Thank you for watching Tennessee Scholar's Bowl.

I'm Frank Murphy.

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

Now, in our 41st season, we have made it to the second round, the threshold of 32.

And today's second round game is between the tornadoes of Alcoa High School and the Red Devils of Halls High School in Knoxville.

all these players had to win their way here.

So we've got some experienced faces.

Let's say hi first to the players for Alcoa, beginning with senior Cameron Vo.

Hi Cameron.

Welcome back.

What have you been up to?

What's new with you?

Hey, I'm Cameron, and I'm part of my school's, tech support team.

Tech support for the computers in the school.

Literally like it?

Yeah, just about any tech related thing that we have.

Oh.

That's great.

I'm good.

That's really going to be valuable to you as you progress beyond high school too, right?

Good.

Okay.

Dante Gomes is a junior Dante.

Welcome back.

Tell us about you.

I'm president of junior student council.

Really?

Oh, cool.

So do you have to?

What did you campaign on?

What was your platform?

Well, last year, I and another person, brought back advisory, which is like a free period for our school, and that seemed to do enough campaigning.

So you actually accomplished something?

That's that was your that was your secret to success as opposed to promising, you know, free lunch or a new soda machine that would be, you know, unrealistic.

That's good.

Glad to hear it.

Team captain this year is Joy to green, who is a senior.

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

What about yourself?

I'm a drum major for Alcoa High School.

Oh, that's a big deal.

You have to walk backwards and everything, right?

Yeah, I guess so.

What do you love about being a drum major?

I really just love working with the band.

Kind of trying to be there for everyone and trying to encourage them to do best.

And you have a good band.

I'm assuming we absolutely have a great band.

You have to do with a football team like you've got.

You better have a good band, right?

Yeah, good.

All right.

Glad to hear about it.

Also, we've got Hayden Vo who is a senior.

Hayden, welcome.

Tell us about you.

Last summer I learned how to water ski.

Where'd you go?

There's some up in middle Tennessee.

So, like, center hill.

Oh, yeah.

And what do you love about it?

Everything is.

You do it again.

In other words, some people do it, they learn it and then never do it again.

But you're going to go back.

Great.

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

First up is Hannah Green, Collette Brown.

Krish Patel and Jack Alexander.

And they're joined by coaches Chad Coker, who teaches English and Act prep, and Gina Feld.

Bloom government and U.S. history to the tornadoes at Alcoa, taking on some Red Devils from Halls High School, who also obviously won their way here.

So we got some good players on this side, too.

Let's say hi to 11th grader Levi Dooley.

Hey, Levi.

Welcome back.

What about yourself?

What's not?

So this is my first year doing Scholar's Bowl, and it was actually, my teammate Joe that encouraged me to join this year.

So.

Yeah.

Great.

You've been doing so well so far.

So that's good for you.

Thank you.

To have you.

Also Amanda Layne, who is in 12th grade.

Hi, Amanda.

What about you?

Hi.

I am on the my school swim team.

What's your best event?

I don't know what my best fit is, but my favorite is probably the 100 backstroke.

That's a good one, cause you could start in the water already, right?

Not to dive in.

I like it too.

Let's say hi to Sophia Elkins who is in 12th grade.

What about you, Sophia?

Your team captains.

You'll answer or defer, but what else?

The student representative for the Knox County School Board.

Oh, really?

That sounds like a big deal.

What do you have to do?

I go to the school board meetings, and I voice the student perspective for Knox County schools.

Not just for halls, but for all of the schools.

So what kind of communication lines do you have set up with the students from other high schools?

We text and I just have friends everywhere.

I'm good.

It's kind of funny.

So that sounds great.

I'm glad to hear about it.

Joe, Nicholas Adkins is here, Joe, in 11th grade.

And you're responsible for Levi joining us.

So I've heard.

Yup.

That.

Tell us more about you.

Well, to prepare for today.

I played 11 hours of Minecraft yesterday.

Okay.

So, did it work?

I mean, I guess we'll find out at the end of the game if it works, but how does that prepare you?

Just for your mind.

