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 Scholar's Bowl. 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. You'll hear about it. Halftime. It's our 40th year of the competition and we are all that much closer to the Frank Miller Memorial Trophy as we are now in the round of the educated 8. And today's game is Maryville versus Maryville. And if you've got deja vu, well then you're just like me. Because last year at this time in the round of the educated age, not only did Maryville have to knock out their other team, but it was a nail biting tiebreaker game that went into overtime. So. And who was on that show last year? I know Patrick was Oh boy. A lot of you were. Well, good. So we'll see how it plays out this time because obviously Maryville has a very talented team, but also a well distributed talent team. Let's say hi to those brilliant minds, starting with Livia Odoi, who's in 12th grade. Welcome back, Livia. It's always good to see you. Tell us what you've been up to. Thank you. So I'm on my school's climbing team, and Arowyn is my favorite member on the other team. Oh, isn't that sweet? And climbing. Meaning rock climbing. I think you told us that you only prefer the indoor type. Yes, because the outdoor is much too dangerous. Very much so. Lovely to hear that. Thank you. Patrick Hue is back 12th grade. What? I like the shirt. The 40th anniversary, Scholar's blue shirt. Well done. What's new with you? I would like to say that Matthew is my favorite person on other team. Oh, how nice. Now, are you saying this sincerely? You're trying to get inside their head. And most of them, It's pretty sincere. Pretty fairly sincere. Yes. On a scale of 1 to 10, I'd see like eight, eight sincerity. Okay, Let's be honest. I like the honesty. Mohib Ahmed is back. Youre team Captain, Mohib, You're going to answer bonuses or defer by name to a teammate. What's new? So I would like to say with complete sincerity that Thomas Tisdale is my favorite member of the other team. He's gotten me through school this year. Oh, really? Okay. Yeah, Well, I did see you all high fiving each other before the game and wishing each other well. So we'll see how it is. I mean, not just you, but everybody. Let's see how it plays out. We also welcome back Costin Autry, Costin, how are you? I'm doing well. My favorite member on the other team is John Humbert, and I strongly believe that he should join our quiz ball team trying to convince him. Oh, well, he does. He's pretty bright. He knows about Spanish and stuff. That's good. Okay, well, would you put the pressure on? Well, let's say hi first to the alternates for Mohib's team. We've got Anna Elam, Eva Oldham, Ava Cash and Alex Feller hottie. Join that, of course, coach Dr. Corey DeHart, who teaches physics and astronomy, taking on Arowyn's team on the other side, starting with the aforementioned John Humbert, who is in 11th grade. What about you, John? Are you going to join Quiz Bowl with Coston or not? Only if I knew when yall met, I would definitely join, but I like to say that Coston is my favorite member of the other team. Oh, how nice. Okay. I'm glad to know that 10th grader Matthew Natali is back again this year. Welcome, Matthew. What's new? I like to say that Patrick is my favorite member on the team and I also have to say that he is a amazing trombone player. Is that why he you enjoy his time so much? It's because he's got the trombone going. Yes. Oh, good. All right. Well, he's quite skilled at it. You know, we've heard him talk about it. Team captain is Arowyn Kasseheiser. Welcome back. Good to see you. 12th grade this year. So this is could be your final show ever. Or you might have another one under your belt. We'll find out what's new with you. Livia is my composition buddy. She's the Rogers to my Hammerstein. And my favorite person on the other team. So what style of the genre do you compose? Oh, we did, like, four songs for a musical theater a couple of years ago. Wow, that's fantastic. It sounds like fun. All right. Well, youll of course, answer bonuses or defer by name to one of the guys on either side of you, including Thomas Tisdale, who's in 12th grade. Thomas, welcome back. What's new with you? I'm in love with Mohib. and several members of the other team have planned a coup against me. Okay, so, wait, wait, wait a minute. What? What do you mean by this? So I'm co-president of my school's model UN, and some of the other officers have planned to sort of usurp me and try to try to kill me. Everyone's got to know England. So you involved in this coup attempt? Also, it's just a little bit of mutiny. It's all in good. No, it's all part of the game is what you're trying to tell me. All right. Well, part of the game also is to meet the alternates for Arowyn's team. Let's say hi first to Lauren Turner, Ellen Keener, Schuyler Lawson, and Dr. Corey Dehart of course, who teaches physics and astronomy. Well, you've all been here multiple times before. You had to win three times to get here, and we'll see how this game plays out. Which of your two squads is going to head on to the philosophical four? We've also got a special guest in the House with us today. We want to welcome Kym Fraser, who is a Knox