Welcome once again to the high school battle of the brain at the Scholars Bowl.

The game that calls for academic knowledge.

Let's meet our team.

History is the category players.

Get your fingers on the buzzer for Tennessee Scholars Bowl 2024.

Thank you for watching.

Tennessee Scholars Bowl.

Hi.

I'm Frank Murphy.

This is the academic tournament with high schools from all over the viewing area, competing for the Frank Miller Memorial Trophy and a cash prize that will describe at halftime.

We are in the second round, the threshold of 32 and today's matches from Webb School of Knoxville and Happy Valley High School.

Students from both those schools both won their way to get here.

So we're expecting an exciting match.

I'll say hi first to the players from Webb, starting with Sam Kowalski, who is a freshman.

Hi, Sam.

Welcome back to the show.

Tell us about yourself, what you've been up to.

Hi.

So I got recently got top five in the middle school chess tournament.

Oh, that's outstanding.

And I'm always curious.

It seems like everybody wants to go first.

Everyone wants to play the white side rather than the black side.

Is there a reason for that?

Well, you sort of get to dictate the game.

I mean, you have a full slate, a wide selection of openings if you're white versus if you're black, you have a limited selection of you're reacting rather than acting.

Okay.

I guess that's to me.

All right.

That's that's the differential side.

Okay, good.

Let's say hi to James overall junior high.

James, welcome back.

Happy to see you again.

Tell us more about you.

I recently started Jazz piano and I have a hydroponic garden that I built at my house.

Does it help the plants grow?

The music?

I've heard I've heard that playing music for plants is supposed to help them talking to them as opposed to help them.

It doesn't do anything for my plants, but maybe you want outside and ones inside so they don't really hear each other.

But you can bring the piano outside.

Let me know how it goes next time I see you.

Let's say hi to Penny Willoughby, who's a junior.

So, Penny, you're also team captain, which means that you're going to answer bonuses on behalf of the squad or defer by name to a teammate.

What about yourself?

I play xylophone in my school's band.

Really?

I think you might be the first xylophonist that we've had.

I think that's how you say it, right?

I believe so.

There's not many at Webb.

But that's different from the marimba and all the other percussion and whatnot.

It is, but I do a little bit of both.

Is it more The Americans are very difficult to transport.

How about the xylophone?

As long as it has wheels where you can pick it up, it's fairly easy.

So I'm glad I helped the forward to some kind of xylophone concert from you in the future.

Let's say hi also to Junior Jackson White.

Welcome back, Jackson.

Good to see you.

Tell us about you.

I also swam at Webb along with Sam.

Oh, yeah?

Yeah.

What's your best event?

I like I'm a freestyler, but I also do.

I am.

let's say hi to the alternates and coach for web school, starting with Henry Shamir and Alex Callanan, and they are joined by coach Jenny Fields, who teaches Latin at Webb School of Knoxville, taking on a victorious Happy Valley High School who's back on the show.

Happy Valley has been away for years.

We're so delighted that your coach has brought you back to us.

Let's say hi to Mackenzie Skeins, who is in 10th grade.

Mackenzie, what have you been up to since last we spoke?

I play softball for Happy Valley and I also play flute in marching band.

Wow.

What did position and softball first place?

That's a tough one.

That's none.

They're not quite the hot corner, but you see a lot of a lot of action at first base.

Good.

And what's your favorite thing about being on softball?

I like going to practice and like the team being like a family.

That's cool.

Excellent.

That's a benefit of team sports right there.

Let's say hi to Grace Holly Field in 11th grade.

Grace, what have you been up to?

I enjoy writing and crafting.

What kind of crafting?

A little while back, I got into making pompoms and like, pom pom roots and stuff.

I'm glad to hear it.

Let's say how had team Captain Tyler Bailey.

So, Tyler, you're going to answer bonuses on behalf of the squad or defer?

Tell us about yourself.

I play football.

I play you euphonium the marching band and robotics.

You said euphonium.