Clears your mind from everything else, right?

Okay.

We have got some alternates and coach for Paul's high school.

Let's say hi to Olivia Price, Sarah Brown, Ella Wolf, Ty Davis and Morgan Humphries, joined by coach Tim Reeves, who teaches European history and geography at halls.

We're also delighted to have a special guest from Hall's high School with us.

Executive Principal Spencer Long joins us.

And Mr. Long, we appreciate your support for your school's Scholars Bowl team.

We're delighted to have a special guest from Lincoln Memorial University with us today.

That is Robert Peetz, an undergraduate admissions counselor.

And we're thankful to LMU for sponsoring Scholar's Bowl and for the continuing support over the years.

all right, players, you've all been here before.

You had to win your way to get here.

You know how it works.

Toss ups worth ten bonuses worth 20.

Get your fingers on the buzzer for this second round game of Tennessee Scholar's Bowl 2025 toss up for all players in economics, which U.S. agency was created in 1865 to combat the rise of counterfeit Levi?

The are the IRS to combat the rise of counterfeit currency following the Civil War.

A chance for Alcoa to steal.

You the Anti-Counterfeit commission.

It's the Secret Service.

No points on the toss.

Up.

Next one is in health.

What is the large, dome shaped muscle that contracts rhythmically and continually, and most of the time involuntarily, as part of a human's respiration?

Maintain the diaphragm.

Correct.

And a health bonus for Alcoa.

What six letter word starting with n is used for vitamin B3?

It's answer neuron that's niacin.

What six letter word starting with B is used for vitamin B7.

And by.

Defer to dawn to biotin is right ten points on the bonus tossup for all players in arts.

What is the six letter show business term starting with B?

That means a movie dramatizing the life of a particular person, typically a public Levi biography or bio film.

I'm sorry.

Typically a public or historical figure.

Chen Steel, Alcoa.

Biopic.

Yeah.

Biopic for biographical picture.

But yeah, that's right.

And Arts is your bonus.

Which Broadway musical includes the songs Waving Through My Window, Only Us and You Will Be Found.

La La Land, that one is called Dear Evan Hansen, who was Evan's love interest in the play and the book.

But a girl's name.

Sofia.

Sofia.

Her name is Zoe Murphy.

No points on the bonus tossup in literature.

What Chinese military treatise written by Sun Tzu in the fifth century BC.

Levi, the Art of War.

Yeah, has 13 chapters, each devoted to a different set of skills.

Also gets a literature bonus.

Who wrote the novel To Kill a mockingbird?

Harper Lee for ten in To Kill a mockingbird.

What was Atticus Finch's profession?

He was a lawyer, also ranked 20 points.

Tossup for all players in math.

What is the square root of 1600?

Joe 40.

Right.

And a visual bonus.

Now for halls.

Look at the screens, please.

What is the sum of 2/5 and 5/6?

And give your answer as an improper fraction or mixed fraction.

42 over 30 okay, I defer to Amanda.

42 over 30.

That's only 37 over 30 or 1 and 7/30 plus that for all players in geography.

In which state is Sequoia National Park?

Joe, California.

Right.

Geography bonus.

What are the four largest states in the US by area?

Alaska.

I defer to Joe, Alaska, Texas, California and Nevada.

Three of those are right.

Montana is fourth 15 points.

Tossup.

In biology, frog and toad larvae are commonly known as what?

Hidden tadpole?

Yeah, we also would have taken Polly Wong's biology bonus for Alcoa.

What type of fruit has a variety called Pink Lady?

Pomegranates.

That one's an apple.

What type of fruit has a variety called you Formed Orange?

That one's a pear.

No points on the bonus tossup in foreign language.

What is the English translation of the Spanish phrase hasta manana, Dante.

Until tomorrow.

Yeah.

See you tomorrow.

And a foreign language bonus.

Now what?

Food is known in French as Pomme.

The tale.

De fer to Dante.

Bunch of fries.

Well, if you do make fries out of them.

But an apple of the earth of pomme detail is a potato toss up for all players in English.

Is the verb active or passive in the sentence I washed my car three weeks ago.

