Thank you for watching.

Tennessee's scholar's bowl I'm Frank Murphy.

This is the 41st season of our academic tournament with high schools from all over the region competing for the Frank Miller Memorial Trophy and a cash prize.

We are in the second round, the threshold of 32.

And today's second round game is between Science Hill High School of Johnson City, Tennessee, and Temple Baptist Academy of Powell, Tennessee.

We're delighted that you're both here.

You both had to win your way here.

Very good players on both sides.

Let's say hi first to the players from Science Hill High School.

The Hilltoppers are here.

11th grader Lilly McAllister.

Tell us about you, Lilly.

Hi.

I am part of the student government club at Science Hill.

And my favorite Frank is Frank Murphy.

How many more can you name off the top of your head?

A couple?

Okay, let's see how that works out.

Elena ski is here.

Elena.

Hi.

Welcome.

Tell us about you.

I'm in science sales beta club, and my favorite Frank is Frankenstein.

Oh, he's a good one because he's the doctor, not the monster, of course.

Keep that in mind.

Right.

The monster's name?

Well, I can't tell you that, because it's actually a question that one of the games, a future game.

Half second is here.

Half.

So welcome.

Tell us about you.

I've been to 20 countries, and my favorite Frank is Franklin Roosevelt.

Another good one.

Fantastic choice.

Let's say hi to Sean Bushell, who's in 10th grade.

What about you, Sean?

Hi.

I'm part of science shows, model United Nations, club.

And my favorite Frank is Frank ocean.

Oh, fantastic.

You know, I probably should have asked Lily which Frank Murphy, because there's probably half a dozen of them, including one who was a former Supreme Court justice.

So maybe that's who you meant.

Let's say, had the alternates and coaches for Science Hill High School.

First up is Isabella Parmenter, a Sini Patel, Ghazi Raza and Penelope Strickland, joined by coaches Michael Aviano and Ben Davenport.

taking down a squad from Temple Baptist Academy.

I forgot to ask you, what's your team mascot of our Temple Crusaders?

The Crusaders.

Okay.

Very good.

Well, the first crusader we'll meet then is Emily Dixon, who's a junior.

Hi, Emily.

Tell us about yourself.

I'm a middle hitter on the varsity volleyball team.

Okay, so that means you stand in the middle and you hit the ball.

Pretty much.

I deduced that all by myself.

That's fantastic.

All right, and then anything else?

I play several instruments and piano.

Oh, lovely.

All right.

We've also got Micah Vixella back with us again.

Hi, Micah.

Tell us about you.

I am captain of the debate team, and I love AI.

Now, what do you like to debate?

I mean, you've got that look right now that you could stare me down, probably debate any topic, and I would be intimidated.

This year we're talking about strengthening copyright laws.

Oh, I'm in favor of that.

I love that fantastic team captain who will answer bonuses or defer to a teammate.

Is Parker Kelly or a junior Parker.

What about you?

I play soccer with, some of my teammates here.

E.J.

and, I like to read.

What's your favorite genre of book?

I like history books, but more recently been, reading mystery books.

Oh.

Very good.

All right, well, you mentioned E.J.

Marzouk, who's a freshman.

E.J., welcome to the show.

Tell us about you.

Well, my name's E.J., and my dream pit is a monkey.

Now, there's a lot of monkeys, and some of them are terrible pets.

Which can you mean, narrow it down?

Probably like a capuchin after watching night at the museum.

Okay.

All right, fair enough.

Okay.

One that can't exactly rip your nose off is what I was worried about.

You get one of those two big, you'll get overpowered.

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

We've got Canyon Padgett, Micah Moreland, Evan Cooke, and coach Jessica Sexton.

Thanks so much for being here.

Of course, as I mentioned, you all won your way here.

You know how it works.

Toss ups worth ten bonuses worth 20 players.

Get your fingers on the buzzer for this second round game of Tennessee Scholar's Bowl 2025 toss up for all players in literature.

The Lion King has similarities to which Shakespeare play, including a character maker, King Henry the Fourth I did, including a character who orchestrated the death of his brother, the King in order to take over the throne himself.

Castiel.

Us No, sorry.

It's hamlet.

No points on the tossup.

Tossup for all players in geography.

Which river runs through?