Yes, sir.

What does that look like?

Is it big?

It's like a giant trumpet, basically.

Oh, All right, Let's also to Aubrey Golden.

Welcome back to the show.

Aubrey, happy that you're here again.

Tell us more about you.

I am a percussionist in our schools marching band, and I am a competitive gymnast.

So percussion, as we just talked to a xylophone over there, what do you play?

I do bass drum and xylophone.

Oh, I also get to xylophone tests on the show.

Or I'm ever going to have a some kind of, you know, xylophone showdown afterwards.

That'll be a lot of fun.

Let's say hi to the alternates and coaches for Happy Valley.

First up is Haden Decker and Nicole Williams.

joined by coaches Alex Payne, who is the dean of students.

Shannon Lawson, who is the English Language arts and library instructor, and Kayla Hodge, who teaches history and geography.

All right, players, you've won your way here.

You know how we play with concepts worth ten bonuses worth up to 20.

Fingers on the buzzer for this second round game of Tennessee's Scholars Bowl 2024.

First toss up in the category of history, also called Emancipation Day.

What is the holiday?

Jackson Juneteenth.

Commemorates the date in 1865 and a history bonus now for Web On February 12th, 1849, which president, who was a Tennessean, became the first to have his photo taken while serving in office?

Zachary Taylor Jackson was presented with a James Oh no, it's Pocket's James kapok.

It was in 1849, yet now ten more points.

If you could tell me what the K stands for.

KINLEY Would you believe?

Knox Okay, yeah.

James Knox.

Polk Toss up everyone in music in which section of the band is a glockenspiel?

MCKENZIE Percussion, and she's right for Ten points Music Bonus Now for Happy Valley, what popular song begins?

I don't want a lot for Christmas.

There is just one thing I need on All for Christmas by Mariah Carey.

I think we might be able to give it to you because I think it's all I want for Christmas is you.

And then Question Now, who co-wrote and sang the original recording of the song?

Answer Aretha Franklin.

No, it was Mariah Carey.

That's not like I can't give it to you on the first half, but I havent asked that part.

Ten points on the bonus toss up in physics, oxidation occurs through what electrode?

That's an anode toss up now in literature, who became king because he could pull a sword out of a stone?

James King Arthur.

Yes.

And a literature bonus Now for Webb, which work of literature is associated with this first line?

It was a bright cold day in April and the clocks were striking 13 James Bond answer James Bond.

Now that's 1984.

But you can still get points by telling me the author, George Orwell, right for ten.

Toss up now in government.

What is the process in which the legitimacy of a will is established Penny?

Revision.

Not it gives you time to steal Happy Valley.

That's called probate.

No points toss up now in geography, which state is the Cornhusker State?

Jackson, Nebraska is right.

Geography bonus for web, the borders of which for US states meet at the Four Corners monument.

Arizona.

New Mexico.

Utah.

Arizona.

New Mexico, Colorado and Utah.

All four of those are right for 20 points.

Toss up now in health, where in a cell is the cell's genetic material located on the nucleus is right now.

You get a health bonus on the screen.

Take a look, please.

Which region of the brain that is highlighted in this image is responsible for regulating vital functions like breathing and heart rate by the common.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Try that brain stem while was looking for a medulla oblongata that we highlighted on that.

Plus up now in art what toy has a silver screen, Two knobs and silver powder.

Mackenzie.

Etch a sketch.

Inside to draw pictures and an art bonus for Happy Valley.

The artist Kandinsky is considered the first for what style of art?

Answer Realism.

That's abstract art.

Kind of the other end of the spectrum.

There pops up in foreign language.

What is the Spanish word for Saturday?

The Jackson?

Sabado.

Yes, and a foreign language bonus.

Now two parts.

What is the Spanish word for yesterday, I hear?

Defer to Sam.

I hear.

Yes.

What is the Spanish word for tomorrow?

Defer to San Manana.

Both right.

For 20% for all players in math.

What is the square root of four cubed?