County commissioner at large for Seat 11. Kym, thank you for your support of Tennessee Scholars Bowl. All right, players, let's get to it. Fingers on the buzzer for this fourth round game of Tennessee Scholars Bowl 2024. Toss up for all players in geography, what is the capital of the Republic of Austria? Vienna, I'm sure I've called on you, but yeah, Vienna and a geography bonus. What states nickname is the Keystone State? Utah? No, no, Utah's behind. This has done well. I defer to Patrick. Delaware. Pennsylvania. What states nickname is the Garden State? New Jersey. New Jersey. That's right for 10. Toss up in spelling. A realtor is a real estate agent. Coston? R E A L T O R. Is how you spell that. And a spelling bonus also for Maryville. Spell ambidextrous, which describes someone who can work well with both hands. Okay, I got A and B I.D.s tr o us t there's nobody I defer to Livia. A M B I D E X T R O U S. Good convincing there. And you got that right for 20 points. Tossup in religion in the Bible. Who did David defeat with a slingshot? John Goliath and a rock and a religion bonus now. name the pillar of Islam that is described as paying alms or charity tax to benefit the needy. I don't know the name of it, but I defer to John, the fourth pillar. Well, I needed the name of it. It's Zakat. Zakat. Toss up for everybody in biology, when bacteria breaks down proteins and decaying plants and animals, what compound is released? Livia? Ammonia. Correct. And a biology bonus derived from the old French word for apple. What does the four letter word meaning a type of fruit produced by flowering plants, including apples, pears and quinces. You see four letters word for apple and I defer to Patrick. POM Yeah, pom pom is it? And now in Roman mythology for ten more points, who was the goddess of fruitful abundance? This is Mohib to answer differ. Paris Bologna. Well I defer to Livia Bologna. Bologna. No, it's kind of a theme question. It's Pomona. Pomona. Ten points on the bonus toss up in art. What is the common color name for Sanguine? The heraldry color- Mohib? Red. No of military strength. Chance to steal Arowyn's team. Arowyn. Purple. No, maroon is the shade of red, much like what you're wearing over there Mohib. no points on that World History. Toss up What organization replaced the league of Nations in 19 John the United Nations 46 and a visual bonus for Arowyn's team. Take a look at the screen, please. The Japanese surrender in World War Two was signed on September two, 1945, aboard which battleship as seen here. I defer to John. The USS Missouri is correct. 20 points toss up now in foreign language, what does the French word for chair Mohib? See you. Not that you can steal Thomas Cherry It's a chez. Toss up in music. How many encores did Elvis Presley usually give? Everyone? Three, not eight. You can steal Molex ten. Livia two. It's actually zero. This guy can give no cars toss up in astronomy. Who was the father of astronomy? Who first cast on Galileo Galilei? No. Who first proposed that planets revolve around the sun? Thomas Copernicus. That's the one. And an astronomer. Bonus for Arowyn's team. The most energetic explosions known in the universe are g are bees and thought to be caused by the collapse of a high mass star into a black hole. What is a GRB? Supergiant? Do you want to know what Supernova? Supernova. That's a gamma ray burst GRB toss up now in math computation. What is the value of degrees in an angle of seven pi over six Coston? 120. Not it you can steal Arowyn's team time Thomas 210 is it? And a math bonus. Now find the area of a square with a diagonal of eight inches. Oh God, I'm, you know, 32. 32. Yeah. 32 square inches is right for 20 points. Toss up for everyone in history. Which governor of the Southwest territory created the original boundaries for Knox County and named Knoxville after his superior- Mohib? John Sevier after his superior Henry Knox Jones. Chance to steal Arowyns team. Arowyn. William Blood is right and History Bonus what 19th century statesman was nicknamed the Great Compromiser. Henry Clay. Henry Clay is right for 20 Toss up now in literature. Who wrote the muckraking work The Jungle Mohib. Upton Sinclair, correct and the literature bonus. Two parts. The movie Frozen was based on which fairy tale the ice. The Snow Queen, of course. Answer. Snow Queen. Yes. And who was the author? Hans Christian Andersen. Also write for 20 points on a bonus toss up. Now in geography, which one of the five Great Lakes is entirely within Thomas, Michigan, the United States. And a visual bonus now for Arowyn's team. The sunflower is seen as a symbol of peace and resilience in which Eastern European country Ukraine is ranked for 20 toss up now in chemistry. What p h indicator, often abbreviated H undergoes a change from Orange Arowyn Phenolphthalein. Yeah, from orange to colors to purple pink and a chemistry bonus. Now, in 1940, Edwin McMillan and Phillip Abelson isolated the first trans uranium element, a silvery radioactive substance with atomic number 93. First question is what is its name? Plutonium. It's neptunium, but you can get points if you tell me it's symbol B and P, That's right. For ten points. Toss up in