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You are now watching the next round in the semifinals between Algood Middle School and Jo Shafer Middle School.

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Hello, and welcome to the 2025 WCTE TV Middle School Academic Bowl.

We're coming to you from the Ashraf Islam Engineering Building on the campus of Tennessee Tech University in Cookeville, Tennessee, the heart of the Upper Cumberland.

My name is Molly Risley, and I'll be your moderator for today's match between Algood middle school and Shafer Middle School.

Let's meet our players from Algood.

Hi.

I'm Caleb, and I'm scared.

I'm Colton.

There was some microphone troubles with me beforehand, but they're all sorted out now.

I'm Rick.

I am Jorge, and I'm.

And I'm confident my team is going to win.

All right.

Well, my name is Carson and my dad is awesome.

My name's Rhys, and I'm the team captain.

It was Bryce, and I like history.

My name is Pierce and I didn't wet the bed last night.

Hey.

Congratulations.

Great fun facts.

Welcome to all our players.

Both teams.

Let's grab our buzzers.

We're going to get ready and start round one with a toss up.

This state was the site of violent political confrontations in the 1850s over the issue of slavery.

That would leave this state Rhys.

Kansas.

Kansas, bleeding Kansas.

You got it.

Here are bonuses for Shafer.

For ten points each, answer the following about waves.

This term is used for the number of waves that pass a given point in one second.

Frequency.

Frequency is correct.

No bonus points for dancing.

The frequency unit uses this name and is named after the German physicist who first confirmed the existence of electromagnetic waves.

Hertz got them both.

All right.

Next tossup.

This author wrote a novella about the migrant workers, George and Lennie, and another work in which the Joad family leaves Oklahoma.

Name this author of Of Mice and Men and the Great, Colton.

John Steinbeck.

John Steinbeck is correct.

Here are your bonuses for Algood.

For ten points each, identify the following math terms.

This shape can be generated by graphing an equation of the form y equals mx plus b.

Linear line.

Line is correct in the equation y equals mx plus b.

The b indicates this value.

y intercept.

Yintercept is correct.

Got them both.

All right.

Next toss up one of these.

Named Nessus was killed by Heracles and another was a renowned teacher named Kyron .

Identify... Rhys.

Centaur.

Centaurs.

Correct.

Here are your bonuses for Shafer.

Given a clue about a character from Greek mythology.

For ten points each, identify the character.

This Greek led the Argonauts in the efforts to find the Golden Fleece.

Its Shafers bonus.

Jason.

Jason is correct.

After Perseus killed the Medusa, he rescued this princess from the wrath of Poseidon and the sea monster Cetus.

No answer.

That would be Andromeda.

So you got half that bonus and the toss up.

Next toss up Julia Ward.

Howl Wrote and published the words for this unforgettable piece of music.

After meeting President Lincoln in the early years of the Civil War.

What patriotic hymn begins with the words Caleb, Star Spangled banner?

That's incorrect.

I'll finish for Shafer.

Mine eyes have seen the glory.

Rhys.

My country, tis of thee.

Incorrect.

We're looking for a battle hymn of the Republic.

So no points to either team there.

Next toss up, after defeating Maine's James G. Blaine in 1884, he became the first Democrat after the Civil War to win.

Colton.

Grover Cleveland Grover Cleveland is correct.

Here are your bonuses for Algood.

Given a name of a polyhedron for ten points.

Identify the number of plane surfaces that that polyhedron has.

A Hexahedron is a polyhedron that has this many plane surfaces.

8.

Eight.

Eight.

Eight is incorrect, it's six.

Oh.

Another polyhedron is the octahedron that has this many plane surfaces.

Eight.

That one's eight.

Yeah.

You got half the bonus there.

We'll go to our next tossup.

I'm sorry.

Okay.

If I start reading in you buzz, and you got to give me an answer.

So make sure to be careful on those stray buzzes.

And in this novel, the soldier Miles hidden protects a character he believes to be a delusional child from Afall court in London.