Do it, Sam.

Eight.

Yeah, I'm going to take the square root of 64 and so on.

Math visual.

Now take a look at your screens, please solve the equation.

Six minus the quantity.

Eight y plus eight equals two minus eight for the variable y you also you have to write this y equals one half.

That's correct.

For 20 points toss up.

Now in economics, what's citrus soft drink that was invented in Tennessee.

Penny.

Mountain Dew.

Derived its name from moonshine and an economics bonus for Webb.

What product or service uses the slogan Capture and Share the World's moments?

It be Kodak, Cody, Kodak, Instagram.

It is Instagram.

What product or service uses the slogan Real people real videos.

Be real, right?

YouTube.

That one is TikTok.

toss up.

In sports, the first 500 mile automotive race on a closed track took place in what city James?

Indianapolis, Correct.

And a sports bonus for Webb, in which competitive sport is a lower score.

The more favorable outcome?

Golf.

Correct, in a typical professional golf match.

How many holes make up a complete round of golf?

18 also.

Right 20 points.

Tossup in chemistry.

Who is the scientist whose name is given to the laboratory burner?

Penny?

Bunsen.

Yes.

And a chemistry bonus.

Name two of the three classes of electrolytes in chemical, organic and artificial.

Oh, this case, we're just looking for acids, bases and salts.

Simpler than that.

Toss that for everybody in vocabulary.

What ten letter word beginning with O means having total absolute power.

Tyler I'm omnipotent and omnipotent, but we'll take it as the pronunciation.

Doesn't matter.

Vocabulary Bonus now for Happy Valley.

What five letter word beginning with a means highly capable or skilled able.

Now adept is the five letter word toss up in US history, considered one of the most viewed films in history.

What is the subject?

James JFK of the Zapruder film?

I guess you use that question last year.

Probably write bonus in history Webb in 2022 the death of a 96 year old princess was announced by the only royal residence in the United States, which is located in what city for ten?

And Sir, Los Angeles.

That's in Honolulu.

What is the name of the Hawaiian Royal residence, which is now a museum, the palace of Honolulu?

Well, it's called the Iolani Palace, a big tourist attraction, toss up in government.

Which amendment In the Bill of Rights states excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed.

Jackson?

The Ninth Amendment.

No chance to steal Happy Valley.

Nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.

I was quoting the Eighth Amendment.

They're toss up now in music.

What is a broad style of music characterized by complex harmonies, syncopated rhythms, and a heavy emphasis on improvization that started, James?

Jazz.

Yeah, you're playing that right and music bonus.

Now what is the genre of popular music that originated with blues, Southern gospel and spirituals?

Old time in American folk music forms, including Appalachian, Cajun, Creole and the Cowboy Western music styles of New Mexico and Texas bluegrass.

Well, when you mix in all that other stuff, it's just regular old country music toss up now in geology, what is the only gemstone to come from a living creature?

Tyler Pearl Yes, right.

Geology is bonus named two of the three hardest known naturally occurring substances different auburn, obsidian and bedrock.

No, it would be the diamond moissanite and condemn are the top 3.

Toss up now in English, tongue twisters usually involve what figure of speech James alliteration correct In an English bonus, What figure of speech is used to make comparison by describing one thing in terms of another, but without using the words like or as metaphor.

That's right.

For 20 points.

That's up now in pre-calculus.

What connects section graph will result from the equation four x squared plus nine y squared equals 36.

Sam?

Elipse.

Well take ellipse and pre-calculus bonus if the sine ratio of an angle is 5/13.

What is the cosine ratio of the same angle.

12/13.

12 over 13.

That's correct.

For 20 toss up now in history who was dictator of the USSR during World War two?

Penny?

Stalin.

And a history bonus in 1909.

It took five months before the world knew that which Explorer had reached the North Pole.

Well, that's Ernest Hemingway.

That's Admiral Robert Peary on that one.

Toss up for everybody in miscellaneous.