economics. What is the top export of Turkey? John Apples. Now that you can steal Mohib? Oil. It's actually cars. Toss up now in sports, the Paralympics started with an effort to rehabilitate soldiers after which war Coston? World War II. Correct. And a sports bonus who was the only player in NBA history to have his jersey retired by three teams Country Kobe Bryant. It might be Shaq, I think Kobe Bryant. I think Kobe would play for one team, though. So Shaquille. I think it may be Shaquille O'Neal now before him, Wilt Chamberlain toss up now in vocabulary, what 12 letter word beginning with B refers to the practice or study of predicting the participants and or outcomes of elimination tournaments or competitions, especially in NCAA college basketball era bracketing. Now that you can still Mohibs team. Patrick? A bracketere? bracketology. It's kind of a newer word they've coined toss up now in arts in which Broadway musical are the songs Maria and of costume like Arowyn? West Side Story. And Officer Krupke and an arts bonus Now for Arowyn's team, in which Broadway musical is the song Good Morning Baltimore. Good Hairspray. Correct. For 20 toss up now in health, proteins are made up of chemical units called Coston? Amino acids. Correct. And a health bonus. Now, which part of the body is affected by encephalitis? Brain? I defer to Coston. The brain. Correct for 20. Toss up in geometry. In the proportion, Y over 12 equals 8 over 5. What is the decimal value of y to make the proportion true? Patrick 2.5 No chance to steal Arowyns team. Thomas? 14.2. Y equals 19.2 is that one toss up now in government, who was the first first lady to be elected to Congress? Matthew Eleanor Roosevelt Know that you can steal. Mohib? Reagan, No. Hillary Clinton. Toss up now in foreign language, what is the French word for Friday? Thomas? Freeday? You can steal Mohibs team. Vendredi. Tossup now in music which of Johann Sebastian Bachs famous works is often used in horror films Toccata and Fugue. Yeah in D minor we'll take that as a bonus. Now in which orchestral family is the English horn? So what we're doing, it's an English horn. So what I'm going to do, live here. Okay. Okay. I just heard about it's a woodwind break for ten in which orchestral family is the timpani. Some percussion. Percussion also right for 20. Toss up now in science, what is the term for tornadoes that form over water or move, John? Or move from land to water, chance to steal Libya cyclones. Now a waterspout is the name of that one. Toss up now in biology, in biology, what is the word used to describe the set of observable characteristics or traits- Mohib? phenotype of an organism and a biology bonus? Now, what birds found in Everglades National Park get they're mostly pink to red plumage, color from pigment in their food, including shrimp. Yeah, Flamingo is right for 20 points. Tossup in literature. Who was the greatest of the Roman poets? And the author of Rome's National Coston? Virgil. Yeah, The Aeneid And the literature bonus from Mohibs team. What one act play about a mother and her two adult children in Saint Louis features the character Amanda Wingfield, who was obsessed with finding a gentleman caller for her daughter, Laura dances. I don't know. Okay. That's a New Orleans Confederacy of Dunces. Now that's in New Orleans. And The Glass Menagerie is the play I'm describing. You can still get points by telling me who wrote The Glass Menagerie. Tennessee Williams is right for ten points. Toss up in religion. How many plagues of Egypt were sent by God after Pharaoh refused to free tossed in 12th? No free the Israelites- Arowyn? Seven. No, ten Plagues of Egypt. Toss up now in geology What precious gem is the birthstone for September? Arowyn? Opal? Mot it. You can steal it Mohibs team. Patrick? Ruby Sapphire is the answer. Toss up for all players in algebra. Simplify the expression six divided by the square root of three Iroin radical three over two. No Chance to steal Patrick. Two times radical three. Yeah, that's it. And an algebra bonus. Solve four h in the equation, which actually we don't have time for because that was the end of the first half. In this very close game between Maryville and Maryville,Mohibs team, and Arowyns team, one of them will advance the Philosophical four or find out who it's going to be coming up after the break. 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 Scholars Ball. I'm Frank Murphy, back from halftime in this exciting fourth round game between Maryville High School and Maryville High School. The two teams that tied each other last year in the educated eight. And one of them will advance to the round the philosophical four with a score this close. I did just go over the tiebreaker rules with both teams during halftime. There is no alternate, no substitutions unless you count Patrick's shirt. So what was wrong with the other one? I just wanted to, you know, freshen up. Well, I'm sure you're more of Livia. Probably very much. Appreciate it. All right, everybody, let's get back to it then. Fingers on the buzzer for Tennessee Scholars Bowl 2024. Toss up for all players in the category of history. Who was the first president of the Republic of Texas? Mohib? Sam