Hidden.

Active.

Correct.

English bonus.

Now what figure of speech compares?

Two things using the words like or as to create a new meaning.

Movie simile correct for 20 tossup in astronomy, what prominent constellation that is immediately northwest of Orion has a central part that looks like a large V, and is depicted as a bowl pitcher, the Big Dipper?

No, just two of holes.

Sophia.

Little Dipper no.

Taurus is the ball.

No points on that toss up in U.S. history since 1986, the third Monday in January has been observed as a federal holiday in honor of what historical figure Sophia MLK, Martin Luther King Jr.

Yes, and a history bonus.

Now, who is president of the United States?

When the movie It's a Wonderful Life premiered on December 20th, 1946.

Harry Truman.

Truman.

Yes.

Who's president of the United States when the movie A Christmas Story was released on November 18th, 1983.

Reagan also right 20 points.

Tossup in chemistry, what dietary mineral has been added to table salt in the US since the 1920s?

Dante iodine to help decrease the occurrence of goiter.

Chemistry bonus for Alcoa.

What is the electron configuration in exponential form for phosphorus?

That, like one has more to do?

Defer to Hayden bonus one to us to 1P3.

Well, it starts with 1S22226323 P3.

Can't give it to you.

No points on the bonus tossup in games.

How many dots are on a pair of dice?

Dante well, that you can steal hulls.

But Joe 17 and when you get both of them involved, it's 42 on a pair.

AU pair a tossup for all players in spelling spelled purgation, which can mean the spiritual cleansing of a soul.

Sophia Pou Aga tione is right and a visual bonus.

Take a look at the screens, please.

What recently released Sony platformer celebrates the history of PlayStation with references to other games such as horizon, God of War and The Last of Us, but I have no idea.

The long station that one's called Astro Bot.

No points there.

Toss up in geometry.

What is the length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle in which both legs measure six?

60.

19.

The square root of 72.

Yeah, we would've taken six.

Root two.

But that's.

That means the same thing in geometry.

Bonus.

Now a line has a slope of two thirds passing through the .35.

What is its equation in slope intercept form.

Defer to camera x minus three equals two over three y minus five.

This would be y equals two thirds x plus three a.

No points on the bonus tossup.

Now in government which president holds the record for the most Supreme Court nominations with 14.

You a Jackson.

Now that you can steal hauls Sophia Trump George Washington because he had none in the beginning so he could fill up all things no points there.

Toss up in geology what layer of the earth just outside the core is made up mostly of silicates.

Joe the mantle, yes.

And a geology bonus.

What are two of the four most plentiful elements in the Earth's crust?

The crust.

I don't carbon and iron.

Well, iron is one.

We'll give you points for that.

Do Correct for ten.

Toss up in religion.

What city that only Muslims are allowed to enter.

Was the birthplace Mecca of the Prophet Muhammad?

Yeah, religion bonus.

What is the Jewish festival that celebrates the harvest and commemorates the period during which the Jews wandered in the wilderness after the Exodus?

Feast of the booths.

That's called circus.

So no points on that tossup in literature.

Which war was the setting for The diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank?

Joe.

World War two, right.

And a literature bonus in the comic strip Garfield.

What was the name of Garfield's owner, George?

John.

John.

And what is the name of the pet dog?

Ody ody ody.

Also right.

20 points toss up in history from approximately 1716 until his death in 1718, Edward Teach was a feared pirate known about Blackbeard.

Yeah, but what nickname?

And a history bonus.

In 2022, Egyptologists discovered hieroglyphics inside King Tut's tomb, indicating that his burial chamber could contain a hidden door to the tomb.

Of what woman who was his stepmother?

To Aphrodite, Nefertiti is right for 20 points plus up in geography.

I actually will hang on to that for the second half.

It's a good question.

So you don't want to burn it here at the end of the first half, a very exciting game between Alcoa and Hulls.

One of these teams will advance to our round of the smart 16. Who's it going to be?

Find out 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 second round game.

This threshold of 32 round game between Alcoa High School and Hall's high School.