What is the soft, bland, custard like food product that is made from soybeans?

Penny tofu, is it miscellaneous is your bonus in folklore?

What is the cloaked skeletal creature carrying a scythe?

Grimly.

Grim Reaper.

Correct.

And in folklore, what is the elderly bearded man wearing a robe and sash and carrying an hourglass?

Father time.

Both right for 20.

Toss up now in science.

What word for a unit of measurement in length is derived from the Latin word Anchia, meaning 1/12 Penny?

Inch.

Is right.

As the half runs out inches, it gets ten more points.

And that is the end of our first half.

But anything can happen in our second half of play.

One of these teams advances to the round of the Smart 16.

We'll find out who it is coming up after the break.

And Tennessee Scholars Bowl 2024.

The 40th season of Tennessee Scholars Bowl is a single elimination tournament featuring 64 high school academic teams.

The championship team.

And this year, Scholars Bowl receives the Frank Miller Memorial Trophy.

The scorekeeper timekeeper and judges for this year's Scholars Bowl are Chandler Vincent, Rebecca Longmire, Stephen Hensley, Cathy Coley, Ernie Roberts, Cathy Waddell, Jerry Doherty.

Thank you.

Also to the East Tennessee PBS staff and volunteers who make this educational program possible to enter your high school in next year's Tennessee Scholars Bowl.

Or for more information on this year's tournament, please write to the address shown on your screen.

you're watching Tennessee Scholar's Bowl.

I'm Frank Murphy, back from halftime in this second round game between Webb School of Knoxville and Happy Valley High School from Elizabethtown.

It looks like both teams have brought alternates into this game to see if that affects our second half of play.

Let's say hi first on the website to Alex Callanan, who is a sophomore.

Welcome back, Alex, What you been up to?

Like, like this guy right next to me.

I am also a black belt in taekwondo.

So do you fight each other or.

No, We go to different schools.

I mean, seriously, you got to think about it now.

You got to challenge him for some kind of Taekwondo throwdown.

Don't try to be interesting.

He'll probably destroy me, though.

No, no confidence, Alex.

Let's say hi also to senior Henry Shamia.

Welcome back, Henry.

Always good to see you.

Tell us about yourself.

Thank you.

I am currently doing nuclear research and that sounds fascinating to me and surprising at the high school level.

But clearly you've got eye on the prize.

where do you go next after you graduate?

It's a good question.

I'm not sure yet.

Well, even not even in general terms.

I mean, what would be the field of study?

What do you call it?

Nuclear Engineering.

Excellent.

Let's also we've got some alternates on the Happy Valley side.

Let's say hi first to Junior Nicole Williams.

Nicole, welcome back.

Good to see you.

Tell us about yourself.

Um, I like to play soccer.

Yeah?

What position?

A striker in center defense.

Are those the hardest positions?

Not really, no.

I mean, Striker can be a little difficult.

Well, I like the honesty, though.

Very good.

All I know about soccer is what is on Ted Lasso, so you know more about it than I do just by saying those words.

also we're joined by Hayden Decker, who is a freshman.

Hayden, welcome back to the show.

Good to see you.

Tell us about you.

I am the state champion of Vex Robotics in Tennessee for a spin up.

Wow.

You and Alex should have a chat because he's been on robotics forever.

That's interesting.

All right, players, just get back to it.

Get your fingers on the buzzer.

For Tennessee Scholars Bowl 2024.

First toss up is in spelling the person in a hotel who books a guest services is a concierge Penny?

C O N C I E R G E. That's right.

And a spelling bonus Now for Webb.

spell discreet meaning distinct, discontinuous and countable.

D I S C R E E T?

No, that's not it.

It's the other one now.

Spell discrete.

Meaning prudent, protective and circumspect D I S C R E E T. Yeah.

The one you missed was spent like the country Crete at the end.

All right, toss up.

Now, in religion, what religious movement of the 1500s led to the Reformation.

Protestantism and a religion bonus made from wood removed during the Truman era renovation.

