(soft uplifting music) - [Narrator] This program was made possible by contributions to your PBS station from viewers like you.

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(bright whimsical music) (bright music continues) - Welcome to the WCTE High School Academic Bowl.

This is Brian O'Connor, your friendly moderator, math professor at Tennessee Tech University.

And our match today is Scott High School and Gallatin High School.

This is the finals of the second chance bracket.

The winner of this will go on to the finals to face Cookville High School.

Let's meet our teams and our match officials.

- My name is Danny McInnis.

I'm a junior at Gallatin High School and I play the saxophone.

- I'm Brad (Indistinct), I'm a junior at Gallatin High School and I love Europe.

- I'm Cameron Arnold.

I'm a junior and I go to Gallatin High School, and I love sports.

- I'm Amanda Craigen.

I'm a freshman at Gallatin High School and I play saxophone.

- I'm Andrew Wright, I'm a sophomore at Gallatin High School, and I like motor sports.

- Hi, I'm Gareth Turner.

I'm a junior at Gallatin High School and I play the clarinet.

- I'm Jocelyn Floyd.

I'm 15 years old.

I go to Scott High School, and I play the flute as a Scott High marching Highlander.

- I'm Colt Etfield.

I'm a junior at Scott High School and I listen to Grady Travis seven hours a day.

- I'm Brad Lenore, a junior at Scott High School.

I'm a (indistinct) student.

- My name is Cameron Parker.

I am a 12th grader at Scott High, and I can do a cartwheel.

- I'm Carter Hixley of Scott High School.

I am a senior, and I lack any interesting facts about myself.

- I'm Ryan Trosper.

I'm in 10th grade.

I go to Scott High School, and I'm a future Broadway actor.

- Okay, thank you very much.

Let's begin our match.

Teams are you ready?

Here we go.

Here's your first tossup.

What Paris cathedral suffered a devastating- (buzzer beeps) Brylan?

- Notre Dame.

- [Brian] Notre Dame, devastating fire in 2019, correct.

10 points there.

Here's your bonus question.

After World War I, the old Austro-Hungarian empire broke up with seven states obtaining land which had been part of this empire.

For five points each, name any four of these countries.

- Turkey.

Turkey is one.

- Turkey?

Turkey.

Czech.

- Slovakia.

- Slovakia.

- Specify that you meant Czechoslovakia.

- Slovakia, to specify, and no answer.

- So he can spell it.

- Austria-Hungary, Czechoslovakia, one word, Poland, Romania, Yugoslavia and Italy.

No points on that bonus.

Next toss up.

Marc Anthony and his wife committed suicide after the battle of Actium in 30 B.C.

Who was his wife?

(buzzer beeps) Drew?

- Cleopatra.

- [Brian] Cleopatra, 10 points there.

Here's your bonus question.

For 10 points, a circle of radius one inch is inscribed in a square.

What is the area of the square?

- Four.

Four square units.

- [Brian] Four square inches, yes.

10 points there.

And also for 10 points, a square is inscribed in a circle with radius one inch.

What is the area of the square?

(group whispering indistinctly) - [Off Camera] Time.

- Two square inches.

10 points on that bonus.

Next toss up, what English sheep building center is the home of the Beetles?

(buzzer beeps) Drew?

- Liverpool.

- Say it again.

- Liverpool.

- [Brian] Liverpool is correct, 10 points there.

Here's your honor's question.

The Soviet Union had four leaders during the 1980s.

For five points each, name them.

- Defer.

- Mikhail Gorbachev, Leonid Brezhnev, Yuri Andropov, and Nikita Khrushchev.

- [Brian] You got the first three right.

Konstantine Chernenko instead of Khrushchev.

So 15 points on that bonus question.

Next toss up.

What is the geometric object that most closely resembles a donut?

(buzzer beeps) Connor?

- Euclidean circle.

- [Brian] No, can you take it down, Gareth?

- A Taurus.

- [Brian] Taurus is correct.

10 points there.

Here's your bonus question.

For 10 points each, how much did the United States pay for the Louisiana purchase and from what country was it purchased?

- France.

- 15 million and from France.

- 15 million and France, correct.

20 points on that bonus question.

Next toss up, on the sun, from which of the following is the energy generated?

A, the core, B, the photosphere, C, the Chromosphere, or D, the Corona?

