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(upbeat music) - Welcome to the finals of the 2023 WCTE High School Academic Bowl.

Our teams are Cookeville High School and Gallatin High School.

I'm your moderator.

Brian O'Connor, a math professor at Tennessee Tech University.

Let's meet our teams.

First Cookeville High School.

- My name's Connor Baggott.

I'm a junior at CHS and my middle name is James.

- My name is Harry Rudd.

I'm a senior at CHS and I am gonna be a future Golden Eagle.

- My name is Quentin Ding.

I'm a senior at CHS and I don't have a middle name.

- My name is Pramith Reddy.

I'm a junior at CHS and I'm a member of Mu Alpha Theta.

- That's Cookeville, let's meet Gallatin.

- My name is Gareth.

I'm a sophomore at Gallatin High School and like Squidward, I play clarinet.

- My name is Andrew.

I'm a freshman at Gallatin High School and I still like motor sports.

- I'm Marley.

I'm a sophomore at Gallatin High School and my favorite teacher is Mr. Schmider Holzer.

- I'm Danny.

I'm a sophomore and I know my mom's watching.

- Excellent.

Thank you teams.

Appreciate you being here.

We're ready to start our first half.

Teams, are you ready?

Let's begin.

Here's the first toss up.

The longest river in the western hemisphere is a six letter A word.

Name it.

(buzzer beeps) Quentin.

- Amazon.

- [Brian] Amazon.

Correct, 10 points.

Bonus question.

Five states were entirely formed from the land of the Northwest Territory of 1787.

For 5 points each name any four of them.

- Northwest.

- Michigan and Ohio.

- Yeah, Ohio - Well any of them, right?

- Yeah, any of them?

- Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois.

- Michigan.

- Ohio.

- Indiana, Illinois.

- Ohio.

- [Brian] Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan.

Correct for 20 points.

The other one was Wisconsin.

- Okay.

- 20 points on that bonus.

(gentle music) Here's your bonus question.

For 10 points, add together the first prime number after 20 and the first prime number after 40.

What is the sum?

- 21 plus, 23, 41, so.

- 64.

- 64.

- 64.

- [Brian] 64 is correct.

Also for 10 points, to the value of the first prime number greater than 30, add the value of the first prime number less than 125.

What's the total?

- It's 31 plus something, right?

- Yeah, 31 plus.

- 123?

- 123 sounds right.

- [Timekeeper] Time.

- Answer.

- 154.

- 154.

- 154.

- [Brian] No, 144.

10 points on that bonus question.

Here's your next tossup.

The painted desert and petrified forest are located in what western US state?

(buzzer beeps) Harry.

- California?

- No.

Can you take it Gallatin?

(buzzer beeps) Gareth - Nevada?

- No.

It's in Arizona.

Next tossup.

In 1941 a Russian city was under siege by Germans and a compo-- (buzzer beeps) - Stalingrad.

- [Brian] No, I will continue for Gallatin.

Under siege by Germans and a composer was completing his seventh symphony there, Dimitri Sha Deko dedicated the symphony to that besiege city.

Give the symphony's nickname and you name the city.

- [Timekeeper] Time.

- Time.

Leningrad.

Next toss up.

In the sixth century BC this famous Greek mathematician measured tone by means of a one stringed instrument called a mono chord.

What was his name?

(buzzer beeps) Danny - Archimedes.

- [Brian] No.

Can you take it Cookeville?

(buzzer beeps) Quentin - (indistinct) - No.

Pythagoras.

Next toss up.

What is an area of sunken land which appears suddenly due to faulty sub-soil?

(buzzer beeps) Harry - A sinkhole.

- [Brian] And consumes houses and cars, Sometimes Corvette's?

Sinkhole is correct.

10 points there.

Here comes your bonus.

A couple questions about legends.

Legends.

For 10 points each.

Columbus made four voyages.

How many did Sinbad the sailor make?

- Let's say number four.

- Seven.

- Four.

- [Brian] Seven.

Next for 10 points.

She measured 24X handles.

What creature of American folklore am I describing?

- This is right here.

- The wendigo.

- [Brian] No, Babe the Blue Ox.

No points on that bonus.

Here's another tossup.

Walter Gropius, Lorenzo, Bernini and (indistinct) are all well known?

(buzzer beeps) Harry - Architects - [Brian] For their specific pursuits architecture.

Correct.

10 points there.

Here's your bonus question.

The preamble to the US constitution contains six infinitives, the first of which is to form.

For five points each name any four of the other five infinitives with the word two implied in those.

- Create two.

- To live, to create.

- To live, to create.

(indistinct) - [Brian] No establish, ensure, provide, promote and secure no points there.

Next, toss up.

