Thank you for watching.

Tennessee scholar's bowl I'm Frank Murphy.

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

We're in our second round, our threshold of 32.

And today's game is Maryville High School versus Webb School of Knoxville.

And all these players had to win their way to get here.

And the winner of this game will advance to our round of the smart 16.

Let's say hi to the players from Maryville starting with 10th grader Alex Autry.

Welcome, Alex.

Tell us something about yourself.

I'm a delegate in model UN, and I represent China.

Yeah.

Do you get to switch around at all, or, you keep them for the whole school year?

We switch around, every conference.

All right.

We got a lot going on there.

Let's say hi to Andy Nee, who's also in 10th grade.

Do I remember correctly that you're also in model UN?

Yes.

And, what about yourself?

Tell.

So I'm.

And I participate in the school science bowl.

In quiz bowl.

Oh, is that harder?

Quiz bowl.

The questions are tend to be longer.

Yeah.

Which one's better?

Scholars bowl or crisp bowl.

I want to say scholars bowl.

Yes that's right.

There's only one correct answer to that question.

So be right.

We've also got team captain is Skyler Lawson, who's in 12th grade.

You're gonna answer bonuses or defer by name to a teammate like the brilliant Andy next to you.

Tell us more about yourself.

Hi, Frank.

I'm also in model U.N., and I also am representing China.

Oh, really?

And to answer the question that you asked, Alex, my heat is my most heated debate recently was at Vollmann, and there is a question about a, meatball launcher from Italy.

So that was Andy Rivers in Italy, and he was not the delegate to the Me launcher.

All right, well, that sounds fun.

All right.

Let's say can I also to Tori can answer Tori.

Welcome.

What about yourself?

I am in Girl Scouts.

I have also been a top seller for Girl Scout cookies in the county area in the past.

Okay, now in my opinion, there's one and only one correct answer as to the best Girl Scout cookie flavor.

And let's see if you're right.

My favorite was removed a couple years ago.

It was the Savannah smile.

Oh all right.

But of the current lineup, Samoas.

Thank you.

You are correct.

Oh okay.

Well I used to live out West and they, they're different that the cookies are different when you live in the US.

Cool.

All right.

Good to know that.

Let's say hi to the alternates and coach for Maryville High School starting with Zoe Dobra Rezvani Asher park Maddie McGinnis and Connor Fowler.

Dwayne joined by coach doctor Corey DeHart, who teaches physics to the rebels at Merrillville, taking on the Spartans of Webb School.

Let's say hi first to junior Nolan Humphrey.

Welcome back.

Nolan, tell us about yourself.

I play chess, and I, am participating in theater.

When you play chess, is that is your school have a team or just a club?

Our school has a chess like club and team, though.

We don't I we either don't have meetings that often, or I just, like, am not that where I am.

Well, that's a good answer, but do you play chess at home then?

Yeah, I do play chess at home.

Online or.

And you have an actual authentic chess set.

It.

I mostly play online, but I do have a couple of chess sets at my house.

Well.

All right, well, that's a great, brilliant strategy game.

Let's say hi to Alexandra Nicole, who is a junior this year.

What about you, Alexandra?

I I'm a tennis player, and I'm a part of our wow network and broadcasting team.

And in tennis, how well does web beauty of your own courts on on campus, or do you have to go?

We have three indoor courts and who's the biggest rival when you is a Catholic high or some other body else you do you play against maybe Baylor.

Where are they?

There in Chattanooga.

Okay.

Very good.

Let's say hi to Daisy Howard, who is the team captain.

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

What about you?

So I am the captain of Websites Olympiad team, and I'm also, communications lead on a robotics team as well as drive coach for robotics.

So I think a fair question to ask is, which is better Science Olympiad or Scholar's Bowl?

They both have their merits.

I do like being on TV.

Oh, come on, Daisy, there's one answer.

Fine.

Okay.

If I had to pick, I guess I would say scholars.

Thank you.

And I'm happy to say that I appreciate that.

So let's say hi to Alex Callanan, who is a junior this year.

Alex.

Welcome back.

Tell us about yourself.

Hi.

I'm a, black belt in taekwondo and I am the team lead on the school robotics team.

Do I recall correctly that you have maybe a brother who played college ball and he also was a black belt?

Do you?

Who do you fight against when you're, Do I fight against.

Well, usually the other people in the class that day.

Okay.

But not your brother.

Yeah.

He's currently at college, and you should sneak up on him.

Okay.

Well, anyway, I think that's called assault.

Excellent.