What holiday symbol was added to the White House archives in 2022 to celebrate Hanukkah like a menorah?

Correct.

And in 1979, who became the first president to light a menorah in the White House?

This 79 would not be a George W Bush.

In 79, Jimmy Carter was president.

Toss up now in geography.

In which ocean is the Gulfstream Penny Atlantic?

That's right.

Geography bonus for Webb.

Tina Turner, Quentin Tarantino, Morgan Freeman and Al Gore Jr were all born in what state?

So, no, I think southeast, as are New Mexico, Tennessee, plus several players in biology.

What is the term for the shape of the human DNA molecule?

Penny Double helix is right in a visual bonus.

Take a look at the screen, please.

Webb First, what plant is depicted on the national flag shown here?

Fir tree?

I need something more specific.

A fir evergreen.

Well, it's specifically a cedar tree, although it is a type of fir.

This is very specifically a cedar tree.

What nation does that flag represent?

Lebanon.

Lebanon?

Yeah.

There's an expression, actually, about the Cedars of Lebanon.

That's why we say that toss up now in art.

Gilbert Stuart, an American painter of the 18th century, is most noted for his portrait of which President Kenny Washington erected an art bonus.

Now a Vincent Van Gogh exhibition in London selling ear shaped erasers was criticized for being insensitive to the artist's mental illness.

Van Gogh Self-mutilation happened after an argument with which French post-impressionist artist who was known for his paintings of French Polynesia.

I do.

I know Monet and Monet.

Monet.

Now it's go again.

it for everyone in mythology.

What was the name of the son of Susan Hara, who was the God of war in Greek mythology?

James Aries Correct.

And mythology.

Bonus The world's first robot tour guide inside a cave is welcoming visitors in Alistrati cave in northern Greece.

The robot is named for which mythological character who was daughter of Zuse and was abducted by Pluto to be his wife Demeter for 74.

70?

Yes, right.

For 20 points Back two toss ups in history.

During whose presidency did Thomas Jefferson serve as secretary of state?

Penny Washington is right now a visual bonus for Webb.

Take a look at the screens, please.

This famous painting by John Trumbull, seen here, shows the Committee of five presenting their draft of the Declaration of Independence to the Second Continental Congress named four of the five members of the drafting committee chair John G. Jeff Franklin, Jefferson, Madison, John Jay and Benjamin Franklin.

We'll give you points for Jefferson and Franklin, John Adams, Robert Livingston and Roger Sherman were the other three.

So you get ten.

They're toss up now in architecture.

What is the name of Elvis Presley's colonial revival style house?

Penny Graceland.

In Memphis and an architecture bonus.

What type of civic buildings did Andrew Carnegie donate money to build in the 19th century?

Libraries.

Libraries also write 20 plus up in astronomy.

Which planet has Phobos and Deimos as its satellites?

James Mars Right in Astronomy Bonus The mnemonic phrase My very educated mother just served us nachos stands for what Mercury are the Mercury?

The order of the solar.

Do you need the order?

Know the order of the planets?

Yes.

That's what we're looking for.

The eight planets in order.

Toss up now in literature.

Who wrote the Little House on the Prairie Books?

Penny.

Laura Ingalls Wilder.

Wilder.

But yes.

Literature bonus.

Who wrote the novels Death on the Nile?

The ABC Murders and Crooked House.

Agatha Christie to express Agatha Christie.

That's right.

For 20 points plus up now in chemistry, what elements name was suggested by Lavoisier and derived from two Greek words, meaning water.

Henry Hydrogen Water Producer Hydrogen Chemistry Bonus In 2022, a new analysis of a 4000 year old toolkit that was found near Stonehenge in 1801 indicates it was used by a skilled craftsperson to hammer sheets of what chemical element with the atomic number 79 gold.

That's right.

420 Toss up now in economics, what branch of the US Department of Treasury collects income taxes and enforces related tax laws?

Henry The IRS.