Right now Hall's has a bit of a lead, but it's a very close and exciting game.

You'll notice that we adjusted the score for Alcoa to give them, points for their correct answer about the Jewish holiday of socket, which is also known as the Festival of Booths.

So we appreciate the clarification.

All right.

We've got the starting lineup still in the game.

Let's get right back to it.

Everybody.

Fingers on the buzzer for Tennessee Scholar's Bowl 2025.

What is the common name of the demarcation that is roughly based on the meridian of 180 longitude in the Pacific Ocean?

So prime meridian, that is you can steel Alcoa.

hitting the equator.

That's the international date line.

No points on the toss up.

Next, toss up in health.

What is the common name for arteries in the head hemorrhaging or becoming blocked, resulting in the death of Sophia.

An aneurysm.

The death of nervous tissue in the brain.

Giant steel.

Alcoa content.

Stroke is what it is.

Health is your bonus.

Two parts what branch of medicine deals with the digestive system?

Gastroenterology?

Yeah.

Defer to Donta Gastroenterology.

Right.

For ten, what branch of medical science is the study of incidence distribution and control of disease in a population?

Epidemiology.

That's also right 20 on the bonus toss up in music.

What famous singer performed his final concert in Indianapolis?

51 days before Joe Frank Sinatra, 51 days before he died on August 16th, 1977.

John Steel, Alcoa, the Honda, Elvis, right, and a music bonus now what musical term is described as music in which no key can be established?

He atonal.

Atonal defer to to atonal right for ten.

What does the musical term to capo Alcina which is usually notated as DCL?

I mean, from the beginning to the end, from the beginning to the end?

That's right.

20 on the bonus tossup now in vocabulary, what six letter word starting with TI means a formal dinner jacket named in 1886 after a village Dante tuxedo in New York.

And a vocabulary bonus.

What nine letter word beginning with AB means a person, animal or plant that has been in a country or region from earliest times.

Answer.

Aboriginal finding need an Aborigine for the nine letter words.

We can get points for spelling it.

Answer.

Defer to Hayden.

A b o r I g I n e. That's right.

Ten on the bonus tossup in math, two out of three students in the class prefer buying a lunch to bringing it to school, and 20 students prefer buying lunch.

How many students are in the class?

Joe 60.

No chance to steal Alcoa.

Hey, hey, wait.

You can't look at each other on toss ups.

Unfortunately, the two out of three would be 30 students total.

Toss up in economics, which form do many working Americans receive from their employers to show their income and the amount of tax withheld contain W-2?

Yes.

And an economics bonus.

What is the currency of Afghanistan?

Oops, sorry, I know it's the Taliban.

It's called the Afghani.

What was Afghanistan's currency prior to 1923 when they introduced the Afghani to the pound?

Back then they use the rupee.

No points on the bonus toss up in biology, what is the term that refers to a certain place in which the species normally lives and grows?

Jaunty native.

No chance to steal horns.

Joe.

Habitat is right and a visual bonus.

Now for halls.

Look at the screens, please.

What popular pet shown here is known as the designer fish of the aquatic world.

Due to a long history of selective breeding that produced a wide variety of coloration and finish.

The beta fish.

Yeah, it's actually pronounced better, but we'll take it.

Our Siamese fighting fish toss up in technology.

Which company developed the PlayStation video game console?

Joe Sony right for ten and the technology bonus.

YouTube was founded by three former PayPal employees in 2005 and purchased for $1.6 billion by what company in 2006?

Google right for 20 up in English.

What is the function of the word part in the sentence?

The Hobbit is not part of the Lord of the rings trilogy.

Hence direct object knowledge.

You can steal horse.

That would be a predicate noun toss up.

In religion, the Hindu deities Brahma, Vishnu and Lakshmi are commonly depicted as sitting or standing on what flower?

Levi, the lotus, right, and a religion bonus for halls made from wood removed during the Truman era renovation.

What holiday symbol was added to the white House archives in 2022 to celebrate Hanukkah?

The camera, the menorah, the menorah, right for 10 in 1979, who became the first president to light a menorah in the white House?