But that child is actually Edward the Sixth, who has swapped clothes with Tom Canty.

Name this Mark Twain novel about two identical boys, a peasant and the heir to the throne.

Colton.

The whipping boy.

That's incorrect.

Can you take it Shafer?

Time!

It's the Prince and the Pauper, so no points there.

We'll go to our next tossup.

Because Earth bulges at the middle.

This country's highest peak, which is also a volcano, is the furthest point on the Earth's surface from its center.

Mount Chimborazo is in this South American country that owns the Galapagos Islands.

Colton, Ecuador.

Ecuador is correct.

Here are your bonuses for Algood for ten points each, identify the scientists described by the following.

This scientist created the incandescent light bulb in 1879.

Edison.

Thomas.

Edison.

That's correct.

This other scientist invented the telegraph that was used to send messages using electric signals.

Alexander Graham bell.

No.

That's incorrect.

Samuel Morse so we got half the bonus.

And that tossup.

We'll go to our next tossup.

What was the term popularized by Winston Churchill in a speech given while visiting Missouri for the imaginary boundary.

Rick, the Iron curtain.

Iron curtain is correct.

Here are your bonuses.

Given a topic or area dealt in a constitutional amendment for ten points each, identify the amendment referenced as one of the Civil War amendments.

This amendment confirms a citizen's right to vote on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude cannot be denied.

Fifteen.

Fifteen is correct.

This other amendment to the Constitution allows for people over the age of 18 the right to vote.

26.

26 is correct.

Got them both.

All right.

Next tossup.

Charles, the second of Spain, had this family's namesake jawline.

Maria Teresa was a member of what Austrian family that controlled Spain and the Holy Roman Empire.

Time.

It is Hapsburg.

No points there.

We'll go on to our next toss up.

Leo the 10th excommunicated this man after he refused to retract his views on indulgences at the Diet of Worms.

Reese.

Martin Luther, Martin Luther is correct.

Here are your bonuses for Shafer.

For ten points each, answer the following about famous first lines from novels.

In the classic Moby-Dick by Herman Melville.

The narrator asks the reader to call him this name.

Ahab.

It's Ishmael in the opening line of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.

It is noted that this character was dead to begin with.

Marley.

Marley is correct.

You got half on that bonus and the toss up, and we'll move on to our next tossup.

Barb Holland disappears at a party she attends with Nancy Wheeler on this show.

Rick.

Stranger things, you got it.

Stranger things.

Season four coming soon.

All right.

Bonuses for Algood.

Given an American battle for ten points each.

Identify the state that battle occurred in the attack on Fort McHenry that led to the Star-Spangled banner being written.

Was fought in the War of 1812.

In this state.

Virginia.

Incorrect.

It's Maryland.

This other state was where the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor happened.

Hawaii.

Hawaii is correct.

So you got ten on that bonus and ten on the toss up at the end of round one.

We have all good with 120 and Shafer middle with 70.

Shafer is a little bit behind.

They are going to get to choose first.

Your options are the letter U or the letter N. N. N. You're taking the letter N. So Rhys is my captain.

All answers are going to come through him We have 60s on the clock.

All of these responses should begin with the letter N. Here we go.

It's called the city that never sleeps.

New York.

This animal is often called unicorn of the sea.

Narwhal.

It's the US state where the Wright brothers first took flight.

North Carolina.

It's the cathedral where quasi modo lives.

Pizza was invented in this Italian city.

The state's nickname is the Land of Enchantment.

Pass.

It's the franchise MLB team from Washington, DC.

Nationals.

This daughter of Palace and Styx was the goddess of victory.

Nike.

To get there, take the second star to the right and straight on till morning.

North Star.

It's a noble gas with atomic number ten and symbol NE.

Pizza was invented in this Italian city.

Pass.

This state's nickname... All right, we're out of time.

So we've got one, two, three, 4 or 5, six, six.

Correct responses for 60 points.

You got New York, Narwal, North Carolina, Notre Dame Nationals, and Nike.

Pizza was invented in Naples.