Yeah, we can take that.

Internal Revenue Service economics bonus in 2022.

Ralph Lauren announced a new fashion collection to celebrate the traditions and history of Atlanta HBCU's, Morehouse College and Spelman College.

What does HBCU stand for?

Historically black college and university.

That's right for toe toss up.

Now in sports, what is the men's track and field competition consisting of ten events in two days?

A penny and tackle on No, You Can steal Happy Valley ten events makes it a decathlon.

No points toss up.

Now in health, what is the pigment in blood that colors it red?

Hemoglobin.

Alex hemoglobin and a health bonus.

Name two of the three types of muscles in the human body.

Skeletal and smooth.

Yes, with cardiac being the third concept for everyone in foreign language.

What commonly used ten letter Spanish word.

It starts with a is defined as a person who is very knowledgeable and enthusiastic about an activity, subject or pastime.

That's an aficionado.

Tossup up in geometry.

If the hypotenuse of a 45-45-90 triangle is ten, what is its leg length?

Henry Five square root two.

Yeah.

And the geometry bonus Now for web, how many total degrees in the interior angles of a convex decagon?

Eight times three.

Six light one four for sure.

1440.

That's right.

for 20 points.

Toss up now in history.

What city was targeted by the first war use of an atomic bomb?

James Hiroshima.

Yes.

And a history bonus.

In 1836, Sam Houston led Texans to victory over General Santa Ana.

At the Battle of Jacinto, the Texans rallied to what famous war cry?

Remember the Alamo ranked for 20 points?

Toss up now on music.

What is the term for the stick used by conductors to enhance the manual?

Alex Baton Yeah, and movements for musicians and a music bonus for web.

What is the lowest pitch on a correctly tuned violin?

G. Yes.

And what is the lowest note on a flute?

No.

B-flat Middle C so I'll give you ten on the bonus Up in science, What does a barometer measure?

Alex Air pressure, Yes, and a science bonus.

What kind of clouds are lowest to the Earth's surface?

Cumulus.

Cumulus.

Those are stratus.

What kind of clouds are highest in the middle?

Sirius, defer to Alex Cirrus.

Cirrus is right for ten points plus up in vocabulary.

What is the term for a word that is spelled the same way forward or backwards?

McKenzie Now, like none or Madam Alex Palindrome is right.

Vocabulary is your bonus name.

The ten letter verb beginning with a that means combine or unite to form one organization or structure line.

Aggregate amalgamate is the word, but you can get points for spelling it.

Amalgamate.

Defer to James A M A L G A M A T E. Is right.

Get your ten points toss up in religion.

What is the collection of the Scriptures of Islam called Tyler Koran Yeah, the Koran is right religion bonus.

Now in 2020, three delegates to the Southern Baptist Convention voted to expel five Southern Baptist churches, including Saddleback, over which issue.

Defer to Mackenzie.

Abortion.

No, it was the issue of female pastors.

Whether or not you can have those toss up in geography.

What is the capital of Switzerland?

Penny red, brown I it you can steal Happy Valley bern bern as what you're probably thinking right now.

Burn toss up in art.

What Italian city is home to the Uffizi Gallery?

Penny?

Milan.

Not it you can steal Happy Valley Florence is that city so no points there on that question.

As time runs out, we have tried to run up the score a little bit to get ready for their next round of play.

But Happy Valley, we're delighted that you've got multiple teams in the tournament and we're delighted that you won your way this far and look forward to seeing your school for many years to come.

And scholars both happy to have you.

Happy Valley.

Happy to have you.

Meanwhile, Webb, congratulations.

You now advance the round of the Smart 16, someplace where your school is familiar.

You've been there before and we'll look forward to seeing you on upcoming episodes of Scholar's Bowl.

Of course, you can keep track of all of our teams by never missing an episode.

Set your DVR or as our teams do, binge watch past seasons online using the PBS app.

My name is Frank Murphy and this is Tennessee Scholars Bowl 2024.