Well, that's very good.

Let's say hi to the alternates and coach for web school.

First up is Isaac Laurie and then Kaiser Ramji.

And they are joined by coach Jenny Fields, who teaches Latin at Web.

You all had to win your way here.

You know how it works.

We've got toss ups worth ten bonuses worth 20 players.

Get your fingers on the buzzer for the second round game of Tennessee Scholar's Bowl 2025.

Toss up in vocabulary.

What?

Six letter word beginning with C means an indication of approval, carrying great prestige.

That is, cash, a toss up in geography.

What?

Tennessee City earned the nickname the Marble City because of its pink marble quarries.

Furry friends will not it?

You can steal Webb.

Daisy Knoxville is right.

And a geography bonus.

Now what?

U.S. city is nicknamed the gateway to the West.

Five Saint Saint Louis Saint Louis, Correct for ten what U.S. city is nicknamed the Motor City.

Detroit.

Yeah.

Detroit.

Also right.

20 on the bonus toss up in biology, what essential component gives plants cell walls their strength and resilience and cellulose correct in a biology bonus two parts.

What is a group of frogs called?

Hop on a hop.

It's an army of frogs.

How about this?

In addition to a herd and a memory, what does a group of elephants called?

The family, a family.

It's a parade of elephants.

Plus up in geometry.

In parallelogram a, b, c, d. If angle A has a measure of 50 degrees, what is the measure of angle D and a 50?

No chance to steal.

Webb.

Alex 130.

Yeah that's right.

And a geometry bonus.

What is the measure of the angle?

Complementary to 56 degrees.

It's not to add up to 90.

So it's three.

Answer 34.

Correct.

What is the supplement to 56 degrees.

So it's 124.

The deferred Alex 124.

Both of those are right 20 points on the bonus tossup in foreign language.

What is the Spanish word for brother hermano.

Yes, and a foreign language.

Bonus.

Take a look at the screens for this.

Please translate the sign shown here.

Peligro.

Solo personnel authorized a partir de este punto into English.

Why does the ones only pop only authorized personnel?

The.

I defer to tary authorized personnel only.

That's partially right.

We'll see if the judges accept that as danger.

Only authorized personnel beyond this point.

pass up.

Now, for all players in spelling, espresso is made by forcing very hot water.

Daisy e s p r e s s o is how you spell that.

And a spelling bonus.

Now two parts spell complement as in a thing that completes or brings to perfection c, o, n, p, l e, n e and t correct spell compliment as in a nice thing to say about someone.

Now this c o n p l I'm e n t. You got your eyes and your eyes correct.

That's 20 points.

physics is the toss up.

What word describes three lines that pass through the same point?

Alex converging on it.

You can steal web Alexander intersecting.

No.

It's concurrent.

Toss up an architecture.

What's the famous performing arts venue with a distinctive sail like design is located in the capital.

Daisy.

The Sydney Opera House of New South Wales.

And an architecture bonus.

What palace and fortress complex, located in Granada, Andalusia, Spain, is one of the most famous monuments of Islamic architecture and one of the best preserved palaces of the historic Islamic world.

That's just sketchers.

Any ideas?

I don't know, answer the Hagia Sophia, that is the Alhambra.

No points on the bonus tossup in literature.

What series of books by Jeff Kinney follows Greg Heffley as he records the daily trials Alex, diary of a Wimpy Kid, yeah, a friendship, and so on.

Literature bonus now for web.

Through February 2025, the Denver Art Museum is hosting an exhibition of more than 400 artworks by the author and illustrator of what book about Max, who dresses in a wolf suit, chases his dog with a fork and turns his bedroom into a jungle.

Oh, where the wild things are going.

Some other.

Answer Java frost.

That is where the wild things are.

You can get points though, if you tell me.

The author and illustrator of Where the Wild Things Are.

Answer Robert Frost.

We love Robert Frost, but Maurice Sendak is the guy to answer for all players in history.

What was the name of the 1765 British tax on playing cards, publications and legal documents, the Stamp Act?

Yeah.

Make sure I've called on you all the way and looked at you.

But that's right.

And a bonus in U.S. history for web, which U.S. presidents Secret Service code name was Rawhide.

Teddy Roosevelt.

Roosevelt.

That's Ronald Reagan.

Which U.S. presidents Secret Service codename was renegade.

Oh, it's going to be like Bush.

So Roosevelt that one is Barack Obama.

No points on the bonus toss up in foreign language.

What is the French word for garden?

Alex?

Jungle.

Oh.