What's the sum of the prime factors of 105?

(buzzer beeps) Pranith - 15?

- Say it again.

- 15.

- 15, correct.

Three, five and seven, 10 points there.

Here is your bonus question.

For five points each or 20 for all three, name the three types of bones in the hand.

- What's the phalanges?

- Meta?

No tar.

Is it Tarsals or carpals?

- Tarsals.

- Tarsals.

- Metatarsals.

- Metatarsals, Tarsals and phalanges.

- Yeah.

Metatarsals, Tarsals and Phalanges.

- [Brian] Say the first one.

- Metatarsals.

- [Brian] No, it's metacarpals.

Carpals and Phalanges.

Did you get Phalanges?

- We did.

- [Brian] You did.

That's what I thought.

Okay, so five points on that bonus question.

Next, toss up.

Located under and attached to the liver and humans, what organ serves as-- (buzzer beeps) - The Gallbladder?

- [Brian] Say it again.

- The gallbladder.

- [Brian] Gallbladder serves as a reservoir for bile.

Gallbladder is correct.

10 points there.

Here's your bonus question.

For five points each, name the architectural style of these buildings.

First, the cathedral in Reims, France.

- Gothic.

- [Brian] Gothic is correct.

Second, Dairy Berry Hall at Tennessee Tech University where we are right now.

(indistinct) - Romanesque - [Brian] No, Georgian.

Third, the leaning tower of Pisa.

- Romanesque.

- [Brian] ] Romanesque.

That's right.

- Yeah.

- [Brian] ] And finally, the Hagia Sophia Istanbul.

(indistinct) Answer?

- No answer.

- [Brian] (indistinct) 10 points on that bonus.

Next, toss up the sign on the Coke machine in Paris says (indistinct) What's the English translation?

(buzzer beeps) Quentin?

- Hello?

- [Brian] No, can you take it Gallatin?

Hello?

(buzzer beeps) Danny - Overthrow - No.

Out of order.

Next, toss up.

What city in Virginia is the home base for the Navy's Atlantic-- (buzzer beeps) Quentin - Richmond.

- [Brian] No, for the Navy's Atlantic fleet, I'll give it to Gallatin.

- [Timekeeper] Time.

- [Brian] Time, Norfolk.

Here's another toss up.

What is a government tax on imports called?

(buzzer beeps) Gareth?

- A tariff.

- [Brian] Tariff, correct.

10 points there.

Here's your bonus question.

For 10 points which article of the constitution relates to judicial powers?

- Six.

- [Brian] No.

Article three.

And also for 10 points which article the constitution relates to presidential powers.

- Four.

- [Narrator] No, article two.

no point.

(buzzer beeps) That's the end of our first half and the score is Cookeville 85 and Gallatin 30.

Come on back for our second half.

(upbeat music) Welcome back to the finals of the 2023 WCTE High School Academic Bowl.

We got a good match going on here.

Cookeville High School and Gallatin High School and the score at the end of the first half is Cookeville 85 and Gallatin 30.

We have a couple new folks on Cookeville that we want to tell you about.

So let's do introductions here, please.

- My name is Jackson Raglin.

I'm a junior and I like math.

- I'm Soul Beck.

I'm a junior and I also don't have a middle name.

- Thank you.

Welcome.

We're gonna start our second half now.

Teams, are you ready?

Here we go.

First, toss up.

What is the name of the disease that results from a deficiency of vitamin D?

(buzzer beeps) Quentin.

- Scurvy.

- [Brian] No, take it Gallatin.

(buzzer beeps) Danny.

- Rickets.

- [Narrator] Rickets correct.

10 points there.

Here's your bonus question.

Metallic elements are often obtained from ores.

For 10 points name the metallic element which is produced from the ore bauxite.

- Aluminum.

- [Brian] Aluminum is right.

And next pretend points name the metallic element which is produced from the ore (indistinct).

Answer?

- No answer - Copper.

10 points on the bonus.

Next, toss up.

If all the possible diagonals are drawn in a triangle how many will there be?

(buzzer beeps) Gareth?

- Three.

- [Brian] No.

Can you take it Cookeville?

(buzzer beeps) - [Brian] Soul.

- Zero.

- [Brian] Zero.

None.

Correct.

10 points there.

Here's your bonus question.

Last year, apples sold for a dollar 50 a pound.

This year they're selling for a dollar Eight a pound I wish.

for 20 points, find the percent of decrease.

- Decrease.

- It's decreased.

- Okay.

- 18% - 28%, no points on the bonus.

Next, toss up.

What was the name of the eight or the 1086 English publication which was the first official record of property ownership in the history of Western civilization?

(buzzer beeps) - The Doomsday book.