Nashville, Tennessee.

On the Tennessee River.

Not it.

You can steal temple PJ Cumberland.

Right.

And the geography bonus for Baptist.

What?

U.S. River is the longest river in North America and feeds into the Mississippi River.

Missouri.

Right for 20 points.

Toss up in biology.

In biological taxonomy, what is the most specific major rank that has no further ranks below it?

Like a species, right?

And a biology bonus.

In which phylum are lobsters?

Answer.

Arachnids.

Those are arthropods.

In which phylum are toads?

And.

Amphibians.

Those are chordates.

So no points on the bonus plus that for all players in math.

What is 16 squared?

Nobody got it in time.

It's 256 plus that for all players in foreign language.

Which Greek letter is the math symbol for summation?

Micah Sigma is right.

And a visual bonus.

Take a look at the screens, please.

In a circle.

What is the measure of an inscribed angle, as well as a central angle that intercepts the 136 degree arc?

Let me first the inscribed angle.

Parker.

90.

That's 68.

How about the central angle?

Answer 180.

And that's the same as the arc.

It's 136.

No points on that toss up.

Now, in English.

What?

11 letter word beginning with E means having knowledge or skill in a particular field gained over a period of time, or to be an old hand at something has an experienced yes, and an English bonus.

Now what nine letter word beginning with V is the synonym of hesitate.

For answer no answer that one is vacillate.

But you can get ten points for spelling.

Vacillate.

Vacillate and it's actually got a C in their vacillate.

No points on the bonus tossup in economics, what citrus soft drink that was invented in Tennessee derived its name from Moonshine Mountain Dew?

Yeah, and an economics bonus when Alcoa separated into two companies, one kept the name Alcoa.

What is the new name of its fabrication business that has a facility in the city of Alcoa, Tennessee?

No answer.

That is Arconic.

What was the original name of the company that is represented by the syllables of the word Alcoa?

No answer.

That is the Aluminum Company of America Tulsa for everybody in astronomy.

What specific instrument conclusively proved the existence of black holes in 1994?

Mica X-ray telescope.

No, not your chance to steal science Hill.

Elena.

The Hubble telescope is what it is.

And an astronomy bonus.

Now, the crew of Artemis two are scheduled to become the humans farthest from Earth when they orbit the moon and break a record set by the crew of what mission?

In 1970.

Apollo 11 was actually Apollo 13 that went further out.

Toss up in architecture.

What is the glass part of a window called Officer Pane?

Yes, and an architecture bonus.

Which famous architect designed the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, the East Building of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, and the Louvre Pyramid in Paris.

No answer, that is.

I.M.

Pei.

Toss up in vocabulary.

What is the term for an introduction to a poem, play, or novel, such as The Canterbury Tales?

Like a prolog, right?

And then a vocabulary bonus.

Now what?

Eight letter word beginning with D means hardworking and persevering.

Diligent.

Erect.

Now spell.

Diligent D I like GNT is right 20 on the bonus tossup for everyone in geography.

In which state is Mount Rushmore located?

Lilly, South Dakota is right and a visual bonus.

Look at the screens please.

Which national park in Wyoming shown here is continuing a multi-year project to replace 4500 acres of hayfields that were planted by homesteaders with native sagebrush habitat and in 2024, converted a 110 acre site near the Jackson Hole Airport.

I defer to Alana Buffalo National Park, that is Grand Teton National Park.

Toss up in health.

What is the term refers to any substance that can cause a fluid to clot or thicken?

That's a coagulant.

Toss up.

In geometry, a triangle has a side of six and an area of 24.

What is the length of the altitude to that base?

Micah 12.

No, you can still science Hill.

No, I can't go looking at each other though.

On toss ups, eight is the length tossup in miscellaneous.

In what town and state is Appalachian State University located?

On is it Greensboro, North Carolina?

It is not Castiel temple.

It is Boone, North Carolina.

Toss up in foreign language.

What is the standard word for dog in German?

Micah hundred.

Yeah.

Hunt is what I was looking for.

Foreign language bonus for temple.

Translate the French phrase comma review into Spanish.

I don't know French doesn't get me tell.

You mean.

That's not what it translates to.

How are you doing?

Answer.

Hi.

How are you?