Houston. Is correct. And a visual bonus. Now, take a look at the screens, please. in 1859, 86 Marines were sent to Harpers Ferry to free the local armory from occupation. By what famous abolitionist and his 22 men, John Brown. Correct. And in which state is Harpers Ferry located? In Virginia, Virginia. Virginia. No, it's in West Virginia. So ten points on that toss up now in government. What is the lowest federal court in the US court system? Constant circuit court, not it. You can steal Arowyn's team just as. Arowyn district. Yeah. Who can take that? I think government is your bonus now what words to the letters S and AP represent in reference to nutritional benefits for children and families in need? Something nutrition assistance programs. Just I defer to John Social nutrition Assistance program. Well, you missed the first word. It's a Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. You can still get points, though, if you tell me which federal department oversees the SNAP program claims. Interior, interior, interior. It's actually agriculture. So no points on the bonus. Toss up now in English, spell the word there in the sentence. When the home team wins, they're happy with t h e r e. Not that you can steal Arowyn's team, Arowyn t h e y apostrophe r e correct. For ten and a bonus in English Is the word delicious used as a predicate nominative or a predicate adjective in the sentence. The warm cherry pie smelled delicious adjective no predicate nominative, which predicate nominative. Now it is the adjective in that case, toss up now for all players in health. In 1928, Alexander Fleming discovered what group of antibiotics Matthew Penicillin is right from molds and a health bonus for your team. What field of medicine deals with eye diseases? Ophthalmology? Correct. What field of medicine deals with skin diseases? Dermatology. Both right. For 20 points. Toss up in technology. What video conferencing app that allows users on any John? Zoom? Yeah any desktop and mobile to use it and a technology bonus for Maryville during the 2023 actors strike. Keira Knightley said she was concerned about the rise in artificial intelligence and believed she needed to take steps to protect and possibly copyright. What just like this is, I defer to John actors likenesses now. She specifically wanted to copyright her face Toss up. Now in art, Van Gogh's irises is on view in the museum at the Getty Center, which overlooks the four or five freeway in the sapulpa to pass Patrick Los Angeles, is where that is located for ten points. And your bonus now is in geography. What country has borders with Norway to its west and Finland to its northeast? Sweden, Sweden. Yeah, Sweden. And second half of the question what's Swedish motor vehicles. Brand name is Latin for eye roll move No Volvo's Alex answer I refer to Patrick Volvo. Correct. That's 20 points on the bonus Toss up all players in foreign language. What is the Spanish word for 15 Livia? Quince. Yes and a foreign language bonus. Now, what is the Spanish translation of? I work a lot. Your trabajo mucho. I'll just defer to you. I defer to Livia. Yo trabajo mucho. Is correct. 20 points Toss up now in miscellaneous. What is the Tennessee Official State beverage? Patrick Milk. Correct. And miscellaneous bonus. Now, what is the name of the prehistoric Native American statue made of sandstone and depicting a kneeling male figure that was designated the official state artifact of Tennessee in 2014? There's something, of course we can say, meaning for the kneeling man and the name of it. They called Sandy. Toss up for all players in chemistry. What is the chemical symbol for barium Coston? Be. Correct. And a chemistry bonus, researchers at Oak Ridge National Lab discovered a solid catalyst to convert gaseous methane to methanol. Because the catalyst is not in the same phase as the reactants, it can be said to be. What type of catalyst? It's a heterogenous. It's heterogenous. Okay, sure. I know this Heterogenous. Yeah, we say heterogeneous, but sure, that's 20 points Toss up in pre-calculus. What is the measure in radians of the quadrant? One angle with sine of one over two. Arowyn Pi over six. Correct. And a pre calc bonus. What name is given to the point at which a function's second derivative changes from positive to negative or negative to positive? Point of inflection? Yes, for 20 Toss up now in history, which model of Jeep Wrangler shares a name with the river famously crossed by Caesar Rubicon and is legion and a history bonus for your team, Which grandson of Genghis Khan became the ruler of the Mongol Empire in 1260. Kublai Khan, correct for ten. Kublai Khan, also known as the Emperor Zu, founded which dynasty of China during the new ¥1 Dynasty. Correct. 