Yes.

Foreign language bonus.

Now for web.

What commonly used Latin phrase beginning with B means in good faith or genuine.

Defer to Alexandra in bonus.

Theda.

Yeah.

Bonus.

Feta is what I was looking for.

We'll take that 20 points.

Tossup.

Now in chemistry, what compound has the symbol NH3?

Alex.

Ammonia.

Correct.

And a chemistry bonus.

What is the name of the silvery radioactive trans uranium element with atomic number 93 that was first isolated by Edwin McMillan and Philip Abelson in 1940?

Neptunium is right.

What is it?

Symbol in E n P is also right.

20 points.

Tossup.

Now, in math, what is the volume of a rectangular prism with height of three, length of five and width of six?

Skyler 90.

Yeah, 90 is right.

And a math visual for Merrillville.

Look at the screens, please.

If 5 pounds of hamburger cost $22, what is the cost for 4 pounds of hamburger?

It's 1818.

I defer to Andy.

18.

Now it's $17.60.

So no points on the bonus tossup in religion.

In what city is the church of the Holy Sepulcher believed to be no.

One?

Jerusalem.

Yeah.

The place where Jesus was buried and rose.

And a religion bonus.

Now for web.

In the book of Exodus, Moses received the Ten Commandments.

On which mountain?

Mount Sinai.

Oh, yeah, Mount Sinai.

Mount Sinai is right.

What significant sin did the Israelites commit at Mount Sinai while Moses was receiving the Ten Commandments, made a golden calf and prayed to him, worshiping a false idols?

Yeah, the golden calf specifically.

But that's right.

We'll take that 20 points toss up in literature.

What genre is Beowulf?

One of the oldest works.

Alex.

An epic epic poem.

Literature.

Bonus.

Which American poet wrote?

I am the grass.

I cover all, Dickinson sounds like Emily Dickinson.

That one is Carl Sandburg.

Which poet wrote under a spreading chestnut tree?

The village smithy stands Walt Whitman.

That one is Henry Longfellow.

No points on the bonus tossup in geography.

What is the capital of Switzerland?

Golan.

Geneva.

No chance to steal Merrillville.

Scholar.

Swiss.

It's burn!

Burn!

No points.

Toss up.

In geology, due to its color, the naturally occurring iron disulfide mineral pyrite is also commonly known as Alex.

Fool's gold is right and a geology bonus.

During which geologic period did the first fish appear?

Cambrian.

Right.

During which geologic period did modern humans develop?

Quaternary.

Quaternary.

Those are both right for 20 tossup in sports to the nearest 10th of a mile.

What is the approximate mileage covered on a race course of 10,000m?

Okay, 10,000m is going to be orbiting at that time 6.2 miles plus the band music, who composed the 1812 overture?

Alexander.

Tchaikovsky.

Correct.

music bonus.

Now, which American musician composed Rhapsody in Blue?

So.

Answer Dolly Parton that we need George Gershwin on that.

Which English composer is best known for the orchestral suite The Planets?

Gustav Holst a different Alex Gustav Holst is right ten points on the bonus tossup in English.

What word is used to describe the meat of mature adult sheep?

Alex Mutton.

Correct.

In an English bonus, which prepositional phrase acts as an adverb in the following sentence, the bowling lane with bumpers is perfect for beginners.

With bumpers for beginners is right because it modifies the verb.

That's, 20 points on that and toss up from players in government.

No, actually, I'll save that for the second half since time is about to run out.

Right now we've got Merrillville versus Webb School with Webb having a bit of a lead, but anything can happen in our second half of play, one of these teams advances to our smart 16.

Find out who it's going to be after the break on Tennessee Scholars Bowl 2025.

You're watching Tennessee Scholar's Bowl.

I'm Frank Murphy back from halftime.

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

We did adjust the score for Maryville based on the foreign language visual question.

We give them full credit for that.

Both teams have put alternates into the game, although Webb does have a lead.

We'll see what happens on our second half of play by saying hi first to the alternates for Maryville, beginning with Zoe Dobra.

Vonnie, Zoe, welcome to the show.

Tell us about yourself.

My name is Zoe.

I'm in 10th grade and I play the violin.

Oh, is that the best instrument?

Yeah, it's the best one, really?

And, what kind of composers do you play?

There were some named big names that you like to, big names, I don't know, but I really like Frosty the Snowman.

You could play Frosty the Snowman on violin.

Yeah, that's my favorite song.

All right, that is impressive.

I am already, blown away by that.

Let's say hi to Maddie McGinnis.