Well, Como a star is dead is what it would be in Spanish.

No points there.

Toss up in history.

Who is the Soviet dictator during World War two?

Parker, Joseph Stalin, right.

And a history bonus in 1940, what prevented the German Luftwaffe from flying missions over the English Channel against the Allied troops evacuating Dunkirk or Parker to answer a different.

Storm?

I needed a fog.

Specifically, Dunkirk is part of what country?

The Netherlands.

It's part of France.

No points on the bonus tossup in physics.

Galileo discovered that the trajectories of projectiles are in what shape?

Mica parabolas?

Yes.

And a physics bonus.

What is the six letter word for the twisting force that tends to cause rotation, torque?

And by what unit is torque measured?

As torque ness, it's called Newton meters.

Ten points on the bonus tossup in biology.

What members of the phylum periphery are one of the world's simplest multicellular organisms and have bodies full of pores and channels, allowing water to circulate through them?

Mica sponges is right, and a biology bonus.

In 2024, scientists discovered coral colonies that can withstand higher temperatures than previously thought.

In what reef?

That is the world's largest.

The Great Barrier Reef is right for 20 tossup in music.

What is the name of the barber in The Barber of Seville?

Above Sir John Norwich and Steel Temple.

Micah.

Johann, it's called Figaro turns up in literature.

Who was the American poet famous for his use of split words, few capital letters and creative punctuation?

After Doctor Seuss, not him.

You can steal temple.

A poet is e.e.

Cummings toss up in government which amendment to the US Constitution states a person cannot be forced to testify against himself in a criminal, a Fifth Amendment criminal case.

Government bonus for temple which amendment to the US Constitution establishes procedures for an orderly transition of presidential power?

25th, the 25th amendment is right for 20 points.

Tossup in science.

What is the chemistry term for the mixture of a solid and liquid, where the solid will not dissolve in the liquid, such as muddy water mixture?

Nodded, and as the half runs out, we're out of time on that one suspension.

It was the answer.

So no points there.

Right now Temple Baptist is running up a bit of a lead over Science Hill, but anything can happen in our second half of play.

Which of these two teams will advance to the smart 16?

We'll find out after the break.

On Tennessee's Scholar's Bowl 2025.

You're watching Tennessee Scholar's Bowl.

I'm Frank Murphy, back from halftime.

In the second round game between Science Hill High School of Johnson City and Temple Baptist Academy of Powell.

This, of course, is the threshold of 32.

The winner of today's match advances to our smart 16.

Temple Baptist has run up a bit of a lead, but anything can happen in our second half of play, especially with both teams bringing alternates into the game.

Let's say hi to Penelope Strickland, who's an 11th grader at Science Hill High.

Penelope, tell us about yourself.

I, I play cello in the school orchestra, and I'm an advanced green belt in taekwondo.

Are you any good at cello?

Not really.

I'm really not that awesome.

Well, who do you like to play?

What?

What composers?

I really like Vivaldi.

He's.

He's one of my favorites.

Great.

Happy to hear that.

Let's welcome a shiny Patel, a shiny welcome.

Tell us about yourself.

I play the violin and the piano.

Good.

And what's your favorite composer?

I like to play anything, especially classical.

For example, you play Chopin, you play Beethoven, you Beethoven.

Probably.

He's my favorite teacher.

All right.

Also, we've got Ghazi Raza, who is a ninth grader.

Ghazi, welcome.

Tell us about yourself.

I don't play any musical instruments, but I do collect fountain pens.

Where do you get fountain pens nowadays?

You.

If you know where to look.

They're they're antique stores and antique stores, all that stuff, like finding them.

Yeah.

When I was in elementary school, they made us use fountain pens, and it was just the biggest mess you can imagine.

A bunch of fourth graders trying to write with fountain pens.

It was faster.

Yeah, and gets everywhere.

Yeah.

All right, let's say hi to the alternates for Temple Baptist.

First is Kenyon Padgett, who's a sophomore.

Hi, Canyon.

Tell us about yourself.

Play on the basketball and soccer team.

And also, I'm on the fishing team.

The fishing team.

You know, I know like, Grace Christian has a fishing team, which always amazed me.

Do you guys compete against a school like them, or how does it work?

Yeah, we compete against a lot of schools.

