the capital of what country?

That is located in the delta of the Padma and Jamuna rivers, in the northeastern part of the Indian subcontinent, and is one of the most densely populated countries in the world.

India.

That one is Bangladesh.

No points.

Toss up.

Now in science, what is the common piece of laboratory glassware consisting of a finger like length test tube?

Yeah, of glass or clear plastic.

And a visual bonus.

Now for halls.

Take a look at the screens.

Oh, what term is used to describe the natural movement of particles from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration due to random molecular motion dispersion okay.

Dispersion.

Should I install this dispersion?

Dispersion okay dispersion that one is diffusion.

No points.

Toss up.

Now in math what base ten number is represented by the base five number for two three.

Like a 20 that you can steal hauls.

Joe 42.30.

It's 113.

No points.

Toss up in games.

What card shedding type game manufactured by Mattel is similar to the game Micah Uno.

Krazy eight games bonus.

First released in late 2004.

What was the name of Sony's first handheld game console?

The PSP?

Yeah, standing for a PlayStation portable.

That's right.

20 toss up in vocabulary necklace is to bead as mosaic is to what Joe tile right.

And a vocabulary bonus what nine letter word starting with O means very unpleasant or rude, highly objectionable or offensive.

Obnoxious.

Obnoxious is correct for 20 plus up in U.S. history.

What state was organized between 1784 and 1788 with a constitution and a governor, but never allowed to actually become a state?

Micah Franklin is right.

And the history bonus which two states were added to the Union during the Civil War?

California and West Virginia.

Ten points for West Virginia.

Nevada is the other one.

Toss up.

Now, in biology, a sarcomere is the basic structural unit of which type of tissue.

To plant tissue.

Now that you can seal temple.

Like a heart.

It's a muscle tissue.

No points.

Toss up.

Now in sports.

In American football, how many points are awarded for a field goal, Joe?

Three.

And a sports bonus.

Because the roof of Tropicana Field was damaged by Hurricane Milton, the Tampa Bay rays will play their 2025 home games at George Steinbrenner Field in Tampa, which is the spring training facility for what American League team?

Pretty sure answer the Dolphins no.

The New York Yankees would play at Steinbrenner Field.

Toss up now in religion, which gospel writer is also thought to be the author of the acts of the apostles?

Micah.

Luke.

Right.

Religion bonus according to the four Gospels, what is the name of the site where Jesus was crucified that is just outside Jerusalem's walls and translates to the place of the skull?

Golgotha is right for 20 tossup in literature.

What is the title of the Arthur Miller play that takes place during the Salem The Crucible?

Salem witch trials.

Literature bonus which animals were more equal than others?

According to George Orwell's literary work Animal Farm, Pigs and Animal Farm, what was the name of the pig who led the rebellion?

Napoleon.

It's Napoleon.

No, it's not, it's Napoleon.

Napoleon is right.

For 20 tossup in government, many scientists say the best site for the permanent burial of high level nuclear waste is Yucca mountain.

Located in what state?

Latrobe, Nevada.

Right.

And a government bonus, which for states allowed women to vote before 1900.

Oh, Kansas.

Teachers in Oregon.

Answer.

Kansas, Oregon.

California and, new Jersey.

Well, none of those are it.

But it's Wyoming, Colorado, Utah and Idaho.

No points.

Tossup.

In astronomy, the Big Dipper is part of what constellation?

Joe.

Ursa major.

Correct astronomy bonus.

What are the four smallest planets in our solar system?

Smallest Mercury.

Smallest 30 than Mercury.

Us.

Answer I defer to Joe, Mercury, Mars, Venus and Earth.

All four of those are correct for 20 tossup in Pre-Calculus.

In the first quadrant of the unit circle.

If the cosine of an angle is one over two, what is the measure of the angle formed?

Amanda 60 degrees?

Yes.

Or pi over three radians.

We also would have taken pre-calc bonus in calculus.

What is the process of combining infinitesimal data to describe displacement, area, volume, and other concepts?

I don't know terminology for math.

I think.

The principle that one is integration, and that is also the end of the game.

No point in reading the next question.

Halls is held on to win against an excellent team from Temple Baptist Academy.

We appreciate you guys being here and you've had so many underclassmen on the squad.

I know you're going to come back next year and do real well again.

And congratulations for making it this far into our tournament to the round of the smart 16.

Meanwhile, Hall's congratulations to you guys.

You now advance to the educated eight.

We're looking forward to seeing you again on Scholar's Bowl.

You, of course, can keep track of all of our players and all of our teams by never missing an episode, setting your DVRs, and binge watching past seasons online using the PBS app.

My name is Frank Murphy.

Thank you for watching Tennessee's Scholar's Bowl 2025.