Maddie, what year in school are you?

I am in 10th grade, and I play the baritone saxophone for the Maryville High School band.

It's just, out of the blue.

I might ask this question.

Would you consider that to be the best possible instrument?

Most definitely.

I mean, relative to, you know, flute or bassoon or violin or any other one that happens to come up in conversation.

And why is that defined your instrument?

Because it's big and loud.

I'll take it.

Let's say hi to the alternates for Webb School, starting with Isaac.

Laurie, Isaac, welcome.

Tell us about yourself.

So I guess come springtime, I'd be thrown shot in disc for track.

Oh, really?

Yeah.

That's fantastic.

Those are hard to do, right?

Yes.

All right.

Good.

Any good at it?

Disc?

Yes.

Long arms helps, but, Shot.

Not necessarily.

All right.

I have to work on that.

Okay.

And also, we've got Kaiser.

Ramji is back with this Kaiser.

Welcome.

Tell us about you.

I program for the web robotics team, and I know Spanish.

Oh, good.

So you could probably.

Yeah.

Answer a bunch of these questions we've had so far.

And let's see how that plays out in our second half with Webb having a lead.

But Maribel has a chance to catch up here.

Players get your fingers on the buzzer for Tennessee Scholar's Bowl 2025 pass up in government.

How many justices are currently serving on the United States Scholar nine Supreme court government bonus.

Now how many consecutive terms may the Tennessee governor serve?

Three.

Four.

Three.

That's two terms of four years each.

What is the minimum age to hold the office of Tennessee governor, 2525 I have to wait a little longer.

It's 30 points on the bonus toss up in health.

What is the term for an inflammation of the protective membranes covering the brain and spinal cord?

Meningitis.

Yeah.

Meningitis.

Yeah.

And a health bonus.

Now what?

Childhood disease caused by the varicella zoster virus results in an itchy rash with small fluid filled blisters.

Chickenpox.

Chickenpox for ten.

What?

Painful disease for adults is a reactivation of the chickenpox virus.

The shingles.

Shingles also right 20 points.

Toss up in algebra.

What is the value of four factorial plus four factorial?

Isaac, what do you write in an algebra bonus?

Now, given the trinomial x squared plus five x -36, give both of its binomial factors.

One x plus six and x minus one I've got x plus nine and x minus four.

So no points on that.

Plus up in foreign language in which country is Zulu an official language?

Daisy South Africa correct.

And a foreign language.

Bonus named two of the four countries where Swahili is a national language.

Oh, that's East.

No, it's eastern coast.

So Kenya, Tanzania.

Answer.

Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi and Rwanda give you points for Kenya and Tanzania.

Those are both.

Right.

But Uganda and Democratic Republic of the Congo are the other 210 points on the bonus tossup in vocabulary.

What seven letter word beginning with C means brief and to the point.

Alex.

Circumspect knowledge you can steal Zoe.

Concise is right and a vocabulary bonus in Through the Looking glass.

The author combined what two wor Chuckle, chuckle.

I defer to Tory chuckle and laughter.

Partial credit for chuckle.

And probably five points on that snort is the other one.

Then the second half of the question who wrote through the looking glass is Lewis.

It's the author, C.S.

Lewis.

Well, Lewis Carroll is the guy.

It's Alice through the looking glass.

So five points on that toss up in history.

Who was the first wife of King Charles the Third, Daisy Diana Prince survives.

Yeah, I think, we'll take that in a visual bonus.

Now, look at the screens, please.

Which king of the old Babylon Empire represented on the left of the relief sculpture shown here, issued one of the first law codes to emphasize the physical punishment of the perpetrator and to establish the presumption of innocence.

Hammurabi is right for 20 tossup in astronomy.

Who is the father of astronomy?

Known for first proposing that planets orbit the sun?

Alex Copernicus Correct and astronomy bonus what was the name of the first chimpanzee that was launched into space by NASA and made a suborbital flight in 1961.

Dolly.

That's ham.

What was the name of the second chimpanzee that was launched into space by NASA and made two Earth orbits in 1961.

Greg.

That was Enos.

They both had biblical names toss up in geography.

Which state is split by the Great Lakes?

Zoe, Michigan.

Right.

And geography bonus.

Which North Carolina county that is home to Asheville was one of the hardest hit by Hurricane Helene.

Which county?

Ashe County, that is.

Buncombe County toss up for all players in games.

A single player matching game that was included in early versions.

Alex Salter early versions of Microsoft Windows used images of tiles from what popular Chinese game that is similar to mahjong to rummy, and a games bonus for Merrillville.