20 points. Toss up now in vocabulary what eight letter word beginning with P refers to a person of wide ranging knowledge or learning? Mohib? Philosopher. Not that you can steal Arowyn's team. Arowyn? Polyglot. What's actually a polymath, which all of you are. You just need to learn the word for it. Toss up in music of what material are marimba bars made? Arowyn? Wood. Correct and a music bonus, two parts. Who wrote the song Camptown Races and My Old Kentucky Home? Answer Smith. Stephen Foster, who wrote the lyrics to Battle Hymn of the Republic. I defer to Matthew. John Philip Sousa that is. Julia Ward Howe. No points on the bonus. Back to toss ups in science. What form of extrasensory perception is associated with the ability to know another's thoughts? Mohib? Telepathy? Telepathy, Yes. And a science bonus. What is the term used for a wave formed from a rising tide moving upstream into a narrow channel? We formed the tide spring like spring tide, springtime and spring tide. It's called a tidal bore b0re Tossup now in health. What nutrient can be synthesized by the human body through the action of sunlight and is important John? Vitamin D. Correct for the absorption of calcium and phosphorus and a health bonus for your team. The World Health Association says that polio is only endemic in two bordering countries, Afghanistan. And what country that introduced a law in 2023 which could finally jail parents- Pakistan? Is right for 20. Tossup now in U.S. history, what was a derogatory term given to native Southern farmers that supported the Southern Republican Lidia? Scalawags. Party and a history bonus named four of the six men who signed both the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution. I think James Madison. Madison. Not Jefferson. Washington. Hancock. James, maybe. Answer Madison, Washington. Hancock. And J. None of those are on the list because it's George Clymer, Benjamin Franklin, Robert Morris, George Reed, Roger Sherman, and James Wilson. Toss up for everyone in literature, a novelist arranges a science and is haunted by the ghost of his first wife in the comic play Blithe Spirit, written by whom? Edgar Allan Poe. Like it You can steal Arowyns team. Arowyn? Tennessee Williams? That is Noel Coward. Toss up in sports. Which stadium was nicknamed the house that Ruth built? Patrick? Dogger? Not it. You can steal Thomas. Yankee Stadium is correct. And a sports bonus for you. In gymnastics, every gymnast starts their routine. With what score from which judges deduct points as the routine progresses. Ten. Right for 20. Toss up in biology. Name the chemical that carries energy from one reaction site to another Arowyn? ATP. Is it in a biology bonus List four of the eight levels of classification in the Linnaean taxonomy system. Species, phylum, class, genus and species. All of those are correct with a domain kingdom, order and family being the others. Toss up in math computation raise one over five to the negative three power Coston? 125. Is correct and a math bonus. Simplify the expression the quantity of four x plus three y minus the quantity of seven x minus two Y is the quantity of seven x minus two, three plus two. So negative three x seven minus one minus y. Where do the quantity I trust did he minus or plus minus. I defer to Livia. Negative three x minus y, it's negative three x plus five y. So that's not it. No points. Toss up in technology in a commonly used file format. What did the letters PDF Coston? Portable document format. Represent and a technology bonus. Instead of requiring an account with a username and password, What popular messaging service owned by meta identifies users by their phone number. What's up matter? What's up? What's up? Ter? What's App? Is correct for 20. Toss up in geography since 2011. What country in the Horn of Africa? Matthew? South Sudan. No, has been building a large hydroelectric dam on the Blue Nile River? Livia. Egypt? Not that. Ethiopia is what I was describing, toss up now in history, who is the prime Minister of Canada, Mohib? Justin Trudeau. Correct and a history Bonus What explorer who established the Lost Colony of Roanoke was beheaded for treason by James I in 1618 when John's on John I something I don't know which I did. Smith? Brown? Answer? John Winthrop. Winthrop No, sir. Walter Raleigh Toss up in sports, Which SEC college football team uses an elephant as its mascot? Patrick, Alabama. Yes. And sports bonus in two of the three weapons used in Olympic fencing competition for the Super Bowl. Actually, time's up now. So you probably could have gotten more points if you needed it just to embarrass your classmates across the aisle. But they did. Well, actually. What a close game. What an outstanding game by both squads from Maryville High School. I want to say a special thank you to your coach, Corey Dehart for putting not only two but three teams into our tournament this year. And obviously it pays off because you get a lot of experienced players who know how to win. Thank you guys for being here. Meanwhile, Arowyn and Thomas, you're seniors. Goodbye forever. I'll never see you again. Matthew and John, thank you for being here. I look forward to seeing you next year on Scholars Bowl. Meanwhile, Livia Patrick, Mohib, Coston, you will play again. You now advance the round of the philosophical for you are that much closer to competing for the Frank Miller Memorial trophy. We look forward to seeing you on Scholar's Bowl. Make sure you don't miss any of our upcoming episodes. Set your DVR and check your local listings. Binge watch Past Seasons online using the PBS app. And thank you for watching. Tennessee Scholars Bowl 2024. I'm Frank Murphy.