The Land of Enchantment is new Mexico.

The second star to the right and straight on to morning.

That's Neverland.

And NE is neon.

I don't.

All right, I said it.

So that brings your score up to 130.

And Algood is going to get a shot at answering these questions that begin or that, yeah.

Responses begin with the letter U.

We've got 60s on the clock.

I'm going to be looking to Rick for responses.

Here we go.

Army.

that wore blue in the US Civil War.

Union.

Its capital is Kiev, Ukraine.

Ukraine.

According to Sebastian it's where we got no troubles.

Life is the bubbles Under the Sea.

Last name of wicked Hogwarts headmaster Dolores.

Let's pass it.

It's the National animal of Scotland.

Unicorn.

Unicorn.

English Romantic poet John Keats wrote an ode to a Grecian one Pass.

Celestial object discovered by William Herschel in 1781.

Uranus Uranus, the U in USSR stood for this word.

United.

This African nation borders Lake Victoria.

Uganda.

also known as the tube, it's the rapid transit system serving Greater London Pass.

It's the last name of wicked Hogwarts headmaster Dolores Pass.

English Romantic poet John Keats wrote an ode to a Grecian one.

And.

All right, we're out of time.

One, two.

Three four.

Five.

Six.

Six.

Correct responses for 60 points.

You've got Union Ukraine under the sea unicorn horn, Uranus and Uganda.

The Hogwarts headmaster, Dolores Umbridge.

English Romantic poet John Keats wrote ode to a Grecian Urn.

The U in USSR stands for Union, and underground is the other name of the two.

So at the end of our lightning round, we have all good at 180 and Shafer at 130, and we still don't have any subs, so we're going to go right into round two.

Our final round.

Everybody get buzzers ready because we're going to start with a toss up.

Here we go.

In a novel by this man, a little girl finds cakes and drinks that change her size and meets... Rick.

Carol Lewis.

That's incorrect.

I'll keep reading.

And meets the Cheshire Cat and the Mad Hatter after following a white rabbit.

Name this author of Jabberwocky and Alice's Adventures in Wonderland 285 00:14:53,525 --> 00:14:55,427 time.

It's Lewis Carroll.

Carroll's the last name.

Sorry.

So no points there.

We'll go to our next toss up.

One of these objects inscribed to the fairest was the prize of a beauty competition.

Rick Apple.

Prompt.

Golden Apple.

Golden Apple is correct.

All right, here are your bonuses for Algood.

Given a clue about the death of a character in the Harry Potter films for ten points each, identify the person responsible for their death.

In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part two, this character summons Severus Snape to the Shrieking Shack, where his snake Nagini kills Snape with a bite to the neck.

Voldemort.

Voldemort's correct.

Nagini is also killed in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part two.

When this character uses the Sword of Gryffindor to sever its head.

Harry Potter.

Incorrect.

That would be Neville Longbottom.

So you got half of that bonus and the toss up.

We'll go to our next tossup.

This man broke with a movement led by Elijah Muhammad and was killed less than a year later.

Name this African American activist and one time member of the Nation of Islam who replaced his birth name little with a single letter.

Time.

That would be Malcolm X next tossup.

This family of elements is the only one which contains elements in all three familiar states of matter.

At standard temperature and pressure.

It is commonly referred to as group 17.

Into which family are the chemical elements chlorine, fluorine, iodine.

Colton.

Halogens.

Halogens is correct.

Here are your bonuses for Algood.

For ten points each.

Answer the following about Tennessee history.

This man served as a governor of Tennessee before getting elected as a dark horse candidate as the 11th president of the United States.

Polk.

Polk is correct.

This other president of the United States was president during Tennessee's admission to statehood in 1796, Jackson.

Incorrect..It's George Washington.

So you got half of that bonus.

And we'll go to our next tossup.

This novels title character falls in love with Lady Fujitsu bow due to her resemblance to his mother, Murasaki Shikibu wrote what early, What early Japanese novel about the adventures of an egotistical shining prince.

Time.