Probably 200 part per tournament.

No kidding.

All right, so.

And what's the biggest fish you've caught?

The biggest fish is an 800 pound hammerhead shark that you caught.

That I caught?

Yes.

Well, I imagine that wasn't in the Tennessee River.

That.

No.

An ocean.

Okay, nice.

We got another alternate for Temple Baptist.

Let's say hi to Micah Moreland.

Micah, welcome.

Tell us about yourself.

I was on the soccer team, and I've lived in England for 14 years.

14 years.

And you're only a freshman at Temple Baptist.

So, what part of England?

Oxford.

And you call it soccer, not football?

I do.

Do you get in trouble over there?

Calling it the wrong sport sometimes.

Yeah.

Okay.

Well, good.

We're happy to have you here.

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

Fingers on the buzzer for Tennessee Scholars Bowl 2025.

Toss up for all players in math, if two standard dice are rolled, what is the probability that a total of seven will appear on a roll?

Does it five out of 12.

I think you can steal temple.

Micah one and 18.

It's only one in 6 or 6 out of 36.

Toss it for everybody in religion in the book of Genesis who received instruction from the Lord to build a ship, Micah.

Noah.

And that would save him and his family, etc..

Religion bonus for temple.

What Christian holy day is a day of fasting and repentance, and is the beginning of the liturgical season of lent.

And Ash Sunday?

No, it's Ash Wednesday.

What day is the most important and oldest festival of the Christian Church?

Celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ?

Easter.

Easter or resurrection Sunday?

Yeah, Easter is it.

We'll take that ten points on the bonus toss up in vocabulary.

What?

Six letter word?

Beginning with J is a word to characterize someone with good humor, cheerfulness, and conviviality, like a jovial yes and a vocabulary bonus.

What is the term for a fear of needles?

Needle phobia.

It's try pana phobia.

What is the term for fear of thunderstorms?

Stormer phobia.

High.

What is Astra phobia?

Toss up for everybody in history.

Which Native American woman served as a guide for Lewis and Clark?

Secondly, you can't take it because you blurted out chance steal mica Sacajawea.

Yeah, he kind of handed that one to you in a visual bonus.

Now for temple.

What is the name of the Russian Imperial family seen here who were murdered in July 1918 by Bolshevik revolutionaries?

The Romanoffs is right for 20 tossup in geology, in addition to igneous and sedimentary.

What is the other metamorphic type of rock geology?

Bonus name two of the top three income producing products mined in Tennessee.

Coal, limestone and quartz.

Well, I need your first two answers, which are both right, but zinc is the third 20 points.

Tossup in economics.

Swedish video game developer Mojang Studios is best known maker Minecraft for developing what best selling video game economics bonus for temple to comply with Swiss laws.

When Toblerone production moved from Switzerland to Slovakia, their chocolate bar packaging changed to show a generic mountain shape instead of the image of which famous mountain peak on the border of Switzerland and Italy, the Swiss Alps.

Specifically the peak was the Matterhorn that they used as their logo, so no points on that tossup.

In arts.

Which Broadway musical includes the songs Maria and Officer Krupke?

Those are songs from West Side Story.

Toss up in mythology.

Which day of the week is named for the mythological Norse god Odin?

Parker.

Wednesday.

Yes, and a mythology bonus.

Now, in Roman mythology, who was the two faced god of beginnings, transitions, time and doorways?

Oh.

Loki, that is Janus looking both forward and back.

That's why they named January after him.

Toss up in geography.

Shenandoah National Park is.

In which state?

Of Oregon.

Not it.

You can still Parker.

West Virginia.

That is in regular Virginia no points tossup in biology.

What is the period in the life cycle of a plant or animal during which normal functions are slowed down or suspended?

Myka hibernation, Norwich you can steal Science Hill.

gazing?

Cell division?

Mitosis?

It is dormancy because it affects both plants and animals.

Toss up in precalculus.

Which trigonometric function is the reciprocal of the cosine?

In secant.

Yes.

That's right.

And the pre-calc bonus.

Now provide the sine positive or negative of the following trigonometric functions in the following quadrants.

First Cosecant.

Quadrant three.

Sine I needed positive or negative on that positive.

I know it's negative.

How about sine quadrant three negative.