What board game comes with purple Play-Doh and has players complete activities in the color coded categories of creative Cat data Head, Star Performer, and Word Worm.

Twister that is.

Cranium.

No points on the bonus tossup in mythology, what legendary monster is depicted as the large, hideous, man like being who lives under a bridge in the children's Daisy ogre in the children's story The Three Billy Goats Gruff?

Chester, Merrillville to troll, yes, and a mythology bonus what two word phrase is used to describe the wall of the winged ram, or Solomon's, which is the symbol of authority and kingship in Greek mythology.

Defer to Golden Fleece is right for 20 plus up in U.S. history.

The Battle of Cold Harbor in 1864 was part of General Grant's campaign to capture which city that was the Confederate capital, Daisy Richmond.

Right, and history bonus now two parts.

Who was the lead counsel for the defense in the scopes Monkey trial?

That's right.

Answer.

Dolly Parton, that's Clarence Darrow, who was the lead counsel for the prosecution in the Scopes Monkey trial.

Answer.

Defer to Kaiser.

I think that's William Jennings Bryan.

Toss it for everybody in science.

Which law mathematically describes the relationships between pressure and velocity in the horizontal flow of fluids?

For inverse knowledge, you can steal.

Webb, Daisy.

Bernoulli's law.

Correct.

And a science bonus.

Now, what is the term for the change in direction of a wave as it passes from one medium to another?

It's refraction for ten.

What is the term for the bouncing back of waves that struck a surface reflection?

Also write 20.

Toss up in math.

Find the simplified fraction value of one and three quarters divided by 5/8.

Tory one over 15 eight over 15.

No chance to steal Webb.

Time's up on that.

It's 14 over 5 or 2 and 4/5.

Toss up.

Now in art, what is the name of the oven used to dry and bake clay sculptures or ceramics?

Daisy the kiln.

Right.

And a visual bonus.

Take a look at the screens, please.

Vincent van Gogh briefly lived in what city?

In the south of France, where he produced over 300 paintings and drawings, including the Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear and Pipe, shown here.

Defer to Alex Arles, right, for ten.

Van Gogh cut off part of which of his ears with a razor left, also right, 20 points.

Tossup in spelling spell apprentice scholar a p r e n t I c e. Correct bonus now in spelling spell novitiate.

Defer to tary in o v I c I a n t. It's got a t in the middle.

It's novel.

It iat so no points on the bonus tossup and government.

What ten letter word beginning with PL is a form of government in which members of the wealthy are the rulers.

Can autocracy.

What is it?

No chance to blurted out no chance steal Merrillville plutocracy.

Yeah.

And government bonus now for Merrillville.

Name two of the three documents collectively known as the Charters of Freedom.

Three documents the question.

Diverted to the Declaration of Independence in the Constitution.

This is both right.

tossup roll players in chemistry, what is the chemical symbol for magnesium, Alex?

MG.

Right.

And a chemistry bonus.

Now for web.

What is the electron configuration of magnesium in exponential form?

Is.

Answer one is 222263 s2.

That's correct for 20 points.

Tossup.

Now in technology what photo sharing app notifies users at random times each day?

Story bureau yeah.

To share unfiltered snapshots.

Technology is your bonus.

Several authors who claim their books were used without permission to train artificial intelligence systems are suing ChatGPT and Meta, claiming an infringement of what copyright is right for 20 plus up.

In miscellaneous.

Xeno the bear is the mascot for which Smoky Mountain City.

Chattanooga, no.

You can steal web Daisy Gatlinburg is right and a miscellaneous bonus.

Now identify the other member of the famous royal couple, Queen Victoria and King Albert.

No, it's Prince Albert.

Identify the other member of the couple.

King Louis the 16th and just 19 oh times up there would have been Marie Antoinette.

I think Alex was saying that.

But you didn't need those points anyway.

Merrillville.

What a joy we've had having you on the game.

Plus, Marvel's got multiple teams into the competition.

I think three teams in the tournament this year.

So we'll see more Merrillville players as the game progresses.

Congratulations for being here.

We appreciate you.

Meanwhile, web, you will advance now to the round of the smart 16.

I think that's pretty familiar territory for web school.

You've been there many times before over the years.

Congratulations.

We look forward to seeing you again.

You of course, can see our players again by watching every day, never missing an episode and binge watching past seasons online using the PBS app.

My name is Frank Murphy.

Thank you for watching Tennessee Scholar's Bowl 2025.