That would be The Tale of Genji.

No, no points there.

Let's do our next tossup.

This painting's central figure stands on a floating seashell after rising from... Rhys.

Venus.

That's incorrect.

I'll keep reading.

Rick.

The birth of the birth of Venus.

The name of the painting.

So you got it.

Here are your bonuses.

Given a definition dealing with a literary term for ten points each, identify that term.

This term is used for the use of words that sound like what they represent, such as bang, zap, and hum.

Onomatopoeia.

Onomatopoeia is correct.

This other term is a Japanese term for a three line verse consisting of 17 syllables.

Haiku.

Haiku is correct.

Got them both.

All right.

Next tossup.

This deity decorated the peacock with the eyes of her slain servant, Argus.

She was jealous of her husband's numerous human mistresses, such as io.

Name this queen of the gods.

The, Rick.

Hera.

Hera is correct.

Here are your bonuses for Algood.

Given a description of a term used in computer or internet technology for ten points each identified the term.

This term is used for a set of specific sequenced instructions for solving a problem, especially on a computer.

Algorithm algorithms.

Correct.

This is.

This other term is the foundation of cyber security, and it is one a security system designed to stop outside access to a computer system.

Firewall.

Firewall is correct.

Got them both.

All right, next tossup.

This force is proportional to the masses of the bodies involved and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them.

Gravity.

Gravity.

Gravity is correct.

Here are your bonuses for Algood for ten points each.

Answer the following about Taylor Swift.

Swift debut single was this 2006 hit named for another country artist.

Beyoncé That would be Tim McGraw.

Swift was born on December 13th, 1989, in West Redding.

In this state.

388 00:20:06,572 --> 00:20:07,773 Answer?

It's Pennsylvania, so no points there and no Swifties over there on the Algood middle school team.

All right, our next tossup.

Several Disney locations have rides titled for the many adventures of this character.

This character is censored in China due to comparisons.

Oh, Colton, Winnie the Pooh.

Winnie the Pooh is correct.

I have one.

Here are your bonuses for Algood for ten points each.

Given a clue about Roger.

About a Roger from early American history for ten points each, identify the information needed.

Roger Williams believed that the Puritans were too powerful and was ordered to leave the Massachusetts Bay colony for his religious beliefs.

After leaving He founded this other colony, Rhode Island.

Rhode Island, Rhode Island is correct.

Roger Sherman helped draft the great compromise that determined the makeup of our bicameral Congress in the legislative branch.

Sherman was a constitutional constitutional convention delegate delegate, from which state?

Pennsylvania ?

Connecticut.

So you got half of that bonus, and we'll go to our next tossup.

The Celsius scale is based on the boiling and freezing points.

Caleb.

Water.

Water is correct.

Here are your bonuses.

Algood for ten points each, Answer the following questions about sports terms.

In the sport of tennis, this term is used to designate a score of zero 423 00:21:45,304 --> 00:21:46,505 Love.

Love is correct.

This other sports term is given in golf to a player that needs one stroke more than par to complete a hole.

Bogie, Bogie is correct.

Got them both .

All right.

Next toss up.

Get your pencil and paper ready for this math.

Toss up.

Venn and Sam are brothers born exactly five years apart and their ages.

Currently sum to 27 years.

How old is Sam given he is the younger brother?

Jorge.

11, 11 years old.

You got it.

Good, buzz.

All right, here are your bonuses.

Algood.

Given a description of a famous character from literature for ten points each, identify that character known as the Napoleon of Crime.

This character is the arch enemy of Sherlock Holmes in a series of Arthur Conan Doyle stories.

Moriarty.

Moriarty is correct.

This other character travels around the world to win a bet in Jules Verne's Around the World in 80 Days.

Fogg, Phileas Fogg, Phileas Fogg is correct.

Got them both.

And that sound means it's the end of round two, and our game is coming to a close.

Algood has a final score of 370 points, and Shaferr Middle School is the final score of 130 points.

Give yourselves a round of applause.

Great game fellas.

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