(buzzer beeps) Connor?

- The core.

- [Brian] The core, correct.

10 points there.

Here's your bonus question.

For 10 points, Iowa is the Hawkeye state.

What is Nebraska called?

- The corn Husker state.

- The corn Husker state, correct.

And next for 10 points, what state, West of North Dakota, does the Missouri River flow through for hundreds of miles?

(group whispering indistinctly) - Montana.

- Montana is correct.

20 points on the bonus.

Next toss up, what is the 5,000 square mile marsh in South Florida, home to much wildlife?

(buzzer beeps) Bryce?

- The Everglades.

- [Brian] Everglades, correct.

10 points there.

Here is your bonus question.

For 10 points each, name these Agatha Christie characters.

First, the nosy spinster who lives at St. Mary Mead and seems to have an uncanny ability to piece together the smallest of clues.

- Defer.

- Hercule Poirot.

- [Brian] No, Ms. Marple.

And second, the detective of distinction who is a Belgian and not French.

- Defer.

- Hercule Poirot.

- That's Poirot, yes.

10 points on that bonus question.

Next toss up, an options list on a computer monitor is called what?

(buzzer beeps) Connor?

- A menu.

- A menu, correct.

10 points on that.

Here's your bonus question.

These three Baltic states were annexed by the Soviet Union in 1940, but regained independence in the early 1990s.

For five points each, or 20 for all three, name them.

- Kazakhstan is one of them.

- Kazakhstan.

- Ukraine.

- And Czechoslovakia.

- Czechoslovakia.

- No, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.

No points on that.

Next toss up.

In the United States, what is the unit of measure for lumber?

(buzzer beeps) Brylan?

- Pounds.

- No, can you take it, Gallatin?

(buzzer beeps) Bryce?

- Feet.

- No it's a board foot.

No points there.

Next toss up.

During the American Revolution, volunteer militia men were ready to be any- (buzzer beeps) Bryce?

- Minute men.

- Ready any minute for fighting, the minute men, correct.

10 points there.

Here is your bonus question.

For 10 points, in humans, muscles which are composed of contractual fibers may be divided into two classifications by microscopic examination.

Name these two classifications of muscles.

- Smooth and rough.

- What?

- Smooth and rough.

- Smooth and rough.

- [Brian] No.

Say what?

- Smooth and rough.

- Smooth and striated.

So we can't accept that 'cause you needed both.

No points there.

Next point of the the bonus.

In humans, muscles which are composed of contractual fibers may be divided into two classifications by innervation.

Name these two classifications of muscles.

- No answer.

- Voluntary and involuntary.

No points on the bonus.

Next toss up.

What geometric form will the U.S. flag have if folded correctly?

(buzzer beeps) Cameron?

- Triangle.

- [Brian] Triangle is right.

10 points on that.

Here's your bonus question.

For 10 points, what poet wrote the Shrubshire Ladd poems?

- Frost?

- [Brian] No, it was A.E.

Houseman.

Also for 10 points, what poet was most famous for his dramatic monologues?

- Is it Poe?

- Poe.

- No, Robert Browning.

No points on that bonus question.

Next toss up.

In science, what is the word for a scientist's educated guess based on obs- (buzzer beeps) Joslin?

- Hypothesis.

- Hypothesis, based on observations.

Correct, 10 points there.

Here's your bonus question.

For 10 points, each side of a dodecagon is five centimeters long.

If each side is increased in length by two centimeters, by how many centimeters has the perimeter been increased?

- I designate Connor.

- In centimeters.

- 24 centimeters.

- [Brian] 24, correct.

10 points there.

Also for 10 points, in the Cartesian coordinate system, the plot of a straight line passes through the origin and makes an angle of 60 degrees with respect to the positive X axis.

What is the equation of the line?

- Just guess.

- Two thirds.

- Two thirds.

(timer sounds) - Y equals the square root of three times x.

No points on that part of the bonus.

You got 10 points on that bonus.

We're at the end of the first round.

Come on back for our lightning round.

(upbeat music continues) Welcome back to WCTE High School Academic Bowl.

Got a good match going on here, Gallatin and Scott High Schools.

Gallatin is currently, at the end of the first round, is leading 105 to 80.

So we have our lightning round coming up and the categories are chemical elements and between.

So Scott, which would you like to try?

- The chemical elements.