- [Brian] Say it again?

- The Doomsday Book.

- The Doomsday book, correct.

10 points there.

Here's your bonus question.

for 10 points What 1824 Supreme Court case interpreted the interstate commerce power of Congress?

- No answer.

- [Brian] That's Gibbons versus Ogden.

Next for 10 points, what 1896 supreme Court case upheld the doctrine of separate but equal facilities for the races?

- Plessy v. Ferguson - [Brian] Plessy v. Ferguson is correct.

10 points there on that bonus question.

Next, toss up.

What name have the native Tibetans given to the so-called abominable snowman?

(buzzer beeps) - Marley - Yeti.

- Yeti.

10 points there.

Here's your bonus question.

For 10 points what is the converse of the statement?

If P then Q?

- If Q then P. - If Q then P. - [Brian] If Q, then P, correct.

Also for 10 points, what is the negation of the statement?

P or Q?

I'll give you choices.

Not P or not Q.

Not Q or not P. Not P and not Q or not P and Q - I defer to Gareth.

- Not P or not Q.

- [Brian] Not P and not Q.

Not correct there.

10 points on that bonus question.

Next, toss up.

What word is used in architecture to designate the front of a building?

(buzzer beeps) Harry?

- Facade.

- [Brian] Facade.

Correct.

10 points there.

Here's your bonus question.

For 20 points, all or nothing, determine the combined area in square feet of these two figures.

First, a rectangle with a base of three feet and a height of 108 inches.

And two, a triangle with a height of 132 inches and a base of 10 feet.

(indistinct) - [Timekeeper] Time.

Answer.

- 72.

- [Brian] 82 square feet is the answer.

No points on the bones.

Next, toss up.

The Ashburton Treaty reaffirmed the 49th parallels the border to settle dispute.

The 49th parallels the boundary between what-- (buzzer beeps) Gareth.

- The United States and Canada.

- [Brian] United States and Canada.

Two present day countries, correct.

10 points there.

Here's your bonus question.

Mohs scale of mineral hardness is a scale for the ability of one mineral to scratch another.

It uses end integers from one the softest to 10 the hardest for five points each.

Give the mohs scale number for each of these materials.

First, diamond - 10.

- [Brian] 10 is correct.

Second, quartz.

- Six.

- [Brian] No, it's seven.

- Seven.

- Talc.

- One or two.

- One, two or three.

- One.

- [Brian] One Is correct.

And finally, gypsum.

- That's three.

- Three.

- [Brian] No, it's two.

10 points on the bonus.

Next, toss up.

His documentaries include the Brooklyn Bridge, the Civil War, baseball and country music.

Name him (buzzer beeps) Quentin.

- Ken Burns.

- Ken Burns, correct.

10 points there.

Here's your bonus question for five points each, or 20 for all three.

Identify the following printmaking techniques as described.

First, the printmaking method, which is based on the stencil concept.

Many T-shirts are made this way.

- The press.

- No, it's not press.

I think it's a press.

- Press - [Brian] No, silk Screen.

- Silk screen.

- [Brian] Next, this printmaking technique in which Bavarian limestone is the traditional printing plate.

- Is it press?

- Go for it.

- Press - [Brian] No lithography.

And finally, the meso tint is part of what Family of printing techniques?

- Press.

- Press.

- [Brian] No Intaglio.

No points on the bonus.

Next, toss up.

Which of the following terms has as its definition a mixture having continuous and dispersed phases?

A colloid.

B salute.

C suspension or D solvent?

(buzzer beeps) Harry.

- Colloid - [Brian] Colloid A.

Correct.

10 points there.

Bonus question.

For 10 points what is the molecule formed from the union of two identical molecules called?

- Diatomic?

- Diatomic - Diatomic.

- [Brian] No dimer.

And next for 10 points, what chemical formula indicates the lowest number ratio of atoms?

- Oh, this is the empirical formula.

- Empirical.

- [Brian] Empirical formula.

Correct.

10 points there.

Here's your next toss up.

What is so unusual about the word uncopywriteable?

(buzzer beeps) Harry - It's not a word.

- [Brian] It is a word.

Can you take a Gallatin?

(buzzer beeps) Danny?

- It has a prefix and a suffix.

- [Brian] It has in its 15 letters 15 different letters, no repeated letters.

Next, toss up.

Yolanda spent 35% of her pay one week to get her car repaired.

(buzzer beeps) Quentin?

- 12.

- No, I'll continue for Gallatin.

(buzzer beeps) That's the end of our match.

Cookeville High School is the winner.

135.

Gallatin 110.

- I gotta do one... - Thank you teams for a good match and I want to thank our judges and scorekeepers and all the good people here.

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