Carter.

Yes, that's right.

20 on the bonus tossup in government, what two word term is given to the unwritten custom of the American government to allow the president to withhold information?

To hide a qualified immunity on it.

You can steal Hal's.

Joe.

Bully pulpit.

It's executive privilege.

No points on that.

Toss up in science.

What is the term for cone bearing trees, Joe?

Coniferous.

Yeah, conifers are coniferous.

And a science bonus.

What is the name for the portion of the Atlantic Ocean known for brown seaweed and often calm blue water that is bounded by the Gulf Stream, the North Atlantic Current, the Canary Current and the North Atlantic Equatorial Current.

Sargasso Sea.

I defer to Joe Sargasso Sea, correct for 20 points plus several players in art.

What is the term for the art of creating music?

Comedy or drama spontaneously?

In improv?

Yeah, we'll take that in an art bonus.

What is the term for a person learning a trade or an art from a skilled worker apprentice for for ten now spell apprentice.

Defer to Hayden apprentices.

Correct 20 points on the bonus tossup and vocabulary.

What is the nine letter word beginning with V for someone who takes the law into their own hands to punish persons.

Levi.

Vigilante?

Yeah.

They considered to be offender's vocabulary.

Bonus.

What?

Six letter word beginning with l can be a verb or a noun, and means to express sorrow or to grieve, to omit it.

Oh, this woman.

To answer, to lament.

Yeah.

The word is lament.

Yes.

Tossup in precalculus.

Find the limit for four x over two x.

As x approaches three different.

Contain two.

Yeah that's right.

The limit is two and a precalculus bonus.

In which two quadrants would you find the solutions to the equation.

Tangent x equals negative three.

Defer to Haden two and four.

That's right.

Second and fourth quadrants 20 points.

Tossup.

In geography.

Mount Olympus at 95 70ft above sea level, is the highest point.

In what country do you hope to breathe?

And a visual bonus.

Take a look at the screens, please.

The flag shown here belongs.

To which nation?

That is the only landlocked country in Southeast Asia.

Cambodia.

Southeast.

Laos is right for 20 points.

Toss up for all players.

In astronomy, what type of reaction generates energy in stars, causing them to shine brightly?

Joe.

Fusion.

Nuclear fusion?

Yes.

And an astronomy bonus.

The mnemonic phrase.

My very educated mother just served us nachos stands for what?

Oh, Venus.

Gets answer.

I defer to Joe.

Mercury.

Venus.

Earth.

Mars.

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.

That's right.

The eight planets in order is correct for 20 tossup in foreign language.

What is the Spanish word for wolves?

Dante Lobos.

And a foreign language bonus for Alcoa.

What are the last four letters in the Greek alphabet?

It's a little, Zeta Sigma, Omega and Alpha.

Five points for Omega.

Phi Chi Psi Omega are the last four five points.

Toss up in literature.

What play by Tennessee Williams tells the story.

Sophia.

The Glass Menagerie the story of Blanche Dubois, arch and steel Alcoa.

Dante and Milton.

That one is A Streetcar Named Desire, a toss up in biology.

What is the study of hormones and their actions?

Dante.

Endocrinology.

Yes, and a biology bonus.

In 2024, scientists published the results of a five year project map all 54 point million connections in the brain of a Drosophila melanogaster, fruit fly is right for 20 tons up in U.S. history.

Who was the first unelected vice president to assume the presidency?

And time has just run out of time.

So, that's a ten point game.

Is that correct?

Wow.

Well, that was an exciting and exciting game.

And, you guys are fantastic players.

And halls has just barely held on to beat an excellent squad from Alcoa at the buzzer.

Well, first of all, Alcoa, thank you so much for being here.

We appreciate you guys and we wish you all the best.

And congratulations to the seniors who have been on scholarship for multiple years now.

We know that you're going to do great.

Meanwhile halls, congratulations you now advance to the round of the smart 16.

We get to see you again on Scholar's Bowl coming up real soon as, you'll play again.

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Thank you for watching Tennessee Scholar's Bowl 2025.