- [Brian] Chemical elements, all right.

I will give you the symbol of a chemical element, you identify the element.

First, B.

- Boron.

- Cu.

- Copper.

- [Brian] Ag.

- Gold.

- Silver.

- Oh yeah, silver.

- Silver.

- [Brian] Th.

- Thallium.

- Ts.

- Tennessine.

- Sn.

- Tin.

- Pt.

- Platinum.

- W. - Tungsten.

- Ni.

- Nickel.

- Cr.

- Chromium.

- Chromium.

- [Brian] You have nine correct.

The one you missed was Th was thorium, not thallium.

So 90 points on that brings you up to 170.

Now we come to Gallatin, and the category is between.

Identify these places that are between other places, and border both.

10 points for each correct answer.

State between South Carolina and Florida.

- Georgia.

- [Brian] Country between Algeria and Egypt.

- Libya.

- [Brian] River between Buddha and Pest in Hungary.

- Danube.

- [Brian] Country between Niger and Sudan.

- Pass.

- [Brian] Sea between Italy and Tunisia.

- Mediterranean.

- Mediterranean.

- [Brian] Mountains between France and Spain.

- Pass.

- Pyrenees.

- Pyrenees.

- [Brian] State between Tennessee and Nebraska.

- Arkansas.

- [Brian] Gulf between Iran and Saudi Arabia.

- The Persian Gulf.

- [Brian] Canadian province between Ontario and Saskatchewan.

- Pass.

- [Brian] Country between Nicaragua and Panama.

- Costa Rica.

- Costa Rica.

- [Brian] Country between Niger and Sudan.

- Chad.

- [Brian] Canadian province between Ontario and Saskatchewan.

- Alberta?

- Alberta.

(timer sounds) - You have eight right.

The the province was Manitoba and the state between Tennessee and Nebraska that borders both is Missouri.

So 80 points on that lightning round, and it brings you up to 185.

Still have a close match here.

(upbeat music continues) Welcome back to the Academic Bowl.

We're gonna begin our second half now.

Scott High School and Gallatin High School.

Got a close match going on here.

Currently, the score is Gallatin 185 and Scott 170.

So are you ready for the second half?

Let's begin.

Here's your tossup.

What river, named after a famous explorer, forms the boundary between Oregon and Washington?

(buzzer beeps) Danny?

- The Hudson.

- [Brian] Now can you take it, Scott?

(buzzer beeps) Connor?

- Thames?

- No, the Columbia River named after Columbus.

No points there.

Here's another toss up.

Identify the last name, first name Philip, of the main character in the story, "A Man without a Country."

(buzzer beeps) Rylan?

- Smith.

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

(buzzer beeps) Drew?

- Patan?

- No, it's Nolan.

No points there.

Next toss up.

It is said in Greek mythology that the first mortal to ever live was made of clay by the Olympian Vulcan.

What was her name?

(buzzer beeps) Gareth?

No answer.

Can you take it, Scott?

(buzzer beeps) Connor?

- Pandora.

- Pandora, correct.

10 points there.

Here is your bonus question.

For 10 points, answer these questions about Africa.

First, name the man who was Prime Minister of Cape Colony in Africa in 1890 and later had an African nation and scholarship named for him.

- Chad.

- Are you sure?

- Chad.

- No, Rhodes, Cecil Rhodes of Rhodes Scholar fame.

Second, what man later assassinated was President of Egypt and won the 1978 Nobel Peace Prize for his peace agreement with Israel?

- No answer.

- That was Sadat, Anwar Sadat.

No points on the bonus.

Next toss up.

Oceanus Hopkins was the only child born at sea in the 1620s, aboard what famous ship?

(buzzer beeps) Danny?

- The Mayflower.

- Mayflower, correct.

10 points there.

Here's your bonus question.

For 10 points, the composer George Frederick Handel was born in Germany, but what was his adopted country later in life?

- England.

- England is right.

Next, for 10 points, Frederick Chopin was born in Poland, but he spent much of his life in what country?

- France.

- France is right, 20 points on the bonus.

Next toss up.

Sodium, lithium, potassium, and cesium are what type of metals?

(buzzer beeps) Danny?

- Alkali.

- [Brian] Alkali metals, correct.

10 points there.

Here's your bonus question.

For 10 points, which U.S. President withdrew all troops from Vietnam in 1973?