That is right ten points on the bonus tossup in religion Buddhists believe in a place of perfect peace and blessedness called nirvana.

Oh what an a religion bonus for science.

Hell, look at the screens, please.

Who was the Lord High Chancellor of England shown here, who was beheaded for refusing to approve Henry the Eighth divorce, remarriage and establishment of the Church of England.

Canonized as a Catholic saint and was the subject of the Oscar winning film a man for All Seasons.

Saint Louis, something that.

Jonathan Lewis, that is a Saint Thomas More tossup for all players in spelling.

In some militaries, the rank of corporal nominally Micah c o r p o r o.

It's how you spell corporal and a spelling bonus for temple.

A chiropractor is skilled at relieving back and neck pain.

Spell chiropractor.

Answer.

Parker c h I r o p o r a c t o r is right for ten.

Now spell relieving.

Answer r e l I e v I n g. That's right.

For 20 tossup now in U.S. history, who was president of the United States between Grover Cleveland and Theodore Roosevelt?

Penelope William H. Taft?

No.

You can.

Steel Baptist.

Worker Woodrow Wilson.

William McKinley.

Preceded Teddy Roosevelt tossup for all players in health, What is the term for a substance such as vitamin C or E that neutralizes harmful free radicals?

Make an antioxidant in the body and a health bonus.

Now name two of the three stages of memory.

Short term, long and short term.

Those are both right, with sensory being the other tossup for all players in sports.

What annual event is called the Frozen Four?

That is the NCAA Hockey Championships tossup for all players in music.

What classical composer would attach a wooden rod to his piano and clench the other end in his teeth in order to feel the vibrations, transfer Micah Beethoven from the piano to his jaw?

Music bonus for temple.

Which of the famous three be named composers earned his living by playing the piano in dance halls?

Bach.

That one is Brahms.

Which of the famous three be named?

Composers had fewer than a dozen of his compositions printed during his lifetime.

Answer.

Bach.

That one is Bach.

J.S.

Bach ten points on the bonus tossup in vocabulary.

What is the study of the origin and development of words?

A etymology, yes, and a bonus in vocabulary.

Sound box is related to output device, as joystick is related to what input device correct 20 points.

Tossup.

In government.

The FBI operates under the jurisdiction of which cabinet level government Mica.

The Department of Justice Department is right, and a government bonus, who has been Prime Minister of Canada since 2015, could answer differ.

Justin Trudeau.

Correct.

What was the name of Trudeau's father, who was Canada's 15th prime minister?

Kevin Trudeau, it was Pierre Trudeau.

So ten points on the bonus tossup in chemistry.

What is the chemical formula for nitric oxide and O three now that you can steal mica and oh that's it.

Chemistry bonus.

Now name the four smallest alkanes.

Answer beryllium, magnesium, potassium and oxygen.

The four smallest alkanes are methane, ethane, propane and butane.

That's it for all players.

Now in literature, who is the devoted friend and associate of Sherlock Holmes was also Micah Doctor Watson, the narrator of the books and a literature bonus.

Now a third edition book, printed in 1608 of what well-known story by Miguel de Cervantes was sold in 2022 for 504,000.

Don Quixote and what Broadway musical was loosely based on Don Quixote?

West Side Story, that is.

Men of Lamantia.

Ten points on the bonus tossup in foreign language.

What Russian word means prison or a system of labor camps maintained in the Soviet Union.

Gulag from 1930 to 55.

Foreign language bonus for temple.

What is the literal English translation of the commonly used Latin phrase in vino veritas, in which.

Defer to mica in vitro?

No, it is in wine.

Truth.

No points on the bonus tossup in grammar.

What is the past tense of the verb?

Bring?

I've brought and an English bonus.

Now what is the term for a word like buzz that has a sound that imitates or suggests its meaning?

Onomatopoeia is right for 20 points, and that is the end of the game, but not enough for a science hill to pull it out.

But we do appreciate you guys being here.

It's always fun to have Science Hill in the house and a lot of underclassmen on the squad.

We look forward to seeing you for many years to come on Scholar's Bowl.

Meanwhile, Temple Baptist congratulations!

A fine performance from you guys and we look forward to seeing you now in our round of the smart 16.

You'll be back to play again and we'll we're happy to have you.

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