- Nixon.

- Nixon is right.

Second, for 10 points, the city of Saigon in South Vietnam later changed its name to what?

- Ho Chi Minh.

- Ho Chi Minh City, correct.

20 points on that bonus question.

Next toss up.

What disease plagued early sailing- (buzzer beeps) Brylan?

- Bubonic plague.

- No, can- (buzzer beeps) - Scurvy.

- [Brian] Scurvy, plagued early sailing explorations by the Portuguese, 10 points there.

Here is your bonus question.

For 10 points, what is the first person plural object pronoun?

- We.

- We?

- No, it's us.

Object pronoun.

Next for 10 points, what is the third person plural, possessive pronoun?

- Ours.

- Ours.

- No, their or theirs.

No points there.

Next toss up.

Name the apositive in the following sentence.

Phoebe, our president, is on vacation this week.

(buzzer beeps) Connor?

- Our President.

- Our President, correct, 10 points there.

Here is your bonus question.

For 10 points, if you have a triangle with side lengths six, six, and seven, is it acute, right, or obtuse?

- Right?

- It's not right.

It's acute.

- Acute.

- [Brian] Acute is correct.

Also for 10 points, if you have a triangle with side lengths three, five, and seven, is it acute, right, or obtuse?

- It's not right.

- Yeah.

- Obtuse I think.

- Yeah.

- Obtuse.

- Obtuse, correct.

20 points on that bonus.

Next toss up.

Name the two word phrase, which was the belief that the U.S. should spread across- (buzzer beeps) Drew?

- Manifest destiny.

- Across the North American continent, Manifest Destiny, correct.

10 points there.

Here comes your bonus.

For 10 points, give any year in the reign of France's Louis the 14th?

(group whispering indistinctly) - Time.

- 1750.

- [Brian] 1750 is not correct.

1643 to 1715.

Also for 10 points, give any year in the reign of England's Queen Victoria.

- It's before, was it... - Time.

- Answer?

- 1860.

- 1860?

- Yes.

- That is correct, 1837 to 1901.

So 10 points on that bonus question.

Next toss up.

When all the colors of the spectrum are mixed, what color light is produced?

(buzzer beeps) Bryce?

- White light.

- White light, correct.

10 points there.

Here is your bonus question.

For 10 points each, what two inland seas are connected by the Jordan River?

- Time.

- Answer?

- The Dead Sea.

- Dead Sea is one of them.

The Sea of Galilee was the other.

So you get 10 points on that bonus.

Next toss up.

In what country did the great October revolution of 19- (buzzer beeps) Drew?

- Russia.

- Russia, take place.

10 points there.

Here is your bonus question.

For 10 points, what is the southern most capital city on earth?

Hint, it's in New Zealand.

- Defer.

- Wellington.

- [Brian] Wellington is right.

And next, for 10 points, what is the northernmost capital city on earth?

Hint, it's on an island.

(group whispering) - Reykjavik.

- Reykjavik, Iceland, correct.

20 points on that bonus.

Here is your next tossup.

What plant fed mostly to animals is the second most cultivated crop in the United- (buzzer beeps) Connor?

- Corn.

- No, trailing only corn.

Gallatin, can you take it?

(buzzer beeps) Bryce?

- Soybeans.

- [Brian] Soybeans is right.

10 points there.

Here's your bonus question.

For 10 points, Jean Paul Marotte, a French radical during the revolution of 1789, met his death by stabbing.

What was he doing when he was stabbed?

(group whispering indistinctly) - In a bathtub.

- [Brian] He was bathing, correct.

10 points there.

Also for 10 points, what famous film by Alfred Hitchcock included a stabbing in the shower?

- The Shining.

- The Shining.

- Say it again?

- The Shining.

- No, it was Psycho.

10 points on that bonus question.

Here is your next toss up.

Which art term is used to designate both colors that are pale and a picture drawn- (buzzer beeps) Joslin?

- Pastel.

- Pastel, drawn with colored chalk sticks, correct.

10 points there.

Here's your bonus question.

(timer sounds) That's the end of our match.

Lots of points.

Good match, teams.

Gallatin 345, Scott, 220.

Scott is our third place team, and Gallatin will play Cookville for the championship.

(bright music continues) (audio logo resonates) - [Narrator] This program was made possible by contributions to your PBS station from viewers like you.

Thank you.